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We're not yet halfway through 2014, and three times already the UFC has crowned a new champion. It's always a pomp-and-circumstance moment. But only the most recent instance was a shocker.
Renan Barão was installed as bantamweight titlist in January without a punch being thrown. (How's that for abracadabra?) Dominick Cruz had been out injured for 27 months by that point, and Barão already was wearing the interim belt the UFC had put up for grabs. But when "The Dominator" was injured yet again and had to pull out of his champion-vs.-"champion" showdown with the Brazilian, Dana White & Co. stripped Cruz and made Renan their official 135-pound king.
A month later Johny Hendricks also managed to get his hands on a shiny brass-and-leather strap by unseating no one. Of course, he did have to fight off Robbie Lawler for the right to fasten that vacated welterweight belt — previously the property of sabbatical-minded Georges St-Pierre — around his waist. So fists did fly, but they were sent back and forth by two guys who'd walked into the cage on equal footing. Yes, Hendricks had delivered a beating to GSP a few months prior, but he hadn't gone home with the belt that night. So he was no more of a champion than was "Ruthless Robbie." Until Johny proved otherwise.
T.J. Dillashaw's crowning achievement a little over a week ago was way different. He thoroughly thrashed the reigning Barão, and he did so as a second-choice opponent thrust into the spotlight only after the expected challenger, Raphael Assunção, declined the title shot because of a rib injury. To this point, Dillashaw had fought professionally only 11 times, had won all but once but owned no shining signature victories, and was a heavy underdog. Yet he did what no one but he and his closest compadres were claiming he could do. He handed the Brazilian his first loss in 34 fights going all the way back to 2005.
And with that shock-the-world exploit, Dillashaw shook up both the bantamweight and pound-for-pound hierarchies in the SI.com rankings.
So let's get to it ...
1. Cain Velasquez (13-1)
2. Junior dos Santos (16-3)
3. Fabricio Werdum (18-5-1)
4. Stipe Miocic (12-1)
5. Travis Browne (16-2-1)
6. Josh Barnett (33-7)
7. Mark Hunt (9-8-1)
8. Antonio Silva (18-5, 1 NC)
9. Alistair Overeem (37-13, 1 NC)
10. Roy Nelson (20-9)
A 35-second knockout would seem to be quite a statement, but Miocic's quick finish of Fabio Maldonado on Saturday said nothing but "Whew!" As in deep relief. Stipe had a lot to lose in facing an unranked light heavyweight, yet little to gain. His standing among the big boys would have been affected, for better or worse, if dos Santos hadn't pulled out of their scheduled fight with a hand injury. His reward for beating little Fabio? Miocic gets to sit in the same spot he was in last month.
Light Heavyweight
1. Jon Jones (20-1)
2. Alexander Gustafsson (16-2)
3. Daniel Cormier (15-0)
4. Rashad Evans (21-3-1)
5. Glover Teixeira (22-3)
6. Anthony Johnson (17-4)
7. Chael Sonnen (28-14-1)
8. Phil Davis (12-2, 1 NC)
9. Mauricio Rua (22-9)
10. Dan Henderson (30-12)
Something is happening here and we don't know what it is, do we, Mr. Jones? Will it be a rematch with Gustafsson, as the UFC has planned and we've all figured you'd want, if only to erase any doubt that arose in that close-call first meeting? Or will you be doing what Dana White claims you've said you prefer: heeding Cormier's advice and fighting him before he gets even better? Decisions, decisions. If you're bucking the UFC's plan, "Bones," you probably don't care to hear our perspective, but here it is, anyway: Cormier is 35 and can't wait forever, but Gustafsson was there first.
1. Chris Weidman (11-0)
2. Anderson Silva (33-6)
3. Vitor Belfort (23-10)
4. Ronaldo Souza (20-3, 1 NC)
5. Lyoto Machida (21-4)
6. Luke Rockhold (12-2)
7. Tim Kennedy (18-4)
8. Michael Bisping (24-6)
9. Yushin Okami (30-8)
10. Yoel Romero (8-1)
After obliterating Mark Muñoz the other day in Berlin to run his record to 35-4-2, Gegard Mousasi probably deserves a spot in the Top 10. Problem is, no one is budging. And this list doesn't even include Chael Sonnen, who in a month will fight Belfort, either at light heavyweight (Sonnen says) or middleweight (Dana White says), either for a 185-pound title shot (Sonnen says) or not (White says). With so many contenders, we should be seeing some well-matched couples parading in front of us for a good, long time.
