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Nebraska-Omaha deserves to be among Original Six
COLORADO SPRINGS — Today's roll call to introduce the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference that will debut in 2013-14:
- Denver, seven-time NCAA champions, perennial national power
- North Dakota, seven-time NCAA champions, perennial national power
- Minnesota-Duluth, defending NCAA champions, always tough
- Colorado College, two-time NCAA champions, always tough
- Miami, robbed of 2009 NCAA title, perennial national power
- Nebraska-Omaha, future NCAA power
Right now, Nebraska-Omaha is in the shadow of the "Original Six," but make no mistake, the Mavericks belong in the NCHC.
I asked UNO coach Dean Blais, who led North Dakota to five 30-win seasons and two NCAA titles in a 10-year tenure in Grand Forks from 1995 to 2004, to explain the merits of Maverick hockey during today's function at the Penrose House on the grounds of the Broadmoor Hotel.
"You look at North Dakota, Colorado (College) and Denver and the tradition they have, and (compare) to Omaha, which has only had hockey for 15 years, and (there's not much of a comparison)," Blais said. "But we had 8,400 (average attendance) the last two years, fourth in the country, and that says that there is a lot good hockey fans in Omaha. And we were third in the WCHA (last) year with 10 freshmen playing."
Ah, yes, the Mavericks finished third in the WCHA — in their inaugural season in the rugged 12-team league. I covered DU's split at the Omaha Qwest Center in late February, and the Pioneers were lucky to get out of there with two points. But overall, nobody was really that surprised about UNO because Blais is Blais — maybe the best coach in the country. The former associate head coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets is preparing to begin his third season in Omaha, and will again coach the U.S. World Junior team over Christmas break. He guided the 2010 U.S. team to the WJC gold medal in Saskatoon.
UNO is also blessed with a driven athletic director in Trev Alberts, who believes in hockey, and the school is looking into building its own arena, although I think the Qwest Center is a fabulous hockey venue.
Blais, 60, expects to retire from coaching as UNO's coach. The Minnesota native has been rumored to be Don Lucia's shoo-in successor at Minnesota, but Blais said that's not true. He wants to build the Mavericks into a national contender and then retire.
"There's always going to be talks, but I've got four years left on my contract and I think that will probably end my coaching in Omaha," Blais said.
Here's a look at Blais' fantastic NCAA coaching career:
2010-11 Nebraska-Omaha 21-16-2
2009-10 Nebraska-Omaha 20-16-6
2003-04 North Dakota 30-8-3
2002-03 North Dakota 26-12-5
2001-02 North Dakota 16-19-2
2000-01 North Dakota 29-8-9 (NCAA runnerup)
1999-00 North Dakota 31-8-5 (NCAA title)
1998-99 North Dakota 32-6-2
1997-98 North Dakota 30-8-1
1996-97 North Dakota 31-10-2 (NCAA title)
1995-96 North Dakota 19-18-1
1994-95 North Dakota 18-18-3


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Carpenter Ants can be black or combination of red and black or red and brown. Workers vary in size and can range from ¼ to ½ inch and the queens range from ½ to 5/8 inch. These ants are an important part of recycling and composting wood in their natural setting, but are destructive and unsettling when they invade our homes and businesses. Most carpenter ant queens start a nest in decayed or water-damaged wood that is softened by fungus. Normally, we find a major nest containing thousands of ants and smaller satellite colonies containing fewer ants. These satellite colonies can be found anywhere. Our Vice-President tracked a nest that was in a metal curtain rod in a customer's home. Another common area these ants will invade is a hollow-core door, the nest found here usually stays active during winter and is easily found. The presence of winged ants (a swarming) indicates a mature colony close by. A colony needs to be at least 2 years old before winged reproductive ants are produced. Finding one or two ants inside does not warrant immediate treatment, but should be investigated and monitored by the homeowner. Oftentimes homeowners do not know they have a carpenter ant problem until they are doing construction or performing maintenance on the home.
What we can do to help
Our Pest Management Professionals are experts in eradicating carpenter ants. They will ask questions to try to deduce where the ants may have set up the primary nest. Their questions may include: Have you had any water leaks or water problems in general? How many ants do you see and in what area do you see them the most? Do you see ants every spring or do you see any with wings? Our professional will also look for conducive conditions such as mulch up against the foundation, excessive leaf litter, woodpiles and scrap wood, bushes and trees which touch the home and any earth-to-wood contact. If ants are seen, the technician may put carpenter ant bait down in addition to a foundation spray. The ants will pick up this "food" and head back to the nest to feed the queen and the young. These clues will hopefully lead to where the problem is and the discovery of where the nesting sites are. The methods and materials used to treat carpenter ants work in such a way that even if the nest cannot be located, enough of the workers come into contact with the material and strategically placed baits that full eradication can still be achieved.
Carpenter Ant Fact
- Carpenter ants can go without food for six (6) months, but will eat each other to survive.
- Many nests are found in trees outdoors. They will normally attack a dead limb first but can eventually weaken the tree and large limbs.
- Carpenter ants are nocturnal but workers may be seen during daytime.
- Carpenter ants wake up in the springtime and are found in kitchens and bathrooms looking for food and water. Once the flowers are blooming outside, the ants will forage outside for honeydew and other insects. Most homeowners think the ants have "gone away" but this is not the case. The annual emergence of ants indicates a nest in the home.
- Carpenter ants do not eat wood for food; they excavate it to raise their young inside. You will find sawdust outside of a nest because the ants keep it neat and tidy.
- Carpenter ants can be found walking across above ground wires and into your attic.
- After treatment for carpenter ants it is common to still see ants for 3-4 weeks.
- Ants in a nest can sometimes be heard chewing away at the wood in your wall. It sounds like the crinkling of cellophane or "Rice Krispies".

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User Experience strategy - Customer research & testing - Design & prototyping - Mentoring & training
User Experience strategy - Customer research & testing - Design & prototyping - Mentoring & training
Working with Lorensson&Co, we researched and designed the 'Key Information Sets' that will appear on every course page at every UK University from 2012. This work was featured in a BBC news article. A detailed report about this work can be downloaded from the HEFCE website.
In this JISC-funded project we worked with the ILRT at Bristol University to design an iPhone and Android app to crowdsource data collection for an invasive moth species. The app was tweeted by Stephen Fry and featured on the BBC's The One Show!
We carried out extensive user research, usability testing and interactive prototyping to support the redesign of the HEFCE website. Our user-centred approach resulted in a substantial improvement in SUS score, increasing from from 43 (out of 100) for the old site to 78 for the beta version of the new site.
We provide in-house training in User Experience (UX) and User-Centred Design, and have delivered workshops to many clients, including Marks & Spencer, Standard & Poors, Zircadian, JISC and Oxford University. We also offer UX mentoring and strategic support to digital agencies and start-ups.
We take a flexible approach to projects, pulling together a team with appropriate skills for each project. We have collaborated with the Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, Ben Hayes Design, Lorenssen Design and Everyday Things. We've also been hired to carry out work for lovely UX and full service agencies like cxpartners, Bunnyfoot, e3 and 3Sixty.
Other clients include JISC, the Arts & Humanities Research Council, Auros, the Bristol Natural History Consortium, the Medical Research Council, the University of Bristol, the University of Oxford, Process Management International, the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency, the Church of England, and Tribal Group.
