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Location: Cologne, Germany &/or Perth, Australia
Posted: Sat 13 Dec 2008, 18:52
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How-to: DVB-T USB TV tuner with Genie 619W (Afatech Chip)
Subject description: DVB-T TV set up modules 22.214.171.124 kernel
I got a Genie 618W USB DVB-T dongle as a gift.
Found out the Chip in the thing is from Afatech with Vendor ID 015a4, PID 09016
I got it working in Puppy 3 series, could not get it to run in puppy 4 series, but now have it working in Puppy 5.11 Lucid
Most of the information in this thread goes into how it worked for the older Puppies or the attempts to get it going. For Puppy 5 its quick and easy - just keep reading.
First regardless of the Puppy version you need to do this:
get hold of a firmware file "dvb-usb-af9015.fw" and copy it to /lib/firmware/
I am using firmware version 4.95 found at
For Puppy 5.11
You still need to install linux tv apps
That gives you the scan command not included in Puppy 5.11
Find in the internet the initial scan file for your area
and run scan as following in a console
(in the example my initial scan file is called "de-Bonn")
scan de-Bonn | tee channels.conf
Watch it tune in to the stations it finds and build a channels.conf file.
Put channels.conf in your root directory.
Now get a reasonable media player like VLC. You will find it in the quickpet software.
Make this script to start VLC
vlc -vvv /root/channels.conf
Use the next track arrow thingo to change channels, or the playlist --- easy!
The Puppy 4 series story
Problem is I needed to run it on a Puppy 4.0 or a Retro Puppy 4.1 as my old machines are all IDE hard drive based.
In other words I needed to get the device drivers working on a 188.8.131.52 Kernel
Then reading the info at linuxtv.org I realized I would need the following drivers (modules)
- af9013.ko
- dvb-usb-af9015.ko
And one of tuner modules:
- mt2060.ko
- tda18271.ko
Great now I tried to compile some of the 9015 drivers- borrowed a pup 3 kernel source sfs (no true puppy 4.0 version around)
and the devx sfs
and away I went.
Compiling went okay. Copied the files to:
Then turned on the device using:
modprobe dvb_usb
insmod /lib/modules/184.108.40.206/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/af9013.ko
insmod /lib/modules/126.96.36.199/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/mt2060.ko
insmod /lib/modules/22.214.171.124/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-af9015.ko
(Note the order of these commands was important)
and looked at the output of dmesg
dmesg | grep dvb
and it seemed to be working - hurrah!
Then after running scan (see other DVB-T threads for the linuxtv-DVB-apps-1.pet package with DVB utilities)
and a suitable initial scan file I scoured from the internet (in this case de-Bonn)
scan de-Bonn >mychannels.conf
I got tuning failed errors.
Nevertheless the modules may be okay for other Afatech based units - They are attached to this thread (Lintv modules, not the oem ones)
If you are using a newer kernel (like 2.6.25 - normal versions of puppy 4.1 etc you may have to compile your own). This one here is only for 18.104.22.168 kernel - Puppy 4.0 and retro versions of newer puppies.
Further searching lead me to some OEM drivers that were somehow GPL released.
I compiled them and copied them to
Then initialized the unit with:
modprobe dvb_usb
insmod /lib/modules/18.104.22.168/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-af901x.ko
Tried scan again as above and this time it worked.
Copied my "mychannels.conf" to channels.conf in root/.xine/
Ran the MAKEDEV-DVB.sh script (part of the DVB utilties)
Ran Gxine and the first channel in channels.conf popped up. YES!!!!
I have also run mplayer successfully - see other threads on how to run it from the command line.
Attached is a small archive of the oem driver modules and the firmware file in the right place for puppy 4.0 and possible retro puppys
For more tips on DVB-T with puppy there are quite a few threads
try them with DVB as a keyword in puppy google search
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Location: Cologne, Germany &/or Perth, Australia
Posted: Sun 14 Dec 2008, 09:03
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Here are some helpful links if you need to compile it yourself.
Perhaps someone can do it for Puppy 4.1.2??
Linuxtv source files for af9015 kernel modules
one such example
Afatech version - not further developed but worked for me
Firmware files
Other useful links
Mplayer download (look in the folder there for the extra libraries too)
DVD tv applications (like scan and the script for making the device nodes)
Initial scan files for the scan utility
Background information on other afatech chip based usb dongles
One of the many interesting threads on other DVB-T devices with a few more useful tips
and don't forget to try puppy search as mentioned in the first post in this thread.
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Location: Cologne, Germany &/or Perth, Australia
Posted: Sun 14 Dec 2008, 09:08
Post subject: Backward compatibility with puppy3
I tried the drivers on a Puppy 3.01 based pupeee for Eeepc
I got "segmentation fault"s using them with insmod command. I think that means the DVB support modules included with Puppy 3.01 are outdated or not compatible with these modules even though they are okay for a 2.6.21 kernel, or the pupeee distro is missing them.
Got this to work too - copied the modules and firmware file across then did
Then restart puppy and
in a console use modprobes in this order:
modprobe dvb-pll
modprobe dvb-core
modprobe dvb-af901x
modprobe dvb-usb
I'm not exactly sure why but hey it works in Pupeee too!
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Joined: 26 Nov 2006
Posts: 1153
Location: Chatswood, NSW
Posted: Sun 14 Dec 2008, 22:59
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Thanks for posting these links and results with your DVB card.
I have a hybrid Tevion (Kworld) card which I'm hoping to get running on the digital transmissions so your info looks a great starting point.
I have the analog part working via tvtime and xawtv but without sound.
David S.
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Location: Cologne, Germany &/or Perth, Australia
Posted: Thu 23 Apr 2009, 17:40
Post subject: not going yet for Puppy 4.11 2.6.25
Now I'm trying to get the same unit going in puppy 4.11 with the 2.6.25 kernel.
Its not proving as easy as the older 2.6.21 kernel puppies (pup 3.1, 4.0, or the 4.11, 4.12 retros).
I'm probably already 90% there, just one error
Compiling the OEM Linux_MT2060_2.6.20.tar does not work.
A newer driver from digitrade is much the same as the "mercurial" one from linux TV and seems to be suited for 2.6.26 kernels.
They both compile - the problem is when I insert the modules I get a conflict.
First unload these modules already in puppy
rmmod dvb-usb
rmmod dvb-pll
rmmod dvb-core
Then insert these
insmod dvb-pll.ko
insmod dvb-core.ko
insmod dvb-usb.ko
insmod af9013.ko
insmod mt2060.ko
insmod dvb-usb-af9015.ko
Problem is when I check it all with "dmesg" I get something like
dvb-usb-af9015 does not agree with dvb-usb-init - unknown symbol.
Mmm - I think it does not like some other module built into puppy. Perhaps i2c-core is too old, or the compiled modules for the dvb stuff are all too new.
Checked other distros info- a lot of hate mail out there
One guy apparently got it working for gentoo on a 2.6.25 kernel.
Any ideas what I could try next?
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Location: Cologne, Germany &/or Perth, Australia
Posted: Mon 14 Dec 2009, 17:17
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Now testing using Puppy 4.31, newer kernel (188.8.131.52)
Most of the modules are now built in except the mt2060.ko.
That compiled from the latest source from the mercurial repository, copied across to the /lib/modules......./frontends/ folder
then I did
then a similar modprobe list as posted earlier
dmesg looks good, w_scan appears to work
: Note - There are firmware files in Puppy already there- tarballed up.
At this point I am unsure if they unpack automatically or not but you can put any dvb-usb-af015.fw file in /lib/firmware and it gets picked up
I've tried the latest (4.95.0) and four older firmware files with no success.
I've tried removing usbhid (rmmod usbhid) to stop any confusion about the device being a keyboard with no sucess.
I've even tried compiling some of the "vendor supplied" modules mentioned on the linuxtv.org website - but they either don't compile or really hate other features of the new kernel.
