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Sabotage in the Industrial System
Posted on August 15, 2020 August 15, 2020 by ch
The Technocracy Movement was a bid to replace politicians with scientifically-trained engineers, and to replace production for profit by businessmen with production for people's needs by engineers.
Many of the ideas of technocracy were inspired by a now almost forgotten American economist by the name of Thorstein Veblen. Veblen's ideas have been boiled down to just one single idea: that of conspicuous consumption, while all of is other ideas have been forgotten. Or a cynic might say, suppressed, because he was one of the last of the economists who were interested in observing how the economy around them actually worked, rather than simply work out sophisticated mathematical descriptions of markets that existed nowhere in reality.
Veblen made a sharp distinction between business and industry. Simply put, business is the process of making money, industry is the process of making things. If the things are made expressly to be sold, then they are called commodities.
Veblen argued that the goals of business and industry were inherently at odds with each other.
Let's take masks and ventilators as an obvious example. The technical process of making masks and ventilators is the industry. From an industrial standpoint, you would want to make as many masks and ventilators as you are technically capable of producing. That depends on a number of factors: how efficient your factory is, how many raw materials and supplies you can procure, whether you have adequate energy and employees, whether you have sufficient technical know-how, and so on.
Veblen described this as the engineering challenge, which was solved by various types of engineers.
The express goal of the engineers, then, was to make the process of making masks and ventilators as efficient and effective as possible. To do this they would look at the process and do everything in their power to allow the factories produce as many masks and ventilators as possible from a technical standpoint. To do this, they might design a more efficient manufacturing machine, streamline the production process, redesign the masks and ventilators with fewer parts and pieces, automate as many repetitive steps as possible, and so on.
In a time like that of COVID-19, the need for masks and ventilators is very great. You would want factories running at all-out capacity to make as many of these things as they possibly can, to the point where there are so many that we can never run out. In times like these, you might even want a ventilator for every person in the entire country, and several masks per person.
In normal times, however, business—as opposed to industry—decidedly does not want to make as many masks and ventilators as it possibly can. Why not? The answer is simple.
Business is the art of making profits, not commodities. In order to make a profit, you have to charge an adequate price for the thing you are selling. And if something becomes too common, it's price goes down. That is, if you make too much of something, its price declines, because it is no longer scarce. And the more you make, the lower the price goes. Lower prices mean less profits.
Thus, in order to keep the price level high enough, you need to make sure that there is not too much of what you're trying to sell.
From that standpoint then, you would decidely NOT want the factories pumping out as many masks and ventilators as possible, because then the market would be flooded with those things and the price would go down. If the price goes down, you make less profits.
And so, from a business standpoint, then, you want to produce only so much of what you are selling as to keep the price level at an adequate and stable level so that you can make appropriate profits.
Veblen classified this group as the businessmen, as opposed to the engineers. The businessmen and the engineers, then, are at cross-purposes. The driving force of the engineers is to make the process of producing masks and ventilators as efficient and streamlined as possible, while the driving goal of the businessmen is to only make enough to keep the profits high. That means the businessman's profits are actually jeopardized if the engineers are too good at their job.
Thus, the businessmen want to hold back maximum production capacity—to make sure that the factories do not go all-out at producing whatever commodity it is they are selling, whether masks, or ventilators, or anything else. To do this, they engage in what Veblen described as sabotage: making the production process less efficient, and/or deliberately producing below capacity. This ensures that the price of the commodity is kept sufficiently high so as to make adequate profits.
Thus, Veblen concluded, in many areas we are operating the means of production far below its potential capacity on a regular basis. That is, because of the price system, businesses were in the process of regularly sabotaging the industrial process.
The price system ensured that would never produce all were capable of producing. This meant that a good portion of the cleverness and inventiveness of the engineers was going to waste, so that businessmen could make profits. It was the businessmen—the people making the money—who were driving the production process, he argues, not the engineers—the people actually responsible making things.
The logic is so simple that even a child could grasp it.
In the example above, I've used the example of masks and ventilators because it is so timely and apropos: we need as many as we can possibly get our hands on to responsibly get back to semi-normal (note the word responsibly).
But in actuality, the same rule goes for basically everything in our society that our factories and workshops are capable of producing: we don't manufacture the amount it is possible to produce; we manufacture the amount it is profitable to produce. Those are not the same. The price system virtually ensures that we will never produce all that we are are capable of producing from a pure technical and engineering standpoint.
In some instances, we may be able of producing enough of something for everyone on our planet, such that no one would have to go without. Under the price system, however, we cannot do so, because if we did that, it would be practically free, and no profits would be made.
The price system, once a logical means of rationing scarce resources, becomes the very thing that causes the resource to be scarce at all!
Put a different way, profits are the cause of scarcity.
Here is a good article from the L.A. Review of Books making the same point:
BY NOW, the shortage of medical supplies in the United States is a notorious fact. The nation has between 160,000 and 200,000 ventilators; it may need a million. Masks, gowns, face shields, gloves, bottles of hand sanitizer, and tests for the virus are all in short supply.
The shortage has come as a great surprise, because the government has been contracting with private firms to make these supplies for years, and private firms, as everybody knows, will provide more of any product at a lower price than any central planner ever could. Responding to market signals like greyhounds leaping out of the gates, they race after efficiencies, pushing down costs and boosting productivity.
Yet every day brings fresh evidence of market-based inefficiency. To pick only one example, The New York Times reported on March 29 that a medical supplies company in Costa Mesa, California, which had won a competitive multimillion-dollar contract to make ventilators in 2008, had yet to deliver a single unit. How could a private firm fail so spectacularly to meet the public demand?
A hundred years ago, the economist and satirist Thorstein Veblen was pondering a similar question. In his 1921 book The Engineers and the Price System, he noted that the recent war had demonstrated the tremendous industrial capacity of the advanced nations, yet after the war, unemployment rose and production fell, pushing the industrial world into recession. Machines and men stood idle everywhere, to the great detriment of the public. "[P]eoples are in great need of all sorts of goods and services which these idle plants and idle workmen are fit to produce," he wrote. "But for reasons of business expediency it is impossible to let these idle plants and idle workmen go to work."
"Business expediency" meant nothing more than profitability, which Veblen thought was not at all the same thing as productive capacity. In fact, the executive's job was to reduce the latter in order to ensure the former. "[I]t has become the ordinary duty of the corporate management," Veblen wrote, "to adjust production to the requirements of the market by restricting the output to what the traffic will bear; that is to say, what will yield the largest net earnings." Contrary to popular belief, corporate management doesn't spring forth like a greyhound; it dawdles like a Great Dane.
Veblen had a name for this kind of foot-dragging: sabotage. He pointed out that the word itself derives from the French for "wooden shoe" (sabot), and so it denotes "going slow, with a dragging, clumsy movement, such as that manner of footgear may be expected to bring on." Because profitability required scaling back production to maximally profitable levels, it followed that economic sabotage "is the beginning of wisdom in all sound workday business enterprise."
Even if the industrial supply chain is more complicated in our day than it was in Veblen's, it is still possible to catch the economic saboteurs at work. Returning to the Times story, the original bid-winning company was bought up by another, larger company called Covidien, which begged the federal government for more money, shuffled key employees around the firm (effectively gumming up the gears), and then demanded to be released from the contract. As a result, they received millions of public dollars but provided not a single unit. Veblen would insist that this was not a failure of the free market "price system." On the contrary, the price system had worked according to its basic laws. As industry observers and government officials explained to the Times, "building a cheaper product […] would undermine Covidiens' profits from its existing ventilator business."
Who will save our economy (not to mention countless lives) from these vandals? In order to frighten financiers, "absentee owners" of capital, and other guardians of the status quo, Veblen suggested that they should all be replaced by a "Soviet of technicians." It was the engineers, he argued, who actually knew how to run the factories…
Who Sabotaged the American Economy? Thorstein Veblen Knows (L.A. Review of Books)
Another from of sabotage caused by the price/profit system is planned obsolescence.
This is when manufacturers deliberately slow down the performance of the goods they create; deliberately design them to fall apart or stop working after a certain period of time; or hold back the release of new technology in order to ensure future sales.
Although most economists argue that the free market prevents this from happening, there is evidence that some manufacturers engage do in this activity. A few years ago, Apple admitted to deliberately slowing down their products. That is, Apple sabotaged their own devices!
Apple fined $27.4 million in France for slowing down older iPhones without warning (ZDNet)
There have been other notorious cases; perhaps the most notorious is the Phoebus cartel, which was a consortium of light-bulb makers who all agreed to setting a maximum lifespan for lightbulbs to encourage continual replacement, and thus continued profits.
Apple is not in the business of making computers, it is in the business of making profits, and it just happens to do this by making electronic goods. This is true of every corporation in the world (except for non-profits). What they make is a means to an end, not the end in itself.
Product Longevity and Planned Obsolecence (Conversable Economist)
The upshot is that we do not produce all we are capable of producing in almost every instance. This leaves all sorts of shortages that need not be there. In the case of masks and ventilators, this can be fatal. In the case of housing it's also a serious problem.
Thus, the cornucopia of goods that our society is theoretically capable of producing will ever be denied to us. A post-scarcity society will never be a possibility as long as the price system exists and maximizing business profits is the ultimate goal for producers.
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I've never heard of business men slowing production down to keep profits higher. However I have heard a lot of about destroying excess products to keep prices high,shred/burn what wont sell for a good profit, to keep prices high. The workers don't benefit from a more leisurely pace of work as any excess either.
Enron. Enron would temporarily shut down power plants so that they could negotiate energy contracts at famine prices, then resume usual production.
The public cost was the loss of production in all the other industry while energy was cut back.
ch says:
It's less slowing down production, and more a lack of maximizing production to the greatest extent possible, if I understand Veblen's arguments. Of course, none of this is necessary so long as profits are sufficiently high. There are examples in the article I cited, as well as the one of Enron cited by the other commenter.
Rick Rodriguez says:
I really liked your words: " A post-scarcity society will never be a possibility as long as the price system exists and maximizing business profits is the ultimate goal for producers."Thank you for your analysis of the current situation!
Thank you for sharing this; I hadn't come across this before.
It makes perfect sense—the market depends on artificial scarcity, and hence everything from enclosures and zoning laws and vagrancy laws to create scarcity in land.
As noted above, this immediately made me think of the way our system will ensure artificial scarcity by literally destroying unprofitable overproduction, like restaurants that pour bleach over leftover food in dumpsters or the mountains of potatoes that were bulldozed into the ground at the start of the pandemic. It's so utterly perverse I don't know how anyone doesn't lose their minds watching this system, much less support it.
This immediately made me think of the way our system will ensure artificial scarcity by literally destroying unprofitable overproduction, like restaurants that pour bleach over leftover food in dumpsters or the mountains of potatoes that were bulldozed into the ground at the start of the pandemic. It's so utterly perverse I don't know how anyone doesn't lose their minds watching this system, much less support it.


