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Pakistan, who thumped Zimbabwe by 74 runs in the opening game on Sunday, were stunned by Stanlake's early burst of 4-8 and were dismissed for 116.
Earlier, Finch opted to field after winning the toss and Stanlake blew away the top order before Andrew Tye finished off the tail with 3-38. Shadab Khan top-scored with 29 as Pakistan top order batsmen crumbled against Stanlake's pace and bounce.
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Finch then led Australia to 117-1 in 10.5 overs by smashing six 6s and four 4s in an unbeaten 68 off 33 balls.
"We had a disappointing tour of the UK. It's great for us to get a nice start in the series," Stanlake said, referring to Australia's six defeats against England in last month's five one-day internationals and one-off T20.
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Finch picked up three slip catches as Pakistan was reduced to 24-4.
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10 Natural DIY Citrus Cleaners
We are big fans of natural cleaners here on Apartment Therapy, and generally they are very easy (and inexpensive!) to make. I personally try to use citrus in my cleaning repertoire whenever I can because I find it to be an effect whitener and grease cutter, and it leaves the room I am cleaning pleasantly fragrant. Here are 10 of my favorite DIY citrus cleaners and cleaning techniques. Please share your favorites in the comments below!
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Renovations are like rabbits: they breed and multiply. So it was with us when we built a large addition to our Toronto house.
Even as the final paint was drying on our new family room, it was clear that this reno was about to give birth to another. Our 10-year-old kitchen suddenly looked drab and dated. We had more or less designed it on our own and we patently did not know what we were doing.
We thought long and hard before taking a deep breath and making the commitment - only to get the wind knocked out of us.
Much to my surprise, I was offered the job of a lifetime - London-based correspondent for Global News.
To quote Shakespeare: "The whirligig of time brings his revenges."
After much consideration, negotiation and perspiration I took the job. My wife and daughter would stay in Toronto and decide later whether to join me.
Off I jetted to the U.K., in time to cover the Royal wedding, leaving Isabella to pursue a busy freelance career, while also functioning as a single mother to a charming but highly opinionated sixyear-old - and overseer of a major kitchen renovation.
"You owe me big time," she said with moral certitude.
In June, as I moved into a flat in a stately 150-year-old home in London, where the rent was roughly double our Canadian mortgage payments (and the gas occasionally went off, leaving me with cold showers), our Toronto kitchen was removed and the useable parts donated to Habitat for Humanity.
Isabella set up a makeshift cooking area in the living room, with a little hot plate and a bar fridge that consistently froze everything in it. Dishes were washed in the powder room. She and our daughter ate out a lot, or wrangled dinner invitations from friends.
But we had one big advantage over our flawed kitchen-planning from 10 years ago: Isabella now works for House and Home magazine. Her friend Cameron McNeil, the magazine's senior design editor, would make all the big decisions about how it would look.
Mr. McNeil pointed out that our old kitchen had substantial space, but the cabinets were inefficient and that everything was squished into one corner around the sink. Indeed, any time both of us were trying to cook, we constantly bumped into each other.
"It was an unfulfilled kitchen," Mr. McNeil said with considerable understatement during a trans-Atlantic phone interview. Fact is, he had always told Isabella that he hated it.
The road to fulfillment was built around his idea of turning the room into one integrated space, instead of separate preparation and eating zones.
Along the way were some daring touches that made me flinch - until I saw the result.
Our small island: gone A north-facing window with a view of the neighbour's blank wall was closed in. The window facing the backyard was widened and lifted to above-counter height.
The new cabinets extended across our entire north wall (our old ones covered only about two-thirds of the space).
Now, one wall would have no upper cabinets at all, only lowers. We were going to have a focal point - a wall covered in white subway tiles, with open shelves.
Replacing our old table was a taller, counter-height version with a marble top and a stainless steel base with a slightly weathered look.
"We're going for a contemporary French bistro feel," Mr. McNeil says.
He pointed out that having a tallertable,withcounter-height chairs meant that it could also be a food preparation area.
"You don't change the size of your kitchen space, but it feels so much bigger because you're using it differently."
For our new cabinets, Mr. McNeil chose a colour that my design-deprived brain would have never considered: "anthracite," which is to say deep grey, with brown overtones. Dark.
But when he emailed me some pictures, I had to say the effect was striking. The grey played off the freshly painted Cloud White walls to make it all look, well, like the kind of kitchen you would see in House and Home magazine.
He added a section of white upper cabinets over our new sink on the west wall, including a couple with glass doors, to break it up a bit.
The cabinets were built by the Mississauga-based firm Aya Kitchens and Baths.
There was a new pot drawer and an organized pull-out cabinet for garbage, recycling and compostable waste - a huge improvement over our previous hodgepodge that was both smelly and inefficient.
Aya's senior designer Margaret Macdonald tells me customers have become much more particular about these kinds of things.
"The expectations have been increased by far," she says. "People are much more interested in how to work in their kitchens."
As with any renovation, ours grew unexpectedly in complexity and cost. The old floor was shot. My cousin's husband's cousin's husband, Glenn Stagg, came to the rescue once again with a new hardwood that now matched the adjoining family room in colour and quality.
Our former sink, the one that was jammed into a crowded corner, was discarded and a new, much-larger single sink installed underneath that newly expanded window that looks out into the backyard. The view for washing was suddenly much improved, and the sink was big enough to hide dirty dishes for days.
Helpful tip: Get the plumber to finish all his rough-in work before you do the hardwood. We did not, only to watch holes being drilled into the new floor to run pipes to the new locations for the sink and dishwasher.
Among the new appliances we bought from Fisher & Paykel: A fancy new gas range with six burners and two ovens - a small one for small meals, a big one for big productions.
If only our cooking skills matched the quality of our cooking gear.
All the appliances were stainless steel, but the Aya people built a panel to cover the new dishwasher so it looked like the rest of the cabinets.
Isabella's stressful summer of renovation was brightened considerably by the fulfillment of her dream for marble countertops.
Her choices: the exquisite (and most expensive) statuario, the white creaminess of calacutta, or the more affordable beauty of carrera.
She went for the carrera (whew!), and Mr. McNeil worked with the suppliers, Mississauga-based Stonecraft, to make the seams blend nicely and to mitre the edges of the overhang to give a thicker look.
Although our kitchen was to be worthy of a design magazine, it also had to accommodate a six-year-old girl. To that end, Isabella jumped on Mr. McNeil's idea of turning a wall into a magnetic chalk board. One wall was painted with a product called "activewall" from Magnamagic, topped with regular chalkboard paint, and Julia now had license to scribble away.
Mr. McNeil advised that the finishing touches in design can be as important as the broad strokes. Our modern cabinets were given a counterpoint with open shelves made of reclaimed wood planks, and with Spanish brass chandeliers that Mr. McNeil found in a nothingnew shop.
Our three-month renovation took four. Our budget was, shall we say, somewhat exceeded. And just as it was being completed, Isabella and Julia made the big decision to move to the U.K. to join in my excellent European adventure.
We think about our Toronto kitchen daily (as we bump elbows in our London flat's tiny cooking area), and dream of the day when we actually get to use it. Happily, the hard-working Mr. McNeil is house-sitting for us so at least the creator gets to enjoy it.


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The Legend of King Barth
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Once upon a time there was a young man who lived deep in the world's most dangerous jungle. Rumor has it that his parents deserted him when he was just an infant because they couldn't stand how bad he smelled. He was found all alone and crying on the edge of the jungle by a pack of monkeys. They decided to take him to raise as one of their own.
However, these were no ordinary monkeys, these monkeys were extremely strong and intelligent. These monkeys could also talk and they decided to name the boy "Barth". Over the years Barth grew big and strong, his survival skills were great because he had to learn to protect himself against the dangers deep into the jungle. His arsenal of defensive moves included powerful kicks, head butts, and even the ability to fling his own feces at predators before running away.
Barth became very popular among his fellow monkeys because of both his courage as well as his huge pectoral muscles. It was said that he was strong enough to bench press weight equal to that of a full-grown elephant As Barth aged through his adolescent years the monkeys began to praise Barth and looked up to him as a leader. By the time that Barth was 20 years old, the elderly monkeys called for a council, after a brief discussion they decided to crown him as King Barth. They also decided to offer up their most beautiful female monkey to marry him, her name was Karyn. Karyn was the most gorgeous ape in all of the jungle. She was a model for Banana Republic. All of the male monkey's jaws would instantly drop at the way she dragged her knuckles when she walked by. King Barth grew deeply in love with Karyn and he would spoil her with hundreds of bananas everyday. While Barth continued to grow fonder of his lovely wife everyday, Karyn unfortunately didn't do the same. She appreciated how nice he was and was extremely attracted to his strong body, but she just couldn't stand his nasty odor. She literally struggled to sit next to him and had to sleep on a different branch at night.
