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Guilford will host a tribute to the late Thomas Berry, a Greensboro native, cosmologist and Earth scholar, Friday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium of the Frank Family Science Center on campus.
The program, which is free and open to the public, will include a discussion of Berry's life and commitments as well as the Greensboro premiere screening of the 50-minute film "Journey of the Universe: An Epic Story of Cosmic, Earth and Human Transformation." In addition, the Thomas Berry Award will be presented.
Berry was a Catholic priest of the Passionist Order who wasinternationally known as an advocate of deep ecology and "ecospirituality." He was born in Greensboro in 1914 and died in the city in June 2009 at the age of 94.
The science-based film tells the story of the development of the universe, from the "Big Bang" through the formation of the galaxies, stars and planetary systems to the emergence of life and Homo Sapiens. It creates a powerful link in the viewer's mind between themselves and their cosmic origins.
A discussion about Berry will include Dr. Ken Caneva, Peggy Whalen-Levitt, Carolyn Toben, Herman Greene, Nelson Stover, Dr. Val Vickers, Tim Toben, Dr. David Schenck, Steve Sumerford, Dr. Bill Peck, Ann Berry Somers and others.
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NEW JERSEY: US authorities in Newark, New Jersey seized a cargo ship with goods from India and Egypt on Wednesday after hearing what sounded like people stowed away inside a container on the vessel, the US Coast Guard said. According to The Post, the cargo ship was carrying suspected stowaways from Pakistan.
The container was buried beneath others and had not been opened hours after the ship was stopped.
The vessel, Villa D'Aquarius, was stopped at 3am EDT (0700 GMT) at a standard checkpoint for incoming ships, the Ambrose Anchorage below the Verrazano Bridge in New York Harbor, Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe said.
"The boarding team went aboard for a routine inspection. They heard sounds that were consistent with people being inside a container," Rowe said.
US Customs and Border Protection, as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, were notified. Federal authorities rushed to receive the ship at the Newark dock, Rowe said.
As of about 9am EDT (1300 GMT), the container remained unopened beneath a stack of others in the hold of the ship about 30 feet down from the deck, he said.
"First it will be determined whether it can be opened as is," said Rowe. "If that is not feasible, the containers above it will be shifted, it will be put on the pier and we will find out what is inside."
The ship, which was flying a Cyprus flag, made two stops in India, a final stop in Egypt and then headed for Newark, ultimately bound for Norfolk, Virginia.
It had started its journey in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, on May 30 and made a stop in Qasim, Pakistan, on June 2.
It then made two stops in India, at Nhava Sheva on June 5 and Mundra on June 7, where the container in question was taken onboard, according to the manifest, Rowe said.
The container in question was supposed to be carrying machine parts and was to be delivered to Norfolk, Rowe said.
A gangplank was pulled up to the vessel and crew members were departing the ship as federal authorities took control, Rowe said.
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Pakistan is blamed before the container has been opened. The ship, was flying a Cyprus flag, made two stops in India, a final stop in Egypt but suspect is Pakistani. What a farse.
Hold on.. so the container has not been opened and yet they know that those aliens are Pakistanis ?
Oh the Irony !
Looks like some people took ex-pm gilanis advise "why dont people leave then" seriously! Cant blame them.:)
Although, so far there isnt any confirmation if pakistanis are on board..it could be anybody.
How do they "suspect" the containers are Pakistani?Either they are from Pakistan or they are not. This is a laughable news item from a third class newspaper filled with fifth columnist self-proclaimed journalists.
Container not open still suspected Pakistanis may be Americans have devices to recognize their respective nationalities as well……Recommend
@A J Khan: You forgot to write that the ship was also in Qasim, Pakistan.
@A J Khan:
"It had started its journey in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, on May 30 and made a stop in Qasim, Pakistan, on June 2." You forgot to read this part. Also statement by ur ex PM "why dont they leave then, who is stopping them?" is taken seriously by US officials.
Looks like you guys have no idea how intelligence teams work……
The simple thing to determine is if the container stuffing (loading) originated in India or did the unit originate in Pakistan and was transhipped at Mundra for final delivery in the US.
They are actually blaming India. Accoring to AP, Ship just stopped in Pakistan but containers in question were boarded in India.
They heard about the 'dream act'. Can you blame them? Free everything,..live 30 times better on welfare in the U.S. than they can in their own country – and Obama won't deport them – this is just the tip of the third world iceberg heading our way.
Obama needs to be impeached.
What is wrong with these Indians!!1
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Kozhikode: CPM Kozhikode district secretariat member P Mohanan's custody was extended till July 11 for further interrogation in connection with the TP murder.
Mohanan was interrogated by the four DySPs of the AIG team. But police feel that with the information he had given, no definite conclusion can be reached. Police say that further interrogation is needed and hence the custody period of Mohanan was extended.
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The book will be a best-seller, in part because this will be the cover:
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§ The Attorney-GeneralI refer the hon. Member to the Answer given on 3 March 1987 to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend, East (Mr. Taylor) by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Services in which he said that the various allegations made by Captain (Retd.) Holroyd and Mr. Colin Wallace over42W many years about the conduct of the security forces in Northern Ireland had been fully and carefully investigated since they left the Province in 1975; no evidence had been discovered as a result of these investigations to substantiate any of their allegations.


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French weekly magazines review
Taxes, girls in skirts, the Queen and dream vacations - the French press throws a mixed bag of news our way on this Sunday.
Let's talk about money!
Could France be considered a tax heaven for the ultra-rich? This is the accusation the left-wing Marianne puts on its cover. The weekly's lead article takes a hard look at yet another French paradox. The fact is, says the weekly, that it is the wealthiest households and the biggest companies that pay the least taxes.
In 2010, 256 of the wealthiest households in France only paid 15 per cent of their income in taxes. "It is especially not fair in a country that has inscribed 'equality' on the front of its city halls and schools," says the article.
The extremely well-documented report lists some of the 470 tax loopholes and 68 other payroll deductions available to the richest individuals and the biggest companies. They cost the French budget a whopping 104 billion euros a year in lost revenue. Talk about fiscal discipline.
This week's L'Express investigates the shadow war between Iran and Israel. According to the weekly, assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists are carried out by proxies that Israel's intelligence agency Mossad hires from the Iranian opposition or the Sunny rebels.
But some in the Israeli security establishment are sceptical about the real impact of the assassinations on the Iranian nuclear program. Those killed "are replaced by dozens of others who continue their task," laments a former Israeli intelligence officer.
However, notes the article, the covert war of mutual assassinations and cyber attacks risks having perverse effects. The report argues that this might only reinforce the determination of the Iranians to complete their program. The only hope for stopping the Iranian nuclear program, conclude the authors, is "last chance" negotiations in Istanbul next month.
Do you think that wearing a skirt is indecent or taboo in modern French society? Left-wing Marianne tells a shocking story of the lowering of public moral standards. On International Women's Day, three dozen schoolgirls in a small village in the southeast of France decided to wear skirts.
According to the weekly, it provoked a massive backlash. Some schoolboys called them "prostitutes." One of the teachers told the girls that "a skirt is not right for schoolwork." The school's deputy headmaster, worried that the situation could worsen, ordered them to change.
"Before, the girls could not wear trousers and now they want us to stop wearing
skirts at school. We should be respected even if we wear skirts," the girls complained to journalists.
