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My mom shortly after that became disabled and now has a limited Income and cant afford her mortgage payments and is ready to lose her home that has been in our family for over 100 years.
My mom had disability insurance on her loan, but CITIFINACIAL refuses to pay off her loan with it!!! I know what they are doing to her is illegal but my mom or I do not have the finaces to hire an attorney to fight this for her. She has filed a chapter 13 but it keeps getting dismissed for one reason or another and is now got a sherifs sale scheduled for May 12 2004 to have the family home auctioned off to the highest bidder.
I need to have some one tell me or my mom how to fight this SOON!!!
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So Villa finished 6th place after all
What really happened to Villa's CL dream?
With few new faces in the summer do Villa fans think they can pip Everton to the 5th spot next season?
What are your thoughts guys?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
....and lots of people like you applauding mid table obscurity.
Hey thats sounds good to me, and if even sounds like your saying yeah not bad but we could do better, which every supporter can say and still be right behind their team. But hey Villaman you might not like this, with pompey, sunderland and Man city all about to spend 100s of millions we would do well to finish 7th next season lol.
Then we agree it is not the end of the world, but it is some distance from success. The simple facts are we cant and wont win the league anytime soon. My issue is WHY with that as a backdrop do we not bother with the other competitions? Had we given the UEFA cup a serious go and finished 6th then fair enough but the club prioritised and got it woefully wrong. I remember the league cups of 94 and 96 as good times but now it seems we are 'too big' for this and that annoys me 'cause were not.
I watched the UEFA cup final and thought 'are these teams better than us?' and the answer was no but we had 'other priorities!'
If this was a school report for pupil O'Neill I'd have to say, 'A steady term with a few highlights but must do better. Maybe adding a little variety to the curriculum would reap benefits, we'll review progress in 12 months.------ B- '.
I'm not saying we shouldn't or couldn't have done better I'm saying its not the end of the world.
You dont have to celebrate 6th place but their were bigger spending teams that did worse,Look at tottenham and Everton did actually spend £15M ok its not £50M but they didn't finish any higher in the league than they did last year and to be fair only just pipped us to that 5th place. A couple of points difference in our favour and they would have spent £15M on lost a place in the leauge.
Some of our player are below standerd if you want to slag off some players performances towards the end of the season feel free they get paid enough to take that. But I believe the players mentioned like Davis, Reo coker, Sidwell, Cuellar will be good squad players if you add some quality players to the first team. I may be a one man band when I say barry has not impressed me to much this season, If he is our star player where was he for the second half of the season. I also believe Petrov has had a great season, and I was never a fan of his before this season I thought he was a big waste of money but if he keeps putting in the effort and performances than ill be very impressed with him.
On this argument I must agree with much that Villaman has to say.
When you look at the £50m we have spent, then you have to say on what and did they improve us? In fairness you also have to say we needed numbers and this we got but quality was decidedly lacking.
Look at the team, Friedel, big question mark on his performance this season, Shorey, what did he do to MoN he hasn't played this season bearing in mind that Bouma was absent all year.
Knight no where near good enough, Davies still playing like a pub player, Petrov well I blame NIgel for him winning the Player of the Year. Reo Coker not good enough, Harewood Miles off what we need. What did Sidwell do? where is he? Cuellar, probably a bit soon to write him off but on the evidence so far has a lot to do. Finally Heskey, apart from giving us all a laugh at Nigels expense on his debut he's been a waste of money.
Onwards we need quality if Barry stays I will be delighted, who do we replace Laursen with is the main question, he is a big loss to us in every respect.
We need quality in the centre of the park and whilst Davies thnks we could get Owen I don't think he's the player we need to sit in the treatment room most of the season, in any case he day has past.
Overall a good show this season but I expected at Christmas to have finished higher, having gone to Everton and beaten them the way we did it's all credit to Moyes that they got 5th and a cup final to play with no money to speak of.
My saddest day this season, Middlesboro at home I was soaked to the skin before I got into the ground and we lost maybe that's what Sidwell did?
Alway up the villa but those of us that think we could and should have done better have a voice too.
Everton finished 5th with no investment and they are in an FA Cup final. Quite a bit to hold their head up about and what would they have done with £50m?
I support the club with my money but I will not celebrate average as success, over 38 games that was what our season was, average.
Oh villaman Everton finished 5th last season and 5th this season should they hang there heads as well because they didn't win the league? There is a name for us the paying public, no not fans SUPPORTERS why dont you give it a try and back you team!
I bet your (villaman) one of these fans that think MON is crap and if we dont win the leauge then we failed. ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN ONE DAY. We did spend a lot and I think it made us a better team now we have to add a bit more this summer move us up a bit closer to the CL then next summer spend a bit more, its called building a sqaud all the best teams have to do it, some of the bigger teams do it every couple of seasons, arsenal, chelsea but the biggest man utd, how long did it take fergie to build his own team? we have some of the best young players around and the best chance of success we have had in a long time. As for 7th being good yeah it would have been but then I would expect better each season after that. If we had finished as strong as we started and made the CL you would be calling MON a god but what would have happened this season? we would have fell flat on our faces because we dont have the squad for that yet, Do you need an example? LEEDS got in the CL, oh how they doing now by the way!
I'm down about this season because despite a £50 Million investment last summer we finished in exactly the same position and 2 points better off than last season. If I was Randy Lerner I'd think £25 Million a point was quite expensive.
In January when new blood was obviously required we bought Heskey whilst Arsenal Bought Arshavin, need I point out the obvious difference in class and ambition.
6th is nowhere, 6th is nothing, if this is the extent of our ambition -- ' I was thinking 7th would be a good season !!' Then what is the point of further investment. Martin O'Neill has the easiest job in the world if bailing out of all cup competitions (because the players might get tired), and finishing in the top 8 is success. David Moyes has no money, and Everton manage to cover more ground and achieve more than we do.
