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http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/04/12/arts/music/100000001484180/the-ring-cycle.html?src=tp

Carbon:
You pick.  We negotiate.
I can't do a named stone.
The setting should be platinum.

Au:
Simple.  14 carat.  Red for choice.
I will wear one if you wish.  I would rather not.
In all aspects but existence the ring is negotiable.

The place is anywhere you wish.

There is no negotiation without communication.


Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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  AAIO posted to Twitter an article:

  Jul 22, 2011

  In 3M Case, Lawsuits and Intrigue Over a Medical Test

  “In 3M Case, #Lawsuits and Intrigue Over a #Medical Test - http://nyti.ms/p0VUxV” 

  
  

  Lawyers getting paid.
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  AAIO posted to Twitter an article:

  Jul 22, 2011

  In San Francisco, Clogging of Courts Is Expected After Cuts

  “In San Francisco, Clogging of #Courts Is Expected After Cuts - #legal #law #justice http://nyti.ms/nC4LGx” 

  
  

  
  

  "Drastic cutbacks at San Francisco Superior Court could be a boon to the expensive, for-profit dispute resolution industry, as people with the means to do so increasingly decide to pay for their own judge to resolve divorce, child custody and other legal battles. The cuts, announced Monday by Presiding Judge Katherine Feinstein to close a $13.75 million deficit, are expected to bring civil proceedings of all kinds, including sensitive family law cases, to a virtual halt. Uncontested divorces could take 18 months to complete, said Claire A. Williams, director of Unified Family Court in San Francisco. Child custody battles, which are currently settled in about six weeks, will now take more than six months, she said.
  According to Erik Newton, co-chairman of the family law section of the Barristers Club in San Francisco, “Private judges are expensive, but it’s going to be the only approach to take.”
  And it is “going to hit the middle class very, very hard,” Mr. Newton said.
  To resolve an amicable divorce, hiring a private judge could cost $2,500 to $10,000, he said, in addition to lawyers’ fees and other costs.
  But Catherine A. Gallagher, a former Santa Clara County Superior Court judge who now works at JAMS, the nation’s largest private alternative dispute resolution service, said the cutbacks could make settlements before private judges more cost-competitive.
  “It’s cheaper for people who can afford to buy a judge because you’re not having your attorney sitting around for two or three hours waiting for a hearing to be held,” Ms. Gallagher said. “You’d have to pay for that time.”
  Private judging is already on the rise, with JAMS currently resolving more than 10,000 civil cases a year, according to the company.
  But not everyone can afford a private judge.
  “Those who can’t are going to languish,” said John A. Montevideo, president of the Consumer Attorneys of California, a trial lawyers group."
   
  There are two possibilities from my point of view.
  You can pay the California Republicans their price.
  You can try to transfer the proceedings to your new place of residence.
  I guess that it would be best to pay for a private judge. 
  Knowing would be well worth a billable phone call. 
  Attorneys should be allowed to earn their fees.
  The fees are less than airfare.

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