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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Juan Nicasio pitched well again Monday, throwing five scoreless innings and striking out eight against the Twins. He now has 15 scoreless innings this spring and has struck out 24 batters during that span.
And today, he had to: He put men in scoring position in three of his five innings. He struck out three in a row to end the first inning, two in a row to end the third.
"Today I tried," he said. "Three times in this game I had a runner at third, second, one out, nobody out, I tried to strike out everybody."
Don't read too much into spring stats, but Nicasio's K-heavy outings in the past two games have come against lineups featuring major league regulars. Today, Byron Buxton, Danny Santana, Kurt Suzuki and Brian Dozier were in the lineup. The Pirates won't pick their fourth and fifth starters on stats alone, but Nicasio's work behind the stats could make it difficult for them to leave him out of the rotation. Or not.
"It's not difficult," said bench coach Dave Jauss, who managed the split-squad roster that faced the Twins in Fort Myers. "Decisions when people are doing good are really good decisions. When people are struggling, then they become difficult, because then you have to decide rather than them get to decide."
Read more about Nicasio's bid for the rotation on our Web site.
Neftali Feliz and Jim Fuller each pitched two scoreless innings. Starling Marte and Chris Stewart each had a hit, and Stewart scored on a throwing error. David Freese went 1 for 3 with a first-inning double off the chalk line in right field.
The Pirates are off Tuesday. Jeff Locke will start Wednesday against the Orioles in Sarasota. Mark Melancon and Cory Luebke are scheduled to pitch, and Gerrit Cole will pitch in a minor league game at Pirate City Wednesday.
Grapefruit Game 20: Braves 7, Pirates (ss) 3
LHP Francisco Liriano (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
BRADENTON, Fla. — Let's start with the big news of the day: Francisco Liriano blasted a solo homer to right off Atlanta Braves right-hander Jhoulys Chahin.
"Think I just got lucky on that one," Liriano said later.
And there was little luck to be had the rest of the day. On a chilly afternoon at McKechnie Field, gave up seven hits and four earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.
"Didn't have any fastball command today," he said. "It kept sailing all over the place, up and down. That's what we're here for, to get better at things we need to work on. Hopefully next time will be a lot better.
"Think I was rushing with the fastball, trying to do too much, trying to overthrow. The weather didn't bother me at all.
"One more start to get myself ready for opening day."
Added manager Clint Hurdle: "I just saw inconsistent stuff, whether it's the fastball, slider or changeup. It was a battle out there for him today, to throw 80-plus pitches and not get through the fourth. ... Frankie's not a guy you're going to lose any sleep over. We'll give him the ball again and see how he does." Liriano will pitch next on March 26, another split-squad day.
Right-hander Daniel Bard, an intriguing minor leaguer we've seen in a few Grapefruit League games this spring, had it all come crashing down in the third inning. He relieved Liriano with two outs and nobody on, then this: single, balk, walk, single, wild pitch, single, walk. He gave up three runs, did not record an out, and was replaced by Jorge Rondon.
You might remember Bard as a guy who was really good for the Boston Red Sox a few years back. And you might have seen this ESPN article from a couple days ago.
Well, Monday was certainly a step backward in his comeback attempt.
"This was the first time we've seen some inconsistency from him," Hurdle said. "It's just like anybody else in spring training. Whether it was release point today, we're going to look at some tape and try to get a feel for it. The velocity. This guy has taken major steps forward.
"Today is one of those days when I don't think you overcook it for him. You just try to reassure him and tell him to keep pitching, because he's made some nice adjustments and some nice improvements at this point in time."
On a positive note, really nice outings for the other Pirates pitchers — Jorge Rondon, Eric O'Flaherty and Trey Haley. Rondon cleaned up what was left of Bard's mess and went 2 1/3 scoreless innings with one hit, two walks and a strikeout. O'Flaherty gave up two hits and struck out four in two innings. Haley allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth.
"We've liked the man, and we know the history," Hurdle said of Rondon. "He's another guy with stuff that gets your attention. The command has been inconsistent at times, which has challenged him and has kind of kept him on the cusp."
Grapefruit Game 21: Braves at Pirates (ss)
RF Gregory Polanco (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Game: Braves (5-11) at Pirates (5-12-1)
Time: 1:05 p.m.
Site: McKechnie Field
TV, Radio: KDKA-FM 93.7
Weather: 65 and windy
BRADENTON, Fla. — Here are the lineups for today's game ...
1. Emilio Bonifacio CF
2. Erick Aybar SS
3. Adonis Garcia 3B
4. Nick Swisher 1B
5. Jeff Francoeur RF
6. Hector Olivera LF
7. Tyler Flowers C
8. Jace Peterson 2B
9. Jhoulys Chacin RHP
1. Gregory Polanco RF
2. Andrew McCutchen CF
3. Francisco Cervelli C
4. Michael Morse 1B
5. Matt Joyce LF
6. Josh Harrison 2B
7. Jason Rogers 3B
8. Jordy Mercer SS
9. Francisco Liriano LHP
Scheduled to pitch: RHP Trey Haley, RHP Jorge Rondon, LHP Eric O'Flaherty.
Grapefruit Game 20: Pirates (ss) at Twins
1B John Jaso (Peter Diana/Post-Gazette)
Game: Pirates (5-12-1) at Twins (9-8-1)
Time: 1:05 p.m.
Site: Hammond Stadium
TV, Radio: None
Weather: 65 and windy
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Here are the lineups for today's game ...
1. John Jaso 1B
2. Cole Figueroa 2B
3. David Freese 3B
4. Starling Marte CF
5. Jake Goebbert LF
6. Sean Rodriguez SS
7. Danny Ortiz RF
8. Chris Stewart C
9. Juan Nicasio RHP
Scheduled to pitch: RHP Neftali Feliz, LHP Jim Fuller.
1. Byron Buxton DH
2. Danny Santana CF
3. Brian Dozier 2B
4. Carlos Quentin 1B
5. Oswaldo Arcia LF
6. Ryan Sweeney RF
7. Eduardo Escobar SS
8. Kurt Suzuki C
9. Eduardo Nunez 3B
Scheduled to pitch: RHP Kyle Gibson.
Grapefruit Game 19: Blue Jays 3, Pirates 2
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DUNEDIN, Fla. — So far, so good with the latest Andrew McCutchen experiment. The idea behind moving McCutchen to second in the order this spring is to get him more plate appearances overall, and fewer with no outs and bases empty.