One day Karyn came up with a brilliant idea of setting out on a quest to find a bunch of magical red and blue roses that could be grinded up to make the most powerful deodorant in the world. She figured that if she found these flowers and made the deodorant for Barth then she would fall in love with him because he wouldn't smell so horribly nasty and then they could live happily ever after.
She woke up early the next morning and set out for "Hawaiian Falls" which was the only place in the jungle to find these magical flowers because they could only grow in the fertile soil at the bottom of the waterfall. She had only been journeying for a couple hours when she came to a complete halt. She heard a massive splash a little way down the river and saw ripples in the water coming in her direction. She was horrified but knew she must keep following the river if she wanted to make it to "Hawaiian Falls". She continued on her way and started to forget about the splashes when all of a sudden something massive jumped out of the water and grabbed her in its mouth. It was a giant black tortoise. She had heard tales about such a creature before, it was said that these giant monsters are so vicious that if you ever see one it is impossible to survive in one piece. Karyn screamed as loud as she could but there was nobody in sight to help her. The tortoise held Karyn in its jaws and walked slowly back to its lair to prepare his meal for the night; luckily a little red parrot was hanging out in the trees above the river and heard Karyn yelling. This parrot recognized her as the wife of King Barth and immediately flew back to the Monkey Kingdom to tell the king the horrific news.
The parrot flew swiftly and arrived at the Monkey Kingdom in less than an hour. It flew straight up to the throne but maintained a safe distance because of the smell and said, "Squawk, King Ape, King Ape, Squawk, I carry horrible news, your beautiful monkey wife was captured by a giant black tortoise. I saw it with my own eyes, Squawk."
King Barth responded, "How can this be? I would never let her venture outside of my kingdom because it is far too dangerous".
The parrot quickly fired back "Master Ape, it appeared she was traveling to Hawaiian Falls to obtain the magical roses as a gift to you, Squawk".
King Barth was puzzled by this and thought to himself, "Do I really smell that bad?"
King Barth immediately set out to travel towards the layer of the giant black tortoise. He flew through the air at a graceful pace as he swung from branch to branch. King Barth was like a modern day Michael Jordan as he put on an aerial performance while flying gracefully through the air. Barth couldn't stop thinking about his lovely wife and how badly he would hurt if he couldn't feed her bananas ever again.
He prayed to the God's of the jungle saying, "Please save my beautiful wife and I will be the most loyal and generous King in the history of our monkey kingdom. Do not let the giant black tortoise kill her or I will be broken-hearted and my life will be meaningless".
A few moments later King Barth heard a crack of thunder and then came a loud powerful voice, it said, "Do not worry Barth, your wife is still alive, but you must hurry. I will let you prove your worth as the king of the apes if you can defeat the giant black tortoise in it's lair".
Barth then yelled as loudly as he could in response to the Gods, "I am ever grateful of your power and mercy, I also have one more wish.... Would it be possible for you to get rid of my nasty body odor?"
A loud rumbling voice replied chuckling, "Nobody is perfect".
Barth sighed to himself and continued on towards the giant black tortoise's lair. When he arrived he noticed the size of the footprints leading inside the cavern and thoughts of instant terror shot down his spine. He started to tiptoe into the dark abyss on the hillside when a swarm of bats flew past his ears. He jumped backwards in horror and let out a brief squeal.
A booming voice came from the darkness saying, "Who dares to enter my lair uninvited?"
Barth was so horrified that he couldn't control his bodily functions and his stomach started gargling. Just then a loud roar came from the darkness and Barth immediately lost control. His feces shot straight to the floor at the speed of light and without thinking Barth started to fling it in the direction of the monster. This startled the tortoise and it jumped out of the darkness and it ran to the light side of the cavern.
The tortoise yelled, "What kind of evil magic is this? Fight like the man you are, not a monkey".
Barth chuckled to himself at the thought of this, he responded, "Do you know who I am? You are messing with the wrong guy. I am King Barth of the monkey kingdom and you better give me my wife back or I will crush you".
Barth ran in towards the giant black tortoise and gave it an array of kicks and a punishing head butt. The Tortoise swung a heavy claw towards his head but just barely missed. It then stretched its neck out an incredible distance and snapped its jaws shut just short of Barth's face. Barth then realized that desperate times call for desperate measures and he reached for the ground to grab a jagged stone and flung it straight for the tortoise's eye. It was a direct hit and the tortoise howled in pain. The sound was so loud that it shattered the stone roof of the cavern and it slowly came crumbling down. Luckily Barth was extremely agile and dodged the falling rock pieces while sprinting to the other side of the cavern. The tortoise wasn't so lucky as it was crushed beneath the rubble that had fallen from the roof. Barth walked through a short tunnel and saw his beautiful wife lying there. Karyn was badly wounded in both legs from the bites of the tortoise but couldn't have been more excited to see her husband. She was so overwhelmed with joy that she didn't even care how horribly awful his stench was. She fell right into his arms and gave him a big juicy monkey smooch. The truly remarkable thing about this was that she didn't pass out or regurgitate from the vomit-inducing smell that seeped up into her nostrils.
"Barth, thank you so much for coming to save me, you are the most loyal and courageous husband that I could have ever asked for", Karyn told him.
"You are the most beautiful ape that I have ever laid my eyes on and I am a lucky man. I don't know how to put this but... That thing is nice".
"Oh... thanks Barth. You have such a way with words", Karyn muttered as she forced a smile. "Hey Barth, before we head back to our kingdom, do you think we could travel further to the 'Hawaiian Falls' to find some of the magical red and blue roses?"
"I mean if we must really go to those extremes for you to love me, then yes. Lets fix this smell for once and for all", Barth embarrassingly muttered.
King Barth used his massive pectoral muscles to carry his beautiful wife out of the tortoise's lair and venture on to the "Hawaiian Falls". Once they were within a couple of miles it was easy to tell the flowers were near because of the wonderful smells that were in the air. When they finally arrived to the falls Barth was in awe for he had never seen a place with such natural beauty. He had never been this far to the north of the jungle in his life; the florescent smells throughout the air seemed to neutralize his toxic odor.
"Barth, I can't smell you anymore, It's a dream come true!" proclaimed Karyn. The two locked eyes and smiled in amusement.
"Lets get out of here", Barth said with utter resilience. The two journeyed back to Monkey Kingdom as King Barth flexed his enormous pectorals with confidence while holding his lovely ape lady. The rest of the monkeys were filled with joy at the sight of their King and Queen returning. Little did they know that the parrot had told the rest of the kingdom about their lady being captured and had prepared a banana and beer festival in anticipation of their return.
"Lets get a little crazy!" Shouted King Barth as he threw his fists into the air. "This is a time for celebration and respect for the Gods. Without their blessings, I never would have been able to save Karyn and for that we should all say a prayer".
Then Karyn chimed in, "And without your courage Barth I wouldn't have been able to fall in love with you and I also would have had a very abrupt ending to my modeling career with Banana Republic" (Multiple monkey's jaws dropped instantly at the thought of her in a skimpy monkey bikini).
The entire nation of monkeys then proceeded to hold hands to pray together and rejoiced, "Us apes are ever so grateful for all of the blessings we have. May our bananas be ever plentiful, may our trees stay strong with many branches, and may our nation forever flourish. OOOH OOOH AH AH AH" They screamed together! King Barth and Queen Karyn lived on happily ever after and the flowers in the deodorant that Karyn made for Barth worked wonders. He no longer smelled horribly and Karyn even decided to sleep on the same branch as him at night.


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CFTC's precious metals fraud advisory
In January 2012, the CFTC issued a Precious Metals Consumer Fraud Advisory to alert customers to precious metals fraud, which stated that the CFTC had seen an increase in the number of companies offering customers the opportunity to buy or invest in precious metals. The CFTC warns that companies often fail to purchase any physical metals for their customers, instead simply keeping the customer's funds. It further cautions customers that leveraged commodity transactions are unlawful unless executed on a regulated exchange.
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CFTC charges Worth Group and its principals in multi-million dollar fraudulent precious metals scheme
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed on Aug. 13, 2013, a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Worth Group Inc. (Worth), as well as its owner, Andrew Wilshire, and its sole officer and director, Eugenia Mildner, all of Jupiter, Florida. The CFTC's complaint charges that defendants defrauded retail precious metals customers and engaged in illegal, off-exchange retail commodity transactions from July 16, 2011, through the present.
According to the complaint, Worth purported to sell physical metal, including gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, on a fully-paid basis, as well as on a financed basis, to hundreds of retail customers located throughout the United States. The CFTC alleges that Worth falsely represented to customers that, within 28 days of a customer's purchase, Worth would deliver metal either to the customers directly or to a depository that would hold the metal for the customer. Allegedly, Worth took in over $73 million in customer funds between July 18, 2011, and December 31, 2012.