We'll be having an open top bus ride for finishing in the top half of the table next. We are either serious contenders or we are not, and all the evidence from the top of the club to the support is that we are not.
I'll still pay my money, and I'll still turn up most weeks but I wont celebrate average as success, not now not ever.
probablygraham probablygraham May 26, 2009 13:34 Flag
Agreed, big kev. Pretty much what I think too.
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- What does this mean for game length? "Right now we're imagining 15 hours for one character," Nomura says. "If you get into customizing your deck and so forth, you can get pretty involved timewise, so you might be looking at over 50 hours of gameplay if you play as all three."
- One new world in Birth by Sleep is Castle of Dreams, home to Cinderella (whom we last saw in the original Kingdom Hearts). Essentially this is a retelling of the old fairy tale, with each of the three heroes playing differing roles in it. Ventus, who's three inches tall in this world for some reason, has to help Jaq the mouse get material for Cinderella's royal gown. Terra, who believes that finding Xehanort involves tracking down a "heart of pure light," thinks Cinderella is the key to discovering that. Aqua, for her part, is chasing after the other two and somehow winds up being the one who puts on the glass slippers.
- Meanwhile, Deep Space is Lilo & Stitch land, although there's no Lilo -- it's the bit from the start of the film when "Experiment 626" is still making his escape from the alien spaceship. Terra has, by chance, infiltrated this spaceship and winds up helping 626 out; Aqua, for her part, winds up getting saved by 626 from some unspecified menace; and Ventus, who arrives after the other two, is the one that finally gets the blue thingie off the spaceship for good. All three will be chased after by Gantu and his Experiment 221.
- The battle system is an evolution of the usual KH action-RPG malarkey. Depending on how you fight, your Command Style will change, and so will the moves you can unleash. This Style can change whenever you fill up the Command Gauge; it all depends on whether you trigger a change based on the types of commands you've been using. If you don't trigger a change, you'll execute a powerful Finish Command instead.
- Birth by Sleep still has a tentative "winter" release date in Japan. Nomura commented that the exact date won't be finalized until Final Fantasy XIII's is. "Since FFXIII is further ahead in development, I imagine it will come first," he said, "but I think people will get to play this without waiting too much longer."
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So stoked.Posted: Aug 30, 2009 12:00AM PST by Frionel
I anticipate this more than any game coming out till 2011-2012 (the next being Final Fantasy Versus XIII). We'll never see KH3 until like 2015 or something hahah, if we're lucky.
I love the direction the story of KH has been going in. I never expected the story to be as fleshed out as it is now. Especially now, if KH managed to drop the Disney element (though obviously dropping half of it's appeal) it'd still have a very well produced story of it's own to fall back on.
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OOOOHHHCANT WAITPosted: Aug 26, 2009 12:00AM PST by cullenvampir
although i'll have to use my bros psp. if it has multiple save files ill make a file for each character. its a good idea for them to do this
Marvel hasn't dealt with the license in years.Posted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by Sabrewing
SLG -- Slave Labor Graphics -- are the company responsible for publishing the recent, canon Gargoyles comic books, but Disney still owns the rights to the property. They're actually the reason the comic is on hold -- they're asking for higher fees to license the characters to Greg Weisman and SLG.
@SabrewingPosted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by Electricb7
I remember talking to someone about that, and they said that the Gargoyles were sold from Disney to Marvel or something like that. Have no idea. just throwing that out there.
Kingdom Hearts needs Manhatten as an area.Posted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by Sabrewing
Reason #1: Gargoyles! Especially if Goliath was a party member, but the franchise in general is heavily steeped in magic and moral ambiguity.
Reason #1.1: If they went with this, and characters NOT from Final Fantasy could come from the Square side, they could introduce Parasite Eve's Aya Brea as Elisa's partner. Make her mitochondrial powers into full-blown magical potential.
Reason #2: Characters from Oliver & Company and Enchanted could cameo.
@JoshemanePosted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by Electricb7
get the fuck over yourself.
@TenAkumaPosted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by Electricb7
you cant be that stupid calling me a tool. Wtf?
calling me cheap because I dont own the funds to purchase another handheld for one game, nice. You are part of the fuckking problem with people.Talking down on someone thats less fortunate that you. great. this is why I hate dumbasses like you that own internet access.
Dont give a shitPosted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by Electricb7
I want KH3.
If onlyPosted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by paranoid_kanser
there were more titles to make the immense cost of the PSP worth it. I pretty much wanna play this game, the Castlevania one, and Dissidia Final Fantasy, though Dissidia warrants a rent more than a buy...
I am so gladPosted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by Mangoverboard
that i bought a psp.I love KH and this sounds awesome,cant wait.
This is the one game...Posted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by sugar_junkie_89
That makes me heavily regret selling my PSP all those years ago... I don't know what to do with my self...
should bePosted: Aug 25, 2009 12:00AM PST by abercrombieco2
a must have psp title. it looks pretty great so far , i can't wait till it comes out.


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one does not simply be as good as this guy
If I had one like this I would wear it, even to work! I hope it matches my tie (I joke I don't work- I'm an artist! lol)
ahhhh sweet! that it awesome to no end
This looks awesome! Fantastic job!
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Simply. Borderline. Amazing.
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Thanks Mike! You do some amazing artwork yourself, sir
i've been watching you grow. its really cool to see as well....very impressed here
That really means a lot man, truly. There's so many talented artists out there that I'm honored to have anyone watching what I do. Really keeps me going
I posted the finished version tonight by the way! Let me know what you think!
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Oh my holy jesus O_O I hope this gets made into a full set of armour!
Holy shit! that's bloody amazing.
It would be fun to have this along with my other Halo stuff, but I cannot afford it right now.
