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How can I trust CAcert's root certificate?
See also:
How to install CAcert root certificates on Windows systems, and
How to import CAcert root certificates into browser clients.
In order to have your browser or system automatically trust all certificates signed by the CAcert Certificate Authority, you must instruct your platform or browser to trust the CAcert root certificate http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3.
Note that for all systems, you will need to trust both the root certificate root.crt, as well as the class 3 certificate class3.crt.
Some of this information is already covered in the BrowserClients article, so also look there to see if it has the information you need.
Trusting a new Certificate Authority is a process that varies from one platform to the next, so here are some of the ways to trust the CAcert root certificates. The instructions below will only outline how to trust one certificate, and just repeat the process to trust the second certificate.
WARNING: Always double-check the fingerprint on the downloaded certificates before trusting them. If you don't, you could be trusting a maliciously modified root certificate.
How can I trust CAcert's root certificate?
- Mac OS X
- Windows
- Windows: cygwin environment
- WindowsMobile
- Linux
- Symbian
- Java
- Acrobat Reader
- Android Phones & Tablets
- Palm Pre (webOS)
- How can I be sure that it is authentic?
Mac OS X
There are two ways to trust the CAcert root certificates: one from the command line, and one from the Keychain GUI. Each method requires that you use an account with administrative privileges.
Using the Keychain GUI
Download the desired certificate to your desktop from here.
CAUTION: Verify the certificate fingerprints before proceeding!
- Open the certificate file, either using Command-O or by double-clicking on the file.
When Keychain appears, select the X509Anchors keychain.
You will be prompted to authenticate with your password to modify the system-wide X509Anchors keychain.
Using the command line
# Download the certificates curl -k -o "cacert-root.crt" "https://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt" curl -k -o "cacert-class3.crt" "https://www.cacert.org/certs/class3.crt" # # CAUTION: Verify the certificate fingerprints before proceeding! # # Import the certificates into the desired keychain sudo certtool i "cacert-root.crt" k=/System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors sudo certtool i "cacert-class3.crt" k=/System/Library/Keychains/X509Anchors # Clean up after ourselves rm "cacert-root.crt" rm "cacert-class3.crt"
10.5 Leopard
If you're using 10.5 Leopard and try the certtool command above, you may see this error message:
*************************************************************** WARNING The keychain you are accessing, X509Anchors, is no longer used by Mac OS X as the system root certificate store. Please read the security man page for information on the add-trusted-cert command. New system root certificates should be added to the Admin Trust Settings domain and to the System keychain in /Library/Keychains. *************************************************************** ***Error adding certificate to keychain
The solution is to use the security command with add-trusted-cert instead:
sudo /usr/bin/security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain cacert-root.crt sudo /usr/bin/security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain cacert-class3.crt
Covering all of the ways to import this certificate into Windows is beyond the scope of this article, and is already covered by How to import CAcert root certificates into browser clients.
Windows: cygwin environment
There is no /etc/ssl; instead, you have to save it in /usr/ssl/certs, and under its special name.
wget "http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt" -O /usr/ssl/certs/5ed36f99.0
Location found using "strace wget https://somesite 2>&1 |grep ssl", which obviously fails, but you see the attempt to read a cert at this location.
Windows Mobile 5
* On WindowsMobile2005 you need to download the DER-Encoded certificate (pocketIE cannot save it, so you need to store it in a zip-file for download.) * Then you need to rename it to .cer . Only then will you be able to install it with a double-click. * On https://wap.kleinbetrieb.biz/cacert.zip you can find the certificate in a zip, directly downloadable to your device.
* You can also import new certificates using a CAB file in Windows Mobile. Generic instructions on how to make them can be found on the Windows Mobile blog. A premade CAB file with both the Class 1 and Class 3 certificates can be found at http://jacob.steenhagen.us/CAcert.cab. This CAB, signed by Jacob Steenhagen's CAcert certificate, can simply be downloaded to your device and installed. You can verify the certificates are genuine by opening the CAB file and inspecting _setup.xml ensuring that the line before the <param/> (which contains the actual certificate) reads:
<characteristic type="135cec36f49cb8e93b1ab270cd80884676ce8f33">
for class 1 and:
<characteristic type="db4c4269073fe9c2a37d890a5c1b18c4184e2a2d">
for class 3. (Note: These should be verified against the Internet Explorer thumbprint at http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3).
There is a tool contained in the zip-file downloadable at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322956 (pocketIE on a wm2005-device could not display the html-page here but another browser might do.). This tool will only work with Self-Issued certificates.
- Load the CA Cert into Internet Explorer as a trusted root.
- Export the certificate from IE as a DER encoded binary X.509 (.CER)
- Upload the file to your PocketPC
- In the File Manager, locate the uploaded certificate and click on it to open and import it.
- After loading the certificate, warm-reset the Pocket PC to make it read the new root certificate.
To verify the certificate has been successfully imported into the Pocket PC device:
- In the Settings menu, tap the "System" tab. Then tap "Certificates".
- Tap on the "Root" tab. You should now see the new CA Cert root certificate that you added.
(Note that for wap1.x-gateways there is no way to host encrypted wap-pages if your provider's wap-gateway does not have the certificate because it's not end-to-end but decrypted on the gateway, not the device.)
How your particular distribution will need to be modified to trust the CAcert root certificates will vary from one distribution to the next. However, there are some distributions about which we know some information, listed below.
The instructions for Red Hat 5+, Red Hat 4 and Fedora are topic of bug 1344: Wrong install instruction. Please read there for further information.
Knoppix: CD versions newer than 3.8 have the certificates already.
Red Hat 5+: wget -O - http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.txt >> /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt (this will be overridden by updated openssl RPMs so it is likely not the best method)
Red Hat 4: Change the above location of ca-bundle.crt to /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
Fedora: Copy the certificate to /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/ then run update-ca-trust extract
Otherwise, you can obtain the certificates from the website as usual, from here.
On ubuntu : try sudo apt-get install ca-certificates when installed the package is installedn, you can do : dpkg-query -L ca-certificates to have the list of the root certs
As of March 2014, Debian no longer distributes CACert root certificates as part of Debian packages.
You can still import CACert root certificates using the following:
$ wget http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt http://www.cacert.org/certs/class3.crt $ sudo cp root.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert-root.crt $ sudo cp class3.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert-class3.crt $ sudo update-ca-certificates
This should output something like this:
$ sudo update-ca-certificates Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... 2 added, 0 removed; done. Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d.... Adding debian:cacert-class3.pem Adding debian:cacert-root.pem done. done.