Have you ever dreamed of being irresistibly convincing? If so, you must read the portrait of the man "to whom nobody can say no" in the conservative Le Point. Jacques Paget is a magician with a twist. He teaches the art of convincing people. The article paints a fascinating picture of the ex-lawyer turned magician, who invented a set of methods that allow you to convince anybody of anything.
And if this sounds a bit much, the article gives an impressive list of the man's clients, among whom are some of France's biggest companies who buy Paget's training seminars at a whopping 6,000 euros a day.
Now, have I got your attention? Here are a few free-of-charge negotiation tips, given by Mr. Paget: stay silent as long as possible, be calm and don't try to be agreeable. Believe it or not, says the article, these recipes work wonders.
The left-wing Le Nouvel Obs marks the Royal Jubilee with a touching portrait of the Queen, as she marks 60 years on the throne. The article defines her as both "royal and rural." Despite her Majesty's 370 million euro personal fortune, she leads a modest, almost provincial life, says the weekly.
I was astonished to discover that The Monarch reads a selection of 200 to 300 letters everyday, of people asking for her help. Here's an interesting thought: "Obsessed by the fear of a faux pas, the Royals are cautious. They know that they can be fired like servants." The weekly concludes the portrait by saying that "Queen Elisabeth saved the monarchy by her discretion."
And finally, this week's "Style" section of L'Express takes us away from politics, war and economic troubles. It lists "Ten Dream Destinations." The article and beautiful visuals take us across the world. The first destination is the famous city of Syracuse in Sicily,
with its black marble roads and dozens of sumptuous palaces.
The city became a household name in France thanks to the song by the crooner Henry Salvador.
Or you could choose to go to Pondichery in India, famous for its colonial style architecture and its "dolca vita" -- the good life.
But you could also just soak in the sun, sip exotic cocktails on the white sand beaches of the Marie Galante island in the Caribeean, or in Zanzibar. The only limits are your imagination and your purse. Bon voyage!


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MDT's Community Transportation Safety Plan program provides Montana communities with technical and financial support for the development of Community Transportation Safety Plans (CTSP). The intent of a Transportation Safety Plan is to identify safety needs and help guide future decisions regarding transportation safety in the Missoua area. This safety effort is similar to the development of Montana's Comprehensive Highway Safety Plan goals and objectives, but at a reduced scale, consistent with the needs of the community. Community Transportation Safety Plan must be data driven and consider safety elements of education, enforcement, emergency medical services, and engineering components in determining short–, mid–, and long–term strategies and actions to address identified issues.
Who is conducting this safety plan?A request for transportation safety planning assistance was submitted by the City of Missoua. This planning effort by Missoua Transportation Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) in partnership with Montana Department of Transportation will address safety concerns and identify strategies to address issues within the Greater Missoua area. Cambridge Systematics (CS) will collect and analyze relevant crash and safety data for the City of Missoua and Montana. Following an inventory provided by the TSAC of local safety programs already in place, CS will provide guidance on "best practices" of national safety programs and safety management to help the City of Missoua to identify strategies that are do–able to reduce and prevent traffic crashes.
TasksTasks include–
The public is invited to participate in the process through TSAC meetings, a community Safety Summit, and in providing comment and input. This web site has been developed to provide on-line opportunities to comment and provide input on the community transportation safety needs and on the draft plan recommendations. Dates, times, and locations for all TSAC meetings and public outreach opportunities will be posted prior to the events. The local plan contact and MDT will collect and consider all public comments received to better understand the public view of any potential issues. The TSAC will determine the next steps that best meets the study purpose and has the support of the community.
When is the best time to give comments?Timeframe for development for this transportation safety plan is six months. Comments and input will be considered throughout the development of this plan. This is a community led effort in which community input and participation is needed to make this safety planning effort a success.
How can I stay informed and be part of the process?If you have a specific interest in this transportation safety plan please contact the local contact for notice of TSAC Meetings or by submitting your name and contact information to the address or e-mail featured on this website.


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The Extremely Accurate Water Level Sensor 2.0
You might think that water level sensor has nothing to do in your daily life, as you don't even need this stuff at all! Well, please don't reject it so quickly, as everything has its own value to us!
Ok, no matter you need this thing or not, you've nothing to lose by read on this article, right? For your information, this project has three main parts: The capacitance probe, the analog electronics unit and the digital electronics unit.
The capacitance probe can be created by using some insulated wire, where the insulation will be dielectric of a cylindrical capacitor with the inner conductor as one plate. To be honest, the probe is not suitable for distilled or clearly pure water, as it's not conductive enough to handle it! However, it works well in relatively clean water, such as rainwater from the roof runoff into a plastic tank.
Furthermore, light springs can also be applied at the top of the probe, which it's to maintain wire tension. You have to ensure there are no any sharp edges at the bottom of the U.
Remember that the probe need to be attached to something fixed, such as the side or top of a water tank. If you didn't do it properly, it won't function very well!


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My Confessions (6) ~ I'm a Sports Freak
Yep. It's a true confessional. I, Erika Pierce, am a sports fanatic. Not only did I grow up playing sports (Soccer {Spring, Fall and Indoor}, Softball, Volleyball, Track and Field, and Candlepin Bowling) But I watch sports on TV. I am a DIE HARD — New England Sports fan. Just to prove my fandom: I am not a Pink Hat. I'm not a fair-weather fan. I'm a girl, who lives and breaths sports, and who would rather stay in and watch the game then do…mostly anything else.
In 2003, I cried when Aaron Boone hit the game winning home run in game 7, sending the Yankees to the World Series instead of the Red Sox. I cursed Grady Little for leaving Pedro in the game and leaving the decision up to him instead of realizing Pedro had no more gas and had pitched an amazing game and took him out. I'm still mad about it.
I was almost a Tobin Bridge Jumper on more than one occasion =)
In 2003, while on a layover from my Cousins wedding in Virginia — we were in Detroit and my DH and I were at the bar waiting for our flight. He turns to me and says, (under his breath) "I just saw D. Lowe and Kevin Millar walk by." I was all … :Shut up!: and we paid our bill and then went in search of them. Sure enough we found Derek Lowe, Kevin Millar and Todd Walker waiting. I was so excited I couldn't even talk (Shut it, Benji) We finally managed to get the courage to ask them for their autographs <3 they signed our ticket stubs and we have them framed and hung on the wall. Ah… Memories <3
I have been to the Celtics Playoff Games — without my husband. We sometimes kid with the children that we are related to Paul Pierce — they love it. (Hey, it's a joke, we are obviously not related to him, just FYI)
I am a Patriots Fan. Plain and Fucking simple. I am a Belichik believer and my life motto is:
It is what it is. Thank you, Bill.
Starting in August, you will find my ass parked on the couch on Sundays, watching Football. The Pats are my first love, but I will watch all the other games. I know the rules and have been known to shout at the TV …
I mentioned Tom and Bill in my book Fractured Moon =)
Tom Brady is a QB God and I dare you to say different. Compare him to Manning? I'll debate with you. I know the Stats, and I'm not afraid to show my knowledge.
In 2007, When the Pats went 18-0 and played the Giants in the Superbowl … Shit I still can't think about that game without wanting to throw up. And more recently.. Sigh. Again with the Giants. shakes head sadly:
I watched all the episodes of HARD KNOCKS on HBO.
I'll even watch a little of the Draft — OMG.
