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Who are these wind industry guys? Cape, Wind, EMI, UPC, First Wind, IVPC, Brian Caffyn, Paul Gaynor, Oreste Vigorito et al?
September 14, 2010, Breaking news:
Italy: The largest seizure in history of Mafia assets has just occurred as the result of money laundering through wind projects by the Mafia in Italy. Central figure is Vito Nicastri 'Lord of the Winds'' linked to Matteo Messina Denaro, Mafia "boss of bosses"; Forbes' World's Ten Most Wanted.
Italy seizes $1.9 billion of assets as Mafia goes green
By Philip Pullella
Matteo Messina Denaro Mafia "boss of bosses" Forbe's World's Ten Most Wanted:
Bitterqueen Video Mafia property siezure in Italy in English:
There are a handful of people controling the wind sector in Europe and the U.S. The partners and affialites of U.S. Wind companies UPC that is First Wind, LLC called Italian Vento Power Corporation IVPC are
"The driver behind IVPC is US wind developer UPC through its UPC International Partnership CV…"
Boston Herald story of November 15, 2009:
'Italians nab soccer club president in energy fraud''
"...Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen — including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket — in the wind energy sector on charges of fraud, reports the Financial Times [1]. Arrested were Oreste Vigorito, head of the IVPC energy company and president of Italy's National Association of Wind Energy, and Vito Nicastri, a Sicilian business associate,..."
"...Recent research by Kroll, the international corporate security firm, discovered examples all over Europe of so-called "clean energy" schemes being used to line criminals' pockets rather than save the planet. Some involve turbines that stand derelict or are simply never built, while others are used to launder profits from other crime enterprises..."
UPC First Wind Paul Gaynor is Governor Deval Patrick's Appointed Advisor on renewable energy and efficiency. As a Boston based wind developer, UPC First Wind Paul Gaynor is drafting laws to direct wind energy development in Massachusetts. And on the national level, Paul Gaynor is assisting the Obama administration with green jobs policy with ties to Larry Summers through Madison Dearborn detailed in "Who are these guys, Cape Wind, EMI, UPC, First Wind, IVPC?"
Indeed, they're here..and it's quite chilling to consider the breath of their scam and ties to the White House and what is at stake,...Our economic recovery through "green jobs" stimulus to scoundrels? "UPC" links the cartel...
June 2007 Brian Caffyn is, or has been in the 5 years prior to the date of this
announcement, a director or partner in the following companies or partnerships:
IVPC Sicilia, Srl.
IVPC Sicilia 2, Srl.
IVPC Sicilia 3, Srl.
IVPC Sicilia 4, Srl.
IVPC Sicilia 5, Srl.
IVPC Sicilia 6, Srl.
"President of Italian Wind Energy Association arrested for fraud By Guy Dinmore in Financial Times, November 12, 2009 "Gone with the wind", mounted by the finance ministry's anti-fraud police, started in 2007 and began by blocking public subsidies worth €9.4m ($14m, £8.4m) granted by the ministry for economic development. Last year police confiscated seven wind farms with 185 turbines in Sicily linked to IVPC. Anti-Mafia prosecutors in Sicily have launched a parallel investigation. The Financial Times was told in April that a large number of wind farms had been built with public subsidies but had never functioned. Police said yesterday they had sent requests for documentation to five foreign companies – two in the Netherlands and three in Spain – that were linked to IVPC. Other companies in Ireland and the UK, said to be Italian affiliates of IVPC, have been asked by Italian authorities to provide information. Police also said they were carrying out checks on 12 companies in Italy, including nine with company names that are variations of IP Maestrale and which share the same street name and number as IVPC in Avellino, near Naples.
"UPC First Wind Paul Gaynor, graduate of WPI, as appears in the WPI Education News:
"...As president and CEO of UPC Wind Management, located in Newton, Mass., Gaynor was tapped to bring the success of the parent company, UPC Group, to North America. In Europe and North Africa, UPC affiliates—including Italian Vento Power Corporation—have raised over $900 million in financing and installed some 900 utility-scale wind turbine generators (WTGs), with a total capacity of more than 635 megawatts. UPC subsidiary companies, positioned across the United States and in Toronto, are currently pursing some 2,000 megawatts in projects from Maine to Maui..."
IVPC - Italian vento power corporation News from IVPC translated from Italian to English: The Group is born in 1993 from un' idea of Oreste Vigorito that constitutes the I.V.P.C. S.r.l with to an industrial partner, American society UPC, with l' objective to operate in the field of the planning and realization of systems for the production and sale of energy from eolica source. In the 1995 Oreste Vigorito, also exiting from the social compages of the IVPC S.r.l., he remains some continuous General executive manager and to take care itself of the development and the management of the Aeolic Parks. From this moment the IVPC S.r.l is stopped to 50% from the industrial partner Japanese Eurus Energy (Former Tomen). Between 1995 and 1996, the UPC constitutes the first Societies of Service through which it begins to take care itself also of the development, management and maintenance of the Aeolic Parks. In 1996 to Montefalcone (Benevento) the first Aeolic park of I.V.P.C enters in exercise. S.r.l, that it is also the first one in Italia* with an installed ability begins them of 7.2 MW. Between years 1996 and 2000 they come constituted various societies of plan for the realization of new Aeolic Parks in Campania, Sardinia and Sicily. In these years the Group develops 241MW. In the 2005 Oreste Vigorito it acquires from the UPC or 50% of the IVPC S.r.l, thus coming to stop a participation directed in the society that stops the property of Aeolic parks in exercise, or the 100% of the Societies of Service. Always in 2005, the UPC sells the stopped others asset in Italy to the Irish group Trinergy, than in its turn, in 2007 it sells, them to the English group International Power. In the November of the 2008 l' lawyer Oreste Vigorito decides to in any case deliver to own dimissioni from the assignments covered in the societies of property International Power consolidating the relationship of technical management of their systems. * Until to that moment they had been istallati prototypes to fine only experiences them from Aeronautical Alenia S.P.A and the Group River Fire S.p.A.
Boston Business Journal (4/18/05)
"As James Gordon creeps closer to fulfilling his vision of a windmill power farm off Cape Cod, his erstwhile partner, Brian Caffyn, still faces headwinds in his efforts to plant turbines on Hardscrabble Mountain in Vermont and other peaks and plains across the country.
Caffyn, a Babson College graduate, is unaccustomed to wind projects getting mired in the doldrums.He founded UPC Group in Europe several years ago, and in 2000 a subsidiary completed what then was one of the world's largest wind plants, a 170 megawatt plant near Naples, Italy, that cost $260 million.It then put together a $325 million syndicate for more windmills in Italy."
"Mr. Caffyn personally oversaw the establishment and construction of the largest wind energy company in Italy, Italian Vento Power Corporation."
"Gone with the wind", mounted by the finance ministry's anti-fraud police, started in 2007 and began by blocking public subsidies worth €9.4m ($14m, £8.4m) granted by the ministry for economic development. Last year police confiscated seven wind farms with 185 turbines in Sicily linked to IVPC."
Prosecutor Roberto Scarpinato told the Financial Times, and this verbiage frames the issues:
"This is the amazing thing -- that developers got public money to build wind farms that did not produce electricity," he said.
Furthermore, locally-built wind farms are often bought up by multinational energy firms from other parts of Europe, none of which know the true identities of the original owners.
"A handful of people control the wind sector," said Scarpinato. "Many companies exist, but it is the same people behind them." Eight arrests have already been made."
Under the Green Communities Act, UPC First Wind Paul Gaynor is an Appointee of the Patrick Administration writing policy in Massachusetts to direct wind energy development as a Boston based wind developer.
[BOSTON Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Governor Deval Patrick today signed the Green Communities Act, a comprehensive energy reform bill resulting from close collaboration with House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi..."]
[Former House Speaker DiMasi indicted on corruption charges - Local ...Jun 2, 2009 ... Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and three friends were indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly ...
www.boston.com/news/local/.../06/former_speaker_1.html ]
"Patrick-Murray Administration Appoints Business, Science Leaders to Chair Climate Advisory Committee"
"Group will advise on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, accelerate development of green jobs"
"As mandated by the Act, the Climate Protection and Green Economy Advisory Committee includes members representing the following sectors: commercial, industrial and manufacturing; transportation; low-income consumers; energy generation and distribution; environmental protection; energy efficiency and renewable energy; local government; and academic institutions. Additional appointments are pending, but those members announced today are:"
"Energy efficiency and renewable energy;"
"Paul Gaynor, President and CEO, First Wind"
"In the most recent arrests, according to the European Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, Oreste Vigorito has ties to Brian Caffyn, a former investor in the Cape Wind project, which has been criticized as a poor investment for taxpayers, reports Dakota Voice.
