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Anti-abortion extremist James Kopp was sentenced yesterday to a life term plus 10 years in prison by a federal judge. Kopp, who had already been convicted in a state court in 2003 of assassinating Dr. Barnett A. Slepian, an abortion provider, was found guilty of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act (PDF), which the Feminist Majority helped pass. Kopp's violation of the FACE Act drew the life term; the additional 10 years were for using a firearm in a crime of violence. funny pictures funny images funny photos funny animal pictures funny dog pictures funny cat pictures funny gifs
"You served as prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner," US District Judge Richard J. Arcara told Kopp during the sentencing, the Buffalo News reports. "You decided that you know better than any law."
In October 1998, Kopp, known as "Atomic Dog" in anti-abortion extremist circles, hid in the woods outside of Dr. Slepian's house, shooting and killing Dr. Slepian through his kitchen window. Before his arrest by authorities in 2001, Kopp fled the country, hiding in Mexico, Ireland, and France. He is currently a suspect in four other non-fatal shootings of abortion providers and has been charged with the 1995 attempted murder of a doctor in Ontario, Canada.
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...There was a bit of rebellious joy in being in a park alone at night. My mom would kill me if she knew but that doesn't matter. At least in my mind I am an independent now. I ride through to the end of the park which is smaller then I thought it would have been. Though still fairly large by comparison to some of the parks I've been too. I rode back to where the baseball field and concrete seating was. After walking around for a bit to cool off I stretched out and sat down for a brief mediation. A lot of thoughts ran through my head, mostly of the past.
After a few minutes of relaxation in pure solitude I got back and took one last good look at my surrounding in the park. A playground, completely empty like everything else seemed lonely. I decided It was time for me to go. My journey back was pretty straight forward, I went back the same way I came. I did however at one point turn down the wrong street but I quickly got back on route. I don't know how long the whole journey took but apparently I was out for more then an hour. Slowly but surely my ability to travel further is growing. Today was a good ride, I pushed my limits out a little bit further, and hopefully with time I can push those limits even more.
Looking back on these old writings puts into perspective how far I've come. There was a time when simply biking to a local park and back was a tough ride for me. Now I've biked from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a week, knowing full well by the end that if I had more vacation days I could have kept going. If you really push your self, you'd be amazed at what you can do. I wonder what I'll be up to a year from now.
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"Healthcare and Cars: Why They're Not the Same"
How is the market for health care different from that for cars? And how does this difference change our understanding of health care policy?
Let us start from the basics: health care is a service, while a car is a good. While this does not prevent market competition from improving society's welfare on the margin, it does mean that there are fundamental limits to how far the market can improve. In particular, it means that one productive hospital cannot simply "export" its health care services across the country. And as we know from the car industry and international trade theory, that lack of export markets and distant competitors can impede the creative destruction that makes markets work.
But this is an incomplete justification. Haircuts are also services, but few people think barbershops require regulation. Yet, they differ in one key respect. While it is easy for me to determine the quality of my haircut, it is much more difficult for me to determine what counts as "good" health care. A large part of this is linked to the uncertainty inherent in any kind of biological process. How does one determine if one is receiving sufficient care? Of course, if there is any gross negligence, it can be detected. Yet if the care is just slightly worse than it should be, there's no real way for the consumer to know. The problem is compounded by the fact that most people rarely get sick. If you go to get a haircut every month, you can quickly determine which barbershop is the best. Unfortunately for neoclassical economists but fortunately for society as a whole, people need catastrophic care substantially less often than they need haircuts, thereby impeding the market from finding the most efficient solution.
Chronic care does change the calculation, but it introduces other factors that again prevent the market for health care from functioning like the market for cars. To take a concrete example, consider the 40 million elderly individuals who suffer from arthritis. Does it make sense to ask them to "shop around" to find the perfect hospital? Does it make sense to ask them to trust in an online service like Yelp to decide where to get care? And when they are fatigued by chronic pain, does it make sense to think they can make the "optimal" choice, and not just the most convenient?
