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The BancTec DocuScan 9000, to improve processing times for V5C Vehicle Registration Certificates. It is enabling the DVLA to comply with targets set by the Secretary of State to issue new vehicle registration certificates within 14 days.
The DVLA has installed a BancTec DocuScan 9000 high-speed scanner/sorter and IntelliSCAN document capture software application. The system processes around 40,000 documents each day at DVLAs headquarters in Swansea and automatically sorts scanned documents into individual pockets for streamlined post-scanning operations.
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MTVU 'Hire Learning' Exclusive Clips
"Millennials deserve their dream job," according to Paul Ricci, the SVP of Programming and Head of Development for mtvU, the college-focused channel of Viacom International Inc., who also owns MTV Networks.
To help college students achieve a slam-dunk job interview, Ricci has tasked his staff with creating "Hire Learning," a series of 16-20 two-to-three minute clips that gives students a checklist of what to do and what not to do on a job interview. They range from standing up for the handshake to not sassing the interviewer.
"We're trying to be a bit irreverent, always entertaining, but truly give them a useful takeaway," said Ricci.

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ACMI Presents Gowns By Adrian
ACMI will be hosting a collection of films in honour of Adrian entitled Gowns by Adrian: Dressing MGM's Leading Ladies.
Adrian was a prestigious costume designer of the Golden Age of Hollywood (late 1920s – late 1950s) and produced some of the most iconic costumes remembered today, including MGM's The Wizard of Oz.
In tribute to his illustrious career, ACMI will be screening a selection of Adrian's best work with MGM, including: Dancing Lady, Chained, No More Ladies, Mata Hari, Queen Christina, Camille, The Women and many more.
Preceding the film season, NGV Curator of International Fashion and Textiles, Roger Leong, will join John Flaus in a free panel discussion about Adrian's career entitled We need to talk about Adrian: MGM's Leading Costume Designer.
Gowns by Adrian: Dressing MGM's Leading Ladies will be screen at ACMI from Thursday May 16 – Saturday June 1, and We need to talk about Adrian will be hosted at ACMI on Wednesday May 8 at 5.30pm. Tickets, including full program, are available through ACMI.


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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury hotel with full-service spa and restaurant
Popular property highlights
Located in the heart of Potsdam, this luxury hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Nauener Gate and Sanssouci Park. Potsdam's Brandenburg Gate and Belvedere on the Pfingstberg are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
A full-service spa, a restaurant, and an indoor pool are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include 2 bars/lounges, a fitness center, and a sauna.
Room Amenities
All 291 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. Guests can enjoy deep soaking tubs, and other standard amenities include sitting areas, room service, and flat-screen TVs.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Comfy beds
- Parking wasn't ideal
Dorint Sanssouci Berlin/Potsdam
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Dorint Sanssouci Berlin/Potsdam features an indoor pool and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4.5-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 24748 square feet (2300 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a fitness center, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Dorint Sanssouci Berlin/Potsdam has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Business center
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 291
- Express check-in
- Designated smoking areas
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 6
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Pool sun loungers
- Year Built 1998
- Conference space size (feet) - 24748
- Conference space size (meters) - 2300
- Number of meeting rooms - 13
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Le Bistro - Onsite restaurant.
Bierstube Fritze - This theme restaurant specializes in regional cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Jimmys L.A. Bar - This bar serves light fare only.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, Aqua Spa. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room.
- Steam room in spa
- Sauna in spa
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 6 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 36 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of EUR 15 per night
- Dogs only
- 1 per room
- Specific rooms only
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 20 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 19.00 per day
- Pet deposit: EUR 15 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 36 per night
- A facilities fee includes use of:
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We should mention
One child 6 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. This property allows pets in specific rooms only (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can request one of these rooms by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Germany. This property is rated 4 star Superior and is displayed on this page as 4.5 stars.


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Weaver of Dreams
Summary: Christie's life is mirrored in her stories. OneShot.
Warning: -
Set: before, during and after the original story
Disclaimer: Standards apply. Entrance poem taken from Brian Jacques, Eulalia
The warm days are past, the dry dust has settled,
Those long-dead summers, a dim memory,
Small birds have flown south, cold east-wind is dreary,
So come ye and sit by the fireside with me.
Let's add a good log, stir up the pale ashes,
'Til they glow crimson red, txixt the grey and the black,
I'll recall my adventurous young seasons,
together, my friend, we'll go journeying back.
Meet my comrades long gone, whom I'll always remember,
I hope when I've joined them you've learned what it means,
That a story passed down can live on forever.
I'm the Teller of Tales, and the Weaver of Dreams…
It's an occupational disease, really.
Christie cannot help it. She has a vivid imagination, always had. Her first stories draw fairies and princes onto the white canvas that is her mind; color them with adventure and secrets. She reads a lot – fantasy novels and children's books, fairy tales about wolves and hunters and twin brothers and their talking animals, myths about faraway countries, jinni flying carpets and caves full of treasure. She dreams herself into those worlds, takes part in them, sometimes even comes to live in them for a short time. People smile fondly at her favorite pastime. Oh the witches, magicians and princes she meets! She sets off onto great journeys with them, rescues dragons from mean princesses, saves unicorns and protects the weak. Sir Arthur. Robin Hood. The three princesses with hearts of glass. Sometimes, when her friends come over, they play and she invents the stories. Her stuffed animals and her dolls are included as well as everything she can find in her room. They are figures from imagination, re-living their adventures, and she feels like she can reach the sky. Christie knows who she is – she is no one save herself – but she loves to see the world through other people's eyes. She is Sailor Moon, and Georgina, Martin the Warrior and Lung the Silver Dragon. Their worlds become part of her world.
As time passes, the white canvas fills.
One day, she stumbles across a fairly new phenomenon called manga. She still can remember the first one she ever held in her hands – not knowing why they were the wrong way round, not caring that the volume she was reading was the fifth not the first. It took her some time to fall in love with them entirely. She read the story once, the only volume to be found in her library – and she read it a second time, and a third – and suddenly she wanted to know the whole story. The series she bought that day – seven volumes, thankfully already published and available at her local bookstore – still has its place in her collection today, still is loved and cherished as the gatekeeper who opened the door to another world.
Colors are added, black and white and of every other color of the rainbow.
