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The Hague Transavia Grand Slam | 15 - 20 juillet 2014
The Hague, The Netherlands, July 17, 2014 - With teams from Brazil, Poland and Switzerland earning "byes†by clinching their pool titles Wednesday, five more women's pairs earned a "free pass†to the second-round of the single-elimination bracket by winning their groups Thursday at the US$1-million Transavia Grand Slam presented by Bas Van de Goor Foundation.
Leading the "bye†crew Thursday were Olympic medalists and second-seeded April Ross and Kerri Walsh as the American girls secured the Pool B title with a 2-0 (21-17 and 24-22) win in 41 minutes over 15th-seeded Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy of Australia in a match played in Amsterdam. The Australian win was not easy for Ross and Walsh as they started slowly before winning the first set. The second set was close throughout before the Americans pulled it out in the end.
"We have been working really hard this tournament to improve on some elements of our game,†said Bawden after the Aussies finished its pool with a 2-1 match mark. "I think we did a really good job and made a lot of effort. It is not the result that we wanted, but we are making progress in our game. We are excited to get back to The Hague and we are feeling good about the energy of our team. We are looking forward to our first elimination match and have high hopes in advancing in this tournament.â€
With three pool play wins this week, Ross and Walsh have won 21-straight group matches this season in seven events along with a 29-1 record for 10 FIVB World Tour events together. The only setback was in their final 2013 pool play match in China when Italians Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth posted a two-set win over the Americans last October in Xiamen. Overall, Ross and Walsh have a 49-5 FIVB match mark with five gold medal finishes.
Other pairs securing pool titles Thursday were third-seeded Kristyna Kolocova/Marketa Slukova of the Czech Republic, fourth-seeded Elsa Baquerizo/Liliana Fernandez of Spain, sixth-seeded Maria Antonelli/Juliana Felisberta and the17th-seeded Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr Switzerland. Except for the Swiss pair, each team posted a perfect 3-0 pool play marks in the Transavia Grand Slam.
Heidrich and Zumkehr tied with top-seeded Madelein Meppelink/Marleen Van Iersel of The Netherlands and the 16th-seeded Salgado sisters (Carolina and Maria Clara) of Brazil for the top spot in Pool A. The Swiss held the tie-breaker by having a better point ratio for the three matches among the tying pairs.
Meppelink and Van Iersel, the reigning European champions, finished third in the group behind the Salgados. Beach Volleyball power Brazil will now have five teams in the women's single-elimination bracket, including seventh-seeded Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas and the 11th-seeded Fernanda Alves/Taiana Lima.
By winning their opening two matches Wednesday over higher-seeded pairs, the teams of 24th-seeded Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska of Poland, 26th-seeded Tanja Goricanec/Tanja Huberli Switzerland of Switzerland and 28th-seeded Larissa Franca/Talita Rocha of Brazil won their pools. Of the three teams, Larissa and Talita completed the Transavia Grand Slam group competition with a 3-0 pool record. The Poles and Swiss forfeited their matches Thursday since they had already secured their pool's top spot and ended group play with a 2-1 record.
Sixteen other teams also qualified for the single-elimination rounds, including the German pairs of eighth-seeded Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler and fifth-seeded Karla Borger/Britta Buthe. The two teams competed for the FIVB World Tour gold medal last week in the Swiss Alps where Holtwick and Semmler defeated their compatriots for the title in the international's circuit's first-ever All-German women's finale.
With the Transavia Grand Slam being the 10th women's event on the 2014 FIVB World Tour, 24 of the women's pool play matches were staged Wednesday and 12 more Thursday on the four sand courts on Scheveningen beach. A total of eight pool play matches each were also played on specialty-made set ups in the Marktplein at Apeldoorn and the Gustav Mahlerplein in Amsterdam.
With the Transavia Grand Slam a "preludeâ€* to the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships to be played in The Netherlands, the final three days of the competition will be staged starting Friday at the Scheveningen courts where the medal matches will be played Sunday. The final two teams in both gender's competition with be competing for the gold medals and a share of the $70,000 first-place prize for each winning team.
Following this week's event, the FIVB World Tour returns to the United States for the second-straight year as Long Beach in southern California hosts another $1-million event. The international circuit returns to Europe in August for stops in Austria (Klagenfurt, July 29-August 3) and Poland (Stare Jablonki, August 19-24).
20.07.2014 17:00:12
Fijalek & Prudel Net Poland's First FIVB World Tour Gold Medal
The Hague, The Netherlands, July 20, 2014 - The names of Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel are now in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour record bo... More...
20.07.2014 16:02:17
Emanuel & Salgado win All-Brazilian Bronze Medal Affair
The Hague, The Netherlands, July 20, 2014 - Legendary Beach Volleyball Emanuel Rego has added a new country to his list where he has won international... More...
20.07.2014 14:57:22
Brazilians Fernanda & Lima Top Transavia Grand Slam Podium
The Hague, The Netherlands, July 20, 2014 - It has been another successful Beach Volleyball event in The Netherlands for Taiana Lima as she returned t... More...
20.07.2014 12:46:08
Antonelli & Juliana Capture Transavia Grand Slam Bronze Medal
20.07.2014 08:04:21
Europe vs. Americas for The Hague Beach Volleyball Gold Medals
19.07.2014 22:05:09
Poland Seeks First FIVB World Tour Gold Medal
19.07.2014 19:50:21
Holtwick & Semmler Seek Validation
19.07.2014 17:44:36
Three-set matches highlight Transavia Grand Slam men's quarterfinals
19.07.2014 14:46:43
From Qualifier to "Final 4†for Brazilians Fernanda & Lima at Transavia Grand Slam
19.07.2014 08:15:02
"Moving Day" Matches Spice Saturday's Transavia Grand Slam Schedule
19.07.2014 07:16:45
Chilean Cousins Claim Big Payday
18.07.2014 21:42:01
Americans Doherty & Lucena Tandems Earn Transavia Grand Slam Break-through
18.07.2014 20:23:05
Brazilian Women Continue Strong Transavia Grand Slam Showing
18.07.2014 18:00:51
Unexpected Tandems Earn Transavia Grand Slam Second Round Berths
18.07.2014 14:46:47
Brazilian Women Dominating Transavia Grand Slam
18.07.2014 12:39:58
European Champions Van Iersel and Meppelink disappoint after loss on home sand
18.07.2014 00:55:32
Elimination Rounds Highlight Friday's Transavia Grand Slam Schedule
18.07.2014 00:49:40
Elimination Rounds Highlight Friday's Transavia Grand Slam Schedule
17.07.2014 20:57:03
Latvians Erase Swiss Memories
17.07.2014 18:35:39
Travelling Aussies happy on the road
17.07.2014 18:23:51
Dalhausser and Rosenthal on the hunt for a 'turkey' in The Hague
17.07.2014 14:38:14
Beach volleyball gives Apeldoorn a big buzz
17.07.2014 13:25:39
FIVB World Champions Seek Transavia Grand Slam Success
16.07.2014 22:33:15
US and Australian pairs unbeaten in Amsterdam
16.07.2014 22:02:07
Swiss Tanja's pool winners after only one day in Apeldoorn
16.07.2014 21:27:24
Upsets Highlight Transavia Grand Slam Men's Pool Play Matches
16.07.2014 21:02:42
Sand suits Canadian Pavan
16.07.2014 20:21:27
Nummerdor: next year's World Championships are going to surpass everything
16.07.2014 17:37:22
Double or nothing for Bruno
16.07.2014 15:53:36
Germany's Ludwig and Sude making the most of a temporary partnership
16.07.2014 14:50:56
Transavia Grand Slam is the Wimbledon of beach volleyball
16.07.2014 14:46:41
Life is good, but…
16.07.2014 12:47:10
Just like old times
15.07.2014 23:48:08
Amsterdam, Apeldoorn Join The Hague in Hosting Transavia Grand Slam Matches
15.07.2014 16:36:34
Upsets Highlight Transavia Grand Slam Men's Qualification Tournament
15.07.2014 16:34:30
Top-seeded Brazilians Avoid Qualifying Transavia Grand Slam Upset
14.07.2014 20:26:19
Record US$1,000,000 purse for FIVB The Hague Transavia Grand Slam
14.07.2014 16:03:17
Qualifying Rounds Opens Transavia Grand Slam Play Tuesday
14.07.2014 14:09:38
Larissa "Is Backâ€
14.07.2014 05:07:15
Talking Stats: 2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour—July 13
14.07.2014 02:43:50
2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour update after nine events
11.07.2014 02:54:55
Double Dutch delight
03.07.2014 18:09:15
European champs ready to give home fans taste of what to expect in 2015
23.06.2014 17:32:15
Three cities for The Hague Transavia Grand Slam
07.04.2014 18:09:54
One million dollars in prize money up for grabs at Transavia and Long Beach Grand Slams
19.03.2014 18:01:38
Fortaleza Grand Slam postponed as The Hague confirms four cities
07.03.2014 11:32:52
Transavia Grand Slam 2014 in three World Championship cities
30.01.2014 16:45:20
2014 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ready for more highlights in record-breaking year


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A month ago, Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams said he was "very close" to a new contract.
