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You should be able to use kron and macros to be able to shut interfaces on a scheduled basis in Cisco IOS.

1. Make a macro to shut the interfaces (or perform other nested tasks)

Router(config)# macro name macro_name1
Router(config)# interface Vlan1
Router(config-if)#  shutdown
Router(config-if)#  no shutdown @

2. Make a kron job to call the Cisco IOS macro.
Router(config)# kron policy-list policy_name1
Router(config-kron-policy)# cli macro_name1
Router(config-kron-policy)# exit
3. Next, create a kron occurrence, in which you tell the router when and how often you want to run this policy list (i.e., group of commands). Here's an example:
Router(config)# kron occurrence policy_name1 at 22:00 Mon recurring
Router(config-kron-occurrence)# policy-list policy_name1
Router(config-kron-occurrence)# exit


References
Using macros with IOS
Schedule Kron with IOS

Labels: cisco, kron, macro

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In recent political and technological disputes, major businesses such as Comcast, Verizon and the Bell companies have been promoting the two-tiered internet system. Basically promoting a seperation of the back haul to the internet that as of today is a single field, they want to make it into two systems. One tier would be a expsenive, paid-for, faster network for large businesses to conduct large-scale data transactions. The other would be a slower, relativly inexpensive network that would connect people to the smaller networks and networks in particular.

Back in the 1970's when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) developed the Internet Protocol with help from Stanford, Bolt and other organizations, they created the 7-layer Open System Interconnection (OSI) that has been the standard for internet and network communications that are still used today.

Rather then forcing companies and individuals to be part of this two-tiered system, why don't the business invest in another research team to put together another, better way to connect computers, rather then the OSI? They could create this better protocol, possibly faster, more secure... I'm sure there is some new information that could let them produce it more effecient now...Then they could use their new OSI on a new back haul system, and it wouldnt affect the internet that we know today. Would this work? What would it cost? Have companies explored other protocols like OSI?

It seems like the businesses that want a new internet would need to create it, rather then hijack the existing one.

Some authors write to express themselves; others write to find themselves. Jamaica Kincaid wrote to find out more about herself in her writing. She wrote to find her identity. Leaving behind everything around her to find out who she is, is what she does through her writing. Having an unusual childhood, readers can see that in the story Girl she writes about society’s views on an American girl during the 1980’s.

Kincaid has a rebellious childhood, as she leaves everything around her to find herself. Kincaid was born May 25, 1949 in Antigua. She left the island at the age of seventeen (17). She left her family and moved to the United States. Kincaid writes her stories to help find identity in herself. As we can see in Girl there is no exception.

The story, Girl, is a list of things that society teaches a Girl living during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Things such as “on Sunday’s try to walk like a lady and not a slut”, and “this is how you smile at someone you don’t like at all”. (Abcarian, 2004) Half of the lessons in the story are typical, others are obscured and show that the author was frustrated at society at the time. Kincaid was frustrated with the culture of America and society’s rules and standards for women at the time.

During the 1970’s and 1980’s Women in America had more rights then they did in decades prior, but women still had many stereotypes. Most women were still house makers and those that worked did not get as much credit as they deserved. Frustrated with cultures views of women, Kincaid wrote to express herself, but also to find herself. Her story is basically asking herself “Is this what society has for me?”, “Who am I in this culture?”

Kincaid was searching for herself, her freedom and her identity away from culture in this story. Her childhood of running away, made her grow up her way, without influence of her parents. The stories she wrote, helped her find herself. When society was wanting women to be, or act, in one way, she asked “Why?”. Kincaid may have inspired other women authors to write stories that helped other women find their identities, Kincaid might have helped them by helping herself. Maybe that is Kincaid’s identity.

One of my favorite books, "Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown was apparently hijacked. But what does it matter, how can you sue a man for writing your ideas better than you did? What if its a convincingly similar story? How can you sue anyone for stealing what is already out, but making it better? Henry Ford apparently broke patent law in inventing the Model T, even though it made it cheaper and more affordable. And since intellectual property is the new currency anyways.

The way I see it... The US Dollar is the US's intellectual property, we all just trade it around but it belong to the US government and is licenced for a fee. Same with stocks and corporations. Intellectual property is something like a idea of value protected just as stocks, protected just as the dollar. If Dan Brown stole the idea for his great book so what? I don't think the academic paper had any chance of influencing as many people as Dan Brown did.

The black blocks with white dots fall one by one, knocking one another down to the patio table’s surface. It’s an average Thursday morning in the suburbs of New York. Max Falston is setting up his dominos one by one trying to make the biggest domino effect possible. Max spent two hours already playing outside with his domino set, and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He puts the last piece in place and tips the top of it with his finger to start the sequence. This sequence may turn out to be the biggest domino effect he could ever imagine.