His three trips to the plate Sunday vs. the Blue Jays went like this:
• First inning — One on, no outs: Opposite-field, two-run home run, his fourth homer in his past five games.
• Third inning — Leading off: Walk.
• Fourth inning — Three on, two outs: Hard groundout up the middle.
• Sixth inning — One on, no outs: Strikeout swining.
Credit to leadoff man John Jaso, the OBP king who walked three times in four plate appearances.
Arquimedes Caminero turned in two perfect innings in relief, and he's a guy who needed a good day. He entered Sunday's game with 11 hits and nine runs allowed in 4 1/3 innings this spring.
"We revisited some things with him after his last outing," manager Clint Hurdle said. "One of the things we're keeping in our clubhouse is hunger. There's more to get done. The day you have is the day you have to get something done. We're not going to be of the mindset that we're just getting work in. Not saying that happened to him, but I think the focus and intent today was what we've normally seen from him when he's been aggressive. When he's aggressive, when he finishes pitches and stays on line, his stuff plays big-time. It played well today."
Despite the rough start, I've still got Caminero on the opening-day roster.
Ryan Vogelsong threw 79 pitches in a minor-league camp game and allowed just one run in five innings. He threw to Francisco Cervelli and faced hitters Sean Rodriguez, Jung Ho Kang and Matt Joyce.
"I was commanding the ball, commanding all my pitches," Vogelsong said. "I'm really, really happy with it."
The lone blemish came when Joyce ripped a full-count pitch to right for a home run.
"During the season I'm not throwing a lefty in Pittsburgh a 3-2 cutter, with the big left field," Vogelsong explained. "But in that situation I'm like, yeah, I want to work on it, so I'm going to throw it. He hits it over the fence and you go, well, it's OK.
"[The pitch] did want I wanted it to do, but that's not what I'm going to do during the season, nine times out of 10. It gives you a chance to do that and not have to answer to you guys [media] about it. It's good. You get out here and you can have some guys on base and create some situations to work on stuff. Good day's work, overall."
Vogelsong said his arm has felt stronger as camp has progressed.
"Obviously, I do a lot in the offseason to get ready, arm maintenance and throwing," he said. "You get to a little point in spring training where you start to feel the grind a little bit. You wait to come out the other side, and that was me. My arm — no pain, don't take this wrong — the grind of throwing every day and throwing extra to bases and stuff like that, it's part of spring training. Now I'm coming out the other side of that and my arm feels great. I'm really, really happy where I'm at right now."
After bouncing around between the San Francisco Giants rotation and bullpen last year, he is eager to be pitching exclusively out of the rotation in Pittsburgh.
"It'll definitely be a lot easier on me, especially physically," he said. "It took its toll on me a little bit, maybe physically and mentally, going back and forth. It's going to be good. I'm excited. I'm going to be looking forward to it. It's going to be a good year, I think."


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WASHINGTON, DC – Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr., more commonly known as the rapper "Common", was invited by First Lady Michelle Obama among other poets to celebrate American poetry and prose on Wednesday, May 11, thedailycaller.com reports.
Lynn's divisive lyrics about gun violence, shooting police, and even for burning the president (who at the time was George W. Bush), make him a controversial choice for the White House. "Burn a Bush cos for peace he no push no button," he raps on a YouTube video with more than 800,000 views.
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Coincidentally, President Obama and the rapper/poet Lynn are members of Trinity United Church of Christ, reports the New Hampshire Journal. Additionally, Obama's presidential campaign in 2008 came under fire when the church's Reverend Jeremiah Wright made several charged sermons in support of Obama.
"Several of Wright's sermons caused a firestorm of controversy during the 2008 presidential campaign due to their caustic, racially charged, anti-American tones. One sermon in particular caused Obama a severe headache – the one in which he blamed America for Osama bin Laden's terrorist attacks. 'America's chickens are coming home to roost,' he said." – New Hampshire Journal
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INDIANAPOLIS — Just when everyone thought they had UCLA's number, the Bruins changed it.
Turned the Final Four into the Indy 500.
Filled the RCA Dome with a scalding roar and covered LSU with skid marks.
Jordan Farmar flew into the corners, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute sprinted down the straightaways, and Ben Howland flapped around as if he were, well, um, a checkered flag.
Can you tell we're still a bit out of sorts? Aren't you?
On a feverish Saturday night, a wide-eyed and possibly overwhelmed UCLA team plodded into a national semifinal game a year early and an offense short.
A couple of hours later, the wide eyes and short breaths belonged to us.
These Bruins, gasp, can really win, gasp, a national championship.
In chasing down and pounding LSU — the final score was 59-45 in a game that wasn't remotely that close — the tortoise did more than beat the hare.
The tortoise became the hare.
The rope-a-dope became hit-and-run.
And, indeed, the once-unimaginable prospect of UCLA's winning a national title game Monday night has become a reality.
"We're so close, we can blow on it," said Cedric Bozeman.
Or, at this rate, blow right over it.
Seriously. UCLA can beat Florida. UCLA should beat Florida.
How are the flighty Gators going to score against all those darting arms and pushing bodies?
And now that the athletic Bruins have added ballet to the bruising, how are the Gators going to stop them?
The last time UCLA won a national title in 1995, it had to defeat Arkansas' 40 minutes of hell.
Saturday night revealed that these Bruins are that hell.
"This is not Coach Wooden's team, but it's a special team," said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who waved to the crowd and cheered the kids. "Tonight, that team came out and made a statement."
They began the game breathing their late lunch on the faces of the stunned young Tigers, swarming them into seven missed shots and two turnovers before they even scored their third basket.
They turned steals and rebounds into fastbreak layups, quick jumpers and you'll never guess what else.
"Hey," Bozeman announced afterward, "UCLA can still dunk the ball."
After scoring 39 points in the first half and grabbing a 15-point lead, they deflated everything in the second half and cruised to a victory so overwhelming, exhausted LSU folk hero Glen "Big Baby" Davis shoved Mbah a Moute right in front of an official for his fifth foul with 2:09 remaining.
Yeah, he fouled out on purpose.
"We couldn't get up," said Davis, who missed a dozen shots and a half-dozen free throws and was outrebounded by two smaller Bruins. "They kept on fighting, kept on fighting."