We have also been subcontracted to work on projects for Bayer, Lexus, Historic Scotland, Futurelab and Marriott Hotels (for cxpartners), BOC and Microsoft (for Bunnyfoot), and Triumph, Kia, Yodel and Principality (for e3).
We think it speaks volumes that most of our work comes from word of mouth and recommendations.
"HEFCE gave Pure Usability a challenging job with a tight time frame. Their approach was dynamic, flexible and creative; objectives were achieved on time and within budget. Great professionals and a pleasure to work with - would highly recommend."Hannah Pudner, former Senior Policy Advisor at HEFCE (now Director of NUS Wales)
"Pure Usability's user centric approach to system design has transformed our web presence; by focussing on both internal and external customer expectations they have helped us build a range of services which have enhanced our business. The keys to the success of our relationship with Pure Usability has been and continues to be trust and flexibility and these are delivered time after time."Richard Seddon, Operations Manager at Process Management International
"Pure Usability have worked with us on a wide range of projects for clients within the University of Bristol and for others in the public sector. Without fail their work has been seen as very valuable in creating a Web presence that truly "communicates" i.e. it conveys the message or impression the organisation wants and the site is understood, memorable and easy-to-use for visitors."Peter Walker, former Internet Development Manager at ILRT (now Assistant Director of Service Delivery at Bristol University)
"Stuart is the best freelance usability practitioner that I know. His involvement in a project cannot fail to add value. Stuart is a tireless advocate of the end-user and an expert practitioner of ISO13407. His design decisions are effective and always based on evidence. Whenever I need to supplement my team with a user experience professional, Stuart is the first person I call."Darius Kumana, formerly of Cambridge Assessment (now Head of UX for Europe at Thoughtworks)
Pure Usability is run by Stuart Church. He combines an academic background in behavioural research with more than 10 years practical experience as a usability and UX consultant. He has helped to set up and run both the Cambridge Usability Group and the Bristol Usability Group, and is a co-organiser of the UXBristol conference.
In addition to his consultancy work, Stuart has taught user-centred design on the Diploma in Web Design and Development course at Birkbeck, University of London, and is a visiting member of staff at the University of Bristol.
We're experienced. We have more than 10 years experience in usability, information architecture and user experience design & research, and have worked on everything from websites to e-learning, intranets and iPhone apps.
We're passionate, but practical. We love what we do and have a genuine enthusiasm for making the web a better place to be. But we've got our feet on the ground. We know that your business is what it's all about and we'll work with you to get things done.
We see the bigger picture. Design is often about asking the right questions. We're able to offer extra value via strategic advice and insights beyond the scope of a project.
We'll solve your problems. We won't simply shoehorn your design issues into an off-the-shelf package. We'll work out exactly what you need and craft our approach to your specific project.
We won't let you down. We work hard to understand our clients needs and manage expectations. We take pride in meeting those expectations.
We're based in the lovely city of Bristol, UK, but work with clients across the UK and beyond.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: +44 (0)117 230 9864
Twitter: @stuchurch
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Susan Elderkin
Susan Elderkin was born in Crawley, Sussex, in 1968, the daughter of an architect and a pianist. She studied English at Downing College, Cambridge, and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She won a Wingate scholarship to research her first novel in Arizona, and the result, Sunset over Chocolate Mountains, won the Betty Trask award. 'The Clangers', which appears in Granta 81, is taken from her second novel, The Voices, which is set in the remote landscape of Western Australia. She lives in London.


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Quotes from Rosemary's Baby
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- Elise Dunstan: Why, congratulations, papa!
- Guy Woodhouse: Thanks! There was nothing to it.
- Edward "Hutch" Hutchins: Pregnant women are supposed to gain, not lose weight!
- Guy Woodhouse: What the hell is that?
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I've been to Vidal Sassoon.
- Guy Woodhouse: You mean you actually paid for it?
- Minnie Castevet: He chose you, honey! From all the women in the world to be the mother of his only living son!
- Roman Castevet: To 1966! The year One.
- [First lines]
- Mr. Nicklas: Are you a doctor?
- Guy Woodhouse: Yes. Yes.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: He's an actor.
- Mr. Nicklas: Oh, an actor. We're very popular with actors. Have I, uh, seen you in anything?
- Guy Woodhouse: Well ,let's see, I-I did "Hamlet" a while back, didn't I, Liz? And then we did "The, uh, The Sandpiper" and then...
- Rosemary Woodhouse: He's joking. He was in "Luther" and "Nobody Loves an Albatross" and a lot of television plays and commercials.
- Mr. Nicklas: Well, that's where the money is, isn't it? Commercials?
- Guy Woodhouse: And the artistic thrills, too!
- Minnie Castevet: Oh, are you *preg*nant?
- Mr. Nicklas: That's *odd*!
- Dr. Abe Sapirstein: Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic! What did you say the name was? Machado?
- Roman Castevet: I think we're offending Rosemary...
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I wasn't offended, really I wasn't.
- Roman Castevet: You're not religious, my dear, are you?
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I was brought up a Catholic... now, I don't know.
- [crying]
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I *won't* have an abortion!
- Joan Jellico, Rosemary's Girlfriend: But nobody's telling you to have an abortion!
- Elise Dunstan: Rosie, a pain like that is a clear sign that something is not right. We just want you to get another opinion, see someone else, that's all.
- Tiger, Rosemary's girlfriend: Yeah, some doctor besides that... that... *nut*!
- Mrs. Gilmore: We're your friends, Rosemary. There's nothing to be scared about. Honest and truly, there isn't!
- Grace Cardiff: He told me to make sure and tell you: the name is an anagram.
- Roman Castevet: No pope ever visits a city where the newspapers are on strike.
- Minnie Castevet: I heard he's gonna postpone and wait till it's over.
- Guy Woodhouse: Well, that's showbiz.
- Roman Castevet: That's exactly what it is: all the costumes, the rituals - all religions.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: What's in this drink?
- Minnie Castevet: Snips and snails and puppy dog's tails.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Oh? And what if we wanted a girl?
- Minnie Castevet: Do you?
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Well, it would be nice if the first one was a boy.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Witches... All of them witches!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: This is no dream! This is really happening!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I dreamed someone was raping me. I think it was someone inhuman.
- Guy Woodhouse: Thanks a lot.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Pain, begone, I will have no more of thee!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Oh, God. Oh, God.
- Laura-Louise McBirney: Oh, shut up with your "Oh, Gods" or we'll kill you, milk or no milk!
- [on Rosemary's decision to switch doctors]
- Guy Woodhouse: You know what Dr. Hill is? He's a Charlie Nobody, that's who he is!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I'm tired of hearing about how great Dr. Sapirstein is!
- Guy Woodhouse: Well, I won't let you do it Ro.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Why not?
- Guy Woodhouse: Well, because... because it wouldn't be fair to Sapirstein.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Not fair to Sap... - what do you mean? What about what's fair to me?
- Roman Castevet: Rosemary...
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up.
- Roman Castevet: Rosemary...
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up. You're in Dubrovnik, I don't hear you.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Isn't Hutch coming with us?
- Skipper: Catholics only, Miss. I'm afraid that we're bound by these prejudices.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I understand.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: What have you done to him? What have you done to his eyes, you maniacs!
- Roman Castevet: He has his father's eyes.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: What do you mean? Guy's eyes are normal!
- [Last lines]
- Roman Castevet: Rock him.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: You're trying to get me to be his mother.
- Roman Castevet: Aren't you his mother?
