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Williams did mostly Pac-12 and WCC games last season and will have more with the Pac-12 this season. Arizona's regular-season home finale on March 2 with Stanford is scheduled to be carried by ESPNU.
"Like my agent says, you try to get in there with different networks and get a home," Williams said. "Like Miles (Simon) has a deal with ESPN – he's all set and that's the goal. So I was happy with last year and I'm very happy with this year."
Williams said the scheduling works well with his job in Tucson selling mostly group insurance with Crest Insurance, though he often finds himself popping open his iPad and working on the road when he's not at the arena.
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"Inflation is a destructive disease. Industrialists complain about high interest rate but we don't have a choice but to keep interest at high rate because inflation is high at 8 per cent," he said in the 8th R N Kao Memorial Lecture organised by Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) here.
While industrialists want an interest rate of about 5 per cent, a citizen would like the saving interest rate to be 10 per cent. The mismatch between industrialists demand and account holders is because of inflation.
"The point is inflation is hitting the growth in the long run. There can be no trade-off. There is need to bring inflation down. Can we get inflation under control and get high growth," he said.
But, Raghuram Rajan said, the policy makers have to face the problem upfront and not keep postponing facing the problem.
"We have to examine the Urjit Patel Committee report (asking RBI to calibrate monetary policy to retail inflation rate and not wholesale inflation as is policy presently). We cant push inflation under the carpet as a central banker. We have to deal with it," he said.
On inflation, Raghuram Rajan said it would not be unfair to say that in the last few years it was related to food.
"Indians are becoming richer and eating pulses, eggs an fish. We have shifted the terms of trade in favour of agriculture by giving better minimum support price (MSP) for agriculture produce."
He said agriculture labour had become costly not because of MNREGA but because of rural expansion in construction and ther sector.
Services inflation has also gone up, affecting sectors like education and healthcare.
"First, we are among the large countries with the highest consumer price inflation in the world, even though growth is weaker than we would like it to be.
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a few days ago i noticed a small bunny hanging around outside my house. white with a grey nose and ears. seemed shy but not at all afraid of people. definitely not a wild bunny. i didn't want it to get killed by a car or a dog or an owl or anything so i got out my pet carrier and put an old towel and some bunny food inside and set it on the porch. very quickly the little bunny hopped into the carrier. yay!!!!! i saved the bunny! unfortunately as soon as i brought her (i decided it looked like a girl bunny) in the house both her and lion-o went NUTS! i had been thinking that if they got along i would try to bond them and keep her. but obviously that wasn't going to work out... it was after the shelter had closed for the day so i had to keep her overnight. i put lion-o in the bedroom and shut the door so i could let her out for awhile. he sat in the bedroom and thumped loudly the entire time she was out. she was a very cuddly bunny and loved lettuce. in the morning i took her to the shelter, but they said because of a city ordinance they couldn't accept rabbits, so they called a local rabbit rescue that they work with and i ended up taking her there. the man at the rabbit rescue was very nice (he said she looks like a mini rex) and said he knows of a little girl who is looking for a small friendly bunny and he thinks this little bunny will be just what she's looking for. so the bunny will hopefully have a new forever home very soon.
but now lion-o is being very naughty. he's chewing on the walls and carpet again, which he hasn't been doing at all since he got neutered. and then last night he jumped up in bed with me and peed all over my comforter! i feel like a bad bunny mommy because i brought this strange bunny into his house and now he's having to go around and re-mark everything as "his". i've been making an extra effort to give him tons of attention so he feels loved and knows that i wasn't trying to replace him or anything evil like that. also, he's been very clingy since then, even following me into the bathroom where he used to never go because he doesn't like the slippery tiled floor.
any suggestions from you more experienced bunny moms and dads? is this something he will get over in time or have i damaged his trust in me forever?
You saved the little one's life. That is important. Lion-O will forgive you, he is just upset that his favorite person might be stolen away by another bunny. Have you made sure that all smell of this bunny is gone? Washed any linens she was in contact with? Bleached the carrier and and any flooring or pens she might have been in contact with? Getting rid of her scent is very important.
you definitely did the right thing.
Lion-o will forgive you, and that little girl bun will be forever grateful to you for saving her life!
(((((((((((((((((((((Chill Out Lion-o Vibes)))))))))))))))))
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But the man at the gun store said that a person under 21 is not allowed to own or be in possession of a handgun.
IL state law.
I was always told that being under 21 only meant that you could not buy a gun from an FFL dealer.
Federal law.
You have to obey both, and it appears that you must be 21 to have an IL FOID card or have your parents sign
(430 ILCS 65/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 83‑4)
(Text of Section from P.A. 97‑158)
Sec. 4. (a) Each applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card must:
(1) Make application on blank forms prepared and
furnished at convenient locations throughout the State by the Department of State Police, or by electronic means, if and when made available by the Department of State Police; and
(2) Submit evidence to the Department of State Police
(i) He or she is 21 years of age or over, or if
he or she is under 21 years of age that he or she has the written consent of his or her parent or legal guardian to possess and acquire firearms and firearm ammunition
and that he or she has never been convicted of a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense or adjudged delinquent, provided, however, that such parent or legal guardian is not an individual prohibited from having a Firearm Owner's Identification Card and files an affidavit with the Department as prescribed by the Department stating that he or she is not an individual prohibited from having a Card;
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In your case, the more restrictive state law sets the bar.
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Bingo night will be Oct. 30 in Dolores
The Dolores Rotary Club will kick off their annual bingo season by sponsoring a bingo night on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the Dolores Community Center located at 400 Riverside Avenue. A light supper and dessert will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. for $5 with bingo following at 7 p.m. Cards are $1 per game or $10 for the evening. All proceeds will benefit the Dolores Boosters Club.
The Dolores Rotary Club meets at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Ponderosa Restaurant. The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise. The public is invited to attend our meetings.
For further information please contact Dave Sanford at (970) 882-7428.
Chamber/Dolores Library to host Quickbooks class
Dolores Chamber and Dolores Public Library co-host an introduction to Quickbooks class Tuesday Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a ½ hour brown bag lunch. Region 9 Colorado SBDC and Ft. Lewis College are also sponsoring this event. Topics will include
How to get through the set up process, creating an effective Chart of Accounts, Small Business Accounting, Strategies for managing cash flow and how to make paying bills less painful. E-mail Lynn Asano email@example.com or call 970-247-7009. You do not have to be a chamber member to participate.
Book your booth space at the Christmas Bazaar now
Ruby Gonzales is taking applications from local artists and craftsmen and women for the Christmas Bazaar, which will be Dec. 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the Dolores Community Center. Spaces are limited and a booth space costs $20. Contact Ruby Gonzales at 882-7717 for more information.
Center of Light presents Conscious Movie Night, Sun Come Up
On Friday, October 26, at 7:00pm at the Sophia Peace Center, 19581 Road 31, Dolores, CO 81323. (In Dolores turn left on 11th at the Riverside Gas Station, go 1.8 miles. Look for the large sign with the dove, on the left.)
How is climate change affecting the world? Follow some of the worlds first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders, as they leave their remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean in search of livable land. Finding a war-torn Bougainville 50 miles across the open ocean, continuing their way of life becomes challenging.
If you have ever walked out of a movie theater affected by a powerful film, movie nights at the Center of Light are for you! These events provide a way for people to talk about inspiring movies on a deeper level and how they affect our lives, our attitudes, our perceptions. Its also a great opportunity to meet like-minded people! These events are free, and if you would like to give a donation, we will send it to an organization thats truly helping the world. To RSVP or to find out more information, contact Rev Meira Leonard at 882-2123
Mancos Library to host pre-trick or treat party
The Mancos Public Library invites you to The Halloween Howl (a pre-trick or treat party) on Oct. 31 from 5 to 6 p.m.
Spruce up your costume with mask making supplies, get your face painted, enjoy a warm bowl of Turkey Chili, visit with friends and plan your evening trick or treating strategies.
Please join us! For more information call 970/533-7600.
Fall Carnival to be in Pleasant View Nov. 3
Pleasant View Elementary School will be hosting their 12th annual Fall Harvest Carnival on Saturday, Nov. 3 at the school in Pleasant View. A chili dinner will be served from 5:30-6:45 p.m.; the carnival will be open from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Wear your country duds or a costume and come enjoy dinner, games, door prizes, costume contest, fun and a Country Store to cash in your winnings.
Dinner is $5.00 for adults; $3.00 for children.
For more information call Kami Oliver 562-4506. Volunteers welcome!
League of Women Voters to sponsor event on court system
The League of Women Voters Montezuma County will sponsor a presentation by the Colorado Bar on the Colorado Criminal Court System. The meeting will be held November 10th, at 9 am at the Ponderosa Restaurant, Dolores. Discussion will follow. The Public is invited to this meeting. Be sure to schedule this interesting presentation.
Bring your Membership Questionnaire to the meeting.
The speaker for this program is JenniLynn Everett Lawrence.
JenniLynn Everett Lawrence graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1997 and enjoyed the private practice of law for thirteen years before being appointed to serve as Montezuma County Court Judge. She is admitted to practice in Colorado, New Mexico, Wisconsin and Florida. As a practicing attorney she earned the esteemed AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell. Judge Lawrence is a native of Montezuma County. She was raised on a cattle ranch located outside of Mancos and is a graduate of Mancos High School and Fort Lewis College. Judge Lawrences family members were some of the first pioneers to settle in the area. Prior to becoming an attorney, Judge Lawrence taught English at the Cortez Middle School, and the Montezuma-Cortez High School.
Judge Lawrence was appointed to the Montezuma County Court in November 2010. Judge Lawrence currently hears traffic, misdemeanor, and civil cases up to $15,000.00. Judge Lawrence also hears felony preliminary hearings and serves as a District Court Magistrate.
For Pets Sake to hold Annual Turkey Trot Fun Run/Walk
For Pets Sake Humane Society will hold its Ninth Annual Cortez Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. Registration starts at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 22 at the Parque de Vida Pavilion near the Cortez Recreation Center, 425 Roger Smith Avenue. The 1 mile fun run/walk starts at 10 a.m., regardless of the weather.
This is probably For Pets Sakes most enjoyable event of the year! The entry fee is $20 and includes a cool serene green commemorative T-shirt. Costumes for all are encouraged! Prizes will be awarded for fastest people and pets, best and best-coordinated costumes, best pet trick, most unusual pet to cross the finish line, and lots of other categories. All proceeds benefit For Pets Sake Humane Society and their work for the dogs and cats of Montezuma and Dolores counties.
For more information call 565-PETS (565-7387).


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Pedestrian killed during overnight hit-and-run crash
A tragic hit and run accident claimed the life of a Valley man walking down the sidewalk Wednesday morning. He was hit by an out of control car and killed; the driver then fled from the scene.
"The car hit the trees, it was in the fence," said Kate Rogers.
Rogers says it was after midnight when she arrived home to what can only be described as a horrific scene. A white Oldsmobile Cutlass slammed into the fence of her complex, pinning a man underneath.
Other witnesses were distraught and stunned over what they saw as well. Witnesses reported the driver of the car was headed northbound on 19th Avenue at what they believe to be over 100 miles per hour, before losing control and crossing all lanes of traffic.
Rogers, who is already aware of her surroundings, says she will pay even more attention now about how dangerous this can be after Wednesday's accident.
Phoenix Police are using the vehicle's registration to locate the owner of the car, and identify who was driving.
Traffic was closed during the morning commute while authorities investigated.
Traffic was closed during the morning commute while authorities investigated.


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Hoover wins court battle with Dyson
Domestic appliance maker Dyson has lost the latest round of its long-running High Court battle with bitter rival Hoover.
Dyson failed in its attempt to stop Hoover using the "Vortex" trademark on its bagless cleaners.
Deputy judge Michael Fysh QC said it was "unjust and certainly not necessary" to stop Hoover calling its latest model the "Vortex Power".
The ruling came despite an order made by judge Fysh in October that Hoover's Triple Vortex cleaner should be banned from sale because it infringed Dyson's copyright on bagless machines.
Hoover 'delighted'
Alberto Bertali, managing director of Hoover, said after the hearing: "We are delighted.
"In relation to our latest generation of bagless cleaners, Vortex Power and Whirlwind, the judge has indicated that Dyson Appliances agree that neither product infringes any patents. So it is business as usual."
He said Hoover had stopped producing the machines using the technology covered by the injunction.
"We have moved on to even better products, and this injunction has absolutely no effect on any of these. In this respect it is hardly a victory for Dyson."
At October's hearing Judge Fysh ruled Hoover's design for the Triple Vortex was a clear infringement of Dyson's patent.
He rejected Hoover's argument that the technology behind the Dyson machine involved nothing that was not generally known within the industry.
Hoover, which counterclaimed for the removal of Dyson's patent on the grounds of 'obviousness and lack of novelty', is seeking to take the case to the court of appeal.
Bitter rivals
Hoover has a history of bitter rivalry with Dyson, which has revolutionised the vacuum cleaner market with its 'dual cyclone' design.
