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Edmonds Woodway goalkeeper Kiera Towell makes a save during her team�s July 17 practice at Edmonds Stadium. Towell is entering her fourth year as Edmonds Woodway�s starting goalkeeper.
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Edmonds Woodway�s Kiera Towell, who has been a key leader and source of stability for the Warriors, is entering her fourth year as starting goalkeeper for the girls soccer eam.
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Edmonds Woodway goalkeeper Kiera Towell (center) practices at Edmonds Stadium with her team July 17.
Thanks to senior-to-be Kiera Towell, coach Bill LeCompte�s Edmonds-Woodway girls soccer team hasn�t had to worry about that position for quite some time.
Towell captured the starting goalkeeping position just weeks into her freshman season and has held the job since.
�For me as a head coach, it�s kind of nice to know that I don�t ever have to worry about one of the toughest spots on the field to play,� LeCompte said.
In her first year of high school competition, Towell impressed LeCompte in tryouts, but he was reluctant to �throw her to the wolves� immediately, for fear a bad outing might ruin her confidence.
LeCompte eased her into the lineup, playing her at goalie for a half here and there. Before long, it was apparent confidence wasn�t going to be a problem.
�It was pretty apparent that she was our number-one keeper at that point,� LeCompte said. �We were four or five games into the season when we finally said, �Let�s give her a start and see how she does.��
Towell said she didn�t know quite what to expect in her first high school start, but her select soccer background was reassuring.
�It was definitely something I was hoping for,� Towell said of earning the starting job. �I knew I was good, but I didn�t know how other people would be compared to me.�
With Towell�s position as the starting goalkeeper solidified, the victories started piling up. After going winless in their first five games, the Warriors won nine of their next 11 regular-season games to clinch the No. 2 seed from the 4A Wesco South in the District 1 tournament, finishing behind Jackson.
Edmonds-Woodway picked up where it left off in the postseason by knocking off Arlington in the first round, setting up a meeting with Snohomish, the No. 1 seed from the Wesco North, in the semifinals.
Towell was brilliant.
�She hands down kept us in the game and gave us a shot to win it, which we ended up doing, just because she came up with saves at key moments in the game,� LeCompte said. �They were saves that in 15 years of being the head coach at Edmonds-Woodway I�ve never seen any high school player make and she was making them.�
The Warriors� 1-0 win over Snohomish clinched a berth in the state tournament and led to a meeting with Jackson in the district championship, which E-W won.
Edmonds-Woodway was eliminated in the opening round of the state tournament with a 5-1 loss to Gig Harbor, but it was clear the Warriors had their goalkeeper for the next three years.
For all of her success, it was defeat that taught Towell a valuable lesson going forward in her prep career.
�The biggest challenge is, you will get scored on,� Towell said. �No matter how good of a goalie you are, you�re going to get scored on. You kind of have to deal with that and get back up and make the next save. It�s part of the game.�
Towell couldn�t have asked for a much better start to her sophomore season. The Warriors won their first seven games and 11 of their first 12, but they stumbled late in the season and had to settle for another second-place finish in the conference.
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Towell and her teammates earned a share of the league championship a year ago and went on to win the district championship for the second time in three years before being eliminated by Olympia in the first round of the state tournament.
In three seasons, Towell is yet to get out of the first round of the state tournament � something she hopes changes in her final year at Edmonds-Woodway.
�Senior year, got to make it count,� she said. �Advancing would be awesome. We�ve always been pretty strong and I kind of expect that to continue.�
Towell�s offseason � if you could call it that � has been spent competing with her select team, the Pacific Northwest Soccer Club. Just like at Edmonds-Woodway, success has followed Towell with her club team. PNSC won the Washington State Cup in May for a second consecutive season and advanced to regionals in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in June.
Despite suffering a torn meniscus during pool play of the State Cup, Towell returned to help her team finish second at regionals, coming up a win shy of advancing to the national championships. She has one more tournament with her select teammates later this month before the focus shifts to the 2014 school season.
Towell, who has a 3.96 cumulative grade point average, has verbally committed to play soccer at the University of Pennsylvania in the Ivy League next year.
LeCompte said the improved focus he saw in Towell as a junior helped her earn her the opportunity to play in college, and he expects her to continue to improve her focus once she gets to Penn.
�Last year especially, you could see there was a little more focus and intensity behind what she was doing,� LeCompte said. �Any player on the field, if they want to play at the next level, they have to find that from within. I can tell them that, their other coaches can tell them that, but they have to decide to go and grab a hold of that. Be purposeful about what you do.�
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Wales took another step towards the Grand Slam when they beat Italy 24-3 in Cardiff.
The Welsh will go into their match against France at the Millennium Stadium next Saturday as firm favourites, but need to up their game substantially if they're to claim a third Slam in eight years. They could only score two tries against the limited Italians, a long-range effort from centre Jamie Roberts that came from a turnover near their 22, and a late score by right wing Alex Cuthbert.
Wales were reduced to 14 men with 20 minutes to go when fullback Leigh Halfpenny took Italy captain Sergio Parisse out in the air. However, the visitors never looked like scoring a try and a penalty from flyhalf Rhys Priestland put the result beyond doubt.
Warren Gatland's side led just 9-3 at half-time despite having 62% of the possession and 71% of the territory. The Italian defence was superb (they made 76 first-half tackles compared to the hosts' 14) and Parisse's try-saving tackle on Halfpenny was just one example of the commitment they showed when under the cosh.
Halfpenny was successful with all three of his penalty attempts in the first 40 while left wing Mirco Bergamasco kicked one for the visitors, who surprisingly opted to boot another kickable penalty into touch just before half-time (only to concede a penalty after winning the lineout).
It seemed to be just a matter of time before the dam wall broke, but apart from the Roberts try that came against the run of play and Cuthbert's try with three minutes to go, the Italian defence stood firm and kept the score respectable in the second half.
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They've received first chances. And second chances. And third chances. Their problems have been blamed on schools, on parents, on substance abuse.
But, finally, they're being held accountable. They are locked up and paying a price.
So, we got a disheartening dose of irony Tuesday when a labor arbitrator announced that four corrections employees -- assigned to guard inmates at the Monroe facility -- should not be held fully accountable for mistakes and inattention that contributed to the death of officer Jayme Biendl.
After reviewing transcripts and other official records, arbitrator Michael E. Cavanaugh acknowledged that three corrections officers and one sergeant failed to perform their jobs according to standards on that night in January 2011, when Biendl was strangled by an inmate at the prison chapel.
We can blame it on the system.
Or we can blame it on some supervisors.
Or we can blame in on an overall atmosphere of complacency.
It would be wrong, the arbitrator concluded, to make three officers pay with their jobs -- or to demote the sergeant who supervised them.
Cavanaugh takes little issue with the Department of Corrections' assertion that the officers made fateful mistakes -- some willful, some through oversight. In fact, a central theme of his findings is that lax performance had been so common at Monroe that it served to exonerate anyone who did a mediocre job.
