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U.S. shuts down 'spam' scam that promised prize
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The U.S. government said Wednesday
it had shut down an e-mail scam that promised free video-game consoles but instead
delivered a connection to a pornographic Web site that charged $3.99 a minute.
The case is one of the most egregious examples yet of the
deceptive junk e-mail known as "spam," the Federal Trade Commission said.
According to the FTC, Internet users received an e-mail
message telling them they had won a Sony PlayStation 2 in a promotion sponsored
by Web portal Yahoo. Those who responded to the message were directed to a bogus
Yahoo page that instructed them to download a program that would allow them
to claim the prize.
The program connected them to a pornographic Web page that
secretly charged them $3.99 a minute, the FTC said.
"This case involves 'bait and switch' of the worst kind,"
said Howard Beales, head of the FTC's consumer-protection division. "The spammers
promised a product that's particularly attractive to kids. They delivered a
product that's offensive to many adults, and totally inappropriate for kids."
A Nevada court has temporarily shut down the operation
and frozen the assets of its operators pending trial, the FTC said. The consumer-protection
agency said it will seek to recover money the operation collected from consumers.
The complaint was filed March 27, as part of a broader,
international enforcement effort against a wide range of Internet scams. The
seal on the complaint was lifted April 22.
Named in the complaint were: Rik Covell and Adam Lewis,
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The Georgia First Amendment Coalition advances the cause of open government and freedom of information through education and advocacy.
Among our accomplishments:
- GFAF was incorporated in 1994, and named Hollie Manheimer its part-time executive director in 1996.
- In 1998, we suggested the open-government mediation program that now is in place in the Georgia attorney general's office.
- In 2008, we conducted one of the first-ever student run state-wide open records audits in the country.
- In 2012, we collaborated with Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens on a comprehensive update of the state's open records and meetings laws, which increased penalties for violators, reduced costs for copying records and improved access to electronic records.
- We cooperated with Attorney General Thurbert Baker to publish "Georgia's Sunshine Laws, A Citizen's Guide to Open Government."
- We joined with law enforcement organizations to publish "Georgia Law Enforcement and the Open Records Act: A Law Enforcement Officer's Guide to Open Records in Georgia."
- We joined Georgia AP to lead the only survey of open-government compliance in the state's history in 1999, establishing a basis for where to proceed and place emphasis in open government advocacy.
- We successfully hosted the 1999 conference of the National Freedom of Information Coalition, which has birthed organizations like ours in 27 states where citizens desired a faster pace in, and a stronger emphasis upon, freedom of information.
- We created the annual Weltner Freedom of Information Banquet to raise funds for our work, and serve as an annual rally for freedom of information in our stat
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- We provide the analysis of bills called "Legislative Watch" during the 40 days of the January-to-March General Assembly session.
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Fully electric Nissan LEAFs have been used by more than 70 taxi drivers in Mexico as part of a pilot program that was launched in 2011. This program aims to show off the technology used on this car. It also demonstrates how the Nissan LEAF functions in different driving conditions in Mexico.
According to Mexico City taxi driver Cristóbal Reynoso, the Nissan LEAF is very easy to drive and is a totally automatic car with no gear shifting required. He described the steering to be "very soft" and also that it has functional mirrors and comfortable cars. In central Mexico City, there are 20 Nissan LEAF taxis.
In addition, there are 50 located in Aguascalientes, another Mexican state. It also has an expanding charging infrastructure to support operations of EV mobility in two locations, which include the first public electric vehicle quick-charging station in Latin America announced in late 2012. Reynoso also said that the drivers' reaction is highly positive since it's a new car and there are just 20 LEAFs in Mexico City.
He said that he gets much satisfaction from passengers having so many questions about car's speed, handling, charging, and features. The LEAF taxis are included in a program named Zero Emissions Taxis. The use of these 70 electric taxis means that three tons of CO2 emissions were prevented from entering the atmosphere. This would have been what 70 conventional cars had emitted.


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Only joking. The best-selling author of Fatherland and Enigma established himself a long time back as the most eloquent advocate of New Labourism in any of the British broadsheets. Which is a principal reason why he was invited to tag along as a member of Mr Blair's private staff while other political correspondents each had to shell out pounds 350 per day for a seat on Blairforce One.