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Economists survey: Experts wary 'leaner economic times' lie ahead
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The economy can't get much better than this. That seems to be the takeaway from Bankrate's latest survey of top economists.
Just three of the 21 experts surveyed for Bankrate's Third-Quarter Economic Indicator see positive signs on the horizon for the U.S. economy. Most (52 percent) believe the tight labor market, rising interest rates and tariff fights could hurt people's ability to earn wealth during the next 12 to 18 months.
The chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business, William C. Dunkelberg, put it bluntly.
"We are at a peak," Dunkelberg says. "'Good' things can't help, but problems will slow the economy."
Peak for the job market means businesses could find it even more difficult to take down their "help wanted" signs. The unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in July — the lowest rate for the month of July in nearly 50 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
On average, economists expected the unemployment rate to shed two-tenths of a percentage point, finishing August 2019 at 3.7 percent, according to the survey. By next summer, we should see more evidence that the economic expansion is coming to an end, says Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at The Economic Outlook Group.
"The benefits of the tax cuts will have faded by then, and both consumers and businesses will feel the full effects of tariffs, higher energy prices and rising interest rates," Baumohl says. "As the clouds of recession converge, employers will pull back on hiring."
There is no longer the widely held belief that unemployment will just keep going lower and lower, says Greg McBride, CFA, chief financial analyst for Bankrate.com.
"The pace of improvement seems destined to slow, and there is a belief that downside risks to the economy will emerge over the next 12 to18 months, so make hay while the sun shines," McBride says.
He adds that consumers would benefit from giving their piggy banks a little extra going forward.
"Fortunately, savings rates will continue to rise with more Fed hikes in the offing. But so will variable-rate debt, such as credit cards and home equity lines of credit, so paying down and paying off debt is a necessary element of preparing for leaner economic times," McBride says.
How many more Fed hikes?
The majority (95 percent) of economists say they believe the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates two more times before 2018 comes to a close. One economist predicts a single rate hike before the end of the year.
The Fed raised rates to the 1.75 percent to 2 percent range in June. Rate hikes are typically thought to be good for the savings account and bad for the for the credit card bill. In general, economists worry raising rates too slowly could lead to a rapid inflation from consumer being able to spend more and thus pushing up prices. Others are wary that moving the federal funds rate up too quickly could hurt borrowers and weaken the economy.
Experts see a rising 10-year Treasury
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As always, the Fed will be data-driven as it struggles to balance its actions to hold down inflationary pressures while promoting maximum growth with low unemployment, says Bernard Markstein, president and chief economist at Markstein Advisors.
"The Fed is trying to stay ahead of inflationary pressures from a tight labor market, which is at or near full employment, without tipping the economy into recession," Markstein says. "It will continue to raise the federal funds rate a quarter-percent at a time with enough space between increases to judge how the economy is doing, how serious inflationary pressures appear to be, and if there is any evidence that higher interest rates are slowing the economy too much."
The Third-Quarter 2018 Bankrate Economic Indicator survey of economists was conducted Aug. 1-8. Survey requests were emailed to economists nationwide, and responses were submitted voluntarily online. Responding were: Scott Anderson, chief economist, Bank of the West; Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist, The Economic Outlook Group LLC; Robert A. Brusca, chief economist, FAO Economics; Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist, RSM US; Bill Dunkelberg, chief economist, NFIB; Robert Frick, corporate economist, Navy Federal Credit Union; Timothy Hopper, managing director, Macro Fund Advisors; Robert Hughes Sr., research fellow, American Institute for Economic Research; Sam Khater, chief economist, Freddie Mac; Jack Kleinhenz, Ph.D., CBE, chief economist, National Retail Federation; Bernard Markstein, president and chief economist, Markstein Advisors; Joel L. Naroff, president, Naroff Economic Advisors; Brian Nick, Chief Investment Strategist Nuveen; Jim O'Sullivan, chief economist, High Frequency Economics; Satyam Panday, senior economist, S&P Global; Lindsey Piegza, Ph.D., chief economist and managing director, Stifel Nicolaus & Co.; Lynn Reaser, chief economist, Point Loma Nazarene University; Ryan Sweet, director, Real Time Economics; Diane Swonk, chief economist, Grant Thornton; Ariana Vaisey, economic analyst, Wells Fargo Securities; Lawrence Yun, chief economist, National Association of Realtors.
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Kira Published: November 28, 2018
I was so sad to hear the news that the Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants, passed away at the age of 57. He died from complications of ALS and was only diagnosed with the disease in March of last year.
The dynamic and loveable characters he brought to life in Spongebob will live on forever. I know I speak for many when I say the show was a huge part of my childhood. It is rare that a children's show is equally as enjoyable to watch as an adult but Spongebob is the exception to the rule!
To honor the life of Stephen Hillenburg, here are my all time favorite episodes of Spongebob Squarepants:
When Spongebob explains to Plankton what FUN stands for through song:
The one where Spongebob has foul breath but doesn't realize it and thinks he's ugly.
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Homo Floresiensis Uncovered
0:10Skip to 0 minutes and 10 secondsIn a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, a discovery was made, challenging many beliefs about the origins of our species. Homo floresiensis, or "the hobbit," as people have come to know it, is an entirely new species of hominin that predates our species in this region. The University of Wollongong and a team of international archaeologists are working together with locals from Liang Bua, unearthing this cave's many secrets.
0:38Skip to 0 minutes and 38 secondsThe first time Rokus worked at Liang Bua was in July of 1965. And how did you get here? [SPEAKING INDONESIAN]
0:53Skip to 0 minutes and 53 secondsRokus just said the first time he worked here-- he's from the central part of Flores, and he actually walked here from there, to work, to meet with-- Father Verhoeven? Yeah, [SPEAKING INDONESIAN]. Oh, because Father Verhoeven had told him to meet him here to start excavating. Father Verhoeven was a missionary here on Flores-- starting in 1950? Yes. Yeah-- and onwards. And he was also very interested in archaeology. And so he and two other missionaries were trying to basically survey the island and identify all the caves, particularly for possible archaeological sites. And when they were in Ruteng, they heard from local people that there was a really big cave near Teras, which is the village directly behind Liang Bua.
1:42Skip to 1 minute and 42 secondsAnd many of our local workers come from there. So, in the 1950s, Verhoeven made a bit of a test pit at Liang Bua and realised it was good. And so he tried to raise some funds so that they would be able to excavate. And the first big excavation was in 1965. And that was when he said, Rokus, get your butt here to Liang Bua, yeah? And so it took him just less than one week to walk from his village to Liang Bua-- because at that time there were no roads.