As he reasons in one footnote: "[I]f complacency 'exists periodically in all institutions,' then it is difficult to say that complacency, in and of itself, goes so far beyond the realm of the merely 'negligent' as to constitute 'wanton' or 'willful' misconduct, the usual definition of 'gross negligence.'"
In other words, they've done their jobs so poorly for so long -- during times when no tragedies occurred -- it would be unfair to punish them now, just because something disastrous happened.
The arbitrator's decision invites us to contemplate two points that may leave reasonable people swaying between frustration and indignation.
If management doesn't communicate and enforce workplace standards, it obviously erodes its authority to impose harsh punishments in worst-case situations. But in a case like this, does management dysfunction free the officers of all personal and professional accountability?
A fellow officer has perished, but they will receive full reinstatement with back pay.
Finally, what about the pervasive culture of complacency at Monroe? It reveals a failure of leadership, yet no one above the rank of sergeant was fired or demoted.
Where does the buck stop?
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I have a samsung q330 laptop, lots of important files and applications on it - windows 7 os. A few weeks ago I started getting a warning that the hard drive was going to fail soon, so I backed up all my files using the samsung recovery solution 4 onto an external hard drive that I had. I then purchased a new hard disk drive and took out the old one and added the new one. I thought it would be a simple case of booting with the new hard drive and pressing f4 to access the samsung recovery solution and then copying the files that I had saved on the external hard drive to the new hard drive I purchased. However when I press f4 on booting I get a message saying "operating system not found" which is strange as I should be able to access the recovery solution without windows. Any ideas why this might be happening (Incidentally I can press f2 on booting to access BIOS information and the laptop does read that my new hdd is present). I have since put back in the old drive again and it is still functioning but i would like to replace it with the new one - I don't have any recovery disks or copies of windows operating systems - I was under the impression that all this could be done using the samsung recovery solution and my external hard drive - can anybody shed any light on
a) why am i getting the operating system not found message on pressing f4 after installing new hdd
b) any alternative solutions for me to back up my current files/applications and move them to my new hdd if samsung recovery tool continues to be a pain in the ass
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Former and current members of the Pfeiffer University men's lacrosse program are featured in a recent article posted by ILindoor.com with their recent performances with the Charlotte Copperheads of the North American Lacrosse League. Former All-Americans Kevin Iwanusa and Matt LeBlanc with current Head Coach Peter Milliman represents Pfeiffer.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - As Tammy Duckworth sees it, her path to Congress began when she awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She was missing both of her legs and faced the prospect of losing her right arm.
Months of agonizing therapy lay ahead. As the highest-ranking double amputee in the ward, Maj. Duckworth became the go-to person for soldiers complaining of substandard care and bureaucratic ambivalence.
Soon, she was pleading their cases to federal lawmakers, including her state's two U.S. senators at the time _ Democrats Dick Durbin and Barack Obama of Illinois. Obama arranged for her to testify at congressional hearings. Durbin encouraged her to run for office.
She lost her first election, but six years later gave it another try and now is one of nine veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who will serve in next year's freshman class in the of House of Representatives.
Veterans' groups say the influx of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is welcome because it comes at a time when the overall number of veterans in Congress is on a steep and steady decline. In the mid-1970s, the vast majority of lawmakers tended to be veterans.
For example, the 95th Congress, which served in 1977-78, had more than 400 veterans among its 535 members, according to the American Legion. The number of veterans next year in Congress will come to just more than 100. Most served during the Vietnam War era. In all, 16 served in Iraq or Afghanistan, not all in a combat role.
"We're losing about a half a million veterans a year in this country," said Tom Tarantino, chief policy officer at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for America. "We are not going to be in a world where a significant plurality of people spent some time in the military, so to have 16 men and women who fought in this current Congress is incredibly significant."
Tarantino said he recognizes that the 16 Iraq and Afghanistan vets have wide-ranging political views. But at the end of the day, he said, their shared experiences make it more likely they'll put political differences aside on issues like high unemployment and suicide rates among returning veterans, or in ensuring that veterans get a quality education through the post-9/11 GI bill.
Their election victories also provide a sense of assurance to veterans.
"The biggest fear we have as veterans is that the America people are going to forget us," Tarantino said. "When you have an 11-year sustained war, the fight doesn't end when you pull out."
Duckworth carries the highest profile of the incoming vets. She was co-piloting a Black Hawk helicopter in Iraq when a rocket-propelled grenade landed in her lap, ripping off one leg and crushing the other. At Walter Reed, she worried about what life as a double amputee had in store. But during her recovery, she found a new mission _ taking care of those she describes as her military brothers and sisters. That mission led her to a job as an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs during Obama's first term.
"Had I not been in combat, my life would have never taken this path. You take the path that comes in front of you," Duckworth said from a wheelchair last week as she and her fellow freshmen went through orientation at the Capitol. "For me, I try to live every day honoring the men who carried me out of that field because they could have left me behind, and they didn't."
Duckworth is one of two freshmen Democrats who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. The other is Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who served near Baghdad for a year and was a medical operations specialist. Gabbard said she hopes the two of them can be a voice for female veterans and the unique challenges they face.
About 8 percent of veterans are women. They tend to be younger on average. Nearly one in five seen by the Department of Veterans Affairs responds yes when screened for military sexual trauma.
Seven Republicans served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Most had backing from tea party supporters who share their views that the size and scope of the federal government should be curtailed.
_Ron DeSantis of Florida was a judge advocate officer in the Navy who deployed to Iraq as a legal adviser during the 2007 troop surge.
_Brad Wenstrup of Ohio was as a combat surgeon in Iraq.


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All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams has signed a one-year contract with the National Rugby League's Sydney Roosters.
Williams left the All Blacks earlier this season to take up a lucrative short-term contract in Japan. On Tuesday, he confirmed a new deal with the Roosters.
Williams recently injured a pectoral muscle and could miss the rest of the Japanese season as a result. The injury has also forced Williams to postpone his boxing match with South African veteran Francois Botha.
It could be that the next time fans see Williams in action is for the Roosters, and the 27-year-old feels a return to the club where he made his name was always on the cards.
'It was pretty tough [to come back]. It's tough, but me and [Roosters chairman] Nick [Politis] are good friends, good mates,' Williams said.
'He tried to get me when I was an 18-year-old and when I made that [handshake] agreement with him I knew it would always be the case [of joining the Roosters when he returned to league].'
The short-term deal suggests that Williams will have the option of returning to rugby union in 2014 and competing for a place in the All Blacks squad ahead of the 2015 World Cup.