I listen to WEEI sports radio in the car when I'm not listening to my IPOD. I have read Michael Holley's books about the Patriots. Yes… yes I really did. Patriot Reign is great.
I'm happy for the Bruins, but I don't really like to watch Hockey. The rules bug the shit out of me. I do like when they trade blows though.
Now that I've proved my love, let me prove it further by telling you a little story about the other night. My DH and I were watching the Game (Celtics vs Sixers) and we were cuddled up on the couch. Now my dh was trying to get frisky and I just looked at him and said, "Dude, I'm watching the game!" He laughed and then told me to proceed with watching, but he was going to do his best to distract me… It worked. But as soon as we were done messing around, I looked at him and said, "Get off, me! Half time is over!" *laughs* My dh likes to talk and cuddle after, and there are times when I want to watch the games! I know — we laugh about him being a wee bit more girlie in that department than I am. (And yes, I told him I was going to post this story)
Don't get me wrong – -I like to cuddle. Actually
But…but… the game was on. *laughs*
I know you are all (women, anyway) shaking your heads at me and wondering at my sanity. It's OK. I wonder that same thing daily. It's cool.
- When I was young, after my parents went to bed, I'd sneak out and watch Bird,Parrish and McHale.
- I wore a Chicago Bulls Coat during the Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippen days. Hells yea, I did. MJ ROCKS!
- I also was a Buffalo Bills Fan (when the Pats totally sucked and were blacked out) I met Thurman Thomas – I have pictures.
So … do you like sports? Hate them? Ambivalent? My male readers, do you like a woman who can keep up with sports or does that bother you if she loves them as much, if not more than you?
Oh, and by the way — I'm a cheap date. A bottle of Sam Adams, and Burger and I'm good. Just in case you wanted to know.


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Four Things I Can't Take Seriously
As a humorist I take almost nothing that seriously. It's not only part of my job, it's part of my personality and lifestyle. For example, I don't take the word "tendercrisp" very seriously. I'm sorry, but I can't. This leads to more problems. For example, I can't take the Wikipedia page for the Tendercrisp seriously. What's worse, I can no longer take the words "Tender" or "Crisp" seriously. It's an awful downward spiral of lacking seriousness, all because I can't take the word "tendercrisp" seriously. Some other words I no longer take seriously are: change, penis, vagina, awesome, tubular, black ops and any adverb.
But those are just words. This blog post is about things I don't take seriously. I want to be as clear as can be with this. Maybe the word Tendercrisp or the word Tubular or the word Penis lend themselves to comedy. They don't really have a serious connotation to begin with. The things on this list are things that (I'm pretty sure) are meant to be taken seriously. Still, from first glance I could not take them seriously. Let me tell you what the four things are and why I, ultimately, find them so funny.
The International Custodian of the Holy Lands, Pierbattista Pizzaballa
I'm going to guess correctly and say that you don't know who this is. Let me explain by plagiarizing: this dude is an officer of the Franciscan order, appointed by the General Definitorium of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor, with the approval of the Vatican. The Custodian, or Custos, is the head of all Franciscans in the Holy Land.
OK, so this guy is in charge of some shit. Here's why I can't take it seriously:
First off, he is called the International Custodian, which is pretty funny. What does he do refill the toilet paper dispensers in Israel? Sweep up the sand? Second off, we still use the term Holy Lands? That seems dated. The area this guy covers is Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and the islands of Cyprus and Rhodes. Again it is pretty funny that we call that area Holy. It sounds terrible to me. From what I remember there is always lots of shit going down around those countries. Not really that holy. Maybe holes in heads. It's kind of an angry area right? Like lots of animosity? Aren't there a bunch of Muslims around there also? What's the Vatican doing trying to appoint a Custodian to this angry area of Muslims? It seems like a pretty half-baked idea that, honestly, I have trouble taking seriously. Is this guy going to clean up all this tension? Yeah right guys.
The thing I really can't take seriously about this is the guy's name: Pierbattista Pizzaballa. Are you kidding me!! Ha-ha!! PIZZABALLA!!! Hey, it'sa me, Pizza-baller! I'm here to solve all the problems in the Middle East and turn you guys into Christians!
Yeah, ok guy, go take a walk.
This Picture of Jonah Hill
Whattttt? First off, here's something pretty funny: Jonah Hill is 27. Another funny thing is that I guess he takes himself pretty seriously? This is the picture from his Wikipedia page. Actually his WP is full of things that I could not believe, and could not take seriously. Things like: his full name is Jonah Hill Feldstein, and he "studied" acting at a college.
This Blog Post
I don't plan my blog posts. I know I should if I want them to be good, but that's a lot of work for almost no pay off. No one even comments on these, and the posts that I do put a lot of effort into go pretty much unnoticed. Maybe I would take it more seriously if I wanted to be blog writer, but I don't. Actually, these posts would probably inhibit my ability to get the job I want. They also take up a lot of my time. I don't care about this.
But I do care about my commitment to numbers, so…
I don't take you seriously.


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Congratulations are in order for Brooke Anderson and Jim Walker. The Entertainment Tonight correspondent, 35, and her husband welcomed their second child – daughter Lily Georgina Walker – at 11:28 p.m. on Saturday, November 30, PEOPLE reports.
Tony Kanal & Wife Welcome Baby No. 2: Saffron Rose Kiran
Congratulations are in order for Tony Kanal and Erin Lokitz. The No Doubt bassist, 43, and his wife welcomed their second child – a daughter named Saffron Rose Kiran – on Friday, November 22, he announced on the band's website.
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Congratulations are in order for Emile Hirsch. The Into the Wild actor, 28, has welcomed a son named Valor on Sunday, October 27, with a "former flame," E! News reports.
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Congratulations to Michelle Monaghan and Peter White. The Source Code actress, 37, and her husband welcomed their second child – a son named Tommy Francis White – on Wednesday, October 30, PEOPLE reports.
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Congratulations are in order for Morena Baccarin and Austin Chick. The Homeland actress, 34, and her director husband welcomed their first child – a son named Julius– on October 22, Us Weekly reports. Baby boy weighed in at just under 8 lbs.
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There's a new baby in Jersey Shore! Congratulations are in order for Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio. The Jersey Shore alum, 33, has welcomed his first child – a daughter – on Tuesday, October 22, E! News reports.
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Congratulations to KaDee Strickland and Jason Behr. The Private Practice alum, 37, and her Roswell star husband, 39, welcomed their first child, son Atticus, on Thursday, October 17, PEOPLE reports.
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Congratulations to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. The Celebrity Apprentice star, 31, and her businessman husband had a baby boy on Monday, October 14. "We just welcomed a beautiful & healthy son into the world. Jared, Arabella and I couldn't be happier!," Trump tweeted Monday.


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Content is the currency of the internet. We share it, we link to it, we trade it and we sell it.
Ultimately it's what will draw people to your blog, what will bring them back to your website and it's what will sell them on your products and services.
It doesn't matter what your business model is, you need content.
So what is the most profitable thing you can do once you've located your blog's niche? Start creating content of course!
3 things you can implement right now with your content creation strategy aka blog editorial calendar
- Make sure your blog content serves a goal – what do you want to achieve with each blog post? To sell? Establish expertise? Grab a quick click to another great blog post? Highlight a solution to a problem? Your call to action should reflect your goal.
- Make sure you provide value to your reader and remember that value comes in many forms.
- You can educate your reader.
- You can help them solve a problem.
