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Whipping Fu Ya
Tian Qing had been working on the flowers. She had just arrived at her new job, but there was nobody that took care of her. There were not many servants in this courtyard, and the majority were sent by the Yao family. They were usually busy with work and very rarely conversed. Tian Qing's arrival caused the servants to become a bit confused; however, they were not too curious. Seeing that Tian Qing went to handle the flowers on her own, they did not pay her any mind. However, who knew that Fu Ya would suddenly walk over. Arriving next to Tian Qing, she raised her hand and slapped her across the face.
The servants did not know what this newly-arrived servant had done wrong to be hit so soon after arriving. As for Fu Ya, they had worked in this courtyard for such a long time, yet they had never seen Fu Ya get angry. They originally thought that she was a girl with a very good temper. It was only at this point that they found out that all masters were people that would hit others. It was just that she had never wanted to hit them.
Fu Ya's slap completely dazed Tian Qing, and she stared blankly at Fu Ya. Only after a while, she asked: "Miss, why did you hit this servant?"
Another slap smacked her across the face. Fu Ya used all of her strength and caused Tian Qing to fall to the ground. In the end, Tian Qing was a maidservant that had come out of the Wen Xuan Palace and would not be knocked unconscious by just a couple slaps. Although her status as a servant was clear, and she could not protect herself, she still asked Fu Ya: "Why does Miss hit me?"
Fu Ya squatted down and tightly pinched Tian Qing's chin. Her current expression was like one belonging to a demon and it was frightening to look at. "You're still calling me miss. I already told you that I am Lady Yao's daughter. I am the young miss, yet you continue to call me miss. What exactly are you intending?"
Tian Qing quickly changed this: "It was all this servant's mistake. It was this servant that had not gotten used to the situation and will not dare do it again. But… Young Miss hit me before this servant made a mistake. Why exactly was this?"
"Why?" Fu Ya fiercely said, "It's just because you're a servant! A servant being hit needs to ask their master why? Is this a rule that is taught by your Wen Xuan Palace? Could it be that when Princess Wen Xuan hits you, you need to ask her why? What an impudent servant, do you understand what it means to be a master and what it means to be a servant?" She let go and stood up to look down on her.
Tian Qing, however, shook her head and said in a serious tone: "Of course, this servant knows what it means to be a master and what it means to be a servant, but in the Wen Xuan Palace, there would never be anything like the insulting or beating of a servant for no reason at all. Regardless of whether it was the master, the princess or palace princess, they would not be like Young Miss in suddenly hitting someone. Even if a servant made a mistake, they would have someone specific take care of telling them where they had gone wrong. They would then hand down punishment according to the family rules. That's why this servant just wants to ask, precisely what mistake was made?"
"Alright!" Fu Ya said, "You want to know, thus I will tell you. The things that you spoke of were the Wen Xuan Palace's rules. If you want things to be like before, there is only one path back. If you insist on staying here, you will need to obey the rules of this courtyard. Here, the masters are your gods. If the master wants to hit you, there is nobody that has any right to ask too much. You've made my mother unhappy, so you should not hope to be happy!"
Tian Qing looked at Fu Ya and finally understand why Princess Wen Xuan had told her that she had to keep an eye on this person. It turned out that this person that had the exact same face as Imperial Daughter Ji An actually had such an ugly heart. For such a girl to be left at Lady Yao's side, what exactly was she wanting to do? "In this courtyard, you are the young miss, but after you exit that gate, you aren't anything." Tian Qing sat on the ground and coldly snorted, "Don't believe that because you have a face that looks like Imperial Daughter's you can truly replace her. Miss Fu Ya, if you really want the best for Lady Yao, it would be best if you kept your own status in mind. Don't acknowledge the things that should not be acknowledged. Don't do things that you should not do. Like that, everyone will be grateful. Princess Wen Xuan already said that as long as you take good care of Lady Yao and don't think about those worthless things, she will not mistreat you. But if you insist on continuing using imperial daughter's identity, sooner or later… you will suffer retribution!"
When Tian Qing spoke, her voice was calm and did not contain any hatred, but the words that were spoken caused Fu Ya to go crazy. She loudly shouted: "Shut your mouth! You lowly slut, what nonsense are you spouting? I am Feng Yu Heng. I have not replaced anyone! My identity was given to me by my mother. My mother is the best proof there is! That Imperial Daughter Ji An is the fake, she is the fake!" Fu Ya spoke while loudly screaming. It seemed as though she had been extremely upset, "She caused the death of my parents and must return my parents. I don't just want her mother, I also want her father. I am the real Feng Yu Heng. If you don't believe it, go and ask Yao shi. See what she says! Listen to her tell you who is the real one and who is the fake one!"
Fu Ya was on the verge of mental collapse. She retrieved a branch and held it in her hand. It was like a whip, as it was fiercely whipped at Tian Qing's body. While whipping, she shouted: "Kneel! A servant actually dares to dodge my whip? Kneel properly!"
Snap snap! One after another, the strikes landed on Tian Qing's body. Although the clothes for mid-Autumn worn by servants were quite thick, they could not stop Fu Ya's fierce strikes, which caused Tian Qing to grimace and grit her teeth to bear the pain.
At this time, the main gate of the courtyard was pushed open with a "bang." Immediately following this, a voice spoke up, and it sounded as if it had come from the underworld. The sound caused Fu Ya to tremble, "Not everyone in the world that can use a whip can call themselves Feng Yu Heng. Fu Ya, if you want to use my name, you must live up to it. Also, your technique when whipping people is truly not too good. Come, come, come, this imperial daughter will teach you how a real whip should be used."
After she said this, she stopped in front of Fu Ya and reached into her sleeve. A whip immediately appeared in her hand. With a whirl, the whip very impolitely began to slam into Fu Ya's body, "Smack, smack, smack, smack." One strike after another caused Fu Ya to fall to the ground then roll from a corner of the courtyard to the center. One pained scream came after another that went from loud to quiet. By the end, all that remained were groans. As for her clothes, they had also been completely torn, and blood gradually began to spread.
The servants were all dazed from the sight. Even the maidservant Tian Qing was frozen. In the past, she had heard about Feng Yu Heng's fierce actions; however, she had never been able to see them for herself. Now, she was able to see it personally, and she was so shocked that she almost could not breathe.
So fierce! Everyone said that Imperial Daughter Ji An treated those close to her very well and bad people very poorly. Once she began her work, not a single person would be able to escape. It appeared that it was true.
"Feng Yu Heng!" Finally, Fu Ya used all of her strength to scream: "Why are you hitting me? You once used my name, and now it's just me using your name. What makes it so undesirable? I gave up the lives of my entire family to help you and help Da Shun's army, but you? Now, you repay me like this? My dad and mom died tragic deaths. Who should I seek to get revenge against for that? Feng Yu Heng, you have no conscience. You let me down! You let my dead dad and mom down!"
Screaming herself hoarse, the reply that she obtained from Feng Yu Heng was still that cold tone, "Stop using that sort of thing to act as moral coercion. This imperial daughter will not abide by it. Back then, you were willing to accept my request, and I did not force you. Of course, aside from gratitude, I also buried your parents and gave you a better life. But you did not live this better life, insisting on taking this path. So don't blame me for getting angry and being merciless."
Smack! Another strike landed, adding another bloody mark to Fu Ya's body.
Finally, the commotion outside caught Yao shi's attention. The doors to the hall were opened, and Yao shi staggered out. Upon seeing the situation before her, she nearly fainted. She let out a shrill scream and dove forward. Without caring that Feng Yu Heng's whip was still moving, as if she had gone crazy, she dove onto Fu Ya's body. At the same time, she loudly shouted: "A-Heng, A-Heng, what's wrong? Why is there so much blood! A-Heng, don't scare mother. There must not be anything wrong with you!"
Bitter tears fell onto Fu Ya's body. Feng Yu Heng's whip finally stopped moving; however, she looked at Yao shi in a bit of a daze. The memories of the body's original owner appeared once more, as she saw the time when they had been chased out of the Feng family. In the carriage, Yao shi had also held her in this way while crying. In the mountain village in the Northwest, Yao shi would cry every time they met with any hardships. The tears would also fall on her body. It was the exact same scene as was before her. It was just that the person being held by Yao shi was no longer her. Instead, it was someone that looked exactly like her.
In that instant, Feng Yu Heng practically felt that Fu Ya really might be the original owner of this body. She even thought that if this really was the return of the body's original owner, like that, of course, she would need to give way to her. Regardless of whether or not the things that she had earned later on had to be returned, at the very least, her mother had to be returned and her identity as Feng Yu Heng needed to be returned.
Fortunately, this disconnect only lasted for a moment, and she very quickly regained her clarity. Coldly looking at the mother and daughter before her, she knew that Fu Ya was not the body's original owner. Instead, it was a stranger that did not have the slightest bit of blood relation. Yet this stranger currently insisted on becoming a stumbling block. She had also used this unique method to captivate her own mother. She could no longer accept it.
At this time, Fu Ya had also woken up. Realizing that Yao shi was holding her, for some reason, she actually curled her lips into a smile. She then used some strength and turned to look at Feng Yu Heng. With a pleading expression, she said: "Imperial daughter, it's fine if you whip me to death, I just hope that mother is able to stay well. This was all my fault, but I am also doing it for mother's sake. Mother's body is weak. If I do not do as she likes, she will get sick! Imperial daughter, it was all my fault. I hope that you can forgive me!"
Fu Ya's sudden pleas for mercy caused Feng Yu Heng to slightly furrow her brow. As expected, immediately following this, Yao shi's voice could be heard: "You went too far!" Finally, Yao shi looked toward Feng Yu Heng with eyes filled with enmity and hatred. The small sliver of politeness that had once been there had now disappeared. At this time, Feng Yu Heng was completely and totally her enemy. She was the enemy that had hurt her daughter!
Yao shi went crazy. Standing up, she charged at Feng Yu Heng. Both of her hands wrapped tightly around her neck, as her face contorted into a vicious expression. "You, you actually dare to hit my A-Heng? You actually dare to hit my daughter? I must choke you to death today! I will kill you!"
Yao shi's grip grew tighter and tighter. Seeing that Feng Yu Heng's expression changed slightly, Xuan Tian Hua, who had come along, could no longer bear to watch and prepared to step forward to help.
But at this time, they heard Feng Yu Heng coldly say: "Yao shi, let go!"


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Star of 'Dance Moms' to compete on Pittsburgh stage
Jill Vertes sets her sights on new goal
A star of the hit Lifetime television series "Dance Moms" is setting her sights on a new goal in the Steel City.
Reality star Jill Vertes is just one of the celebrities about to compete in Dancing with the Celebrities of Pittsburgh.
"I can't wait for all of my girls to see what I've been up to," Vertes said. "I have a job to do on this dance floor, and I'm looking forward to it. I hope I can pull it off."
Vertes rocketed to reality stardom with daughter Kendall as they both battled instructor Abby Lee. Now, she will battle against 11 other couples in the competition set to take place in Pittsburgh on May 4.
All of Vertes' fellow dance moms plan to attend, with the exception of Abby Lee.
"I'm so relieved that she will not be there to criticize me because let's face it, that's what she would do," Vertes laughed.
The dance competition benefits the Kiwanis Club and the Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center.

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TV is about to get a whole lot funnier!
Actor Robin Williams is staging his return to TV, choosing a comedy vehicle called "The Crazy Ones," which he is developing with writer David E. Kelley, sources confirm to E! News. CBS is said to be interested in the project centering on Williams as an ad executive.
Williams' career started on TV with his Emmy Award-winning work as the alien Mork in Mork &Mindy over 30 years ago.
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Another TV veteran Michael J. Fox is returning to TV as well
The new single-camera comedy project would find Williams as a father working with his daughter, and would follow the duo as they both begin to question their lives, reports TVGuide.com.
Williams isn't the only big-name star heading back to the small screen. NBC recently ordered 22 episodes of a comedy starring Michael J. Fox for fall 2013.
The Oscar-winning actor (Good Will Hunting) has made several guest appearances, including memorable spots on "Louie" and "Law &Order: SVU," with the latter scoring him am Emmy nod. He recently finished filming "The Butler," in which he plays President Dwight D. Eisenhower.


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Audit finds sex offenders with same addresses as child care providers
Report finds 119 matches between addresses
The Massachusetts state auditor says the state's office of early education and care has failed to take all necessary steps to assure that sex offenders are not working at licensed day care centers.
In a scathing report released on Wednesday, auditors said they matched the most recent addresses of registered sex offenders with the addresses of child care providers over a 15-month period and found 119 matches.
The report noted that the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) was not required to perform such matches, and that some of the sex offender registry information was likely outdated.
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The report from auditor Suzanne Bump also said that, in some cases, the EEC had failed to ensure that licensed child care providers were performing required criminal background checks on employees.
Auditors also noted that when EEC inspections uncover violations, child care centers are not held to documenting and implementing corrective action plans. In some cases, violations had not been followed up by EEC staff for over two years.
A subsequent investigation by the EEC determined that in most of those cases, children were not in any danger.
In four cases, EEC revoked the providers' licenses because its operators had knowledge of the registered sex offender status but did not report this information to EEC.
EEC has already taken actions in response to the audit. Rather than the current process of using a random sample, EEC will review the records of all provider personnel during renewal. Having more child care workers subject to background checks is under review.
EEC is the lead agency of the Commonwealth for administering and providing early education and care programs and services to children and is responsible for the licensing of child care providers.


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The reason I started watching the show was because of Le Femme Nikita. Although then I had to depend on the Dutch tv channels I watched the episodes when they were on the TV.
How much I liked that show, I liked the new one even more. First off a great cast with Maggie Q as Nikita blowin it away. The pace was brilliant. No on and on plots and milking the same stories for a couple of episodes. The writing is great!
It is to bad the last season were only 6 episodes. This was way to short to write a good ending for a great show!
The original French film that spawned all these remakes was amazing and, as far as I was concerned, none of the remakes and series came close to the original. Until Maggie Q came along. The cast was great. And the action was well done. The story lines were interesting.
And by starting after Nikita escaped it gave the show more interesting and newer story lines to work with.


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Members of the National Park Service have teamed up with volunteers and a biology professor from SUNY Oneonta to teach people about invasive aquatic species in the Upper Delaware region.
Now that the summer is upon us and people are enjoying the region's prominent attraction, the Delaware River, members of the National Park Service have teamed up with volunteers and a biology professor from SUNY Oneonta to teach people about invasive aquatic species.
With the Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership, members of the Park Service realized that with their kiosks stationed at four river access spots along the river, it was an opportunity to educate people through a Watershed Stewards program about species that may affect this region.
Biologist Jamie Myers, said programs like the Watershed Stewards aren't new, and the idea is so people will be stewards of the water body that they're protecting. Through the program, the volunteers have learned what species exist and what people can do when the organisms attach to fishing gear and boats to prevent the creatures from spreading from one body of water to another.
The stewards, are at the different locations, talking with people and asking questions about the plants, tiny muscles or clams, along with fish and spiny water flees and a more prominent creature, the fresh water algae didymo that is also known as rock snot because of its look. Myers said the program is important because at this time in the Upper Delaware, there are a very limited amount of aquatic invasive species. She said the "Upper Delaware is known for its exceptional water quality, clarity and we really want to help keep it that way."
Through early detection and rapid response, she said hopefully visitors will be able to identify the species so they will be able to, "nip it in the bud, before it becomes a bigger problem."
The didymo was first found last year at the head waters in Hancock, New York. But they were also found all the way in Trenton, New Jersey. It has been found again this year, and because the waters near Hancock are popular destinations for fly fishermen, Myers said it is important that they learn how to clean their equipment so the algae doesn't spread to other waters.
The didymo is not like green algae that is slippery and slimy. Instead, it looks brown and feels like wet wool, that grows on the rocks. Myers said if someone were to take a big clump of it and pull it out of the water, it looks like snot.
Other aquatic species include the water chestnut that comes to the surface and grows like a lily pad because it grows and spreads on top of the waters surface. Ultimately though, because of how it spreads out, it affects the water's dissolved oxygen.
Invasive fish species, Myers explained, are very aggressive and can eat native fish species. The invasive fish, she said, have adaptions and characteristics that make them faster reproducers and growers to where they can out compete native species. Fortunately though, she said, there aren't any known invasive fish species in the Upper Delaware at this point.
Removing the species isn't an easy task, Myers said, because their means of reproduction are very efficient and, "you can almost say they're sneaky." She explained that the water chestnut produces a sharp nutlet that encompasses the seed and the nutlet has the capability to survive the sub-straight for up to 12 years. As for killing plants, she said that is difficult because of how spread about the roots are underground.
A lot of the invasive species, Myers said, are coming from Asia, China and Europe. She said the issue comes from across the continents because of how easy it is for humans to travel, so that they can, "just bounce all over the place."
Aside from humans transporting the aquatic invasive species, animals including deer and water fowl can transport the species by carrying seeds. The river system, Myers said, is a "dynamic system where water is constantly flowing, constantly moving downstream, with natural current and then flood situations which is a natural process that we're not able to control." All of that, she said, plays a role in the movement of the species from one area to another.
Boy Scouts have taken advantage of the didymo's presence, by working with the Park Service and going into areas to clear areas of the algae. Working together, Myers said the scouts have been able to earn Service to America badges.
The Stewards will primarily be at the accesses Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and if people are interested in volunteering, they still can. The only qualifications, Myers said, people need to be able to talk to others and enjoy spending time outdoors. Call Myers at (570) 729-7842 for more information.


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Having now sat through three Expendables movies, I can safely say that this is the most predictable franchise in film history. Nothing, and I mean nothing comes as a surprise in Sylvester Stallone's series for geriatric action heroes, as each movie's plot marches lockstep through a pattern that's as expected as it is tiresome. Old mercenaries get together, they blow stuff up real good, crack wise along the way and kill the bad guy in a gruesome manner. The credits roll, the guys in the audience walk out satisfied, their wives or girlfriends who've been drug along wonder what the hell they ever saw in them, and Stallone and company live to film another day. And while this sort of surety is part of the appeal of this franchise, that's also it's biggest problem. For a group called "The Expendables" none of them are ever expended, as it were. Oh, one of them may get injured along the way and, in their martyrdom serve as their colleague's motivation but rest assured, they will recover and all will be raising a glass at the local watering hole to celebrate their victory in the end.
In the interest of staying true to form, I should probably give a summary of the plot at this point in the review and will refrain from using the phrase "spoilers ahead" as that would be superfluous. After springing their long-lost teammate Doc (Wesley Snipes) from an armored transport train in Western Europe, a job to stop an arms dealer goes horribly awry. Not only do Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his crew get humiliated but they find out that their target is a former ally of theirs, Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), who was thought dead but is now making big bucks by selling weapons to Third World dictators and other high-paying miscreants. Adding insult to injury, veteran gunman Caesar (Terry Crews) ends up seriously injured.
Licking his wounds and telling his veteran teammates, including Christmas (Jason Statham), Gunner (Dolph Lundgren) and Toll Road (Randy Couture), that he no longer wants to work with them, as he feels they're getting too old to cut the mustard and he doesn't want their deaths on his conscience, Ross recruits a younger crew so that he can go back into the fray and bring Stonebanks down. Working through Bonaparte (Kelsey Grammer, in a nice turn), a recruiter of soldiers of fortune, he enlists Thorn (Glen Powell), an acrobatic computer hacker; Mars (Victor Ortiz) an expert marksman with attitude to spare; Luna (Ronda Rousey) a beauty with plenty of brawn and Smilee (Kellan Lutz), who speaks more with his fists than anything else.
From a movie geek perspective and as a filmgoer of a certain age, one thing that's appealing about these films is seeing certain cinematic tough guys appear on screen together giving us testosterone-fueled confrontations we never thought we'd see. Yeah, these guys have all gotten a bit long-in-the-tooth and some require imaginative camera angles to hide their ever-expanding, late-middle age waistlines but its undeniably cool to see Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, back as Trench, and Harrison Ford, on board this time as a CIA operative, replacing the too-expensive Bruce Willis, go toe-to-toe with one another, each seeing who has the best glower or which one can snap off a tough-guy line of dialogue better than the rest. Of course, were Clint Eastwood ever talked into partaking in one of these celebrations of macho mayhem, every one else would wilt in the face of his squint and raspy line delivery…but I digress. (For the record, Stallone did approach him about being in this sequel but was turned down.)
Truth be told, The Expendables 3 is the best entry in the series because of the screen veterans involved and while it is the longest of the films, it doesn't seem like it. Gibson has that old, mischievous gleam in his eye, channeling it to make a memorable bad guy and has a wonderful moment where he points out there's little difference between himself and Ross; Ford proves he still has the swagger and presence to blow lesser talents off the screen; and Antonio Banderas provides welcome comic relief as a spastic new addition. Still, when Trench at one point says "I'm getting out of this business and so should you," I couldn't help but think that Stallone and is co-stars might want to take this piece of sound advice to heart.


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Behind the Scenes of the 2012 Pink Glove Dance!
For the second year in a row, Lexington Medical Center is entering the Pink Glove Dance video contest sponsored by Medline Industries, Inc., to raise awareness about breast cancer. We filmed the finale of the video Thursday night. WOLO dropped by for a story. Check it out below.
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Vote for Lexington Medical Center's Pink Glove Dance on www.pinnkglovedance.com from October 12 – 26th.


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Maine continues to make headlines for how the Legislature handled its relationship with Statoil, the Norwegian company that had plans to deploy a $120 million pilot offshore wind project in the Gulf of Maine.
The headlines do not cast Maine or the Legislature's actions in the most favorable light.
In a column published on The Huffington Post, Lewis Milford, president of the Clean Energy Group, a Vermont-based nonprofit that focuses of clean energy technology and financing, calls Maine a "cautionary tale" that other states should heed.
At issue is LD 1472, a bill the Legislature passed in late June at the behest of Gov. Paul LePage. The law forces the Maine Public Utilities Commission to reopen the process it had used to select an offshore wind development project to receive state support in the form of a favorable power purchase agreement. The PUC had closed the process in January, having finalized a term sheet with Statoil.
The University of Maine is also developing offshore wind technology and currently has a pilot project in Castine Harbor, which recently became the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in the Americas to provide electricity to the power grid. However, UMaine was not prepared to submit a proposal for ratepayer support when the PUC originally opened up the bidding process in 2010.