The commentator's connections with the New Labour establishment are incredibly strong. As well as being friendly with Tony and Cherie, Harris is also highly chummy with Peter Mandelson.
"You do feel these people lurking in the back of your mind sometimes, but it's never deterred me from writing what I want to write," says Harris. "When I criticise an aspect of New Labour, Peter [Mandelson] either doesn't mention it or tells me that I've gone off message."
Mandelson tends to spend every third weekend chez Robert and Gill Harris. He wrote his own (non-fiction) account of the Blair revolution at their family home, a splendid Victorian Gothic pile in rural Berkshire which the author has joyfully dubbed "the house that Hitler bought".
Fatherland - a political thriller based upon the premise that Hitler won the war - has sold four million copies worldwide. It was greatly loved by neo-Nazis in Germany who, in the words of the author, "saw it as a blueprint rather than a warning".
It has been turned into a movie - albeit a fairly duff one which went straight to video - and has just been adapted into a 120-minute radio drama, scheduled for transmission on BBC Radio 4 early next month. And it is still selling at the rate of a thousand copies a week in Britain.
But, what did Harris's "unique access" to Tony Blair actually yield in terms of insightful journalism? The Sunday Times claimed it revealed the elusive personality of the man who now occupies Number 10. But, apart from telling us that Tony Blair snacked incessantly on chocolate and bananas to keep up his energy levels throughout the marathon campaign, it revealed precious little about the man behind the smile.
That isn't meant as a criticism of Robert Harris's talents. His powers of observation, narration and analysis are splendidly displayed in both his novels and his political commentaries. But maybe it showed that Harris has become too cosy with the New Labour elite to be capable of truly penetrating the inner court of King Tony.
"Well, I hope the piece I wrote didn't come across as though it had been written by a courtier," he replies. "But there's no doubt it was a dicey situation. I was very much there as Tony Blair's guest. His staff went along with it simply because that is what the boss wanted. If it had been up to some of them, I wouldn't have been there."
Doesn't he have any doubts about New Labour? Harris thinks hard and then concedes that he does sometimes worry about how this new government can possibly fulfil the hopes of liberals like himself and those of the right- wing scribe Paul Johnson. "Let's face it, we're not fundamentally on the same side. Paul Johnson is a reactionary Anglo-Catholic bigot. I like to think I'm none of those."
But Blair won't live to regret this brief, bold lapse into highly selective glasnost. Harris has done his bit and has absolutely no plans to pen a British version of Primary Colors. The subject doesn't turn him on enough.
"The horrible thing is: who cares about British politics?" he sighs. "A British general election nowadays is almost on a par with a state election in California."
Now that Tony is in Number 10, Harris's mind has switched away from British politics. His inside story of the Blair campaign was his swan-song contribution to The Sunday Times.
All his creative effort and imagination are now being focused upon his third novel, which he is determined to complete by the end of this year. It is about Stalin but will be set in the present day with key characters drawn from the shady ranks of unreconstructed Stalinists.
Harris spent a fortnight in Moscow and in Arkhangelsk on the shores of the White Sea absorbing the atmosphere of contemporary Russia. But most of his insight into Stalin's Russia comes from written sources. He's read every major biography of the man and scores of original documents.
"Stalin strikes me as much more interesting than Hitler," he says. "He was an infinitely more wicked man on a personal level. Hitler was petty bourgeois, but Stalin saw himself in the tradition of Ivan the Terrible, an Asiatic despot. Stalinism is an attitude of mind to power."
Harris, by his own admission, has an obsessive interest in power and what it does to different people. Working at the BBC for several years, he says, gave him a real insight into the workings of bureaucratic hierarchies. Some of the characters in Fatherland were drawn from real people he met in his time on Auntie's payroll.
"I'm fascinated by people who survive and flourish no matter what the regime. We all know the people who'll stay on top no matter what happens. There are also the faceless conformists and bureaucrats who keep their noses clean because they've got kids and a mortgage to pay. I can understand them."
Actually, Harris must increasingly have to strain his memory to establish any sort of real empathy with those of us still burdened by a mortgage. The lavish royalties from his first two books mean that he doesn't have to worry much about whether Gordon Brown or the Bank of England raises interest rates. Not a bad pickle to be in when you've just celebrated your 40th birthday.