Now that his definition of close has been turned upside down, Williams is either frustrated by the lack of movement toward a deal, or he's talking about something else very loudly with his caps lock stuck.
"I FEEL LIKE MY FAMILY DON'T WANT ME," he tweeted yesterday. "HAVENT I BEEN EVERYTHING YOU WANTED AND MORE WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR YALL. .. AND WE SAY FAMILY FIRST."
As Stephen Holder of the Tampa Bay Times points out, "family" is one of Bucs coach Greg Schiano's go-to buzz-words, which he often uses as an acronym meaning "Forget about me, I love you."
Whether it's from his Bucs family, or his own family, Williams obviously isn't feeling the love right now, and it makes him want to yell at our eyeballs.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a type of mutation that develops after breast cancer patients take anti-estrogen therapies. The mutations explain one reason why patients often become resistant to this therapy.
The study appears online in Nature Genetics.
The discovery stems from a program at the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center called Mi-ONCOSEQ in which patients with advanced cancer have their DNA and RNA sequenced to identify all types of genetic mutations that could play a role in the cancer. Researchers use the findings to help direct therapies they think will work best. But they also use the data to find new genetic links. The detailed analysis means that researchers can identify anomalies among a small number of patients.
In this case, they looked at 11 patients with metastatic breast cancer that was classified as estrogen receptor positive, meaning the cancer is influenced by the hormone estrogen. This is the most common type of breast cancer.
The analysis found that six patients had mutations in the estrogen receptor. All of them had been treated with an aromatase inhibitor, a type of drug that blocks estrogen production.
What's more, the researchers found that the mutations were not present before the patients started their treatment, which means it was the therapy itself that caused the mutations to develop or be selected.
"This is the tumor's way of evading hormonal therapy. These mutations activate the estrogen receptor when there is no estrogen – as is the case when a patient takes an aromatase inhibitor. It's essentially an on-switch for the estrogen receptor," says
lead study author, Dan Robinson, Ph.D., research assistant professor of pathology at the U-M Medical School.
This on-switch essentially circumvents the effects of the aromatase inhibitor, preventing estrogen receptor signaling from being shut down. That's when patients become resistant to the therapy, which leaves them with few other treatment options. Some 40,000 people will die from breast cancer this year in the United States, with the majority having estrogen receptor positive tumors.
"We've been trying for a long time to understand why people become resistant to anti-hormone therapy. This finding sheds an entirely new light onto the problem. Now, we can look at how these estrogen receptors function and begin to develop drugs to shut down or attack this mutation," says study co-author Anne F. Schott, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine at the U-M Medical School.
The researchers also suggest that blood tests could be used to monitor patients and detect these mutations to potentially shift treatment before resistance develops. It's not yet known how frequently these mutations in the estrogen receptor occur. Currently, no treatment exists to target the mutations.
"Precision medicine approaches will allow us to understand how targeted therapies are working, but another important challenge is to understand the mechanisms by which tumors become resistant to these treatments so that we can prevent the resistance or develop strategies to overcome it," says senior study author Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology and S.P. Hicks Professor of Pathology at the U-M Medical School.
Additional authors: Yi-Mi Wu, Pankaj Vats, Fengyun Su, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Shanker Kalyana-Sundaram, Rui Wang, Yu Nine, Lynda Hodges, Amy Gursky, Javed Siddiqui, Scott A. Tomlins, Sameek Roychowdhury, Kenneth J. Pienta, Scott Y. Kim, J. Scott Roberts, James M. Rae, Catherine H. Van Poznak, Daniel F. Hayes, Rashmi Chugh, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Moshe Talpaz
Funding: National Institutes of Health Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) Consortium (1UM1HG006508), Prostate Cancer Foundation, the National Cancer Institute Early Detection Research Network (U01 CA111275), Department of Defense (W81XWH-12-1-0080) and a Department of Defense Era of Hope Scholar Award; Chinnaiyan is also supported by the Alfred A. Taubman Institute, the American Cancer Society, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Award
Disclosure: The University of Michigan has filed a provisional patent application covering the ESR1 mutations as an approach to predict resistance to hormonal therapy.
Reference: Nature Genetics, published online Nov. 3, 2013; DOI: 10.1038/ng.2823


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FOR GNOME/GNOME-SHELL 3.4 see this as well: http://verahill.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/gnome-34-frippery-extensions-in-debian.html
Here are a few quick fixes to make Gnome 3/gnome-shell work and look a bit better:
An example of my desktop as it looks today (April 201) is shown below:
|My desktop, in response to a comment below..
And here a rough indication of what is done with the gnome-shell extensions below:
|From top left, clockwise: applications menu, panel favourites (with faenza icons), move-clock, bottom panel and static workspaces. The information on the right hand side is done via conky.
1. gnome-shell extensions
2. Getting maximize, minimize and close back
3. prettier icon theme --faenza
4. Using conky instead of gnome applets to monitor computer
1. gnome-shell extensions
NOTE: download the .tgz file to your home folder e.g. /home/me/ or the files won't go to the right place on tar -xvf
The Gnome-shell Frippery extensions ("for grumpy old sticks in the mud") are what you're looking for: http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/extensions/index.html
a) For gnome/gnome-shell 3.0:
In /home/me/
wget http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/extensions/gnome-shell-frippery-0.2.8.tgz
tar -xvf gnome-shell-frippery-0.2.8.tgz
That's it! The extensions will only be installed for the user doing the untar-ing.
b) For gnome-shell 3.2:
UPDATE: 1/2/2012 -- Wheezy upgraded to gnome-shell 22.214.171.124 on 31/1/2012. Here's how to get a useful desktop environment again:
Use iceweasel/firefox, and visit the following pages:
All of the frippery extensions are listed here:
Install the extensions by settting on the slider icon to ON.
In /home/me/ (replacing 'me' with your username)
IF the shell extensions don't show up -- make sure that they are in /home/me/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ -- if not you may want to extract and put the files there manually.
Either way, once you installed using firefox or in the terminal:
Log in and out of gnome-shell -- alt+f2 + r only enabled the applications-menu, bottom-panel and static workspaces, but the other extensions wouldn't work. This is based on a case of installing the extensions immediately after dist-upgrading to install gnome-shell v 126.96.36.199
You can now open gnome-tweak-tool (install it as shown below under "2. Getting max/min/close back") -- in the gnome-shell activities/launchers window or whatever they call it it shows up as Advanced Settings or start it using alt+f2 or terminal (gnome-tweak-tool). Click on Shell Extensions, and enable everything.
OR open firefox/iceweasel and go to https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ to enable/disable extensions.
The extensions.gnome.org versions of Frippery's Shutdown menu, move clock and panel favourites wouldn't work with 3.2 on a first try, nor would the extensions downloaded by wget and untared -- logging in and out of gnome-shell solved that.
2. Getting maximize, minimize and close back
Install gnome-tweak-tool
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
Start it. Go to Shell. Under 'arrangement of buttons on title bar' select all.
3. prettier icon theme --faenza
I've never been a fan of the default icon themes for gnome. I used the linux lex icons (http://linuxlex.cz/en/?option=com_phocadownload&view=file&id=2:linuxlex-8-icon-theme&Itemid=350) for gnome 2.x/compiz
In my opinion the blockier icons in faenza work better with gnome3/gnome-shell than the fancy linux lex icons.
Install the gnome-tweak-tool
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
To get faenza
mkdir ~/tmp
cd ~/tmp
wget http://www.deviantart.com/download/173323228/faenza_icons_by_tiheum-d2v6x24.zip
unzip faenza_icons_by_tiheum-d2v6x24.zip
cd ~/.icons
mkdir faenza
mv * faenza/
Now start gnome-tweak-tool. Under Interface --> Icon Theme -- select faenza
Do alt+f2 and type r, hit enter to restart.
4. Using conky instead of gnome applets to monitor computer
conky is a lot more flexible and capable than any single gnome-applet. But then conky doesn't sit quietly on a panel but is instead overlaid on top of you desktop.
