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BY Dean Anderson of SparkPeople
You've gone over you calories for the day or eaten something on your "forbidden" list. You figure that since you've blown your diet, you might as well keep on eating and start over tomorrow. You keep eating, but despise yourself for it.
You've done well all week, but the scale says you've gained a pound. You panic, feeling certain that you're doomed to be fat forever.
You set the alarm an hour early to exercise, but hit snooze. Feeling like a lazy slug, you wonder if you have any willpower to do what you know you need to.
Do any of these scenarios sound familiar to you?
The tendency to leap from minor, trivial problems to overblown, unrealistic conclusions is something that everyone struggles with to some degree. This type of negative thinking is one of the biggest reasons that people have difficulty sticking to their weight loss plan—and why small problems can cause stress and misery that is often avoidable.
Of course, there are dozens of deep, psychological reasons why individuals get caught up in this negativity. But you don't have to know why you do it to stop being negative. All you have to do is to take a close look at what you are actually doing and decide to stop doing it for that moment. Here are three techniques you can use to stop all those negative thoughts before they stop you:
1. Look for Hidden Thoughts and Assumptions
The process of moving from an event (like going over your daily calories) to a conclusion about the meaning of that event (I've blown my diet) and what you should do about it (keep eating, start over later), typically involves several more mental steps that you probably aren't aware of. Psychologists call these intermediate steps automatic thoughts because they are habitual, happen quickly, and feel so "right" to us that we don't even notice them.
Although you can't completely prevent automatic thoughts from occurring (after all, they naturally help us make good decisions in a hurry), these thoughts are not always accurate. Chronic negativity about yourself or your situation is a good sign that your automatic thoughts are inaccurate.
Luckily, it's not difficult to learn how to identify your automatic thoughts, figure out if they make sense, and change the ones that aren't working for you. The first step is to develop the habit of asking yourself: "What would have to be true in order for the negative conclusion I reached to be justified?"
For example, what would have to be true in order for going over your calorie limit to mean that you've "blown" your diet? Wouldn't it have to be true that your diet is a one-day event that requires a perfect performance on your part? You know that's not the case.
2. Learn to Argue with Yourself
Once you recognize some of your automatic thoughts, you can inspect them and, if necessary, argue with them. The flaw in the above example is pretty obvious: Permanent weight loss is not a short-term project, and doesn't require perfection. But sometimes the flaw or assumption won't be as obvious. If that's the case, then you may need to do some investigating.
Before you jump to conclusions or attack your own character, ask yourself a few basic questions:
The more of these questions that you ask yourself, the more easily you'll be able to spot—and correct—your negative automatic thoughts that are lurking underneath your tendency to assume the worst whenever things don't go the way you planned.
3. Do What Doesn't Come Naturally
One reason that negative thoughts become so automatic and pervasive in our minds is that they are consistent with our typical feelings. If you find yourself jumping to negative conclusions about yourself, your abilities, and your options and opportunities, it's probably because that feels "right" and comfortable to you.
This doesn't mean you have to figure out why it feels "right" to feel bad about yourself. Again, you'll simply respond better to doing things differently, rather than spending hours rooting through emotional baggage.
Changing those negative thoughts and judgments into realistic and reasonable ones is going to feel uncomfortable and unnatural. In fact, feeling uncomfortable is probably a good sign that this is exactly what you need to be doing to get past your problems.
So when you're unsure about what the problem is, your best bet is to do what doesn't come naturally. When you find yourself arriving at a negative conclusion about you or your situation, stop thinking that and start thinking the exact opposite. If you're thinking that there's something fundamentally wrong with you, tell yourself the problem is in the situation—not in you—and look for ways to change the situation. If you think you're "doomed to be fat forever," tell yourself that success is unavoidable if you want it; if you're feeling like a "lazy slug," tell yourself that your "true self" really does want to exercise. You get the idea.
No matter how big, bad or scary the problem seems, you're always just one thought away from turning it into an opportunity for change, growth and progress. All you have to do is find that thought.
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May 28th, 2009
10:44 am
Great article. We are a lot tougher on ourselves. We should remember to offer self encouragement, with the same sincerity that we use when encouraging a friend. Let us learn to love ourselves, and set realistic, achievable, attainable goals. Shame on use for trying to get from the gym what Hollywood gets from the plastic surgeon. Diets are not the final answer, Lifestyle Change is the Key. Be encouraged!
June 1st, 2009
5:18 am
Great article, and so true! We own our brains, they don't own us, and when we realize that and work with it, we can do the things we really want to do. There's more information at thinkequalsthin.com and a few recipes, too.
June 1st, 2009
7:04 am
Why must you always pair articles like this with pictures of people with perfect bodies?
June 2nd, 2009
11:29 am
Great advice….if I wasn't me how would I help this person?? I also use my food and activity diary, it's been a life saver apowerfultool.com!!