Other problems make it difficult for the market for health care insurance to function like a regular competitive market. Again, a parallel to the market for cars, in particular used cars, is helpful. A problem with used car markets is that it's not entirely clear whether the car you wish to purchase is good or bad. This depresses the market value of used cars, both good and bad. But then producers of the more expensive good cars exit the market, further lowering the average quality of a used car until the market spirals out of existence. The market for health care is subject to similar pressures, but in the opposite direction. For insurers, they cannot easily tell whether an applicant is healthy or not. As a result, they charge the same premium to all individuals, which leads to healthy individuals dropping out of the market because they value the insurance less. This process repeats itself until premiums spiral upwards and no market for health care insurance exists.
This describes what economists call adverse selection, and although it is a market failure, it doesn't mean the government always needs to step in. However, understanding how the market circumvents the problem helps us understand why a simple solution for the health insurance does not exist. For example, markets for used cars can exist because the salesmen can offer warranties, so that if the car does break down you can "turn back the clock" on the purchase and return the car. This reduces the incentive for used car salesmen to trick you into buying lemons, because if the car does turn out to be a lemon you can always return it.
But what would a similar system mean for health care insurance? In that market, it's the consumer who has the private knowledge, therefore it falls to the consumer to make the "warranty". This would mean the consumer would have to be able to guarantee that he or she won't become more unhealthy in the future – an impossible task. Alternatively, insurance companies can "turn back the clock" and refuse to pay for the consumer on the ground that the consumer was unhealthier than was expected. This hardly seems like an efficient or moral outcome, and is precisely the reason why the protections for preexisting conditions is so popular in the ACA.
With these stylized facts, it should be abundantly clear that the markets for health care and insurance are very different from what the standard competitive model predicts. Hence, we need to be very cautious when we draw glib analogies from health care to cars. However, the implications for policy are mixed. On one hand, certain regulatory reforms such as cutting the employer health care deduction, reducing occupational licensing barriers, and relaxing privacy laws can result in substantial advances towards improving health care. Yet the presence of these government failures does not mean that there is no role for the government to ameliorate the market pathologies that I have listed above.
A notable example of this is the individual mandate. The individual mandate, by forcing people to purchase insurance, massively expands the market for health care. In doing so, this increases the incentive for firms to pursue innovative new projects to increase productivity. And even though consumers still rarely need catastrophic care, the larger market allows transparency and reputation to have an effect as hospitals are at greater risk to lose customers. For the insurance market, an individual mandate can help pull us away from the adverse selection death spiral by preventing self selection and thereby keeping most of the population insured.
In other words, the government is not perfect, but neither is the market. By noting that the market for health care is fundamentally different from that for other goods such as cars, we can recognize why the standard assumptions for regular markets may not apply in the case for health care. As such, we must move forward with caution, with an understanding that true reform lies not with complete liberalization or complete regulation, but rather with a judicious mix of the two.
Update 10/24/12 -- I was pleasantly surprised to find that this post was heavily discussed in Reddit. I just wanted to put a few points to defend myself from a series of very informative critiques.
- I never oppose market reforms like HSA's or cutting the employer healthcare tax deduction. That's not in my post at all.
- The point of the post is to highlight some frictions in the healthcare market that justify some sort of intervention -- market based (preferably) or command and control (not ideal).


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I like this feature in the original app. Will this be implimented? Or is it just me who cant find it?
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There is allso a "Followme" funciton in the sonos service. (nice)
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I just had to post this picture I took tonite. We have our 9, plus 4 boarders (one of the boarders is our daughters chihuahua Pickles, on the floor). There was a total of 12 cavaliers on the loveseat; there is one under the pile that you can't see!
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Two questions immediately presented themselves when it was announced that "The Exorcist" was going to be done onstage: How? And why?
At the show's premiere Wednesday at the Geffen Playhouse, the creators seemed to be searching for answers to these challenges. God doesn't appear to be on their side.
The how, at least on a visual level, turns out to be far more interesting than the why, which leads to all kinds of armchair moralizing and faux philosophizing. But fans of William Friedkin's 1973 film — a work that has caused more bad dreams than any other movie in Hollywood history, if my childhood is any guide — shouldn't expect any ostentatious spinning of heads. (No projectile vomiting, either, thank heavens.)