Ten years ago a quarter of all vacuum cleaners sold in the UK were made by Hoover, but now it has less than 10% of the market, according to industry estimates.
More than half of the vacuum cleaners sold in the UK are made by Dyson.
Hoover fought back from financial disaster in the UK in the mid-1990s, when a free flights offer went wrong.
The Vortex range was supposed to introduce a new generation of consumers to the brand.
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Relocating to Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Chris Cortez not only went a new direction geographically but also musically. His new album titled Awakenings is a culmination of original, instrumental Latin jazz/fusion songs.
Awakings contains no vocals, which is a departure from his two previous albums; Cortez lets his guitar speak volumes. What really stand out are his original compositions such as "Palmettos". Even though it is a guitar workout coming in at just under six minutes with no accompiament it does not lag. Cortez builds on his original chords and creates a beautiful piece.
"The Rose of Shalamar" is Latin. Cortez lets his Houston band mates play this one. One of strengths of a leader is the ability to allow his bandmates to come to forefront and keep the spotlight to them just because their name is on the CD cover and that's what Cortez does not only here but throughout the ten song album.
Lastly the song "Awakenings". Even though it is the sixth song on the album it almost could be the coda. Cortez brings excellent phrasing and quite possibly the images of moving from Katarina to the new beginnings in Houston. Chris Cortez and band have an excellent Latin/fusion guitar driven album. The production value is outstanding as it is the obvious wanting of being able to hear everyone. Cortez does an excellent job of leading without necessarily leading it all. The album is titled Awakenings and given the situation it was recorded, it is an awakening indeed.


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Manchester United is already facing a battle to keep the services of Adnan Januzaj, the 18-year-old winger who scored both goals on his debut in United's 2-1 come-from-behind
win at Sunderland on Saturday, the Independent reports. Januzaj, a Beligian-Kosovan, could depart United at the end of the season in search of a bigger payday elsewhere, unless United can
come up with the right offer. According to the report, talks between United and Januzaj's father had stalled following the retirement of Alex Ferguson at the end of last
"I gave Wayne Rooney his Premier League debut, and Ross Barkley, and Adnan is certainly up there with those players in terms of quality," Manchester United coach David Moyes said of Januzaj's performance at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. "As far as debuts go, I would be surprised if even the great players in United's past have shown such promise on day one. It wasn't just the two goals, his whole game was outstanding. We know we've got a really special talent, but we'll keep his feet on the ground. He's going to be a top, top player but I had him in the reserves last week."
The Guardian report adds that several countries will be vying for the boy's services, as well: Januzaj qualifies for Belgium, Albania and Croatia.


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Police arrested a 37 year-old man in an apartment in Seri Kembangan early Monday morning and found 'seditious' t-shirts.
KUALA LUMPUR: As the countdown for the alleged protest to overthrow the government draws closer, police have begun a clampdown on possible groups, arresting a 37 year-old man in Seri Kembangan early yesterday morning.
In the 2am bust, a group of police officers from Serdang discovered 55 'seditious' t-shirts in the man's house but police sources reveal that the man arrested was not the main suspect wanted by the cops.
According to the source, the man detained is the housemate of the prime suspect who is currently at large.
"We went to the suspect's apartment in Taman Lestari Perdana at 2am following a tip-off and when we barged into the house, the man was asleep and his housemate, who is the main man, was not in the house."
"We found 55 t-shirts with various designs and styles which we felt was seditious. The 37 year-old man is currently being detained for questioning," the source said.
Among the seized items were 20 Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (API) T-shirts, seven Bersih 3.0 and 4.0 t-shirts, four Peoples Power t-shirts, and various designs with different printed tags.
Over the past week there had been some wild allegations that the New Year celebrations in the city tonight would be turned into a rally to overthrow the government, due to recent price hikes of goods and services.
The Opposition, which had planned a protest tonight, have strongly denied this claim and have said that their protest on New Year's eve is to tell the government to stop the price hikes.
They have also said that the rally was not in anyway to overthrow the government.
Hundreds of thousands of Malaysians are expected to converge in Kuala Lumpur later tonight to usher 2014. Celebrations are normally centered around Dataran Merdeka, Bukit Bintang and various other night spots in the federal capital.
Last week, two men were arrested, at separate locations, for allegedly urging the public to topple down the government as prices of goods and services had increased.
The police detained Muhamad Azan Safar, the Gerakan Turun Kos Sara Hidup (Turun) chairman, in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. Muhamad has since denied his involvement with the 'Himpunan Gulingkan Kerajaan' movement.
The cops had also arrested a 25 year-old unemployed man in Sarawak for allegedly posting a Facebook status, calling for the people to overthrow the government on New Year's eve.
He has been remanded and is currently being detained in Bukit Aman.


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Sitting through Bruno Barreto's Carried Away is a bit like watching someone defuse a bomb. A great deal of your appreciation for what you're seeing is informed by the certainty that, at any moment, the whole thing could have blown up in somebody's face.
Consider the plot: Joseph (Dennis Hopper), a middle-aged schoolteacher and part-time farmer in a rural Midwestern community, has an affair with one of his students, Catherine (Amy Locane), a sexually precocious 17-year-old stunner. Rosealee (Amy Irving), Joseph's longtime sweetheart and fellow teacher, is shattered when she learns of the relationship. Major Wheeler (Gary Busey), a retired Army officer with a penchant for hunting, isn't too wild about the news, either. He's Catherine's father.
Carried Away clearly has the potential to turn into something lurid and predictable. That it's something a great deal more substantial than a squalid shoot-'em-up melodrama is a testament to the people on both sides of the camera.
The very best thing in the movie is Hopper's surprisingly restrained performance. He plays Joseph as a man who has grown too accustomed to living inside himself, too wary of his own feelings. When Joseph responds to Catherine's come-on, Hopper makes it clear that his character isn't propelled merely by raging hormones.
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To be more specific about what happens would be to spoil the pleasure of seeing just how Barreto and his players avoid or overturn so many clichs. Amy Irving -- who co-produced the film, and is married to Barreto -- is fearlessly unglamorous and heartbreakingly poignant as Rosealee, a demure widow who's encouraged to transcend her inhibitions by the newly passionate Joseph. It should be noted that Hopper and Irving have a long, full-frontal nude scene in which their characters manage, perhaps for the first time, to be completely free and open and totally at ease with each other. At first, the scene is startling. Then it's richly comical. Then it stops being a scene, and simply is. -- Joe Leydon


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The 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo marked my return to the show after a long hiatus. I stopped going in 2005, the year my daughter was born. (Funny story: My wife was in labour while E3 was taking place, and when her young-ish anesthesiologist found out I was a game journalist he stopped what he was doing - poking a needle into my beloved's spine - looked at me, and said, "Really? Why the hell aren't you at E3, dude?")