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Hayes on Eifert: "On target"
Hayes on Eifert: "On target"
When asked for a self-assessment of how OTAs have gone, Bengals first-round pick Tyler Eifert said a better judge would be tight ends coach Jonathan Hayes. According to Hayes, so far everything is good. "After working him out and spending time with him before the draft, he is on target and about where I thought he would be," Hayes said on Thursday. "He has been great mentally and keeps an even keel. It is hard to tell from him whether things are going good or bad. He would be a great poker player that way." During Wednesday's practice, Eifert was lined up all over the field and a couple times was the move tight end in short yardage or goal line. During one 11-on-11 drill Eifert got some separation against safety Shawn Williams and hauled in a Dalton pass. While it appears as if Eifert has not had any problems adjusting on the field, the biggest changes have been off field. When writers observed on Wednesday that communication between Eifert and Andy Dalton seems good, Eifert said it should be because it is his job now and that by having the playbook for close to a month, there shouldn't be any excuses for lapses. "I try to stay composed and understand my assignments so that I can play fast," Eifert said. "So far it is just memorizing concepts. Once you have that down it's basically the same stuff."
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The Carolina Panthers are hoping to climb up the NFC South ranks this season, but the depth in talent of the division could make it difficult for the team to climb out of the division's cellar. If they are unable to do that, they will once again miss the playoffs, but just how many wins will they earn in the 2013-14 NFL season?
Plenty of people place wagers on the win totals for teams heading in to the year and the fine folks of Bovada.lv have recently updated their odds following the recent moves and news.
Kevin Bradley, Sports Book Manager of Bovada.lv says:
"NFL Season Win Totals is one of our most popular bets here at Bovada, and as a result, we have had some significant movement based on the amount of money we are taking on certain teams. Arizona, with our second lowest total of 5.5 wins has seen 90% of the action on the over which is the same case for New Orleans, who are only taking over money on their total of 9. The Patriots total, due to the loss of Hernandez and the status of Gronkowski, has dropped from 11.5 to 11 and in turn, the Dolphins who are also getting bet pretty heavily have moved from 7.5 to 8."
So how does Vegas see the Panthers stacking up in the NFL this season? Here are the over/under odds for their 2013 win total:
Over: 7 (-160)
Under: 7 (+130)
Considering the Panthers have to face the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints and improved Tampa Bay Buccaneers for six of their 16 games, it could be tough for the team to reach a .500 record. If they are unable to do that, we'll have a bust.
My early predictions had the Panthers with a 7-9 record, so after seeing these odds I would be uncomfortable placing a bet.
However, if you had to guess whether they would go over or under the seven win mark, I'd have to lean towards the under.
How many games do you think the Panthers will rack up in 2013? Sound off in the comments section and share your predictions.
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Well, after Audrey's phone call from Mickey. She got 2 more phone calls from grandparents. We went to visit her Great Grandma and Grandpa Jensen. We spent a little bit of time there and Audrey got a present from them. Gave them hugs and then went home to get ready for Dance class. After dance class was done and we handed out treats to all of the girls and their brothers, we got back into the car and headed to the party. Audrey knew there was going to be a party but thought for sure that it was going to be at our house. And so when I started driving away from our house instead of towards it, she started getting confused. I told her not to worry, but I just felt like taking a drive before the party.
I hoped that she wouldn't put all the pieces together. As she had gotten several clues. She had seen the Chuck E Cheese web page open in my browser. I hadn't been cleaning the house like crazy. And we were packing all of the party supplies into the cars. She saw the balloons in daddy's car. But we told her that daddy was in charge of decorating for the party. I told her I was just checking the prices of Chuck E Cheese, and she put it to being able to go there on pizza night for dinner.
I drove past the Aquarium, which is where we went last year for her birthday. But the girls didn't notice... and I drove towards Chuck E Cheese. We were a little late as dance gets out right about 6. But it was pretty smooth driving there, I didn't hit much traffic. As I pulled into the parking lot the girls thought we were going to go shopping a little.
I pulled into the parking stall, and Audrey turns to me and says,"Mom, I think you are lost...". Me,"Oh, really?". Audrey,"Are we going to have dinner at Chuck E Cheese's!?!". "Yes". "But, what about the party??" (starting to get a little down) "Honey, the party is here." "It is!!!! Yay!!!"
I just wish I had someone with a camera when she went through this conversation. It was pretty awesome. And apparently I can keep a pretty good secret... But probably not for too much longer, or I will just have to get sneakier. :)
We had lots of fun with family, friends, pizza and games! And I didn't have to stress to much about all of it. So it ended up fairly enjoyable
And now I shall post pics...
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We pretty much understand why a company that did everything to stay within the legal boundaries of copyright laws got shut down (read Megaupload), and why authorities keep on turning a blind eye to Google's YouTube. We understand, but we don't agree.
In a nutshell, what Megaupload did was to provide with hosting services for its users. Besides the large amounts of legal content, Megaupload's servers were also hosting copyrighted content, including videos and movies; however, Kim's company was protected under the DMCA. Did this "minor" fact contributed to anything? Well, it did for a while. That until US authorities decided to put up their foot down and on Kim's business.
Unlike Megaupload, It's a wonderful life for YouTube, with no worries, not even that there's A Christmas Without Snow. Fret not, because Kim is planning for A Fairly Odd Christmas. We're talking, of course, about the incoming revamped Mega.
All in all, what's really important is to not be Home Alone at the end of this year, but with those close to you, celebrating this wonderful thing we call life. Maybe even watch A Christmas Carol in front of your fireplace.
Happy new year, to all of you out there!
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I bet that sign went up faster than any sign has ever gone up in Texas. I bet the original crew on the job was supposed to be 21 guys, but 5 of them had turned anklles, one broke a hand, two had lingering concussion symptoms and all had to be replaced, so I'm guessing approximately 34 people actually put that sign up.
4-6 seconds from point A to point B and when you get to point B, be pissed off
So A&M has 27 kids in their 2013 recruiting class... How will they get around the 25 limit the SEC installed. What are the penalties for that anyway? Anyone know?
If they couldn't win in the Big XII, how are Missouri and Texas A&M gonna win in the SEC?
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Dawn Moore said...
I comment about this further down, but basically I think Lightwell will have a brighter future in the expansion based on how much more I think location is going to play a part in strats.
GC made this post already: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?sid=1&topicId=25172045118&pageNo=1
He basically says Lightwell didn't fit into the pace of wrath, but may in Cataclysm. I think that's definitely a good additional argument against lightwell, in addition to "how are we supposed to make people click it?" Making people click it tends to be about being in the right environment right now. If you have a raid leader that supports it, it gets factored in - if you don't, you don't. There are plenty of places where players have downtime in the current game model and can use it, just most of them haven't looked for those places because we never took Lightwell before.


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Ellis v. Estate of Ellis: The Unequivocal Death of Interspousal Immunity in Utah
by Stephen D. Kelson
On January 2, 2001, newlyweds Steven and Aimee Ellis were traveling by car on their honeymoon. Near Shelley, Idaho, Mr. Ellis lost control of the vehicle and crossed the center median into oncoming traffic, resulting in a collision with a two-ton Mitsubishi truck. Mr. Ellis died as a result of the accident. Mrs. Ellis was hospitalized with serious injuries, including a severe head injury, numerous broken bones, internal injuries, and emotional trauma. Four years later Mrs. Ellis filed a personal injury action against her husband's estate for negligence, in the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, State of Utah.1 The Estate brought a motion to dismiss Mrs. Ellis's claim, in part, asserting that it was barred by the doctrine of interspousal immunity.2 The district court granted the Estate's motion in part, dismissing Mrs. Ellis's claim of negligence and concluding with reluctance that interspousal immunity is abrogated in Utah only with respect to intentional torts. Mrs. Ellis appealed the decision.
While historically the court has allowed legal actions between spouses with respect to contract and property law3 and for intentional acts,4 many practitioners have argued that no Utah case had specifically permitted an action based on ordinary negligence. On September 21, 2007, the Utah Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Ellis v. Estate of Ellis,5 ending any dispute as to whether the doctrine of interspousal immunity still exists in Utah. In a unanimous decision, drafted by Justice J. Durrant, the court held that interspousal immunity has been abrogated in Utah with respect to all claims.
This article briefly examines the Utah Supreme Court's decision in Ellis v. Estate of Ellis. First it reviews the history of the doctrine of interspousal immunity. Second, it examines the "tortuous path" of the doctrine under Utah law and the arguable uncertainty and misunderstanding regarding its application. Finally, it examines the supreme court's grounds for its reaffirmation of the abrogation of interspousal immunity, effectively slamming the coffin lid on the doctrine of interspousal immunity in Utah.
The History of Interspousal Immunity
The doctrine of interspousal immunity is a creation of English common law, arguably based upon early Roman law and subsequent Biblical interpretation of marriage, where a husband and wife became "one flesh," united in purpose and spirit, making it illogical to place the spouse of an injured party in an adversarial position.6 As stated in Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England:
By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband; under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing;…and her condition during her marriage is called her coverture. Upon this principle, of an union of person in husband and wife, depend almost all the legal rights, duties, and disabilities, that either of them acquire by the marriage.7
This "coverture" or "spousal unity" theory placed a married couple's legal identity in the husband, and prohibited one spouse from seeking a tort against the other for harm or injury, as the husband would legally have been both the plaintiff and the defendant in such litigation.8 This concept of common law coverture was adopted in the American colonies and continued well into the nineteenth century.
In the United States, during the latter half of the nineteenth century, states began to pass Married Women's Property Acts (or "Married Women's Acts") which terminated the common law unity of husband and wife, and established by statute that married women could "sue and be sued in the same manner as if she were unmarried."9 These Acts significantly increased the legal rights of women, allowing them to sue their husbands, defend their property interests, and make claims for fraud, trespass, conversion, and negligent injury to property.10 However, state courts faced with legislative Married Women's Acts often turned to public policy-based argument in order to justify the continued affirmation of the interspousal immunity doctrine. These public policy considerations generally included a mixture of the following arguments: 1) immunity preserves marital harmony, and interspousal tort suits will disrupt marital tranquility; 2) husbands and wives will engage in fraud and collusion in order to recover from liability insurance policies; 3) doing away with interspousal immunity will create excessive and frivolous claims; and/or 4) injured parties should pursue alternative remedies such as divorce or criminal charges.11 Although originally supported by many jurisdictions, courts throughout the twentieth century have abandoned these policy arguments.