The John Pielmeier play, which returns to William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel as its source rather than the film, takes itself rather seriously. Lest there be theatergoers out for escapist thrills, the first words we hear are from Father Merrin (Richard Chamberlain): "For anyone who doubts the existence of the devil as I once did, I have three words. Auschwitz. Cambodia. Somalia."
All at once the audience sat up a little straighter, as though out of fear that Father Merrin might start roaming the aisles and rapping knuckles.
The frightening elegance of the stagecraft, however, seizes that part of our imagination responsible for night terror. The prospect of a date with the boogeyman draws us in. Few want to go all the way, but most wouldn't mind getting to second base, which director John Doyle makes possible in a production that treats the drama as a quasi religious ritual.
Scott Pask's strikingly original scenic design transforms the stage into an altar, where in the opening moments of the play, Regan MacNeil, the demonically possessed little girl (vividly played by UCLA grad Emily Yetter), desecrates a Communion wafer.
I'll admit I found this a bit shocking, which is not easy to accomplish these days in the theater, but then my body was momentarily taken over by the ghost of my Italian American grandmother, who let out an outraged gasp.
Forbidding church gates partly conceal an area at the back of the stage where cast members whisper, intone and shout out, creating a diabolical soundscape by Dan Moses Schreier that works in perfect tandem with John Tavener's music. The brilliance of this effect leads me to believe that Doyle, who won a Tony for his chillingly inventive staging of "Sweeney Todd," was tempted into this rather outlandish project by his ears rather than his common sense.
The physical production is just so much more persuasive than the dramatic encounters contained within it. The casting of Brooke Shields, lovely as always to look at, doesn't enhance the work's credibility, although I think she would be terrific in an alternative camp version directed by John Waters. Playing actress Chris MacNeil, the bewildered mother of the havoc-raising child, Shields lends her lines a B-movie obviousness that cries out for an exorcism of a different kind, one requiring the mystical skills of an acting coach rather than a priest.
The performances, save that of Yetter's, are all a bit off. But then it's hard to blame Harry Groener for appearing over-the-top as Burke Dennings, the drunken movie director who's making the film in Washington, D.C., that Chris is starring in. With an oversized Ash Wednesday cross on his forehead, he careens around the stage guzzling booze in a chalice.
Realism clearly isn't what Doyle is aiming for, although the play is constantly churning up modern concerns. There's talk of African genocides, largely stemming from the presence of Carla (Roslyn Ruff), Chris' domestic helper who was a first-hand witness to the hell in Rwanda. And there are suggestions of loose conduct, if not sexual inappropriateness, involving the two priests, Father Joe (Manoel Felciano) and Father Damien Karras (David Wilson Barnes), a Jesuit psychiatrist whose crisis in faith has been exacerbated by the death of his mother.
It wouldn't be fair to hold the actors responsible for the stilted dialogue supplied by Pielmeier, who doesn't trust the dramatic action to embody his play's meaning. Everything is a tad over-explained. If one rationale seems a little dubious, he'll drop in a second and perhaps even a third. Consequently, the colloquies between characters grow tedious, stuffed as they are with artificial import.
Chamberlain is saddled with the worst of it. His character is the exorcist, but he also serves as the play's pontificator, routinely interrupting the story to deliver a mini homily on its meaning. Fortunately, the veteran actor is a smooth operator, and for the most part his velvety voice undercuts the strained theological navel-gazing that Pielmeier, author of "Agnes of God," can't get enough of.
But there's little that can be done when, after Regan has just chewed off a piece of one of her doctor's ears, Chamberlain is compelled to deliver the following footnote: "This is a struggle between good and evil — for heaven's sakes, even if you don't believe in the devil you can embrace a metaphor, can't you?"
Thanks kindly, but I prefer to discover my metaphors for myself.
Why can't the tale, even if it occasionally speaks in tongues, communicate without this disruptive annotation? The plight of an innocent daughter corrupted by something beyond her control exerts a disturbing hold, and Shields, to give credit where credit is due, does convey the guilt and anguish of a mother's helplessness.
