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INSELHOTEL Potsdam-Hermannswerder, Potsdam
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast and free WiFi in lobby
- Collect nights
Main amenities
- 88 smoke-free guestrooms
- Marina
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool and outdoor pool
- Rooftop terrace
- Health club
- Beach sun loungers
- Self parking
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast and free WiFi in lobby
For families
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Private bathroom
- Television
- Garden
- Daily housekeeping
What's around
- In Templiner Vorstadt
- Potsdam Forest and Havel Lake Area - 5 min walk
- Potsdam Harbour - 29 min walk
- Templiner See - 29 min walk
- Charlottenhof Palace - 33 min walk
- Potsdam's Brandenburg Gate - 36 min walk
- Neuer Lustgarten - 38 min walk
- Film Museum - 39 min walk
- Sanssouci Park - 40 min walk
- Chinese Tea House - 41 min walk
- House of the Brandenburg - 41 min walk
INSELHOTEL Potsdam-Hermannswerder, Potsdamfrom $99
- Economy Room
- Comfort Room, Terrace
- Standard Room, Park View
- Maisonette-Suite
- Comfort Room, Patio, Lakeside
- Standard Room, Lake View
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 88 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child (7 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets allowed *
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply *
- 2 per room
- Free WiFi in public areas
- WiFi in rooms *
- Self parking (limited) *
- Free nearby parking
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast daily
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Poolside bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Beach sun loungers
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Health club
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Marina on site
- Pool sun loungers
- Steam room
- Pool umbrellas
- Sauna
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 5
- Conference space size (feet) - 10764
- Conference space size (meters) - 1000
- Conference center
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1996
- Elevator/lift
- Rooftop terrace
- Garden
- Picnic area
In the room
- Individually furnished
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
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Aquamarin has 4 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include hot stone massages, sports massages, Thai massages, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room.
The spa is open daily. Children under 14 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision. Guests under 14 years old are not allowed in the spa.
DiningSeerestaurant - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
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Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Guests under 14 years old are not allowed in the health club.
Children under 14 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.
Guests under 14 years old are not allowed in the spa.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
A 5% tax is imposed by the city of Potsdam. Business travelers with proof of business-related travel are exempt from this tax. For further details, please contact the property using the information contained in the confirmation received after booking.
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 160
- New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: EUR 83 (from 7 to 14 years old)
- Valentine's Day (14 February) Gala Dinner per adult: EUR 37
Optional extras
Facility access costs EUR 7.00 per person, per day. Facilities include fitness facilities, a sauna, a spa, and a swimming pool.
Self parking costs EUR 5,00 per day
Rollaway beds are available for EUR 33.0 per day
Cribs/Infant beds are available for EUR 12.0 per day
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of EUR 18 per pet, per night
WiFi is available in guestrooms for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
What's around INSELHOTEL Potsdam-Hermannswerder, Potsdam
- In Templiner Vorstadt
- Potsdam Forest and Havel Lake Area - 5 min walk
- Potsdam Harbour - 29 min walk
- Templiner See - 29 min walk
- Charlottenhof Palace - 33 min walk
- Potsdam's Brandenburg Gate - 36 min walk
- Neuer Lustgarten - 38 min walk
- Film Museum - 39 min walk
Getting around
- Berlin (TXL-Tegel) - 33 min drive
- Berlin (SXF-Schoenefeld) - 39 min drive
- Potsdam Charlottenhof Station - 23 min walk
- Potsdam Central Station - 9 min drive
- Potsdam Central Station - 12 min drive
- Free parking nearby
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Limited parking
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I have even managed to clear another bed that had become completely infested with Kikuyu. Half of it has been planted to Dragon's Lingerie Beans, and I'm still debating what to put in the other half... perhaps more Greek Big Beans, or maybe Tomatillo which are still looking for a home. Whatever I choose has to be able to cope with pretty poor soil.
Most plants are doing really well. Even the Japanese White Eggplant seed that I had written off as "too old, too nuked" has eventually germinated, and I have at least 8 little seedlings that seem quite healthy. We may yet see another one or two come up over the next day or so.
One of my recent projects was installing a Worm Farm1 outside the kitchen door, so I've been harvesting Worm Poo, and it certainly seems to give a bit of a boost to young transplants. My sister-in-law warned, though that she found the Vermicompost too strong, and has to dilute it. Forewarned by her, I made a bucket of worm-compost "tea" today, and fed it to a bunch of plants that are in less-than-ideal soils, or that are slow to get going. Since it is my first experience close-up with worm compost I've been cautious... it's only been applied to plants that are not critical, or that I have plenty of replacements for. I'll give things a couple of days, and if those plants all seem happy, I'll go ahead and feed many more with the worm-poo "tea".
Lots of Tomatoes. A couple of years ago, Val and Dan sent me a whole bunch of new-to-me Tomato varieties, but during the drought we've really had very limited success. Val has since passed away, so I'm especially happy to honour her memory with some successes! "Monk", in particular, is impressing me. It s Potato-leaved variety that shot up out of the seedling-mix, and has produced sturdy, quick-growing plants. At this stage they look a lot like the Brandywines, so I'm keen to see what sort of Tomatoes they produce. "Mandarina" is another of their varieties that shows every sign of being a good early, as does "Hikari" - one of the plants already showing a precocious flower, despite being only about 10cm tall. (The name intrigues me...)
Sadly I've also lost quite a few of the varieties they sent. After some discussion between Patrick and myself some time ago, I now consider it likely that the SA Post Office either irradiates all incoming post, or uses really high-dosage X-Ray machines. All in the name of combating Global Terrorism, I suppose. Never mind that most of our Cabinet ministers were at one time considered terrorists themselves. "On your side of the border you call them terrorists; on our side of the border we call them Freedom Fighters." The sad result is that seeds arrive here in a very poor state, and germination rates and seed vigour suffers very badly.
I suppose it's not too unreasonable, in some weird, twisted sense: importing seed into the country without a permit is, strictly speaking illegal. I apply the rule, "If the law holds common sense in contempt, then we, the 99%, are entitled to hold the law in contempt." So, if you have any good ideas on how to smuggle veggie seeds into the country without them getting toasted, please pass them along. If any of my readers happens to come to SA and is willing to bring some seed for me, please, please let me know. (I'm happy to buy the seed and arrange for it to be sent to you ahead of time.) I can reciprocate the favour with accommodation and homebrew. ;-)
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Focus Trailer: It Is Very Weird to Hear Will Smith Say the Word Boobs
So many cons! So much James Brown!