Harris's life now largely revolves around the village of Kintbury near Newbury. Westminster - in the shape of house guests like Peter Mandelson - tends to come to him. But, if he fancies lunch in London, the train to Paddington station takes just over an hour. And his wife doesn't drink so she is happy to drive him back from a soiree in the Big Smoke.
One gets the impression that his home is the centre of his social life. Another frequent visitor, aside from Peter Mandelson, is his brother-in- law Nick Hornby, who co-owns the cottage next door. But Harris does not share his passion for football, so they tend to talk less about Arsenal than about their literary endeavours.
"One of the glories and frightening things about being a writer is that there's no career structure whatsoever," says Harris. "I sometimes find myself wondering: is this it? Am I just to go on repeating the same trick with varying degrees of success to the end of my life?"
It would seem so. One reason Harris wants to get stuck into his Stalin book is because he already has a theme in mind for novel number four.
As he sits in his oak-lined study watching the colourfully painted barges gently floating past on the quiescent canal at the foot of his garden, does he ever think back to his working-class upbringing in Nottingham and Leicester and count his blessings?
"I certainly feel fortunate," he responds. "But I take some satisfaction in the fact that I've never inherited anything and I've never had a pay- off."
Harris didn't get a penny when he resigned from the Observer in solidarity with his old friend and mentor, the political journalist Anthony Howard. But he was instantly hired by Andrew Neil, then editor of The Sunday Times, who perceived the need for a liberal-left columnist to offer some counterpoint to the general right-wing bias of his paper.
"I was the grit in the oyster really, but that's better than preaching to the converted, which is all the liberal press does," he says. "Besides, The Sunday Times is a much better employer than the Observer, or the BBC for that matter. Liberals in the media really are the ones who would sack you before Christmas."
Still, for all his gratitude to the pride of Wapping for paying his mortgage when that was a major preoccupation, Harris has never had any difficulty giving up his column to concentrate on his latest novel. Much of the thrill of being a columnist, he finds, has faded since the number of opinion- spouters in the press vastly proliferated.
"Being a columnist on a national newspaper used to mean you were quite a big cheese," he observes. "But now the op-ed sections resemble an awful dinner party with all these ghastly guests competing to make their opinion heard."
For now the party Robert Harris is most interested in is the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the Stalin era.
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It is a picture of a tanned woman in a tiny skin-coloured swimsuit. "Excuse me," he says, and skates across the floor to turn the machine off. Welcome to the madcap world of Afghan TV.
TV Badakhshan is probably the leastwatched television station on the planet. First because the Taliban regime, which controls nine-tenths of Afghanistan, has banned television, along with radios, music, dancing, kites, neckties and high-heeled shoes.
Second, because the remaining ten per cent have no electricity. "People find a way," says the director, Mohamed Din. "Some people have generators. Some hook their TVs to car batteries."
But the Feyzabad station's power is so feeble its signal carries just 15 kilometers. The Betamax video player has broken, rendering useless the library of 1,200 films and documentaries. All that is left is a handful of American VHS cassettes. "First Blood is the favourite," says Din. "But people are getting pretty sick of it. They see each film twenty or thirty times."
The station is heavily controlled by the Northern Alliance.
Screening war films packed with gore, torture and blood is fine, but pictures of naked women or women in swimsuits is banned, under pressure from fundamentalists in the Northern Alliance.
The censorship extends to the station's lone female presenter, 28-year-old news anchor Monesua Rosolu. She has to read the 7pm news wearing dark glasses. Outside the TV station, she must wear the all-covering burqa.
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This historical survey tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. From the early, skilfully executed and decorative but often fanciful images of birds, to scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, to modern approaches to capturing the essence of these freest of all creatures on the page or canvas. The outstanding selection of images from the unrivalled collection at the Natural History Museum includes exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous natural history artists ever published including Audubon, Gould, MacGillivray, and Bauer. They are complemented by detailed, lively text, which interweaves ornithological science, art history, biography and travel. With fascinating details of the lives of both the artists and the birds they painted, a vivid picture is revealed. This landmark book will fascinate anyone interested in birds, natural history and art, and it is relaunched in a striking new format for autumn 2013.
"Birds have fascinated mankind for thousands of years. Jonathan Elphick notes that birds are found among ancient cave art. In Birds: The Art of Ornithology Mr. Elphick distils art associated with the scientific study and natural history of birds over the last several hundred years. The book focuses on paintings by UK artists since 1650, primarily drawing upon artwork held by the Natural History Museum in London. Four main chapters are arranged in chronological order covering 1650–1800, 1800–1850, 1850–1890, and 1890–today.