The Bruins were so relentless, the star of their last championship, Ed O'Bannon, rose to his feet and led the UCLA cheering section in an eight-clap.
"Look at those players' faces," said O'Bannon, standing in the corner of a locker room filled with surprised reporters interviewing shrugging kids.
"Tonight was the kind of game that gives them so much confidence, they don't think they can lose."
Look at their faces, indeed.
Mbah a Moute's freshman smile has become a veteran glare.
He bumped and grinded to dunks and steals and nine rebounds and 17 points and one whining Baby.
"My back hurts right now," Mbah a Moute said, smiling. "[Davis] is big."
Farmar's hesitant smile has become an outright sneer.
Running and firing off UCLA steals, he nailed a trio of three-pointers, leaving his hand dangling in the air after each of them, and had as many assists (four) as the entire LSU team combined.
"They're looking at each other, pointing fingers, sometimes eyes get real big, like a deer in the headlights," Farmar said of the Tigers.
Lorenzo Mata's face is, well, actually, it's impossible to see his face because he is wearing a mask to protect his freshly broken nose.
But when Mata, who still grabbed eight rebounds, was given a standing ovation after blocking one of Big Baby's shots, it appeared that he was smiling.
"Coach told us to come out and take their hearts out," Mata said. "We took their hearts out."
The entire Bruin team's weary look of wonder after a long weekend in Oakland has been replaced with a determined stare.
They are no longer a curiosity. They are no longer a fad.
"We're in the zone right now, we're in the moment," Bozeman said. "We believe we can do this."
And considering the heart of this team is made up of underclassman who are apparently not going into the NBA, they are doing it with the house's money, sopping up the moment like so much gravy.
"Honestly, when I came here this year, I thought I was going to help rebuild a program," said freshman Darren Collison. "I don't think anybody was ready for a national championship."
But here it is, 40 minutes away, one night that can already be put into one word.
"Unbelievable," said O'Bannon. "Unbelievable."
Just when everyone thought they had UCLA's number, the Bruins changed it.
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Member firm of registered securities association churned a customer account. Member firm and associated person failed to supervise trading in that account and firm induced customer to guarantee margin accounts of other unrelated customers. Held, association's findings of violation and sanctions sustained.
Michael T. Studer pro se, and for Castle Securities Corp.
Marc Menchel, Alan Lawhead, and Leavy Mathews, III, for NASD.
Appeal filed: March 3, 2004
Last brief filed: June 14, 2004
Michael T. Studer, formerly president and registered general securities principal, limited principal -- finance and operations, and general securities representative of Castle Securities Corp. ("Castle"), a former NASD member, and Castle appeal from NASD disciplinary action. NASD found that Castle violated Securities Exchange Act Section 10(b),1Exchange Act Rule 10b-5,2and NASD Conduct Rules 2510, 2120, and 21103by churning an account of a Castle customer. Applicants further appeal NASD's finding that Studer and Castle failed to supervise the trading in the customer's account in violation of NASD Rules 3010 and 2110.4 NASD also found that Castle violated NASD Rule 2110 by inducing the customer to guarantee the margin accounts of five other, unrelated Castle customers.
NASD expelled Castle from membership and barred Studer from association with any member in any capacity.5 We base our findings on an independent review of the record.
Studer entered the securities industry in 1981. Castle became a registered broker-dealer in 1984. Studer has been Castle's president since its entry into the industry.
Initially, Castle acted as a retail broker-dealer. However, between 1992 and 1999, Castle emphasized day-trading, which provided most of Castle's revenue. After 1996, Castle's earnings from day-trading declined in absolute terms although day-trading still constituted the primary source of Castle's revenue.
The vehicle for Castle's transformation from retail broker-dealer to day-trading brokerage was the so-called Active Account Program ("AAP"). AAP customers opened discretionary margin accounts with Castle. The registered representatives responsible for the trading in AAP accounts (referred to as "executing brokers" by Castle) engaged in a rapid-trading strategy. Typically, AAP accounts would open and close each trading day "flat," that is without any securities in the account, and during the trading day would hold securities for extremely brief periods (sometimes only a few seconds) before selling them. The AAP account application recited that the applicant had been informed of the "inherent risks" involved in investing and understood that the account would be actively traded on a daily basis. The application did not identify those risks.
John Fisher was a Castle registered representative. His activities for Castle were generally limited to selling insurance and mutual funds. He had no experience with the offer and sale of stock. In early 1993, Studer requested that Fisher identify any of Fisher's customers who might benefit from the AAP. Studer described the AAP to Fisher as a good investment, with minimal risk, for anyone who wanted to increase his or her income.
Fisher suggested that Phebe Schilling, an elderly retiree, would be a good prospect for the AAP.6 It appears from the record that, beginning in the late 1980s, Fisher played an increasingly important role in Schilling's daily life. At first, Fisher began helping Schilling with her taxes and her bill paying, but as Schilling became more infirm, Fisher's assistance expanded to providing grocery shopping and other services. From approximately 1990, Schilling was one of Fisher's customers. By early 1993, Fisher had a banking power of attorney for Schilling, and, as of September 1993, he had a full durable power of attorney for her. Schilling paid Fisher $750 per month for his services. Studer knew that Schilling was dependent on Fisher at least by December 1995, and perhaps as early as June 1993.7
In 1993, according to her application, Schilling had a net worth of approximately $700,000, excluding the value of her residence, a liquid net worth of $500,000, and an annual income of $60,000.8 According to Fisher, Schilling was a conservative investor with a portfolio of bond funds and utility stocks. He testified that Schilling's alertness and comprehension varied from day to day and that she became increasingly forgetful as she aged.
In February 1993, Schilling, then aged 86, opened a Castle AAP account at Fisher's recommendation.9 She signed the application and other paperwork herself. Her AAP account application listed Schilling's investment goals as speculation and trading profits although Fisher had described the program to her as a vehicle that generated income with minimal risk.10 The application recited that Schilling understood the inherent risks in investing in the AAP (although those risks were not specified in any of the application documents) and further understood that the account would be extremely active on a daily basis with all of the additional (but unidentified) risks active trading implied.