As alleged, in connection with fully-paid transactions, customers paid the full purchase price to Worth for metals, having been told that Worth would deliver metal in return. The Complaint alleges that from at least August 15, 2011, through November 8, 2012, however, Worth did not actually deliver metal to most customers. Instead, rather than deliver actual metal, Worth's typical practice after receiving customer money was to purchase metals derivatives in accounts owned by Worth. These derivatives purportedly "covered" customer transactions, but, contrary to Worth's representations to customers, did not involve the purchase, transfer, or physical delivery of precious metals to Worth, let alone to its retail customers.
Retail customers engaging in financed transactions with Worth were told that they were borrowing money to purchase precious metals. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, a financed transaction such as that conducted by Worth is an illegal off-exchange transaction unless it results in actual delivery of metal within 28 days. The complaint alleges that Worth often failed to make such delivery on a timely basis, therefore defrauding customers and subjecting them to undisclosed exposure to Worth's credit, as they were left with only Worth's commitment to deliver metal rather than the promised metal itself.
The complaint further alleges that as persons controlling Worth's precious metals operations, Wilshire and Mildner are liable for Worth's violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and a CFTC Regulation.
In its continuing litigation against the defendants, the CFTC seeks preliminary and permanent civil injunctions in addition to other remedial relief, including restitution, civil monetary penalties, and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains.
This is the third action the CFTC has brought against entities and individuals who purport to buy precious metals and transfer ownership of those metals to customers, when insufficient metal, or no metal at all, is in fact purchased and delivered.
"The rules of the new Dodd-Frank law are simple: Companies and individuals who purport to sell precious metals to the retail public, and who say they are supplying real metal, must actually deliver real metal," said David Meister, the CFTC's enforcement director. "As today's case shows, along with previously filed Complaints against Hunter Wise Commodities, LLC and AmeriFirst Management, LLC, we will not hesitate to pursue wrongdoers who say they are providing investments in real precious metals to the American public when in fact they are providing nothing of the sort."
CFTC obtains default judgment against Christopher Smithers for fraud in connection with futures contracts
Judge Kenneth A. Marra of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered an order of default judgment and permanent injunction against Christopher Smithers of Jupiter, Fla. that requires Smithers to pay a $590,940 civil monetary penalty and $196,980 in restitution, imposes permanent trading and registration bans against Smithers, and prohibits Smithers from violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations, as charged.
The court's order, entered on July 31, 2013, stems from a CFTC complaint filed on Oct. 22, 2012, charging Smithers with violating anti-fraud provisions of the CEA and CFTC regulations as well as provisions of the CEA proscribing violations of a court order.
The court's order finds that from October 2008 to March 2009, Smithers misrepresented to customers that his commodity futures trading was profitable when it actually resulted in losses of $220,000. Further, the court's order finds that from June 22, 2011, through November 2011, Smithers falsely represented to various futures commission merchants the identity of the person who opened and controlled commodity futures trading accounts that, in reality, he had opened and controlled. Smithers made such misrepresentations to circumvent prior U.S. District Court orders that prohibited him from trading commodity futures contracts.
In addition, the court's order finds that in 2011, Smithers misappropriated $162,980 of a customer's funds that were provided to him for the purchase of gold bullion, and that he fraudulently solicited a customer for funds with which to trade commodity futures. Finally, the court's order finds that Smithers' commodity futures trading was in violation of two previous U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Orders of permanent injunction entered against him.


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2011-12: Three-year letterwinner ... will look to remain as a fixture in the Generals' singles lineup during his senior season ... enters his senior year with a 48-21 career singles record and a 20-6 career doubles mark.
2010-11: Named First Team All-ODAC at No. 4 singles and also at No. 3 doubles ... logged a 13-5 record in singles and posted a 15-1 mark in doubles ... registered a perfect 8-0 doubles record while playing with Hayden White.
2009-10: Earned Second Team All-ODAC recognition at No. 5 singles ... completed the season with a 17-6 singles record and a 3-0 singles record in conference matches ... not not see any action in doubles … won the championship of the No. 2 singles flight at the ODAC Singles Championship during the fall.
2008-09: Received First Team All-ODAC recognition at No. 5 singles … logged an 18-10 singles record and a 5-5 mark in doubles, playing with six different partners.
High School: Earned four letters as a member of the tennis team at Jesuit High School … helped lead the team to a state championship during his senior campaign … team captain during his final season … was ranked in the Top 10 in the Pacific Northwest in 18's.
Off the Court: Father, Perk, was a member of the rowing team at the University of Oregon … uncle, Kevin, is a two-time Olympic Silver Medalist in equestrian … was a regional finalist for the role of Kevin in Home Alone 3 … journalism major.


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The Daily Mail reports that Firebox.com is paying "20 of its male forklift truck drivers and warehouse assistants to wrap presents as quickly as possible, using ugly brown duct tape and very little care" for their latest 'CrapWrap' service. The service has proved popular with over 500 Firebox customers after only a week of its launch but what do you think?
Is it a bit stereotypical to say that all men are bad at wrapping or do you agree with Geraldine James, buying manager for Christmas gifts at Selfridges, who states that "men are perfectly capable of wrapping presents beautifully. They choose to pretend they can't so they don't have to do it."
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18 U.S. Code § 661 - Within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, takes and carries away, with intent to steal or purloin, any personal property of another shall be punished as follows:
If the property taken is of a value exceeding $1,000, or is taken from the person of another, by a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both; in all other cases, by a fine under this title or by imprisonment not more than one year, or both.
If the property stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money due thereon, or secured to be paid thereby and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to which is shown thereby, or the sum which might be recovered in the absence thereof, shall be the value of the property stolen.
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 466 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 287, 35 Stat. 1144).
Words "within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States" were inserted to conform with section 7 of this title. (See reviser's note under that section.)
The maximum fine and imprisonment provisions were modified and "five years" and "$5,000" substituted for "ten years" and "$10,000" and the sum of $100 was substituted for $50 as more in accord with other sections of this chapter. (See section 641 of this title.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
1996—Pub. L. 104–294, in second par., substituted "$1,000" for "$100" and substituted "fine under this title" for "fine of under this title" in two places.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, in second par., substituted "under this title" for "not more than $5,000" after "another, by a fine of" and for "not more than $1,000" after "cases, by a fine of".
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Mountain Confederation's Annual Bagpiper's competition to be held in Confed Camp. Tuesday night o'dark thirty. Come test your skill or just to listen. E-12
Contest Results
1st Atlantian heraldic walking tour results:1st: Vair Ermine, 2nd: Falr Ulnyr, 3rd: Darkyard, 4th: Glenn Abhann Royal, 5th: Singing Stones Magnetic In-Out board
The Pennsic Grand Subtley Competition and Exhibition will be held at Casa Bardicci during their Open House today noon to four and the "Hoity-Toity" party tonight. worthy entries earn Bardicci coins or party tokens. Winner receives an exquisite prize created by Genvieve de Caulde Font of White Swan Illuminations (Oakwode Hall 160).
Events Open to All
Christian prayer group non-demimational. All are welcome 8PM Battlefield. Look for the Banner.
Reform Jewish services behind Silver Dragon Co. 11 Bow St 7PM Friday
The War Horn is on display in the merchant area, Market Street behind the barn, Mon-Fri, 1pm-5pm weather permitting. Guarded by House Darkyard. Come take a look at SCA History!
For Sale
14 ft. Yurt for sale. Set up $500 or Best Offer Moritu Camp as is.
16 Ft. Yurt. 6Ft. Wall.Timber Roof Ring. Used 3 times. New canvas this war. 2 doors. See at Under the Rose on EO1. EC Asking $1400.
2 new 16 ft rounds-complete setup. $1200 obo p-u SAT 9th. B08 Black Pearl-Rose or Tristan. Also 10x16 wedge black-yellow used 2 years BO
2-Story Pavillion - Frame-and-Canvas portable structure, excellent condition, flat packs on a trailer for easy transport and storage. Fully functional 2nd story. Available end of Pennsic. Come to Mystic Mail, Booth #188 for full details.
A-Frame Tent - Tent masters 10x8 with poles and stakes. $300 firm. See Brendan in Pentwyvern E16
Aero recurve bow sale midnight madness special bow and set of arrows $69.00 back quivers 10% off all bows sold on Wed get a free bow sock Greybarr Traditional Archery space 89
Agate Burnishers - bone ivory & horn handles - hand carved - also dog tooth and carnelian. Guild of Limners #24.
Alotta Drums wow $20 #190 under the only 2 trees!
ANALOG / IF / GALAXY MAGS 1996-2005 mostly complete$250/best offer. See Master John at The Stavechurch
ATTENTION WOAD WARRIORS! Feeling a little blue? I have the real thing! Genuine woad imported from Scotland. $4 Limited supply, buy early. Guild of Limners #24.
