Provost (military police) or "field hunter") has a long tradition and dates back to the mid-17th century. As the current German constitution explicitly forbids the employment of troops on German territory (except for technical assistance as part of disaster relief), Feldjäger jurisdiction applies only to military facilities and military personnel. Their motto is "Suum Cuique" ("To each his own", derived from Cicero, "De Finibus, Bonorum et Malorum", "liber V", 67: ""(...) ut fortitudo in laboribus periculisque cernatur, (...), iustitia in" suo cuique "tribuendo.""), the motto of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle. During World War II, Nazi Germany had numerous military police
The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer. Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said "According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment,