diff --git a/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb b/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb
index 28971dd..9642b01 100644
--- a/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/choices_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ChoicesController < InheritedResources::Base
       end
     end
     index! do |format|
-      format.xml { render :xml => @choices.to_xml(:only => [ :data, :score, :id, :active ])}
+      format.xml { render :xml => @choices.to_xml(:only => [ :data, :score, :id, :active], :methods => :user_created)}
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/app/models/choice.rb b/app/models/choice.rb
index 4b2305e..7ef52cf 100644
--- a/app/models/choice.rb
+++ b/app/models/choice.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ class Choice < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.score = compute_score
     save!
   end
+
+  def user_created
+    self.item.creator_id != self.question.creator_id
+  end
+
   
   protected
 
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 71bbb93..3f2a880 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'boot')
 Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
   # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
 
-  config.time_zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
+  #config.time_zone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
 
+  config.active_record.default_timezone = 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)'
   #config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
   config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :sendmail
 
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