Surprisingly dmesg output gives no errors:
usb 1-9: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Afatech DVB-T: Fixing fullspeed to highspeed interval: 16 -> 8
input: Afatech DVB-T as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-9/1-9:1.1/input/input5
generic-usb 0003:15A4:9016.0001: input: USB HID v1.01 Keyboard [Afatech DVB-T] on usb-0000:00:02.1-9/input1
dvb-usb: found a 'Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
usb 1-9: firmware: requesting dvb-usb-af9015.fw
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-af9015.fw'
dvb-usb: found a 'Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick)
af9013: firmware version:4.95.0
DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Afatech AF9013 DVB-T)...
MT2060: successfully identified (IF1 = 1220)
dvb-usb: Afatech AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick successfully initialized and connected.
usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_af9015
lsmod also outputs reasonable stuff (just the relevant stuff shown below)
Module Size Used by
mt2060 4720 1
af9013 20048 1
dvb_usb_af9015 29196 0
dvb_usb 19352 1 dvb_usb_af9015
dvb_core 87368 1 dvb_usb
i2c_core 23776 7 mt2060,af9013,dvb_usb_af9015,dvb_usb,videodev,nvidia,i2c_nforce2
usbcore 138160 9 dvb_usb_af9015,dvb_usb,gspca_pac207,gspca_main,usbhid,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
I cant revert to an older retro puppy on this computer so I must keep trying.
Other forums for other distros show similar problems.
Either w_scan or scan work partially but cannot tune in
Scan tries something and then "tuning failed!" crops up on every channel.
My guess is it lies in the
of modprobing somehow, and finding a way to stop the automatic modprobing done with the new kernel. That was the case with the modules that worked on older puppies.
Having said that I have never got the drivers from mecurial repositories to work for me, only the old OEM drivers.
Any new ideas to try would be appreciated.
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Posted: Fri 18 Dec 2009, 23:27
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paulski wrote:
Now testing using Puppy 4.31, newer kernel (18.104.22.168)
Now trying to get it to work with gxine or mplayer - not going yet but I think its a small problem
I was running Puppy 4.2 but recently upgraded to 4.3. Awesome stuff. I also tried out the MacPup version with Firefox, which is what I am running now. I like it, as my work machine is a Mac. I am impressed with the various desktop configurations available with Puppy compared to other LInux I have been trying out.
I have a Hauppagge 850 that was detected, but I ended up having to locate and install firmware for it. That part is working according to dmesg. My problem is that now if I try gxine or xine, I keep getting the message that it cannot find channels.conf. I have located sample files and created one in the correct format. I tried putting them in the .gxine, the .xine, the .tzap and the dvb directories. Either I am putting the file in the wrong place, or that isn't really the problem. Here is my dmesg if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. If there is a better player to use for HDTV signals over the air I would appreciate any info on that as well.
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
au0828: i2c bus registered
tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 72301, rev B3F0, serial# 6165768
tveeprom 2-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-5E-15-08
tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 76)
tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is AU8522 (idx 44)
tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is AU8522 (idx 42)
tveeprom 2-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
hauppauge_eeprom: hauppauge eeprom: model=72301
au8522 2-0047: creating new instance
au8522_decoder creating new instance...
tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (au0828)
xc5000 2-0061: creating new instance
xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
xc5000: waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw)...
i2c-adapter i2c-2: firmware: requesting dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw
xc5000: firmware read 12332 bytes.
xc5000: firmware upload
au8522 2-0047: attaching existing instance
xc5000 2-0061: attaching existing instance
xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
xc5000: Firmware has been loaded previously
DVB: registering new adapter (au0828)
DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
Registered device AU0828 [Hauppauge HVR850]
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Posted: Tue 22 Dec 2009, 13:37
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Hi GeePS,
Looks like you are well along the way to getting your DVB going.
Check out some links to more thorough threads earlier in this thread, as this one is very device specific. The other threads mention mplayer and a few other alternatives. Dont forget puppy search also mentioned earlier in this thread and put in "AU0828"- someone may already have worked out what to do with your card.
Generally put your channels.conf in root/.xine/ and it should work, so either the file is not good or not readable or its just not the problem. Try opening it in a text editor and see if it looks okay.
I don't know much about your device but I see no evidence of a tuner in the dmesg. I'm out of my depth there, but if you haven't got a working tuner, then channels.conf won't help good or bad.
Try in the terminal wscan and see if it works.
For others following the use of the Afatech DVB chip here - I still can't get it going in puppy 4.31 and neither can a lot of people in other new distros (Ubuntu, Suse etc.) with the newer kernels. I think it comes down to automatic modprobing that is loading the modules in the wrong order before I can do anything to stop it. Will investigate.
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Posted: Sun 27 Dec 2009, 18:02
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Subject description: tuner & wscan
paulski wrote:
I don't know much about your device but I see no evidence of a tuner in the dmesg. I'm out of my depth there, but if you haven't got a working tuner, then channels.conf won't help good or bad.
Line 6 in dmesg above is the following:
tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 76)
Looks like tuner info to me, but let me know if I am interpreting wrong. Not sure what to do with an Xceive XC5000 anyway.
Try in the terminal wscan and see if it works.
wscan doesn't seem to exist on my distro or I am running it in the wrong directory. Any special syntax I should use?
I will do some additional searching on your other suggestions.
For others following the use of the Afatech DVB chip here - I still can't get it going in puppy 4.31 and neither can a lot of people in other new distros (Ubuntu, Suse etc.) with the newer kernels. I think it comes down to automatic modprobing that is loading the modules in the wrong order before I can do anything to stop it. Will investigate.
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Posted: Sat 23 Jan 2010, 03:26
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I don't know if you solved your problem or not. Perhaps this will work for you. It worked on mine which seems to likely have the same chip.
John Lewis
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Posted: Sun 24 Jan 2010, 17:49
Post subject:
Thanks John,
No I haven't got mine going yet. Yours is apparently working, that's really good news (also good to know that SBS have digital in the southwest, which I need when I get home).
Could you send me the output of your dmesg and lsmod commands with the DVB-T unit plugged in, perhaps in a personal message so they don't clutter things up here.
It might just help me debug my system. I think it comes down to the tuner.
just do
dmesg > output1.txt
lsmod > output2.txt
and you should be able to capture it.
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Posted: Thu 28 Jan 2010, 11:21
Post subject: Its the tuner combination
John sent me a personal message with the lsmod and dmesg output.
His DVB-T unit has the Afatech chip (same) but a different tuner (MXL5005S or MaxLinear MXL5005S)
That's gotta be the reason. The built in drivers are okay for his tuner and DVB-T chip combination but are dodgy (unreliable/bad) for the mt2060 tuner with the Afatech chip together in the Genie device.
Thanks John, its a step in the right direction. Now I know where I am going with this, even if a solution isnt totally obvious.
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Location: Albany West Australia
Posted: Thu 28 Jan 2010, 21:40
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Glad to help paulski even if it didn't resolve your problem. The problem seems to be that even the same device can have different component chips depending when and where it was made.
I'm trying to sort one out for a friend that uses an rtl2832u driver. I've not cracked it yet and may need to ask for help soon. I have the purported sources but can't get them to compile.
I hope you eventually succeed with yours.
John Lewis
Edit: I just reread your posts. Sudden thought. I was getting similar "tuning failed" errors to yours until I connected a different decent antenna. The little toy supplied didn't work at all.
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Posted: Sun 07 Feb 2010, 16:43
Post subject: Working - 'Afatech DVB-T USB1.1 stick' on Puppy 4.3.1
Success report...........
Got dvb-t working fairly painlessly on Puppy 4.3.1 K22.214.171.124 running on HP 550 laptop.
