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Prague 2 to shutter certain hernas (Business, 18 Jun, 2008)
Prague 2 plays tough against gambling joints that operate near schools...

HA- on Zerotinova in P3 there is a whore house 50 feet from an elementary school! The red lights on and Ukrainians come in and out all day...they should abolish the herna altogether, more than any other nation in the European Union, shameful. Prague is known for its whores and hernas, a dubious distinction!
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Not much happening (Night & Day, 18 Jun, 2008)
The movie was horrible, the story was bland, and even the Einstein quote about the bees and mankind was inaccurate.
Einstein never reportedly said that quote.
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Not much happening (Night & Day, 18 Jun, 2008)
Every time M. Night Shyamalan releases a movie, there's a critic who decides Shyamalan's career is over. That same critic will always--always--hark back to The Sixth Sense and how brilliant that movie was compared to the latest Shyamalan offering.

I must be out of touch, but as much as I demand a well-done, well-thought-out, original idea, I found The Sixth Sense to be my least favorite Shyamalan movie. It's the most commercial, as in, you get the cheap thrill of the twist ending, and it's relatively easy to figure out. There's no need to look deeper. There's no need to actively watch. Instead, you can sit back and be entertained. That's what we live for, right? We want our movies to do all the work, then we wash ourselves clean of it once the credits roll.

But, as grown-ups, shouldn't we be weary of that? If movies are an art form, then art used as mere entertainment and distraction is (merely) prostitution.

The Happening inspires thought, not just about thrill subjects like global warming or terrorism, but about human's relationship to nature, the endless possibilities of nature, and--yes--our duty to be in awe of something we don't fully understand.

It's also frightening. The gore is there for shock value, but the true horror comes later in the movie, in the form of a woman who's spent too many years cut off from the world. Here's where Shyamalan shines as a master of horror, in the quieter, subtler moments.

The Happening is entertaining, but it also demands more. It demands we actively participate in the movie, suspend our disbelief, and THINK. That's a bit like reading a book, but who does that anymore?

People are cheap, and they want cheap movies. But M. Night Shyamalan isn't a prostitute. He's attempting to tell stories, not sell you 1.5 hours of easy distraction. But in an age of remakes, sequels, and endless comic book revamps, is there's a place for storytelling?
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Bill calls for all dogs to be leashed (News, 18 Jun, 2008)
>>Why don't we keep children on leashes all the time?

This is an excellent idea. However, not allowing dogs to ever be able to run freely, even in a park is hardly a way of "reducing cruelty".
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Play it again (Business, 18 Jun, 2008)
And I thought vinyl was dead. I should have kept my tuner. Interesting article.
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Canada sees an influx of Roma immigrants (News, 18 Jun, 2008)
Why don't the Roma move to India, their ancestral home? They'd benefit on a cultural level. Secondly, they would be able to partake in the economic boom going on in India.
India and China are becoming the new economic powerhouses of the 21st century. Lots of opportunity to advance there and the future only looks brighter.
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The other holiday classic (Night & Day, 5 Dec, 2007)
Prague is a very cultural place.
There are so many concerts and performance in theaters, operas and ballets.
My family and I visited Prague not a long time ago. We stayed at the Ibis City hotel. The hotel made all the standards. It was clean, quiet, good value for money and the staff was very courteous, friendly and helpful.
Moreover, the service from the company via we booked was perfect, the transfer was on time and the taxi driver made us feel very welcome.
We didn't feel there were any problems with the municipal transportation, we just used a taxi from the airport to the hotel and back.
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Folk fest takes to the streets (News, 1 Aug, 2007)
My father has his own folklore ensemble in Belarus.

How it would be possible to get invitation to this festival?
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Detention raises question of rights (News, 21 May, 2008)
Opinions vary and they differ depending on one's personal experience...
Nevertheless, idiocy and inefficiency cannot become a compliment.
The first guilty person was that passenger.
The next time I take a Czech bus, I shall open a porno page on my lap-top....or some Czech news about daily and local corruption cases !
I bet you that same passenger would not even notice it.
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Generation gap (Opinion, 11 Jun, 2008)
>>In Eastern Europe, one of the remarkable features has been the continuity and similar values of different female generations in recent decades.

