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FanDuel.com has been around since the early days of daily fantasy. The site was the first major DFS site to come onto the scene in 2009 and since they started they've been able to raise a whopping $18m in funding! Their investors include Pentech Ventures, Piton Capital, Bullpen Capital and most recently, Comcast Ventures. The Comcast Ventures deal was for $11m and was for FanDuel's Series C of financing.
It's currently estimated that FanDuel owns 60% of the daily fantasy market share.
As you probably gathered from the opening paragraph, FanDuel is no joke. They've raised an immense amount of capital and use it for huge promotions and payouts. The site pays out the most prizes in the industry each year and at $2,000,000 in payouts each week, I'm not sure anyone else is even on the same planet.
FanDuel offers fantasy football, baseball, basketball, college basketball and hockey games on a regular basis with entry fees starting at just $1.
FanDuel offers games that have basic, expert, and beginner salary cap budgets in order to cater to the different skill levels of the fantasy user. This gives new (and veteran) users the ability to play games at their level.
The scoring system is a pretty basic one and is easy to get used to. They do present some differences from their competitors, however, including: -.25 for every out made in fantasy baseball and -1 for every turnover in basketball. Their football scoring is very similar to what most season-long users have seen.
Sign-up now using our FanDuel referral links and receive a 30% bonus up to $100. FanDuel might not offer the biggest bonus in the industry, but what they lack in bonuses they more than make up for in guaranteed prize pools. On any given day you can go to FanDuel's game lobby and see outrageous prize pools and opportunities to win. Several players are taking home $5k in prizes daily and making a great living.
The biggest prize pools not only in the history of FanDuel, but in all of fantasy sports, is their Daily Fantasy Baseball Championship that is awarding $1,000,000! The winner of this monstrous event will take home $200k with all 45 finalists taking home cash prizes and winning free trips to Vegas. This type of tourney doesn't just popup every day in the DFS industry, but if I were to guess we'll be seeing more and more of these types of championship events from FanDuel.
You can win a seat to the DFBC for as little as $1 or jump into a larger qualifier for as much as $109. This reminds me a lot of how poker sites would award tickets to their WSOP packages. CEO Nigel Eccles and the rest of the FanDuel team do a great job of making these larger events accessible for users with smaller bankrolls.
As mentioned, FanDuel has been around longer than any other DFS site and they're far from fading out. Not only are they the oldest, but they're also the biggest. This can easily be seen with one glance at their game lobby. When they say they payout $2m in prizes every week, they're not kidding. You can enter games for $1 and play for $2k or enter for $270 and play for $8k; there are tons of guaranteed prize pools and FanDuel gives you every chance to get a huge return on your investment.
FanDuel also has head-to-head, double-up, and league sizes ranging from 3-20, aside from their humongous GPP events. There's a reason FanDuel has become the first commercialized daily fantasy site (of course, $18 million in funding helps, as well).
FanDuel allows players to deposit via PayPal, Credit and Debit Card, and Prepaid Credit and Gift Cards. They only accept Visa as far as credit/debit cards are concerned, which is a minor issue, but an issue nonetheless.
The withdraw process is very simple as they payout through PayPal. Withdrawal requests are typically processed within 24 hours, but can take a bit longer. You may have to wait two days to receive your withdraw, which is acceptable, but I'd like to see them do this a bit quicker. After all, they don't exactly have a shortage of funds.
FanDuel takes a clean and simple approach to their game lobby. Their filtering system is set off to the side and their game lobby is showcased immediately when you visit their site. If you're looking for the larger games just click the Prizes link at the top of the lobby and then you'll be able to checkout all of their larger games.
In order to make a great site and constantly add new upgrades and features you have to possess a great development team and FanDuel has just that. Working out of their office in Edinburgh, FanDuel's developers are some of the best in the industry and you can tell they're always hard at work. You'll rarely, if ever, find errors in their software and they give you very little to complain about as a user.
FanDuel's simplistic approach has resulted in one of the most interactive communities in the industry and this can be seen right in their chat. Users can log in at almost any time of day and find fellow patrons to talk shop with. They do a great job of getting some of their bigger games up in advance which allows their community to get in on the action before missing out on a big game.
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MOUNT PROSPECT, IL (November 5, 2012) – The National Sporting Goods Association announces today that Dustin Dobrin has officially begun to serve as the association's new Director of Research & Information. Dobrin, who joined the association's staff on September 4, takes the place of Dan Kasen, a 31-year employee of the association who retired on November 2.
Dobrin brings vast research experience with him to his role, including from his most recent position as the Consumer and Market Insights Manager for the U.S. Mints Division of the Wrigley Co. Previously, he served as a Shopper Insights Manager/Category Manager for the same company.
According to NSGA's President & CEO, Matt Carlson, "Dustin was a great fit for our association to take our research to the next level. Taking over for someone with as much knowledge as Dan Kasen will not be easy, but I'm confident that Dustin's previous experience and desire to continue to evolve NSGA's research and information functions will provide many positive outcomes for NSGA moving forward."
