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5 Principles of User-Centered Interface Design

Oh Google Maps… where would I be without thee?

Probably still driving down a back road half way to New Mexico by now. And all I wanted was to go to the corner store.

But this isn’t an article on my lack of navigational skills. It’s about how we all like to know how to get around without getting lost. And when I’m using a website, computer program, video game, or anything else that requires me to interface with a piece of software, I also like to know how to get around without getting lost.

Thankfully, we live in a world where subjects like user-experience design and user-interface design are established enough disciplines that we feel inclined to shorten them to UX/UI design and people still know what we are talking about. Yet it’s amazing how many times I still find myself on a website and feel my frustration level rising because I can’t figure out how to do what seems to me should be a simple task. Sometimes I really do want to go to New Mexico, but all I’m given is directions to the corner store.

I’ve outlined below 5 principles of user-centered interface design, principles to help our websites and applications keep us on track. I am most familiar with website and mobile interfaces, but really these principles can be applied to any interface, or anytime someone has a point of contact with a digital or mechanical system. An interface can be a navigation menu, a search field, a dialog box, a selection pointer, a tools palette, a drag-and-drop feature, a web form, a simple button, and so much more. An interface is also the power button on your computer, and the volume knob on your stereo. And the touchscreen of your iPad. Interfaces are the layers through which we humans interact with our machines. In my world of web design, interfaces are so important because regardless of a website’s content, if someone can’t navigate easily around your site, that great content may never be found. And the world may never know about the video of your seriously… cutest… kitten… ever.

Now at first glance the principles below may seem rather obvious. Even so, it never hurts to re-emphasize the obvious when it comes to web design best practices. How many times have you needed to just get a website out the door and been tempted to skip over providing alt attributes for those last couple of images you’re using? Resist the temptation! And sometimes even things that seem to be obvious turn out to have been not so obvious at first. If this wasn’t true then all the interfaces out there would be easy to use and there wouldn’t be any need for people like me to write an article stating the obvious. Okay, you’ve waited long enough, on to the principles…

Principle #1: Understand Your Users and Support Their Goals

Mitchell Kapor wrote a Software Design Manifesto back in 2002, and there is a quote from this paper that I still like to use:

“If a user interface is designed ‘after the fact’ it is like designing an automobile dashboard after the engine, chassis, and all other components and functions are specified.”

Now at first glance you might be thinking no big deal, a car’s dashboard or website’s interface can be designed once you have all your core components and functionality built. But this will usually get you into trouble. Why? Because your users aren’t interacting directly with your core components – they are experiencing your system, and all that it can do for them, through the interfaces that you provide. And if these interfaces are designed after the fact, it’s almost impossible for them to be able to meet all your users’ goals. In other words, you need to first understand your users – their needs and objectives – in order to create an interface that allows them to effectively access your system’s functionality.

The important questions to ask then in creating a user-centered interface are: Who are the users? What are the main functions that the user will need? Why is the user using this particular piece of software/hardware and what are their goals? Is the software/hardware accessible by users of different experience levels? What is the most intuitive way that the user could interact with the software/hardware?

Principle #2: Make Your Interface Easy to Learn and Enjoyable to Use

For the typical iPhone owner, they don’t care about the brilliance of the software and hardware engineering that went into creating their device, they just know that it is easy and enjoyable to use. Finger swipe, tap, two-finger pinch, slingshot an angry bird. You can bet that Apple never creates anything without first considering how people will interface with their products, and I would guess that a prevailing philosophy of user-centered design at all levels of their product development lifecycle is a big reason for Apple’s success.

For websites, creating an interface that is enjoyable to use may seem less obvious, unless you are creating a complex interface for a Flash game, but being enjoyable can be as simple as a navigation structure that is straight-forward and intuitive. Even so, with more and more applications moving to the cloud and our browser becoming our operating system, creating effective, easy and enjoyable interfaces for our web products has never been more important. I recently switched from desktop based wireframing software (Axure, Omnigraffle) to an online application called Lucid Chart, and the transition was seamless because the authors made sure to create a web interface that is easy to use and familiar to those migrating from desktop programs.

Principle #3: Remain Consistent

An important concept to help the user maintain a sense of spatial orientation, and sanity, is to remain consistent. From the user’s perspective, this means not only a consistent look and feel to a system’s interfaces, but also that actions performed on the interface result in expected outcomes. If the same action is repeated, the system needs to respond in a consistent manner.

I still occasionally come across the odd website that actually changes the order of its nav bar or sub-nav links depending on what page you are on on their site. To me this is the equivalent of switching your car’s gas and brake pedals depending on whether you are driving on the highway or a side road. Interfaces need to remain consistent so that they can fade into the background and not require any higher level of concentration to use.

Principle #4: Form a Dialog with Your Users

I like an interface that speaks to me. Not literally speak to me (although that might be nice too), but an interface that uses terms that make sense and gives me feedback when I need it.

In order to ensure that we don’t get lost and can always find what we are looking for, it’s important for an interface to be labeled properly. Everyone understands what a “home” button should do in a nav bar, but not every menu label is always this obvious. For example, let’s say you have a multi-user game on your website that allows people to compete against each other, move up and down leaderboards, chat, form groups, etc. Do you put this game under the “Multimedia” or “Community” category in your nav if those are your only two options? This is when techniques like card sorting can help you figure out the best navigational structure.

A feedback mechanism is also crucial for effective interface design: the user needs to feel that their actions have meaning. We are all familiar with filling out and submitting an online form, for example, but have you ever clicked the submit button and just had the page refresh and be presented with the empty form again? Then you are forced to ask if your information went through, was there an error, should I fill out the form again to make sure? Don’t leave any doubt in your user’s mind – give them feedback for their actions. Thank you for your inquiry, someone will get back to you just as soon as we get back from our Starbucks run.

Principle #5: Be Problem Free

The quickest way to inhibit enjoyment is to create frustration over simple interface and navigation issues. If you’re like me, testing is never the most fun part of the process, but it is vitally important. It’s a competitive marketplace out there, and if your system’s interface has noticeable bugs you risk losing your users, perhaps forever, no matter how good your content is. Interface problems can be more than just software bugs, however, as a poorly designed interface is still a major issue. A good way to test your interface is by watching people use your system in a real-world scenario. Are they able to navigate around and achieve their objectives with relative easy? Is your interface intuitive to both experienced and less experienced computer users?

I will forgive a website for having small interface problems that may make me shake my head a little, but time is a limited resource, and if too many problems are interfering with the tasks I am trying to accomplish, sorry, but I’m moving on.

I have a secret to share. I’m a sucker for a beautiful looking website. But the truth is, at the end of the day, a site’s visual aesthetics will more than likely have nothing to do with it’s success or failure. If a site looks good, my attention is captured and I can take pleasure in the design, but then it quickly boils down to whether the site can do for me what I want it to. Key factors for determining a website’s success are its usability and utility. Content is king, of course, but content needs to be found and accessed.

So I hope that you will consider these 5 principles of user-centered interface design on your current and future projects. There are, of course, many more principles than just these five, but that’s what books on UX design are for. I’m just hoping to give you some food for thought, or to re-emphasize what you already know, so we can all work towards building a world with better interfaces!

The great thing about user-centered interface design is that it never sits still. It incorporates so many different disciplines – hardware and software engineering, ergonomics, psychology, sociology, linguistics, computer science, etc. – that it is an evolving and ever-growing subject, and to fully grasp the intricacies involved means that we can never stop researching and learning about it.

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    Great article! thx :)

  • Chech

    Just  a comment on the design of this blog. I like the clouds, however having them move during a scroll is distracting. Making background ‘fixed’ would have a nice affect.

  • mansky

    Maybe #2 is KISS in disguise. Example: here in SoCal, Trader Joe’s, a great specialty grocery store, has an awkward point-of-sale card swipe. Among its many problems is that, at least for debit card users, one must negotiate a six-screen interaction to choose card type, enter security code, accept or pass on getting cash, accept or pass on the sales amount. The terminal is a capacitive-touch system that requires a stylus, but half the customers use their fingers, to greater or lesser success (and the security code requires a keypad entry). Go to any Target (almost as numerous as TJs), and you’ll answer only one question – do you want to pay this amount?

    Fewer steps, simple (single mode) interface – Keep It Simple, Stupid.

  • Mani Sheriar

    I have to say I found it a bit amusing that an article on user-centered interface design started with five paragraphs of text (a few of them quite big) before getting into anything that I could scan or take in bit-sized, as we users are keen to do.  ;)

    • Adrian Jones

      Haha perhaps that is a valid comment. Although I would argue that an article isn’t really an interface, it’s content. What you are referring to is more the psychology on how we consume written information… do we read from start to finish, or rather scan everything at a higher level to find the bits of information that most interest us? A bit of both, I suspect. Perhaps an index at the beginning of the article would help with this, but I don’t think it’s really long enough to warrant it. Thoughts?

  • Gordon Currie

    Great Article Adrian! Excellent points. Greetings from Dawson Creek, in Northern BC. Go Canucks!

  • Anonymous

    I really like this post because I’ve been on the receiving end of bad inconsistent UX design, and I had the feeling the app or website owner didn’t care that they put out a crappy product.  I’m a founder of startup and my background and orientation is as information architect and developer, not as a “user experience” guru.  These principles I can take to heart even if I’m not a UX designer.

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    Excellent post for aspiring web designers. I tried finding something helpful like this on http://www.yocto-web-development.com

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    I connected to this article via Design View #92. I almost didn’t bother, as the other article I read from the same issue was slower than molasses on my MacBook Pro, using Chrome. I have not experienced a site this unresponsive to basic user input (mouse scroll and keyboard) in the 20+ years I’ve been a web developer.

    I’m a regular visitor to this site and this behaviour is new. PLEASE bring this issue to the attention of your QA folks, it makes the site impossible to use.

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  • Estevez Halivud

    Some example and antiexample would be good. This general tip things relly suckx.

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    Excellent piece. Too much of this is too often overlooked. But you should revisit the use of “seemless” …I think you want “seamless.”

  • David Burgess

    Thanks for the article and tips.I almost always seriously doubt that anyone who ever designed a piece of software or web site had to actually use it…. and no one seems to even care that their wonderful all singing all dancing web site looks horrible on a mobile device and is impossible to use. – There I said it.

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    nice point, but the blog background (vertical stripes) is really disturbing …

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On May 9th, 1972, President Nixon authorized Operation Linebacker which was the title of the U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 air interdiction campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The purpose of Operation Linebacker was to halt or slow the transportation of supplies and materials from the Easter Offensive which the North Vietnamese Army launched on March 30th, 1972 against South Vietnam. Linebacker was the first continuous bombing effort conducted against North Vietnam since the bombing halt instituted by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968.
Can the Peoples Army of Vietnam continue the assault towards Saigon and push the United States out of the war? Will the U.S. Navy and United States Marine Corps push the Peoples Army of Vietnam back North and save their South Vietnamese allies?
It’s up to you!  Pick the side you would like to play for and experience SOV Productions version of Operation Linebacker on September 13th, 2014 at Skirmish USA!!!!!
  • Navy Admiral- Chris Frack of Team Task Force Black
  • Marine X.O.- Jim O’Connor of Team Valor
North Vietnamese Army (NVA)
  • North Vietnamese General- Seamus Mariarz of Team War Machine
  • North Vietnamese X.O.-   Jeff Holland 1st Fallschmeigers
  • $39.99 a person
  • $34.99 a person for a group registration for 20 plus..
  • $74 for a case of paint – two types of paintballs will be available for this game.
Check-in: 9:30 A.M.
Game Begins at 11:00 A.M.
Game Ends  5:00 P.M.

Game rules:

 Demolition Rules

Each General will have up to 2 tanks per side.  Each tank must be accompanied by a skirmish ref while on the game map.   One hit by a LAW rocket, dynamite or paint grenade will disable the tanks movement for a period of five minutes.  A second hit will eliminate the tank and it will have to return to its insertion point and wait a period of 15 minutes.  If a second hit is not achieved within the 5 minute time frame, the tank will be considered repaired and can move on its way.

**Important** the tank may still use its main gun and markers while it is disabled.

Each team may have up to 3 Demolition specialists (LAW men) on field at once.  Generals will be given 3 Demo Cards to hand out as they see fit.  Players carrying a launcher MUST have this card in order for the hits to count.  The General and XO can reassign this card throughout the day if needed.

**Important** only manufactured launchers are allowed (Metaldyne, JCS etc) no homemade jobs!
All launchers must be chronod to Skirmish rules (TBD)
**Important** make sure the Demo players gets a refs attention before shooting: “YO REF!!”

Bunker Busting

Bunker busting rules will be in effect for this game.  All manmade structures including log bunkers will be in play for this.  If a rocket hits a structure, all players in and around that structure will be considered dead players.  There will be a 10’ radius rule in effect.   The refs decision is final, do not argue.
-Fallen trees and rocks do not count as a bunker.

