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When I think of a crochet market bag, I think of those brightly colored, open totes that resemble a fish net. No lining and no closure of any kind. Pretty much just a simple net that can easily be packed into a handbag or even in your pocket. Personally, I think they are great and perfect for an unexpected visit to the farmers market. But when I saw the Marcia Patmos Bag you see here, the picture of a crochet market bag that I had in my mind suddenly crumbled. Take a moment and discover the Marcia Patmos Crochet Market Bag!
Designer Marcia Patmos originally founded M. Patmos as a clothing line. By becoming involved with artisans all around the world, Marcia has managed to bring her personal style of understated and minimal designs to her collections, while helping artisans support themselves and their families at the same time. Being primarily a clothing line, you don't see too many Marcia Patmos handbags. So when I saw this one, I had to have a closer look. After all, it looks similar to the crochet market bags I'm familiar with. Yet, it is so much more! The white cords, fabric lining, and metallic trim give this piece a glamorous look. Nope, no vegetables will be finding their way inside this beauty!
Find the Marcia Patmos Crochet Market Bag at ShopBop!

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Scott Wapner is host of the "Fast Money Halftime Report," which airs weekdays from 12PM to 1PM ET.
He has reported live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq MarketSite, covering the real-time action of the global financial markets. Wapner was reporting live from the New York Stock Exchange during the May 2010 "flash crash."
Wapner has also reported several documentaries for the network, including "Hotel: Behind Closed Doors at Marriott," "Ultimate Fighting: From Blood Sport to Big Time," which earned him an Emmy nomination, and "One Nation, Overweight," which documents the impact of the nation's obesity epidemic. In 2011, Wapner received an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers as well as a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for "One Nation, Overweight."
Before joining CNBC, Wapner served as the franchise Business Reporter for KDFW-TV in Dallas and was a reporter for Associated Press Television News, based in New York City.
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Even though most of us haven't even contemplated buying our Halloween candy yet (ok, I've contemplated but I haven't bought any yet), the major box retailers want you to think holiday toy shopping TODAY! Walmart has expanded its offer of toys for $10 to 100 items…KB Toys saw that and raised it to 200, and Target is trying to match prices. There's free shipping to be had…and if you're really sharp, you can find certain Barbie dolls for as little as $5.
So what's a toy consumer to think?
1. Toy prices are getting a much needed adjustment. All of that toy safety testing costs a lot –and if you've bought a toy recently you'll know that the added expense has been passed on to consumers. While we don't rate toys based on price, we have had sticker shock here as we've watched the prices just continue to climb for the past two years. So from this point of view toy wars are good, very good.
2. Less Inventory. If there's something your child wants for the holidays, buy it early. Tight inventories is another way retailers have protected themselves this year.
3. Shrinkage…
One of the trends we've watched this season is shrinkage…which always makes me thing of Seinfeld's infamous shrinkage episode with George in the Hamptons.
Toy makers are making many of the same type of toys they used to…but smaller…much smaller…and much less expensive.
For example, last year we featured Playskool's $300 Kota My Triceratops Dinosaur. This high tech dino-wonder was big enough for your child to sit on!
This year, the same manufacturer is offering Kota & Pals Stompers – Triceratops. He walks on my desk. Watch the video. He's very cute and he actually walks (something the big guy can't do)…but still, this is what the price wars mean.
So does this mean you should buy only $10 toys this holiday season?
There are in fact lots of toys for $10 and under that are really great. We have many award winners that fit the bill, but buying lots of "stuff" seems like a mistake in the long run. Keep in mind that 60% of our toy dollars are spent this time of year…so bringing home toys that will have lasting play value makes more sense in terms of having toys your kids will play with after the holidays are over.
Open-ended toys and supplies are a better bet. I love novelty toys as much as the next guy…and there are some on our list this year. The holidays are about making dreams come true, but if you're looking to make your dollar stretch…buying more open-ended toys is the way to go. Art supplies, games (that are played again and again), blocks, pretend props (toy kitchens, dollhouses), and toys for active play (ride-ons, sporting equipment)…all will be enjoyed for a long time and played with differently as your child grows.
Pool your resources. If there's a toy that your child really wants that costs a little more, have your family chip in. Much more fun to get the present you wanted, then lots of little token gifts from aunts and uncles.
The olden days. There was a time when we didn't go to the toy store with a shopping cart. We got fewer toys…not necessarily a bad thing.
Get Your Screwdriver Ready. One way to keep prices down…toy makers leave more for parents to do. Many toys don't even come with the pre-drilled holes. If you're handy with a power drill/screwdriver, you'll be fine. If you're not, we warned you.
Make it count. We started the toyportfolio with the tag..we test all the toys so that "you don't waste your money or your child's time." So no matter what your budget, we've tried to take the mystery of finding a great toy. So take a look at our Platinum List!


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We're getting tremendously excited about Europe's first ever opera sleepover, taking place here at the Royal Opera House on Friday 11 May 2012. The ballot for tickets has now closed, but if you didn't manage to secure one, don't despair! Why not hold your own opera sleepover for friends or family? Send us photographs of your event (email@example.com) and we'll post the best ones along with pictures from our own sleepover.
To help you get started, we've put together 10 top tips for holding an operatic sleepover, inspired by some of our favourite works:
1. Draw up a guest list. Inviting former lovers and rivals will ensure everyone's talking about your party for weeks. Follow Violetta's lead in La traviata, Act II scene 2, where she is confronted with both Baron Douphol and Alfredo. If you can get your ex-boyfriends gambling against one another, so much the better. Everyone loves a scandal.
2. Decide what to wear. Turning up in disguise is a great way of gatecrashing parties or causing mischief. Take inspiration from Don Giovanni Act I, where Ottavio, Anna and Elvira infiltrate a party by wearing masks, or in Act II when Leporello tries to seduce a girl by pretending to be the Don. Very shady behaviour! You might like to look at our costumes online here for inspiration.
3. Prepare some food. Consider the many delicacies on offer from street vendors in Act II of La bohème: oranges, dates, hot chestnuts, sweets and coconut milk.
4. Draw up a playlist. Select tracks that are sure to get everyone singing along. A Brindisi (a drinking song) is sure to be popular, as is a Seguidilla. Try 'Il segreto per esser felice' from Lucrezia Borgia or 'Près des remparts' from Carmen, where Carmen sings about dancing and drinking. There's also a brilliantly rousing drinking song in praise of beer in The Bartered Bride.
5. Sort out some activities, to make sure your party goes with a swing. Flirting and dancing are good fun, but beware! This kind of behaviour can lead guests to quarrel, renounce their friendship and challenge one another to a duel. Read up on Act II of Eugene Onegin for how not to organize a party.
6. Have a singing contest. Less Eurovision Song Contest, more Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Contestants must sing a song of their own composition, following an agreed set of rules. When a contestant breaks a rule, mark his or her mistake noisily on a chalkboard.
