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Does the United States Need a Department of Talent?
September 23, 2015 Mikhail Zinshteyn
The United States government needs a Department of Talent to coordinate its education, labor and immigration agencies, the head of one of the nation's largest education foundations said last week.
"Think about an agency that could develop and implement strategies for linking standards-driven K-12 education and higher education, with high-quality locally managed workforce development programs and with highly focused global recruitment strategies," said Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation, during the Education Writers Association's 2015 Higher Education Seminar at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida. "This kind of interconnected approach would surely help us as we seek to close the nation's workforce gaps."
In his new book "America Needs Talent," Merisotis argues that skilled labor in the United States is managed in a largely outdated way, relying on 20th century assumptions about the role colleges play in producing graduates who are ready for the workforce. Fifty years ago, colleges were reserved for the leadership class, while a high school diploma was sufficient for work in manufacturing that generated middle-class jobs. Today the terrain is different: Manufacturing comprises a much smaller slice of the jobs available, and the skills required for blue-collar work generally require some postsecondary education.
"Two-thirds of all jobs being created require a post-high school education" @jamiemersotis #americaneedstalen #ewaHiEd
— The Hechinger Report (@hechingerreport) September 18, 2015
The economy may be recovering from its recession nadir, but the high-paying jobs currently available almost entirely demand a bachelor's degree. A recent Georgetown University study calculated that of the more than 6 million jobs developed since 2010, 2.9 million are what they'd call well-paying positions – and all but 100,000 of those required at least a bachelor's.
That report also found that middle-skilled jobs, those that may call for a college certificate or associate's degree, are far below their pre-recession levels, even though college attainment hasn't lagged.
.@LuminaFoundation chief Jamie Merisotis opens #EWAHiEd conference with story about his high school drop out dad (son of Greek immigrants) and parents who pushed college. @jamiemerisotis is a "thought leader" because Lumina gives a lot of money for higher education reform. He's is talking about higher ed reform, the private sector, immigration, and the role of the federal government to increase the number of graduates for growing jobs. His new book is called #AmericaNeedsTalent
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The disconnect between the talent that's out there and the jobs available to these workers frustrates Merisotis. At the conference, he also said that he is troubled by the toxic political debate about immigration and argued that rather than alienating new residents, a Department of Talent would work in concert with education and labor authorities to attract foreign workers with low-, middle- and high-skill credentials. "Today's immigration policy needs to take a different path," Merisotis said. "One rooted in enhancing the talent needs of the country through a deliberate skills-based policy model while using improved education policies to educate the immigrants who are already here."
"How would our immigrant parents and grandparents fared in the current system?" says @jamiemerisotis #ewahied
— Menachem Wecker (@mwecker) September 18, 2015
But Merisotis also noted that a public policy geared toward talent risks excluding the contributions of other workers whose skills may not be as developed. "I reject the idea that our talent strategy should only be focused, down at recruitment strategies, should only be focused on the high end," he said. "I think it's a very dangerous proposition for our country."
In addition to creating a Department of Talent and retooling the nation's immigration policy, Merisotis suggested other reforms that he says would supercharge the United States' ability to develop talent:
Expand the use of "B-Corporations" that allow companies to pursue other goals that at times may compromise their profit, like reducing carbon footprints or pursuing environmental sustainability
Repurpose cities as hubs for innovation and equitable growth
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— Thyrie Bland (@Thyrie) September 18, 2015
Merisotis warned against communities where "the locals who are often low-income and minority population are left behind in the urban renaissance that attracts those newcomers."
"Talent defines what a city is and where it's going" -@jamiemerisotis #ewahied
— Ana Ley (@La__Ley) September 18, 2015
To that end he commended Grand Rapids, Michigan, for offering "multiple pathways to success for all types of people" by integrating the city's various postsecondary, business and government resources to find efficient ways of addressing the mismatch between worker talent and employer expectation.
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Some Thoughts on the Present Moment
Posted byBrendan Moody March 27, 2020 Posted inUncategorized
In a crisis like this, some people only want to escape it as much as they can. Others want to learn and try to come to grips with it. Neither way of coping is better than the other; it's just a matter of what works for you. This post is for those in the latter group. If you're in the former, scroll on past.
The terrible paradox of the moment is that we is that we are inundated with facts but have so little useful information. Anyone can obsessively refresh a counter and watch the numbers of cases and deaths go up, hour after hour, day after day, but those numbers, while tragic and horrifying, don't tell the full story, because they can't. Some of the increase is just the fact that we're testing more people, but we still don't have the kind of testing capacity to know what percentage of cases we're identifying. This, in turn, limits efforts to determine crucial factors like how rapidly the virus spreads and what hospitalization and mortality rates look like. On the global scale, it doesn't help that certain authoritarian countries may be under-reporting cases and deaths in a ghoulish effort to appear in control, but in a crisis like this, even countries that are trying to be transparent aren't always going to provide adequate data.
The shift in how we live has been so rapid that it feels strange not to know more by now, but the reality is that in the United States the response to this crisis is just beginning. The increases we're seeing now are the results of infections that happened before social distancing and shutdowns went into effect. It'll be several days more at least before any curve-flattening is visible. Certain impatient politicians who think leading a country is like marketing a golf course might want to have to it all over by Easter, but Easter is unlikely to be the end, and more likely to be the end of the beginning. By then much of the country will have three weeks' worth of data from increased testing and three weeks' worth of limited transmission thanks to social distancing. Then, we can start thinking about how to be more tactical and less universal in our efforts to combat the virus. It's not going to be as simple as there being one single moment when everyone everywhere can "go back to normal." That's a lovely image, but this isn't a war, and there's not going to be a V-COVID-19 Day.
I've said all along that people shouldn't be panicking. But we should be prepared for bad outcomes, so that they're less shocking if they do come. In New York, where about half of all US cases are located, the hospital system is badly strained. If cases continue to surge there, it could overwhelm the system, which is what leads to higher death tolls. When there aren't enough resources, people die whose lives might have been saved. Now, it's not guaranteed that that will happen. The authorities are working to bring new supplies in, professionals are improvising alternatives, and new technologies are being developed. Retirees and other volunteers are coming in to take up the slack. People are working hard, and they should keep working hard, and the rest of us should honor them for it. But there's only so much they can do. And because we have no way to know how many cases tomorrow will bring, we have no way of knowing how close they are having to make ghastly decisions about who lives and who dies.
The most important thing to remember, whether that happens or not, is that where we are, right now, on the precipice, is the result of infections that happened before ordinary Americans had really begun to grasp what was going on. It doesn't take much time for a pandemic to create an enormous burden on our hospital system. The people who are making noise about "the cure being worse than the disease" are acting as though there was some moment at which we had a choice between an economic crisis and a public health crisis. We were always going to have both. We had the choice of waiting until the virus was everywhere and millions of people were sick, which would have completely collapsed the social order and wrecked the economy, or grinding the economy to a halt in the hope of keeping people alive and healthy. That's never going to be an easy choice, but economic crises are less difficult to address than health ones; you can stimulate an economy with legislation, but there's no law that will bring the dead back to life.
If, as I hope will happen, we begin to see evidence in the coming weeks that this crisis is winding down in the United States without becoming apocalyptic, there will be those who will say, "We wrecked the economy for nothing." (Or, more likely, they'll say "YOU wrecked the economy for nothing," and point at their political enemies.) But that's like a child who, having been told to tie her shoes because she'll trip and break her neck, ties them, then complains at the end of the day that she never even fell over. Precautions always look ridiculous, until you see what can happen if you ignore them. I don't think that will happen here, but I do worry about how people will react if there's another pandemic a few years down the line, or if this coronavirus dies down now, then makes a comeback later in the year. But that's a concern for the future. For now, we wait, we watch the numbers without reading too much into them, we stay safe, and we take care of each other.
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7. Having negative or apathetic body language.
You may be sending silent (non-verbal) messages with your body movements, facial expressions, voice tone and loudness. If these don't match your words, you may be viewed as inauthentic/not trustworthy.
8. Not paraphrasing and restating what the other person says.
The only way they can know that you heard and understand them is to restate what they said or comment in some way.
9.Letting your emotions control what you say.
Words cannot be retracted. When you're angry, pause for a few seconds (minutes, hours) until you can think logically and create the outcome you desire.
10. Attacking other people's character instead of what they say or do.
Disagree with what someone says. Resist saying, you're a jerk! Instead of tearing them down, build them up.
11. Expecting people read your mind.
Speak directly and give clear expectations. Remember, no one is a mind reader. You can prevent being disappointed by clearly stating what you want.
12. Giving up your power with your words.
STOP saying "I'm sorry." If an apology is warranted (and often it is not) DO say, "I apologize" …. that I missed the meeting, forgot to bring report, etc. There are lots of ways to be polite without coming across as weak. People are more likely to take advantage of you if they believe you are weak.
Being a good communicator takes effort. It's like being a good athlete – you have to practice if you want to be good at your craft!