2:12Skip to 2 minutes and 12 secondsAnd a few years after that, Professor Soejono, who was the senior archaeologist at the National Centre for archaeology, made plans to work-- to excavate at Liang Bua, the first time in 1978. And from 1978 there were several excavations, until 1989. Yeah. And then excavation started again in 2001. Jatmiko brought Professor Mike Morwood to Liang Bua, because Jatmiko had worked here in 1989, right? With Rokus and the rest of the team. And they had stopped after 1989. But then Mike Morwood made plans with Professor Soejono, and they started again, starting from 2001. From the very start, the Indonesian archaeologists have always done lots of excavations. And this site was first excavated by a Dutch priest and Indonesian archaeologists.
3:11Skip to 3 minutes and 11 secondsAnd Indonesians have always had a very good archaeological research group. And we've been working with them since the very start, in 2001, at this particular site. They've been leading pretty much all the excavations, thinking about all the problems, analysing all of the finds first off We've been doing certain specialist tasks, such as doing some of the dating-- doing some of the geochemistry-- ones that they don't happen to do in Indonesia. But the Indonesians can do a lot of the basic stuff themselves. And they've also got the field crews, who are experienced doing all the archaeological excavations.
3:40Skip to 3 minutes and 40 secondsAll of us are aware that Liang Bua is one excellent site that consist the prehistoric time, from Pleistocene to Holocene, and almost complete-- almost complete. We never-- very rare that we find the habit station site, like cave, that has the complete sequences. So Liang Bua is the only site where we have evidence of Homo floresiensis. There are other sites on Flores that date between 800,000 and a million years ago, where we have evidence of stone tools. And humans are the only species known to make stone tools, so it's indirect evidence that-- or direct evidence, actually-- that humans were behaving on the landscape as early as a million years ago, here on Flores.
4:27Skip to 4 minutes and 27 secondsOur species, Homo sapiens, only evolves in Africa roughly about 200,000, 250,000 years ago. So there's no way that our species could have made those tools at the Soa Basin. Similarly, here at Liang Bua we have deposits that go back to about 100,000 years ago. And we see stone tools throughout that. Our species really didn't leave Africa till roughly about 100,000 years ago. So, again, some of the earliest stone tools that we have at Liang Bua could not have been made or manufactured by our species.
4:58Skip to 4 minutes and 58 secondsSo we still have many research questions about Homo floresiensis-- how it behaved, how it interacted with the surrounding landscape and the ecosystem that was here-- as well as a whole suite of other large animals, such as pygmy stegodon, an extinct form of elephant, as well as giant marabou stork and large vultures, as well as Komodo dragon, that were here in this area at that time, coexisting with Homo floresiensis. All of those taxa seem to disappear together in the sequence that we have here at Liang Bua. And after that point, we then begin to see evidence of our species, modern humans. And Liang Bua is also very special in having a very complete Holocene sequence.
5:43Skip to 5 minutes and 43 secondsSo, for the past 10,000 years, we get to see the changes that our species went through as they dispersed to this area and initially were hunting and gathering, and as they transitioned to farming, and then on to other technologies that came in after that. So at Liang Bua we can see all of that, and it makes it a very special site to study human behaviour, not only for the fact there's two human species that are represented here but also just the changes through time for both of those species.
Welcome to Liang Bua
Liang Bua is a large limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Flores that has become a world-renowned archaeological site. It is particularly significant because it has preserved the remains of two different species of hominins, Homo floresiensis and Homo sapiens, in direct association with evidence of their behaviour and the remains of other fauna.
The island of Flores is situated between the Asian and Australian continental shelves, and the cave is located at the foothills of Golo Tando ('Golo' meaning hill), at an altitude of about 500 m above sea level and around 200 m south of the confluence of two perennial rivers, the Wae Racang and Wae Mulu ('Wae' meaning river). Liang Bua means 'cold cave' in the local Manggarai language ('Liang' meaning cave and 'Bua' meaning cold). It is about 50 metres deep, 40 metres wide, and 15 metres high (at the highest point).
Location of Liang Bua at the foothills of Golo Tando (Photo: © Liang Bua Team/ARKENAS).
Liang Bua as viewed from the inside (Photo: © Liang Bua Team/ARKENAS).
Liang Bua was first excavated in the 1950s by a Dutch priest, Father Theodor Verhoeven, and Indonesian archaeologists. The National Research Centre for Archaeology in Jakarta (ARKENAS) excavated at Liang Bua for the first time in 1978, and the Centre for Archaeological Science (University of Wollongong) began collaborations in 2001. Skeletal remains of Homo floresiensis were discovered in 2003 and since 2010, excavations have continued as a collaboration between researchers from the National Research Center for Archaeology (ARKENAS), the Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program, and the Centre for Archaeological Science at the University of Wollongong.
"Liang Bua is also very special in having a very complete Holocene sequence. So, for the past 10,000 years, we get to see the changes that our species went through as they dispersed to this area and initially were hunting and gathering, and as they transitioned to farming, and then on to other technologies that came in after that. So at Liang Bua we can see all of that, and it makes it a very special site to study human behaviour, not only for the fact there are two human species that are represented here but also the changes through time for both of those species" (Thomas Sutikna, archaeologist)
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Not in our name: Glasgow students reject Brexit
Published 11 December, 2018
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Georgina Hayes
83% of Glasgow-based students feel that the Brexit vote does not represent their generation
A Glasgow Guardian survey has revealed that Glasgow-based students overwhelmingly reject Brexit, and that they do not feel the result of the 2016 referendum represents their generation. The survey was launched just days before Theresa May's Brexit deal was due to face a vote in the House of Commons.
Of 314 respondents, 83% feel that the vote to leave the European Union does not represent their generation. Furthermore, 36% of respondents could not vote in the referendum due to being too young, despite the fact that the ramifications of Brexit directly impact their future. Of those that were too young to vote in 2016, 84% say they would have voted Remain given the opportunity.
Alongside the survey, three Glasgow Guardian team members who were too young to vote in the 2016 referendum have spoken out against the result and the implications it has for the younger generation.
Glasgow Guardian Views Editor Bethany Woodhead spoke of how she feels democracy has failed her generation in the case of Brexit:
"I was 3 months too young to vote in the referendum, which is incredibly frustrating because my entire future was dictated by other people simply because I fell short of a bracket just ever so slightly. I was, along with almost every other young person I knew, heavily involved in the lead up to, and the aftermath of, the EU referendum; but it felt like we were silenced. Democracy, in this case, has failed us.
"Perhaps even more annoyingly, my 84-year old grandmother was hugely misinformed and frankly uninterested in the referendum, yet she voted leave 'because her friends did'. I begged her to use her vote as my vote, as it was my future at stake and I'd have to live with the result of her choice; but she didn't and, in a very matter-of-fact way of putting it, she won't be around to witness the results of her choice."
On what should happen next, 51% of students surveyed think that there should be a People's Vote and 18% think that the UK should remain in the EU without another referendum at all. Only 8.3% think that Parliament should accept Theresa May's deal and 7.7% think the UK should pursue a "no deal" Brexit scenario.
Tara Gandhi, Investigations Editor and a politics student, also missed out on being able to vote in the 2016 referendum by a matter of months:
"Watching the Brexit vote and process unfold has been very challenging as someone who couldn't vote, and only by a few months. My inability to have a say in something that is going to have such an impact on my future in so many ways has left me feeling very dejected, as are many of my peers.
"The practical lack of opposition throughout the process has only made these feelings stronger, and I think that there will be lasting impacts on voter apathy following this seemingly never-ending process that voters are having little to no say on. I believe the public have a right to vote on Theresa May's final deal – not a redo of the referendum, but an assessment of whether the deal our representatives have negotiated is one that the public believes in the way a majority believed in the original Brexit vote. The majority voted to leave the EU because they felt the deal we had with the EU was not working for the country. To walk blindly into a new deal (or no deal), pretending any option is a better option, would be naive to the extent of absurdity."
On whether or not they are disappointed by Jeremy Corbyn's stance on Brexit, half (51%) of all respondents said that they are, and 29% said they are not sure. Only 18.5% of respondents said that they are not disappointed in Corbyn's approach.
Jack Corban, Views Editor of The Glasgow Guardian and Labour Party member says he feels let down by Corbyn's lack of a strong anti-Brexit stance:
"It's really disappointing to see a Labour leader motivate young people to get politically active, only to see him fail to take a strong stance on one of the most important issues facing our generation.
"The repercussions of Brexit will likely be experienced most prominently by our generation, yet I felt unable to have a say on my future. Instead, I get unfairly patronised with 'we're doing this for you' by older voters."
On how they would vote if there were to be a People's Vote, 85% of all respondents say they would vote Remain.
Age has shown to be a great fault line in the contentious Brexit debate, with the vast majority of over 65s having voted Leave in the 2016 referendum, compared to the vast majority of under 25s that were eligible to vote voting Remain.
On Thursday 22 November the University of Glasgow hosted a Brexit Summit on higher education organised by Richard Lochhead, the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education & Science. At the summit, [see The Glasgow Guardian report on page 4], serious concerns were raised about the impact of Brexit on the higher education sector, its staff and its students. Preceding the summit, a joint statement was released by the Scottish Government, Colleges Scotland, Universities Scotland, National Union of Students Scotland, Unison, Educational Institute of Scotland, University and College Union and Royal Society of Edinburgh. The statement announced actions and principles supported by the signees aiming to offset the worst effects of Brexit on the Scottish education sector. However, many attendees at the event expressed concern that this statement alone was not enough.
Universities Scotland, a representative body of Scotland's nineteen higher education institutions, came under particular fire at the summit, with many in attendance expressing disappointment and incredulity at the organisation for saying that it will not take an official stance should there be a second EU membership referendum.
Dr Anna Notaro, a Senior Lecturer of Contemporary Media Theory at the University of Dundee, an EU citizen and attendee of the Brexit Summit has told The Glasgow Guardian of her disappointment with Universities Scotland: "My interest in Brexit in general is two-fold, on one hand it affects me personally [by] being an EU citizen who is about to be deprived of her freedom of movement and has to apply to be able to remain in my own home.
"Post-Brexit referendum I find the decision of Universities Scotland to 'remain neutral' profoundly disappointing and overall incoherent if one considers the positive case for remaining in the EU that universities themselves have put forward before the Brexit referendum and since.
"We are at a critical juncture in the history of Britain and of Europe, universities cannot sit on the fence, this is the time for them to affirm in the strongest possible terms that knowledge knows no borders and that freedom of movement is the necessary precondition for science and humanities to flourish. A new national migration policy built on fear will be the end of universities as we know them, surely that was not on the ballot paper in July 2016!"
On whether they are letting staff and students down by not taking a stance on a new Brexit referendum, a Universities Scotland spokesperson told The Glasgow Guardian:
"Universities Scotland took a principled and neutral stance in the EU referendum, just as it did during the Scottish independence referendum. As a charity it's our prerogative to remain politically neutral on matters of democratic choice. We don't believe it is our place to tell others how to vote.
"Our neutrality on constitutional outcomes does not stop us being highly vocal on the policy and funding outcomes we want to see for the success of the sector. We have continuously emphasised our priorities to all sides of this debate, including: freedom of mobility for staff and students; the rights of EU staff to be retained and access to EU programmes such as Horizon Europe and Erasmus+."
On the results of the Glasgow Guardian survey, and whether the University would take an official stance in the event of a second EU membership referendum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli said: "I have said consistently that my fear is that the higher education sector will be one of the sectors that is hardest hit by Brexit – and that means that our students' future opportunities risk being diminished. If Brexit goes ahead, my concern is that today's students will have less access to European networks and less chance to contribute to the great collaborative endeavours of the 21st century.
"The Glasgow Guardian's polling figures do not surprise me – I know how the vast majority of our students value being part of a university that is international in its outlook and allows students from every corner of the world to share lecture theatres, seminars and the activities available in our University community. They value working alongside their EU peers and being part of an inclusive yet outward-looking community.
"Our University hosted a Brexit Summit recently which was organised by the Scottish Government's Minister for Further and Higher Education, Richard Lochhead, and attended by representatives of FE, He and student bodies. It coincided with a Joint Agreement on a united approach to protect Scottish tertiary education from the worst effects of Brexit. For the sake of all the students and staff here at Glasgow – and elsewhere in Scotland – I hope that Brexit can be stopped in its tracks and that the UK is allowed to remain in the EU or at the very least that freedom of movement for students and colleagues as well as participation in European programmes is safeguarded."
A spokesperson for the University of Glasgow said: "The University has not taken a position on the referendum result, which is part of a UK-wide political process. However, over the last two years we have expressed concern about – inter alia – the possible impact of Brexit on students and staff from other EU countries; the potential impact on the University's attractiveness as a place of study for undergraduate students from other EU countries; the flow of research funds from the EU; the possibility of a recession resulting from Brexit; and the possibility of reputational damage if we are impeded from collaborating effectively with partners in the rest of the EU.
"We are particularly concerned about the potential consequences of a no-deal outcome and would urge all parties to work together to avoid this.
"We will continue to support staff and students who are concerned about the effects of Brexit to the best of our ability. We will also strive to ensure that the University focuses on its core business and continues to prosper in the potentially challenging times ahead."
The Glasgow Guardian firmly believes that the outcome of the 2016 EU membership referendum is wholly unrepresentative of the younger generation, and that we must be exhaustive in our efforts to stop Brexit. We also believe that Universities Scotland must take a stance and officially back a People's Vote if they are truly committed to protecting the future of students and standing in solidarity with EU staff and students.