7. Compose a piece of music yourself. Don't have a symphony orchestra at your disposal? Don't despair! In Le Grand macabre Ligeti writes for a huge variety of domestic items, such as saucepans, trays of crockery, paper bags, alarm clocks and greaseproof paper… Explore the musical potential of everything in your house!
8. Tell a good bedtime story. With magic musical instruments, a prince, his comic sidekick and the Queen of the Night, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) has all the perfect ingredients. If you want a ghost story, try The Turn of the Screw – but don't count on having sweet dreams.
9. When it's time to go to sleep, listen to a nice lullaby. In Hänsel und Gretel, the Sandman sprinkles sleeping dust in the children's eyes, then they sing their 'evening prayer'. Ever so soothing.
10. Not able to sleep? Lament with 'Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me?' from Semele. Or, if you're feeling calmer, try the humming chorus from Madama Butterfly. This is the music that accompanies Butterfly's night-long vigil as she waits for Pinkerton's ship to come it. Just don't think about what happens next…
Our sleepover is being held as part of European Opera Days 2012, in association with English National Opera.


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Congratulations to Norton Youth Soccer's U15 girls team for winning the U16 girls division 2 state championship today !!!! This is only the second state championship won by a Norton Youth Soccer team. The U15 girls team won 2 games and tied 1 game in round robin play at the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions this weekend. This morning, they beat Lowell 3-1 in the semifinal and won it all this afternoon by beating Framingham 1-0. The team is coached by Tim Dermody and assisted by Michelle Byrnes and John Erickson. Playing for the team are Marissa Amato, Holly Beaucage, Brittany Byrnes, Catherine Conroy, Gillian Dermody, Lauren Erickson, Laura Johnson, Lauren MacGray, Olivia McCarthy, Allison McPherson, Amy Pereira, Kyla Prosper, Kat Saba, and Emily Weber.
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The Steelers may have gotten the (wait for it) steal of the draft with third-round running back Dri Archer, a speedster from Kent State that adds an intriguing dynamic to the Pittsburgh attack. Assuming that Archer can get the most out of his skills on the sometimes choppy, uneven turf of Heinz Field, Archer brings a home-run threat at tailback that the Pittsburgh offense hasn't seen since Willie Parker.
But Archer could me more than that. For now, he doesn't know exactly what he'll be.
"I'm not sure," Archer recently said, via August Fagerstrom of the Akron Beacon Journal. "It's going to be a big role, but I'm just going to do whatever I'm asked to do. Play receiver, play running back, helping special teams. Whatever they want me to do, I'm going to do it."
Similarly speedy first-round linebacker Ryan Shazier thinks Archer will do plenty.
"He really does everything," Shazier said. "He can catch, he can run, he even goes through the tackles sometimes. Having him be able to do all that in practice really helps us break down angles, fundamentals and trust ourselves and what we have to do.
"When you're chasing him and really understanding the way he cuts, you're not going to see anybody faster than him, so it helps you be able to read and tackle any other guy."
With Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount presumably at the top of the depth chart at tailback, Archer could be a candidate to enter the fray on third downs, catching passes out of the backfield or shifting to the slot and hoping to be matched against a linebacker.
Regardless, the Steelers wouldn't have taken Archer with a second-day pick if they didn't have real plans for him in his first year. While some of that speed could be wasted on a slow track in November and December, Archer could make a major impact for the Steelers, possibly right out of the gates.


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Time to move on to more urgent items
February 6, 2014
It would be easy to slam feel-good actions and the officials who support resolutions, ordinances and legislation that does little except pander to political causes and factions in the hope of......
Missed you at Council meetings. Hope you can make them soon. Hiatus has been with each and every Council, COW meetings can be held anywhere if the Chambers is already booked. Council does answer some questions from the public. Not sure, if you are watching the same meetings most of us attend and/or watch at home.
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They wont need a resolution,they will just start taxing you to see the sunrise.
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Look, we have to have something to complain about, don't we? The UEP, PST and the FAF has been debated and passed, so let's complain about something, anything, as long as we CAN complain. Hey, how about complaining about complaining? Sheesh!
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well written breeze
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If there are more urgent items to be addressed. Why then has this council gone on hiatus twice and taken holidays off? Why are COW meetings not held in Council Chambers and televised? Does not the residents have a right to know what is being discussed without attending the meeting? Why are Council meetings being rushed through? Whatever happened with Council answering concerns from residents after public input?
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What is next...a resolution supporting sunrise?
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's industry-funded watchdog is pulling back from a campaign to expand its powers so that it would oversee 11,000 registered investment advisers, leaving a regulatory hole that could be exploited by those intending to commit fraud, its head warned on Wednesday.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Chairman and CEO Richard Ketchum said there was no sign it can convince lawmakers in Washington to support a change in the way the advisers are regulated anytime soon.
In particular it does not expect the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee to revisit the topic in the immediate future, given leadership changes following the 2012 elections, and that has led FINRA to change its strategy, he said.
"I'm not a big believer in beating a head against the wall," Ketchum said in an interview. "We'll focus on things we can impact."
FINRA, which oversees the U.S. brokerage industry, has spent about $4.9 million on lobbying since 2008, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group. Much of that has been directed at the adviser regulation question.
Currently, registered investment advisers are regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission but a lack of resources means it can only get around to examining each adviser's books about once every 11 years on average.
A 2009 report by a special committee commissioned by FINRA reported that its lack of authority over investment advisers contributed to its failure to uncover Bernard Madoff's multi-billion-dollar fraud. FINRA's authority extended to the brokerage arm of Madoff's business while the SEC oversaw Madoff's investment advisory business. They both missed numerous red flags.
One of the problems in getting progress in Washington is that FINRA has been unable to get unequivocal support from the SEC for its stance. Ketchum said that if it could get clear and enthusiastic backing from the SEC, then FINRA would become more aggressive about the question again.
Investors, in the meantime, remain vulnerable to advisers who are not examined regularly, he said. FINRA examines the 4,275 firms it currently regulates once every two years on average.
There is wide agreement that investment advisers need to be examined more often than they are now. But there's little agreement about how to get there. And now that key Congressional committees that could extend FINRA's role are led by lawmakers who have other priorities - such as housing policy - the issue is on the backburner.
"The problem and exposure for investors is exactly the same as it was before," Ketchum said. While other changes in regulation of the securities industry following Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme will make it more difficult to conduct scams of that size in the future, fraud is still a problem, he said.
Inadequate policing of investment advisers enhance that threat, he said. "When you don't go in and examine an entity on a regular basis, the potential for a Ponzi scheme is much greater," Ketchum said.
A lack of manpower and financial resources at the SEC are at the root of the problem, Ketchum said.
The Dodd Frank financial reform law shifted oversight responsibilities for 2,300 mid-sized investment advisers from the SEC to state regulators, but that did little to ease the SEC's workload, Ketchum said.