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Q: How to efficiently parse large list data during scraping with python? I am currently working on a data scraping project, which requires me to load and save my data in every loop. You might wonder why I would do that? Well, before I scraped without loading and saving my data in between every loop and lost all my data if the script crashed anywhere before the last iteration (which happened every time due to timeout, weird URL or anything you can imagine).
All in all the method applied right now works fine, but after some 20k iterations my storage files increase to a length of ~90mb resulting in the script becoming slower and slower, forcing me to create a new data saving file. The code below shows the basic functioning of my script.
import numpy as np

#List with URLS to scrape (220k URLS)
URLS = np.load("/some_directory/URLS.npy").tolist()

#Already checked URLS
Checked_URLS=np.load("/some_directory/checked_URLS.npy").tolist()

#Perform scraping and add new URL to checked list
for i in URLS:
    if i not in Checked_URLS:
        Checked_already.append(i)
        np.save("some_directory/checked_URLS.npy", Checked_already)
        NEW_DATA=Bunch_of_scraping_code

        #Load numpy list with data collected from previous URLS
        #Append new scraping data and save list
        FOUND_DATA=np.load("/some_directory/FOUND_DATA.npy", allow_pickle=True).tolist()
        FOUND_DATA.append(NEW_DATA)
        np.save("some_directory/FOUND_DATA.npy", LOT_DATA)

I am sure there must be a more pythonic way, in which it is not required to load the entire lists into python every loop? Or perhaps another way which does not require writing at all? I write my lists to .npy because, as far as I am aware, this is the most efficient way to parse large list files.
I have tried to save my data directly into pandas but this made everything much worse and slower. All help will be appreciated!

A: I think that a much more efficient approach would be to wrap the code that might crash with try/except and log the problematic urls for further investigation instead of repeating the same operations over and over again:
for url in URLS:
    try:
        FOUND_DATA=np.load("/some_directory/FOUND_DATA.npy", allow_pickle=True).tolist()
        FOUND_DATA.append(NEW_DATA)
    except Exception as ex:
        # for any reason the code crashes, the following message will be printed and the loop will continue
        print(f"Failed to process url: {url})

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Seitensprünge im Schnee, auch bekannt unter dem Titel Skihaserl ahoi!, ist eine österreichisch-deutsche Wintersport- und Liebeskomödie von Siegfried Breuer. Die Hauptrollen spielen die Leinwanddebütantin Doris Kirchner, Heinz Engelmann, Jane Tilden und Erik Frey.

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Wintersportmilieu in den Alpen. Thomas Enderlin begegnet im Urlaub eines Tages Susanne Schmächtig wieder, eine frühere Freundin. Sie ist mit ihrem Mann Paul angereist. Zwischen Susanne und Thomas beginnt es bald zu knistern, denn die alten Gefühle kochen wieder hoch, während zeitgleich ihr nicht minder untreuer Gatte ein Auge auf die deutlich jüngere, hübsche Lisa wirft. Alle Beteiligten finden sich in einer abgelegenen Pension ein, die eines Tages von einer Lawine getroffen wird, sodass man von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten ist. Diese Gelegenheit nutzen die Protagonisten zu einem verwechslungsreichen, leidlich amüsanten und mild erotischen Wer-mit-wem-Spiel, an dessen Ende sich schließlich die passenden Paare zusammenfinden.

Produktionsnotizen
Die Dreharbeiten fanden im Atelier von Geiselgasteig bei München sowie mit Außenaufnahmen rund um Zürs in Österreich statt. Die Uraufführung erfolgte am 15. Dezember 1950 in Salzburg. Die deutsche Premiere fand am 12. Januar 1951 in München statt.

Friedrich Erban übernahm die Produktionsleitung, Christian Herrmann entwarf die Filmbauten.

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Im Lexikon des internationalen Films heißt es: "… eine ansehnlich fotografierte Belanglosigkeit."

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Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson at the My Future NC commission meeting Monday. Liz Bell/EducationNC

My Future NC commission aims to smooth education continuum

by Liz Bell, EducationNC
November 7, 2017

A new commission, My Future NC, is rethinking the state's education system and workforce pipeline with an initial focus on the shifting demographics of the state. Co-chaired by UNC System President Margaret Spellings, Bank of America Chief Administrative Officer Andrea Smith, and Medical Mutual Holdings CEO Dale Jenkins, the commission met for the first time on Monday and plans to make recommendations to the state, localities, and institutions on how to support individuals' learning throughout their lives.

"Together, our task is complex in execution but straightforward in its conception," Spellings said at the meeting. "Today, we are only a handful of states without a statewide post-secondary education attainment goal to guide us."

Spellings said both the changing labor market and evolving population of the state are intensifying the importance and urgency of the problems the state and its educational system face.

"We all know, or you wouldn't be sitting here, about the hard work of increasing attainment, reducing disparities, and ensuring students graduate with the skills they need, but that work becomes nearly impossible when the stages and transitions of the educational continuum, from pre-K to K-12, high school to post-secondary education, community college to four-year degree, etc., aren't well enough aligned," Spellings said. "As a state, we must define where we need to go with bold statewide goals and then achieve these goals by creating actionable recommendations on how to fix the holes and the seams though which we lose students."

The work is called for by the UNC Board of Governors' strategic plan, adopted earlier this year. The commission is funded by grants from the John M. Belk Endowment, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Goodnight Education Foundation.

The commission, which has three committees — P-12, postsecondary, and workforce — along with several subject matter experts, heard from Michael Walden, economist and N.C. State University professor, and Jim Johnson, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Both speakers described the national and statewide demographic and workforce changes of the last decade and made projections about the state's future. Here are some key takeaways from their presentations:

The state's growth will be concentrated.
 Both Walden and Johnson mentioned differences in growth and wealth between regions of the state. Despite the addition of an estimated 3.2 million people statewide by 2050, 33 counties will lose population in the next several decades. Walden said he often hears students from rural areas at N.C. State that plan to go back home to work originally, but eventually stay in Raleigh or other urban areas of the state instead.

 "Our economy in the Triangle is in part built by importing smart people from rural counties," Walden said.

The state's economy is going through another big change.
 Walden described large transitions in the state's workforce — from farming to manufacturing and manufacturing to services. The step after services, however, is unclear. Walden emphasized the effects technology will have on the kinds of jobs that are available in the future. Routine jobs, he said, will be the first to be replaced by machinery or a computer algorithm. As artificial intelligence develops, Walden said more complex jobs could also be taken over by a quicker, more efficient piece of technology.