Throw in a very, very good friend from school and a mutual like for manga, books and stories. Together, they dream up a world. Her first real story takes shape in front of her eyes: a stand-alone, a story that isn't based on another, already existent world. The story is chaotic and romantic and terribly tragic and features everything a story needs to be a good cliché: a prince and a princess from a faraway world, mortal enemies without knowing, two guardians, strong and practically able to use any weapon, two crazy girls (who, conveniently, mirror Christie and her friend) as the princess's best friends at school, school, concerts, dates, a war, a fight, a dramatic and tragic ending and the eventual rebirth of both hero and heroine for a happily ever after. They draft their world out with so much love: her friend sketches; Christie develops the text and background information. They spend days together, giggling and scribbling, and here is where it starts: Christie's writing career. Of course, the story is never finished. The sketches fade away in some file (she still takes them out to look at them sometimes) and when her friend drops out of school they lose each other in the strange way only two people previously extraordinarily close to each other can lose themselves in the world.
But it's too late by then.
She has tasted it: the unique taste of creating something, of developing something. It feels like someone who plants flowers and watches them bloom, literally, and she wonders why she never realized how much fun it could be to just write. She starts off with a writing pad and a pen and she develops the habit of never going anywhere without it. In the course of a few years she fills pages and pages with her messy handwriting: stories of her own, short and long, dramatic and funny, finished and unfinished. She files them away with great care. There are weeks when she doesn't touch her sketchpad at all. On other days her mother yells at her for being late for dinner, for not concentrating on her chores, for generally being somewhere else. She can write anywhere: On her bed, her legs crossed underneath her. On the plane. At her desk. At school, during breaks and during lessons, even on the bus – though she prefers to do so only if she's alone. Even now, her stories are full of princes and knights but gradually her style changes. She almost doesn't notice herself.
It's a part of her.
One day she watches an anime – she used to watch it with her younger brother but he has gotten bored of it and she continued on her own, feeling slightly embarrassed at the thought that she, as the elder sister, likes to watch stuff like that when her siblings have long decided it was uncool to watch that kind of shows. Yet she watches an episode and suddenly it is there, right there in front of her. It just jumps at her from seemingly nowhere and she runs back to her room and searches for her sketchpad and doesn't find it, so she switches on the old computer in the living room. And out it comes: her very first fan fiction. Needless to say she is proud.
It is the first in a slowly growing collection.
On her way through the years Christie passes several fandoms. Some are short-lived and abandoned shortly after their discovery. But only very few. Christie likes to think she is a steady person and a fandom which has touched her mostly stays with her forever, whether she writes in it or not. She remembers even Dragon Ball fondly, even if she never would read or watch it again, or, at least, not the newer spin-offs. She still keeps her very first manga series – Arina Tanemura – and she rarely regrets having delved into a new fandom head-first. What kind of attraction they might hold she has no idea – her parents lament over her refusal to read something intellectual – but the pull undeniably is there. And, honestly, she doesn't want to miss it. Some weeks she barely reads, taken up with school and her part-time job and her family. On others she does not even switch off the computer, ready to dive back into worlds created by other fan fiction writers, authors and mangaka. It isn't a purely Japanese movement anymore. It has been taking over Europe slowly and it reaches America, sooner or later, and one day she sees a manga in the shelves, sees the artwork and reads the summary and buys it without ever having once opened the cover. Lida Zeff is a rising star in America's manga world and Christie pours over her stories days and nights. The artwork is amazing, the story simply breathtaking. She wants to be like Lida, or, at least, wants to be able to write like Lida does. Somewhere she stumbles over an interview and almost explodes with joy reading Lida regards herself more as an author than as an artist. As other children have singers and actors as role models, Christie has Lida and she doesn't miss one publication, no matter what. She waits for each new release with an excitement that mirrors children's excitement waiting for Christmas.
Some stories come slowly while others assault her in the middle of what she is doing.
But that's only later. At the beginning of her writing career it works like this: she reads a manga or a book or watches an anime. And something strikes her – a sentence, a gesture, a glance – and the sentence is there. A line, or a word, something she centers her entire story around. Whenever she tries to force it, it refuses to be grasped, hovering just on the brink of her mind but too high up to catch it. She forms her stories around her ideas, re-uses characters and places, expanding her world and the original author's characters into a brilliant, multi-colored universe. She does it for fun – and for herself. Because reading her own stories is like watching a movie – the universe expands in front of her inner eye, wide and unlimited. She writes fan fiction for the series she loves most – always only when she has an idea. She prefers one shots; mostly, but there are multi-chaptered stories in her collection as well. Some people read her stories, some don't, some comment on them, some don't. Sometimes, she feels bad for loving her own stories so much. But it´s not as if she feels like she is a good writer, it rather is the opposite. She loves her stories for the possibilities they present, for the worlds they open up for her. Other people have created worlds far more elaborate than her own – people like Natsuki Takaya and Yukiru Sugisaki and Lida Zeff and so many others – and Christie revels in the way she can add a tiny bit of color to their worlds, not for the sake of bettering it but for the sake of expanding it. She never gets enough, neither of reading nor of writing. And, despite everything, she still has her own original works. They consist of jumbled ideas and scenes, odd phrases and sentences that don't really fit. She works on them or she doesn't. It has become increasingly easier since she has a laptop. That way, she doesn't have to switch on the ancient computer in the living room.
When she meets Derek, Wary City is already halfway formed in her head although she hasn't got the time to put it onto paper until now.
He's a nice guy, and good-looking, and she really, really enjoys talking to him. They meet in High School during lunch breaks and during their Chemistry Classes. He takes her out and doesn't mind if she rants about her favorite books and manga and movies. On the contrary: he returns in kind, summarizing movies for her she hasn't seen, telling her about his favorite graphic novels and mangas. Together, they laugh so much her side hurts and she feels light-headed and happy. Derek presents her with a little gift one day, a thank-you note for a Math homework she lent him. It's a plain paper, only carrying the words Thank you! And a raw sketch of a lady ghost and a grim man. Christie sees the sketches and falls in love. And Derek is more than willing to share her project. He is as enthusiastic as she is, discussing appearance, height and character of their characters, their favorite food, their backgrounds. Together, they put together panel after panel in an amateurish but loving way. Christie writes the text and tells Derek what to put where and he draws the pages in his unique style and their project is amazing. Derek is amazing, too, he asks her out and she agrees and when he asks her if she wants to be his official girlfriend Christie launches herself at him and they tumble over each other on the floor of the library and have to be called to order by the librarian three times.
