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Penalty Proposed Against Long Lines Wireless in HAC Reporting Case
Download OptionsReleased: March 13, 2014
Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554)
In the Matter of
File No.: EB-SED-14-000131911
Long Lines Wireless, LLC
NAL/Acct. No.: 201432100011
Adopted: March 13, 2014Released: March 13, 2014
By the Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division, Enforcement Bureau:
In this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, we propose a forfeiture in the amount
of six thousand dollars ($6,000) against Long Lines Wireless, LLC (Long Lines).2 We find that Long
Lines apparently willfully and repeatedly violated the digital wireless handset hearing aid compatibility
status report filing requirements set forth in Section 20.19(i)(1) of the Commission's rules (Rules).3
In the 2003 Hearing Aid Compatibility Order, the Commission adopted several measures
to enhance the ability of consumers with hearing loss to access digital wireless telecommunications.4 The
Commission established technical standards that digital wireless handsets must meet to be considered
1 The investigation initiated under File No. EB-SED-13-00012383 was subsequently assigned File No. EB-SED-14-
00013191. Any future correspondence with the FCC concerning this matter should reflect the new case number.
2 Until December 20, 2013, Long Lines was a Tier III wireless service provider operating a 2G GSM network in
portions of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. See Letter from William C. Gaukel, Vice President –
Retail, Long Lines Wireless, LLC, to Linda M. Nagel, Attorney Advisor, Spectrum Enforcement Division, FCC
Enforcement Bureau (Dec. 20, 2013), Attachment (Declaration of William C. Gaukel) (Declaration) at 1 (on file in
EB-SED-13-00013191). Tier III carriers are non-nationwide wireless radio service providers with 500,000 or fewer
subscribers as of the end of 2001. See Revision of the Commission's Rules to Ensure Compatibility with Enhanced
911 Emergency Calling Systems, Phase II Compliance Deadlines for Non-Nationwide CMRS Carriers, Order to
Stay, 17 FCC Rcd 14841, 14847-48, paras. 22–24 (2002). On December 20, 2013, Long Lines transferred most of
its operating assets to entities controlled by AT&T Mobility. Declaration at 1. During the period relevant to this
investigation, however, Long Lines was a provider of digital CMRS and thus was subject to the requirements of
Section 20.19 of the Rules. See 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(a).
3 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i)(1).
4 See Section 68.4(a) of the Commission's Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Telephones, Report and Order,
18 FCC Rcd 16753 (2003), Erratum, 18 FCC Rcd 18047 (2003), Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, 20 FCC Rcd 11221 (2005) (Hearing Aid Compatibility Order). The Commission adopted
these requirements for digital wireless telephones under the authority of the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988,
Pub. L. No. 100-394, 102 Stat. 976 (codified at 47 U.S.C. §§ 609 note, 610, 610 note).
Federal Communications Commission
DA 14- 346compatible with hearing aids operating in acoustic coupling and inductive coupling (telecoil) modes.5
Specifically, the Commission adopted a standard for radio frequency interference (the M3 rating) to
enable acoustic coupling between digital wireless phones and hearing aids operating in acoustic coupling
mode, and a separate standard (the T3 rating) to enable inductive coupling with hearing aids operating in
telecoil mode.6 In the 2008 Hearing Aid Compatibility First Report and Order, the Commission
established various deadlines by which manufacturers and service providers were required to offer
specified numbers of digital wireless handset models rated hearing aid-compatible.7
The Commission also adopted reporting requirements to ensure that it could monitor the
availability of hearing aid-compatible handsets and to provide valuable information to the public
concerning the technical testing and commercial availability of these handsets.8 The Commission initially
required manufacturers and digital wireless service providers to report every six months on efforts toward
compliance with the hearing aid compatibility requirements for the first three years of implementation,
and then annually thereafter through the fifth year of implementation.9 In its 2008 Hearing Aid
5 See Hearing Aid Compatibility Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 16777, 16779, paras. 56, 63; see also 47 C.F.R.
§ 20.19(b)(1)–(2). The Hearing Aid Compatibility Order described the acoustic coupling and inductive coupling
(telecoil) modes as follows:
In acoustic coupling mode, the microphone picks up surrounding sounds, desired and undesired,
and converts them into electrical signals. The electrical signals are amplified as needed and then
converted back into sound by the hearing aid speaker. In telecoil mode, with the microphone
turned off, the telecoil picks up the audio signal-based magnetic field generated by the voice coil
of a dynamic speaker in hearing aid-compatible telephones, audio loop systems, or powered neck
loops. The hearing aid converts the magnetic field into electrical signals, amplifies them as
needed, and converts them back into sound via the speaker. Using a telecoil avoids the feedback
that often results from putting a hearing aid up against a telephone earpiece, can help prevent
exposure to over amplification, and eliminates background noise, providing improved access to
the telephone.
18 FCC Rcd at 16763, para. 22.
6 See 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(b). As subsequently amended, Section 20.19(b)(1) of the Rules provided that, for the period
beginning January 1, 2010, a wireless handset is deemed hearing aid-compatible for radio frequency interference if,
at a minimum, it meets the M3 rating associated with the technical standard set forth in the standard document,
"American National Standard Methods of Measurement of Compatibility between Wireless Communication Devices
and Hearing Aids," ANSI C63.19-2007 (June 8, 2007) (ANSI C63.19-2007), except that grants of certification
issued before January 1, 2010, under earlier versions of ANSI C63.19 remain valid for hearing aid compatibility
purposes. 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(b)(1). Section 20.19(b)(2) provided that, for the period beginning January 1, 2010, a
wireless handset is deemed hearing aid-compatible for inductive coupling if, at minimum, it meets the T3 rating
associated with the technical standard set forth in ANSI C63.19-2007, except that grants of certification issued
before January 1, 2010, under earlier versions of ANSI C63.19 remain valid for hearing aid compatibility purposes.
47 C.F.R. § 20.19(b)(2). Effective August 16, 2012, a further amendment to Section 20.19(b) permits manufacturers
to test handsets for hearing aid compatibility using the 2011 version of the ANSI standard, ANSI C63.19-2011, as an
alternative to ANSI C63.19-2007. See Amendment of the Commission's Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible
Mobile Handsets, Third Report and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 3732 (WTB/OET 2012).
7 See Amendment of the Commission's Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible Mobile Handsets, First Report and
Order, 23 FCC Rcd 3406, 3418–20, paras. 35–36 (2008), Order on Reconsideration and Erratum, 23 FCC Rcd 7249
(2008) (Hearing Aid Compatibility First Report and Order).
8 Id. at 3443, para. 91; see also 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i).
9 Hearing Aid Compatibility Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 16787, para. 89; see also Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Announces Hearing Aid Compatibility Reporting Dates for Wireless Carriers and Handset Manufacturers, Public
Notice, 19 FCC Rcd 4097 (Wireless Tel. Bur. 2004).
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DA 14- 346Compatibility First Report and Order, the Commission indefinitely extended these reporting
requirements with certain modifications.10
Long Lines failed to timely file its hearing aid compatibility status report for the period
January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012 (2012 Status Report). The required report was due on
January 15, 2013.11 The Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau opened a filing window on
April 4, 2013, to permit Long Lines to submit the overdue report,12 at which time Long Lines filed its
2012 Status Report.13 The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau subsequently referred Long Lines'
apparent violation of the hearing aid compatibility status report filing requirement to the Enforcement
Bureau (Bureau).
On December 9, 2013, the Bureau's Spectrum Enforcement Division (Division) issued a
letter of inquiry (LOI) to Long Lines, directing the company to submit a sworn written response to a
series of questions relating to Long Lines' failure to timely file its hearing aid compatibility status report
by the January 15, 2013 deadline.14 Long Lines responded to the LOI on Dec. 20, 2013.15 In its response,
Long Lines admits that it did not timely file its hearing aid compatibility status report, and explains that it
mistakenly believed that service providers like Long Lines were required to file their status reports by
July 15th (which is the deadline by which handset manufacturers—not service providers—file such
Failure to Timely File Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report6.
Section 20.19(i)(1) of the Rules requires service providers to file hearing aid
compatibility status reports.17 These reports are necessary to enable the Commission to perform its
enforcement function and to evaluate whether Long Lines is in compliance with Commission mandates
that were adopted to facilitate the accessibility of hearing aid-compatible wireless handsets. These reports
also provide valuable information to the public concerning the technical testing and commercial
availability of hearing aid-compatible handsets.18 As the record in this case reflects, Long Lines failed to
10 See Hearing Aid Compatibility First Report and Order, 23 FCC Rcd at 3444–46, paras. 97–99, 101. The
extensions of these reporting requirements became effective on December 13, 2011. See 76 Fed. Reg. 77,415 (Dec.