Then, you are done. See man update-ca-certificates and /usr/share/doc/ca-certificates/README.Debian from the ca-certificates package for more information.
The CAcert root certificate can be added to KDE's certificate store so that all KDE applications, including Konqueror, will trust certificates signed by it.
- Download the certificate(s) in PEM or DER format.
In the KDE Control Center, under "Security & Privacy > Crypto," go to the "SSL Signers" page, and click "Import."
- Choose a certificate you downloaded.
- You may be asked whether to make the certificate available to KMail as well. This is recommended.
IMPORTANT! Find the certificate in the list (it may help to sort by "Organizational Unit" and then look for "http://www.cacert.org"), click on it, and verify that the MD5 digest shown at the bottom of the window matches the one shown on the download page.
Nokia E61
Download the root and class 3 certificates in der format
- Copy the certificates to the E61 (the E61 cannot read the files direct from the web)
- Open each certificate in File Manager, and save the certificate. You will have to confirm this as the E61 believes that the certificates may be unsafe.
$ keytool -keystore $/PATH/TO/CACERTS/KEYSTORE -storepass changeit -import -trustcacerts -v -alias cacertclass1 -file root.crt $ keytool -keystore $/PATH/TO/CACERTS/KEYSTORE -storepass changeit -import -trustcacerts -v -alias cacertclass3 -file class3.crt
Typical locations of the cacerts keystore:
- Linux Ubuntu: /usr/lib/jvm/java-$VERSION/jre/lib/security/cacerts
- Linux SuSE: /usr/java/jre$VERSION/lib/security/cacerts
- Name of the keystore file is "cacerts", its password is "changeit" (a clue for you to change this password).
- $/PATH/TO/CACERTS/KEYSTORE = placeholder of the path to the file named "cacerts", including the filename itself.
- $VERSION = Java version, examples:
- Linux Ubuntu: "7-openjdk-amd64" - thus the whole path including the filename is: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/security/cacerts
- Linux SuSE: "1.8.0_71" - thus the whole path including the filename is: /usr/java/jre1.8.0_71/lib/security/cacerts
Acrobat Reader
See also AdobeReader.
Procedure for Acrobat 8:
Menu Document -> Manage Trusted Identities...
- Display: Certificates
- Button "Add COntacts..."
- "Browse" to the root certificates
- Edit trust to your liking. "Signatures and as trusted root" is the essential thing, the others are optional.
Android Phones & Tablets
Before Android version 4.0, with Android version Gingerbread & Froyo, there was a single read-only file ( /system/etc/security/cacerts.bks ) containing the trust store with all the CA ('system') certificates trusted by default on Android. Both system apps and all applications developed with the Android SDK use this. Use these instructions on installing CAcert certificates on Android Gingerbread, Froyo, ...
Starting from Android 4.0 (Android ICS/'Ice Cream Sandwich', Android 4.3 'Jelly Bean' & Android 4.4 'KitKat'), system trusted certificates are on the (read-only) system partition in the folder '/system/etc/security/' as individual files. However, users can now easily add their own 'user' certificates which will be stored in '/data/misc/keychain/certs-added'.
System-installed certificates can be managed on the Android device in the Settings -> Security -> Certificates -> 'System'-section, whereas the user trusted certificates are manged in the 'User'-section there. When using user trusted certificates, Android will force the user of the Android device to implement additional safety measures: the use of a PIN-code, a pattern-lock or a password to unlock the device are mandatory when user-supplied certificates are used.
Installing CAcert certificates as 'user trusted'-certificates is very easy. Installing new certificates as 'system trusted'-certificates requires more work (and requires root access), but it has the advantage of avoiding the Android lockscreen requirement.
CAcert user trusted certificates
Download the certificate files ('root.crt' and 'class3.crt') onto the internal flash storage (the '/sdcard' or any subfolder). Browse to this folder with the file manager and open 'root.crt'. Although there might not be an icon for certificates and the files will have a '?'-icon, files will be opened with the certificate manager, asking you for a name to describe the to-be-imported certificate. If it is the first user certificate you install, the Android Security Model forces you to use a lock-screen to unlock your device (see "CAcert system trusted certificates" if you really need to avoid this) Repeat with the 'class3.crt' file. Check if both certificate files are installed correctly, Settings -> Security -> Certificates -> 'User'-section should now list the certificates you have just installed.
CAcert system trusted certificates (without lockscreen)
The existing method of importing user certificates works fine, but it has the disadvantage that it requires a PIN / password lockscreen whenever user certificates are installed. By installing the CAcert certificates as system certificates, these files are better protected from tampering by malicious apps, and there is no lockscreen requirement (allows 'Slide to unlock' or no lock at all). You will need a rooted phone (or at least temporary root access), and a system with openssl software for creating the new certificates.
The next steps will show you how to create Android compatible certificate files from the original CAcert certificate files, how to install/import them on your android device, and how to verify everything is correctly installed.
It is possible, in Android OS version 4.4.2, to save certificates as user trusted ones (Android itself creates their correct names, derived from hashes), and then move them into the system trusted certs repository, using program for Android as Terminal, adb shell, or Ghost Commander. If you decide to follow this process, skip to the Importing paragraph replacing the source folder "/sdcard" used there, with the "/data/misc/keychain/cacerts-added" folder, where Android stores user trusted certificates. Do not copy CAcert roots, move them!
We will create Android compatible certificate files from the original CAcert certificate files. Get the CAcert root certificates from the cacert.org website https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3 Download the root certificate PEM format (root.crt) and the Class 3 PKI key in PEM format (class3.crt) Get the hash of the root.crt certificate:
openssl x509 -inform PEM -subject_hash_old -in root.crt | head -1
This shows you the hash, in the case of the CAcert PEM file 'root.crt' it is '5ed36f99' (note the use of '-subject_hash_old' instead of '-subject_hash', to get an openssl 0.9 compatible hash) We will use this hash value, append '.0' (dot zero) and use this as the filename for the resulting Android certificate:
cat root.crt > 5ed36f99.0 openssl x509 -inform PEM -text -in root.crt -out /dev/null >> 5ed36f99.0
Repeat these steps for the Class 3 PEM certificate file 'class3.crt'. If things go well you will end up with the files 5ed36f99.0 and e5662767.0 (if you get the hash values 590d426f and 99d0fa06, you are not using the '-subject_hash_old' parameter to openssl). The md5sum of the certificate files:
md5sum 5ed36f99.0 05e5fcd7af6ba52e254d065b734213ab 5ed36f99.0 md5sum e5662767.0 000e8e995568091e1d411ff6deb4c118 e5662767.0
We now have Android compatible certificate files, and we will import them into Android 'System' certificate store. It is necessary for you to gain the super-user rights to be able to write to / remove from / move between system subfolders. To achieve this, the Android system has to contain the "su" (super-user) program, which provides you with the super-user rights. Some phones' Android systems do not include this program. In such a case, you have to store all certificates added as the user ones.
