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Wild Bunch's Vincent Maraval blasts French star system
Producer and sales chief slams salaries of France's top stars, calling for rethink of French film subsidy system and cap on actor wages.
Wild Bunch co-chief Vincent Maraval has sparked a major debate in the French film industry over star wages and the country's generous film subsidies in an incendiary editorial in Le Monde newspaper over the festive period.
"This year has been a disaster for French cinema," declared Maraval in an editorial dated Dec 28 and written in response to the recent furore over actor Gérard Depardieu's decision to renounce his French citizenship over a 75% tax levy on citizens with an annual income of more than $1.3m (€1m).
"All the French films of 2012 billed as important, failed, losing millions of euros," he explained, citing such titles such as The Dream Team (Les Seigneurs), Astérix, Pamela Rose, Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami, Stars 80, Bowling, Populaire and La Verité Si Je Mens 3.
"While Gérard Depardieu dominates the headlines and ministers fall over themselves to denounce his tax exile two kilometres from the border of the country he no longer 'feels part of", nobody is talking about the state of French cinema," continued Maraval.
The real scandal, he said, was not Depardieu's decision to quit France over his tax bill but rather the fact France's film industry no longer turned a profit, amid spiralling production costs ratcheted up by unrealistic actors' salaries.
"Not one film, except perhaps What's in a Name? (Le Prénom), can erase what the whole industry knows, but attempts to keep secret: French cinema is based on an increasingly subsidy-based economy. Even the biggest commercial successes lose money," he wrote.
A number of the cited titles had performed respectably at the box office — such as Houba! On The Trail Of The Marsupilami which attracted six million French spectators – but still lost money, he said.
Reality check
Maraval said it was time to re-appraise production costs and in particular the salaries currently commanded by the country's top stars.
"Films are too expensive. After the US studios, France holds the record for average production costs: $7.17m (€5.4m), against $4.5m (€3m) for an independent American film," he wrote.
The producer and sales chief placed much of the blame for these elevated costs on the French star system.
"Dany Boon commands sums which leave Gérard Depardieu behind - $4.5m (€3.5m) for Fly Me To The Moon (Le Plan Parfait), the box office of which isn't big enough to pay his salary!" he wrote.
"Why is it that well-known French actors – whether it's Vincent Cassel, Jean Reno, Marion Cotillard, Gad Emaleh, Guillaume Canet, Audrey Tautou, Léa Seydoux – make €500,000 to €2m for a French film, with a market limited to our borders, while, when they shoot an American film, aimed at the international market, they're happy with €50,000 to €200,000?," quizzed Maraval.
Comparing the earnings of a series of internationally renowned actors and directors with some of France's second-tier household names, Maraval continued: "Did you know that Benicio Del Toro made less for Che than Francois-Xavier Demaison in any of the films he's played in? That Marilou Berry, in the Croisiere, made three times more than Joaquin Phoenix in the next film by James Gray and that Philippe Lioret makes more than Steven Soderbergh and seven times more than James Gray or Darren Aronofsky?"
Alluding back to Depardieu's recent fall from grace, Maraval continued: "How is Depardieu a bastard (salaud)? The man who plays in Mammuth for free, helping the film to exist and is proposing to do the same thing for (Abel) Ferrara's DSK. Why is Vincent Cassel, who uses his money and energy to help young filmmakers like Kim Chapiron and Romain Gavras, more guilty than the system."
Subsidy re-think
Maraval concluded that it was time for the government and France's National Cinema Centre (CNC) to re-appraise how it meted out the country's film subsidies to the industry, calling for actor salaries in subsidised films to be capped at $530,000 (€400,000).
"At a time when Francois Hollande wants big industry bosses to cap their salaries, should the cinema world's top earners continue to earn more than they are worth, thanks to public money and an exceptional and unique finance system?" he wrote.
"Our famous French cinema subsidies only profit a handful of upstarts. But that will never provoke a scandal as noisy as Gérard Depardieu's fiscal exile. The leftover crumbs silence those whose role it should be to push for an analysis of the situation," he concluded.
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well this is a reproduction of the text
published in le "Monde"from start to end , this should not be
your job.
we have a situation in France which is very difficult
a simple copy of Maraval statement is a disgrace
to the readers of Screen who in most cases
do not understanbd what's going on.
Um, thanks for that but I think I'll be ok in my comprehension of the article. And, actually the problem exists in all subsidized film territories including the UK. Of course we have uk 'stars' who demand much greater salaries in their own local films than they can get in Hollywood productions. But the BFI is much more likely to 'fund' a film with a local star that one without. It's called opportunism, greed, fear - oh, I meant to say...the Film Industry.
interesting article - it's good to see that inflated film salaries backed by the tax payer are not just unique to the UK!
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The big ones are easy to name – heart diseases, respiratory diseases, malaria, HIV/AIDS etc – but coming in at number eight, road traffic injuries is perhaps less intuitive.
Today's World Health Organisation report on road safety is a call for more legislation – noting that only 7 percent of the world's population is covered by legislation covering all five major traffic risks identified by the WHO. In practice this means laws against speeding and driving while intoxicated and requiring motorcycle helmets, seat belts, and child restraints.
It is a dense report worth digesting in more detail, but for now here are the highlight statistics from the report (all graphics courtesy WHO):
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As I was browsing the Mizuki page, I noticed that in the info bar nearly half of the abilities, family, etc. have an "Anime only" tag.
Could someone please explain why such is necessary for a character that ( to my knowledge ) is more used in the anime, than in the Manga?
Regards! Deagonx (talk) 16:39, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
- Because after his appearance in the Episode 1, he appeared again in Anime, while in manga he never so... --Ilnarutoanime 16:48, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
Well, if he is used more in the anime than in the manga, wouldn't those tags be a bit irrelevant?—This unsigned comment was made by Deagonx (talk • contribs) .
- Because we list infos even it comes from the anime, and I think to prevent issues--Ilnarutoanime 16:52, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
We're supposed to represent data as is. Mizuki is a manga canon character than has appeared more in the anime, hence the tags "anime only" Tsubaki is his lover in the anime only, he uses those techniques in the anime only.--Cerez365™ 16:53, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
I apologize, I shall try to be a bit less vague in my proposals. If he is used more in the anime than the manga, I think that the anime-only tags should be removed, and manga-only tags should be added for things that only occur in the manga (assuming there are any) I just get the feeling like the anime is being taken at a lower level, or lower canon significance than the anime. Which is alright with me, but not in a case like this where it is mainly an anime character.
- Manga trumps anime, so no. The manga only tag is for techniques are used only in the manga and either have not made it to the anime or are as of yet to be animated.--Cerez365™ 17:16, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks Cerez for explaining.. I can't explain it. :D --Ilnarutoanime 17:33, August 3, 2011 (UTC)


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A Pilot Study of a Thrombopoietin-Receptor Agonist, Eltrombopag, in Patients With Low to Int-2 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
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- Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are bone marrow disorders characterized by anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia (low red blood cell, white blood cell, and platelet counts). Patients with MDS are at risk for symptomatic anemia, infection, and bleeding, as well as a risk of progression to acute leukemia. Standard treatments for MDS have significant relapse rates. MDS patients with thrombocytopenia who fail standard therapies require regular, expensive, and inconvenient platelet transfusions, and are at risk for further serious bleeding complications.
- Eltrombopag is a drug designed to mimic the protein thrombopoietin, which causes the body to make more platelets. Eltrombopag has been able to increase platelet counts in healthy volunteers and in patients with chronic ITP (a disease where patients destroy their own platelets very rapidly and thus develop thrombocytopenia), but researchers do not know if the drug can increase platelet counts in patients with MDS.