From 1920 to 1940, courts increasingly read Married Women's Acts broadly, and the partial abrogation of interspousal immunity was a national trend. However, by the 1940s, a majority of jurisdictions still continued to recognize interspousal immunity.12 The doctrine continued to erode nationwide so that by 1970, a majority of states allowed intentional tort actions between spouses. By 1989, only one-sixth of the states retained immunity in some form, stressing the public policy arguments of marital tranquility, fraud, and judicial deference concepts. However, these arguments continued to erode, so that by the end of 1993, thirty-nine states had completely abolished interspoual immunity in its entirety,13 and by 1997, another six states joined the list.14 As of 2008, Louisiana remains the only state that retains interspousal tort immunity in relation to any tort action between spouses.15
Where the Utah Supreme Court case of Stoker v. Stoker 16 in 1980, appeared to abrogate interspousal immunity in its entirety, subsequent case law dicta left it arguably unclear as to whether only intentional torts or the entire doctrine had been abrogated, leaving both practitioners and commentators unsure as to the precise status of interspousal immunity in Utah.
The "Tortuous Path" of Interspousal Immunity in Utah
In Ellis, The Utah Supreme Court recently acknowledged that the common-law doctrine of interspousal immunity has traveled a "tortuous path" in Utah case law.17 Examining the history of Utah's case law on the doctrine, the Arizona Court of Appeals found that: "[b]etween 1954 and 1980, the Utah Supreme Court twice reversed its interpretation of the governing statutes on the subject, each time by a divided court; and since 1980 the court has three times avoided deciding how its previous cases should be read."18 Each time the doctrine has been addressed by the court, it has been required to weigh the significance of Utah's Married Women's Act and its interpretation, against arguable public policies.
A. Utah's Married Women's Act of 1898.
In the revised statutes of 1898, the Utah Legislature joined other states in enacting the Married Women's Act ("the Act").19 These statutes, in pertinent part, have remained unchanged since enactment, and can be found in principle part in Utah Code sections 30-2-2 and 30-2-4. Section 30-2-2 states:
Contracts may be made by a wife, and liabilities incurred and enforced by or against her, to the same extent and in the same manner as if she were unmarried.20
Section 30-2-4 states:
A wife may receive the wages for her personal labor, maintain an action therefore in her own name and hold the same in her own right, and may prosecute and defend all actions for the preservation and protection of her rights and property as if unmarried. There shall be no right of recovery by the husband on account of personal injury or wrong to his wife, or for expenses connected therewith, but the wife may recover against a third person for such injury or wrong as if unmarried, and such recovery shall include expenses of medical treatment and other expenses paid or assumed by the husband.21
Pursuant to the Act, the legal rights of wives were substantially expanded, permitting them to sue and be sued, enforce liabilities, and take action to protect their rights.
B. The Married Women's Act Versus Interspousal Immunity.
The first case to address interspousal immunity pursuant to the Act occurred in 1954, in the case of Taylor v. Patten,22 where a wife sued her husband for injuries arising from an intentional tort. By a 3-2 decision, the Utah Supreme Court reinstated the wife's intentional tort claim against her husband as a "sound public policy." In deciding that a wife could recover from her husband for intentionally inflicted injuries, the court noted that although Utah statutes did not expressly authorize such recovery, "a liberal construction with a view to effect their objects and promote justice indicates that such was the legislative intention."23 Two members of the majority stated:
Under modern Husband and Wife statutes, such as ours, [the] fiction [of coverture] has been completely eliminated and the wife has been completely emancipated from this inability to own, control and manage her property, and from her inability to sue and be sued for the protection of her property and personal rights.24
Although joining to form the majority, Justice Crockett limited his concurrence to claims arising during the interlocutory period of a divorce action, and expressed his support of the doctrine of interspousal immunity and misgivings of permitting spouses to sue one another, on the grounds that such suits created marital discord and would lead to collusive lawsuits.
Nine years later, the Utah Supreme Court overruled Taylor in the case of Rubalcava v. Gisseman,25 by a 4-1 decision, holding that a wife could not sue her husband for a negligent tort arising during their marriage.26 Drafting the majority opinion, Justice Crockett conceded that although "as a generality, the idea that the husband is master of the house exists more in theory than in fact," public policy continued to favor interspousal immunity. The court asserted "to allow interspousal actions 'encourages raids on insurance companies through unmeritorious claims which never would be instituted where the husband did not carry liability insurance,'"27 and that the prospect of liability insurance acted as a temptation for collusion, which would subvert marital accord.28
The court further asserted that if the legislature had intended to abolish interspousal immunity in tort cases it would have explicitly done so, and therefore reinterpreted Utah's Married Women's Act strictly, abolishing interspousal immunity only as it applied to contract and property cases. This interpretation applied whether or not a spouse was alive or deceased, and whether or not the conduct was intentional or unintentional.