13, 2011).
11 Service providers are required to file their hearing aid compatibility status reports on January 15th of each year.
47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i)(1); see also Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Reporting, http://wireless.fcc.gov/hac.
12 The opening of a new filing window does not constitute an extension of time to file an otherwise late-filed hearing
aid compatibility status report.
13 See Long Lines Wireless, LLC, Hearing Aid Compatibility Report (Apr. 4, 2013),
http://wireless.fcc.gov/hac_documents/130411/7517640_326.PDF (last visited on Jan. 14, 2014).
14 See Letter from John D. Poutasse, Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division, FCC Enforcement Bureau, to Brent
Olsen, President, Long Lines Wireless, LLC (Dec. 9, 2013) (on file in EB-SED-13-00013191).
15 See Declaration.
16 See id. at 1.
17 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i)(1).
18 Hearing Aid Compatibility First Report and Order, 23 FCC Rcd at 3446, para. 98 (stating that a handset model's
hearing aid compatibility rating, among other relevant information, "should be readily available to service providers
either from the manufacturer's previous reports to the Commission, from the manufacturer's own website, or from
the manufacturer directly"). We note, however, that the Commission's Equipment Authorization System is the most
reliable source for information on a handset's hearing aid compatibility rating. The Equipment Authorization
Federal Communications Commission
DA 14- 346timely file the hearing aid compatibility status report due on January 15, 2013, in apparent willful19 and
repeated20 violation of Section 20.19(i)(1) of the Rules.21
Proposed Forfeiture7.
Under Section 503(b)(1)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act), any
person who is determined by the Commission to have willfully or repeatedly failed to comply with any
provision of the Act or any rule, regulation, or order issued by the Commission shall be liable to the
United States for a forfeiture penalty.22 To impose such a forfeiture penalty, the Commission must first
issue a notice of apparent liability for forfeiture and the person against whom such notice has been issued
must have an opportunity to show, in writing, why no such forfeiture penalty should be imposed.23 The
Commission will then issue a forfeiture if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person has
violated the Act or the Rules.24 We conclude that Long Lines is apparently liable for a forfeiture for its
failure to timely file the required hearing aid compatibility status report in apparent willful and repeated
violation of Section 20.19(i)(1) of the Rules.25
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System is an electronic database of all equipment certified under Commission authority. The database identifies the
hearing aid compatibility rating of each handset by FCC ID, as reported by the handset manufacturer in test reports
submitted to the Commission at the time of an equipment authorization or of any modification to such authorization.
See https://transition.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/.
19 Section 312(f)(1) of the Act defines "willful" as "the conscious and deliberate commission or omission of [any]
act, irrespective of any intent to violate" the law. 47 U.S.C. § 312(f)(1). The legislative history of Section 312
clarifies that this definition of willful applies to Sections 312 and 503 of the Act, H.R. Rep. No. 97-765 (1982)
(Conf. Rep.), and the Commission has so interpreted the term in the Section 503(b) context. See Southern Cal.
Broad. Co., Memorandum Opinion and Order, 6 FCC Rcd 4387, 4387–88, para. 5 (1991), recons. denied, 7 FCC
Rcd 3454 (1992) (Southern California). In the context of a forfeiture action, "willful" does not require a finding that
the rule violation was intentional. See, e.g., Tidewater Communications, LLC, Order on Review, 25 FCC Rcd 1675,
1676, para. 5 (2010) ("To be willful, the violator must consciously commit or omit certain actions and need not be
aware that such actions violate the Rules."); Southern California, 6 FCC Rcd at 4388, para. 5 (holding that,
consistent with the Congressional record accompanying the 1982 amendments to the Act, a "willful" violation need
not be intentional); Princess K Fishing Corp., Forfeiture Order, 24 FCC Rcd 2606, 2608-09, para. 8 (Enf. Bur.
2009) (stating that a licensee need not have the mens rea to commit a violation in order for a violation to be
"willful"), recons. dismissed, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 27 FCC Rcd 4707 (Enf. Bur. 2012).
20 Section 312(f)(2) of the Act, which also applies to forfeitures assessed pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Act,
defines "repeated" as "the commission or omission of [any] act more than once or, if such commission or omission
is continuous, for more than one day." 47 U.S.C. § 312(f)(2); see also Southern California, 6 FCC Rcd at 4388,
para. 5. Failure to file these reports can have an adverse impact on the Commission's ability to ensure the
commercial availability of hearing aid-compatible digital wireless handsets, to the detriment of consumers. As we
have previously stated, the failure to file a hearing aid compatibility status report constitutes a continuing violation
that persists until the violation is cured. See American Samoa Telecommunications Authority, Notice of Apparent
Liability for Forfeiture, 23 FCC Rcd 16432, 16437, para. 11 (Enf. Bur. 2008), forfeiture ordered, Forfeiture Order,
27 FCC Rcd 13174 (Enf. Bur. 2012) (forfeiture paid) (ASTCA).
21 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i)(1).
22 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(1)(B); see also 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(a).
23 47 U.S.C. § 503(b); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(f).
24 See, e.g., SBC Communications, Inc., Forfeiture Order, 17 FCC Rcd 7589, 7591, para. 4 (2002).
25 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i)(1).
Federal Communications Commission
The Commission's Forfeiture Policy Statement and Section 1.80(b) of the Rules set a
base forfeiture amount of $3,000 for the failure to file required forms or information.26 While the base
forfeiture requirements are guidelines lending some predictability to the forfeiture process, the
Commission retains the discretion to depart from these guidelines and issue forfeitures on a case-by-case
basis under its general forfeiture authority in Section 503 of the Act.27
We have exercised our discretion to set a higher base forfeiture amount for violations of
the wireless hearing aid compatibility reporting requirements. In ASTCA, we found that the status reports
are essential to implement and enforce the hearing aid compatibility rules.28 The Commission relies on
these reports to provide consumers with information regarding the technical specifications and
commercial availability of hearing aid-compatible digital wireless handsets and to ensure that the digital
wireless industry meets the needs of the increasing number of consumers with hearing loss.29 In an
analogous context, we noted that when setting an $8,000 base forfeiture for violations of the hearing aid-
compatible handset labeling requirements, the Commission emphasized that consumers with hearing loss
could only take advantage of critically important public safety benefits of digital wireless services if they
had access to accurate information regarding hearing aid compatibility features of handsets.30 We also
noted that the Commission has adjusted the base forfeiture upward when noncompliance with filing
requirements interferes with the accurate administration and enforcement of Commission rules.31
Because the failure to file hearing aid compatibility status reports implicates similar public safety and
enforcement concerns, we exercised our discretionary authority and established a base forfeiture amount
of $6,000 for failure to file a hearing aid compatibility report.32 Consistent with ASTCA, we believe the
$6,000 base forfeiture for violation of the hearing aid compatibility reporting requirement should apply
The $6,000 base forfeiture, however, is subject to adjustment. In assessing forfeitures,
Section 503(b)(2)(E) of the Act requires that we take into account the "nature, circumstances, extent, and
gravity of the violation and, with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior
offenses, ability to pay, and such other matters as justice may require."33 In its response to the Division's
LOI, Long Lines indicates that its failure to timely file its hearing aid compatibility status report was
inadvertent.34 It is well established, however, that administrative oversight or inadvertence is not a
mitigating factor warranting a downward adjustment of a forfeiture.35 Similarly, a violator's lack of
knowledge or erroneous belief does not warrant a forfeiture's downward adjustment.36 In view of all the
26 See The Commission's Forfeiture Policy Statement and Amendment of Section 1.80 of the Rules to Incorporate the
Forfeiture Guidelines, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 17087, 17113, Appendix A, Section I, recons. denied,
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 303 (1999) (Forfeiture Policy Statement); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80.
27 Forfeiture Policy Statement, 12 FCC Rcd at 17099, 17101, paras. 22, 29; see also 47 C.F.R. § 1.80.
28 See ASTCA, 23 FCC Rcd at 16436–37, para. 10.
29 Id.
30 Id.
31 Id.
32 Id.
33 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(2)(E).
34 Declaration at 2.
35 See Southern California, 6 FCC Rcd at 4387 (stating that "inadvertence … is at best, ignorance of the law, which
the Commission does not consider a mitigating circumstance").