This volume is much more than a picture book. Approximately one third of the book is well-written text. The other two-thirds consists of plates complete with detailed figure captions. The text is largely a series of short artist biographies. The biography of John James Audubon is by far the longest, as approximately 14 pages. Some biographies are a paragraph. I found numerous interesting stories interjected into these biographies including Rembrandt and the Great Bittern, how in some instances artwork has been used as type specimens serving as the basis for formal descriptions of new species, and the meeting between Alexander Wilson and Audubon. My heart broke reading of the time 200 of Audubon's paintings and almost 800 drawings were destroyed by rats. Nor I did not appreciate how much effort early artists expended raising money from subscribers to pay for publication of their work.
The book will primarily be of interest to a UK audience drawn to both art and science. The majority of the artists are from the UK or spent much of their career working in the UK. The paintings selected were mostly by artists who focused on illustrating books or documenting the avifauna of a new region. This is not a book about birds in fine art (versus applied art). Alexander Wilson, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Léo Paul Samuel Robert, Bruno Liljefors, Eric Ennion, Roger Tory Peterson, and Robert Bateman are mentioned, but none of their paintings are shown. The artists Don Eckelberry, Guy Coheleach, and Ned Smith are not mentioned. Apparently, nor are any artists native to Russia, China, South America or Africa, to my knowledge.
I recommend the book as a good overview of applied art from UK artists and a fine complement to books like Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900 by Sacheverell Sitwell, Twentieth Century Wildlife Artists by Nicholas Hammond, and The Wildlife Art of Ned Smith by Scott Weidensaul."
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-- Byron Scott wanted the Cavs to drive the Rockets off the 3-point line. Instead, they sank 9 of 14 3-pointers in the first half. The players either aren't understanding what Scott wants done or they aren't executing it. Scott wants the players running at the shooters to push them off the line. They aren't doing it, and for those who are, it's happening too late.
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-- The Cavs surrendered a 30-point quarter for the 23rd time in 23 games. They have such a slim margin for error, they don't have the ability to come back on a team once they get down by 8, 10 or 12 points. Often, as was the case tonight, the deficit simply grows to 15 or 20.
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Another night, another loss. On to the next city, where Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder are anxiously awaiting the limping Cavaliers' arrival.
Turning point
The Cavs cut the deficit to 82-75 on a dunk by Leon Powe with 3:39 left in the third, but went scoreless the rest of the quarter as the Rockets went on a 10-0 run to pull away.
He said it
"It seemed like deja vu all over again when we played Minnesota and they hit shot after shot." -- Antawn Jamison, referring to the Cavs' 34-point loss to the woeful Timberwolves last week.
Key stat
The Rockets made 6 of 8 3-pointers in the first quarter en route to 37 points. The Cavs trailed the rest of the way.
* The Cavs have lost seven straight for the first time in seven seasons, when they had seven and eight-game losing streaks during LeBron James' rookie year.
* Antawn Jamison's 24 points were a season high. He has scored at least 20 points in three of his last four games.
* The Cavs had nine turnovers, one more than their season low of eight (set on Nov. 16 against Philadelphia).


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In March of 1969, the Apollo 9 mission conducted the first in-space testing of all the hardware needed to fly to the moon. The Command/Service Module and Lunar Module were tested out, docked and undocked, to make sure the hardware was ready for its REALLY big test later that summer. NASA put together a 2 minute video clip to commemorate the mission here:
The Apollo 9 crew splashed down 40 years ago today, on March 13, 1969.


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Detached house in Municipality of Aristotelis, Halkidiki, 240 m² It is located in a very beautiful spot, surrounded by nature and has infinite, panoramic view to the crystal blue sea. The house is split in two levels. The first level has a living room, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a WC. The second level has a living room, a bedroom, a bathroom and a WC. The house is build within a plot of 500 m² In the surrounding space, beautifully groomed, there is a gazebo and a stone-built barbecue.