That is because the law also directed hedge fund and private equity fund advisers to register with the SEC - a requirement that added 1,500 private fund advisers to the SEC's responsibilities, according to figures from the SEC last October. Another 2,500 private fund advisers were registered with the agency before Dodd Frank.
It is often far more complex for the SEC to monitor hedge fund advisers than the mid-sized advisers previously under its control, Ketchum said.
Most investment advisers are vehemently opposed to FINRA regulation and prefer to remain under the SEC's watch. They are skeptical that FINRA will back off the issue of self-regulation for long.
The Investment Adviser Association, a Washington-based trade group, will "remain vigilant" about monitoring FINRA's moves, said executive director David Tittsworth.
He pointed to a November speech in which Thomas Selman, FINRA executive vice president of regulatory policy, suggested that investment advisers should warm to the idea.
"I think Rick Ketchum is a very sensible fellow," Tittsworth said. "He understands that you just can't keep going back to Congress time and time again, unless you're making some headway."
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Very interesting indeed. All I want is an electronic notepad, doc reader so I can take notes into meetings and make notes in meetings, anythign else is a bonus.
Asus has clarified plans for an e-book reader rollout, telling Register Hardware that it will launch three models in the UK this year. Asus_DR950_01 The DR-950: Asus' first and largest e-book viewer Details of a 5.7in colour-capable Asus e-book reader – the DR-570 – appeared earlier today. However, Asus has since told us …
Let's hope Asus chooses to seriously undercut the competition to get market share. Hopefully this will drive the price of this type of device down.
Then all we need is the publishers to stop being greedy and eBooks might finally take off. This is likely to be the huge fly in the ointment. It doesn't matter how many manufacturers start producing readers, if the eBooks themselves remain at their current prices then people just won't go there.
Usenet and BT sites are already rife with ebooks, and because of the small size for each book it would only take a couple of seconds to download the latest best seller. If the publishers don't wake up and move with the times quickly they will soon find that their future business has already been destroyed by the freetards.
No, they should make the e-books readily available at a reasonable price, and then the punters will actually -buy- them. DRM certainly hasn't stopped the books being wildly available as you observe. While I hate the Kindle and everything it stands for, the reasonable price of Amazon ebooks is what has gotten this thing off the ground in the past year.
Also, with your grizzling about music downloads, aren't there statistics that show music purchases on the the rise, if you include MP3 purchases? The only thing that's "killed" record companies (and how many have gone bust lately, hm?) is their refusal to acknowledge that the CD is no longer king. Simple.
My mother-in-law has just been lucky enough to have been gifted a Sony ereader Touch, which I have set up for her. I'm impressed by the concept of these devices, and will buy one.
I can't though, the price is absolutely ridiculous for them. I'd pay £100 for a touch screen model; that's when I'll jump in. I've already got a netbook and a phone, thanks.
I really would like to use an E-book reader to save having to carry many books with me, when I can just use the pdf versions of those books.
I guess, I could also convert lecture notes into PDFs as well and carry them with me. The thing that really annoys me is the cost. They do much less than what netbooks do, yet are about the same cost as the first generation of netbooks.


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Table of Contents
DRAFT Reeves Handbook for the Kingdom of Lochac
!!!DRAFT!!! Note this handbook is still in draft format, until it is officially releases its contents should be regarded as advisory only
This handbook is issued under Clause IV.2 of the Laws of Lochac, as a written policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Cristoval, Chancellor.
This document was approved by:
- the Crown of Lochac on <insert date>, and
- the Seneschal of Lochac on <insert date>
- the Corporate Treasurer of the SCA Ltd. on <insert date>
- the Corporate Treasurer of the SCANZ on <insert date>
Except where in conflict with the Laws of Lochac or the Policies of the SCA Ltd or SCNZ, the Chancellor may vary the rules in this handbook. Such variations shall be in writing to the Seneschal of Lochac, and for a specified period. If the occupant of the position of Chancellor changes, any such variances must be reviewed.
This handbook may be reissued in a new version with an updated approval as shown above.
The following are definitions of key terms used in this handbook:
- Council of the Purse The Council of the Purse includes the Chancellor, Kingdom Seneschal, and the Crown.
- SCA Ltd., SCAA (legacy usage) Refers to the Society for Creative Anachronism Ltd., which covers all Australian branches of the Kingdom of Lochac
- SCANZ, SCA(NZ), Inc. Refers to the Society for Creative Anachronism New Zealand, Inc., which covers all New Zealand branches of the Kingdom of Lochac.
Appointment of the reeve
All SCA officers are required to have a current SCA membership.
Not the seneschal
The local seneschal may not also be the reeve.
Note: it is acceptable for the landed baron or baroness to double as reeve.
The correct method for appointment of a branch reeve is by warrant from the Chancellor, with endorsement from:
- the baron or baroness, in the case of a barony, or
- the local seneschal, for a shire.
The warrant will generally be sent by email, with a copy to the endorsing officer.
The warrant will be for a period of two years. In certain circumstances, extensions can be given to this period.
Reeves of subordinate branches such as cantons are appointed by the reeve of the supervising branch, eg the baronial reeve.
See the Colleges topic.
The Chancellor appreciates recommendations for replacement reeves from the outgoing reeve.
When you leave the office of reeve, all books and records including correspondence are the property of the SCA. They must be turned over to your successor within 30 days of when you leave the office.
Note: if there is no successor, eg with a dissolved branch, the financial records must be handed to the SCA Ltd. or SCANZ Corporate Treasurer, with a copy to the Chancellor.
Financial records
Reeves shall maintain permanent books and records of the branch's financial activity.
All records must be retained for at least seven years.
The Chancellor may review any branch's financial records with 14 days' notice, with the approval of the Kingdom Seneschal.
The Corporate Treasurers of the SCA Ltd. and SCANZ may review the records of branches within their remit, according to their respective Financial Policies.
Reeves shall make accounting records available to any member of the SCA Ltd. or SCANZ on request.
The member making such a request shall be responsible for all reasonable costs associated with the request, including photocopying and postage costs.
A member obtaining the accounting records of the association may, at the member's own expense, have these records audited by a registered company auditor, a firm of registered company auditors, or a person who is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants or the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Annual report
Each branch shall produce an annual or "Domesday" report summarising the branch's financial accounts for the preceding year.
Quarterly reports
All branches are required to report on the following calendar:
|Report Period
|Report Due
|1 January – 31 March
|15 April
|New Zealand Domesday report
|1 April – 30 June
|15 July
|1 July – 30 September
|15 October
|1 October – 31 December
|15 January
|Australia Domesday report
Note: these reporting dates are critical, to allow the Chancellor to compile the kingdom report within six weeks of these deadlines.
Templates for reports are available from the Kingdom Exchequer website.
Use of these templates is mandatory.
Where to report
Reports shall be emailed to the Chancellor, the local Seneschal, and the local Baron and Baroness where they exist.