Castle's clearing broker inquired about the propriety of Schilling's participation in the AAP given her age. By letter, Studer responded that Castle assumed "full responsibility" for Schilling's AAP account.11 Studer did not inform Fisher or Schilling about the clearing broker's concerns or Castle's response. Fisher testified that he would not have recommended the AAP to Schilling had he been aware of the clearing broker's concerns.
Schilling opened her AAP account with $20,000 cash.12 Approximately a year after opening her AAP account, Schilling withdrew the cash and deposited into the account shares of a mutual fund worth approximately $86,000 at the time of the deposit.13 As the Castle registered representative who brought Schilling to the AAP, Fisher was paid by Castle on a per-trade basis for every trade that occurred in Schilling's account.14 Although Schilling initially received trade confirmations and monthly statements regarding her AAP account, after June 1993, Castle, with Studer's knowledge, sent all account paperwork to Fisher rather than Schilling. The record does not reveal the reason for the change.
As part of the AAP application, Schilling granted Castle "full and complete" discretion with respect to the AAP account. Victor Soare was designated the trader for Schilling's AAP account.15 Soare's compensation depended on commissions.16 Soare knew nothing about Schilling other than that she was Fisher's customer.17
From the beginning, Schilling's account was extremely active on a daily basis, with modest trading gains and sometimes significant trading losses. In late 1995, Fisher learned that Schilling's AAP account had more than $12,000 in trading losses. Fisher spoke to Studer regarding the status of Schilling's account and suggested the possibility of a "settlement."18 Fisher proposed to forego $7,000 in earned-but-unpaid commissions from Schilling's AAP account, among others, if Castle would match that amount; Fisher proposed that Castle use the contributions to pay Schilling $14,000. In response to Fisher's concerns, Studer stopped Soare's trading in Schilling's AAP account and agreed to the settlement. The December 1, 1995, settlement agreement recited that the settlement resolved a dispute regarding the commissions charged to Schilling's account. After the settlement was executed, Fisher wrote a $7,000 check to Castle. In turn, Castle wrote a $14,000 check to Schilling, which Fisher deposited in Schilling's bank account. Then Fisher wrote a check on Schilling's bank account to Castle.19
There was no trading in Schilling's AAP account in December 1995 or January 1996, but trading in that account resumed in February 1996 without any change in strategy or approach or other limitation and continued through June 1999. There were nearly 10,000 trades in Schilling's AAP account for the eleven months of trading in 1995. When Soare recommenced trading in Schilling's account, it was at a lower, but still high volume, averaging approximately 3,300 trades annually between March 1996 and June 1999.
In January and February 1996, Schilling, acting on Fisher's advice as prompted by Studer, signed five margin guarantees for the benefit of other, unrelated Castle customers. There is no indication in the record that the customers whose accounts Schilling guaranteed executed reciprocal guarantees for Schilling's benefit or that Schilling received any other consideration for the guarantees. Studer testified that Castle's clearing broker would not accept or act on margin guarantees unless they were reciprocated. No such policy -- or any other limitation on the guarantee -- appeared on the guarantee form. Studer testified that the clearing firm did not have copies of any of the guarantees Schilling signed on behalf of other customers.
Nonetheless, in October 1996, to cover a margin call the clearing firm transferred $30,000 from Schilling's account to an account for whose benefit Schilling had executed a guarantee. After Studer intervened, the clearing firm reversed that transaction. Studer testified that the initial transfer was a mistake.20 Schilling was charged margin interest -- which Castle never refunded -- with respect to this mistaken transfer.
From 1993 through June 1999 there were over 30,000 trades in Schilling's account. The turnover ratio for the account over the seventy-seven months that it was active was 784.83, which means that the securities in Schilling's account were replaced by new securities 784.83 times in the course of an average year between 1993 and 1999.21 NASD calculated that the account showed some modest profits in some years, but had a realized loss of $8,050.73 over the life of the account.22 Schilling's AAP account was charged $567,635 in "commissions"23and $3,000 in margin interest over the life of the AAP account.
Studer's oversight of the account was limited to monitoring the performance for Schilling, and he did not examine the commissions paid by Schilling against the amount of profits her AAP account earned.24 From 1993 through June 1999, trading in Schilling's AAP account provided from 0.5 percent (in 1993) up to fourteen percent (in 1998) of Castle's total AAP trade volume. Trading in Schilling's account ceased in June 1999 after an NASD examination.
Schilling died in 2000 at age 93 leaving no survivors. Fisher is the executor of her estate. In 2001, Schilling's estate received an initial settlement check for approximately $75,000 from litigation against NASDAQ market-makers.25
A. Churning. "Churning occurs when a securities broker enters into transactions and manages a client's account for the purpose of generating commissions and in disregard of his client's interests.'"26 To establish that a broker-dealer has churned a customer account, NASD must prove that the broker-dealer controls the customer account, that trading in the account was excessive in the light of the customer's investment objectives, and that the broker-dealer acted with intent to defraud or with reckless disregard for the customer's interests.27 Castle's handling of Schilling's account satisfies each of these criteria.
There is no dispute that Castle controlled Schilling's AAP account: she granted "full and complete" discretion over the account to Castle.
Moreover, the trading in Schilling's account was excessive in light of Schilling's conservative investment goals. In suggesting this strategy for Schilling's account, Studer, on behalf of Castle, ignored Schilling's history of conservative investment. Studer described the AAP account to Fisher as providing increased income with minimal risk. Fisher based his recommendation of the AAP to Schilling on Studer's description. The check-mark indications on the account application that Schilling was interested in speculation are contradicted by Schilling's age, investment history, her infirmity, and need for income, as well as Fisher's testimony that he informed Schilling, based on Studer's discussion, that the AAP was an income-generating investment with minimal risk.
The Commission has found turnover ratios of 3.3 to be excessive for some conservative investors.28 This account's turnover ratio of 784.83 is excessive for this customer's circumstances.
The generation of commissions as a goal overriding the client's interests evidences scienter in churning.29 Studer and Fisher each admitted that they monitored the performance of Schilling's AAP account, but this attention did not translate into solicitude for Schilling's interests over Castle's. After allowing trading to resume in February 1996 until June 1999, Studer did nothing to change the trading strategy that prompted the December 1995 halt of trading in Schilling's account and a $14,000 settlement payment. Studer recklessly ignored firm records that showed that the excessive trading continued, albeit at slower but still frantic pace, until June 1999. During this time, Schilling's account provided as much as fourteen percent of the trade volume for all of Castle's AAP accounts. We conclude that Castle, through Studer, managed Schilling's account for Castle's benefit, not Schilling's, evidencing the scienter required to establish churning.