Vigorito once owned IVPC with Brian Caffyn, founder of Cape Wind and First Wind, according to the Boston Herald.
The "Gone with the Wind" sting operation, started in 2007, netted 11 others who were charged but were not arrested. Italian police told Financial Times that the fraud charges are related to obtaining millions of dollars in public subsidies to construct wind farms that never worked.
Fraud appears to be an emerging problem in the nascent clean energy sector."
"Complaint Filed With the Department Of Justice Under the Sherman Antitrust Act By Concerned Citizen From The States of New York, Vermont, Maryland, and California (filed April 25, 2007)"
"Nature of Complaint"
"This is an Antitrust Complaint alleging that an International Cartel is engaged in Market Allocation, Price Fixing and Big Rigging in Windfarm Developments in New York and Vermont, as well as other states across the nation. This Complaint was submitted by 94 concerned citizens via email to the U.S. Department of Justice, Anti-Trust Division on April 25, 2007."
"UPC Wind Management LLC: "an American subsidiary of UPC Group", formerly known as Wind Management LLC, founded by Brian Caffyn for U.S. developments."
BJD editor's note, Cape Wind is identified as a UPC subsidiary through partnerships in this Antitrust complaint signed by 94 non-NIMBYS.
http://batr.net/cohoctonwindwatch/Windfarms-antitrust%20complaint-FINAL.d oc
The MA Ocean Advisory Commission identifies Paul Gaynor is advising them regarding their draft plan for MA coastal areas within 3-miles to shore for alternative use.
First Wind, formerly UPC, is a Boston based wind developer writing policy to direct wind development in MA.
Boston Herald
'Wind law could benefit company'
November 6, 2010
Stimulus money for a $25 million for a Charlestown wind turbine blade testing facility arrives!
Announced on On May 12, 2009: Governor Patrick and First Wind Paul Gaynor were were interviewed by Alison King of NECN Radio, along with Steven Lockard CEO TPI Composites, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Ian Bowles Environment and Energy Secretary. Alison King introduced Paul Gaynor as "CEO of First Wind, the largest wind energy producer in New England".
Who is Patrick Admin. Advisor Paul Gaynor? Worcester Polytech Institute (Gaynor is an alumnus) article 2005:
"As president and CEO of UPC Wind Management, located in Newton, Mass., Gaynor was tapped to bring the success of the parent company, UPC Group, to North America. In Europe and North Africa, UPC affiliatesâincluding Italian Vento Power Corporationâhave raised over $900 million in financing and installed some 900 utility-scale wind turbine generators (WTGs), with a total capacity of more than 635 megawatts. UPC subsidiary companies, positioned across the United States and in Toronto, are currently pursing some 2,000 megawatts in projects from Maine to Maui."
Back on the East Coast, UPC's major focus includes more than a half dozen active developments in New England and New York. UPC has added a West Coast presence, in San Diego."
"While New Englanders debate the aesthetic impact of a proposed offshore project on Nantucket Sound, Gaynor, who owns a home on Nantucket, points out the aging power plants that dot the New England coastline. "People are so used to looking at those old power plants that they don't even think about them," he says. "Would you rather see more of those dirty coal and oil plants spewing smoke, or would you rather look at wind turbines, which produce clean power?" Noting the emissions from Cape Cod's Canal Power Station, Gaynor suggests, "Next time you drive over the Sagamore Bridge, take a look to the east. I'd rather look at an offshore wind farm than look at that power plant for the next 20 years."
Cape Wind, UPC, (now called First Wind) shell corporations connection.
New York Times
Offshore Harvest of Wind Is Proposed for Cape Cod
By KAREN LEE ZINER
Published: April 16, 2002
"Cape Wind Associates, a joint venture between Energy Management Inc. and Wind Management Inc. (a subsidiary of UPC, a European-based wind-energy company) of Boston"
(The Cartel's "Report Card" by press accounts)
The Union Leader
April 6, 2009
"According to a March 26, 2008 report by the Daily News in Bangor, Maine, UPC Wind president and CEO Paul Gaynor said the company would do a better job in the future about letting local residents know what to expect from wind farms.
"I know there was an expectation (in Mars Hill) about what these were going to sound like," Gaynor told the Daily News. "These are big structures and they do make sound."
Shortly after Gaynor spoke to the Maine newspaper, the firm changed its name to First Wind. It was formerly known as Global Winds Harvest/UPC.
Hawaii's Energy Future - Wind Energy
"...Kahuku Wind Power, a subsidiary of First Wind, plans to build and operate the wind farm near the site of a previous wind farm built in the 1980s. First Wind expects to begin construction in 2010. Plans call for the wind farm to consist of 12 Clipper Liberty wind turbines each having 2.5-MW capacity..."
Nixon Peabody law firm Trade Secret request regarding Clipper Wind Liberty wind turbines to be used in Hawaii by First Wind:
"...This information is not publicly available,
and would, if disclosed, cause Clipper substantial competitive injury. As a result,
we would ask that this information be treated as a trade secret or information
which, if disclosed, could cause injury to Clipper's competitive position pursuant to
Public Officer's Law Sections 87.2(d) and 89(5) and 16 NYCRR Section 6-1..."
Hawaii Free Press
Monday, February 15, 2010
Wind Energy's Ghosts
"The voices of Kamaoa cry out their warning as a new batch of colonists, having looted the taxpayers of Spain, Portugal, and Greece, seeks to expand upon their multi-billion-dollar foothold half a world away on the shores of the distant Potomac River. European wind developers are fleeing the EU's expiring wind subsidies, shuttering factories, laying off workers, and leaving billions of Euros of sovereign debt and a continent-wide financial crisis in their wake. But their game is not over. Already they are tapping a new vein of lucre from the taxpayers and ratepayers of the United States."
Thousands of Jobs Scammed or Created (focus on First Wind connections to the White House and project failures)
by Ben Shapiro
November 18, 2000
"...The biggest problem, amazingly enough, isn't the Obama administration's incredible creation of districts from scratch. It's the Obama administration's use of stimulus funds to pay off its political allies.
On Sept. 11, 2009, Democrat Rep. Eric Massa of the 29th Congressional District of New York â yes, this district actually exists â wrote President Obama a letter regarding the Obama administration's $74.6 million grant to Canandaigua Power Partners, LLC, and Canandaigua Power Partners II, LLC, in Cohocton, N.Y. These companies, according to Massa, "act as shell companies that deceptively operate on behalf of First Wind, which is currently under investigation by New York State Attorney General Cuomo for corruption charges in Cohocton and across the Northeast."
In fact, wrote Massa, "Constituents in our region see these projects as criminal actions ⦠the award of $74.6 million to corrupt companies that have changed names time and again forming new LLCs and new Inc.s but maintaining their business model of lie, cheat and corrupt at the expense of taxpayers has stirred great unrest." Remember, this is a Democratic congressman.
First Wind is a green power company that produces windmills, the giant pieces of idiocy littering our landscapes. Its project in Cohocton, N.Y. â the project Massa rips â was so poorly done originally that residents reported that the turbines sounded like jet engines.
From March 31, 2007, to March 31, 2008, First Wind had revenue of $12 million and net losses of $73 million. Those losses forced First Wind to take out loans in the amount of $191 million. And up until October, the New York attorney general's office was investigating First Wind for its possible participation in bribery of public officials for land-use purposes.
Broke and under investigation. Not exactly a great candidate for stimulus. But that didn't stop the Obama administration. Why? Because First Wind is supported principally by Madison Dearborn Partners and the D.E. Shaw Group.
Madison Dearborn Partners, not coincidentally, is Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's "best source of funds," according to the Washington Examiner. During his congressional career, employees of Madison Dearborn gave Emanuel $93,600. And Emanuel is instrumental in oversight of the stimulus.
As for D.E. Shaw, White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers was paid $5.2 million in 2008 and 2007 by the company â to work for one day a week, according to the New York Times. Also according to the Times, "Summers said in an interview that his experience at Shaw, however brief, gave him valuable insight into the practical realities of Wall Street, insight he is now putting to use in shaping economic policy in the White House."
The Obama administration is so dominated by obfuscatory aureate and magniloquent verbosity that it believes it can get away with literally anything. This administration creates dollars out of thin air to pay fictitious employees in figmental places. It's no wonder that so far, the Obama administration has stimulated precisely nothing in the real world.