36 See, e.g., Profit Enterprises, Inc., 8 FCC Rcd 2846, 2846, para. 5 (1993) (denying the mitigation claim of a
manufacturer/distributor who thought that the equipment certification and marketing requirements were
inapplicable, stating that its "prior knowledge or understanding of the law is unnecessary to a determination of
Federal Communications Commission
DA 14- 346factual circumstances presented (including Long Lines' response to the LOI), and having considered the
statutory factors enumerated above, we propose a forfeiture in the amount of $6,000 against Long Lines
for failing to timely file its hearing aid compatibility status report for the period ending December 31,
2012, by the January 15, 2013 deadline, in apparent willful and repeated violation of Section 20.19(i)(1)
of the Rules.37
IT IS ORDEREDthat, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.111, 0.311, and 1.80 of the Commission's rules,38 Long Lines
Wireless, LLC is
NOTIFIEDof its
APPARENT LIABILITY FOR A FORFEITUREin the amount of
six thousand dollars ($6,000) for willful and repeated violation of Section 20.19(i)(1) of the
Commission's rules.39
IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat, pursuant to Section 1.80 of the Commission's rules,
within thirty (30) calendar days after the release date of this Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture,
Long Lines Wireless, LLC
SHALL PAYthe full amount of the proposed forfeiture, or
SHALL FILEa
written statement seeking reduction or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture consistent with
paragraph 15 below.
The payment of the forfeiture must be made by check or similar instrument, wire
transfer, or credit card, and must include the NAL/Account Number and FRN referenced above. Long
Lines Wireless, LLC shall send electronic notification of payment to Pamera Hairston at
firstname.lastname@example.com, Linda Nagel at email@example.com, and Samantha Peoples at
firstname.lastname@example.com on the date said payment is made. Regardless of the form of payment, a
completed FCC Form 159 (Remittance Advice) must be submitted.40 When completing the FCC Form
159, enter the Account Number in block number 23A (call sign/other ID) and enter the letters "FORF" in
block number 24A (payment type code). Below are additional instructions Long Lines Wireless, LLC
should follow based on the form of payment it selects:
Payment by check or money order must be made payable to the order of the Federal
Communications Commission. Such payments (along with the completed Form 159) must be
mailed to Federal Communications Commission, P.O. Box 979088, St. Louis, MO 63197-
9000, or sent via overnight mail to U.S. Bank – Government Lockbox #979088, SL-MO-C2-
GL, 1005 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63101.
Payment by wire transfer must be made to ABA Number 021030004, receiving bank
TREAS/NYC, and Account Number 27000001. To complete the wire transfer and ensure
appropriate crediting of the wired funds, a completed Form 159 must be faxed to U.S. Bank
at (314) 418-4232 on the same business day the wire transfer is initiated.
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whether a violation existed … ignorance of the law is [not] a mitigating factor"); Lakewood Broadcasting Service,
Inc., 37 FCC 2d 437, 438, para. 6 (1972) (denying a mitigation claim of a broadcast licensee who asserted an
unfamiliarity with the station identification requirements, stating that licensees are expected "to know and conform
their conduct to the requirements of our rules").
37 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i)(1).
38 47 U.S.C. § 503(b); 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, 1.80.
39 47 C.F.R. § 20.19(i)(1).
40 An FCC Form 159 and detailed instructions for completing the form may be obtained at
Federal Communications Commission
Payment by credit card must be made by providing the required credit card information on
FCC Form 159 and signing and dating the Form 159 to authorize the credit card payment.
The completed Form 159 must then be mailed to Federal Communications Commission, P.O.
Box 979088, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, or sent via overnight mail to U.S. Bank –
Government Lockbox #979088, SL-MO-C2-GL, 1005 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO
Any request for making full payment over time under an installment plan should be sent
to: Chief Financial Officer—Financial Operations, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th
Street, S.W., Room 1-A625, Washington, DC 20554. If Long Lines Wireless, LLC has questions
regarding payment procedures, it should contact the Financial Operations Group Help Desk by phone, 1-
877-480-3201, or by e-mail, email@example.com.
The written statement seeking reduction or cancellation of the proposed forfeiture, if any,
must include a detailed factual statement supported by appropriate documentation and affidavits pursuant
to Sections 1.80(f)(3) and 1.16 of the Commission's rules.41 The written statement must be mailed to the
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC
20554, ATTN: Enforcement Bureau—Spectrum Enforcement Division, and must include the
NAL/Account Number referenced in the caption. The statement must also be e-mailed to Pamera
Hairston at email@example.com, Linda Nagel at email@example.com, and Samantha Peoples at
firstname.lastname@example.com. The Commission will not consider reducing or canceling a forfeiture in response
to a claim of inability to pay unless the petitioner submits: (1) federal tax returns for the most recent
three-year period; (2) financial statements prepared according to generally accepted accounting practices;
or (3) some other reliable and objective documentation that accurately reflects the petitioner's current
financial status. Any claim of inability to pay must specifically identify the basis for the claim by
reference to the financial documentation.
IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat a copy of this Notice of Apparent Liability for
Forfeiture shall be sent by first class mail and certified mail, return receipt requested, to Brent Olsen,
President, Long Lines Wireless, LLC, 501 4th St., Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054.
John D. Poutasse
Chief, Spectrum Enforcement Division
Enforcement Bureau
41 47 C.F.R. §§ 1.80(f)(3), 1.16.
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Stan Chesley has helped settle dozens of civil lawsuits over the past 30 years, including:
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire
May 28, 1977, fire at Southgate club kills 165 and injures 116. Club owners, utility company and product manufacturers agree to pay $50 million to the families, whom Chesley represents. His reported fee: $1.8 million.
Tobacco litigation
Millions of people around the country file suit against tobacco companies, claiming their smoking addiction caused death and other health problems. Tobacco companies agree to pay them more than $360 billion in 2002 over 25 years. Chesley's reported fee for representing the smokers: $1.25 billion, shared with other attorneys.
Poison-gas leak at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, in 1984 kills more than 3,300 and injures thousands of others. Chesley's team negotiates $350 million settlement for the victims, but it's set aside. Chesley drops out of case before $470 million settlement is reached. He reportedly lost as much as $2 million.
Fernald Nuclear Weapons Plant
Chesley represented workers and residents near this Hamilton County uranium-procession plant who claim radioactive exposure caused health problems. In 1994, attorneys reach settlement of nearly $100 million for Chesley's clients. His reported fee: $15.6 million, shared with three other lawyers.
Sex abuse - Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington
More than 300 plaintiffs file class-action suit in 2003 against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington. Church settles for $84 million in 2006. Chesley's reported fee for representing the plaintiffs: $18.7 million, shared with other lawyers.
A sex-abuse victim and executrix of a sex-abuse victim's estate have sued Chesley in federal court in Covington for his handling of the case. Court documents filed in the suit revealed that the Kentucky Bar Association has investigated Chesley on a "disciplinary matter" involving that case.
Source: Enquirer archives
Stan Chesley built his career and reputation on big, class-action lawsuits like the one filed more than a decade ago over the diet drug fen-phen.
His strategy over the years was both simple and successful: Swoop in after a disaster, find as many clients as possible and launch a legal assault against the deep-pocketed companies accused of doing the damage.
His approach helped change the way major cases are litigated in America and made Chesley rich, famous and influential.
But now the attorney known as the "Master of Disaster" is facing a calamity of his own because of the fen-phen case.
A trial commissioner in Kentucky last week recommended revoking Chesley's law license for life because of "shocking and reprehensible" behavior related to the $200 million fen-phen settlement in Boone County.
"It is a tale worthy of the pen of Charles Dickens," wrote Trial Commissioner William Graham, the retired judge who presided at Chesley's disciplinary hearing. "Alas, this tale is not fiction."
If the Kentucky Supreme Court adopts Graham's recommendation, the loss of Chesley's law license would be akin to a professional death sentence for Cincinnati's most famous lawyer.
It also would be a severe personal blow to a man who is married to a federal judge, has hosted fundraisers for presidents at his home, flown on Air Force One and handled groundbreaking court cases from Crosby Township to Bhopal, India.
But Graham said such a stiff penalty is justified because Chesley knew the rules from his decades of courtroom experience and chose to break them anyway.
Graham's report accuses Chesley of using his knowledge of class-action suits - the form of litigation he helped pioneer - to benefit himself at the expense of the 440 clients who suffered heart valve damage after taking fen-phen.
The report portrays Chesley, 74, as a larger-than-life figure who forced his way into the fen-phen case, misled the trial judge and pocketed about $7.5 million more in fees than he was entitled to take.
"Chesley believed that he would be able to 'take his money and run' after the settlement," wrote Graham, who said Chesley should repay the $7.5 million. "His callous subordination of the interests of his clients to his own greed is both shocking and reprehensible."
Chesley declined comment, but his lawyers said they will challenge Graham's recommendation at the Kentucky Bar Association and the state Supreme Court.
Chesley has said he didn't know that the lawyers he worked with on the case - William Gallion, Shirley Cunningham Jr. and Melbourne Mills Jr. - misled their clients and took too much money from the settlement.