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In 2010, the Assembly convened its [[Dates of 2010 state legislative sessions| legislative session]] on January 19, and it ended its last scheduled floor-period on April 22. <ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/leginfo/session.htm 2010 session dates for Wisconsin legislature]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=18630 Explanation of Wisconsin legislative floor-periods]</ref>
In 2010, the Assembly convened its [[Dates of 2010 state legislative sessions| legislative session]] on January 19, and it ended its last scheduled floor-period on April 22. <ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/leginfo/session.htm 2010 session dates for Wisconsin legislature]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=18630 Explanation of Wisconsin legislative floor-periods]</ref>
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|Wisconsin State Assembly
|General Information
|Lower house
|Term limits:
|2015 session start:
|January 7, 2013
|Official House Page
|House Speaker:
|Robin J. Vos, (R)
|Majority Leader:
|Scott Suder, (R)
|Minority Leader:
|Peter Barca, (D)
| Democratic Party (36)
Republican Party (63)
|Length of term:
|2 years
|Art IV, Wisconsin Constitution
|$49,943/year + per diem
|Last Election:
|November 6, 2012 (99 seats)
|Next election:
|November 4, 2014 (99 seats)
|Wisconsin Legislature has control
|Meeting place:
- 1 Sessions
- 2 Ethics and transparency
- 3 Elections
- 4 Redistricting
- 5 Assemblymen
- 6 Assembly standing committees
- 7 History
- 8 External links
- 9 References
As of May 2015, Wisconsin is one of 23 Republican state government trifectas.
Article IV of the Wisconsin Constitution contains provisions related to the meeting of the Wisconsin State Legislature, of which the Assembly is a part. Section 11 of Article IV states that the times for regular sessions are to be provided by law. Section 11 also states that the Governor of Wisconsin has the power to call the Legislature into special session.
- See also: Dates of 2013 state legislative sessions
In 2013, the Legislature will be in session from January 7 through a date to be determined.
Major issues
Following the extreme polarization of the last two years, Gov. Scott Walker (R) said he would push for a more moderate agenda in 2013. Alongside the creation of a new budget, main issues will include job creation, workforce development, tax cuts, education reform and transportation infrastructure.[4]
- See also: Dates of 2012 state legislative sessions
In 2012, the Assembly was in session from January 10 through March 16 with a return for limited business on April 24.
Major issues
With potential recalls of Governor Scott Walker (R), Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (R) and four Republican state senators, debate on major legislation was expected to be limited.[5] Going into the session, Republican leaders said they were focused on passing bills on only four main issues - clearing the way for on ore mine in northern Wisconsin, easing laws regarding development on wetlands, environmental regulation, and creating a venture capital fund to help start-up businesses.[6]
The six recalls dominated the session. Ultimately on June 5, recalls against the Governor, Lt. Governor, and three of the state senators were unsuccessful. The fourth recall, that against Van Wanggaard, went to a recount. Wanggaard was defeated, giving Democrats control of the Senate.
- See also: Dates of 2011 state legislative sessions
In 2011, the Assembly convened a special session at the request of Governor Scott Walker on January 4, 2011. The special session was called to consider legislation regarding tax credits, tort law, medical savings accounts, other legislation relating to taxation, and the budget repair bill.[7] The regular session began on January 11. Two extraordinary sessions were called by the Legislature in 2011. The first was held from June 13-30 followed by a second extraordinary session from July 19-29.
- See also: Dates of 2010 state legislative sessions
In 2010, the Assembly convened its legislative session on January 19, and it ended its last scheduled floor-period on April 22. [8][9]
Ethics and transparency
The Sunlight Foundation released an "Open Legislative Data Report Card" in March 2013. Wisconsin was given a grade of D in the report. The report card evaluated how adequate, complete and accessible legislative data was to the general public. A total of 10 states received an A: Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington.[10]
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2012
Elections for the office of Wisconsin State Assembly were held in Wisconsin on November 6, 2012. All 99 seats were up for election.
The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was July 10, 2012.
The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6 general election.
|2012 Margin of Victory, Wisconsin State Assembly
|Margin of Victory
|Total Votes
|Top Opponent
|District 72
|Scott Krug
|Justin Pluess
|District 70
|Amy Vruwink
|Nancy VanderMeer
|District 93
|Warren Petryk
|Jeff Smith
|District 75
|Stephen Smith
|Roger Rivard
|District 1
|Garey Bies
|Patrick Veeser
|District 26
|Michael Endsley
|Mike Helmke
|District 85
|Mandy Wright
|Patrick Snyder
|District 50
|Ed Brooks
|Sarah Shanahan
|District 51
|Howard Marklein
|Maureen May-Grimm
|District 88
|John Klenke
|Ward Bacon
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2010
Elections for the office of Wisconsin's State Assembly were held in Wisconsin on November 2, 2010. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was July 13, 2010. The primary election day was September 14, 2010. Out of the 99 districts up for re-election, incumbents ran in 80 of them.
In 2010, the candidates for state assembly raised a total of $7,619,470 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were: [11]
|2010 Donors, Wisconsin State Assembly
|Public Fund
|Marek, John
|Prestrud, Marv
|Kapenga, Chris
|Klenke, John
|Wisconsin Republican Party
|McDonald, Dari
|Simonson, John Christian
|Wisconsin Education Association Council
|Wisconsin Dental Association
Section 6 of Article 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution states, "No person shall be eligible to the legislature who shall not have resided one year within the state, and be a qualified elector in the district which he may be chosen to represent."
| How Vacancies are filled in State Legislatures
If there is a vacancy in the Assembly, the vacant seat must be filled by a special election[12]. The Governor can call for an election when allowed under law. The election cannot be held after February 1st before a spring general election unless it's held on the same day of the election which is first Tuesday in April. The same requirement applies to any election after September 1st preceding the fall general election unless it's held on the same day of the election which is the first Tuesday in November[13]. Also, all vacancies must be filled quickly as long the vacancy happened before the second Tuesday in May during an election year[14].
- See also: Redistricting in Wisconsin
Redistricting in Wisconsin is under the control of the state legislature. If the state legislature fails to reach an agreement, the maps are drawn by either state or federal courts. The State Senate and State Assembly draft maps for the new state legislative districts and the U.S. Congressional districts. Both chambers must pass the new map, and the governor can sign or veto the map for any reason.[15]
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Wisconsin's population increased from 5.36 million to 5.69 million between 2000 and 2010.[16] This population growth was large enough to allow the state to retain its eight Congressional seats.[17]
Republicans held the majority in the State Senate, State Assembly, and the governorship after the 2010 elections. As a result, the redistricting process was completely under the control of one party.
The Republican leadership dismissed the Democratic-hired firm that was going to aid with redistricting and instead brought in an outside group to aid the process. This new firm's leader had donated to Republican candidates in the past.[18] The redistricting process was accelerated by the summer 2011 recall elections, and Governor Scott Walker signed a bill that gave the legislature the power to redistrict state boundaries before the localities finished their redistricting processes.[19] The state Republicans unveiled their plan on July 8, 2011. Democrats criticized the plan as gerrymandering, but Republicans defended their map.[20] The maps passed the legislature on July 19, 2011, and signed into law by Governor Walker on August 9, 2011.[21]
Several lawsuits were filed as a result of the new maps.[22] The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board identified errors in the maps, likely due to the creation of the state boundaries before the localities finished drawing their boundaries. A court also determined that two Milwaukee-area districts needed to be redrawn to better represent minority-area populations.[23]
Partisan composition
- See also: Partisan composition of state houses
|As of May 2015
|Democratic Party
|Republican Party
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1992-2013.