Applicants assert that the NASD decision contains numerous factual errors. Applicants assert that Schilling earned a profit in her AAP account. Applicants cite two events: Castle's 1995 settlement with Schilling and the settlement of the market-maker litigation.
The existence of churning does not turn on whether the customer lost money. The effect of churning is to reduce the customer's return on her investment by increasing the commissions generated by the account.30 An account may be churned even if the customer shows a profit on the excessive trading. To maintain otherwise would mean that "securities brokers would be free to churn their customers' accounts with impunity so long as the net value of the account did not fall below the amount originally invested."31
Thus, neither payment is relevant to the disposition of the churning allegations in this proceeding. Even if Schilling's trading in the account included the $14,000 and $75,000 payments that Studer claims she earned, that result would not substantially diminish the astronomically high turnover ratio in her account or the $567,635 that Castle collected from her account.
The firm argues that Castle did not profit to the extent found by NASD because not all of the amounts denominated on Schilling's account statements as "commissions" went to Castle. According to this argument, NASDAQ, Castle's clearing firm, and Castle employees received part of the proceeds from the commissions. The amount Castle deducted from Schilling's AAP account under the rubric of "commissions" is not in dispute. How Castle distributed the proceeds among its employees and applied the proceeds to firm expenses is not relevant to whether the trading in Schilling's account that generated those substantial amounts was excessive or disregarded Schilling's interests.
Applicants argue further that NASD should not have found that Castle churned Schilling's account in the absence of a finding that Soare, the employee trading the account, churned it. Applicants frame this argument as an application of the respondeat superior doctrine from employment law. Respondeat superior holds an employer liable for the wrongs committed by its employee. NASD did not allege that Castle's violation is imputed to it by application of respondeat superior. NASD properly found that Castle was the primary violator based on Castle's direct control of Schilling's account through a grant of discretion from Schilling. Castle, through Studer, was aware of the level of trading in Schilling's account, stopping it for a short period, and then allowing its resumption. Castle, through Studer, knew (at least by 1995) that Schilling was dependent on Fisher and thus could not assess independently the performance of her account. Castle, through Studer, further knew, or recklessly disregarded, the facts that Schilling's account was a substantial part of the AAP business and that account generated commissions well in excess of the account's return to the customer, for the benefit of Castle rather than Schilling.
In light of these findings we conclude that Castle churned Schilling's AAP account.
B. Failure to Supervise. NASD rules require that NASD members "establish and maintain a system to supervise the activities of each registered representative and associated person that is reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable securities laws and regulations, and with the Rules of [NASD]."32 Final responsibility for supervision of the trading activities at a member firm of NASD rests with the firm's president, unless the president reasonably delegates the duties to someone else and has no reason to know that person is not properly performing the delegated duties.33 Studer was Castle's president at all relevant times, and he has admitted that he supervised the trading of Schilling's account during the relevant period. The duty of supervision includes the responsibility to investigate "red flags" that suggest that misconduct may be occurring and to act upon the results of such investigation.34
Studer suggested to Fisher that Schilling open an AAP account, describing it to Fisher as an income-producing investment with minimal risk. Studer paid attention to the trading in Schilling's account. He knew about the level of trading in her account and had firm records available to compare the amount of commissions that the AAP account generated for Castle to the returns it generated for Schilling. Studer nonetheless permitted the trading to continue despite his knowledge of her age and dependency on Fisher. He told Fisher that the AAP account was an income-producing vehicle with minimal risk. Studer was put on notice that Castle's clearing firm had serious reservations about the propriety of this sort of account for a person of Schilling's age, but he provided a response that rebuffed the clearing firm's concerns.
Although Studer admits that he, as president, was responsible for supervising the management of Schilling's account, Studer claims that he could rely on Fisher to represent Schilling's interests. We have held that a registered representative cannot supervise himself.35 Thus, Studer had a continuing obligation to monitor Fisher's activities. Studer knew that Fisher's compensation depended on the level of trading in Schilling's account, whether or not a high volume of trades was in Schilling's interest. Studer also knew that Schilling was no longer receiving any statements or trade confirmations from Castle regarding her AAP account: Fisher was the sole recipient of that information. Therefore, Studer knew that Schilling had no independent ability to monitor the performance of her account or the amount of commissions charged to her account. Thus, Studer should have given particular supervisory attention to Schilling's account.
In spite of these risks, Studer continued to authorize Schilling's continued and very active participation in the AAP. Studer responded to none of these signals, and that failure constitutes a failure to supervise.36
C. Inducement to Sign Margin Guarantees. When Fisher, at Studer's suggestion, persuaded Schilling to execute margin guarantees for five other Castle customers in January and February 1996 (thereby increasing the buying power in those accounts37and reducing Castle's exposure to its clearing firm), they exposed Schilling to substantial trading risk for no consideration. From the record before us, it appears that there were no guarantees that operated for Schilling's benefit, but she was at risk to make good any unsatisfied margin calls on the accounts that she guaranteed. This is exactly what happened. While Studer has asserted that the clearing firm's transfer of $30,000 from Schilling's account to one of the accounts for which she signed a guarantee to cover a margin call was a mistake that Castle and the clearing firm corrected, the transfer evidenced that Schilling's account was exposed to the debts of other, specified Castle customers. The guarantees were an imposition of risk on one customer for the benefit of Castle and other customers without compensation of any kind. Imposing that on a customer, particularly one who was elderly, infirm, and dependent on a Castle representative, violates NASD Rule 2110, which demands that NASD members adhere to high levels of just and equitable principles of trade.
Our review of NASD's sanctions is governed by Section 19(e)(2) of the Exchange Act, which requires us to determine whether a self-regulatory organization's sanctions are excessive or oppressive or impose an unnecessary or inappropriate burden on competition.38 The proper sanctions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case.39
We conclude, in light of the nature of Castle's and Studer's misconduct, that the sanctions imposed by NASD upon them, expulsion and a bar from association with any member firm in any capacity, are appropriate. The applicable NASD sanction guidelines suggest that a bar is appropriate in egregious cases such as the churning of Schilling's account and the failure to supervise.40
Both Castle and Studer have been subject to numerous regulatory actions in the past. On July 21, 2003, in a suit brought by the Commission, Castle and Studer were permanently enjoined by a federal court from violations of the antifraud provisions of the securities laws.41 The record reveals that on eight different occasions since 1989, Castle has been the subject of regulatory proceedings by the Commission and NASD.42 The record also reveals that Castle has twice been the subject of regulatory proceedings brought by state securities commissions.43 Castle's and Studer's disciplinary history is an aggravating factor in assessing the sanctions.