Despite the fact the PUC had already finalized a deal with Statoil (though no contract had been signed), LePage wanted UMaine to be able to compete for that ratepayer support.
"The hard-working citizens who fund the University every year would be pleased to see that their ratepayer dollars are going to a project that will benefit Mainers, rather than subsidizing a foreign oil company," LePage said in a statement regarding the bill, LD 1472. "Our own university has made significant progress in offshore wind technology recently and we have already invested millions into this research. I am pleased to sign this bill, which allows the University to compete on a level-playing field and permits the PUC to determine which one makes the most sense for Maine's economy."
Milford believes LePage's use of the term "level-playing field" is ironic considering his actions, and those of the Legislature, are sending the exact opposite message to the international business community, that Maine supports a level-playing field only when it suits the politicians.
Following the passage of LD 1472, Statoil announced it was putting its Maine project on hold because of "the risk and uncertainty" created by the new law.
Milford writes: "Ignoring the fact that allowing a state-funded institution to compete with private industry is a strange position for a … pro-business administration to take, the real problem is the state's changing the rules after the fact."
He continues: "You can spin this any way you like, but to the worldwide business community watching all this, Maine has reneged on a deal with a private company that committed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in our state."
As I've previously reported, it's estimated that at least a billion dollars will be invested in offshore wind projects around the world in the next two or three years. Maine has a shot of getting a piece of that pie.
Other states, such as Maryland and New Jersey, also are fighting to attract that investment. It's to those states that Milford directed his column.
"Hopefully, Statoil's offshore wind ambitions will be realized, in Maine or otherwise. But this should be a cautionary tale to other states. The economic benefits associated with the offshore wind supply chain will be a huge boon to whichever states are first movers in the U.S. offshore wind industry," he writes. "Muddling the forecast for project developers will squash those opportunities."


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Despite all of her immense success and fast fame, Amy Schumer has no problem staying grounded.
In a new series of promos for the "Trainwreck" actress' premiere hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live" this Saturday with musical guest The Weeknd, Schumer hams it up alongside "SNL" cast member Vanessa Bayer.
Throughout the sketches, the comics poke fun at each other's newfound triumphs. After all, what's the fun of Hollywood stardom if you can't use it to fuel your newest stand-up routine?
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"Amy, you seem so different from the last time I saw you," Bayer notes.
"Well, I'm richer," Schumer answered quickly. That she is. "Trainwreck" raked in over $135 million at the box office.
According to Bayer, that wasn't it. More successful? Nah. Skinnier? Nope.
"I know what it is–you're humbler!" Bayer joked.
In another bit, Schumer forgets that her funny gal pal was even in the film she wrote, directed, and starred in.
"We had a lot of scenes together," Bayer insisted.
"I like 100 percent believe you," Schumer quipped.
PHOTOS: Stars at "SNL's" 40th Anniversary After Party
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Looks like somebody at the U.S. Attorney's office forgot to turn their spam filter on.
A common email hoax, known as a Nigerian scam letter or a 419 fraud, was somehow mistakenly slipped into a packet of e-mail evidence presented by the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Bernie Madoff case.
Amidst victims' heartbreaking tales of lives ruined by Madoff's $65-billion Ponzi scheme, the scam letter begins: "My Name is Mr. (redacted), but my origin is from Republic of Congo. I have inherited fund I want to invest in a business in your country with a help of a local."
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In language typical of such cons, the e-mail's author promises 10 percent of $3.5 million for helping him with his "lucrative investment," so long as "you will not sit on it when it is transferred to your account." The inclusion of the letter in the case evidence was first noted by Talking Points Memo.
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses, one of the reasons Jesus could not (and cannot) be God is because Jesus was seen by humankind. The official Web site of Jehovah's Witnesses (www.watchtower.org) indicates that "[a]s the Son of God, he [Jesus—EL] could not be God himself, for John 1:18 says: 'No one has ever seen God' " ("What Does the Bible Say...," 2000). The problem with such reasoning is two-fold.
First, it ignores the fact that man only saw Jesus ("the Word"—John 1:1) after "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). He came in a veiled form. No human has ever seen Jesus in His true image (i.e., as a spirit Being—John 4:24—in all His glory and splendor). In his letter to the church at Philippi, the apostle Paul mentioned that Christ—Who had existed in heaven "in the form of God"—"made Himself of no reputation," and took on the "likeness of men" (Philippians 2:6-7). Men saw an embodiment of God as Jesus dwelt here in a fleshly form. Men saw "the Word" that "became flesh." But no one has ever seen God's true, complete image (as a spirit Being).
The second problem with Jehovah's Witnesses' denial of Jesus' deity (based on the fact that "no one has ever seen God") is that their argument crumbles when Jehovah God's appearances to man are considered. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jehovah is God and "is the name of the true God only" ("Identifying...," 2002). According to their doctrine, Jehovah, not Christ, is God Almighty. Yet, man has seen Jehovah. Genesis chapter 18 records an occasion when "Jehovah appeared" to Abraham near Mamre (vs. 1). Jehovah spoke directly to Abraham (vs. 13), and the faithful servant of God "stood before the Lord" (vs. 22). The final verse of Genesis 18 states: "And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham. And Abraham returned unto his place" (vs. 33). If Jehovah's Witnesses were consistent with their argument, Jehovah could not be Almighty God because man has seen Jehovah. If John 1:18 somehow disqualifies Jesus from being God, it must also prohibit "Jehovah" from being God, because they both were seen. What Bible students must understand is that man has only seen manifestations of God (i.e, in human flesh, or in the midst of a burning bush—Exodus 3:2, etc.); he has never seen God (the Father or the Son) in His true spirit image.
[NOTE: If you would like to read further on the subject "Has Man Seen God?" and examine the alleged contradiction between such passages as John 1:18 and Exodus 33:11, click on the following link: http://www.apologeticspress.org/AllegedDiscrepancies.aspx?article=2682.]
"Identifying the True God Only," (2002), [On-line], URL: http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1999/2/8/article_04.htm, originally appeared in Awake!, February 8, 1999.
"What Does the Bible Say About God and Jesus?" (2002), [On-line], URL: http://www.watchtower.org/library/ti/index.htm.


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Pettit really only addresses it tangentially, but I like what he has to say about free will in Republicanism:
Whatever existentialists may have thought, individual autonomy or self-rule cannot conceivably require that people should have considered and endorsed each of their particular beliefs and desires in a historical process of self-construction; if it did, then no one would be autonomous. What it requires, more plausibly, is that people are capable of exposing each of their beliefs and desires to appropriate tests, especially in the event of problems arising, and that whether or not they maintain such a commitment depends on how it fares in the tests.
This is something he evidently explores in more detail in a couple essays co-written with Michael Smith, called "Backgrounding Desire" and "Freedom in Thought and Action." I'll have to read both of those before making a final ruling, but my initial response is to say that both Pettit and the existentialists are correct: the existentialists have the correct standard for full and true autonomy, but Pettit is right to call this an unachievable ideal and craft a more reasonable alternative.
That said, meeting Pettit's criteria of autonomy still seems pretty damn hard. I'm not sure if he would make this argument, but I think you could fairly contend that one of the greatest threats to the version of autonomy outlined above is what Heidegger would call "failling": the ever-present urge to just do what you do and believe what you believe reflexively, without ever self-consciously challenging it. To make full use of Pettit's version of self-rule — which is to say, to expose each of your beliefs and desires to "appropriate tests" — demands constant vigilance and a willingness to self-criticize without mercy. I'd argue that it's everyone's obligation to at least make the effort, but I also acknowledge that it's a total bitch and I fail at it myself pretty regularly.