**Important** Two story structures require TWO hits to eliminate all players.  One rocket must hit the first floor; one rocket must hit the second floor.

Dynamite can be purchased from certain players and at The USO.  Set the dynamite up behind a bunker or structure then notify a ref of its location.  Once a poor soul runs into the bunker, you may detonate it by letting the ref know you are doing so.  The ref will then remove all players from that area and return the dynamite back to game central for re-distribution.

Helicopter and Tunnel Rats

The American General will get the use of ONE Huey helicopter (helo).  This will be a “Huey on a stick” just like last year.  The helo can travel to any part of the map carrying up to 6 players plus the pilot.  The Players must “fly” in a 2 wide x 3 deep formation with the pilot at the front holding the helo in the upright position with BARREL BAGS ON.   While in flight, all players on board are immune to hits sustained while walking to their destination.  Once they have reached their destination, the pilot must lay the helo on the ground to indicate that they have landed.  Once this is accomplished, the 6 passengers are live.   The Pilot can then take off and either return to base for more passengers or circle the area waiting for to take players somewhere else.
**Important** the Pilot is protected even while landing.
**Important** the only way to kill the pilot is to shoot the chopper down by hitting the “sweet spot” on the helo.  If the sweet spot is hit, all passengers will be considered dead players and the helo will have to return to the CP and wait until the top of the hour to re-spawn.

Tunnel Rats
The NVA General will receive one Tunnel Rat card to distribute to his sneakiest player.  This card can be changed to another player at anytime by the General or XO.  The Tunnel rat may take up to 6 players with him/her to skirt the OUTSIDE of the tape line and insert ANYWHERE on the map regardless of who occupies that area.  The Rats must have BARREL BAGS ON the entire time they are outside of the map.  Once they cross the border into play they will be considered LIVE players.  They cannot shoot until they are live!! Rats cannot be eliminated while they are on the outside of the tape line (they are considered in a tunnel…). Once inserted, the Tunnel rat can either go back to CP for more players via the tunnels or hang around and escort players off field or to another area of the map via the tunnels (this is a change from last year).  The Tunnel Rat must carry the TR card at all times.  If the Rat is eliminated, the card goes back to the CP and will re-spawn at the top of the hour.

**There MUST be an SoV ref with the Huey and the Rats at all times

Each general will receive 3 Medic cards.  Medics can heal dead players on the spot this way they do not have to take the long walk back to insertion.  Players simply walk up to the medic and tag in, or if your medic is ballsy enough, he/she can make a run into a hot zone so a player does not have to give up position.  If there is no medic around to heal the player, he/she must re-insert.  A medic CANNOT heal himself.  If a medic is hit, he/she must re-insert.  Medics will be identified team tape on both arms along with a white tape.  Medics are allowed to carry a weapon.

Players eliminated by a Bunker Bust, Carpet Bombing , napalm strike or headshot cannot be healed by a medic and MUST re-insert
Generals, PLEASE make sure your players understand this, last year skirmish handed out medic cards and it caused all kinds of confusion.  There will be NO medic cards.  Only your medics can heal your players.  You will have 3 per side (the field is big).

Each general will receive one aircraft pilot card and prop plus a single load out of munitions.  The pilot must carry the plane prop in the upright position as he navigates the field.  The Plane can lay down napalm, run carpet bombing missions or use a sidewinder missile.  The pilot can only “fire” the munitions that he has on board at the time of his flight.

Carpet Bombing
The pilot can carpet bomb an area so long has he has the load out card indicating so.  The pilot hands over the card to the SoV ref and tells him the area that is to be bombed.  The ref will then clear the general area of players and inform them that they are all dead and need to re-insert.  The area will be subject to the ref’s discretion, this will make up for the human error factor of war.  If your own players are in the area, they will be eliminated as well.

Napalm works the same way as carpet bombing except that the ref will now outline the affected area with red danger tape.  That area is now on fire and is unusable for a period of 30 minutes.  Anyone crossing into that area will be eliminated immediately.  This goes for building structures as well.  i.e. The Hood.

Sidewinder missiles are used to shoot down other planes.  You CANNOT shoot the helo down with these.  If the pilot runs into the other plane on the field and gets the drop on him, he can hand over his sidewinder card and tell the ref that he wants to shoot down the other plane.  The ref will then remove the other plane from the field and return it to Game central where it will re-spawn at the bottom of the hour.  Sidewinders are air to air only; they cannot take out a tank.

Role Players
There will be several role players on field.  You will know them when you see them.  Any and all players can interact with the role players, it is encouraged.  You can gain valuable Intel, money, props and even a mission if you play your cards right.  Be aware that some role players are there to serve themselves…

River Bandits
The River Bandits are commanded by Michael “Crapgame” Holt of Team Predator.  The River Bandits are comprised of all the members of Team Predator including their Tank.  You can purchase services from them throughout the day.  The amount of time they stay with you or the type of service will be handled between the General/XO and Crapgame.

The Plantation Owner
The Plantation owner is a very unique character played by a very unique character (Alan “Shaggy” Mendel of Team Predator).  Go visit him often to see what he has to offer.

The War Correspondent
The Lord of War has seen the light and has taken a vow of peace.  Col. Ernie returns to us this year as the War Correspondent.  He will be on field talking to your soldiers, getting their stories, helping them along.  All those stories he is getting may just lead to some valuable Intel.  Do not pass up an opportunity to speak to him

Go visit the Bunny’s (Tinkle and Jinx) at the USO frequently.  They will have plenty of things for you to do.  There will be money to be won, props to get and all around fun to be had.  All are welcome to stop by, so make sure every one of your troops is aware that it is there.  Last year there were a lot of players that were not aware that that it was open to the public.  The USO will be set up on the stage near the Tourney Pavilion from game start until 4:30pm.

All information on Lynch is Classified.  De-Classification date is set for September 13th 2014

What counts as a hit?
All body hits count
Marker hits DO NOT count

You can barrel tag a player if you get the drop on them and ONLY if it’s safe.  Do not shoot a player from under 10 feet away and if you do get that close, give them the option to surrender.  If they move on you, then one shot to the pack will suffice.  This is not a huge game and the players attending are all here to play fair and honest.

Barrel tags can come in the form of, but not limited to; markers, toy knives, nerf hatches/swords, tiger/snake cards, malaria etc… no bananas, sticks or mud balls, they won’t count and you will probably get lit up.