One year later, the fiasco of her first convention leaves Christie with a boost of confidence from Lida's praise, new friends and plenty of experience. But her heart is broken – stupid Derek, stupid Matt, stupid world in the first place – and there are other matters to attend to. Wary City is put on hiatus for an undefined time. She doesn't even attempt to try because she knows it is impossible.
But stopping writing is out of question.
Somehow, it has become a part of her – what people call occupational disease, maybe. Whatever it is – she returns to fan fiction and in a strange, totally normal way her entire life flows into the stories she posts on the internet. She hadn't realized how much it meant to her until now. She doesn't even know how it happens in the first place. But one day she looks at the busy shopping street and the sentence is ready in her mind, only waiting for her to put it into a frame. It is a simple story, bare of breathtaking adventure, dangerous secrets and heart-stopping action. Instead, it contains a scene taken from life, rather short but poignant, unconventional but absolutely normal, too. The fact that she knows so many characters means she can choose the ones best suited for the story she has in mind, for the emotions that threaten to spill from her in form of letters, words and sentences. And from then on, it doesn't leave her. She walks down a street and sees a red-headed man. It was strange, the way Cassidy always seemed to feel perfectly at ease with himself. She goes on a class-trip and steps into a puddle. One day, Kagome fell through a puddle in the middle of the street. She goes shopping with her brother and they argue all the way there and back. Sometimes it was so damn difficult to deal with Chiaki. She sits at her desk and sees the clouds pass by. Fall was the gloomiest season, in Hinata's opinion. She loved it anyway. She sits in the car and waits for them to arrive. Journeying, Kurogane decided, stopped being fun as soon as one began to ask oneself when one would reach the destination. It is so easy, and so natural, to let her entire heart and soul flow into the little stories she types into her laptop. She doesn't even care much if anyone ever reads them. Of course, having readers is nice. But this is her way, her way of keeping track of passing time, her way to sort out her jumbled emotions.
In a way, her stories are a much better instrument to pinpoint her feelings than her weblog ever will be. On the downside, as soon as anyone realizes that, it's hard to hide.
When she meets Beth in her senior High School year she doesn't suspect her new friend has already found out that much. No one she knows personally actually reads her stories. Beth hasn't read any of her stories, either, until the day she finds the script of Wary City in Christie's room on a visit. They have been friends for some time now, a few months, maybe more, and the intelligent girl surprises Christie again and again. You didn't tell me! She accuses Christie, who is rather taken aback. She never would have believed her serious, down-to-earth new acquaintance would show interest in her hobby. But Beth does and most fandoms fall back in the face of a world-weary private investigator, his ghostly secretary and both of their haunted pasts. "Write me the next chapter," Beth requests and it comes back as if it never was gone. With one exception: all the skill Christie has honed, the plenty stories she has written for other author's characters, have given her an entirely new view on her style. She suddenly is able to see the inner structure, the story arc and the character description much clearer than she ever did before. Feeling herself into other characters has helped to get the grip on her own characters. Having followed so many authors through their stories means she knows what has to be done, what can be sacrificed and what not. And with Beth, Wary City gains a new depth. Not only because her artwork is amazing. Christie has changed, as well. Together, they finish the second issue in four months, post it on the internet and gain a whole lot of new fans and even more acquaintances. Amazing how she has forgotten how much fun it can be, working on the world that is, truly and entirely, her own.
Second year, second fail. A girlfriend, a meeting in the rain, and they leave earlier than they had wanted to. Beth gives up her job offer, Christie gives up her dream guy, and the world continues to turn.
Had her moods and her everyday life influenced her stories so far, another aspect comes into the equation now: her dreams, her feelings and wishes. The third issue of Wary City becomes a recollection of her own desires, her deepest wishes and her own feelings. The encounter between her and Matt last year, which she only refers to as the bus stop scene, is mirrored in a scene her hero has with his ghost lady – it does not take place in a bus stop, at least, she is clever enough to change setting as well as the topic – and the fact that her detective literally cannot touch his secretary adds to the drama. It also, coincidentally, is a perfect description of how Christie feels. She aches for Matt, dreams of him, searches for him in a crowd although she knows he cannot be here. She has to be careful because if she indulges in loneliness too much her characters might do so as well and that's not supposed to happen. But there are other things, as well. Her love for her brothers is mirrored in her detective´s elder sister who has raised him. A day she and Beth spent at the river, watching the most glorious sunset, finds its way into it as well, and they provide the ghost lady with a best friend that has both their combined best assets and some of their worse ones, too. And there are many other characters she can distribute her feelings and thoughts on. If Beth ever notices she doesn't say anything and Christie doubts Matt reads Wary City. And it is not as if she does it deliberately or screams for attention. It is what happens when life goes on and most people experience the same things now and then. It's not even exhibitionism. Not every character has character trades that she knows from her life, though one of her class mates, a particularly annoying one, finds his way into the antagonist's character, as well as her father's kindness, her mother's patience and Beth's father's life. Many things that happen to them on one day or another can be found if you know where to look. And the things are small, so small they escape notice again and again. But whatever happens to Christie she is ready to convert it into plot details for her story.
It's an occupational disease; or something like that.
Wherever she goes she carries her little sketchpad and pen, ready to note down hasty ideas. The little book becomes her constant companion – reading it is like leafing through her life and her imagination at the same time. It only holds sentences, jumbled, thrown together – much like the sentences that once laid the foundation for her fan fictions. Fly high. The story curls and unwinds, traces through time and space, until it turns back to where it came from: the beginning of existence. One day she didn't get off as the bus held in front of her stop. Suddenly, the park was there, where a day before had been only grey and brown. Sometimes, she wonders. Should she be doing this? She's imprinting her own wishes and desires and great parts of her experiences and her life onto total strangers who happen to follow Wary City online. Is it okay for her to do so? Won't they notice? Nobody says anything. She continues on. She keeps her weblog, too. Just in case. Spell out the obvious and nobody will believe there is more to it than it seems.
Uh-oh. Matt had been reading it.
Strangely, and typically, the first thing she thinks about after recovering from the initial shock (after spraying half of her cup of tea across her display) she falls off her desk chair, laughing and crying in embarrassment, and wonders in which story she can insert this special anecdote that is typical of her life.
So three is her magic number.