The dominos tumble one by one, crashing into the next domino in line. The track completes at the end of the hard wood table, with three dominos stacked upon each other. Racing with speed the wave effect hits the last domino causing it to fall of the table. Max doesn’t notice but the domino, coincidentally, lands on worm that is minding its own business trying to find some shade. The worm takes a turn towards the tall oak tree, and in a few moments begins to crawl the tree.

The worm crawls up the tree through the dirt-ridden bark. It just so happens a cocoon sits parched in the path of the worm. The worm shows no sign of letting this butterfly distract it from climbing its path. The worm seems to be a little disheveled after getting smashed by Max’s domino. Clipping through a portion of the cocoon the worm makes its way free. The cocoon on the other hand drops to the ground, damaging its natural growth process.

Meanwhile Max is still playing dominos and is setting up an even bigger and better domino sequence. Max really wants to impress his Mom, as she is already having a bad day. Max starts piecing together a domino track that winds all around the table, through the saltshakers, over a few plates and into a grand finale of three more stacked dominos. Max is really going to impress mommy today.

Back on the ground Mother Nature’s cocoon is at the stage where the cocoon is hindering the growth of the butterfly inside of it. The butterfly needs to be let out if it wants to survive. The butterfly cracks open the cocoon, several hours before it was ready, but is welcomed to the world on this cool Thursday after noon in New York.

Max runs inside to get his Mother after setting up the last domino. The butterfly takes its first attempt in flying. Max calls out “Mommy Mommy! I did it I made the bestest dominos in the world! Come see, come see!” The butterfly lifts off the ground and heads over towards the table where the dominos sit, flying cockeyed due to premature birth and a 3-foot fall to the ground. The butterfly swoops down and lands on one of the dominos, causing the sequence to start. The blocks tumble down racing around the saltshakers, over the plates and into the grand finale. It was the greatest dominos Max ever built, but Max and Mommy missed all of the action

Mommy and Max ran outside, to their surprise the dominos had already fallen. Max is in an uproar and starts crying and screaming. His dream of impressing Mommy was crushed. The mother, already suffering a headache, tries to calm Max. Max keeps on screaming and crying. Mom pats Max and lets him know she believes him that it was the “bestest dominos ever,” and she walks inside to take an Advil and call her husband.

Mr. Falston works hard at making money, as many big time stock brokers do too. Mrs. Falston calls to let him know she is not doing well and wants for Mr. Falston to come home early today. Mr. Falston agrees to her request, just as long as he can sell some extra stocks and make some more commission. Mr. Falston has a surprise of his own. He has been saving up for a bigger home and is planning on telling her soon. He decides today is the perfect day.

Mr. Falston knows he shouldn’t push certain stocks but he does anyways to make some extra commission. Investors trust Mr. Falston and buy up plenty of his stock suggestions. Mr. Falston is making this Thursday into the best day of sales he has seen in his life. The investors start jumping on board, investing hundreds of thousands, and even up into the millions!

Things were looking good for the Falston family, but Mr. Falstons effects seem to spark more than what he was asking for. It just so happens an hour later, that stock he pushed goes bankrupt and investors lose all of their money in the stock. Mr. Falston bails out from the office to avoid the quagmire. The investors have nobody to turn to after losing all their cash, so some call and complain to Alan Greenspan himself, said to be the most influential man in all of investing.

Alan receives over 100 calls in an hour from angry investors and decides he needs to address the issue. Alan makes a call to CNN to let them know he would like to get on air as soon as possible. CNN jumps on the idea and lets Alan go through directly to a live telephone conference on public television. Alan, frustrated, starts to announce that the stock market will close early today to stop potential loss. Investors go crazy, they don’t believe the market will close early just because of one single stocks huge loss. The markets go down, many companies decide to sell all of their stocks and turn them back into cash. If only they could get out when they had the opportunity.

The chain reaction happens so quick that the whole backbone of the stock market begins to unravel. The worlds largest securities start to un-invest billions, and within moments Alan realizes the market is on its way to a complete catastrophe. Sure enough the stock market falls apart completely, just as it did to trigger the Great Depression in 1929.

It was the worst time for this to happen to the United States, terrorism is high, elections are taking place, and the country is just not ready for such a disaster. Russia sees the opportunity to gain power, as does China. They see that America could be destroyed if they could attack at the right time. They have wanted to take America out in the back of their minds and both decide this is the time.

The officials in China decide to invade via fighter jets and nuclear bombs. Russia starts detonating their massive artillery of nuclear missiles. France and Germany try to stop them and defend the United States; more missiles are launched. This Thursday marks to start of World War III. The nukes are airborne, the US launches all of their missiles, and the world is headed towards disaster.

Who is responsible for this awful sequence of events? Was it Max? Could it have been the Domino? Or was it the butterfly? How can such an innocent Thursday morning turn into the largest nuclear firefight in world history? All butterflies were destroyed in the carnage, and no dominos were left standing. So who is responsible?