In 1980, the Utah Supreme Court revisited the issue of interspousal immunity in the case of Stoker v. Stoker,29 a case that involved an intentional tort claim by a wife against her husband. This time, a three member majority of the court rejected and reversed its decision in Rubalcava in its entirety, and reaffirmed the prior lead decision in Taylor, stating:
The [Married Women's Act] authorizes [a wife] to prosecute and defend all actions for the preservation and protection of her rights and property, as if unmarried. It speaks of rights and of property in the disjunctive, and, all actions for the preservation and protection of her rights would certainly include a right to be free from an intentional tort of her husband.30
The court further acknowledged that the Married Women's Act was enacted pursuant to article IV, section I, of the Utah Constitution, which states that "Both male and female citizens of this State shall enjoy equally all civil, political, and religious rights and privileges." The court also reiterated that the Utah Married Women's Act should be liberally construed so as to promote justice. The court concluded that:
The old common law fiction [of coverture] is not consonant with the realities of today. One of the strengths of the common law was its ability to change to meet changed conditions. Here, the Legislature did not wait for the common law to change, it made the change for it; and did so at a time when a great many of Utah's sister states were enacting, or had previously enacted, Married Women's Acts. Our holding today reaffirms the Legislative abrogation of Interspousal Immunity.31
However, the Utah Supreme Court's flip-flopping from Taylor to Rubalcava and then to Stoker didn't settle the issue in the minds of Utah attorneys and commentators. Although Stoker did "reaffirm" the abrogation of interspousal immunity in Utah, it was an intentional tort case, and did not specifically address unintentional tort actions between spouses. Furthermore, after the Stoker decision, the Utah Supreme Court marginally commented on the issue of interspousal immunity in the unintentional tort context on three separate occasions, and appeared to identify that the issue was still unresolved.
In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Mastbaum,32 the Utah Supreme Court found that a household exclusion clause absolved a liability insurer of the duty to defend a husband in his wife's personal injury suit. In his concurring opinion, Justice Zimmerman stated: Inasmuch as there are no grounds for reversing the instant case, I think it unnecessary for us to decide at this juncture whether Stoker v. Stoker, 616 P.2d 590 (Utah 1980), abrogated interspousal immunity with respect to actions grounded in negligence as well as those grounded in intentional torts.33
In Noble v. Noble,34 the Utah Supreme Court opined in a footnote that:
In Stoker, this Court held that the doctrine [of interspousal immunity] had been abrogated with respect to intentional torts. Id. at 590, 592. We have never had occasion to decide whether this abrogation extended to negligence claims, and we do not do so in this case. It is unnecessary for us to reach that question because our disposition of [the plaintiff's] intentional tort action makes it a certainty that she will have a remedy for her injuries.35
These comments by the court in Mastbaum and Noble suggested that Stoker did not fully abrogate interspousal immunity. In the subsequent case of Forsman v. Forsman,36 a plaintiff sued her husband and another individual in Utah for damages sustained as a result of an unintentional automobile collision. However, on appeal, the Utah Supreme Court found it necessary to apply the law of the domicile state (California), and did not discuss or comment on the issue of interspousal immunity under Utah law. The decisions in these three cases provided limited credence to arguments made by defendant insurance companies at the district court level that interspousal immunity still applied to unintentional torts in Utah.
Fifteen years after Stoker, in 1994, the Arizona Court of Appeals found it necessary to examine Utah law regarding interspousal immunity in a negligence case. In Lucero v. Valdez,37 a wife brought suit against her husband for damages sustained in a vehicle accident that occurred while the couple was traveling through Arizona from their home in Utah. The court examined "whether the Stoker majority intended to limit its decision to the facts, rejecting interspousal tort immunity for intentional tort claims only, or whether it intended a wholesale rejection, not only in intentional tort claims but in negligence claims as well." The court concluded that the decision of Mastbaum and Noble held that the issue remained open in Utah. However, the court determined that the rationale set forth in Stoker articulated the rejection of interspousal immunity in all cases. However, noting that the Utah Supreme Court might again reverse its decision, the court held that Arizona law should apply and permitted the plaintiff's negligence claim.
In 2007, more than a quarter century after its decision in Stoker, the Utah Supreme Court was presented a case requiring it to address whether or not interspousal immunity applied to unintentional torts in Utah.
The Reaffirmed Death of Interspousal Immunity.
The Utah Supreme Court's decision in Ellis v. Ellis specifically addresses whether or not Utah joined the list of states abolishing interspousal immunity in the 1980 case of Stoker, and if not, whether the doctrine should be upheld. The court concluded: "We now reiterate our Stoker analysis and hold that the common-law doctrine of interspousal immunity has been abrogated with respect to all claims."38 Where the court acknowledged the tortuous path of the doctrine of interspousal immunity in Utah case law, it identifies that both majority opinions in Rubalcava and Stoker found no basis to distinguish negligence from intentional tort claims, stating:
[I]n Stoker, after reversing course from Rubalcava and reaffirming Taylor, we made this broad, clear statement: "Our holding today reaffirms the Legislative abrogation of Interspousal Immunity." Stoker was meant to be our final pronouncement on the subject – interspousal immunity was now dead in Utah as to all claims.
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In sum, because we rejected in Rubalcava and Stoker any distinction, for the purposes of interspousal immunity, between negligent and intentional torts, and because in Stoker we rejected interspousal immunity for reasons that apply equally to negligent and intentional torts, we conclude that interspousal immunity has been abrogated in Utah with respect to all claims.39
The court's decision to reaffirm Stoker's abrogation of interspousal immunity is based on its conclusion that the two primary policy rationales previously used to justify the doctrine in its Rubalcava decision – marital discord and collusion – are without merit.