- To find out whether eltrombopag can improve platelet counts in patients with MDS.
- To determine whether eltrombopag is safe for patients with MDS.
- Patients 18 years of age and older who have consistently low blood platelet counts related to MDS that has not responded to conventional treatment.
- Treatment with eltrombopag tablets once per day for 90 days.
- Participants will be monitored closely throughout the initial treatment, with weekly blood tests and separate evaluations at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) treatment center every 4 weeks. Bone marrow biopsies may be conducted to check for abnormalities in bone marrow.
- If patients show signs of improved platelet counts after 90 days, treatment will continue with additional doses of eltrombopag.
- Patients who discontinue taking eltrombopag will be evaluated at the NIH treatment center 4 weeks after ending treatment, and again 6 months after ending treatment to check for potential side effects.
|Myelodysplastic Syndromes Thrombocytopenia
|Drug: Eltrombopag
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Study of a Thrombopoietin-Receptor Agonist (TPO-R Agonist), Eltrombopag, in Patients With Low to Int-2 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
- 20,000/micro L increase in platelets above baseline and the toxicity profile at 3 months. [ Time Frame: 3 months after first dose medication ]
- Changes in platelet count (continuous variable), changes in platelet transfusion requirements, incidence of bleeding; changes in serum thrombopoietin level (as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, R&D System)
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|July 21, 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 30, 2021
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 30, 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Diagnosis of MDS, with WHO classification of refractory anemia, refractory cytopenia with unilineage dysplasia (RCUD), RARS, RCMD-RS, or RCMD.
IPSS risk scores of low, intermediate-1, or intermediate-2.
Platelet count less than or equal to 30,000/ microL or platelet-transfusion-dependence (requiring at least 4 platelet transfusions in the 8 weeks prior to study entry); or hemoglobin less than 9.0 gr/dL or red cell transfusion-dependence (requiring at least 4 units of PRBCs in the eight weeks prior to study entry) OR ANC less than or equal to 500
Age greater than or equal to 18 years old
Teatment naive or off all other treatments for MDS (except stable dosing of filgrastim [G-CSF], erythropoietin, and transfusion support) for at least four weeks. G-CSF can be used before, during and after the protocol treatment for subjects with documented neutropenia (<500/UI) as long as they meet the criteria for other cytopenia as stated above. G-CSF must be held for 3 weeks prior to enrollment bone marrow biopsy and prior to each study assessment bone marrow biopsy, unless clinically indicated to avoid infections per PI discretion.
Adequate liver function, as evidenced by total serum bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal patients with Gilbert s disease are eligible, provided intermittent indirect hyperbilirubinemia, AST or ALT less than or equal to 5 times the upper limit of normal.
A serum creatinine concentration less than or equal to 2 times ULN
WHO classification of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), RAEB-1, RAEB-2, AML
Treatment with horse or rabbit ATG or Campath within 6 months of study entry
Subjects with liver cirrhosis including subjects infected with Hepatitis B or C
Subjects with HIV
Infection not adequately responding to appropriate therapy
History of malignancy treated with chemotherapy and cytogenetic abnormalities suggestive of secondary myelodysplasia.
Moribund status or concurrent hepatic, renal, neurologic, pulmonary, infectious, or metabolic disease of such severity that it would preclude the patient s ability to tolerate protocol therapy
Life expectancy of less than 3 months
Hypersensitivity to eltrombopag or its components
Female subjects who are nursing or pregnant or are unwilling to take oral contraceptives or refrain from pregnancy if of childbearing potential
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00961064
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|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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|Study First Received:
|August 15, 2009
|Last Updated:
|August 5, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) ):
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Pathologic Processes
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
Blood Platelet Disorders
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Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider and other officials at the construction site of the newly-named Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge to get a progress report as preparations are made to place the final girder beam that will connect Illinois and Missouri. The project has created or supported more than 3,400 jobs within a record-breaking diverse workforce. The new bridge will provide congestion relief, improve safety and spur economic development across the region.
"We look forward to seeing the final beam that will connect two great states on this historic bridge project, enhancing safety and relieving congestion in the area," Governor Quinn said. "This bridge has already made a great impact by providing thousands of jobs and boosting economic activity in the region that will continue for many years to come. In addition, our weekly average of a 26 percent minority workforce far surpasses the federal requirement and sets a record for the Metro East."
On Friday, President Barack Obama signed legislation to officially name the bridge the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge. The project is a joint undertaking by the Missouri and Illinois departments of transportation. Construction workers recently finished installing the cables on both sides of the bridge and are currently working on final preparations to close the gap at the center of the bridge.
The new bridge will have two traffic lanes in each direction with room to expand to three lanes. It will carry Interstate 70 traffic from Illinois to Missouri connecting I-70 from the I-55/I-64/I-70 interchange on the Illinois side to I-70 near Cass Avenue in Missouri. Construction began in 2009 and is expected to be complete by early 2014.
The Mississippi River Bridge is expected to reduce severe traffic congestion and vehicle crashes on the Poplar Street Bridge (PSB). Currently, the PSB carries combined traffic for Interstates 55, 64 and 70. In 2004, traffic counts on the PSB averaged between 115,000 and 125,000 vehicles daily.
"We are very excited for the many benefits this project will bring to this region, including a safer and faster commute for motorists," Secretary Schneider said. "Additionally, we are proud to see the progress on this bridge and thankful to the diverse group of trade workers, contractors and consulting engineers who have worked diligently to get the job done on schedule."
"This project has been a great benefit to the entire region. It has provided jobs and opportunities for many families, and I am pleased that it is proceeding on schedule," state Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Belleville) said. "Improving our local infrastructure and ensuring that goods can flow easily through our region is crucial to strengthening the local economy."
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has awarded 32 construction contracts for the project totaling more than $261 million. Fifteen of these contracts are essentially completed. The Missouri Department of Transportation has awarded five construction contracts totaling more than $270 million, which includes the $229 million main span contract. Three of these contracts are completed.
In Illinois, the project has utilized 117 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise companies under contracts providing more than $114 million in engineering and construction services, totaling 18.8 percent of the awarded work. Since the start of the bridge project, minorities have made up a weekly average of 26 percent of the total workforce, a record rate of contract participation.
The estimated $708 million project is funded through a combination of federal and state funds, which includes $42 million from Governor Quinn's Illinois Jobs Now! capital program. Missouri contributed $66 million towards the project. To date, of the $14 billion in the Illinois Jobs Now! program dedicated for transportation needs through 2015, IDOT has awarded approximately 5,700 projects worth $13.57 billion, creating and supporting 170,000 jobs. These have included improvements to 7,205 miles of roadways and 1,170 bridges.
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Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 06:00 am
Reid tournament
The opening face-off at the John Reid Memorial Tournament goes 8 a.m. Thursday at Servus Credit Union Place.
The 16-team, 42-game schedule at the 36th annual St. Albert bantam AAA invitational tournament consists of four divisions split into two conferences to determine the playoff pairings in the A, B and C brackets.
Thursday�s opening ceremonies start at 7 p.m. at Northstar Hyundai Arena and the winner of the sixth annual $1,000 John Reid Memorial Scholarship will be announced.
The A semifinals are Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Northstar Hyundai Arena and 1:45 p.m. at Mark Messier Arena.
The championship game is Sunday at 2 p.m. at Northstar Hyundai Arena.
The 1983 Territorial Leasing Sabres are the only St. Albert team to win the tournament.
Visit www.johnreidmemorial for results.
Reid conference
Thursday in the John Reid Conference the host St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres compete in the Hoof & Nail Farrier Supplies Ltd. division against the Winnipeg Monarchs at 11 a.m. and HC Kometa Brno of the Czech Republic, the first European team in tournament history, at 8 p.m. The last game for the Sabres before the playoffs is Friday against the Okanagan Hockey Academy of Penticton at 2:15 p.m. All three games are at Northstar Hyundai Arena.