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Q: "it doesn't matter ~" vs "no matter ~" I think if I can use "it doesn't matter ~", then I can also use "no matter ~". So to understand it more deeply and make sure of it, I've made two sentences and I'd like to know if these two sentences are the same meaning.

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*Whether it's in the library or in a coffee shop, it doesn't matter where you study. What's more important is if you have an willingness to study hard.

*No matter where you study, whether it's in the library or at a coffee shop, what's more important is if you have an willingness to study hard.

A: In your example the meanings are the same, but you have to be careful about overapplying the similarity. They are not always interchangeable in all contexts. For example:

Q: Do you want me to order a pepperoni pizza, or a mushroom pizza?
A1: It doesn't matter; they both sound good to me.
A2: No matter; they both sound good to me.

If I am asked to choose between two options, and I don't have a preference, I prefer to use it doesn't matter, rather than no matter. So, in the dialog above, I'd probably answer with A1 and not A2.
I'm more likely to use the phrase no matter when I'm trying to reassure someone about something negative that has happened.

Ted: Sorry I spilled your beer.
Ned: No matter – there are plenty more in the fridge.

The two have a lot of overlap in meaning, but there are times I'd be more inclined to use one rather than the other.

A: In both sentences, "have an willingness" should be "have a willingness". An even more natural option is "are willing".
There is another slight problem with the second sentence. If you use "no matter", the clause becomes an adverbial clause modifying the main clause. This means that  willingness to study doesn't have anything to be compared to anymore; "where you study" now modifies "is" in "what's more important".


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Here we share the official link to Download and Install B370 update on Huawei P9 Lite. Earlier we posted the Huawei P9 B388 Nougat Update [Middle-East] and today we share the Official Huawei P9 Lite B81 Update for VNS-22 variants. The firmware B370 that rolled out for Huawei P9 Lite is based on Android 7.0 with company's EMUI 5.0. The update comes with many new features and performance upgrades but upgrading may lose all the customization and the root privilege. Download and Install B370 update on Huawei P9 Lite from below.
Huawei P9 features a 5.2 inches display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 and a pixel density of 423ppi. Huawei P9 powered by Octa core HiSilicon Kirin 955 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage. The phone is coupled with Mali-T880 MP4 GPU and run on latest Android 6.0 marshmallow. You can Download and Install Huawei P9.
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Predictions for the Digital Workplace, 2015: The Digital Transformation Of The Workplace
Authors: Jim Lundy, David Mario Smith Date: December 29, 2014
Topics: Workplace, Digital Business Research Note Number: 2014-56
Issue: What are the macro trends affecting the evolution of work?
Issue: How does an enterprise transform itself to become a digital business?
Summary: The digital transformation of the workplace has disrupted old business models and work processes. Business leaders have to respond to the impact of digital technologies on employee and customer strategies.
[wlm_loginform] [private_Provisor level] To download the PDF of this research note, click here.
Predictions for the Digital Workplace, 2015
By YE 2015, 50% of enterprises will retire legacy paper-based processes in favor of those based on digital transaction management (DTM), leading to the emergence of DTM platforms.
Through 2018, the CMO role will be the primary driver of technology purchases and the primary influencer of customer engagement strategies.
By 2016, collaboration and analytics technologies will turn the Internet of Things (IoT) into a vast real-world data mine.
By 2017, 70% of business applications will include predictive analytics.
By YE 2016, 20% of enterprise conference rooms will be video-enabled.
Note: This is part of Aragon's archived research. Please visit our Coverage Areas page to view our most recent content.
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It's really happening - the Great CVMTA Harp and Cello Fest, February 23 and 24th, 2018! This should be an amazing and well-packed two days!
Morag Northey is the cello clinician who will astound you with her insights and teaching style. Marilyn is handling the harp portion, but we plan to do a lot together - to introduce a number of pieces for harp and cello, and then play them in ensemble, and then separate the groups to workshop the music and then come together again - it should be beautiful, for it is a fabulous combination. If you have a cello playing music partner, even better, but if you don't, here is chance to find one!!
The day time (9:30 - 3:30) is just the beginning! Friday night we'll have a concert, with Morag and Marilyn and the Vancouver Island Youth Harp Ensemble, followed by a jam to which all instruments are invited.
7:30 pm Exceptional deal to celebrate the harp and cello Festival!!
Saturday the workshop resumes with more classes and ensembles (9:30-3:30). Then Saturday night is the performance of "17", Morag's two-woman show about a life with cello. Definitely not a still life with cello! It is a wonderful and moving show, with a narrator and Morag, who plays, sings, and astonishes.
Cost for the full two days is $125. If you want to bring someone to the show, (and I hope you do) additional tickets are $20 each.
Where: St. Peter's Anglican Hall and church.
Who: everyone 12 and up (and younger in special cases - just email to enquire) All levels welcome, from beginner to professional. We'll divide some of the classes and all of the parts by skill level, so you can participate fully wherever you are at.
Why: for love of these two beautiful instruments and the joy in advancing your skills and experience!
Registration below. After registration, you'll get an email asking for details about your level of experience, etc. If you're coming from far away, and can't bring a harp, I have loaners. This may be possible for cello as well - Do come!
If you don't want to pay on-line, please email me, and we'll work something out. No barriers!


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Arteta defiant about Arsenal touchline antics: I'd change if I was doing anything wrong!
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has hit back at criticism of his behaviour on the touchline and insists he has done nothing wrong.
Arteta frustrated against Newcastle
Slammed referee in news conference
Has defended behaviour
WHAT HAPPENED? Arteta struggled to control his emotions during Arsenal's goalless Premier League draw aganst Newcastle on Monday. The coach clashed with opposite number Eddie Howe and described referee Andrew Madley's failure to award his side a penalty as "scandalous." Arsenal have since been hit with an FA charge after several players confronted Madley after he decided not to award a spot-kick late in the game. Arteta has now spoken out about his behaviour and been asked whether he will try to change his ways.
WHAT THEY SAID: "That is me and I will try all the time to be better and whatever I do, if it is tomorrow, the next day, or the next one, is to make the club stronger and my players better, to play better, and to win," he told reporters. "But if I have to do something, I will do it, and if I have to change something, believe me I will look in the mirror myself and change it very quickly."
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Arteta has led Arsenal to the top of the Premier League table but the Gunners now face a crunch run of fixtures that will test the manager's temperament and his team's title credentials. The north Londoners face Tottenham, Man Utd, Everton and Brentford in the top flight before hosting defending champions Manchester City.
WHAT NEXT FOR ARSENAL? The Gunners turn their attentions to the FA Cup next, with a third-round tie against Oxford United on Monday.