I wasn't sure what to expect coming back to the show after so many years. The conference has been in a state of metamorphosis over the last half decade, and was at one point pared down to a much smaller and less showy affair scattered across downtown Santa Monica.
However, it felt very much the same to me as it did the last time I attended. The show floor was packed far beyond comfortable levels. Vast screens attacked attendees with wildly violent images that likely would have terrified most non-gamers while too-powerful speaker systems made both visitors and exhibitors flinch with percussive explosions and cacophonic soundtracks. Non-VIPs were forced endure hours-long lines to see some of the most popular attractions.
It was a menagerie of frothing nerds, pinstripe-suited executives, and scantily clad booth babes who knew nothing about the products they were hired to promote.
But behind the audio-visual assault and perpetual state of semi-confusion could be found some excellent and exciting interactive entertainments.
I spent quality time with the people behind dozens of fun looking games that I can't wait to play. And hands-on sessions with tantalizing new hardware from Sony and Nintendo helped me get a feel for what the future of both portable and console gaming might be like. I saw and learned more than I will going to all of the other press events that I will attend this year combined, and I was able to consume only a small fraction of what was on offer.
In short, it was useful.
That's why E3 exists the way it does. And that's why we can expect to see it continue on, warts and all, for years to come.


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TORONTO — Losses at Patheon Inc. (TSX:PTI) widened during the first quarter of fiscal 2010 despite a 5.2 per cent increase in revenues for the period, the company said Monday.
The Toronto-based contract drug maker, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, reported a net loss of US$11.1 million for the quarter ended Jan. 31, compared to a loss of $6 million recorded a year earlier.
The loss per share totalled nine cents compared to a year-earlier loss of 11 cents per share booked during the corresponding quarter of fiscal 2009.
The loss came despite an uptick in revenues, which improved to $154.8 million from $147.2 million booked the year before. Quarterly revenue levels were boosted by currency fluctuations, Patheon said. Excluding those changes, revenue would have decreased one per cent during the period.
"Our commercial operations performed reasonably well despite several disappointing supplier-related delays," Patheon chief executive Wes Wheeler said in a statement.
"However, pharmaceutical development service revenue was somewhat lower as we continued to see soft market demand, which appears to be consistent with the rest of the industry. New commercial business has been slow in coming due primarily to pending post-merger decision-making at large pharmaceutical companies."
Patheon provides contract development and manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, including hundreds of leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.


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The bill-signing at the Library of Congress was meant for the history books.
To mark the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, President Bill Clinton flourished a pen used by Dwight Eisenhower to approve the legislation that created the interstate highway system in 1957. The signing marked the birth of the "information superhighway," Clinton told his audience, opening up the highly regulated phone industry to competition and giving consumers new choices in local telephone service. One day soon, he said, rival companies will offer you low-priced packages that bring not only local telephone service, but also long distance-service, Internet access and cable television into your home for one fee.
After signing the bill on paper, Clinton picked up a digital pen and signed a second copy that was instantly sent around the world on the Internet. To mark the technological revolution promised by the new law, comedian Lily Tomlin appeared on a video link, playing her character Ernestine the telephone operator and replacing her famous "one ringie-dingie" opener with "one gigabytie."
Colorado was already exploring this new electronic frontier. In 1995 the state legislature had passed a bill sponsored by Representative Tim Foster that called for opening the local telephone market to competition. Lawmakers predicted that Colorado would be one of the first states to give the public cheap access to an array of telecom services. An alphabet soup of telephone companies announced their intent to compete with US West for local service: industry giants like AT&T and MCI WorldCom, as well as dozens of small startups that saw an opportunity to enter what had long been a monopoly market.
MCI WorldCom, which already had a calling center in Colorado Springs employing several hundred people, made ambitious plans to offer local business and residential service. In the fall of 1997, the company did a test run on residential phone service, using 2,000 employees who had volunteered to be guinea pigs.
The eight-week trial was a fiasco. Phone lines suddenly went dead, people received services they hadn't requested, and bills were scrambled. When the company put service orders through to US West, as often as not, the phone line was simply disconnected.
"The US West system failed," says Bill Levis, western states policy director for MCI WorldCom. "We began initial testing with the US West operating system to transfer service from US West over to us. That computer service never worked."
In order for any telephone in Colorado to function, it has to be linked to the US West network through a huge computer program known as the Operational Support System, or OSS. That system allows the phone company to process calls, connect with other networks and handle billing, maintenance and repair requests. Under the federal Telecommunications Act, all regional phone companies such as US West (often referred to as the "Baby Bells" after the breakup of Ma Bell almost two decades ago) are required to make the system available to competitors. But Levis insists US West has never done this.
"Their computer system still doesn't work, and they won't allow a third party to test that system," he says.
Instead of the local telephone competition promised by state and federal lawmakers, Colorado has seen bitter infighting and finger-pointing. In the past few years, US West and its competitors have filed numerous complaints and appeals with the state Public Utilities Commission, which regulates phone service in Colorado. US West has gone to court seventeen times to overturn PUC decisions mandating competition.
The state's longtime monopoly phone-service provider, which still controls 98 percent of the phone lines here, has been fighting on other fronts, too. It has secured its status as a political powerhouse, pouring money into state legislative races and into the 1998 campaign of Governor Bill Owens.
Now US West is seeking political payback. A US West-backed telecommunications bill is expected to be introduced this week in the legislature by Representative Jack Taylor of Steamboat Springs. While the final details of that legislation aren't yet known, it's certain to resemble other US West-backed bills that have been introduced in New Mexico, Oregon and several other states. Those bills call for massive deregulation of US West, giving the Baby Bell extraordinary new power to set rates without government oversight and putting in place new requirements for competitors that may stifle any hope of real competition.
The head of the Oregon utilities commission describes US West's bill in his state as a "rape of the rate-payer" and says US West hid its agenda behind a "Klingon warship cloaking device." In New Mexico, US West hired ten lobbyists, including a former governor, a former attorney general and the son of a prominent senator, to push through a similar bill.
If comparable legislation is approved in this state--and it may well be--consumer advocates warn that Colorado telephone customers will be the losers.
"It would be a disaster to consumers to deregulate US West in every market," says Ken Reif, director of the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel. "One of the worst things you can do is to allow a monopoly to be deregulated when there's no competition. Then you have the worst of all possible worlds: an unregulated monopoly."