Bad Garb Old Maid card game- Yes we have 'em!- from Claus the Toymaker (Who else?)
Baltic amber starting at .50 ea. stones 10% off till midnight, rounding up. Silver Cauldron #136
Beaded shoes & headdresses #190
Evil Abra has budget amber! Amber rings from $9.95, amber bracelets from $9.95, amber necklaces from $14.95, amber pendants from $9.95, amber earrings from $7.00! Check out our 1/2 price amber boards! Buy $100 worth & get an extra 10% off if you mention this ad! Visit the Gypsy Caravan, #107 Street of Gold, open 'til 11:00 pm nightly!
Benefit the Chirurgeons-- buy an original Pennsic XXXVII T-shirt. $10. Available from Claus of Burzee, #24 Merchants Row.
Bosch' hurdy-gurdy for sale. This is the last one m ade by the lutier Charles Supplee before his retirement, and is patterned after the one in the painting Garden of Earthly Delights (15c). Includes heavy wood case, antler tuning key, string cotton, and waist strap. $1900. contact Sir Ogami, Clan Yama Kaminari, E03
Calligraphy nibs & supplies: scissors from stork to 12" Tailor Shears: Bowls 8" to 17" to 17" dia. A Tinker 197 Plunder La.
Civil War Tent 10x12 $200 Blood Moon Clan corner lot near Solar Showers ask for Hillary in Camp w/onion dome.
BAD GARB I and BAD GARB II - Now AVAILABLE From Claus the Toymaker- How do you know you are not in them unless you read them?
CLARIFICATION! DRAGONS MAGIC #25 is the brown Slavic house by the store and bath house. We are purveyors of fine fabrics and notions. Fabric Dragon #106 is the tent by Currie Rd and sells threads & beads.
Coin tops & scarves harem pants $20 each, 2 for $35 #190
Coming Thursday! Lightweight 100% wool gabardine twill- Æthelmearc red and off-white! Also 100% woolen twill forest green and white linen/cotton! I called my Jobber and he's shipping them right out! (I love my jobber) Dragons Magic #25
Etched amber awards are at Time Traveling Traders Space #77 Market St.
Evil Abra says, "Check your silver prices!" We bought last year when silver was $7 an ounce, folk who restocked before Pennsic paid much more- guess whose prices are going to rock!!! Mention this ad for an extra 10% off any purchase of $100 or more! (Bring friends & shop together for the discount!) Visit The Gypsy Caravan, #107 Street of Gold, open 'til 11:00 pm nightly.
Fine linen Norse Aprons, Viking tunics, and embroidered coats at The Hooded Hare. Hop over to our new space: #164, Fleet Street
Finest Amber in the known world is at Time Travelling Traders Space #77 Market Street.
Flax stricts $14 Cabocons #19 Bow St
Evil Abra's empire has expanded! New items include sale book selection, the garb annex & 1/2 price clearance corner! Visit the Gypsy Caravan, #107, Street of Gold. Open 'til 11 pm nightly!
For sale: 6mm welded stainless shirt about 6lbs $350. Ask for Jirrel at Bakhail-N11
Evil Abra has a new garb annex! Do you like flax, winter sun and cut loose? Check out our back room garb. Someone has to dress the peasants! Garb, pants, skirts, dresses & shirts in silk, linen and cotton. Very comfy and most is $5 to $20! Mention this ad for an extra 10% off! Visit The Gypsy Caravan, #107 Street of Gold! Open 'til 11:00 pm nightly!
For Sale - Bad garb, bad garb, What'cha gonna do? What'ca gonna do when the punchline's you?- Claus the Toymaker.
For Sale - Glass muller & burnishers from England, also Mitchell nibs, vellum, parchment, and hand bound leather books- The Guild of Limners, #24
For Sale - Gypsy Wagon $2500 OBO We lost the ride home for it! Booth 119 Yurts of America.
For Sale Ink-Oakgall, walnut hull, also gallo-tannic ink, absolutely perfectly opaque. $4 per bottle Guild of Limners #24.
For sale: rapier longsword and wagon 45" Darkwood blade with 9" handle $250 wagon is green garden cart $40 OBO contact Aelfwine Se Pyttel at camp "The Cove" on block N03
SCA Road Signs- "Fighter Practice Area", "Danger Viking Territory" and many others, some new and very silly. Claus the Toymaker, #24
Evil Abra says, "You can do research at home - read something fun at Pennsic!" See our vast selection of novels, magickal books & fun subjects. All the books are buy 2 get 1 free all war! Most are 1/2 off cover price as well! visit the Gypsy Caravan, #107 Street of Gold, open 'til 11:00 pm nightly.
For Sale THE GUILD OF LIMNERS in the little white house on Mechants Row sells ink, quill pens, books, pigments, various colors, madder, woad, all kinds of paint and tools necessary for scribes and artists.
For Sale: Tipman Boss handsticher leather sewing machine. No electric needed! Retailed @ $1500 plus accessories. No longer being manufactured. $750 as is condition inqure Dancing Pig #18 Bow St.
For Sale Vellum - - opaline vellum (sheepskin) direct from England. Finest Quality sale price $25 per sheet. Lovely Dutch sheepskin parchment whole skins $125 can be cut smaller. The Guild of Limners #24, across from the barn.
Geeks take note! Kingdom dice and playing cards are available at Calontir Trim. Mention this ad.
Steel boned corsets 99 to 250 bonded fabric WOW #190
Glass knitting needles- you have to try them to believe them! 19 Bow st.
TENT FOR SALE: Officer's Marquee by Tentsmiths. 14' x 8' with 5' walls 8' peak 3 years old. Sunforger canvas with poles ropes and the tent bags. At GRAYFOX encampment next to DARKMOON. N18 $875 O.B.O. Cash/Paypal only
GOING OUT 4 BUSINESS SALE. Did you see my ad in the Pennsic Handbook? Camp furniture, iron work, horse tails, beautiful speckled cow hides. 18x20 Panther new $1300 14ft yurt singing horse design complete with Floor $1400 OBO. Come browse and BS (Be Satisfied). The Crossing #3
Handspun yarn from a 12th c-type flock. Also fiber dyed & undyed. Ongoing spining demo, MTFC Space 26
Tall boots $85 stripy socks $5 Wool capes 20% #190
Harps & Musical instruments all on sale. Harps 20% off. Silvershell Music 43 Broadway.
Is this YOU? Free pics from Past wars. Space 26
Kingdom Cards for sale at Calontir Trim, Æthelmearc East Kingdom and Midrealm as well as Pennsic XXVII souvenir cards available.
Lots and lots pirate loot Good Booty! #190
Mischief, murder & mayhem- is your kingdom involved? See the on-going saga in the diorama. Space 26.
New heads! Heads tightened! richspiritdrums.com
NOT for spinners only- "Spinster's Rules!" Visit Misty Tower, Space 26 to read the list and order a T!
Panther Pavillion 16 x 16 Regent with green dags. Will need to be rewaterproofed. Available Sat 9 August @ 11am. $1200 OBO N17 Zeebera
Pavilion 4 sale 18X18 6Ft. walls 2 Yrs old Paid 2400 asking 1800 natural* extra ropes ask at Tgertoggs #32 Street of Dreams behind the barn *(color)
Pavilion for sale: 20x15 green & gold. $1200 Sleepy Unicorn, Street of Gold. Containers included
Pavilions for sale: 12 x 18 and 9 x 12, ropes, poles, and stakes included. See Eleanor at The Blue Unicorn space 182
"Pennsic for Dummies" by Claus the Toymaker - scurrilous, toungue-in-cheek fun, everythingyou need to know to complete your Pennsic experience.
Period Pavilions™ available on site for rent/sale. Rent rebates toward later purchase. Space 26.
Silk parasols $5 Wood Fans $1 Snoods 2 for $5 #190
Twin size rope bed frame $75 See Bjorn Block W18 Lake Shore beside flushie trailer.
Uniquely You dressmaker forms- the only one that corsets properly. Available on site space 26.
Want to buy a bridge? 8 ft to 10 ft span bridge for sale. $200 or best offer. Transportable! Packable! On display at W07. Ask for Emmiken.
Weld, Woad, Madder, Cochineal, Brazilwood, Longwood-dyes to die for. Guild of Limners #24.
X-chairs $175 Silvershell Music 43 Broadway.
You!Sew on our machines. We have thread. Space 26.