Ben Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School. In "Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth," Ben shows how students are duped into becoming socialists, atheists, race-baiters and narcissists. His latest book is "Project President: Bad Hair and Botox on the Road to the White House."
Congressman Massa calls upon President Obama to investigate First Wind granted $115 million in stimulus money by the Department of Treasury.
Congressman Massa's letter to President Obama:
As reported on July 16, 2008 by Wall Street Journal:
"New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has opened a probe of two companies that develop and operate wind farms over allegations of improper dealings with public officials and anticompetitive behavior.Mr. Cuomo said his office has subpoenaed First Wind -- formerly UPC Wind -- and Noble Environmental Power LLC, which has filed with the Securities and Exchange ..."
New York AG identified First Wind SEC Filing states:
"On July 15, 2008, we were served with a civil subpoena by the New York State Attorney General relating to an investigation into our activities in the State of New York. The subpoena we received contains broad requests for documents and information relating to: (i) whether we improperly sought or obtained land-use agreements with citizens and public officials, (ii) whether improper benefits were given to public officials to influence their actions and (iii) whether we and our competitors entered into anti-competitive agreements or practices. "
The Press Republican on July 15, 2008 reports
"We've had a number of complaints from counties all over the state, from Franklin all the way over to Erie," said John Milgrim, spokesman for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne was among "DAs from eight counties, public officials and citizens" who bombarded Albany with complaints about Noble and Massachusetts-based First Wind, formerly known as UPC Wind, he said."
The Evening Tribune
May 19, 2009
Atlanta, NY.
'Cracked blades lead to likely showdown between town, First Wind'
"With construction ramping up again unexpectedly in Cohocton, town officials are looking at their legal options in keeping the work by developer First Wind in line with agreements signed between the parties â even if it means a court date.
Town Supervisor Jack Zigenfus announced at Monday night's town board meeting major work is being performed on the 50-turbine wind-powered electricity generation project on Pine, Lent and Dutch hills. The turbines, he said, need to be overhauled, leading to traffic, road damage and late nights of work â which may be in violation of the agreements between the town and First Wind.
"It's my belief every blade has to come off," he said. "It requires another round of construction and heavy traffic."
Some of the problems come from cracking or the potential of cracking on the turbines where the blades attach to the nacelles in the center â the same basic problem that required the dismantling of the Steel Winds project in Lackawanna, which was a First Wind project using the same Clipper turbines used in Cohoctonâ¦"
SNL Financial on January 9, 2008 reported:
'Power-Operations and Strategy
Clipper's 2.5 MW Liberty wind turbines malfunction'
[BJD editor's note, Michael Alvarez is the President of First Wind]
The largest wind turbine manufactured in the United States is running into some technical difficulty..."
Clipper Windpower Inc.'s 2.5-MW Liberty wind turbines at the 20-MW Steel Winds facility in Lackawanna, N.Y., are malfunctioning due to faulty gear sets.
"At first, we were receiving great performance from the turbines," said Michael Alvarez, executive vice president and COO of UPC Wind Partners LLC, which co-owns the facility with BQ Energy LLC. "Over the summer, a gear-timing issue in the drive train's secondary stage was detected in some of Clipper Windpower's Liberty wind turbines at the Steel Winds site. The cause was found to be a supplier quality deficiency in the drive train attributable to the suppliers' manufacturing process. As part of Clipper's warranty, upgraded drive trains will be installed into all eight turbines at the Steel Winds site. Currently, two turbines are in operation."
The Union Leader on April 6, 2009 reported:
"According to a March 26, 2008 report by the Daily News in Bangor, Maine, UPC Wind president and CEO Paul Gaynor said the company would do a better job in the future about letting local residents know what to expect from wind farms.
"I know there was an expectation (in Mars Hill) about what these were going to sound like," Gaynor told the Daily News. "These are big structures and they do make sound."
Shortly after Gaynor spoke to the Maine newspaper, the firm changed its name to First Wind. It was formerly known as Global Winds Harvest/UPC."
April 1, 2009 by Jack Zigenfus
"Cohocton, NY permitted First Wind (formerly UPC Wind) to construct two wind energy facilities in the town on private land. Noise complaints started almost immediately after the turbines became operational. Windaction.org has been notified that the below letter was sent by Cohocton's town supervisor to First Wind."
Author: Kelly, Peter
NOW COME, the Plaintiffs, by and through their attorney, Peter S. Kelley, Esq. and state as follows:
1. That all Plaintiffs are, and have been, residents of the Town of Mars Hill, except Steven Burtchell, who owns land in Mars Hill but is a resident of Westfield, Maine.
2. The Defendant, FIRST WIND of Massachusetts is a Corporation doing business in the State of Maine and having a wind turbine operation in Mars Hill, Maine. In the past, FIRST WIND has done business as U.P.C. Wind Management, LLC and Evergreen Wind Power, LLC.
3. The Defendant, Sargent Corporation, is a Maine Corporation with a place of business in Stillwater, Maine. It was the general contractor for the construction of the windmills o Mars Hill Mountain in 2006-2007.
4. The Defendant, Maine Drilling and Blasting, Inc., is a Maine Corporation having a place of business in Gardiner, Maine. It was the sub-contractor who blasted portions of Mars Hill Mountain for construction of the wind turbines.
5. The Defendant, Inhabitants of the Town of Mars ill, is a body politic which was the co-applicant to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for construction of said wind turbines.
6. The Plaintiffs are owners and/or residents of their homes which are located near the north and east of Mars Hill Mountain.
7. Prior to 2008, the Defendants, FIRST WIND and the Town of Mars Hill, were co- applicants to D.E.P. for a permit for FIRST WIND to construct windmills on Mars Hill Mountain.
8. It was the legal obligation of the applicants to notify by registered letter, return receipt requested, the owners regarding the application for the permit. This was not done.
9. It was also the obligation of the Mars Hill Town Manager and Town council to use due diligence to consult with its attorney and an engineer to determine if it should be an applicant for the DEP permit and to determine if the operation of the turbines would cause harm to the Plaintiffs. This was not done, thereby denying the Plaintiffs notice, due process of law, and fundamental fairness in the permitting process. A Notice of Claim was served on the Town pursuant to Maine Tort Claims Act in September 2007.
10. D.E.P. approved a permit for the construction and operation of Defendant's wind turbines. The permitting process was flawed in that fundamental due process under the Maine and Federal Constitutions was denied to the Plaintiffs in that proper notice was not given to Plaintiffs of the construction, blasting, operation, and planning of the wind turbines.
11. In the Summer of 2006, the Defendant, Maine Drilling and Blasting, Inc., performed extensive blasting which not only was extremely loud and disruptive, but which caused physical damage to the Plaintiffs' property and physical injury to the Plaintiffs' enjoyment of life and peace. The Piaintiffs were not notified of the times of when the blasting was to occur.
12. Before the blasting and operation of the windmills, the Plaintiffs lived in areas to the north and east of the Mountain in a peaceful, remote, quiet, serene, and visually pleasant setting.
13. When all of the turbines became operational for the first time in late March 2007, it became immediately obvious to the Plaintiffs that the noise from the turbines was invasive and caused them loss of enjoyment of life, loss of peace and quiet, loss of their full use of their home and land. Some Plaintiffs required medical treatment and counseling. Many have, and continue to, lose sleep, suffer headaches, suffer considerable stress, and other physical and emotional ailments.
14. The real estate values of the Plaintiffs' homes have been greatly reduced, as is supported by an expert's opinion, of their property values before and after operation of the turbines.
15. Damage to adjoining wetlands and streams have been altered by the blasting and operation of the turbines.
16. The presence of wildlife has been affected by the construction and the operation of the turbines.
17. The shadow flicker effects from the operation of the turbines have caused injury to the Plaintiffs and disruption of their right to live in a pleasant setting.
18. The visual effects of the presence of the windmills have negatively affected the Plaintiffs' peace and enjoyment of their remote setting.
19. Defendant's sound study shows noise levels above 45 and 50 decibels. The noise level from the 2006 blasting and by the turbines operation has been highly disturbing to the Plaintiffs. They have been unable to sit outside in their yard without having their peace disturbed by the Defendant's wind turbines. They are also often bothered inside their homes as to sleep and comfort.
20. The strobe/shadow effects and blinking red lights have forced the Plaintiffs to keep the blinds on their windows closed. As a result the Plaintiffs have lost the use and enjoyment of the view they used to have from their home.