To install
sudo apt-get install conky
Edit configuration file
sudo vim /etc/conky/conky.conf
Here's a sample conky.conf
alignment top_right
double_buffer yes
background yes
border_width 1
cpu_avg_samples 2
default_color white
default_outline_color white
default_shade_color white
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders yes
draw_outline no
draw_shades no
use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=12
gap_x 20
gap_y 60
minimum_size 5 5
net_avg_samples 2
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
out_to_stderr no
extra_newline no
own_window yes
own_window_class Conky
own_window_type desktop
own_window_transparent yes
stippled_borders 0
update_interval 1.5
uppercase no
use_spacer none
show_graph_scale no
show_graph_range no
${execi 60 acpi |gawk '{print $3,$4,$5}'|sed 's/\,/\t/g'}
${addr eth0}/${addr wlan0}
${color grey}Uptime:$color $uptime
CPU:$alignc $cpu%
$alignc $color ${cpugraph 15,200 ffff00 ff0000 -l -t}
RAM:$alignc $mem/$memmax
$alignc$color ${memgraph 15,200 ffff00 ff0000 -t}
I/O:$alignc $diskio_read/$diskio_write
$alignc$color ${diskiograph 15,200 ffff00 ff0000 -t}
${color grey}Frequency (in GHz):$color
${freq_g 1} ${freq_g freq_g2}
$color CPU: $alignr${acpitemp}°C
$color Fan(rpm): $alignr${execi 1.5 sensors|grep fan1|cut -c12-18}
#${color grey}CPU Usage: ${cpubar 10,100 ffffff ff0000 -l -t} $cpu%
${cpugraph cpu1 15,100 ffff00 ff0000 -t} ${cpugraph cpu2 15,100 ffff00 ff0000 -t}
${color grey}File systems:
/ $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
/home $color${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}
${color grey}eth0 ${color red} ${upspeed eth0}/${color green} ${downspeed eth0} ${color grey}
${color grey} ${upspeedgraph eth0 15,100 550000 ff0000 -l -t} ${color grey} ${downspeedgraph eth0 15,100 0000ff 00ff00 -l -t} ${color grey}
${color grey}wlan0 ${color red} ${upspeed wlan0}/${color green} ${downspeed wlan0} ${color grey}
${color grey} ${upspeedgraph wlan0 15,100 550000 ff0000 -l -t} ${color grey} ${downspeedgraph wlan0 15,100 0000ff 00ff00 -l -t} ${color grey}
${color grey}Name CPU% MEM%
${color} ${top name 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color} ${top name 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color} ${top name 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${font Arial:bold:size=12}${color Tan1}WORLD TIME ${color DarkSlateGray}
You can get more information about available objects here: http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html
To make conky start up every time you start your computer, start gnome-session-properties, and add conky. That works most of the time but is the old gnome 2.3 way of doing things. Here's a post on gnome-shell specifically and how to add start-up applications: http://linuxandfriends.com/2011/06/01/how-to-add-startup-programs-in-gnome-3/


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Check out my new game: Rucky Cat Barance Ninja! Available now for Playbook in the App Store! http://appworld.blackberry.com/webst...tent/21792299/
It's my first mobile game, and will determine whether I support the Playbook in the future.
You guide Takeshi the Ninja as he continues his quest to balance cats on his head. Catch the cats as they leap through the air. Stack them high to increase your score. Avoid the bombs.


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After a wait of more than 6 months from the expected delivery date, the third Valia has shipped. Valia Pivoine graced the December 2008 cover of Haute Doll magazine as their exclusive retailing for a price of $375 to non-subscribers and $350 for subscribers. Upon the announcement of the delay, another discount was granted in the amount of $50 (to allay the anger).
Touted as having a new, lighter weight, cutting edge resin body with 15 points of articulation and a meticulously crafted outfit, the original promo text said the fashion would come with jewelry; the current text says coordinating accessories.
There's not enough information to do a valid review but I have had a little fun with her picture and that of the Innoquii™ doll by Superfrock. I see a resemblance between the dolls and have combined their features and created my own exclusive!
First is the actual cover of HD with their exclusive Innoquii.


text: ISPConfig: v2.2.32 Debian: 5 I currently have ISPConfig v2.2.32 installed and it's been working for 2 years. I only have one website setup that I'm using with ISPConfig and it's running debian as the base OS. I set it up a while ago and I don't remember setting up https:// to the site. Is there any way I can check to see if https:// has been setup for the site? I tried to locate any *.crts on the disk and I did see some but it seems to be the default ones installed with ISPConfig. The server is definitely listening to port 443, when I ran netstat. When I load the browser and point to it with the DNS or IP of the server, I get this error: SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. (Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long) This is my search for *.crt with locate command: debianbox:/etc/apache2# locate *.crt |more -l /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/phpmyadmin/libraries/auth/swekey/musbe-ca.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ca-bundle.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ca.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/snakeoil-ca-dsa.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/snakeoil-ca-rsa.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/snakeoil-dsa.crt /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/snakeoil-rsa.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/brasil.gov.br/brasil.gov.br.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/cacert.org/cacert.org.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/cacert.org/class3.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/cacert.org/root.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/debconf.org/ca.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/gouv.fr/cert_igca_dsa.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/gouv.fr/cert_igca_rsa.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ABAecom_=sub.__Am._Bankers_Assn.=_Root_CA.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/AOL_Time_Warner_Root_Certification_Authority_ 1.crt /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/AOL_Time_Warner_Root_Certification_Authority_ 2.crt I really don't remember if SSL was setup. I might want to setup SSL for the server but I'm not sure how to. I'm just going to buy the SSL cert from Godaddy with these instructions: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45255&highlight=godaddy+ssl. Any input would be appreciated, thanks.


text: Einar Bjarni Halldórsson wrote: >>Einar Bjarni Halldórsson wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>I finally got my hands on a DVB card, and have started what is becoming >>>a very interesting proccess of getting it to work. Had to jump through a >>>couple of hoops to get the dst module to recognize it as a DVB-T and not >>>a DVB-S (the default KnoppMyth R5A16 install wouldn't budge on this >>>issue). Since then I've tried kernels 2.6.10 , 184.108.40.206 and 2.6.12-rc5 >>>with the CVS version of dvb-kernel, but with similar results. The card >>>get's recognized as a DVB-T and the CI module is recognized, but when I >>>try to get dvbscan to do it's thing, I get "tuning failed" and a bunch >>>of error messages in dmesg. >>> >>>I've seen people have similar problems in the mailing list archives, but >>>I was wondering if there is any progress in finding a solution. >>Which card model do you have ? >> > > I have a TwinhanDTV Ter-CI You have the Manufacturer and the Card type, but no Card model.. The card model starts with VP-XXXXXX > >>Your card has tuning problems due to i2c communication problems. This >>has bee fixed with the bttv patch i posted a while back.. Please do test >>it out whether it solves your communication problems.. >> >>This patch can be applied against the bttv in 2.6.11.x. >> >> >>Changelog: >> >>Attached is a patch to bttv which fixes the following problems. >> > > I tried kernel 2.6.12-rc5, which has the patch, and it didn't work. I just > got the same error. > A few possibilities that could exist .. (1) The card model is not supported by the driver.. (2) You are doing something wrong.. (3) Some bugs in the driver.. Option (3) is less likely as i haven't seen the error what you have, with any others. Or is anybody having the very same error.. ? Manu > Einar > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb at linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > > >


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Participation of local partnerships in planning for sustainable development in rural areas, Czech experience for Ukraine, 2010
03.03.2011 / 16:30 | Aktualizováno: 30.01.2013 / 22:22
Veronica (Czech Union for Nature Conservation), 2010
The project aimed to share knowledge and experiences on sustainable regional development through workshops in Ukraine and implementation of study tours to the Czech Republic.
Thematically related to education in particular, sustainable energy, local fruit, local development projects and sustainable tourism. Excursions included the micro-regions of eastern and northern Moravia and northern Bohemia (Bojkovsko, Opavsko, Novojičínsko, Poodri, Frydlantsko). Five experienced teachers participated in the training activities in Ukraine, during the study tour (including a trip to Austria) presentations were given by number of other lecturers and guides - especially mayors and implementers of model projects. Lectures were interpreted from Czech to Ukrainian, informal communication and discussions were held in Russian without translation.
Seminars in the Ukraine, Vinnitsa and Luhansk, was attended by 41 persons, in the two study trips participated 30 persons. Participants - representatives of rural municipalities and civic associations - gained personal experience and a number of presentations and texts in Ukrainian language. They use these materials in the work in their communities. The outputs of the project including design of valuable excursion routes are prepared for use in subsequent projects.
All participating organizations - partners of the project - acquired a wealth of experience to further cooperation between Czech and Ukrainian NGOs. Ukrainian partners were PARD from Vinnitsa and the Regional Agency for Sustainable Development from Luhansk. In the Czech Republic, the leading organization Veronica was accompanied by the National Network of the Local Action Groups.
The project was supported by the Program of the transformation co-operation of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic by CZK 578 591.00.
Excursion to Gussing
Group photo at the solar panel


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Ultimate Call Screen HD Pro v9.2.1 Apk | 1.6 MB | Mediafire
Requires Android:2.1 and up
Ultimate Call Screen HD: Fullscreen Caller ID. Call Blocker and Sensor actions!
App Review:
Ultimate Call Screen HD Free combines a Fullscreen Caller ID replacement, contact picture manager, call blocker, and, on top of that, sensor-base actions such as rejecting calls by turning the phone screen-down, and swipe gestures just to be sure you handle your phone any way you want to.
Licensed users can link phone contacts to Facebook profiles, and use their HD profile pictures as call screens. Also with the License comes Ultimate SMS Screen, the name says it all.
There is no limit on the number of contacts you can personalize or block on the Free version. There are no adds and no timeouts. I believe on added functionality for value, not crippling the app to force buys.
* Important:To access the dialpad and other standard functions, press "back" button while on a call, or use the enable the "swipe down" feature to do the same
* Developer plea: If you like UCS, please take the time to rate it accordingly. I understand that it is human nature to forget about positive feedback and only say something to complaint, but please think on the time and effort I put into this, and give something back
Feature List (Free version):
– No limit on number of contacts to personalize.
– Apply pictures to contacts directly from your gallery, with the android "share" function. Just choose "Add to UCS"!