Copy the files to the /sdcard folder, either with any file manager or with adb push. Go into adb shell (adb shell from commandline), or open the 'terminal'-application on your android device. You will get a command prompt similar like shell@android:/ $ Gain superuser/root rights, neccessary to perform privileged actions:
Make the /system folder writable (will return to read-only upon reboot):
mount -o remount,rw /system
Copy the new certificate files to the correct folder on your Android device:
cp /sdcard/5ed36f99.0 /system/etc/security/cacerts/ cp /sdcard/e5662767.0 /system/etc/security/cacerts/
Correct the file permissions to u=rw, g=r, o=r:
cd /system/etc/security/cacerts/ chmod 644 5ed36f99.0 chmod 644 e5662767.0
Check if the files are ok:
ls -al -Z
Omit '-Z' if you are using a version of Android without SElinux, it just shows some extra security settings which might be useful if you run into trouble.
Amongst the other default android certificate files, you will see the two new files:
-rw-r--r-- root root u:object_r:system_file:s0 5ed36f99.0 -rw-r--r-- root root u:object_r:system_file:s0 e5662767.0
The certificates will be loaded upon the next boot of your device, so reboot your device:
To verify certificates are installed correctly, go to Settings -> Security -> Certificates. It should list both "CAcert Inc." and "Root CA" among the other certificates in the 'System' section. Make sure that these CAcert certificates are not also in the 'User' (user defined) section. From your android device, visit https://www.cacert.org. If you do not see a warning about missing or untrusted certificates, all went well.
Note that some browsers might use their own certificate store instead of the Android one, you might need to import certificate files into those browsers as well.
If you are unable to disable the Android PIN/Pattern lock screen after installing the system certificates, you might need to "Clear/delete credentials" (in Settings -> Security) even though you have removed all user certificates.
If you run into problems, compare the md5 sum of the certificate files with the md5 values in this article, check the file permissions of the newly installed files. Make sure no user certificates are installed (Settings -> Security -> Clear certificates), and make sure you are using a browser app that uses the android certificate store and does not implement an own certificate store.
In the future, newer versions of openssl might be used on Android, if so, you might need to drop the "_old"-part of the "-subject_hash_old" openssl parameter.
How to install CAcert certificates on Android ICS, Jelly Bean and newer by Sebastiaan Giebels
CyanogenMod forum with identical article by Sebastiaan Giebels
Adding SSL root certificates to Android Ice Cream Sandwich and Jellybean by Patrick Vande Walle containing specific OpenSSL details
StackOverflow - user2708846 comment on how to create correct Android certificate files
Description of the ICS Trust Store Implementation by Nikolay Elenkov
Cyanogenmod wiki (old) - articke on adding a CA without requiring a PIN(makes the mistake of not using the certificate hash as filename)
StackExchange - Install CA without having to activate screen lock
Palm Pre (webOS)
Starting with webOS 1.2, the proceeding for adding the root certificates to the Palm Pre is extremely simple and can be done entirely on the phone.
Visit http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3 in the Pre's browser (http://www.cacert.org and click on Root Certificates)
Under Class 1, click the link for Root Certificate (PEM Format)
- A gray progress will appear at the bottom of the screen. Once the certificate is fully downloaded, an arrow will appear on the right side of the bar
Click on the bar containing root.crt and the aforementioned arrow
- The certificate manager will open giving you the ability to view detail and accept or reject the certificate
- Unfortunately, I don't see anything on that details screen to validate the fingerprint
- Click on the "Trust Certificate" button
Repeat for Class 3, Intermediate Certificate (PEM Format)
Note: prior to webOS 1.2 you had to copy the .crt files to the phone's memory using USB mode, load the certificate manager (Device Info; More Info (button at bottom); Certificate Manager (Preferences menu at top)), and import the certificates (icon in lower left of screen to browse for them).
How can I be sure that it is authentic?
There are many ways to ensure that you have an authentic, non-tampered copy of the root certificates, all of which boil down to having a trusted party verify the certificate fingerprints. In some cases, your system distribution is the trusted party, but you can also verify it for yourself.
- If your system is mentioned above, you can follow those instructions to ensure you have a authentic copy of the CAcert root certificates.
You can manually download and verify the certificates from here.
Finding the correct fingerprints
CAcert is working to provide multiple places to verify the certificate fingerprints. The following are already known ways to find authentic copies of the CAcert root certificate fingerprints.
You can decrypt the GPG signed message from here here and compare the certificate fingerprints contained in the message with those contained in your downloaded certificates.
Obtain a copy printed on the AssuranceForms; ask for one at the next event.
Find them in the Impressum of Linux Magazin
CAcert is currently working on providing fingerprints through these additional means:
- Business cards with the fingerprints printed on them.
- Listing the fingerprints in additional magazines.


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The clothes moth will hide in dark areas such as collars and cuffs and they also thrive on humid conditions. Sometimes the larvae of these pests can be quite active and could be seen crawling on clothes or on the floor. But besides feeding on clothes, rugs and carpets and household furniture the clothes moth will also feed on fur, stored wool and other similar articles, they also feed on pollen, hair, feathers and dead insects.
The average clothes moth has a wingspan of approximately ½ inch, however the male is a little less, and their body is about ¼ inch long with a golden yellow sheen. Their eggs are oval and an ivory colour and the larvae is a shinny creamy whitish colour with a brown head.
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WOOD COUNTY, OH (Toledo News Now) – As the holiday season commences, shoppers should take extra care to keep valuables and purchases safe from thieves.
According to Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn, the first thing shoppers should do when reaching their destination is look for a well-lit area to park their car.
"You have to think to yourself as a burglar or thief," Wasylyshyn said. "They don't like being seen…they don't like light."
Valuables should never be left in the vehicle. GPS devices, laptops, purses and other valuables should be out of sight so as not to tempt thieves to break the windows.
When returning to a vehicle, Wasylyshyn advised shoppers to keep their key in their hand to avoid fumbling for it in front of the car. Thieves may target shoppers that appear flustered or unprepared.