An unregulated monopoly that stands to make millions, which explains US West's full-court press in the Colorado statehouse. In its proposed measure for Colorado, US West promises to invest millions of dollars in rural areas, a plan that appeals to legislators like Taylor, who fear their constituents may be left out of the telecom revolution. But the Baby Bell isn't just vowing to spend money in the future: It's spending hundreds of thousands right now. The company has hired so many lobbyists and flexed so much muscle this year that even veteran politicians are astonished.
"We've had some discussion about renaming the Senate chamber 'the Senate chamber brought to you by US West,'" says Senate Minority Leader Mike Feeley, US West's most prominent critic in the legislature.
Will Coloradans ever see real competition for their local phone service? Other states, most notably New York, are far ahead of Colorado in opening up their local phone markets. But for Coloradans, the promises made three years ago are still nothing but rhetoric. Instead of trying to win over new customers, US West and its competitors have spent their time in endless skirmishes in the courts, before the PUC and in the legislature. And if the measure expected to be introduced this week passes, the fighting will become even more intense.
"Now the only real competition is for lawyers," says Levis.
Even though there are now 22 companies offering some type of local phone service in Colorado, almost all of the competition for customers is focused on business districts along the Front Range. Businesses are heavy users of telecom services, and phone companies can make far more money on business lines than on residential ones.
According to US West, its rivals are "cherry picking" lucrative business customers in downtown Denver and the Denver Tech Center, with no intention of ever serving residences or rural areas.
"If you have new competitors coming in and only taking the cream of the crop, who's there to help the little guy?" asks David Beigie, spokesman for US West. "When it comes to serving people in rural areas and minority neighborhoods, they're not interested."
Beigie claims the competition now under way for business customers in Denver threatens US West's ability to provide telecom services to the rest of Colorado. "A lot of our valued customers are leaving," says Beigie. "What that means is that we have less money to serve the rest of our customers. They're going to take all that money, and none of it will be invested in rural or poor areas."
As a regulated monopoly, US West is required by the PUC to be the "provider of last resort" for rural areas in Colorado, meaning that the company must provide service if no one else does. Under this system, rural rate-payers pay the same basic rate--$14.93--as urban residents, even though it costs US West far more to serve rural areas.
Many of the companies now competing against US West acknowledge that their first priority is to serve business customers, but they say that's part of the evolution of competition. New phone companies naturally go after the most profitable accounts first, they say, and once the business market has been tapped out, those companies will be eager to jump into the residential market.
Still, if they can't find a way to connect to the US West system, these rivals warn, they'll never be able to offer service to homes in Colorado.
"It's part of our business plan to offer local residential service to all our customers nationwide," says Carolyn Berthelette, spokeswoman for MCI WorldCom. "But now, if you send US West hundreds of change orders, their system crashes."
US West's competitors point to the opening of the long-distance market as an example of how alternatives to the monopoly take time to put down roots.
"In the 1970s, the long-distance market became open to competition," notes Greg Allen, who is in charge of government affairs in AT&T's western region. "The new entrants resold AT&T's long-distance minutes. From day one, they were able to serve residents and businesses." The new competitors eventually put their profits back into equipment, and now there are several long-distance companies that have full-blown independent networks.
Several factors make the creation of competitive local phone service more difficult, Allen adds. The easiest way to generate local competition would be for US West's competitors to "resell" its service, like AT&T did. Under this scenario, a competitor would simply slap its name on service that was being handled entirely by US West's network.
While AT&T was required to give discounts of as much as 50 percent to its competitors, the profit margin on local service is smaller, and most Baby Bells like US West only offer discounts on resale in the 18 percent range. "With those types of discounts, you can't resell local service profitably," says Allen.
That leaves companies like his with only two options to get into the local market: They can build their own system--a multi-billion-dollar undertaking--or try to lease pieces of the US West network.
AT&T recently bought the Denver-based cable-television empire TCI for $48 billion. The TCI purchase was the latest in a series of mergers that have shaken up the telecom world, as huge corporations try to win the upper hand in the technologically volatile information age. Many of those companies are convinced that the first provider who can offer local and long-distance phone service, Internet access and cable in one package will dominate the marketplace and reap billions in annual profits.
"The customer wants one-stop shopping," says Allen.
Cable-television wires can be upgraded to carry telephone service, something AT&T plans to do, but that will cost billions of dollars and take years to implement. For now, AT&T, like most of the other local providers, is dependent on trying to lease part of the US West operating system so that calls can be routed to their customers. And that, according to several different phone companies, is exactly where the problem lies.
"We have 100 customers waiting to be connected," says Sue Williams, spokeswoman for Next Link, which offers service in metro Denver. "We have a lot of held orders because US West doesn't have the interconnection facilities we need. It takes sixty to ninety days for them to be connected. That's our biggest bottleneck."
Williams believes US West is intentionally delaying the connections to frustrate competition.
"If there's not enough capacity, our customers will reach a busy signal," she says. "A customer who just came over to Next Link would think, 'This never happened with US West.' We have to take the blame."
US West's Beigie scoffs at his competitors' claims that they don't have full access to Colorado's telephone network. He says it's just a pretext for them to avoid serving residential customers.
"How is it that the system works for them when they're serving a lucrative business customer but not for a little person in a town they don't want to serve?" he asks. "It's an excuse-of-the-month club."
Competitors insist they can offer business service now only because businesses will tolerate delays in getting hooked up in return for substantial savings. To make a profit in the less-profitable residential market, they say they'd have to put through thousands of new orders at one time, and US West's system would fail.
MCI WorldCom couldn't risk offering residential service, says Levis, since customers would blame any malfunctions on them. The company offers service to large businesses in downtown Denver and the Denver Tech Center through its fiber-optic network, but Levis says MCI WorldCom can't begin to serve small-business and residential customers until it has dependable access to the US West network.
"We want to make sure when we offer local service that it's at least as good as our long-distance service," he adds.
One local company is actively marketing residential telephone service in Colorado. McLeod USA serves several medium-sized cities along the Front Range, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont and parts of Boulder. McLeod grew so frustrated trying to access US West's operating system, it opted instead for a thirty-year-old automated system known as Centrex.
For years large companies have used Centrex, which simply lets heavy telephone users control the lines into their offices. McLeod sells space on its Centrex system to residential users. The company's rates are the same as US West's, but customers get three-way calling, call waiting and call transfer for free.
"It's no secret we've had some disagreements with US West," says Dave Conn, McLeod's vice president for regulatory affairs. "We've had several cases before the PUC where we think US West has treated us unfairly."