- [She starts to hum a lullaby]
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I thought you were Victoria Vetri, the actress.
- Terry Gionoffrio: That's OK. Everybody thinks I'm Victoria. I don't see the resemblance, though.
- Joan Jellico, Rosemary's Girlfriend: You dirty stinking secret keeper!
- Minnie Castevet: Now! That's what I call the long arm of coincidence!
- Dr. Abe Sapirstein: Come with us quietly, Rosemary. Don't argue or make a scene. Because if you say anything more about witches or witchcraft, we're gonna be forced to take you to a mental hospital. You don't want that, do you?
- Rosemary Woodhouse: You're lying. It didn't die. You took it. You're lying. You witches! You're lying! You're lying! You're lying! You're LYING!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: They use blood in their rituals, and the blood with the most power is baby's blood!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Awful things happen in every apartment house.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: I look awful.
- Guy Woodhouse: What are you talking about? You look great. It's that haircut that looks awful.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: You... you had me while I was out?
- Guy Woodhouse: It was kinda fun in a necrophile sort of way
- Minnie Castevet: As long as she ate the mouse, she can't see nor hear. Now sing.
- Mrs. John F. Kennedy: I'm sorry to hear you aren't feeling well.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: It's just a mouse bite.
- Mrs. John F. Kennedy: Perhaps you'd better have your legs tied down in case of convulsions.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Yes, I suppose so. If it was rabid...
- Mrs. John F. Kennedy: If the music bothers you, please let me know and I'll have it stopped.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Oh, no, no, no. Please don't change the program on my account...
- Mrs. John F. Kennedy: All right. Now, try to sleep. We'll be waiting for you up on deck.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Unspeakable... unspeakable!
- [whispers]
- Minnie Castevet: Easy! Easy! You've got her too high!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: Tannis, anyone?
- [through the wall]
- Minnie Castevet: ... and please don't tell me what Laura-Louise said, 'cause I'm *not* interested!
- Rosemary Woodhouse: It has an under-taste.
- [pause]
- Rosemary Woodhouse: A chalky under-taste.
- Guy Woodhouse: Good ol' Hutch. He's spreading cheer wherever he goes. I'm gonna get a newspaper, honey.
- [pause]
- Guy Woodhouse: He's a professional crepe-hanger.
- Rosemary Woodhouse: He's not a professional crepe-hanger.
- Guy Woodhouse: Then he's one of the top-ranking amateurs.
- [Terry is dead on the street]
- Roman Castevet: I knew this would happen. I kept telling my wife that she would kill herself, but she pooh-pooh'd me.
- Edward "Hutch" Hutchins: I see you had another suicide up there at, uh, Happy House.


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Day's Worst: Epithets and exaggerations in Colorado's gun control debate
Even after the passage of four major gun control bills in Colorado, the hateful rhetoric from gun rights supporters continues.
And so do the gaffes on the part of Democrats that lower their credibility on gun issues.
As reported by The Denver Post's Lynn Bartels, the spokesman for the efforts to recall two Democratic state lawmakers over their votes on gun bills apologized today for referring to lawmakers as "c***s" and a "(expletive) retard)."
Nick Andrasik, spokesman for the Basic Freedom Defense Fund, said the statements he posted on a site called ar15.com, which were first reported by the Colorado Springs Independent, were made before the recall group was founded and in "no way" reflect its opinions.
"My postings did indeed contain some words that may be offensive to folks. If I have offended anyone, I apologize," he said, in an e-mail to The Denver Post. "However, those personal opinions came out during a time where passions were running high during the debate on the House floor."
First, no good apology begins with the word "if." Second, those "passions" he refers to included calling state Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, the lead sponsor of key gun control legislation, a "vacuous c***."
That word was the same one police believe was used repeatedly by Franklin Sain, who has been charged with attempting to influence a public servant and harassment-ethnic intimidation for allegedly sending Fields voicemails, emails and letters calling her "n***** c***"" and vowing, "There will be blood."


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My maternal 5th-great granduncle, Samuel NESBIT, married on this date in 1813 in Harrison County, Virginia to Nancy THOMAS. Samuel was the son of Samuel and Mary (BERRY) NESBIT, and the younger brother of my Elizabeth NESBIT. I do not have dates of birth or death, nor parentage for Nancy. Samuel was born March 1, 1781 in Virginia. They moved to Missouri, where Samuel died September 1, 1866 in Stoutsville, Missouri. Nothing further is known at this time.
My maternal 5th-great granduncle, Thomas CHEW, was born on this date in 1801. Thomas was the son of Andrew and Anna Marie (BARTHUS) CHEW, and the older brother of my Elizabeth CHEW. Thomas married Julia Ann HUGGINS, daughter of William HUGGINS. Julia was born in March 1804. They raised 7 children in Hamilton County, Indiana. Julia died September 21, 1876. Thomas died January 21, 1879 in Hamilton County, Indiana. Both are buried in the Hinkle Creek Friends Cemetery, Hamilton County, Indiana.


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Is the Supreme Court demanding enough as it provides incentives for the private funding of a federal small claims court?
The following contribution to our arbitration symposium is by Nancy Welsh, Professor of Law at Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law. Her research and writing focus on negotiation, court-connected and agency-connected mediation, and arbitration. She has examined the procedural and substantive justice offered by these processes, their potential to resolve non-legal as well as legal issues, their consistency with the promise of self-determination, and, ultimately, the effects that courts, lawyers, traditional litigation, and institutionalized "alternative" processes have on each other. She is co-author of Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, 4th ed. (with Leonard Riskin, James Westbrook, Chris Guthrie, Richard Reuben and Jennifer Robbennolt).
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, decided by the Supreme Court earlier this year, involved a decidedly "small claim" and yet, its potential impact is huge. I suspect that others involved in this symposium will argue "" with justification "" that Justice Scalia's opinion in Concepcion provides a roadmap for companies interested in using arbitration as a means to avoid the "deterrent effect" of class actions "" or, depending on your perspective, to avoid "the risk of "in terrorem' settlements[.]" I also suspect that others involved in this symposium will urge that Concepcion fits into a larger picture of a Supreme Court that perceives many class actions as needlessly disrupting embattled government and business leaders and generating unproductive income for plaintiffs' and defense lawyers, rather than responding to the real needs of real people. Charles Dickens' Bleak House comes to mind.
But these points are not my focus. Concepcion has the potential to be understood as the Supreme Court's answer to a Congress that continues to funnel more cases to the federal courts while simultaneously underfunding and understaffing them. With Concepcion and other arbitration cases, the Supreme Court is effectively providing an incentive for the private funding of a layer of judicial adjuncts to handle frequently occurring bilateral disputes between disparate parties. Encouragement of private attorneys general is giving way to encouragement of private inferior (as in lower-level, fact-finding) judges. And if corporate defendants have to pay someone, it should not be surprising that they would rather have their monies go to arbitrators and individual plaintiffs than class counsel. Perhaps Concepcion is simply the next step in the evolution of a uniquely American privatized and federal small claims court, with our federal courts available only for the correction of the most egregious abuses as they engage in deferential judicial review of arbitral awards. If I am right about this evolution, I cannot help but be concerned about the effects of increasingly reduced access to the courts on our democratic justice system. The vast majority of our citizens, after all, have only "small claims."