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|*May 27 - June 2
|Life Through the Holy Spirit
Read for This Week's Study:
|John 3:3-6, 15-17; Rom. 8:6-11; Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 1:6, 7; Col. 2:6.
Memory Text:
| "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you, they are the spirit, and they are life"
The Spirit was to be given as a regenerating agent, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail. The power of evil had been strengthening for centuries, and the submission of men to this satanic captivity was amazing. Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the Third Person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy, but in the fullness of divine power. It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given His Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress His own character upon His church."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 671.
What incredible thoughts! What a powerful and precise revelation of the importance of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. Yet, we must always remember: In the same way that Jesus never forced Himself upon anyone, neither will the Spirit. We must make a daily choice to cooperate; otherwise, He can do little for us.
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, June 3.
|May 28
Salvation and the Spirit
As we've already seen, the Holy Spirit guides us into truth; that means, of course, He guides us to Jesus, for as He Himself said, "I am . . . the truth" (John 14:6). Yet, the truth about Jesus isn't just that He is God, which He is, or that He entered into humanity, which He did, or that He lived sinlessly, which is true; instead, the crucial truth about Jesus is that He died as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. No matter how important everything else about Jesus is, in the end, they all culminate in His substitutionary death in behalf of humanity. Any theology that ignores or weakens this point is deviating from the work of the Holy Spirit, who is to guide us into "all truth" (John 16:13), and Christ on the cross as our Substitute is the center of all truth (1 Cor. 2:2).
Look up the following texts and write what they tell us about the foundation of our salvation:
1:6, 7
As Christians, the foundation of our hope, our acceptance with God, stems not from anything we can do, not from any works of righteousness we can produce, not even from any fruit of the Spirit but only from the righteousness of Jesus credited to us by faith. This is our surety, our guarantee, the only sure foundation upon which we can have any assurance. Through the merits of Christ's perfect life, granted to us through nothing but God's gracewhich is His unmerited favor toward us as wayward sinnersthere is no condemnation for us (Rom. 8:1), either now or in the judgment. Of all the truth the Holy Spirit could bring us, what could be more precious than this?
|Are you struggling with assurance of salvation? Pray over today's study. Make the Bible promises your own. Ask the Spirit to help you learn to trust only in Christ's merits as the basis of your salvation.
|May 29
Death to Self: The Spirit in Us
No question, the Holy Spirit will guide us into the truth about Jesus. But His work for us doesn't stop there; on the contrary, it only begins there. Leading us to Jesus, pointing us to the way of salvation, is only the first step in the Spirit's work. For not only does the Holy Spirit work for us, guiding us to Jesus; He also works in us, changing us, taking the salvation we have in Jesus and making it manifest in our lives. The Christ who died for us is now the Christ who lives in us, as well.
Of course, the only way Christ can live in men and women is through His Spirit. Jesus infiltrates our minds by the Holy Spirit. The operations of God, in and for humanity, are through His Spirit. Without it, we might know intellectually about Jesus' death, but it would never save us, for it would never become the life-changing force that it must be for all Christians.
Read Romans 8:6-11. In your own words, write out what these verses are saying to you. How do they help you understand what the Spirit does in the lives of all followers of Christ?
Notice the importance Paul placed on the work of the Holy Spirit in us. Though the great preacher of salvation by faith alone, Paul is just as emphatic about the place of holy living and obedience. There is no ambivalence here: If we live after the flesh, we will die; if we don't have the Spirit working in us, we are not Christ's. It's hard to imagine how much plainer he could have been.
According to Paul, we should be dead to the flesh; in other words, our carnal desires, though there, should not dominate us. The same powerful Spirit that raised up Jesus from death is now working in us, making us dead to sin and alive unto righteousness. Paul isn't talking just theory here: This is the reality of salvation in the life of the believer.
|What is your own experience with being "dead" in Christ? Does this "death" occur only once, or is it a daily, ongoing process? What does your answer tell you about the day-by-day struggle Christians must face?
|May 30
The Spirit and Life
Yesterday, we saw how firmly Paul linked the Spirit with life, in contrast to the flesh and death. It's a theme found elsewhere in his writings. Obviously, it's something the apostle considered of major importance. We who were once dead in sin (Eph. 2:1) are now, through the Spirit, dead to sin and alive unto God (Rom. 6:11). What a radical change!
Read Galatians 5:16-25. Notice the contrast he expresses here between "works" (vs. 19) of the flesh and the "fruit" (vs. 22) of the Spirit. If you could summarize these texts in a single sentence, what would you write?
Here, too, Paul is very plain: If you do the things of the flesh, you will die, you will be lost. It's that simple: The Spirit brings life, the flesh brings death.
Interesting, too, is how he contrasts "works" of the flesh with the "fruit" of the Spirit. Perhaps Paul was contrasting how we reap from the flesh what we sow from the flesh. In other words, sin is what we work at, suffer with, and finally reap the results of. In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is something that naturally happens in a person who is under the control of the Spirit.
How are we to understand these two phrases ("you are not under the law" [vs. 18] and "against such there is no law" [vs. 23]) in the above texts?
Paul, for sure, is not saying Christians should no longer follow the Ten Commandments. That would contradict so much not only of what he wrote in other places but of what other parts of the New Testament teach, as well. Instead, he seems to be saying that if you manifest the fruit of the Spirit, you are automatically obeying the law and thus are not being condemned by it. The fruit of the Spirit is an expression of the law just as the works of the flesh are violations of it. The Galatians were Jews who were falling back into legalism; Paul was seeking to lead them toward something higher than dead works, which could not save them. Far from negating the law, he was urging them to live in the Spirit, which is expressed in obedience to the law.
|May 31
"Born of the Spirit"
Read John 3:3-6. What does Jesus mean by making the distinction between being born in the flesh and being born in the Spirit?
We are all, by nature, born in the flesh. Unless "born again" (which, in the Greek, really means "born from above") by and through the Holy Spirit, we remain in the flesh and will, of course, die in the flesh.
Our only hope is the new birth, a regeneration and a partaking of the divine nature. The divine nature is imparted or mediated by the Spirit through the Word. Regeneration is, therefore, not our natural life brought up to the highest level of attainment but rather divine life from above imparted to us "who were dead in trespasses and sins" (Eph. 2:1). This comes through the power of the Holy Spirit working in us (see Titus 3:5).
The new birth, though, isn't the end of the experience of salvation. It's the beginning. No matter how life-changing the new birth is, we must daily live out that experience. We're not just born again and then go happily and obliviously into the kingdom of God. It just doesn't work that way.
Read Colossians 2:6. What do these words say regarding what it means to live out our new-birth experience?
The life of someone born from above includes self-denial (Luke 9:23), self-sacrifice (Rom. 12:1), and a surrender of our sinful desires (Rom. 6:19). Though in and of ourselves we are not capable of these things, the Holy Spirit working in us will bring us to the point where we have to make the choice to yield to Him as opposed to the flesh. Once that decision is made, He will give us the power to obey. In the end, everything depends upon the right action of the will. We have to make the choices.
|The next time you face temptation, consciously dwell upon your free choice at the moment of temptation. Realize that the decision to obey God or to sin is yours. Will you yield to sin, or will you surrender to the Holy Spirit, claim His power, and get the victory?
|June 1
Before Jesus died, He gave His followers the promise of the Holy Spirit. Notice, however, what He said specifically in John 14:18: "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you."
Bible is clearJesus is now ministering for us
in the heavenly sanctuary
9:24). What, then, did He mean when He said "I will come to
Jesus is no longer here in the flesh, but He is here in the Spirit, which is His Representative on earth now. Through intimacy with the Spirit, we have intimacy with Christ. The Holy Spirit keeps the presence of Christ alive for us. Through the Spirit we can have a close and intimate walk with Christ.