COUNT I â CONTINUING PRIVATE NUSIANCE AND TRESPASS
21. The Plaintiffs incorporate by reference all aliegations set forth above.
22. The Defendants' actions in constructing and operating its wind turbines on Mars Hill Mountain have caused and do cause disturbing noises, flashing red lights, strobe/shadow effect and the unreasonable interference with the Plaintiffs' use and enjoyment of their property, causing a continuing private nuisance and trespass to them. TV reception has been adversely affected.
23. The Defendants' actions continue to cause significant harm to Plaintiffs and their property, including personal discomfort, inconvenience, annoyance, loss of enjoyment of life, and other damages.
COUNT II â NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
24. The Plaintiffs incorporate herein all allegations set forth above.
25. Defendants' actions have been negligent and unreasonable because the wind turbines have and continue to cause disturbing noises, flashing red lights, and strobe/shadow effects, all of which cause Plaintiffs to suffer emotional distress and the adverse effect on their physical and emotional health and on their property values.
COUNT III â PROPERTY DAMAGE
26. The Plaintiffs incorporate all allegations set forth above.
27. The Defendants' activity in the construction, blasting, and operation of the wind turbines, has caused the fair market value of Plaintiffs' property to be diminished for residential and other uses.
COUNT IV â INVERSE CONDEMNATION UNDER THE MAINE CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES AND FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
28. The Plaintiffs incorporate the allegations set forth above.
29. The Defendants' activities have been undertaken pursuant to the permit granted by D.E.P., a public regulatory agency of the State of Maine, without Plaintiffs' procedural and substantial due process.
30. The Defendants' actions and its construction and operation of its wind turbines have resulted in the taking of a negative nuisance easement over the Plaintiffs' property without compensation or due process of law.
31. The Defendants' actions constitute inverse condemnation of the Plaintiffs' property under Maine law and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Therefore, the Plaintiffs are entitled to just compensation for the loss of their property.
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court order:
1. Defendant to compensate them for all past and future inconvenience, personal injury, annoyance, discomfort, damage to their wet lands, and other nuisance and emotional distress damages they have and will continue to suffer in the future because of the construction and operation of Defendant's wind turbines near their property.
2. Defendant to compensate Plaintiffs for the diminution in the fair market value of their property caused by the construction and operation of Defendant's wind turbines near their property.
3. Defendant to remove one or more of its wind turbines and/or install technological improvements and implement operational controls or procedures to abate the negative noise, ice, flashing red lights, and strobe/shadow effects of Defendant's wind turbines on the Plaintiffs and their property to the maximum extent possible, as equitable relief.
4. Defendant to compensate Plaintiffs for the fair market value of the property which the Defendant has taken pursuant to the Maine Constitution, and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
5. Defendant to pay Plaintiffs for their attorneys fees, costs and disbursements in this matter.
6. Such other relief as the Court deems fair and equitable.
Dated at Caribou, Maine, this 27th day of March, 2009.
Maine Bar #I940
Download original document: "Mars Hill residents' suit against First Wind et al."
Report: Mafia Invests in Sicilian Wind Farms
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
The Mafia may be going green.
Sicilian prosecutors are cracking down on Cosa Nostra involvement in the numerous small firms that build wind farms on the Mediterranean island, the Financial Times reports.
What's the attraction for organized crime? The best of intentions, of course. The European Union and the Italian government heavily subsidize the construction of alternative-energy facilities, and the operators ar e guaranteed high rates to maximize their profits.
A few wind farms that broke down because of lousy construction still received subsidies, prosecutor Roberto Scarpinato told the Financial Times.
"This is the amazing thing -- that developers got public money to build wind farms that did not produce electricity," he said.
Furthermore, locally-built wind farms are often bought up by multinational energy firms from other parts of Europe, none of which know the true identities of the original owners.
"A handful of people control the wind sector," said Scarpinato. "Many companies exist, but it is the same people behind them." Eight arrests have already been made."
UPC in Italy:
"UPC personnel had extensive experience in the U.S. with wind energy development, ownership and operation. Avv. Oreste Vigorito has been the Managing Director of IVPC and its subsidiary companies from inception and has become a partner with UPC in its Italian activities. Avv.Vigorito has continually provided the IVPC companies with strong Italian and local management experience."
Mafia Tied to Wind Fraud in Italy
Posted By Environmental Leader On November 17, 2009 @ 8:11 am
In Carbon Finance & Offsets, Clean Energy, Feature, Financial, Funding & Incentives, Policy & Law, Wind Energy | No Comments
Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen â including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket â in the wind energy sector on charges of fraud, reports the Financial Times [1]. Arrested were Oreste Vigorito, head of the IVPC energy company and president of Italy's National Association of Wind Energy, and Vito Nicastri, a Sicilian business associate, according to the article.
According to the European Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow [2], Oreste Vigorito has ties to Brian Caffyn, a former investor in the Cape Wind project [3], which has been criticized as a poor investment for taxpayers, reports Dakota Voice [4].
Vigorito once owned IVPC with Brian Caffyn, founder of Cape Wind and First Wind, according to the Boston Herald [5]. Caffyn sold his interest in Cape Wind in 2002 and sold his interest in IVPC in 2005. Vigorito has never had any involvement in Cape Wind, according to Mark Rodgers, Communications Director for the Cape Wind project.
The Herald reports that Caffyn was surprised to learn of Vigorito's arrest:
"I read about it in the papers, and I was very surprised," Brian Caffyn said from Hong Kong, where he is now building wind-energy farms in China and the Philipines.
"I know of no fraud with (former partners) Oreste (Vigorito) and IVPC," said Caffyn, a Cape Cod native and Babson College graduate.
The "Gone with the Wind" sting operation, started in 2007, netted 11 others who were charged but were not arrested. Italian police told Financial Times that the fraud charges are related to obtaining millions of dollars in public subsidies to construct wind farms that never worked. Police confiscated seven wind farms with 185 turbines in Sicily linked to IVPC, according to the article.
The anti-fraud team also is investigating IVPC's sales of wind farms to foreign companies, and already has sent requests for documentation to five companies located in the Netherlands and Spain, as well as IVPC's Italian affiliates in Ireland and the UK, according to the article.
Anti-mafia prosecutors in Sicily also have launched a parallel investigation, reports the Financial Times.
Fraud appears to be an emerging problem in the nascent clean energy sector. Most recently, two clean energy auditors â SGS UK and DNV â were accused [6] of not properly auditing projects in carbon trading markets.
Meanwhile, the UK is dealing [7] with carbon trading credit scams that could cost millions of dollars. In Australia, to prevent bogus carbon offset schemes, federal police agents can now enter [8] company premises and request paperwork to monitor their emissions.
Article printed from Environmental Leader: http://www.environmentalleader.com
URL to article: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/mafia-tied-to-wind-fraud-in-italy/
URLs in this post:
[1] Financial Times: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59fe9474-cf2b-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
[2] European Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow: http://cfact.eu/2009/11/15/gone-with-the-wind-arrests-for-massive-fraud-in-italy/
[3] Cape Wind project: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/03/cape-cod-wind-farm-closer-but-still-generating-opposition/
[4] Dakota Voice: http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/11/trouble-in-green-paradise-wind-farm-scams/
[5] Boston Herald: http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20091115ex-partner_of_boston_wind_exec_charged_italians_nab_soccer_club_president_in_energy_fraud/srvc=home&position=4
[6] accused: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/11/more-carbon-market-fraud-unearthed/
[7] dealing: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/31/unwitting-businesses-may-pay-twice-in-uk-carbon-credit-scam/
[8] enter: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/12/australias-carbon-police-may-enter-premises/
"It's not what you know. It's who you know."
"â¦Another about $115 million of the $503 million went to a company called First Wind, whose owners include the Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners and a member of the D.E. Shaw group. This Bloomberg article quotes President Obama's White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a congressman at the time the article was published, as saying of Madison Dearborn, "They've been not only supporters of mine, they're friends of mine." The Bloomberg article says, "Employees of Madison Dearborn have donated $77,500 to Emanuel's re-election committee since 2001, collectively emerging as the top contributor to his campaigns in his congressional career, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics." D.E. Shaw is the firm at which Mr. Obama's chief of the National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, held a $5.2 million a year, one-day-a-week job. The Energy Department did not respond to a query from FutureOfCapitalism.com about whether Messrs. Emanuel or Summers had been involved in the decision to award the grant. The Journal did say that "Government officials said there was no cap on the program and that every qualifying application would be funded," though, as CIT could tell you, what constitutes a "qualifying" application is often the billion-dollar question in Washington. One company official, however, described the process of applying for the grants as "nondiscretionary," explaining that all firms whose applications met the terms of the law would receive funding."