Being with Matt is a balance act between. Between insanity and exhilaration. Between love and anger. Between loneliness and earth-shattering happiness. Between screaming in fury and crying with joy. He's neither good with people nor with feelings. His sarcastic remarks make her laugh at best and cry at worst. Their discussions still are nuclear explosions – hot, furious, uncontrolled, with serious repercussions for both of them. And Christie is surprised at how much their fights get at Matt. He's not the one to hold back, especially not with that sharp tongue of his. And although he's not always the first to apologize – actually, they never apologize, they make up on deeper levels than words – he seems even more devastated than she feels after their arguments. It's like he feels not only his own pain but hers, as well, and he stubbornly stumbles forward until it drives him to his knees and he cannot get up any more and she has to help him to. Maybe it is because he blames himself. Maybe. Even after weeks and month with him Christie can't really tell. He is an enigma. It takes her weeks to find out even the simplest things about him. Some things she just has to ask – others she has to coax from him, read from his expression, sense from his silence. Sometimes it drives her crazy. She loves him for it. She hates him for it. She is a mess of emotions, hot and cold, love and hate, desperate need and desperate desperation. Beth says her stories become even better. She manages her life like a mother manages the lives of her children – while passing, with one hand, effortless and yet tired in the evening. Finish college, pass the finals, meet Beth, Ray, Hyu-Jeong and Monica. Go shopping on weekends. Meet Matt. Talk to Matt. Continue Wary City. It has reached its climax by now, in issue five, and they are slowly moving towards the end. Her readers notice and express both hope and despair. The ideas come rushing from her like water from a fountain, cold and clear, and all she has to do is to collect them and place them onto the right part of her story line. She could go on like this forever, expand her universe, make up new cases, create new adventures. Her detective's life is a life, as well, and it won't end until he dies. But good things, Christie believes, have to end as long as they're still good. Like a puzzle, her story grows, expands, contracts and builds up and she sails with it, continuing on, always forward but already knowing the destination. And, piece by piece, as she learns to share her thoughts and feelings with Matt, she refrains from telling them in her story all too often. Only now and then, they reappear.
Especially funny events, jokes and jests find their way into her stories.
She expands her field of vision. Beth, who has a lot on her head with her new job with Mangapop, her college and Ray, never expressed her wish to step down from their mutual project. But Christie knows her friend. They have already limited Wary City in its drawn issue to six volumes. Christie continues the stories herself and writes them out. It is something like a novel and yet isn't. She trains herself to write whole stories rather than story-boards. She misses Beth, sometimes, and she misses her a lot. She would give a lot if she was able to draw herself but her tries end up wadded up into paper balls in the corner of her room. Matt once finds one and asks her why she had been drawing dinosaurs in cubicle boxes. She hits him on the head with a fresh paper ball. And laughs. Everyone does what he is able to do. She won't ever draw manga or comics. She won't ever publish novels, either. She isn't good enough for that. She loves to write, to invent stories, to create worlds. But whenever she imagines having to write under a deadline, something in her recoils. It's enough seeing her works posted on her website, her loyal fans returning month after month to see what she has created. She takes up fan fiction again, now and then, and is amazed about how easily it all comes back. The stories, the style, the challenges. Give me a sentence and I write you a story. And, as always, happenings from her life, funny little incidents or quotations fall into her creative mixing bowl and are used. Matt finds her scribbles now and then – on newspaper edges, napkins, even on shopping lists. He smiles but doesn't say anything and she loves him even more for it. My Scheherazade, he calls her once, and she is so surprised she just stares at him. His gaze turns mocking. You know who she was? Of course she knows. Scheherazade, the great story teller, the woman who saved her life and the lives of many others by telling the sultan stories for 1001 nights in a row. Retort. Retort intelligently. Don't let him get to you. "You mean you're going to have me decapitated if I don't tell you a story tonight?" She leans over to him, knowing full well she's wearing a light summer dress with a generous cleavage. Her lips ghost over his skin and he shivers and pulls her down.
He never needed words to communicate, other than her.
It doesn't change. She is the one who talks, he listens. She invents stories, he lives them. Her nickname sticks with her because he seems to think it fits her. She doesn't mind. She always loved Arabian Nights. And, as her written works become fewer, she finds a new way to keep on telling stories. It is strange, in the beginning, like reading out loud a story that one never has heard before. She hesitates a lot, in the beginning, and then grows more secure.
Her stories grow with the tiny bundle in her arms.
Never, ever in her life before had she imagined that this day would come. But she is sitting on the edge of a tiny bed and a perfect creature is lying underneath the covers, looking at her with huge, grey eyes. It's Matt as a child, over and over again, just like on the pictures Sandra has shown her, and Christie feels like her heart is bursting with love. She remembers a moment, years ago, when she wondered whether she'd ever be ready to have children of her own. Now she has, a beautiful, perfect boy, and she loves him so much she feels like crying. "A story, Mami," her baby son demands, almost asleep already but unwilling to let their nightly ritual slip past. And, smiling, Christie begins. "Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there was a little boy with blond hair and grey eyes…" It's a different story every night, though it begins with the same words each time. Knights and dragons, kings and princesses star in the main roles as well as geese girl, construction workers, accountants and teachers. There is no limit to the world she creates. And her little boy follows her, trusting and willing, and his mind is a country full of colorful pictures and beautiful places. They invent stories together while waiting for his father. They go out for adventures, watch the sea, climb mountains, rescue fairies, and what she has in her child makes up trice-fold her soft regret that her time of writing is over. Daily chores, work and household take up most of her time and she wants to spend as much of it as possible with her son. Together, they create a world of words and pictures in his little bedroom, every evening, in their own, special ceremony, until the front door is unlocked and familiar steps are heard in the corridor. Albeit tired, David's eyes light up as he calls to his father. And Matt enters the bedroom, kisses his wife, hugs his son, and asks him to tell about his day. A few more minutes and they bid him Good Night, and the child falls asleep while they tiptoe out of the small room and head into the kitchen. Her everyday adventures are laid out for him there to look at if he wishes so. Colorful, enhanced by her liveliness, her enthusiasm and her happiness in seeing him again. He reciprocates, in the awkward, lovable, one-word way only he has, and she smiles. Matt rounds the table to kiss her.
In fairy-tales, time never passes. In her world, it does, and remembering back there seems to be a colorful aura to most of her memories. Soft golden and red for the birth of her daughter. A fierce green where her children passed puberty. A wordless black as her parents die, grey as her youngest brother falls ill and beautiful orange as he survives. Her son's marriage shines in pastel violet. Her daughter's in blue.