On the other hand, research shows that consumer arbitration is used mostly for collections matters. There are a high percentage of defaults in collections matters, whether arbitrated or litigated. Why are public courts needed to process such matters? Is this a good use of public funds? As state and federal courts face severe budget cuts, why not allow the affected corporations to elect and pay for alternative, private tribunals? (As to that last question, there is an obvious response: the potential for bias, or at the very least, the de-legitimizing appearance of bias.)
My concern, though, is that the Supreme Court is not being clear enough in signaling that its approval of these judicial adjuncts is conditioned upon the implementation of structural safeguards that assure sufficient fairness, including sufficient impartiality. Concepcion has the potential to represent a pragmatic and exciting development for dispute resolution proponents, like myself, if the Supreme Court also provides an incentive for companies to offer expeditious, effective and sufficiently fair bilateral arbitration (or other private justice) procedures for consumers. Mediation, online redress/dispute resolution systems, or ombudspersons could fit into this picture, supplementing or even supplanting arbitration. If a corporation chose to institutionalize an ombudsperson in addition to arbitration, for example, this neutral could collect data regarding arbitral claims and awards in order to make corporate officers aware "" quickly "" of emerging problems in a particular location or with a particular advertising campaign. The corporation could take prompt corrective action, rather than waiting until it receives a demand letter threatening a class action. If the neutrals in this sort of a private dispute system are sufficiently independent and careful""and if there are sufficient procedural safeguards–the system has the potential to serve many of the same public interests served by class actions.
Consumers also could be given the option to choose (really choose, not be forced into) the procedural "path" they prefer. Corporations could make the options attractive enough that consumers would freely choose a private alternative rather than court. Indeed, the average consumer looking at the two-step dispute resolution provision at issue in Concepcion might have found it quite appealing. To initiate a dispute proceeding, the consumer had to complete a short form on the AT&T website. AT&T could then offer to settle the claim, thus avoiding arbitration. If AT&T did not make such an offer, or if the dispute was not resolved within thirty days, the consumer could then file a separate demand for arbitration, also through the website. The clause further provided that: if the parties went to arbitration, AT&T had to pay all costs for non-frivolous claims; the arbitration had to take place in the county in which the customer was billed; for claims of $10,000 or less, the customer could choose the form of the arbitration "" in person, by telephone or based only on paper submissions. Also, either the consumer or AT&T could bring a claim in small claims court rather than arbitrate, and the arbitrator was authorized to award any form of individual relief (and as Justice Scalia's opinion noted, this presumably included punitive damages). AT&T was not permitted to seek reimbursement from the consumer for its attorney's fees. And, in the event that the consumer received an arbitration award greater than AT&T's last written settlement offer, AT&T was then required to pay a $7,500 minimum recovery and twice the amount of the consumer's attorney's fees.
All of this sounds very good, although it is important to note that AT&T inserted some of the most appealing terms only after the Concepcions filed their lawsuit. The Ninth Circuit undertook some hard-headed risk analysis in reviewing the clause, ultimately concluding that a consumer was terribly unlikely to receive the $7,500 premium payment. If a consumer made a small claim in arbitration, AT&T could avoid paying the premium and attorney's fees as long as it paid the face value of the claim at any point before the selection of the arbitrator. "Thus," according to the Ninth Circuit, "the maximum gain to a customer for the hassle of arbitrating a $30.22 dispute is still just $30.22."
The Ninth Circuit's analysis is not illogical, though it does ignore social science research showing that human beings are not entirely rational as they make decisions. People still gamble in casinos. It could very well be that AT&T's arbitration provision with its online elements, the premium payment and reimbursement for attorney's fees would encourage consumers to make claims, thus benefitting themselves and alerting AT&T to problem areas. Indeed, rather than thinking of AT&T as a company that required deterrence, perhaps we can think of it as a company that would have welcomed the opportunity to learn about problems from its customers and improve its goods and services. That approach may seem naïve, but it also makes good business sense.
But if the clause makes this much sense, did AT&T actually require class waiver as the quid pro quo for its funding of a private dispute resolution system? I am not at all certain about the answer to that question. I worry, though, that several members of the Supreme Court assumed that class waiver was a non-negotiable term, absolutely necessary to persuade corporations to fund bilateral arbitration. And therefore, these Justices failed to demand enough in return for consumers' loss of their right to aggregate small claims. If a company seeks and wins a class waiver, it certainly seems that any proposed substitute process must be sufficiently attractive and fair. In reading Justice Scalia's opinion, however, it sounds like any old form of rough justice will do for the arbitration of consumer matters, since individual disputes tend to be so small "" and thus essentially meaningless and consequence-free unless and until they are aggregated. In reality, of course, these "small claims" are not necessarily meaningless and consequence-free for the people who are dealing with them. And based on the dispute resolution clause at issue, Concepcion need not be understood to expect so little from arbitration.
Nonetheless, at this point, the "rules" apparently emerging from Concepcion are strikingly broad-brush and patently undemanding. One is that "[w]hen state law prohibits outright the arbitration of a particular type of claim, the analysis is straightforward: The conflicting rule is displaced by the FAA." A second is that "[s]tates cannot require a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAA, even if it is desirable for unrelated reasons." Many overburdened state and federal courts are using this language from the plurality's opinion as they order consumers and employees away from the courts and away from class proceedings, into privatized bilateral arbitration.
This understanding of Concepcion, however, is incomplete. Immediately following the quoted language above regarding the fate of procedures that are inconsistent with the FAA, for example, Justice Scalia's opinion clarifies that in Concepcion, a class proceeding was not necessary because AT&T had fashioned a sufficiently attractive and just bilateral proceeding as the substitute:
"[T]he claim here was most unlikely to go unresolved. As noted earlier, the arbitration agreement provides that AT&T will pay claimants a minimum of $7,500 and twice their attorney's fees if they obtain an arbitration award greater than AT&T's last settlement offer. The District Court found this scheme sufficient to provide incentive for the individual prosecution of meritorious claims that are not immediately settled, and the Ninth Circuit admitted that aggrieved customers who filed claims would be "essentially guarantee[d]" to be made whole. . . Indeed, the District Court concluded that the Concepcions were better off under their arbitration agreement with AT&T than they would have been as participants in a class action, which "could take months, if not years, and which may merely yield an opportunity to submit a claim for recovery of a small percentage of a few dollars.""
If the Supreme Court is indeed providing an incentive for the private funding of an expanding layer of judicial adjuncts, it will inevitably be called upon to ensure that these adjuncts' procedures meet the essential requirements of procedural justice "" e.g., notice, the opportunity to be heard and to rebut witnesses, a sufficiently impartial decision-maker. Such expectations will, of course, require enforcement. This could mean fashioning a principled basis for departing from deferential judicial review, borrowing perhaps from MetLife v. Glenn's approach to the weighting of conflicts of interest in the ERISA context. It could mean importing due process considerations into interpretation of the FAA, something the Supreme Court has done before. Other options could include determining mechanisms for the "removal" of a case from a private tribunal to a public court, or bringing adjuncts in-house. Regardless of the appropriate solution, what is clear is that the creation of this new layer of adjuncts will almost certainly mean working through all of the issues that have arisen when the federal courts have struggled in the past with the inconsistent procedures and decisions of state courts, administrative adjudicators, and legislative courts. It will also require the provision of sufficient resources to our courts. Thus, even as we dispute resolution proponents encourage the courts' embrace of "alternative" dispute resolution processes such as arbitration, we also need to urge sufficient funding and staffing for our state and federal courts, to enable them to play their essential role in bringing life to the heady but difficult promises made by our still-young democratic nation.