- You can help them improve themselves.
- You can also entertain them.
- You can educate and entertain them
- Create an editorial content plan.
Establish what you want to create; it can be audio, video, print or a combination. Also work out what the subject matter is for each blog post. Plan the goal for each piece of content along with when you'll publish it and how it will be created. Then how your content will distributed.
The money's in the email marketing list?
Once you have a few blog posts on your blog you will need to consider creating an email marketing strategy. Email marketing is still one of the best ways to make money from your blog. The money is not in the list but in your relationship with the list. Each subscriber is interested in you and what you are saying. Your subscriber has expressed an interest in your business, they will soon ready to buy if you email market to them correctly. By correctly I don't mean bombarding them with daily emails screaming Buy! Buy! Buy!
The first step to any email marketing campaign via your blog is to consider how you're going to motivate subscribers to give you their email address. This is most often accomplished with what is known as an ethical bribe.
Give you subscriber something they desire for free, then deliver it via email. Popular options bloggers often choose include a free report (sometimes known as a white paper), a how-to video or ebook that teaches something to the reader.
Make sure whatever you give away is of the highest quality. You want to build a strong relationship with your subscriber and this give-away is the basis for that relationship. The item should have a value but don't think it's value automatically is $97… ask a sample of your audience if they would read it / watch it and then tell you what they think it's worth.
When your ethical bribe is in place you can create an opt in form on your website or use a Pop Up email capture. Once you have subscribers, create a consistent stream of valuable, and sometimes promotional, messages to send to them on a regular basis. Each great piece of content that you create on your blog consider adding to your email marketing list, remember not everyone who subscribes to your newsletter will read every piece of content that you post. Even your most devoted fan will miss something.
Let's talk about how are you going to make money via your blog. Hopefully you had this in the back of your mind when you chose your blog's niche.
Popular choices include:
- Selling advertising space or AdSense.
- Selling your offline services
- Information products – knowledge is power
- Selling products
- Affiliate marketing using blog review posts and advertising
- Membership programs
You can also combine these choices: an information product may contain affiliate links, adverts may promote affiliated products.
Having a strong niche for your blog is just the first step to building a profitable blog. The biggest step is creating the content that will sell.
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Monensin A | |
4-[2-[5-ethyl-5-[5-[6-hydroxy-6- (hydroxymethyl)-3,5-dimethyl-oxan-2-yl]- 3-methyl-oxolan-2-yl]oxolan-2-yl]- 9-hydroxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,6-dioxasp iro[4.5]dec-7-yl]-3-methoxy-2-methyl- pentanoic acid |
Other names
monensic acid |
Identifiers | |
CAS number | 17090-79-8 |
PubChem | 441145 |
ChemSpider | 389937 |
ChEBI | CHEBI:27617 |
ChEMBL | CHEMBL256105 |
ATCvet code | QA16 ,QP51AH03 |
Jmol-3D images | Image 1 |
Properties | |
Molecular formula | C36H62O11 |
Molar mass | 670.871g/mol |
Appearance | solid state, white crystals |
Melting point |
Solubility in water | 3x10-6 g/dm3 (20 °C) |
Solubility | ethanol, acetone, diethyl ether, benzene |
Related compounds | |
Related | antibiotics, ionophores |
Related compounds | Monensin A methyl ester, |
(verify) (what is: / ?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) |
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Monensin is a polyether antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces cinnamonensis.[1] It is widely used in ruminant animal feeds.[2]
The structure of monensin was first described by Agtarap et al. in 1967, and was the first polyether antibiotic to have its structure elucidated in this way. The first total synthesis of monensin was reported in 1979 by Kishi et al.[3]
Mechanism of action[edit]
Monensin A is an ionophore related to the crown ethers with a preference to form complexes with monovalent cations such as: Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Ag+, and Tl+.[4][5] Monensin A is able to transport these cations across lipid membranes of cells, playing an important role as an Na+/H+ antiporter. It blocks intracellular protein transport, and exhibits antibiotic, antimalarial, and other biological activities.[6] The antibacterial properties of monensin and its derivatives are a result of their ability to transport metal cations through cellular and subcellular membranes.[7]
Monensin is used extensively in the beef and dairy industries to prevent coccidiosis, increase the production of propionic acid and prevent bloat.[8] Furthermore monensin, but also its derivatives monensin methyl ester (MME), and particularly monensin decyl ester (MDE) are widely used in ion selective electrodes.[9][10][11]
Monensin has some degree of activity on mammalian cells and thus toxicity is common. This is especially pronounced in horses, where monensin has an LD50 1/100th that of ruminants. Accidental poisoning of equines with monensin is a well-documented occurrence.
- ^ Daniel Łowicki and Adam Huczyński (2013). "Structure and Antimicrobial Properties of Monensin A and Its Derivatives: Summary of the Achievements". BioMed Research International 2013: 1–14. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ^ Patrick Butaye, Luc A. Devriese, Freddy Haesebrouck "Antimicrobial Growth Promoters Used in Animal Feed: Effects of Less Well Known Antibiotics on Gram-Positive Bacteria" Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2003, p. 175-188, Vol. 16. doi:10.1128/CMR.16.2.175-188.2003
- ^ Nicolaou, K. C.; E. J. Sorensen (1996). Classics in Total Synthesis. Weinheim, Germany: VCH. pp. 185–187. ISBN 3-527-29284-5.
- ^ A. Huczyński, M. Ratajczak-Sitarz, A. Katrusiak, B. Brzezinski, "Molecular structure of the 1:1 inclusion complex of Monensin A lithium salt with acetonitrile", J. Mol. Struct., 2007, 871, 92-97, doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2006.07.046
- ^ M. Pinkerton, L. K. Steinrauf, "Molecular structure of monovalent metal cation complexes of monensin", J. Mol. Biol., 1970 49(3), 533-546
- ^ H. H. Mollenhauer, D. J. Morre, L. D. Rowe, "Alteration of intracellular traffic by monensin; mechanism, specificity and relationship to toxicity", Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1990, 1031(2), 225-246, doi:10.1016/0304-4157(90)90008-Z
- ^ A. Huczyński, J. Stefańska, P. Przybylski, B. Brzezinski and F. Bartl, "Synthesis and antimicrobial properties of Monensin A esters", Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2008, 18, 2585-2589, doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.038
- ^ T. Matsuoka, M.N. Novilla, T.D. Thomson and A.L. Donoho, "Review of monensin toxicosis in horses", Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 16, 1996, 8-15, doi:10.1016/S0737-0806(96)80059-1
- ^ K. Tohda, K. Suzuki, N. Kosuge, H. Nagashima, H. Inoue K. Watanabe, "A Sodium Ion Selective Electrode Based on a Highly Lipophilic Monensin Derivative and Its Application to the Measurement of Sodium Ion Concentrations in Serum", Anal. Sci. 6, 1990, 227-232, doi:10.2116/analsci.6.227
- ^ N. Kim, K. Park, I. Park, Y. Cho, Y. Bae, "Application of a taste evaluation system to the monitoring of Kimchi fermentation", Biosensors and Bioelectronics 20, 2005, 2283-2291,doi:10.1016/j.bios.2004.10.007
- ^ K. Toko, "Taste Sensor", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 64, 2000, 205-215, doi:10.1016/S0925-4005(99)00508-0


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By Soner Cagaptay - Special to CNN
A visit to Gaziantep, a Turkish city near the Syrian border, suggests that Turkey's policy on Syria is evolving in parallel to Bashar al-Assad's crackdown: The more brutally al-Assad acts against its own people, the more serious Ankara's steps.