Where the Chancellor has a Deputy appointed for a country or region, reports shall also be sent to that Deputy.
For cantons and other subordinate branches, a copy should also go to the reeve of the supervising branch.
Copies of the annual report and quarterly reports shall be provided to the branch membership, published in the branch newsletter or sent to the branch email list.
Incipient branches
Incipient branches without a bank account report through their supervising branch.
Incipient branches with a bank account report as for all other branches.
Failure to report
Under Kingdom Law, officers failing to report may be suspended by the Crown for the remainder of their reign, or removed from office.
Where branches fail to report, any of the following sanctions may be applied with the agreement of the Crown, until satisfactory reporting has been re-established.
- visits by the Crown may be limited or ceased,
- the branch may not host any events,
- the branch may be suspended for up to one year, or
- the branch may be placed in abeyance.
Bank accounts
Australian branch accounts shall be kept at Westpac wherever possible. Where this is not feasible due to distance to branches, an SCA account may be with another bank or other reputable financial institution, with written approval from the SCA Ltd. Treasurer.
New Zealand branch accounts shall be kept at a bank or another reputable financial institution with written approval from the Chancellor.
Account name
For Australian branches, bank accounts shall include:
- the name of the national SCA organisation, ie Society for Creative Anachronism Ltd (for Australian branches) or Society for Creative Anachronism (NZ) Inc., AND
- the name of the SCA branch (without "shire", "barony of", etc).
Note: In New Zealand "SCA" is an acceptable abbreviation in the bank account name. Example: the New Zealand shire of Hobbiton might have an account called "SCA (NZ) Inc. – Hobbiton". Australian groups must include the full "Society for Creative Anachronism Ltd"
Incipient branches
Incipient branches may establish bank accounts with the approval of their supervising group.
Choice of signatories
Each branch shall have the reeve and seneschal as signatories on their account, plus at least one other signatory who:
- is approved by the seneschal and the reeve, and
- is a current member of the SCA; and
- does not reside at the same place as another signatory
The selection and approval of signatories shall be minuted at an official Branch meeting.
There shall be no co-mingling of Society funds with the funds of any individual or other non-SCA branch.
Secondary accounts
Branches may establish additional bank accounts for special purposes. Additional accounts must follow the same naming format as above, with the special purpose of the account added to the name.
If it is not possible to fulfil the special purpose or if there are residual funds, the funds shall be directed to the main account.
Investment accounts
Reserve funds may be invested in an investment account at the same bank.
Accounts at other financial institutions may be used instead, with the written permission of the Chancellor.
Cash should not be held for any longer than is necessary, and both gate takings and unused advances must be banked with 5 business days of the close of an event.
Note: if there is a delay in banking cheques, you should contact the person issuing the cheque, to avoid embarrassment and penalty fees.
Deposit book
The bank will give you a deposit book. Always record cheques going in, and itemise cash as much as possible. This helps greatly when discrepancies arise.
If for any reason somebody deposits money without the deposit book, keep the deposit stub and paste this into the deposit book later.
Payments by reeves shall be made by cheque or Bpay.
Direct deposit to an external bank account is acceptable with written advice to the Chancellor.
Any other payment method is acceptable only with prior written approval of the Chancellor.
Two signatures
All cheques issued by SCA branches must have two signatures.
Reeves must reconcile records with bank statements, at least monthly.
Tick off cheques in the cheque book as they show in the statement.
Expense Approvals
SCA funds may only be spent when properly approved.
Tax exempt purpose
No officer of any level has the power to authorise payments that do not support the Society's tax exempt purpose. If the reasonableness of an expense is uncertain, the relevant Corporate Treasurer must be consulted prior to any commitment.
Minimum approval
Expenditure approval is subject to the requirements of the relevant Financial Policy. At a minimum, the branch seneschal and reeve must approve all expenditures, however depending on the scale and context of the expense additional authority may be required. Refer to the relevant financial policy for more information. Branches may add additional approval requirements, consistent with mundane, SCA and kingdom law.
Personal expenditure
No SCA funds shall be used for individual personal benefit.
Example: funds may not be spent on personal banners, though it would be acceptable for branches to produce a set of banners bearing the branch device and the various personal devices, if kept by the branch rather than the individual.
Example: funds may not be spent to provide free rattan, though it would be acceptable for a branch to buy a stock of rattan from which sticks are sold at cost or profit.
No SCA funds may be used to purchase gifts. If groups wish to purchase gifts, they must only use personal funds for this purpose, and those funds must be kept seperate from group funds.
Receipts and Expenditure statements
All expenditure must be documented, preferably by receipts or invoices. If receipts are not available, detailed statements of expenditure (which must be witnessed by the branch seneschal or reeve) must be provided to support all expenses. In Australia if a receipt or invoice is not available, a statutory declaration may substitute with the written approval of the Chancellor.
Event finances
Event budgets
Event stewards are encouraged to submit a prior budget to be approved by the seneschal and reeve, often done with the advice of a group Council.
Often the reeve issues a "float", a cash advance – see separate topic.
If no budget has been approved, any cheques for the event will require individual approval by seneschal and reeve.
Event reports
Stewards are requested to use the standard event reporting form available from the Exchequer website.
Reporting period
Event financial reports and funds must be submitted to the reeve within 30 days of the event.
If an event financial report cannot be finalised within 30 days an interim report must be produced, with additional interim reports every 30 days thereafter until a final report can be produced.
Cash advances must be approved beforehand, in the same way as expenditures.
Cash advances are treated as a receivable item until they are reconciled by presentation of receipts and/or cash totalling the amount of the advance.
Reconciliation of cash advances (often via top-up reimbursement or repayment of excess advance) must occur within 30 days of the advance or the event for which an advance is made, whichever is the latter.
Adequate cash controls and security must be in place at any event where money is collected in the name of the SCA. Implementation of cash controls and security is the responsibility of the reeve and the event steward.
Loss of cash, either from an event or from an individual, should be treated as theft and the reeve, seneschal and B&B (if applicable) should be notified.
Stolen cash should be reported to the police and a copy of the report provided to the Reeve.
Cash Handling Recommendations
- Pre-payment for events via internet banking or direct deposits is strongly encouraged where possible, in order to minimise the cash handling required at events.
- Within the bounds of practicality, the sign-in table should be situated in a reasonably visible area, so as to increase the number of eyes that may be able to observe the security of the area, even if those eyes are not specifically tasked to do so.
- At events where a significant amount of cash handling is expected to be undertaken, one member of the gate staff (potentially a deputy of the Constable's office) is present with the sole task of keeping cash safe and secure around the sign-in desk area.
- Cash being stored at the sign-in area should be kept in such a position that it cannot be reached by attendees or passers-by, and is only accessible by the gate staff or under their explicit observation.
- If the sign-in desk is left unattended for any period of time, all cash and valuables should be removed to a secure location.