Recommended Citation: Nancy Welsh, Is the Supreme Court demanding enough as it provides incentives for the private funding of a federal small claims court?, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 21, 2011, 2:13 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/09/is-the-supreme-court-demanding-enough-as-it-provides-incentives-for-the-private-funding-of-a-federal-small-claims-court/


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The Essential Guide to Auckland
Non Solo Pizza is a cosmopolitan brasserie based in the heart of Parnell, just outside of the Auckland CBD. The NSP restaurant had been operating for over 12 years and specialises in Italian cuisine, with a comprehensive multi-course menu done up the Italian way.
Serving divine pizzas and truly authentic Italian specialities is the mission that the NSP team strives towards. Non Solo Pizza is one of our go-to pizzerias here in Auckland.
The Soul Bar & Bistro is in the heart of Auckland's Viaduct Harbour. Its elegant all-weather terrace faces west to catch the spectacular sunsets. It has been - and continues to be - enjoyed by Aucklanders and tourists alike.
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Homeowners who bought in the boom shell out €6,000 more a year for their mortgages
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WE'RE JUST 11 days out from poll day for the General Election.
Last night, the seven leaders from the main political parties took part in RTÉ's first live TV debate of the campaign.
The leaders of political parties which included – Fine Gael's Leo Varadkar, Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin, Green Party's Eamon Ryan, People Before Profit's Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour's Brendan Howlin and Roísín Shortall of the Social Democrats – clashed over housing, pensions, crime and taxation.
This debate came after Varadkar and Martin went head-to-head on Virgin Media One last week.
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Dumped for Denise
About a month ago I posted this article noting that Lindsay Lohan was starting to resemble Denise Richards. Now she's getting dumped for Denise Richards. By the World Music Awards. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Full Story
Best Useless Press Release… Ever
Jesse Metcalfe – heard of him? Probably not. A jerk off of sizable proportions. Like… TOTAL dickhead. So anyway, turns out he's an alcoholic. And now he's in rehab. And his publicist wanted you to know. But just in case you didn't know, the hardworking rep went the extra mile to tell you why you should know. Full Story
The Daily Ugly: Vanessa Minnillo
In Vegas over the weekend. Now don"t get me wrong - she"s a gorgeous, gorgeous girl. But a girl this gorgeous has no business getting stuck in beauty pageant hell. The hair, the dress, the "world peace" smile - Miss Teen USA? Maybe. Miss MTV TRL??? Absolutely f&cking NOT!!! And Ew. Don"t get me started on Jesse Metcalfe. Full Story
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Josh Hartnett: hot and not
Have you seen 40 days and 40 nights? Sh*tty movie, sh*tty actor, fine piece of hotness. Too bad he has sucked donkey ass ever since. But. Hooking up with ScarJo doesn"t hurt. And releasing a dark new movie called Lucky Number Slevin co-starring a number of respectable actors isn"t a bad move either. Full Story
The Daily Ugly: Jesse Metcalfe in Australia
OK, let's have it out once and for all. My guess is he's gay. You want evidence? I'll give you evidence. How about the makeup? Check. How about the perfectly groomed soul patch – for just a hint of laughable manly man machismo? Check. And the meticulously plucked eyebrows?? Check, check, check. Full Story


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Google just paid $US3.2 billion for Nest, a company that makes an Internet connected thermostat and smoke/carbon monoxide detector.
Nest was founded by Tony Fadell, the man who led Apple's iPod division for years.
The thermostat has been out for two years now, and it's the product that turned heads. The Nest's smoke/CO2 detector is new.
I own a Nest thermostat, and for the most part I love it. However, I had one serious problem with the Nest, and I wasn't the only one.
The Nest thermostat is a gorgeous piece of hardware that looks like something Apple would have made. This isn't surprising since it came from Fadell. It has a silver ring and an LCD face that displays the temperature. It can sense when you're home and when you're away, and adjust the temperature accordingly.
It also has a nice suite of software that lets you control the thermostat remotely. I use the iPhone app that lets you turn up and down the heat. It also lets you set a schedule for when the heat should come on and turn off.
For the most part it works well.
However, I had a major problem with my Nest after a few weeks of usage.
The way my Nest powered itself was problematic. I had two wires coming out of the wall, and I hooked the Nest into those wires. Nest said that those wires would be enough to take care of my thermostat.
Those wires sent a signal to the boiler to turn on and off depending on the temperature. Those wires were also used to power the Nest. Eventually, something went wrong. The Nest was confusing the wires. Every time it went to grab some power from the wire, it sent a signal to the boiler that it needed to turn on. As a result the heat in my house started to race to 72, even if I set the Nest to 64.
I called Nest and it told me to have an electrician come out and rewire my set up so the Nest had a dedicated wire for powering the Nest. That electrician visit cost $US135, which Nest says it will pay for. (I'm still waiting for the reimbursement check. It's been a few days since I sent in the invoice.)
I'm not the only one that had problems. Other people complained about this issue as well on Amazon.
Then there are other problems. John Borthwick, who leads New York startup Betaworks recently tweeted about a problem with his Nest, "Dear @nest your 4.0 software upgrade resulted in a burst pipe this week. The ability to do graceful roll backs critical for IOT / wearables"
That said, the Nest is a good product overall. Once I got the installation fixed, it worked just fine for me. It's super convenient to be able to turn down the heat when I'm not home, and pre-heat the house when I'm heading home.
Nest is one of the leading companies in the "home automation" space. It starts with the thermostat, now it has the smoke/CO2 detector. It has more ideas in the pipeline.
Fadell says he wants to take the unloved products in our homes and reinvent them.
With Google as his backer, we expect big, big things.
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Cat Sense
How the New Feline Science Can Make You A Better Friend to your PetBook - 2014
Baker & Taylor
Draws on the latest scientific and behavioral research to explain the origins, evolution, and modern-day needs of domestic cats, revealing how an understanding of a cat's ancient instincts is an essential part of a healthy cat-human relationship.
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This is an excellent book on cats and certainly of interest if you want to read more about the science of cats. The author is an anthrozoologist and thoroughly knowledgeable in regards to his subject matter. However, if you're interested in a light read, don't bother.
If you're looking for an introduction to some of the scientific research on cats, this is your book. It has a wonderful early section on the ancient history of cats. But I found the approach didn't really provide a lot of insights that might help us to be better cat guardians or address problems we might be having with our cats, which seemed to be implied in the title. I enjoyed some of the side panels, like "Catnip and Other Stimulants" (p. 115) and especially "The Rumble: How Cats Purr" (p. 194), which actually explains how that magic process works.
Slow-paced but chock-full of information. At one point the author says he wrote the bk on his computer; I could tell. Don't read this for the prose style; just for the info.
I disagree -- I'm having a great time reading it, and am reading it for the science—I have all the cat care books I need, thanks. Got halfway through before my loan expired, and am now on a very long wait list.
Contrary to the reviews, this is not an easy read. The word "science" in the title is much more accurate than the phrase "Make You A Better Friend to your Pet". It is less a "how to" book than a textbook covering all aspects of cats, mostly from a scientific point of view. It is what I would expect from a required text for a college course about cats and other domestic animals. There may be info that can "make" you a better friend to your cat, but is is not easy to find. Much more practical information is available in books that cover how to care for a cat.