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
As of 2013, members of the Wisconsin Legislature are paid $49,943/year. Legislators receive a maximum of $88/day per diem, set by the compensation commission. Based on the maximum, the leadership of each house determines what amount to authorize for each session.[24]
When sworn in
Wisconsin legislators assume office the first Monday in January following the election.
The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the body and is elected by its membership. Duties of the speaker include appointing members to legislative committees, authenticating acts, orders, and proceedings of the Assembly, and supervising all other officers of the Assembly. In the absence of the Speaker, the Speaker Pro Tempore assumes all duties of the position.[25][26]
Current leadership
Current members
Assembly standing committees
The Wisconsin Assembly has the following standing committees:
- Administrative Rules
- Aging and Long-Term Care
- Agriculture
- Assembly Organization
- Audit
- Campaigns and Elections
- Children and Families
- Colleges and Universities
- Constitution and Ethics
- Consumer Protection
- Corrections
- Criminal Justice
- Education
- Employment Relations
- Energy and Utilities
- Environment and Forestry
- Family Law
- Finance
- Financial Institutions
- Government Operations and State Licensing
- Health
- Housing and Real Estate
- Insurance
- International Trade and Commerce
- Jobs, Economy and Mining
- Judiciary
- Labor
- Mental Health
- Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage
- Public Safety and Homeland Security
- Rules
- Rural Affairs
- Small Business Development
- State Affairs
- State and Federal Relations
- State and Local Finance
- Tourism
- Transportation
- Urban and Local Affairs
- Urban Education
- Veterans
- Ways and Means
- Workforce Development
Partisan balance 1992-2013
From 1992-2013, the Democratic Party was the majority in the Wisconsin State House of Representatives for 5 years while the Republicans were the majority for 17 years. The final three years of the study depicted a shift in the Wisconsin House with all three years being Republican trifectas.
Across the country, there were 577 Democratic and 483 Republican State Houses of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.
Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states have divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.
The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin House of Representatives from 1992-2013.
External links
- Official website of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Official list of the members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ Population in 2010 of the American states
- ↑ "Wisconsin Assembly" FAQ's, March 4, 2009
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "With state bitterly divided, Walker promises more moderate agenda," January 7, 2013
- ↑ Governor Journal, "Recalls Make for Quiet Session," January 16, 2012
- ↑ Appleton Post Crescent, "Wisconsin legislative agenda influenced by negative effects of recalls," January 16, 2012
- ↑ Wisconsin.gov, State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, accessed 7 March 2011
- ↑ 2010 session dates for Wisconsin legislature
- ↑ Explanation of Wisconsin legislative floor-periods
- ↑ Sunlight Foundation, "Ten Principles for Opening Up Government Information," accessed June 16, 2013
- ↑ Follow the Money: "Wisconsin Assembly 2010 Campaign Contributions"
- ↑ Wisconsin Legislature "Wisconsin Election Law"(Referenced Statute 17.19 (1), Wisconsin Statutes)
- ↑ Wisconsin Legislature "Wisconsin Election Law"(Referenced Statute 8.50, Wisconsin Statutes)
- ↑ Wisconsin Legislature "Wisconsin Election Law"(Referenced Statute 8.50(4)-(d), Wisconsin Statutes)
- ↑ Wisconsin Legislature "Wisconsin Redistricting Profile"
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2010 Census: Wisconsin Profile," 2011
- ↑ Northland's News Center "Minnesota and Wisconsin Both to Keep Eight Seats in House", December 21, 2010
- ↑ Chicago Tribune "Democrats cry foul over GOP hiring law firms" 5 Jan. 2011
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Walker allows new legislative mapping, doesn't OK actual maps yet," July 25, 2011
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Parties joust over Wisconsin redistricting plan," July 13, 2011
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Walker signs legislation to redraw district boundaries," August 9, 2011
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin's redistricting trial goes to judges," February 24, 2012
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "Court strikes down GOP redistricting, orders just 2 districts redrawn," March 22, 2012
- ↑ NCSL.org, "2012 State Legislator Compensation and Per Diem Table," accessed March 18, 2013
- ↑ Rules of the Wisconsin Assembly - Duties of the Speaker
- ↑ Wisconsin Assembly Leadership
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'Game of Thrones' Star Kit Harington Makes Us Feel Warm and Fuzzy – The Daily Swoon
Oh crap, you guys — 'Game of Thrones' is coming back on Sunday and we almost totally forgot. In honor of the show's return, let's admire how pretty Jon Snow (Kit Harington) is.
How could I forget to share how pretty some of the guys on 'Game of Thrones' are with all of you? If you aren't watching this show, you're probably like, "Ugh, action fantasy with castles and dragons? No thank you." I am here to tell you that you are incorrect.
Yes, it's an action and adventure fantasy show with dragons and ships and castles and what have you, but it's also got prostitution, crazy incestuous families, and … okay, I'm probably not selling you on this.
Let me try this again: Have you SEEN Kit Harington? The British actor plays kind-hearted Jon Snow on 'Game of Thrones,' and he is just too pretty. And who doesn't like a guy with such beautiful hair? No one, I tell you.
On the show, Jon goes off to the Night's Watch, which is basically like a monastery of ne'er-do-wells and badasses who protect the realm from evil stuff lurking beyond the giant wall that protects their land from the outside world. He wears a lot of black and fur.
He also likes puppies.


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Teenagers in Carteret County are in the director's chair. And at the writer's desk. And the editing floor. And in front of the camera.
The Teen Film Club, which is in its third year, is giving teenagers the opportunity to take their ideas and commit it to film.
"I've been interested in film since I was a kid," said club member Jeff Duke. "When I heard about it, I signed up for it right away."
Program creator and director Melissa Bennett, a CarteretCountynative, said the program's roots aren't founded on the CrystalCoast, but near the Canadian Border on the campus of SyracuseUniversityin New York. Bennett originally went to Syracuseto study musical theater, but was not accepted into the program. That rejection opened the door to something she said she never considered: film.
"They had a lot of script writing programs, so I decided to give it a try," said Bennett. "I ended up falling in love with the whole film making process."
After graduating in May 2009, Bennett returned to CarteretCountyand soon found herself working at the West Carteret Public Library as the youth services librarian later that year. Her predecessor left her a crop of tweens and Bennett said she didn't know what to do with them, but she did have a small digital camcorder and a tripod in April 2010.
"I gave them the camera and they really enjoyed going out there and filming stuff," said Bennett.
The following summer, Bennett started the Teen Film Club,which meets on Saturdays during the school year and on Thursdays during the summer. Bennett said she instills an atmosphere of acceptance since there are some in the club that have trouble finding it elsewhere.