The cause of this whole sequence is both the domino and the butterfly effect, not the physical domino, nor the butterfly.. The domino and butterfly effect have lead us into the chair reaction that destroyed the world. If Max hadn’t played dominos nothing would have happened. If the domino didn’t fall on the butterfly then the butterfly wouldn’t have ruined the Max’s dominos. If Mrs. Falton did call her husband and if Mr. Falston hadn’t gotten greedy, he wouldn’t have upset the investors. If Alan hadn’t called CNN… If China and Russia hadn’t attacked, we would not be having a world war. Causes as small as a simple domino game in the middle of New York, can affect the world whether we see it or not.

Why worry about bottles and cans, when you can drink straight draught beer directly from a keg? A carefully built kegerater is a great commodity for any college student. Kegeraters are popular in all bars, but can be easily built in a home or apartment with the proper supplies and instruction. A kegerater is a system that not only keeps a beer keg cold, but also properly dispenses the correct mix of beer and Co2 through its faucet. There are six important pieces to a kegerater and seven important steps in building a kegerater.

The first and foremost important piece of a kegerater system, besides the keg itself, is the refrigerator, or fridge. Depending on what fridge is available to use and what fridge will hold the desired keg size, selecting the right fridge is most important. There are three rules in selecting a fridge. One, the fridge must be big enough to hold the keg. Some fridges must be altered to fit a full barrel keg. A full size keg is roughly 33” tall and 19” in diameter; where as half kegs are 27” by 19”. Secondly, the fridge must be able to be consistent temperature and must have a way of controlling the temperature. Third and most importantly, the fridge must be able to be drilled. Don’t use your parents kitchen fridge that they value, unless they value keg beer also. Fridges are the most expensive part of the system, and can cost anywhere from $150 used to $1800 brand new. Refrigeration keeps that cold beer flavor most beer connoisseur enjoy, so pick the right fridge.

As for the mechanical parts involved in a kegerater system, there are three important parts, and important hoses and clamps to connect them. At this point there should be two holes drilled in the fridge, both 7/8” in diameter. Make sure not to hit any wires or tubes while drilling this hole, it will mess up the fridge, and that is not a good thing.

First important part of this is the Co2 tank. Co2 is used to put pressure in the keg, therefore, pushing the beer out of the keg and eventually into a cup. It is recommended to get either a tank that supports either 5 lbs or 10 lbs of Co2 pressure. Co2 tanks cost roughly $100.
Next, connected to the Co2 Tank, is a regulator. Although in terms of building a kegerater, it is called a keg-ulator. The kegulator measures and controls the amount of Co2 pressure that flows into the keg. It is suggested to allow between 8 and 10 lbs of Co2 pressure pass through the kegulator.

Now, there should be a hose, called a Co2 hose, connected to the kegulator passing through one drilled hole in the fridge. This hose leads to another piece called a coupler. The coupler sits on top of the keg (inside the fridge now), and opens up the keg to push beer out. Couplers cost about $40. Note: Do not puncture keg until you have completed the whole system or beer will start spraying everywhere and you will lose beer, this is also not a good thing.

On the other end of the coupler there is to be a hose flowing back out of the fridge, and to the area that the beer should be poured from. This hose is called a beer hose. There are several ways to display the final piece, which is where the beer pours. This piece is called either a faucet, shank, or tower. The tower can be mounted to the top of the fridge or drilled onto a counter-top.

The biggest thing one must watch out for while building is to make sure all connections are tightly fastened. The biggest problem with kegeraters is loosely fitted clamps and hoses. The total system costs somewhere around $400 depending mostly on the type of fridge. With the proper building care and following the instructions, a kegerater can be a fun and easy system to build. By following the seven steps and securing the six essential parts, anyone who wants to drink draught beer at home can do so. Just remember to only serve those over the age of 21, or those with a decent looking fake ID.

Okay so after my first day in Microeconomics, we learned the basics. The Law of Supply, The Law of Demand, Scarcity Rule and The "Thoery" of Equilibrium. A quick refreshed for those reading who haven't hit an ECN class in a while.

The Law of Demand is all about the consumer... They make demands, oh yes we do. When Price goes UP, the Quantity we buy goes DOWN and vice versa. Thats because consumers enjoy low prices! Easy enough. If a pair of socks cost $0.10 I might actually buy new socks. If they cost $0.02 I might buy 2 pairs!

The Law of Supply is producer (seller) sided. When Price goes UP, Quanitity follow suit and goes UP. Since producers like to make money they want to sell more if the price is high. More Goods and A higher price means more money!

Scarcity is what keeps this all in context. There are limits to everything. Limits to land, labor, capital and entreprenuership. Capital meaning equiptment, not cash, cash is paper. Equiptment like machines, pens, paper, so okay maybe cash is capital in this sense. The last and upcoming factor of scarcity would be information, that is left for another debate.