Plugged in the 'Afatech DVB-T USB1.1 stick' which was detected and firmware from file 'af9005.fw' was loaded. (Cheap usb dvb-t stick bought off ebay)
(Vendor id 15a4 device id 9020 15a4:9020)
Installed the Xine media player xine-ui-0.99.5 using the Package Manager
Ran the scan command in terminal window to create the channels.conf file:
scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-Malvern > /tmp/channels.conf
Copied the channels.conf to /root/.xine
Ran xine and clicked the DVB-T button and could view dvb-t transmitted from the Malvern transmitter.
Well done yet again Puppy
Peter - in Malvern
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John Lewis
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Location: Albany West Australia
Posted: Thu 11 Feb 2010, 09:26
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Great to hear you have it working.
Have a look
about halfway down the Gtb-DVB.pet.
You do need to install a couple of extras, GtkBasic003e.pet and PuppyBasic-2.6.pet. to get it to work but it does make life easier.
Links to all you need are on the above link
John Lewis
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Making the case for local control and community action while offering plenty of worthwhile advice, community leader Clark and democracy scholar Teachout tell how to get things done in the public sphere. The authors are open about their leftist leanings but make it clear that "slow democracy" is not about partisanship or political labels. On issues including community control of water systems and school re-districting, the authors paint an upbeat picture of participatory democracy. They devote much of the book to success stories, mainly from small cities like Portsmouth, N.H. Intending to be inspirational, sometimes lyrical and crunchy-granola in spirit, Clark and Teachout can resort to the obvious or mundane: "[s]low democracy is about inviting neighbors into community conversations about issues that matter." But readers who instinctively resist suffocating regulations and Big Brother authorities will welcome the book's insights. Clark and Teachout favor a New England-style town-hall political culture that wouldn't last five minutes in Chicago or Los Angeles, yet anyone who wants to reinvigorate grass-roots involvement and moderate top-down rule can benefit from this earnest volume. Activists and organizers will appreciate the useful tips, and Clark and Teachout's community strategies will resonate with both conservatives and progressives.
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How community deliberative processes can provide an alternative to divisive party politics and technocratic expertise. Community organizer Clark (co-author: All Those in Favor: Rediscovering the Secrets of Town Meeting and Community, 2005) and historian Teachout (Graduate Studies/Union Institute and Univ.; Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism, 2009, etc.) believe that genuine deliberations by citizens have too often been replaced by top-down political decision-making, in much the same way fast food has been substituted for the genuine article. The authors present case studies in which citizens have come together to solve problems faced by their communities. They cite the city of Portsmouth, N.H., which has won international awards for the way citizens acted together to solve problems confronting their school system when the experts failed. They chronicle citizen transformation of social services, such as Chicago's Police Department, and citizen interventions to take control of municipal or county water supplies. The authors highlight the way Pennsylvanians have organized against fracking through town and county institutions. Each of these cases, they note, was precipitated by a particular set of circumstances that needed to be addressed in a timely way. Clark and Teachout complement their case studies with discussions of useful methodologies to bring people together for common purposes and with a brief history of the New England town meeting format. The major problem local communities face, they write, is outside "efficiency experts" armed with charts and graphs and prepackaged solutions. The authors offer the history of the Appalachian Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia, as a dramatic example of how "slow politics" works over an extended period of time to build something of lasting value. A valuable tool for improving the way government operates at the local level.
"Slow democracy is the only kind that can take root, because it answers our deepest longings for connection, community, and voice. Clark and Teachout provide compelling examples and guiding principles for nurturing inclusive, participatory communities that work for everyone. Read this book, and then put it into action!"--Martha McCoy, executive director, Everyday Democracy
"The time is exactly right for a book that takes democracy seriously, and knows where to look for it. Clark and Teachout recognize that representative democracy must be rooted in the fertile soil of face-to-face, local, problem-solving democracy. With engaging storytelling skills, they remind us of how vibrant these civic roots still are, and they encourage us to give this democratic garden even greater care and attention, and to enjoy its fruits while we're at it."--Daniel Kemmis, former mayor of Missoula, Montana; author of Community and the Politics of Place
"Slow Democracy is a lively and significant book. Clark and Teachout use a broad array of stories to illustrate how our democracy is changing, and how we can capitalize on the pressures and opportunities we face in our communities. They describe how carefully structured public engagement can lead, ironically, to faster, better solutions to public problems. Finally, they show how improving local democracy, one place at a time, can add up quickly to much larger national and global impacts."--Matt Leighninger, executive director, Deliberative Democracy Consortium
"It is all too easy to be cynical about the contemporary democratic process. Clark and Teachout provide a roadmap for turning that cynicism into the sort of regionalized action that can improve lives and transform communities. Don't give up on democracy: Read this book and get to work!"--Ben Hewitt, author of The Town that Food Saved and Making Supper Safe
"The "slow" in Slow Democracy doesn't mean decision-making needs to take longer. It's an acknowledgement that investing in inclusive, deliberative, and empowered local decision-making is worth the time. Here are community stories that will fill you with hope for American politics."--Sandy Heierbacher, director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
"Great stories about democracy-showing us that democracy is not what we have but what we do. So if you've been 'looking for hope in all the wrong places,' now you've found one that's right! Enjoy."--Frances Moore Lappé, author of EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want
"This is a truly important book: it explains, with copious example and lots of common sense, why democracy works better close to home. If you've begun to think the carrot from the farmer's market tastes better, this volume will lead you (liberal or conservative) down the logical path towards a working society."--Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
"Slow Democracy just may be the best thing happening in America today. Connecting in a meaningful way with our community and reclaiming our power as citizens is both powerful and possible. Read this book and consider how this movement can revitalize the communities you care about!"--Joan Blades, cofounder, MoveOn.org
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Liam Neeson is a talented Irish actor, being considered one of the best actors in Hollywood at the moment. He was born on June 7, 1952, in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to a cook and a caretaker. At the early age of 11, he stepped on stage for the very first time, as a teacher gave him the lead in a school play. He instantly fell in love with the stage and continued acting in school productions in the following years. In 1977, after graduating from college, he got his first movie part, in the religious movie Pilgrim's Progress. And the rest is history. Some of the most notable movies Liam is renowned for nowadays include Schindler's List, Taken, Kinsey, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, The Chronicles of Narnia, Love Actually, Unknown, Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans, and many others. While his career has always been on the spotlight, there are still many interesting facts that people do not know about Liam.
Especially for his fans, here are some of them. Many people will agree that Liam is not the most handsome man in the world. However, he has a great attitude that got him ranked as one of the sexiest movie stars for many years and by many publications worldwide, including Empire magazine. He also has a great sense of humor. When asked what he thinks about he looks, Liam replied: "I never think of myself as handsome--terribly attractive, yes, but not handsome". And he sure is right! Having in mind that he was even considered for the role of James Bond in GoldenEye, he clearly has the looks.
Liam Neeson has the looks, the talent and the brains. He is not fond of tabloids and even sued several trials against newspapers claiming that his marriage was in trouble back in 1998. 2009 was a hard year for Liam, since it marked the death of his beloved wife Natasha Richardson. Few people know this, but Liam was a boxer in his teenage years. He even broke his nose at the age of 15 and blacked out after one of his fights, which caused him to give up this passion. Regarding his hobbies, Liam loves fly-fishing. He suffers from acrophobia and is a National Goodwill Ambassador to Ireland. As you can see, there is so much more to Liam Neeson than his looks and talent. He truly is a role model.


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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus signed a deal on Thursday with a consortium of foreign companies to drill for natural gas off the island's southern coast.
Commerce Minister Neoklis Sylikiotis said a signing bonus of €150 million ($200 million) will flow into state coffers. That's good news for the cash-strapped country that only has enough money to pay salaries until March, when it hopes to secure a financial rescue package from the other 16 countries that use the euro and the International Monetary Fund.
The consortium, composed of Italy's ENI S.p.a and South Korea's Kogas, is licensed to drill in three of 13 segments, or blocks, that make up Cyprus' 19,700 square mile (51,000 square kilometer) exclusive economic zone. The three blocks lie above a gas field that holds an estimated 5-8 trillion cubic feet (140-230 billion cubic meters).