Eh...the Czech Republic isn't in Eastern Europe.
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Czechs turn down Sarkozy's statue gift ( In the Czech press, 11 Jun, 2008)
Why would such a gift be refused? Because it is French, and this is an intensely Czech personal issue that goes to heart of what it is to be Czech.
Additionally, other countries cannot simply offload their unwanted statues to other nations disguised as gifts.
Polite refusal was the correct response.
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Czech trams head for Washington (News, 11 Jun, 2008)
You forgot New Orleans.
New Orleans has always had a streetcar system operating in and around the center.
Since right before Hurricane Katrina, more lines were added and the undercarriage and the mechanics were built here, while the car itself (seats, etc.) are produced in New Orleans.
I remember being there one Christmas and seeing a streetcar wiz by with Ceska Republika blazing across the side.
I went to the streetcar garage and asked about it and was told that it was a test car.
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Outside looking in (Sports, 11 Jun, 2008)
I am living here and I love Czech Republic. I am a Turkish man with many Czech friends who talked too much as they were so sure to win...anyway I am so glad Turkey did win ...WE ARE THE BEST...
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EU issues Canada visa warning (News, 26 Sep, 2007)
I saw it on this site that it is possible to approve my application here. I want to work in Canada.
Is there any program from which I can be able
to get a free visa?
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Czechs turn down Sarkozy's statue gift ( In the Czech press, 11 Jun, 2008)
As far as I recall, Palach was not protesting the Soviet invasion, but the apathetic response to that invasion. I would appreciate a clarification of this.
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Seniors need not apply (Business, 11 Jun, 2008)
The reason why old people aren't in demand is because most of them are useless. They spent the bulk of their careers "working" under the old regime, and are unable to adapt to a capitalist economy. They are typically lazy and inefficient and have no relevant skills. What sane employer, for example, would hire a waiter who spent most of his career working in a state-owned restaurant insulting customers? Younger staff are more likely to have traveled or even worked in a Western country and will have a totally different attitude.

This is not a problem caused by lack of legislation, it's an inevitable legacy of this country's socialist past.
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Activists forced out of 'Peaceland' (News, 11 Jun, 2008)
"We expected to be sneaking around and hiding all the time from soldiers, but they are not really troubling us," one American activist said. "That came as quite a surprise."

Really? Did the newly independent "Peacelandia" expect the United States to launch an attack?

If the soldiers seemed disinterested, it was probably because they thought all these peace activist nitwits were......nitwits. They'll need to raise an army or start making nuclear weapons before anyone cares what these morons do or say.
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Visegrad 4 addresses Lisbon Treaty role (News, 4 Jun, 2008)
Let's be totally honest about the NO vote.
It was a mix of disenchanted groups from farmers, fishermen, anti-government, frustrated middle class, republican militarists and right-wing vested interests. As an Irishman who struggled with making our decision I finally came to the decision by reading fairly straight-forward documentation from our referendum commission.
The information was available, but I am afraid we have become a lazy electorate. We preferred to listen to the claims and internalize them into our own problems. We deserve to face the consequences of our actions. We pride ourselves on being educated but I believe we showed our ignorance. Confusion won the day because we allowed ourselves to be directed. I believe we deserve to bear the consequences of our inability to grasp fairly straight forward arguments and allowed ourselves to be confused by the NO campaign. Unfortunately the consequence of our action may not be apparent for our own generation but our children will rue this vote.
Europe won't be wagged by the Irish tail. Rightly so. We deserve to be left on the sidelines and we will be - eventually. The NO voters will abdicate responsibility when the consequences unfold. But history will be the final judge.
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Czechs turn down Sarkozy's statue gift ( In the Czech press, 11 Jun, 2008)
>>I will never understand the Czech political mind - it lacks consistency and logic.

No doubt you would like "ideological statues" making "political statements" scattered all over your city. Czechs don't want this, because they have had too much already.
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Locals react to anti-Muslim sketch (News, 11 Jun, 2008)
The author of the article rightly notes how, when interviewed, local Muslims have shown a rather moderate reaction.
On the other hand, why would they react differently? The government is already curbing the freedom of expression for them. Last month, the police started a criminal investigation against those who published Fitna on the Internet.
The Czech Republic looks more and more like an Islamic state (= prosecution for those who criticize Islam or Muslims), despite the relatively low percentage of Muslims who live there.
Anyway the author "forgets" to mention that only two years ago, an imam from a Prague mosque was caught on (hidden) camera saying that the ultimate goal for Muslims in the Czech Republic was to establish an Islamic state with sharia law (reported in Czech TV), look at Prague Post of March 2006.
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