"When President Obama announced his memo, he spoke of what he called "a fundamental commitment." He said, "Decisions about how Recovery Act dollars are spent will be based on the merits. Let me repeat that: Decisions about how Recovery money will be spent will be based on the merits. They will not be made as a way of doing favors for lobbyists. Any lobbyist who wants to talk with a member of my administration about a particular Recovery Act project will have to submit their thoughts in writing, and we will post it on the Internet for all to see. If any member of my administration does meet with a lobbyist about a Recovery Act project, every American will be able to go online and see what that meeting was about. These are unprecedented restrictions that will help ensure that lobbyists don't stand in the way of our recovery.
If these funds are being awarded "on the merits" and not "as a way of doing favors for lobbyists," why are presumably rational business owners paying lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees to lobby for them?
FutureOfCapitalism.com will be seeking answers to these questions from some of the relevant players in the coming days.
It's worth noting, too, that Mr. Obama's stated goal of transparency in the spending of the stimulus money has fallen far by the wayside. The joint Treasury and Energy Department release announcing the $503 million in alternative energy funds includes neither the words "First Wind" or "Iberdrola." It does include the mysterious entities "Canadaigua Power Partners, LLC" and "Canadaigua Power Partners II, LLC." Google them, and you find documents indicating they are subsidiaries of UPC Wind, which changed its name in May to First Wind. Search on the Obama administration's "Recovery.gov" Web site for First Wind or Iberdrola, and nothing comes up. Remember, this isn't some $30,000 pothole repair; it's hundreds of millions of dollarsâ¦"
"Decisions about how Recovery money will be spent will be based on the merits. They will not be made as a way of doing favors for lobbyists. It's hard to imagine all those little taxpayers aren't going to be disappointed when they learn what happened to their hard-earned money."
ROME | Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:02pm BST
ROME (Reuters) - Italy Tuesday seized Mafia-linked assets worth $1.9 billion -- the biggest mob haul ever -- in an operation revealing that the crime group was trying to "go green" by laundering money through alternative energy companies.
Investigators said the assets included more than 40 companies, hundreds of parcels of land, buildings, factories, bank accounts, stocks, fast cars and luxury yachts.
Most of the seized assets were located in Sicily, home of the Cosa Nostra, and in southern Calabria, home of its sister crime organization, the 'Ndrangheta.
At the center of the investigation was Sicilian businessman Vito Nicastri, 54, a man known as the "Lord of the Wind" because of his vast holdings in alternative energy concerns, mostly wind farms.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni called the operation "the largest seizure ever made" against the Mafia.
General Antonio Girone, head of the national anti-Mafia agency DIA, said Nicastri was linked to Matteo Messina Denaro, believed to be Mafia's current "boss of bosses."
Investigators said Nicastri's companies ran numerous wind farms as well as factories that produced solar energy panels.
"It's no surprise that the Sicilian Mafia was infiltrating profitable areas like wind and solar energy," Palermo magistrate Francesco Messineo told a news conference.
Officials said the operation was based on a 2,400-page investigative report and followed the arrest of Nicastri last year.
Senator Costantino Garraffa, a member of the parliamentary anti-Mafia committee, said the Mafia was trying to break into the "new economy," of alternative energy as it sought out virgin ventures to launder money from drugs and other rackets.
In the past few years, Italian authorities have cracked down hard on the crime group that once terrified the country.
The cupola, or hierarchy, of the Sicilian Mafia has been in freefall since the mid-1990s, when police began arresting its most enigmatic and charismatic bosses.
Salvatore "The Beast" Riina, who had declared war on the state and ordered a string of killings, bombings and kidnappings, was arrested in 1993 after nearly a quarter of a century on the run.
His successor, Bernardo Provenzano, was captured in 2006 after 43 years on the run. Both Riina and Provenzano hailed from Corleone, the hill town near Palermo made famous by the Godfather movies.
Provenzano was succeeded by Salvatore "The Baron" Lo Piccolo, who was in turn arrested a year later in 2007.
Police say the circle is now closing in on Messina Denaro, who hails from the grim western Sicilian town of Castelvetrano and is known as the "Playboy Boss" because he likes fast cars, women and gold watches. He has been on the run since 1993.


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Entries for 2011
5 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Facebook PageJan 15, 2011 by Yuriy Sklyar
With Facebook being the second most visited website in the world, it's a good idea to take advantage of this resource by creating your business page if you haven't already done so.
In this article, I will shed some light on the most important aspects of maintaining a Facebook page.
Interview: André Morys of Web Arts AG on Conversion OptimizationJan 14, 2011 by Tomasz Jablonski
André Morys is cofounder of Web-Arts, and a renowned speaker on the science of conversion optimization. He also runs a very successful blog in Germany, konversionsKRAFT. I recently spent a couple of months working in Europe and had the pleasure of meeting with André on several occassions. Have a read through the following interview I had with André for some great conversion advice.
Canada Named World's Top Country BrandJan 13, 2011 by Yuriy Sklyar
Canada has been crowned the world's best country brand, knocking neighbours the USA off the top spot, according to Futurebrand.
The brand consultancy determines the strength of a country's brand by measuring levels of awareness, familiarity, preference, consideration, advocacy and active decisions to visit.
Top 10 County Brands (last year's position in brackets)
Re-Designing The Edmonton City Centre Mall DirectoryJan 7, 2011 by Yuriy Sklyar
About a year ago, Oxford Properties (operators of the biggest shopping centre in downtown Edmonton) approached us about updating their mall directory.
DrupalStyle.com Re-DesignJan 5, 2011 by Yuriy Sklyar
DrupalStyle offers cost effective solutions (templates & complete website services) for startups who are looking to take their business online. In order to meet a growing demand and to better serve our existing customers, we are completely redesigning the website in order to improve usability, highlight important new features, and, ultimately, increase conversion rates.
Starbucks Re-Brand: A Change For The Better?Jan 5, 2011 by Yuriy Sklyar
Starbucks has changed quite a bit over the past few months. From offering paid WiFi service at their locations to offering free access that only requires the user to agree to their Terms of Use. They have also gone in a completely different direction with their "Starbucks Digital Network" (pictured below), that now offers free and paid digital content (music, ebooks, etc)...


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The Hearing Restoration Project asks from its members: 1) a commitment to the overall goal and organizational approach; 2) full sharing of techniques, data, and credit; 3) an allegiance to the ideals of the Hearing Restoration Project; and 4) active participation in the self-governance of the Hearing Restoration Project.
Members will a) jointly develop new and novel research projects to reach the Hearing Restoration Project goal, b) review and rank projects developed at the annual investigators meeting and after, c) serve as collegial constructive critics at all times through email, bulletin board, and quarterly meetings aimed at strengthening new approaches, and d) recommend worthy colleagues as Consortium members.
Consortium members may receive sponsored research awards from the Hearing Restoration Project based on scientific merit as judged by the Hearing Restoration Project Consortium and affirmed by the Hearing Restoration Project Scientific Advisory Board. The number and size of the awards will vary with the project and available funding.
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Diane Kruger Scores a Spot on "The Bridge" Cast
She's amassed some serious movie success over the course of her impressive career, and now Diane Kruger is giving the small screen a shot.
The "Inglourious Basterds" babe has been cast as the female lead in the forthcoming FX drama pilot "The Bridge," under the direction of Gerardo Naranjo.
Per the synopsis, "The Bridge centers on two detectives from the United States and Mexico – El Paso Police Homicide Detective Sonya North (Kruger) and Marco Ruiz — who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the American-Mexican border."
"Sonya North is described as a dogged cop who lacks tact, warmth and empathy. Shockingly candid, she calls the world like she sees it – which can be off-putting to her colleagues, but also refreshing and funny."


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Stanley, Bundy and little Harvey just got fluffed!
They actually look happy about it, Mary!
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What a handsome Bunch
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Stanley, Bundy and Harvey look beautiful! Nothing like fluffy shelties!
How sweet they look together… ready for the holidays too.
How about a few cookies now mom?
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What precious cuties… i would take this trio any day of the week.
Of course they look happy about it . . . happy that it is over! LOL It is a real toss up here on who is the most handsome, I guess we will have to call this one a 3-way tie, and of course, since they are standing on the grooming table, they look fluffed, coiffed and fabulous . . . treats all around momma.
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Pangako Sa 'Yo (TV series)
|Pangako Sa 'Yo
|Drama, Romance
|Created by
| Kristine Hermosa
Jericho Rosales
(see cast) for the complete list.
|Country of origin
|No. of episodes
|480 episodes
|Running time
|30 minutes
|Original channel
|External links
|Official website
|IMDb profile
Pangako Sa 'Yo (English: My Promise to You) or The Promise (international broadcast title) is considered as one of the Philippines' most watched-soap opera in recent television history. Started in 2000, the Teleserye (the name given by ABS-CBN for their soap operas) ran for two-and-a-half years.