"The discovery of hydrocarbons...creates new realities and prospects for transforming Cyprus into a regional energy hub," Sylikiotis said at the signing ceremony.
Eni's Vice President for Eastern Europe, Valerio Bracaccia, said industry officials recognize the waters between Cyprus, Lebanon and Israel to hold much promise in terms of gas deposits.
Cypriot officials have been arguing in their negotiations over the country's bailout that revenue from the gas will help secure its longer-term public finances.
They hope such revenues can be viewed as a financial guarantee, easing the need for Cyprus' creditors to impose harsher conditions in exchange for the bailout loan of up to €17 billion ($22.66 billion). Economists estimate such a loan would push the country's public debt load to as high as 150 of gross domestic product, too much for the country to bear.
Cyprus is currently negotiating with French firm Total S.A. for a license to drill in other blocks.
Cyprus is also talking to Israel, which has likewise discovered offshore gas deposits, on how best to jointly exploit their mineral reserves. One option is to pipe the gas to Cyprus where it could be processed for export to Europe and beyond. The processing facility liquefying the gas for easier transport would take years to complete and cost as much as €10 billion ($13.33 billion).
But Cyprus' gas discovery has also ratcheted up tensions with neighboring Turkey, which doesn't recognize the island as a sovereign country. Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of Union with Greece.
Turkey says the offshore gas search by the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot government in the island's south flouts the rights of breakaway Turkish Cypriots in the north. Turkey last year started drilling in the north, but found nothing. In 2011, Turkey sent a warship-escorted research vessel south of Cyprus, while Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that his government would "retaliate even more strongly" to any further search for mineral deposits around the island.
Turkey also considers an agreement between Israel and Cyprus demarcating their maritime borders as invalid and claims part of Cyprus' economic zone as its own.
""I believe that the agreements we have signed and negotiations that are still under way further politically strengthen our sovereign rights," Sylikiotis said, adding that the European Union and the United Nations Security Council have made clear their support of Cyprus exploiting its own natural resources.


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The Discerning BYOBer: Union Square Wines' Seth White Recommends Pairings for Common Cuisines
BY: Kevin Moore | Apr 17, 2013
BYOB restaurants encourage diners to bring along a bottle of wine from home, but how do you select the perfect pairing for a meal you haven't even ordered yet? Seth White, sales manager at Union Square Wines, shared the following tips for matching wines with common BYOB cuisines. Sushi "Champagne is probably my best recommendation," Seth says without missing a beat when I asked what to bring to a sushi joint. The key is to let the relatively delicate flavors of the fish shine through, and the freshness of a sparkling wine helps complement the rolls and nigiri. Along the same lines, Seth says that the crispness of a sauvignon blanc can have a similarly harmonious effect. BYOB Testing Ground: Cherin Sushi | East Village Thai Dealing with spicy cuisine can be tricky, and in those cases, Seth warns against selecting a fuller-bodied, tannic wine, which can intensify the incendiary flavors and overwhelm the rest of the dish. To play it safe, he suggests choosing a lighter, fruit-forward red such as a low-tannin pinot noir or a beaujolais. The slight sweetness of an off-dry riesling can also balance out spice for diners who prefer white wine or detergent-commercial actors who already spent the day spilling red wine everywhere. BYOB Testing Ground: Amarin Café | Williamsburg Barbecue and Burgers "Syrah, especially from the northern Rhône Valley, tends to have a smoky, meaty quality itself," Seth says. That makes it an ideal choice for a platter of pulled pork. Zinfandels also work well with grilled meats, and they share syrah's medium-bodied structure and relatively full flavors. "Zinfandel and a burger—can't beat that," he says. BYOB Testing Ground: the pulled-pork sandwich at Queens Comfort | Astoria Pizza Seth says the toppings matter, but it's the sauce that he comments on first. Since tomato sauce lends its own small burst of acidity, you'll need a wine that has the natural acidity to match. "I tend to pair [Italian wines] with pizza," Seth says, calling out sangiovese-based Tuscan blends and barberas as particularly good choices. Of course, the toppings are important. Seth says that pies with fatty meats like sausage can stand up to a slightly more robust southern Italian red, whereas vegetarian pizzas might not require something quite so bold. BYOB Testing Ground: Bellini Italian Restaurant & Brick Oven Pizza | Upper West Side
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In a move sure to polarize fans of what is billed as the "Nation's fasted growing sports league," the Lingerie Football League has announced plans to rename itself the "Legends Football League." As part of the move, the LFL will be ditching the thing that made the league noteworthy in the first place: lingerie.
The league announced the change in a press release this afternoon. Other changes include new team logos absent of "sexy female figures," redesigned shoulder pads to increase protection, and changing their slogan from "True Fantasy Football" to "Women of the Gridiron."
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The players will no longer wear modified bras, panties, and garters while playing tackle football on turf (ouch!), instead favoring more traditional performance wear which will "replace all lingerie aspects" of the league's uniforms.
The league is billing it as "the next step in the maturation of our now global sport." It goes on to state that the change was made to stop being "viewed as a gimmick" and legitimize the sport by focusing on its athletes' talents, rather than their bodies.
It's a good move, if you ask me. More importantly, it's the right move. I wonder how many potentially fantastic football players didn't get into the league because they didn't look as good in their skivvies as a less athletically-gifted player. If you're going to market the league based on football alone, you better make it so the best players can play, no matter what they look like.
But it's also worth wondering what impact this will have on the league as a whole. Are the sell-out crowds the league boasts about showing up to watch the exciting seven-on-seven play? Did the LFL become the first female sports league to get its own videogame because of the novelty of football with no punting or kicking? Are Philadelphia Passion fans showing up to the Wells Fargo Center to watch the athletic prowess of the players?
Let's face it, probably not. After all, the video posted by the league to accompany the press release still shows LFL players pumping iron and doing calisthenics in the skimpiest workout gear imaginable with occasional close-ups of their hard, sweaty bodies. But at least we can get away from the wink-and-nod marketing of the league that danced around the fact that you were basically seeing an angry, mutated version of the Victoria's Secret fashion show.
When the dust settles, it'll be interesting to see what happens to the league. Can the LFL succeed where leagues like the Women's Professional Football League, the National Women's Football Association, or American Football Women's League before it failed? Or will a move away from that which made it unique -- T&A – doom the league to the same fate as the others I just mentioned: DOA?


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Should I Paint the Insides of My Cabinets?
Q: My husband and I are getting ready to update our dark 1970's kitchen cabinets by painting them white and adding modern pulls.
But I have no idea what to do to the insides! Do I leave them alone? Paint them white? Paint them a different color? Contact paper? What are some creative ways to treat and update the insides of our kitchen cabinets?
Sent by Kim
Editor: Kim, we've painted the insides of cabinets and it's not so fun. It's a lot of work! But to open up the cabinets and see a pop of color is very rewarding. What about painting the insides a bright blue, or yellow?
Readers, any tips for painting, or not painting?
Related: Good Question: How Can I Re-Decorate My Kitchen Around My Country Cabinets?
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Anyone out there?
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Yep. I check in occasionally. This site isn't as chatty as some others, and maybe a few of the earlier mainstays have moved on to different bikes.
"It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free." Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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Ditto. Check in now and then. Occupied with beating cancer & other things. yes, some have moved on, some have done mods and are now out enjoying the miles (hopefully). Admit I am thinking of Versys- 650 or 1K. Only mods would be seat, windshield. And the Yam FJ9 got me lookin hard. It's the triple that Kaw should have done 5yrs ago.
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Been a while. I am currently between bikes. The good ol' days were fun, but everything moves on.
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I look in to see what is new. Hoping to ride more this year. health issues caused down time.
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Honinjsuz and electjohn, I hope you both had good luck with your health and are out riding again.
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Jerry picked up a little speed as it moves northeast in the Atlantic but with no change in strength.