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"Not all cats respond to [catnip].... The behavior released by catnip is a bizarre mixture of play, feeding, and female sexual behavior, whether the cat itself is male or female. Cats may first play with a catnip toy as if they think it is a small item of prey, but they quickly switch into bouts of a seemingly ecstatic combination of face-rubbing and body-rolling, reminiscent of a female cat in season. Most cats also drool and attempt to lick the catnip. This behavior may continue for several minutes at a time, until the cat eventually recovers and walks away.... / A few other plants elicit the same response, notably the Japanese cat shrub or silver vine, and the roots of the kiwifruit vine, which despite its name originated in southern China.... Most species in the cat family, from lions to domestic cats, respond to these plants the same way, so the gene must have evolved several million years ago. Why it did so remains a mystery." (p. 115)
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Angels-M's, Angels up 5-1, top of the sixth, all the drama in the world. Then...this guy. The Orange Country Register (which couldn't resist a win-streak pun for their headline) reports the be-Speedo'd fan "led security personnel on a merry chase for a minute or two."
It's great how he bolts across the camera frame—you're wondering what everyone is freaking out about and then boom! Chubby Speedo guy. He's gone as fast as he came. If you look closely, Torii Hunter is loving it.
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Conceptual Learning
SCALE-UP students have a better understanding of a variety of physics concepts, as measured by many different nationally-normed assessment instruments.
Assessment Instruments
Normalized Gain, h = (pretest to posttest gain)/(possible gain) = (posttest score - pretest score)/(1 - pretest score)
Nat'l Avg = Hake's comparison of 6000 students in passive and active learning settings
FCI = Force Concept Inventory
FMCE = Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation
CSEM = Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism
DIRECT = Determining and Interpreting Resistive Electrical Circuits Test
CCU = Coastal Carolina University
NCSU = North Carolina State University
UCF = University of Central Florida
UNH = University of New Hampshire
RIT = Rochester Institute of Technology
MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
We placed the same teachers in lecture-hall settings (without using special techniques like Interactive Lecture Demos, etc.) and SCALE-UP classrooms in order to compare student learning. The first graph below is for Bob Beichner at NC State. The second is for Jeff Saul at Univ. of Central Florida.
Concerns have been raised that a lot of effort has been expended to help the low-achievers while ignoring the better students. This could not be farther from the truth. We divided classes into bottom, middle, and top thirds (labeled B, M, and T in the graph below) and compared conceptual gains for each part. The best students always gained more than the poorer students (who still outperformed students in traditional classes). The most striking comparison is when looking at the students in the top third of their classes at MIT--arguably among the best students in the country. They greatly outgained nearly everyone else on conceptual tests. But notice how small the gain was for the top MIT students who were in a traditional setting. We attribute this pattern to several reasons. MIT's top students have probably learned nearly all that can be gleaned from lectures, but still have more to learn. The better SCALE-UP students are probably heavily involved in peer-teaching--the stronger students help the weaker. Any teacher knows that you learn the material even better when you have to explain it to someone else.


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What has surprised you most about motherhood?
Motherhood has been a string of surprises. Some good, some frightening, some enlightening, others humbling. What has surprised me the most though is how much becoming a mother has made me strive to be a better person. I am so aware of the fact that I am the greatest example to my three children, and knowing this forces me to think before I act, or speak, or cry, or laugh. I stop and I think about how my children will see me, what example I will be setting for them by behaving a certain way. I want them to grow into productive, kind, empathetic, inspired, strong people. I want them to never give up on things. I want them to realize that the right things are not always the easiest things. I want them to think about others, be proud of themselves, and try new things. I try to live my Life in a way that exemplifies these qualities. I am not always successful, of course, and in fact, I probably fail more than I know, but what has surprised me is how important setting an example has been to me as a mother. And by doing this for them, I not only become a better mother as I go along, I become a better everything.


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I was reading these slides by John Harrison, and was struck by the comment at the end about the universal fragment of real-closed fields needing nothing more than the axioms for an (ordered) integral domain. Since an obvious integral domain is the integers, and we can express order constraints (such as $\ge 0$) on them, does this give an algorithm for deciding universal statements on the naturals that involve addition and multiplication (by non-constants!)?
For someone interested in automatic verification of programming languages with type systems, this would be very handy if true. Can anyone provide any insight on this? I'm not a mathematician but enjoy reading about math, so I'm not positive my interpretation is correct.
P.S: I realize this is similar to my previous question, but it's more specific (and probably actually possible) so I hope to get more feedback.


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Society is spoiled by getting information at their fingertips immediately. Social media and smart phones have provided this platform for instant gratification. Consumers engage with texting for many social reasons and have been taught by smart marketers that its ok to engage with a brand to get rewarded or seek information. Think about it, the weather channel sends you alerts, your dentist reminds you of appointments, and you can even be reminded to take your medicine.
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Gawlik (fourth from left) and the Winklevoss twins (sixth, seventh from left) and their Oxford boatmates (photo courtesy Getty Images).
Former Crimson oarsmen Simon Gawlik '09, Cameron Winklevoss '04 and Tyler Winklevoss '04 will row for Oxford in the 2010 Xchanging Boat Race Saturday on the River Thames in London. Fellow Harvard alumni William Rueter '09 and Moritz Hafner '09 will race in the Isis vs. Goldie race.
Gawlik will row in the seven seat for Oxford, while the Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss will occupy the three and four seats, respectively. Rueter and Hafner will make up the bow pair of the Isis crew, representing Oxford against Cambridge's Goldie boat at 11 a.m. Eastern, half an hour prior to the start of the Boat Race.
BBC America will air live coverage of the Boat Race to audiences throughout the United States from 11 a.m. to noon. The 2010 race is expected to be the most-viewed in the event's 181-year history. The combined audience reach of the BBC's coverage and other networks around the world can be measured in terms of more than 200 countries and 292 million households.
It is the 156th race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities, but the first Boat Race for 14 of the 18 rowers involved, including all three former Crimson athletes. The Oxford crew, known as the "Dark Blues," won last year's race and has finished first in four of the last five Boat Races. Cambridge currently lead the series since 1829, 79-75.
On March 12, 1829, Cambridge sent a challenge to Oxford and thus the tradition was born which has continued to the present day, where the loser of the previous year's race challenges the opposition to a rematch. The modern Boat Race still runs along the same lines but has now become a major international sporting occasion drawing millions of viewers from around the world.
On Race Day up to 250,000 spectators crowd the banks of the Thames from Putney to Mortlake to witness the action.