Gosh, can you imagine a cop's face when this rides past on a motorcycle.
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Thanks! That's actually an older raider you see back there and it doesn't have a purpose just yet. If you could see how many nerf blasters are just to the left of this photo you would probably be shocked, haha. Last time I counted everything there were about 200+ in total
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Wow. That's a lot haha
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Rapha severs ties with Team Sky, cites "Market saturation"
November 5, 2015 § 24 Comments
Rapha announced today that it would end its partnership with Team Sky at the end of 2016. Cycling in the South Bay sat down with Chauncy Chalmers, CEO of Rapha, to talk about the divorce.
CitSB: What was it? Irreconcilable differences?
Chauncy: Oh, far from it. We've both benefited immensely from the partnership and are leaving on the best of terms. We plan to remain friends, and we wouldn't be where we are today without Team SKY.
CitSB: And where are you today?
Chauncy: We are the dominant player in the pretentious bicycle clothing market. $345 for a pink plastic vest. See? We OWN it.
CitSB: Yes, but there's more to your success than that, isn't there? Rapha is regarded as one of the best fitting, most superbly designed clothing manufacturers in the bike industry, combining the understated English qualities of Savile Row with the hardman exploits of volcano dopers. That's what they say over at Red Kite Prayer, anyway.
Chauncy: Don't believe everything you read; that guy was nominated for Wanker of the Year. Our stuff is made by the same underpaid Chinese garment workers as every other label. And get this–the average Chinese worker makes $19.81 per day, just under $2.50 an hour. Pretty sweet mark-up, I'd say.
CitSB: Schweet, for sho. So why the break-up with SKY? Seemed like a match made in heaven. Pretentious British label hawked by marginal gains volcano dopers with funny accents that sound vaguely aristocratic to the untrained American ear, which can't distinguish between the Queen's English, Ozzie Jibberjabber, and Pig Latin.
Chauncy: Yes, the American market is what we've always referred to as "gullible." And it certainly has paid the bills.
CitSB: So why the breakup? Faux English tailored cycling kits with a vaguely 70's design in updated 21st Century Pink; volcano dopers who talk funny and millions of tubby Americans who think Rapha's been around since Eddy Merckx.
Chauncy: The market is saturated.
CitSB: How can that be? There are ten new baby seals on the NPR every week, ripe for clubbing and for new Rapha kits and for 100% full carbon parts made of pure carbon. It's only just begun!
Chauncy: Our market research shows that with the exception of New York, Los Angeles, and parts of North County San Diego, the pretentious asshole demographic is saturated and shrinking.
CitSB: Impossible.
Chauncy: It's true. Most people who ride bicycles aren't snobby twits who crave approval by being treated rudely and looked down on. What's worse, most people who ride bicycles don't really care what their bicycle clothing looks like.
CitSB: Blasphemy! How do you know that?
Chauncy: We took our team of designers to the Tour of Palm Springs last year to examine the market first hand. Three of our designers are still in therapy. It gets worse. We randomly sampled riders, asking them if they liked Wiggins better than Froome. The answer blew our mind.
CitSB: What did they say?
Chauncy: They all said the same thing: "Who?"
CitSB: Shocking. And so you've pulled the plug. What's Team SKY going to be wearing for 2017 then?
Chauncy: It's a secret, but I'll tell you if you promise to keep it off the record.
CitSB: You can trust me.
Chauncy: They've hired one of your local guys here in LA to do their kits. Apparently one of the designs here has really caught their fancy.
CitSB: Which one is that?
Chauncy: Big Purple, or Orange, or something.
CitSB: Big Orange?
Chauncy: Yes, that's the one. You know them? They must have a pretty understated look to catch Team SKY's eye.
CitSB: Nope. Never heard of 'em.
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The tired radicals
May 10, 2015 § 38 Comments
On Saturday morning I rolled up to the Manhattan Beach Pier and was pleasantly surprised to find a large group of riders who had made the 6:30 AM commitment to pedal north for a couple of hours, take the full lane on Pacific Coast Highway, and then lodge an informal protest at Malibu City Hall regarding the illegal ticketing of cyclists on PCH.
By the time we arrived we had added another ten riders or so, and a handful had only ridden part of the way. The pre-ride publicity was pushed by Greg Seyranian of Big Orange, and I got a lot of help from Mario Obejas at the Beach Cities Cycling Club, as he invited me to come speak to the group about our protest and included ride information in the club's newsletter. I also greatly appreciated the efforts of the California Association of Bicycling Organizations, who sent their president from San Diego, Jim Baross, and his henchman from San Clemente, Pete van Nuys.
Don Ward of Wolfpack Hustle also put the word out on Facebook and Twitter, and a random and incomplete list of people who showed up includes Dan Kroboth, Steven Thorpe, Robert Cisneros, David Huntsman, Mikki Ozawa, Tamar Toister, Debbie Sullivan, Michael Barraclough, Pete van Nuys, Gary Cziko, Jim Baross, Eric Richardson, Bob Kellogg, Peter Richardson, Connie Perez, Alx Bns, Mark Jacobs, Don Young, and Les Borean.
The day before the ride I got a call from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The lieutenant and I spent close to an hour talking about cycling on PCH. Although the department understands the right of cyclists to control the lane when there are debris or other hazards that make riding as far to the right as practicable unsafe, the bone of contention continues to be what constitutes a substandard width lane, because it is this exception to the FTR law that cyclists use to get away from the fog line and out into the full lane on PCH.
Our position has always been that the statute, CVC 21202(a) is plain. It defines a substandard width lane as one in which a bike and a car cannot travel safely side by side. Some of the sheriff's deputies believe that on PCH this is a matter of judgment and interpretation, whereas regular cyclists who simply want to follow the law insist that it's no more subject to interpretation than the rules governing stopping at traffic lights.