- When significant amounts of cash are being taken at gate, the practice of regular removal of cash in excess of that required to provide change, to a secure location, should be undertaken. Where practical, records should be kept of the amounts moved, in order to facilitate reconciliation, however the counting and recording of this amount should be undertaken with a reasonable degree of security in mind.
Bad Debts
Group can accrue bad debts from members of the populace either through promising to pay for events before-hand and then not doing so or by paying with bad cheques. Where ever possible it is recommended that payments are made before the event, preferable by direct bank deposit.
However despite this bad debts may still occur, so how should they be handled?
For accounting purposes groups can write off outstanding debts after 6 months. If payment is subsequently received, they should be accounted for as as donations with an explanatory note.
Groups can choose to write off the debts without pursuing them, or follow them up individually, or keep a list of debtors and refuse those people credit for future events, as they see fit.
Groups may stop people attending an event if they haven't paid for that event. However, they may not stop people attending future events they have paid for because they haven't paid for past events. Beyond the requirement for payment of relevant event fees, refusal of entry to events is under the control of the Crown and the relevant Board of Directors.
All bad debts should be reported to the Chancellor as part of the quarterly report in the period of write-off.
Crown events
The Council of the Purse approves a budget in accepting any bids to run Crown events.
The event steward of each Crown event shall submit a final financial report to the Chancellor within two months of the holding of the event.
If the report is not received in this time, the branch may not hold any official events until the Chancellor receives a satisfactory report.
Kingdom events are required to collect and forward event membership fees and kingdom levies as for any other event.
The profit from each Crown event shall be divided as 50% to the Kingdom and 50% to the hosting branch. This value is calculated after-tax where relevant - for Australia groups Xero can perform this function.
The event steward shall arrange to make payment for the Kingdom share of the profits within two months of the event being held. This payment may be made by cheque or direct deposit, by arrangement with the Chancellor.
If the event makes a loss, 50% of the loss on approved budgeted items only shall be borne by the Kingdom with 50% borne by the hosting branch.
If the loss is as a result of expenditure outside of the approved budget, then the whole of the loss shall be borne by the hosting branch.
Event memberships and kingdom levies
Each branch in the Kingdom of Lochac shall contribute to corporate and kingdom funds.
Event memberships
For every event held, every attendee shall be a full member of the SCA or shall take an event membership for the duration of that event.
New Zealand
For an event membership, $2 shall be collected from every person over the age of 18 years attending the event, who is not already a full member of the SCA, unless their entry cost to the event is zero.
(This definition is subject to revision by SCANZ.)
For an event membership, $5 shall be collected from every person regardless of age attending the event, who is not already a full member of the SCA, and irrespective of whether they would otherwise pay to attend. If a person is only paying the event membership charge, and no other funds are contributed, Kingdom Levy as described below is not liable.
(This definition is subject to revision by the SCA Ltd.)
Kingdom levy
For every event held, $1 (in the local currency) shall be contributed to the Kingdom for every person over the age of 18 years attending the event, unless their entry cost to the event is zero. For Australian groups, when reconciling Kingdom levy income in Xero please consider each levy as being $1.10, so that Xero can correctly subtract the 10% GST to leave $1 to be contributed to Kingdom.
Event definition
The word "event" means any in-garb event meeting the requirements of Corpora II.A, and excludes regular activities such as monthly or weekly fighter practices, branch business meetings, informal classes, etc, as per Corpora II.B.
Note: If there is doubt as to whether an activity is an "event" according to this definition, then the decision shall be made by the Kingdom Seneschal.
At the end of every quarter (September, December, March, June) or earlier, the funds collected by the branch for both event memberships and kingdom levies shall be remitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Corporate Treasurer.
Branches in Australia are required to calculate their amounts and remit funds in Australian dollars. Branches in New Zealand are required to calculate their amounts and remit funds in New Zealand dollars (on a dollar for dollar basis).
Kingdom Levies
- Westpac BSB 034054
- The Society for Creative Anachronism Kingdom
New Zealand
- Kiwibank
Event memberships
- Westpac BSB 034054
- The Society for Creative Anachronism Kingdom
New Zealand
- Kiwibank
Information on deposits
When making electronic deposits, you should clearly indicate in the comment fields which group the deposit is from.
It is permissable to combine deposits, but in that case you should also indicate what the total is made up of ie : 116+24+52
When manually depositing a cheque, you should send a note to the exchequer and the relevant incorporated treasurer stating the above information.
Taxation obligations
Income tax exemption
The SCA currently enjoys an income tax exempt status both in Australia and New Zealand. Maintaining that status requires that we adopt certain uniform practices and standards regarding our financial activity.
We must make sure that:
- every part of the organisation engages primarily in activities that advance our tax exempt purposes, except where prohibited by law;
- a substantial part of activities conducted in our name and with our funds are in support of an exempt purpose;
- our earnings are not used in whole or in part to the benefit of private individuals or organisations; and
- we serve a public, not a private, purpose.
ABN and GST (Australian branches)
The SCA Ltd. has been issued an Australian Business Number (ABN) of 13 117 403 648, and has registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST). More information on the implications of this can be found in the SCA Ltd. financial policy and other relevant documentation - please ask the Chancellor for more information if required.
SCA branches that either receive, or wish to receive government grants or other financial assistance from government are required to have an ABN, but do not require to register for GST separately to the SCA Ltd.
Note: It is permissible for branches to apply for an ABN in their own right; contact the SCA Ltd. Corporate Treasurer for more information.
GST (NZ branches)
SCA NZ Inc. has not registered for GST (Goods and Services Tax) and does not have a GST number. However SCA NZ Inc. has received permission from the Inland Revenue Department for each branch to be treated separately for the purposes of GST if and when a branch does need to register for GST.
All branches that exceed an annual turnover of $60,000 must file a GST return. Turnover is the total value of taxable supplies for a branch's taxable activities excluding GST. This will equate to the value of all sales and income within a 12 month period, including but not limited to event fees, magazine subscriptions, and fundraising.
Each branch must consider its turnover position at the beginning of each quarter. If a branch's quarterly turnover reaches $10,000 then the branch must decide whether they expect to maintain that level of turnover all year. If so then that branch will need to register for GST.
If a branch is required to register for GST then the branch reeve must inform the SCANZ Corporate Treasurer immediately, and apply for registration within 21 days of becoming liable. The Inland Revenue Department may charge penalties if any branch fails to register.
If a branch is required to register for GST, then it must follow GST accounting and reporting requirements as set out by the Inland Revenue Department. Failure to do so may incur penalties for the Inland Revenue Department and is grounds for removal from the position as branch reeve.
University affiliations
Colleges who are formally affiliated with a University organisation (e.g. a Student Union or Association) must follow the financial requirements set out by that organisation. Colleges which provide evidence of their affiliation annually are exempt from SCA financial requirements.
Colleges that are based at a University but are not formally affiliated with the University organisation must meet the same SCA financial requirements as cantons.
In this sense, "Universities" includes other learning institutions.