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Boat Race Crews
Bow - Ben Myers (Exeter – GB)
2 - Martin Walsh (Green Templeton – Ire)
3 - Tyler Winklevoss (Christ Church – USA)
4 - Cameron Winklevoss (Christ Church – USA)
5 - Sjoerd Hamburger (Oriel – Ned)
6 - Matt Evans (University – Can/GB)
7 - Simon Gawlik (Kellogg – Ger)
Stroke - Charlie Burkitt (Wolfson – GB)
Cox - Adam Barhamand (Wolfson – USA)
Bow - Rob Weitemeyer (St. Edmund's – Can)
2 - Geoff Roth (St. Edmund's – Can)
3 - George Nash (St. Catharine's – GB)
4 - Peter McCelland (Pembroke – Can)
5 - Deaglan McEachern (Hughes Hall – USA)
6 - Henry Pelly (St. Edmund's – GB)
7 - Derek Rasmussen (Hughes Hall – USA)
Stroke - Fred Gill (Hughes Hall – GB)
Cox - Ted Randolph (Peterhouse – GB)
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Goldie Crews
Bow - William Rueter (Christ Church – USA)
2 - Moritz Hafner (Kellogg – GER)
3 - Antoine De Weck (New – SWI)
4 - Ben Snodin (Exeter – GB)
5 Basil Gruter (Green Templeton – SWI)
6 - Boris Le Feber (Jesus – NED)
7 - Ed Newman (Brasenose – USA)
Stroke - Alec Dent (Keble – GB/FR)
Cox - Jack Carlson (Brasenose – USA)
Bow - Wanne Kromdijk (Clare – NED)
2 - George Lamb (St John's – GB)
3 - Mike Thorp (Homerton – GB)
4 - Matt Whaley (Gonville & Caius – GB)
5 - Hardy Cubasch (St Edmund's – AU)
6 - Joel Jennings (Clare – GB)
7 - Moritz Schramm (Fitzwilliam – GER)
Stroke - Geoff Roth (St. Edmund's – CAN)
Cox - Elizabeth Box (Christ's – GB/AU)
The Xchanging Boat Race Official Site
Crews Announced for the 156th Boat Race
2010 Isis and Goldie Crew Announcements
Television Coverage
Xchanging Boat Race to Reach Biggest Ever Audience
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The excesses of holiday shopping is now coming home in overburdened credit card bills - but now is the time to end the debt and set it up so next year is different.
Many a New Year's resolution to get out of debt is being crushed by the worst ghost of Christmas shopping past: January's credit card statement. But financial experts say that people shouldn't give up in the face of holiday debt. Now, with a full year before next Christmas and with possible tax refunds in the mix, it's the best time of the year to banish holiday debt forever. "Right now is a good time to take note and figure out how to pay off the debt," says Howard Dvorkin, the author of "Power Up: Taking Charge of Your Financial Destiny" and founder of consolidatedcredit.org. Beverly Harzog, author of "Confessions of a Credit Junkie: Everything You Need to Know to Avoid the Mistakes I Made," says she is just now starting to hear from readers who say they overspent during the holidays. "They make emotional decisions," she says. "It is predictable every year." A different debt Dvorkin says holiday debt is, in some ways, different than regular household consumer debt because it piles on top of other bills and is hard to eliminate. "People are still paying holiday debt from years past," he says. Part of the reason the debt builds up so much, according to Harrine Freeman, a financial service counselor in Bethesda, Md., is peer pressure from family and friends. "There is a lot more pressure to spend during the holidays," she says. Credit card solutions Harzog says the first thing to do to tackle the debt is to stop using credit cards. "Step away from the cards," she says. "Put them down. Using them again will only make it worse. You have to acknowledge you are in debt. Realize it. Accept it." The first step, Harzog says, is to find an offer from a credit card offering zero interest. This can stop the debt from growing while paying off the debt. Harzog warns, however, that getting a new credit card can backfire. People with a pattern of misusing credit cards or people who shop to deal with their emotions should avoid this tactic or they will find themselves running up the balances again. "You have got to beat the credit card issuers at their own game," she says. Dvorkin has a client who has been transferring a large amount of credit card debt from zero interest card to zero interest card while paying very little on the debt. He told the client that it was like playing musical chairs. "And eventually the music is going to stop," he says. There are several ways to prioritize which debt to pay first. Radio financial guru Dave Ramsey recommends doing a "snowball" approach by paying the smallest debt first and working up to the largest debt - which he says gives people a quick taste of success as they conquer their debts. Mark LoCastro, a spokesman for DealNews, says another approach is to pay off the debt with the highest annual percentage first even if it is the largest debt. "Get the big ones out of the way," he says. "They are the hardest to tackle, but paying them off will have the most impact ... and you will have more money." Herzog calls this method "debt stacking." "Pick something that works for you," she says. "The snowball method works fine, but the debt stacking method saves more money." Herzog also suggests trying to negotiate with the credit card companies for a lower interest rate if you can't qualify for a zero interest card. "You will be surprised what you can get the credit card issuer to do," she says. Dvorkin, however, says to be careful and not tell them you can't pay the bill because this may cause them to shut down the account. "But saying, 'I'm looking for ways to reduce my bills and pay this debt off; can we get a lower interest rate to effectuate this?' is different than saying, 'I can't make my payment,'" Dvorkin says. Save money Another way to pay off debt quicker is to get more money to pay it off, and there's a simple way to do that: save. LoCastro suggests freezing a gym membership, for example. Herzog says she switched to a less expensive gym closer to her home to save money. Saving money can be as simple as eating at a Mexican restaurant instead of a steakhouse, Herzog says. When LoCastro was first married, he and his wife examined all of their monthly expenses. They were surprised to see Starbucks coffee was costing a couple thousand dollars a year. "Scale back what you order," he says, "or make it at home." Dvorkin says just buying generic brands instead of name brands can make a big difference. Other ways to save, according to LoCastro, are trying Google Voice for phone service, shopping at thrift stores, avoid using ATMs and associated fees, buy music on Amazon instead of iTunes and so forth. The money saved can be applied to holiday debt. Make money Another way to add money to that debt is to make money. Kathy Schultz, the founder of LollyDaisy.com, says garage sales can work, but warns that people expect rockbottom prices. She recommends trying Thredup.com, a consignment website that makes it easy to sell you clothes. She also recommend her own website, lollydaisy.com, for selling monogrammed and personalized items. Another consignment-like outlet is Just Between Friends, jbfsale.com, which organizes huge community events where people can sell items easily. She also likes Craigslist (or KSL.com classifieds in the Salt Lake area) for larger items and electronics because people can avoid the shipping fees. Freeman recommends selling things like cars, jewelry, art, furs - anything expensive. "Sell anything you can sell and to get money and pay down that debt," she says. Next year starts now The key, Freeman says, is to create a budget to see where the money is going and save for holiday spending. LoCastro says websites, such as his own dealnews.com, can help people save during the holidays. If people know what gifts they want to buy early, they can sign up on websites that will alert them when those items go on sale. "Listen to your family and friends to learn the things they want," he says, "Show that you listen and you do care. Planning to get those things way in advance will increase your chances of getting a good deal." And when people buy things online, he says, do a search for coupon codes as well to save money. "Do what is necessary to affect change in your life," Dvorkin adds. "If you are serious about getting out of debt, you need to deprive yourself and change your bad habits. The only way is abstention. But nobody wants to hear that." EMAIL: email@example.com Twitter: @degroote Facebook: facebook.com/madegroote%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D140204%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E


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Bob Dylan Song Inspiration Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Dies
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, the boxer that inspired Bob Dylan's 1975 song 'Hurricane' passed away this morning in Toronto after a battle with prostate cancer. Carter was 76 years old.
Although Carter never held a world championship title, his record was impressive as he rose through the ranks of the boxing world. But his life was forever changed in 1966 when three white people were shot at the Lafayette Bar and Grill. Carter and his friend John Artis were questioned in association with the murders after having been spotted in the area of the murders in Carter's white car. Despite offering plausible alibis, both men were arrested months later and were subsequently convicted of the crime by an all-white jury largely based on the testimony of two thieves who later recanted their stories.
Carter's story came to Dylan's attention after the boxer sent the singer a copy of his 1974 autobiography. The illustrious songwriter met Carter and co-wrote 'Hurricane' with Jacques Levy. Dylan performed the song on his Rolling Thunder Revue Tour and included a studio version of the song on his 1976 record 'Desire'.