Consumer advocates call US West the most belligerent of all the Baby Bells in resisting competition. At the same time, its competitors' complaints about gaining access to its network are echoed across the country. New York State has made the most progress in opening up its market, in large part because regulators decided to bring in a neutral third party to oversee Bell Atlantic's operating system.
That third party, international accounting firm KPMG, has found that linking Bell Atlantic's network to its rivals was far more complicated than they expected. Engineers with KPMG have spent seven months testing the system, which has failed forty times during that period. But Bell Atlantic has made enough progress getting the system to work for competitors that it may be on the verge of receiving the ultimate reward from federal and state officials: permission to offer long-distance service.
The federal Telecommunications Act tried to give the Baby Bells an incentive to open up their operating systems to rival phone companies: Congress said that if the Baby Bells cooperated with their competitors, they would be allowed to sell long-distance service to their customers. It was hoped that the opportunity to reap new profits from selling long-distance would encourage the former telephone monopolies to work with their challengers.
In February, MCI WorldCom began offering service to local businesses and residential customers throughout New York. That state's consumers will be the first in the country to enjoy real competition for their local telephone service. MCI is offering local service at a 5 percent discount off of Bell Atlantic's standard rates. Regulators in Texas are also moving quickly to open up that state's local telephone market.
Competing telephone carriers in Colorado are now demanding a solution similar to the one in New York, with a third party overseeing US West's operating system. "Right now we have a fox in charge of the hen house," says AT&T's Allen. "Giving the company that's losing market share administrative authority is a losing proposition."
Many consumer advocates agree. "If United Airlines owned all the runways out at Denver International Airport, that would be a real problem," says Ken Reif. "Here, US West owns the network. The Telecommunications Act underestimated the difficulties with this."
In January, the PUC ruled that there should be third-party testing of US West's operating network and told US West and its rivals to come up with a list of suitable firms that both sides could trust to test the system. The PUC will soon choose a company to conduct trial testing.
US West's challengers, however, fear that state lawmakers may kill off phone competition before it really begins. "They're trying to get from the legislators what they couldn't get from the regulators," Allen says of US West. "The greatest fear for the consumer is that the legislative process picks winners and losers and denies consumers the benefits of competition."
US West's efforts to change the rules governing the phone industry have made front-page news across the company's fourteen-state territory.
The US West-backed bills introduced in Oregon, Utah, New Mexico and Washington call for freeing the company of government regulation. In return, US West promises to cap rates and invest in telecommunications services for rural areas.
US West has been pushing these bills--hard. The most sensational allegations against the Baby Bell come from Utah, where the company has been accused of using a $5 million contribution toward the 2002 winter Olympics to get Governor Mike Leavitt to support its legislative agenda.
In the wake of the Olympic corruption scandal--Utah supporters of the games admitted offering cash and goods to members of the Olympic site-selection committee--US West said it was withdrawing its multi-million-dollar support of the games. But on January 16 the company announced it was renewing its commitment to the Olympics, and two days later, Leavitt endorsed US West's bill in the state legislature.
After consumer advocates accused the governor of being bought off, however, an angry Leavitt withdrew his support.
In Oregon and Washington, the company's proposal has been attacked by public utilities commissioners. The chairman of the Oregon Public Utility Commission, Ron Eachus, has been giving speeches around the state describing the company as "US Worst" and accusing it of engaging in "economic blackmail."
The New Mexico state Senate passed the bill by one vote after the unprecedented US West lobbying blitz that brought ten full-time lobbyists to Santa Fe, including former governor Toney Anaya and former attorney general Hal Stratton. The company made sure to include both Democrats and Republicans among its all-star cast of professional ear-benders. The bill now sits on the desk of Republican governor Gary Johnson, awaiting a signature.
In Colorado, US West spent thousands of dollars in last November's election, helping to make sure one of its favorite former legislators, Republican Bill Owens, made it into the governor's office. Owens received $1,000 contributions--the legal maximum--from US West's political action committee, several of the company's executives and a host of lobbyists and lawyers who represent US West. The company also gave freely to dozens of state legislators, pouring more than $12,500--most of it in $200 chunks--into the campaigns of politicians in both parties.
Recipients of the company's largesse included Speaker of the House Russell George, House Majority Leader Doug Dean and Senate Majority Leader Tom Blickensderfer.
AT&T and MCI also made political contributions, but their efforts were far more modest.
And just in case their efforts to elect friendly legislators weren't enough, US West also assembled the most high-powered legislative lobbying team in recent memory. In the unfolding legislative battle, the phone giant's biggest coup thus far has been recruiting well-known lobbyist Steve Durham. Durham had previously represented the Coalition for Fair Telecommunication Policy, which is made up of US West's competitors. Durham's defection to the other side was a huge blow to the coalition, since he has numerous ties to legislators and is widely regarded as an expert on telecom issues.
"Steve Durham has helped a lot of people get elected," says Mike Feeley. "We're going to have a hell of a fight on our hands."
Disclosure forms filed with the state show that US West is paying Durham $48,000 a year for his services, although he's likely collecting more, since only a portion of lobbyists' income has to be reported. Besides Durham, US West has hired a stellar crew of professional skid-greasers, including Frank "Pancho" Hays, Karen Reinertson, Wally Stealey and the powerhouse law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Strickland.
Bill Owens was the clear favorite of US West in the governor's race. The company and its top executives--including former CEO Dick McCormick and his wife, Mary, as well as Kevin Smith, who runs the company's Colorado division--made numerous contributions to Owens. (Those donations were mostly in the $500 range, a figure that wouldn't bust the bank for US West's busy execs. McCormick received a $24.5 million "golden parachute" when he retired last year, and new CEO Sol Trujillo recently got a 19 percent raise, upping his annual salary to $1.4 million.)
US West also docks the paychecks of several dozen of its top executives to fund its political action committee. For instance, McCormick contributed $272 per month while he was with the company, and Trujillo currently donates $97 per month.
Direct contributions to candidates are now capped in Colorado as a result of a 1996 initiative approved by voters. To get around those limits, big spenders last year poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into political "education" groups that were technically independent of candidates but still spent money promoting their campaigns. Those contributions are exempt from disclosure requirements, so it's not known who funded the efforts. But many political veterans believe that US West put money into Centennial Spirit, an "educational" group that worked to elect Republican candidates, including Owens.
"I would suggest that much of that money came from US West," says Helen Anderson, who worked as AT&T's lobbyist in the State Capitol for fifteen years before retiring last year.
Anderson says Owens has been a friend of US West's for years. "He's always been their boy," she says. "During the whole time I was there, I can't remember a single time he voted with our coalition."