When the uprising began a year ago, Ankara initially took the more diplomatic road, suggesting that al-Assad launch political reforms and refrain from using violence when dealing with the demonstrations. Damascus, however, chose not to listen to Ankara's advice. Locals in Gaziantep who have relatives and business partners in Syria add that the regime's crackdown has only intensified over the past months.
Increasing violence against the civilian population brought Ankara to the second phase of its Syria policy - namely taking the issue to the U.N. in the hopes of securing a Security Council resolution to call for an end to the regime's brutality. That effort, too, did not bear fruit: Russian and Chinese vetoes have thus far blocked U.N.-sponsored action to end the conflict in Syria.
Al-Assad has found encouragement in the fact that the U.N. Security Council will not condemn him, increasing the ferocity of his crackdown. Hence, Ankara's Syria policy, which evolves in tandem with the brutality of al-Assad's crackdown, is now moving into its next phase, building a case for delivering humanitarian assistance to the civilian population.
With the U.N. Security Council unable to help innocent Syrians, Ankara envisions putting the "Kosovo model" into action. In 1999, when Russia blocked a U.N. Security Council decision for action in Kosovo, the United States, Turkey, and other powers formed an ad hoc international coalition to end the conflict. That coalition effort succeeded.
Recently, a "Friends of Syria" initiative has coalesced, composed of countries calling for international action to end the al-Assad regime's crackdown. Ankara's next step against al-Assad is to turn to this coalition, as well as the Arab League, to lead the international community's efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance to the civilians of Syria from cities in southern Turkey.
This step may in fact succeed, bringing relief to conflict-stricken Syrians. However, it is unlikely that delivering humanitarian assistance will end the conflict. Al-Assad appears poised to continue his crackdown in the hopes of crushing the opposition. This, unfortunately, suggests even more casualties. That, in turn, begs the question of what Ankara's next step will be.
Ankara will likely not sit idly by as the al-Assad regime continues to kill fellow Muslims next door. Accordingly, Turkey's policy will become more active in the coming days. One such scenario could involve Turkey arming the Syrian opposition.
Ankara already hosts part of the Syrian opposition, including members of the civilian Syrian National Council in Istanbul and elements of the Free Syrian Army in Antakya (ancient Antioch) along the border.
While the nuts and bolts of Ankara's potential decision to arm the opposition would need to be worked out in greater detail, if such a policy also fails to convince al-Assad to stop his crackdown, Turkey would likely move to implement the next phase of its Syria policy, calling for no-fly zones inside Syria to protect civilians.
Akin to similar zones previously established in Iraq and Bosnia, such a no-fly zone would keep the al-Assad regime out of designated areas in which the civilians would come under the protection of the international community. NATO, Arab, and Turkish forces could each play different roles in protecting these safe havens. This strategy would not only protect civilians but also provide a likely counter-balance against the al-Assad regime in order to facilitate his downfall.
At the moment, however, a no-fly zone in Syria is likely Ankara's last resort. Turkey appears determined to steer clear of a full-scale military intervention to end the conflict.
Ankara believes that putting Turkish boots on the ground would make Turkey a party to the Syrian war, opening up a Pandora's Box of risky issues, such as the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group which has traditionally possessed a significant infrastructure inside Syria. Although the al-Assad regime froze all anti-Turkish PKK activity in Syria in 1999 when Ankara threatened Damascus with war, it is not far-fetched to suggest that the PKK in Syria is merely sleeping and could awaken at the sight of Turkish troops in that country.
Visiting towns in southern Turkey that have suffered from past PKK attacks, one can see this fear visibly, with the locals suggesting: "A Turkish intervention in Syria might just boomerang, ratcheting up PKK attacks."
Add to this other concerns: Turkish troops on the ground could cost Ankara dearly, eroding the soft power it has painstakingly built in the Middle East in the past decade, and it becomes nearly certain that Turkey's options in Syria are not without limits.
they should as turkey has more then 12,000 turkish citrizen in syria and all are suuni same in kerkuk iraq, the shiia are killing turkis and kurdish, syria took lathqeya port and its belong to turkey they can invade any time we want them we are in syria and the kiiling of shiia is non stop , daily ra pe killing by those syrian shiia thugs who are only 8% of the population.. attack syria now before it is too late , bashar al asad is a war criminal he killed 14,000 civilian till now...
What about the Turks slaughtering the Kurds day after day in Eastern Turkey? All these people want is their well deserved independence, something they haven't had since the 2nd cetury BC in what is now Ukraine, being driven out by the Sarmatians!
It appears to me Old Man Clark, that you and I are the only ones here who understand the Kurds, their history and their aspirations! Every other ignoramus here is going to take up for Turkey and the fact that it's a NATO member. I say that that's not good enough!!!
You know sh.t about Kurds Old Man Clark !They never been a country and never required any independence thanks to British! After Turkish Independence War to protect for their own benefit Musul and Kirkuk petrols Brits planted freedom seeds among Kurds, So without knowing a politics or emperial countries or Turkey's situation do not assume a thing!
Your grammar is a crime.
Sir/Madam: Your 12000 Turks in Syria is inaccurate. Al least one half of the Syrian population has some kind of Turkish blood in them. Yours truly included!!!???
Why not? Turkey is no different from any other NATO member. They will invade Syria if Washington tells to to, no questions asked!!!
Young Man Abdul, read and learn:
The beginning of the end for the first world war came not on the killing fields of Europe but with the conquest of Damascus. TE Lawrence, the young British officer who was a pivotal figure in the first Arab revolt, recognised the importance of Damascus to the Turks. He believed that capturing this historic city would lead to the collapse of the Ottoman empire, and eventually the defeat of the Central Powers.
Today, Damascus is no less important to her neighbour in the north. That is why Turkey is heading the latest efforts to pressurise the Assad regime against killing Syrian civilians.
On Tuesday Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, the architect of its "zero-problems" foreign policy, visited Damascus to tell President Assad that Turkey's patience had run out and (unofficially of course) to deliver a message from the US that Assad must send his soldiers back to their barracks immediately.
Davutoglu has been extremely sketchy with the details of the six-hour series of meetings with Assad and his team, but it is clear that the Syrian regime has rebuffed him. Almost immediately after the meeting, and while Davutoglu was still flying back to Ankara, the Syrian regime announced that it rejected any foreign interference and would continue its campaign against what it calls "armed terrorist groups".
But this is not going to be the last we see from Turkey regarding Syria; far from it.
It is no coincidence that only a day or so after the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced his patience with Assad was "running thin", Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah delivered his astonishingly scathing criticism of the Syrian regime.
It is also no coincidence that, shortly afterwards, we saw the Saudi, Kuwaiti, and Bahraini ambassadors recalled home from Damascus "for consultations".
What this shows is that the Arab kingdoms (and the US) have unofficially nominated Turkey to lead the campaign against Assad's regime. But while the motivations of the Arab states – cutting off Iran's hand in the Arab world – are clear, those driving Turkey's interests are much more complex and interesting.
قصف على أحد الأحياء في سوريا (الجزيرة)
كشفت تسريبات لما يبدو أنها وثائق سورية رسمية كيف يوقع الرئيس بشار الأسد شخصيا على الخطط التي يضعها مركز إدارة الأزمة في حكومته محددا أولوية الحملة الأمنية الصارمة لمنع زحف المتظاهرين ضد نظامه إلى دمشق.