And this walk is, in many ways, the crucial issue of life through the Holy Spirit. We want to serve God because we love God; we want to be cleansed of sin because we love God and we know what sin has wrought in God's creation. Sure, life through the Spirit demands surrender, sacrifice, and death to self; but if the Spirit dwells in us, it will keep before us the amazing sacrifice of Jesus in our behalf. If we, day by day, under the unction of the Holy Spirit, dwell upon Jesus and upon the wonderful love manifested toward us through His death on the cross, we will be empowered from above to live as God asks us to live. To be sanctified isn't just to stop doing bad things; it is to be "set apart" for God, to live for Him in faith, repentance, and surrender. This can happen only through a living connection with Him. "We may leave off many bad habits, and yet not be truly sanctified, because we do not have a connection with God. We must unite with Christ." Ellen G. White, The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Jan. 24, 1893.
In your own religious experience, what are the things that allow you to
connect with Jesus? Write just what it is that connects you to Him and helps
you know and love Him better. At the same time, write alongside your answer
whatever Bible verses you find that correspond with your answers. Be prepared
to share your response in class.
|June 2
Further Study:
|Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5,
pp. 226-231; Selected Messages,
book 1, pp. 373, 374; Selected Messages, book 2,
pp. 38, 39; The Desire of Ages,
pp. 171-176,
209, 210,
"The gift of righteousness is communicated to men through the agency of the Holy Spirit (see John 16:8). Herein lies the difference between the ineffective righteousness man seeks through works and the effective righteousness that comes through faith. In the former the Spirit has no part, for the effort is purely human and thus independent of divine grace."The SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 977.
"Every time a soul is converted, and learns to love God and keep His commandments, the promise of God is fulfilled, 'A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.' Ezek. 36:26. The change in human hearts, the transformation of human characters, is a miracle that reveals an ever-living Saviour, working to rescue souls. A consistent life in Christ is a great miracle. In the preaching of the word of God, the sign that should be manifest now and always is the presence of the Holy Spirit, to make the word a regenerating power to those that hear."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 407.
Discussion Questions:
| As a class, go over your answers to Thursday's final
question. What points do the answers have in common? What can you learn from
one another? If you could summarize in a few lines, what's the key to truly
being connected with Christ?
What advice would you give to someone who says to you "I love Jesus, and I want to obey, but I keep falling into the same sin over and over"?
As we discuss the work of the Holy Spirit in us, why is it always crucial to remember that the basis of our salvation is what Christ has done for us? What dangers do we face if we ever lose sight of that crucial truth?
|I N S I D E Story
|The Locked Door
Tabitha Churu
Pastor and Mrs. David Chum of Kenya were living in a second-floor apartment. On Friday night they locked the front door and their bedroom door for extra security before going to bed.
The next morning Mrs. Chum got up to prepare breakfast, but she could not unlock the bedroom door. Her husband tried, but he could not unlock the door either. He tried prying the door open, but it would not budge. After several minutes the couple prayed. "Lord, help us. We need to get to the church where the people are waiting for us, but the door will not open."
Pastor Chum examined the faulty key, but he could see nothing different about it. It had locked the door the night before; why did it not unlock the door? The couple remembered that their neighbor had duplicate keys to their apartment. They leaned out the window and asked someone to go to
the neighbor's apartment and ask them to bring their keys. Perhaps the spare key would unlock the door.
The neighbor soon appeared outside and tossed the keys up to the pastor, who caught them. The key ring had many keys, and they all looked alike. Which one was the correct key? Pastor Churu chose a key and slipped it into the lock. It turned, and the door slid open. He looked at the key that had opened the door; it was nothing like the key that had been made for the lock. How could this key open the door when their own key couldn't?
The couple returned the keys and hurried to church for the final meeting of the evangelistic series they were holding. When he called for decisions that day 30 people asked for baptism.
Joyfully the couple returned from church. They stopped and asked their neighbor if they could borrow the keys again to see why the neighbor's key had opened their door when their own key would not. They tried all the neighbor's keys, but none of them would unlock the door. Then they tried their own key, the one that would not work that morning. It worked perfectly, and continued to work for as long as they lived in that apartment.
Pastor Chum suspects that the devil did not want them to go to church that day. He thanks God for overcoming the devil's mischief and freeing them from their room. They thank God even more for using them to free searching people from Satan's powers.
Tabitha Churu and her pastor husband are students at the University of Eastern Africa in Baraton, Kenya.
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With Palm's shares up more than 900 percent since January, they were destined to suffer a correction someday. And now it seems that day has finally come.
Shares in the handset maker fell some 23 percent last week amid concerns about increased competition from Google's (GOOG) Android operating system, which is being rolled out on a number of devices at a variety of carriers, including Palm partner Sprint (S).
This morning, analysts at Citigroup (C) cut their recommendations to sell from hold on Palm (PALM) while simultaneously raising their rating on Motorola (MOT) because of its "compelling" new Android handset, Droid.
"Motorola is launching of one of the most compelling offerings at [a] time when many investors have given up on the company's handsets," Citigroup analyst Jim Suva wrote in a research note.
"The revolution of product and application service offerings," Suva added, "is going to start to crack open the enterprise door and could pose a risk for BlackBerry. Major shifts in promotion support creating a promotion commotion in the months ahead favor Motorola and post a challenge for RIMM and PALM."
Over at CL King, analyst Lawrence Harris is similarly dubious of Palm's prospects in the months ahead. Noting that Sprint executive David Owens said last week that the carrier plans to peddle a number of new Android devices from HTC next year, Harris sees unfavorable implications for Palm.
"Historically, Sprint has been Palm's largest customer. Indeed, in the August quarter Sprint accounted for 85 percent of Palm's revenues," Harris wrote in a note to investors. "In FY09 (May) Sprint represented 43 percent of total Palm sales. Sprint has a U.S. exclusive on both the Pre and the Pixi through calendar year end. The Pixi will be launched at Sprint on November 15 for $99.99. The Pixi is fairly similar to the $149.99 Pre. Verizon has stated that it will begin offering the Pre in early CY10."
Expounding on his analysis, Harris notes that "According to a report on Mobile Today, a U.K.-based publication, initial sales of the Pre through Telefonica's O2 unit in the U.K. have been slow. If this report is correct, than the bulk of Palm's sales over the next few months will probably continue to be generated through Sprint."
That Sprint will soon add some slick new Android handsets to its lineup is worrisome, then, indeed. For Palm, it seems, driving conditions on the road to recovery are looking increasingly hazardous.


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Czech businessman A court in London has ruled in favour of extraditing the runaway Czech businessman František Savov, who has sought refuge in the British capital. Savov, who has been sought since March in connection with suspected tax evasion totalling billions of crowns, is the owner of a series of the Mladá Fronta publishing house and a series of publications including the business paper E15 and magazine Euro. Savov has denied the accusations and said he would appeal against the court's decision. He said he didn't want to return to the Czech Republic because he wouldn't receive a fair trial.
Czech international goalkeeper Petr Čech, who has just completed his transfer to London club Arsenal, officially opened his annual football summer school for children in Prague on Thursday. The training at Sparta Prague's youth training centre at the Strahov stadium was also attended by Pavel Vrba, the coach of the Czech national football team. The two-day summer football school, which is now in its tenth year, is intended for young football players between seven and fifteen years of age.