And if a situation appears to be unsafe, Wasylyshyn said it's best to not walk to a car alone.
"Get back in the store, or stay in the store, because it's very likely that your subconscious picked up on something that just isn't right," he said. "Someone watching you, or someone in a car nearby. Go back in and ask the store security to escort you to the car, or an employee…there's safety in numbers."
Holiday shopper Jennifer Zembol said she never shops alone at this time of year.
"She doesn't carry a purse, [either,]" Kevin Zembol, Jennifer's husband, said. "I carry all the money in my front pocket so we can't get pick-pocketed. And then a lot of times we just carry plastic so [there's] easy cancellation if something gets stolen."
Another important tip is to be cautious of two people sitting in a car. Wasylyshyn said it's common to see one person waiting in the car for their spouse, but two people waiting in a car is unlikely and could mean they are working as a team to steal from shoppers.


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Obviously, everything I do on my iPhone is completely kosher and on the up-and-up. My iPhone 5 is all work, all the time, and nothing else: Work email, reading Business Insider, and checking Business Insider's Facebook page are my top three iPhone activities, hand on my heart.
You, however, I cannot vouch for. I don't know what sketchy things you're doing on your phone. And you probably don't want me to find out.
But, if I wanted to see what you're actually using your iPhone for, there is a way. Of course, looking at someone else's iPhone is a bit like reading someone else's private diary. It's morally and ethically wrong, and you're guaranteed to see something you don't like.
So try this at your peril.
Assume you have a friend or significant other, and you're suspicious that they're doing something on their iPhone that they want to keep a secret. Is this person using Snapchat, but not sending snaps to you, for instance? Here is what you do.
First, you actually have to persuade the person to hand over the phone while it's unlocked. You can do this by lying to them (hey, teach my how to play Threes!) or by challenging them head-on (again, if you're this paranoid already, you should probably admit the relationship is over anyway).
The other person may hand over their phone in the knowledge that the crucial stuff on it is password-protected. That's not what you're going to look at. Instead, if you hit the home button twice, it brings up a list of all the apps running in the background. Most people use this list to close the apps by swiping them upward. (Some people think that closing apps saves battery life.)
But most people don't know that those apps appear in the order they were last used. So if your significant other swears they weren't using Snapchat, but the Snapchat app is the first one to appear in the list — then you know they're lying.
Here's how my phone looked when I tried it while writing this article. I'm fairly sure my iPhone is being used as a work tool, right?
First, go to your home screen. Here is mine. As you can see, my home screen reflects what I think are my priorities — mostly work stuff and Candy Crush Saga:
After I hit the home button twice, my iPhone brings up a sideways-scrolling list of the last-used apps, in the order of most-recent first:
That's odd. It would appear I've been playing "Threes" most recently, and not looking at Business Insider's mobile app. Must be some glitch in iOS 7 (nervous laughter) …
Business Insider's app was only my second-most recently used app. Photos was my third, and my work email came in fourth …
Not too embarrassing. But it's certainly interesting that the priorities on my home screen are different from the way I actually use my phone, as ranked by my app shutdown list.
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FRITZ!Box 7330 Service - Knowledge Base
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Telephone connected to FRITZ!Box rings although no one has called
Occasionally a telephone connected to your FRITZ!Box rings although no one has called you, or it rings immediately after ending a telephone call and hanging up, or the telephone continues to ring although the caller has already hung up. When you lift the receiver, you hear a dial tone.
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.
Simply proceed as described below. After each measure, check whether the problem persists.
1 Disabling the option "Message waiting indication on the telephone (MWI)"
The following steps are only necessary if the telephone is connected to the analog extension "FON":
- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Telephony Devices" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Click the (Edit) button for the respective telephone.
- Click on the "Telephony Device Features" tab.
- Disable the option "Message waiting indication on the telephone (MWI)".
- Click "OK" to save the settings.
If the telephone now no longer rings, then you have new messages in the mailbox of your landline telephony provider or internet telephony provider. The FRITZ!Box calls to notify you that you have new messages since your telephony provider supports MWI (Message Waiting Indication).
2 Disabling the alarm
- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Alarm" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Disable the alarm.
- Click "Apply" to save the settings.
3 Checking the cabling
If you are using the FRITZ!Box on an IP-based line without a conventional analog or ISDN landline, do not plug in the end of the Y-shaped cable for landline. Otherwise, interference is transmitted to the FRITZ!Box:
- Check whether the black end of the Y-shaped cable is plugged in somewhere. If so, unplug the cable.
4 Checking the analog telephone line and devices
The following steps are only necessary if the FRITZ!Box is connected to an analog landline:
Connecting all telephones and telephony devices to the FRITZ!Box
- Connect all telephony devices (for example a telephone, fax) to the FRITZ!Box.
Important:Connecting additional telephony devices or telephone sockets to the telephone jack can cause errors.
Testing whether another device is interfering with the FRITZ!Box
Interference from a device connected to the FRITZ!Box or the power mains may be reaching the FRITZ!Box. Therefore, perform the following test:
- Remove all devices and cables from the LAN ports and the USB port on the FRITZ!Box. If no devices are connected, connect a computer to a LAN port on the FRITZ!Box.
- If the error no longer occurs, then a device connected to the FRITZ!Box was transmitting interference to the FRITZ!Box or the computer now channels it off. Usually, you can eliminate the cause of the interference through one of these measures:
- Use a power strip to connect the FRITZ!Box and all other connected devices to the same electric outlet.
- Test different electric outlets and power outlet strips.
- Use UTP network cables to connect devices to the LAN ports on the FRITZ!Box. In contrast to STP network cables, for example the one included with delivery, UTP network cables do not have a ground wire and do not transmit interference to the FRITZ!Box.
Important:If the problem occurs with a FRITZ!Powerline adapter, use the UTP network cable included with the FRITZ!Powerline adapter.
- If a device connected to the USB port is transmitting interference to the FRITZ!Box, do not connect the device to the FRITZ!Box. Instead, connect it to a USB port on your computer.
Signal quality is too low
If telephones connected to the FRITZ!Box continue to ring although there is no incoming call, then the signal quality of your analog landline is too low.
Compared to simple telephones, PBXs always place higher requirements on the signal quality of analog telephone lines. The FRITZ!Box clearly surpasses the limitation of the specifications to correctly identify and process incoming signals. However, in the case of extremely interference-prone lines, the FRITZ!Box's tolerance to errors can be slightly lower than that of an analog telephone connected directly to your line.