"I get kids from all walks of life," said Bennett. "Some of them have rough home lives or have a rough time at school. I want them all to get along and foster an accepting atmosphere. It's an important life skill to learn with other people they don't always get along with because they'll have to do that in college and afterward."
Bennett said that though all are welcome, the club is a no loafing zone. Everyone is expected to pitch ideas and contribute to the film making process. All the filming and sets are made by the teenagers in the program. According to Bennett, the members of her club, who have already made two mini-series andfour movies, work ethic is seldom a problem.
"They pull a full work day on Saturdays and they might take an hour for lunch," said Bennett. "It's very impressive."
Work ethic isn't exactly the term Matthew Wilmont, CarteretCommunity Collegestudent and club member, would use to describe the motivation behind the Teen Film Club.
"It's play ethic," said Wilmont. "I get to work with friends, meet new people and work with equipment that wouldn't be available to me otherwise."
Wilmont's sentiments are echoed by fellow club member, Hannah Gentry, a rising senior at CroatanHigh Schooland charter member of the club. Gentry said she's developed a love for the process as a whole, from the earliest stages of pre-production to the first screening of the finished product. She said in the film club, meeting interesting people is guaranteed and boredom is never on the itinerary.
"There's never a dull moment," said Gentry. "There's always something going on at the film club."
Bennett said the club is a place for creative teenagers to meet each other, but she said they should expect to work hard alongside their cohorts to reach the ultimate goal of a screening of their work in front of family, friends and the community.
"I want them to be creative and meet other teens, but I also want them to learn," said Bennett. "There's no immediate payoff in filmmaking, but there is an incredible payoff at the end."
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Spain isn't quite known for its breads. It's probably because bread is more used as a vehicle for eating other foods – like pan con tomate (toasted bread with olive oil, then rubbed with fresh tomato and a bit of salt) or as a resting place for marinated sardines, or another tapas, rather than enjoyed on its own.
To make a little confession; when I came to Spain, I brought a little loaf of bread from France with me to have for breakfast. Because as much as I like pan con tomate (which is often eaten for breakfast), I didn't think I would have the time, or the inclination, to gather all the ingredients and prepare them in the kitchen of my apartment. And I'm a creature of habit and the morning isn't exactly the time of day when I'm looking forward to any surprises.
So I was excited the first day when I met Juan Gomez, the owner of La Azotea, and he invited me to come along the following morning to visit the baker who makes the bread for his restaurants. What I wasn't so excited about was waking up at 6:15am, so I would be all set to go (ie: already coffee'd up) when he would ring me up to meet.
Fortunately Spaniards seem to be pretty laid back in the morning and Juan took me to La Campana for my 47th café cortado in twenty-four hours and some pastries, including a tasty flat, crisp bread known as torta de aceite, a local specialty made with lots of olive oil, sesame, and usually a touch of anise – although I did have one version with candied Seville (sour) oranges that blew my calcetínes off*.


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Women's Soccer Suffers First Loss of Season with 2-1 Defeat at Lenoir-Rhyne
September 8, 2010
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Pfeiffer University managed their third-straight night of a few shots and fewer shots on goal, this time, it resulted in the first loss of the season. Using 21 shots, 11 on goal, the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears scored a 2-1 victory over the Lady Falcons on Wednesday night. Pfeiffer managed seven total shots, three on frame, in the road defeat. Lenoir-Rhyne improves to 2-1 along with the Lady Falcons.
Dana Hillmann (Berlin, GERMANY) put the host Bears on the board at the 12:22 point of the first half scoring directly from a corner kick. From a ball deflected out of bounds by the Lady Falcons on their end line, Hillmann teed up her corner attempt that bent in the cage for the games first tally.
Just before the half, senior Megan Reaves (Mims, FL) made up for an earlier mistake and blocked shot to even the match at one. After Reaves was issued a yellow card and had her first shot of the night blocked by a member of the Bears defense, the forward came right back finding the nylon with just 90 seconds left in the period for a 1-1 contest at the half.
The deciding goal came in the 57th minute as Lenoir-Rhynes Mariel Mena (Gainesville, FL) cashed in on a rebounded shot attempt by teammate Elizabeth Hawes (Valdese, NC). After Hawes shot was blocked by a Falcon defender, Mena found herself in the right place at the right time notching the eventual game-winner.
Pfeiffer had one last shot at the buzzer as Alyssa Wombwell (Grand Blanc, MI) fired a shot on goal, only to have it end up as the one and only save of the half by Bears goalkeeper Rebecca Ingram (Buford, GA). Ingram relieved starter Caitlin Scruggs (Torrance, CA) who notched a save in her first half of play. Pfeiffer net minder Jamie Alcala (Fredericksburg, VA) made a season-high nine saves in the loss.
The Lady Falcons will return to Misenheimer playing in their first home game of 2010 hosting nationally-ranked Columbus State on Sunday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 12:00 p.m. with the eighth-ranked Cougars. Live stats will be available through the Falcons Athletics website at www.gofalconsports.com.


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What was the seller's name!!??
Thread: -Sigh- eBay fake...
Well, another victim speaks. I ordered a bottle of D&G The One from eBay, seller had perfect feedback and all sat right with me. It came in the mail today, I opened it up, and the moment I saw the bottle, I knew it was a fake. Lettering is a different color, nicks on the glass, heck, the letters weren't even "taped" on right!
I thought to myself...maybe it's just the bottle. Nope, the smell of burt tires and syrup ran through my nose.
I contacted the seller, and within 15 minutes the issue was resolved (same ol same ol, "It's the vendors fault")
Oh well, guess I have a new room fragrance...
What was the seller's name!!??
Well, at least it was resolved quickly and favorably.
It just makes you wonder how many people have absolutely no knowledge about fragrances and think it's the real thing. It might not be the seller's fault but I highly doubt this is the first time he's sold a fake fragrance.
One of the problems is stock photos. If you'd been able to see photos of the actual bottle your seller was listing, you would probably have realized it was fake.
I've only ever bought bottles from sellers who took their own photos. Nothing I buy gets faked, but even so, I want to know what the bottle and juice look like!
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Too many fakes of new frags and even some old ones, such as By Man. My rule is that if the ebay seller is undercutting the major online discounters (who also sell on ebay) then something's wrong, so it's best to just buy from them or from a BNer you trust.
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Agreed. I actually got my first bottle of The One here from a seller. Excellent as expected. I couldn't find a 3.4 oz so I resorted to eBay...never doing that again.
Sometimes you do get what you actually paid for.
When buying from eBay t's probably better to buy used bottles than BNIB.
Certain fragrances simply should not be purchased on Ebay.
99.9% of cologne on ebay is fake. End of story. Period. If its too good to be true, then it is.
I must be lucky then. I've bought over 40 bottles on eBay and I've yet to come across a fake. If you avoid the really popular fragrances (best sellers), are realistic about the price you're looking to pay and only look at testers and partially used bottles, you'll be OK for the most part.