Full Screen Caller ID
– Selectively enable only for outgoing/incoming calls
– Enable and configure swipe up gesture to reject, answer, reject with SMS, or default phone interface.
– Press "Back" when UCS is handling a call to jump back to your default phone interface
– Choose pictures from gallery or take from camera
– Image cropper with multi-touch zooming
– Per-contact blocking
– Preview each contact callscreen
– Define a global default HD picture
– Optional on-screen "loudspeaker" button
– Option to show/hide status bar on lockscreen
– Optional haptic feedback (vibrate)
– Different default pictures for known and unknown contacts
– Hide parts of the call screen for cleaner interface.
Call Blocker
– Block individual contacts.
– Global Activate/deactivate call blocking
Sensor based actions
– Activate/deactivate sensor actions
– Set the "Turn to reject" feature: Turn the phone screen-down to reject an incoming call.
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– Option to make incoming SMS show above lockscreen, including turning the screen on
– Dismiss or reply to sms directly from UCS SMS screen, with buttons or swipe gestures
– Swipe through all your inbox SMS messages, not just the incoming
– Link your contacts to Facebook friends and use their HD profile pictures as call screen.
– Setup UCS to use your current android contact picture as fullscreen caller ID.
– Enable swipe gestures in every direction, both in calls and SMS screen
– Use UCS themes to personalize your call screen even more! Different default themes for known and unknown contacts, as well as hiding callscreen elements.
– Setup different themes for individual contacts
– Activate the "Turn to mute ring" feature (if your hardware supports it).
– Activate the "Turn for loudspeaker" feature (if your hardware supports it).
– Activate the "Block all incoming calls" feature: every single call will be blocked.
– Activate the "Whitelist mode". This allows you to invert the blocking selection, and all contacts NOT marked for blocking will be blocked.
– Activate the "Block Unknown Callers" feature.
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- Added option to exclude contacts from UCS
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- Re-designed Detailed Contact view on Contact Manager
- Fixed issue with call answering on some phones
- Fix contact preview wrongly applying Smart Info for non-personalized contacts
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New Inscribed Properties (2001)
New Inscribed Properties
Cultural properties
Alto Douro Wine Region
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(v)
Wine has been produced by traditional landholders in the Alto Douro region for some 2,000 years. Since the 18th century, its main product, port wine, has been world famous for its quality. This long tradition of viticulture has produced a cultural landscape of outstanding beauty that reflects its technological, social and economic evolution.
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
The Aranjuez cultural landscape is an entity of complex relationships: between nature and human activity, between sinuous watercourses and geometric landscape design, between the rural and the urban, between forest landscape and the delicately modulated architecture of its palatial buildings. Three hundred years of royal attention to the development and care of this landscape have seen it express an evolution of concepts from humanism and political centralization, to characteristics such as those found in its 18th century French-style Baroque garden, to the urban lifestyle which developed alongside the sciences of plant acclimatization and stock-breeding during the Age of Enlightenment.
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vi)
Derwent Valley Mills
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The modern factory owes its origins to the mills at Cromford, where Richard Arkwright's inventions were first put into industrial-scale production. The workers' housing associated with this and the other mills remains intact and illustrate the socio-economic development of the area.
Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
, Hungary
Criteria: (v)
The Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia. This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary symbiosis between human activity and the physical environment. The remarkable rural architecture of the villages surrounding the lake and several 18th- and 19th-century palaces adds to the area's considerable cultural interest.
Historic Centre of Guimarães
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
The historic town of Guimarães is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th century. An exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town, its rich building typology exemplifies the specific development of Portuguese architecture from the 15th to 19th century through the consistent use of traditional building materials and techniques.
Historic Centre of Vienna
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)
Vienna developed from early Celtic and Roman settlements into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It played an essential role as a leading European music centre, from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the early part of the 20th century. The historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles and gardens, as well as the late-19th-century Ringstrasse lined with grand buildings, monuments and parks.
Historic Centre of the Town of Goiás
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Goiás testifies to the occupation and colonization of the lands of central Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The urban layout is an example of the organic development of a mining town, adapted to the conditions of the site. Although modest, both public and private architecture form a harmonious whole, thanks to the coherent use of local materials and vernacular techniques.
Lamu Old Town
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)
Lamu Old Town is the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa, retaining its traditional functions. Built in coral stone and mangrove timber, the town is characterized by the simplicity of structural forms enriched by such features as inner courtyards, verandas, and elaborately carved wooden doors. Lamu has hosted major Muslim religious festivals since the 19th century, and has become a significant centre for the study of Islamic and Swahili cultures.
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vi)
Masada is a rugged natural fortress, of majestic beauty, in the Judaean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea. It is a symbol of the ancient kingdom of Israel, its violent destruction and the last stand of Jewish patriots in the face of the Roman army, in 73 A.D. It was built as a palace complex, in the classic style of the early Roman Empire, by Herod the Great, King of Judaea, (reigned 37 – 4 B.C.). The camps, fortifications and attack ramp that encircle the monument constitute the most complete Roman siege works surviving to the present day.
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in a North African context. Since its foundation, it has been a major international trading seaport, linking Morocco and its Saharan hinterland with Europe and the rest of the world.
Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(v)
The enormous mining excavation known as the Great Pit at Falun is the most striking feature of a landscape that illustrates the activity of copper production in this region since at least the 13th century. The 17th-century planned town of Falun with its many fine historic buildings, together with the industrial and domestic remains of a number of settlements spread over a wide area of the Dalarna region, provide a vivid picture of what was for centuries one of the world's most important mining areas.
New Lanark
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)
New Lanark is a small 18th- century village set in a sublime Scottish landscape where the philanthropist and Utopian idealist Robert Owen moulded a model industrial community in the early 19th century. The imposing cotton mill buildings, the spacious and well-designed workers' housing, and the dignified educational institute and school still testify to Owen's humanism.
Old City of Acre
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(v)
Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified town dating from the Ottoman 18th and 19th centuries, with typical urban components such as the citadel, mosques, khans and baths. The remains of the Crusader town, dating from 1104 to 1291, lie almost intact, both above and below today's street level, providing an exceptional picture of the layout and structures of the capital of the medieval Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem.
Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
The fortified medieval town of Provins is situated in the former territory of the powerful Counts of Champagne. It bears witness to early developments in the organization of international trading fairs and the wool industry. The urban structure of Provins, which was built specifically to host the fairs and related activities, has been well preserved.
Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vi)
The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with strong feelings of national identity, and has maintained its spiritual and sacred character both in ritual practice and the popular imagination for the past 500 years. It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come from Madagascar and elsewhere.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, is a complete and well-preserved industrial village of the second half of the 19th century. Its textile mills, public buildings and workers' housing are built in a harmonious style of high architectural standards and the urban plan survives intact, giving a vivid impression of Victorian philanthropic paternalism.
Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)
The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the Timurid period from the 14th to the 15th centuries. The major monuments include the Registan Mosque and madrasas, Bibi-Khanum Mosque, the Shakhi-Zinda compound and the Gur-Emir ensemble, as well as Ulugh-Beg's Observatory.
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi
Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)(vi)
The Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi constitute a site embracing almost 30 ha of hillside within Kampala district. Most of the site is agricultural, farmed by traditional methods. At its core on the hilltop is the former palace of the Kabakas of Buganda, built in 1882 and converted into the royal burial ground in 1884. Four royal tombs now lie within the Muzibu Azaala Mpanga, the main building, which is circular and surmounted by a dome. It is a major example of an architectural achievement in organic materials, principally wood, thatch, reed, wattle and daub. The site's main significance lies, however, in its intangible values of belief, spirituality, continuity and identity.
Criteria: (i)(iii)(vi)
With one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the world, Tsodilo has been called the ''Louvre of the Desert''. Over 4,500 paintings are preserved in an area of only 10 km2 of the Kalahari Desert. The archaeological record of the area gives a chronological account of human activities and environmental changes over at least 100,000 years. Local communities in this hostile environment respect Tsodilo as a place of worship frequented by ancestral spirits.
Tugendhat Villa in Brno
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
The Tugendhat Villa in Brno, designed by the architect Mies van der Rohe, is an outstanding example of the international style in the modern movement in architecture as it developed in Europe in the 1920s. Its particular value lies in the application of innovative spatial and aesthetic concepts that aim to satisfy new lifestyle needs by taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by modern industrial production.
Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Criteria: (iii)(iv)(vi)
The Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, is a remarkably well-preserved planned landscape more than 1,000 years old. It was shaped to express the Hindu vision of the relationship between nature and humanity, using an axis from mountain top to river bank to lay out a geometric pattern of temples, shrines and waterworks extending over some 10 km. Two planned cities on the banks of the Mekong River are also part of the site, as well as Phou Kao mountain. The whole represents a development ranging from the 5th to 15th centuries, mainly associated with the Khmer Empire.
Villa d'Este, Tivoli
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
The Villa d'Este in Tivoli, with its palace and garden, is one of the most remarkable and comprehensive illustrations of Renaissance culture at its most refined. Its innovative design along with the architectural components in the garden (fountains, ornamental basins, etc.) make this a unique example of an Italian 16th-century garden. The Villa d'Este, one of the first giardini delle meraviglie , was an early model for the development of European gardens.