US West's favored status in the Owens administration was highlighted during the January inaugural ball, where local companies lined up to buy expensive sponsorship tables. US West donated $50,000 to the event, more than any other company, and US West bigwigs like Trujillo enjoyed a private reception with the new governor.
Owens spokesman Dick Wadhams says the governor hasn't taken a position on the telecom issue. "He won't get involved until something arrives on his desk," says Wadhams. He also insists that Owens is not in the pocket of US West, adding that the governor "has an open mind on telecom issues."
But many consumer advocates question why a regulated utility needs to spend so much money trying to influence legislation.
"They have a multi-billion-dollar cash cow that we've paid for, and they use that money to fund political campaigns," says Chuck Malick of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group. "I've always felt that it's a problem that a government-protected monopoly makes these kinds of contributions."
US West knew that this legislative session would be important to its continued profit potential. Early in the session, minority leader Feeley introduced a bill that would give the PUC authority to levy substantial fines against US West if the commission finds the company hasn't allowed competitors access to its operating system. That measure, which was passed by the Senate and is being considered by the House, is supported by US West's challengers.
Jack Taylor's yet-to-be-introduced bill, on the other hand, may call for removing the company from significant government oversight.
Since the bill is still being written, Taylor says he can't discuss it. "Until I get that legislation done, I don't want to get into the nuts and bolts of it," says Taylor.
However, Westword has obtained an early draft of the bill that reveals the general direction in which Taylor is heading. The bill is similar to the pro-US West legislation that has been introduced in other states. The draft calls for deregulating much of US West's business, including in-state long distance, directory assistance and private lines that are used by Internet service providers. It would also free the company from any regulation of advanced services, which include high-speed Internet lines, voice mail, caller ID and other features.
"It's a blank check for US West," says a state regulator.
The draft bill would leave in place a freeze on residential rates that US West has already agreed to. (Ironically, just a few years ago, the company was claiming it urgently needed to hike residential rates ["Dial "M' For Monopoly," July 11, 1996].) But the proposal has a large loophole that would allow the phone company to hike those rates in the future. By deregulating depreciation--an accounting term that refers to the decrease in value of a company's property through wear and tear--US West would be able to set its own depreciation rate and let customers pick up the bill.
"If they depreciate as fast as they can, the higher costs can be passed on to consumers," says Malick.
The draft would also require all phone companies to offer both business and residential service, a provision that US West's competitors say might drive them out of Colorado. "We won't be able to offer business service, because we can't comply with that requirement," says AT&T's Allen.
Much of Taylor's bill is geared toward rural Colorado. The draft would require that all advanced services available in urban areas also be offered to rural residents. That means someone who lives in Rangely would have the right to the same high-speed Internet access enjoyed by a business in the Tech Center. The multi-million-dollar cost of such a plan would be borne by rate-payers.
While phone companies are eager to hook up urban areas, they often see rural Colorado as a financial sinkhole. Taylor says his constituents want to have the same choices as people in Denver. "The farther out you go, the less quality, quantity and speed you have," he adds. "I want to improve that on a statewide basis."
One proposal reportedly being considered by Taylor would hike the average phone bill in Colorado by 30 percent to pay for those rural upgrades. People on both sides of the telecom issue agree that there needs to be some way to help fund service in rural Colorado, but many say it's not fair to ask Denver residents to pay substantially higher phone bills to fund high-speed Internet service in Cortez.
"How much do we think we should spend on this?" asks Reif. "It's a very thorny problem, and it all comes down to dollars."
US West's strategy to help push through Taylor's bill will revolve around a pitch to rural legislators. In the other states where similar bills have been introduced, the company promised to spend $40 million per year to improve rural telecom service. The company will make the argument that it is the only telephone company with a commitment to serving rural areas.
US West's Beigie says rural Colorado is in "horrible danger" of losing out in the new world of telecommunications.
"Right now our competitors can ignore these customers," he says. "All the competitive focus is put on those with the most money. Durango would like to be able to compete for services, but these companies just focus on downtown Denver and the Tech Center. They just go after the best of the best customers. It's a very clever strategy on their part."
In the meantime, however, US West has been discarding some of these same rural customers. The company recently announced that it intends to sell off 500,000 rural telephone lines in ten states. Cities the phone company plans to abandon in Colorado include Alamosa, Crested Butte, Fairplay, Gunnison, Leadville and Salida. US West says it will use the cash from those sales to invest in areas where it's being challenged by competitors.
"It makes you question their sincerity," the OCC's Reif says. "Generally, the only reason they're serving rural areas is because they have to. They've deployed their advanced services in urban areas first."
Promising similar services to rural legislators is one way to win votes on the deregulation proposal. "They really play on the emotions of rural legislators and whip them up into a frenzy," says Feeley. "They're trying to steamroll it. They'll use every emotional argument they can muster to make people think the world will end if US West doesn't provide them with phone service."
While Front Range lawmakers dominate the General Assembly, rural legislators still control a significant block of seats--thirteen in the House and seven in the Senate. Now Colorado's elected officials will have to decide if they really want the marketplace competition they support in theory.
"We expect it to be a war," says COPIRG's Malick. "I'm terrified that we're about to deregulate a monopoly when we don't have local competition. This is like the Titanic, a sinking ship for consumers."
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A few weeks ago, Malick himself found out just how overboard US West has gone. When Colorado's in-state long-distance market was opened to competition on February 8, Malick tried to switch his in-state carrier. A US West sales agent told him that a "freeze" had been placed on his account, and he couldn't choose another company for that service without getting the freeze lifted.
Like thousands of other people, Malick had asked US West to freeze his out-of-state long-distance service so he wouldn't fall victim to "slamming," the practice of some long-distance companies that switch customers' accounts without permission. But Malick, a veteran consumer activist who frequently lobbies the state legislature on telecom issues, was startled to discover that US West had unilaterally extended that freeze to include his in-state long-distance as well.
He had to haggle with US West to get the freeze lifted.
"For me, it was a big hassle," says Malick. "If I didn't know how this industry works, I would have hung up and forgot about it. But if they make it hard for people to switch, it can be big money for them."
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Durango voters should have received mail-in ballots proposing two amendments to the City Charter. To count, ballots must be received in City Hall no later than 7 p.m. Tuesday. If you are a registered voter and did not receive a ballot, contact the City Clerks Office at 375-5010.
The amendments address two issues: expansion of the electorate for votes on utility franchise agreements and naming of the official responsible for managing such an election.