Cards on the table: Will Smith says "boobs" fairly early in this new Focus trailer and something about that moment stuck with us. He says it weird, right? Like when you're 13 and you're just learning how to curse like an adult, and each time you try it the words don't really come out right, like they spill out of your mouth too hard and not at all casual like you'd hoped. That's Will Smith saying the word boobs in this trailer. But aside from that one moment, this is a good trailer. Very jazzy!


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When we think about eating disorders, we tend to think about eating disorder subtypes: anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder. A lot of previous work has shown that individuals with AN and BN tend to be anxious, depressed, perfectionistic, and harm-avoidant. Patients with AN also tend to score low on novelty-seeking, impulsivity, and self-directedness, whereas patients with BN score high on novelty-seeking and impulsivity. More recently, however, some researchers began to wonder if there was another way to categorize patients–not according to symptoms, but according to personality traits?
They identified three clusters of personality subtypes that seemed to "cut across" eating disorder diagnoses, outlined below (taken from a previous post):
Three Personality Subtypes in Eating Disorder Patients:
- "dysregulated/undercontrolled pattern: characterized by emotional dysregulation and impulsivity"
- "constricted/overcontrolled pattern: characterized by emotional inhibition, cognitively sparse representations of self and others, and interpersonal avoidance"
- "high-functioning/perfectionist pattern: characterized by psychological strengths alloyed with perfectionism and negative affect"
However, that research was done in ill patients, and so the question remained: Do these personality clusters persist after recovery? This is the question that Angela Wagner and colleagues asked in their study, published in 2006.
Specifically, they asked:
- What are the personality traits in individuals who have recovered from an ED?
- Are there personality-based clusters in individuals recovered from an ED? And if so, do they resemble those present in ill individuals?
For their study, Wagner et al recruited 47 healthy controls and 60 women recovered from an eating disorder. The ED subtype breakdown was as follows: 21 with restricting type anorexia (RAN), 20 with bingeing/purging type anorexia AND women with both anorexia and bulimia diagnoses (BAN), and 19 women with bulimia nervosa (BN).
The average age of the participants was in the mid-20's. The average age of ED onset was between 15-17, average length of the ED ~3.5 years, and the average length of recovery was ~3.5-4 years.
Recovery in this study was defined as >1 year of no bingeing, purging, restricting, or excessive exercise; regular menses; >90% of average body weight; and no psychoactive medications (like antidepressants).
To answer the first question (What are the personality traits in individuals who have recovered from an ED?) Wagner and colleagues assessed mood and personality characteristics, as well as the prevalence of axis I and II disorders.
Below is a summary of what they found:
- Recovered ED subgroups did not differ in depression, anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, harm avoidance or persistence
- All recovered women in the ED groups scored significantly higher on those scales compared to healthy controls
- Healthy controls scored higher than all recovered women on the self-directedness measure
- There were no differences between the RAN, BAN, and BN subgroups on any Axis I (major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, etc..) or any Axis II disorders (personality disorders)
The researchers then wanted to see if there were any emerging personality-based clusters. Their analysis revealed two clusters in the recovered individuals (for 55 out of the 60 participants).
Women in Cluster 1 scored higher on:
- novelty seeking (but same as controls)
- impulsivity
- "self-transcendence" ("the extent to which a person identifies the self as an integral part of the universe as a whole") (than Cluster 2 and control women)
Women in Cluster 2 scored higher on:
- harm-avoidance (than Cluster 1 and control women)
There were no differences between the clusters for:
- Axis I and Axis II disorders, or ED subtypes
- Age, lowest BMI, highest BMI, age of ED onset, duration of illness, length of recovery and age of recovery.
In line with previous research, this study confirmed that many traits persist after recovery from an eating disorder, particularly anxious, depressive, and obsessive symptoms. On a positive note, recovered participants had lower levels of mood disturbances compared to published findings of ill patients.
Particularly interesting was the finding that individuals recovered from EDs were more similar than different, regardless of their ED diagnoses:
This was true for personality and temperament scores, as well as core ED symptoms, mood, and lifetime Axis I and Axis II disorders. […] In contrast, there is evidence for differences in ill ED subgroups in terms of personality variables.
This raises at least two possibilities (which are not mutually exclusive).
One, there might be common factors that are associated with a good outcome. The authors note that these might include high harm avoidance and low rate of Cluster B personality disorders (histrionic, borderline, narcissistic, and antisocial PDs), social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and alcohol dependence.
(As an aside: Cluster B personality disorders were present in 5-10% of women in this sample, but range from 20-30% in ill women, according to previous studies. Likewise, no recovered BN and 16% of recovered BAN women reported lifetime alcohol abuse/dependence, whereas alcohol abuse/dependence ranges from 20-40% in ill BN and binge-purge AN patients, according to previous studies.)
Two, it could be that these traits are exaggerated as a result of restricting, bingeing, and/or purging. I know that for me, some of these traits get exaggerated or suppressed depending on whether I'm mostly I'm bingeing and purging or mostly restricting (to an extent that others around me can tell).
In their discussion, the authors questioned whether subtyping EDs based on diagnostic groups was justified, and whether subtyping based on personality-traits made more sense:
Studies reporting a high crossover rate between diagnoses and subtypes also call into question the usefulness of diagnostic subtypes. [Two clusters emerged] in an attempt to identify other behavioral groupings of patients recovered from ED. […]
Women in Cluster 2 seem to be more inhibited, with high scores of harm avoidance and state anxiety. Women in Cluster 1 can be described as disinhibited and are characterized by greater impulsivity, but also had some degree of anxiety and obsessionality.
There are only a few studies in the literature that have described personality- based clusters in participants with EDs. We replicated in the current study two of those previously described clusters, the impulsive and the inhibited, anxious subgroups of ED.
Note that this study identified two previously described clusters but not the third: "high-functioning/perfectionistic."
The authors also pointed out that individuals in this study recovered, on average, within 6 years of being ill. "These data are similar to Strober et al., who described that "the accelerating force of recovery runs fairly steady through year 6, at which point the likelihood of recovering decelerates and reaches a plateau after 10 years.""
These findings are especially important because they might help guide treatment. It is conceivable that different treatment approaches would work for better individuals who fall into different personality clusters. Right now, treatments are mostly being tailored for specific ED subtypes. Perhaps there is benefit in shifting focus and trying to identify treatment approaches that work for particular personality-clusters instead?
Readers, what are your thoughts?
Wagner, A., Barbarich-Marsteller, N., Frank, G., Bailer, U., Wonderlich, S., Crosby, R., Henry, S., Vogel, V., Plotnicov, K., McConaha, C., & Kaye, W. (2006). Personality traits after recovery from eating disorders: Do subtypes differ? International Journal of Eating Disorders, 39 (4), 276-284 DOI: 10.1002/eat.20251


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Vista runs some programs as administrator even though no configuration option tells it to. There is no way to stop these programs from running as administrator through the user interface. This happens when Vista finds certain strings in the file properties which are commonly found in programs which need to be run as administrator, such as programs which install or update software. installers. For example DynDNS updater 18.104.22.168 has this problem. Several property fields are set to "DynDNS Updater" and "Updater" is one of the strings Vista checks for.