Yungang Grottoes
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
The Yungang Grottoes, in Datong city, Shanxi Province, with their 252 caves and 51,000 statues, represent the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Five Caves created by Tan Yao, with their strict unity of layout and design, constitute a classical masterpiece of the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art.
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
Criteria: (ii)(iii)
The Zollverein industrial complex in Land Nordrhein-Westfalen consists of the complete infrastructure of a historical coal-mining site, with some 20th-century buildings of outstanding architectural merit. It constitutes remarkable material evidence of the evolution and decline of an essential industry over the past 150 years.
New Inscribed Properties
Natural properties
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Criteria: (ix)(x)
Complex geology and varied topography have given rise to a diversity of ecosystems and species unmatched in the insular Caribbean and created one of the most biologically diverse tropical island sites on earth. Many of the underlying rocks are toxic to plants so species have had to adapt to survive in these hostile conditions. This unique process of evolution has resulted in the development of many new species and the park is one of the most important sites in the Western Hemisphere for the conservation of endemic flora. Endemism of vertebrates and invertebrates is also very high.
Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
Criteria: (vii)(ix)(x)
Peaks of the Southern Atlantic submarine ridge form the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Rocas Atoll off the coast of Brazil. They represent a large proportion of the island surface of the South Atlantic and their rich waters are extremely important for the breeding and feeding of tuna, shark, turtle and marine mammals. The islands are home to the largest concentration of tropical seabirds in the Western Atlantic. Baia de Golfinhos has an exceptional population of resident dolphin and at low tide the Rocas Atoll provides a spectacular seascape of lagoons and tidal pools teeming with fish.
Dorset and East Devon Coast
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Criteria: (viii)
The cliff exposures along the Dorset and East Devon coast provide an almost continuous sequence of rock formations spanning the Mesozoic Era, or some 185 million years of the earth's history. The area's important fossil sites and classic coastal geomorphologic features have contributed to the study of earth sciences for over 300 years.
Significant modifications to the boundaries
Cultural properties
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
Criteria: (i)(iv)(vi)
The Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet. The complex, comprising the White and Red Palaces with their ancillary buildings, is built on Red Mountain in the centre of Lhasa Valley, at an altitude of 3,700m. Also founded in the 7th century, the Jokhang Temple Monastery is an exceptional Buddhist religious complex. Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace, constructed in the 18th century, is a masterpiece of Tibetan art. The beauty and originality of the architecture of these three sites, their rich ornamentation and harmonious integration in a striking landscape, add to their historic and religious interest.
Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
This region is characterized by one of the largest groups of churches and monasteries of the former Byzantine Empire. The complex of 10 monuments included on the World Heritage List, all richly decorated with murals, provides an overview of Byzantine and post-Byzantine painting in Cyprus. They range from small churches whose rural architectural style is in stark contrast to their highly refined decoration, to monasteries such as that of St John Lampadistis.
Significant modifications to the boundaries
Natural properties
Central Sikhote-Alin
Russian Federation
Criteria: (x)
The Sikhote-Alin mountain range contains one of the richest and most unusual temperate forests of the world. In this mixed zone between taiga and subtropics, southern species such as the tiger and Himalayan bear cohabit with northern species such as the brown bear and lynx. After its extension in 2018, the property includes the Bikin River Valley, located about 100 km to the north of the existing site. It encompasses the South-Okhotsk dark coniferous forests and the East-Asian coniferous broadleaf forests. The fauna includes species of the taiga alongside southern Manchurian species. It includes notable mammals such as the Amur Tiger, Siberian Musk Deer, Wolverine and Sable.
Galápagos Islands
Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
Situated in the Pacific Ocean some 1,000 km from the South American continent, these 19 islands and the surrounding marine reserve have been called a unique 'living museum and showcase of evolution'. Located at the confluence of three ocean currents, the Galápagos are a 'melting pot' of marine species. Ongoing seismic and volcanic activity reflects the processes that formed the islands. These processes, together with the extreme isolation of the islands, led to the development of unusual animal life – such as the land iguana, the giant tortoise and the many types of finch – that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection following his visit in 1835.
Lake Turkana National Parks
Criteria: (viii)(x)
The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities. The three National Parks serve as a stopover for migrant waterfowl and are major breeding grounds for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus and a variety of venomous snakes. The Koobi Fora deposits, rich in mammalian, molluscan and other fossil remains, have contributed more to the understanding of paleo-environments than any other site on the continent.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)
The extension of the natural World Heritage property of Jungfrau - Aletsch - Bietschhorn (first inscribed in 2001), expands the site to the east and west, bringing its surface area up to 82,400 ha., up from 53,900. The site provides an outstanding example of the formation of the High Alps, including the most glaciated part of the mountain range and the largest glacier in Eurasia. It features a wide diversity of ecosystems, including successional stages due particularly to the retreat of glaciers resulting from climate change. The site is of outstanding universal value both for its beauty and for the wealth of information it contains about the formation of mountains and glaciers, as well as ongoing climate change. It is also invaluable in terms of the ecological and biological processes it illustrates, notably through plan succession. Its impressive landscape has played an important role in European art, literature, mountaineering and alpine tourism.
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Russian Federation
Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)(x)
This is one of the most outstanding volcanic regions in the world, with a high density of active volcanoes, a variety of types, and a wide range of related features. The six sites included in the serial designation group together the majority of volcanic features of the Kamchatka peninsula. The interplay of active volcanoes and glaciers forms a dynamic landscape of great beauty. The sites contain great species diversity, including the world's largest known variety of salmonoid fish and exceptional concentrations of sea otter, brown bear and Stellar's sea eagle.
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- Two cultural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List 07-Jul-2019
- Six cultural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List 07-Jul-2019
- Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List 06-Jul-2019
- Five sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List 05-Jul-2019
- World Heritage Committee to meet in Baku (Azerbaijan) to examine inscription of new sites on World Heritage List 21-Jun-2019


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CC image attribution: Network by Claus Rebler – flickr
I had so hoped that the recent GSD Network Linkfest had covered all the necessary bases.
Alas, that was not to be the case.
Despite parking my rear-end on a beautifully constructed office furniture set (cardboard box empties) for the past week and a half on a network infrastructure installation project while the facility remains empty of occupants and furniture, I had to remain productive in my primary duties as well; one of which seems to be enhancing network monitoring and performing utilization analysis. Sweet.
The Setup
To recap that post I've been struggling to get stable long-term captures using Wireshark, but was getting awesome performance and stability under the nmcap CLI version of Network Monitor. (I suspect it is a hardware resource issue rather than an application issue.).
From there I typically import the resulting capture file into NetworkMiner, export the data I need with SysExporter, then do analysis in Excel. No problem right?
Well, as I noted, Network Monitor doesn't save in a .pcap-format. And NetworkMiner doesn't process .cap file format.
So I needed to figure out a way (if possible) do handle the conversion, CLI preferred. And I did. Sort of.
Network Monitor .CAP to .PCAP format conversion
I could launch Wireshark and import the .cap file, but for some reason, a significant amount of frame information was not being displayed as expected. Not cool or useful.
However, I found the trick in this D-Fens.net LogParser page, about half-way down:
NETMON as an input typeOne note about NETMON: I assume nowadays the majority of people use Wireshark (or still Ethereal as it was once called) for capturing network traffic. LogParsers input filter cannot read these captures files. You can then either tell Wireshark to save the capture files as NETMON v2.x file format or better: convert the native pcap files to NETMON later on with "editcap.exe" which comes along with the wireshark package.
editcap.exe -F netmon2 wireshark-input-capture.pcap netmon-output-capture.cap
I applied it to some of my .cap files and it worked like a charm, quickly converting 450 MB size .cap file to .pcap in less than a minute or two. Seriously.
In my case the editcap CLI looked like this.
editcap.exe –F libpcap wireshark-input-capture.cap netmon-output-capture.pcap
I was so excited it worked!
However I did find a potential "gotcha". While my results worked great on the capture machine I was working on, when I tried the same thing with a .cap file on my own local system, it editcap complained miserably and would not do the conversion.
Turns out that on the remote system I had installed the previous "current" version of Wireshark, 1.2.9 and the conversion worked great.
However on my local system I was running the Release Candidate version of Wireshark, 1.4.0rc2 and the conversion failed. Something appears to be different in the editcap.exe shipping and the way they read the .cap file format of Network Monitor 3.4.
See Also's:
- Editcap Guide: 11 Examples To Handle Network Packet Dumps Effectively – The Geek Stuff blog
- Network Packet Dump – The Geek Stuff blog
I also found that InGuardians has a great tool that might also support conversion of Network Monitor 3.x .cap file outputs to .pcap: <--InGuardians --> Defensive Intelligence <Tools>.
Look closely under that page for the nm2lp (NetMon to LibPcap) tool. From that page
While the NetMon UI has powerful features for analyzing packet captures, few attack tools include the ability to natively read from the NetMon stored capture file format. In order to leverage tools such as Aircrack-ng, coWPAtty and Cain for wireless analysis, the capture file format needs to be libpcap- compatible. Some tools such as Wireshark support reading and converting NetMon Ethernet captures, but do not correctly interpret NetMon wireless captures.