The Skybox Grill division includes the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes, Burnaby Winter Club Bruins, Lloydminster Heat and Calgary Flames.
Iginla conference
In the Jarome Iginla conference the SVS Group LLP division is comprised of the Dallas Stars Elite, Pursuit of Excellence Academy of Kelowna, SSAC Southgate Lions and Calgary Bisons.
The C2 Homes Ltd division features the Los Angeles Jr. Kings, Spruce Grove PAC Saints, Notre Dame Hounds and the 2013 champion North Shore Winter Club Hawks.
Ticket prices
A four-day pass is $40 for adults ($30 with no program) and $25 for students and seniors ($18 with no program).
Daily admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Children 10 and under get in free. There is no charge for Raiders Hockey Club and St. Albert Minor Hockey Association players wearing their team jackets.
Awards banquet
The highlight of Saturday�s tournament banquet, starting at 6 p.m. at the Ramada Conference Centre Ballroom, is the presentation of the John Reid Memorial Award for heart and hustle to a Sabres player.
The tournament was renamed in Reid�s memory in 2004.
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Eric Fisher was a two-star prospect in a five-star world.
He was too raw for recruiters, too lanky for power conferences, too much a project for top schools. By the time he committed to Central Michigan, there was no big fuss. There was no bulletin on the TV sports ticker. No huge headlines.
Few scouts paid attention to the 6-foot-7 tackle from Rochester Hills, Mich.
Less than five years later, they are now.
Fisher is set to become the highest drafted player in his school's history. The left tackle, who added about 60 pounds to what was a 242-pound build when arriving on campus in 2009, was recently named practice player of the week leading up to Saturday's Senior Bowl.
He will play on the North team, facing the favored South at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. It is the same field where he practiced and seemed to have positioned himself firmly in top-10 territory for April's draft.
There is a chip, he says, on his now filled-out shoulder.
"I wasn't recruited very highly out of high school at all," Fisher said. "I'm down here to show everybody I'm one of the best tackles in the nation."
Before his invite to Mobile came in the mail, he showed willingness to work.
For many, weight gain comes natural. For some, too natural.
Fisher, between his metabolism and all the calories he was burning on the field and through training, couldn't seem to keep on his weight.
Central Michigan told him to try.
So he ate, and he ate, and he ate.
"My high school coach told me, 'You're on a see-food diet,'" Fisher said. "'You see food; you eat it.' … Some of those big schools want a big guy who is already 300 pounds and develop him from there. Central wanted to take me as a project player and develop me a different way. It all worked out real well."
In college, he had his own routine.
Before morning practice, he'd eat. After practice, he'd eat. He'd go to class, and after it ended, he'd eat. He said the rest of his day consisted of working out, attending more class, watching football film and going to bed, although it appears he probably missed a meal or two somewhere between that breakdown.
Fisher's NFL path can be traced back to his recruiting visit.
It wasn't one heard about on the news or read a bunch about in the paper, but it was important to him.
On a wall, a photograph hung of Joe Staley, 49ers tackle, a 2007 first-round draft pick and the pride of the Central Michigan Chippewas.
Staley was the first and, a distinction that now has a visible expiration date, the only first-round draft pick in school history.
"I thought, 'That's who I want to be,'" Fisher said. "'I want to follow in his footsteps.'"
He's close.
Staley has been in touch with Fisher, encouraging him to be himself — it got Fisher this far, after all — and finish what he started.
Go ahead, too.
Enjoy this process.
A huddle of reporters gathered this week after a practice, their pens in hand, their tape recorders recording, surrounding Fisher, gauging the interest the once-overlooked kid is seeing now.
The Lions. Have you met with them?
"Yeah," Fisher said. "I have."
How about Chicago?
"Ah, yeah," he said. "I have."
Might as well round it off. The Chargers?
"Yeah," he said, and there was some laughter now. "I think I've almost met with every team. I can't even tell you (how many). These ... days kind of blurred into each other."
From a two-star prospect to a too-many.
How life changed for the tall teenager from Rochester Hills.


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My question is,........Is it a benefit to have users be able to post local surf reports?
What I mean is,..is it good or bad, in respect to crowds and true conditions?
i know I have posted a few, at certain times, and I hope it was a benefit for everyone.
But, as of late I am started to re-think my position on that. Having seen a huge increase in the local reports,......which have increased as the water temps have, I now think that maybe user submitted surf reports may not be in the interest of those of us that call some of these places home.
Is it not bad enough that all these !@#$ ^&* )&(*^&%$ have come out of no where and can be seen up and down the beach, falling on their faces, and having six at a time share the same wave?
Given the fact that all the info that is needed to make an informed decision is right here in front of them, why should users be allowed to make it ez on anyone, ....why not make the rest of those *****es do there own guess work and make the drive and find out on their own? You know, when it is winter time it does not make nearly as much of a difference, but for summer time, I reaaly am starting to think the surf reports should a BlackOut.
Sorry, but after seeing a few complaints about crowds on other website, when I know and saw first hand that those complaining were in fact the ones out of place, it tends to piss me off, so I am Venting. As well as Venting about all of these surf reports that do nothing more then add to the summer time problems, ....(regardless that the crowds will be here whether we like it or not, simply because it is summer), but maybe we should go old school and let everyone figure it out for themselves. This website and others have provided the tools, so let them do the work themselves.
And for the ****s that complain about crowds at certain spots when in fact you face was never even seen until maybe five years ago, at those spots, all I can say it, take yourself and the rest of your sloooow friends and go back to where you came from, and that would mean not in Maryland, if you needed a Hint.
I will most likely get crap thrown at me for this post, but hey, it is all Good!
Enjoy your summer.
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you may have to get a external usb card, i'm stuck as well with my broadcom card.
Hi there ,
how you doind ?
i hope you are all doing well
okay , i installed the latest version of backtrack which is bt5 r1
with the kernel 126.96.36.199 built on ubuntu
i completed now 24 hours of working hard just to enable the os
to use wifi connection
only wired connection works
i tried to download the driver maunally from here :
but i couldn't install it , this error shows when i try to install :
then tryed to use this way :Code:KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` make: *** /lib/modules/188.8.131.52/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [all] Error 2
System==>admin==>Hardware drivers
i found that broadcom driver is not activated
when i click on activate it gives me :
and those are the last lines in the log file :Code:Sorry, installation of this driver failed. Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log
i tryed :Code:2011-11-03 03:27:48,637 WARNING: /sys/module/wl/drivers does not exist, cannot $ 2011-11-03 03:27:48,645 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm4$ 2011-11-03 03:27:53,178 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm4$ 2011-11-03 03:27:53,284 DEBUG: XorgDriverHandler(fglrx, fglrx, fglrx): xorg.con$ 2011-11-03 03:27:53,387 DEBUG: XorgDriverHandler(fglrx, fglrx, fglrx): xorg.con$ 2011-11-03 03:27:53,399 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm4$ 2011-11-03 03:27:53,411 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm4$ 2011-11-03 03:27:53,518 DEBUG: XorgDriverHandler(fglrx, fglrx, fglrx): xorg.con$ $rg.conf driver matches
/etc/init.d/networking start
/etc/init.d/wicd start
still same problem , when i use wicd , it doesn't search for networks
just tells me no networks found
i found also a patch for wl , it didn't work also , gives me some error
please , can any one help me with this ?
i think the problem is with the kernel , how can i downgrade the kernel from
220.127.116.11 to 2.6.38 ?