Simple math shows beyond any reasonable dispute that the substandard width exception applies on PCH. Why? Because nowhere on the stretch from Santa Monica to the Ventura County Line do the lanes exceed 11 feet in width, 12 at the absolute most. The width of a cyclist, when you add in one foot for variation of the line of travel, is about 4 feet. California law now requires cars to pass bikes with a minimum 3-foot buffer. This puts the effective width of the cyclist at about 7 feet. The width of a car or truck, including its mirrors, is at least 6 feet.
6 + 7 = 13, and 13 > 12. In words, a 12-foot lane isn't wide enough to accommodate 13 feet of bike and car. And of course along many sections of PCH, the lanes are only barely 10 feet wide.
We took the lane as soon as we exited onto PCH at Chautauqua, and the entire morning we saw only two squad cars, neither of which paid us any attention whatsoever. It's my opinion that the upper management at the sheriff's department agrees with our interpretation of the law, but I also think there are deputies on the line who simply don't accept the right of cyclists to take the lane no matter what the law says. They see a group of riders who aren't cowering in the gutter and think, "That can't be legal." But during our ride we got nothing but courtesy from the law, which was kind of the point: The ride was staged as a protest against a ticket issued to a Big Orange rider several months ago for failing to ride in the bike lane, and at the time there were no bike lanes on PCH.
At Temescal Canyon we took a break, waited for the West Side riders to show up, and tweeted/facebagged our protest ride info to the Lost Hills Substation, the City of Malibu, and the CHP.
The entire ride from Temescal to Cross Creek, about six miles, we got honked at exactly once and were chopped exactly once — by an asshole on a motorcycle, no less. I always find it hilarious and pathetic when the second-most vulnerable users on the road treat us with aggression and hatred.
Although getting our message across to law enforcement and to the City of Malibu was the main purpose of the ride, as it turns out the real impact of this type of cycling is the message it sends to cagers. Hundreds of motorists were educated this morning about the rights of cyclists to take the lane on PCH–it was a lesson worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in radio spots or TV ads. Forcing drivers to see cyclists in the lane and accept the reality that as with a slow moving bus or cement mixer you have to slow down, put on your blinker, change lanes, and pass on the left, are the most important results of this type of activity.
Which leads to a couple of other observations: First, of the couple of hundred cyclists we saw on PCH that morning, none was in the lane, all were huddled in the gutter. Several times we even had riders catch up to us, sit on for a few minutes, and then come racing around on the left, only to dive back into the gutter. Whereas law enforcement seems to be coming around to our point of view, judging from the cyclists on PCH, most riders prefer to be entirely out of the roadway. This is where the actions of large groups like La Grange, Big Orange, and semi-organized rides such as NOW and Kettle need to continue pounding home the message that the lane is legal and it's safe. In fact, when I did the NOW ride a few weeks ago it was amazing to see the entire 70-person peloton crammed up onto the shoulder.
The most extreme example of the cower mentality was on the BWR a few weeks ago, when riders refused to take the lane even when protected by a police-escorted, full rolling enclosure. Old habits die hard.
On the other hand, you can't force people to do what they don't feel comfortable doing, and the main point is that riders who understand that they're safer in the lane now have a pretty strong reason to take it without too much fear of harassment. Even as I'm writing this the California Highway Patrol from West Valley tweeted to say that they agreed cyclists can ride in the lane as long as they're not impeding traffic.
A final point was recognizing that despite all of the advocacy and fundraising by the numerous bicycling organizations in Southern California, the most effective thing you can do is to get a group together and take the lane. All the emails and fundraising campaigns in the world don't speak as loudly as 25 riders legally riding in the lane.
Related to that there's this issue: Getting riders to commit to a Saturday or Sunday of cycling advocacy is tough because the weather's nice, the early morning roads are relatively empty, and would you rather get in your workout with your pals … or try to change the world with a little two-wheeled advocacy? Most people will choose the former, but for those who took the time to make themselves seen and heard on PCH, thank YOU!
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The date is May 9
April 6, 2015 § 63 Comments
One of my buddies has a place up near Paso Robles, and he rides his bike there a fair amount. There isn't ever any traffic, the roads are scenic, and the weather is nice there year-round. But don't let the scarcity of cars and the bucolic byways fool you. The three-tooth mouth breathers may not graduate from high school, but they can still use a spray can.
Yesterday as my buddy was pedaling along, minding his own business, a pickup coming in the other direction took the time to slow down, honk, roll down the window, flip him off, and holler in a healthy "Fuck you!" for good measure. There is nothing that reminds you how much you are hated more than people taking the time on a beautiful, uncrowded morning to honk, scream, and flip.
On Saturday morning as we returned from a ride out to Trancas on PCH a motorcyclist did the same thing. We were in Manhattan Beach, the traffic was light, and we approached a signal. The biker happily raised his middle finger and cursed us. There is also a guy who regularly rides his motorized bicycle illegally down the bike path with a surfboard on the side, spitting exhaust fumes as he rattles along. He can invariably be counted on to scream The Greeting and display The Gesture.
And of course a few weeks ago another Deppity Doofus on PCH pulled over a group of Big Orange riders on PCH and punitively ticketed one for not riding in the bike lane. Detail: There is no bike lane on PCH. Still, time and effort and expense will be wasted defending against the targeted police harassment, just as with the forty or so riders in the Conejo Valley who were all ticketed by a cop for running a stop sign that they didn't all run.
You know, group guilt. It's the new individual guilt.
On Saturday, May 9, at 9:00 AM I'm going to be at the Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, to protest the continued illegal harassment of cyclists by the LA Sheriff's Department. The city advised that I should "attend a council meeting instead," but when I checked the U.S. Constitution there was nothing in it about the Malibu Municipal Code. Feel free to show up and voice your opinion about this.