The story starts with the love story of Amor Powers(Eula Valdez) and Eduardo Buenavista (Tonton Gutierrez). Eduardo's mother, Benita, opposes the relationship since Amor was just a maid and also because she wanted Eduardo to marry Claudia (Jean Garcia) for political reasons. Eduardo's brother, Diego (Jestoni Alarcon), who has a crush on Amor, was asked by Benita to separate them. Eduardo, on seeing Diego trying to rape Amor, mistook it as them having a relationship, and is heartbroken and decides to marry Claudia. Amor, now pregnant, is forced to leave the Buenavista Hacienda and went back to her mother at a trash dump site. She vows to have her revenge on the Buenavista family when she finds out that Eduardo has married Claudia.
After giving birth to a girl named Maria Amor, Amor and her friend Lourdes survived by working in clubs. Amor caught the eye of a rich American who brings her to the U.S.A. She leaves her child and mother at the dump and sends money to them from time to time.
The American was abusive to Amor. When a landslide hit the dump site, making Amor think that her mother and daughter had died, he still did not allow her to go back to the Philippines. She got her revenge on him by not getting the medical help he needed when he suffered a stroke. He died and she inherits all his money.
Eduardo and Claudia had two children: Angelo and Lia. Eduardo is the current Governor of Punta Verde while Claudia has become the ever elusive Gambling Queen. Angelo is a rebel who dislikes his father while Lia is the sweet, church-attending teen whose feelings everyone wants to protect.
Amor's daughter, however, survives the landslide and is adopted by a couple, Isko and Belen Macaspac. They already had a son named Caloy, who hated Yna. The couple found drawings Eduardo made for Amor, signed "Ynamorata" near the abandoned child, so they decided to call the little girl they found Ynamorata. Isko and Belen soon had another child, Flerida.
Benita Buenavista regretted forcing Eduardo to marry Claudia as her daughter-in-law turned out to be a bad lady. She tried to explain on her deathbed that she was the one who broke his relationship with Amor but died before explaining. She then haunted the dreams of the now grown up Yna to make up for her sins.
By accident, Yna and Eduardo meet and Yna dreams Benita showing her that her past lies in the Buenavista family. Intrigued, she gets a job working as a maid for the family in hopes of finding out about her past.
Yna and Angelo fall in love, much to the chagrin of Claudia, and due to the fact she looks down on maids, makes Yna's life a living hell.
Amor, coming back from the US as Amor Powers, has made a name for herself in the business world, all the while planning her revenge on the Buenavista family, whom she blamed for the sufferings she endured before as well as the assumed death of her child. One of the most awaited parts is the revelation to Amor that Yna is in fact her long lost daughter.
The dilemma is that, after finding out that Yna's true father is Eduardo, Angelo and Yna are therefore siblings. It is later revealed that Angelo's true dad is not Eduardo. It is at 1st thought to be Simon (who was a poor lover of Claudia), but it is later revealed to be Diego's with a poor woman who passed away.
In turn's out that Claudia gave birth to a daughter; Claudia's father later switched the babies so a boy would inherit his riches. The daughter's name was Maria Amor, who was raised by an old woman and had her believing she was Amor's daughter (but her real name was revealed to be Clarissa) and was later briefly mistaken to be Amor and Eduardo's daughter by everyone, including Claudia. To seek revenge on Amor, Claudia kills Maria Amor. She later find's out who Maria Amor really is and is deeply crushed. When she reconciles with everyone in Yna and Angelo's wedding, she sees her daughter's spirit and begs forgiveness. At prison, she inherits her daughter's ashes.
The conclusion is that everyone is reunited with their true loves- Yna marries Angelo, Claudia marries Simon Barcial, and Amor and Eduardo are together. Template:Spoilerend
Cast and Characters
Kristine Hermosa as Ynamorata 'Yna' Macaspac
Jericho Rosales as Angelo Buenavista
Eula Valdez as Amor Powers
Jean Garcia as Claudia Buenavista
Jestoni Alarcon as Diego Buenavista
Tonton Gutierrez as Eduardo Buenavista
Amy Austria as Lourdes Magbanua Buenavista
Patrick Garcia as Jonathan
Jodi Sta. Maria as Lia Buenavista
Jay Manalo as Caloy Macaspac
Nikka Valencia as Julieta Macaspac
Luis Alandy as David
Carlo Muñoz as Mark (as Carlo Munoz)
Eva Darren as Belen Macaspac
Cris Daluz as Isko Macaspac
Hazel Ann Mendozaas Flerida Macaspac
Perla Bautista as Chayong
Liza Lorena as Doña Benita Buenavista
Flora Gasser as Pacita
Monina Bagatsing as Rizza
Ernie Zarate as Mayor Enrique Zalameda
Minnie Aguilar as Coring
Richard Quan as Benjie Gatmaytan
Melissa Mendez as Minerva Capito
John Arcilla as Simon Barcial
Kristine Garcia as Elizabeth
Ilonah Jean as Cherry Barcial
Georgina Sandico as Grace Magpantay
Evangeline Pascualas Betty Mae Verseles
Connie Chua as Panying
Gigette Reyes as Debra
Roi Rodrigo as Miguel
Ian Galliguez as Chinee
Vanessa Del Biancoas Bea Bianca Bejerrano
Ramon Christopheras Cris
Ronnie Quizon as Badeo
Gino Paul Guzman as Rebel
Rey Kilay as Cookie
Mike Lloren as Albert
Toffee Calma as Arman/Eman
Jeffrey Hidalgo as Kenneth
Corrine Mendez as Shiela
Jane Zaleta as Julie Anne
Gem Ramos as Lia's Friend
Rodney Shattara as Lia's Friend
Paolo Contis as Vinny
Mico Palanca as Lia's Friend
Joed Serrano as Joed
Anita Linda as Puring San Juan
Diane De La Fuenteas Maria Amor de Jesus
Ricky Davao as Tony Banks
Raquel Villavicencioas Dr. Castillo
Erwin Tulfo as As himself (cameo)
Phoemela Baranda as Queenie Bermudez
James Cooper as James
Leni Rivera as Pinky Lee
Michelle Bayle as Felicity
Alfred Vargas as Dyno Zuryete
Ina Raymundo as Eidelwess Guttenberg
Jon Achaval as Enrico
Mark Acueza as Kit
Froilan Sales as Rufo Delgado
Maribeth Bichara as Charisma Ledesma
Lucita Soriano as Gaying
Bing Davao as Lorenzo dela Merced
Suzette Ranillo as Fatima dela Merced
Jiro Manio as Kokoy dela Merced
Onemig Bondoc as Errol Garcia
Juan Rodrigo as Fr. Crispin Arenas
Roderick Lindayagas Dolfo
Gerard Pizzaras
Pocholo Montes
Chinggoy Alonzo
[[Vic Vargas
Production Credits
- Director: Jasmine Ligacion
- Screenwriters: Tammy Bejerano, Theodore Boborol, Emman de la Cruz, Dado C. Lumibao and Michiko Yamamoto
- Producers: Crissy Baluyut, Ellen Nicolas Criste, Malou Movido and Malou N. Santos
- This is where the real romance bloomed between Kristine and Jericho. They later separated because Jericho fell in love with Cindy Kurleto while filming Ngayong Nandito Ka (Now that you're here), starring the three of them.
- Jericho is currently together with Heart Evangelista while Kristine is now with Diether Ocampo. Kristine and Diether were married last Sept 2005 but had not filed for marriage license. It is rumoured that Kristine filed for an annulment because of endorsement deals.
- This catapulted Eula Valez to stardom. She used to do supporting roles only and has truly made Amor Powers an icon. The role was first offered to Lorna Tolentino (who later made the equally good and successful Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay and subsequently to Snooky Serna. But at that time, Snooky was sticking to news anchoring at IBC 13.
- Claudia kills her real daughter supposedly Amors daughter.She doesnt find out until she learns that Angelo is not her real son and finds out from her dad and Amor.
- At the finale Lia dies of heart problem but her daughter Lia survives the birth.
- Claudia had Ynas dad kidnapped and killed.He got shot whiled Yna and Amor witnessed it.
- Jean Garcia, who has been working in Japan as a singer, has equally become popular because of her portrayal as "Madame Claudia".