Yurt for sale. E01 Middle of Dragon Trace. Car died again. Ask for Pente (Wookie) camp Infinity 8-)
12 Step Meeting daily 4:00 pm E07 off Great Eastern Highway Denys the Decadent's Camp AA NA OA SA all welcome.
Beads, bead looms, trims and linen fabrics Silverdragon Company Bow Street Space #11
CONGRATULATIONS DEALLA on your resounding skills with Estrogen & Axes and winning first place. Congrats Kristin on 4th. I am honored to love you both. -- G
Costumes by Loren has comfortable cool cotton! Tunics, kaftans and cloaks in celtic knotwork designs. Different sales every day! 166 Fleet Street
DRAGON BROCADES, 20% off at Dragon's Magic #25
Drumsmith Richard Barony of Fenix 541-778-2540
EXCELLENT QUALITY 100% wools & wool coating at Dragon's Magic #25
FINE ENGLISH NEEDLES, Sold singly. Dragon's Magic #25
GOT LUMBER? Don't throw it in the dumpster, donate it! I'm building my kids a treehouse. Please call 814-720-9018 for pickup. Thanks -Thyri
Free garb and stuff! Please visit E30, the tent with the orange curtains. Help yourself to anything on the mats in the front yard each day till Thurs.
Good Gentles......
How much have you spent on your armor?
How much have you spent on your garb?
How much have you spent on your children?
This has been a public service announcemnt from Claus of Burzee Toymaker.
Go see Auntie Arwen at #185 and ask if she is drinking WATER. From Kirsten at Fabric Dragon in #106.
Handkerchief linen! Silk, patterns, pewter badges and more! Silverdragon Company Space #11 Bow Street
STEEL HOOP BONING - 1/2" xl2y $13.95 Dragon's Magic #25
Hear ye, hear ye! Their Most Royal Majesties of Ealdormere, Aaron and Rustique, have seen fit to elevate their loyal subject, Baron James the Mercer, to the Order of the Pelican - for his long and devoted service to the Kingdom. All are welcome to attend Ealdormere's court, to be held Thursday, August 7at 6:00 PM in the barn to help celebrate this happy occasion. For those of you wishing to offer your personal congratulations, Baron James will sit his vigil Thursday, August 7, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM in Ealdormere's Royal Encampment, located in W17.
Hoobah FOSCADH for FIGHTING in ALL 37 PENNSIC WARS
Howls and tail wags to my ArgentLupe buddies (and Victor!) up there at War! Miss you all. Kill some for me! I'm thinking of you all as I relax in my AC and take a long, leisurely shower. Alana
It's the double twisting back viking roll! 9.0, 9.5, 10.0, and a 6 from the...oh wait, someone just ate the Caidan judge. Will Squirty prevail?
Lady Veronica Rosso misses all her friends. Wish I was there!
NEW VIKING HOME COMPANION CD IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE PILLAGED VILLAGE Midgard Mayhem by TorvaldrTorgarson Live perfomances will be at 7PM on Sunday Wednesday and Friday infront of the village.
SAILMAKERS NEEDLES. 2", 3 1/2", 4 1/2"! Dragon's Magic #25
Storytelling Academy student performances A&S 6 Friday August 8 9-10AM. Open to all. Open mic to follow.
Storytelling by Gabrielle d'Auvergne Family friendly 7-9PM Minerva's Spindle space 158 Friday August 8
TO THE 2 WOMEN who came to my shop on Thursday and bought 12 yds of purple silk - I found the tag. Please come back for the money I owe you! Dragon's Magic
The time of the great Pennsic War is upon us! As we prepare for it, little thought is given to what comes after. The forests of Hornwood hold many dangerous animals on four feet...and on two. After the War, fleeing mercenaries and defeated warriors inflitrate our shire, pillaging what spoils they can find and causing great scenes ofdiscord. Join with us, the Shire of Hornwood on September 6th from 9am until 8pm in our efforts to clear out the rabble and fill out larders for the coming winter. The promise of great rewards awaits you at our hideaway home coming! Event to be held on the grounds of the bandits hideway, Hideway Lane, Brockport, PA 15824. Activities offered through the day are: a 3D archery shoot consisting of 30 targets (crossbow and atlatl welcome), a heavy weapons tavern brawl. Thrown weapons royal rounds and possibly a rapier practice. An all day sideboard with hearty soups appearing for supper will be provided. Also, an auction of worldly goods is anticipated. The site is wet, open flame is allowed. No pets. Indoor and outdoor merchant space. Contact the autocrat, Temair Ruadh, 814-938-9609
THREAD COUNTERS, 8x-10x metal & glass booth #25
TIR THALOR! Sorry to leave early. Bye to friends from Preachain Pentwyvrn Ironlance 3Skulls McCain and everyone we didn't have time to hug goodbye. Hope everyone enjoyed all the MEAT at Party. Grim thanks. TIR THALOR!! Loquitor and Sabine
To the woman (Natalie's camp auntie) who bought butterflies at The Bead Lady #146 Battle Rd. on Sun, Aug 3rd between 1 and 2pm. Please return so I may correct a credit card error.
Who do Kings answer to? Their Queens!
Silk veiling 3.5mm, 5mm silk/cotton DRAGON'S MAGIC #25
Wurm- will you have a cherry cobbler w/me love-Tris
Yes, I'm Still Here! And my brick-and-mortar fabric store is still in Tunkhannock, PA. The housing market decided to get weird right after War last year so I couldn't make the move I wanted to make. I've consoled myself by buying more luscious wool, linen, and silk...which, of course, I brought for your shopping pleasure, along with corset stays, needles, pins, cheese cloth, etc. (Space 25)
Lost & Found
Found set of arrows by bath house next to barn see Greybarr Traditional Archery space 89 to recover.
Lost 2 rings in woman's shower near Cooper Store on Sat AM . Huge sentimental value-Eye ring is a good luck charm and may bring bad luck to finder. Please call cell 585-507-3938 to claim reward and return rings. I'm camped in disability camping, big white wall tent near orange fence on right side, ask for Sue.
Lost Personal collection of silver Pennsic Bardicci coins. 12 10 20 coins possibly lost on Roman Rd. Please return to Joe at Casa Bardicci or lost & found. Reward for bulk of collection.
Theo! Missed you after the battle Mon. Find me at W03- Outlands really would like to see you again!!
Wanted Park-o-meter lost last year walked away from r/s reward talk to Og.
A celebration wake in honor of fallen brothers of The Great Dark Horde will follow court of the Great Khan at 7:00 PM on Thursday - including Yang the Nauseating, Irina, and Sir Starhelm. Horde Hill E10
The long ship sails again! As per tradition, the viking longship will burn on teh lake on thursday, Aug. 7th at o-dark thirty location is the same as always, on the Dike Road around the corner from the flushies. Shields may be painted at the shop of Tancred's Tanglewood. A donation of $20 is suggested.
Open party Thursday camp Blue Rose gate fee bring a stone the size of your head or a joke or riddle to please the gate keeper chocolate is a good bribe
The CASA BARDICCI "Hoity Toity" party in honor of the Arts is tonight, Dark to Midnight (and later). Two silver coins or Bardicci Party Tokens requested for entry. Tokens can be obtained at Okewode Hall, Space 160.
A definite sign of the apocalypse-Kibitz has vanished! Griz is trying his best but is just not as follicly endowed and won't wear those goofy pants. We miss you and hope all goes better. The PI Staff.
Buckland Cross --I've pillaged your homes, Thanks for the Cat, Fish and Xbox. Hope you are having a great war --Sid
Champion rescues tiger...Tiger now on lakeside vacation
Damiana, you have always been my favoriite Pennsic fantasy. I hope to taste your lips tonight.
Dear one as Pennsic days end I've missed you more each one may the Goddess see us here again Love Ti
Dear one, as the stars look down on you each night, may you look up and think of me. We can touch through the stars!!
Gas $ for ride. Pit airport. Sat.Anytime before 4pm. No armor. Just 2 bags. Craig at Booth 175. Call (781) 864-0359
Hugo! Where are you?! - Magdalena in Carillion
Illana,Thank you for 20 wonderful years. I love you. Janus
In seach of: Eleanor of Waldren, Emeric Wendell, Geoffrey Matthias, Morgan Elandris. I have something for you. Eowyn, Tagmata, W05.
Laurie Ann Renner from Sin Pit Urgent need to talk to Tinker @ A Tinker 197 Plunder La re purchase
Let all know that the kindest, most thoughtful people are Scadians. Grateful thanks to whoever turned my wallet into lost and found. Lady Svea the Shortsighted.
Love, honor, chivalry, friendship - from this life into the next, I will love you always- my Zachary- forever your angel Erlandr
Midrealm chroniclers! Ice cream social @7PM Friday, food court ice cream tent. Meet the new MK chron. First scoop my treat! See you there! Kat Peregrine, MK Chronicler.
MOM: You are SEW wonderful. I am DYEing to camp with you next year. DINNER and BREAKFAST are always wonderful. You taught me to KNOT my strings and TIE my dress. Thank you isn't enough - Gwyn
Murdoch (Cowboy) you wore leather, I wore a blue cotehardie PW29 come meet your son Clan Jones N29
My dear Tica, we had a fun and learning 25yrs. Will you be mine for the next 25yrs. Love you always in life and spirit. Joseph Thy Traveler.