This is simple to fix with a hex editor. FileDescription, InternalName and ProductName need to be altered. There is no need to change Comments or LegalTrademarks. These are located near the end of the file. The strings are in Unicode UTF-16 and so each character takes two bytes. They look like ASCII except that there is a zero byte after every character.
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Nothing is showing up in the logs, everythings works fine on your development and acceptance environment, your unit-tests are all green and yet you've got major issues on your production server. What to do? Restart apache? Reboot the system? Maybe we even add more machines? Hell no! We debug it Chuck Norris style! I will show you how you can use advanced (linux) tools like strace, iostat, gdb and even dtrace to figure out the bottlenecks in your system. Is it even your code that is buggy or can we easily identify other things that can go wrong? A free tip for those who don't attend this talk: never ever reboot or restart your system without knowing what caused the issue in the first place!


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Companies that provide taxi services to airports in the San Francisco Bay Area include Yellow Cab, Luxor Cabs and Airport Taxi Cab Bay Area. Transportation services are also provided through shared shuttle services, like East Bay Shuttle and Super Shuttle.Continue Reading
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Luxor Cabs, based in San Francisco and in business since 1928, has a service area that runs from the Napa Valley in the north to San Jose in the south. The firm offers private tours as well as transportation to Bay Area airports. Luxor operates the largest para-transit fleet in the city and has drivers specially trained to help those with mobility issues.
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The Old Station Caravan & Camping Park is open all year for touring caravans, motorhomes & tents.
We have a small touring area with a choice of hard standing and grass pitches and optional electric hookups.
There are tent pitches on site plus additional camping spots in our adjacent field giving campers that extra space and freedom.
We are an ideal base for groups taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
We welcome well-behaved dogs on the touring area but do ask for them to be kept on a lead when on the park.
There is a woodland walk on Smatcher Hill handy to the Caravan Park, plus lots of other walking opportunities near by.
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Bayern will travel to Jena in the round of 16 of the DFB Pokal. The game will take place on the weekend of November 1/2 against FF USV Jena. It will be Bayern's sixth consecutive away game in the Cup and will be followed by another encounter against them in the league a couple days later on matchday 9. Bayern convincingly overcame TSV Schott by a scoreline of 9:1 in the previous round.
The full draw below:
Bundesliga against Bundesliga
Turbine Potsdam - Herforder SV
FF USV Jena - FC Bayern München
SC Sand - MSV Duisburg
Bayer Leverkusen - 1. FFC Frankfurt
Bundesliga against 2. Bundesliga
VfL Wolfsburg - BV Cloppenburg
SGS Essen - FSV Gütersloh
2. Bundesliga against Bundesliga
1. FFC Niederkirchen - SC Freiburg
2. Bundesliga against 2. Bundesliga
TSV Crailsheim - 1. FC Köln


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NOVI, MI (WGNO) -- Get the tissues ready.
One lucky water boy in Novi, Michigan with down syndrome got to make a play many athletes only dream of.
With the help of his teammates, Robby Heil scored a touchdown!
The moment was even more special as his terminally-ill mother watched on.
You see, number 24 usually holds the water bottles for the Novi High School football team, but on Friday, the special needs senior suited up.
His proud mother was on the sidelines, snapping pictures of the big night.
Debbie thought she was just there to see Robby in uniform. She had no idea what was in store.
When the team learned Debbie has advanced cancer, the Wildcats decided to give the Heils more than just a photo op.
With a time-out, Robby took the field... to a roaring crowd.
And with the hike, number 24 got the ball and ran it 20 yards for the touchdown!
Debbie broke down as she witnessed Robby's dream come to life.
"This team has been instrumental in helping me get him to practice while I'm at chemo. It takes a village to raise my son and this village has really been outstanding."


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Armored truck robbery suspects headed to court
Suspects expected in court Thursday
DANBURY -- Two sets of eyes stared intently as the black and white Garda armored truck carrying more than $290,000 parked outside Chili's on Newtown Road just after 1 p.m. on Sept. 27.
When the armed guard climbed down from the back of the truck and walked into the restaurant to pick up more cash, the two men watching knew they had about eight minutes to convince the driver, who was new to the job, to unlock the door, get inside the vehicle and grab the money before the guard returned.
According to Danbury police, the would-be holdup men were Andre T. Williams, a 28-year-old Bridgeport man on probation for selling drugs, and Steven Wright, also 28, from Fairfield. Wright was a Garda employee who often worked the same route as the truck they planned to rob, police said.
Williams got out of the green, 16-year-old Chevrolet Lumina sedan, leaving Wright slumped down out of sight behind the wheel.
The blue, short-sleeved Garda shirt Williams wore was stretched to its limits by his husky, 6-foot-3 frame. The shirt's tail hung out of his blue trousers. The black baseball cap with the red and white company logo was also too small, perching awkwardly on his head, according to court documents.
"He walked up to the rear side door and was banging on it with his right hand," the driver, Emmanuel Irizarry, told police. "He was talking to me, but I really couldn't hear what he was saying. I could read his lips and could tell he was telling me to open the door."
Puzzled by the sudden appearance of Williams, Irizarry, who was unarmed, scanned the parking lot for another Garda truck. That's when the guard, Jose Josue, unexpectedly emerged from the restaurant without the money, police said.
Josue had forgotten his receipt book, which he needed because the scanner he'd normally use to record the transaction malfunctioned during their previous stop.
As Josue returned to the truck, Williams approached him, carrying a large, clear plastic bag, according to court documents. He said he was from LIC, Garda's parent company, and was there to help on the route. Apparently assuming Josue had made the pickup, Williams told the guard to give him the money.
Josue was immediately suspicious, partly because of Williams' ill-fitting attire.
"He looked very sloppy, and Garda really makes us look neat when we are working," Josue told police.
Company officials had also warned Josue someone dressed as a Garda employee had tried to rob other trucks, so he pulled out his cell phone and began taking video of the suspicious-looking guard.
"As I put the phone up and started recording him, he got angry with me and started asking what I was doing," Josue told police.
Josue kept recording. The man backed up, said he was "gonna get me," then got into the car, which sped away, Josue told police.
But not before Josue got the plate number of the car, which Danbury detectives Dan Trompetta and Craig Martin subsequently determined was registered to Williams' brother, Bryant.
Although Bryant Williams didn't fit the robber's description, and had never worked for Garda, his brother, Andre, was a match, police said in several search warrant affidavits filed in Danbury Superior Court during the investigation.