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Famous Studios
|Shut down by new owner Gulf+Western
|Paramount Animation
|May 25, 1942
|Key people
|Sam Buchwald
Seymour Kneitel
Isadore Sparber
Dan Gordon
Howard Post
Shamus Culhane
Ralph Bakshi
|Animated cartoons
|Approx. 50
|Paramount Pictures
Famous Studios (renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956) was the first animation division of the film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1967. Famous was founded as a successor company to Fleischer Studios, after Paramount seized control of the aforementioned studio and ousted its founders, Max and Dave Fleischer, in 1941.[1] The studio's productions included three series started by the Fleischers—Popeye the Sailor, Superman, and Screen Songs—as well as Little Audrey, Little Lulu, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Honey Halfwitch, Herman and Katnip, Baby Huey, and the anthology Noveltoons series.
The Famous name was previously used as Famous Players Film Company, one of several companies which in 1912 became Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, the company which founded Paramount Pictures.[1] Paramount's music publishing branch, which held the rights to all of the original music in the Fleischer/Famous cartoons, was named Famous Music.
Fleischer Studios dissolution[edit]
Fleischer Studios was a successful animation studio responsible for producing successful cartoon shorts starring characters such as Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailor. The studio moved its operations from New York City to Miami Beach, Florida in 1938, following union problems and the start of production on its first feature film, Gulliver's Travels (1939).[2] While Gulliver was a success, the expense of the move and increased overhead costs created finance problems for the Fleischer Studios. The studio depended upon advances and loans from its distributor, Paramount Pictures, in order to continue production on its short subjects and to begin work on a second feature, Mr. Bug Goes to Town.[3]
Compounding the problems the studio was facing was the fact that the studio's co-founders, brothers Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer, were becoming increasingly estranged, and by this time were no longer speaking to each other due to personal and professional disputes.[4] On May 25, 1941, Paramount assumed full ownership of Fleischer Studios, and had the Fleischer brothers submit signed letters of resignation, to be used at Paramount's discretion.[3] Following the unsuccessful release of Mr. Bug in December 1941,[3] Max Fleischer, no longer able to cooperate with Dave, sent Paramount a telegram expressing such.[4] Paramount responded by producing the letters of resignation, severing the Fleischer brothers from control of their studio.[3]
Paramount renamed the studio Famous Studios. Although they had ownership of the company, it remained a separate entity.[3] Three top Fleischer employees were promoted to run the animation studio: business manager Sam Buchwald, storyboard artist Isadore Sparber, and Max Fleischer's son-in-law, head animator Seymour Kneitel.[1] Buchwald assumed Max Fleischer's place as executive producer, while Sparber and Kneitel shared Dave Fleischer's former responsibilities as supervising producers and credited directors.[3] A third animation director, Dan Gordon, remained only briefly before departing after 1943.[4] Although the Fleischers left the studio at the end of 1941, Famous Studios was not officially incorporated until May 25, 1942, after Paramount's contract with Fleischer Studios had formally run its course.[3]
Early years[edit]
Shortly after the takeover, Paramount began plans to move a significantly downsized Famous Studios back to New York, a move completed early in 1943.[1] Virtually all of the Famous staff, from voice artist/storyman Jack Mercer and storyman Carl Meyer to animators such as Myron Waldman, David Tendlar, Tom Johnson, Nicholas Tafuri, and Al Eugster, were holdovers from the Fleischer era. These artists remained with Famous/Paramount for much of the studio's existence. As at Fleischer's, the head animators carried out the tasks that were assigned to animation directors at other studios, while the credited directors—Kneitel, Sparber, Gordon, and Disney/Terrytoons veteran Bill Tytla—acted more as supervisors.[5] Sammy Timberg served as musical director until he was replaced in 1946 by Winston Sharples, who formerly worked with the Van Beuren Studios.
Continuing series from the Fleischer period included Popeye the Sailor and Superman, both licensed from popular comics characters. The expensive Superman cartoons, having lost their novelty value with exhibitors, ended production in 1943, a year after Famous' inception. They were replaced by a series starring Saturday Evening Post comic strip character Little Lulu. Also in 1943, Famous began producing the formerly black-and-white Popeye cartoons in Technicolor, and began a new series of one-shot cartoons under the umbrella title Noveltoons (similar in respects to the Color Classics series from Fleischer Studios, and also the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series from Warner Bros.).[6]
The Noveltoons series introduced several popular characters such as Herman and Katnip and Baby Huey, and Casper the Friendly Ghost, created by writer Seymour Reit and Famous animator Joe Oriolo during World War II as a children's book manuscript, was sold to Famous in 1945 and became the studio's most successful wholly owned property.[5] In 1947, Paramount decided to stop paying Little Lulu creator Marge licensing royalties, and created another "mischievous girl" character, Little Audrey, as a replacement.[6] That same year Famous resurrected an old Fleischer series, Screen Songs, introducing a new series of musical cartoons featuring a "bouncing ball" sing-along.[5] In 1951 the Screen Songs became "Kartune Musical Shorts," which ended in 1953 after Max Fleischer claimed ownership of the "bouncing ball" trademark. Only two more musical cartoons were released (as one-shot Noveltoons): in 1954 ("Candy Cabaret") and 1963 ("Hobo's Holiday").