NASD concluded that the violations were sufficiently serious in this case to justify expulsion and a bar. In the
circumstances of this case, we have no difficulty concluding that NASD's sanctions are neither excessive, oppressive nor an unnecessary or inappropriate burden on competition.
An appropriate order will issue.44
By the Commission (Chairman DONALDSON and Commissioners GLASSMAN, GOLDSCHMID, ATKINS and CAMPOS).
Jonathan G. Katz
In the Matter of the Application of
45 Church Street
For Review of Disciplinary Action Taken by
On the basis of the Commission's opinion issued this day, it is
ORDERED that the disciplinary actions taken by NASD against Michael T. Studer and Castle Securities Corp. be, and they hereby are, sustained.
By the Commission.
Jonathan G. Katz
115 U.S.C. � 78j(b).
217 C.F.R. � 240.10b-5.
3NASD Conduct Rules 2510 (prohibiting excessive transactions in discretionary accounts), 2120 (prohibiting use of manipulative, deceptive, or fraudulent devices), and 2110 (failure to observe just and equitable principles of trade), NASD Manual at 4183, 4127, and 4111 respectively (2003).
4NASD Conduct Rules 3010 (supervision of registered representatives) and 2110, NASD Manual at 4324 and 4111 (2003).
5NASD did not base its expulsion and bar on the inducement to sign margin guarantees.
6Castle referred to the registered representative who brought a customer to the AAP as an "introducing broker." An "introducing broker" was compensated on a per-trade basis.
The "executing broker," or trader, was compensated on the basis of commissions on each transaction as well as the account's value. Victor Soare was Schilling's "executing broker."
NASD charged Fisher with churning and violating NASD Rule 2110, charged Soare with churning, and charged Thomas Shaughnessy, another Castle employee, with failure to supervise. Fisher and Shaughnessy settled with NASD before the hearing. NASD suspended Fisher for thirty days, fined him $6,950, and ordered him to pay $8,050 in restitution. NASD fined Shaughnessy $5,000. The hearing panel exonerated Soare.
7One of the key indications of this dependence was Fisher's role as the sole recipient of all account information for Schilling's AAP account. As discussed infra, by the summer of 1993, Castle sent all account paperwork for Schilling's account to Fisher.
8The parties dispute Schilling's net worth. Applicants assert that her liquid net worth exceeded $700,000. NASD relies on Schilling's liquid net worth of $500,000 reported in Schilling's AAP application.
9Fisher testified that he based his recommendation on the information he received from Studer. Although Fisher observed registered representatives trading AAP accounts, he did not investigate the AAP any further. Fisher's usual practice was to bring prospective AAP customers to Castle's offices to watch the trading of AAP accounts, but he did not bring Schilling to Castle because of her infirmity. The record discloses that Schilling had no knowledge of the AAP other than Studer's description that Fisher had relayed to her.
10The boxes labeled "speculation" and "trading profits" were checked on Schilling's application. The record is unclear as to whether she made those marks.
11Studer did not explain what he meant by "full responsibility."
12The record does not indicate whether Schilling made this deposit herself or had someone else make it on her behalf.
13The value of the shares varied over the life of the account. Over the seventy-seven months the account was in existence, Schilling deposited net $101,908.17, including the mutual fund shares.
14According to the record, Fisher received $1.25 per trade. The record reflects that Fisher received $38,492.50 in commissions over the life of Schilling's account.
15Schilling named Soare as the person to exercise that trading discretion by executing a separate Castle document.
16Soare earned $3.00 per trade between April and December 1993. Then he earned fifty percent of any commission in excess of $20.00 until February 1994. From February 1994 through June 1999 Soare earned fifty percent of all commissions in excess of $12.00. During his tenure as the trader for Schilling's account, NASD computed that Soare earned $84,194.50. The record contains testimony that customers who were losing money were charged lower commissions than those who were making money.
17The hearing panel dismissed the churning allegations against Soare.
18The record does not provide the exact terms of the dispute.
19It appears that Schilling was never told that her account had suffered significant trading losses or that Fisher contributed to the settlement.
20The record contains no other explanation of this event.
21The annualized turnover rate is computed by dividing the aggregate amount of purchases in an account by the average monthly investment. Here the aggregate amount of purchases over the seventy-seven months was $443,746,929.04. The average monthly investment over the same period was $88,114.96. This ratio is then annualized to produce an annualized turnover rate of 784.83. Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc., 49 S.E.C. 1119, 1122 n.10 (1989). Although the rate of trading varied in Schilling's account, we have held that annualizing is an appropriate technique to express turnover ratios. Laurie Jones Canaday, Securities Exchange Act Rel. No. 41250 (Apr. 5, 1999), 69 SEC Docket 1468, 1476-77, petition denied, 230 F.3d 362 (D.C. Cir. 2000).
22The net loss computed by NASD does not include the $14,000 settlement from December 1995. The loss also does not include a monetary settlement Schilling's estate received from her claim submitted in the settlement of the NASDAQ Market-Maker Antitrust Litigation class action. See NASDAQ Market-Makers Antitrust Litigation, 169 F.R.D. 493 (S.D.N.Y. 1996) (class certification and description).
23In making this calculation, NASD used the amounts designated as "commissions" on Schilling's monthly statements. At the hearing Applicants argued that this figure included charges, such as transaction fees, that were not commissions. The fact remains that these deductions (whether they were sales commissions or some other costs) were charged against Schilling's AAP account.
24Fisher testified that he would stop by the trading desk and ask Soare how Schilling's account was doing. He never compared the performance of the account to the amount of commissions that her account paid, although Fisher testified that he had sufficient information to allow him to make that comparison.
25 / See supra note 22 and infra text following note 31.
26 / Donald A. Roche, 53 S.E.C. 16, 22 (1997) (quoting Miley v. Oppenheimer & Co., 637 F.2d 318, 324 (5th Cir. 1981)).