وقالت صحيفة غارديان البريطانية إن مئات الصفحات من الوثائق السرية التي قدمها منشق لقناة الجزيرة تصف الاجتماعات اليومية لجميع قادة وكالتي الأمن والاستخبارات السورية الذين يراجعون الأحداث ويصدرون الأوامر التي يصدق عليها الرئيس بعد ذلك. كما أوردت وكالة أنباء إنترفاكس الروسية أن قوة عسكرية لمكافحة الإرهاب وصلت إلى ميناء طرطوس السوري على متن ناقلة بترول من أسطولها في البحر الأسود.
وأشارت الصحيفة إلى أن القوة بلغت وجهتها في وقت أيدت فيه الحكومة الروسية دعوة من الصليب الأحمر لهدنة ساعتين يوميا للسماح بوصول المعونة إلى المناطق الأسوأ ضررا بسبب العنف.
وفي خضم تقارير عن قتال في ضاحية المزة بدمشق أمس -الأعنف في العاصمة منذ بدء الانتفاضة قبل عام- قالت الجزيرة إن الوثائق هُربت خارج سوريا بواسطة عبد المجيد بركات رئيس قسم المعلومات بوحدة إدراة الأزمة للدولة والذي يختبئ حاليا في تركيا مع نشطاء المعارضة.
وتلقي أحدث الوثائق مزيدا من الضوء المباشر على إستراتيجية النظام ضد الانتفاضة، بما في ذلك حشد آلاف المليشيات المعروفين بالشبيحة وأعضاء حزب البعث السوري في عمليات صممت لقطع دمشق وحلب وإدلب والمدن الكبيرة الأخرى عن المناطق المحيطة.
وكما كشفت الوثائق أن الميادين الرئيسية في العاصمة تقع مسؤوليتها على أفرع مختلفة بجهاز الأمن السوري الكبير، بما في ذلك مديرية استخبارات القوات الجوية السيئة السمعة التي كثيرا ما اتهمها مؤيدو المعارضة السورية وجمعيات حقوق الإنسان الأجنبية بالوحشية والتعذيب.
سحق المتظاهرين
وفيما يتعلق بأيام الجمع، حيث تبلغ الاحتجاجات المناوئة للنظام ذروتها منذ بدء الانتفاضة، تنص الخطط على عزل العاصمة عبر 35 نقطة تفتيش للتحكم في الحركة. وتُغلق الطرق المؤدية لدمشق من المدن المجاورة على نحو متكرر وتُنشر قوة من ألف فرد أمن في وسط ميدان أمية وحده.
الوثائق أوضحت أن الأسد شخصيا متورط في المصادقة على إجراءات سحق الاضطرابات. وتوقيعه كان ظاهرا على إحدى الوثائق التي تخول عقوبات بالسجن للمظاهرات غير القانونية
قناة الجزيرة/غارديان
ومن جانبها قالت قناة الجزيرة إن الوثائق أوضحت أن الأسد شخصيا متورط في المصادقة على إجراءات سحق الاضطرابات. وتوقيعه كان ظاهرا على إحدى الوثائق التي تخول عقوبات بالسجن للمظاهرات غير القانونية.
وفي إحدى الوثائق المسربة السرية حذرت الحكومة وزير الخارجية بشأن دول تحاول إقناع دبلوماسيين سوريين بالانشقاق.
وقالت الجزيرة: "كل مساء في تمام الساعة السابعة بتوقيت دمشق هناك اجتماع لكل رؤساء الأمن والاستخبارات لمراجعة ما حدث عبر البلاد أثناء اليوم ويعدون خططهم وأوامرهم لليوم التالي. وهذه الخطط تذهب لمكتب الرئيس الصباح التالي ويقوم هو شخصيا بتوقيع كل الأوامر ويعطي الضوء الأخضر النهائي".
ووصفت الجزيرة بركات كجاسوس معارض داخل القيادة التي توجه حملة فرض النظام والذي أدرك الشهر الماضي أن حياته معرضة للخطر وفر من البلد ومعه 1400 وثيقة تعتقد القناة أنها حقيقية.
وفي مقابلة مع القناة الفضائية بقطر قال بركات إن "مهمتي كانت نقل المعلومات للمعارضة داخليا وخارجيا. وأي شخص يقرأ هذه التقارير سيُصدم وسيدرك أن سوريا تعيش أزمة حقيقية من التقتيل والإجرام وقمع المتظاهرين. لكن رؤساء الأمن يرسمون صورة وردية في تقاريرهم ويتجاهلون حقائق هامة كثيرة على الأرض فقط لرفع معنويات الرئيس".
ومن جانبها لم تعلق الحكومة السورية على الوثائق. وقال التلفزيون الرسمي السوري إن ثلاثة "إرهابيين" وعضوا في قوات الأمن قُتلوا في معركة دمشق.
ومن الجدير بالذكر أن ميناء طرطوس يمثل الآن القاعدة البحرية الوحيدة لروسيا خارج الاتحاد السوفياتي السابق. وقد زار أسطول بحري روسي المكان في يناير/كانون الثاني فيما اعتبر من قبل كثيرين عرضا لتأييد موسكو الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد.
Gee, this bozo doesn't ever have the enough nerve to post the above in Russian, let alone English!!!
and you are fluent in Russian, as well as your native Arab?
Yes, he is war criminal but the world want to save him, they are praying for him to servive, shame on this world, shame on its leader, we can be lower than that....
Shame on this world who want to save the Assad, shame on its leaders, it's can't be lower than that....
Shame on you for lying.
Shame on you for thinking we are all as stupid as you.
Shame on you for pulling facts out of your as s and thinking you do not have to provide valid and reliable sources.
What confuses me is I Turkey wants to be the big boy in the Muslim world. They are a moderate Muslim nation who are trying to build militarily and politically. They, as well as the Arab nations should be taking the lead on this issue and step up. As the world sits and watches with heartbreak what's going on there, sooner or later someone in Europe or even the U.S. is going to intervene, and I don't want to hear a word about infidel boots walking on holy ground. Clean up your own garbage or someone else will have to. Step up Turkey and be the leader you claim to be.
Turkey has good credentials as member of different international organisations: NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe and former member of the U.N. Security Council. Militarily it is part of the ISAF in Afghanistan, had fought as member of the NATO in Libya and the Balbans. Yet when it comes to Syria, it dithers, due to the Kurdish issue.
If the Turks are so good j.von hettlingen, then why don't they give the Kurds the independence they deserve? It will do well to remember that back in 1095, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade largely due to the Turkish atrocities perpetrated on Christians living in the then newly acquired Roman territories by the Turks. They have no more right to invade Syria than any other Western country.
Historically the Kurds have suffered immensily. They have been in their country since the beginning of time and should be allowed independence.
please read: the BALKANS.....
George Patton: I thought you're not an interventionist. Leave the Turks and the Kurds sort their dispute out!