1. Johny Hendricks (16-2)
2. Rory MacDonald (15-2)
3. Robbie Lawler (22-10, 1 NC)
4. Tyron Woodley (13-2)
5. Carlos Condit (29-8)
6. Hector Lombard (34-4-1, 1 NC)
7. Jake Shields (29-7-1, 1 NC)
8. Ben Askren (13-0)
10. Matt Brown (19-11)
8. Demian Maia (19-6)
MacDonald and Woodley get after it on June 14, perhaps for a title shot. Or maybe that honor will go to the winner of next month's Lawler vs. Brown slugfest. Who knows where the arrow will be pointing when the carnival wheel stops. Elsewhere on this laudable list, Brown and Askren, the latter coming off another dominant performance in his One FC debut last Friday, both leapfrogged Maia, who had a his hand raised on Saturday in São Paulo but with not quite the same panache.
1. Anthony Pettis (17-2)
2. Benson Henderson (20-3)
3. Gilbert Melendez (22-3)
4. Khabib Nurmagomedov (22-0)
5. T.J. Grant (21-5)
6. Josh Thomson (20-6, 1 NC)
7. Nate Diaz (17-9)
8. Eddie Alvarez (25-3)
9. Jim Miller (24-4, 1 NC)
10. Will Brooks (14-1)
Henderson lingers in no-man's land, the result of having lost twice to Pettis. And his fight this Saturday, against the unranked Rustam Khabilov, isn't going to elevate him. But "Bendo" had better elevate his game, because Khabilov is 17-1 with six wins in a row, three in the UFC. The Russian has never fought anyone on Henderson's level, though, so this weekend will be a gauge to see what he has for us. New to the gang: Brooks, who replaces Michael Chandler a few weeks after narrowly beating him.
1. José Aldo (24-1)
2. Chad Mendes (16-1)
3. Frankie Edgar (16-4-1)
4. Ricardo Lamas (13-3)
5. Cub Swanson (20-5)
6. Chan Sung Jung (13-4)
7. Dustin Poirier (16-3)
8. Pat Curran (20-5)
9. Patricio Freire (21-2)
10. Daniel Straus (22-5)
Swanson's road to a rematch with Aldo — or a fight with Mendes, if he can grab away the title from the only reigning Brazilian in August — sends him in the direction of Jeremy Stephens. They tussle in San Antonio on June 28, the same night that Lamas, coming off his unsuccessful challenge of Aldo, faces one of José's training partners. Hacran Dias is an interesting case. He hasn't fought in a year, and when he steps back in he'll be seeking to rebound from a loss that ended a nine-fight win streak.
1. T.J. Dillishaw (10-2)
2. Renan Barão (32-2, 1 NC)
3. Urijah Faber (30-7)
4. Michael McDonald (16-3)
5. Raphael Assunção (22-4)
6. Bibianio Fernandes (16-3)
7. Eduardo Dantas (16-3)
8. Takeya Mizugaki (20-7-2)
9. Iuri Alcantara (30-5)
10. Joe Warren (11-3)
Dillashaw was No. 7 last month, which is all that you need to know about what we thought his chances were against Barão. We were way off, of course, but we were by no means alone. (You picked Dillashaw to win that fight? Yeah, sure.) But now T.J. is the champ, and that puts him on the top of the heap. It'll be interesting to see where he turns next. Rematch with Barão? Rematch with Assunção, who beat him via split decision last year? That aside, let the jockeying begin among contenders and pretenders, all ramping up their ambitions now that the belt is in possession of someone not on a 33-fight win streak.
1. Demetrious Johnson (19-2-1)
2. Joseph Benavidez (20-4)
3. Ian McCall (12-4-1)
4. John Dodson (15-6)
5. John Moraga (13-2)
6. Ali Bagautinov (13-2)
7. John Lineker (23-7)
8. Jussier da Silva (15-3)
9. Brad Pickett (24-8)
10. Tim Elliott (10-5-1)
The UFC likes to have at least one title fight each month, and June's pits "Mighty Mouse" against Bagautinov. Johnson keeps getting better and better, so it'll be interesting to see how Ali tries to attack him a week from Saturday. An interested observer will be the winner of this weekend's bout between Dodson and Moraga. Both have lost to the champ, but Saturday's survivor would appear to be in line for a re-do.