The storm's maximum sustained winds Wednesday evening are near 40 mph (65 kph).
The storm is centered about 1,080 miles (1,735 kilometers) west-northwest of the Azores and is moving about 7 mph (11 kph).
The storm isn't currently threatening any land.
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The wins just keep on piling up for the Bruins.
With their 3-0-0 week, they have now won 18 of their last 21 and earned at least a point in 19 of those games. Along with the victories comes plenty of candidates for Bruin of the Week. And this week there were plenty of candidates.
After watching Tuukka Rask blank Los Angeles Tuesday, Tim Thomas took back the crease and made the most of his opportunities in victories over Ottawa and Philadelphia. He stopped 78 of 80 shots (.975 save percentage) in the two games, including a shutout of the Flyers.
It seems that Rich Peverley does everything quietly, and he heated up this week somewhat under the radar. For the week he put up 2-4-6 totals and a plus-4 rating while attempting just four shots in the three games. His goal against Los Angeles was the game-winner.
Daniel Paille, meanwhile, continued to prove the Bruins are a four-line threat. Paille scored three goals over the final two games of the wek and was plus-3. He fired six shots on goal.
The Bruins needed more than one player on defense to step up on the back end while Zdeno Chara was out. Joe Corvo was one of those guys, and he kept doing it even after Chara's return. For the week he posted three assists and a plus-5 rating. He attempted five shots on goal in the three games.
So I ask you readers of TheBruinsBlog.net:
Who should be the Bruin of the Week?
- Daniel Paille (37%, 56 Votes)
- Rich Peverley (31%, 47 Votes)
- Tim Thomas (26%, 40 Votes)
- Joe Corvo (6%, 9 Votes)
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The apartment in this film is the bachelor pad of C (for Calvin). C (for Clifford). Baxter. It is located in Manhatten, in the West Sixties, just half a block from Central Park. But he has a problem: 'The only problem is – I can't always get in when I want to'. Well Mr. Baxter is a schmuck, who isn't overtly ambitious but who thinks he could be upwardly mobile. He is employed in a large impersonal Manhattan insurance firm. He is Bud to most people in the office and with some three years into the company he discovers a surefire formula of succeeding in the corporate world. It has in other ages and all sorts of climes and all over the world worked well, since corporate world began pooling their resources including their morals. Bud is on to a sure thing. He lets out his bachelor pad to four philandering middle-level superiors and it has its problem as I quoted at the beginning.
Tucked between the riproaring farce of Some Like It Hot and the more brittle One, Two, Three, this tragic-comic 1960 classic was Billy Wilder's last great film. Wilder is as merciless in deflating the greed and amorality of American corporate world as his innate romantic intuition works with two misfits to give the film its bittersweet moments. Reportedly, Wilder was inspired for the film by watching David Lean's Brief Encounter (1946) with a short scene about a man who vacates his apartment for a couple's secret tryst (Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson).
The Apartment won five major Academy Awards out of ten nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (co-written by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond), Best B/W Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Best Film Editing.
C.C Baxter (Jack Lemmon) works on the 19th floor of a Manhatten building and he loans his bachelor pads to senior colleagues in the hope of a promotion. He takes fancy for the elevator operator Miss Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine) but he dares not make a move.
As he had hoped for, those who had made use of the pad write glowing reports about him that alerts Personnel director Mr. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) and he suspects something hanky-panky going on behind his back; he lets Baxter's promotion go unchallenged on condition that Baxter's apartment accept a fifth regular customer. Still delighted about the promotion, Baxter asks Miss Kubelik to a Broadway show. She agrees, then stands him up. On Christmas Eve, Baxter is astounded to come home and find her in his bed, fully clothed, and overdosed on sleeping pills. Mr. Sheldrake had borrowed the apartment for the evening.
Baxter and his neighbor the doctor keep her alive and safe without notifying the authorities. She explains the background: she had earlier an affair with Mr. Sheldrake but it ended abruptly when his wife returned from vacation. She had under pressure and promises again took up the relationship. But when Sheldrake offered her money instead of a Christmas present she realized she was let down badly that led to the present situation. Baxter tries to comfort her.
Kubelik recuperates in Baxter's apartment for two days, long enough for her taxi driver brother-in-law to assume the worst of Baxter and come to blows. Sheldrake's secretary,- and one of his former mistresses, tells Mrs. Sheldrake of her philandering husband. Faced with divorce, Sheldrake moves out but continues to take Kubelik to the apartment. Baxter finally takes a stand when Sheldrake demands the apartment for New Year's Eve, which results in Baxter quitting the firm. Kubelik realizes that Baxter is the man who truly loves her and tells off Sheldrake on New Year's Eve. She spends that evening with Baxter in the apartment. Both are out of job and they are onto a session of gin rummy to pass New Year's eve. Baxter declares his love for Kubelik, her reply is one of the famous last lines in any movie: "Shut up and deal".
Wilder's film is about two mismatched characters who breaks out of their loneliness during the festive season of Christmas: The Gift of Magi told in cinematic terms where love is stronger than their circumstances.
Memorable Quotes:
Dr. Dreyfuss: Be a mensch!
C.C. Baxter: Sorry, Mr. Sheldrake.
J.D. Sheldrake: What do you mean, sorry?
C.C. Baxter: You're not going to bring anybody to my apartment.
J.D. Sheldrake: I'm not just bringing anybody; I'm bringing Miss Kubelik.
C.C. Baxter: Especially not Miss Kubelik.
J.D. Sheldrake: How's that again?
C.C. Baxter: [firmly] No key.
J.D. Sheldrake: Baxter, I picked you for my team because I thought you were a very bright young man. Do you realize what you're doing? Not to me, but to yourself? Normally, it takes years to work your way up to the twenty-seventh floor. But it only takes thirty seconds to be out on the street again. You dig?
C.C. Baxter: I dig.
J.D. Sheldrake: So what's it going to be?
[Baxter slowly reaches into his pocket for a key and drops it on Sheldrake's desk]
J.D. Sheldrake: Now you're being bright.
C.C. Baxter: Thank you, sir.
[Baxter goes back into his office, looks around, then reaches into his closet for his coat and hat. Sheldrake comes in moments later]
J.D. Sheldrake: Say, Baxter, you gave me the wrong key.
C.C. Baxter: No, I didn't.
J.D. Sheldrake: But this is the key to the executive washroom.
C.C. Baxter: That's right, Mr. Sheldrake. I won't be needing it because I'm all washed up around here.
J.D. Sheldrake: What's gotten into you, Baxter?
C.C. Baxter: Just following doctor's orders. I've decided to become a "mensch". You know what that means? A human being.
J.D. Sheldrake: Now, hold on, Baxter –
C.C. Baxter: Save it. The old payola won't work anymore. Goodbye, Mr. Sheldrake.
Fran Kubelik: Shall I light the candles?
C.C. Baxter: It's a must! Gracious living-wise.
C.C. Baxter: The mirror… it's broken.
Fran Kubelik: Yes, I know. I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.
J.D. Sheldrake: Ya know, you see a girl a couple of times a week, just for laughs, and right away they think you're gonna divorce your wife. Now I ask you, is that fair?
C.C. Baxter: No, sir, it's very unfair… Especially to your wife.
Fran Kubelik: When you're in love with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara.
C.C. Baxter: That's the way it crumbles… cookie-wise.
Fran Kubelik: I never catch colds.
C.C. Baxter: Really? I was reading some figures from the Sickness and Accident Claims Division. You know that the average New Yorker between the ages of twenty and fifty has two and a half colds a year?
Fran Kubelik: That makes me feel just terrible.
C.C. Baxter: Why?
Fran Kubelik: Well, to make the figures come out even, if I have no colds a year, some poor slob must have five colds a year.
C.C. Baxter: [sheepishly] Yeah… it's me.
[last lines]
C.C. Baxter: You hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you.
Fran Kubelik: Shut up and deal.