 "... A conclusion that I think that makes sense here is that we can't predict to what extent technological unemployment's going to occur ... but I think it makes even more important us having an environment that promotes innovation (and) entrepreneurship," Walden said.

North Carolina's population will experience "browning" and "graying."
 The premise of Johnson's presentation was the necessity of a hard look at how the make-up of the country and state will change drastically in the future. Johnson said, as North Carolina has both more non-white and elderly residents, systems must change to reflect that. In the 2015-16 school year, less than half (49.5 percent) of the state's public school population was white for the first time. Making sure high school graduation and post-secondary success is attainable for a diverse set of students will be important, he said. Just as important, he said, is explaining how embracing Hispanic and people of color in general into society matters for the state and country's competitiveness.

 "The next generation of talent is going to be mostly black and brown and you have a generation of kids that are locked out of educational opportunity," Johnson said.

Everyone needs to keep learning.
 As available jobs shift, some communities grow and others struggle to survive, and demographics change, Walden said the state's educational system should expect — and fully support — older students looking to make career changes or gain new training.

The commission broke into committees to hear from the leaders of different sectors and start brainstorming what is and is not working.

By the end of 2018, the commission will have met in different regions of the state and held eight community input meetings to hear from different stakeholders. The group will publish two reports: one providing educational attainment goals and outlining the state's major challenges, and one making recommendations on how to overcome those challenges and meet the set goals. There will also be a series of policy briefs from the commission on topics like early childhood education, teacher quality, college readiness, credit transfer, and postsecondary student success.

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Editor's Note: EducationNC CEO Mebane Rash is a subject matter expert to the P-12 committee of the commission. The Goodnight Education Foundation contributes to EducationNC.

This article first appeared on EducationNC and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
News Feature myFutureNC Attainment
A new commission, My Future NC, is rethinking the state's education system and workforce pipeline with an initial focus on the shifting demographics of the state. Co-chaired by UNC System President Margaret Spellings, Bank of America Chief Administrative Officer Andrea Smith, and Medical Mutual Holdings CEO Dale Jenkins, the commission met for the first time on Monday and plans to make recommendations to the state, localities, and institutions on how to support individuals' learning throughout their lives.
"Together, our task is complex in execution but straightforward in its conception," Spellings said at the meeting. "Today, we are only a handful of states without a statewide post-secondary education attainment goal to guide us."
Spellings said both the changing labor market and evolving population of the state are intensifying the importance and urgency of the problems the state and its educational system face.
"We all know, or you wouldn't be sitting here, about the hard work of increasing attainment, reducing disparities, and ensuring students graduate with the skills they need, but that work becomes nearly impossible when the stages and transitions of the educational continuum, from pre-K to K-12, high school to post-secondary education, community college to four-year degree, etc., aren't well enough aligned," Spellings said. "As a state, we must define where we need to go with bold statewide goals and then achieve these goals by creating actionable recommendations on how to fix the holes and the seams though which we lose students."
The work is called for by the UNC Board of Governors' strategic plan, adopted earlier this year. The commission is funded by grants from the John M. Belk Endowment, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Goodnight Education Foundation.
The commission, which has three committees — P-12, postsecondary, and workforce — along with several subject matter experts, heard from Michael Walden, economist and N.C. State University professor, and Jim Johnson, professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Both speakers described the national and statewide demographic and workforce changes of the last decade and made projections about the state's future. Here are some key takeaways from their presentations:
The state's growth will be concentrated.
Both Walden and Johnson mentioned differences in growth and wealth between regions of the state. Despite the addition of an estimated 3.2 million people statewide by 2050, 33 counties will lose population in the next several decades. Walden said he often hears students from rural areas at N.C. State that plan to go back home to work originally, but eventually stay in Raleigh or other urban areas of the state instead.
"Our economy in the Triangle is in part built by importing smart people from rural counties," Walden said.
The state's economy is going through another big change.
Walden described large transitions in the state's workforce — from farming to manufacturing and manufacturing to services. The step after services, however, is unclear. Walden emphasized the effects technology will have on the kinds of jobs that are available in the future. Routine jobs, he said, will be the first to be replaced by machinery or a computer algorithm. As artificial intelligence develops, Walden said more complex jobs could also be taken over by a quicker, more efficient piece of technology.
"… A conclusion that I think that makes sense here is that we can't predict to what extent technological unemployment's going to occur … but I think it makes even more important us having an environment that promotes innovation (and) entrepreneurship," Walden said.
North Carolina's population will experience "browning" and "graying."
The premise of Johnson's presentation was the necessity of a hard look at how the make-up of the country and state will change drastically in the future. Johnson said, as North Carolina has both more non-white and elderly residents, systems must change to reflect that. In the 2015-16 school year, less than half (49.5 percent) of the state's public school population was white for the first time. Making sure high school graduation and post-secondary success is attainable for a diverse set of students will be important, he said. Just as important, he said, is explaining how embracing Hispanic and people of color in general into society matters for the state and country's competitiveness.
"The next generation of talent is going to be mostly black and brown and you have a generation of kids that are locked out of educational opportunity," Johnson said.
Everyone needs to keep learning.
As available jobs shift, some communities grow and others struggle to survive, and demographics change, Walden said the state's educational system should expect — and fully support — older students looking to make career changes or gain new training.
The commission broke into committees to hear from the leaders of different sectors and start brainstorming what is and is not working.
By the end of 2018, the commission will have met in different regions of the state and held eight community input meetings to hear from different stakeholders. The group will publish two reports: one providing educational attainment goals and outlining the state's major challenges, and one making recommendations on how to overcome those challenges and meet the set goals. There will also be a series of policy briefs from the commission on topics like early childhood education, teacher quality, college readiness, credit transfer, and postsecondary student success.
Editor's Note: EducationNC CEO Mebane Rash is a subject matter expert to the P-12 committee of the commission. The Goodnight Education Foundation contributes to EducationNC.
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il quale in tre stagioni ottiene una doppia promozione dalla C alla A.

Nell'estate 1969 è al centro di un giallo di mercato. Abbandona infatti il Bari per andare ad allenare il Torino il quale però all'ultimo momento gli preferisce Giancarlo Cadè. Toneatto, ormai occupata la panchina del Bari da Pugliese, deve ripiegare sul  in Serie B, dal quale sarà presto esonerato.

Torna quindi al Bari, con cui manca la promozione in A agli spareggi nell'annata 1970-71, poi passa nel 1972 al , che trascina alla terza promozione in Serie A. Resta quindi coi pugliesi nella stagione 1973-74, che sarà la sua unica in massima serie, e si conclude con la retrocessione matematica all'ultima giornata, nella sfida col Milan.

La carriera di Toneatto prosegue quindi fra Serie B e Serie C, fra esoneri e incarichi a campionato in corso. Fra questi è da ricordare l'annata 1979-80 nella quale diventa il primo tecnico assunto da Paolo Mantovani nella sua presidenza della . Subentrato in corso di stagione a Lamberto Giorgis, porta i blucerchiati dalla zona retrocessione a sfiorare la promozione, ma ciò non gli vale la conferma per la stagione successiva.

A suo modo da ricordare è anche l'annata 1984-85, quando è uno dei 6 allenatori (record assoluto) che si succedono alla guida del .

Alla fine degli anni 1980 si ritira dall'attività per ragioni di salute. Ha vissuto a San Giovanni a Cerreto (Siena) fino al 13 maggio 2010, giorno della sua scomparsa, avvenuta all'età di 77 anni.