The detectives also learned from company officials there had been a similar attempted heist in Bridgeport a month before the Danbury incident.
On Aug. 20, a man dressed in a Garda shirt and cap and carrying one of the company's scanners had walked into a grocery store on Fairfield Avenue and said he was there to pick up the money.
But after being told the pickup wasn't scheduled until the next day, the phony guard, described as being about 6-feet tall with a medium build, got into a dark blue Ford Explorer with another man inside and drove away, the store employee told police.
"This male obviously had knowledge of Garda customer route stops and procedures," Martin wrote in an arrest warrant application. The conclusion, he said, was "these two incidents are related, and that the suspect or suspects are being aided by a current or past employee," who was providing them with company uniforms and equipment.
Two weeks later, Martin and Trompetta were at the Garda depot in Stratford when one of the dispatchers, Brandon Jordan, 28, of Bridgeport, started asking about the investigation.
Jordan asked if there were any leads. He explained his curiosity by saying he "wanted to be a detective" and was "interested in these things," the detectives said.
Their suspicions aroused, Trompetta and Martin obtained Jordan's cell phone number from a supervisor, then interviewed Josue again.
He told them that on the day of the attempted robbery, he'd gotten several calls from Jordan asking the location of the truck. The last was minutes before they arrived at Chili's, but at the time, he thought nothing of it.
Within a few days, police obtained search warrant applications for telephone records belonging to Bryant and Andre Williams, and Jordan. A review of Jordan's records led them to Wright, who according to court papers, received several calls from the dispatcher before and immediately after the hold-up attempt.
Eventually, the detectives were able to determine that Jordan had been in regular cell phone contact with both Wright and Andre Williams as they drove from Bridgeport to Danbury and back on Sept. 27, allegedly relaying information about the location of the armored truck he'd obtained through his communications with Josue.
Confronted with the information, Jordan admitted he had been friends with Andre Williams since high school. He claimed he'd called Williams after learning of the robbery attempt because he suspected his friend, and was conducting his own investigation.
Jordan also denied any involvement in the robbery attempt at the Bridgeport grocery store, even though the getaway car in that incident matched one he drove, according to Trompetta and Martin. That case is still being investigated by Bridgeport police.
On the morning of Nov. 9, Danbury police and federal agents raided the homes of the three suspects and they were arraigned at state Superior Court in Danbury.
Wright and Williams were charged with attempted second-degree robbery and two counts of conspiracy. Jordan was charged with two counts of conspiracy. All three remain jailed on bond and are expected to enter pleas when they return to court Thursday.
Investigators determined that Bryant Williams' involvement in the case was unintentional and he was not charged, said Danbury police spokesman Detective Lt. Thomas Michael.
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One day I got an email, an sms, a phone call, a Facebook message and two tweets all within about 5 seconds of one another. This video is a re-manifestation of my brain's interpretation of that event. #trustory
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For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. (Martin Luther)
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Has anyone ridden by the waterfront lately? Is it bikeable on weekdays? Or do most people go across the Case Bridge to get to Eye St?
Has anyone ridden by the waterfront lately? Is it bikeable on weekdays? Or do most people go across the Case Bridge to get to Eye St?
I go on Maine to 7th and then up 7th to Eye.
I ride the wide sidewalk past the fish market, up to 9th. I usually take the lane from 9th to 7th. Its different every day, depending on what the construction vehicles are doing. Sometimes two lanes, sometimes one. Its often not that bad - though this (three way intersection at 9th and Maine) is one of the few places where I will Idaho the red, as getting out in front allows me to get to my left turn on 7th before auto traffic comes up behind me. If however I do have auto traffic behind me, its usually not that bad, because everyone is going slowly anyway, and its not that far from 9th to 7th, and I just ride as fast as I can. Sometimes its tempting to scoot to the right when that is not an open lane, but you have to be really really careful to not hit construction workers, and not be hit by a construction vehicle if you do that.
On days when wind direction means I will be particularly slow, and bad weather means there will be fewer pedestrians, I sometimes bag taking the lane and cross to the sidewalk on the north side of Maine.
Coming westbound in the evening, you don't have to deal with all the construction, just finding a comfortable path to making a left onto the crosswalk by the fishmarket. Though another alternative is staying in the far right lane and then going to the sidewalk at the crosswalk (or at 9th) to cross as a pedestrian. Again for me the choice is determined by traffic volume, and conditions. If I get to 7th and Maine when traffic is light, and the light is timed right, its a comfortable scoot from 7th to 9th.
If there is too much traffic, the sidewalk, even riding slowly, can be faster, and involves less breathing of fumes.
I should probably do Case more often, but I really don't much care for it.
In short, a festival of randomness, with the added bonus of the Fish Market Dumpster Smellscape.
This is one section of my commute that I jump the lights when I can riding east...the construction just adds that extra level of "excitement" when dealing with the heavy traffic (particularly at Maine/12th) and so I take every opportunity to get ahead of the cars since I have to work my way to the left turn lane at 7th St.
I live in SW on 4th and ride that stretch almost every day. It has truly become an adventure. I wonder what it will be like when construction of Phase 2 (the southern part) starts.
I rode it once this year. I've taken the case bridge ever since, even though Maine Ave would cut down on my time/distance to work. I am generally comfortable riding on the road, but the road conditions + downright aggressive drivers made it not worth it for me when I had a viable and safer alternative.
I take Case Bridge. Trying to get on to the sidewalk at the Fish Market has become a game of whack-a-mole since much of the parking lot is now under construction, drivers trying to get into the parking lot are insane, and the rush hour traffic is murderous. Have done it a couple of times recently and decided it wasn't worth the hassle.
So I did my first commute in about a year today and took Maine Ave to 7th St.
It was definitely an adventure! I went through around 6:45. There was moderate traffic already, but the crazy part was the number of construction workers all milling around and shit. it was like a busy NYC sidewalk except people were in hard hats and hi-vis vests instead of business suits. There were hundreds of them. I Idaho stopped the light at 9th St, as some sort of suggested and got into the left turn lane for 7th and suddenly, the craziness was over. The rest of the ride was about the same as I remember.
Thanks for the advice, all! I'll probably try Maine Ave on the way back this evening but it's easy to do the Case Bridge instead if it's too crazy.


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Facts About Cooking Fires
Date: November 24, 2014
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) states that cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries with an average of 430 fires daily. Pretty scary isn't it? Here are some facts and numbers about home fires that you should know:
- Every year, U.S. fire departments respond to an average of 156,600 home fires involving cooking equipment.
- Thanksgiving is the leading day for home fires involving cooking equipment, with 3 times the average number.