Although the studio still carried much of the staff from the previous regime, animation fans and historians note that its films soon diverged from the previous style.[1] Many of them deride the company style for being highly formulaic and largely oriented towards a children's audience, with none of the artistic ambition or sophistication that the previous management strove for.[1][5]
Later period and sales of cartoon libraries[edit]
Sam Buchwald died of a heart attack in 1951.[7] Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber became the production heads of the studio, and Dave Tendlar was promoted to director.[7]
The mid and late-1950s brought a number of significant changes for Famous Studios. In 1955, Paramount sold most of their pre-October 1950 shorts and cartoons, except for the Popeye and Superman shorts, to U.M. & M. TV Corporation for television distribution. The Popeye cartoons were acquired by Associated Artists Productions, and the Superman cartoons had already reverted to Superman's owners National Comics after the studio's film rights to the character had expired. In October 1956, Famous Studios was downsized and reorganized. Paramount assumed full control of the studio, integrating it into the Paramount Pictures Corporation as a division named Paramount Cartoon Studios.[7] Two years after the company's reorganization, Isadore Sparber, who had been fired along with some of the other veterans at the studio, died, leaving Seymour Kneitel alone in charge of the studio. In addition, budget cutting became a huge problem for the studio at this time, the animation quality of the shorts started to drop severely and by 1959 everything that the studio was turning out began to look bizarrely cheap and limited. Paramount also ceased using Technicolor by this time in favor for cheaper color processes as well. The last Famous Studios short to use Technicolor was Katnip's Big Day, the finale of the Herman and Katnip cartoon series.
Paramount sold their remaining cartoon film library and the rights to their established characters to Harvey Comics in 1959; however, the final theatrical cartoon to have any of their established characters already acquired by Harvey Comics since was Turtle Scoop featuring Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare (both uncredited and redrawn) in 1961.[7] Paramount's attempts at creating replacement characters, among them Jeepers and Creepers and The Cat, proved unsuccessful. Nonetheless, television animation production outsourced from King Features and Harvey Films brought the company additional income. Ironically, these arrangements had Paramount working on new television cartoons starring Casper, whom they had originally created, and Popeye and Little Lulu, characters they had previously licensed for theatrical cartoons.[7] In the case of King Features' Popeye and King Features Trilogy TV cartoons, Paramount was one of several animation studios, among them Jack Kinney Productions and Rembrandt Films, to which King Features subcontracted production.[7] The first of only two all-new Little Lulu cartoons after the character's 16-year hiatus off-screen, Alvin's Solo Flight, was released as part of the Noveltoons series in 1961, while twelve of the King Features Trilogy cartoons, starring characters such as Krazy Kat, Little Lulu, Beetle Bailey, and Snuffy Smith, were released theatrically by Paramount in 1962 under the title Comic Kings.[7]
Seymour Kneitel died of a heart attack in 1964, and Paramount brought in comic book veteran Howard Post to run the cartoon studio.[8] Under Post's supervision, Paramount began new cartoon series and characters such as Swifty and Shorty and Honey Halfwitch (the latter having originated from the Modern Madcaps series in the 1965 short Poor Little Witch Girl), and allowed comic strip artist Jack Mendelsohn to direct two well-received cartoons based upon children's imaginations and drawing styles: The Story of George Washington and A Leak in the Dike (both 1965).[8]
However, Post left the studio due internal conflicts with the Paramount staff. His replacement was Shamus Culhane, a veteran of the Fleischer Studios.[8] Culhane completed a few films that Post started and then ignored the rule book and made films that were very different from the previous regime. In 1966, the studio subcontracted The Mighty Thor cartoons from Grantray-Lawrence Animation, producers of the animated television series The Marvel Super Heroes.[9] In 1967, Culhane directed another short based upon children's art, My Daddy, the Astronaut, which became Paramount's first film to be shown at an animation festival.[9] However, when Paramount's board of directors rejected a proposal to produce episodes for a second Grantray-Lawrence series, Spider-Man, Culhane quit the studio, and was succeeded by former Terrytoons animator Ralph Bakshi in mid-1967.[9] Although Bakshi quickly put several experimental shorts into production, by the fall of 1967, Paramount's new owners, Gulf+Western, had begun the process of shutting down the animation studio, a task completed in December. The last cartoon from Paramount Cartoon Studios, Mouse Trek, the finale of the Fractured Fables series, premiered on December 31, 1967. In 1986, Turner Entertainment bought all Paramount cartoon studios including Popeye and Betty Boop. Betty Boop is mentioned by Turner Network Television.
Years later, Marvel Comics would start an imprint that published comics adapted from Paramount films and TV series, Paramount Comics.
In 1980, Paramount had co-produced and released a live-action feature film adaptation of Popeye the Sailor, titled simply Popeye, with Walt Disney Productions. The live-action film ended Paramount's involvement in the Popeye franchise.
In 2006, Paramount Pictures became the primary distributor of animated features produced by DreamWorks Animation, many of which, such as Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon, were notable critical and financial successes. In 2011, with the company's contract with that production house set to expire in 2012 while the film Rango produced by Industrial Light and Magic, proving a major success itself, Paramount announced their intention to re-establish a in-house animation department to compete in the feature animation field on their own.[10] Paramount Animation was soon later incorporated in mid-2011 and its first feature, a sequel to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, is due for release in 2014/15.