Tecnico ruspante e poco diplomatico, molto pragmatico e pratico, non orientato ad alchimie tattiche particolari né al gioco spettacolare, è stato forse non completamente a ragione considerato come uno degli esponenti più tipici del gioco difensivista e catenacciaro. In realtà, alcune delle sue formazioni quali ad esempio il Foggia della promozione in A e la Sampdoria del girone di ritorno del campionato 1979-80, hanno espresso anche un discreto livello di gioco.

Palmarès

Giocatore

Siena: 1955-1956

Allenatore

Bari: 1966-1967 (girone C)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Un bulldozer di nome Lauro: ecco Toneatto  Ilgiornale.it

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Almost 200 years after the French cavalry charge at Waterloo, bulldozers rolled into action Wednesday to spruce up the memorial site of the battle that humbled Napoleon. Where cannon balls once thundered across fields, construction workers began breaking down walls in a project that will see the demolition of restaurants, stores and parking lots considered eyesores in the rural area south of Brussels. The goal is to bring more beauty to what Victor Hugo once described as a "dreary plain," the place where Prussian and English troops handed Napoleon's army a decisive defeat on June 18, 1815. The centrepiece will remain the Lion Mound, a 40-metre (130-foot) tall cone of earth and grass topped by a lion statue that was erected in honour of victorious Prince William of Orange.
"We want to bring authenticity back to Waterloo, which is one of the most well-preserved battlefields in the world," said Paul Furlan, tourism minister in Belgium's Wallonia region. "The site is currently very limited. The structures have aged and are not adapted to modern tourism," Furlan said. Each year, 300,000 tourists climb some 200 steps to the top of the Lion Mound, from where they peer at undulating land where French soldiers fell to volleys fired by Wellington's army perched on ridges above. Today the vast battlefield - which every five years plays host to a re-enactment with men dressed in period uniforms wielding 19th century weaponry - is mostly covered by farmland. "Farmers were their best protectors," said Yves Van der Cruysen, director of the Waterloo Battlefield Association.
The rehabilitation project, in the pipeline for a decade, will allow visitors to "immerse themselves in the heart of the battle" and relive the charges of French cavalrymen against Prussian and English infantrymen formed into unbreakable squares. Instead of constructing new buildings, a huge underground memorial will be dug. Inside the 6,000-square-metre structure, visitors will be able to see a four-dimensional film of the battle made by Italian director Franco Dragone. "This is to respond to visitors' demand for more emotions and the requirements of a public that is more knowledgeable and looking for historic tourism," said Waterloo mayor Serge Kubla. With a budget totalling 40 million Euros ($52 million), the project aims to attract 500,000 visitors each year.
Belgium's economic recovery has ground to a halt, the European Commission said Friday, owing to the slowdown in the global recovery and a revival of the euro-zone debt crisis. Gross domestic product is set to stagnate in 2012 and grow a modest 1.2% in 2013, according to the latest forecast. The high degree of openness of the Belgian economy made it vulnerable to slowdowns in neighbouring countries, the commission said in its report.
For the second-half of the year, the commission said GDP should increase "on the back of a gradual recovery for international trade... and "crisis-related uncertainty will fade". Growth in Belgian exports is set to be limited in 2012, accelerating slightly in 2013. Inflation was down on 2011, when it reached 3.5%, but is set to remain high at 2.9%, mainly on account of a surge in oil prices, coupled with the impact of consolidation measures in last year's budget. The commission foresees a drop in inflation to 1.8% in 2013. A recent pickup in employment has been reversed, the report said, with the first two months of 2012 showing a rise in the jobless number to 7.2% from 7.1% in December. Unemployment for 2012 is expected to rise 0.4 percentage point from 2011 to 7.6%, nudging up further to 7.9% in 2013.
General government debt reached 98% of GDP in 2011, with the debt ratio set to rise slightly and likely to "exceed the psychological threshold of 100% of GDP in 2012," the commission said Friday. The commission warned that the state's support of financial institutions in the form of guarantees posed a "risk for public finances," referring to Belgium's recent nationalization of the Belgian arm of Dexia bank. The government deficit is likely to decrease this year to 3% of GDP from 3.7% last year, thanks mainly to budgetary measures taken in 2011, such as a tax on interest and dividends.
The Belgium Gaming Commission has expanded its blacklist of companies which internet service providers in the country must block. New additions to the list include bwin.com, betsson.com, bet-at-home.com, betclic.com, williamhill.com, stanjames.com, and betfair.com, all of which offer online poker.
These companies join the likes of 888.com, titanpoker.be, winamax.fr and everestpoker.be. Belgian authorities claim the blacklist offer opportunities to legitimate operators who apply for licences while protecting players from 'illegal' sites which operate without a licence in the country.


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Categories: GCSE, OCR GCSE, Hot Entries, Radio, Radio Comedy
Genre: Radio Comedy Panel Game
Home Station: BBC Radio 4, with repeats on BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC World Service and you can listen to an episode from 1982 on the BBC iPlayer
First Broadcast: 11 April 1972, only exception to series was 1998 and 2008 (Humph's illness/ death)
Series Length: Normally 6 per series, with 1-2 series a year. Series are recorded with two programmes running back to back
Audience: Over 2 million listeners. Recorded in front of a live audience, normally 1,500 seat theatres sell out within a week of being advertised
Humphrey (Humph) Lyttelton (Chairman from 1972 until his death April 2008. He recorded the 50th series)
Then Stephen Fry, Rob Brydon and Jack Dee shared the role in 2009, for the postponed 51st series). Dee continued in the role for the 52nd series and for the next this year.
Chairman's Script written by Iain Pattinson (1992 to present day).
Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Tim Brokke-Taylor and Wilie Rushton
John Cleese, Phil Jupitus, Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Victoria Wood, David Mitchell and Jo Brand.
It was Dave Lee, now Colin Sell.
Voted second funniest radio programme ever after The Goon Show, the show has won many awards including the Gold Sony Radio Comedy Award in 1995, 2002 and 2004.
The piano player does not have a microphone so can be the butt of jokes, without being able to respond.
The scorer has been a made up person since 1985. The joke being that they do not need someone to keep score. This fictional person has been called "the lovely Samantha?, "Margaret? after Mrs. Thatcher left office in 1990. Since then "Monica? and Swedish "Sven' have also been scorers.
Features on the show include 'Mornington Cresent' (a game with silly complex rules and meant to show the skill of the panelists; on the MCAS site the first rule of MC is "You don't talk about MC?), 'One...


Sharp geometric shapes, gorgeous alien landscapes and mellow beats define the latest musical adventure from the makers of Bad Hotel. That the melodies you generate while weaving waves through space free your friends from the clutches of evil is merely a bonus.
Lucky Frame knows how to bring music and games together to create charming new experiences, from the delightful music generation of Pugs Luv Beats to the tower defence meets procedural music toy brilliance of Bad Hotel — one of the best games on iOS. That dual-mastery coalesces once again in Wave Trip, a music generation toy masquerading as a simple space shooter.
The Game: You play as a geometric astronaut attempting to free her friends, who've been trapped in floating bubbles hovering over alien planets. Using simple up-down controls (with a recharging shield for deflecting enemies) she collects orange coins to break the bubble trapping her pals. Blue coins act as multipliers, helping players rack up high scores, but getting hit by an enemy resets the multiplier. So basically the idea is to collect as many blue and orange coins without hitting an enemy as possible.
You can't die in Wave Trip — combo reset is the harshest penalty — so taken by itself it's a game about racking up points before the level ends.
The Music: Every coin is a sound, and every sound contributes to a melody. The more coins the player collects, the richer and deeper the melody becomes. Getting hit by enemies slows and distorts the level's tune. It's that brief dissonance that drives the music-minded player to excel in Wave Trip.
Levels are comprised of several different arrangements of coins, each forming their own particular piece of a lush musical puzzle.
Again, there is no death. There are no restrictions. There is no level unlocking. The whole of Wave Trip is yours to explore from the get go. And when you're done exploring, the creation begins.
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Ultimately the appreciation of Wave Trip lies in the reason you're playing it. If you are in it for gameplay alone, the simple score-based leaderboards and lack of traditional restrictions might be a turn off. If you're just here for the tunes you might be put off by having your appreciation of Lucky Frame's musical creations interrupted by rude pink-hued alien enemies. But if your love of sound and interactive entertainment work together in perfect harmony, Wave Trip is a magnificent creation that inspires and delights.