Villa – Mt Athos, Greece
190,000 €
Total area: 240 m²
- Built in 2002
- 2-floor building
- Total rooms: 3


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Inside London(2000)
A non fiction book by Jessica Duchen
This collection of photographs aims to capture the spirit of London at the beginning of the new millennium. A multi-cultural London, with its ethnic mix, shopping centres, smart restaurants, financial district and gleaming new office buildings. The photographs capture the contradictions of London, a city which whilst being forward looking is still aware of its heritage. This is the London most tourist do not see - the hidden corners where people go about their everyday lives.
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|Title: Inside London
Author(s): Dorothy Bohm, James Bishop, Jessica Duchen
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Mr Carlisle, one of the few backbenchers to have openly questioned John Major's leadership, said that while there 'could well be a challenge' there was only a 'faint possibility' that it would be he who made it. He said Mr Major had had a 'better couple of weeks' and if talk of a challenge spurred him into 'sticking to policies and showing some form of leadership, part of the objective will be achieved'.
But he added: 'The big test is coming up in the local and European elections in May and June. His position will be reassessed after that.'
Margaret Beckett, Labour's deputy leader, predicted that Mr Major would hang on by 'his fingernails' as party leader. She told BBC TV's Breakfast with Frost that there was no doubt there were moves against Mr Major in his party.
She said: 'One part thinks he will hang on by his fingernails and that they will never get him out. Another part thinks he will so lose his temper that he will storm out one day.'
But she added: 'The Conservative Party are very ruthless, but I think he will hang on.'
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My only problem with these chairs was the assembly. Assembled pretty easily up to a point, though it was tedious having to turn the Alan wrench tiny quarter turns to tighten the screws that were all at such angles that you could not just twirl the Alan wrench all the way around. But the problem came when it was time to attach the seat! I don't know if it was just my set, but the wooden seat parts were just smooth pieces of wood...no predrilled holes or even markings to line up wiht the predrilled holes in teh frame! The directions said power tools wouldn't be necessary and we don't own a drill, so I was forced to hold the wooden seat centered and force a screw through the bottom. This worked well for the first chair, but the second one kept sliding slightly offcenter and I had to keep redoing it. It was definitely odd! However they are beautiful chairs and I like that they are screwed toether, not glued together.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Accurate
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Pretty good quality, doesn't seem as flimsy as similar chairs.
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Brin'tac Intercedes
"Master Windu!" cried Brin'tac as he rushed out the door towards the shuttle. The Jedi were already boarding, and he could see Satchal with them looking very dejected.
Windu and the other Jedi all turned at the same time to face him. "What is it?" he asked as he looked down at the Bothan.
"Master Windu, if I might speak with you and the other members of the Council for just a moment," said Brin'tac as he tried to catch his breath. "I think you are making a mistake forcing Satchal to return with you to Coruscant."
"Judge we will whether the decision is right," said Yoda. "Bounces, Satchal does between darkness and light."
"And he expressly disobeyed us," said Master Ki-Adi Mundi.
"That was my fault," said Brin'tac. "I was holding him to a promise that Master Lo had made to me. He was only holding to the promise I made him keep."
"Learn he must," replied Yoda. "Wisdom he has not."
"Correct me if I'm wrong," said Brin'tac, "but isn't a Jedi supposed to follow the Force's guidance in every situation?"
"That is correct," said Master Windu.
"Then how has Satchal erred," continued Brin'tac. "Master Lo had taught me many things about the Force. I believe now that it was because he could sense that I was able to detect the Force. During this time, Master Lo constantly urged me to follow the light and stay from the darkness. He taught me to overcome my anger and rage. He taught me wisdom and patience. The only thing that Satchal did was help me to realize that I could sense the Force and use it. Master Lo did the rest."
This seemed to cause the Jedi Council to think for a moment. Then, when they responded, it was Master Yoda that spoke. "Still, disobeyed the Council he did."
Brin'tac tried to find the right words to say in hopes of convincing them. "Members of the Jedi Council, Satchal didn't realize that I could sense the Force when he began to train me. I had simply asked him to teach me some basic fighting skills. It wasn't until we started practicing that I suddenly began to feel it. During practice exercises, I was getting frustrated, and Satchal told me to just relax and not try so hard. He told me to just continue practicing and do what comes naturally. I remembered what Master Lo had said along those lines, and I took in a deep breath and started the routine. I even did a flip in the air while firing my blaster, and I got a direct hit. It was then that Satchal began to question whether I had the Force or not. After that, he began teaching me some of the basic fundamentals of the Force."