Theatrical short subjects series[edit]
- Popeye the Sailor (inherited from Fleischer Studios, 1942 – 1957)
- Superman (inherited from Fleischer Studios, 1942 – 1943)
- Noveltoons (1943 – 1967)
- Little Lulu (1943 – 1948)
- Screen Songs (1947 – 1951; originally produced by Fleischer Studios 1929 – 1938)
- Casper the Friendly Ghost (1950 – 1959)
- Kartunes (1951 – 1953)
- Herman and Katnip (1952 – 1959)
- Modern Madcaps (1958 – 1967)
- Jeepers and Creepers (1960)
- The Cat (1960-1961)
- Abner the Baseball (1961; two-reeler special)
- Comic Kings (1962-1963)
- Swifty and Shorty (1964 – 1965)
- Honey Halfwitch (1965 – 1967)
- Merry Makers (1967)
- GoGo Toons (1967)
- Fractured Fables (1967)
Television series[edit]
- Segments of Felix the Cat (1958 – 1961; outsourced from Joe Oriolo Productions and Trans-Lux)
- Segments of Popeye the Sailor (1960 – 1962; outsourced from King Features)
- The New Casper Cartoon Show (1962 – 1963, produced for Harvey Films)
- Segments of King Features Trilogy (1962 – 1964; outsourced from King Features)
- Twelve of the Paramount-produced shorts in this series were released theatrically in 1962 under the title Comic Kings.
- The Mighty Thor segments of The Marvel Super Heroes (1966; outsourced from Grantray-Lawrence Animation)
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Of Mice and Magic. New York: Plume. Pg. 311
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Pg. 116
- ^ a b c d e f g Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons. New York: Oxford University Press. Pgs. 303-305. ISBN 0-19-516729-5.
- ^ a b c Beck, Jerry. "Fleischer Becomes Famous Studios". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b c d Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Pg. 313 – 316
- ^ a b Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Pg. 312
- ^ a b c d e f g Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1988). Pg. 316-319
- ^ a b c Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1988). Pg. 319-321
- ^ a b c Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1988). Pg. 321-322
- ^ Aly Semigran (July 6, 2011). "Riding high off the success of 'Rango,' Paramount Pictures to launch in-house animation division". Entertainment Weekly.
External links[edit]
- Famous Studios at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Paramount and Famous Studios at cartoonresearch.com
- Famous Studio filmography 1940's
- Famous Studio filmography 1950's
- Famous Studio filmography 1960's


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So, I'm hoping to remodel our kitchen and we're just now creating our budget based on bids and costs of materials/appliances.
Luckily, the kitchen's layout, plumbing, electrical and cabinetry are all in great shape. But the appliances are old, the floor, countertops, backsplash etc. have seen better days. So before we commit to these materials/appliances I just wanted some feedback about some of the big decisions.
Appliances: We went to a Wolf/Sub-zero showroom for these as the appliances were our main reason for an upgrade. We have a big family and almost always eat at home but they are pricey. Has anyone found them to be worthwhile?
Countertops: I want to go with quartz because they might be the best of both worlds since they are aesthetically pleasing but also stain, heat and scratch resistant with no need of sealing. Is all that true or would you recommend something else?
Flooring: We currently have some strange laminate I detest and I wanted hardwood to match the rest of the house. BUT I think ceramic tile might be the best option since the kitchen is such a high traffic area. What do you recommend?
Backsplash: Lots of disagreements on this one. My Dad suggested the economical and timeless ceramic subway tiles which would really stand the test of time. My husband wants some faux-stone material -_- but I would really like a recycled glass mosaic. Why recycled?--it makes me feel better about how awful I'm being for choosing the most expensive option :P Has anyone used glass and is it easier to maintain? Should I go for the cheaper materials?
Thanks for your time!
for some reason, in the past Consumer Reports has downgraded SubZero for frequent repairs. and you can bet the parts and labor are higher than for your average Frigidaire.
provided you don't sling pans across the counters and crash them into the backsplash, glass is serviceable and easy to clean. issues with tiles in general revolve around splashed goo not coming out of the grout, so be sure to seal it early and often.
sig: if this is a new economy, how come they still want my old-fashioned money?
Speaking only to the issue of appliances:
I know nothing about Wolf/Sub Zero as a distributor (?) of appliances, but if appliances are the main reason for an upgrade I would check some real appliance stores as well for comparison, especially of the brands and country of manufacture.
As to an upgrade being worthwhile, that really depends on your purpose for upgrading.
Do you want new appliances because of energy efficiency or increased capacity for your large family or simply to upgrade to something more contemporary?
If the second criteria is your justification, you could save yourself a lot of money by just buying an additional refrigerator or freezer and keeping it in the basement or garage.
If you want a commercial sized range/oven, you're probably moving into a different category of size, style and manufacturer, so you might want to research such commercial options.