Tiger, snake and malaria
The jungles of Vietnam are a dangerous place, not only do you have to watch out for the enemy proper, you also have to keep your eyes open for natural predators.  There will be a select amount of Bengal Tiger, Anaconda and Malaria cards floating around on field.  If a player is handed one, they are instantly eliminated and must re-insert, but they get to keep the card and use it on someone else, preferably their buddies or spouse.   These cards are “on field only”.

Bunker busting, air strikes and tanks – see above

Navy Seals and Viet-Cong
Both teams will have the ability to choose up to 10 players to be their Special Operations teams.  These players will get a special color tag from skirmish to designate them as the Elite players.  At the beginning of the game you will send your S/O teams out to gather up flag stations.  They will be escorted by an SoV ref to a designated area on the tape line where they will insert at game start.  They are free to move around the map as they see fit, but at 11:30 the flags will be counted and they better get you some real-estate out there so you can start racking in the points.

These guys should be the best of the best, they should instill honor and pride in the other players.  Remember that you and your XO may not be on field much so you are going to need someone to lead the troops into battle.

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The trailer opens up with some epic imagery, including a giant statue of a grown-up Aang (the original series’ main character), and a flying bison (no clue if it’s Appa). We see Korra, the new Avatar, leaving her home in the Southern Water Tribe and making her way to the United Republic. That city was founded by Aang and Zuko (the tortured “evil” prince from the first series) as a place meant for members of all tribes to live, our friends over at UGO reported from the panel.

We also see several action beats in the trailer, and it looks like the choreography will be even more intricate this time around. The animation also appears to be improved over the original Airbender series — it seems more on the level of a big-budget anime TV series like Full Metal Alchemist now.

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The folks at Roku have said the televisions will be coming from the "top global TV manufactures." A few names that were mentioned specifically include TCL and Hisense, which according to Roku, those two manufacturers have shipped 21 million sets in 2012 which makes them responsible for 9 percent of the world television market. The Roku TV will be available in models that range from 32-inches up to 55-inches.

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Q. Re: Petophile: I love it. That sounds exactly like my husband. It's our dog, we got it when we moved in together, but I'm the one who picked him out. I swear the greatest gift I ever gave my husband was the ability to meet this dog. We have a daughter and we often joke that no one would know we have a kid by the way we fawn over this little guy.

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Q. Social Niceties: My sister is very ill, and the hope for meaningful, long-term recovery is questionable at best. The past few days, in particular, have been rough. I know its irrational, but I'm having a hard time responding politely when someone, such as a co-worker or a store clerk, says, "How are you?" or "Have a nice day!" I'm normally a very cheerful person and love to respond enthusiastically to such social niceties, but right now, it is irritating me to no end when someone says such things to me. I know that I am resigned to participate in this mass cultural ritual, so I'm not even sure what my question to you is. Do you have any advice or words of wisdom that would be helpful to me?

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Great stories about guns and the people who love, hate, and sell them.

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They’re controversial and closely held; they can be both deadly and lucrative. Here are our favorite stories about guns—from the Kalashnikov to robot-operated weapons—and the notorious (and sometimes stoned) people who traffic them.

Ed Leibowitz • Los Angeles Magazine • February 2001

A profile of the late actor-turned NRA president:

‘Actor! Author! Civil Rights Champion! Patriot!’ the film's narrator cries above the trumpets' blare. ‘He hasn't just spoken the word of God, he's also spent his life defending the freedoms God has given us. Today, with your rights under the fiercest attacks in history, Heston is there.’

“A figure emerges from the wings, more than six feet tall but appearing shorter, his torso inclined forward. Speedo propylene beach slippers make the journey to the podium with hesitant steps. Hip-replacement surgery and old age have dampened the fabled dynamism: no more battles with broadswords; no more chariot races for him. But above the uncertain legs, the chest is still massive, the cheekbones still chiseled, the broken nose as resolute as the NRA eagle on all those baseball caps bobbing above the crowd. As Charlton Heston approaches the microphone, his lungs swell, the vocal cords making their splendid, vibrant music out of ordinary air. ‘I'm inclined to quit while I'm ahead,’ he jokes. ‘But I won't. No!’ ”

C.J. Chivers • Esquire • November 2010

Adapting from his book of the same name, Chivers traces how the design and proliferation of small arms, originating from the Pentagon and the Russian army, rerouted the 20th century:

“Since the AK-47, or Kalashnikov, had first surfaced, the American military had dismissed it as cheap and ineffective. But as this new weapon's cracking bursts were heard in battle each day, the Eastern bloc's assault rifle at last captured the Pentagon's attention. It marked the Kremlin's influence on how war was experienced by combatants of limited means — the Kalashnikov-carrying guerrilla, a common man with portable and easy-to-use automatic arms, was now in the field by the tens of thousands, and these men were outgunning American troops. To close the gun gap, the Pentagon rushed the M16 into service.”

Evan Ratliff • The New Yorker • February 2009

Most military experts agree that robots, not people, will inevitably do the fighting in ground wars. In Tennessee, a high-end gunsmith is already there. The story of Jerry Baber and his robot army:

“We sat in a pair of office chairs, and Baber grabbed a radio-signal remote control. He switched on the larger robot, directing it across the concrete floor until the treads bumped against my foot. On an LCD display behind Baber, I could see an image of my leg, transmitted by a camera under the robot’s gun barrel. The gun then pointed at my stomach. He assured me that it was not loaded.”

Guy Lawson • Rolling Stone • March 2011

How two twentysomethings, equipped with the Internet and weed, ruled the lucrative world of weapons trading ... for a while:

“Packouz and Diveroli had picked the perfect moment to get into the arms business. To fight simultaneous wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration had decided to outsource virtually every facet of America's military operations, from building and staffing Army bases to hiring mercenaries to provide security for diplomats abroad. After Bush took office, private military contracts soared from $145 billion in 2001 to $390 billion in 2008. Federal contracting rules were routinely ignored or skirted, and military-industrial giants like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin cashed in as war profiteering went from war crime to business model. Why shouldn't a couple of inexperienced newcomers like Packouz and Diveroli get in on the action? After all, the two friends were after the same thing as everyone else in the arms business — lots and lots and lots of money.”

Adam Winkler • Atlantic • September 2011

On America’s relationship with the right to bear arms, from the founding fathers to the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan:

“The Text of the the Second Amendment is maddeningly ambiguous. It merely says, ‘A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.’ Yet to each side in the gun debate, those words are absolutely clear.