My dearest husband Olaf- happy 10th anniversary! Love, your wife, Dalla
Olga: Punch Fernando. No lasting damage, please. L.
"Omnipotient" Probable pronunciation "ahm-nih-poh-shent." It means "willingness to drink many different alcoholic beverages in one sitting or together without attention to how they compliment the food…." Omnipotient people are not omnipotent. In fact, any potency may be lost!
Runa, seeing your stormy blue eyes again brightened up my Pennsic. Don't be a stranger. Love ya, Dylyn
Secret Message to Alanna: My love for you is bigger than the biggest fish! -Kins
To all gentles. Be sure to tell "Cowboy" of Wulfden that he looks just like Wolf on American Gladiators. (He even has the same "scruffy" hair.) "Cowboy the Wolf wannabe."
Valdis, hope War is everything you wanted. Can't wait to hear the stories!
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House Fallenstar (N12) Aquarium setback. Need shark-sized grilling surface. Pan Wilhelm Michalik is suspect.
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If you want to exult (or commiserate) with fellow conservatives during the debate tonight, tune in to Power Line Live. I notice that some early birds are already starting to congregate; I will be there later on. If you want to keep up with what the Romney campaign is putting out, you can follow the campaign's rapid response Twitter page. For longer responses from the campaign, go here. This is the Romney campaign's news feed–not quite sure what the difference is there–and video and graphics will be posted here. It should be an interesting evening.
UPDATE: The Heritage Foundation will live-streaming the debate here, along with other debate-related material. And Heritage will be tweeting commentary throughout the debate.
FINALLY, a few pre-debate thoughts of my own:
1) Romney will do well; Obama will do OK. The press will spin madly but mostly ineffectually. That result, a "draw" as called by the press, will help Romney, along the lines of the 1980 model. Large numbers of viewers who know Obama has been a failure and a disappointment will see Romney as a viable alternative.
2) One time, maybe twice, Romney needs to push back against Lehrer's question. He has to do it carefully, since Lehrer is an elderly gentleman. But Romney needs to say something like, "The premise of your question is incorrect." Or, "that question builds in a left-wing assumption." And then give the answer, his way.
3) If you want to change someone's mind, you have to tell him something he didn't already know. What can Romney tell viewers that they don't already know, that could affect their vote? Here are several possibilities: a) His tax plan does not increase taxes on middle-income Americans. Here, he needs to call Obama out. I would like to hear him say, "Mr. Obama, I want you to stop lying about my plan. What you just said wasn't true, and you know it." b) Romney's taxes will probably come up. If so, he should say something along the lines of, "I checked my returns and found that over the last 30 years, I have paid $120 million (or whatever it is) in federal taxes. I would have paid even more, except that I also gave away $150 million (or whatever) to charities." That would kill a couple of birds with one stone. c) The Democratic Senate hasn't passed a budget in more than three years. During the years when the Obama administration has racked up $5 trillion in new debt, not a single member of the House or the Senate, Democrat or Republican, has voted for Obama's budgets because they are so irresponsible.
Now it's time to pop a beer and head over to Power Line Live.


text: They've gone from "Genesis," through "Generations," but for the second half of their third season, NBC's Heroes are going to go from being "Villains" to being "Fugitives." Or, at least, that's what show creator Tim Kring let slip while talking at the Edinburgh TV Festival this weekend.According to Kring, the much-publicized third volume, "Villains," will only last 13 of the third season's twenty-five episodes, after which the show will immediately begin its fourth volume, to be called "Fugitives." The fourth volume is expected to run twelve episodes through to the end of the third season. No plot details were given about "Fugitives," but given the show's love of ripping off - I mean, "paying homage to" - old X-Men comics, don't be too surprised if you see the main characters having to go on the lam from some official governmental attempt to seek out and destroy everyone with superpowers following an attempt to save the world gone horribly wrong. Kring also mentioned that the second half of season two, which was never filmed due to the writers' strike, would have been called "Exodus." And he said we won't learn any more about Kaitlin in Volume 3, but we will see more of Echo, the loud shouty postal worker from the webisodes. And the show is hoping to get invisible man Claude (Christopher Eccleston) back, as soon as Eccleston's schedule works out. [Heroes The Series] and [Heroes Spoilers]


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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today the signing of American international and former Watford FC captain Jay DeMerit - pending his international transfer certificate. DeMerit becomes the first player named to the Whitecaps FC Major League Soccer roster. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
"Jay is a quality individual and leader - both on and off the pitch - and is the type of player we are looking to build our team with," said Bob Lenarduzzi, Whitecaps FC president. "He has excelled both at the club and international levels, and we are thrilled that Jay has joined Whitecaps FC as our first Major League Soccer player signing."
Jay DeMerit
Internationally, DeMerit has earned 23 caps with the United States of America, and most recently started all four matches for his country during last summer's FIFA World Cup. The 30-year-old centre back helped the USA finish first in Group C and advance to the knockout stages before falling in extra time to Ghana. As a member of the top-ranked CONCACAF nation, DeMerit started all five matches in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and helped form the backbone of the Stars and Stripes' defence that reached the tournament final against Brazil. The native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, made his international debut against Guatemala in March 2007.
At club level, DeMerit enjoyed six outstanding seasons with England's Watford FC. He originally joined the Football League Championship side (second tier in England) in July 2004 following an impressive preseason friendly performance versus Watford as a trialist with semi-professional outfit Northwood FC of the Isthmian League Premier Division (seventh tier in England). Watford's manager during that time was Ray Lewington, who was a starting midfielder for Whitecaps FC during the club's 1979 North American Soccer League championship season.
DeMerit became an instant starter with Watford and helped the Hertfordshire-based club earn promotion to the English Premier League by scoring the match-winning goal in the 2005-06 Championship playoff final over Leeds United FC. Watford returned to The Championship the following season, and in December 2007, the 6-foot-1, 180-pound defender was named team captain. Following the 2008-09 season, DeMerit received the Community Ambassador award in recognition of his charity and community work with Watford.
Last season with Watford, DeMerit played in 27 league matches and one Football Association Cup match. As a member of The Hornets, DeMerit made 213 appearances in all competitions, including 193 starts, and scored 10 goals.
"I am very thankful for my experiences with Watford FC and look forward to this new opportunity in Vancouver," added DeMerit. "Whitecaps FC have a tremendous history and great support in this beautiful city. After spending several seasons in England, I felt it was the right time to return to North America and I have been impressed by the Whitecaps FC organization and the vision they have as a club. I am excited to make Vancouver my new home."
Prior to his time with Watford, DeMerit played the 2003-04 season with Southall FC of the Combined Counties Football League (ninth tier in England), while in 2001, the defender played one season with Chicago Fire Premier of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League. From 1998 to 2001, he was a starter at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the NCAA Division I.
Jay DeMerit
Position: Defender
Height: 6-01
Weight: 180
Born: December 4, 1979, in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Hometown: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Last Club: Watford FC (English League Championship)
College: University of Illinois at Chicago
Citizenship: United States
How Acquired: Free agent signing by Whitecaps FC on November 18, 2010
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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Lois Johnson,
v. Docket No. CR-08-98
Teachers' Retirement System,
For Petitioner:
Lois Johnson, pro se
115A Jenness Street
Lynn, MA 01904
For Respondent:
Robert G. Fabino, Esq.
Teachers' Retirement System
One Charles Park
Cambridge, MA 02142
Administrative Magistrate:
Maria A. Imparato, Esq.
Lois Johnson filed a timely appeal under G. L. c. 32, s. 16 (4) of the February 7, 2008 decision of the Teachers' Retirement System ("Board") to deny her request to purchase credit for her vocational work experience under the provisions of G. L. c. 32, s. 4 (1) (h ½) because she failed to purchase the service in a lump sum, or enter into an installment agreement to pay, within 180 days of the notice of eligibility. (Exs. 1, 2)
The Petitioner elected to waive a hearing and have the matter handled as a Submission Without a Hearing under 801 CMR 1.01 (10) (c). By letter of February 22, 2008 I instructed the parties to file all documents and argument no later than March 24, 2008 when the record closed. I marked documents into evidence. (Exs. 1 - 11) I marked the Board's written submission "A" for identification. A list of exhibits appears on the last page of this decision.
