PITTSBURGH -- A Pennsylvania medical student told a classmate he was trying to recruit a New Zealand woman and her 4-year-old daughter to start a society of sex slaves that would live on a farm or island, the FBI said.

The FBI said in an affidavit filed Aug. 13 that it began investigating Jeremy Noyes, 30, of Erie, after someone tipped them off about his efforts to recruit the New Zealand woman and girl to come to the United States. They said he also possessed child pornography.

The tipster, using a pseudonym, submitted a complaint on an FBI Web page in June in which she wrote, "Noyes has threatened to kill me and my family ... (and) will not rest until we are dead. All the evidence you need is in his computer and that little girl's mind. Please save her."

Investigators got warrants to search Noyes' two e-mail accounts and found "images of prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit activity," the FBI wrote in the affidavit.

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Suzanne logged significant times on our journey to Pittsburgh, but the key point to take away from moving with a car lashed to the back of a truck is that you cannot move nearly as fast as you would like. On average, we spent seven hours sleeping at our daily destinations before showering, eating and starting out again. Altogether, it was about thirty-six hours inside a truck cab together, and we still talk to one another.

Even if the engine has the power, the dolly precludes moving faster than 55 mph if you want to find a car attached to it upon arriving at your destination. In fact, we made a habit of looking back as we exited the highway for signs of a vehicle, as we pulled into whichever gas station.

I spent $478 on gas between there and here. I have a lot of bicycling ahead to expiate my sins against the atmosphere.

I didn't realize how little space I'd have for the truck going up the driveway into my apartment building. We found a synagogue, with an extremely helpful custodian who allowed us to ditch the dolly behind the building until the wedding anniversary celebration dispersed some hours later. Minus some truly vexed attendees who told me again and again, "You can't park here," it was a good experience and I plan to send a card showing my appreciation. If I ever convert to Judaism, it will happen at the Tree of Life on Wilkins Avenue.

Putting heavy things in small boxes and light things in large boxes was one of my few flashes of inspiration. It took maybe an hour and fifteen minutes to unload a 16' truck, with four people helping to varied extents. Thank you, radfemgoddess and fiancé, and thank you, divinecellodiva.

Well, my future one. Leslie, you're safe. I won't be performing slam poetry in maximum security on your account. (Those of you who get the title reference, congratulations - I think that was the last time Eddie Murphy was funny.)

So I find an apartment listing in a neighborhood situated very close to Barco Law Building, from Mozart Apartments. It's $555, 470 square feet, with utilities included in the rent. The pictures look okay, there seems to be enough kitchen to sustain a non-takeout existence for twelve months.

I call from a FedEx/Kinko's this morning, and get the lease documents faxed to me. I give them everything they need to run a credit check on me, and I ring off, satisfied that I made a good deal.

I begin reading the lease, and paragraph 11 leaps out at me. "Rent due on the first day of each and every following month of the agreement term is $635." I call, and the woman helpfully directs me to paragraph 15: "Customer may deduct $80.00 from the monthly rent if the customer delivers the total monthly rent to the manager's office by the 2nd day of the month. The offer of this discount does not affect the time when the rent is due and payable." This bothered me. If you have a charge for late payment, wouldn't it make more sense to put that in a paragraph detailing that, and have the rent amount match your advertisement?

Fifteen minutes later, I'm reading through the last page of the lease agreement when I get another call from the nice young lady who interviewed me. She tells me I need a cosigner. After reiterating that I'm (a) 31 years old and (b) a graduate student who's spent the last ten years in responsible, salaried positions, I ask to speak to her manager. He tells me the same thing, and says that they need a demonstration of either a 4:1 income-rent ratio or 72 months of rent, in cash or liquid assets.

I told him, "I'm a student, and they build federal aid packages around 1 year of rent, instead of 6. If I had $40,000 in my pocket, I wouldn't be renting your apartment unless I were running a meth lab out of it." He didn't waver, and I told him I'd call him back in an hour. It's the best price available, and in a really good neighborhood, but I know I will tangle with these people again over something. I'd rather pay another $200 for peace of mind.

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