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I'm confused as to why you went to eBay as a resort for, as far as I know, an easily obtainable bottle??
I like to buy off of amazon an actual listed amazon retailer, never had any problems
I wouldn't go as far as to say 99.9% are fake. I've purchased fragrances on eBay before, and all but 1 have been authentic.
I resorted to eBay because the cost was lower. Typically, I would follow the "if it's too good to be true, it is" rule, however this was an auction and not a BIN. Definitely careless on my end.
Ebay = scammers marketplace, and I'm sure they make a lot of money off counterfeit fragrances there. I don't understand why there are all these threads "another fake on Ebay" .. duh.. I mean obviously. You could get better values on the REAL deal at places like Marshall's, TJ Maxx, and Ross; and websites like Amazon, and Scentedmonkey..
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I'm a firm believer that we have to look out for each other. If you send that fake back to the seller, he or she will sell it again to someone else - possibly one of us. I got burned on eBay by a woman selling fakes. There were signs on the bottle that I wasn't the first person to receive it. She offered me a refund if I'd send it back to her. Oh hell no. I'm not ok with being even partly to blame for someone else getting screwed. I fought that.
eBay and PayPal have no interest in protecting anyone but their business, so they're not really protecting either sellers or buyers. Their #1 goal is to avoid having to ever admit in writing they're being used for illegal activities. eBay and PayPal were both insistent that I ABSOLUTELY had to send the counterfeit back to the person who makes a living selling counterfeits. Oh! Hell! No!
I went to the police. Problem solved. After having already denied me a refund no less than five times (!!) PayPal immediately issued me a full refund.
The only reason I'm not posting the seller's name here is because the police officer I met with specializes in internet crime and said he'd look into setting up a sting if he could find evidence suggesting this wasn't an isolated incident, not just to bust the seller but to get further up the food chain.
It's really worth checking to see if your local police department has anyone who specializes in internet crime. If it does, have that officer confiscate the fake and give you a receipt. Then scan the receipt and upload it to your case at eBay and/or PayPal. And when you speak with someone at eBay or PayPal, do not get off the phone until that person has acknowledged that he or she has seen the police document you uploaded (remember: they record all calls).
You can get your money back without returning a fake to be sold to someone else, and hopefully get a seller or distributer of fakes out of business in the process. Win, WIN.
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yet to get a fake from ebay, but stories like this scare me...and from a reputable seller ay ay ay
Good for you.
I am pretty pissed at ebay for doing zero when I bought a counterfeit (the money was nothing, £5, but I later found someone else selling exactly the same fake and they didn't even remove the listing.)
I will look into this police internet crime specialist thing.
I sell a lot of decants and bottles on EBAY. I always take my own pictures of the Box, Bottle, and decant atomizer. I list the Batch # in the description. I do not allow returns, b/c I don't want to be used to test fragrances for free...but I agree, I won't buy from stock photos...I just saw today a guy with 33 Neg. feedback so far this year. Reading down through they were fake, fake, empty box, fake...I wondered how people could buy from a guy like that...96.9% IS NOT A GOOD PERCENTAGE FOR FEEDBACK!!
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Yeah, agreed eBay is definitely a scammers marketplace. It's just that in my 7 years using eBay, not once have I purchased a fake designer item. This is the first (scratch that, second, I just recalled buying a fake bottle of Le Male. Would anyone like to know the sellers excuse? "Vendor we usually buy from is reputable...we'll do something about it").
Anyhow, the bottle is not being sent back. I have it sitting on my dresser. It makes a nice paper weight, and room spray when I do not feel like wasting my limited edition Febreze.
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Sorry to hear that. I've been burned on eBay before when I purchased One Million. Some people just have no shame.
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Oh come on, eBay's not that bad if you use common sense. My positives far outweigh the bad on there. And I can sell scents there often times that don't move for me on the swap board. Caveat emptor.
Yes, the one thing I must give credit to is Buyer Protection. eBay along with Paypal are intolerant of fakes (they both know that distributing fakes is a felony, not a simple misdemeanor). Both times I got a fake, the seller told me to hold onto the bottle. I suppose I can still use the fragrance...if I am absolutely desperate. This fake The One smells horrid, but dries down to a scent that my family member classified as "not bad." Definitely no where near as nice as the real The One. Same with my fake Le Male, opens up smelling similar to Le Male, but definitely a little denser and not as nice (it does last 9+ hours even though it's a fake).
As long as I get my money back, and these scam artists learn a lesson (lets be honest, they're going to keep selling fakes), I'm happy.
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Thank you for that link. Yes, I am definitely aware that sellers can request that feedback be changed (from the buyer). My former boss would contact buyers and do everything possible to have them correct negative feedback.
I was not aware we could see old feedback, thank you so much!
P.s, the seller did in fact have 2 negative and 2 neutral feedback (1 fake fragrance, 1 set of counterfeit shoes).
I too sell on ebay, I consider myself honest and I have always sold guaranteed genuine original real deal frags.
I Take my own pictures...and most importantly, I have adopted the "walmart" customer satisfaction policy that the customer is always right... this is mostly due to the fact that ebay will not protect the sellers. I have sold a couple things that the buyer received and for whatever reason was not happy with (color, size, condition etc) and I IMMEDIATELY refund their money (ebay does not require I send the money immediately, they DO require the buyer send the item back before the refund MUST be issued) But I go the extra mile to make sure everyone is happy. I refund their money right away and I apologize profusely for the wasting of their time if that is the case, or for the misunderstanding. (problems will always happen, what matters most is that you recognize the buyers time is equally as valuable as your own, and no one likes to not be understood) so I work hard to make sure I do EVERYTHING I CAN to ensure happiness.
HOWEVER, despite sending the money back for the items and asking that they return the item (keep in mind these are not bad or broken, just not the right "fit" or "doesnt work for what they needed") and the buyer NEVER RETURNS THE ITEM.
At this point, after having refunded the money I have ZERO LEVERAGE and ebay nor paypal will do ANYTHING to help me get my item back. SO I LOST MY ITEM, MY PROFITS, MY SHIPPING, MY PACKING MATERIALS.
long story short...as it applies to this situation and the fake perfume, demand a refund be made FIRST, then just done send it back. I GUARANTEE ebay will do nothing to you for keeping it. Lord knows I have tried.
Maybe you got lucky with sellers who didn't want to fight. The seller who sent me a fake really thought she could still find a way to make a profit from me. First, she offered me a refund minus the 15% restocking fee. RESTOCKING A FAKE? No. Then she agreed to refund the full amount, but she needed me to send the fake back and she wanted me to PAY to do so. NO! She swore she wouldn't resell it. I asked if I could break it and send it back that way in order to prevent it from being resold. (I'd already provided her with proof it was counterfeit). She wouldn't agree... obviously, since she wanted to resell it! Both eBay and PayPal fought me too even though I'd provided them both with proof it was a fake. They were more than happy to give me my money back, but only if I sent the item back to the seller, but there was NO way I would agree to do that since I knew the seller would turn around and resell it to someone else, or she'd claim the item was returned damaged in order to prevent me from getting my refund.