You probably know that along with some American made appliances, you'll probably encounter Chinese and Mexican made appliances as well. You might want to decide if you want to even consider these offshore appliances, especially the Chinese ones given the history of that country's lack of quality control. I would also research the various brands and eliminate those that have histories of problems.
I had to buy a new stove a few years ago and was disappointed by the limited choices. Now I wish I'd done more comparison shopping at real appliance stores before buying.
The stove works properly, but the materials are junky - the top is already dinged, the gas burner grates need excessive maintenance and stain easily. I couldn't find an American made gas stove that I wanted and settled for a Mexican made one. Although I can tolerate the extra maintenance and poor quality, to me it's a stepdown from the quality of the previous stove I had.
Don't invest a lot of money for something that's a cosmetic upgrade but poor quality.
I'm not knowledgeable on any of the other categories you address except to comment that it's your and your husband's kitchen, and presumably you will be doing the maintenance and cleaning for the backsplash. That should be a major consideration.
Hope this helps for just one aspect of your plans. I do think you're wise to do all this planning and evaluation before starting your remodel.
Good luck!This message has been edited. Last edited by: GardenSprite,
When planning for an renovation it is always better that you have too much budget so that you can design what you want and you can choose the better material which for me is very important .Well before when i plan to renovate the bathroom or Kylpyhuone i spend a lot of money from tiles and other material which it really worth it cause every time i use bathroom i seen how good it is.
for me, it's easy... check the label of appliances for country of origin. you can't rely on brands. all major manufacturers have plants in Mexico, and the quality has not been up to par. if you are looking at dishwashers, Bosch has a huge US plant, and they are rated well "by a leading consumer magazine" historically.
a US outfit making US appliances is among the best indications that you can get parts in the future. and hey, why not help our economy instead of somebody elses?
sig: if this is a new economy, how come they still want my old-fashioned money?
I always held SubZero in higher regards than any CR magazine test. But that is just me.
They recently tested mountain bikes, a passion of mine. Well one complaint the tester had was the stock tires on one bike. Any mountain biker worth his or her salt knows a good bike shop will swap out tires to your liking at N/C {within reason} to make a sale. Its little things like that CR tends to miss.This message has been edited. Last edited by: CommonwealthSparky,
Popeye only reached for the Spinach can as a last resort...
Not sure what your planning on for Kitchen cabinets but if your looking at buying some look in to the Kraftmaid Cabinet Outlet. They get cancelled orders and they sell for a fraction of retail. Wall cabinets cost $90 base cabinets are $95. They have aisles of cabinets and sell groups of sets as well.
Change the cabinets to a real wood and do the floors in natural tiles like travertine or something similar. Keep the stainless appliances and the granite and whatever extras like islands you can depending on the homeThis message has been edited. Last edited by: Sarah Kendall,
It is a great idea to renovate kitchen in a particular budget! I think you should look for something online, things are cheaper there as compared to prices we get in market.
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MEMORANDUM ORDER Denying 7 MOTION to Stay filed by Melissa McCourt, 4 MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim filed by USA Auto Mall Inc. Signed by Judge Leonard P. Stark on 3/29/13. (ntl)
! ' IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE l MELISSA MCCOURT, Plaintiff, v. C.A. No. 12-857-LPS USA AUTO MALL, INC., d/b/a AUTOMAXX, Defendant. MEMORANDUM ORDER 1 At Wilmington this 29th day of March, 2013: I l Pending before the Court are a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim ("Motion to Dismiss") (D.I. 4), filed by Defendant USA Auto Mall, Inc., d/b/a Auto Maxx ("Defendant"), as well as a Motion to Stay ("Motion to Stay") (D.I. 7), filed by Plaintiff Melissa McCourt ("Plaintiff'). For the reasons discussed below, the Court will deny both motions. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed this lawsuit against Defendant alleging that Defendant violated the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. (hereinafter "TILA"), and Federal Reserve Board Regulation Z, 12 C.P.R. § 226 (hereinafter "Regulation Z"), involving the purchase and financing of a used automobile. (D .I. 1) Plaintiff alleges that Defendant failed to deliver to her all disclosure documents related to a retail installment loan transaction (hereinafter the "Transaction") as required by TILA and Regulation Z. (See id. at 3) Plaintiff further alleges that Defendant failed to provide her with an accurate disclosure of the cost of credit in terms of annual percentage rate ("APR") as required by TILA and Regulation Z. (See id. at 4) 1 Defendant filed the Motion to Dismiss on July 17, 2012 (D.I. 4), to which Plaintiff responded on July 31,2012 (D.I. 5). On December 26,2012, Plaintiffmoved the Court for a stay of the case in a letter stating that she was having trouble replacing her attorney, who had been ill and could not finish the case. (D.I. 7) II. LEGALSTANDARDS A. Motion to Dismiss Evaluating a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) requires the Court to accept as true all material