“Gun-rights supporters believe the amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms and outlaws most gun control. Hard-line gun-rights advocates portray even modest gun laws as infringements on that right and oppose widely popular proposals — such as background checks for all gun purchasers — on the ground that any gun-control measure, no matter how seemingly reasonable, puts us on the slippery slope toward total civilian disarmament.”

Peter Landesman • New York Times Magazine • August 2003

The author sits down with notorious (and recently convicted) arms dealer Viktor Bout, Bout’s brother, and a close friend:

Bout, who is 36, six feet tall and somewhat expansive in girth, nimbly made his way through the crowded lounge. He didn't shake my hand as much as grip it, with a firm nod. Icy blue eyes like chips of glass punctuated a baby face. We sat on one of the lounge's dingy couches, and he placed a thick folder of papers on his lap.

“ ‘Look, here is the biggest arms dealer in the world,' Chichakli said, half mocking me and half mocking Bout. Bout opened his blazer. 'I don't see any guns,' he said with a shrug. Then Sergei raised his arms. ‘None here either.’ (Both spoke excellent English.) ‘Maybe I should start an arms-trafficking university and teach a course on U.N. sanctions busting,’ Victor Bout said. The brothers looked at each other and laughed.”

Michael J. Mooney • D Magazine • October 2011

In the days after 9/11, Mark Stroman went on a revenge killing spree in Texas. Rais Bhuiyan survived and, a decade later, tried to stop Stroman’s execution:

The first thing 27-year-old Rais Bhuiyan (pronounced Boo-yon) did when he got to the Texaco station every day was read the headlines in the Dallas Morning News. On September 17, 2001, he read something terrifying: a convenience store clerk had been shot and killed a few blocks away. Bhuiyan begged his boss, the owner of the station, to reinstall the security cameras—he’d already received a few tense glares in the days after 9/11—but money was tight. Bhuiyan had dreams in which customers suddenly pulled out guns and started shooting at him. He had been working at the station in Mesquite for only a few months and he’d already been robbed once. At the time, he thought the man was trying to sell him a handgun.

“ ‘How much?’ Bhuiyan asked when he saw the weapon.

“The man pulled back the hammer with his thumb — click. ‘No, amigo.’ ”

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WhatsApp endgame: How big can it get?

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When Facebook buys a company like WhatsApp for $19 billion it's natural to leap straightaway to quibbling about the valuation. But I have a more fundamental question about the line of business WhatsApp is in.

The way WhatsApp works is this. Mobile phone operators want to charge people money for data plans and then more money for SMS services. WhatsApp comes along and creates a service that uses data to replicate the functionality of SMS. Then WhatsApp sells this service very cheaply—$1 a year.

In the short term this makes perfect sense as a business. Carriers will lose some money and that money will be divided up between consumers and WhatApp. Smart idea.

But how does this scale? Mobile phone operators aren't really selling consumers some voice service, some data service, and some SMS service. They are selling access to the network. The different pricing schemes they come up with are just different ways of trying to maximize the value they extract from consumers. In a world without WhatsApp, selling SMS separately from data is the best way to do that. Then along comes WhatsApp to exploit a hole in the pricing system. But if WhatsApp gets big enough, then carrier strategy is going to change. You stop selling separate SMS plans and just have a take-it-or-leave-it overall package. And then suddenly WhatsApp isn't doing anything.

That's how it looks to me at least. Exploiting the loophole is a good business as long as the loophole exists. But the loophole is only going to exist as long as the system that gives rise to the loophole makes sense for the carriers. The more people who exploit the loophole, the more sense it makes for the carriers to change the system.

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The Thornhill Branch of the St. Louis County Library will offer a bully prevention program for parents and kids on Saturday, January 25 at 11:00 a.m. The Thornhill Branch is located at 12863 Willowyck Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146. The program is free and open to kids ages 4-12 and their parents. Registration is required; sign up by calling 314-994-3300 or online at www.slcl.org/events.

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  • 1. Urine continues to be most important specimen sent for culturing, we teach the under graduate students majority of the specimens we receive are urine, and most common isolate is E.coli and women suffer the UTI in greater proportions than men. With following of our statistics we find men and women > 60 years of age are becoming greater victims of Urinary tract infections, and with greater difficulties in interpretation with poor clinical information from the Doctors. My observations many nurses consider urine is something carries lesser importance than blood for culturing in septicaemia cases. Most laboratories and Unit chief’s leave the collection of urine for cultures to ill experienced and very junior staff as Urine is least important specimens in the minds of majority of the health care workers. Never forget today the people live longer with multiple complication and constantly put on Medication. I wish if the Microbiologists take some interest in explaining the importance of Urine collection to the senior staff in educating the patients on collection. The first question in urine collection is when we collect the urine 1 A Random sample, many out patients opt for giving a random sample that is anytime sample, this is the specimen most commonly sent to the laboratory for analysis, primarily because it is the easiest to obtain and is readily available. Random specimens can sometimes give an inaccurate results view of a patient's health if the specimen is too diluted and analyse values are artificially lowered. As the name implies, the random specimen can be collected at any time. Although there are no specific guidelines for how the collection should be conducted, avoiding the introduction of contaminants into the specimen is recommended. It is not possible to apply any standard criteria in bacterial counts, and significant bacteria rarely applies to these patient when the specimens are collected without much care, we just start to process major pathogens, as neither the clinician nor microbiologist worried about the results. When we are student’s lot of importance was given to few investigation we were doing and meticulous attention was paid in collecting and culturing of the urine specimen, today many practitioners write the urine in routine fashion in particular many pregnant women. 2 Early morning sample for culturing – if one is serious to establish and diagnose a UTI should switch to early morning samples. This is the specimen of choice for culturing and microscopic analysis, since the more quantity of urine is passed reducing the effects of processing of concentrated urine. Also called an 8-hour specimen, the first morning specimen is collected when the patient first wakes up in the morning, having emptied the bladder before going to sleep. Midstream Clean Catch Specimen this is the preferred type of specimen for culturing and sensitivity testing because of the reduced incidence of cellular and microbial contamination. Patients are required to first cleanse the urethral area with an ordinary soap, can dry the area with towelette just simple tissue paper. The patient should then void the first portion (fore stream) of the urine stream into the toilet. These first steps significantly reduce the opportunities for contaminants to enter into the urine stream. The urine midstream is then collected into a clean container tell the patient not more than half of the container is needed or else it will spill and contaminate the surrounding with urine smell (any excess urine should be voided into the toilet). This method of collection can be conducted at any time of day or night. 3 Catheter Collection of urine Specimen - This assisted procedure is conducted when a patient is bedridden or cannot urinate independently. The healthcare provider inserts a foley catheter into the
  • 2. bladder through the urethra to collect the urine specimen. Specimens may also be collected through an existing foley catheter with aseptic precautions.) Specimens may be collected directly from a foley into an evacuated tube or transferred from a syringe into a tube or containers. 4 Paediatric Specimen For infants and small children, a special urine collection bag is adhered to the skin surrounding the urethral area. Once the collection is completed, the urine is poured into a collection container. Urine collected from a diaper is not recommended for laboratory testing since contamination from the diaper material may affect test results. If you are getting isolates of Pseudomonas please try your wisdom not to report as pathogen it will be misinterpreted by the Paediatricians, and little children are subjected to toxic antibiotics Please explain the Broomhall method as one of the ideal method ( Refer – 13th Edition of Mackie on Diagnostic Microbiology approaches) If you wish to improve the quality of the services from diagnostic Microbiology on reporting of urine for bacteriological evaluation a minimal clinical history is highly sought after which include, 1 Whether the urine is collected before or after the Antibiotic use, so even the lesser counts are significant for consideration, when we put on broad spectrum antibiotics or Cephalosporins as the counts will be reduced in established and persistent infection under the bacteriostatic effect of the even narrow spectrum antibiotics , 2 Should write whether the urine is collected from catheter and also should indicate in postoperative cases, with probable days the catheter is put on without change, as most often we get Candida or Pseudomonas as Major isolates which will disappear after the Catheter is removed, 3 What are the Antibiotics is patient is on 4 and ask them never forget to write when was the last culturing of urine was done what was the report and what are the antibiotics prescribed, so we can have understanding on mistreated chronic Urinary tract Infection Note – With rapid Privatization of Diagnostic laboratories many ill experienced Microbiologists and Technicians, many times insignificant growth of bacteria and commensals are processed and Anti biograms are reported which continues to the major reason of the misuse of Antibiotics in major outpatient settings. Dr.T.V.Rao MD Professor of Microbiology Freelance writer,