1. Lois Johnson, d.o.b. 2/20/1946, has been an active member of the Teachers' Retirement System ("MTRS") since October 21, 1995. Prior to her enrollment in the MTRS, Ms. Johnson was a member of the Boston Retirement system. (Exs. 3, 6, "A")
2. On February 14, 2006 Ms. Johnson applied to the MTRS to purchase credit for her prior vocational work experience under G.L. c. 32, s.4 (1) (h ½). (Ex. 4)
3. On January 19, 2007 Ms. Johnson slipped on black ice and suffered a right intertrochanteric hip fracture and underwent open reduction and internal fixation of the hip fracture on that day. (Ex. 8)
4. By invoice dated January 22, 2007 the MTRS informed Ms. Johnson she was eligible to purchase three years of vocational work experience. (Ex. 5)
5. The invoice informed Ms. Johnson, "If you do not EITHER purchase your service within 180 days of the invoice mailing date or by your date of retirement, whichever comes first, OR sign up for our installment payment plan within 180 days of the invoice mailing date and complete your payments within the five-year installment term or by your date of retirement, whichever comes first, you will NOT be able to purchase this service at a later date." (Ex. 5)
6. The invoice indicated that 180 days from the invoice mailing date was July 21, 2007. (Ex. 5)
7. Ms. Johnson was out of work for the entire spring of 2007. She was able to return to work for the last four weeks of June 2007. (Ex. 2)
8. Ms. Johnson did not pay the invoice amount, nor did she enter into an agreement to sign up for the installment payment plan, by July 21, 2007.
9. On February 4, 2008 Ms. Johnson contacted the Board by telephone to inquire about purchasing her vocational educational service. By letter of February 7, 2008 the Board informed Ms. Johnson that it could not honor her request because she had failed to pay the invoice, or enter into a payment plan, within 180 days of the date of invoice. (Ex. 1) Ms. Johnson appealed. (Ex. 2)
The decision of the Teachers' Retirement System is affirmed. Lois Johnson is not eligible to purchase credit for her vocational work experience because she failed to pay the invoice, or enter into an installment payment plan, within 180 days of the date of invoice.
G. L. c. 32, s. 4 (1) (h ½) allows a member in service of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Boston Retirement system who has ten years of creditable service, and who is or was employed in a vocational-technical school or program, to purchase up to three years of credit for prior periods of work experience "in the occupational field in which the member became a vocational-technical teacher and which was required as a condition of the member's employment and licensure under regulations of the department of education."
The section further provides:
Members in service of a retirement system who make application for this creditable service shall be notified by the retirement board of their eligibility for such creditable service, and, if they are eligible, shall also be notified by the retirement board that they have the following two options: (1) to purchase the service in a lump sum within 180 days of the notice, or (2) to enter into an installment agreement within 180 days of the notice to pay for the service. (emphasis supplied)
This section sets a final deadline for purchasing the vocational education experience, and makes no allowance for failure to meet the deadline for good cause shown. In the case of Adolph Petrillo v. Public Employee Retirement Administration, CR-92-731 (DALA dec. 2/15/1993; CRAB dec. on Reconsideration 10/22/1993) the Petitioner sought to re-establish membership in the retirement system after the age of 65, although G. L. c. 32, s. 3 (2) (f) provided that no person who re-entered the service of a governmental unit after attaining age 65 could become a member of the retirement system.
In its decision on the Petitioner's request for reconsideration of the decision, the Contributory Retirement Appeal Board opined:
The Appellant has requested that this Board reconsider our June 25, 1993 Decision finding him ineligible for membership in the Fall River Retirement System. The thrust of the Appellant's arguments is that we should apply equitable principles in favor of the Appellant's request. While we may empathize with the Appellant's situation, we have been unable to locate any statutory or case law indicating that this Board has the authority to employ an equitable remedy in the face of specific statutory language contrary to the position fostered by the Appellant.
I conclude that although I empathize with the instant Petitioner's situation, there is no authority for the Magistrate or CRAB to allow her request in the face of specific statutory language contrary to the Petitioner's position.
The decision of the Board to deny the Petitioner's request to purchase credit for her vocational technical experience under G. L. c. 4 (1) (h ½) is affirmed.
Maria A. Imparato
Administrative Magistrate
Exhibit 1 Notice of Retirement Board action, 2/7/08
2 Letter of Appeal, 2/11/08
3 Enrollment Form, 10/20/1995
4 Service Purchase Application, Voc-Exp service, 2/14/06
5 Invoice, 1/22/07
6 Board to Petitioner re: creditable service, 1/30/08
7 Petitioner to Board, undated
8 Letter of William J. Murzic, MD, 2/4/08
9 Petitioner to Board and DALA with Mark S. Vrahas, MD, appended
10 Petitioner's request for Submission Without a Hearing, 2/19/08
11 Magistrate to parties, 2/22/08
"A" for identification Board's submission
This information is provided by the Division of Administrative Law Appeals .


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This paper model is a Razorback APC with Twin-Linked Lascannons, based on the game Warhammer 40K, the papercraft was created by Patoroch. The Razorback is an armoured personnel carrier (APC) used primarily by the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, and also by other Imperial Adepta such as the Inquisition and the Adeptus Arbites.
The Razorback is a variant of the Rhino chassis that sacrifices some of the basic Rhino's troop-carrying capacity in order to add a top-mounted weapon system. The Razorback's top-mounted weapon is remote-controlled from inside the vehicle, and can be equipped with several different weapon types, such as a Twin-linked Heavy Bolter or a Twin-linked Lascannon. Unlike the basic Rhino, which is either unarmed or armed with only a Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter, the Razorback's weapon system allows the vehicle to stay after deploying its cargo of troops and act as heavy fire support.
Due to the wide range of weapons that can be equipped on the Razorback's remote-controlled system, it is capable of being deployed against targets ranging from light infantry to heavy armour. There exist older patterns of the Razorback that use a manned weapon system instead of a remote-controlled one. The remote-controlled turret uses the same logis-engine (Cogitator) that is found on the Land Raider, and is able to provide rapid and efficient threat response that reduces the crew to only one, although a second crew member can still be used in cases where the driver is too busy to control the turret.
The Razorback is capable of being equipped with many different weapons, and due to it being so new an addition to the Imperium's arsenal it lacks the venerated status of the Predator and the Rhino, the use of which which date back to the Great Crusade. This means that there are fewer taboos when it comes to reinterpreting the vehicle's design and many Chapters exploit this by adding unapproved weapons and upgrades. The Razorback holds the title for the Space Marine vehicle with the highest number of weapon choices and there exist several weapon load-outs that have been used by a single Space Marine Chapter and then spread to many more. The Razorback's most commonly used weapons are Twin-linked Heavy Bolters, used for anti-infantry suppression, or Twin-linked Lascannons used for anti-armour duty.
The Razorback can also be equipped with Twin-linked Heavy Flamers, Twin-linked Multi-Meltas, or a single Multi-Melta. The Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter uses several variants only fielded by their Chapter, such as Twin-linked Assault Cannons and a Flamestorm Cannon. The Blood Angels even have a special pattern of Rhino chassis known as the "Lucifer" Pattern, which replaces the vehicle's engines with overpowered ones allowing it to move faster during combat. The Grey Knights and the Ordo Malleus of the Inquisition use a special variant that is equipped with Twin-linked Psycannons intended to combat daemons and psykers.
The oldest Razorback pattern, the Mark 1 "Stronos" variant named after the Chapter Master of the Iron Hands Space Marine Chapter, Kardan Stronos, was equipped with Twin-linked Plasma Cannons and a single Lascannon. This pattern was an extremely powerful and a widely employed vehicle, but due to unknown reasons the production of the Mark 1 was halted and all records of its existence sealed. The "Stronos" Pattern is now an extremely rare sight amongst the Chapters fortunate enough to have one in their possession. The Razorback is also able to be outfitted with a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, extra armour plating, a Pintle-mounted Storm Bolter, ram spikes or a dozer blade, a searchlight, and smoke launchers.
The Standard Template Construction (STC) database containing the Razorback's design was uncovered by Chief Artisan Tilvius in the 36th Millennium in the Southern Rim region of the galaxy. This discovery was a great triumph for him, though reports say that another STC template was also found at that time though the vehicle schematics it contained were never put into production. After nearly two hundred Terran years, the Razorback's design was finally field-tested and Tilvius handed the full contents of the Razorback's STC template to Mars along with records containing evidence that the Razorback had been used during the Dark Age of Technology to carry human troops into battle successfully. It had long been suspected that there had existed a troop-carrying variant of the Predator tank, and the Razorback seemed to fit that description perfectly. Shortly after reviewing its records, the Adeptus Mechanicus approved the template and the production of the Razorback officially began on the Imperium's Forge Worlds.
The Razorback was originally intended solely for the transport of troops, yet later evolved into a full-fledged light tank because of its superior firepower. At some point after its discovery, the Razorback became a standard armoured vehicle found within the Armoury of most Space Marines Chapters. It is capable of carrying six Astartes, and at the same time serves as a heavy fire support vehicle on the battlefield. Some commanders also mix Razorbacks and Rhinos to provide their troop transports with additional fire support. Another use for the Razorback is as a heavy reconnaissance vehicle, protecting Astartes Bike Squads when they launch lightning strikes against the enemy. There are some Space Marine Chapter Masters that do not care for the use of Razorbacks, as they see the vehicle as both a failed battle tank and a failed transport, and others claim that since it is "new" that it has not yet proved itself in battle to their satisfaction.