Yetter, although an adult, has a childlike quality that is at once tender and otherworldly. Gymnastically impressive, she doesn't need many special effects, though Teller (of Penn & Teller) has been brought in as a creative consultant and there's a bit of levitating that should offer solace to disappointed sensation-seekers.
But "The Exorcist," even in this modern update, seems like old hat. Maybe there's just no room anymore on the list of things to worry about for demonic possession. If Satan shows up, he'll have to get in the back of a very long line.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The United States and the European Union did the bare minimum Monday by imposing economic sanctions on a small group of Russian and Ukrainian politicians. The sanctions sent a political message that the West is most seriously displeased with Russia's aggression in Crimea, but the economic impact of the sanctions is barely discernible.
The sanctions amount to a slap on the wrist — and not a very hard slap, either. The West can seize assets owned by these people, and prevent Western banks from doing business with them. But the sanctions don't touch the flow of trade and investment between Russia and the West. Read the White House's fact sheet on the sanctions.
Unlike past sanctions imposed against Iran, or Iraq, or South Africa, these sanctions aren't designed to cripple the Russian economy in an effort to apply real pressure on Moscow to relent. Instead, they are designed to punish a few influential people personally, without much expectation that they will change Russia's policies, which are formulated more on the basis of national pride and geopolitical security than on economic self-interest.
The West could go further, of course, and impose a general boycott of Russia. But real economic sanctions with muscle could harm the West more than Russia, at least in the short term.
At first glance, it might appear that Russia has more to lose from a disruption in trade: The EU is Russia's most valuable trading partner, with nearly half of its exports going to Western Europe, amounting to about $150 billion in 2012.
But most of those exports are in the forms of natural gas, oil and other commodities that Europe really needs. Replacing Russian supplies could be costly, and it could take time. For its part, Russia does need the hard-currency earnings from selling these commodities, but leaders in the Kremlin seem willing to sacrifice the economy to geopolitical goals.
Russia's trade with the United States, by contrast, is relatively insignificant, and shutting it down completely wouldn't have much impact on the economy of either nation. Full-fledged sanctions wouldn't give President Obama much leverage.
In the longer run, the revival of a Cold War between Russia and the West could have a greater impact on the Russian economy. Western investors and business leaders could impose their own boycott of Russia, and the West could be less welcoming to the oligarchs who are buying those London mansions and NBA teams.
Already, the sharp declines in the Russian stock market MOEX, +0.00% and in the ruble USDRUB, -0.0042% indicate that Westerners don't think Russia is a particularly attractive place to do business. Whatever progress the Russian economy has made under Putin could be jeopardized if investors stay away.
But they probably won't stay away. We're already reading about how the Ukraine crisis has made Russia a bargain. As China proved after Tiananmen Square, investors don't mind doing deals with thugs as long as there's money to be made.
Also read these MarketWatch stories:
After courting Ukraine, Europe has no plan for Russia
Europe shrugs off Ukraine tensions; Vodafone, RWE rise
Cold War-style standoff to cause shivers this week in Europe
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Hawken: Advanced PhysX Effects Coming Soon To F2P Shooter
Free to play games are a dime a dozen, each vying for attention in a crowded marketplace. Strategy fans are well catered for with the likes of League of Legends, and there's no shortage of free-to-play MMOs, but what about first-person shooters? Is there a free to play FPS that matches the quality of a Battlefield or CoD, and doesn't demand your money to remain on equal footing with other players? Before 12.12.12 the answer would have been "no", but on that day Hawken entered into Open Beta.
A free-to-play, multiplayer, mech-based first-person shooter, Hawken puts players in the pilot seats of giant robotic war machines and tasks them with the mere eradication of the enemy, or the completion of objectives, which include the destruction of sky-blotting, flying battleships. Effectiveness in battle is determined entirely by player skill, and through the earning of XP mechs may be specialized and upgraded. New mechs and mech weapons are acquired with in-game currency that's granted at the completion of missions, but also through the spending of real world money, should a player desire instant gratification.