The City of Malibu has no police force of its own and instead contracts with LASD for police services. The sheriff's department is responsive to the demands of its employers. Both law enforcement and the entitled bike-haters on PCH need to know that their harassment is as unacceptable as it is offensive.
Anyone who wants to pedal to the city hall can meet me in the parking lot at Temescal Canyon and PCH, at Will Rogers State Park at 8:00 AM. I'll be riding slowly, safely, and legally, where I belong.
In the lane.
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I fought the law and the law didn't show up
January 16, 2015 § 48 Comments
Team Wanker showed up at the Santa Monica Courthouse garbed in its finest clothing and ready to do battle with the machinations of THE SYSTEM, or, alternatively, to hang out at the Sckubrats across the street and quaff a cup of coffee. This was our third sally into the bowels of bicycle-citation-defense law, and I was gradually coming to the realization that working for free was just as unprofitable as going for a bike ride, only less fun.
For this final inning against the minions of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, we had assembled, if not the Dream Team, then at least the Catnap Team. We had:
Defendant Scotty G.: The victim of a terrible conspiracy to pervert our civil rights, Scotty G. had chosen to take a morning off work and fight the citation for violating CVC 21202(a) even though it would have been easier and cheaper to pay the fine. Scotty had been ticketed for riding in the middle of the lane on PCH with the Big Orange noodlers. Everyone agreed that the reason he'd been served with the ticket is because he was wearing the dark blue Ironfly kit, and stood out like a sore tongue in a French kissing contest when surrounded by all the Orangemen.
Expert Witness Gary Cziko (pronounced "psycho, but not to his face): Gary now holds the record in successful expert witness bicycle defenses, having won every single case in which he was hired to testify — proving that he is well worth the cup of coffee and candy bar that it took to entice him to take a bath and pedal over to court. Hired Gun Psycho had come prepared to testify to the width of the lane and the fact that it could not be safely shared by a bike and vehicle, thereby calling into effect one of the exceptions to California's "farthest to the right" rule for bikes. This time, sensing an all-out war, he had brushed away all the breadcrumbs, combed most of his hair, and brushed several of his teeth. It was battle time.
Expert Witness Eric Bruins: Strangely an alum of USC, Eric is also batting a thousand in his testimony regarding highway standards, although somewhat less successful in explaining why with the last name of "Bruins" he didn't go to UCLA. Eric was prepared to testify regarding the applicable width of lanes under accepted lane-width standards, and why those standards were crucial for understanding the inherent unsafety of the lanes on PCH as concerns "FTR" travel by bicycles.
Gritty Lawyer "Wankmeister," Senior Partner and Chief Janitor at Wanky Law, LLP: I knew this was going to be the toughest trial of my career, and not just because I'd had beans and chili the night before at the all-you-can-eat taco bar and beanerie with Bull. As I sat stewing in the endless traffic on the 405, I thought grimly about the take-no-prisoners, scorched earth tactics I would have to employ in this pitiless cage fight between titans of the law.
Deppity Doofus: Doofus was my adversary, as wily and clever as he was rotund and fond of donuts. With a mind and body honed on three decades of law enforcement along PCH, and almost as many decades spent belly-up to the counter at DK Donuts in Santa Monica, Deppity Doofus would be cagy and hard to trap. He had mostly spelled his own name correctly at the bottom of the citation, which let me know that I was dealing with the best that the sheriff's department had to offer.
The battle plan
In our two previous court battles, Team Wanky had employed one of the most complex legal strategies ever devised. Known by its code name, JSU, the "Just Show Up" stratagem involved all four of us appearing at the courthouse at the correct time, 8:45 AM.
But that wasn't all. After appearing, we planned to carefully find our way to Department A, where we would implement Phase II of JSU, in some ways the trickiest part of our defense. One by one we would enter the courtroom. Scotty, Gary, and Eric would all sit down. I, on the other hand, was planning to walk up to the clerk's desk and check in. This was the linchpin of our strategy — we would then be officially checked in.
After overcoming these incredible hurdles, Phase III would kick in: We would wait for our case to be called. Then, we would wait for the judge to say, "No appearance by Deppity Doofus due to a sale at the Olde Donut Shoppe. Case dismissed." At that point I was planning to carefully stand up and deliver the most devastating part of my legal defense — I would say, "Thank you, Your Honor," and we would all stand up and leave.
That, anyway, was the plan.
No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy
Unfortunately, our devastating JSU strategy got derailed early. Although I had allotted thirty minutes for the one-hour drive to Santa Monica, I wound up arriving late. Then, facing complete defeat, I was forced to call Scotty G. and have him implement Phase II using our backup plan. Instead of me going to the desk and checking in, I told him, "Scotty, you go check in." He was able to walk all the way to the clerk's desk, give his name, and save the day.
I dashed into the courtroom a few minutes late, still in time to make my closing argument. Quickly, I huddled with Team Wanker and we practiced.
"Okay, Scotty. Get ready to sit down."
"I'm already sitting," he said."
"Good job. Keep it up. Gary, what's the square root of 5.9?" I asked.
"I have no idea. What difference does it make?"
"Just checking. Good job. Eric, how much spunk water should you drink to make a wart go away when Venus is retrograde to Uranus?"
"What?" he asked.
"Exactly," I confirmed.
Then I sat down beside my team and waited to attack. Judge Hahn came in and surveyed us, sensing the dismissal battle that was about to take place. "Okay," he said, "if I call your name it means that the officer who wrote the citation isn't here, so your case will be dismissed and you can go home."
He read off a few names, but not a single defendant had a professional team of hired guns like Scotty G. The way that Gary and Eric sat in their chairs and gaped like toads was terrible to behold.
"Scotty G.?" said the judge. "Your case is dismissed."