1. Ronda Rousey (9-0)
2. Cristiane Justino (12-1, 1 NC)
3. Cat Zingano (8-0)
4. Sara McMann (7-1)
5. Miesha Tate (14-5)
6. Alexis Davis (16-5)
7. Jessica Eye (10-2, 1 NC)
8. Sarah Kaufman (16-2, 1 NC)
9. Liz Carmouche (9-5)
10. Jessica Aguilar (15-4)
We're a month away from Rousey vs. Davis, and all's quiet. The women's fight scene is just not the same when "Rowdy Ronda" isn't being baited by Tate. But an even more charged-up challenge, "Cyborg" Justino, is lurking. If Rousey wins next month, it would appear that Zingano should have the right call next. But after that? The UFC can't continue to ignore a Rousey vs. Cyborg clash, can it?
Pound for pound
1. Jon Jones
2. José Aldo
3. Cain Velasquez
4. Chris Weidman
5. Demetrious Johnson
6. Ronda Rousey
7. Anthony Pettis
8. Anderson Silva
9. Johny Hendricks
10. Daniel Cormier
Why no Dillashaw? T.J. did pull off an astounding upset over a dominant champion, which did thrust him to the top of the bantamweight list. But he sort of came out of nowhere, so let's see some more from the guy. For now, Barão is gone from his No. 6 spot, everyone below moves up, and Cormier jumps in. That's what you get for throwing Dan Henderson around like he's a flyweight.
Questions? Comments? To reach Jeff Wagenheim or contribute to the SI.com MMA mailbag, click on the E-mail link at the top of the page.


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Sat outside in the evening. Ate super yummy schnitzel. Drank the very tasty Malty beer.
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I have been here after work to enjoy some food and a good beer. I was amazed by the stunning interior design which is quite unique and in good shape compared to other beer houses. Also the choices of beer were very good, no complaints! BUT: The service lacked in speed even the beer house was almost empty and the...
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Ate dinner there twice while in Mosbach on business. I got the same thing both times and it was delicious! Breaded chicken schnitzel with a side salad and weiss bier. We split the mexican pizza as an appetizer and had an apple strudel dish for dessert. Everything was very tasty and the service was good too!
I'd rate this as more than average but not necessarily "Very Good". I enjoy the garden in the summer time and the restaurant is cozy int he winter. They used to have really great breakfasts but last year stopped offering them. Rather disappointing as there is a lack of good breakfast places in Mosbach. The salads often come with too...
Weissen beer and traditional German ambiance and feel!
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I loved their beer and they were nice and friendly. Overall I will go back for the beer. However, the food is only average.
We had a few beers and a Flammkuchen for an appetizer before dinner-- everything was great, and the building was a beautiful sight to see. Service was friendly and prompt, and prices were good.
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''The wrestlers will also do well in Beijing. We have also improved a lot in recent times,'' he added.
When asked about the athletes who he feels will do well at the Beijing Games he said,''Well, in shooting we have Manavjit Singh Sandhu. Then in boxing we have some very good prospects in Akhil Kumar, Vijender Kumar and AL Lakra. And of course there are Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi.'' Speaking on India's poor record at the Olympics in the past, Randhir Singh said Indian sports has improved a lot in recent years, and was confident that India will become a force to reckon with in the international arena in the near future.
''We have come up to the Asian and Commonwealth levels. The funds and the facilities developed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games will go a long way in improving the standards,'' he asserted.
''We need more funds, facilities and better coaches.'' Randhir Singh has won the country's highest sports honour, the Arjuna Award. He represented India in shooting six times at the Olympics. He won the gold at the Bangkok Asian Games in 1978 and bronze (individual) and silver (team) at the 1982 Asiad at New Delhi.


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Posing as arms dealers with ties to the mob, two Federal agents at the center of a sting operation spent the last 16 months infiltrating an arms ring that was funneling automatic weapons produced by China's two main state-controlled arms exporters to the streets of the United States, Federal officials said yesterday.