The substantive issue concerns who votes in franchise agreement elections. In April, when voters narrowly rejected the proposed franchise agreement between the city and La Plata Electric Association, one concern was the City Charter specification that only property taxpayers were eligible to vote. That provision disenfranchised the many registered voters who are renters, most of whom would pay the proposed franchise fee on their electric bills. It also disenfranchised others, such as my wife and me, for whom legal ownership of their property resides in a trust.
The primary purpose of the July 31 special election is to correct this unfairness and remove the associated objection to approving franchise agreements in the future. In particular, the City Council is very likely to bring back to the voters in November a new franchise agreement with LPEA. Without the revenue provided by such an agreement essentially rent of city rights-of-way for delivery of electricity the city will have to cut nearly $1 million from future annual budgets. Such a cut would come on top of the significant downsizing that took place during the recession. At public meetings in May, attendees overwhelmingly preferred restoring the franchise agreement to further cutting city services.
The second City Charter amendment is a housekeeping issue, naming the city clerk as the official responsible for managing franchise elections, in preference to the city treasurer, a position that no longer exists.
Please vote yes on both City Charter amendments.


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Froch vs Bute Results: After KO, Former Champ Deserves a Title RematchMay 26, 2012
Carl Froch has made it clear that he should be next in line to take on Andre Ward. He dominated Lucian Bute in their IBF super middleweight bout, scoring a fifth-round KO.
Ward is the WBA and WBC super middleweight champion and has a planned September 8 match against light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson.
Should Ward come out on top, a rematch with Froch could allow the WBA, WBC and IBF titles to fall to the best fighter in the weight class.
Froch's shot at Ward does have one stumbling block in addition to the pending fight against Dawson.
It wasn't easy to convince Bute to travel to Froch's hometown of Nottingham, England. Bute had mostly defended his titles in Montreal or his hometown of Quebec City, Canada.
But there was a rematch clause. "Froch said he believes that Bute's decision to come to Nottingham was made because he has a rematch clause in his contract in the event that he loses, and that the rematch would be in Canada," per an ESPN report.
After the beating Bute took on Saturday night, he might prefer to pass.
Froch clearly won the first two rounds and then made a run at Bute in Round 3. Bute called him on it, a challenge he likely regrets at this point.
Froch basically ended the fight in the third with one barrage after another. Bute stumbled into his corner and tried to ready himself for the rest of the fight.
Round 4 was better for Bute, but he didn't have the stamina to make it out of the fifth. Froch brought a hard attack and left Bute wobbly in the Capital FM Arena ropes.
Froch made it clear he isn't ready to retire...an option he had strongly considered if he came out on the losing end in this fight.
Instead, Froch will be looking at securing one more title fight. If Ward beats Dawson, Froch would be able to avenge his loss to Ward in the Finals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic last December.
A match against Dawson should still serve as a unification of the super middleweight belts, as the undefeated Ward is expected to put his title on the line in that bout.
For now, "The Cobra" can revel in the rebirth of his career. He was a dominating presence and looked better than ever in this fight.


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By Holly Reisem Hanna
Recently a woman in my local blogging group asked:
"Anyone know much about tweeting? Good "get started how to's??" I want to drive more traffic to blog and Etsy store … thanks in advance".
Because so many of you have asked similar questions about Twitter, I thought it would be a good day to discuss how you can use Twitter for building your business and getting traffic to your blog.
For those you who are not familiar with Twitter, it is a social network that allows you to send out mini updates, or in Twitter lingo, "tweets" in 140 characters or less. Unlike Facebook, Twitter is a very basic, fast moving conversation, where profiles contain limited amounts of information, and individuals don't need permission to be your "friend".
So how do you use this fast moving social network to drive traffic to your blog and market your business?
Add Your Blog's RSS Feed
Because Twitter is such a basic platform, you'll need to use some third-party applications to help manage your account. The first thing you'll want to do is to sign up for a Hootsuite account; here you can add your blog's RSS feed and it will automatically push out new blog posts for you, hence driving traffic to your blog. You can also use Hootsuite to schedule tweets, reply to conversations, and you can even sync it up with other social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn, allowing you to manage all of your accounts in one place.
Join a Tribe
To get more eyes on your blog posts, you'll want individuals to re-tweet (RT) your content. While some of this sharing will happen organically, it can be helpful if you're part of tribe that helps to spread each other's content on Twitter. Triberr another third-party application, allows individuals to do just that, but automatically. How it works is each tribe member has their RSS feed linked into Triberr, then on a daily basis members login to Triberr and approve or deny tweets from their tribe. Once tweets are approved, they are automatically staggered and scheduled for publication on your Twitter stream. Triberr allows your blog posts to be seen by more people, by collectively working together for greater exposure.
Get Even More Eyes on Your Blog
Just ReTweet is a community where individuals share each other's content and by doing so they earn credits. So if you have a blog post that you would like shared by community, simply add the tweet, the amount of credits you're willing to give each member for sharing the tweet and you're done. Credits can be earned easily by following, re-tweeting and filling out your account information… however credits can also be purchased giving you more Twitter RT power. The one thing I really like about this community is, because it is set up through a rewards system, individuals are more likely to share and participate, where a lot of other communities seem to be based on popularity and self service.
Offer Something of Value
I'm personally not a big fan of automated direct messages on Twitter, but with this said, I've seen a few companies do automated messages really well. To set up an automatic direct message, you'll need to use a third-party application called Social Oomph. What happens is when someone new follows you on Twitter, you can send them an automatic direct message using Social Oomph. But a word of warning, if you're going to do this you need to offer the individual something of significant value – a coupon for 10% off or free shipping could be enticing. I've also seen a couple of ladies offer free promotion on their blogs through a direct message, not sure if they do it anymore, but check out @AnaTrafficCafe and @katiefreiling for some good examples.
Join the Conversation
While I've mentioned a bunch of different tools and techniques for building your business and blog traffic on Twitter, by far the best way to market yourself is to join the conversation and build relationships. Just like in face to face encounters, you need to be gracious, respectful and genuine. Ask questions, reply to queries, thank individuals for RTs and always remember to give more than you take. One fun way to do this is to join a Twitter Chat, these are generally scheduled conversations around a certain topic. In fact, my good friend Melissa just wrote a post on a bunch on different Twitter Chats you can get involved with.
Just like anything else, marketing your blog and business on Twitter takes time, effort and consistency, but if you join in the conversation and focus on building relationships the rest will fall into place.
And if you're interested you can find me @Holly_Hanna. What's your Twitter handle?


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However, there has been a little confusion on the new menu choices. 'Seize the Deal' still has an active main deal each day just like before, but new deals galore have been added to the website as well, you just have to know where to look!
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