I stood, and all eyes in the courtroom turned on my. It was to be my finest hour as I summoned all of my wits to persuade these twelve jurors of the justice of our cause. I paused. You could have sliced the tension with an eructation. "Your honor," I said.
"Yes?" he answered.
I drew it out, the crowning moment of my legal career, champion of the downtrodden, hero of the oppressed, knowing neither fear nor favor in my prosecution of the things we as Americans cherish most deeply. Then I said it. "Thank you."
"Samuel Poopinbeck," said the Judge. "Case dismissed."
Mr. Poopinbeck made complete mess out of his dismissal and stumbled to the door, only managing to mumble, "Thanks."
Afterwards we high-fived in the hall, slapped backs and butts, and jogged over to the Sckubrats where I treated everyone to a cup of water. The euphoria was incredible. Scotty G. thanked me for my efforts, and we parted company. We fought the law, and we won.
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Sometimes, sweat the small stuff
November 6, 2014 § 26 Comments
The judge looked down at me from his high perch. "Mr. Davidson," he said, "I'm dismissing the case against your client due to the officer's failure to appear in court today."
"Thank you, your Honor," I said.
He smirked a little bit. "Your client must be exceedingly happy at the fine lawyering you've done on this case."
I smiled back. "Thank you, your Honor. I do my best work unopposed."
And with that I, my client, his wife, and my two expert witnesses left the courtroom, where the judge would spend the balance of his morning and part of the afternoon trying various traffic citations. If there's a smaller, less significant, more bottom-of-the-barrel niche in the practice of law I haven't found it, and it's not for want of trying.
Everyone was slightly disappointed at this complete victory except me. My client and his wife had wanted to see some razzle-dazzle cross examination of Deputy Duvall, the L.A. sheriff's deputy who had written the completely bogus citation for my client's alleged violation of CVC 21202(a). This is the law that requires cyclists in California to ride as far to the right as practicable unless one of three exceptions applies. In our case, my client was riding out in the middle of the lane because it was of substandard width, defined by statute to mean that the lane is too narrow for a bike and vehicle to safely travel side-by-side in the lane.
My first expert, Mr. Tomato Shirt, was disappointed because we didn't get a chance to lose the case at trial and then appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court of the Crab Nebulae, where, in a 400-page decision rendered by the justices, the question would be resolved forever and throughout the universe that cyclists have the right to control the lane.
My second expert, Mr. Tom T. Earnest, was disappointed that we had all wasted another day and lots of preparation time to defend a case that was simply dismissed. He and Tomato were also angered that the deputy's harassment in the form of writing bogus tickets didn't get slapped down in court by the judge.
I, of course, was euphoric for the reason that every lawyer everywhere is euphoric when he wins by default: Trials always open the possibility of defeat, and only a fool wants to tempt fate with a dramatic courtroom trial when he can go home with a guaranteed win in his pocket. Add to that the fact that traffic court trials are about as dramatic as watching your wife scrub the calluses off her heel with a pumice stone and you'll understand that as a lawyer, I just wanted to win — and I didn't care how, and I especially didn't care if it was handed to me on a platter.
This was the second no-show by the same deputy for the same bogus ticket. A third one, and hopefully the last one, is on the trial calendar for January 15. No surprise, I'm hoping for a no-show by the citing officer in that matter as well.
But not everyone is happy. There are cyclists who can't get TV out of their brains, and who think that you haven't really won until you've done a Clarence Darrow or a Perry Mason or a Racehorse Haynes in front of a packed courtroom. Here's why they're wrong.
The problem we've had on PCH is symbolized by the bogus tickets, but the bogus tickets aren't the cause. The cause has been an enforcement policy that wrongly applies the provisions of CVC 21202(a), ignoring the black letter exceptions that make it legal on almost all of PCH for cyclists to ride in the middle of the lane. That enforcement policy comes primarily from the captain of the sheriff's substation with jurisdiction over PCH, and you can fight tickets all day long but until the enforcement policy changes, you're just swatting at flies in a manure field.
The aggressive, engaging policy of Eric Bruins and LA County Bicycle Coalition, the support of Greg Seyranian from Big Orange Cycling, the effective analysis and advocacy of Gary Cziko on the CABO forum and elsewhere, and the commitment of hundreds of cyclists to ride in the lane on PCH are what brought the sheriff's department to the table. After several meetings, a ride-along where deputies could see the difference between riding in the lane and hugging the gutter, and an educational seminar for law enforcement officers, the captain of the substation, with the support of the L.A. County Sheriff, accepted the cyclists' position on proper application of CVC 21202(a).
This wasn't done through court trials, or flaming verbiage, or adversarial proceedings against the enemy. It was done between adults, evincing mutually respectful attitudes, trying to find a working compromise to a complex issue that requires balance between motorists, cyclists, and everyone else who uses PCH. As satisfying as it might appear on TV to destroy the opposition in court, it has been infinitely more effective to earn their respect and support and thereby change enforcement policies.
The fact that LASD has not written any more of these tickets to riders occupying the lane and the fact that the citing deputy hasn't shown up to contest the ticket mean that cyclists are winning on PCH.
On the way back, though, my client was worried. "How's your practice going?" he asked.
"Fine, thanks. Why do you ask?"
"Well, you know, pro bono defense of traffic citations … " he trailed off.
"That's why I have a PayPal link on my blog," I said. "And anyway, sometimes it's the small stuff that, in the end, is the biggest stuff of all."
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No sympathy for the devil
July 7, 2014 § 104 Comments
Bicyclists of California, unite!
The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department has embarked on a methodical campaign of illegal ticketing, threats, and intimidation against law-abiding cyclists who dare to exercise their right to ride in the lane on Pacific Coast Highway.