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A true icon of music and songwriting, Paul Simon comes to MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday 27th May 2018 as part of his farewell tour! The sixteen-time Grammy Award-winner announced his plans to retire from performing earlier in the year, but the Gracelands star hasn't lost his passion for music:
"I love making music, my voice is still strong, and my band is a tight, extraordinary group of gifted musicians. I think about music constantly," Simon said, in a statement.
American singer-songwriter and actor Paul Simon began his career in 1964 as half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel alongside childhood friend Art Garfunkel, writing the majority of the pair's songs. The duo found fame with a string of hits, including the number-one singles "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge over Troubled Water". After Simon & Garfunkel disbanded at the height of their popularity in 1970, Simon went on to be a successful solo artist, recording three highly acclaimed albums over the next five years. Simon's 1986 album Graceland remains his most popular to date, selling 14 million copies worldwide on its release. In his seven decades in music, Simon has won sixteen Grammys for his solo and collaborative work, including three for Album of the Year (Bridge Over Troubled Water, Still Crazy After All These Years, Graceland), and a Lifetime Achievement Award, among many other honors.


Tiffin-Seneca Public Library will be holding the next event in the Kinship Care series, "Emotional/Behavioral Well Being," in the Frost Kalnow Room. Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. and the program will begin at 6:30.
The Kinship Care series is to provide information and support for grandparents and other relatives caring for grandchildren or young family members. Children living in families with substance abuse or other problems often experience trauma that can result in emotional and behavioral issues. Mental health and children's services professionals will discuss these issues and what resources are offered in Seneca County.
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import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
import org.scalatest.matchers.must.Matchers
import org.typeclassopedia.Blub
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The government has approved a new strategy to boost Switzerland as a host country, including a new foundation in Geneva to help bring science and diplomacy together, Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis has announced.
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The "Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator" (GSDA)External link is being launched by the foreign affairs ministry and the Geneva authorities. Its president is former Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, and its vice-president is Patrick Aebischer, former head of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL).
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaking, flanked by Patrick Aebischer (L) and foreign affairs minister Ignazio Cassis (R) Keystone
This new foundation is to concentrate not so much on the "classic" humanitarian concerns of International Geneva but on the challenges of the future, such as how rapidly evolving new technology should be regulated, said Cassis at a joint press conference with Brabeck-Letmathe and Aebischer. He gave the example of drones and automated cars, as well as genetic engineering.
The idea is that it should not only bring the scientific and diplomatic communities around the world together but also "anticipate" the consequences of technological advances on society and politics.
International Geneva must be positioned as the best place to discuss the emerging issues that will dominate the global agenda in the coming decades, he said, and make sure that its reputation is strong enough to withstand competition.
+Read how International Geneva boasts more protocol receptions and international conferences than any other city in the world
The foreign ministry is providing CHF3 million ($3 million) in initial funding for the GSDA's pilot phase (2019-2022), while the City and Canton of Geneva have each approved a contribution of CHF300,000 for the same period. Sponsors will also contribute funds. During the first three years, scientific and political experts will meet to identify the issues to be addressed and launch the foundation's first projects.
In addition, as part of its overall budget for International Geneva for the 2020-2023 period, the government has requested a total of CHF111.8 million for approval by parliament, slightly lower than the CHF117.2 million for 2016-2019.
Brabeck-Letmathe told the press conference that technology has been advancing so quickly that "politics can't keep up", but that "we all know that the big challenges of the future need regulation". He said the GSDA would have nine board members and that it would have a "small competent leadership".
"There are things happening in our laboratories that we can hardly imagine," said Aebischer. "But the idea is that by combining our networks we will be able to know and anticipate, to try and bridge the growing gap between technology and the need to regulate it". He recalled that even the head of Microsoft had called for a "Geneva Convention on cyber-attacks".
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International Geneva is an important hub for multilateralism. But it is facing some unprecedented challenges.
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According to a report by AgWeb, around 13 percent of US pork production is located in North Carolina where the downgraded category 2 storm is quickly progressing through.
It is predicted that winds will reach over 100mph and around 13ft of storm surge flooding will hit both North and South Carolina before the weekend, resulting in potentially catastrophic damage to farms and local infrastructure. Tornadoes could also reside in the two states as the storm moves inland.
With the storm likely to knock out power supplies, damage water supplies and prevent access to resources, it is important that people prepare for the worst, especially farms where thousands of animals are at risk.
Not only will the storm likely cause mortalities in swine populations, but the flooding of pig waste piles could also allow the contamination of state waterways. This has been seen in the past when Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Floyd hit Texas and Carolina, respectively.
• It is of critical importance to continue watching the storm reports, listen out for storm warnings and, if told to evacuate, follow the instructions provided by local authorities and evacuate.
• Move animals to higher ground. If possible, move animals out of barns that are in flood-prone areas to facilities at other farms.
• Stock up on feed. Ensure you have adequate resources in case of disruptions to transportation and market access.
• Check the operating condition of your backup generators. Have adequate fuel and filters for several days of operations. Make sure automatic starting systems are ready to go.
• Make sure there is adequate propane gas on the farm and arrange an earlier than normal delivery if necessary.
• Make sure cell phones are fully charged and have rechargeable battery packs on hand in case land-line telephone service is lost.
• Secure outside objects on your farm (signs, tools, boxes) so they don't blow and cause damage.
• Check the security of roofing materials, pig house siding, and windows and doors to make sure they will not blow off or blow open. Corners and edges of buildings are particularly vulnerable.
• Be sure drainage ditches are free of debris and are adequate to move large volumes of water away from the pig barn.
• Be prepared to keep pigs longer than normal in case processing plants are unable to operate.
• Be sure that all equipment such as tractors and skid loaders are fully fuelled.
• Put important documents into waterproof containers.
• Have cash on hand, since some merchants without electricity might not be able to process credit and debit cards.
• If there is no electricity whatsoever, monitor house conditions more frequently and make adjustments as needed.
• If strong winds knock down trees, make farm lanes and houses accessible to delivery vehicles as soon as it is safe to do so.
• Assess lagoon levels and ensure storage levels can accommodate more than 25 inches of rain.
Social media resources to help you track the storm and learn about weather advisories and warnings when they are issued include the National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) and the National Weather Service offices in Wakefield, Virginia (@NWSWakefieldVA) and Mount Holly, NJ (@NWS_MountHolly).