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FAYETTEVILLE — Sean Rochelle was impressed with Bret Bielema's persistence.
FAYETTEVILLE — Sean Rochelle was impressed with Bret Bielema's persistence.
Rochelle, the executive director of the Razorback Foundation, wasn't expecting the new Arkansas coach to make so many stops around the state at Razorback Club functions during the spring. But Bielema volunteered. So week by week, trip by trip, he traveled to every corner of Arkansas to introduce himself to Razorback fans.
"We're out there trying to build relationships and build private support, it makes our job incredibly easy," Rochelle said in July after the coach made more than 20 stops, which were more than recommended. "He's so engaging. He's so comfortable in his own skin. But the best part for me, personally, is just how excited he was to actually get out there and find out what Arkansas was about and what the fans were. And not just Northwest Arkansas. Every single part of our state."
It proved to be just a small segment of appearances Bielema made in an offseason dominated by his words. He spoke to Razorback Clubs, including Fort Smith's, and went on numerous national radio and television shows. There was Bielema's first Southeastern Conference Media Days experience in July, two in-state Touchdown Club appearances the past two weeks, the annual football kickoff luncheon and the start of his weekly radio shows.
In all, Arkansas tallied 70 appearances by the head coach since his arrival in December. That doesn't even account for seemingly constant conversation on social media, where Bielema engaged Arkansas fans and fired back at critics with plenty of zeal before stepping away earlier this week to concentrate on the season.
So as Bielema sat down Thursday for his final media opportunity before today's season opener, his relief was evident. All the talking was over. Finally.
"I was going to cancel on you guys, but (Arkansas assistant athletics director Zack Higbee) said it wasn't in our best interest," Bielema said told an assembled group of local media members. "I'm excited for Saturday to get here."
Bielema will get the first opportunity to show what his program is about on the field when Arkansas kicks off a new era against Louisiana-Lafayette at 3 p.m. today. It's the long-awaited start of his tenure with the Razorbacks and the first chance for Bielema's team to put its brand of "normal American football" on display.
Few outside the program are expecting much from a group that lost the nucleus of a 2012 team that will be remembered as one of the biggest disappointments in the program's history. The Razorbacks are projected to finish last in the SEC West a year after being mentioned as a sleeper in the national title conversation.
None of that matters to Bielema, who has spent nine months breathing new life into a program that needed the fresh start after Bobby Petrino's ill-fated motorcycle ride and John L. Smith's disastrous one-year tenure in charge of the program.
He has made it abundantly clear — and many times with bravado that generated its share of offseason headlines — the goal is to build the Razorbacks into a championship program. Bielema also said the success begins this year.
"With all due respect, and I mean it, I didn't come here to be great in three years," Bielema said. "When I walked in, I saw the talent level of those seniors, and to know I've got a group of almost 18 seniors that have been through a lot, they've persevered, they've championed some very, very tough moments.
"There's a lot of really good players. I know we've lost good players. Believe me, I know how good some of those players are that left and the voids that they leave. But there's some other guys that are waiting to make a name for themselves."
Bielema could sense it when he walked into his first team meeting in December, seeing a group he later described as "hungry" to put 2012 in the past.
He has applauded their perseverance publicly several times since, saying the hardships they endured over the past year-and-a-half weren't talked about in their recruitment. No one could've prepared for a scandalous coaching change. Or the fallout last season, when nothing went right on or off the field.
But Bielema likes scars and has gone about rebuilding their confidence since his arrival. There's stability now in an impressive staff, which has welcomed players with open arms. Take one day last spring, when several players were chatting with assistant coach Randy Shannon in his office.
The kicker: None of the players were among Shannon's linebackers.
"That's the kind of thing that happens around here, now," Arkansas fullback Kiero Small said at the time. "I think it's an open door policy. You can go in any of the offices and all the coaches are going to say hi to you. I think that's one thing you can't fake. It's real. As a coaching staff, they all have our best interests at heart."
It has been evident to players on the field, too.
By all accounts, the closed practices have been physical and demanding. They took a toll on many who are adjusting to the rugged style. But players who rarely got opportunities or underachieved the past few years also discovered there was a fresh start in the hard work. So many attacked the new chance with purpose.
The best example is at linebacker, where Jarrett Lake, Braylon Mitchell and Austin Jones will start today. All three were with the team last season, but barely played.
"He said when he first came in that he didn't watch any film of last year," Lake said earlier in preseason camp. "He didn't worry about last year. Our resume for the new upcoming season has started. At first he looked at us performing in the class room and then he looked at us performing in the weight room and when spring football came, he looked at us performing on the field."
The spring was followed by a productive summer. Then the summer bled into preseason camp. While the Razorbacks are confident they've taken strides, the progress hasn't eliminated questions entering their first season under Bielema.
There are plenty. No one knows how well that linebacking corps is going to perform in its first extended action. There are depth questions at receiver, too, after a rash of injuries. Arkansas also is breaking in a new starting quarterback in Brandon Allen and will rely on roughly 10 true freshmen to help throughout the season.
Then there's the bigger picture. Can a group making a radical shift in offensive philosophy have success in a physical, run-oriented attack? Is it possible for a defense that struggled so much in 2012 to make a big jump? How can anyone survive a schedule that includes a four-week run against top-10 opponents?
Bielema wants his team to embrace it, believing Arkansas has the ingredients to be successful beginning with its strong leadership. It's not a shock the four elected team captains — center Travis Swanson, fullback Kiero Small, defensive end Chris Smith and defensive tackle Robert Thomas —personify the toughness and grit Bielema been trying to spread throughout the program since his arrival.
"He's not going to beat around the bush," Smith said. "That's one thing Hog fans really like. What you see is what you get. That's what we need — we need somebody that's going to give hope to the team and the fans, and that's what he's done."
Everyone is expecting a big first test this afternoon.
Louisiana-Lafayette is coming off consecutive nine-win seasons and nearly pulled off a stunning win at Florida last November, losing the game only after a fourth-quarter collapse. The Ragin' Cajuns are ranked higher than the Razorbacks in a few preseason publications, too, leaving them as a popular upset pick.
Arkansas is determined to show it's not as down as prognosticators think.
"Hell yeah it bothers us," Jones said of the projections. "But that's nothing we can control. That just gives us a chip on our shoulder and just makes us want to come out and bust our (expletive). Prove them wrong."