In court papers unsealed yesterday, Federal agents described secret meetings with arms dealers in Silicon Valley and faxes -- apparently intercepted by wiretaps -- between those dealers and Chinese arms manufacturers in Dalian, a Chinese industrial center near North Korea.
The officials of the state-controlled companies, from descriptions given in the court papers, were were clearly excited about the prospect of arming American gangs in need of heavy weapons to wipe out rivals.
The papers said the undercover agents spent months negotiating with the Chinese middlemen, who wanted to hide the origin of the shipments by running them through little-policed ports in Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand, accompanied by misleading papers. The payments went through an account in the Hong Kong office of the Bank of China, Beijing's state-run bank.Continue reading the main story
The investigation came to a halt on Wednesday night in San Francisco with the arrest of seven people -- but not the Chinese arms officials whom the United States Customs Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had hoped to lure out of China. About 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles were seized in the raids.
At the center of the deal, Federal officials said, was Hammond Ku, a Taiwanese who lived in Soquel, Calif., near Santa Cruz, and who was described by Federal officials as having deep ties to the two companies, which in turn are closely linked to China's top leadership. Mr. Ku, 49, has yet to appear in court.
By the time he was arrested on Wednesday, Federal officials said they had moved beyond the AK-47's and were discussing with him another, far larger purchase, including anti-tank rockets and shoulder-fired anti-aircraft systems, capable of knocking airliners out of the sky from miles away.
The court filings asserted that at one point last year Mr. Ku boasted that he could bring 300,000 AK-47's into the United States.
As the details of the sting poured out yesterday, State Department officials began pressing the Chinese Government here and in Beijing to explain why two of its largest state-run companies were trying to put guns on the streets of America.
"We've told the Chinese that we are just at the beginning of figuring out if there is going to be a political component to our response to this," a State Department official said. "We have a lot of questions to ask them, and the first is, 'What are your state companies up to?' "
But no officials in Washington would say whether they thought that Chinese Government officials either took part in or knew of the smuggling operations, or whether the deals were made by rogue elements in the Government arms companies. One said the whole operation "had a Wild West feel to it that makes you think it was mostly run the work of corruption, not Government policy."
But whatever China's answers, several members of Congress said they were rethinking their support for the renewal of China's "most favored nation" trade status.
Both President Clinton and Senator Bob Dole, the presumed Republican Presidential nominee, have both come out in favor of renewal, saying any other choice would essentially cut off American economic interchange with the world's most populous country. Still, China's nuclear exports and its piracy of American intellectual properties were already fueling a movement for any kind of protest vote against China.
In Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Cui Tiankai, said yesterday that "we are looking into the case" of the two companies, China Northern Industries and Poly Technologies. The companies denied any involvement. At China Northern, or Norinco, He Xiaodong, who runs the general manager's office, said the first time the company new about the cases came when news reports were faxed from Los Angeles.
"What I would like to say is that Norinco is one of those Chinese companies that has the best reputation in the United States," Mr. He said. "We have been doing our business legally. Many reports about our company in the past were not true. We will continue to do our business as usual."
He said his company stopped exporting assault rifles to the United States after Mr. Clinton banned the imports in 1994.
At Poly Technologies, officials said little. But American diplomats and investigators said they were focusing on the company because it is known as a key element in China's military-industrial complex. Among its top corporate leaders is He Ping, the son-in-law of Deng Xiaoping, China's paramount leader. Mr. He is married to Xiao Rong, Mr. Deng's youngest daughter, who is frequently pictured at her father's side, yelling into his good ear and interpreting his thick Sichuan dialect to others.
A company official who identified himself only as Mr. Yue, when asked about the charges, said: "I have heard this news from several of my friends. This is absolutely fabricated. Right now, we only have one or two branches in the United States and they are dealing with real estate."
In raids on warehouses and storage sites on Wednesday, Federal agents said they seized more than 800 other weapons, mainly handguns, and many kits to convert guns from semi-automatic to fully automatic.
At a San Francisco news conference where more than two dozen of the guns were displayed, Federal officials said that seven of those charged were still at large but that none were apparently in this country.
The investigation began, officials said, after sophisticated weapons began turning up in disturbing numbers among violent gangs in Northern California. Then, in late 1994, an informant identified Mr. Ku as a potential source of smuggled Chinese weapons, said Wayne Yamashita, assistant special agent in charge of the regional enforcement office of the Customs Service.