Fortunately, the NetMon API allows developers to write custom applications and interpret data from NetMon stored captures. Combined with the ability to create a libpcap capture file, it is possible to convert the NetMon file to a libpcap file. nm2lp converts NetMon wireless captures to libpcap format, making them useful in these other tools.
Also be sure to follow the link to read more about nm2lp in Josh Wright's "Vista Wireless Power Tools for the Penetration Tester" (PDF link) paper.
Be aware of the following bugs noted in the utility's "readme" file:
+ Timestamps are messed up in the output libpcap file. This needs resolution.
+ NetMon captures can include multiple link types in a single capture file, while libpcap
requires the link type to be consistent for a single capture file. nm2lp assumes the
input NetMon capture file is all of WiFi link type.
It is a good tool, though I am squirreling away a few copies (exe installer and portable version) of the Wireshark 1.2.9 version until I can be sure that future versions of editcap will support the cap to pcap conversions I depend on. If anyone can enlighten me on this observation between the editcap versions with some more background knowledge (I'm a noobie in this area!) I would appreciate it.
Network monitoring post interlude
I want to pause for a moment and digress.
Though I have been depending on NetworkMiner for my packet reassembly work, I've only been able to use version 0.88 on my XP SP3 systems. That's because as I posted in this cry for help to hjelmvik, for all later versions, when I load a .pcap file it loads fine in the application about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way then suddenly the program quits: no lockup, no crash, nothing. Just gone. Process Monitor traces find no smoking guns. I'm waiting for a response.
I suppose I could go to the more sophisticated app NetWitness Investigator which I do have installed and use for capture file analysis, but I just feel bonded with NetworkMiner.
I also found that hjelmvik has another project SplitCap - an open source pcap file splitter which looks interesting.
And while working out the .cap to .pcap method, I somehow stumbled upon the cool network application "Satori" which fingerprints network host OS's based on network data. Chatter on the Wire: OS Fingerprinting and Satori. From the Software page description where you can download the file:
(July, 2010) - Uses WinPCap (almost all testing has been done with 4.1 beta 5 recently). This program listens on the wire for all traffic and does OS Identification based on what it sees. Main things it works to identify are: Windows Machines, HP devices (that use HP Switch Protocol), Cisco devices (that do CDP packets), IP Phones (that send out Skinny packets), and a lot of DHCP related stuff recently, plus some other things. Still early on, will make many changes and will add whatever features are requested, so just send them with packet captures if possible!
Download the zipped file, unextract, run the update.exe and grab the latest files.
It also is cool as Eric Kollmann has included a built-in component updater to ensure you are then downloading just what you need.
Check it out!
Finally, I've bookmarked Packet Life since I'm no network analyst though I'm not being paid as such to be one lately! Gotta get up to speed somewhere!
RE: Port Spanning/Mirroring
I'll leave out the juicy details on how we are getting our captures, but it is no real secret that it involves a system tied to a spanned port on our network Cisco switches.
As such here are some related materials on that subject for future refrence when needed.
…But first, read and review this brief TaoSecurity post on SPANs versus Taps: TaoSecurity: Expert Commentary on SPAN and RSPAN Weaknesses
It links to two MOST Excellent articles on the issues of using spanned switch ports for collecting your network capture data, both form Tim O'Neill:
OK, now the linkage on SPAN'ing
- Catalyst Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) Configuration Example - Cisco Systems. A definitive resource.
- Port Mirroring on a Cisco 3550 Switch -danielmiessler.com
- Security Wizardry - Switch Port Mirroring
- How to Configure Local SPAN Port on Cisco Catalyst Switch - ItsyourIP.com
And my oldies but goodies favorites:
CDP - What Switch Am I Connected To? and Monitoring Traffic with Span Ports – SynJunkie. Two really great posts out of series of ones touching on network monitoring, and Cisco switch/router configuration techniques. I'm singling these out in particular as they are of interest to sysadmin troubleshooting on the network as well as traffic captures.
More Network Monitor Capture Tips and Tricks
I've really been having a fun time writing out CLI examples of nmcap. To recap (copy/paste) from the recent GSD post on this subject:
I found out from the NetMon 3.4 blog post that high performance captures, Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 has a CLI component that can be used for GUI-less captures. And it is also very sophisticated.
- NM3 Command Line Capturing with NMCap – YouTube. Awesome introduction video to the options and power of NMCap CLI. Wow.
PaulErLong, author of the above tutorial has some other great helpful videos on Network Monitor 3.x usage as well: YouTube – PaulErLong's Channel
As an added bonus, you can type "nmcap /examples" and get a list of pre-provided examples featuring more advanced CLI usage of the tool.
Another NMCap trick: The Quick and Easy on Using NMCap to Create Circular Network Traces Based on File Size - Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team
Anyway, if you do decide to save your nmcap file output in "chunk" forms, you might need to also know how to reassemble it from the CLI as well.
- NMCap: the easy way to Automate Capturing - Network Monitor Blogs
- Chained Captures and Stitching Them Back Together - Network Monitor Blogs
That second post is very useful as it includes a roll-it-yourself batch file to automate the process of assembling chained .cap files.
- Using Color Rules to Show Direction - Network Monitor Blogs. Ooohhh. Pretty colors!
More Network Odd's 'n End's
Two extra bits of info I found this week:
- TaoSecurity: Time Issues in Libpcap Traces – Mind your timestamps and how your tools interpret them!
- Web Traffic Analysis with httpry – SANS-ISC Handler's Diary
Additional (Free) Network Monitoring Tools
While monitoring router charts and looking for indications of traffic utilization issues, then firing off a packet capture session, and then later reassembling it and analyzing it does have it's fun, this clearly is more of a "reactive" approach.
What is the poor-man (or woman!) who is a network analyst/responder to do when the enterprise budget doesn't support a true enterprise-class solution for real-time network monitoring?
I'm in that boat right now and think I came up with some options that are surprisingly robust and useful…even to us non-professional network guys and gals.
Here are some I have found and like a lot (note: read and respect the EULA's here gang!).
WildPackets OmniPeek Personal
This one is an oldie, having been yanked and replaced by WildPackets commercial grade applications years ago. However, based on the reviews I read it looked awesome powereful for a freeware (for personal use!) tool. Amazingly so.
- OmniPeek Personal – free network monitor, better than Wireshark - 4sysops
- OmniPeek Personal takes on Wireshark : Introduction – Tom's Guide Review by Davey Winder
Unfortunately, as I've noted, WildPacket's seems to have removed the package from it's website and most download links return back to WildPackets. However, if you do a Google Search, one of the top three or so results might net you a working download link for now.
I had come across ntop before as a network monitoring solution with Open Source support.
It looked really cool and robust.
Only one problem…for me…was that it was provided for Windows as a binary app with limited capture support (1000 packet limit). To get the full version you can either register for a copy or re-compile the ntop source code yourself. Something that some wiser folks have found fraught with headaches (recompiling that is, not registering…)
However, it turns out there was an OpenXTRA project hosting an NTop-XTRA build. Perfect for Windows out of the box.
FREE: NTop-XTRA – Shows network usage - 4sysops
Only it has been killed.
Only again, with some Google searching and tips from 4sysops readers, there is (currently) an active link where NTop_XTRA_3_18_0.exe is still "hosted".
Snag it while you can. Right now!
Back? Good. Read/View on..
- How to Install NTop On Windows - eHow.com
- How to configure NTOP for Windows – YouTube video by GigaFinVideo
It also seemed to be providing awesome stats, though with not quite the same level of eye-candy and intuitiveness that OmniPeek Personal generates.
One potential "gotcha" I ran into was trying to log into the settings. It wanted me to provide credentials. admin/admin seemed to work fine though I'm not sure if that is what it was or that is what I was setting it to be!
PRTG Network Solutions
Another network traffic monitoring name I kept seeing was PRTG from Paessler.
Turns out that while they do provide enterprise-class network monitoring solutions with their PRTG Network Monitor application, they also provide some fantastic free network tools, frequently updated, free for personal and commercial use! Now that is citizenship!
- PRTG Network Monitor – See this more info and download page for the freeware version (limited to 10 sensors) download link and PDF manual documentation.
- PRTG Traffic Grapher – Again, see this more info and download page for the freeware version (limited to 10 sensors) download link and PDF manual documentation.
Other free tools of note from Paessler are
- Card Packet Counter – collect stats on network packets passed by a local network card.
- WMI Tester – measure accessibility to WMI counters on systems.
- Site Inspector – web browser that combines IE/Mozilla browser engines into a single platform for site analysis
- URL Recorder – find the URL/POSTDATA strings passed by user when the browse a series of URLS. Might be good for malware/web forensics.
Even MORE (Free) Network Monitoring Tools
This is turning into a post Linkfest overload but it has taken me weeks to track all these down!
Why let them go to waste?
- Show Traffic – By Demonsten at SourceForge.net
- ARGUS- Auditing Network Activity – and ARGUS- Auditing Network Activity - Getting Started (check out the video in action). Argus is a really detailed tool to monitor and process packet captures and then report it back in digestable methods. Many sites use Argus to perform network activity audits. Or as the main page says, "The audit data that Argus generates is great for network forensics, non-repudiation, network asset and service inventory, behavioral baselining of server and client relationships, detecting very slow scans, and supporting Zero day events."