Said tight end Hunter Henry: "All of us inside, we believe. We're embracing it and we're ready for this year. We're not backing down from anyone."
Bielema — who oozes the same sort of confidence and bravado — believes success will come if that type of determination persists with players a daily basis.
It's the premise behind his "1-0" mantra, which has been Bielema's calling card since December. Concentrate on winning every play, every series, every quarter and every moment and good things will happen. So far, Bielema said his team has adopted it.
"Everybody wants to jump to the end of the rainbow and grab that pot of gold," Bielema said earlier this month. "Of course, it's never there. My philosophy is, if you take one step at a time and you keep tracking that rainbow, probably at the end you find it. But you can't do it by jumping to the end."
There's good news for Bielema. The next step has arrived.
KICKOFF: 3 p.m.
TV: Fox Sports Net.
WHERE: Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville.
RADIO: Razorback Sports Network.
SATELLITE RADIO: Sirius channel 136 and XM channel 201.
2012 RECORDS: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns, 9-4; Arkansas Razorbacks, 4-8.
LAST GAME: Louisiana-Lafayette defeated East Carolina 43-34 on Dec. 22, 2012, in the New Orleans Bowl; Arkansas lost to LSU 20-13 on Nov. 23, 2012, in Fayetteville.
SERIES: Arkansas leads 4-0 (all in Fayetteville).
LAST MEETING: Arkansas won 24-16 on Nov. 16, 2002.
COACHES: Louisiana-Lafayette, Mark Hudspeth (18-8, third season; 84-29 overall, 10th season); Arkansas, Bret Bielema (0-0, first season; 68-24 overall, eighth season, 7-0 in season openers).
LINE: Arkansas by 10 1/2.


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If Only the Walls Could Teach…
On the first floor of the Crane Liberal Arts and Science building, a group of students is standing around, sketchpads in hand, studying a row of very large and colorful pictures of prehistoric animals. Geology students? Maybe. Biology class? Could be. But this particular group is an illustration class closely examining the styles of the various artists who contributed to this exhibit.
On the second floor, students stop to look at a display of butterflies showcased in Technicolor mountings.
In the library, students study alongside ancient African masks, sometimes looking up from their computers to gaze at "Meanwhile O Reader," the magnificent mural by U-M Professor Jim Cogswell, who is the artist featured this month in the College's Gallery One.
In the Student Commons, several people write notes on bits of paper and attach them to a wall-sized map of the world titled "Places you can go with languages you know."
"The map is a way to expose students to the countries of the world," said Judith Hommel, executive associate to WCC's president. "They record the different languages they want to learn, or the places they'd like to travel."
These are what Hommel calls "teachable walls." An artist herself, Hommel has helped WCC collect an impressive permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and more. But the projects she most enjoys are the "interactive" displays whose purpose is to create an exciting learning environment outside of the classroom.
"When students see a blank wall, they're not learning anything," she said. "If they see an illustration of a one-cell organism, they may notice but not stop to look. However, the next time, perhaps waiting for their class to start, they wander over to the wall and read the information card. We see it all the time — that's why we've placed benches across from the exhibits in the LASB — so when they get a moment, students can sit and really study the pieces, enjoy them, learn from them.
"These projects involve a give and take between the faculty, who provide the educational content, and those of us who make their visions into reality," Hommel said. "I'll say to the faculty, 'What do you want the students to learn?' Then I'll get in there and make it happen, making sure there's a balance between visual appeal and educational value."
Around the corner from the butterflies, three vinyl panels challenge you to "match the molecules." The impressive display was purchased from Dr. Karl Harrison, a chemistry professor at the University of Oxford. The assignment is to match chemical formulas consisting of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur with various substances such as aspirin, caffeine, cholesterol, nicotine, and vitamin C.
"This is an interactive experience," Hommel said. "Not only do the brightly colored drawings of the molecules draw you in, but the questions are designed to engage your thinking."
The most recent teachable wall is the spectacular paleontology exhibit on the first floor of the LASB, created by biology instructor David Wooten, Hommel, College projects technical assistant Peter Leskevich, College painter Don King, and Julia Gleich, manager of the visual arts Production Output Center.
Paleontology is the study of prehistoric life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments. This presentation features 17 pictures that form a timeline starting with the Cambrian explosion, 550 million years ago, and ending with the extinction of the giant reptiles and the evolution of mammals such as the rhinoceros and saber-toothed cats. Each picture has a card next to it describing the animal, its natural setting, and the time in which it lived.
"Basically it's a new and novel way to show a timeline of paleoorganisms," said Wooten, who created the timeline and chose the illustrations. "We wanted to identify unique periods in Earth's history that had distinctive organisms that represented milestones of change, adaptation, or evolution. Because we wanted to give this exhibit some fluidity in motion, we based the timeline on an evolutionary tree that's branchlike rather than linear."
Wooten didn't want illustrations of dinosaurs looking big and scary, so he looked for artists who represented each organism with biological accuracy, as well as an expression of vitality. "All of these animals have some dynamic nature to them; there's competition, there's scavenging, there's vocalization, there's maternal care," he said. "I wanted to show them in their individual settings doing something active."
"We wanted to show the history but do it in a polished way, using first-class artists," Hommel said. After Wooten chose the artists, Leshkevich began contacting them or their representatives. The most famous artist is Charles R. Knight, who was best known for his paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many textbooks and are now on display at the New York Historical Museum. When the files came in from the artists, Gleich used Photoshop tools to remove any imperfections and then enlarged the images to become
the impressive exhibit students see today.
The newly remodeled Technical and Industrial building, with its stark white walls, offers a blank canvas for Hommel's next project. "We're planning to create a gateway to student art," she said. "Students will submit their work, and then we'll select pieces for mounting. Finally, we'll paint the walls lots of interesting colors designed to showcase the art."


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The theme for LGNZ Conference 2019 is "Riding the localism wave: Putting communities in charge." It's about communities and empowering them to take charge of their social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being through localism. This is a global concept reshaping governments around the world, recognising that best outcomes are a result of local people making local decisions about the places they live.
In spite of our highly centralised governance political system, examples of localism abound in New Zealand. The conference will focus on these best practice examples, and how we apply the lessons from these examples to how communities, local government and central government engage with each other.
The goal is to make New Zealand a more prosperous and dynamic place, that celebrates and capitalises on the unique features of our diverse natural and social landscape.
We have bold ambitions for local government and we are working with our members to raise the value of what our sector can deliver for New Zealand's communities. Conference will be a chance to showcase ideas and discuss new initiatives to make this happen.