Gallion and Cunningham are in federal prison and Mills lost his law license. A federal judge would later say Chesley, who was never charged with a crime, may have been "duped" by the other lawyers.
Chesley's attorneys say it's absurd to suggest he would risk his own career over the case, or that he would help other lawyers conceal their misdeeds.
"There is no rational reason why a lawyer with Mr. Chesley's level of professional success, community involvement and financial security would risk it all - to cover-up other lawyers' criminal misconduct," his lawyers said in a legal brief.
Graham, however, said he could think of at least one reason: money.
"The greed evidenced by the plaintiffs' attorneys in this case is astounding," Graham wrote.
An influential man
Chesley has said for years that he was only a bit player in the fen-phen drama, a hired gun brought in to help win a lucrative settlement.
"I was hired to negotiate the settlement," Chesley explained in a 2006 deposition, which was taken after former clients sued him and the other lawyers. "I did what I was hired to do."
But Graham and others say Chesley played a larger role, and that he was a willing and eager participant.
Graham said Chesley not only negotiated the deal, but also took the lead in court when seeking approval for the settlement, participated in a meeting that led to the lawyers keeping far more money than their fee contracts allowed, and helped win court approval to set up a charity with money intended for the clients.
"He didn't just show up to settle the case and then go away," said Angela Ford, the Lexington lawyer who sued Chesley and the others on behalf of the fen-phen clients. "He was actively involved."
The case began in the late 1990s when Chesley helped settle thousands of claims nationwide against fen-phen's manufacturer, American Home Products. Chesley then turned his attention to Kentucky, where 440 people were suing the company in state court.
According to court records, Chesley wanted in on the action.
He filed his own lawsuit and promptly asked a judge to combine the cases. Gallion, who represented the 440 clients along with Mills and Cunningham, saw Chesley as an interloper and tried to keep him out.
But as Graham said in his report, Gallion eventually "threw in the towel" and cut a deal with Chesley. He agreed to pay Chesley 21 percent of the attorney fees if the case was settled.
Chesley told them his experience with the national case would help.
"He was in a position to bring some influence that the rest of us really couldn't bring," Mills said in a 2006 deposition. "He assured us that he was in a position to be influential."
The deal got done in 2001 after two days of tense negotiations. Graham said that's when the trouble started.
The lawyers took the settlement back to Judge Joseph Bamberger, who presided over the case, and urged him to approve the settlement even though they had not yet told their clients about the deal.
That's a problem, Graham said, because the money belongs to the clients, not the lawyers. He described the hearing about the settlement as "astonishing" and said the lawyers did not give the judge a copy of the agreement they were asking him to approve.
A transcript of the hearing shows that Bamberger, who later resigned because of his handling of the fen-phen case, raised concerns about notifying 70 people in Kentucky who had opted out of the national settlement but never signed on with the state case.
"I mean, does anybody share my concern?" Bamberger asked.
"Oh, sure," Chesley said. "We've talked about it."
'A leading role'
But Graham and others say neither those 70 people nor the 440 clients were notified.
Instead, the lawyers split $125 million among themselves, their associates and a charity that would include Gallion, Cunningham, Mills and Bamberger on its board of directors.
Chesley has said he was not involved in the creation of the charity and only provided an "informational" memo about how one could be set up. He also said he had nothing to do with the distribution of money.
U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, who presided at Gallion and Cunningham's criminal trial, said Chesley was not a co-conspirator and that he may have been misled by the other lawyers.
"The evidence certainly indicates that Mr. Chesley did not have full information," Reeves said.
Graham, however, said Chesley had more than enough information to know something wasn't right with the fen-phen settlement.
He said Chesley received documents from the other lawyers stating attorney fees would be the standard 30 percent. That meant Chesley's share should have been about $12 million, but Chesley instead received initial payments of $16.5 million.
Graham said basic math would tell a lawyer something was wrong.
"We deem Chesley to be reasonably conversant with fifth grade arithmetic," he wrote.
Chesley's share jumped to about $20 million when some of the settlement money was redistributed months later after a dispute between Gallion, Cunningham and Mills.
Mills accused the others of lying about the total settlement - he was told it was $150 million - and demanded additional payouts. Graham said Chesley and the other lawyers immediately met with Bamberger, who approved revised payments to the clients and attorney fees of 49 percent.
Chesley has said he does not recall the meeting, but Graham said he "played a leading role."
Chesley said in his 2006 deposition that he assumed the payments were permissible because the judge had approved them and the other lawyers mailed him the checks.
"I had no reason to question what they sent me because I trusted them," he said. "I mean, they were honorable people."
He said he also never examined the clients' fee contracts because they were not his clients. "The fee contracts that these folks had were of no interest to me," Chesley said in 2006. "I didn't know who the clients were."
Some clients said they didn't find out until years later that Chesley was one of their lawyers.
"I was shocked," said fen-phen user Patricia Kennedy, a Centerville, Ohio, woman who had signed a contract with Mills. "I went around with my mouth wide open for days after I learned he took millions in fees."
Clients kept in dark
The fen-phen clients said they were not told the settlement amount or how much their lawyers were paid.
They said they collected checks of between $20,000 and $30,000 - with a few of the most seriously injured getting $2 million - and were threatened with legal action by their own lawyers if they talked about their payments.
One of Mills' associates said in a 2006 deposition that she was instructed to settle each claim for as little as possible.
"They were offering them a fraction of what they settled the case for," said Ford, the clients' current lawyer.
Legal scholars say all of the lawyers involved, including Chesley, have an ethical and legal obligation to their clients.
"I don't think there is much distance between the lawyers in terms of culpability," said Lester Brickman, an author and law professor at the Cardozo Law School in New York.
"The power invested in lawyers by class-action law is awesome - and invites abuse," he said. "Lawyers have an unparalleled opportunity in class actions to engage in self-interested behavior."
Chesley's lawyers say he is the victim of "guilt by association," but Graham has little doubt he knowingly broke the rules.
"Chesley must have been fully aware of the fraud perpetrated by his accepting fees far in excess of what he was entitled to," Graham wrote. "Rather than taking actions to correct these misdeeds ... Chesley acted with dishonesty, deceit and misrepresentation."

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Edible Ribbon a great way to finish cakes. The reason for this post is I wanted to share my excitement when I found the edible ribbon on cake craft world! I had never heard of it before, never knew it even existed so I really wanted to give it a try.
The design in the main feature was made by myself for my brothers birthday cake, i used white ganache to cover the cake before using white chocolate cigarellos, I then used the edable ribbon to hold them all neatly together and to complete the look.
The edible ribbon i originally found (left) is made by Renshaws and came in a 1m length.
It comes in plain white (pictured) but also pictured it can be sprayed with gold lutre dust by cake craft world.
Since using the edible ribbon I wanted to have a look for ones in different colours, textures ect and came across these on The Cake Decorating company:
I loved how a simple ribbon could add so much to a cake, my family were also amazed that you could eat it
From finding edible ribbon I then stumbled across edible chocolate transfer sheets, these sheets can be used to wrap around cakes too!! They come in various colours and designs and can be used to cover cakes, make funky chocolate designs and more. But I'm guessing that's a whole new post. Check here for here to use transfer sheets in various ways its addictive.


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Françoise Girard has been President of IWHC since February 2012. She is a longtime advocate and expert on women's health, human rights, sexuality, and HIV and AIDS. Prior to that, Françoise was Director of the Public Health Program at Open Society Foundations (OSF), where she was also Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and Haiti in the 1990s. From 1999 to 2003, she was Senior Program Officer for International Policy at IWHC, and thereafter a consultant for IWHC, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and DAWN, a network of women's rights activists from the global South. She has played a key role in advocacy on reproductive health and women's rights with UN agencies and at UN Conferences such as ICPD+5, Beijing+5, General Assembly Special Sessions on HIV/AIDS and on Children, ICPD+10, and the 2005 World Summit (Millennium Development Goals).
Françoise currently serves on the Civil Society External Advisory Panel of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and on the Advisory Committee of the Health and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. She was the Chair of the Leadership Programme Committee of the 2010 International AIDS Conference, a 20,000+ participant biannual scientific conference.
She has contributed many articles to peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Adolescent Health, Global Public Health, Science, Health and Human Rights, Global Health Policy, International Family Planning Perspectives and Reproductive Health Matters. Her other publications include "Negotiating sexual and reproductive health and rights at the UN: a long and winding road" in The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World, 2014; Global Implications of U.S. Domestic and International Policies on Sexuality, 2004; "Negotiating Sexual Rights and Sexual Orientation at the United Nations," in SexPolitics: Report from the Front Lines, 2007; and "Advocacy for Sexuality and Women's Rights: Continuities, Discontinuities and Strategies since ICPD" in Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward, 2009. She has been quoted by BBC Radio, NPR, Washington Post, The Guardian, Boston Globe, Associated Press, CBC/Radio-Canada, Philadelphia Inquirer and The Nation, among others.