I have zero faith in eBay and PayPal in terms of buyer protection. They don't want to get involved with anything that could be a legal matter, which means if a seller fights, there's no protection for the buyer at all unless you're willing to send the item back... but if the seller knows they'll get busted by trying to sell it again, they'll probably claim the item was returned damaged and fight the refund.
The amount of evidence I had in writing against this seller was crazy, but eBay and PayPal still wanted me to return the item!
----- First, let's address the appearance of the fake I received. The color of the bottle was wrong. The color of the sprayer nozzle was WAY wrong (white, not black). The sticker at the bottom was wrong. And the smell? It wasn't even perfume/cologne/fragrance.
----- The seller admitted via eBay correspondence the item was a fake before I even provided visual proof (which I did once I got my hands on a real bottle of the same to shw the differences). BOOM! That should be the end of it, right? Nope. eBay didn't care.
----- The seller sent me a business card with a different eBay ID blacked out, but there was enough legible to see that it didn't match the ID I bought from. I was suspicious, so I forwarded it to eBay and checked with them on the phone. EBAY CONFIRMED THE SELLER HAD MULTIPLE BANNED IDS. Still, they wouldn't find in my favor unless I sent back the item. Now, it's important to note that eBay records all of their calls. I mention this because once the representative said "Oh, yeah, I see 4 banned accounts for this person" I got bumped up to a supervisor. The supervisor told me I wasn't supposed to get that information, and I needed to send the fake back to the seller. I was mad at that point, so I called back and spoke to someone else at eBay for the sake of confirming their records as having proof of multiple banned IDs for this seller. I gave this 2nd representative the seller's phone number and address (home and email). Response? "I do see multiple banned accounts" and I was bumped up to a supervisor who could neither confirm nor deny, but stated that I had to send the item back to the seller in order to get a refund.
----- The seller made all sorts of ridiculous claims, some of which were about eBay rules which a quick call to eBay disproved, and others which were downright comical. For example, she gave me a sob story about being a single mother using this to support her. A few days later, she said the stress of this was bothering her HUSBAND. Single mom with a husband?
----- The seller offered a full refund in exchange for not giving her poor feedback. That's against ebay policies. I forwarded that to ebay. CRICKETS. They do not care.
----- She then tried to bribe me with fake merchandise in exchange for a 5 star review. Obviously, that's against ebay policies. I forwarded that to ebay too. No response. They do not care.
eBay seriously does not care. Buyer Protection is a marketing tool and nothing more. Oh, and let's see... what ever happened to the seller? The seller is still on eBay today even though she has already been banned under different accounts multiple times and has a police record attached to her current ID. eBay doesn't care.
Her scam is really simple: she sells $1 fakes for $50. They don't even have fragrance in them. Mine came with something that smelled like a cleaning product. And if she gets a complaint, she immediately offers a refund, minus a restocking fee, in exchange for returning the item so she can sell it again. And if anybody fights, she drops the restocking fee and, if push comes to shove, offers free stuff, which is of course fake and costs her next to nothing anyway. And that's why she has 97% positive feedback. eBay knows all of this. They have proof including admission from the seller on all counts I've mentioned here. eBay. Does. Not. Care. Their only priority is to keep themselves out of any legal issues. Yes, they offer buyer protection, but if my case wasn't a crystal clear example of fraud, what in the heck is?
And since there's no way for multiple buyers who were sold fakes by one seller to get in touch with each other, eBay has nothing to worry about because you can't prove they already know a seller has been busted for dealing in fraud.
eBay, absolutely positively
without a shadow of a doubt,
does not care.
Neither does PayPal.
Unless you're willing to make it a legal matter, and by that, I mean lawyers involved, they don't care. They just want to find a way to cut it down the middle and make both parties happy, even if one of them is a documented dealer in counterfeits. Again, the seller in my case agreed in writing that she sent me a fake. eBay and PayPal didn't care.
If you really look at how they've set the system up to protect themselves, you'll realize just how little they care about anything other than their bottom line.
That being said... I don't agree that 99% of all frags sold on eBay are fake. But buyer protection definitely isn't something you can count on. The eBay feedback system isn't something you can easily rely on either. eBay was quick to agree with me that what the seller was doing to cheat the system was against their rules (offering me merch in exchange for a 5 star review, withholding my refund until I gave her a 5 star review, etc), and since she did this via messages to me on eBay, they had access to her words as proof of fraud, but they did nothing.
eBay does not care. Their buyer protection is iffy at best.
Oh, and last but not least, I double-dog-dare ANYONE from PayPal or eBay to dispute one single word of what I've said here. URLs to their system instantly prove every word of what I've just said (eBay and PayPal have access to all correspondence between buyers and sellers so long as it's done on eBay. NEVER contact a seller directly. ALWAYS do so via messages on eBay, for your own protection). Plus, they have the police report AND the copy of the seller's business card with a previously banned ID visible enough to see that it doesn't match. And by plugging in her phone number, also on her business card, they can see her other multiple banned IDs on their system.
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And, again, for the record: the only reason I'm not outing the seller here is because I'm hoping she eventually gets busted in a sting.
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L'Homme Blanc,
The thing is, I do not leave any room for error. I make one thing clear to the seller; I know exactly what I am doing. The message I get across is "Feel free to fight, but I've proven to you that you will only be wasting your time, and more importantly, mine."
Here is exactly what I do:
I contact the seller. My message is not "short and to the point." It is long, unambiguous, and very detailed. I send an image of the fake bottle, standing by a real bottle if I have access to one. In the message I point out everything that is fake about it. From the details of the bottle to the juice.
Every seller so far has replied with the same exact copy-paste formatted email. "We are sorry...didn't know it was a fake...vendors fault...will investigate" yada yada.
Do not contact paypal or eBay right away, that is just a waste of time. All PP and eBay will do is request proof (neither eBay nor PayPal know whether or not the seller is selling counterfeit goods, how could they?) But the seller knows darn well that he/she is. I don't care how much they claim it is the vendors fault, no one is stupid enough to purchase multiple potentially fake bottles from a vendor. Every one of these sellers knows exactly what they are getting.
Let me also add that Buyer Protection is not a marketing tool. It has come through for me every single time I have used it (5+ times so far, on other goods) and PayPals protection has done the same. I said it in your other thread, I will say it again. These are PEOPLE who have to make a call. They HAVE TO decide who wins the case. They DO NOT have any PHYSICAL proof in front of them. These people aren't trained to tell whether or not a bottle is fake or not. All they know is they have to take someone's word for it, and the person with 10,000 feedback at 99% "is probably legitimate." I can not really blame them, although I believe a new method should be implemented for outing fakes.
And just as an FYI, I worked for a company whose main resource was e-commerce. Everything we did was on eBay and Amazon, along with a few other online-auction style sites. We used eBay the most. For 2 months straight, the shipping-packing department was making errors. Packages weren't getting to where they needed to go, items were sent broken, etc.