- As with many Filipino shows, the series took its name from a famous song Pangako sa 'Yo. It was composed and recorded by Rey Valera, covered by Sharon Cuneta, and was sung by Vina Morales for the series as its theme song.
- On August 14, 2006, ABS-CBN revived the soap for a Rewind run as part of their "Primetime Bida" line-up but did not gain much ratings compared to its counterpart, Jewel in the Palace or Dae Jang Geum.
The drama's overall ratings in Mega Manila was 56.6% and nationwide was 61.8%.
International releases
The soap opera was shown (or currently showing) in:
Pangako sa 'Yo was a successful hit in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Namibia and Singapore. Its highest rating in Indonesia was 50%, beaten by the highest rating of Full House which was 50.5%. It is one of the highest rated imported dramas ever shown in Indonesia, beating Dae Jang Geum and Winter Sonata.
The soap had 480 episodes, each episode thirty minutes each. It was originally shown every weeknight during primetime, with its timeslot shifting within the 7PM-9PM schedule.
See also
|ABS-CBN Primetime Bida
|Katorse · TV Patrol World · May Bukas Pa · Lovers In Paris · Dahil May Isang Ikaw · Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up · SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon
Original Source
Original content from Wikipedia under GNU Free Documentation License. See full disclaimer.


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On the front page of your recent sports section, there was an article about the Saints' arrival in Lewisburg, West Virginia. Your writer described Lewisburg as "… a small town, which boasts only a handful of hotels, a Wal-Mart and various chain restaurants." Really?
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Tell your writer that the next day he can buy a sandwich at the bakery on Court Street and have a picnic on the town square under the shade of the giant sugar maples and basswoods. And tell your writer that he can visit all of the numerous interesting shops and art outlets in town. Tell him he will not have to walk more than two blocks in any direction to do all of this. And tell him that he won't see a McDonald's or even a Walgreen's anywhere near the downtown.
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|Reviews for The Light House
| rougette chapter 2 . 4/24/2015
So sad to see this was taken down! It was always one of my favorites! I hope to see it published someday, when you have more time after graduation (I know how it is; seniors for the win).
| Carol-Lin chapter 2 . 12/12/2014
0_o# i'm so sad... why you remove your next story... I can't read it all -_- anyway i LIKE your story - i hope i can read next chapter
| Isabella22 chapter 2 . 8/28/2014
I was so excited for this next chapter!
| katkatkatkaaaat chapter 1 . 4/16/2014
I've been wanting to read stories like these for so long! I'm so glad I read this! You have executed the storyline so well! :D Omygosh! 3 3 I can't stop day dreaming now!
| Meister Anonymous chapter 15 . 12/31/2013
Oh my gosh. I cried so much! That was such a great story.. I don't think I'm going to bed anytime soon! I'm going to be to busy thinking about your story! :') It was lovely, you did a great job! Thanks for making me stay up till 5:00 am worthwhile! :)
| The Whisperer in Darkness chapter 15 . 11/7/2013
I absolutely loved this story! I cried when I thought Steffan wasn't coming back... Great job!
| Cookie Seller On The Dark Side chapter 15 . 8/31/2013
This was an amazing story, and although the ending was a little sad and a bit of a dead end, it was fantastic! Well done with it. I loved it :)
-Cookie Seller On The Dark Side.
| Toolazytologin chapter 15 . 7/28/2013
Oh, come on you cant put THE END at the end of achapter that isn't the end! he came back and they had more kids. Its a bit eerie how Steffan died first...then Brenden. I LOVED THIS AND WILL READ THE RE-WRITE.
| Too lazy to log chapter 13 . 7/28/2013
I finished this in 2 hours, it was that good. You write so beautifully, a few typos, but Ididn't care. Everything was so believable! I was hoping Steffan would have back, I'm balling my eyes out...I wish he lived. You should write a YOU SHOULD.
| Anna chapter 15 . 4/20/2013
I absolutely LOVED this story! It's so sweet, and sad, and happy, and sad again, and... Just wow. I think you're a great writer, I wasn't bored for a single second! Please keep writing this kind of story, 'cause I love history and romance, and together I adore them, so... Bye!
| redandwhitetigers chapter 14 . 3/8/2013
I'm glad you wrote another chapter and gave Gwen a happy ending.
| redandwhitetigers chapter 13 . 3/8/2013
That is so sad. I want to cry now.
| Amanda chapter 14 . 11/27/2012
Yay! I got my happy ending! I'm so happy...that was very good I thought in the ending I had no hope and sad then when he came back I was beyond happy! I went on a roller coaster of happy and sad moments. I'll have to go see other stories if any and check them out now too :)
| Amanda chapter 12 . 11/27/2012
Geez, your breaking my heart and sadly I have that same small hope that he will come back lol..this is one of my all time favorites I can't get enough of it!
| Amanda chapter 3 . 11/26/2012
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After receiving numerous requests if it was possible to include the following two DX11 titles we added them a while ago, Alien vs predator and Lost Planet 2. Initially we left these two titles out as AVP is really ATI optimized and Lost planet 2 is rather NVIDIA savvy. None the less, we will start gathering results from them in a single chart kind of way. But bare in mind that we find both titles a little biased to either of the manufacturers.
DX11: Alien Versus Predator
As with many of the already released DirectX 11 benchmarks, the Aliens vs. Predator DirectX 11 benchmark leverages your DirectX 11 hardware to provide an immersive game play experience through the use of DirectX 11 Tessellation and DirectX 11 Advanced Shadow features. In Aliens vs. Predator, DirectX 11 Geometry Tessellation is applied in an effective manner to enhance and more accurately depict HR Gigers famous Alien design. Through the use of a variety of adaptive schemes, applying tessellation when and where it is necessary, the perfect blend of performance and visual fidelity is achieved with at most a 4% change in performance. Your DirectX 11 hardware also allows for higher quality, smoother and more natural looking shadows as well.
DirectX 11 Advanced Shadows allow for the rendering of high-quality shadows, with smoother, artifact-free penumbra regions, which otherwise could not be realized, again providing for a higher quality, more immersive gaming experience.
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DX11: Lost Planet 2
The Lost Planet 2 Benchmark can be downloaded here, you can measure the performance of your system and see first-hand how DirectX11.
A decade has passed since the first game, and the face of E.D.N. III has changed dramatically. Terra forming efforts have been successful and the ice has begun to melt, giving way to lush tropical jungles and harsh unforgiving deserts. Players will enter this new environment and follow the exploits of their own customized snow pirate on their quest to seize control of the changing planet.
Guru3D utilizes test B - The primary purpose of Test B is to push the PC to its limits and to evaluate the maximum performance of the PC. It utilizes many functions of Direct X11 resulting in a very performance-orientated, very demanding benchmark mode.
We measure in 2560x1600 to stress the card a little more. We apply 4xMSAA and 16X Anisotropic Filtering to more heavily shake up the graphics card being tested and all image quality settings have been set to the highest possible. Here as well, over time of course, this chart will build up with more and more results.
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KEITH MASSEY ("Three dropped" – July 16) goes some way to answering his own interesting questions.
"Democracy" is given a range of meanings in The Times English dictionary. Winston Churchill said, "democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time".
I have the privilege of being a democrat and in the Labour Party. I understand democracy to be: one person one vote, majority rule but respect and protection in law for the minority.
I associate democracy with active citizenship. Within society, if you do not act responsibly then you lose your rights. I joined Labour in the late 1950s, pressing for reforms beyond education and the NHS. Who remembers Hugh Gaitskell now?
All political parties would be "over the moon" if people were queueing to be active members. Engagement in society is not as strong as in the past.
Mr. Massey says politics is a brutal business and conjectures reasons for changes in Clifton Ward re-selection process. He recognises the effect of the Boundary Commission to reduce the number of councillors.
He adds that he does not know the people involved. Our meeting was well attended with independent scrutinisers present. The candidates were selected on the basis of their presentations and interviews. The wider electorate will rightly test the choice by "ordinary mortals" when the ballot is held.
I too am thankful that we can vote. I would encourage more electors to do so and participate in the whole process.
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The Japanese, I am persuaded, pay far more attention to this particular, um, fantasy than we do in the States. As evidence, I present this ten-minute collage of drawings, maybe two of which I'd seen before:
[Oh, fudge. The video's been pulled.]
(Thanks to Dale.)Comments off
On the horizon
Philip Ball's Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen, due mid-April, is an analysis of the dynamic:
If offered the chance by cloak, spell, or superpower to be invisible, who wouldn't want to give it a try? We are drawn to the idea of stealthy voyeurism and the ability to conceal our own acts, but as desirable as it may seem, invisibility is also dangerous. It is not just an optical phenomenon, but a condition full of ethical questions. As esteemed science writer Philip Ball reveals in this book, the story of invisibility is not so much a matter of how it might be achieved but of why we want it and what we would do with it.