"Mum, why did you never write down all those stories?" Her daughter asks her, years later, when they are tucking in the children. Her grandchildren, for Heaven's sake. Is she that old already? "You could have made a lot of money with them. I still remember the stories you used to tell David and me. They were amazing! You're a walking story-teller. How did Dad always call you?"
"Scheherazade," Christie answers, smiles and caresses her daughter's cheek. "Love, my stories aren't good enough for books."
"They are!"
"They're just stories, Leonie."
Her daughter sighs and smiles wistfully. "Aunt Beth said you published them once."
"I wrote a story Beth drew. It was a joint project, and never published."
Her daughter is insistent. Probably the worst genes she could get: Christie's own stubbornness mixed with Matt's pigheadedness. But she lets it go. Christie smiles they walk back into the living-room. Christie sits down on the sofa, sighting, and leans against Matt. Leonie curls up on the other side, next to her husband. David and his wife return from the kitchen with another bottle of wine.
It feels so right to have them back home.
The thought stabs her, goes right through her heart, and she tenses. Matt looks at her inquiringly and she shakes her head: Everything is fine. Her smile is genuine even though it carries pain.
She could have told the story, then and there.
She could have told a story about a girl with nothing but fantasies in her head who carried around a scrapbook for all her ideas. About a girl who read manga even though her parents disliked it, who sat in the library giggling and scribbling and inventing new stories. A girl who grew, learned, saw, who married, had children and watched those children have children as well. A girl who had become a woman who had become the old woman on the sofa right here and now, curled up next to her husband. She could have told them the story, her son and daughter and son- and daughter-in-law, but they wouldn't have understood. So she smiles and laughs along with them and chats away until late. And only much later, in their bed, soft night air brushing through the curtains, Matt turns around to look at her.
"What is it?"
Christie smiles at him.
"Would you like to hear a story?"
"What kind of story?"
"A story about a crazy woman and a stubborn man and about how they met for the first time. About love and fights, about sorrow and happiness, about children and grandchildren and much more. About a story-teller who isn't one."
Matt chuckles and kisses her softly.
"You'll always be my Scheherazade."
Christie's life is mirrored in her stories.
But she would never consider herself a professional author, no matter how much experience and skill she has. Life is such an intricate matter, as is imagination. Human beings can't write such stories.
Only life can.
I'm the Teller of Tales, and the Weaver of Dreams…


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A fragile outfielder joins Matt Garza on Tampa Bay's shelf, while the Mets get bad news about their 42-year-old pitcher and the Braves' closer hits the DL.
If the Trop didn't have a dome, I think Joe Maddon might be looking to the heavens, waiting for frogs to fall from the sky. The latest victim of the injury streak is Cliff Floyd. Now, it's no stunner that Floyd is injured, but the injury stacking that the team has had makes even an expected injury tougher to deal with. Floyd has a small tear in his meniscus that will be fixed with a quick scope. He'll miss roughly a month, maybe a bit more. I'm setting this at 40 DXL because with turf and Floyd's history, I think the Rays will be conservative here and keep him towards the far end of the range. Floyd, for his part, thinks he'll be back in three weeks, which is possible. Once back, Floyd should be a bit more comfortable, but remains injury-prone. In the meantime, Maddon will use Justin Ruggiano to keep Jonny Gomes from getting exposed defensively as the team really tests its outfield depth.
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Infiniti G37 Lease Questions
Jordan...be careful about continuously posting your fantastic offers here in this board. People come here to discuss their deals and no offense but you might be a little bit biased. Also...VDC might be standard, but the other things you listed are NOT. The rear view camera, ICC, and lane departure sensor features are part of the $1100 technology package UPGRADE.
Infinitiguy, I think you are soliciting business here... It is not allowed for the forum...
if you bought the car, i could see your apprehension, but on a lease, it just doesn't matter, IMHO.
'17 F150 Crew 2.7; '67 Coronet R/T; '14 Town&Country Limited; '09 LR2 HSE. 44-car history and counting!
Thanks for the clarification.
Well ... as others have said, BMW finance is just offering a better deal at the moment.
However, as far as comparing the 2 cars, I personally would not be happy with a 528. What would a 530 sport cost you?
'17 F150 Crew 2.7; '67 Coronet R/T; '14 Town&Country Limited; '09 LR2 HSE. 44-car history and counting!
jerroranda Posts: 3I would like to know if anyone would post the current residual and MF for a 2006 Coupe or Sedan 12-24 months and 12-15K miles/year.
infinitiguy5 Posts: 9MF and residual value are based on MSRP and terms. Presently we have promotion for $398.84 plus tax and 39 month lease term on 06 G35s.
Once again, Infiniti MSRPs are not fixed. Each model has diff packages: i.e. premium,nav, technology, sports, etc.
However, if you are looking for a base model lease I may put you behind the wheel roughly around $430.$475 per month lease.
I hope I did answer your question.
Ok Infinitiguy...it's time to stop spamming the board with your lease promotions. And way to side step the question that was asked. We all know that the MF and residual is not necessarilly fixed...but we know that there are numbers that IFS puts out for each model and term, so that gives us something to work with.
Infinitiguy5, we came to this forum becuase it is commercial free (other than the site adv) and free of spammer like you. If I want to know lease deal, I would read the local newspaper or call our local dealers. Do you really think that you can drum up enough business in this site to make a different to your income??? We are all from different part of the country, so how often can you catch a local customer?
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mftmrt Posts: 17I was dumb enough to contact him, asked him for his "deal" and here's how he responded:
"I am not allowed to shoot you figures without you being here in person due to the company's policy."
OK...so I just got back from the dealership and I was offered 1k over invoice, but I would have to order the car and wait for 2-3 months to get it. I don't have to agree to financing terms now as they will likely be different in March. Do you think that I should take this deal since I can basically customize my car exactly as I want it and know that it will only be 1k over invoice? Also, do you think that the MF and residuals will be better in March? I am hoping that they will get a bit better since the other vehicle financing seems to be much more agressive.
Here is my other problem. My current lease is up this month. I have a 2003 G35 sedan w/ Nav, Premium, sport, and full aero body kit and 49k miles. I've seen cars listed at like 24k without the aero body kit. So my dilema is if I decide to order the new car, do I extend my current lease for 4 months (that's the minimum) or do I buy it out for 17800 and try to sell it on my own. My current monthly payment is $510 (incl. tax). Should I risk it and try to sell it on my own or just continue with my current payment and just turn in the keys when the new car arrives? Thanks for any input.
mixonchik Posts: 1Hey guys, Im thinking about getting G35X tommorow,
please help ASAP.