allegations of the complaint. See Spruill v. Gillis, 372 F.3d 218,223 (3d Cir. 2004). "The issue is not whether a plaintiff will ultimately prevail but whether the claimant is entitled to offer evidence to support the claims." In re Burlington Coat Factory Sec. Litig., 114 F.3d 1410, 1420 (3d Cir. 1997) (internal quotation marks omitted). Thus, the Court may grant such a motion to dismiss only if, after "accepting all well-pleaded allegations in the complaint as true, and viewing them in the light most favorable to plaintiff, plaintiff is not entitled to relief." Maio v. Aetna, Inc., 221 F.3d 472, 481-82 (3d Cir. 2000) (internal quotation marks omitted). However, "[t]o survive a motion to dismiss, a civil plaintiff must allege facts that 'raise a right to relief above the speculative level on the assumption that the allegations in the complaint 1 f are true (even if doubtful in fact)."' Victaulic Co. v. Tieman, 499 F.3d 227,234 (3d Cir. 2007) (quoting Bell At!. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 1965, 167 L. Ed. 2d 929 l ) 1 1 I l I l i (2007)). While heightened fact pleading is not required, "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face" must be alleged. Twombly, 127 S. Ct. at 1974. At bottom, "[t]he complaint must state enough facts to raise a reasonable expectation that discovery will reveal 2 evidence of [each] necessary element" of a plaintiffs claim. Wilkerson v. New Media Tech. Charter Sch. Inc., 522 F.3d 315, 321 (3d Cir. 2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). The Court is not obligated to accept as true "bald assertions," Morse v. Lower Merion Sch. Dist., 132 l .! I I 'I l 1 i F.3d 902, 906 (3d Cir. 1997) (internal quotation marks omitted), "unsupported conclusions and unwarranted inferences," Schuylkill Energy Res., Inc. v. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., 113 F.3d 405, 417 (3d Cir. 1997), or allegations that are "self-evidently false," Nami v. Fauver, 82 F.3d 63, 69 (3d Cir. 1996). j B. Motion to Stay A court has the "inherent power to conserve judicial resources by controlling its own docket." Cost Bros., Inc. v. Travelers Indem. Co., 760 F.2d 58,60 (3d Cir. 1985). Hence, granting or denying a motion to stay is within the broad discretionary powers of the Court. See Dentsply Int'l, Inc. v. Kerr Mfg. Co., 734 F. Supp. 656, 658 (D. Del. 1990) (citing Bechtel Corp. v. Laborers' Int '1 Union, 544 F.2d 1207, 1215 (3d Cir.1976)). Generally, in deciding a motion to stay, the Court considers three factors: "(1) whether the granting of a stay would cause the non-moving party to suffer undue prejudice from any delay or allow the moving party to gain a l I l I l I clear tactical advantage over the non-moving party; (2) whether a stay will simplify the issues for trial; and (3) whether discovery is complete and a trial date set." Cephalon, Inc. v. Impax Labs., Inc., 2012 WL 3867568, at *2 (D. Del. Sept. 6, 2012). III. DISCUSSION A. Motion to Dismiss Defendant bases the Motion to Dismiss on several grounds. Defendant first argues that Plaintiff fails to plead any actual damages or detrimental reliance. (See D.l. 4 at 1) However, 3 \ j neither actual damages nor detrimental reliance are necessary elements in a TILA claim. "This Court has squarely held that reliance is not an element of a cause of action under TILA." Schnall v. Amboy Nat'l Bank, 279 F.3d 205, 217 (3d Cir. 2002). While detrimental reliance is necessary to recover actual damages for a TILA disclosure violation, see Vallies v. Sky Bank, 591 F.3d 152, 159 (3d Cir. 2009), "statutory damages do not require detrimental reliance," id. at 164 (citing Dzadovsky v. Lyons Ford Sales, Inc., 593 F.2d 538, 539 (3d Cir. 1979)). Here, Plaintiff prays for actual damages in "whatever amount Plaintiff is found to be entitled at trial," as well as statutory damages. (D.I. 1 at 3, 4) She may recover statutory damages even if she is not entitled to actual damages due to a lack of detrimental reliance. See, e.g., Rucker v. Sheehy Alexandria, Inc., 228 F. Supp. 2d 711 (E.D. Va. 2002) (holding that car buyer was entitled to statutory damages under TILA because dealer miscalculated APR but not entitled to actual damages after failing to show detrimental reliance). Dismissal is unwarranted. Additionally, financial loss "need not be alleged" before a borrower may bring an action for technical violations ofTILA and Regulation Z. Dzadovsky, 593 F.2d at 539; see also Gennuso v. Commercial Bank & Trust Co., 566 F.2d 437,443 (3d Cir. 1977) (holding that technical violations of Regulation Z are actionable "in order to vindicate the intent of the Congress and Framers of Regulation Z"). Congress enacted TILA to "assure a meaningful disclosure of credit terms so that the consumer will be able to compare more readily the various credit terms available to him and avoid the uninformed use of credit." 15 U.S.C. § 1601(a); see also Gibson v. Bob Watson Chevrolet-Ceo, Inc., 112 F.3d 283,285 (7th Cir. 1997) (stating that purpose of TILA "is to protect consumers from being misled about the cost of credit"). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant violated TILA and Regulation Z by failing to provide her 4 f I ~ I I I l all required disclosures and failing to provide an accurate APR. (See D.I. 1 at 3-4) Those allegations are technical violations of TILA and Regulation Z and actionable regardless of whether Plaintiff detrimentally relied or can show actual damages. Defendant next contends that the disclosed APR shows a benefit to Plaintiff and as a result she has no actual damages. (See D.l. 4 at 1-2) In this respect, Defendant admits that the finance charge and APR disclosed to Plaintiff during the Transaction were inaccurate. (See id. at 2) As such, again, Plaintiff has stated at least technical violations of TILA and Regulation Z. Dismissal would not be proper. Finally, Defendant argues that the disclosure error was due to a "bona fide error" and, therefore, Defendant is not liable under 15 U.S.C. § 1640(c). (D.I. 4 at 3) Violators ofTILA may not be held liable "if the creditor or assignee shows by a preponderance of evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any such error." 