Notable Users of the Razorback
- Space Marines - The Razorback is used by many, if not all, Space Marine Chapters in the galaxy. The Razorback is used as a transport and support vehicle for their forces during battle.
- Inquisition - The Inquisition uses the Rhino and the Razorback as transports for their forces.
- Adeptus Arbites - The Adeptus Arbites use several different variants of the Rhino and Razorback for both transportation and for riot control and anti-insurgency operations.
- Raptors Space Marine Chapter - The Raptors Space Marine Chapter used Razorbacks during the Taros Campaign against the Tau.
- Red Scorpions Space Marine Chapter - The Red Scorpions used Razorbacks on the world of Beta Anphelion IV where they fought against Tyranids who had escaped from a secret Adeptus Mechanicus biological research facility.
- Space Wolves Space Marine Chapter - The Space Wolves used Razorbacks during the defence of the Imperial Mining World of Betalis III against the Eldar of Craftworld Mymeara.
- Ordo Malleus - The Ordo Malleus branch of the Inquisition used Razorbacks as transports during the later stages of the Siege of Vraks.
- The Badab War - The Astral Claws, Fire Hawks, Howling Griffons, Salamanders, Minotaurs, Mantis Warriors, and Exorcists Space Marine Chapters all used Razorbacks against one another's forces during the Badab War.
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The Philadelphia City Commission, the agency that runs elections in the city, just ousted its chairwoman, Stephanie Singer, one day after the general election. Commissioners Al Schmidt and Anthony Clark voted Wednesday morning to dump Singer and make themselves co-chairmen.
Schmidt, the lone Republican on the three-member board, was elected last November in the same reform movement that put Singer on the board. He made the motion Wednesday morning to remove Singer as chairwoman, saying it was time for "new leadership." Clark, the only veteran on the board, concurred.
Schmidt and Clarke have held growing concerns about what they see as unilateral power moves by Singer. In September, they clashed with her as she tried to give her chief deputy a raise and make other personnel moves. Two weeks ago, the commission's top lawyer refused to answer a question from Singer, saying he would not be "interrogated."
Schmidt and Clark joined in June in a series of measures to limit her power in meetings. They also clarified that Singer's election in January to the chairwoman's post could be undone with the votes of two commissioners. Singer had checked with the city's Law Department and found that to be accurate.
After the meeting, Schmidt said he had not conferred with Clark or Singer about his plans. He said he remained confident all three could still work together. Meanwhile, Singer said she was surprised by the move. She noted there had been conflicts between the commissioners over a variety of issues, including pay levels for her staffers. But she said she would continue her efforts to improve elections in Philadelphia.
"I'm here to serve the people of Phliadelphia," Singer said.


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Jaime Hernandez: The 1992-W White House Silver Dollar was struck to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the White House.
Obverse: The Obverse features an image of the outside of the White House. It has the dates 1792 and 1992 on top of the White House design with an American Flag dividing both dates. It also has the inscriptions, "The White House, Liberty and In God We Trust."
Reverse: Features James Hoban who was the architect of the White House. The reverse has the inscriptions, "United States of America, E Pluribus Unum and One Dollar."
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Cedars-Sinai's Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Program specializes in treating pancreatic and biliary diseases using interventional endoscopy and state-of-the-art research. This nationally recognized interventional gastroenterology group is dedicated to evaluating and treating difficult gastrointestinal diseases through advanced endoscopic technologies. Group members specialize in the diagnosis and care of acute or chronic pancreatitis, cancers of the pancreas and bile ducts, various conditions afflicting the small bowel and post-operative complications.
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Guest Post by David Long, Author of Bizarre London
From the time of Boudicca to the Boris Bike, in a sprawling metropolis covering 600 square miles – a city where eight million Londoners speak 300 different languages – it's only right to expect places which are unexplained, unusual or just plain odd. Here are 10 of our favourites:
London Hydraulic Power Company
For more than 100 years the turbines here sent pressurised water through 200 miles of pipes all over London to power hotel lifts, theatre curtains and even dockyard cranes. One of the turbines has now been transformed into a restaurant and art gallery called The Wapping Project.
Kensal Green Cemetery
This Victorian cemetery with its huge elaborate tombs and beautiful landscaping is the final resting place of Thackeray, Trollope, Brunel and the great showman Blondin. Also two of George III's children, Princess Sophia and Augustus, Duke of Sussex, were laid to rest here.
Fortnum & Mason
Far from the Highlands, the so-called Scotch Egg was actually invented in 1738 by upmarket grocers Fortnum & Mason. The store also sold Britain's first-ever baked beans (after buying H.J.Heinz's entire stock in 1866) and silver-plated 'sporks' – a combined spoon and fork – for soldiers to use in the trenches.
Dans Le Noir
The great Victorian engineer Marc Brunel once held a banquet under the River Thames to show his tunnel was safe (it wasn't and flooded soon afterwards) and in 1843 several stonemasons had supper at the top of Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square. Today, the Dans Le Noir restaurant offers guests the chance to eat in total darkness, allowing the food's taste and texture to be appreciated without distraction.
Burlington Arcade
Opened in 1819, Burlington Arcade is one of London's oldest shopping centres. Uniformed beadles are still on hand to enforce an old bylaw forbidding visitors to run, sing, whistle or open their umbrellas.
Christchurch Greyfriars
The converted tower of a ruined Christopher Wren is London's tallest house, with three bedrooms spread over 11 storeys. Christchurch Greyfriars Garden – open to the public and free to enter – is the burial place of no fewer than three queens.
Cabinet War Rooms
Winston Churchill's wartime bunker is just a tiny portion of a vast, top secret government complex hidden under Whitehall. In the 1930s, more than six acres of bomb-proof offices were excavated beneath ministry buildings, shielded by a 17' layer of concrete which can still be seen from the road outside. Visitors can explore this wartime bunker at the Churchill War Rooms.
The Mason's Arms
This Central London pub was where condemned prisoners could enjoy a last pint free of charge on their way to the gallows at Tyburn. On hanging days it was traditional to deal with highwaymen first, as the 'aristocrats of crime', then common thieves and finally anyone convicted of treason. The gallows are long gone but the pub is still said to be haunted by at least one of the poor unfortunates. Enjoy a drink at the pub at 51 Upper Berkeley Street, W1.
The Travellers' Club
Unique among London's traditionally secretive gentleman's clubs, The Travellers' Club offers occasional guided tours for the public. It was founded in 1819 when new members were required to have travelled at least 500 miles from London.
Berry Bros. & Rudd
This 17th-century wine merchants is a veritable museum of viniculture, and is still family-run after more than 300 years. Giant leather-bound ledgers contain the personal details of distinguished customers. Not just Byron, Beau Brummell and George IV but Frenchmen too, including King Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III.
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"Applications for export licenses are around 29 billion cubic feet a day," Kenneth B. Medlock III, the study's author, said from Houston. That's equivalent to about 48 percent of domestic consumption in October, according to the Energy Department. "I doubt we'll see more than 6 billion," he said.
The economic rationale for delivering LNG to Asia would be significantly diminished at a U.S. price of about $6 per million Btu, while in Europe it disappears at about $5, according to James, Henderson, a research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
Interest in U.S. LNG exports blossomed in recent years as growing supplies of gas from previously inaccessible shale rocks and the fourth-warmest winter on record cut Henry Hub prices to a 10-year low of $1.902 per million Btu on April 19 from as high as $13.69 in 2008.
The average Japanese LNG price was $16.92 in 2012 to October, peaking at $18.07 in July, according to data from the nation's Finance Ministry. Prices soared from a mean of $9.04 in 2009 as utilities were forced to switch to natural gas in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster that led to the temporary closure of all the nation's reactors.
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"The arbitrage opportunity that is driving actors to seek export permits and licenses for new liquefaction facilities is based on current price differentials," said Iain Grant, a manager of special projects at Athabasca University in Canada who has written about the political economy of natural gas trading.
"But should we expect either the low Henry Hub prices or the high Japanese prices to last long enough to justify the massive effort that is underway to capitalize on it?"
Cheniere, based in Houston, is investing about $5 billion in its 18 million metric ton facility at Sabine Pass in Louisiana, which in April became the first facility in almost half a century to receive approval to export to countries that the U.S. doesn't have a free trade agreement with. Shipments are scheduled to start in late 2015 with 11 percent of capacity available to the spot market and the rest tied up in long-term contracts with Korea Gas Corp., GAIL India Ltd. and BG Group Plc.
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