Thank you
you may have to get a external usb card, i'm stuck as well with my broadcom card.
i am not a broadcom card user, i use alfas only (and have nothing but good things to say about them,mostly anyway). i preface this post as such,only because I cannot test this for you.
it appears as though it still remains a driver issue, before jumping to the conclusion a kernel downgrade is necessary. and noone has helped you with this yet. you need the bcm43xx driver installed properly.
try this:
root@bt:~# apt-get install b43-fwcutter
it will automatically install both the driver and the proper firmware for/to the bcm43xx card at this point.
you can research this on your own prior to doing so. don't take my word for it because i simply cannot test this as I do not use a Broadcom card. I think you will find it to be the ticket closer though.
Hope this helps you,
hey guys
i'm pretty new to linux and i have the same problem.
i have an alienware m17xr3 with a DW 1501 wireless card (broadcom)
while installing the driver i got the same error code and also apt-get b34-fwcutter didnt work for me
my wireless card is displayed as eth1 instead of wlan0 and iwconfig says that there is no wireless extension.
im running bt5r1 over vmplayer and i also tried it with virtualbox but with the same effect.
is there any solution except for getting and usb device?
Hello comrades,
I'm getting the same errors in my HP Dv6 Laptop, I've tried the exact same things
but did not make any progress after all... Isn't there any other driver manager, maybe a little more automated?
Maybe we can focus at MAKE command (Error 2), but I still can't find any solution for that eighter...
I'm stumped, any ideas? :C
Ok, you guys may already know this website :
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/?go=home, it is about the bcm43xx-fwcutter tool, did anyone have any success with this?
It requires some very specific setup, if anyone could make this work please help us out... I am also going 'crazt' with this wireless adapter...
I went crazy with the Broadcom 4313 too...as of 1 hr ago, mine finally works. :0D
Bottom line up front: it's looks like a bug and there is a workaround in two .deb packages for the drivers and the modaliases.
The hardware: HP dv6, Quad core AMD X64, Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4727]
The bug:
Essentially, this bug kicks in when Ubuntu 10.04 LTS gets a higher rev kernel...makes sense; the same wireless card in my laptop works under WIN7 and a stock Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS installation with a 2.6.32 krnl. Disappears untder BT5R1 KDEx64 with a 18.104.22.168 krnl. (chose KDE because the audio works)
NB! Make sure you read this bug post.
The Workaround:
Follow the links on the bug page for your architecture under the section:
"Download and install the latest version of the bcmwl 5.60.* driver (from Ubuntu 10.10 updates):"
Grab the two appropriate .deb files from the "BUILT FILES" section. Mine were as follows:
bcmwl-kernel-source_22.214.171.124+bdcom-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (875.7 KiB)
bcmwl-modaliases_22.214.171.124+bdcom-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb (10.2 KiB)
Let gdebi do her thing and reboot.
After 3 days of rummaging around in Dr. Google's garage, and a full day of jockey-gtk failure, i finally found the wrench that fits. It was that simple. <sigh>
The Caveats:
--INJECTION STILL WILL NOT WORK ON THE BCM4313 ...you still need to go external for that (but at least it works for 'normal' net activity)
--my adapter showed up as eth1...but iwconfig still sees the extentions...
--i am using wicd in the gui to bring it up
Hope this brings you some peace,
Millionfold times Thanx


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E-Tourism Africa Summit
We are very excited about the summit – it's the ideal place to share information and gain insight into the online tourism industry. This year's summit will be bigger and better than ever and as South African Tourism we look forward to connecting with our product-owners.
The E-Tourism Africa Summit is an event not to be missed for members of the travel and tourism industry who want to catch up with all the latest online technology.
The conference, sponsored by South African Tourism, is now in it's 3rd year – and there is no doubt that this year's event is going to be sold out...again.
William Price, Global Manager for E-Marketing for South African Tourism, says the event is a great opportunity for the tourism sector to find out all the latest on social media and online technology.
Price says the event is key for tourism entrepreneurs who want to take their business to another level. 'This is what we are doing so that SME's in the travel industry can directly benefit from our marketing and online efforts' he says.
The event is being organised by E-Tourism Frontiers and CEO Damian Cook points out that there is a great line up of speakers from all over the world, including delegates from Expedia, WAYN.com and Trip Advisor, amongst many others.
Price says the event is particularly exciting as South African Tourism will be showcasing new global campaigns at the summit and will also highlight the National Tourism Database initiative to assist product owners to better market their offerings.
The summit will host training sessions on how to use social media such as Twitter and Facebook to promote tourism. There will also be sessions on website development, e-commerce, online reservations and booking, distribution channels, multimedia, and video and mobile marketing.
Price says that everyone who is anyone in online tourism media will be at the event: 'We are very excited about the summit – it's the ideal place to share information and gain insight into the online tourism industry. This year's summit will be bigger and better than ever and as South African Tourism we look forward to connecting with our product-owners.'


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:: Intermediate Spanish II
Summer 2013
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|35066, 35279
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Ibeth Pena
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|07/08/2013 - 08/15/2013
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A grade of "C" or higher in SPAN 201, or satisfactory score on the KCC language placement test or instructor consent.
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|SPAN 202 is a continuation of SPAN 201. Students will refine basic language skills acquired in Spanish 201 through reading, conversation, writing, listening, vocabulary development, and grammar review of increasing difficulty. Communicative practice with peers, instructor, native-speakers, and articulated language lab activities will develop confidence, control and fluency in written essays and oral expression of ideas about Hispanic culture and society.
This SPAN 202 class sections (CRNs 35066, 35279) are conducted on the Internet. Please check your MyUH portal account regularly for announcements about class cancellations, UH system announcements, and/or email. For additional information please contact the instructor via email (firstname.lastname@example.com).
|Books may be purchased at the Kapiolani CC bookstore or ordered online at http://www.bookstore.hawaii.edu/uhkcc/home.aspx. If you do not have access to the Internet or unable to travel to the bookstore, you may also order by phone at 1-800-UHBOOKS
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It is also required that you obtain a UH Email account. Please go to the following URL for more information: http://www.hawaii.edu/askus/563
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THE revival of adventure footwear brand Colorado takes another big step this month with the formal relaunch of the business that collapsed last year with the loss of 1000 jobs and all of its branded outlets.
The clothing range is gone, and Colorado stores will not resurface this year as chief executive, Don Grover, tries to avoid the mistakes of the businesses' previous owners, Affinity Private Equity Group.
''We want to bring back the product that people love the most which was the footwear,'' Mr Grover told BusinessDay.
''When you peel it all back it's adventure wear, and it's a lifestyle product and it's built around footwear. My intention [is] to play to those very strong key strengths of the brand''.
Sales will be driven by a new Colorado website and through the other two footwear businesses run by Colorado's operating company Fusion Retail Brands - Mathers and Williams.
Myer has signed up as a wholesale customer for the brand, with more expected to follow. ''The distribution strategy we'll have now is less reliant on the huge number of concept stores that Colorado had in the past. I do intend to bring Colorado concept stores back during next calendar year but they'll not be of the scale they were previously,'' said Mr Grover, who joined Fusion in May.
Colorado's debt-funded expansion into big concept stores, and apparel, provided an early demonstration of the retail expansion model which caused so much grief for Billabong investors over the last year.
''That's when things started to go wrong for the brand,'' Mr Grover said of the debt funded expansion into non-core areas.
Colorado ended up in the hands of its creditors, that were owed $430 million, and took ownership of the business in September last year and renamed it Fusion Retail Brands.
Majority ownership is shared between National Australia Bank, Nomura, Rabobank and US private equity firms Anchorage Capital Partners and Ice Canyon.