"We made an undercover approach to him in December 1994 and based on the information we received, we decided to go forward with a full undercover investigation," Mr. Yamashita said.
A customs agent posed as a middleman able to secure easy passage for contraband through the port in Oakland, Calif. Meanwhile, an agent of the firearms bureau posed as an organized-crime figure from Miami who wanted the guns for his underworld activities.
The negotiations for the 2,000 AK-47's took several months, Mr. Yamashita said. The court papers describe a series of confidence-building transactions and proposals that the Federal agents travel to Cambodia, and then the Philippines, to inspect the goods they were buying. The agents declined, presumably fearing that the invitation could be a trap. But in February, a deal was finally consumated for 2,000 machine guns.
Federal officials said most of those arrested on Wednesday appeared to have played only bit parts in the operation, except for Mr. Ku and a man who eluded arrest, Robert Ma, who is believed to be back in China. Mr. Ma owned an import business, the Dynasty Holding Company in Atlanta, that was central to the smuggling, Mr. Yamashita said.Continue reading the main story


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If he was coming straight approaching the intersection to make his turn, and ran the red, I wonder why you didn't see him do that? I understand you might not have seen him if he was turned partially with headlights pointing away, waiting for pedestrians. So far, I like his version. For what it is worth.Ask a similar question
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I should have known better than to have trusted Ash. The result of my mistake? My heart was breaking, tears streaming endlessly down my face as I sobbed uncontrollably. Why did things like these always happen to me?
Resentment, sorrow and fury all crashed into my heart in tidalwaves of mass emotions that I couldn't push away. The impact left me crushed and I didn't know what to do or what was even 'acceptable' to feel right now. Yet, neglecting my emotions, deep inside I knew in that second when Ash saw me, something flashed across his face that couldn't be described.
It wasn't just guilt. It was beyond that. Pain... He'd broken the promise, he'd swore to me that he would never hurt me like that again yet living in the moment, he'd realized it and whatever it caused to him feel was nothing more than remorse towards himself.
Yet again, I was never right about things was I? I didn't want to trick myself into believing anyone again. But the image of Ash's face and the expression written on it never left my mind as I eventually faded off to a troubled sleep.
The sunlight streaming through the wide open curtains pierced my closed eye lids. Groaning, my eyes fluttered open as I blinked repeatedly to adjust to the colors swarming around me. Looking around, I realized I'd fallen asleep on the chair. My legs were tucked in close to my chest and I let go, a sharp pain coursing through my muscles.
Feeling sore, I got up and headed towards the shower, trying to refresh myself quickly before going downstairs to meet Ash as usual.
As the cold water hit me, the familar feeling tore through me as the events of last night flickered through my mind. This time, it wasn't the tears that released itself. I felt blank, empty. But a sudden unease spread through me. It was a sixth sense, intuition almost.
Quickly wrapping the towel around me, I stepped out of the shower and got dressed into a knee-length cotton skirt and a casual tee that went along with it. Before I knew it, I was racing towards his room. Within minutes, I was knocking on it, rapping tightly.
A part of me questioned my remaining sanity. What in the world are you doing Nat? But another just went along with my instincts. Something was different, something was wrong.
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She looked through the computer as I impatiently waited for her answer and then shook her head. "He vacated his room this morning."
"Do you have any idea where he went?"
The lady opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by a familiar, high-pitched voice.
"He's on his way back to jolly old America."
I turned around to meet the amused expression on the Spanish guide's face. "What?"
"Well apparently, he's still got a thing for you. Funny how he downed more than three glasses of vodka but still had the sense of not wanting to sleep with me. His loss," she gave me a cat like grin. It was then it dawned on me. She was right. He still cared...I'd seen it with my own eyes.
"Thank you," I said, turning back to the lady at the counter who smiled back.
Before I headed out of the hotel, I said over my shoulder, "You're a really desperate b***h, you know that?" Not waiting for an answer, I raced out the hotel to catch a cab. Time was against me and I needed to get to Ash.


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Putting a twist on fishing the opener
Evan Lawrence's plan to hit the water at 6 a.m. Saturday for the Governor's Fishing Opener wasn't so surprising.