If you are an administrator and need to set up Cisco EPN Manager for its initial use, see Server Setup Tasks.
Hardware—Mac or Windows laptop or desktop compatible with one of the tested and supported browsers listed below.
Internet Explorer users have reported slower performance compared to other browsers, meaning that some GUI pages take longer to load in IE.
A maximum of three Cisco EPN Manager tabs can be open simultaneously in a single browser session.
Depending on your network configuration, the first time your browser connects to the Cisco EPN Manager web server, you may have to update your client browser to trust the server's security certificate. This ensures the security of the connection between your client and the Cisco EPN Manager web server.
To log out, click at the top right of the Cisco EPN Manager window and choose Log Out .
How to Transition Between the CLI User Interfaces in Cisco EPN Manager—Describes all classes of users supported byCisco EPN Manager , including the various CLI user accounts.
Types of User Groups—Describes the user group mechanism which allows you to control the functions that everyday web GUI users can perform. What you can see and do in the user interface is controlled by your user account privileges. This topic also describes the virtual domain mechanism, which manages Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for devices.
Set up and configure the Cisco EPN Manager server.
Add devices to Cisco EPN Manager and create device groups to simplify device and network management.
Enable monitoring for interfaces and technologies used by the network.
Customize alarm and event behavior for your deployment (for example, alarm and event refresh rates and e-mail and trap receivers).
You can change your password at any time by clicking at the top right of the Cisco EPN Manager window and choosing Change Password . Click the information icon to review the password policy.
The top left of the Cisco EPN Manager title bar provides the following controls.
The right side of the title bar displays your user name and the virtual domain you are working in. A virtual domain is a logical grouping of devices. Virtual domains are used to control who has access to devices and areas of the network. To switch between virtual domains that are assigned to you, see Work In a Different Virtual Domain.
When you click on the right side of the title bar, the window settings menu opens.
Finally, the Alarm Summary gives you a visual indicator of number of alarms in your network. The color indicates the highest severity alarm.
Alarm Summary—Provides a visual count of alarms in the categories you specify. Clicking this area opens the Alarm Summary popup window.
When you click the Alarm Summary button (circled in the following figure), Cisco EPN Manager opens the Alarm Summary popup window. You can customize the data that is displayed in both the button and the pop-up window. In this example, the button displays a count for Switches and Hubs and System alarms, and the Alarm Summary pop-up to show all of the alarm categories listed in the following illustration.
You click from the left side of the web GUI title bar.
You log in to the Cisco EPN Manager web GUI.
This setting is saved on a per-user basis. You can change it at any time without affecting other users.
While you have the page you want displayed, click at the top right of the Cisco EPN Manager web GUI.
Choose Set Current Page as Home.
Dashboards provide at-a-glance views of the most important data in your network. They provide status as well as alerts, monitoring, performance, and reporting information. You can customize these dashboards so they contain only the information that is important to you. It may be helpful to set the Network Summary dashboard as your default home page. By doing so, this dashboard is displayed after you log in and you can quickly check overall network health before you do anything else. To set any dashboard as your default home page, see Change Your Default Home Page.
Network Summary dashboard—To check the health of the entire network. See Network Summary Dashboard Overview.
Service Performance dashboard—To monitor Carrier Ethernet and optical service performance. See Service Performance Dashboard Overview.
Performance dashboard—To view high-level performance metrics for network components such as interfaces, QoS policies, and ITU-T Y.1731 probes. See Performance Dashboard Overview.
Device Trends dashboard—To view performance information for a specific device, application, or service. See Device Trends Dashboard Overview.
DWDM/OTN Performance dashboard—To view performance information for the dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and Optical Transport Network (OTN) interfaces in your network. See DWDM/OTN Performance Dashboard Overview.
Cable dashboard —To view performance information for your cable network including the important issues currently affecting your network of Cisco cBR-8 devices. See Cable Dashboard Overview.
Licensing dashboard—See View the Licensing Dashboard.
Jobs dashboard—See Manage Jobs Using the Jobs Dashboard.
System Monitoring dashboard—See Check Cisco EPN Manager Server Health, Jobs, Performance, and API Statistics Using the System Monitoring Dashboard.
For an explanation of the parts of the dashboard window and how to use dashboard filters, see How to Use the Dashboards.
To troubleshoot dashboard data issues, see Find Out Why Data is Missing from a Dashboard.
The following topics describe the dashboards available in Cisco EPN Manager.
From the Service Performance dashboard, you can view the performance statistics for a particular circuit, VC, or service during the time frame you specify. To open this dashboard, choose Dashboard > Service Performance > any of the tabs described in the following table.
To view these dashlets, both the CEM and Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge monitoring policies must be enabled. See Monitoring Policies Reference.
You can toggle between inbound and outbound data. In the Top N Service QoS Class Traffic dashlet, you can also toggle between pre- and post-policy data.
You can toggle between the information for CE and L3VPN services.
Interface monitoring is not enabled by default. For information on how to check this, see Check What Cisco EPN Manager Is Monitoring.
For a description of how to customize the contents and layout of a dashboard tab, see Customize a Dashboard Tab.
From the Performance dashboard, you can can view high-level performance metrics for network components such as interfaces, QoS policies, and ITU-T Y.1731 probes. To open this dashboard, choose Dashboard > Performance > any of the tabs described in the following table.
CRC error data is not polled by default. To enable the collection of this data, choose a polling frequency for the Interface Health monitoring policy's CRC parameter (see Change the Polling for a Monitoring Policy).
Details such as the name of the device, the customer associated with this device, and its user-network interface (UNI) port.
Average bit and frame rates for green (conforming), yellow (exceeding), red (violating), and discard traffic. You can toggle between inbound and outbound traffic data.
Graphs that chart the traffic measured for the traffic types listed in theME1200 QoS Statistics dashlet.
Five traffic graphs are provided: one for each traffic type as well as one consolidated graph.
You can toggle between viewing the data by frame rate (in frames per second) or bit rate (in kilobits per second).
You can specify the elements you want to view in a chart by checking the appropriate check box below that chart. In the consolidated traffic dashlet, you can specify traffic types. And in the individual traffic dashlets, you can specify one or multiple EVC Control Entries (ECEs) associated with the service.
For the sensors that reside on the selected device, details such as their name, the type of information they collect (such as temperature or voltage) and the corresponding unit of measure, and the value recorded during the last device poll.
Sensor data is not polled by default. To enable the collection of this data,create a monitoring policy based on the Device Sensors policy type (see Create a New Monitoring Policy Using Out-of-the-Box Policy Types).
The Network Summary dashboard alerts you to the most important issues currently affecting your network. It also collects metrics from various sources to display a set of key performance indicators (KPIs). To open this dashboard, choose Dashboard > Network Summary > any of the tabs described in the following table.
To open a pop-up window that describes the information provided by a metric dashlet, place your cursor over its name and then click the ? icon.
To open a page that lists the alarms or devices that correspond to a particular metric, click a dashlet value. For example, if the SNMP Reachability Status dashlet indicates that 50 devices are currently reachable via SNMP, click 50 to open the Network Devices page and view a listing of these devices.
Two temperature values are provided for each device: its highest recorded internal temperature (displayed in the Max Inlet Temp column) and its highest recorded ambient temperature (displayed in the Max Other Temp column). By default, devices are sorted by their internal temperature.
To identify the sensor that recorded a particular temperature value, place your cursor over its i (information) icon.
To open a page that lists the alarms that correspond to a particular metric, click a dashlet value. For example, if the Alarm Summary dashlet indicates that 12 critical alarms have been raised in your network, click 12 to open the Alarms page and view a listing of these alarms.
Due to a limitation in the current release, the Interface Health monitoring policy polls all of the interfaces in your network for CRC error data, not just the ones associated with the port group you chose from the Port Groups drop-down list. Keep this in mind when you view the data provided by the Top N Interface CRC Errors dashlet.