"Train you, he can not," said Yoda. "Dangerous this is."
"Master," said Brin'tac. "Tell me. Is it better for Satchal to instruct me in the Force, or is it better for me to learn the ways of the Force on my own and perhaps follow the path of the Dark Side?"
The Jedi Council exchanged glances, but remained silent. "If I did not receive any basic training at all, I might have sought after another path that would have led me to the Dark Side," continued Brin'tac. "Satchal's teachings were none other than those that Master Lo had taught him. How is this wrong?"
"A Jedi Master has a certain degree of control over his Padawan," said Master Mundi. "They are wise and patient; able to instruct with confidence and certainty. Satchal is uncertain of what he teaches because he is unsure of his own path. If he were to fall to the Dark Side, he would lead you to it as well."
"Then I will no longer train with him," said Brin'tac. "My ways, after all, are not the Jedi ways. I am a diplomat, not a Jedi. I have no intention of becoming a fully trained Jedi. I never did. However, it might be good for me to have someone like Satchal around to keep me accountable with the Light Side of the Force."
"For that, Geldar you have," said Yoda. "More wise is he."
"I understand this," said Brin'tac, "but Satchal is a closer friend, and I trust him more. Members of the Jedi Council, all I ask is that you give Satchal another chance to prove himself. He will not fail you."
The council members exchanged glances once more then turned to look at Satchal and Brin'tac once more. Satchal was obviously hoping they'd say he could continue to travel with them, but was sure they would say no. Then, to his surprise, Master Yoda stated, "Then go with you, he will. However, train you he will not."
"We have your promise that you will not train under him any longer," said Master Windu. "See to it that you stick to that promise."
"And be careful of the Dark Side," said Master Mundi. "It is deceptive and easy to follow, but the fruit of its labor is deadly to all."
"I will take your words all to the heart," said Brin'tac, "and Satchal and I will not train any further. What I learn from here on is what I learn on my own."
"Beware," said Yoda. "Anger, fear, aggression; these lead to the Dark Side."
"I understand, and I will hold true to the teachings of Master Lo," said Brin'tac. "I will not betray your confidence."
"Thank you, Masters," said Satchal. "I will not fail you."
The Jedi Council bowed to them once more and boarded the ship. As Satchal and Brin'tac stepped away from the shuttle, the engines fired up and sent the ship into outer space. Turning, Satchal and Brin'tac headed back inside the palace as Brin'tac put his arm behind his friend and patted him on the back. "Don't worry," he said to Satchal with a smile. "Everything is going to turn out fine. We'll find the Dark Jedi who took my family and killed Master Lo, and we'll bring him to justice. Then we'll find my family, and I'll go back home to Kothlis while you become a fully trained Jedi Knight. Trust me, my friend. Everything is going to turn out fine in the end."


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I know your hurt, but there is nothing I can do about that
I lay awake in my small bed, waiting for my alarm clock to sound. My phone was on my bedside table, next to my lamp and clock. I turned over and stared at it. I hated him, absolutely detested him but there was some part of him that drew me towards him.
He was amazing in his own distinctive way, so beautiful and intelectual it was addicting to be with him. Every single girl in my school wanted to be with him. Even the ones older than him. I had him. He was mine. Everyone warned me, and I mean everyone.
"Libby that boys a two-timing, heartbreaking, ugly, stupid idot. Your too good for him!"
"Libby, he's hot I must admit, but you don't need him, you have friends and family, that's all you need right now."
And this last one hurt the most.
"Look Libby, Elizabeth, whatever the hell your name is, he's mine, so go make-out with someone who actually likes you, like he ever would again, and deal with it."
That one was his girlfriend. I was his girlfriend once, and he did used to love me, I think he still does, I think. He still wants to be with me, but his new girlfriend just wants to kiss him every second so I can't get a word in edge ways.
I kept quiet, I didn't tell a soul about my hidden relationship with him. But it hurt just to see them together, her either kissing him or holding hands or sitting on his lap playing with his hair. And he would turn around and wink at me if he saw me or do a wolf-whistle and pretend it was for her and not me. I hated it.
Sadly keeping quiet wasn't a good idea, because my facial expressions and the way I talked ruined it all and now my friends know and my family. It's humiliating.