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The north is expected to experience flooding, tidal waves, and wind gusts that could cause the destruction of homes, leaving tens of thousands of people in need of humanitarian assistance. World Vision expects access to basic services such as food and water should be a challenge in the affected areas, as roads, bridges, and buildings are damaged.
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The National Director for World Vision Haiti, John Hasse, said authorities are on high alert in preparation for the storm.


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Comedian Eric Andre.(Photo by: Courtesy)
'Black like Drake and Jesus': Comic Eric Andre makes waves in Tel Aviv
By SHOSHANA KRANISH
The comedy star bared it all – literally.
"Let's see what references work... let's see what TV shows you've illegally downloaded! There'd be no audience here if you didn't illegally download," he opened with. The audience, made up largely of Israelis, responded in kind.
While comedy is usually all about timing, Andre's was even more to the point: the half-Jewish comic – who is half-Haitian and describes himself as "black like Drake and Jesus" – made use of his fair share of Passover-themed jokes just in time for the first Seder on Friday night.
He began with a heavy-metal inspired rendition of "Dayenu," finishing it with "I don't know who the f*** 'Enu' is, but if 'Enu' came back to life tonight we'd f***ing kill him!"
At one point, an audience member called out "oh my god!" to which Andre quickly quipped, "on Passover, you're using the Lord's name in vain?!"
At age 22, he traveled to Israel – "for the shwarma" – on Birthright. "Does that even exist anymore? What's it called? Tag-a-leet?" While he may not exactly be in touch with Israel and the American Jewish community, he appreciates a good dish of hummus and shwarma, and even brought on stage with him a bottle of what he called "cat juice" that he said a Yemeni man had sold him before the show.
The show, however, wasn't without its awkward moments. If you're a fan of drugs, alcohol and nudity – yes, real-life nudity – it might have been just the right place for you.
Comedy fans may have gotten more than they bargained for at his show when Andre bared it all – literally – on stage.
Midway through an hour-long set, Andre invited a fan on stage, put on the song "Whole New World" from the film Aladdin and promptly dropped trou. That is to say, he left little to the imagination: boxers and all were around his ankles. He kept it relatively R-rated, employing what is known in the world of drag queens as "tucking." We'll let you use your imagination here.
Perhaps the most bizarre and memorable moment of the night was the Ranch dressing chugging contest. Andre, with no explanation as to why, said he was going to pick two audience members to join him on stage. Israelis, not ones to waste an opportunity, decided that they wouldn't wait for Andre to pick them and instead stormed the stage. The comic let two of them stay, and then brought out two bottles of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing – he's a fan, to say the least – to chug. One of the fans threw up almost immediately, leaving a puddle of white goo on the stage, while the other brave fan was pronounced the "champion" and given a prize of $5.
Andre's self-deprecating humor was neither a total hit nor a miss; he gave what could reasonably be described as a warning to his "like eight-year old jokes" which he then followed up with a bit about the movie Precious, which was actually released nine years ago.
Some of his jokes were tired, and have been heard time and again before. Ripping on his hometown of Boca Raton, Florida, he said that it's where "old people go to die." If you've heard that before, it's because your dad has been making that joke for decades. Much of Andre's humor, too, is raunchy to an extreme. Jokes about sex push past typical boundaries to the point where it was difficult to distinguish whether the audience's laughter came from a place of pleasure or discomfort.
Just before the end of the show, Andre aired a video of a pilot that he had filmed some 10 years ago with friend and fellow comic Hannibal Buress. He prefaced with a joke about how the video was three-and-a-half hours long, and though it clearly wasn't, it felt almost like it could have been.
The only notable sketches throughout the clip, which may best be described as flailing, were two notable shorts. One showed Andre dressed as Ronald McDonald, seemingly drunk and alternatively stuffing a McDonald's burger in his face and yelling "I'm a failure" to the restaurant's patrons. The other showed Andre being bitten by a Orthodox Jewish vampire and the aftermath of the incident, which included a naked, blood-thirsty Andre, complete with peyot, running around a field of llamas.
It was an interesting show to say the least, and Andre is full of surprises.


We decided to dive into three questions/concerns that SEO agencies and clients have when trying to communicate SEO with each other. As an SEO agency with offices in both San Diego and Orange County, we come across two major areas where businesses are competing with one another and they need an extra leg up. The mention of SEO will somehow come up within their company and discuss if it's a marketing outlet that could bolster their sales, but the problem is, many don't understand or can see the value in SEO.
Frustration can build on both sides because SEO agencies want to communicate how their specific set of skills can lead to more calls, more sales, more business, but the client doesn't see how and doesn't see specific evidence in which SEO actually does help.
We're hoping that by approaching these three main concerns we're able to alleviate the disconnect between SEOs and clients.
Now, we realize these three may not be the most concerns for your agency or it has never came up for your business when speaking with an SEO agency, but we've see these three concerns come up in various forums, comments, and in our own inbox and comments.
The value of SEO is its influence on organic search, which in this day and age with people doing nearly everything online, is extremely valuable. In 2018 alone, SEO is more important than it has ever been. Young adults spend a little over 27 hours online in one week. That's nearly 4 hours a day! The average adult spends a little over 20 hours a week, which includes time spent on the internet at work. Don't worry, we won't tell anyone!
Want one more interesting fact that could play a role in convincing you that a strong online presence is important? 81 percent of the U.S. population had a social networking profile and it's expected to grow to 2.95 billion total users by 2020.
How does this pertain to SEO?
Organic search brings in the most qualified visitors (consistently) than any other digital marketing channel. In the most basic form of saying it: More people are searching for things than ever before and are searching for specific things. This gives us the potential to increase our organic traffic by making our sites discoverable by google and clearly answering user queries with great relevant content.
SmartInsights shows us that search engines heavily favored Google throughout 2017 – 74.54% of searches to be exact. What's more interesting is that Google dominates mobile device searches by holding more than 90% market share. Don't ignore other search engines like Yahoo, Bing, Baidu, etc. because they hold an average between 5 – 10%.
Using the data from Internet live stats, we can see the number of daily searches on Google – 3.5 billion, which equates to 1.2 trillion searches per year worldwide.
All this information aside, what does an SEO agency plan to with this information and what can a client expect? Forecast modeling is questionable at best,especially with such a volatile industry like SEO. Think about seasonality, overall trends, and the fact that few brands exist in a vacuum. What are your competitors doing and how will that affect you?
Ask yourself: Does the client actually not now how SEO works? Or, could it be that you don't understand what they need from you? Here's a great place to start.
Is my client under pressure?
If you can find the answers to these questions then you should be able to find some clarity as to what your solution might be. Have you taken these into consideration?
You might know more about SEO than your client, but they know more about their company.
They may be able to see the bigger picture between investment, activities, etc.
You'll need to figure out how to align what you're doing to match what your client is focused on.
Link building is one of the most debated topics in SEO because different agencies value this skillset more than others.
Links tie success to a metric we have no control over – meaning it can give us an excuse as to why an account may not have been a success. Please don't allow it to be an excuse.
We can see links reduce an extremely complicated situation into a single variable – meaning we don't try to find other reasons why something isn't working and we blame link building.
We've heard that links is a topic related to brand and perhaps more of the focus should be building your brand rather than building your links.
Here at The Ad Firm, we'd love to hear more on your thoughts. We want to hear from both clients and other SEO experts.