Also note that the dashlets in this tab (except for the summary dashlets) allow you to open the 360 view for a device's adjacent device or interface by clicking its i (information) icon.
You can toggle between inbound and outbound traffic data.
Choose a specific device group and/or port group to view only information for those devices/ports.
To filter data for all the dashlets based on port/device groups, use the Port Groups filter at the top of the dashboard.
To filter data for a specific dashlet only, click the dashlet's Edit icon and choose a device/port group from the Port Groups and/or Device Groupsdrop-down list.
Filter the data in the dashlets by Class Map (and you can choose to exclude the class-default).
Click an interface's name link to view performance information for that interface in the Performance dashboard. If you click a link in the Top N Interfaces tab, the Interfaces tab opens. If you click a link in the Top N QoS tab, the QoS tab opens instead.
The Cable dashboard provides an executive overview of your cable network including the important issues currently affecting your network of Cisco cBR-8 devices. To open this dashboard, choose Dashboard > Cable.
Since Cable dashboards can provide both a high level overview and detailed insights of the cable network, dashboards are equiped with filter conditions that help in refining the displayed information.
Filter information based on location or capabilities. The locaiton you choose could be the group or location to which multiple devices are assigned.
Filter information associated with a specific Cisco cBR-8 device.
To refine the information provided in the table, you can do two things: First, you can create and apply a filter. And second, you can click a particular graph element. For example, in the cBR-8 Dashboard tab, if you click the bar that corresponds to a Cisco IOS XE version in the Software Version bar graph, the Software Version Details table only displays the information specific to that version.
Filters applied within a tab are applicable to all dashlets within the tab. For example, in the Cable Modem tab, if you filter a specific Cisco cBR-8 device, then all dashlets (such as Modem Count by Vendors and Modem Count by Capability) display information associated only with the filtered Cisco cBR-8 device.
The information provided in these tabs is refreshed periodically and can be configured through cable policies. To export the details displayed in the table rows as a .csv file, use the Export button.
To ensure that information is collected and reported for the Cisco cBR-8 routers in your network, verify that Cable Policies is listed on the Monitoring Policies page (Monitor > Monitoring Tools > Monitoring Policies > Policies pane), is currently active, and has polling intervals set for its parameters. To activate Cable monitoring policies, see, Change Thresholds and Alarm Behavior for a Monitoring Policy.
Software version—Indicates the number of routers (Cisco cBR-8 devices) running various Cisco IOS XE versions.
License usage—Indicates the number of license types applied to the selected routers.
License state—Indicates the number of routers with registered or unregistered licenses.
High availability (HA)—Indicates the number of routers configured with stateful switchover (SSO).
Remote physical device—Indicates the number of RPDs that are currently online, offline, establishing a connection with Cisco EPN Manager, or for whom deployment is pending.
Supervisor FPGA Versions—Indicates the field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) currently in use, broken down by type and version.
To view a table that provides additional information for one of these metrics, place your cursor over a metric and click anywhere within the resulting box that appears. For example, open the High Availability Details table and it provides information such as the name and IP address of Cisco cBR-8 routers, the amount of time they have been up, and the location of associated active and standby HA servers.
You can also open a device's Device 360 view by clicking its i (information) icon from the Device IP column.
Alarm Severity: Indicates the number of alarms with different severity levels (Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, and Cleared).
Alarm Category: Indicates the number of alarms with a particular alarm category (such as CMTS System, CMTS Subscriber, Broadband Cable, etc.).
Group Location of Devices: Indicates the number of alarms raised on devices belonging to a different geographical locations.
cBR-8 Name: Group alarms raised on a specific cBR-8 device.
You can filter alarms to view additional details about the alarm such as the alarm ID, failure source, time when the alarm was raised, the alarm protocol category, condition, and whether the alarm affects services. For more information about the alarm, use the Alarm ID hyperlink to navigate to the Alarms and Events page.
In addition to various filters, the alarm heatmap provides a comprehensive count of alarms from various geographic locations and cBR-8 devices. The data is periodically refreshed and also updated based on your selection of the group location, device, or alarm severity.
Cable modem—Indicates the total count and operational states (such as Online, Offline, and Initializing) of available modems.
Modem count by vendors—Indicates the total number of online/offline cable modems from various vendors (such as Cisco Anis).
Modem count by capability—Indicates the total number of online cable modems with various DOCSIC versions (such as DOCSIS 1.1 and DOCSIS 2.0).
If you choose All (devices) in the filter option, only those devices associated with cable modems are filtered. The dashlets do not represent information about cable devices with no cable modems.
From the Device Trends dashboard, you can view performance information for a specific device, application, or service. To open this dashboard, choose Dashboard > Device Trends > any of the tabs described in the following table.
Choose Dashboard > DWDM/OTN Performance > Optical Interface.
With an interface's 360 view open, choose View > Performance.
If you open the DWDM/OTN Performance dashboard using the first method, you also need to choose an interface from the Interface drop-down list. The dashlets provided by the dashboard will vary, depending on the type of interface you choose.
The Circuits drop-down list is disabled, so you cannot use it to filter the information provided by this dashboard.
The following figure illustrates the key parts of a dashboard window and the controls you can use to adjust them.
Dashboard filters—Filters all dashlets in the dashboard according to the selection. In this example, a time-based filter is used. The filters displayed depend on the dashboard type. For example, in the performance dashboards, you must select a specific interface, device, circuit, or VC.
Metric dashlets—Provides quick metrics for alarms, available devices, and so forth.
Dashboard icons—Allows you to launch online help, refresh the entire dashboard, and open the Dock window.
Dashboard Settings menu—Allows you to add or rename a dashboard tab, add new dashlets (both standard and metric), adjust the dashboard's layout, reset all dashboards to their default settings, and export data from the selected dashlets.
Standard dashlets—Provides at-a-glance data that is relevant to the dashboard.
Edit icon—Click to change a dashlet's properties, such as its title, refresh interval, and the number of devices that are displayed (applicable only to Top N and Bottom N dashlets).
Help icon—Click to open a pop-up window that describes the dashlet, indicates the monitoring policy that needs to be activated in order for the dashlet to collect data, and lists the filters that can be applied to the dashlet.
Refresh icon: Click to refresh the information displayed in the dashlet.
Detach icon—Click to move the dashlet to another location in the dashboard.
Collapse/Expand icon—Click to toggle between a maximized and minimized dashlet.
Close icon—Click to remove the dashlet from the dashboard.
In the bottom right corner of dashlets that provide charts, you can find the buttons highlighted in the following figure. The buttons that are available will vary among dashlets.
Chart View button—Click to view a dashlet's information as a chart.
Table View button—Click to view a dashlet's information as a table.
Chart Type button—Click to choose the type of chart a dashlet displays (such as a bar or pie chart) and any options you want to set (such as displaying a unique fill pattern for each element).
Actions button—Click to print the information provided by a dashlet or export the information as either a .csv or .pdf format file.
Use this procedure to create a new dashboard. Your new dashboard will appear as a new tab under one of the dashboards listed in Types of Dashboards.
Open the relevant existing dashboard.
For example, if you want to create a new tab under the Performance dashboard, click any tab under Dashboard > Performance.
Click the + (Add New Dashboard) tab.
Enter a name for the new dashboard, then click Apply .
Click the new dashboard tab, then add dashlets as described in Add a Predefined Dashlet To a Dashboard.
Choose Dashboard > the dashboard tab you want to customize.
For example, if you want to customize the Performance dashboard's BNG tab, you would choose Dashboard > Performance > BNG.
Adjust the dashboard tab as needed.
Drag dashlets to a different location on the dashboard.
From the tab's Settings menu, rename a tab, add new dashlets (see Add Dashlets to Dashboards), and change the tab's layout.
To open a pop-up window that provides an overview of a dashlet you are thinking about adding, expand the Add Dashlets drop-down list, locate the dashlet, and then place your cursor over its name.