- Ranges or cook-tops account for almost 3 of every 5 reported home fires involving cooking equipment.
- Ovens account for 16%. Unattended cooking is a contributing factor in 34% of home fires related to cooking equipment, 50% of the associated deaths and 48% of the associated injuries.
- Failure to clean was a factor contributing to ignition in 17% of reported home fires involving ovens and rotisseries.
- 55% of the civilians injured in home fires involving cooking equipment were hurt while attempting to fight the fire themselves.
- Adults of 75 or over faced a higher risk of cooking fire than other age groups.
- 2 of every 5 microwave oven related ER visits were for scald burns.
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|News from the World of Skiing
|Inside FIS
|In Depth
|News from the World of Skiing
|Ingrid by Cape Saint Vincent
As announced on the Queen's Birthday Honours List last week, Ingrid Christophersen has been awarded the MBE.
The MBE is awarded by the Queen and those awarded it go to Buckingham Palace to receive it from her. The initials stand for Member of the British Empire and it is given to those who are especially distinguished in a useful field. Ingrid was awarded it for `Services to Skiing' as recognition for all she has done for skiing over many years.
Ingie has worked in many fields of skiing, both Alpine and Nordic, involved with racing, teaching, and organizing events. She was brought up in Norway and at the age of 14 won a slalom open to all who lived in Oslo. She came to Britain and was a member of the British team from 1963 to 1968, then taking over as manager of the British Ladies B team from 1968-70. From there she went to teach at the British Mountaineering Centre in Glenmore Lodge, Scotland.
A qualified instructor, she passed the highest Alpine grade of the British Association of Ski Instructors and grade 2 for Nordic and became a FIS Technical Delegate for both Alpine and Nordic events. After trying speed skiing, she also became a TD for FIS Speed Ski events. She is also a member of the FIS Sub-Committee for Ladies' Alpine Skiing, Sub-Committee for Alpine Youth and Children's Questions, and Sub-Committee for Alpine Citizen Racers. Ingrid's club is the Downhill Only, which is among the most prestigious British ski clubs and she has been racing and training manager of the DHO for the last 40 years.
That all adds up to a great deal of work for British Skiing and we are proud that she has received recognition from the Queen. It also shows the importance of skiing in British life.
Contributed by Elisabeth Hussey, Honorary Member of the FIS Committee for PR & Mass Media
|Inside FIS
|TV production in Are 2007
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As a key element of the review of the 2007 FIS World Ski Championships in the Alpine and Nordic Events in Ǻre (SWE) and Sapporo (JPN), representatives from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and FIS met last Thursday in Oberhofen (SUI).
EBU represents Europe's public service broadcasters and are holders of the television and marketing rights for the FIS World Ski Championships in the Alpine and Nordic events. After many years of collaboration between the EBU and FIS, the first long-term global agreement between the two organizations covered the 1999 championships. Over the years, the relationship has developed significantly with the current agreement in place for the 2011 and 2013 championships in the Alpine and Nordic events. The guaranteed exposure for the championships afforded through Europe's free-to-air television networks has been a crucial element of the promotion of the sport. Furthermore, the rights fee invested by the EBU's members has enabled the organizers to stage championships at the very highest level.
The EBU delegation included Marc Joerg, Head of EBU Sports Unit, Arthur Haechler, President of EBU Sports Working Group and former Project Leader for Swiss Television, Tor Aune representing NRK of Norway and Ingolfur Hannesson, EBU Senior Manager Winter Sports with FIS represented by FIS President Gian Franco Kasper, Secretary General Sarah Lewis and Marketing & Communications Director Christian Knauth. The meeting followed up on discussions from the previous meeting in September 2006 and before, reviewing the 2007 championships, including viewing figures, operational issues and lessons learned. The agenda also looked ahead to the 2009 championships in Val d'IsŠre (FRA) and Liberec (CZE) following the confirmation of the competition programs by the FIS Council. Moreover, EBU expressed its pleasure with the record number and quality of candidates for the 2013 FIS World Ski Championships in the Alpine and Nordic events.
In summing up, FIS President Kasper stated: "The partnership with the European Broadcasting Union is one that FIS values highly. Both organizations are trying to achieve the best possible outcome for their members, in our case the National Ski Associations, through offering highly attractive championships that will serve as outstanding promotion for the sport and be a commercial success, too. Our close collaboration with the EBU has meant it has been possible to achieve this, but we are aware we cannot stand still and we will continue to work diligently to ensure that this will also be the case in the future."
As part of the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code, the regulations that define the practical conduct of testing, the International Standards, are also undergoing a thorough update as they become an obligatory part of the Code following the adoption of the new version in November 2007.
The International Standards contain provisions related to the organization and practical aspects of testing, including athlete whereabouts requirements and sample collection procedures. FIS was requested by WADA to participate in the working group that is preparing the draft document and collating the feedback from WADA's stakeholders, the National Anti-Doping Agencies and International Federations. The second meeting of the group took place at the Maison du Sport in Lausanne (SUI) on 13th-14th June, led by WADA Director of Standards Rune Andersen and Testing Manager Stuart Kemp, with participants from the International Athletics Federation, the United States Anti-Doping Agency, UK Sport as well as Sarah Lewis and Madeleine Erb representing FIS.
The latest drafts of both the World Anti-Doping Code and the International Standards can be reviewed on the WADA website www.wada-ama.org.
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|Visit to the construction site
The annual FIS Jumping Judges Seminar took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) last weekend. Ueli Forrer, Chairman of the FIS Sub-Committee for Jumping Officials, Rules and Control, was pleased to welcome some 70 participants from 14 nations. In addition to intense two-day training and an examination based on taped performances, 14 FIS Jumping Judge candidates from ten countries successfully completed an exam concluding the theoretical part of their two-year training.
The participants also found time to visit the construction site for the new jumping hill at the ski stadium and maintain old friendships. The new K 125 HS 135 hill is planned to be inaugurated with a Continental Cup competition on 21st December 2007 that will serve as a dress rehearsal for the traditional New Year's event on 1st January 2008, to be held on the new hill. Construction is also underway on the World Cup slalom piste right of the jumping hill. The slalom finish area will be moved to the ski stadium in time for the 2011 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
Contributed by Franz Rappenglueck
|Traditional Maori welcome
|Update in Christchurch (NZE)
The annual Australia & New Zealand Technical Delegate & Organizing Committee Update was held over the weekend in Christchurch (NZE). FIS's only Maori Technical Delegate, four time Olympian Simon Wi Rutene gave a traditional Maori welcome to the visiting Inspector, Ted Savage from Canada (see photo). 56 participants enjoyed two and a half days of intense training, along with a lively social program. Several regular attendees reported that the update was 'the best yet'. Skiing is already under way in both countries and everyone is looking forward to a great season of racing.