Doing so, the court found that it had no "penetrating insight" to determine the doctrine's effect upon a marriage, and that barring actions between spouses may cause as much marital discord as allowing them, and that it is doubtful that marital harmony can be "preserved or restored by refusing to redress a palpable wrong or compensate a genuine injury."40 The court also rejected that the abrogation of the doctrine would create collusion, finding that the argument had previously been rejected in regards to household exclusion clauses in automobile insurance policies, and has never been accepted in Utah as grounds for endorsing the parent-child immunity doctrine.41 Furthermore, as trial judges and juries examine evidence in order to arrive at proper verdicts, they "would naturally be mindful of the relationship and would be even more on the alert for improper conduct."42 Refuting the public policy arguments long used to support interspousal immunity in Utah, the Utah Supreme Court's decision in Ellis ends any argument that the doctrine continues to exist in any form.
The doctrine of interspousal immunity has been dying across the United States throughout the twentieth century. For over a quarter century, legal practitioners have been waiting to learn its ultimate fate in Utah. The Utah Supreme Court's decision in Ellis has definitively set the issue to rest – the doctrine is entirely dead in Utah.
1. Due to a failure to file her claim within a year of Mr. Ellis's death, the Estate's liability was limited to Mr. Ellis's insurance coverage. See Utah Code Ann. §75-3-803(1)(a), (4)(b) (1993).
2. The Estate's motion also argued that the statute of limitations had run on Mrs. Ellis's negligence claim. The district court denied this argument and determined that lay affidavits were sufficient to establish a genuine issue of material fact as to Mrs. Ellis's mental incompetence for a time sufficient to toll the four-year statue of limitations, pursuant to section 78-12-36. See Utah Code Ann. §78-12-36 (2002).
3. Utah Married Women's Act, Utah Code Ann. §78-11-1, 30-2-2, 30-2-4 (1953, as amended).
4. Stoker v. Stoker, 616 P.2d 590, 590 (Utah 1980).
5. Ellis v. Estate of Ellis, 2007 UT 77 169 P.3d 441.
6. Laura H. Wanamaker, Note, Waite v. Waite; The Florida Supreme Court Abrogates the Doctrine of Interspousal Immunity, 45 Mercer L. Rev. 903. See also Hatch v. Hatch, 46 Utah 116, 148 P. 1096, 1099 (1915).
7. Stoker, 616 P.2d at 590-91 (quoting Colley's Blackstone, Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 15, page 290 (1879)).
8. Carl Tobias, Interspousal Tort Immunity in America, 23 Ga. L. Rev. 359, 361-62.
9. See Utah Code Ann. § 78-11-1 (1953, as amended).
10. See W. Page Keeton et al., Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts § 122 (5th ed. 1984).
11. Wanamaker, supra note 6, at 906.
12. Tobias, supra note 8, at 423-25.
13. Wanamaker, supra note 6, at 907.
14. See Interspousal Torts: A Procedural Framework for Hawi'i, 19 U. Haw. L. Rev. 377, 381 (1997).
15. See La Rev. Stat. § 9:291.
16. Stoker, 616 P.2d at 592.
17. Ellis, 2007 UT 77, ¶ 99.
18. Id. (quoting Lucero v. Valdez, 180 Ariz. 313, 884 P.2d 199, 205 (Ct.App.1994)).
19. See Utah Revised Statutes § 1201 (1898).
20. Utah Code Ann. § 30-2-2 (1953, as amended).
21. Id. § 30-2-4 (1998).
22. See Taylor v. Patten, 275 P.2d 696, 698 (Utah 1954).
23. Id. at 696.
24. Id. at 697-98.
25. See Rubalcava v. Gisseman, 384 P.2d 389 (Utah 1963).
26. See id. at 393.
27. Id. at 391-92 (quoting Brown v. Gosser, 262 S.W.2d 480, 485 (1953)(Sims, C.J., dissenting)).
28. Id. at 391.
29. Stoker v. Stoker, 616 P.2d 590 (Utah 1980).
30. Id. at 591.
31. Id. at 592.
32. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Mastbaum, 748 P.2d 1042 (Utah 1987).
33. Id. at 1044-45 (Zimmerman, J., concurring).
34. Noble v. Noble, 761 P.2d 1369 (Utah 1988).
35. Id. at 1375 n.7 (citations omitted).
36. Forsman v. Forsman, 779 P.2d 218 (Utah 1989).
37. Lucero v. Valdez, 884 P.2d 199 (Ariz. App. Div. 1 1994).
38. Ellis, 2007 UT 77, ¶ 21.
39. Id. ¶¶ 23-24 (citations omitted).
40. Id. ¶ 27 (quoting Keeton § 122, at 903 (5th ed. 1984)).
41. See id. ¶¶ 28-29.
42. Id. ¶ 29 (quoting Farmers Ins. Exch. v. Call, 712 P.2d 231 (Utah 1985)(internal quotation marks and citations omitted)).


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I took out the nuts, icing and raisins, added 2 eggs and used 1/2 cup of canola oil instead of butter, used 2 and 1/2 cups apple sauce. Make sure not to overcook, took out when there was still a little crumbs on cake tester. It turned out moist and delicious. SOOO GOOOD!!!