Françoise holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and an LL.B. from the Université de Montréal. She was a law clerk to Justice Charles Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada. She speaks French, Spanish, and Russian.


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England batsman Ian Bell can't wait to make his first appearance of the season for Warwickshire in their LV= County Championship match against Lancashire at Liverpool this week.
Bell returned from England's tour of Sri Lanka only last week but he has spent the weekend at Edgbaston netting ahead of the first of five games for Warwickshire – two in the Clydesdale Bank 40 – ahead of the first Test of the summer against the West Indies at Lord's next month.
"We had a long time off after last summer. My tour against Pakistan wasn't particularly long because I wasn't in the one day squad," Bell said.
"Then it was quite a short trip to Sri Lanka. I don't feel tired so I want to get out there and play. I wanted to play the game at Liverpool. I knew I was going to start netting anyway. I would rather get an opportunity to play rather than net. There is only so much that you can do in a net.
"I didn't have to play the two one-day games but I want to play one-day cricket as well so three Championship and two one-dayers is perfect going into the first Test."
Bell's return to county action will leave Warwickshire with a difficult selection decision to make, however, as all their senior batsmen are fit and available for the trip to Aigburth.


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First look: On the Road, the movie poster.
Jack Kerouac's On the Road is finally on its way, and we couldn't be more excited.
Here's a first look at the poster.
After the death of his father, Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean Moriarty, a young and dangerously seductive ex-con. They hit it off immediately. Determined not to get trapped in a narrow life, the two friends burn their bridges and hit the road : thirsting for freedom, they discover the world, others and themselves.
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Alice Stone Blackwell
|Alice Stone Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell, between 1880 and 1900
September 14, 1857
Orange, New Jersey
|March 15, 1950
(aged 92)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
|Resting place
|Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts[1]
|Alma mater
|Boston University
Radical socialism[2]
|Lucy Stone
Henry Browne Blackwell
|Elizabeth Blackwell (aunt)
Alice Stone Blackwell (September 14, 1857 – March 15, 1950) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, and human rights advocate.
The daughter of Henry Browne Blackwell and Lucy Stone, she was born in East Orange, New Jersey.
Alice was educated at the Harris Grammar School in Dorchester, the Chauncy School in Boston, Abbot Academy in Andover, and Boston University, from where she graduated in 1881 at age 24. She belonged to Phi Beta Kappa Society. She was an editor (1881–1917) of the Woman's Journal, the major publication of the women's rights movement at that time, first as assistant to her parents and after their deaths as editor in chief.[3]
From 1890 to 1908, Alice Stone Blackwell was the National American Woman Suffrage Association's recording secretary and in 1909 and 1910 one of the national auditors. She was also prominent in Woman's Christian Temperance Union activities. In 1903 she reorganized the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom in Boston.
In later life, Alice went blind.[4]
- Growing Up in Boston's Gilded Age: The Journal of Alice Stone Blackwell, 1872–1874
- Lucy Stone: Pioneer of Woman's Rights (published 1930, reprinted 1971)
- Some Spanish-American Poets translated by Alice Stone Blackwell (published 1929 by D. Appleton & Co.)
- Armenian Poems translated by Alice Stone Blackwell (1st vol., 1896; 2nd vol., 1917). OCLC 4561287.
- Songs of Russia (1906)
- Songs of Grief and Joy translated from the Yiddish of Ezekiel Leavitt (1908)
See also[edit]
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- List of women's rights activists
- Timeline of women's suffrage
- Timeline of women's rights (other than voting)
- ^ "Alice Stone Blackwell". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- ^ Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1885-1950
- ^ "Alice Blackwell, Noted Suffragist; Daughter Of Lucy Stone And Abolitionist Leader Dies. Editor, Author Was 92". The New York Times. March 16, 1950.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 15, 1950 (AP) Alice Stone Blackwell, internationally known women's suffrage leader, died tonight at her home after a week's illness. Her age was 92.
- ^ Women Win the Vote: Who Were They? 75 Suffragists Profiled
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Blackwell, Alice Stone". Encyclopedia Americana.
External links[edit]
- Alice Stone Blackwell—detailed biography, her translations of Armenian, Yiddish and Russian poetry.
- Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1885–1950. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
- Papers, 1835–1960. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
- Carrie Chapman Catt Collection at the Library of Congress has volumes from the library of Alice Stone Blackwell.


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On the occasion of Bram Stoker's 165th birthday Google paid tribute to him by a Customized homepage called Doodle. Here is a screenshot of Bram Stoker's latest doodle.
Bram Stoker was Born: 8 November 1847
Bram Stoker died: 20 April 1912
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WETC Hosts First Utah Mine Safety Commission Meeting
Price Mayor Joe Piccolo, DOGM Director John Baza and Chairman Scott Matheson, Jr. listen as a presentation concerning mine safety is made during the meetings at WETC.
Hero celebration to take place this weekend
Terry Fator and one of his buddies.
Price City council debates fiscal responsibility for farmers market
Produce at the Price Peace Gardens farmers market.
East Carbon residents participate in primary election
On Sept. 11 East Carbon City officials conducted the county's only primary election. The small municipality had nine individuals vying for three city council positions. The primary process shortened the ballot by three, eliminating Bonnie Bell, David...
Dogs make game of throw a stick, tug of war
Molly and Hannah, two labrador retrievers have a different idea from each other what is fun in the water. Molly, a strong, driven retriever will go after balls, sticks, rocks or whatever is thrown beyond her. In this case she went after a large stick...
Locked up keys can ruin a day, be costly
Reggie Valdez, Assistant Parts Manager at Price Auto Group helps a customer get a new key. The dealership can cut a new key for late model vehicles sold at their establishment with proof of ownership. ...
Library to host author
Author Dominic Pulera is currently traveling around the United States making presentations about Italian-American issues. As part of his speaking tour, he will visit Price on Sept. 25....
Local poets honored
Cathy Wilson was one of three Carbon County poets honored.
Pinnacle Canyon remembers 9/11
Sergeant First Class Waco Randall, Sergeant Steven Cane and Private First Class Alisha Hastings raise the flag to half mast honoring those who gave their lives on 9/11 2001. The entire crowd then recited the pledge of allegiance. ...
Association asks for volunteers
Just a little of the mess that was left after the second flood hit the Mead Ranch last week.
Emery Public Lands Council meets on a variety of land issues
Bill Broadbear of the U.S. Forest Service announced at Public Lands Council meeting the boat ramp contract for Huntington Lake has been let out to NELCO. The construction project should begin this week. ...
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(KSDK Sports) --Riding a four game winning streak, the Blues are not resting. Today they made an internal move to bolster their offense, possibly inresponse to therecent injury to Andy McDonald. Today the Blues recalled forward Dmitrij Jaskin from the Blues' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen.
Jaskin, 20, dressed in 51 games for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's (QMJHL) Moncton Wildcats leading the club and ranking 5th league-wide with 99 points (46 goals, 53 assists) to go along with 73 penalty minutes.
In addition, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound forward was named the QMJHL's first star of the month for November 2012 and January 2013 while he also earned first star of the week honors for consecutive weeks in January.
Prior to 2012-13, Jaskin spent the previous two seasons with Slavia Praha HC of the Czech Extraleague posting 12 points (four goals, eight assists) and 32 penalty minutes in 63 career games.
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Plumbing Registration - Normally valid for two years; renewal application required prior to expiration date.
For more information, or a license application in one of the following areas, please call 410.638.3056.
Plumbing Permits - Required for any plumbing work performed in any building that is designed and constructed for human occupancy (refer to Fee Schedule for permit fees). For more information contact the Plumbing Services Division at 410-638-3215.
NOTICE: Effective January 1, 2012, Maryland law will require that all pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, or fixtures used in the installation or repair of plumbing intended to dispense water for human consumption must comply with the requirements for lead-free materials contained in the Annotated Code of Maryland, Business Occupations and Professions Article, Section 12-605.1 and 12-605.2. If a plumbing permit is required for the work, Harford County will apply this requirement to work performed under the permit where the application date for the permit is on or after January 1, 2012.
Mechanical Registration - Normally valid for two years; renewal application required prior to expiration date.
For more information, or a registration application in one of the following areas, please call 410.638.3056..
