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Step-by-step guide for first-time homebuyers.
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The Military Budget as Cookies

This excellent animation from TrueMajority shows in graphic detail (using Oreo cookies) how ridiculously, large the military budget is, and how we could solve many domestic problems with a modest 12% cut. A must-see. (watch it now)

How to Not Get
Hit by Cars

An illustrated guide for bicyclists. Might save your life.

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Bicycle Lawyers

This is everyone we know of.
  • Willie Schmerler at Scanlan, Buckle, & Young (Austin), who tells us in Nov. 2002 that he's handled about half a dozen bicycle-related cases in the last decade,

  • Lenore Shefman of CyclistLaw.com, who practices in Austin and San Francisco. Personally, I'm a little put off that she also defends drunk drivers.

  • Steven Magas writes, "I've handled 50+ bike cases ranging from 3 to 7 figures in value. I also do pro bono work on particularly nasty traffic cases, etc. I handled Trotwood v. Selz, in which a cyclist was ticketed for going 17mph UPHILL in a 45mph zone. He was cited for impeding traffic. I successfully argued that he WAS 'traffic' as that is defined in Ohio law. I've looked at cases as far away as Hawaii, and will look at a good case anywhere in the US. I will then find a local attorney and stay involved."

  • Harvey Hyman of BicycleInjuryLaw.com. Won a $1,000,000 judgement for a cyclist against a California city.

  • Gary Brustin at BicycleLawyer.com.

  • Gerry Oginski (NY)

  • Michael Colbach (Oregon).

Your attorney may want to employ an expert witness. We know of only these two:

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