But he may have gotten a few looks at the landing at Zorbaz when he launched his paddleboard into the chilly water of Gull Lake looking to land a walleye. And not only land one, but bring it in before Gov. Mark Dayton made a catch.
Lawrence did just that, catching five fish. Dayton didn't catch any walleye during the opener.
The transition to this opener is made more extreme as Lawrence just returned to Nisswa after a trip to Maui, where he reports he was pulling in papio off an inflatable paddleboard in big surf on the outer reefs. Maybe the cold waters of Gull Lake don't seem so daunting after all. Lawrence had to get in the water to launch his board but had to stand the rest of the time. He fished the channels.
Lawrence said he often fishes from his paddleboard but this was his first time out in Minnesota open waters this year. Lawrence started his Minnesota Surf Co. business in Nisswa five years ago. The avid surfer, wind surfer and kite surfer wanted to promote paddleboarding, which has become increasingly popular in the lakes area. With his family's cabin on Lougee Lake, the Minnesota native said he basically grew up in the lakes area and picked Nisswa for his business.
"It's been a really good spot. It's been very successful. We teach a lot of paddleboard lessons up here to a lot of tourists," he said. And with the Governor's Fishing Opener and attention on Nisswa, Lawrence said it seemed a good time to try something a little different. Hence, the fishing challenge.
"This is why I want to do it and make it kind of fun, I guess," he said.
Lawrence planned to add updates via his Facebook page and blog on the opener.
"I think it's been really good at promoting the area," he said.
Fishing from the paddleboard has its own challenges for balance and navigation, let alone finding the elusive fish. And once the fish is hooked, it can take the paddleboard with it.
"Depending on the size you get pulled around," Lawrence said. "I've had fish pull me."
If the catch is good, the string of fish also means a little more drag on the paddleboard for the human trolling motor. But Lawrence said there are advantages, too, in stealth and quiet and shallower water, which would be particularly helpful this year. This is the first opener Lawrence has actually fished on the first day for a few years.
"It seemed like a good opportunity to go out and have some fun with it," Lawrence said of challenging the governor to a morning fish-off. And heck, after winter surfing on Lake Superior, Gull Lake in May isn't so bad.
RENEE RICHARDSON may be reached at 855-5852 or email@example.com. Follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Dispatchbizbuzz.


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Most people find their way to BillFixers.com after they've taken a trip to a place familiar to us all — Wit's End. They've been overpaying for cell phone service, pay television or Internet access and have been sitting on hold, for hours, without getting anywhere. They want their money back, but more than anything, they want their sanity back.
That's where BillFixers.com comes in.
The Kurland brothers — Julian, 26, and Ben, 23 — started the business on a whim two years ago after they helped a friend negotiate lower cable TV rates. Both are good at things many people seem to hate — waiting on hold and repeating themselves — so they decided to make a simple offer on Reddit: They'd negotiate for folks who were frustrated, and keep half of any savings they were able to squeeze out of companies. Within days, they were so swamped that had to hire help, and an ingenious startup was born.
After a few fits and starts — Julian was finishing law school at Notre Dame — the brothers moved in together this summer and decided to focus 100 percent on their venture, which they run from a basement office space in Nashville, Tennessee.
"Normally, people send us PDFs of their bills and we are off to the races," said Ben. "But one woman named Nancy — she was the sweetest woman in the world — actually mailed us a package of every one of her bills for the past decade. She said, 'When I found you guys, I found what the cable company had taken away: hope!"
The brothers say they say they've helped 1,200 clients save about $300,000 already, and now have seven negotiators working for them. They say an average client saves $300 and their success rate is 94.9 percent. While most of their work involves easier targets like pay TV, cell phone or Internet access bills, the brothers say they'll take on almost any kind of billing dispute.
In order to get the best deals, the BillFixers use a bit of subterfuge. The brothers say that when they first started they called companies acting as third-party advocates, but found though companies weren't as willing to work with them. So now they often call up the businesses posing as the customers themselves. This technique is disclosed in a recently-added item to the BillFixer's online FAQ but they admit not all customers may be aware of the ruse. BillFixer clients do have the options of adding the negotiators as authorized users to their account, but the company says most customers are more interested in the swiftest path to savings. After a Times profile raised questions about the negotiating tactic, the brothers says they plan to be more up-front about it in the future.