15 U.S.C. § 1640(c). While Defendant may ultimately be able to prove this defense, it does not provide a basis for j dismissing the complaint at this time. See, e.g., Pincus v. Law Offices of Erskine & Fleisher, 617 I F. Supp. 2d 1265, 1270 (S.D. Fla. 2009) (holding that bona fide error defense under FDCPA "turns on questions of fact and cannot be resolved on a motion to dismiss"). III. MOTION TO STAY In a letter to the Court on December 26, 2012, Plaintiff requests an indefinite stay of the case. (D.I. 7) She states that her attorney had been ill and will not be able to finish the case. (Id.) She further states that she has been unable to obtain new counsel. (!d.) An indefinite stay is not warranted. Plaintiffs attorney of record has not withdrawn from 5 ! I J j the case. Counsel last communicated with the Court in a letter filed on August 16, 2012. (D.I. 6) More than three months have passed since Plaintiff wrote to the Court, yet the docket does not I indicate that counsel has requested to withdraw. Under the circumstances, the Court will order the parties to submit a joint status report in approximately thirty days and, in that report, provide their proposal as to how this case should proceed. 1 J 1 I t • I I j IV. CONCLUSION For the above reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (D.I. 4) is DENIED . 2. Plaintiffs Motion to Stay (D.I. 7) is DENIED. 3. The parties shall provide the Court with a joint status report no later than April30, 2013. i l 1 l I 1 l J 6


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In the fall of 1948, Harry Truman barnstormed the country by train, repeatedly bashing a "do-nothing Congress," and so snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in that year's presidential campaign. This year, neither presidential candidate focused on blasting a do-nothing Congress or, in Obama's case, "Republican obstructionism," demanding that the voters give them a legislative body that would mean an actual mandate for change.
We now know the results of such a campaign and, after all the tumult and the nation's first $6 billion election, they couldn't be more familiar. Only days later, you can watch a remarkably recognizable cast of characters from the reelected president and Speaker of the House John Boehner to the massed pundits of the mainstream media picking up the pages of a well-thumbed script.
Will it be bipartisanship or the fiscal cliff? Are we going to raise new revenues via tax reform or raise tax rates for the wealthiest Americans? Will the president make up with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or not? Will it be war or something less with Iran? And so on and so forth. It's the moment the phrase déjà vu all over again was made for.
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When a new Chinese dynasty came to power, it was said that it had received "the mandate of heaven." We've just passed through an election campaign that, while the noisiest in memory, was enveloped in the deepest of silences on issues that truly matter for the American future. Out of it, a "mandate" has indeed been bestowed not just on Barack Obama, but on Washington, where a Republican House of Representatives, far less triumphant but no less fully in the saddle than the president, faces media reports that its moment is past, that its members are part of "the biggest loser demographic of the election," and that its party -- lacking the support of young people, single women, those with no religious affiliation, Hispanics, African Americans, and Asian Americans -- is heading for the trash barrel of history.
If true, that does sound like a mandate for something, sooner or later -- assuming you happen to have years of demographic patience. In the meantime, there will be a lot more talk about how the Republicans need to reorient their party and about a possible " civil war" over its future. And while we're at it, bet on one thing: we're also going to hear a ton more talk about how much deeply unhappy Americans -- the very ones who just reinstalled a government that's a senatorial blink away from the previous version of the same -- really, really want everyone to make nice and work together.
But isn't it time to cut the b.s., turn off those talking heads, and ask ourselves: What does election 2012 really mean for us and for this country?
Let's start with one basic reality: we've just experienced a do-nothing election that represents a mandate from a special American kind of hell. (Admittedly, Mitt Romney's election, which would have put the House of Representatives and Big Energy in the Oval Office, undoubtedly represented a more venal circle of that fiery establishment.)
That, in turn, ensures two different but related outcomes, both little discussed during the campaign: continuing gridlock on almost any issue that truly matters at home and a continuing damn-the-Hellfire-missiles, full-speed-ahead permanent state of war abroad (along with yet more militarization of the "homeland"). The only winners -- and don't believe the outcries you're hearing about sequestration "doom" for the military -- are likely to be the national security complex, the Pentagon, and in a country where income inequality has long been on the rise, the wealthy. Yes, in the particular circle of hell to which we're consigned, it's likely to remain springtime for billionaires and giant weapons manufacturers from 2012 to 2016.