27 / Sandra K. Simpson, Exchange Act Rel. No. 45923 (May 14, 2002), 77 SEC Docket 1983, 2006.
28 / Roche, 53 S.E.C. at 21.
29 / Simpson, 77 SEC Docket at 2007.
30 / Miley v. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., 637 F.2d 318, 326 (5th Cir. 1981) (churning diminishes account value).
31 / Davis v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 906 F.2d 1206, 1218 (8th Cir. 1990).
32NASD Conduct Rule 3010 (2003).
33 / See William H. Gerhauser, Sr., 53 S.E.C. 933, 940-41 (1998).
34 / See Quest Capital Strategies, Inc., Exchange Act Rel. No. 44935 (Oct. 15, 2001), 76 SEC Docket 131, 138.
35 / Harry Gliksman, Exchange Act Rel. No. 42255 (Dec. 20, 1999), 71 SEC Docket 892, aff'd, 24 Fed. Appx. 702 (9th Cir. 2001); Bradford John Titus, 52 S.E.C. 1154, 1158 (1998).
36 / See Quest Capital Strategies, Inc., 76 SEC Docket at 138.
37The guarantees permitted the owners of the guaranteed accounts to use more margin than they could have supported using the equity in their accounts independently of the guarantees.
3815 U.S.C. � 78s(e)(2).
39 / Butz v. Glover Livestock Comm'n Co., 411 U.S. 182, 185 (1973); Donald R. Gates, Exchange Act Rel. No. 41777 (Aug.�23, 1999), 70 SEC Docket 1228, 1236 (citing cases).
40 / See NASD Sanction Guidelines at 86, 108 (2001).
41 / SEC v. U.S. Environmental, Inc., 2003 WL 21697891 (S.D.N.Y. July 21, 2003) appeal pending, _________ (2d Cir.). We recently determined that Studer could not be associated with another member firm because of the statutory disqualification. Citadel Secs. Corp., Exchange Act Rel. No. 49666 (May 7, 2004), 82 SEC Docket 3249.
42NASD cited two matters involving market-manipulation violations, SEC v. U.S. Environmental, Inc., 2003 WL 21697891 (S.D.N.Y. July 21, 2003) and Castle Secs. Corp., 53 S.E.C. 406 (1998), and a failure-to-supervise violation in Castle Secs. Corp, NASD Complaint No. C10940068 (Jan. 11, 1993).
43We recently barred Studer as a result of the U.S. Environmental injunction. Michael T. Studer, Exchange Act Rel. No. 50411 (Sept. 20, 2004), __ SEC Docket ____. Castle withdrew its registration as a broker-dealer effective on December 30, 2003. "The Exchange Act contemplates multi-level enforcement -- Commission-initiated proceedings, both administrative and injunctive, disciplinary proceedings initiated at the SRO level, and proceedings on a member's application to employ a person subject to a statutory disqualification." Howard F. Rubin, 52 S.E.C. 126, 128-29 (1994).
44We have considered all of the parties' contentions. We reject or sustain these contentions to the extent that they are inconsistent or in accord with the views we express here.
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After a fabulous four years at Washington College full of more memories than can be listed here, Julie decided to take her show on the road. The first stop on the tour was Jacksonville, FL, and a career in Information Technology that included Quality Assurance/Audit Engineering, Project Management and Account Management for CSX Technology and Enterprise Integration. Despite the fast-paced day job, Julie still found time to moonlight as a singer at a wide variety of events around the country. In 1999, Julie married Naval Officer Tim Winter, making him the luckiest man on earth. In December of 2001, the Julie and Tim show was joined by a third member, daughter Neely, which greatly expanded her repertoire of songs but also limited the road engagements. Having played out all the venues in Jacksonville in her seven years there, Julie's next stop was Annapolis, MD.
Trading in her high heels and long hours in the IT world for a pair of running shoes and even longer hours in the parenting world, Julie's career change was met with two new additions to the stage crew, Grady in 2004 and Carly in 2008. Now only doing limited engagements at local venues when her stage hands don't need chauffeuring to various sporting and dance events, Julie also enjoys running road races, photography, volunteering at her children's school and hanging out with her friends and family as much as possible.


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Exploring Russian Doll's labyrinth of trauma
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Lady Susan, an early Jane Austen manuscript that apparently never made it to the rewriting stage and was published over fifty years after Austen's death as an unfinished novella, is the unlikely source of Whit Stillman's new film, Love & Friendship. Reuniting with this Last Days of Disco stars Kate Beckinsale Full Story
Working with auteurs made Chloe Sevigny hate directors
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Chloe Sevigny is doing the rounds for her new movie, Love & Friendship, and while promoting it she gave an interview to The Guardian in which she says that working with auteurs has given her "a total disdain for directors" that is "very strong, very deep". Full Story
The Kristen Stewart/Chloe Sevigny axe murder movie
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First of all, a movie about an axe murder—any axe murder—is right up my alley. But then you tell me that it's going to star Chloe Sevigny AND Kristen Stewart? Shut up and take my money. THR is reporting that Sevigny and Stewart are teaming up for a movie about Lizzie Borden, with Sevigny playing Borden and Stewart in "early negotiations" to play the Borden's maid, Bridget Sullivan, who testified at Lizzie's trial. Full Story
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chloe Sevigny -- don't these two seem like the most natural enemies since cats and dogs? Since Kelly and Brenda? Since Mariah and all other performers? They're both so pretentious but in slightly different ways, I can't believe these two haven't clashed before, but now it's happening and it's perfect. Full Story
Chloe Sevigny's New York
It's so exciting to be at the very start of a new year, full of possibility, opportunity, fresh starts, etc. Still …isn't it comforting to know that, while time may pass, Chloe Sevigny remains unchanged? That she'll continue to prowl the streets of New York dressed like a human slipper/sock? That she'll still appear completely miserable as she skulks out of luxury boutiques in Soho, even while draped in the pelts of the cast of Monsters, Inc. Full Story
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How do people just go to law school financially? Do they live off the student loans? ...Any suggestions on how this financial stuff works?