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The BillFixers are one of a small but growing number of startups trying to capitalize on consumer frustration.
BillCutterz.com has a similar business model, taking complaints and keeping part of the "winnings" from negotiations.
A new app named Service approaches the problem the other way around. It is trying to automate complaints — consumers open the app and click what kind of problem they have and what solution they want. Service then uses an automated process to obtain resolutions from companies involved.
With any of these tools, consumers have to cough up considerable personal information in order to get help. For instance, sometimes the BillFixers need the last the four digits of a consumers' Social Security number to get past authentication tools. But users haven't complained so far, and the brothers promise to use state-of-the-art security.
Meanwhile, the victories they score are sweet. Nancy, for example, was paying for a second cable modem she didn't need — really, almost no one needs a second cable box. Another consumer was paying $40 per month for an international cell phone calling plan he hadn't needed in years. In both cases, the boys got service credits for most of those overpays, and got both consumers into cheaper monthly plans.
Related: See Which Companies Made Consumers Reports' 'Naughty & Nice' List
Another BillFixer consumer, Gary Witzgall, had spent a few months in Wit's End when he found the BillFixers. Witzgall's subscription to the Major League Baseball package wasn't working, but he was being billed by Comcast for it anyway. He also says he was also charged for tech visits when he was promised they'd be free. After three phone calls, the BillFixers got him more than $500 in refunds.
"We apologize for the experiences Mr. Witzgall had," Comcast said of the incident. "We're taking a look at what happened to see where we could make improvements to ensure this doesn't happen again."
BillFixers can't help everyone, of course. Sometimes the customer isn't right.
"One woman sent in her credit card statement and basically said, "I don't want to pay this," Ben said. "We had to email her and say 'there's nothing we can do on that'."
Most of the 5 percent failure rate is attributable to smart consumers, however — those who've already shaken every tree trying to get refunds. Ben says the brothers are well aware people can do this for themselves. In fact, they don't mind giving away some of the practical knowledge they've picked up along the way.
Here are three free pieces of advice:
1. Get the same number twice
After any negotiation, hang up, then call the firm back immediately and make sure whatever deal you struck "sticks." Sometimes — OK, often — companies promise to place credits or discounts on consumers' bills, but they never appear. (How often? Ben guesses that happens about one-third of the time).
"Either customer services agents promise things they can't really do, or they make a mistake, or they are just saying something to get people off the phone," Ben said. "It used to be terrible when we'd tell people we got them a discount, but then it wouldn't appear. It was a real customer service problem for us."
Now, as soon as they complete an interaction, BillFixer negotiators hang up and call the company back. And if the numbers don't match, they hang up and call a third time, then a fourth, and so on.
"We do it until we get the same number on two consecutive calls," he said. "Doing this has totally changed how to do business."
2. Timing is everything
When BillFixers first started, the brothers were calling on nights and weekends, and that "was really slow going." To avoid long hold times, the best time to call is between 9 and 11 a.m. on weekdays. Call on lunch hour if you have to, Ben says.
3. All good things come to an end
Even consumers who are good at negotiating their own deals often trip up when their "introductory" rate expires, which means TV or Internet access bills can suddenly double. So BillFixers now sends alerts to consumers the month before the expiration.
You can do it yourself with a calendar service.
"We do have automated warnings, but we are careful not to automate too much, because that's the problem we are attacking in the first place," Ben said.
You can see more BillFixer stories at The BillFixer Files on Bob Sullivan's website.


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Make yourself at home in one of the 34 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed, and all rooms are furnished with queen sofa beds. Rooms have private balconies. 32-inch flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a spa tub. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, a television in a common area, and a picnic area.
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SECRET diplomacy between enemies, a tactic as old as the Peloponnesian War, is back in fashion as the United States searches for the right signal to resolve the confrontation over North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
The Russians, Chinese and South Koreans are all probing the intentions of the North Koreans to see if there is anything in their threat to create a ''sea of fire'' if the United States tries to increase military or economic pressure to get its way. The Bush administration says it wants a diplomatic solution, but also insists there is nothing to negotiate until North Korea does what Washington wants -- commit to dismantling its armaments.