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 763
- Fat: 45g
- Saturated fat: 21g
- Protein: 9g
- Carbohydrate: 87g
- Fiber: 3g
- Cholesterol: 123mg
- Sodium: 416mg
- The cake:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of ground cloves
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 cup applesauce, room temperature
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 3/4 cup raisins
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- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter an 8-inch square metal baking pan and lightly dust with flour, shaking out any excess.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, salt and cloves; set aside.
- Cream butter and sugars in bowl of an electric mixer, beating at high speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add egg and beat well until blended. Mix in applesauce at low speed, then add flour mixture, mixing at low speed until incorporated. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake 40 minutes, until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cake cool completely in pan.
- Make frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add sugar and vanilla extract and mix until blended. Spread frosting on cooled cake and cut into 6 pieces.
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Hello All - My backpacking experiences are basically all from Michigan. I'd like to adventure west a little more and a little more south east.
Hiking in the woods is good, waking up in the woods is good, and meeting new people in the woods is good!
Hey Pete, Thanks for the laughs and the good times! I enjoyed joking around with you in the velly and can't wait for the next trip. The cobbler was great! Take care!
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Thanks for signing up with BGCK. I look forward to meeting you at a paddle.
wow Pete! you are so considerate for the Veggie's of the world. Mmmmmmm! Cobbler. if not this time, maybe the next.
Hey Pete, Welcome to Tri-State Kayakers! If you haven't yet signed up, please check out our third event, the Boats-n-Boots kayak sharing at Winton Woods Saturday Nov 22.
Hi there good to see that your still around, you will love the gorge. Your first trip ? hikers are going next weekend I am thinking about going. We should hook up our last trip was alot of fun.
Pete, you must be really close to where I live. Thanks for signing up, and Welcome! The best way to insure that we schedule events that suit you best is to get involved. I hope to see you at the next meeting! -Dave
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Today's recipe is not what I originally wanted to share with you. I'm so anxious for the fall season to get here, that once September arrived, I planned to post something more fall-ish (even though it's not technically fall until September 22nd). But, the hot weather here in Mississippi makes it hard to think about […]
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Recently, I had one of those days that usually happens around the end of the month, right before our monthly pay day. Meal planning ideas ran out, leftovers were used up, and the pocket book was virtually empty. These things, combined, caused for a hopeful run through the pantry to see what I could use […]
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Anyone from Australia published and sold?
I am interested in anyone's experience from Oz…..
How did you go about marketing and selling? How did the currency conversion affect costs?
Did you get an ISBN and barcode?
I am putting together a cookbook…what sort of book did you publish?
Published one book. Marketting was word of mouth – the group was local and relatively small. As far as I know, the promised ability (mid last year IIRC) to convert currency on book profits has not arrived.
For my book, the order was taken from here (was for about 12 copies), one person volunteered to do the single order of 12 copies, then profit + exact payments happened as they were doled out here. Not perfect (in fact, annoying), and it could really only happen because of the local nature. The advantage was reduced cost of shipping and volume discount of 10%.
You could do similar by allowing people to view it at blurb, but put a high price on it to get them to order direct from you. You'd have to keep a stockpile, but would get them for the reduced shipping and volume discount at the cost of local shipping charges. Or you could hammer blurb to get a move on with profit currency conversion (and hope the banks don't slug for exhorbitant fees).
I just received my cheque in the mail from sales of my book. The bank wants to charge a "currency conversion fee" that is more than the value of the cheque!
Hi Tim,
We just started processing checks in AUD$ earlier this month, so maybe you got a check in US$. If so, write into customer support to see about reissuing your check in AUD$.
Hope this helps.
– Kathy
They told me to send my cheque back and wait to get a larger amount or just wait until Paypal is implemented next year.
Hi Kathy and all…I just sent a letter in to customer support re this matter.
Basically I have waited six months since selling books last year, to receive my first cheque….but not before blurb pull out nearly 25% of my profits as a suprise accounting fee. Now the cheque arrives and my bank inform me that they will take almost the whole amount of that cheque as a fee to deposit it.
So….i wish to return my cheque and have the whole amount of profit paid direct debit to an account, or thru paypal, or as a cheque to my partner who lives in the usa. ANything would be better than watching everyone else make money on my years of creative work and me get nothing.
Hope you have some good news for us!!
Your link to customer support goes to a dead end (page not found) so is not much use.
I have sent emails to as many places in blurb as I can with regard to this matter but still not heard back.. I Need to have my last cheque withdrawn/cancelled so I can get all my funds either paid in australian dollars or direct debited, or thru paypal, OR failing that, issued as a cheque to my partner in the USA so he can bank it.
The current situation is ridiculous.
Kathy's link was from last Septemner before a revamp of the web site.
At the top of this page ho to the Help menu and select Customer Support, from the resultant page select the Contact Support tab.
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Hi sunshiine,
Sorry to hear that you haven't been able to contact us. Tony is right about the old email address for customer support, but I went ahead and updated in the above post just the same. Once you are in the system, we usually respond within two hours or so.
We searched through our support system and did not find an email from you so someone will reach out to you. Look for an email from us soon.