Use the filters to specify the information you want to view and the appropriate time frame, then click Apply.
If necessary, troubleshoot why the tab is not displaying any data.
See Find Out Why Data is Missing from a Dashboard for more information.
Prepackaged dashlets that are provided with Cisco EPN Manager —Some of the dashlets are displayed on dashboards by default; others are listed in the Settings menu, and you can add them as needed. These dashlets provide information you will likely monitor (for example, device CPU utilization, interface errors and discards, and traffic statistics). See Add a Predefined Dashlet To a Dashboard.
Customized dashlets that you create to monitor device performance—These dashlet types can only be added to the Device Trends dashboard. See Add a Customized Dashlet to the Device Trends Dashboard.
Cisco EPN Manager provides a predefined set of dashlets that will provide you with commonly-sought network data. By default, a subset of these dashlets is already included in the dashboards, to help you get started. Complete the following procedure to add another of these predefined dashlets to your dashboards.
From the sidebar menu, choose Dashboard, then select the dashboard you want to add a dashlet to.
For example, to add a Device Memory Utilization dashlet to the Device Trends dashboard, choose Dashboard > Device Trends > Device.
From the top right corner of the dashboard, click Settings and then choose Add Dashlets. Cisco EPN Manager lists the dashlets that can be added to that dashboard.
To open a pop-up window that provides an overview of a particular dashlet, place your cursor to the left of that dashlet's name. The pop-up window also lists the sources for the data the dashlet provides and the filters you can apply to the dashlet, as shown in the following illustration.
Click Add to add the selected dashlet to the dashboard.
Verify that the dashlet is populated with data.
From the top right corner of the dashlet, click its ? (Help) icon to open the dashlet's pop-up window.
Check the information provided in the Data Sources area. If it lists a monitoring policy, check whether the policy is activated. See Check What Cisco EPN Manager Is Monitoring.
If none of the dashlets in the Device Trends dashboard provide the device performance information you need, you can add a dashlet that uses a customized template to poll devices for their SNMP MIB attributes. Complete the following procedure to add this dashlet to the dashboard.
Check the available monitoring policies to determine which policy collects the information you need. You will have to specify a policy during the dashlet creation process. If none of the policies meet your needs, you can create a policy that polls new parameters. See Create a Monitoring Policy for Unsupported Parameters and Third-Party Devices.
Choose Dashboard > Device Trends > Device.
From the top right corner of the dashboard, click Settings and then choose Add Dashlets.
Expand the Device Dashlets list.
Locate Generic Dashlet, then click Add .
Cisco EPN Manager adds a blank generic dashlet to the Device Trends dashboard.
Configure the new dashlet as needed.
Enter a meaningful title in the Dashlet Title field.
Check the Override Dashboard Time Filter check box if you do not want to apply the time filters to all of the dashlets in the dashboard.
In the Policy Name drop-down list, choose the monitoring policy that will collect the data for this dashlet. See Monitoring Policies Reference for descriptions of the available monitoring policies.
If no data is displayed in the dashlet, see Find Out Why Data is Missing from a Dashboard.
Use the Dock window for quick navigation to frequently used web GUI pages and pop-up windows (such as the 360 view for a particular device). From here, you can also access links to the 15 most recently visited pages and Cisco EPN Manager training materials. To open this window, click the Dock icon (located in the top right area of the page).
Open the web GUI page you want to add.
Click its star (Favorite) icon, which is located in the top left area of the page.
Open the pop-up window you want to add, then open its 360 view.
From the top right corner of the pop-up window, click the Add to Dock icon.
Check whether the dashlet data is filtered.
Click the Edit icon and adjust the current filter settings.
Check whether there is a problem with the device.
See Get Basic Device Information: Device 360 View.
Check whether the device inventory is being collected properly.
See Find Devices With Inventory Collection or Discovery Problems.
Open the dashlet's overview pop-up window by clicking its Help icon.
Note the monitoring policy listed under Data Sources.
Monitoring policies are described in Monitoring Policies Reference.
Verify that this policy is listed and active in the Monitoring Policies page.
To open this page, choose Monitor > Monitoring Tools > Monitoring Policies, then choose My Policies.
If the policy is not listed, proceed to Step 4d.
If the policy is listed and its status is Active, click Details to open the Collection Data pop-up window and see if the device is being monitored by the policy. If it is not, you must adjust the policy as described in Change the Device Set a Policy is Monitoring. If the device is included in the policy, proceed to Step 5.
If the policy is listed and its status is Inactive, select the policy and click Activate.
Create a new monitoring policy and activate it.
See Adjust What Is Being Monitored.
Check whether the relevant data was purged from the system.
See How Data Retention Settings Affect Web GUI Data.
Virtual domains are logical groupings of devices and are used to control your access to specific sites and devices. Virtual domains can be based on physical sites, device types, user communities, or any other designation the administer chooses. All devices belong to ROOT-DOMAIN, which is the parent domain for all new virtual domains. For more information about virtual domains, see Create Virtual Domains to Control User Access to Devices.
Click from the right side of the title bar.
Choose Virtual Domain: current-domain .
From the Virtual Domain drop-down list, choose a different domain.
Cisco EPN Manager immediately changes your working domain.
If you have the appropriate user account privileges, you can manage Cisco EPN Manager jobs using the Jobs dashboard. To view the Jobs dashboard, choose Administration > Dashboards > Job Dashboard. From here, you can quickly see if a job was successful, partially successful, or failed.
If too many jobs are already running, Cisco EPN Manager will hold other jobs in the queue until resources are available. If this delays a scheduled job past its normal starting time, the job will not run. You will have to run it manually.
Some jobs may require approval. If this is the case, Cisco EPN Manager sends an email to users with Administrator privileges notifying them that a job was scheduled and needs approval. The job will only run after it is approved. See .
The following table describes the buttons displayed in the Jobs dashboard.
Removes a job from the Jobs dashboard.
Edit the settings configured for the selected job.
Displays the series schedule and lets you edit it (start time, interval, and end time).
Runs a new instance of the selected job. Use this to rerun partially successful or failed jobs; the job will only run for the failed or partially successful components.
Stops a currently-running job, but allows you to rerun it later. Not all jobs can be aborted; Cisco EPN Manager will indicate when this is the case.
Stops a currently-running job and does not allow anyone to rerun it. If the job is part of a series, future runs are not affected.
Pauses a scheduled job series. When a series is paused, you cannot run any instances of that series (using Run).
Resumes a scheduled job series that has been paused.
The Delete Job, Abort, and Cancel Series buttons are not available for system and poller jobs.
Choose Administration > Dashboards > Job Dashboard.
From the Jobs pane, choose a job series to get basic information (such as job type, status, job duration, and next start time).
To view the job interval, click a job instance hyperlink.
At the top of the job page, the Recurrence field indicates how often the job recurs.
To get details about a failed or partially successful job, click the job instance hyperlink and expand the entries provided on the resulting page.
This is especially helpful for inventory-related jobs. For example, if a user imported devices using a CSV file (a bulk import), the job will be listed in the Jobs sidebar menu under User Jobs > Device Bulk Import. The job details will list the devices that were successfully added and the devices that were not.
Choose User Jobs > Software Image Import from the Jobs sidebar menu.
Locate the failed job in the table and then click its hyperlink.
Expand the job's details (if not already expanded) to view the list of devices associated with the job and the status of the image import for each device.
To view the import details for a specific device, click that device's i (information) icon in the Status column. This opens an Image Management Job Results pop-up window.
Examine each step and its status. For example, the Collecting image with Protocol: SFTP column might report that SFTP is not supported on the device.
Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager MTOSI API—Integrates Cisco EPN Manager with your operations support system (OSS).
Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager REST API—Manages additional administrative operations.
Refer to the Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager Documentation Overview for information about and links to all of the documentation that is provided with Cisco EPN Manager .
We sometimes update the documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.


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