07 G35x 12k a year 24months, no additional options.
The deal is 466$ a month and 1700 due at signing.
Is it worth it?
spiralex Posts: 2I'm looking to lease a 2007 G35 Sedan Sport AT. Here are the options/numbers.
2007 G35 Sedan Sport AT
Premium Package
Navigation Package
39 Months
12,000 a year
$0 Down
Due at delivery is only first months payment and a single security deposit.
$579 a month (This includes all taxes, title, registration, fees)
Also, please note I am in Illinois where the taxes work a little bit different then most states, even on leased vehicles.
Is this a good deal? Should I move forward? Thoughts?
Thank you guys for your help in advance.
I dunno. That's a tough gamble.
Did you ask the dealership if there is anything they can do? Since you are going Infiniti to Infiniti, I would think they could set it up for you to end the current lease when your new car arrives.
While your car is well loaded, the miles are high, so it could be a tough sell. Another thing you could do is see what the dealership would give you for the car as if you were trading it in. If its higher than your buyout, then you could always buy it and, if you don't sell it by the time the new car arrives, trade it in.
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Mix and Spiral, both of your deal look reasonable without know much of your details. Thing to judge if you have a good deals are:
Cap cost - how much are they selling the car to you for?
money factor - did they pad any additional interest to your lease or just give you the rate from Infiniti
Fee - acquisition cost is standard for Infiniti. But does you dealer tag anything additional to your?
residual is fixed by Inifiniti, so not much worry about this one.
You should be able to get these break down from your salesperson. If they don't want to give it to you, then you know you don't get a good deal at all....
Also look into the multiple deposit. Each deposit should reduce your money factor by 0.0001. That does not sound like a lot, but it should reduce your monthly payment by $50 if you can swing the max 9 deposits. It should be all refundable at the end of your lease (talk to the finance manager and have him give you the in and out of this and run the number for you..)
mr_g_35_s Posts: 102007 G35-S Sedan Automatic
Color Black on Black
Premium, Navigation, Technology, Packages w/ Sirius Sat.
Basically Everything but active Steering, Splash Guards, Maybe they will throw in the wing. (Maybe)!!!
24 Month Lease 10k miles a year.
1,500 Down + 800 Bank Fee + 500 Destination Fee + 150 Plates, Reh + Tax 8.375
So a Grand Total of about 3,800 Due at Signing. I Estimated the Tax to be About 850
443 a Month.
I am not the smartest guy in the world. Need fellow car lovers help. Don't know how to figure out what the correct deal is. Am I being robbed, Great Deal, Am I in the Ball Park? If I left out any info, please let , me know, I will provide. Thank you in advance for your help, I need it!!!!!
Car_man I asked the dealer those questions. He would not give me an answer. I got him to say 39,500. Also he is not throwing in the wing, but he will give mats, wheel locks ,cargo net, and plate covers. But he told me it did not matter what the price was, because my intention is to give it back after the 24 months. Like I said, I really am new at this, and not to bright. If it is 39,500 is that bad? What should I tell him. And if so can, please explain why I should negotiate that price? Thank you and everyone for there help!!!!!!!!
Well...I can extend the lease thru Chase Auto Finance right up until the car would arrive...but I'm thinking that by then 1k over invoice might not be the best deal I could get...and it all depends on the financing numbers. I would think that the money factors and residuals would probably be better in March or April don't you? That is my big dilema. I think I might just hold off ordering the car and just extend my lease and give people time to fight for my business. Or, I might just have to go with a BMW or AUDI for a couple of years. Their financing is just way too attractive to pass up, and it's not like their vehicles are anything to complain about. We'll see. I'll keep you updated if I hear about anything better. If you hear about anyone getting a sport w/ nav in the low to mid 500's (incl. tax), let me know Thanks.
makarka Posts: 8Hi,
I am looking to lease 2006 G35 Coupe with premium package and splash guards (MSRP $37,210). I was offered the following deal:
39 months
12K miles/year
$1000 out of pocket including all the fees and first payment
$450/month + tax
Does this sound like a good deal? If not, keeping everything else the same what kind of monthly payment should I be shooting for?
bimmereeater Posts: 2I'm looking to lease an 07 G35X. Here are the deals the were put together for me...
2007 Infiniti G35 AWD Sedan w/Premium Package
39 months
12,000 miles a year
$3,500 down
$506 a month plus tax
2007 Infiniti G35 AWD Sedan w/Premium Package and Navigation Package
39 months
12,000 miles a year
$3,500 down
$539 a month plus tax
I think these are ridiculously high numbers, what do you guys think? How can I bargain into a better deal?
This is is Wa state.
So, I'm trying to figure out if historically the IFS number tend to get better as each month passes. I've been going back and forth trying to figure out what to do about my next lease, but I have an offer to order whatever vehicle and option combination I want for 1k over invoice. The problem is that I have to wait a couple of months for it to come in. In trying to figure out approximately what my payments will end up being, I'm using the current IFS numbers, but I'm wondering if there is a chance that the money factor and residual could actually be WORSE in february or march when the car actually arrives? Also, if anyone has any suggestions for a lease or rental idea for the gap between my current lease ending (this month) and the date the car arrives. I can extend my current lease a month, but that's it since it's thru chase auto and not infiniti. Thanks for any help.
So glad i found this site. I too am looking at G35 leases. I didn't think this deal was very good, but after reviewing the posts, i may need to take this offer.
G35x AWD premium w/sirius
39 months/12000mi per yr
$0 cap cost reduction
$2812.18 includes $595 acq fee, $170 DOC, $23 transfer plates, $538.32 1st mo, $1495.86 addl tax due to higher tax rates where I live vs state where I'll buy the car.
Initially $528.32, down to $491/mo.
Is this a fair deal?
Hi all,
I've heard that for 24 month lease the IFS residual is set to 70% on '07 G35 Sedan.
Does anyone know what the residual is for a 36 month lease on a 2007 G35 Journey sedan?
Sorry, forgot to add this is a 2007 G35, list is $37745, michigan tax included for $491/mo
Forgot to mention that for the 24mth lease, money factor is 0.00211 w/ the 70% residual.
cristobawat Posts: 2Here is a reply to many of the posts re: deals on leases. Maybe this offer I have (in the MA area) can shed some light -
Any thoughts on this deal?