Fusion said it generated sales of about $270 million last financial year from its five main brands that also includes Diana Ferrari and JAG.
About 25 per cent of top line growth this year is expected to be generated by Colorado as it rebuilds its market presence. Mr Grover said conditions will remain tough for the forseeable future.
''There is still that lack of confidence in the general retail market so our business has got to be capable of taking marketshare and that will be about how we execute,'' he said.


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Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind
The Nirox Sculpture Park, the first of its kind near Johannesburg, offers a relaxing atmosphere in which to enjoy an art form not ordinarily enjoyed by the general public. A single visit to the park could very well turn you into a lifelong lover of art, and more specifically, of sculptures. more
Turbine Hall, Johannesburg
What started out in the late 1920s as a power station has been transformed into a contemporary function venue known as Turbine Hall, run by the Forum Company. Located in Johannesburg's Newtown Cultural Precinct, the building's refurbishment included equipping it with modern conveniences while preserving its historical architecture. more
City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
The City Oval in Pietermaritzburg is one of only two first-class cricket grounds in the world that have a tree inside the boundary. Situated in a leafy area, there are also plenty of other trees off the field, creating a relaxing environment for spectators to enjoy a game of cricket. more
Rugby in South Africa
The power of sport to heal old wounds is an oft-debated subject, but anyone doubting that power need only look at the recent history of South African rugby to realise just how potent a force for change this sport can be. Long may this continue. more
Light from Africa
As well as serving a functional purpose, the art of pottery is rooted in the culture of many South Africans. Working with clay is a way to express our heritage, identity and creativity. It's also a way to stimulate healing and confidence, which is why the Light from Africa Foundation in Cape Town runs a programme of pottery lessons and clay therapy for orphaned and vulnerable children. more
The Clarens Golf Estate, Free State
The classic risk-and-reward design of the course at the Clarens Golf Estate in the Free State allows for a highly memorable experience ... as much for the challenge of each hole as for the sparkling waters and golden mountains that frame the layout. more
Evita se Perron
Legend has it that Pieter-Dirk Uys fell in love with Darling when he ended up there after getting lost on his way to McGregor. Seventeen years later, people take a trip to the town to catch a show at his theatre and soak up some good old-fashioned country living. more
Nightlife in Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Home to the University of the Witwatersrand, multinational companies and a number of creative professional and recreational projects, Braamfontein also has an eclectic mix of nightlife that includes trendy hangouts, sophisticated bars and innovative eateries to serve its diverse population. more
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Adler Museum of Medicine, Johannesburg
Count your modern medical blessings when you encounter historic medical memorabilia at the Adler Museum of Medicine. From bleeding and cupping equipment and a 19th century amputation set to electrical apparatus favoured by Queen Victoria to ease her rheumatism, this quirky museum provides a fascinating peek into our unhealthy past. more
Touring Cape Town's art galleries
A Cape Town art tour will take you through the city's mix of historic art institutions and its trendy, edgy, art and design studios. From Kloof Street to Khayelitsha, you'll find artists and galleries that express the multiple identities that make-up cosmopolitan Cape Town. more
The Bo-Kaap Museum
Cape Town's Bo-Kaap Museum, set in the colourful neighbourhood of Bo-Kaap just outside the city centre, is the place to find out about the resident Islamic community, its history and culture. After your visit, take a walk along the cobbled streets and discover more. more
Art Deco architecture
Signs of Art Deco architecture are scattered across South Africa's major cities like sand in a desert. Wander through most downtown areas and be delighted by stepped forms, chevron patterns and sweeping curves. In Johannesburg alone there are over 100 buildings in the style, many of them national monuments. more
The Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World
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We've all heard the saying, and even the supporting scientific research, that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. While what was probably meant was a healthy serving of eggs, whole wheat toast and other such staples of the modern American breakfast table, we've decided that what was meant was actually pancakes. Lots of pancakes.
What evidence do we have to support this flimsy hypothesis? Well, is there a National Healthy Breakfast Day??? No, there is not (we Googled it). On the other hand, there IS a National Pancake Day, and it just happens to be today. So let's celebrate our favorite syrup-topped morning treat (sorry, waffles) with a hearty helping of some of the best, most interesting pancakes recipes out there. Buttermilk, you can sit this one out.
Cornmeal Pancakes (with Blackberry Syrup)
This may seem like a simple change to buttermilk pancakes, but have you ever tasted cornmeal pancakes? They are stupidelicious, and we guarantee they'll have you shunning regular old pancakes for the rest of your life. Or at least until you run out of cornmeal. Plus this recipe is by The Pioneer Woman, who turns everything she cooks into gold. Make these thin and a little crisp on the edges. Trust us.
Carrot Cake Pancakes with Maple-Cream Cheese Drizzle and Toasted Pecans
One of the many things we love about pancakes is the fact that you can turn just about anything sinful into a pancakes and still call it breakfast. Case in point: these carrot cake pancakes. This is pretty much a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, but because the word "pancake" is in there, it's breakfast. See how easy that is?!
Smashed Raspberry Chocolate Chunk Pancakes
We love Joy The Baker because she's smart, funny, sassy…and girl knows her way around a pancake. Fresh raspberries make these bright and bursting with flavor, while the dark chocolate chunks are nicely bitter while still adding a nice sweetness. Not so sweet that you don't need a healthy pour of maple syrup, though. Of course not.
Maple Syrup Roasted Sweet Potato Pancakes with Citrus Brown Sugar Sauce (pictured at top)
We know the name of the recipe is long, but we really hope you didn't skim over it. Read it again, we'll wait. Crazy, right?? Let's break it down. You roast sweet potatoes in maple syrup for an hour so they're sticky sweet and oh so creamy. Then you mash them (we can't honestly promise we'd make it past this step without eating half the bowl) and make them into pancakes. Next you make a syrup using rum, brown sugar, citrus and butter and you pour it atop these moist pancakes. Can you imagine how hard you'd win breakfast with these?
Ricotta Pancakes with Roasted Golden Delicious Apples and Roasted Prosciutto
If you've never had the pleasure of eating a stack of pancakes that have been touched by the angel that is ricotta cheese, then we call blasphemy on you. We promise you have never had a creamier pancake in your life. It's like eating a pillow that tastes like yum and maple syrup. But wait, it's your lucky day! Check out that last word in the name of the recipe. Prosciutto! You get roasted Italian ham on your pancake, you lucky duck! You know how when you order a side of bacon with your pancakes, you're practically required by law to use it to sop up the last of your pancake's maple syrup? These are like that, but better.
Pandan Pancakes with Coconut Syrup
A leaf from Southeast Asia that is used to sweeten many dishes, Pandan does two awesome things to your pancakes:
1. Gives them a nutty, flavorful taste
2. Makes them green
Pandan is delicious mixed with coconut milk, so this syrup is a perfect complement to the bright green Pandan pancakes from Vien of WeDareFood.blogspot.com.
Finally, here are the perfect pancakes for those of you who, like us, have exclaimed "I love pancakes so much I want to marry them!"
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Why I Read It: I felt like something light, an easy read.
Where I Got It: paperbackswap.com
Who I Recommend This To: If you enjoy children's adventure books, this is pretty decent.
Narrator: Aasne Vigesaa
Publisher: Brilliance Audio (2005)
Length: 5 CDs
Series: Book 1 The Land of Elyon
It was cute.
Oh, OK. This is a book review site and you all deserve more than that. Well, most of you anyway.
Set in the fantasy land of Elyon, our 12 year old heroine (Alexa Daley) is precocious, independent, and has a tendency to inadvertently break stuff. She also saves the day through perseverance and cleverness. She lives in a world of connected cities that elected to wall out nature some decades ago. Spending the summer in Bridewell with her father, she can just barely catch a glimpse of the forest beyond the walls if she stands in just the right place. Her fascination leads her to an unexpected realm of talking animals and a dangerous plot by a group of once-upon-a-time criminals living in the woods.