The Australia New Zealand Cup Committee met during the weekend and encourage Northern hemisphere teams to head 'Down Under' this season to take part in the ANC Cup races, which include a four-event-series final at Mt Hutt (NZE) featuring super-G and super combined races.
Contributed by Eric Henry
The first week of the FIS Aid&Promotion Alpine training camp will take place on the Hintertux glacier in Tux (AUT) from 1st - 8th July 2007. As in the past, the first week will serve as a selection camp for the other training camps later on this season. Eligible for participation are FIS Member National Ski Associations with one or two votes; those with two votes may send athletes at their own cost. Per Member Association, up to two male athletes and two female athletes with less than 120 FIS Points in slalom or giant slalom may be entered. Entries are due to Madeleine Erb (firstname.lastname@example.com) in the FIS office no later than on 22nd June.
|In Depth
This week we feature an interview with Vedran Pavlek (CRO), a former world-class giant slalom and super-G racer and two-time Olympian (Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998). Under his leadership since 1998, the Croatian ski team has collected 75 FIS World Cup podiums, including 39 victories, six FIS World Championship gold medals and seven medals at the Olympic Winter Games.
FIS Newsflash: You played a key role in establishing Croatia on the skiing radar screen together with the Kostelic siblings. What were the key ingredients of this success story?
Vedran Pavlek: I retired from active competition following the Nagano Olympic Winter Games and became Alpine Team and Ski Pool Director with the Croatian Ski Association. At that time, the association basically consisted of a single room full of paper and a lot of debt. However, what we had were two very talented skiers - the Kostelic siblings - who had been well-coached by their father. Our idea was to bring Janica and Ivica to the top while developing other young racers. The results of our well-coordinated efforts are obvious today: besides the amazing successes of the Kostelic siblings, we now have another two rising stars: Ana Jelusic and Nika Fleiss. All this would not have been possible without a lot of hard work and very talented skiers along with good management, excellent equipment and solid support in all related areas.
FIS Newsflash: With Janica officially retiring this spring, how does the future look for Croatian skiing?
Vedran Pavlek: The future looks bright. We already survived one season without Janica, and enjoyed good performances by Ivica in the World Cup and the first podium place by Ana Jelusic. There are another couple of young racers coming. Granted we are unlikely to have another athlete like Janica but I think we will be able to continue to achieve solid results in the World Cup in the future as well. In the ladies, our goal is to have two racers in the top 10 and a few others in the top 30. We are currently a bit more focused on the ladies as they tend to reach the top at a slightly younger age than the men.
FIS Newsflash: The Snow Queen of Zagreb has become known as one of the best organized World Cup events in a short time, with the highest prize money for a single race. For the first time, the ladies will be joined by the men at next year's event. How do you deliver such a first-class event and most importantly, ensure the impressive amount of prize money?
Vedran Pavlek: Our idea from the beginning was to create a first-class event because we thought that would be the only way for us to `survive' on the FIS World Cup tour in the long term, and to be able to host a combined men's and ladies' event. However, our intent was not just to create 2x 45 minutes of skiing but to combine the sports part with a lot of social events, strong VIP program, concerts and other spectator entertainment. We also believe that in some other sports, the athletes are remunerated much better than in skiing despite their relatively smaller investment in the sport so we wanted to make sure we pay them well here in Zagreb. Doing this, we have found that high prize money greatly increases the level of general public interest. Initially we had sponsors from the Croatian market place or regional (Alpe-Adria) companies based in Croatia but now we receive quite some interest on an international basis.
FIS Newsflash: What advice would you give for other World Cup organizers to optimize their event marketing and communications?
Vedran Pavlek: I think the key is to combine ski racing with a strong side program including social events and entertainment. While the initial tendency may be to try to minimize costs, we have found that investment in creating a strong brand is a long-term strategy which will generate future income if the work is properly done and the event becomes well-established. Creating a strong event brand requires a good show supported by excellent organization in all areas. Moreover, it is critical that we look across disciplines to learn from the strongest events in sports such as golf, tennis and Formula 1 and apply their best practices to skiing.
FIS Newsflash: How could the skiing family work better together to ensure that the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup remains one of the most important global series of winter sports events that it is today?
Vedran Pavlek: I believe that more should be done to integrate TV and marketing for the entire series. A key step in doing this is centralizing the management and exploitation of TV rights and, partially,˙also of˙marketing rights for the entire FIS World Cup tour. This would make the˙Audi FIS Alpine World Cup more interesting to the˙large international companies that are˙particularly interested in winter products.
We also need to create better events: rather than producing our events just for TV, we need to make sure we deliver a wonderful show and a true experience for the spectators on-site.


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Five Star makes changes to rely less on public funding
Five Star CEO Bruce Mackey
Five Star Quality Care recently transferred operations of two rehabilitation hospitals in Massachusetts to Reliant Hospital Partners, marking the latest move in the company's dramatic shift toward private pay operations.
"Five Star began to operate these hospitals in 2006, during a more favorable operating and regulatory environment," stated Bruce Mackey, president and CEO of Five Star. "Since then, we have made adjustments in our business to counteract progressively more restrictive payment formulas from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services."
One of these business adjustments was announced in June: an agreement with Senior Housing Properties Trust to sell 10 skilled nursing centers that receive most of their revenue through Medicare and Medicaid.
Five Star consistently has been moving away from stand-alone SNFs. The company was 100% skilled nursing when it was founded, but SNFs now account for just 17% of revenues, Mackey said in an investor presentation at the Stifel Nicolas Healthcare Conference in September. Most revenue comes from independent/assisted living and continuing care retirement communities. The Massachusetts-based company today operates more than 200 senior living facilities in 30 states.
Five Star has had success with attracting private pay residents. The company was 20% private pay a decade ago, but now is 77% private pay. That could reach 85% within five years, Mackey said. However, the company is not aiming for a specific percentage of private pay customers, said Chief Financial Officer Paul Hoagland.
Five Star's management company will drive growth. Real estate investment trusts currently "have an edge" in buying properties, Mackey said, but Five Star's large footprint means it can manage communities in "almost any market" by drawing on resources already in place.


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Nicholas or Nina? Nina or Nicholas?
The Top Chef Season 11 finale came down to a pair of contrasting competitors, one with a temper problem and the other from the relaxed island of St. Lucia.
Family members surprised these contestants, while past hopefuls came back to help them make a four-course meal.
Who actually came out on top? Which single dish pretty much ruined the night for one finalist?
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University of Kentucky theater department chair Nancy Jones notices something while students are onstage doing microphone checks at Tuesday's dress rehearsal of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The actors are looking up.