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Conference tournament roundup: Miami tops UNC for first tourney title

Published March 17, 2013 6:23 pm

College basketball • Mississippi, OSU, Saint Louis also win.
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Greensboro, N.C. • Jim Larranaga snipped the final strand of net hanging from the rim, then faced his players and cheering fans to twirl it in the air before draping it around his neck.

There's no mistaking Miami for just a football school anymore. Not after Larranaga guided the once-struggling Hurricanes to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference with a team that looks like it can make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

Shane Larkin scored eight of his career-high 28 points in the final 2Â½ minutes to help No. 9 Miami pull away and beat North Carolina 87-77 in Sunday's ACC Tournament final.

Trey McKinney Jones added a career-high 20 points for the top-seeded Hurricanes (27-6), including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 6:27 left that started Miami's final push toward its first tournament title.

SEC Tournament

Mississippi 66, No. 13 Florida 63 • At Nashville, Tenn., the Mississippi Rebels now have two very big items on their rÃ©sumÃ© that nobody can take away.

Murphy Holloway scored 23 points and ex-Utah Ute Marshall Henderson had 21 as the Rebels gave coach Andy Kennedy his first NCAA Tournament berth by upsetting 13th-ranked Florida for the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship.

The Rebels (26-8) have won seven of eight, grabbing their first tournament title since 1981 and their second ever. Even though they thought reaching this game for the first time since 2001 probably clinched their seventh NCAA bid in Kennedy's seventh season as coach, the Rebels wanted the SEC championship too.

Big Ten Tournament

No. 10 Ohio State 50, No. 22 Wisconsin 43 • At Chicago, Ohio State is the champion of the Big Ten tournament — again.

Deshaun Thomas scored 17 points and the Buckeyes used their stout defense to beat Wisconsin for their conference-best fifth tournament title.

Thomas was 6 for 19 from the field, but made some big free throws down the stretch as Ohio State (26-7) won the championship for the third time in the last four years. Aaron Craft had nine points and six rebounds, and LaQuinton Ross delivered a couple of huge plays.

Traevon Jackson scored 10 points for the Badgers (23-11), who shot 38.3 percent from the field. None of his teammates reached double figures, with Sam Dekker next up at eight points.

Atlantic 10 Tournament

No. 16 Saint Louis 62, No. 25 VCU 56 • At New York, Saint Louis interim coach Jim Crews won't say the Billikens won this championship for the late Rick Majerus. Some things are bigger than basketball, and Crews' respect for Majerus is one of them.

Still, he sees his predecessor's imprints on all the little things his veteran players did right in beating VCU in the Atlantic 10 title game. Their hard-nosed style that left the Rams in foul trouble. Their disciplined defense. Their poise when momentum and a hostile crowd went against them.

Saint Louis (27-6) won just its second conference tournament title in school history, beating the Rams (26-8).


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The 4th annual Heber Valley Fly Fishing Festival is being held Aug. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Midway Mountain Village Park, 100 S. Johnston's Mill Road, in MidwayThe festival, sponsored by Four Seasons Fly Fishers, is free. Activities include clinics, equipment demonstrations, vendor and non-profit booths and the Provo River Kids Fly Fishing Derby. The catch-and-release derby is open to youth ages 15 and under and will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in each groups. Pre-registration for the derby is available at Four Seasons Fly Fishers or at the Utah Trout Unlimited booth Saturday morning. Other sponsors of the event include High County Fly Fishers, Fall River Flyrods and The Stonefly Society. Proceeds from the festival will be donated to the Utah Stream Access Coalition.Visit the Heber Valley Fly Fishing Festival website for more information.


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Utah football: Utes keeping tight tabs on contact in practice

Published August 11, 2013 7:32 pm

Utah football notes • Team rests veterans as it tries to avoid injuries during two-a-days.
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The Utah Utes have changed their practice format slightly this year, allowing the veterans to end practice about 20 minutes earlier than the newcomers in some workouts.

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said the change was made so players could get more rest. The Utes are also mindful about the amount of injuries the team has.

"It's something you have to keep a handle on as far as how much wear and tear to put on them and how much to push them," he said. "It's a fine line between getting work done and diminishing returns of overworking them."

Whittingham said the Utes are able to get in the same volume of work; they are just being more efficient in the way the team is using the time.

Rest and recovery will be an even bigger priority now that the Utes are in two-a-days, a period that always tests teams' mental and physical fortitude.

"You're looking for toughness and to see who isn't getting into survival mode and can play at a high level start to finish," Whittingham said. "Not everybody can do that."