All this leaves the United States in the peculiar situation of seeking negotiations without appearing to do so, sending messages publicly and through back channels. Veterans of clandestine diplomacy say that experience offers a number of rules the Bush administration would do well to consider.
1) Find the right intermediary.
According to former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, people often offer to serve as a go-between -- or agree to, as Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a former representative at the United Nations under President Bill Clinton, did with the North Koreans in Santa Fe a week ago.Continue reading the main story
''Back channels offer a chance for a lot of people to get into the act,'' Mr. Shultz said. ''You don't want the people you're negotiating with to pick the negotiator. You also don't want your negotiator to be a semi-independent wild card.''
President Ronald Reagan, he noted, used his private sessions with Russia's ambassador, Anatoly Dobrynin, to send messages to Moscow, though many in the administration feared that Mr. Reagan's messages needed to be vetted.
The Bush administration has so far spurned Mr. Richardson's offer to continue as a mediator, though they approved his initial talks, in part because of his ties to Mr. Clinton.
2) Look for signals and then pick the one you prefer.
The most famous case of secret diplomacy, President Richard M. Nixon's contacts with China, had trouble getting off the ground because of missed signals. Early in his term, Mr. Nixon began looking for avenues to reach Mao Zedong. Because Washington had no relations with Beijing, inquiries were made through Poland, Pakistan and other nations. Mao, at the same time, was trying to reach out to Mr. Nixon by giving an interview to Edgar Snow, the China expert, for Life magazine, then a widely read publication.
But, Richard Reeves, author of a book about Nixon, said nobody in the White House or the State Department at that time read Life. ''The Chinese and the Americans were going on parallel tracks, unaware of each other's attempts,'' Mr. Reeves said.
As for picking the right signal, this was illustrated by the Cuban missile crisis, when President John F. Kennedy used a secret go-between to the Russian leader, Nikita S. Khrushchev. When conflicting messages about Moscow's intentions came into the White House, Kennedy simply responded to the most conciliatory one. Some experts say that if President Bush were to follow this model, he would only heed the message of a willingness to talk that came through Mr. Richardson, not the public threats.
3) Excessive secrecy may no longer be necessary, and it may even backfire.
''It is less necessary to use back channels,'' said John Lewis Gaddis, the Yale historian. ''People have gotten used to the idea of secret diplomacy.''
While engaging in confidential negotiations for President Nixon, the secretary of state, Henry A. Kissinger, was so anxious about keeping his contacts secret that he instructed the Russians not to disclose some of their agreements to the State Department.
''That was probably carrying the back channel to an extreme,'' Mr. Gaddis said.
The public now might even believe that secret diplomacy is going on when it is not -- including reports of Arab countries making contact with Saddam Hussein to tell him come clean on his weapons programs to avoid being ousted. American officials fear such contacts might give Mr. Hussein a false impression that Washington wants a compromise deal.
4) Make sure what is said in public resembles what is said in private.
During the secret contacts with North Vietnam that led to talks to end the Vietnam War, American officials often asked the North Vietnamese government to corroborate something said in private with a public signal via Radio Hanoi. ''You need to ask the other side to respond publicly so you know it's authoritative,'' said Leslie H. Gelb, president of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former Pentagon and State Department official. He said signals often were buried in statements issued by Radio Hanoi.
If signals are not issued, private negotiations might founder on the public record, many experts say. For example, the public record is that Saudi Arabia and Turkey oppose an invasion of Iraq led by Washington. Though officials may be receptive in private, it might be hard to go back on that public record, which has been broadcast throughout the Arab world. Similarly, it may be hard for President Bush to negotiate with President Kim Jong Il of North Korea because Mr. Bush has said he loathes him.
5) When other avenues fail, try the second track.
The so-called second track has become increasingly popular, Mr. Gelb says, whereby former diplomats and interested parties outside of government meet with counterparts on the other side in a private dialogue that eventually leads to the governments' exchanging messages.
The Israeli-Palestinian talks under the aegis of Norwegian mediators in Oslo began with such contacts.
But in the end, all these rules are secondary to luck, timing and instinct.
''There are windows of opportunity that open and close very quickly,'' said Robert S. Strauss, a longtime adviser to presidents and Middle East envoy for President Jimmy Carter. ''Somebody has to have the authority to move when the window opens and to know what they want.''Continue reading the main story