Within those 2 months, we received a substantial amount of negative feedback. Within weeks we were warned to get our act together or eBay would shut us down.
After another month, we were shut down by eBay.
eBay uses the feedback system to decide who stays and who goes, nothing else.
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P.S. Am I bitter? YES. I think it's shameful that eBay and PayPal do so little to keep such blatant and documented fraudulent users out of their system. And, again, if any representative from PayPal or eBay would like to contact me to dispute ONE WORD of what I've said here, PLEASE DO. All they have to do is PM me here and I will happily give them my home phone number because I would absolutely love to discuss this. I'd be thrilled to. They should be ashamed. Absolutely, positively and unquestionably ashamed.
If someone can go to the length that I went to to document fraud and STILL they do nothing about it, they should absolutely, positively and unquestionably feel ashamed. But they don't. And do you know why? I'll tell you why. They don't because THEY DO NOT CARE. A dollar from a crook is just as good as an honest dollar to them.
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Anybody have a sample of Martin Margiela Untitled or Untitled L'Eau? I'm dying to smell these and I've got lots of great niche samples to swap!
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There are loads of really nice sellers out there too. I have bought many perfumes on ebay and have yet to receive a fake, but I am buying vintage and used, so maybe a lesser chance of anyone bothering. I've had a few disappointments with carelessly packed breakages and leaks, but that's the nature of the game. Most souls are obliging and will refund. It will always be the crooks who won't play the rules anyway because they don't care in the first place.
There are however certain sellers who I wouldn't touch with a bargepole... if you are always watching the same type of auctions for extremely rare vintage perfumes..... and the same seller (not naming any names) comes up time and time again selling the rarest kind of Chanel Cuir de Russie (amongst similar types) in the extremely vintage bottles for huge amounts and seems to have an unlimited supply of such things????? .......And all the sales are private????.....Maybe it is a real genuine person who has collected it for years and has a warehouse full... really eh???? Even a listed complaint appears to have been authenticated as fake by Chanel.... BUT.... the sales keep on going and the clients seem happy. Why? Maybe the fakes are littered with real. Who knows? You just need to keep your own eyes sharply peeled.
I also agree about Amazon. Just be careful, it is the structure that is good and efficient, but the sellers are still all private. It is just a more trusted umbrella.
99% of '99% statements' are 100% BS.
I had more problems with sellers on ebay with claims of 'pure essential oil' that show up as dilutions than with fake frags but I usually stay away from the most popular faked frags. I did get caught on a couple I didn't know were popular to fake until afterwards but got full refunds without having to send the bottle back each time.
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I find it quite easy to pick out what's fake or not with a decent amount of certainty when buying on ebay.
Beyond some standard alerts like no 100ml, no stock photo's, it really is a question of communicating with the seller.
If in doubt I would make a thread on bn and ask for the expertise of other posters, i've done that a few times with immediate results.
L'Homme Blanc, I definitely understand where you're coming from, I would be bitter too.
And yes, you had an extremely persistent seller. The majority of counterfeit sellers on eBay know they are selling fakes. They try their best to get away with it and they typically do, since most people don't even know what the real version of the fake they bought smells like. I honestly wish I could afford to decant a 1ml sample of a certain sellers more commonly faked scent, and just send it to said sellers buyers.
I tend not to buy the very common designer frags on ebay. Too high of a risk of a fake. Niche/rare stuff tends to be pretty safe for the most part. *knocks on wood*
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Yeah, in the end, the seller I dealt with knew she was selling fakes. She admitted she sold me a fake. But she was persistent because she thought she could still get $50 out of the transaction, if not from me then from someone else when I returned the bottle.
I think most sellers on eBay are very good, and this is where eBay buyer protection comes in. It helps keep good sellers honest. But if you're dealing with a crook, eBay and PayPal aren't on your side. They're not on the buyer's side either, really. They want nothing to do with any of it. I'll continue to use eBay. I've had lots of good experiences and only two bad. In one case, the seller screwed up and made it right in the end. No harm done. But this particular case I wrote about above really taught me a lot about the inner workings of eBay. I can definitely see how a crook could make a lot of money with eBay. That's a shame.
Anybody have a sample of Martin Margiela Untitled or Untitled L'Eau? I'm dying to smell these and I've got lots of great niche samples to swap!
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I wonder if it would count as libel if we listed each of the sellers we suspected. I would love to, but would only be worried about this in case an innocent party got accidentally mixed up in the bad bag. It would have to be worded so carefully and each seller perhaps ought to be given the right to defend themselves really. It may just get BN into trouble and we wouldn't want that. Perhaps it could be a 'pass-it-on-to-whoever-wanted-it-private-PM' that got added to. I suppose that might work but only to prevent a purchase and not to be used as a libellous weapon.
I don't really know how it could be done. Maybe here but without exactly mentioning names.
an ancient Italian South saying goes like this "saved money is wasted money!" so sorry for you, mate...besides I much prefer buy stuff in shops, the parcel full of juices is so solipsistic, I had to get a few of them since I was buying vintage but only from local shops I know.... too traps and frauds on the net....... I stopped using it when I got 130 $ stolen from my card!
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Buyers who name names may also find they have exposed their eBay ID, with consequent loss of privacy.
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I just noticed something that is very suspicious. I looked up Le Male on amazon and none of the listings had any reviews. How is that possible? Did they remove the reviews because of complaints about fakes or did I miss the page with all the reviews somehow? Or something else?
UPDATE: I had to search for Le Male on Amazon through google to find the pages with the reviews.
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It's not only that Ebay seems to protect the fraudulent sellers, but also punishes legitimate ones. Example: I've been selling several perfumes this year, and suddenly Ebay blocks my account for a month. Explanation: they want to avoid the sale of counterfeits. What the hell? If I have 100 % positive votes on all my sales, what gave them any kind of hint towards me supposedly selling fakes?
Lousy, lousy Ebay.
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Lol, I want you guys who buy eBay cologne to post high res detailed pics of your box and cologne bottles so I can ruin your world. I'll prove they are fake. You are just gullible and wearing fake cologne.
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Hahaha eggy, that post just made my morning.
And yes, L'Homme Blanc I honestly do think you did the right thing. Unfortunately, in a society where everyone is engaging in ecommerce and there is no face to face interaction, this kind of stuff is easy to get away with. Heck, it was only a decade ago that if you were ripped off, you would get your money back and the merchant would end up with a black eye! I do not condone the use of violence by the way.
I like the idea of placing black ink in the bottle, but why punish someone else?
And do everyone who wants to post the ID of counterfeit sellers, that's the beauty of freedom of speech, however I would not recommend it. I would start a chain email with the user id's of these sellers, but with this "generous" 25 message inbox rule, I don't think people would be fond of receiving this sort of PM.
jeightseven, you can take your 204 posts, that apparently merit your expertise, and go fly a kite with them . Have a wonderful day/morning/evening.