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec has criticised the police for not intervening in Wednesday's anti-immigration rally on Prague's Wenceslas Square. Around 500 people attended the demonstration, some of them erecting fake gallows for 'traitors' and calling for the Czech Republic to be reserved for Czechs, for the closure of borders, and departure from the EU. Mr Chovance wrote on his Twitter account on Friday that there is 'no place for gallows in democracy' and that the police should be aware of the fact, adding that he would demand an explanation.
American actor Richard Gere has arrived in Karlovy Vary. Mr Gere will attend the opening ceremony of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Friday at the Thermal hotel, where he will receive a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to world cinematography. The 65-year-old Hollywood actor will present the opening film, Time Out of Mind, along with actress Jena Malone and director Oren Moverman. Mr Gere will also attend Saturday's screening of the legendary romantic comedy Pretty Woman and Sunday's screening of the film Franny.
US Ambassador to Prague Andrew Shapiro has paid tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton, the Briton who helped save the lives of 669 children by arranging their evacuation from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia. Sir Nicolas passed away at the age of 106 on Wednesday. The US ambassador said the story of Mr Winton showed that that a man with courage and imagination is able to achieve extraordinary things. Mr Shapiro's mother, who was born into a Jewish family in Prague, was also forced to flee Czechoslovakia in 1939 in order to save her life. Mr Shapiro said he was grateful that there were people like Nicholas Winton and added that the world would miss him greatly.
joining NATO The Czech Republic will support Montenegro's ambition to join NATO this year, the Czech Prime Minsietr Bohuslav Sobotka said after meeting with his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Dukanovic on Thursday. The Czech Prime Minister said Montenegro should be the first new country to join NATO. Economic cooperation was also among the topics on the agenda. Mr Dukanovic said Montenegro is ready to sign a deal worth 350 million euros with the Czech engineering company Škoda Praha for supplying a coal-fired power plant in Pljevlje. Škoda Praha won the tender along with nine other companies earlier this year
Minister of Finance and founder and owner of the Agrofert agro-chemical group, Andrej Babiš, earned just under 201 million crowns from the company after tax last year and acquired bonds worth 230 million crowns. The details were made public from his assets declaration which was made available from July 2 on the register of the lower house of parliament. The ANO leader also earned around 76 million crowns from existing Agrofert bonds and 8.2 million was repaid from a personal loan, the details of which were not made public. Babiš also earned around 115,000 crowns from his position with Germany biggest ammonia producer, SKW Piesteritz, and around 350,000 from rental income.
Hundreds of films fans have been queuing up for tickets to the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film festival, which is due to kick off on Friday. The festival will open with a screening of Time Out of Mind, which will be personally presented by the films lead actor Richard Gere. The American actor will receive a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to world cinematography. Among other guests of the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film festival will be Harvey Keitel and Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan, who will present the new co-production film Anthropoid which begins filming in Czech Republic in mid-July.
The public has been warned to brace for a severe heat wave in the coming days. Currents of hot air moving from Africa, which have driven up temperatures in Spain, Portugal, France and parts of Great Britain, has hit the Czech Republic on Thursday. Meteorologists have forecast temperatures of up to 37 degrees Celsius over the next few days and people have been warned to increase their intake of liquids. Children, chronically ill people and the elderly have been warned to stay out of the sun. The authorities have also issued a high fire danger warning.
Police detained six people at an anti-immigration rally on Prague's Wenceslas Square on Wednesday night. Around 500 people attended the demonstration with a handful of opponents of the action also in place but kept apart by the police. Speeches were delivered by Tomio Okamura, the former leader of the Dawn Party elected to the lower house at the last elections, and right-wing journalist Adam Bartoš. Some opponents pelted Okamura with eggs but their aim was awry. Calls were made for the Czech Republic to be reserved for Czechs, for the closure of borders, and departure from the EU. Fake gallows were erected for 'traitors'and calls made for the country to be saved from 'hordes of horny blacks.'


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Brad Rose and Ted Due of DRC's Manatee Rescue Team with the injured manatee
DRC's Medical Director Pat Clough (r-front in gray cap) rinses Blitzen's wounds and monitors his respiration while other team members help steady the manatee. (Also pictured, from left are Brad Rose, Chris Haydu, Ryan Bliss, Mandy Rodriguez and Bette Zirkelbach.)
Dolphin Research Center's Manatee Rescue Team and FWCC manatee personnel rescued a badly injured manatee on Monday, December 9th from the waters near mile marker 88.5 (Bayside) in Islamorada.
The 11-foot long, male manatee was seriously injured with lacerations to his head and body by a boat propeller. The worst gash, which spread from his eye to the middle of his forehead, is so deep that it cut through the cranium and into the sinuses. After his rescue, the manatee was transported to Miami Seaquarium for treatment.
Now named Blitzen, the manatee has shown himself to be a determined survivor. He was first spotted on Thursday, December 4th in the marina at Sunshine Key, mile marker 39 in the Lower Keys. The DRC team, FWCC, and staff from Miami Seaquarium attempted to rescue him several times on that day, but he evaded capture. We alerted the media and they spread the word to residents, asking them to please keep an eye out for the manatee and report to officials if they spotted him.
Over the next few days, sightings were reported in Marathon and then, on Sunday night, in Islamorada -- upwards of 50 miles away from where he was first spotted the previous week! DRC team members were on the scene in a boat at first light on Monday, cruising the area and hoping to locate him.
Finally, around 11 a.m., an Islamorada resident called DRC and said that the manatee was in the canal outside her home. The entire team mobilized, met FWCC staff at the site, and prepared for the rescue attempt. We launched the rescue boat from Futura Yacht Club, and set the net at the mouth of the canal. With some gentle urging from other personnel in a kayak and on the tracking boat, Blitzen swam toward the end of the canal, heading for open water.
The team swiftly encircled him with the net and, with a coordinated team effort and lots of muscle power, successfully brought him on board the rescue boat. Thankfully, they only had to make a short trip to the boat ramp where, with help from Yacht Club residents and some Coast Guard personnel, the animal was rolled into a stretcher and carried him on shore.
Once on land, resting on soft foam pads, Blitzen was examined by DRC's Medical Director Pat Clough. She monitored his respiration and rinsed his wounds. Soon after, the team loaded him into a truck for transport to Miami Seaquarium.
Miami Seaquarium veterinarian Dr. Maya Rodriguez further examined him and began treatment. He will undergo X-rays, receive antibiotics, and be constantly observed in hopes that he will fully recover from his injuries. Seaquarium staff will provide excellent care to Blitzen and do their absolute best to help him get better.
Blitzen's injuries are a strong reminder of the danger faced by manatees when they come too close to boats. They also serve as a painful lesson to people on why they should not offer food or water from a hose to these gentle giants. Doing so encourages them to come closer to docks and busy marinas and greatly increases the chance that they will be hit by boats. Providing food and water is similar to placing your dog's food and water bowls in the middle of a busy street! It is also illegal to feed manatees in the wild.
Many thanks to all the residents who looked out for Blitzen, as well as those who helped on the day of the rescue. Let's all keep our flippers crossed that he responds to treatment and recovers!


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San José Costa Rica Market
I've said it a few times- not a BIG fan of San José. I've often wondered why gringos, on considering relocation, would ever willingly choose San José- someone or something just has to be twisting their arms. I mean come on, of ALL the potential places to live in Costa Rica- and San José wins...…Pleeease. Hell, move to Detroit if you want 'that' experience.
Actually, I DO GET IT! San José provides the security of knowing you're in close proximity to the 'conveniences' you've come to expect, but still affords the opportunity to boast to the folks back home about the GUTS it took to make the ultimate move........Whatever!