Despite personal assurances given by Captain Patrick Devoren, assurances made in the presence of me, Gary Cziko, and Eric Bruins of the LA County Bicycle Coalition, the department has stepped up its illegal ticketing and harassment campaign against cyclists. Even worse, the captain and his deputies have targeted the Big Orange cycling club in a brazen attempt to use force, threats, and fines to frighten cyclists out of the roadway.
Bicyclists who believe that they are inferior, who support the right of motorists to abuse and intimidate them, and who think that legally using PCH on a bicycle is counterproductive because it will "anger the motorists of Malibu" will be thrilled to know that they are firmly on the side of the sheriffs department.
Cyclists who do not consider themselves second class citizens will be outraged.
After being promised by Captain Devoren at a meeting in January that we would no longer be cited by deputies for obeying the law, the same abusive deputy — Deputy Duvall — pulled over David Kramer on June 29, 2014 while he was legally riding two abreast in the far right lane on PCH.
David was part of a 20-person contingent, and Deputy Duvall cited him for violating VC 21202, which requires a cyclist to stay as far to the right of the lane as practicable unless the lane is of substandard width or unless the lane cannot safely be shared by both motorist and bicycle. If these either of these conditions apply — and both did — cyclists are not required to ride "FTR" (as far to the right as practicable), and they are allowed to use the full lane pursuant to the section of the Vehicle Code that gives bicycles the same travel rights on roadways as motor vehicles.
Check out these two videos, both of which show that Deputy Duvall has no idea what the law is and is simply harassing the riders because he can:
While Deputy Duvall was citing Kramer, I phoned the watch commander who, after patient discussion, agreed with our interpretation of the law: That the cyclists were allowed to ride in the lane 2-by-2 on that section of PCH. Duvall cited Kramer anyway.
The following day I spoke with Captain Devoren, who proposed a meeting — I never heard back from him after that — at which we could explore, possibly with judicial input, the legality of our interpretation of the law, a law which needs no interpretation because it is explicit regarding when and where cyclists are not obligated to ride FTR.
Yesterday, July 6, a motorcycle deputy pulled over a group of Big Orange riders again and cited cyclist Scott Golper for "riding in the lane," allegedly in violation of CV21202. Scott at the time was at the back of the group and hugging the fog line. The deputy took Duvall's absurd mis-interpretation of the law even further and told the cyclists that they were not allowed to ride in the road at all. When asked to put the rider's road position on the citation, he threatened Scott with arrest. He then added that bicyclists on PCH were an endangerment to cars, and if cyclists didn't want to ride in the gutter they should STAY OFF PCH.
Deputy Young then called the watch commander and told him he was citing "the same group as last week." It was clear from his tone of voice that the department had decided to target Big Orange, and that they were using this intimidation tactic to get the word out to all cyclists on PCH: Ride on the shoulder or don't ride PCH at all.
Most incredibly, the deputy admitted to Scott that he probably wouldn't even appear as a witness to prosecute the case, which means that the case will be dismissed. This is exactly what Deputy Duvall did in a previous case against Greg Leibert, a matter which required multiple court appearances, expert witnesses, and legal representation just so the department could harass cyclists, force them into court, and then not show up to prosecute their bogus case. This is harassment of the worst sort. The ticketed cyclist has to defend himself or hire a lawyer and the deputy just writes the ticket, harasses the group, and goes about his business.
Below is a video of Deputy Young in action, adding his truckload of cluelessness to the body of law enforcement ignorance that already makes riding PCH extremely unpleasant as well as hazardous for law abiding cyclists. That this unpleasantness and danger is exacerbated by the very people who are supposed to make PCH safe is outrageous beyond words.
Keep in mind that there is no law in California that requires a cyclist to ride on the shoulder, and that Deputy Young is telling Scott that he can't do what's legal, and that he must do what isn't required.
What I believed was a professional and honest attempt on the part of Captain Devoren and his deputies to reach an understanding with cyclists about proper enforcement of the law was apparently a ruse that the department has been using to keep us from collective action to defend our right to use the road.
I have taken David's and Scott's cases pro bono in an attempt to get a fair decision from the Santa Monica court in which the court will rule in our favor on these tickets and every other one like them. The motorists who pull the strings at LASD have obviously elected to make this the battleground, and it will have repercussions throughout the state of California.
If cyclists can be legally harassed, threatened with incarceration, fined for riding in the road on PCH, and illegally ordered to ride on the shoulder, then you can be absolutely certain that law enforcement will take this very significant victory and use it to illegally prosecute cyclists throughout the state.
Riding in the lane is a matter of safety, and more importantly it is a matter of legality. We are entitled to use the roads only to the extent that we are willing to stand up and fight for that right. Motordom and the police state would prefer that we either ride on bike paths or not ride at all. Imagine every group ride you do for the rest of your life being subject to this new and illegal prosecution of law-abiding bicyclists.
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Crisis of confidence
October 30, 2013 § 24 Comments
It happens to everyone, usually after a massive crash. It goes like this.
Day 1 (en route to hospital with full morphine drip): How's my bike?
Day 2: When can I ride again?
Day 3: I guess I can't ride this weekend.
Day 4: I guess I can't ride for a few weeks.
Day 5: I guess if I can't ride for a few months.
Day 6: I wonder how much of this is gonna be covered by insurance?
Day 7: I wonder if I've still got a job?
Day 8: If I ever mention "cycling" again I'll be divorced. Again.
Then the rehab begins. It's worse than the accident. Or, you spend a month posting stickies on the fridge because even though you didn't break anything, your closed-head injury has left a few too many open spaces on the fill-in-the-blank test.
"Remember to pick up milk."
"What is milk?"
"Remember to wake up."
"Remember to write down name on back of hand for easy reference."
Somewhere between the shuffling return to work and the final hundred sessions of physical therapy ("Okay, today we're going to practice bending your elbow two degrees. It's really going to hurt until you scream and beg to be put to death, but just bear with me,") everything changes. A flood of questions spring up.