The Utes aren't the only ones mindful of the physical stress practice brings.

The Pac-12 has implemented new guidelines for contact in hopes of minimizing injuries.

For preseason, on days when teams have two-a-days, full contact is allowed in only one practice while the other is limited to helmets and shoulder pads.

If full-contact practices are scheduled consecutively around one of the two-a-day, full-contact workouts, only one can consist of 50 percent contact.

The Pac-12 defines full contact as any live tackling, live tackling drills or scrimmages.

Whittingham said he didn't have a problem with the new restrictions, noting the Utes were within those guidelines anyway.

Giving a look

The battle between kickers is progressing, but Whittingham said he wasn't going to talk about the "pecking order."

Andy Phillips is penciled in as the starter to replace Coleman Petersen, who went 8-for-13 last year but was just 3-for-6 on attempts of 40 yards or more.

Phillips had the better day Thursday, making several at the end of practice.

Settling in

Sophomore Jason Whittingham, who was moved from linebacker to defensive end in the spring, is settling in well and gives the position some much-needed depth.

"It's a natural spot for him," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said of his nephew. "He's a lot like Trevor Reilly and Nate Orchard. All three were cut from the same mold."


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Convicted killer's attorney: Verdict skewed by religion

Published June 7, 2011 6:16 pm

Utah Supreme Court • Death sentence came after Mormons were favored on jury, he says.
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A defense attorney told the Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday the prosecutors who helped select Von Lester Taylor's jury two decades ago discriminated against non-Mormons, unjustly influencing Taylor's death sentence for a double murder.

"You have a right to have a fair cross section of the community on your jury and Mr. Taylor was denied that right," said Brian M. Pomerantz, a deputy federal public defender from Los Angeles who is handling Taylor's appeal. "You should not discriminate against jurors on the basis of religion," he said, calling the practice unconstitutional.

Tuesday's arguments marked the third time the justices have heard an appeal by the 46-year-old Taylor, a self-proclaimed devil worshipper on death row for killing a woman and her mother in 1990 after breaking into the family's Summit County cabin.

Pomerantz based his arguments on handwritten notes from prosecutors in the case that mysteriously became part of the public file from the trial court. The notes included what appeared to be a "scoring system" in which prosecutors awarded points to jurors who were LDS during the selection process, Pomerantz argued.

He said that the original jury pool was deemed to be 50 percent LDS, but when the final 12 jurors were selected, that percentage rose to 75 percent. He cited the case of juror Holly Connor, whose answers when questioned during the jury selection matched the rest of the answers given by the jury panel, except that Connor gave her religion as Methodist.

Pomerantz also said four LDS jurors that were struck from the jury were done so after they stated they wouldn't vote for the death penalty or had "philosophical differences with the church."

Assistant Utah Attorney General Erin Riley balked at the notion that prosecutors erroneously struck jurors based on religion.

"If it did occur, it's not clear that [striking jurors based on religion] is error," she said. She said jurors can be stricken on beliefs, which include religion.

She said in the case of Connor, the woman showed up late for jury duty, had a history in the court system and had knowledge of media coverage of the case of Taylor's co-defendants — all reasons that prosecutors would strike her from the jury.

Justices also questioned how the jury's religion can be linked to the outcome of the sentence they chose for Taylor.

"Is there anything on the record that a religious person is more or less likely to impose the death penalty?" asked Utah Court of Appeals Judge James Davis, who sat in for Justice Ronald Nehring, who recused himself from the case.

Riley called the appeal a stall tactic and said Taylor made and lost the same arguments at trial, on appeal and in a prior post-conviction relief claim.

"The question is, how many times does he keep getting to file these, especially when a death sentence has been imposed?" Riley asked. "They want to keep filing because they want to delay the sentencing from being carried out."

But defense attorneys contend, in addition to the jury issue, Taylor's previous attorneys were incompetent. They also argue there is evidence that a key witness in the case against Taylor lied about Taylor's involvement.

Scott Manley testified against Taylor at his trial, but he recently gave a sworn declaration to Taylor's defense attorneys stating that he was coerced by parole agents who threatened to send him back to prison unless Manley helped build a case against his acquaintance, Taylor.

Considered among the most influential testimony given to the jury, Manley's testimony "appears to have been largely manufactured," Pomerantz said.

The high court took the arguments under advisement.

The Utah Supreme Court in 2007 affirmed the trial judge's decision rejecting Taylor's challenge of his capital-murder conviction and death sentence. In a unanimous decision, the justices agreed that the attorneys who handled appeals for Taylor didn't miss any obvious legal claims that would have overturned his sentence.

Taylor alleged his lawyers should have conducted an investigation to identify mitigating factors that would have lessened his sentence; and, he said, they should have spoken to his siblings and looked into the possibility that he has brain damage.

Taylor received the death penalty for two Dec. 22, 1990, murders in Summit County.

Taylor and Edward Steven Deli broke into a cabin in Oakley after escaping from a halfway house, opened Christmas presents they found there and waited for the occupants to return. The first family members who arrived — Kaye Tiede, 51; her mother, Beth Harmon Tidwell Potts, 72; and her daughter, 20 — were tied up. The escapees then shot Tiede and Potts and ordered the daughter to pack a suitcase so she could leave with them.

As her mother and grandmother were being shot, the daughter began to pray. Taylor, who was on parole after serving a prison sentence for aggravated burglary, told her to stop because he was a "devil worshipper," according to court documents.

A short time later, Tiede's husband, Rolf Tiede, and their 16-year-old daughter arrived, and Taylor ordered them into the garage.

He told the father to remove his clothes, after which he stole $105 from his wallet and shot him.

Tiede played dead, but Taylor returned and shot him in the head at point-blank range, doused him in gasoline and set the cabin ablaze.

Taylor and Deli then drove away with the daughters in the family's car.

Rolf Tiede, who survived the two gunshot wounds, was able to ride a snowmobile two miles for help, and the two men were arrested after a police chase.

Deli was found guilty at trial of second-degree murder and is serving a life sentence. Taylor pleaded guilty to capital murder, and a jury in 1991 sentenced him to death.

Pomerantz argued Tuesday that Taylor didn't fire the "kill shot" and questioned whether one of the daughters correctly heard Taylor boasting about shooting the women. He said the daughter's testimony shouldn't be considered.

Justice Thomas Lee criticized Pomerantz's dismissal of the victim's account.

"It has no bearing? He said he shot her in the head," Lee said.