[first lines]
C.C. Baxter: [narrating] On November 1st, 1959, the population of New York City was 8,042,783. If you laid all these people end to end, figuring an average height of five feet six and a half inches, they would reach from Times Square to the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. I know facts like this because I work for an insurance company – Consolidated Life of New York. We're one of the top five companies in the country. Our home office has 31,259 employees, which is more than the entire population of uhh… Natchez, Mississippi. I work on the 19th floor. Ordinary Policy Department, Premium Accounting Division, Section W, desk number 861.
C.C. Baxter: Miss Kubelik, one doesn't get to be a second administrative assistant around here unless he's a pretty good judge of character, and as far as I'm concerned you're tops. I mean, decency-wise and otherwise-wise.
C.C. Baxter: Ya know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe; I mean, shipwrecked among 8 million people. And then one day I saw a footprint in the sand, and there you were.
C.C. Baxter: [in a bar on Christmas Eve, trying to pick Bud up] Night like this, it sorta spooks you, walking into an empty apartment.
C.C. Baxter: I said I had no family; I didn't say I had an empty apartment.
Fran Kubelik: Just because I wear a uniform doesn't make me a girl scout.
—-Kirkeby: Say, why don't we have ourselves a party, the four of us?
C.C. Baxter: No.
[Kirkeby suddenly sees Fran sleeping in the bedroom]
Kirkeby: [laughs] Well, I don't blame ya. So you hit the jackpot, eh kid? I mean Kubelik-wise.
[Baxter pushes Kirkeby out the door]
Kirkeby: Now don't worry, I won't say a word to anybody.
[with the door almost shut, Kirkeby pushes in one last time]
Kirkeby: Stay with it, buddy boy.
Kirkeby: Premium-wise and billing-wise, we are eighteen percent ahead of last year, October-wise.
Fran Kubelik: What's a tennis racket doing in the kitchen?
C.C. Baxter: Tennis racket? Oh, I remember, I was cooking myself an Italian dinner.
[Fran looks confused]
C.C. Baxter: I use it to strain the spaghetti.
Fran Kubelik: He's a taker.
C.C. Baxter: A what?
Fran Kubelik: Some people take, some people get took. And they know they're getting took and there's nothing they can do about it.
Margie MacDougall: 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… nothin'… no action… dullsville!
Fran Kubelik: Would you mind opening the window?
C.C. Baxter: Now don't go getting any ideas, Miss Kubelik.
Fran Kubelik: I just want some fresh air.
C.C. Baxter: It's only one story down. The best you can do is break a leg.
Fran Kubelik: So they'll shoot me – like a horse.
C.C. Baxter: Please, Miss Kubelik, you got to promise me you won't do anything foolish.
Fran Kubelik: Who'd care?
C.C. Baxter: I would.
Fran Kubelik: Why can't I ever fall in love with someone nice like you?
Sylvia: You mean you bring other girls up here?
Kirkeby: Certainly not! I'm a happily married man.
Fran Kubelik: I was jinxed from the word go. The first time I was ever kissed was in a cemetery.
Fran Kubelik: Why do people have to love people anyway?
Dr. Dreyfuss: [entering his apartment, he suddenly hears loud music starting from next door] Mildred! He's at it again.
Fran Kubelik: I'd like to spell it out for you… only I can't spell!
Fran Kubelik: You fool. You damn fool.
C.C. Baxter: I know how you feel, Miss Kubelik. You think it's the end of the world — but it's not, really. I went through exactly the same thing myself.
Fran Kubelik: You did?
C.C. Baxter: Well, maybe not exactly — I tried to do it with a gun.
Fran Kubelik: Over a girl?
C.C. Baxter: Worse than that — she was the wife of my best friend — and I was mad for her. But I knew it was hopeless — so I decided to end it all. I went to a pawnshop and bought a forty-five automatic and drove up to Eden Park — do you know Cincinnati?
Fran Kubelik: No, I don't.
C.C. Baxter: Anyway, I parked the car and loaded the gun — well, you read in the papers all the time that people shoot themselves, but believe me, it's not that easy — I mean, how do you do it? — here, or here, or here —
[with cocked finger, he points to his temple, mouth and chest]
C.C. Baxter: — you know where I finally shot myself?
Fran Kubelik: Where?
C.C. Baxter: [indicating kneecap] Here.
Fran Kubelik: In the knee?
C.C. Baxter: Uh-huh. While I was sitting there, trying to make my mind up, a cop stuck his head in the car, because I was illegally parked — so I started to hide the gun under the seat and it went off — pow!
Fran Kubelik: [laughing] That's terrible.
C.C. Baxter: Yeah. Took me a year before I could bend my knee — but I got over the girl in three weeks. She still lives in Cincinnati, has four kids, gained twenty pounds — she sends me a fruit cake every Christmas.
Directed by Billy Wilder
Produced by Billy Wilder
Written by Billy Wilder
I.A.L. Diamond
Running time 125 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
Budget $3,000,000 (est.)
* Jack Lemmon as C.C. 'Bud' Baxter
* Shirley MacLaine as Fran Kubelik
* Fred MacMurray as Jeff D. Sheldrake
* Ray Walston as Joe Dobisch
* Jack Kruschen as Dr. Dreyfuss
* David Lewis as Al Kirkeby
* Hope Holiday as Mrs. Margie MacDougall
* Joan Shawlee as Sylvia
* Naomi Stevens as Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
* Johnny Seven as Karl Matuschka
* Joyce Jameson as The blonde
* Willard Waterman as Mr. Vanderhoff
* David White as Mr. Eichelberger
* Edie Adams as Miss Olsen
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is related to: Love in the Afternoon (1957, Billy Wilder)
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* Wilder directed Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Some Like It Hot (1959). He grew to despise her demands for star treatment and her poor work ethic, and thus included the party-girl Monroe-esque character in this film.
* Billy Wilder also used the character name Sheldrake in Sunset Blvd. (1950), Ace in the Hole (1951), and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).
* Shirley MacLaine was only given forty pages of the script and Wilder added as the film progressed. The gin rummy game was added because at the time she was learning how to play the game from her friends in the Rat Pack. Likewise, when she started philosophizing about love during a lunch break one day, this was also added to the script.
* Paul Douglas was cast as Sheldrake but died before filming began.
* Playwright 'Neil Simon' adapted the screenplay as the book for his musical "Promises, Promises"
* Although Adolph Deutsch received sole screen credit for the music score, the very popular "Theme from The Apartment" was actually a pre-existing piece of music (originally "Jealous Lover", 1949) by British composer Charles Williams, who was known for his scores for British films and BBC radio dramas.
* Shirley MacLaine filmed her famous cameo in Ocean's Eleven (1960) during a break in filming this movie.
* The name on the door next to Baxter's office is T.W.Plews. Tom Plews was the prop master.
* The office Christmas party scene was actually filmed on December 23, 1959, so as to catch everybody in the proper holiday mood. Billy Wilder filmed almost all of it on the first take, stating to an observer, "I wish it were always this easy. Today, I can just shout 'action' and stand back."
* This is the first Best Picture Oscar winner to specifically refer to a previous winner, in this case Grand Hotel (1932), which Baxter attempts to watch on television but is too long delayed because of commercials. Bud's boss also refers to Bud and Fran having "a lost weekend" together in Bud's apartment, a reference to Billy Wilder's earlier Oscar winner, The Lost Weekend (1945).
* This was the last B&W movie to win Best Picture at The Academy Awards until Schindler's List (1993).
* Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
* In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #80 Greatest Movie of All Time.
* The wool coat Fran wears in various scenes actually belonged to Audrey Young, the wife of Billy Wilder).
* It was said that while filming the scene where C.C. Baxter sleeps in Central Park in the rain, Billy Wilder had to spray Jack Lemmon with anti-freeze to keep him from freezing.
* To get Fran (Shirley MacLaine) to look genuinely startled when her brother-in-law punches Calvin (Jack Lemmon), director Billy Wilder smacked together two pieces of 2×4 during the shoot.