Offending her long standing neighbour, Syria will not bring any "plus" to Turkey. Any kind of armed action over-border brings about long term misgivings. Yes PKK may be another factor. PKK is just like a hyenia pack – for I respect wolf packs – who are free merchants who will fight for the highest bidder. Why add another bidder to the existing ones. Turks have relatives in Syria. After all we were one land 100 years ago. Just like Cyprus. Any armed action does bring about civil casualties. Moreover, I personally do not believe the Turkish army should land a hand to the problem caused by the Europe's messing up things before the various aspects of our peacefull military intension for saving the Cyprus Tukrs are resolved. Is anybody looking to Turkish military to end up a skirmish in Syria? On what grounds? On what definition? This is realy gross to turn back to Turkey for manpower.
I take offence deniz, at your calling the PKK a pack of hyenias. Is this how you feel about the founding fathers of this country too? After all, they fought for and are fighting for essentially the same thing, that is, their independence!!!
If there was any truth to anything you say here and in all the other forums you have been in, we might listen to you.
If you want to be heard, you have to quote your refernces and your sources.
Otherwise, your poison is all big fat islamic lies.
The fact taht PKK is a terrorist pack is approved by most decent countries. They do not fight for independence in the globaly and humanely excepted means of democracy and peacefu negotiations. Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin (I am 1/4th Kurdish by the way) now have social and cultural channels to express themselves one of which is STATE TV CHANNEL IN KURDISH. PKK hasbeen given all posible democratic means to do this whereas they chose to express themselves by trying to build up terror by use of arms. However this article is not on PKK. It is on Turkey's role in the curent conditions in Turkey. Turkey's position can be only on diplomatically accepted lines. Like in the various Gulf Wars, it is not Turkey's position to give Turish soldiers (who by the way are not merchanaries) under the commend of one or more countries wishes. By the way please do read the article befor commenting.
CORRECTION: The fact taht PKK is a terrorist pack is approved by most decent countries. They do not fight for independence in the globaly and humanely excepted means of democracy and peacefu negotiations. Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin (I am 1/4th Kurdish by the way) now have social and cultural channels to express themselves one of which is STATE TV CHANNEL IN KURDISH. PKK hasbeen given all posible democratic means to do this whereas they chose to express themselves by trying to build up terror by use of arms. However this article is not on PKK. It is on Turkey's role in the curent conditions in SYRIA. Turkey's position can be only on diplomatically accepted lines. Like in the various Gulf Wars, it is not Turkey's position to give Turish soldiers (who by the way are not merchanaries) under the commend of one or more countries wishes. By the way please do read the article befor commenting.
I just wrote to comments, but did not post, it looks like you don't post comments saying what is excatly happening, you want to keep misslead the people about what happening!!!
Turky can't do anything, Israeal still refuse to let the Assad go, they think he is thier best friend, and he is the best to protect thier borders!!
Really?? Can you quote any reliable and valid material to back your statements?
See the elephant is dying and die a very sad situation
Syria will survive the Turkish onslaught but Turkey will be broken up! All the nations of the Middle East are to be divided along Oded Yonin's plan. Those that are pro-western are easier to divide. The Syrian army, Iran, China and Russia guarantees Syria's integrity. Watch the destruction of Turkey at the hand of Erdogan. No Eretz Israel! Greater Syria!
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This article describes how an instance on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise can be provisioned to span or bridge the Internet-facing virtual local area network and the private, virtual local area network in the cloud environment. It examines a typical use case that can leverage this new capability to provide additional network level isolation and security for deployments in a public cloud environment.
It is important to understand that this feature of the IBM Cloud environment has security implications that need to be fully understood by the user. The goal of this article is to describe the spanning features and its capabilities. It is your responsibility to fully understand the architecture being deployed in the cloud and all security requirements of that deployment. Be sure you do not expose data that needs to be protected (such as confidential corporate information, customer information, credit card numbers, addresses, etc.).
Background concepts
IBM SmartCloud Enterprise is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering that provides an enterprise-class virtual server cloud environment. By default, virtual machine instances are provisioned with TCP/IP network addresses that are accessible via the Internet.
Optionally, enterprises can sign up for a virtual private network (VPN). The optional VPN provides an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec-based), point-to-point communication channel between the enterprise's network and one of the IBM Cloud data centers. Network communication over the VPN still travels over the public Internet, but is encrypted prior to leaving either the enterprise network or the IBM Cloud network and decrypted upon receipt at either end, thus allowing for secure communication of data.
When the VPN is established in the IBM Cloud environment for the enterprise account, a private virtual local area network (VLAN) is also provisioned for the account. This VLAN provides an additional layer of network isolation for instances that are provisioned on it. Users in the enterprise account that have the VPN option are able to provision new instances either on the public Internet-facing VLAN or the private, VPN facing VLAN.
Instances in the IBM Cloud environment have long been able to be provisioned with both a primary and up to two secondary IP addresses; however, both the primary and secondary IP addresses had to both be on the same VLAN (either all on the public VLAN or all on the private VLAN). With Release 1.4, not only has the limit of two secondary IP addresses been removed, so has the limitation of all addresses being required to be on the same VLAN.
Now, when provisioning a new instance, users can select a primary IP address from either the public VLAN or the private VLAN address pools, both reserved and unreserved, and one or more secondary IP addresses that are reserved IP addresses on either the public VLAN or the private VLAN.
Spanning the VLANs
To create an instance that spans or bridges the public and private VLANs, first decide if the primary IP address for the instance will reside on the public or the private VLAN. As seen in Figure 1, this is done by selecting the appropriate VLAN (such as the public VLAN) from the VLAN pull-down menu from Step 2 of the Add instance process.
Figure 1. Configuring the primary IP address
Choosing in which VLAN the primary IP address resides is important since that will be the only available network interface for the instance when the instance is initially provisioned. Once the VLAN has been chosen, the primary IP address pull-down will be populated from the correct pool of either system generated or reserved IP addresses for the selected VLAN.
After the primary IP address is selected, select the Add IP link on the Virtual IP entry field. As seen in Figure 2, when assigning the virtual (or secondary) IP address(es), first select the VLAN (such as Private VLAN Ehningen) other than the one selected in the previous step and then select the appropriate reserved IP address.
Figure 2. Configuring the secondary IP address
Note, only reserved IP addresses can be assigned as secondary IP addresses.
Once the provisioning process is complete for this instance, the instance is accessible via the primary IP address only.
Using the appropriate access method to the instance (such as ssh for Linux® or RDP for Microsoft® Windows®), the next step is to enable the secondary IP interfaces. The process for doing this depends on the instance's operating system (ifup for Linux or Control Panel for Microsoft Windows).
Now that both network interfaces are enabled, the instance can communicate (send and receive) on both the private VLAN and the public VLAN.
Connectivity to instances
The ability to have an instance with IP addresses on both the public and private VLANs can open up the capabilities of cloud computing. In Figure 3, four instances have been configured in an account that has the optional VPN in IBM SmartCloud Enterprise.
Figure 3. Networking options in IBM SmartCloud Enterprise
The instance named PrivateOnly is configured with only a primary IP address which is assigned to the private VLAN associated with the VPN option. This instance is only accessible to other instances on the private VLAN or from the enterprise network via the established VPN. All network traffic from this instance, if not locally routable on the private VLAN, is sent over the VPN to the enterprise-side VPN gateway for further routing.
The instance named PrivateSpanToPublic is configured with a primary IP address on the private VLAN and a secondary IP address on the public VLAN. Once the secondary IP address is enabled, the instance is able to communicate on both the private VLAN and the Internet-facing public VLAN. All network traffic from this instance, if not locally routable on the private VLAN or public VLAN, is sent over the VPN to the enterprise-side VPN gateway for further routing.