NOTICE:As a result of many inquiries regarding the items outlined below, effective October 13, 2010, the Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits shall require the following in connection with HVACR installations:
Geothermal Systems The Department of Planning and Zoning will review all site plans associated with the installation of a Geothermal System prior to the issuance of required mechanical permit. A site plan of the property depicting the size and location of the proposed system shall be required. A Planning Assistant will review the site plan to assure the proposed system is not located in a forest retention area, a Natural Resource District, a recorded easement, critical area or floodplain, etc. Once the Planning Assistant has verified the system is acceptable, the site plan will then be stamped approved by Zoning, signed and dated. A copy of this approved site plan will be filed in the Zoning Office and a copy will be attached to the mechanical permit.
Contact the Plumbing Services Division at 410-638-3215 with any questions in reference to these requirements.
Application for a mechanical permit must be made by a registered master, master restricted or limited HVACR. A Manual J or acceptable unit sizing documentation is required.
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Apple Configurator and MDM Enrollment Profiles
I have just set up a new cart of iPads that I will be supervising using Apple Configurator 1.4. These iPads are all running iOS 7.0.2 and the most current version of the Symantec Mobile MGMT app available from the Apple App Store.
(I realize this app hasn't been updated to for compatibility with iOS 7--I've just contacted senior IT staff at my organization to see if they plan to deploy an in-house agent using Symantec's MDM Agent Builder).
After enrolling an iPad to our MDM using the app, if I connect it to the Mac running Configurator (to update or add an app I just downloaded), the MDM Enrollment profile is deleted once I Refresh the device.
Is anyone here supervising iOS 7 devices using Configurator? Will the latest MDM build produced by the Builder application prevent the Enrollment profile from being deleted whenever a device is synced? Is it possible to export the Enrollment profile from the MDM server so I can import it into the list of profiles I deploy to devices I manage in Configurator?


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Personalizing Health Outcome in Epilepsy Now - An Introduction to Clinical Services (PHOENICS)
Recruitment status was Not yet recruiting
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The assumption of the unpredictability of seizures may have an enormous impact on the perception of self-efficacy and may contribute more to a patient's poor quality-of-life than the actual seizures. Patients with epilepsy are especially susceptible to the influence of the arbitrary nature of this condition on socialization,education,and the formation of self-identity. Consequentially, the psychosocial and psychological aftermath is likely to be observed even in individuals with well-controlled seizures. The relationship between seizure occurrence and the effects of having epileptic seizures on quality of life can be characterized as reciprocal; e.g. emotional stress is not only a result of having seizures; it is also the most frequently reported seizure precipitant. Whereas behavioral interventions have repeatedly been considered as the third pillar of the treatment of epilepsy, the main focus still remains on passive seizure control per pharmacological and surgical interventions, which may further aggravate victimization. Outcome after epilepsy surgery is closely correlated with pre-surgical characteristics. Consequentially, there is an upsurge of interest in the medical community for research on non-pharmacologic interventions to facilitate the transition from chronically sick to well with preventive therapeutic interventions in the context of habitual seizures. The Andrews/Reiter (AR) approach to epilepsy is a systematic counseling intervention that assists the individual to identify seizure warning signs,seizure precipitants and general life stressors in order to develop strategies of active seizure control and improve self-defined life quality. Literature review indicates that AR represents the most comprehensively developed psychological approach. The proposed trial will address the question if AR decreases seizure frequency and psychopathologic comorbidities and increases seizure self-efficacy and overall quality of life in patients with medically intractable epilepsy.
Medically Intractable Epilepsy
Behavioral: Andrews/Reiter approach to epilepsy
Behavioral: Relaxation/Meditation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Pilot Trial: Personalizing Health Outcome in Epilepsy Now - An Introduction to Clinical Services
- Fraction of seizure free study subjects [ Time Frame: Change from baseline seizure frequency obtained during months 1 and 2 at months 9 and 10 after initial subject enrollment. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The determination of the fraction of seizure-free study subjects will be the primary outcome measure of this pilot trial. Seizure freedom will be defined as absence of seizures (not auras) during months 9 and 10 after initial subject enrollment.
- Fraction of subjects achieving a clinically meaningful reduction of seizure frequency [ Time Frame: Change from baseline seizure frequency obtained during months 1 and 2 at months 9 and 10 after initial subject enrollment. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The fraction of subjects achieving a clinically meaningful reduction of seizure frequency will be determined. Reduction of seizure frequency will be categorized as ≥ 90% reduction of seizures or ≥ 50% reduction of seizures
- Subjective Handicap of Epilepsy [ Time Frame: Change from baseline questionnaire scores obtained during month 1 at month 10 after initial subject enrollment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Changes as indicated by the completion of the subjective Handicap of Epilepsy 32-item (SHE) scale at baseline and at the end of month 10 after subject enrollment.
- Health-related self-efficacy [ Time Frame: Change from baseline questionnaire scores and fraction of days with reported side effects obtained during months 1 and 2 at months 9 and 10 after initial subject enrollment. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Changes as indicated by the completion of the 18-item Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (M-HLOC) Questionnaire.Different aspects of efficacy in the self-management of epilepsy will be measured using the 2000 version 33-item Epilepsy Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES). The fraction of days with reported medication side effects will be determined comparing documentations obtained during the initial 8 weeks of baseline measurement with adverse event documentation obtained during months 9 and 10 after initial subject enrollment.
- Psychopathologic disorders and stress [ Time Frame: Change from baseline questionnaire scores obtained during month 1 at month 10 after initial subject enrollment. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Changes in the 6-item Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory in Epilepsy (NDDI-E), the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the 30-item Profile of Mood States (POMS-Brief), and the 14-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: Change from baseline questionnaire scores obtained during month 1 at month 10 after initial subject enrollment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Changes in regard to 89-item Quality of Life in Epilepsy (OLIE-89) questionnaire.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: A/R intervention
The A/R intervention will accommodate 10 study subjects who will participate in an epilepsy-specific counseling intervention.
Behavioral: Andrews/Reiter approach to epilepsy
The Andrews/Reiter approach to epilepsy is a systematic semi-directive, multi-modal counseling intervention that integrates conventional therapies, educational modules, psychological interventions and relaxation techniques in order to assist the individual in improving self-defined life quality. Face-to-face counseling sessions and supervision with telephone calls are based on a standardized workbook ("Taking Control of Your Epilepsy") as an on-going step-by-step guideline.
Other Name: A/R intervention
Experimental: Relaxation
The relaxation group will accommodate 10 study subjects who will participate in a condition unspecific supportive relaxation intervention.
Behavioral: Relaxation/Meditation
Subjects who participate in the relaxation control group will attend weekly relaxation sessions that will employ the following relaxation techniques: meditation, progressive muscle relaxation, autogenic training.
No Intervention: Usual care
10 Potential study subjects who are not interested in participating in either intervention will be asked to provide data as a usual care control group.
Detailed Description:
Potential subjects will be systematically approached during a 3 years enrollment period to recruit a consecutive sample of the patient population receiving care at a tertiary care epilepsy center (Toronto Western Hospital). After an 8 week period to establish baseline measurements the proposed trial will allocate study subjects to an A/R intervention group or a relaxation/meditation control group or a usual care control group (N1=N2=N3=10) per their preference due to the fact that internalization of the therapeutic principles is an active process that requires continuous motivation and compliance of the patient with the intervention. If a subject displays high intrinsic motivation to engage in self-care enhancing activities but does not indicate a preference, he or she will get randomized to either the A/R intervention or the relaxation protocol. This trial design allows for measuring effect sizes in regard the potential effect of choice, and also whether there is any interaction between preference and treatment.
This trial will determine the following:
I. The fraction of (a) seizure-free subjects and (b) subjects with clinically meaningful, i.e. ≥ 90% or ≥ 50 reduction of seizure frequency, II. Changes of the subjective perception of disability as indicated by Subjective Handicap of Epilepsy Scale (SHE), III. Changes of seizure self-efficacy as indicated by Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (M-HLOC), Form C and Epilepsy Self-Efficacy Scale (ESES), IV. Changes in common psychopathologic comorbidities and stress as indicated by (a) Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory in Epilepsy (NDDI-E), (b) State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), (c) Profile of Mood States (POMS brief), and (d) Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), V. Changes in quality of life as indicated by (a) Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-89), (b) individually identified descriptors of various domains of life and (c) individually identified epilepsy-related distresses. Continuous measures (aims I and III b) will be obtained during months 9 and 10 after initial subject enrollment. All other measures will be obtained at the end of month 10.
Intervention Protocols: During months 3-5 the A/R intervention protocol devotes one face-to-face counseling session to each of the 11 chapters ("steps") of the workbook "Taking control of your epilepsy" which will be followed by weekly phone calls during months 6-8. A/R treatment plans include daily activities: Journaling (10 min), CD-guided relaxation (10-30 min), Workbook (10 min) to promote functional analysis of seizure context and development of coping strategies. The trial will be used for knowledge-translation as trainees delivering the intervention will be supervised by Donna Andrews, PhD, co-developer of the AR intervention. The relaxation and meditation protocol will consist of weekly 30 min session during months 3-5 and bi-weekly 60 min sessions during months 6-8.