It's not a level that UK Theatre students often look to when performing on their home stage, UK's Guignol Theatre, which has one level of seating.
But for this production, UK Theatre is making its debut in the Lexington Opera House, with its 19th-century heritage, two balconies and more than 800 seats.
"It's so great that we get to do this big show on this big stage to the community in a year of such growth and a time of change for us," says Peter LaPrade, a sophomore who is playing the title role in the musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. "We've got a lot to sing about."
The big Opera House show represents a number of milestones for UK Theatre and the College of Fine Arts. Chief among them is the end of the first year of its musical theater certificate program, a collaborative effort of UK's theater and music departments.
"The certificate has created a way for me to graduate with that kind of credential that will really help us, all of us, in the business as we try to pursue careers," says Rachel Snyder, a junior who plays the narrator in Joseph.
For much of their histories, the theater and music schools have operated separately with only a little overlap, and the theater department has concentrated on acting training. But in recent years, the theater has made moves to broaden its training, including adding a dance minor.
"Coming from the School of Music side, I have to say the musical theater certificate is forcing a much-needed marriage between the theater department and the school of music," says Joseph music director Brock Terry.
It is as much about educating students as it is about putting on shows. Students and faculty say broader training is what students need going into today's highly competitive theater field.
"The pressure in contem porary theater is such that it's very difficult to think about having a professional career as an actor without an ability to sing. It's just not going to happen," says Joseph director Russell Henderson, a UK theater faculty member since 1985.
Dance instructor and Joseph choreographer Susie Thiel says, "It's just the nature of the beast now that you have to be able to do a little bit of everything well."
Musicals from UK are starting to become a regular part of the programming at the Opera House. UK Opera Theatre presented blockbuster productions of The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables the past two seasons. True to the spirit of the certificate program, several Joseph cast members were involved in Les Miz last October.
But Jones said the choice of show and some other advantages helped dictate the move to the Opera House for the theater program.
"I never really thought about it. I always thought, we've got a theater, so why go anywhere else?" Jones says. "But some of our designers, particularly Tony Hardin, have done a lot of work here. ... He really pitched the idea that it would be good for our students and it would give us a sort of different public persona."
As the program grows, getting off campus and into a higher-profile venue like the Opera House is a great way to raise awareness of UK Theatre. Jones says that already has showed up in ticket sales. UK Theatre usually attracts a strong walk-up audience, but hundreds of advance tickets have been sold for each of this weekend's four performances.
Of course, the show's name recognition helps, as does the involvement of students from Lexington Children's Theatre, who make up the show's children's choir.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which has been performed tens of thousands of times since it was first staged in the early 1970s, tells the story from the Book of Genesis of the dreamer Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his brothers but eventually became one of the most powerful men in Egypt.
"This was the right show to do because of the size and the scope of it," Jones says of the biblical musical.
She isn't quite ready to make trips to the Opera House a regular thing. Next year, for instance, the spring musical will be Cabaret, which she says is better suited to the Guignol's more intimate setting. But she and others expect to be back.
"The Guignol, because we all live there, feels like doing a show in your backyard," Jones says. "This feels like the big time."


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January 20, 1993
To All Bond Counsel:
As most of you are probably aware, we have in the past approved certificates of participation in conjunction with the approval of lease purchase agreements. We have, however, limited the involvement of the governmental entity (the "lessee") in these transactions, on the theory that the lessee is not, and cannot legally be, the issuer of the certificates. Questions have also arisen in the past regarding which entities can engage in lease purchase financings, and under what circumstances. The purpose of this letter is to review our position in this area, particularly in light of the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12 (the "Rule").
Presently, our position is that, in a legally authorized lease purchase financing, the lessee may undertake the following actions with respect to certificates of participation: 1) the lesse may acknowledge that the lease agreement is to be participated, 2) the lessee may agreee to make payment to the party designated by the lessor, such as a trustee, and 3) the lessee may provide a certificate to the effect that it has reviewed only the information pertaining to itself, and that such information does not contain erroneous information, or fail to contain information which should be disclosed. Until the advent of the Rule this seemed to be sufficient for counsel to be satisfied that federal securities law requirements in thi area had been met.
Our interpretation of the Rule, and the "no-action" letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission to First Continental Financial Corporation dated June 1, 1990, is that the lessee must "deem final" the official statement, and contract with the underwriter for sufficient copies of the official statement, though this may be done through the use of a representative who may take such action on behalf of the lessee. This requirement raises additional questions under state law. It appears to us that there are only two statutes (other than those statutes specifically addressing certificates of participation) which can be interpreted to authorize by implication the lessee to take such action or designate a representative to take such action. These would be the Public Property Finance Act and Subchapter F of Chapter 351 of the Local Government Code. Additionally, Attorney General Opinion JM-697 would provide the necessary basis for a county to designate a representative to take such action for county jail financings qualifying under that opinion. Statutes which specifically authorize certificates of participation would, by necessary implication, authorize the lessee to take such action directly, without the need of an intermediary representative. Thus, our tentative position is that, other than statutes which specifically authorize certificates of participation, these are the only two statutes (relating to local governments - this letter does not address state agencies) which can be used for such purposes by lessees which are not home rule cities. Home rule cities probably could find such authority in their charters, if such contained broad grants of powers, and counties may avail themselves of JM-697 for county jails.
An additional area of concern, relating to certificates of participation, is the power of entities to enter into lease purchase financing in the first place. We think that, in most cases, specific authority to enter into lease purchase financings is necessary to do this type of transaction. That is, the separate power to lease and the power to purchase do not result in the power to do a lease purchase financing. Such power may, however, authorize the lease purchase of an existing facility which a governmental entity might otherwise lease or purchase. For example, if an entity is interested in leasing an existing facility, and the owner is willing to sell the facility on a lease-purchase basis, it seems to us that it is a too restrictive interpretation to say the entity could not enter into that type of an agreement. However, it appears to us to be a different situation when a developer offers to build a new building, obtaining the financing by participating the lease purchase agreement. This would be the case even if the federal securities laws could be satisfied without the issuer being involved in circulation of an official statement. With the advent of the Rule, it would seem to us any certificated lease purchase financing would require specific authority (or be within the categories indicated above: Public Property Finance Act, Subchapter F of Chapter 351, JM-697 or homerule city).
The intermediate case lease purchase financing, whereby the lease purchase agreement is not certificated, but rather is assigned totally to a single purchaser, probably is not substantially different from the certificated scenario. However, there may be situations which we have not considered which might be distinguishable. One does not have the problem of complying with the Rule, of course, nor would such a transaction have to be submitted to the Attorney General for approval.
Please also note, as a procedural matter, that it would be most helpful to contact the Public Finance Section prior to submitting a participation transaction. We have formulated some positions that will affect the documentation. For example, it is our position that, unless specifically authorized by statute, the governmental entity is not to be a party to a trust indenture.