I had my finger right next to the clock, ready when it sounded. That irritating beep sounded my room loudly and I slammed my finger on it harshly, picking up my mobile and looking in my inbox for messages.
You have 1 new message.
Hey darlin, havin such a gd time, miss you lots, love you x
Message deleted.
Hey, I miss you too, you don't know how much, hope you have a gd time with your special little girlfriend. Love you.
Message sent.
I shut my phone violently and stamped to the bathroom, slamming the door and looking in the mirror.
"SHUTUP, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING CHILD!" My father shouted. I ignored him, erasing all of the memories of my family and friends and, him.
I had long brown hair which was tangled and knotted and a neat frindge which was covering hectic spots on my forehead. My dark green eyes were bloodshot and my lips were a little bit white. I yanked the brush through my hair and washed my face, putting Clearasil spot cream on my forehead and brushing my teeth violently.
I trudged back to my bedroom and dressed into my school uniform, then grabbing a cereal bar and my backpack walked out of the door with my keys in my hand.
I had absolutely no idea that it was still only 8 o'clock in the morning. I had to be at school at quarter to 9.
I took my phone out of my blazer pocket.
You have 1 new message.
Don't be like that babes, u no I luv u 2, got to go, goin to the beach, now wen I get bak don't be a cow to Ami cos I know you always r, luv ya x
Message deleted.
I won't be a cow, your little slutty girlfriend will. I hope you have a terrible time. Bye idiot.
Message deleted.
I won't be. Have a good time. Love you.
Message sent.
I shoved my phone back in my pocket and prayed I would lve through the day.


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17:06 26th February 2011
Regardless of how long Jack Cork remains a Burnley player, the midfielder is guaranteed his place in claret and blue history following his memorable late derby winner.
With time ticking away on the Clarets' prospects of getting the victory they needed to narrow the gap on the top six - and push their local rivals a step nearer League One - Cork produced a moment of inspiration to haul the play-off places into view.
The on-loan Chelsea man showed all the England class that is likely to see him back in Preston on England under-21 duty next month when with just six minutes to go he flung himself at a cross from Wade Elliott to head home.
Jay Rodriguez levels for the Clarets
Cork's third goal of the season struck as a potentially pivotal moment in the play-off race as the Clarets came from behind thanks to Jay Rodriguez's first-half equaliser to extend their impressive away run with a performance of more guts than guile.
With so much at stake for both sides it was never likely to be pretty. But Cork's moment of magic was a thing of beauty as he sent his popularity and his stock soaring even higher in Burnley's corner of Lancashire.
Following their FA Cup exit at West Ham last Monday night, the Clarets had begun the final lap of their Championship challenge in search of a derby double over their rivals in distress.
Chris Iwelumo, the Clarets' hat-trick hero from their dramatic win in the reverse fixture at Turf Moor, returned to lead the attack as boss Eddie Howe reverted to the side that had been so solid on the road at Watford and Cardiff before taking on water at Upton Park.
And it was a tale of attrition in the opening half hour as the Clarets found Preston predictably stubborn foes.
Well done son!
Sensing the chance to inject some much needed momentum into their survival bid, bolstered by recent impressive results against Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest, North End never allowed Burnley to find their stride.
Snappy in the tackle and quick to close down, the home side fired a couple of early warning shots with Billy Jones and Ian Ashbee firing wide.
However, neither side had managed a clear sight of goal until with 23 minutes gone Preston pounced to go in front.
There appeared to be little imminent danger until Paul Coutts emerged from midfield to pick out a fine pass for Nicholson who dived into a gap in the centre of the Clarets' and steered a first-time shot beyond Lee Grant to claim his third goal in as many games.
The goal might have given North End a platform to go on to claim their first win since mid-December but instead it spurred the Clarets into life and within nine minutes they were level.
Rodriguez will also hope to be involved with England's under-21 squad when they play Iceland at Deepdale and he showed himself to be nicely at home as he added another important goal to his growing tally.
Jack Cork's pops up with the winner
Iwelumo and Eagles created the opening as they combined to part the Preston defence and with just Iain Turner to beat, Rodriguez kept his calm to slide a low shot past the on-loan Everton keeper.
Back on terms, the Clarets played with greater freedom and another combination between Rodriguez and Eagles saw the latter fire wide as Howe's men went into the break in the ascendency.