I have a recommendation of a book that deals in significant part with non-traditional law students...Law School for Dummies by Rebecca Greene. Yes, I know--at first I wasn't sure I'd get all that much serious info out of a For Dummies book, but this one is really aimed at non-traditional students. I am a 1L this year and before that I transitioned out of a career in teaching high school music for five years. I am also married with a three-year old son. This book was invaluable to me because all the other law school guidebooks I read were geared toward straight-from-college students, and this one included tons of info for us non-trads.Just my $.02.
I have a question of course.I want to go to law school and then practice aviation law. I have almost a decade in the aviation industry now. I am also a single parent.QuestionHow do people just go to law school financially? Do they live off the student loans? I will have all my credit cards paid off at the end of the year and I will still have nine months left on my car loan come August 2005.I want to just go to law school and totally experience it. I have two associate's degrees and I am completing my bachelor's degree all online. I want to GO to law school.Any suggestions on how this financial stuff works?Thanks!Christie


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The index of U.S. leading indicators unexpectedly declined in March for the first time in seven months, a sign the world's largest economy will cool.
The Conference Board's gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months fell 0.1% in March after climbing 0.5% in the prior two months, the New York-based group said today. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 0.1% increase.
The figures underscore an economy that hit a rough patch at the end of the first quarter as manufacturing eased and higher payrolls taxes began to bite. At the same time, advancing stock prices this year and lower borrowing costs will help keep household spending, which accounts for about 70% of the economy, from faltering.
"It's lackluster-to-moderate growth in the near-term," said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James & Associates Inc. in St. Petersburg, Florida, who correctly projected the drop in the LEI. The tax increases and federal budget cuts are a drag, he said. The economy is "not quite as strong as we'd like to see."
Estimates of 48 economists in the Bloomberg survey ranged from a decline of 0.4% to an increase of 0.6%.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said today that its factory index declined in April to 1.3 from 2 the prior month. Readings greater than zero signal expansion in the area covering eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware. The median forecast called for 3.
Stocks fell after earnings from UnitedHealth Group Inc. and EBay Inc. disappointed investors. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index decreased 0.1% to 1,550.35 at 10:53 a.m. in New York.
Another report showed little change in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits. First-time jobless claims climbed by 4,000 to 352,000 in the week ended April 13, the Labor Department said.
"Businesses at least need the workers they have and probably could use some more," said Tom Simons, an economist at Jefferies LLC in New York, who projected claims would rise to 350,000. "Claims will probably stay in this range for some time."
Five of the 10 indicators in the leading index contributed to the March decrease, including a decline in applications for home construction, fewer factory orders and a drop in consumer expectations. Building permits in March fell 3.9% to a four-month low 902,000 annualized rate, the Commerce Department said this week.


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Mayor Don Wesely today cut the ribbon to officially open the new "F"Street Community Center, 1225 "F" Street. The Mayor was joined by city and neighborhood officials for grand opening ceremonies, which included the unveiling of a brick mural near the main entrance, tours, demonstrations and entertainment.
"The opening of this beautiful new center is a very significant event for our entire city," said Mayor Wesely. "It is another example of what can be accomplished through partnership, patience and hard work toward a common goal. The neighborhood associations, preservation groups, churches and schools all worked with city government to make this happen. The result is a center that will improve the quality of life in our community for many generations."
The original building at the location was opened as a fire station in 1929. It was converted for use as a 4,000-square foot community center in 1965. The renovated center is 34,000 square feet and serves the Near South, Everett, South Salt Creek and Downtown neighborhoods. At its annual meeting last month, the Preservation Association of Lincoln presented the project with its "Integration of Old and New Award" for exemplary integration of new construction with a historic structure. The total cost of the project was about $5 million, including $3.5 million in construction costs.
The new facility houses indoor and outdoor basketball courts, outdoor play equipment with a soft-surfaced play area, game tables and video games, computer and television rooms and an indoor track and fitness equipment area. The center also has meeting rooms and program spaces for recreation classes and for human service agencies.
A 1995 study identified the need for a new facility along with the programming and service area. Efforts to plan for a new center intensified in 1997. Funding uncertainties were resolved in April 2000 when the Nebraska State Legislature passed a bill clarifying the use of Municipal Infrastructure Redevelopment Funds (MIRF) to pay off bonds on the project. Builders, Inc. was selected as the general contractor for the project, and construction began in late summer of 2000.
"It's been a long and sometimes difficult project, but the results are well worth the years of hard work," said Mayor Wesely. "There are many people who deserve appreciation and congratulations on this great community accomplishment." The center is open to the entire community from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 to 6 p.m. Sundays.
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A close look at the current and past range from Dewars and their key distillery Aberfeldy:- the current 12yo Dewars compared to one from 20 years ago, the contemporary 12yo Aberfeldy and one from about 15 years ago, then today's 16yo and 21yo Aberfeldy: £20. 7:30pm Thursday 6th July The Kilderkin, 65 Canongate, Edinburgh.
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Reader Discussion: Have You Ever Taken A Gaming Sabbatical?
Like many of you out there, we're on our holiday break. And like many of you, we're using a nice chunk of the time to play some games. That got us wondering something though: Have you ever taken a significant break from gaming?
For the sake of discussion, let's consider a break to be anything longer than six months. Yes, it's an arbitrary period of time. It's my discussion, however, so I get to make the rules. Have any of you taken a break of that length or longer? If so, why? Was it because of work or educational commitments? Were you spending what you (or someone else) considered to be too much time playing games, and so you went on a hiatus?
Personally, I took some time off during my senior year of college. I made time for Mario Party sessions with my roommates, but I didn't have a lot of free time to spend on longer, single-player games. I've caught up on some of the games I missed during that time, such as Metal Gear Solid (so old), but I still have a few blind spots in the tail end of the PlayStation era.
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For Release: July 14, 2014
FRESNO, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources have scheduled a negotiation session with seven Cross Valley Contractors on long-term conveyance contracts for the delivery of federal Central Valley Project water conveyed through state-owned facilities.
Reclamation, DWR, and the contractors have previously entered into successive, short-term interim renewal contracts pursuant to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, which included both federal water service and state conveyance terms and conditions. However, DWR now prefers that its conveyance responsibilities be defined in a separate contract that is exclusive of Reclamation's water service responsibilities.
The contractors are the Hills Valley Irrigation District, Kern-Tulare Water District, Lower Tule River Irrigation District, Pixley Irrigation District, Tri-Valley Water District, the county of Tulare, and the county of Fresno.
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