The lyrics of 'Hurricane' pointedly confront the injustice faced by Carter during his trial:
"All of Rubin's cards were marked in advance / The trial was a pig-circus he never had a chance / The judge made Rubin's witnesses drunkards from the slums / To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum"
Carter ended up being given a new trial in 1976 but ended up being convicted for the crime a second time. Nine years later, thanks to the notoriety his case had been given, Carter's case was heard for the first time in a federal court. Citing that prosecutors had "fatally infected the trial" by promoting a theory of racial revenge without evidence, and withheld evidence that disproved the witness's identifications, Carter saw his charges formally dismissed in 1988.
Carter moved to Toronto soon after his release. He went on to serve as the executive direction of the Association In Defence Of The Wrongly Convicted from 1993 to 2004. His story was made into the 1999 Hollywood movie 'Hurricane,' starring Denzel Washington.
In a 2011 interview with PBS, Carter said, "I wouldn't give up. No matter that they sentenced me to three life terms in prison. I wouldn't give up. Just because a jury of 12 misinformed people … found me guilty did not make me guilty. And because I was not guilty, I refused to act like a guilty person."


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Stocks Extend Plunge After Fed Moves
Global markets writhed Thursday, with stock and bond prices slumping in heavy trading and the dollar rallying, as investors prepared for eventual reductions in Federal Reserve bond-purchase programs. Jon Hilsenrath reports.
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... the ... to moderate ... the pace of purchases later this year ... and the subsequent data remained broadly line with our current expectations for the economy ... we would continue to reduce the pace of purchases in measured steps ... through the first half of next year ... standing purchases around midyear ... it seems like such a banal statement but in fact those with awareness ... that some awful marketer out around the world welcomed the news of everyone and Dennis Berman of the law Street Journal you can see VNX is ... trending read ... quite deeply read the Essen P five hundred and two and half ... dozens index said I believe over three and Nasdaq not faring much better bond markets in turmoil to ... has been burning keys ... been eyeing seeming where it's ... a ricochet across markets I welcome everyone ... against this from your loss to Journal where joined by our crack Fed reporter John Kosmina ... who is in Washington D C ... John I just saw you I guess today ... it seems so some of the world is change by the license since then ... it certainly has narrowed as I think there are two things going on which we have to watch carefully ... and figure out how during connected interconnected one is that they're ... talking about pulling back easy money ... here that seem to be pretty well telegraphed but the market certainly took it on the chin ... the others what's going on in China growth is slowing ... and they're seen the kind of ... drama and turmoil in their short term lending markets ... there we saw in the United States into thousandeight ... he I think that is feeding on the turmoil that the Fed started yesterday ... and I know it looks like we're gonna have some market volatility that is gonna play out over at least the next few days if not won by John let's first get to the B'nai Kisen equation ... but the market takes that and a certain point the Fed and burning key ... how to pull out of the bond markets that to get binges with the somewhat of a normalized level ... it seems as if the traders seem to have forgotten that that that might actually happen it and here we are during that moment and it seemed to be a freaking awful UN voted to ... close at their two pieces of this which I haven't figured out that the first cases ... there has been telegraphing I mean we've been writing stories that chairman talked and out ... in front of Congress other Fed officials of and talking ... been been suggesting for several weeks now that they that they think this is the road are going to go down ... it shouldn't come as that big of a surprise but ... the market took it as a surprise ... the other thing here is how the market reads the Fed's next debt alright ... so the Telegraph that they're pulling back on its bond buying but ... I think one of the things that's going on here is that the market is saying hey ... they're more optimistic about the growth outlook ... they're not really committed to these other easy monetary policies like zero interest rates ... the temple the whole rug out from under us ... at base of the market is doing what markets are always do they're taking one step ... and they're trying to think or three or four steps that might not come in and of course we get back to the global growth question that you brought up in regards to China John ... then the numbers ... I gave it twenty from Honeywell told the Sunday of the day he expected growth in China about six percent perhaps whispered China is a wretched number We see Europe that is you have a negative growth rate in the U S perhaps the two average all that I've got a pretty anemic global growth ... yet ... with that with this this is this is the Chinese for them and I think that's a real potential problem I think it could be slowing more ... than anybody expected but what I'm saying is ... why China's banking system ... we're seeing short term lending rates go up ... very quickly there ... were seeing talk about funding squeeze is not for financial intermediaries ... this is the kindest of you know you and I covered this together in two thousand and eight ... this is the kindest of the financial turmoil is made out ... Yelp data very obliquely hard to understand the financial system there ... but ... but ... there was a real warning signs we have to like get carefully that they that can affect a Chinese financial system ... and the rest the world is the second largest economy in the world a tiny bit of some really good points ... deducted online ... I wanna read your stuff on these the Chinese in the market isn't cents by the Port of course ... the Chinese government has lots of levers that can pull in the same with the U S government can but it seems ... again you mention it's opaque system ... and ... not everything that is is visible to markets ... around the globe ... absolutely okay


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PHOENIX (Tuesday, January 22, 2013) -- A 26 year-old Colorado City woman who was compelled into marriage at the age of 14 by FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, and held against her will for more than 10 years has been granted temporary custody of her six children and left the community, Attorney General Tom Horne announced today.
Ruby Jessop was granted temporary custody of her six children and was able to leave Colorado City earlier this month. Her departure was made possible because Mohave County Sheriff's Deputies have a greater presence in Colorado City to provide law enforcement protection. $420,000 for added patrols by Deputies was made available by Horne to Mohave County in 2012.
"It is unacceptable that anyone would be married against her will and forced to live in a community in which she feels unsafe, " Horne said. "Ruby Jessop was forced into marriage by FLDS leader Warren Jeffs who compelled her to marry her second-cousin Haven Barlow in 2001. Her exact whereabouts were unknown for years until very recently when she was able to escape the town. Because of the $420,000 I made available from this office to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, and which the Board authorized for Sheriff Tom Sheahan, more Deputies are now working in Colorado City. Those Deputies were instrumental in making sure that Ruby and her young children could safely leave."
In 2001, Ruby's sister Flora Jessop approached the Attorney General's Office complaining that her sister Ruby, who was then 14, was being held against her will in homes in Colorado City and Hildale, Utah. Arizona and Utah officials launched a major effort at that time to find Ruby, but she could not be found. It was only weeks ago that she finally escaped Colorado City.
Flora Jessop left the FLDS Church in 1986 and has been working to tell Ruby's story to the public. She is also helping others who want to escape from Colorado City.
"Since taking office in 2011, I have worked to have legislation passed that would ensure proper professional law enforcement is available in Colorado City. One reason is to make sure that people like Ruby can leave if they want to do so," Horne added. "While I will continue that effort in the legislature, making nearly half a million dollars available to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was absolutely crucial in getting Ruby Jessop to safety. There are more people like Ruby in Colorado City, and these funds will run out in approximately six months. Therefore, I urge Arizonans to contact their legislators and ask them to support a bill that would authorize Mohave County Sheriffs Deputies to do the policing in Colorado City rather than the local marshals who are under the control of the dominant church."
Horne concluded, "I want to thank Sheriff Tom Sheahan and the Board of Supervisors for their dedication to public safety throughout Mohave County, including Colorado City. I also want to recognize the efforts of Victoria Stazio, who is representing Ruby and has done tremendous legal work to get Ruby temporary custody of her children."