While Patrick Carman's book had a few twists and turns, it was still fairly predictable. Alexa seemed to be the only kid around (which I found odd, but didn't really detract from the story), and a small clever person was needed by the animals to sabotage the Evil Plan. While certain characteristics of some people, like the pesky rule-oriented Mr. Kotcher, were rather exaggerated, I was pleased that not everyone was as they seemed. I also enjoyed watching Alexa work pretty hard for each step of the adventure; very little was given to her.
In the end, the good guys win. Congrats. If I was younger, it probably would have been more exciting for me. I can see parents putting this on for the kids for a long road trip and enjoying bits of it themselves.
The audio was well done. The narrator, Aasne Vigesaa, was a great fit for Alexa's voice and I especially loved her animal voices (yeah for squirrels!). I wish I could find a website for her, but Brilliance Audio lists several other books performed by her.
What I Liked: Starred a heroine; plot twists; talking animals; an intense moment or two with Mr. Kotcher were some of my favorite scenes; the cover.
What I Disliked: Overall, a bit predictable.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team scored both of its goals in the second half, and the defense pitched its fifth shutout this season, as the Quakers defeated Yale Saturday evening, 2-0, at the Bulldogs' Reese Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium.
With the win, Penn improved to 8-5-1 overall; more importantly, the Quakers remain firmly in the Ivy League championship hunt at 4-1-0. Princeton, which scored twice late to defeat Harvard 3-1, remains atop the table at 5-0-0, while Penn and Dartmouth remain tied in second place. Everyone else has been officially eliminated. Yale fell to 6-7-0, 1-4-0 in Ivy play.
Penn outshot Yale in the match, 13-5, but it wasn't until the 51st minute that the Quakers were able to net what would prove to be the winner. In front of the Yale goal, sophomore Megan York headed it toward goal. Callan Parra and a Yale defender then went for yet another header, and it hit the Bulldog defender and went into the Yale goal for an own goal.
Kathryn Barth provided an insurance tally in the 80th minute when she finished a rebound of a Clara Midgley shot.
Penn outshot Yale, 9-2, in the second half and forced Bulldog goalkeeper Rachel Ames to make five of her seven saves on the night.
Penn is home for the final time this season next Saturday, hosting Brown at 5 p.m. on Rhodes Field. That game will be the first half of a doubleheader at Rhodes, as the Penn men host Brown afterward at approximately 7:30 p.m.
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Bluescope has flagged it may be at least another year before it is firmly in the black, forecasting a loss for the December half.
"We expect an underlying net loss after tax approaching break-even," for the half, managing director Paul O'Malley said at Thursday's annual shareholder meeting.
The foreshadowed loss was before taking into account foreign exchange influences and market conditions, he said.
In the year to last June, Bluescope lost $1.04 billion, little changed from the $1.05 billion loss struck a year earlier, as the company continued to battle the adverse effects of the strong Australian dollar, which has forced it to slash production levels.
Domestically, the company expects a "neutral to negative" contribution to earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortisation in the December half, with a "positive contribution" in the second half.
In New Zealand, iron sands exports have been hit by lower product prices, which has been offset partly by stronger volume.
In the US, the North Star joint venture has seen softer margins than it enjoyed in the second half of the financial year.
Shareholders were told the year ahead remained one of "transformation and turnaround".
During the year, Bluescope formed a joint venture with Nippon Steel, which will encompass all of its Asian operations outside China and India, which helped raise another $540 million to pay down debt.


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11 Dec 2013 by Randy Letto in Boat Tours , Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Whale Watching , Nature , Culture , History , Geography , Cultural Experiences , Outdoor Adventure and Museum
Cruise Nunatsiavut in Labrador to experience unique aboriginal culture and breathtaking Arctic scenery. Find yourself in the adventures and mysteries of the Labrador Inuit as you cruise through their homeland.
The Northern Ranger ferry service links the small, remote communities of Nunatsiavut during the summer months with a 5-day return trip: Happy Valley-Goose Bay to Nain. Passengers have a choice of accommodations ranging from a dormitory bunk to a deluxe cabin with ensuite.
The return trip affords you a rare opportunity to learn the history and culture of this region and the Labrador Inuit lifstyle. During each community visit you will witness how vibrant traditions and culture resonate within modern communities; all under the backdrop of a wild and majestic sub-arctic Labrador environment that profoundly contrasts with the island of Newfoundland.
14 Nov 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Nature , Culture , Parks , Top Destinations , Gros Morne National Park , Bonavista and Cape St. Mary's
A few photos on the incredible beauty that captures your soul in Newfoundland.
29 Oct 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Fishing , Nature , Culture , Entertainment , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural Experiences
Explore the past, experience the beauty. Hiding between the great Tablelands and the vast Atlantic Ocean sits quiet Trout River. While proclaiming itself to be Newfoundland's best kept vacation secret, a more accurate account would be Canada's best kept secret. This destination should be on every travellers list when exploring Newfoundland. Situated 86km from Deer Lake International Airport, in the glorious Gros Morne National Park, it is a rare and beautiful find nestled within another rare and beautiful find.
4 Oct 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Entertainment , Top Destinations and Gros Morne National Park
Watching the sunset on a clear, calm night, its final rays shimmering on the bay waters. The glowing ball of orange disappearing behind the strong, rustic 500 million year old tablelands. It is hard not feel overwhelmed by the natural beauty of the scene. This unique sight can only be seen from the water, which is why you need to get out onto Bonne Bay in a boat.
12 Sep 2013 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours and History
On Thursday, August 29 the weather improved greatly from the previous day and we awoke to bright sun and light winds. We first set our sights on the Point Amour Lighthouse and it was a splendid day to be along the coast. This lighthouse is the second tallest lighthouse in Canada and is 109 feet tall. You can climb the 132 steps to the top where we got a bird's eye view of the surrounding area. While we were there the staff suggested doing the short 1 km trail to see the wreck of the HMS Raleigh which ran aground in dense fog on August 8, 1922.
24 Aug 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Whale Watching and Outdoor AdventureRegion: Eastern
I felt like an alien. I was in a full piece black neoprene wet suit complete with hood, sitting in Ocean Quest's Zodiac listening to Holly Stanley my tour guide for the next three hours. We were headed out of Petty Harbour into the Atlantic Ocean to do something I did not even realize was possible. We were about to go snorkeling with whales.
22 Aug 2013 by Melanie Chambers in Boat Tours , Hiking & Walking , Nature , Parks , Trip Planning , Geography , Top Destinations , Gros Morne National Park and Outdoor Adventure
Hike its peak and boat through Western Brook pond: great views of landscape and moose!
22 Aug 2013 by Lynn McShane in Boat Tours , Food & Dining , History , Entertainment , Top Destinations , Art Galleries and TrinityRegion: Eastern
Trinity has made a huge impact on the tourism scene in Newfoundland. Its beautiful historic properties, lovely art galleries, and great restaurants make for an awesome stay.
12 Aug 2013 by Tara Kroes in Boat Tours , Festivals & Events , Icebergs and Top Destinations
There is an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment when you can cross something off your bucket list. This happened to me at the Iceberg Festival in St. Anthony, Newfoundland where I came within six feet of an iceberg. As someone who has been born and raised in Toronto, icebergs were something that I only saw in commercials for Alaskan boat cruises.