All subjects are instructed to document seizure occurrences (number and type) and compliance with AEDs. They will continue to see their treating neurologist and adjustment of their antiepileptic medication will be made if necessary. Medication changes will be included in outcome analyses. Regular serum levels will be drawn to monitor drug compliance. Study subjects will be approached at 12, 24 and 36 months after the end of the pilot trial to obtain follow-up data. The sample size determination the investigators based on literature review, assuming the remission rate for the usual care group was 5% and 35% for the A/R intervention group and inflated by 30% to account for loss to non-compliance. Outcomes will be compared as found in groups as a whole.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 40 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-40 years old
- Fluency in English, including reading and writing
- Confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy as indicated by review of medical records (video-EEG, routine EEG and imaging)
- Drug-refractoriness as indicated by at least two failures to achieve seizure freedom per adequate drug trials in the patient's history
- Eligibility to be subjected to a surgical intervention aiming at seizure reduction
- A baseline seizure frequency of at least two complex partial seizures per month
- Willingness not to begin another non-pharmaceutical treatment while enrolled in the study
- Readiness to attempt not to change pharmaceutical treatment while enrolled in the study
- Motivation to comply with the intervention protocols
Exclusion Criteria:
- A history of a relapsing remission course of epilepsy
- Presumed psychogenic events
- Scheduled or likely change of treatment within 8 months after enrollment in the trial
- Negative compliance history
- Noncompliance with baseline measurement
- A seizure frequency of less than two seizures per month during baseline measurement
- Serious other medical problems, such cancer, stroke, significant heart disease, psychiatric disorders
- Brain tumors, vascular malformations, progressive epilepsy syndromes, neurodegenerative disorders or significant developmental delay (IQ<80)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01533649
|Contact: Taufik A Valiante, MD PhD FRCS
|647-261 ext 7823
|Canada, Ontario
|Toronto Western Hospital
|Not yet recruiting
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5T 2S8
|Contact: Taufik A Valiante, MD PhD FRCS 416-603 ext 5460 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Taufik A Valiante, MD PhD FRCS
|Principal Investigator:
|Taufik A Valiante, MD PhD FRCS
|Toronto Western Hospital; University Health Networks
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|University Health Network, Toronto
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01533649 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 6, 2012
|Last Updated:
|February 10, 2012
|Health Authority:
|Canada: Ethics Review Committee
Keywords provided by University Health Network, Toronto:
Behavioral intervention
Seizure self-efficacy
Psychosocial outcomes
Quality of Life in Epilepsy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
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|Jack Pickard has died. Jack was in his mid-thirties, married with two little boys. Apparently, this was very sudden and unexpected. The news is difficult to comprehend.
I was not close to Jack but he was a friend and someone I've "seen" several times a week for years. He was an entertaining and eclectic blogger – he blogged about current affairs, technology, football, Dr Who, books and philosophy. But to me, the two most notable things about the blogger Jack were his excellent sense of humour and his tremendous sense of fair-play. Inequality, unfairness in any form, from any quarter was anathema to him. And yet he was extremely reasonable in his arguments, never ad hominem, always sincere. His last non-football-related post is a good example.
Jack was a prolific commenter here - many of you will have seen him around. He was a supportive and enthusiastic promoter and participant in Blogging Against Disablism Day, despite being, as he put it, "disability-challenged" (non-disabled).
There's nothing positive to be said about such a death other than it was good to have him around. I feel so very very sorry for his family and close friends to have to lose him so suddenly when he had so much yet to do.
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Peace Quotes and Rest In Peace Quotes
Peace Quotes
Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.
We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace?
In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.
Human Beings have the right to pursue happiness and live in peace and freedom.
If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
There can be no peace without law.
You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
Peace is better achieved by mastering our thoughts than controlling nations.
Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.
Rest In Peace Quotes
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
To live in the hearts of others is never to die.
Treasured in my heart you'll stay, untill we meet again some day.
Death is the last chapter in time, but the first chapter in eternity.
A thousand words won't bring you back, I know because I've tried; neither will a thousand tears, I know because I've cried.
Always on my mind; forever in my heart.
The life of the dead is placed in the heart of the living.
Forever in this heart of mine, an everlasting bond, for now until the end of time, are memories so fond.
When you were born,
you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life in a manner
so that when you die
the world cries and you rejoice.
As a well spent day brings happy sleep,
so life well used brings happy death.
Sleeping With Angels, Living With God
Memories Will Comfort Until We Meet Again
Always Loved And Never Forgotten
Resting in Peace and Joy for all Eternity
At rest in the arms of Jesus
There is no way to peace, peace is the way
Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God
Her heart was pure and filled with joy
She passed through glory's morning gate and walked in paradise
You shall live in the hearts of those who loved you and will thus never die or be forgotten
Quotes About Peace
Live Life One Day at a Time.
Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.
A smile is the beginning of peace.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Life is lived in the present. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is yet to be. Today is the miracle.
Set peace of mind in God as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.
The quieter you become the more you can hear.
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity.
You need to have at least one hour a day for yourself.
Don't agonize. Organize.
It isn't enough to talk about peace, one must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it, one must work for it.
Nothing is so dear and precious as time.


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1984 NBA Draft: Best First Round Ever?
This was the last draft to be held prior to forming the NBA Draft Lottery for the following season. The picks were assigned in reverse order of how the teams had finished the previous season. The draft was actually ten rounds long, which seems excessive considering the two rounds total of this year's draft.
It's amazing how talented and similar as far as impact the classes of 1984 and 1985 were. It was undoubtedly the most talented two year run in draft history. Picking a better class between '84 and '85 is difficult.
In 1984's class, four of the first 16 picks eventually became Hall of Famers; Olajuwon, Jordan, Barkley and Stockton. In 1985's, four of the first 18 did; Ewing, Mullin, Malone and Dumars.
15 of the 24 picks in 1984 played eight or more years, 19 of the 24 picks in 1985 did. The 1985 draft contained two future league MVPs while 1984 (just like the class of 1996) contained three future league MVP's; Olajuwon, Jordan and Barkley. Seven of the 24 picks in 1984 became NBA All Stars, while nine of the 24 picks in 1985 accomplished All-Star status.
A few of the better picks:
- Akeem Olajuwon at one
- Michael Jordan at three
- Sam Perkins at four
- Charles Barkley at five
- Alvin Robertson at seven
- Otis Thorpe at nine
- Kevin Willis at 11
- John Stockton at 16
A few solid picks that weren't great:
- Jay Humphries at 13
- Michael Cage at 14
- Vern Fleming at 18
A few that didn't pan out:
- Mel Turpin at six
- Lancaster Gordon at eight
- Leon Wood at 10
Any discussion of the 1984 Draft would be incomplete without touching on the Portland Trailblazers selection of Kentucky big man Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan. People often look back and laugh about this and Portland took a lot of heat for several years over the decision, but when you really break it down, it's not hard to see why Portland did what they did.
7-1 inch centers who are fresh off dominating one of the best conferences in the collegiate ranks don't grow on trees. The success the Rockets had with drafting Ralph Sampson the previous year and how it changed the franchise in one season was hard to ignore and undoubtedly had some impact in the decision. Plus, Bowie had outplayed Sampson in high school.
Also consider that the Blazers at the time were solid at guard. They had drafted Clyde Drexler the year before and their point guard Jim Paxson was coming off any All-Star year, so it wasn't as if they snubbed Jordan by not picking him.
Plus, Bowie wasn't awful; he averaged 10.0 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 2.7 bpg in 29 mpg as a rookie. The he got hurt and was limited from then on out, though he actually had a couple of solid seasons (14.7 ppg, 10.1 rpg in 90-91; 15.0 ppg, 8.1 rpg in 91-92) before injuries finally derailed him.
Was the first round of 1984 NBA Draft the best in NBA history?
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In 1920, the company employed 3 chemists in the laboratory. At the end of the year, there were 40000 hair salons in France and L'Oreal new products which are O'Cap, Imédia Liquide, and Coloral gained the most market share. In 1928, L'Oreal developed its diversification strategy by purchasing the soap company Monsavon.
L'Oreal started its business with hair dye products. In 1954, L'Oreal expanded its market into skin care field by entering into technological agreements with company Vichy. In 1960s, there was a rapid growing interest in simulating youthful looks. Therefore the company opened new cosmetological and bacteriological facilities to gain a significant entry into skin care, makeup and perfume markets. Companies such as Garnier and André Courrèges were added into the group.