SCA funds
If a University-affiliated college holds SCA funds separate to University organisation funds (e.g. running a Kingdom event), this should be done through the accounts of the supervising branch.
Where colleges are affiliated with a University, the reeve or treasurer is appointed according to the requirements of that organisation.
Event memberships and kingdom levies
No college branch will be required to collect or remit event memberships or kingdom levies.
Exception: If a college is running a kingdom event, the financial aspects must be run through the accounts of its supervising branch, and these funds collected.
Where colleges are affiliated with a University, there is no formal requirement for financial reporting through the SCA hierarchy.
It is however courteous for the college to provide a copy of any financial reports to the reeve of the local shire or barony.


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brain is contained within the bony skull, which at the time
of birth is designed to accept the temporary compression of
the birth canal, and expand fully when the baby cries
immediately after birth. The lower end of the central
nervous system is located within the sacrum, the large bone
forming the back of the pelvis. This, too, is designed to
absorb the compressing forces of the contracting uterus, and
then be restored by bodily movements after birth. The
vertebral column protects the spinal cord connecting the
head and the pelvis.
Problems of labor and delivery may compromise these
structural areas and thus disturb the nervous system within,
thus interfering with its physiological development. Any of
the following could be problematic:
The condition of the newborn baby or infant can also
provide evidence of the health of its nervous system. Signs
of potential difficulty:
Any of these signs in the baby suggest that some areas of
the central nervous system have been comprised. It is true
that sucking may be established in a day or two or more, and
that vomiting may stop in a month or two. The arching of the
back and extension of the head may be less obvious when
progression is made to standing and walking, but then
toe-walking may be apparent.
Children of school age who manifest problems may already
have been subject to a variety of medicinal interventions.
They may also have perceptual dysfunction's that
interfere with visual and auditory skills. These children
are in dire need of structural treatment to restore the
musculoskeletal integrity of the whole body.
A comprehensive osteopathic approach with precise,
gentle, restorative manipulative therapy can help these
children immeasurably. The general level of well-being, as
well as neurological function, will significantly improve.
Adjunct therapies, such as vision and auditory, tutoring and
a well-balanced diet of whole, natural foods with carefully
selected supplements will then be far more effective.
Structural dysfunction resulting from birth trauma can be
corrected early so that neurological development progresses
satisfactorily. Then academic, behavioral and developmental
problems can be averted by establishing or restoring optimal
anatomic-physiologic integrity. Therapeutic measures can
teach a child how to use the body efficiently. When you have
your next baby, have an osteopathic physician provide a
though evaluation during the newborn period. This is the
essence of prevention.


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Electromagnetic fields (or EMFs) from electricity lines almost certainly cause leukaemia, Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative illnesses. Yet, most scientists—and every power supplier and government planning department around the world—continue to deny that power lines are a health hazard.
The International Agency for Cancer Research of the World Health Organization (WHO) has classified extremely low-frequency (ELF) EMFs as a possible carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) in light of the overwhelming evidence that has been uncovered in recent years. Indeed, the Agency's latest position, reported in 2001, is a complete reversal of its stance of four years ago, when it agreed with most scientists that there is no evidence of a causal link between power lines and severe illnesses. The WHO also recommends that power lines be sited well away from homes "to reduce people's exposure".
In the UK, the government-funded advisory group SAGE (Stakeholder Advisory Group on ELF EMFs) reported in 2007 that there is now sufficient evidence of a causal link between power lines and childhood leukemia for power companies to adopt a precautionary approach. In particular, SAGE recommends that, in future, power lines should be placed underground, and that no new homes should be built within 60 metres of existing power lines.
It's a view shared by the State of California, which commissioned a $7m, 10-year review of power- line safety in 1993. The study, called the 'California EMF Project' (2002), concluded that magnetic fields from power lines and other sources are a likely cause of childhood and adult leukemia, adult brain cancers, spontaneous abortions and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), the degenerative disease that afflicts astrophysicist Dr Stephen Hawking.
The EMF Project researchers state that "even a slight additional lifetime risk could be of concern to regulators, who already regulate other environmental concerns that convey even lower risks."
So why do scientists persist in remaining ambivalent over the research-based evidence, and why are governments, regulatory bodies and power suppliers refusing to act when they must certainly be aware that overhead power lines represent a reasonable health risk?
Before we answer these questions, let's look at some of the studies published since 2000, the watershed year that heralded the beginning of all the research that began to draw compelling links between EMFs and their effects on the human immune system.
Power lines and leukemia
The possibility that power lines cause childhood leukemia has attracted more research than any other health concern associated with EMFs.
One of the strongest associations was established by what is now referred to as the 'Draper report', a case-control study that discovered that children under the age of 15 years who lived within 100 metres of power lines were nearly twice as l i kely to develop leukemia compared with children who lived further away (BMJ, 2005; 330: 1290–4).
The team of researchers, led by Gerald Draper and based at the University of Oxford, included a representative from the National Grid Transco plc as scientific advisor. They arrived at their conclusions after examining the profiles of 29,081 children who developed
cancer between 1962 and 1995 in England and Wales.


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Payton Taylor of Vero Beach, Fla., shot 3 under to win the boys 15-18 Division at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour's HJ Glove Open last weekend at Crescent Pointe Golf Club.
Eunice Yi of Evans, Ga., shot 10 over to win the Girls 15-18 Division at the tournament, which included player from around the Southeast, as well as Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico and Nigeria. Hunter Dunagan of Martinez, Ga., was the Boys 11-14 winner at 3 over.
Charlie Spencer-White of Bluffton placed fifth in the boys 15-18 Division at 8 over.
Other Bluffton finishers were: Bryson Nimmer (T-10, Boys 15-18) and Kasidy Beckel (7, Girls 15-18).
McPheeters aces No. 7 at Moss Creek
Lynn McPheeters made a hole-in-one during Men's Day at Moss Creek on Tuesday. It was his third career hole-in-one. Playing with Russ Reynolds, Peter Roby and Rick Bates, McPheeters aced hole No. 7 North from 144 yards out with a 7-iron.
Ricks takes Stroke
Play title
Doyle Ricks of Oldfield Golf Club won the Individual Stroke Play championship Monday at Indigo Run.
Ricks finished with 26 points, and Brett Heisler of Colleton River and Pete Popovich of Old South tied for second with 21 points.
Last week's results
Results from the White Tees tournament held Monday at Moss Creek: 1. D. Phillips (24); 2. (tie) N. Argast, M. Goodall (18).
Results from the Ladies Day tournament held Wednesday at Moss Creek: 1. L. McCarron, S. Gill, R. Sokosky, E. Mott (85); 2. J. Alpert, J. Hartnett, C. Ballard, E. Roberts (84).
Results from the Ladies Nine tournament held Thursday at Moss Creek: Tee To Green - 1. E. Himes (24), 2. C.Karnas (28), 3. (tie) S. Kaminski, R. Prescott (30). Low Putts - 1. M. Charrier (13), 2. S. Lachenauer (14), 3. J. Patnaude (16), E. Hines (17).