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|Appetizer; Main Dish
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|Low Calorie; Low Cholesterol; Heart healthy; High Fiber; High Protein; Gluten Free
Eight 6-inch corn tortillas
Canola oil cooking spray
One 6-7-ounce can boneless, skinless wild Alaskan salmon, drained
1 avocado, diced
2 tablespoons minced pickled jalape�os, plus 2 tablespoons pickling juice from jar, divided
2 cups shredded cabbage
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
One 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed
3 tablespoons reduced fat sour cream
2 tablespoons prepared salsa
2 scallions, chopped
Lime wedges (optional)
Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven, and preheat to 375�F.
Coat the tortillas on both sides with cooking spray. Place on 2 baking sheets. Bake, turning once, until light brown, 12-14 minutes.
Combine the salmon, avocado and jalape�os in a bowl. Combine the cabbage, cilantro, and pickling juice in another bowl.
Process the black beans, sour cream, salsa, and scallions in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a microwave-safe bowl. Cover and microwave on high until hot, about 2 minutes.
To assemble the tostadas, spread some bean mixture and some salmon mixture on each tortilla and top them with the cabbage salad. Serve with lime wedges, if desired.
Calories: 319 cal
Total fat: 11g
Saturated fat: 2g
Monounsaturated fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 16mg
Sodium: 352mg
Potassium: 670mg
Carbohydrates: 43g
Fiber: 12g
Protein: 16g


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Genre: Regency Period, England
Jeanne Carmichael brings a fresh lustre to classic Regency romance in this high-spirited tale of hidden identities and dashing strangers.
All her life Miss Candace Stafford has done her best to be a pattern card of propriety, a model of good behavior, to offset the scandal surrounding her mother's outrageous elopement with her lover. So it goes indeed against the grain to conceal her assistance to a wounded young gentleman she finds in the woods one day, hiding from a villainous pursuer who has already tried to kill him once.
If she does not feel free to inform her vicar uncle, she certainly is not about to reveal anything to the handsome stranger who rides into town ostensibly to purchase a nearby estate for his younger half-brother. Little does she know that he is in fact a high-born earl trying to foil a murderous plot of revenge. What she does know is that the gentleman is a charmer who melts her heart in spite of her suspicions.
Ms. Carmichael embodies the very best of Regency storytelling, blending a warmly appealing pair of lovers, memorable secondary characters and an exciting plot into sheer reading delight. (Sept., 233 pp., $4.50)
Reviewed By: Melinda Helfer
Publisher: Fawcett
Published: Sept 1995


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Every December, locals can count on a few things — holiday music playing on Bent Street, dropping Wyoming temperatures, eggnog available at local grocery stores and Country Christmas.
The Country Christmas Celebration, in its 22nd year, has become a holiday tradition for Powell.
This year, in addition to the standby festivities, local residents will have an opportunity to hear about holiday traditions in other cultures. For the first time, Country Christmas will include other countries in the weekend celebration.
On Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Plaza Diane during Holidays Around the World, Northwest College international students will share what Christmas or other seasonal celebrations look like in their home countries.
Powell is blessed to house dozens of international students hailing from all over the globe. This student population is an asset to the community.
Although international students are here to learn about American culture, they often serve as teachers.
Throughout the year, they give residents of rural Powell a firsthand account of their country's flavors, songs, traditions, beliefs and languages.
During Saturday's program, the community has an opportunity to learn about ethnic celebrations in South Korea, Brazil, Vietnam, Chile, Austria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan.
In addition to marking Country Christmas in the traditional way this weekend — with a visit from Santa Claus, holiday music, Christmas trees, food, crafts, a lighted parade, entertainment, the Tour of Homes — Powell folks are fortunate to celebrate diversity as well.


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There are new details about what happened inside the house of missing teen Erica Parsons on the day dozens of investigators went through it with a search warrant.
The family attorney says an interview with Erica's mom Casey that day suddenly stopped.
The Parsonses attorney says a FBI agent asked for a break, and then told him, not Casey, but referring to Casey that lying to a federal agent is a crime.
That brought the August 14 interview with Casey at the house during the 12-hour search to a halt.
Attorney Carlyle Sherrill told the FBI that Casey believed Erica was living with her biological grandmother, because that's who Casey thought she met and was introduced to Erica's biological mother Carolyn; if the facts weren't true, Sherrill says it's not because Casey was lying, but simply told federal agents what she'd been told.
Sherrill says later that same day, local investigators put Sandy Parsons in a squad car after they thought questioning was over, and that's one reason for an ongoing, contentious relationship the Parsonses have with local investigators, compared to the FBI.
"I'm told Sandy was placed in the back of a patrol car, and that they began making accusatory questions toward him again and he didn't want local law enforcement here the next day," Sherrill said.
That next day, Sandy Parsons talked to the FBI for about four hours at Sherrill's office.
Sherrill says the Parsonses feel the FBI is looking for a missing person, while local investigators are trying to pin a crime on them, and that's another reason for the contentious relationship.
The Parsonses last talked to local investigators about two weeks ago, that Sherrill knows of. He says Casey and Sandy talk to the FBI-- even when he's not around for the discussion.
Carolyn Parsons, Erica's biological mother was spotted leaving the courthouse shortly after noon on Monday, escorted out by a deputy. Officials have not confirmed if she was on site for an interview. She didnt speak to media.
On Carolyn Parsons Facebook page, she says she never introduced Casey and Sandy to "Nan", the woman the parent say Erica went to live with.
Nobody has been arrested or charged in Erica's disappearance.
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