In 1993, L'Oreal was facing some ethics problems. The animal right activists were about to protest about the use of animal testing that was doing by L'Oreal. As a top manufacturer of cosmetic products, L'Oreal intended to maintain its good reputation and image by ending the activity of animal testing. In 2006, L'Oreal purchased the Body Shop and the consumers were making calls to boycott The Body Shop since the rumour of using animal testing of L'Oreal were stated. In 2011, L'Oreal will have the largest factory in Indonesia by investing US$50 million.
Nowadays, the company markets over 500 brands and has more than 2,000 products in every category in the beauty business. From hair colour products, the company expanded its product lines to permanents, styling aids, cleaners,...


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It's 1991. A world-changing conspiracy takes shape as the Cold War sputters to a close and the Soviet Union disintegrates. International telephone intercepts soon trigger a CIA investigation into the nebulous codeword "Jabberwock." Burke Hill, his tarnished FBI career ended years earlier after dismissal by a surly J. Edgar Hoover, is recruited to help an old CIA buddy, Cameron Quinn, whose superiors downplay Jabberwock's dangerous potential. When an accident stops Quinn in Hong Kong, the CIA brass warns Hill to drop the investigation. Knowing Quinn's fears about the operation, Hill and Quinn's daughter, Lorelei, continue the chase. Rogue elements on both sides of the old Iron Curtain work to stop them, along with a relentless Federal bureaucracy. As the clock ticks down on Jabberwork, Burke and Lori realize they are the only hope of stopping a plot to assassinate the American and Russian presidents.
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who is your favorite x-woman, and why?
favorite x-woman
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grimm says:
"chameleone says:"#MERCURY#"
Wouldn't she be considered a NEW X-WOMAN"
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Emma Frost. I mean is it even a question :P
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King of Kings says:
"Emma Frost. I mean is it even a question :P"
agreed :P
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"Rogue. Always has been for me."Same here.
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im gonna say Kitty Pryde
Instinct tells me (as well as brown-nosing) to say Emma Frost but if I had a mind of my own, I'd say Psylocke because shes a trouble maker with all the X- err men and I'm sure shes almost always ready to bone anyone (and whats not to like about that, she is fecking hawt). If she came back to the core team, Emma would stress out big time.
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Citizen Gamer X says:
"Instinct tells me (as well as brown-nosing) to say Emma Frost but if I had a mind of my own, I'd say Psylocke because shes a trouble maker with all the X- err men and I'm sure shes almost always ready to bone anyone (and whats not to like about that, she is fecking hawt). If she came back to the core team, Emma would stress out big time."
I agree, Psylocke kicks ass, and yeah Emma wasn't all that excited when Psylocke returned after being killed, especially when she mentioned Jean. :)
Colt Python says:
"kuchiku says:"emma's a saggy ass white bicth to psylocke, psylocke is fucking awsome she is one of the x-mens best characters and has one of the most coolest story lines."While I agree Psylocke is awesome and she is my favorite..all the profanity is un-called for and on top of that you can't spell.It makes you look bad!"
so true, don't try insult people if you cant spell... it makes you look like a fool
and yeh psylocke is the best x
Because she is a superb leader and queen of of the world's most technologically advanced nation, and how did Charles Xavier put it and I quote "She was now the most important mutant in the world, and the living symbol of human/mutant relations. A role, she was born to play. She has always been respectful of herself and others as a woman, mutant, queen and goddess.
Y'all just a bunch of perverts... I'd have 'em all ;)
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Jean is my first redhead love... <3
Oooooh you wanna play dark Phoenix tonight hunny? Otay.. heheheh..
Psylocke comes in a STRONG second.
Well, in her universe she was an X-Woman.....Nocturne
I dunno I really like Mercury as a character so I would have to go with her as a new favorite, but I also gotta stick with Storm (sexy and a heleva better leader than cyclops)
Storm would be the perfect X gf or wife perhaps because of well her just being her. But There is just something about the way Emma interacts and affect those around her. Like in Astonishing X when Wolv and Slim had it out over Jean yet again. her comment when asked why they were fighting was something along the lines of all her powers, witt and the best body money could buy and yet she came second to a corpse.
Emma Frost as if you couldn't guess from my avatar and code name. Why? Not only her looks, but her set of powers. Telepaths are awesome and all, but her diamond form puts her over the edge. Especially since it has been said that she will be working on removing the flaw in it. Plus, you have to feel for her. This is a woman who was kicked out of her house and forced to live on her own. Sure she did evil things ((cough - Hell Fire Club - cough)) but she has come on as an excellent replacement for Jean. Hell. She has looks and kicks butt. Nothing else needs to be said
Emma frost
interesting. looks like Emma wins this part of the Emma/Jean who is better for Scott War. Emma all the way
I hold to my instinct of Psylocke, I like the way she just exudes sexuality, and has the grace of a tiger. What Psylocke does naturally, Emma does with deliberate control, she uses her sexuality as a tool, and I personally don't find that as engaging as someone who does it with total innocence.
Psylocke is no innocent of course, but theres lines she won't cross. A good one off series with Emma and Psylocke would be great to see, particularly if the ice melts between the two, we know that Emma goes dead cold when Psylocke is hanging around. I would like to see them bury the hatchet and become dependable friends, almost sisters.
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Rogue, as you can tell by me posting in almost all her forum threads.
I think her powers are exceptionally cool but underused.
With all the Emma love in here, I thought I'd mention that I never liked Emma until I read her mini series - then it all made sense and I find her very cool. (no pun intended)
I would love an Emma/Psylocke storyline. It would be a lot better than the constant Emma/Jean arguements. Of course even the Emma/Kitty arguements are getting stale, but that is understandable.
Emma is popular now because a lot of people can sympathize with her. Unlike what some people say, to me she was never 'evil' but just wanted a place to fit. of course we all love the Scott/Emma pairing because it is a train wreck.
My favs in order are: Emma, Psylocke, Storm, Rogue.
The one I hate the most is the one us Emma fans hate
how long do you think it will be before someone decided to write jean back in? personally I like Emma's role, and I think its a good change but I wonder how long this will last.
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who knows. but one thing is for sure. if Messiah Complex fails, they will bring Jean back because to them Phoenix equals money.
from what I have read, Jean will stay dead for now. but even if she comes back I woukld love the fights between her/Emma/Shadowcat
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psylocke..she got that asian thing going on plus shes trained by the hand in adition to the telekinetic and telepathic powers. Shes got the skills and powers to throwdown with anyone.
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stealth says:
"X-23 she's all the characteristics and powers of wolverine with the boost of being a girl so she's my fav."
same here X-23 is mine,number two for me whould be rouge
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ok. i) emma frost = definately first. ii) X-23 = shes hot generally iii) Mercury = hey, i'm still a teenager.
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rogue will always stay my favourite
moonstar & psylocke second
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My favorite is Jean Grey. I wish they would write her back in and keep her around; killing her all the time is getting old.
And yes, I think Emma is way better for Cyclops then Jean. See, both Emma and Cyclops are cheating, lying sacks of doggy doody. I love both Cyclops and Emma, but I think Jean deserves better treatment all around.
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rouge,kitty and Mercury(gotta love the shapeshifters)
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Storm has yet to be confirmed as an omega. but other than that I'm with you.
Phoenix God says:
"My favorite is Jean Grey. I wish they would write her back in and keep her around; killing her all the time is getting old.And yes, I think Emma is way better for Cyclops then Jean. See, both Emma and Cyclops are cheating, lying sacks of doggy doody. I love both Cyclops and Emma, but I think Jean deserves better treatment all around. "
Jean may have 'stuck' with Scott but a love-triangle is formed by the three persons in question. in other words she must have been doing something for Logan to have stayed in the triangle, Scott sure wasn't the one keeping Logan interested. At least Scott made his choice whereas Jean just kept toying with the both of them or dying on them. Haven't quiet decided which is worse.
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Storm. She is one of the first black superheroes, and one of the very first black female superheroes. She has a divine/royal heritage. She has shown that even without powers she is a force to be reckoned with. She is a mutant as well as a witch. She's a natural leader. Regardless of people's feelings about her, she is one of the most powerful/popular Marvel characters ever.
My Favorite all time favorite X-woman would be...
-Psylocke: There is something about her that is cool! I don't know what it is, but she just has the attitude, looks,and powers that include awesomeness :P
-Storm: She's just amazing! Her powers, leadership, and her awesome blue eyes! I really think she's a powerful character!
-Jubilee: Many people think she's annoying, but I DONT! She's awesome! and her powers are pretty cool, and she seems like she's a pretty cool and funny person.
I also really like M (she's cool and hot!), Dust, Magma, Moonstar...
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Rogue by far, of course.
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