Questions like this
"What was I thinking? I'm too old to be dressing like a Circque d'Soleil reject."
"My dog, I could have died in that crashtacular fredsplat that's gotten 54,000 hits on YouTube. Then what would I have done?"
"All the money I've been spending on … bicycling? Really?"
"I just can't bear the thought of dying so young and leaving all that cold beer in the fridge. It needs me."
"Even the thought of getting back on a bicycle terrifies me. Not to mention what it does to my friends who have to ride behind me."
"All the years I've wasted on bicycles, my whole life has passed me by! And for what? Strava?"
Answers like this
Fortunately, I've seen this happen to lots of people, and they solve the problem rather simply: they quit cycling and go back to being normal people. However, a few really do sit on the fence and angst over it. "Should I quit cycling? But I love my friends! But how can I do something so dangerous? But it's so fun! But the thought of riding makes me break out in hives. But I like hives!" Etc.
So, to sum up, here's a handy-dandy set of answers that will fit every catastrophe that has resulted in the soul searching question, "Am I really cut out for this?"
- In life, high risk equals high reward. In cycling, high risk equals little to no reward and/or life-altering disasters. Choose accordingly.
- The older you get, the more it is going to hurt when you fall six feet off the ground onto your head, even with a helmet.
- The faster you go, the more likely it is that something will surprise you and cause you to fall six feet off the ground onto your head (see No. 2 above).
- Most people prefer to die in degrees behind the wheel of a car rather than in one fell swoop on a bike, being taken out by a car.
- There are no answers in life, except for in cycling, where even though there are lots of answers, they are always the wrong ones.
- If you have to choose between your life and your children, it's time to sell the the bike and turn parent or sell the kids and turn pro.
- Cycling is not a metaphor for life. It is life. And a pretty bad life, might I add.
- No matter how badly you were hurt, no one really cares. I mean they do, but actually, they don't.
- Best tip for not getting in high-speed crashes: avoid them. And sign up for the world famous Marina del Schenectady cyclocross skills class offered by "Inches" Polnikov.
- No matter how crazy you think your cycling addiction is, you're right.
- If you got smashed flat tomorrow or wound up in traction, the NPR would still go off at 6:40 AM on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But after the ride I'd sure as heck bring you coffee.
- Life is not about conquering your fears or achieving great things or being happy. It's not "about" anything.
- For every person who gives up cycling, fifty other middle-aged idiots will blindly take it up with power meters, electronic shifting, and disc brakes. And they will crash spectacularly. Cf. David Hollande and virtually everyone on Big Orange. And Prez.
- The only difference between your weird cycling life and your weird normal life is that in cycling no one cares about how weird you are because everyone is breathing too hard and trying not to crash or get dropped on the Switchbacks.
- Your friends are your friends, two-wheeled or not.
- And get well soon.


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After another failed attempt at capturing an elusive NBA championship, the Orlando Magic will enter an offseason filled with uncertainty.
The most compelling question is, of course, All-NBA center Dwight Howard's future within the organization. While many speculate that Howard will ultimately stay in the city that drafted him with the first overall pick in the 2004 Draft, Magic CEO Alex Martins did confirm that Orlando will search for a new option at center if the perennial All-Star doesn't sign a long-term contract.
"If he decides not to sign an extension, then we're going to make decisions necessary so we don't go through a season like we went through this year," Martins said.
After a season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk, numerous scuffles with management and a less than stellar relationship with coach Stan Van Gundy, Howard's tenure in Orlando may be coming to a close in just a few weeks. After all, it has become painfully obvious for the city of Orlando that Howard simply doesn't want to be in a Magic uniform if no immediate trade occurs to snag a second star.
But with few valuable trade assets and an already large financial commitment for next season, it is quite unlikely that Orlando can acquire another superstar to appease their current one.
Nonetheless, Orlando will have to make a difficult decision in the coming days that will alter the franchise's course entirely. If the Magic decide to ship the top-tier center, who will go all-in to snag him?
Well, the subsequent slides will list and examine the 10 teams who may blow up their rosters to obtain "Superman."


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Undrafted's New Trailer and Poster Show Aaron Tveit Fighting an Uncertain Future
Aaron Tveit is struggling with the fact that his ambitious career goal wasn't fulfilled in the newly released trailer, poster and stills for his upcoming drama, 'Undrafted.' The SAG Award-nominated actor portrays a baseball star who was skipped over in the Major League Baseball draft, and his subsequent battle to find new meaning and purpose for his life. The assets were unveiled by distributor Vertical Entertainment, which will release the movie in theaters and on VOD on July 15. 'Undrafted' marks the feature film directorial debut for Young Artist Award-winning actor, Joe Mazzello, who has made a name for himself in such movies as 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Social Network.' [ Read More ]


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This is a hot video featuring the sexy, buff, Carmella Cureton working out and getting naked. She is, indeed, a sexy black amazon. She starts off her workout wearing only a pair of little, red booty shorts and a little white tank top that totally shows her nipples. She's a woman that seems very confident and in charge. There's not doubt she's the dominant one in any sexual escapade. Be ready to submit when Carmella comes calling.
She starts the party off by doing 145 lb. one-arm dumbbell rows. Yes, she is rowing 145 lbs. with one arm and her form is pretty damn good. Her tits look like they're about to pop out. While she catches her breath, she takes off the tank top to show off her really big tits. I can't tell if they're implants or not.
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At first my due date was Feb 19th. Now the measure ments from my u/s are saying that my baby is 19weeks, placing my due date 2 weeks back.The Dr.says my son is completly healthy & everything is fine and that we've must calculated my due incorrectly . I'm 4'9 and SO is also really short . I think that my son 21 weeks, just little like his parents .
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