- ArgusEye - A GUI for Argus
- Periscope – Network monitoring application.
- SecViz - Security Visualization – Site to discuss and view ways reams of data can be better visualized for analysis and understanding.
- Isis: An Infovis System for Investigating Intrusions – Concept project information. "Isis is an infovis system for investigating intrusions. It allows network security administrators to visualize traffic using timelines and event plots in order to reconstruct the sequence of events that make up an intrusion." Seems interesting.
- Zenoss Open Source Server and Network Monitoring – Neat and deep reaching platform.
- OSSIM - The OSS Correlation and Security Suite – Hosted by AlienVault this is another fan-favorite and is very sophisticated.
- SolarWinds is one of the enterprise-class industry giants in this field. However they do offer some free free tools beyond the trial versions. Specifically worth looking into is their SolarWinds Free Real-time NetFlow Analyzer
- Nagios – Hunt around and then find their Nagios Core OSS edition. There is also a Nagios Core 32bit Windows Installer to check out.
Additional Network Monitoring Resources
Here are additional links that have a ton of resources for software applications as well as methodologies. It's a great place to get lost in.
- ArcaneTek from LowTek: Network Analyzers and Top Talkers for Windows – My original starting point for much of the follow-on tools listed in this post.
- Top 6 Traffic Monitoring Tools – SecTools.org
- Top 100 Network Security Tools – SecTools.org
- Network Monitoring Tools – Clearly updated with love and OCD by Les Cottrell. I promise your head will spin with the info on this page!
In closing (if you've bothered to read this far, thank you!) I do want to say this.
One of the challenges many of us in the IT shop have is convincing the board-members and holders of the budget strings just how critical software like this is. Often we are tasked with solving a complex IT problem and have little or no resources (at the onset) to support us.
That includes not just day-to-day operations, but particularly network management and incident response.
Having companies and individuals who produce tools like these, and provide them for free (or even demo/trial versions) can really make life better for us all.
By being able to deploy them in real "live-fire" situations after some testing/vetting in a lab really allows us to then go back after a while and make the case with real data and real results why investment into a commercial/enterprise professional application might be a win-win for both the organization and the poor IT shop charged with the task.
So to all the folks named and un-named above who have or do provide these tools and services, for free/trial basis, I say, "Thank you."
And to you in the IT shops who might come across this post…I hope you find something inspirational and useful.
--Claus V.


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HONOLULU (AP) — A man who speaks Hawaiian wants to be able to use the language to take his driver's license exam and says that his inability to do so is a form of discrimination that goes against the state constitution.
Hawaiian is considered one of the state's two official languages, yet Daniel Anthony says he's unable to use it to conduct business with state agencies.
"Anytime I go to a state office or federal office, I introduce myself in Hawaiian," he said Monday in English. "I have yet to receive services in Hawaiian."
Anthony, 35, of Kaneohe, describes himself as "conversational" in the language, having heard his great-grandparents speak it while growing up. After dropping out of Waianae High School, he began formally learning Hawaiian while studying at Leeward Community College.
Anthony said he often works to highlight how the language isn't used in an official capacity, but getting stopped for speeding on Jan. 25 wasn't intentional.
He was pulled over for going 41 mph in a 25 mph zone and was cited for driving without a license, according to court records. Anthony acknowledged not having a state-issued driver's license because the test isn't offered in Hawaiian.
"I'm not contesting I was speeding," he said. "I'm unable under the state of Hawaii Constitution to get a license because of my choice to speak Hawaiian."
A spokeswoman for the state judiciary said her department was preparing a statement about the case, but noted that Anthony was provided a Hawaiian interpreter for court hearings. Court records show he received a Hawaiian interpreter for a March hearing, where he pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor. A Hawaiian interpreter was present for an April hearing, but Anthony didn't attend.
State transportation officials who handle driver's license regulations weren't immediately available for comment.
His attorney, Dexter Kaiama, filed a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that the state constitution upholds the use of Hawaiian, and the state's courts don't have jurisdiction over Native Hawaiians, KITV reported.
While the state has recognized Hawaiian as an official language since 1978, "I think the state has been very slow to implement that in a meaningful way," said Trisha Kehaulani Watson, owner of Honua Consulting, a group of contractors who provide consulting services in Hawaiian culture, education, community relations and environmental issues. "It's inevitable that we will move toward a bilingual community."
Anthony said that's happening with the younger generation, describing how his three children are fluent in Hawaiian and attend language immersion schools.
"I'm very blessed that I have the opportunity to live a cultural lifestyle," he said. "It's the responsibility of my generation to follow through on the promises of the past generation."
Anthony's family is not unique, Watson said.
"Many families," she said, "are committed to bringing back the use of Hawaiian language."


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Jon Stewart looks at the names people call Obama.
King, tyrant, Constitution destroyer — President Obama was repeatedly called all of these names this week after announcing his proposed reforms on gun control.
"Tyrants don't have to fight that f*&$ing hard for Ohio," Jon Stewart said on The Daily Show . "The real debate for tyrants is how big do you want to go with the sunglasses and epaulettes?"
Jimmy Kimmel also did a special inauguration edition of "Lie Witness News," where he asks random people about events yet to take place. Check out the the guy who claimed to have loved the "tap dance routine" at Obama's swearing-in.
But for today's must-see moment, fast-forward to 2:36 to watch Stephen Colbert "support" Fox News Channel personality Steve Doocy, who wondered on Wednesday why children are only writing letters to the White House about gun control, not, say, the national debt.
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SOMERSWORTH — A Middleton man accused of firing two shots inside a residence at Sherwood Glen Mobile Home Park last September has been indicted on charges related to the incident including attempted murder in the first degree.
Christopher Smart, 27, formerly of 740 Route 153, Middleton, has been held at Strafford County House of Corrections on $50,000 cash bail since time of his arrest only a few hours after the shooting occurred.
While Somersworth police initially charged Smart with reckless conduct and a violation for breach of his bail conditions at that time, an indictment issued by a grand jury found probable cause to constitute charges of attempted murder, attempted first degree assault and two counts of falsification of physical evidence along with the felony charge of reckless conduct.
Foster's reported Somersworth police responded to 316 Sherwood Glen for a report of a disturbance on Monday, Sept. 17, at approximately 10:42 p.m. Upon arrival, police said they made contact with three individuals in the driveway of that residence and shortly after, two gunshots were heard coming from inside the home.
Police say a male subject, identified later as Smart, was seen fleeing from the residence. Police allege Smart fired a handgun "in the direction of" a 26-year-old man inside the residence and noted the victim was not injured in the incident.
At roughly 12:46 a.m. Tuesday morning, Smart was taken into custody at the Irving gas station located on Route 108 in Somersworth.
Several area departments assisted in the search for the alleged shooter, including police from Dover, Rochester, Rollinsford, Barrington and the New Hampshire State Police.
Blackwater Road remained closed for the evening and early morning the next day as officers carried out their manhunt with K9 units in tow.
Court documents say after Smart allegedly fired two shots at the victim, he falsified evidence when, believing "an investigation was about to the instituted," he concealed clothing he had been wearing during the incident and threw the discharged firearm allegedly used in the shooting in a trash container.
The variety of charges related to Smart's firing of his gun, including the attempted first degree murder and assault felonies, account for alternating theories the Strafford County Attorney's office will present in court proceedings in this case.
An arraignment has been scheduled for Smart on Jan. 31 in Strafford County Superior Court.
Smart previously requested through his attorney the case be dismissed and all charges dropped due to the length of time he had been incarcerated since the incident without an indictment coming forward. At a bail hearing on Jan. 4 where Smart also requested his bail be modified, Judge John Lewis ordered the bail remain as previously set and noted Smart's request for dismissal was "moot" when he granted an extension for the state's "bindover."
The county attorney's office submitted a request to extend the case shortly before that hearing on Dec. 24, informing the superior court additional time was needed for an investigation and the office had yet to receive results from that investigation.
Smart's bail order includes that he have no contact with the alleged victim in the case or go within 100 yards of him. He is also prohibited from traveling Sherwood Glen Mobile Home Park, to have no alcohol or illicit drugs, and to possess no firearms, weapons or ammunition. If Smart posts bail and is released, he will be monitored by the Community Corrections program.
The reckless conduct and falsification charges are Class B felonies which carry a prison sentence of three-and-a-half to seven years and a $4,000 fine each. The attempted murder and attempted assault charges are Class A felonies, each of which carries a seven-and-a-half to 15 year imprisonment sentence, with a fine of $4,000.
An indictment is not an indication of guilt; rather, it means a grand jury found sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.


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Serious Eats Neighborhood Guides: John McDonald's Soho
Locals' guides to New York neighborhoods.
John McDonald is one of the most neighborhood-conscious restaurateurs we know. There was a time when all of his ventures—Lure Fishbar, B&B Winepub (a.k.a. Burger & Barrel), MercBar, and City magazine—were located just steps away from his Soho loft. Even Tasting Table, the website he co-founded, is right under his nose in the neighborhood. This September, he'll take a culinary (and physical) leap in opening Greenwich Village Mexican restaurant El Toro Blanco. But Soho will always have a place in John's heart—and his stomach.