Any comments, information or argument you might wish to supply to us on this matter would be welcome.
We will not approve the refunding of hospital district revenue bonds with general obligation bonds without the benefit of higher authority. There are numerous, complex and constitutional issues which arise in these financings, including interpreting the language of special acts and the timing of enaction of various statutes. However, depending on the circumstances, if a district wishes to proceed with a validation action, we will not necessarily take a position in opposition to the proposed financing, and may take a basically neutral position, letting the court make the appropriate determination. Another option, of course, is for a district to obtain a formal Attorney General Opinion on the matter. A formal Attorney General Opinion would be precedent setting for the Public Finance Section. A specific validation action has, of course, no precedental value.
Please be reminded that (1) executed versions of documents submitted in unexecuted form and outstanding requirements for final approval are to be submitted at least three working days and (ii) inital bond or bonds at least five working days, prior to the date of closing or the date approval is requested. Do not expect to get the approving opinion on the day the outstanding items and/or the initial bond(s) are submitted. (Please refer again to the All Bond Counsel Letter dated June 4, 1992.) Additionally, it would it would be helpful if bond counsel would indicte the proposed closing date at the time a transcript is initially filed or as soon as such information is known.
For other than routine questions or those involving past practices of this office, we request that questions regarding legal interpretations or constructions or novel financings be submitted in writing, together with a summary of the legal authority and reasoning supporting the position advocated. Given the volume and complexity of transcripts we continue to receive and the other projects and questions with which we are involved, it has been and is difficult for us to keept treack of the questions asked or to undertake lengthy research. (With respect to the latter, we not only do not have the resources, but it is not appropriately our role to undertake such research.) Also, pleae keep in mind that there will be one less attorney in the Public Finance Section for some time.
Finally, thanks to all of you for your considerable help in what has been a truly facinating experience. Friday, January 22 will be my last official day, though I do not plan to be in the office after Wednesday, January 20. I will take up my duties at the Bond Review Board on Monday, January 25. Sheela Rai will be the acting chief of the Section as of that date. I urge your continuing support of the Public Finance Section and the fine people there, and of Sheela, in whose ability to be an exemplary Chief of the Public Finance Section I have absolute confidence. Again, thank you.
Jim Thomassen
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Role of exorcism in Catholic Church highlighted after complaint against Wollongong priest
By Nick McLaren
A Wollongong clinical psychologist and Catholic priest is being investigated for comments he made about exorcism on ABC radio.
Fr Gerard Stoyles is the subject of a complaint to the Psychology Council of New South Wales over comments he made to triple j's John Safran.
The ABC understands the complaint was made via the Health Care Complaints Commission website and queried if it was legal for a NSW psychologist to "promote" exorcism.
The complaint refers specifically to an interview in October 2015 in which Fr Stoyles spoke of his role in referring two people for exorcisms — a child and an adult female.
"She was showing many qualities about her personality that were just not right," Fr Stoyles said in reference to the adult female.
"Anybody looking at her would say 'there is something psychologically wrong here' but in fact, all of the independent assessments said there was nothing wrong at all, so I referred her further to the exorcist who looked after those matters."
He also said each Catholic Diocese had its own officially appointed exorcist.
The Catholic Bishop of Wollongong Peter Ingham said he had never approved the undertaking of the rite of exorcism and to his knowledge it had never been performed.
However, Bishop Ingham did say exorcisms were performed by Catholic priests in some rare circumstances.
"Only a priest with the explicit and express authorisation of the bishop with the necessary personal and professional qualifications, and who has undertaken appropriate formation, may carry out such an exorcism," he said.
"The practice of exorcism is very rare and is used only with great care and caution.
"The church makes clear that exorcism is not a response to illness, especially psychological illness, which is the concern of medical science."
Fr Stoyles worked as a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Wollongong (UOW) and ended 17 years of employment in October 2015.
"The university has nothing further to add to Dr Stoyles's own public statements," a university spokesman said.
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FRAMINGHAM, 30 MARCH 2010 - Authors with writer's block, listen up: With the iPad poised to bring e-books into the main, along with e-book publishing services like Smashwords inking deals with Apple to get your work in the iBookstore, you're now running out of excuses.
Smashwords reportedly signed a distribution deal for e-books in Apple's iBookstore, the e-reader app for the iPad, according to blogger Steve Weber's Plug Your Book website. Smashwords helps authors digitally publish their books for free. The company charges only a small percentage of any book sales.
Weber posted an email that Smashwords founder Mark Coker apparently sent to more than 4,000 authors in the Smashwords network, telling them how to get their e-books ready for the iBookstore. Coker would not neither confirm nor deny the email and declined further comment.
According to the email, authors "must take steps now to ensure your books make it in time for inclusion in the Apple iPad's iBookstore's big launch April 3." Some of the requirements include cover image pixel size and conformance to the EPUB format. Smashwords has been upgrading its converters and creating "scrubbers" to clean files, according to the email.
All books in the iBookstore must have prices that end in $.99. E-books can be free, too. Apple also requires an e-book be priced less than its print counterpart, according to the email.
E-book pricing has been a controversial issue. At the iPad's unveiling in February, Apple flashed prices for e-books at around $15. Major publishers lined up behind the iPad, including Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Group, and Macmillan. This was an affront to Amazon, which had refused publishers' requests to raise its e-book price from $10.
The following weekend, Amazon pulled Macmillan books from its virtual store, as a sign of discontent. Two days later, Amazon agreed to raise prices of e-books as well as return Macmillan books to its virtual shelves.
Smashwords' email sheds light on Apple e-book pricing. "For any mass market or trade paperback books with a list price greater than $22.00, you can set whatever price you want," the email reads. "If your book is only available in Hardcover, and the Hardcover price is under $22.00, then the maximum allowable price for your ebook is $9.99 ... If your hardcover book is priced above $40, you can price your Apple ebook at any price you like."
Here's the best part for aspiring authors: "How much does distribution to Apple cost you? Nothing. Like all Smashwords services, it's free. We earn our income when your books sell. We will pay you 60 percent of the list price for all your sales."
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After a mere 22 year break, seminal shoegazers Slowdive have returned with a new video directed by Riff Raff's Nursery of Evil duo in/out.
Taking inspiration from Slowdive's new album artwork (which is itself a still from a 1957 avant-garde film called Heaven & Earth Magic) the video is an exploration of geometric shapes, pictures within pictures and positives within negatives. Light circles objects and faces, warping abstract patterns in and out of existence with every frame.
Contrasting colours create a deeply satisfying palette for a serene and dreamlike visual which complements perfectly the band's dream-pop sound.
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