Rodriguez then sent a deflected volley wide as Burnley looked to turn the screw early in the second half.
But Preston refused to buckle in an increasingly feisty affair that had World Cup final referee Howard Webb talking to both benches to calm things down after Eagles had gone to ground under an Ashbee challenge as he weaved his way into the penalty area.
Eagles always carried a threat and from his cross with just over an hour gone Rodriguez headed wide as Burnley pressed for a winner in front of the sold-out away end.
The visitors could not build up any consistent pressure, though, as Preston rallied with the three points just as desperately needed by them.
With Howe sending on Elliott, Brown countered by livening up North End's attack through the introduction of Iain Hume and Eddie Johnson, although it was the in-form Nicholson who had Preston's best opening as he fired at Grant as the home side broke away with 20 minutes to go.
And celebrates in style
As both sides went for the win the game became increasingly stretched and error-strewn and a mistake from Sean St Ledger almost let in Eagles at the other end.
But just as it looked as though the two sides might cancel each other out and take the single point neither really wanted, Cork popped up with a memorable winning goal.
Involved out the outset after Rodriguez, substitute Charlie Austin and Eagles had kept the ball alive, Cork swept out a superb pass to Elliott.
Patrolling the right flank, the substitute did what he does best by whipping in a delicious cross which the whole-hearted Cork refused to let go to waste, throwing himself bravely into the six-yard box to head home in front of the delirious Clarets' fans.
Burnley then had to see out five minutes of added time - Jones rattling the nerves with one header at Grant - but with the Clarets' back line, which barely put a foot wrong all afternoon, refusing to buckle, Howe's men march on.
Derby delight
Burnley: Grant, Mears, Fox, Carlisle, Duff, Cork, Marney, Wallace (Elliott 70), Iwelumo (Austin 81), Rodriguez, Eagles (Alexander 88). Subs: Bartley, Bikey, Thompson, Jensen.
Preston: Turner, Gray, Morgan, St Ledger, Jones, Coutts (Hume 61), Ashbee, Nicholson, Treacy (Carter 82), Ellington, Clarke (Johnson 70). Subs:Hayes, Parry, Wright, Lonergan.
Booked: Hume 79
Referee: Howard Webb
Attendance: 17,136


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And so, after the London freesheet wars, we have … more war. Or will do, if Associated Newspapers, pondering the future of its London Lite (conqueror of the Wapping Paper after a bruising 15-round contest), goes on with the freesheet it began to defend its paid-for evening title, now that the Standard has been 75% sold to a Russian who's decided to turn it free.
Confused? Terminally inchoate, more like. But separate brute facts from rhetoric about "great opportunities". The Standard – still charging until 12 October – lost pots of money when Lord Rothermere owned it, and struggled long and hard to turn things around. He could not make a go of it and sold it for £1 to Alexander Lebedev, who took over a model of papers at 50p a time and loads of bulks dished out free.
Has that mix of pricing policies worked in the nine months since Russia's cuddliest billionaire and ex-KGB agent seized the reins? The paper has a more cheerful feel. The bottom line, however, has not been as buoyant no matter how many cut-price variations are factored in.
So the Standard is still losing pots of money. But turn it free, double the print run to 600,000 copies, secure the quality aura to woo extra ABC1 readers, boost advertising accordingly, and perhaps, as London swells with Olympic pride in three years, you can just about see a profit margin shimmering on the horizon. It's an "incredibly brave" move, says its managing director. At least, it's a better vision than just ploughing on.
The Manchester Evening News went free in the city centre years ago, and others have followed part of the way. But sustaining a full-service evening paper with AB pretensions on advertising alone looks a hell of a gamble, a drain on even the fattest oligarch fortunes. And, with so little orchestration in the Kensington atrium, Rothermere also controls Lebedev's future.
If he winds up the loss-making Lite, a free Standard can then test its changed strategy. But if, having beaten Wapping's finest, the Lite stakes its future on being the only evening paper left, knocking out a faltering Standard, then Associated may at last make decent profits.
A sensible way forward would be Lebedev giving Associated a slice of the Standard in return for ditching the Lite, leaving a shared monopoly freesheet with a terrific readership profile, reach and route to riches or perdition. Both sides might win that way. But "sensible" isn't a word you think of in the freesheet wars. Watch this free space.