The 2018 conference was widely popular among delegates and we are putting a lot of energy into making the 2019 conference the best one yet. We will have highly regarded speakers sharing best practice and take home messages. This will allow delegates to make tangible changes in their council to build resilience for a vibrant and prosperous future for their communities.
The conference will take place in Wellington and host approximately 550 delegates made up of mayors, chairs, chief executives, councillors and senior management from New Zealand's councils – along with key players from the private sector, business, government and non-government agencies.
The LGNZ conference is a chance for delegates to listen to fresh thinking from local and international speakers, take part in valuable, hard-hitting discussions and network within the sector. It is the one chance each year for all councils to be in the same room at the same time and the three day conference seeks to take full advantage of this opportunity.
We look forward to another successful conference and hope to see you in July.
Dave Cull
Local Government New Zealand


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The nature of work is drastically changing. The rapid pace of technological advancements, shifting demographic patterns, the switch to knowledge-based economies, and increasing pressures for innovation are all driving this transformation and defining the future of work. Business leaders are also mindful that what made them successful in the past will not necessarily make them successful in the future.
In order to be successful and stay competitive, companies must prepare for what the workforce will look like in 2020 and beyond. To understand the challenges and opportunities associated with the changing nature of work, last year Oxford Economics and SAP surveyed over 2,700 executives and more than 2,700 employees in 27 countries. The results show that many companies lack the structure, strategy, culture, solutions and resources to manage employees effectively. To succeed, they must address the role and relevance of people strategy, changing demographics and evolving definitions of work, leadership ability and cultivation, employee wants and needs, and talent development.
In this slideshow, Jewell Parkinson, head of Human Resources for SAP North America, shares a five-point checklist that executives can use to develop winning workforce strategies in this new era of work.
Related Topics : A Big Market for Big Data Jobs, Midmarket CIO, IT Management Automation, SharePoint, Technology Markets
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Executives at several top tech firms outline the skills they need now and in the near future, including IaaS and IoT security expertise. Other skills listed may surprise you. ... More >>


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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Canonical Correlation: Getting Started with R or SPSS
Canonical correlation is a method of modelling the relationship between two sets of variables. This post provides: (a) Examples of when canonical correlation can be useful; (b) Links to good online resources where you can learn about the technique; (c) Links to examples of running the analysis in R or SPSS; and (d) Examples of articles showing how to report a canonical correlation analysis.
By jeromyanglim on Thursday, June 17, 2010 Labels: correlation 12 comments
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
More Free Online Instructional Videos on R
I previously posted a set of links to online videos on R. I organised videos into three categories: (1) what is R; (2) how to do basic data analysis in R; and (3) how to use intermediate and advanced tools in R. Since writing the post I've discovered six or seven additional sources of videos. Each source has multiple videos (over 20 in one case). The majority of the links I've added are in the "how to do basic data analysis" category. It's great to see so many people sharing videos on R. Given the healthy number of introductory-level videos, it would be great to see more videos designed for the intermediate to advanced level. See my updated post for the full list of links to these additional videos.
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Cookie Recipes
French Macarons flavored with Cherries
After posting recipes for almost 5 years, I realized I had never paid homage to the most famous French pastry: le macaron. Today is my attempt to correct this oversight. I made cherry-flavored macarons since this delicious red fruit is finally available in the market.
Making this delicate confection is very time-consuming but so rewarding. I'm not as good at it as I would love to be. They really should rise a bit more in volume, but the meringue still looks decent and the taste is there. The elements of the macaron are egg whites, powdered sugar, granulated sugar, almond flour and a bit food coloring. This assembly is also tricky as the shells can be crushed very easily. I simply add a small mound of cherry-flavored white chocolate ganache and then holding them by the base of the cookie, gently press the two shells together against each other to form the beautiful sandwich cookie.
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Raspberry Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
We're a large family and we often have surprised guests. I'm always prepared for this possibility and have uncooked cookie dough or individual dessert cups ready in the freezer. Today was no exception. I used already-rolled almond cookie dough that I simply popped in the oven for 10 minutes, rotated the tray, pressed them to create a cavity and continue baking them for exactly 8 more minutes. Then, I filled the formed thumbprint cookies with hot vanilla raspberry preserves.
I served the cookies with masala chai and a tray of fresh raspberries and freshly cut pineapples. Voilà: tea time is served!
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Horchata Cookies with Queso Fresco
If you've been keeping up on my recipes this week, you know that I've been making use of the wonderful cheeses from Queso Del Valle. I thought a dessert would be a nice way to end the week. Lulu and I had lunch at the appropriately named "Lulu's" Mexican restaurant last Sunday, and we both enjoyed a nice cup of horchata (cinnamon-flavored rice drink). I thought it would be fun to capture the rice and cinnamon flavors of the drink in an edible form.
I made cookies with queso fresco and incorporated sweetened condensed milk, horchata, almonds, rice flour and cinnamon. I didn't stop there and topped the moist cookies with cinnamon and crema Mexicana sour cream icing.
These horchata cookies turned out great and I might whip another fusion dessert before the weekend is over. How do profiteroles filled with Mexican vanilla-flavored queso fresco and crema Mexicana sour cream sound? I think it would be even more luscious if the profiteroles are drizzled with dulce leche. Mmmm...
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Mocha Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
Baby Aria is very similar to my husband Lulu when it comes to her favorite foods. She loves vegetables and she adores sweets. Today I experimented with a batch of cookies I usually make when we have guests over for tea: thumbprint cookies. They're so pretty, especially with the crackle effect on the shortbread cookie dough and the whimsical design in the center indentation that almost resembles a crazy eye.
I flavored the cookie dough with cocoa powder and mocha paste. I filled them with vanilla chips and a drizzle of bittersweet chocolate, which came out just as great. Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to sharing recipes next week in anticipation of Cinco de Mayo!
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Almond Tea Cake Recipe
I don't make these sweet treats too often, because in my opinion (being from France where pastries are subtly sweetened), they're a tad too sweet. But they're perfect with a hot of cup of tea and I know my husband Lulu loves them. The concept of these cookies is to create an absolute overload of almonds. The cookie dough is made of chopped almonds, marzipan (honey and almond meal), almond extract, powdered sugar and a strong, floral honey.
I got the girls involved in rolling the cookies into balls and coating them in powdered sugar prior to baking. And once the cookies were baked, the girls dunked them one more time in powdered sugar to resemble snowballs.