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This is a poem about what I want to happen after I die. In short, I don't want a funeral. I want a party. Death is not something to fear, so don't treat it as such.
Don't worry, I'm not contemplating suicide ;p However, just because I'm young doesn't mean I won't be spared from death. I could be gone tomorrow. So, in my eyes its never too early to write stuff like this.
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Fujitsu IS12T Mango phone ready to launch August 25th, already accepting preorders?
When we first learned of the Fujitsu IS12T, the world's first handset sporting Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango," it was rumored to be showing up in the second half of August. Our hopes were crushed, however, when the company officially stated that it should be available the following month "or beyond." Sure, a September launch would still be on right on time (given Microsoft's intent of releasing the update this fall), but wouldn't it be nice to see something come out ahead of schedule? Chin up, folks — the Au KDDI store in Nishi-Kasai tweeted that the IS12T will be released this coming Thursday and is already accepting preorders. And there's more to the story: even though Nanopho reports that multiple locations are busy taking reservations, Au's official site is still sticking to its guns about the phone's September release. Given the tug-of-war taking place between the stores and their corporate boss, next week may turn out to be quite interesting.
Fujitsu IS12T Mango phone ready to launch August 25th, already accepting preorders? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Toshiba-Fujitsu IS12T: World's First Windows Mango Cell Phone Up And Close (Video)
Two days ago, Toshiba-Fujtsu in Japan took the wraps of the IS12T, the world's first world's first phone running Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango). We were quick in giving you the first specs, but we now have a video that shows the 1 Ghz Qualcomm CPU-powered device in action – plus some more detailed specs.
First, here are the main specs (in more detail), as announced [JP] by the provider of the IS12T in Japan, local mobile carrier KDDI:
- 3.7-inch display has 800×480 resolution
- 13.2MP camera has CMOS sensor, is powered by Milbeaut Mobile engine, and takes video with 1,280×720 resolution
- water- and shock-proof body
- microUSB port
- 32GB internal memory (no extra card slot)
- IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (no tethering)
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- DLNA support
- Zune-branded multi-media function
- Internet Explorer 9 as browser
- Xbox LIVE connectivity
- Windows Live SkyDrive access
- battery life in standby: 280 hours, continuous talk time: 400 minutes
- size: 118×59×10.6~13.3mm, weight: 113g
- confirmed: available in three colors (yellow, black, pink)
Second, our friends at Diginfonews in Tokyo have shot this professional video (in English) that shows the IS12T in action:
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Fujitsu Toshiba announces au IS12T, the world's first Mango phone
Well, you can't say you didn't see this one coming. Fujitsu Toshiba mobile communications — now there's a mouthful — just unveiled the IS12T: Japan's first Windows Phone 7 device, and according to Microsoft prez Yasuyuki Higuchi, the world's first Mango one. The sexy and waterproof (!) 3.7-inch WVGA slate is powered by a MSM8655 CPU of undisclosed clock speed, and goes on sale in "September or beyond" on KDDI's au network. The pink gizmo is packing a 13.2 megapixel camera with autofocus with a plentiful 32GB of flash storage to store all those snaps. The usual Bluetooth (2.1 + EDR) and WiFi (802.11b/g/n) are also on board. Interest piqued? Peruse the gallery our Engadget Japanese brethren have handily tossed our way.
Gallery: Fujitsu Toshiba IS12T
Fujitsu Toshiba announces au IS12T, the world's first Mango phone originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This morning, our whole department was CC'd on an email from a former coworker: she's pregnant and attached several photos of the announcement they're going to share with their families and friends.
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She appears to be happy about this but I have to admit my initial (internal) reaction was "I'm glad it's her and not me!" LOL
From past experience, I also worry that this might open the door for debates from my current coworkers. Yes, I know T experienced an unexpected pregnancy and is now thrilled at the prospect of parenthood. That doesn't mean I'm at risk of changing my mind. For one, thing, given DH's 7-y.o. vascetomy, I would have some MAJOR explaining to do if I turned up pregnant. LOL
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Normally in angular the validation message for a field will only appear after the field is changed (dirty) & is invalid
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submit-valid takes a function and it will fire on form submit but only if the form is valid. In short its exactly like ng-submit but with two extra features
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"On Friday, as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Know Your Food, Know Your Farmer effort, USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced the largest allotmant of grants for value-added producers in recent history: nearly 300 grants across 44 states and Puerto Rico — to the tune of $44 million.
Merrigan announced the grants at The Many Faces of Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, a one-day conference hosted at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The event focused on "successful models, resources, strategies and opportunities for supporting, cultivating and growing local/regional food systems in the Midwest."The Value Added producer Grant Program has been around since 2000, and has seen increased funding with each successive farm bill since.
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Thanks for your comment Carolyn, I like your visuals. Thanks too Terry for commenting. Sorry I couldnt' see your picture but I too have a peace pole and you're right, that message is very inspiring. How about uploading your image to the well-being facebook page. Thanks again!
Pictures of my family inspire me. Seeing joy, surprise, determination or other expressions in my children's faces evoke memories and emotions. I try to make sure I always have my camera now so I can capture the moment! It is surprising how many people don't use cameras anymore now that there are smartphones! KDF