In this lively look at a timeless idea, Ball provides the first comprehensive history of our fascination with the unseen. This sweeping narrative moves from medieval spell books to the latest nanotechnology, from fairy tales to telecommunications, from camouflage to ghosts to the dawn of nuclear physics and the discovery of dark energy.
Ball's book is going on my wish list.Comments off
How not to be seen
The singer/songwriter known as Sia, on the promotion of her new album 1000 Forms of Fear:
I already have a much larger concept for this album and for how I'm going to present it and that was: I don't want to be famous. If Amy Winehouse was a beehive then I guess I'm a blonde bob. I thought "well if that's my brand, how can I avoid having to use my face to sell something," so my intention was to create a blonde bob brand. Throughout this whole thing I'll put a different person in a blonde bob and either they lip-synch while I'm doing a live performance or they perform a dance or do some sort of performance while I have my back to the audience, as with Ellen.
And in the official video for the first single, "Chandelier," there's a tween dancer with endless reserves of energy in a blonde bob. But there's also a lyric video:
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Presumably her boyfriends were surprised
Author Rodd Thunderheart has finally completed his novel See Through Love (Friesen Press, 2014), which is listed as Coming Soon at the publisher's site. Part of the blurb:
High school teacher Carolina Dominguez has the unique ability to turn invisible at will. While she usually has control over her supernatural ability, Carolina becomes invisible every time she is attracted to a man.
This will, of course, be added to my To Read list.Comments off
New-ish at the FIdB
A couple of additions while you weren't looking:
- 13 black sends along Pearl Andrews, vintage beauty from the Web series The True Heroines;
- Paul Cwick points to Jo McCormick, tween member of the Big Bad Beetleborgs, one of those 1990s series that combines Pacific Rim mecha footage with new stuff shot in Southern California.
Thanks to them, and to all the contributors over the years.Comments off
Even more Transparent
If you liked Natalie Whipple's Transparent, as I did, be prepared for the second verse: Blindsided (which, you have to admit, is a great title) is due out in mid-January from Hot Key Books.
HarperTeen, which published Transparent, apparently passed on this one, but will pick up Whipple's House of Ivy & Sorrow (April), a tale of a high-school-age witch and a Curse that affects her family.
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Latest news
Finally got Transparent's Fiona McClean added to the FIdb. (I've reviewed it here.)
A different tack altogether, and not entirely on topic, since it's a guy, but I also recommend Invisibility by Andrea Cremer and David Levithan, an affecting story about a teenage boy who can't be seen and the new girl in town, who can actually see him. The appearance of two good YA novels on this topic, I suggest, is good news for the future.Comments off
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From HarperTeen, a new book by Natalie Whipple:
Transparent's Fiona McClean could be a superhero. She has a mutation that allows her to become invisible. But her father, a Las Vegas crime lord, forces her to use her power for evil. Since she was five, she's been stealing cars, robbing banks, and spying on people.
Fiona's had enough, so she escapes to a small town far from her father's reach. Happiness is hard to find surrounded by a mother she hates, a brother she can't trust, and a guy at school she can't stand, but Fiona manages to make some friends. And when her father finally tracks her down, Fiona discovers how far she'll go to protect everyone she's come to love.
I've got my preorder in already.Comments off
Think of it as an Easter egg
Everybody tells you to stay in your seat when the movie's over, because something might happen after the credits, and of late it happens often enough to justify the extra five minutes before hitting the streets, so you've come to see it as the rule rather than the exception.
Now this cultural artifact wouldn't seem to apply to books, but here's an example where it did: Jeanne Ray's 2011 novel Calling Invisible Women, in its original hardback version from Crown, bears the usual flyleaf photograph of the author except that she's invisible. It says something, though I'm not sure what, that I'd read it twice before I ever noticed.Comments off
New FIdB additions
Lola Savullo (Invisible) and Clover Hobart (Calling Invisible Women) have been posted to the database.Comments off
Looking at the new Scarlet
Here's Phil Noto's cover art for the new Scarlet O'Neil graphic novel:
More of the scoop right here.Comments off
And yet another Griffin
This is a mercenary who did a one-shot in the series Alphas: apparently it's just the one name so far.
Her technique, unlike most of the rest of the Griffins vanishing out there, requires no chemicals. From the Alphas wiki:
Griffin is able to take advantage of the human "blind spot." Because human beings have two eyes, the optic nerve has to translate two sets of data into a single, three-dimension image. The spacing of our eyes allows for a gap in this data. Griffin's Alpha ability effects other people's optic nerves, expanding the blind spot to accommodate her size. To supplement this, she disables local security systems and has developed a style of movement which keeps her in the blind spot.
Ingenious. I wonder if Lamont Cranston knew about this?Comments off
For the sheer fun of it
Our very own Unseen Model gets her own music video, a mere seven decades after the fact:
With thanks to John, Ringo, George, and especially Paul.Comments off
Song from the shadows
The challenge was to write a song from the point of view of a superhero. Denise Hudson responded with "Invisible Girl." It's actually quite charming.
Oh, and she also has a blog.1 comment
Scarlet puts in an appearance
Mars Will Send No More (now that's a name to be reckoned with) has a couple of Scarlet O'Neil four-pagers from the old Famous Funnies. There's even the obligatory Blind Guy.1 comment
The unseen fashionista
The Web site of the Guardian has added a fashion column dedicated to the "vintage years," written by someone identified only as the Invisible Woman. Apparently no one's noticed her in about ten years.
I think it's a fairly safe bet that she can actually be seen, but I have to applaud her taking on the pseudonym, if only because it stirs conversation, and if there's one thing the Guardian likes, it's conversation: they have a whole subsection called "Comment is free," with its own US sub-subsection.Comments off


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A separate Czech nation began to be built, literally, on the foundation stone of this landmark. As such, it would be nice to say that the opera, drama and ballet presented within it were the best of the best, but they're pretty inconsistent. For every brilliant interpretation of Chekhov or Dvořák, there's some tatty, musty old warhouse trundled out from the wings, trailing exhausted performers hitting their lines or notes by rote. The ballet, under the artistic direction of Petr Zuska, fares best. Still, this bedrock institution may soon improve under recently appointed director Ondřej Černý, a man of some vision. He may yet make the National matter again.
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Open Box office 10am-6pm daily.
Tickets 50-1,400 K±.
This is the best place to see original Czech productions with translation. It's also the best for viewing classical ballet. If you can afford to wait until the very last minute then wait in the ticket office for the returns 30 mins before the performance begins. Dress code applies. No shorts no trainers and preferably no jeans. Inside tip courtesy of livingprague.com


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The Nike LunarHaze+ just released this month, but you can now add it on the Nike iD menu for consumption. The LunarHaze+ combines a Lunar footbed with a Fuse upper and weightless construction to provide the most breathable ride for your feet, but with iD now available for this sick new Lunar-cushioned running shoe, you can run in your own personal style. there are a ton of great color-blocking options for this particular model; for example, you can go three different colors for the midsole, and the option to go tonal or contrast on the upper is yours to decide. Check out some sample mock-ups as well as actual iD samples after the jump and head over to Nike iD to get your pair.
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Preferred by museums and art galleries, this is the illuminated pedestal that softly underlights artwork. Fifty-four LEDs cast diffused, shadowless white light upward to accentuate fine details of a sculpture, crystal stemware, a trophy, or flower arrangements, creating a dramatic visual display anywhere in a home. The 10 1/2" sq., frosted-acrylic display surface safely supports up to 10 lbs and the cabinet is handmade from wood veneers with a rich cherry finish. Plugs into AC.
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I hesitated at first to buy the 14" model. But since I purchased one, I had to buy two more. These are great. They provide a nice low level of light on their own, and do a beautiful job for under lighting smaller translucent vases, sculptures, etc. It has a small transformer that easily plugs in a wall or extension cord and a very solid on-off switch on its backside. Buy one and try it out, you'll certainly find a good place to use it.
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I plan to group them together in a corner of the living room to display some collectibles I have
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We use it to display a David Wight glass sculpture of a breaking ocean wave. The light passing through the wave seems almost literally to "bring it to life." We've had the wave for over 10 years, but only now does my wife exclaim at how lovely it is. We would have preferred a lighter finish on the pedestal, but can easily live with what we have. A fantastic buy at the price!
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