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A Message of Thanksgiving
By U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving with our loved ones in the coming days, I am again reminded of the reasons I love Texas and her people, and why I am so proud to call the Lone Star State home.
During the past few weeks, Texans across the state have come together to find ways they can assist the many residents of the Northeast who were displaced by Hurricane Sandy. From Houston, Elena Davis, founder of the I Am Waters Foundation, and her team of volunteers directed 76,000 bottles of water to victims on the East Coast. Davis and her husband Gregg traveled to New York to oversee the distribution.
Bud Royers, owner of Royers Round Top Café, in Round Top, Texas, and a friend will soon be driving to the Jersey Shore, Staten Island and the Rockaways, to deliver more than 650 of his handmade pies to relief kitchens in hopes of providing comfort food to hurricane victims on Thanksgiving. The Dallas Market Center is financing Royers' trip, and he will also deliver gift cards donated by other generous Texans.
From the Texas Panhandle, Red Cross volunteer Nick Rocha traveled with 3 other volunteers to the East Coast to help victims recover in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Rocha, who was named 2010 Volunteer of the Year by the Red Cross' Texas Panhandle chapter, told the Amarillo Globe-News he has helped victims in previous natural disasters such as tornadoes and fires, but had never witnessed anything as devastating as the scenes he encountered when he arrived in New York. One highlight of his trip was the opportunity to boost the morale of children at a relief shelter when he built a snowman, which he topped with a cowboy hat and named "Little Texan."
On November 2, a group of 60 volunteers from Texas Baptist Men in Dallas drove three giant trailers to New York that were fully equipped with showers, kitchens and laundry facilities to provide hot showers, warm meals and clean laundry to hurricane victims. Volunteer Stan Knight told NBC 5 KXAS, "It's a Hilton on wheels. We have three showers in this room, three over here. We'll have three washers, four dryers. They're large capacity so we can do a lot of laundry." He added, "It's unbelievable what clean clothes and a shower will do on your overall outlook on things."
These are only a few stories of Texans who have risen to the occasion in the past few weeks to show their fellow Americans in need the Texas spirit of generosity and kindness. Across the state, many other individual Texans and Texas businesses have donated their time, resources and supplies to a wide variety of relief organizations. For this I am deeply thankful this Thanksgiving.
May God bless you and yours this holiday season, and may He continue to bless the great state of Texas.
Sources: NBC 5 KXAS; Amarillo Globe-News; Houston Chronicle; CultureMap Houston
Senator Cornyn serves on the Finance, Judiciary, Armed Services and Budget Committees. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee's Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge.


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Machado, Hardy help Orioles down Angels
Anaheim, CA – Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy each belted two- run homers to lead the Baltimore Orioles to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels and win the four-game series between the teams.
Hardy ended 2-for-4 in the triumph, with Ryan Flaherty contributing a two-run single to help Baltimore conclude a successful 11-game road trip with a 7-4 record.
"This whole road trip has been great," Machado exclaimed afterward.
Jason Hammel (5-1) overcame a three-run bottom of the first inning to post a fourth consecutive winning decision. The right-hander held the Angels to one run over the remainder of his six-inning stint, while finishing with five strikeouts.
Mike Trout went 2-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs scored in the loss, the ninth in 12 outings for the disappointing Angels. Alberto Callaspo and Howie Kendrick also collected a pair of hits with an RBI for Anaheim.
Jerome Williams (1-1) struck out six over 4 1/3 innings in his first start of the season, but the Angels' righty served up both Baltimore homers and permitted five runs total while walking three.
"At times Jerome was perfect, but the walks and home runs hurt him," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia. "We dug ourselves a hole again. We have to start playing the game to generate wins. We have to pitch better."
Down 3-1 after three innings, the Orioles drew even on Hardy's blast over the left-center field wall with Adam Jones aboard and two out in the top of the fourth, then went ahead to stay when Machado slugged his second homer in as many games a frame later.
Trout launched a 2-2 pitch from Hammel into the rock display behind center field to put the Angels back ahead in the bottom of the fourth, but Machado followed a walk to Nate McLouth with a deep drive into the Baltimore bullpen during the fifth to give the Orioles a 5-4 edge.
"[Williams] left it a little up," Machado said of the pitch. "I made an adjustment and hit it pretty hard. It's about being patient. It comes with the more at-bats I get."
Hammel made the lead stand by closing out his stint with two scoreless innings, with Brian Matusz and Pedro Strop combining on a shutout seventh before Baltimore put the contest out of reach.
Machado walked to begin the eighth and later came around on a Chris Davis single that was matched by one from Matt Wieters. After Hardy greeted reliever Garrett Richards with another single that loaded the bases, Flaherty sliced a liner to left that knocked in two runners and put the Orioles up by an 8-4 count.
Doubles by McLouth and Jones off Williams in the top of the first gave Baltimore an early upper hand, but the Angels battered Hammel for three runs on four hits in their half of the inning to move in front.
All the runs came with two out, with Callaspo, Kendrick and Hank Conger delivering RBI singles in succession to account for the 3-1 score.
Game Notes
Home plate umpire Larry Vanover left the game after two innings, having been shaken up after taking a foul ball from the Angels' Mark Trumbo off his mask in the bottom of the first. Manny Gonzalez shifted from second base to fill in behind the plate ... Davis returned to the Orioles' lineup after missing Saturday's game with an injured right knee ... Williams has now lost seven consecutive starts dating back to last season ... Angels shortstop Erick Aybar went 2-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to nine games, during which he's batting .306 (11-for-36).


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The Banks County Board of Commissioners moved forward Tuesday night with a board of elections being appointed to oversee elections.
The BOC approved a resolution to seek local legislation to create a board of elections to oversee elections instead of the probate judge's office.
"We believe this would better serve the county," Probate Judge Betty Thomas said. "We also believe that down the road that the secretary of state's office will require a board of elections."
Before approving the resolution, the BOC reviewed the proposed resolution, line by line, and made changes. One of the changes was that the board will be comprised of four people and a chairman instead of the proposed two people and a chairman.
"I think this is critical," commissioner Charles Turk said in making the recommendation that the number of members be increased
BOC moves to create election board
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If you would like to make a chapter or excerpt from a book available to your class, follow these steps:
1. Check to see if the library has the book
You can use the Library Catalog to determine which print and electronic books are available through the library.
2. Determine if copying or scanning the chapter or excerpt would be fair use
Using an excerpt from a scholarly book in a class already meets two of the four criteria for fair use. There are two other factors that must be considered: How long is the excerpt? Would this use complement or compete with sales of the original? (Note that literary works such as fiction, drama, and poetry have a higher degree of copyright protection than scholarly writing. For those cases see Literary Works.)