23 Jul 2013 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours , Whale Watching , Nature , Culture and Outdoor Adventure
The next day Sunday, July 14 we headed for St. Anthony were we had booked with the Northland Discovery Boat Tour (http://www.discovernorthland.com/) . Since we had a 1:00 pm sailing, we decided to see the Grenfell Interpretation Centre (www.grenfell-properties.com) which is close to the boat tour wharf. The Grenfell Interpretation Centre tells the amazing story of Dr. Grenfell and his selfless devotion to the health care and general wellbeing of the people of southern Labrador and the Northern Peninsula.
11 Jul 2013 by Lauren Saunders in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Icebergs , Whale Watching and St. John'sRegion: Avalon
It's hard not to visit St. John's without longing to be out on the water. The stunning scenery of the Atlantic Ocean and the rugged coastline can lure any traveller to hop on board with one of our outstanding boat tour operators.
16 May 2013 by Sandra Phinney in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Camping , Hiking & Walking , Kayaking , Nature , History , Art Galleries and Outdoor Adventure
If you recall, our last stop was in North West River. Although we had tentatively planned to leave there mid day, I often lose sight of time when I follow my nose so it was dusk when we bid farewell to this region and hit that long long (albeit relatively new) road to Cartwright. Did I say that road was long? I should have known we wouldn't get there before midnight.
28 Mar 2013 by Janice Goudie in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Food & Dining , Icebergs , Nature and Trip PlanningRegion: Central
Seeing puffins for the first time
2 Aug 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours and Fishing
f you want to go cod fishing from a traditional Newfoundland dory then you need to contact Darren Park. Darren is a top notch guide and operates 2 Newfoundland dories for tours of the Goose and Penguin Arm and is based in Cox's Cove at the end of the North Shore highway (highway 440) near Corner Brook. His dory fishing trips are unique in the province and are very popular during the recreational cod fishery which runs from July 21-August 12, 2012.
26 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours , Nature and Gros Morne National Park
"I love my office" grinned Ryan Young above the roar of the motor as we skipped over the small waves of Trout River Pond. "This southern part of Gros Morne National Park is undiscovered by many people and it is too bad since it is a spectacular area."
We were doing a new Ocean Quest boat tour (http://www.oceanquestadventures.com/services/tourist/gros-morne-national-park) that started on Trout River Pond, and we had to agree - Trout River Pond is amazing since it is surrounded by steep cliffs 550-600 meters high and it is 15 km long.
16 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours , Festivals & Events , Whale Watching , Nature , Entertainment and Gros Morne National Park
We are big fans of traditional Newfoundland music whether it be "I'se the Bye" or a song from the Northern Peninsula that we might never have previously heard. Neddy Norris Night is Theatre Newfoundland Labrador's popular musical night and it takes on a different flavour depending on who is the musical director that year.
13 Apr 2012 by Janice Goudie in Boat Tours , Icebergs and Top DestinationsRegion: Central
We meet people every day. Some who change our lives forever, some we can't remember five minutes after being introduced, and some we don't realize are famous in their own right until afterward.
7 Sep 2011 by Guest Blogger in Boat Tours , Food & Dining , Whale Watching and Culture
As our trip to Newfoundland stretched out before us, I knew I would blog about it and I knew instantly that the theme would be gratitude to the people of Newfoundland. So it's serendipitous that in the last few days I started reading so many words of thanks to the people of Newfoundland from the stranded passengers of 9/11 who were taken into their homes and made to feel like family.
5 Aug 2011 by Guest Blogger in Boat Tours , Diving , Whale Watching and NatureRegion: Avalon
"Remember, give'r till ya shiver," says the man responsible for my safety just before I jump off a boat into freezing water. I've come to the most easterly point in North America in the hope of having an up close and personal experience with whales.
4 Aug 2011 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Boat Tours and Nature
"Yesterday we had 6 women from the Corner Brook area come out for a fishing tour—they were in their 60-70's and they had a great time. Not only did they catch a lot of cod but we saw an eagle for each person." Darren told me over the phone on Tuesday night (August 2)


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text: Show Hide image Culture 19 January 2013 Jonathan Katz: "There was an opportunity to do aid differently. That opportunity was lost." The American journalist on Haiti, his new book, and why the earthquake relief effort has failed. Sign up for our weekly email * On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck fifteen miles outside Port-au-Prince, the capital of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. It levelled the city. Poorly constructed buildings made of over-stretched concrete collapsed en-masse, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. Months later, an outbreak of Cholera claimed thousands more. Former AP correspondent Jonathan Katz was the only full-time American correspondent in Haiti when the earthquake hit. He had lived in the country for two and a half years, and stayed on throughout the reconstruction efforts. Over $10 billion was pledged to Haiti in an outpouring of relief funds and private donations. So why, three years on, is Haiti no better off? "Nearly a million are still homeless...rubble, some mixed with human remains, still chokes much of the city. At last count, more than half the reconstruction money that was supposed to be delivered as of 2011 remains an unfulfilled promise," writes Katz in the introduction to his new book, The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster. Misspent aid money, reneged pledges, lack of funds given directly to the Haitian government, cultural misunderstandings and corrupt self-interest are just a few of the issues that allowed the effort to fail, Katz argues. I wanted to write this book to understand how a massive humanitarian effort, led by the most powerful nation in the world – my country – could cause so much harm and heartache in another that wanted its help so badly. People remember the Haiti earthquake as both an unimaginable disaster and a milestone humanitarian effort. Your thesis is that the relief effort failed - and in some ways became a disaster itself. Why did things turned out this way? Things haven't gone well because the same mistakes that were made before the earthquake, the mistakes that made the earthquake so destructive, were repeated after the earthquake. It was a transformative disaster that, in addition to disfiguring the landscape of Haiti and Port-au-Prince, was also an opportunity to do aid differently, and to recast the relationship between Haiti and the international community - particularly the United States, France and Canada. And that opportunity was lost. We seem so entrenched in our attitudes and our ways of doing things that even despite the enormity of this disaster we were unable to change. The tone of your book was not so much pessimistic as desperate. You write that you initially believed Hillary Clinton when she pledged to 'do things differently' and resist 'falling back on old habits', which of course didn't happen. Was the relief effort incapable or just lazy? Change is hard. Change is always hard, especially any change that asks you to hold yourself accountable for people for whom you were not previously accountable. Here's one way of putting it: to do aid differently asks us to fundamentally alter our understanding of who we are and what we are capable of. Part of that is realizing we're not always a force for good. Aid and disaster response is often looked upon as a gift: "we didn't have to help, but you're in need so I'm going to save you." And you're saying that's a problem, because there is a presumption that whoever plays the 'savior' role inherently knows what's best? Right. It's the attitude of a parent to a child. When you read the pamphlets from USAID and various other development agencies, they will use a broadly philosophical, almost novelistic language. But what I'm trying to show is that this has not been a relationship of unalloyed good. It has also been a relationship of unalloyed evil. There are plenty of people who will tear your ear off about how the United States has tried to screw Haiti up from the beginning – and I don't think that's accurate - but we do have to understand that we've been affecting Haiti for a long time with our trade and immigration policies. So it's not a question of whether we should be involved; it's a question of how we should be involved. To use poker terms: we are pot committed. You write about people losing interest in the Haitian plight a few months after the earthquake. How do you maintain the public's interest in a reconstruction effort once they've donated their money? It's a good question. When talking about a poor country in crisis, there's this idea of the commodity of attention: that if we can only pay attention things will get better, and if things are getting worse it's because we have withheld our attention. But attention is not always good. Celebrities are big on