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Allow 'Sister Wives' to challenge Utah bigamy law, attorney says

Published December 16, 2011 8:50 pm

Courts • State says probe of family goes beyond polygamy.
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The "chilling effect" of an open investigation into the polygamous stars of a reality TV show should allow them to challenge Utah's bigamy law, their attorney argued Friday in Salt Lake City's federal court.

"Not only has the state defined them as a criminal association, you have prosecutors coming out and saying they are committing a crime every night on television," said Washington, D.C.-based constitutional law attorney Jonathan Turley. "If this doesn't get them to come to federal court, what does, short of a federal indictment?"

U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups took Friday's arguments under advisement and is expected to rule in about a month.

Kody Brown and his four wives — Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn — sued to strike down the bigamy law in July, nearly a year after police in their former hometown of Lehi opened an investigation following the debut of their TLC show "Sister Wives."

Though the case remains open, no charges have been filed, and without criminal charges the state says the Browns don't have legal standing to challenge the law.

Assistant Attorney General Jerrold Jensen countered Turley's arguments Friday with a new revelation: The investigation wasn't only about polygamy.

"Officials in the state of Utah do not prosecute for just bigamy. It is brought up in conjunction with another crime. That other crime is being investigated by the Utah County Attorney," Jensen said, though he declined to specify. Chief deputy Utah County Attorney Timothy Taylor confirmed the additional investigation, and said it should be wrapped up in about two months, though he declined to comment further due to the ongoing investigation.

Jensen argued that the injuries claimed by the Browns — including spending their savings moving to Nevada and loss of entertainment-related income — were the result not of the county's investigation but by their choice to publicize their lifestyle on cable television.

"The Browns have manufactured a case that doesn't exist," Jensen said.

But Turley countered that the Browns have been careful to keep any mention of the lawsuit off the show.

"This family was singled out. Yeah, they were on TV. They have a right to be on TV. What are these statements [by prosecutors] about if not a chilling effect?" Turley said.

He said the Browns did not attend Friday's hearing due to a fear of prosecution.

Waddoups closely questioned Turley on how his clients could have legal standing. If Waddoups decides to let the case go forward, the Browns will argue the bigamy law is unconstitutional because it violates their right to privacy, while the state plans to counter that the harms caused by plural marriage justify keeping the law on the books.

The legal-standing issue sunk a 2004 challenge of the state's bigamy law when a judge dismissed claims that a woman was wrongly barred from getting a marriage licence to be a second wife. The Brown suit, by contrast, calls for decriminalization rather than legalization of polygamy.

"The Brown family hopes they will have a chance to be heard on the merits of this," Turley said. "They miss Utah."

On Friday, Jensen said the attorney general's office policy is to only file bigamy charges against a polygamist in connection with other crimes, such as underage marriages, child abuse or welfare fraud. The Utah County Attorney has no stated policy. A straight bigamy prosecution hasn't been filed in Utah for more than 50 years, Jensen said.

A check of state court records by The Associated Press, however, found at least two cases.

Bob Foster had three wives when he was arrested and charged with bigamy in 1974. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced to six months in jail. He was released after 21 days and ordered to serve five years of probation. A judge also said Foster was not allowed to live with his families. Foster died from cancer in 2008. He was still married to all three women.

Mark Easterday was arrested and charged with bigamy in 1999. Authorities were alerted to Easterday's multiple marriage as part of a custody battle during his divorce from his first wife. He ultimately pleaded no contest to adultery because the divorce was finalized before the bigamy case went to trial. Easterday was sentenced to probation.

Easterday, who left Utah and is currently married to two women, told The Associated Press he believes the Browns are right to fear a bigamy prosecution.

"I know from experience that they do prosecute," Easterday said. "I think they should change the law over the entire country. Why it is that in some places a woman and a woman can be married, but a man can't have another wife?"

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Capitol Theatre plans proceed even without tax credits

Published October 19, 2012 7:37 am

Financing • SL County, Ballet West revise approach to theater's renovations.
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Plans to renovate the Capitol Theatre and to build a Center for Dance on its west side counted heavily on receipt of $6 million in federal tax credits to round out financing for the $33.4 million arts center.

But the federal money did not come through — at least not this year.

Down but not defeated, Salt Lake County and its partners at Ballet West have devised an alternate approach to continuing the project, one that expects to corral those "New Market Tax Credits" in the next federal funding cycle — if Congress extends the program later this year.

"We have every reason to feel optimistic," Erin Litvack, county community services director, told the County Council on Tuesday. "Our [tax credit] application is at the head of the queue, lined up for the allocation in 2013. Every indicator makes us believe that is possible."

The tax credits, part of an IRS program to help banks and corporations make investments in local communities in lieu of paying federal taxes, were the final piece of financing needed to pay for the renovation/expansion, which also includes equal contributions of $13.4 million by the county and Ballet West.

Litvack said the Capitol Theatre application was strong, but it was tardy in securing required levels of funding from the county and its private partner. "We were a little late having cash in hand and that's why we got farther back in the queue," she added. "It was a matter of fundraising in a difficult economy."

Without those tax credits, the county and Ballet West regrouped and came up with a new plan to proceed.

Since the theater already has been scheduled for closure between June and December 2013, and it's too late now to try booking anything there during that span, the partners want to go ahead with the renovation work in the 1913-vintage theater itself.

Litvack said initial work will focus on expanding the theater lobby by eliminating the arcade, rearranging a patron services area, upgrading the building's heating and air conditioning system, raising the theater stage and redoing the seat cushions.

By the time that's done for "The Nutcracker" in December of 2013, the county and Ballet West expect to have landed the desired tax credits. Those funds then could be applied to building Ballet West's long anticipated Jessie Eccles Quinney Center for Dance.

The five-story structure will house the ballet troupe as well as a dance academy for up to 600 dance students.

"So it's not a major blow, but something we have to work around," summarized County Councilman Jim Bradley, encouraging his colleagues to support the revised construction timetable and the partnership. "Let's not forget the contributions of Ballet West. It would be shortsighted of us to throw in the towel now."

Shari Quinney, chairwoman of Ballet West's capital campaign for the project, said county officials will not be disappointed going forward.

She said she "threw a hissy fit" when young architects initially produced drawings of a contemporary structure for the new dance center that was inconsistent with the century-old theater's classic design.

The drawings were changed, Quinney said, adding that now "it's elegant. It's gorgeous. It will be a beautiful facility."

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Renovations to the historical Capitol Theatre will begin in June, but Salt Lake County officials and Ballet West are still waiting for federal assistance that could be applied to building a Center for Dance adjacent to it.

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