* To create the impression of a very large bureau in the scenes where Baxter is behind his desk, director Billy Wilder used dwarf actors and specially designed furniture.
* The nasal spray used by Jack Lemmon was actually milk. Real nasal spray would not have shown up on camera.
* Billy Wilder claimed that he and I.A.L. Diamond already had Jack Lemmon in mind to play Baxter when they wrote the screenplay. In an interview years later, Lemmon confirmed this.
* The studio wanted Groucho Marx for the role of Dr. Dreyfuss, but Billy Wilder said no, stating that he wanted an actor with more dramatic weight for the part.
• Promises, Promises, the musical version of The Apartment, opened at the Shubert Theater on December 1, 1968 and ran for 1281 performances.(imdb)
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Nurturing Creative Thinkers
In this entertaining talk, Sir Ken Robinson asserts that to get the best out of people, schools need to nurture creative thinkers rather than good workers.
Creativity expert, Sir Ken Robinson, makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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BOSTON — When things are going wrong, it pays to have relatives that have endured similar experiences.
In Tomas Kaberle's case it paid off both for him and the Bruins.
Once last night's Game 7 victory was through, Kaberle had proven to be the latest "comeback kid" among the many of slumping players head coach Claude Julien has stood by to come through over the course of this magical season.
Scrutinized like an extra terrestrial here on Earth ever since he came to Boston in a February trade — and let's face it, a puck-moving defenseman has been alien here over the last several years — Kaberle might've hit rock bottom in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final when he coughed up the puck on the tying goal and then was on the ice for Tampa Bay's game-winner.
That's when Kaberle, who inexplicably had been letting the media and fan criticisms get to him (this guy played in Toronto for more than a decade for crying out loud), decided to turn his father and brother, both named Frantisek.
While the elder Frantisek was once a member of the Czech national team, Kaberle's brother Frantisek once won a Stanley Cup with Carolina. The younger Frantisek now lives in Tampa, which was quite a fortuitous coincidence for the Bruins blueliner.
"I talked to my family and stuff and they told me – especially my dad and my brother – they said obviously just trust yourself and your teammates," Kaberle explained amidst the celebration last night after Boston's 1-0 win over the Lightning. "If you believe the media, it's not going to help you and your game. So I stick with it and I talk to them every day. And like I said, this is a great team and we help each other out there. This is a game of mistakes and mistakes happen."
That Kaberle didn't continue on a downward spiral is a credit to his family, the coaches and his teammates, but mostly to him and his desire to win. Once toiling as a poster child for a Maple Leafs organization that seems to be endlessly chasing its tail, Kaberle recognized the opportunity he finally had at 33 to do things numerous players stuck in Toronto are left to dream about.
Kaberle's renaissance wasn't just reflected in his two assists in Game 6 or his plus-2 rating over the final three games of the series
It was about the shots he got on net and the ones he attempted that didn't get through. It was about the passes he made to set up scoring chances, even when Lightning goaltender Dwayne Roloson was making unthinkable saves to keep the Bruins off the board in Game 7.
And, more than anything, it was about Kaberle's ability to play sound defensive hockey within the system and limit his mistakes, while still having the confidence to carry the puck (and even make an end-to-end rush late in a scoreless game) and add that offensive element he was brought here for. He was blocking shots and getting his stick in the passing lanes, which was much appreciated by his teammates.
"I noticed that he was really playing hard and even finishing checks, blocking some shots," said captain Zdeno Chara. "He slid down, in the second period, I think twice or three times and prevented them from making some plays or passes. For sure he was really hungry and he wanted it really bad just like everybody else."
Obviously, the last time kind words were written about Kaberle, he flushed away the good will with that Game 4 debacle. But now he's on to the Stanley Cup Final, which means the Bruins relinquish another second-round pick to the Leafs — a pick they were always hoping they'd never get to make.
Kaberle, who admitted he didn't know there was going to be more to the trade, would've wanted Toronto to have that pick as well.
He obviously hasn't lived up to the expectations he carried with him from Toronto — at 5-on-5 or on the power play. But championships have a way of weighing even the most lopsided trades in terms of talent toward the side that immediately benefits the most as a team. The Leafs might win out in the end, but it's the Bruins who are playing for the Cup.
"Kaberle is such a great player," said center Chris Kelly. "I've thought that since my, I think my first game was against Toronto in the NHL. Being from the Toronto area, I watched him. To see him bounce back, he never really gets rattled.
"For him to come up huge is one of the reasons we're going to the finals."
The chance to enjoy last night's accomplishment was part of the reason Kaberle only had one team — Boston — on his OK list for potential trades for the last couple seasons. And it's part of the reason the Bruins are winners of that deal for now.
"Obviously when you're making decisions, things happen sometimes for a reason or whatever, you know? I just played it by ear. I'm happy to be here and I'll do my best to help this team," he said.
In some demented way, maybe the scrutiny worked in Kaberle's favor. It caused him to retreat to the familiar advice of his family and rethink his approach to the game. Had he been traded somewhere where they care less, he might've just played out the string until free agency without a hint of improvement.
Now he has bigger goals on his mind.
"It's great. What can you ask for more? You dream as a kid to be in the finals and hopefully win it," said Kaberle. "This is a great chance for this team and we've got a lot of great players here. We're going to play hard."
Kaberle's style of play might cause more stomach aches over the course of the Cup final. He might continue to finally emerge as a comfortable, confident back-line force. Whatever the future holds for Kaberle, it won't be from lack of support from his family and teammates. Maybe a little more support from us outsiders would do him some good as well.


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Ethanol helps, not hurts, consumers
McPheeters: Oil prices, speculators driving up food costs.
Farmers are using surplus corn from increased efficiency in production to make ethanol, according to Scott McPheeters.
McPheeters, who's a board member of KAAPA Ethanol, a farmer-owned ethanol-producing plant by Minden, returned last week from a Renewable Fuels Association national convention in Phoenix, AZ.
However some critics, like former President Bill Clinton, claim that corn-based ethanol could lead to higher food prices and riots in poorer countries.
Many people don't realize that only 3% of grain grown throughout the world on a net basis is used to manufacture ethanol, McPheeters pointed out.
Low supplies, high prices
Yet, with low corn stockpiles in the United States and throughout the world, food and grain prices are rising.
Critics blame some of the shortage on corn used to make ethanol but McPheeters said it's not that simple.
"High food prices are linked to high petroleum prices and speculators driving up ag commodities beyond reason who think the sky is falling," he said.
For McPheeters, ethanol is vital to wean the country from dependence on foreign oil, especially with recent cost spikes of the product due to political turmoil in Libya and other Arab nations.
The military presence in the Middle East, which Americans pay for to protect oil supplies, is a huge cost to consumers, he said.
KAPPA Ethanol chief-executive-officer Chuck Woodside, who is also Renewable Fuels Association chairman, said many Americans don't think about that presence in terms of monetary price.
"And you can't measure the cost of human life," Woodside said.
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There is a button below the card 'new' on clicking this, another random card is displayed. Next to it is a 'remove' button which allows the user to remove that word pair from the database. Depending on the word, next to the flashcard, an image found from bing images is displayed, same size as the card.
Below all that is a area where a bing search based word and dictionary meaning of the english word will be displayed. Below that is a place of google ads. Budget 55
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Alachua County needs a new county manager, and it plans to pick one from a pool of about 60 candidates by the end of May.
Alachua County needs a new county manager, and it plans to pick one from a pool of about 60 candidates by the end of May.
The new hire will replace Acting County Manager Richard Drummond, who is ready to step down after taking over for former County Manager Randall Reid after Reid left to take a job with Sarasota County in January 2012.
The county hopes to select a new county manager by the end of May and have him or her ready to start work by July 31.
"I'm very optimistic that we will have that done," said Betty Baker, deputy county manager.