This is a lease deal I have been offered
07 G35x with premium pack
12k miles
$449 month
$3k down includes everything
live in the Boston area
- also, the dealership is really looking to screw me on my trade - it is an 03 G35, trade in value anywhere from $15k-$19k. They've offered me 12.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
In other words, from what I have seen, there are better deals for most of you. You just need to pit other dealerships against each other.
Any suggestions on how I can get them to improve their trade offer?
grik Posts: 2Car Man,
Buying a 2007 G35 Journey (premium package, but no nav)-- worked it thru a friend who works for Nissan and got VPP for the car -- MSRP was 35540 -- VPP price was 32816 -- Cap cost of 34,000 which includes deliver fee and dealer add ons (which I don't have a problem with) --- what I do have a problem with is the money factor originally quoted for a 39 month/ 15,000 with nothing down except 1st lease payment (38 payments left) was .00345. After I questioned that number they immediately dropped it to .00295. From reading this forum it looks like I should get a MF of somewhere around .00229. I am missing something or was the dealer just trying to pull one over on me? With this rate, I think I would be better of purchasing -- at least then I know I am getting a decent deal as the purchase price is based on the VPP price. your thoughts and or suggestions would be appreciated. thanks
I too am looking into the VPP plan and you are right...those numbers are definitely high for MF. On a sport model I was quoted .0021 for 36 months 15k miles/year. If I went to a 39 month lease it would be .0028. From what I've seen, on the Journey, the 36 month number could be as low as .00212 Not sure about the 39 month numbers. Good luck with the purchase.
the dealer offers me @ this price
39 mo 15k with $1,700.00 total drive off is $463.06 with tax.
please let me know what do you guys think about this price.
PS. i live in phoenix, arizona
Year: 2007
Make: Infiniti
Model: G35
Trim: Base
Exterior Color: Black Obsidian
Interior Color: Stone
Model Number: 90417
Stock #: 1850
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the dealer offers me this price
39 mo 15k with $1,700.00 total drive off is $463.06 with tax.
please let me know what do you guys think about this price.
PS. i live in phoenix, arizona
Year: 2007
Make: Infiniti
Model: G35
Trim: Base
Exterior Color: Black Obsidian
Interior Color: Stone
Model Number: 90417
Stock #: 1850
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Thanks for all the help I received on the forum. Question for Car Man and other lease gurus out there. Take a look at this deal for me. It seems like a got an O.K. deal, but I'm questioning the residual and money factor. At least they threw in the tint.
07 G35 Journey
Prem/Perf pkgs
Neg Price $32450
42m/15k lease
46% res, .00239 MF
$3k down (includes 1st pymt
$550 pr mnth ($499 + $51 taxes in TX)
I know I've seen where you shouldn't put any money down, but I live in TX where they charge you the taxes on the total amount on the vehicle, not just for the term on the lease. Any opinions would be most welcomed.
The Neg Price was $34250, not $32450, so I got $1290 off MSRP.
07 G35 Journey
Prem/Perf pkgs
Neg Price $34250
42m/15k lease
46% res, .00239 MF
$3k down (includes 1st pymt
$550 pr mnth ($499 + $51 taxes in TX)


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6) Only in America , could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."
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8) Only in America , could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).
9) Only in America , could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.
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The most successful book in Western civilization is the Holy Bible; yet, this course will not be about validating the Bible as a divine document nor invalidating religious belief systems. The Bible as Literature recognizes the Bible is an anthology whose books have been assembled by anonymous human agents writing from very specific moments in history, translated and mistranslated for hundreds of years and from a variety of different languages, and subsequently canonized over many centuries. While such historical conditions form the backbone of the literary production of the Bible, we will be exploring the Bible as a literary form, focusing chiefly on symbolism, allegory, metaphor, characterization, use of language, etc.


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California's top judge made a stop in San Rafael on Monday as part of her long-running campaign to urge adequate funding for the state judiciary.
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who both leads the Supreme Court and manages the state judicial branch, spoke to an audience of lawyers, judges, politicians, police and residents at the Marin County Civic Center.
Cantil-Sakauye described the judiciary as desperately underfunded, having been forced to cut about $1 billion since the economic downturn began around 2008. The cuts have forced the closure of 51 courthouses in the system, even as it struggles to digest 7.5 million new cases a year in a state of 38 million people speaking scores of languages.
She said the judiciary only receives one cent for every dollar spent from the general fund, a lower ratio than many states.
"If we get 2 cents on the dollar, I will stop talking," said Cantil-Sakauye, who took office in 2011. "We have the dubious distinction of being the most-cut judiciary in the United States."
The chief justice spoke in San Rafael at the invitation of Assemblyman Marc Levine, who represents Marin and part of Sonoma County. Levine, in introducing Cantil-Sakauye, said the lack of proper funding is an injustice in itself.
"We as a legislature must do more," he said.
The governor's proposed budget would provide an additional $100 million for trial court operations in the 2014-15. But the judiciary says that is only about half the amount it has already drained from its reserves just to stay afloat.
Employees in the judicial branch have not received cost-of-living raises in seven years, even though raises were restored in the other branches of government.
Kim Turner, executive director of Marin Superior Court, said Marin has fared better than other counties because its population has not exploded. But she said Marin stands to lose money as court funding is spread to counties in dire shape.
"It's going to hurt," she said. "It's going to require some belt-tightening."
Judge Roy Chernus, one of several judges at the event Monday, said Cantil-Sakauye "is a straight talker and she accurately spoke of the consequences of the judicial branch's severe budget cuts."
"I remain hopeful that the California legislature, the Chief Justice and Governor Brown will work together to increase funding so that access to justice for the people of California is preserved and enhanced," he said in an email.
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Judge in Nightclub Fire Case Upbraids Prosecution Over Leak
By KATIE ZEZIMA
Published: September 22, 2006
A Rhode Island Superior Court judge chastised the state's attorney general Thursday, saying his office had leaked to the press a letter telling relatives of 100 people killed in a nightclub fire that the club owners would plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges and that one would not face jail time.
The judge, Francis J. Darigan Jr., said the leak was ''unethical, reprehensible, devoid of any consideration for the victims of this tragedy and totally abrogated an agreement reached after weeks of discussion.''
Judge Darigan said the court mailed out its own letter to families Wednesday night explaining the terms of the plea agreement. He said he had intended for them to receive word of it before the news media.
The office of Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch had planned to send a separate letter telling families he objected to the deal, but his letter was faxed to a television station Wednesday night and was made public a short time later.