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Q: Determine a basis for all vectors $(a,b,c)$ where $ b=a+c$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$
All vectors of the form $(a,b,c)$, where $b = a + c$

So in this one we have
$$
\begin{bmatrix} x \\ y \\ z \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} a \\ a + c \\ c \end{bmatrix}= a\begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 1 \\ 0 \end{bmatrix} +
c \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}
$$
therefore, a bases would be the set $\{v_1, v_2\}$ where:
$$v_1=\begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 1 \\ 0 \end{bmatrix}, \quad
v_2 = \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}
$$
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Anyway I've recently joined a small ( 6 person,) company and so it is upto everyone to do what they can. Currently we have a wired Windows AD network with a 2003 SBE server as the Domain controller.
We all have smart phones that the company pays the bill for and because we spend time out on site, they are all configured to read off of our Exchange server. Trouble is that they are running up big bills with the 3G data. So one of our directors (my boss,) wants me to see if I can set up a secure wireless network to give the smart phones internet access when they are in the office so that they wont use their 3G to get data. It is only to provide Internet access not direct access to our network and as such if we can have it as a seperate network but sharing our internet connection that would be great.
There is a wireless DSL router coming in from our ISP (which seams to have been reconfigured as a bridge,) with four ports in the back connected to a Zyxel firewall which is in turn connected to our network. The firewall settings on the ISP side are configured to let it log on to the ISP domain with our ISP user account and to automatically obtian IP and gateway settings i.e. no fixed IP... My boss tell me that the techies from the ISP set this up in order to let us use our firewall??? and doesn't want me to touch the ISP router or the firewall if I can help it.
We Also have a TPLink Wireless Access point / Router/ bridge with a single ethernet port I tried setting up the wireless settings for it and could get my phone to connect securely to it. I then connected it into the back of our ISP DSL Router but when I tried loading Google as a test page on my phone, it dropped the WIFI and switched to 3G as it couldn't connect to the Internet. I also see on the TPLink Wireless point in order for it to use the DHCP sevice on it for the wireless devices that it must have a fixed IP.
I don't want to put the wireless into our network if I can help it for security so I was thinking if I get a router can I put it into the ISP wireless router port and configure it the same way as our firewall is i.e. automatically obtain IP address etc and log in as an ISP user and then use it as a gateway for the separate wireless network with their own internal IP addresses?
Really what I want to do is set up two seperate networks with a shared internet link.
There are several ways to accomplish this. The simplest is to have a router that has the ability to create two internal VLANs. So you could have two private subnets and allow this router to route between the subnets and the internet. You would plug the wireless access point on one VLAN. This would keep the wireless and your corporate LAN traffic seperate. On the router, you would create the appropriate ACLs to allow/block traffic between the two VLANs.
If you want to accompish this with more than one router, that can be done as well. However, aside from plugging the routers together, they would also have to share their routing information. Otherwise, you will not be able to get traffic flowing (between the two private subnets and internet) from the various subnets you establish on your network.
automatically obtain IP address etc and log in as an ISP user and then use it as a gateway for the separate wireless network with their own internal IP addresses?
I do not see how you are going to accomplish this. I am not aware of any ISP Internet plan that allows you to log into their network twice from two different clients to establish a seperate connection. Of course, if you contact your ISP, they would be more than happy to drop another DSL connection for your wireless network at an additional charge.
If the requirement is to keep the corporate LAN and wireless network seperate, the best option is a router that can establish more than one VLAN (many of these consumer based routers cannot be configured in this manner). If the router has a built-in firewall, even better so you can restrict traffic between the two VLANs. This is the cleanest and simplest design.
Yes it is the setup of the ISP router that keeps confusing me - At present, it has the DSL phone line going into it and then our firewall connected into one of it's 4 ethernet ports. It has a wireless capability but seams to have been configured either by the ISP or someone else in the past as a bridge?? i.e. it does not have the wireless enabled and the firewall seams to be logging into the ISP with the ISP account.
So basically what I should be doing then is putting a router behind the firewall to split the network into two seperate VLANS one for the wireless and one for the wired that do not communicate / share data with each other.
I was looking at the HP V100 5 port router part no JE454B, Click Here It has a firewall and claims to allow multiple users to share a single Internet connection.
I took a quick look at the specs...the phrase "user share an internet connection" just means that the users on the private side of the router can all access the internet. They mention up to 253 users. This is because the router provides one private VLAN /24 subnet (253 IP for users, 1 IP for the private side of the router as the gateway address).
If you have the DSL connection plugged into a firewall with 4 ports, I would tend to think that firewall/Internet router product does have the capability of logging into your ISP (PPoE client). However, those devices can also be configured as bridges, hence why you have another Internet Router plugged into that "firewall".
I think adding additional routers behind your internet router will only complicate your design. I would recommend that you first figure out what are the capabilities of your firewal/internet router. If there is no real reason why you have it in bridge mode, I would reconfigure that so that your firewall/router logs into your ISP. Then, since these are single VLAN routers, you could just plug two routers (you have one already) into that firewall, and configure each one with a different private subnet. Enable NAT on each internet router, and on the firewall do not allow traffic to pass between the two ports, only allow the traffic to go out to the internet. enabling NAT on the two routers, will remove the requiremnet of having to configure routing tables between the firewall/router and the other two internet routers.
It sounds like you really need someone that has experience with this to assist you, only because based on your initial posting, it sounds like your boss is concerned about the config and doesnt want for it to be touched.
You could theoritcally leave the desin as is and buy and additional two routers, that plug into your internet router, and configure NAT on all of the routers. There will be double NAT'ing on the way out and its an unecessary design, but you can make it work.
Sorry for taking a while to reply - been busy with other things.
Maybe I didn't make this too clear on my initial postings.
Our ISP router which seams to be configured as a bridge has 4 ports.
Our existing Firewall has two ports (one into the ISP Router, one into our Network Switch to connect to our LAN) It is set as our LAN gateway on Our Windows 2003 Small Business server Domain Controller.
I wanted to take the second router and plug it into one of the three spare ports on the ISP router to create a seperate private network that would share the ISP connection through their router. It would not be plugged into our LAN switch and would be outside of our existing firewall - the router I found earlier appears to have it's own buit in firewall.
I could then put our Wireless Router into the new second private network behind the new router which would be the Wireless Routers Gateway server, and I would set the Wireless Router to have a static IP in this network and enable it's built in DHCP service for connecting devices.
Thus our wireless network would share the ISP but traffic from our wireless network would be treated by our Firewall (existing one,) as external traffic and connected devices would require a VPN and asscociated security rights to access our LAN network.
The Wireless network really just has to provide internet access but not direct access to our LAN Network.
I suppose it all hinges around what I can and cannot do with the ISP router come bridge.
I dont think they will allow you to log in from more than one client device. You can always try...I would not suggest this design in any case.
got it! Yeap this could be done.
correct, if you reconfigure your internet router and remove the "bridge" mode and turn routing on, you can have this design to work. The problem here is the bridge.
2) you will need to update the routing tables on all three routers (internet router, firewall, and new router).
Either option will work for a network of this size. Its probably easier to go with #1 and allow for the double NAT on the way out of your network. Packets will make their way back to the clients on the return trip based on the NAT tables rather than routing tables. Enabling NAT (which is the default on these consumer based routers) will save you the time in setting up the routing tables on all three routers. I can clarify this in more detail if you need help with that.
Yes, again there are several ways to design this, but it can definately be done using three routers.
Well, Everything is up in the air just now as we are looking at switching ISP from DSL to a wireless provider.
Basically, our current ISP is the old national Telco carrier and the performance is intorrible .e.g. I have spent all day today applying Windows updates to a new Windows 2008 R2 server. They are blaming the local exchange and saying it is a previous generation that is not due for upgrade yet.