The County Commission is paying an executive search firm, Bob Murray and Associates, to manage the job search. It picked the company as its top choice in December.
The company's estimated fee for the project is $16,500, along with as much as $7,500 in extra expenses, although the latter figure doesn't include travel costs for the top candidates who come to Gainesville for interviews.
S. Renee Narloch, director of the firm's East Coast office in Tallahassee, is overseeing the search.
There were about 60 applicants for the position as of early this week, Baker said. Not all of them were necessarily considered competitive candidates during the firm's screening process, which includes background checks and interviews.
Narloch will narrow the pool to a list of 10 to 15 potential hires, and the commission will meet May 10 to select its top five, Baker said. The finalists will be invited to come to Gainesville for in-person interviews on May 16-17.
Candidates will have one-on-one interviews with each commissioner as well as any constitutional officers interested in meeting them on May 16. That afternoon, the county will host a stakeholder reception so community groups and members of the public can meet the candidates.
Residents will be able to offer their opinions on the prospective hires to commissioners, although the county hasn't yet determined how it will handle that, Baker said.
The commission will interview each candidate as a board on May 17 and will pick its top three choices at its meeting the following Tuesday, May 21.
Negotiations with the commission's first choice will begin after that. Chairman Mike Byerly is the only commissioner personally involved in negotiations, although the commission will identify contract parameters and must approve the final agreement as a board.
"But with them giving us parameters, we'll know how (high) we can go or how low," Baker said.
The commission discussed possible contract stipulations at its policy discussion meeting this week. Baker told the board there isn't a salary range for the county manager but said the commission could consider industry standards or sample contracts for guidance.
Commissioner Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson said each part of the contract — salary, relocation expenses, work-related memberships — carries a cost for the county but that he cares more about the total price tag rather than how the money is distributed.
Commissioner Charles "Chuck" Chestnut IV said he was interested in learning about standard practices for this kind of contract, wondering if the county will lose candidates if it nitpicks on issues such as relocation expenses.
The staff plans to research county manager contracts from other places and report back to the board, Baker said.
Commissioner Mike Byerly pointed out the county can move to its second or third choice if the top candidate's demands are unreasonable.
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Before I begin outlining why I believe Linux is not threatened by Apple's move to use Intel processors, let me tell you a bit about myself. My entire life I was surrounded by technology. As my father is an electrical engineer, I was probably one of the only kids in my neighborhood who knew what an oscilloscope was, or why anyone would want to have one for personal use. I tinkered with taking apart electrical devices, such as alarm clocks and small TV's (the shock from the back of a 13" TV tube is something never to be forgotten). Much of my time as a kid was spent playing with Legos, reading, and becoming a poor baseball player with poor eyesight. Sometime in High School I developed a love for writing, most likely spawned from my love of reading. I spent 1 1/2 years at the University of Illinois where I pursued a major in Secondary Education, concentrating in English. I also performed in 2 student written plays and had a thankfully short tryst with the ROTC (ah, the lure of money for books, tuition and food). Finding myself in a difficult position financially, I left school to work. It was while taking time off from school that I met my wife, who, being the quite intelligent and sharp person that she is, realized that I had a geek-tech side just bursting to come out. When I returned to school (a lovely, small New England liberal arts college) I promptly dove into Computer Science as my major with Computer (or, as many others refer to it, Management) Information Systems as my minor.
While in school, for the second time, I had a professor whose only flaw was that he was certain that Apple would be bankrupt and out of business in two years' time, that the company was no longer relevant, and we should all concern ourselves with the dominant platform of the moment, Windows 95. This was about a year or so before the world heard of an iCEO or Windows 98. Well, we all know the rest of that history.
Upon graduation I found meaningful, and somewhat gainful, employment with a government contractor developing software for the Navy. I was responsible for taking legacy Unix (specifically HP-UX, or as my co-workers lovingly referred to it, PH-UX) applications and rewriting them in Java. Mostly front-end GUI work, but fun and educational all the same. I also worked on a large scale simulation system, and helped run our company's test facility. Meanwhile, my wife had attended RISD, graduating with two degrees, a BFA and a BGD (Bachelors of Graphic Design), and had found herself redesigning Tupperware's website. Together, we had written two children's books, one of which came with an interactive CD-ROM that I developed in Macromedia Director. Because of my wife's schooling and work, I found that Apple was far from dead, that their OS was superior to Windows, mostly because it just works, and that Apple's hardware is built like a tank. Meanwhile, I was finding many faults with Windows, including Windows 2000, and decided to give this thing called Linux a try. My first distro of choice: Corel. Fun and amusing, but my USB Zip drive wouldn't work, and I didn't feel like hacking anything. Next, I believe I tried a flavor of Red Hat. Again, too much under the hood just to make the thing usable. So, I gave up for about two years. Forward to today. My wife and I own a successful fine stationery company. We recently attended the National Stationery Show and our products are in all parts of the country (and, yes, I am proud). She's still running the same Macintosh we bought so many years ago, and my PC has about two original parts. But, I run Windows 2000 and SUSE 9.1 (soon to be 9.3) on it. And, I look forward to the day that I replace my desktop with a laptop, and we both get Mac Minis for work.
As you can see, I've had a fairly diverse background, but have always been surrounded by, or somehow involved with, technology and the tech industry. I do my best to keep abreast of the industry, its problems and its successes. From my particular vantage point I see three operating systems, each competing with each other, but also quite entrenched in their user bases. Two of the three will grow their market share at the expense of the third, and the reasons are fairly simple.
One thing is certain to happen over the next couple of years: Macintosh sales will slow, not drastically, but more so than many think (or, maybe more accurately, the rate of new adopters will cool more significantly than thought). This slow will contine until Apple gets its OSX-on-x86 act together. Of course, anyone who has any idea about the tech industry and a vague clue as to human nature can see the slowdown in Mac sales coming. To spell it out explicitly, Mac sales will slow because Joe and Jane Smith from down the block don't understand computers at all. Little Bobby, who lives next door and works at CompuMegaSaleMart, only understands what everyone has told him. Macs have no software available for them and that this switch to Intel processors means that the Macs bought today will be obsolete in 18 months. No one wants to hear that the new computer they just bought, even the $399 Blue Light Special Dell, is ever going to be obsolete, even though they will want something new and improved in 6 months, but won't have the money for 12, therefore creating obsolescence in 12 months anyway. So, when Joe and Jane Smith go into CompuMegaSaleMart to buy their new email/web surfing/recipe writing/occasional school paper word processor computer, they speak with little Bobby. Who nicely shows them the new DellGatewaySonyWhiteBox-Windows-XP-running computer. When Joe and Jane ask about that cute little Mac Mini/iMac that they've heard so much about, little Bobby spews the same disinformation to them that he's received from all those "in the know." Not really having a clue about computers, and not wanting to buy a computer that has no software available for it and will be useless in 18 months, they opt for the DellGatewaySonyWhiteBox, helping to ensure that, at least for the next couple of years, Symantec and McAfee will stay in business.
Okay, so you ask, "Where does Linux fit into all of this?" Well, it fits in where it fits in. Meaning, it fits in with people like myself, who are looking for a system that they can use without worrying about viruses and trojan horses and spyware; those who like the feel of Linux, the way it hums along and almost never needs to be rebooted (outside the occasional kernel upgrade), the way you can hack the system to your liking, the way your inner geek gets to come out and play. It fits in with students and small business people who can't afford new equipment every 24 months and the Microsoft Windows license to go with it. More importantly, it fits in where there are large populations of poor people. Namely, countries like China, India, Namibia, Peru, etc. Large populations for whom a license for Windows XP, Office, Norton Anti-virus, etc. would take up most, if not all, of their yearly earnings. It is the developing nations that will lead the adoption of Linux. But, don't fool yourself, it does not fit in on the desktop of large corporations looking to save some money. Maybe, one day in the future, but not today, regardless of the extra costs associated with the defenses required by running Windows.
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