Mr. Lynch said in a statement that notifying all the families personally would have been an ''unprecedented challenge.'' While many families would be ''deeply hurt'' by the news of the plea arrangement, he said, most would have heard of it through the press anyway.
''While each of us had the victims' best interests in mind in sending individual letters, the reality is that the vast majority of people would still learn of the court's intentions through the news media,'' he said.
Mr. Lynch also said he shared Judge Darigan's concern ''that the process did not work as well as we had hoped, and I will, in time, find out why.'' He did not say if his office had faxed the letter to the station, and his spokesman did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
Judge Darigan's letter to families said that even though the prosecution and the defense could not come to an agreement, he accepted the no-contest pleas after seeing video and photographic evidence ''of a most disturbing nature'' that would have been presented at trial.
''I am sure this evidence would only serve to further traumatize and victimize not only the loved ones of the deceased and the survivors of the trial, but the general public as well,'' he wrote.
Under the plea agreement, the nightclub owners, Jeffrey and Michael Derderian, who are brothers, are to plead no contest to 100 counts each of manslaughter. Michael Derderian is to be sentenced to four years in a minimum security prison. Jeffrey Derderian is to receive three years' probation and 500 hours of community service. The agreement was reached during jury selection for Michael Derderian's trial.
Michael Derderian is facing greater penalties because he was involved in buying highly flammable soundproofing foam that ignited when it was hit by a pyrotechnic. Jeffrey Derderian was in the club, The Station in West Warwick, when the fire erupted the night of Feb. 20, 2003. The men are to be sentenced Sept. 29.
A lawyer for Michael Derderian, who has been speaking for both brothers, did not respond to phone messages.
News of the agreement angered many relatives of those killed and the 200 people injured in the blaze.
''People are being held above the law,'' said Eileen DiBonaventura, whose son Albert died. ''This was the ultimate disrespect for the victims who perished in that fire.''


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Look for Meyers to yuk it up.
"Really good jokes are the best things for me to have," says the former Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update anchor, who now hosts NBC's Late Night. "As someone who doesn't have other skills as a showman" — he neither sings nor dances — "I have to build momentum early on. I would love to walk off after the monologue and think, 'We're well on our way.'"
It's especially urgent to set an early tone because of the fatigue factor that sets in at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles for a three-hour ceremony that hands out 26 awards and quickly racks up disappointment. "I'm aware at the Emmys that the longer the night goes, the more people are sitting in their seats having not won the Emmy," Meyers says. "So they're a less receptive comedy audience."
Sprinkled among a few surprise taped bits will be a tribute to Robin Williams, who died last week, led by pal Billy Crystal. "We know he'd want something that reflects the fun he gave all of us," Mischer says.
Helping out with the jokes are Late Night's writing team, a few from SNL, and Poehler and Tina Fey. Since he helped write jokes for their Golden Globes stint, and earned his own Emmy nomination for the task, Meyers says, "I'm expecting at least one good joke from each of them."
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Alright fellas, the time has come to treat myself to another purchase. This is where i'm going to need a little help. I am currently looking at two different handguns. Now this next purchase is more of a "but I want it" than a "but I need it".
I currently have my bases covered with carry, home defense, go to, and the like.
I am currently looking at the Glock 27, and the Sig 2022. Two different ends of the spectrum as far as what purpose it will serve i know.
The Glock reasons:
I currentlty own a 23, and the 27 will play into this setup quite nicely. Mags, familiarity, reliability, versitility etc.
The Sig reasons:
Dont currently own a Sig, always was a fan, broaden my horizons. Reliable, I like the size, and feel. Would purchase the 9mm version as I reload 9mm at the moment, so ammo would not be a problem.
What the heck...'tis the season...treat yourself to either. I have no preference between those two pistols.
I am not a big fan or a fan at all for Glocks. Never have been. So I would recommend the Sig 2022. Looks nice, price is good. :D
Had 2022 before and sold it. The size is bit bulkier than Glock and trigger feel isn't as my Glocks. Maybe it's just me.
i vote sig.
I'd go P229 or P226 if I was gonna grab a Sig, the P229 is awfully sweet.
I would choose a sig over a glock any day.
I have a Glock 27, and I have fired the 2022 extensively. My personal preference is the 27 for the trigger pull.
IMO, I would go Sig over the Glock.
I have to modify the frame of the Glock for me to shoot comfortably.
Who knows? Maybe a 1911 in the future?
I was have suggested the 1911, but based on the OP's chosen weapons, I thought that the OP was looking for magazine capacity as well. :D
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|I tried this problem today starting off the two wide opposing sidepulls, and I couldn't figure out how to pull off the ground. I can usually figure out low strange starts but this felt impossible. Possibly foothold breakage? Maybe I was doing it wrong. Anyway, I think this problem should now start on the left hand incut pocket, and the right hand sloping sidepull. Probably around V3.
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The crux has always been getting your butt off the pad, and this is one of the few climbs I came across in SB where being shorter is an advantage. But hey, haven't been up to this climb in a few years, so a broken foot is VERY likely.
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This is pretty lightweight, but it makes a pleasant diversion for summer listening - good choice for the June 2-for-1 credit offering. It doesn't req..Show More »
I would like midway through the book for Mel to partner with Graham. Tease more and get together before the last three sentences of the book. When t..Show More »
This might be one of the best books in the series so far. It's the perfect blend of a ghost story and a very clever mystery. It also has interestin..Show More »
It ranks at the top. Juliet Blackwell is one of my very favorite authors. Her Haunting books will be my 2014 pick of the year for Best Series. Love th..Show More »
Gripping, interesting, funny.
Several laugh out loud moments, excellent murder mystery, with a twist, ghosts! Xe Sands brings it to life. Fully enjoyed this book. I just wish I wo..Show More »
I love love love all of Juliet Blackwell's books. Bought this one the day it came out on Audible and forced myself to wait until the weekend to liste..Show More »


text: ave's father, "Big" Dave, comes to town to introduce his new girlfriend, who shockingly happens to be Penny's mother, Dana. Penny couldn't be more thrilled that her thrice divorced mother has a new man in her life, but Dave on the other hand reacts childishly to the news. Meanwhile Alex, who is feeling lonely at the shop, decides to adopt an adorable parrot that turns out to be not so charming, spewing nonstop racist and homophobic rhetoric. And Alex enlists Brad and Max's help, as she is convinced the Chinese restaurant next door is a front for a brothel.Résumé de IMDb.com