attention, it's what they do, going to a country to 'raise awareness'. I'm not saying that's bad, but attention in-and-of itself doesn't mean anything, especially in the way that it is often meted out to Haiti. Celebrities and sportsmen come to raise awareness by pointing out a hungry child with a pot belly and saying "it's so sad but there's still hope, so please give money to UNICEF". And then they leave and they've done nothing. All they've done is perpetuate a stereotype about a Haitian child and called for the perpetuation of a political, industrialized kind of aid. If people care enough to be reading my book or travelling to Haiti, they need to use their contributions in a smarter way. You can't save everybody, but focus your attention on one thing you care about and understand it as deeply as you can. That will ultimately go a lot farther. And get rid of the industrialized savior complex. After living in a disaster zone, would you say the 'savior complex' is a dynamic perpetuated only by foreigners, or is it more nuanced than that? It's absolutely true that it's more complicated than we often assume. In America the debate often takes on the same shape as the debate on welfare in Britain. The conversation about Haiti has the same tone of 'dependency' and 'laziness', because Haitians often do look at any white person that comes to their country as a purveyor of aid. But it doesn't mean that they're waiting for our largess. They're working very hard and trying to manage their lives. Every reporter will go to Haiti and see so much activity - streets full of people selling and trading and trying to make money any way they can. It is insane to think you're looking at a place that we report as 40-70% unemployment. There's a word in Haitian Creole, dégagé, which basically translates as "muddling through" or "hustling", every hour of every day just to get by. The aid industrialized countries give to Haiti is part of dégagé, you as a foreigner are part of dégagé, but we're not the whole thing. Haitians are capable of taking care of themselves, they just need the tools. Dignity is one of the most important things in Haitian life. Go to any tent camp, even if it's absolute squalor and the latrines are overflowing, people will walk past you with their clothes all coordinated. They may just have one dress and one ribbon but by god they're going to work it. You reveal that much of the aid money went to investing in the Haitian garment industry. Was this just another 'quick fix' that fits our Western model of what a developing job market should be? Yeah, absolutely. Of course the garment industry seems an attractive industry for Americans, because it's good for us too. But you don't really buy it, do you? It has a lousy track record. I'm not saying it's impossible, but having garment factories as the centerpiece of the economy is problematic because the entire principle of the garment industry is that it goes where wages are lowest. So every time the Haitian government raises the minimum wage, that presents a problem for the industry and it's less likely that new jobs will be created. Money should go to investing in businesses that are producing for the Haitian market. It's not like these factories are making clothes for Haitians; they are off-shore battery production for other countries. Outside the existing garment factories in Port-au-Prince there are women sitting on the street selling clothes from Panama. As an American I'm wearing my fashionable, quality controlled clothes made in Haiti, while the women who work in that factory have to buy crappy second-hand clothes that have just come off a boat. What Haiti needs is a functioning, robust society that is full of domestic institutions and is capable of supporting itself. The Big Truck is also very personal. You discuss your own experience of PTSD, shock, and your struggles as a journalist. How was writing a book different from reporting? It was very liberating. I'm reminded of a Simpsons episode when Homer is in a space shuttle and slams into an ant farm. The ants realize the glass is broken and start shouting "freedom, terrible freedom!"That's what it was like - I thought, wow, I can write whatever I want. The book is personal because I wanted to portray myself accurately, to let readers know who was filtering this experience for them. We all come with our biases. I wanted to confront head on the fact that I did have some skin in the game, that I did have emotions here, and it was a necessary trade off for being able to tell the type of story that I did. On the afternoon of January 12 I thought I was being moved to Afghanistan. It just goes to show, never make predictions. The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster by Jonathan Katz is published by Palgrave Macmillan. * This article was amended 21st January, 10am to reflect that Jonathan Katz was not the only American journalist but the only full-time American correspondent in Haiti when the earthquake struck. Charlotte Simmonds is a writer and blogger living in London. She was formerly an editorial assistant at the New Statesman. You can follow her on Twitter @thesmallgalleon. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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SKELETONS were the recipients of make-overs as the Best Dressed Skeleton event went ahead.
At the Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, children decorated and dressed up the pre-cut skeletons to bring them alive, before taking them home to keep.
Angie Bishop, manager of Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, said: "It went really well, and everybody had a lot of fun dressing up their skeletons with a range of materials we provided.
"The event was fully booked, and the skeletons all looked great. They've all gone to good homes after their make-overs."
For more information on the activities the art gallery and museum provides, visit whub.org.uk/cms/museums-worcestershire/city-art-gallery-and-museum.aspx, or call 01905 25371


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HAMBURG, GERMANY - JULY 04: Eddie Chambers of the USA celebrates after winning the WBO Eliminator Heavyweight fight against Alexnder Dimitrenko of the Ukraine during the Universum Champions Night at the Color Line Arena on July 04, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Krafft Angerer/Bongarts/Getty Images)
A press conference was held today for the upcoming NBC Sports Network Fight Night card, June 16 at Prudential Center, Newark NJ. The card features a 10 round bout between Tomasz Adamek and Eddie Chambers. Co-featured on the card will be Bryant Jennings vs. Steve Collins. Right here, you can view a collection of quotes and photos from the Chambers vs. Adamek presser. Chambers-Adamek presser photos Quotes Gary Quinn, Sr. Director, Program Planning and Acquisitions: "I come bearing very good news from the television side of this series. We could not be more pleased about the way we have started off this series, with the January and the March shows. There was some apprehension to be brutally honest about getting back into the boxing business, but all those fears are gone and the wonderful thing is that we can build more and more continuity. The ratings for the January and the March shows really exceeded our expectations. The nice thing about the March show is that everyone wa...
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The past weekend, New York City's ardent cocktail connoisseurs had good reason to celebrate at the 2012 Manhattan Cocktail Classic. This annual, one-of-a-kind affair offers an endless variety of refreshing sips to hundreds of black-tie clad cocktail enthusiasts in the stunning four level New York Public Library, complete with live music, fabulous entertainment and sumptuous cocktail snacks. Around every winding corridor and twisting staircase waited another cocktail surprise.
After careful and painstaking research, we've identified this year's hottest cocktail trends. Get this year's trends, plus recipes to try at home after the jump.
1. Carbonated
What doesn't improve with a little effervescent fizz? Our favorite fizzy sip, complete with fetching red straws in perfectly portable glass bottles, was the Carbonated Negroni.
Carbonated Negroni Recipe
Recipe courtesy Theo Lieberman of Lantern's Keep and Milk and Honey
Yield: multiple 6-ounce servings
- 1 Part Campari
- 1 Part Cinzano Sweet Vermouth
- 1 Part Dorothy Parker Gin
- 1 Part Water
- Grapefruit twist
Batch out all ingredients and add to an Isi Twist 'N Sparkle or Perlini Carbonation System*. Charge with CO2. Pour a 6-oz. portion into a bottle, add a grapefruit twist and cap.
*You could also try it with the more modestly-priced Soda Stream carbonation system. No carbonation system? Try adding a splash of club soda or seltzer instead of water.
2. Slushied
New York's hottest mixologists kept guests cool with frosty concoctions like spiked snow cones and this Frozen Mojito, made with a liquid nitrogen pump.
Don't try this at home! Instead, try our Mojito Slushy Recipe.
3. Smoked & Spiced
Smoke is a welcome addition to meats, cheeses, and even salts — so why not cocktails? Chili peppers add addictive heat to any beverage. We like these two cocktails flavor trends best together: Smoke and spice make for an addictive combination.
The Smokey Mountain Cocktail
A Spring 44 cocktail from the 2012 Manhattan Cocktail Classic.
Yield: 1 cocktail
• 1½ oz. Spring 44 Honey
• ½ oz. Mezcal
• ½ oz. peach liqueur
• ½ oz. lemon juice
• ¼ oz. habanero honey
Combine the ingredients in a mixing glass. Shake. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass.
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