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Saturday – It got up to 39 degrees yet again, so we had brunch at the usual cafe then slept through most of the day or lay around under wet sarongs right in front of the fan, wishing it was a ceiling fan. We don't know how to stop it turning so we get cool for a few seconds then have to wait for it to come round again – by which time we're sweltering already. At the cafe an old lady came along selling little jellyish cake things that looked like fish roe to me. Gill was brave enough to try one and it turned out that they were a kind of chicken jelly with satay inside. They were tasty enough but the texture was pretty weird so we turned down offers of more from the cafe owners, bless them.
Yesterday, we played tourists again and went on a trip out to Maeteman to an elephant camp. We woke up to thunderstorms and lightening and were a little worried that the trip would be cancelled, but it was still on. We jumped into a van around the corner and found we were sharing the trip with an Israeli couple on their honeymoon and a couple of young Danish guys. The elephant show was pretty cool. Elephants play football really well. They're not bad at basketball either. I got to sit on top of one – they are so tall and broad and bristly! No wonder tigers think twice before bothering them. Their trunks are incredibly agile. Picture a strong, intelligent, hairy snake and you're getting the idea of a close-up of an elephant's nose.
After a buffet lunch (where they had the mortal cheek to charge us for a drink of water and a can of Sprite!) we were shepherded down to the river rafts. We had to run the gauntlet through a bunch of Thai guys who took rather a fancy to the young Danish fellas. One of them approached the dark-haired one in a very flirtatious manner and the poor man had to duck and dodge while the Thai guys cracked up laughing. The river rafts consisted of two layers of bamboo, one on top of the other, and small benches thrown on top for sitting on. There were two drivers (or captains?) poling the raft all the way downriver. It was a really nice trip that went on for two kilometers, taking us past elephants, trees dripping with fruit, waterfalls, funky treehouses, and other visual delights. The front captain, an oldish but very spritely fellow, and I kept making crocodile jokes and the cheeky bugger told us he'd take us all the way to Bangkok for 200 baht each. When he threw water at my foot with his pole I told him he'd only get 180 baht if he didn't behave himself (having honed my bartering skills nicely with all my market-going) but I have to say, I actually could have easily sat on that raft for hours and gone to Bangkok – to hell with our train tickets. It would've have been even nicer if the Danish guys hadn't chattered and yakked and scared all signs of nature away all the way down. I think the honeymooners felt the same, but were too polite to say so. But what the heck, they were really nice guys, and they've recently been to New Zealand, so they obviously have discerning taste.
Next stop was a Karen tribe camp (where the long-necked women live – them that have metal coils around their necks), but Gill and I sat outside and chilled while the others went in. We couldn't bring ourselves to go and stare at a people zoo. We feel bad enough about doing it to animals. Then, onto the part I was really looking forward to, apart from the elephants – the Butterfly, Orchid and SNAKE FARM! This has been my personal challenge – to go to a snake farm and touch a snake. There were only three of us at the show – me and the Israeli couple. I sat right in the back of the stands in case any escapism went on (yep, fraidy cat, that's me). The show was short but pretty cool. It started off with a guy versus two cobras. The guy was very quick with his movements, but I noticed the snakes weren't striking as quick as I thought they would, so I'm guessing they make sure they're well fed first. After playing with his pets for a while, he milked one of its venom and showed us the fangs at close quarters. Then he brought one of the cobras up to where we were, blast him, and the emcee said that in Thailand if you touch a cobra, it brings good luck to you for the rest of your life. What to do? So I actually touched my first snake. The skin is very beautiful, I admit, but I'm not in any hurry to do that again. He played with a few more snakes, then the emcee announced the last part of the show – the jumping snakes. The guys reached into a box very gingerly, ducking and diving, then one of them got hold of a snake and threw it into the audience! I realised as he was doing it that it was a joke, but the Israeli guy kicked his bag off the stand in fright and his wife leapt behind him so quickly she was just a blur of movement. I nearly wet my pants laughing. Once the Israelis got over their fright they took the whole thing in good spirits, but the snake guys must have apologised about six times before they realised we were okay about it.
Finally, they played around with a 'young' python, who, as a wee fella, was only six feet long or so. Then they challenged us to wear him around our shoulders. This I had to do. If once only in my life, I had to try it. It was about as creepy as I thought it would be. The snake was really heavy, I could feel it's muscles constricting and moving along my back, and they were holding it's face rather close to mine. Never will I forget the feeling of having a set of long muscles with fangs at one end on the back of my neck. The Israeli guy took a couple of photos of me and Mr Python and in the first one you can see the look of 'eucchh' on my face quite clearly. So I've decided to cancel my trek down the Amazon River as I just couldn't handle one of those or an anaconda falling on me from out of a tree. I'm sure if that happened, they'd find me frozen stiff with a look of sheer horror permanently stamped on my face, should they manage to do an autopsy on said miscreant serpent. Blecchh.
The final leg of the journey was to an elephant poo paper-making place. Enough said.
Anyway, for the first time in ages, we were actually almost cold last night. The rain cooled everything down really nicely and it was rather odd not to be super hot. The frogs were croaking all over the neighbourhood – love songs apparently, as they have to mate really quickly while the temperature is down. I reckon there's a few million tadpoles going to be born shortly, from what I could hear.
It was cooler again today – only 36 degrees. Hanging out on our verandah as usual, we saw our cooking school teacher go by. Today is her 25th birthday. A guy from a few doors away walked past with his poodle, who thinks he's a rottweiler, on a piece of string. Fat dog actually ran down the road this morning (we wiped our eyes and took another look!), so we figured there must have been some sort of emergency, i.e. free food being handed out. Little dog followed after her, little legs blurring as he tried to keep up. Mama cat went by with a mouse flopping out of her mouth. Another successful family meal going down. Ratty Norvegicus (our chubby little neighbourhood rat) darted in and out of the art gallery pot plants then disappeared. Artist guy has been sawing and hammering all day. Twice I've asked him what he was making and twice the answer has been 'dunno'. For a guy that doesn't know what he's doing, he's pretty industrious about it. Mind you, we saw him watering his plants in the rain yesterday, so we've started to wonder about the state of his cerebral health. Tonight I watched a little frog hop across the road, have his leg stood on by an unaware pedestrian, just miss being squashed by a motorbike/sidecar and make it to the other side to be almost stood on again by artist guy. Then it turned around and started back across the road! Little dog spotted it and played with it right in the middle of the traffic, and then finally it found a hole and leapt down it, out of sight. Talk about nerve racking!
Gill has just been feeding Mama cat and kittens secretly, over the side of the verandah, and it sounds like a party is starting up down the Rabbit Hole across the road. I'm off to find some liquid of some sort, as our respite from the heat is feeling like it's over.
It takes exactly 5 minutes for ice to melt in a glass of water here.
Serviettes (napkins) in Chiang Mai cafes are either really tiny or they put toilet rolls into kitsch plastic dispensers and them on the tables.
UPDATE: I have since returned to Thailand and volunteered in an elephant sanctuary – Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai. I learned there that the elephants that give rides and put on shows have a totally miserable life. Details of the sanctuary experience are in my later blog posts Elephant Nature Park. Please read these and opt out of going to these shows. Ask instead about sanctuaries such as the Elephant Park. The more tourists that do this, the more elephant owners and camps will change to a more ethical way of making a living with their elephants. Thank you.
"Just take the photo, dammit!" Me trying to rid myself of my fear of snakes. It didn't work – I still think they're creepy.
In which elephant pooh is transmogrified into paper.
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