The instance named PublicOnly is configured with only a primary IP address which is assigned to the Internet-facing public VLAN. This instance is accessible over the Internet and to all instances on the public VLAN.
The instance named PublicSpanToPrivate is configured with a primary IP address on the Internet-facing public VLAN and a secondary IP address on the private VLAN. Once the secondary IP address is enabled, the instance is able to communicate on both the Internet-facing public VLAN and the private VLAN. All network traffic from this instance, if not locally routable on the private VLAN or public VLAN, is sent over the VPN to the enterprise-side VPN gateway for further routing.
In Table 1, the network connectivity of these instances is described in more detail.
Table 1. Network connectivity between instances
PrivateOnly Primary: Private 10.128.0.8 | PublicOnly Primary: Public 220.127.116.11 | PrivateSpanToPublic Primary: Private 10.128.0.2 | PrivateSpanToPublic Secondary: Public 188.8.131.52 | PublicSpanToPrivate Primary: Public 184.108.40.206 | PublicSpanToPrivate Secondary: Private 10.128.0.6 | |
PrivateOnly Primary: Private 10.128.0.8 | Reachable | Unreachable | Reachable | Unreachable | Unreachable | Reachable |
PublicOnly Primary: Public 126.96.36.199 | Unreachable | Reachable | Unreachable | Reachable | Reachable | Unreachable |
PrivateSpanToPublic Primary: Private 10.128.0.2 | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable |
PrivateSpanToPublic Secondary: Public 220.127.116.11 | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable |
PublicSpanToPrivate Primary: Public 184.108.40.206 | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable |
PublicSpanToPrivate Secondary: Private 10.128.0.6 | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable | Reachable |
If an instance of the first column has a network interface that is able to ping a particular network address of another instance of the first row, that path is marked as Reachable. If the address is not routable, the path is marked as Unreachable.
Real world use case
With this new capability of creating multi-homed instances that span both the public and private VLANs, it is now possible to create n-tier deployments. Let's take a basic 3-tier deployment of a HTTP server, application server, and database server.
In a traditional deployment, each of these servers may be logically isolated from each other by routers and firewalls that limit the network connectivity and access to the servers. By isolating the access to these servers, a higher degree of security can be imposed on the infrastructure to prevent network-based intrusion and denial of service attacks.
By combining the VLAN spanning capabilities of IBM SmartCloud Enterprise and through the use of a firewall (those provided by the virtual instance's operating system or a third-party solution), a similar deployment can be created in the cloud.
One option for building this 3-tier deployment in the IBM Cloud environment is illustrated in Figure 4.
Figure 4. A 3-tier deployment in the cloud
In this deployment, the HTTP server is deployed on an instance that only has a public VLAN primary IP address. The HTTP server instance's firewall be configured to accept HTTP traffic (such as port 80). Requests for URLs that map to a path that needs to be serviced by the application server are forwarded to the secondary IP address of the application server on the public VLAN. The application server's firewall must be configured to only accept network traffic over the public VLAN from the specific IP address of the HTTP server. All other network traffic on the secondary IP address should be blocked (such as port 22 for ssh access).
There are several alternatives to the this type of deployment in the cloud: For example, the HTTP server could be the spanning instance between the public and private VLANs. The drawback to this implementation is that the advertised IP address of the HTTP would be on an instance that directly spans the public and private VLANs. If compromised, no additional barriers would exist between that instance and other instances on the private VLAN.
In another implementation, the database server could reside within the enterprise network. In this case, the enterprise VPN gateway and/or firewalls would need to be configured to allow the database network traffic to flow over the VPN tunnel to and from the application server in the cloud (for instance, JDBC traffic over port 50000).
Firewall rules
It is critical that firewalls are utilized in a deployment where instances are used to span the public and private VLANs. Proper configuration of the firewalls is essential for securing an n-tier deployment in the cloud. For more information about configuring firewalls in the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise environment refer to the User's Guide and firewall documentation for the operating systems you are using.
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Friday, 27 January 2012
Weekend Rewind - Most popular post (statistically speaking)
I have one post in my archives that has had more hits than any others by an absolute mile (we are talking 7000 hits). It isn't my best. It is just popular with the search engines. This week I want us to share the posts that have, statistically speaking, been our best (we may be able to work out how this whole SEO thing works?)
So if you are ready. Check your stats for your Most Statistically Popular post, become my friend (if we aren't already acquainted), link up your post in the linky-list below, and share some comment love with our fellow linkers. It is as easy as that! No wonder Allison (my sister and founder of the Weekend Rewind) calls it the "world's easiest linky".
I will get us started... Magda's Doppelganger
Now show us yours...
11 comments:
- seana smith said...
Good evening - just off to bed... grab idea for this week's Rewind, I'm fascinated to see what Google send soother people.
I think my Putney Park is most popular because there's a Putney Park in London and maybe in other places. very high bounce rate!!
I've been a bit cheeky and put in one from the new blog which has a whole 7 posts up so far... and this most popular has 37 page views so far, definitely the most popular of the 7. - 27 January 2012 10:36 pm
Oh dear, I meant 'great idea....'
- 27 January 2012 10:37 pm
- Anna @ green tea n toast said...
I'm off to bed too and saw this just before I was shutting down. Good timing! Thanks for an easy linky that I can join in with this week! Loving weekend rewind. Will check in on the other posts tomorrow.
Night! x - 27 January 2012 10:38 pm
- Cathy said...
Great idea! It never ceases to amaze me how many google searches from around the world land on this page! Since writing the post, I had a third son - also with a double crown!
- 27 January 2012 10:57 pm
- Sarah Mac said...
Somehow seemed to have linked to my dashboard by mistake! Could you delete the link for me please and I'll repost - thanks - People Don't Eat Enough Fudge,
- 27 January 2012 11:40 pm
- Miss Pink said...
MY post is a search engine popular post too. It doesn't get comments, not even the spammy type, but it is usually the top post for the week despite being written back when I first started to blog and I was finding my footing.
- 28 January 2012 6:31 am
- Emily said...
Thanks yet again for hosting! Can't wait to click through and see what makes for a popular post. Google is definitely responsible for the one that tops my list, but I'm sure I'll read some that are actually well-written and inspiring :)
- 28 January 2012 8:01 am
- supermac said...
What a nice theme. I do not understand much about what makes a post popular. And now maybe I'll do. xx
- 28 January 2012 11:50 am
- Catherine said...
It would be lovely if my most popular post was something elegantly crafted and profoundly meaningful but no, all you need to do is use the words Elizabeth Taylor in the title and Google will go insane. I wrote the post shortly after she died and did not do it for hits but I average over 200 a day- more a statement about her than me! Great topic idea!
- 28 January 2012 12:52 pm
- danneromero said...
wow! 7000! my best one (above) only got 131......
- 29 January 2012 3:59 am
- Mrs Woog said...
- 29 January 2012 6:04 pm


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September 25, 2011 by admin
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This article by Hannah McNamara originally appeared in Talk Business magazine.
It doesn't matter whether you negotiate every day or once in a blue moon, the ability to get the best deals and prices when buying is crucial for the savvy business owner and entrepreneur.
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'You'd love it,' she told me and two other friends over a bottle of wine, her tan still glowing. 'It's so beautiful… the sun, the coffee, the wine… even tomatoes taste like heaven over there.
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