If you wish to use more of a book than is permissible under fair use, then you have several options for obtaining copyright permission or otherwise honoring the law. Go to Step 3.
If the situation is ambiguous, it is best to err on the side of caution and treat it as a no.
Special Circumstances:
3. Getting Copyright Permission
If you wish to use more of a book than is permissible under fair use, then you have several options:


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ext. 4211Me fit chav mates on the estate get me well horny
ext. 4287I wanna suck yer big cock
ext. 4285I sucked an old geezer's cock
ext. 4228Imagine if you & me were banged up in a cell together
ext. 6363Slammed me big dick up Wez's tight ring
ext. 4241Me cell mate's arse keeps me company
ext. 4270Put me sweaty trackies on, mate, and wank yer dick
ext. 6357Shooting cum down the leg of me trackies
ext. 4261Pissin' against a wall wiv a scally lad
ext. 4214Let DSS bloke shag me for a crisis loan
ext. 4274Freeballin' wiv a stiffie in me spunk-stained trackies
ext. 4295I play a game wiv me scally mates to see who can spunk up the highest
ext. 4226You wank off over a well-fit scally's tight 6-pack
ext. 4206C'mon mate, do you wanna have some cock fun with a teen scally lad?
ext. 4227Got me arse stretched for an oh-zee of weed
ext. 4232Lads' cocks get well 'ard
ext. 4267Digger's dad knobbed me sweaty bumhole
ext. 4268Uncle Stevie gave me a good shaggin'
ext. 4223Shagging me mate Robbie in the tower block lift
ext. 4292I need yer cock up me hot tight arse mate!
ext. 4239Can yer make yer cock as big as mine?
ext. 4214Let bloke in the DSS shag me so I could get a crisis loan
ext. 4277Shag me as Robbie slaps his dick in me face
ext. 4246Hot scally wants to tongue yer bumhole
ext. 4278I didn't tell me bird that I screwed a scally lad
ext. 4258Two lads get their cocks out in the bogs
ext. 6358Me scally gang have a group wank outside the offy
ext. 6371Had to toss off as me scally mates get naked in the pub
ext. 4250Paul's just found out that lads are great at sucking cock - do yer wanna suck it for 'im?
ext. 4288I luv a stiff cock up me bum
ext. 4252Dirty scally lads luv stuffin' their sweaty dicks up tight arses - I want your arse mate!
ext. 4286Went round me mate's flat for some cock fun
ext. 4245Council workman sucks me knob
ext. 4260I'll blast me hot scally spunk in yer face
ext. 4264I wanna feel yer tight ring stretchin' round me big scally knob
ext. 4234Our white shiny trackies show off our cocks
ext. 4203We pretend to fuck our str8 scally mates on the estate
ext. 4255Take me back to your place for a hot shag
ext. 4229Slip yer hot dick in me gob
ext. 4253Suck me scally dick
ext. 4283C'mon mate, let me suck yer off
ext. 4271Let's 'ave a wank in the phone box
ext. 6373Me mum's boyfriend sucked me off
ext. 6375Horny student pulled down me trackies & played wiv me cock
ext. 4237My dick & your dick spunkin' up together
ext. 4204Me gang play wiv our stiff cocks outside the Late Shop
ext. 6376Playing wiv me Uncle Stevie's big juicy knob
ext. 4210Lad checked me out &got well hard
ext. 4296Wankin' & suckin' lad behind the offy
ext. 4280I stuck me fingers & a dildo up me tight arse
ext. 6361Shagged two moshers in the park
ext. 4293Get yer gob round me drippin' knob
ext. 4284Sucking student's cocks through a glory-hole
ext. 6366Fucked in me gob & arse by two queers
ext. 4235Scrappin' & spunkin' up wiv Wez
ext. 6362Pressed me hard cock up Wez's tight bum hole
ext. 6377Me gang had a tossing competition over a garden wall
ext. 4240Me face hidden under the peak of me baseball cap & me cock in yer gob
ext. 4216Naked fun on the tyre swings in the park
ext. 4282Dirty old geezer stuffs his dick up me hole
ext. 4289Bum play wiv me best mate Gary
ext. 4213Tough scally gets his gob round your hard slippery cock
ext. 4291Fantasy gangbang by college rugby team
ext. 4221Scally lads' sweaty armpits turn me on
ext. 4225Cream your cock up wiv me mate
ext. 6360I fuck me mate Danny up the arse behind the tower block
ext. 4212Uncle Stevie caught me 'aving a wank
ext. 6370Gagging for a spliff so I offers me arse to the dealer
ext. 6367Was spanked to try & make me change me ways
ext. 4249Me mate misses his bird so I offers me arse
ext. 4259Me & Robbie have cock fun in our footie kit
ext. 4265Never 'ad nobody as fit as me mate Robbie
ext. 4233Naked scrappin' wiv me mate Digger
ext. 4220I slip me sweaty scally cock up your tight arse
ext. 4251Cock & bum play wiv me new mate Robbie
ext. 4244We fuck Cosby scum for jumping our lads
ext. 4257Pull me trackies down, spank & shag me
ext. 4205Scally lad is an expert with his mouth on my stiff dick
ext. 4230Wankin' wiv me trackies clingin' to me knob
ext. 4279Sex fun with two teen brothers
ext. 6356Off me head sniffing glue as me scally mate sucks off me juicy knob
ext. 4204Me gang play wiv our dicks outside the Late Shop
ext. 6368Watching a porno wiv council workman
ext. 4262Lad in scally club gets me cock well 'ard
ext. 5402Soccer thug sex
ext. 5404Three prison inmates give me a good time
ext. 4236Shagged quiet lad from posh houses
ext. 4256Dirty old bastard offers us a lift so we put our cocks in his gob & arse
ext. 6378Let me drug dealer 'ave me arse
ext. 4207Sharing a changing cubicle with a fit scally lad in the sports shop
ext. 4209Wank your cock wiv a hot young scally lad
ext. 6379Shagging one of me chav mates down an alley on the Cosby estate
ext. 4294You up for suckin' me scally dick?
ext. 4290Let some dirty old geezer screw me for twenty quid
ext. 4215Fucked by the coppers in the bogs
ext. 4227Got me ring stretched for an oh-zee of weed
ext. 4208Scally mates grabbing each other's cocks through their shiny trackies
ext. 4266Show Wez I'm 'ard by taking his cock up me arse
ext. 4248Wanna squirt me scally spunk over yer bum
ext. 4276Who's got the biggest cock in our gang?
ext. 4224Me clingy nylon trackies keep me cock hard 24/7
ext. 4254Lad gets stiff while sucking his bird's tits so I suck 'im off
ext. 4222I wank off into me chav mate's skanky underpants
ext. 6365I let horny scally-watcher shag me up the arse
ext. 4275Westy gang lads suck & rim
ext. 4263I ram me stiff cock up the lad's hot tight arse
ext. 4219'Ad some fun with me mam's boyfriend
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