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2 tablespoons lemon juice
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1. Peel the cucumbers, cut them in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Cut the cucumbers into chunks. Puree the cucumbers in a blender with the lemon juice, onion, green pepper, salt, mint, oil and water. This makes about 21/2 cups puree.
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The official results from Montgomery County Board of Elections:
The official results from Montgomery County Board of Elections:
With election results now official, it's worth noting a few things on the recent election.
The ongoing meme during Mayor Thane's term centers on the notion that somehow, someway, her administration lacks standing , or perhaps better said, does not truly represent the views and policies of the community-at-large. This manifests itself in a number of ways but largely serves as a recurring, recycled, and repackaged set of talking points espoused by her critics across the media landscape. How many times have we listened to folks wrap themselves in the cloak of the common folks with claims to reflect the "will of the people" or "respecting taxpayers" and on.
Of course, a key channel for spreading the meme is the local airwaves and especially its vocal propagandist who rants and raves on how the players in the Thane administration need to be "put in their place"; I'm not sure what that place would be for the Corporation Counsel but it's been made clear, to great hilarity, by a local politico that Mayor Thane's place is — and I am not making this up– "the kitchen".
So when you read in today's Recorder this statement from the defeated mayoral candidate:
"It certainly doesn't show she has a mandate," Emanuele continued. "That's not the message being sent by voters. But I'm just going to continue to keep the positive outlook for our city, and continue to serve on the Industrial Development Agency board and support the Republicans as county chairman, and stay as active as I can in the political arena here in Montgomery County."
You see the meme merely shape-shifting like a spectre awaiting its return to haunt the next years of this term. See kids, it's not a mandate so the legitimacy of the administration lacks standing and as such, really does not reflect –wait for it– "the will of the people".
In many ways, this is reflective of the broader attack on the legitimacy of President Obama, largely fueled by the same rhetoric, as somehow being "otherly". In other words, not one of us but one of them. The fact that this comes from the chairman of the opposition party seems wholly consistent with the line of attack.
I don't want to digress too far from our fair city but I must note that Republicans were rather silent on the notion of a mandate when Bush lost the popular vote to Gore in 2000. Somehow that was a valid outcome from a "democratic process" which somehow applies not to Ms Thane nor to President Obama. let me get back on point.
I am curious, by that very same standard, if Mr. Wierzbicki or Mr Chiara by their very slim margins also lack a mandate in their respective roles. It would appear so because a handful of votes hardly scream mandate to me. As such, should we question their legitimacy and standing in their official roles. Oh my, what about "the will of the people"?!
It's also interesting to discuss the "message sent by voters". Overall, the message sent by most voters is one of disengagement — turnout plummeted compared to previous elections. To me that is the loudest message sent by voters.
The other message sent by voters enforces what is happening nationally — the public is fairly divided and that chasm appears to be growing. I think the mayoral election represents two different views to where the city is headed. As someone who thinks we need a new course and strategy, I'm heartened to see that a sizable bloc of the voters feel likewise. Sometimes it feels rather lonely on pushing forward some ideas against the never-ending-inertia here.
What strikes me as more interesting than "the message sent by voters" is the "message sent to voters". The campaigns in this regard are quite different along a key dimension — the role of the Web. It is quite clear that Mayor Thane embraced a digital strategy to complement the legacy direct mail and radio ads. Mr. Emanuele eschewed the Web opting for direct mail, print and radio(?). Interestingly Mayor Thane opted-out from a print campaign.
This is quite telling and a "teachable moment".
In such a closely contested election, I think the Web quite likely tipped the election; I think it has hard to dispute the overall messaging on social media from Facebook to blogs to the Mayor's web site favored Mayor Thane. It's shocking that a campaign in 2011 would allow a Google search on a candidate to direct a viewer to an opposition page to said candidate or other pages either not relevant to the campaign or in fact supporting his opponent. As not an unbiased observer, I simply could not believe that this was not addressed.
It's like Googling Pepsi and every page takes you to Coca-Cola. Do you think Pepsi would say "no worries" and just ramp up direct mail pieces? Laughable at best.
But the above should come as no surprise as the contempt and irrelevance of the Web along with the contempt of marketing and advertising to selling the city is another of the local memes championed by a large bloc of the political, editorial and pundit class. Even more, many of Mayor Thane's critics mock her ability to market and her advocacy of the Web as a tool for marketing. That meme is ever present.
But like most memes, it simply falls apart when you step back and look at how the opposing camp's failure to adopt the Web and a focused marketing campaign likely cost them the election. I believe this was noted by Mr. Isabel who pointed to the role of blogs in influencing the outcome. (I can't find the article but attest to the statement)
My hope is that this outcome gives folks some pause in their assumptions on the role of technology and how radically it shifts and changes the way we do things. I think this shift needs to be considered in light of how we position and strategize on the role and the shape of the city moving forward. It's ironic that we just had a lengthy exchange on the role of AIDA and its relevance — or as I argued its irrelevance– to economic development. So it's worth noting this from the article above:
[snip]But I'm just going to continue to keep the positive outlook for our city, and continue to serve on the Industrial Development Agency board [snip]
I'll hand the mandate to Mayor Thane.
Here's an interesting statistic and trend for our fair city– the plummeting voter turnout.
For the 2007 Mayoral Race, the total votes cast were 4495.
For the 2011 Mayoral Race, the total votes cast were 3435.
The 2007 to 2011 trend is -23.5% . Wow
If we look at the off-election year results of 2009 compared to 2005, we see this:
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I'm not sure what accounts for the steep drop in turnout but let me offer a few snarky and not-so-snarky hypotheses:
1) Voters are sharing services by collectively not voting; they are sharing the service of apathy and indifference.
2) Voters are consolidating their vote by putting the election into the hands of a smaller group. That, by definition, is consolidation and as we've been scolded by our local pundits, righteous and good.
3) Local voters are tuning out from the political process driven largely by a dysfunctional political culture and ecosystem that kills and sucks life from innovative, progressive and future-thinking policies.
4) Local voters are tuning out from a local media culture driven by demagoguery, nihilism, cronyism and ideologues.
5) City voters have no incentive to vote given the ultimate dissolution of the city once it consolidates with the town so what does their vote matter anyway? It's kind of like Heaven's Gate– why bother with earthly matters when you've got to catch the spaceship to Planet Consolidation?
Hypotheses welcome.
I'll have a post later today on voter turnout, blogs and social media, the echo chamber and local media. And most importantly, why local voters just turned their backs on senior citizens.
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