But I love VISITING San José. Visiting San José is like having the grand kids over, or so I'm told- you know they're eventually going to leave, so the time you do spend, is just that much more enjoyable. For us, one reason to visit San José is the plethora of gay clubs, which we like to visit from time to time. After all, we're from Vegas, we're PARTY people, and everyone knows the gay clubs are the best clubs, whether you're straight or gay…..seriously, they're the BEST.
But this isn't about gay, or partying. San José is also a great place to just walk around, check out the markets, the museums, shopping districts- great places all over the city to people watch and spend the day just kick'in about and doing whatever. I highly recommend it. Bring your camera, photo ops are EVERYWHERE.
A few weeks ago, it was just that, and then we ran into this-
We have hundreds of videos about 'ANYTHING' Costa Rica at the Costa Rica Travel Channel And tons of INFO on Costa Rica, especially for travelers at: Travel Costa Rica NOW, and as always, ENjOy!
2 comments:
- jeffpatch said...
It's always fun to hang around the Coca-Cola bus terminal around 9pm at night. That's a blast.
- January 21, 2009 at 1:32 PM
- Unknown said...
Yup,,,pop open a cold one, and let the party begin. Something different every night...
- January 21, 2009 at 1:58 PM
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Patrick Collins has been the chief sports writer of the Mail on Sunday since the newspaper's launch in 1982, writes Adam Bate. He has won the prestigious SJA Sports Writer of the Year award five times across three different decades.
Thanks for talking to EFW. As we speak, the Premier League has just got up and running again. Are you looking forward to the new season? Yeah it's always good value isn't it. I kind of think it comes one month too soon though and can then linger a little too long. I love track and field, for example, but it has been squeezed out. Starting the football season before we've played the third Test match doesn't feel right but football doesn't give a toss. I'm opposed to the idea of the Premier League. It was conceived in greed and I much prefer the old system where money was distributed more evenly. It was a co-operative. You could get a team like Nottingham Forest or Derby County winning the title. Now there are only four to six who can possibly be competitive.
So it's fair to say you're not happy with the direction in which the game is going. There are sheikhs and oligarchs on the one hand, bankruptcy and administration on the other. Should we be worried? Yes. Some of the people should not have passed the fit and proper persons test. Thaksin Shinawatra turned up with Amnesty International and other human rights organisations telling us how bad he was and it was just ignored. It was disgraceful. The old directors weren't great but now it's shameless. And what's made the disparity worse are the parachute payments which I think are now £16m a year for three years? The intention is to create a closed shop. Now when people dream about their club they dream of an Abramovich or a passing sheikh. The game is better than that.
But there are still lots of things to enjoy in the game. We have Lionel Messi, right? Indeed. I don't think the game has ever been played so well. I've never come away from a game feeling quite like I did after the 2011 European Cup Final. It cannot get better than that. The speed and the audacity – I've never seen anything like it.
High praise from a Charlton Athletic fan! It's been a good start to the season. Do you have high hopes under Chris Powell? He's a great choice. I hope they can find some money to support him as he's a nice bloke. Charlton defied the odds under Alan Curbishley and what has happened since shows how it can go wrong. People were saying he had taken us as far as he could when the club was seventh or eighth in the league! A few bad decisions and it was gone – a club that had been seen as so well run too.
Do you still get the chance to go and watch Charlton much? I go as often as I can and certainly to the big games. If I didn't have to report I'd go most weeks.
Aside from the Valley, what's your favourite ground in England? After all these years, it's still a thrill going to Old Trafford. The Emirates is an extraordinary stadium and Anfield is Anfield. But strangely the ground I have come to appreciate is Portsmouth's. I have no obvious affiliation with the club but I always look forward to going. Fratton Park is very old fashioned and looks like it's about to fall down but I love it.
How about away trips in Europe? I loved Turin, especially when it was the old Stadio Comunale. I went to the opening of the Stade de France which is a marvellous stadium. You can't beat the two big Spanish grounds and Celtic Park on a European night is an amazing experience. One slightly different memory that stays with me is watching England play in Bulgaria back in the 1970s. The press table in Sofia was set up about three yards in from the touchline with a little parasol. I remember Trevor Brooking and others crashing into this table. You could hear every tackle – it was a unique experience.
Away from football you've been a big supporter of the 2012 Olympics in London. That must be something you're hugely looking forward to? What can I say? I believe it's the biggest and best thing that's happened to sport in this country. Even this week there were a few mocking stories in the news but people turned out in huge numbers to see Mark Cavendish at the road race test event in Surrey. There is a passion for it. This will be my tenth summer Olympics and nobody has approached it with this enthusiasm.
So does some of the cynicism about London 2012 frustrate you? It does! I genuinely think we went into it with the best motives. I know [Lord Sebastian] Coe and it's the job he was born to do. I remember going up a primitive viewing hatch with him overlooking the site and wondering how he could possibly get this done. It was just wasteland. It was poison. It's closer to the centre than any Olympics I can remember and it has been completely regenerated. There are good people involved in the construction too. I don't think it was commercially or politically motivated and the public response has been great. But then, Britain always does events well. I remember the Tour de France prologue a few years back and the crowds were bigger than in France. When athletes do amazing things people get behind them.
And beyond that, do you think you'll be going out to Brazil to cover the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics? Oh that's too far ahead to say! Let's just say it's probably not the location the England football team would have chosen.
Are you worried for the future of newspaper journalism then – what do you think the future holds? Of course it's worrying. However, those in the print medium were strangely heartened by what happened following the demise of the News of the World. Some thought people just wouldn't buy another paper but the overall market didn't noticeably shrink. There's still a newspaper-buying public out there and we sell an unbelievable amount. I think my own paper is selling two and a quarter million so I'm not one of the absolute doom and gloom brigade.
How has your job changed over the years? Do you feel under more pressure for online hits and selling papers or was it always like that? Not so much that aspect of it but it is a very different environment from, say, 15 years ago. For a Sunday paper you could get an idea on the Tuesday or Wednesday and know it would be ok for the weekend. Now everyone is so thorough that the idea wouldn't keep, so it's ten times harder to write a Sunday column. The emphasis now is on breaking news. You see the banner on the TV channels. It clearly isn't breaking news but that's how everyone expects it to be delivered these days.
Twitter is a part of that. I noticed you referred to Joey Barton's tweets in your column last week. Do you think you'll ever have a Twitter account? Absolutely not! This job takes all of my time as it is and most of the grounds are not terribly helpful with Wi-Fi. I genuinely don't know anything about it and I don't want to know. I realise that makes me a Luddite but when I see Joey Barton and Robbie Savage are on there I cannot imagine it's terribly appealing. I know Paul [Hayward] does it now doesn't he? Paddy Barclay had a book out recently and I went to the launch. I was sitting next to Henry Winter and every so often the phone would come out and he'd be sending these tweets. I must have been incredibly boring.
In the meantime, you've still got one of the best jobs in the world haven't you? Easily. Golly, I never ever doubt that. I get a terrific kick out of it still. Even this week I was at Edgbaston watching England win the series against India. It's wonderful seeing an event like that.
Agreed. Thanks for talking to EFW, Patrick. Pleasure.
Adam Bate is the Editor of GhostGoal. A Wolves fan based in Birmingham, Adam is a freelance sports journalist and writes for FourFourTwo, When Saturday Comes, Calcio Italia, In Bed With Maradona and BT Life's a Pitch.
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Location: Augusta, GA, USA
The Aiken-Augusta Swim League (ASL) is currently seeking to fill the position of Program Director/Head
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FARMINGTON — No updates were provided on Thursday regarding the ongoing investigation of a shooting incident reported last Friday on Meetinghouse Hill Road. A third arrest, referred to as imminent by authorities, has yet to be announced.
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