John's Picks
Pizza by the slice: Ben's is still the go-to spot for a straight-forward slice. I stick with plain cheese, heavy on the red pepper flakes for heat.
Pizza pie: Soho doesn't have its own version of Co. or, say, Keste, but I happen to think the pizza at Mercer Kitchen is pretty solid. Either the Fontina with Black Truffle, or their seasonal pizza, which is always excellent.
Coffee: La Colombe is a must for serious coffee lovers. I almost always get a cappuccino, or sometimes do a basic cup of coffee and add heavy cream.
Sandwich: I've been going to M & O Market and Deli for ages: it's a no-frills, awesome sandwich. Their back deli counter has a daily carving board that features either fresh roast beef, turkey or pork and makes the ultimate sandwich on soft Portuguese-style rolls. If you get there early enough, they often have fresh-baked cookies.
Juice: For fresh-pressed juice, you need to visit Melvin's Juice Box. My two favorite juices are Catch a Fire and the Usain Bolt. Toss in a jerk chicken sandwich to go if you want something solid.
Cocktail bar: Pravda has a great room and fantastic cocktails. I skip the cocktail spots that take 20 minutes to make a single drink.
Date night: The champion for date night is still Raoul's. It's the right size, dark, sexy, and always has a great crowd. If I've been there a hundred times, I'd say that I've had their Steak au Poivre a hundred times.
Late-night eats: For medium-to-late-night dining, it's Balthazar. For a super late-night meal, post-2 AM, it's Blue Ribbon without fail. I'm always amazed at how crisp and attentive those servers are that late in the shift. I'm a fan of their chicken barley soup and the Paella Royal. With that grouping, you must order the Pu Pu Platter.
Can't-miss neighborhood spot: One of my favorite spots for dinner is Peasant. Anyone that loves spicy food should order their Pizza Peperoncini e Soppressata. It's done with hot chili, and when you bite into one of those little guys, it's just awesome.
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In the past 40 years, the number of people living in the city of Detroit has halved. This has led many to write it off – in many ways, wrongly – as a decrepit ghost town. Unbroken Down is a photo project that counters the images of abandoned buildings with personal, vibrant shots of everyday life in Detroit.
Photographer Dave Jordano – fresh out of college after being born and raised in the Motor City – was part of the exodus when he headed for Chicago to start a commercial photography studio in the late '70s. Jordano's father worked for General Motors and joked that motor oil ran in the family's veins. Three years ago, Jordano returned to Detroit and began photographing the neighborhoods, people, vistas and communities of his hometown. His resulting body of work is an endearing and sprawling document of a city close to his heart.
"This is the most emotional work I've made," he says. "I don't get tired and I just keep wanting to go back. I find more and more material every time I go."
Unbroken Down is also an attempt to set the photographic record straight. Jordano believes that Detroit is more than a tale of decline and images of the associated urban decay. Yet, a lot of celebrated photography projects made in Detroit recently have focused on ruination as if the apocalypse passed through and kept going.
"Detroit is still a living city. Why hasn't this been part of the equation?" asks Jordano of most photographic output. (There are exceptions.)
Jordano understands why "Ruin Porn" – the term given to the recent trend in photography that fetishizes decay – exists. He himself made photographs of dilapidated buildings initially. It took a week before he realized he wasn't adding anything new to photography's vocabulary.
"You can't help but be drawn to ruins. Everyone has gone to Detroit for that reason," says Jordano. "But images of ruins are so pictorial and picturesque, you can almost overlook the tragedy of it all."
Of every three Detroit residents, one lives at or below the federally defined poverty line. The median household income in the city is $25,787, compared to over $40,000 in Michigan as a whole.
"The unemployment rate can be as high as 20 to 40 percent depending on what age group you're looking at," says Jordano, who is not blind to the serious problems brought about by Detroit's decimated auto industry. "It really depresses me, to be honest. In 1977, when I left, Detroit was still pretty thriving. There was very little competition from a few Japanese imports."
Detroit's population has dropped from a peak of 1,849,568 in 1950 to 713,777 in 2010. The total population has shrunk by 25 percent since 2000. Much of the migration has been to the city's suburbs, beginning with "white flight" in the '70s and continuing today with black families' relocation to areas with better schools and services. The population of the Detroit metropolitan area has hovered just above 5 million consistently since the 1970s.
For some, Detroit, as the crucible of "Fordism," is as American as a city can be. The attraction of Detroit's cheap rents and DIY-attitude to an influx of artists has been widely-reported. People in Detroit say that if you can survive there, then you can survive anywhere, and if there is a common thread among Jordano's subjects, it is their perseverance.
"My work is not about what's been destroyed, but more importantly about what's been left behind and those who are coping with it," writes Jordano in his artist statement.
Through Jordano's lens we meet family-business owners, lake-swimmers, urban-farmers, artists, children playing in the street, dog-walkers, squatters, collapsed revelers, resting firemen and lonesome drinkers. He deliberately roamed throughout all the neighborhoods of Detroit.
"The overall picture is that there is hardship," says Jordano. "The hardships reveals itself in the way people live."
With approximately 31,000 empty house and 90,000 vacant lots, many of the subjects seem to occupy spaces partly abandoned, partly reclaimed.
"If you want to build something, you just build it. It's very ad hoc and there's little city permitting. It's quite pioneering in that way," says Jordano.
It's far cry from the boom times of downtown Detroit. The drastic changes can even be traced in Jordano's Re-photograph Survey, for which he revisited Detroit streets he had photographed as an art student in the mid-seventies.
"Most rephotographing projects recreate images that are a century old, but these are my own images," he says. "That the decline of Detroit has been in my lifetime is remarkable."
To assert control over the city's post-industrial shifts and to ensure stability, Detroit City Hall is looking to resize the city so that it might cluster people and services into "hubs" separated by re-greened spaces. Supporters of the resizing proposal say it would enable more efficient public transport and deliver improved essential services.
Jordano has heard estimates that up to 100,000 more people might exit Detroit before its population stabilizes. This would only compound problems as he believes a stable and predictable tax base is the prerequisite for any future growth.
If people are to leave, then Jordano hopes they are the ones to make the choice. Some city-planned regeneration initiatives may threaten some residences and he believes no one should be forced to relocate.
"There's talk about bringing in animals and starting urban farms, but they take up a lot of space," says Jordano. "There might be only one lot occupied on a block but it is still a home."
Dave Jordano's work is currently in the Motor City Muse: Then And Now exhibition, at the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, through June 16th, 2013.
All images: Dave Jordano.


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The ongoing dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS has been low on progress and high on finger-pointing and empty gestures. CBS has now been off the air for three weeks for Time Warner Cable subscribers in several major markets, and mostly the two companies have just explained how wrong the other side is. Today, we can add another half-measure to the list of not-exactly-solutions: Time Warner Cable is offering free antennas to customers desperate for their CBS fix.
In an email to customers, the cable operator announced that its subscribers in affected markets such as New York and Los Angeles can pick up a free antenna at a Time Warner Cable retail location, allowing them to receive CBS's over-the-air broadcast signal. For those not near a Time Warner Cable store, subscribers can get a $20 credit at Best Buy to purchase an antenna.
(MORE: CBS Calls Time Warner Cable Proposal a 'Sham')
Though CBS transmits its programming for free to anyone with an antenna, the network and the cable operator are at an impasse over retransmission fees, the money that cable companies pay for the right to send CBS and other broadcast programming directly to customers via their cable box. Time Warner Cable has claimed that CBS is asking for an exorbitant increase in fees, while CBS says Time Warner Cable is the lone cable operator unwilling to negotiate in a reasonable manner. The network tried to prove this point Thursday by announcing that it had negotiated a new three-year deal to carry CBS on Verizon's FiOS television service. "This deal was reached in a short period of time and CBS has once again achieved fair value for our over-the-air rights," said CBS exec Ray Hopkins in a passive-aggressive statement aimed at highlighting the alleged obstinance of Time Warner Cable.
There are signs that the icy relationship between CBS and Time Warner Cable may be thawing, though. The two sides have reached an agreement to temporarily suspend the blackout in New York City during debates for the mayoral and city comptroller elections.
August has been a relatively low-stakes month in which to stage a programming blackout, since most primetime shows are airing reruns and none of CBS's major sports franchises are in season. But the pressure to find a solution will soon be heating up. The U.S. Open tennis tournament begins Monday, and CBS has the broadcast rights to the tourney's biggest matches. Time Warner Cable's band-aid solution is to offer blacked out subscribers free access to the Tennis Channel during the tournament, which will air coverage of much of the early rounds.
(MORE: CBS, Time Warner Cable Blackout Drags on As Consumers Fume)
But even that programming challenge is nothing compared to the vitriol sports fans are sure to spew if CBS isn't back on the air by the time football season rolls around. CBS is set to air six NFL games when the season kicks off on Sept. 8, and it'll begin airing college football regularly on Saturdays later in September. Both attract big ratings, and it's unlikely that Time Warner Cable, CBS, or the football leagues would want to deal with the hordes of angry fans a continued blackout would cause. Analysts expect the issue to be resolved before kickoff, but the clock is ticking.


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