At launch, the Unreal Engine 3-powered Hawken included several NVIDIA GPU-accelerated PhysX effects, increasing the visual impact of weapon effects and helping add weight to the robots' interactions with the terrain, which saw chunks of concrete torn up and kicked about as their multi-ton frames moved and flew around the visually-arresting environments. Next month, with the release of a game update, a slew of new and far more advanced effects are being introduced, bringing Hawken's world to life like never before. To give you a taste here's a side-by-side video showing Hawken with and without PhysX the new effects enabled:
In total, seven aspects of Hawken have been enhanced through the addition of GPU-accelerated PhysX effects, and of those seven, four are powered by Turbulence. Available as part of APEX, a scalable, multi-platform toolset designed by NVIDIA to give artists quick and easy control over advanced GPU-accelerated effects, Turbulence adds the many futuristic particles seen in our video, and allows them to be manipulated by velocity fields, which simulate particle motion.
First seen in Capcom's Dark Void in 2010, Turbulence particles have come on leaps and bounds since, culminating with their use in Hawken, where up to 110,000 particles are individually generated and manipulated in realtime, adding to the action-packed spectacle and emphasizing the sci-fi setting and technology of the game.
Energy Collectors
Energy is important in Hawken, and to acquire it players typically head to the nearest Collector. With PhysX enabled, Collectors spew APEX Particles that are thrown about by the movement of the machine's apparatus. As mechs approach the particles are directed towards and pulled into the cockpit of the stompy robots, visually demonstrating that they are being charged with energy.
Mech Health Orb Embers
Following a mech's destruction health orbs are dropped, repairing other mechs. With PhysX enabled the orbs emit APEX particles that flow and dance around, and as a player approaches the particles are drawn into the mech's cockpit. Once fully absorbed a few remaining particles dissipate into the surrounding air, showing all players that the orb's healing power has been drained.
Mech Death Embers
When mechs are destroyed a burst of orange embers emanate from the wreckage before dissipating gradually. As with other APEX particles these embers can be further manipulated by mechs, weapons, and scene elements.
In Hawken, deployable shields can turn the tide of a battle, and with PhysX enabled shields emit APEX particles when struck by enemy weapons. Like other particles these flow around the emitter (the shield), and are manipulated by further weapons fire and player movement. When the shield expires the particles dissipate into the air.
The final three PhysX enhancements in Hawken come courtesy of the PhysX Particle system, which is integrated into the Unreal Engine 3 development kit, allowing anyone to quickly and easily add immersive, realistic effects to their games. As in Borderlands 2 the GPU-accelerated particles are powered by the latest PhysX coding, allowing them to collide and be further manipulated by the environment, objects, and players. Furthermore, each particle exists as a physical object within the world, allowing them to be shadowed and self-shadowed.
Weapon Impacts
PhysX Particle effects add a feeling of weight and power to mechs and weapons. With PhysX enabled, missiles, bullets and other projectiles strike surfaces and cause debris to shower the environments.
Mech Impact Debris
If debris is being emitted from weapon impacts it makes sense that the same should occur when shooting the mechs themselves, and so that is one of the additions Hawken's PhysX update introduces, illustrating that a mech is taking damage and giving players an added sense of satisfaction as a foe's mech explodes into hundreds of persistent pieces. As with weapon impact debris, all of that goodness is lost without PhysX.
Mech Footstep Debris
When a multi-ton mech is careering down a road one expects the surface to be torn up and debris tossed about, and that's precisely what happens when PhysX is enabled, emphasizing the weight and power of the robotic war machines. Similarly, when a mech comes down to terra firma after having used its jump jets, the impact is calculated and debris realistically thrown up and outwards. And like the debris and particles of our previous examples, footstep debris persists and can be further manipulated, adding greatly to the realism of the scenario.
In concert, the seven PhysX enhancements bring the battlefield to life, adding a level of unscripted, dynamic action that is currently impossible to replicate through any other means. Hawken is a fantastic and engaging first-person shooter, and with debris and particles showering the scene the free-to-play game is taken to a new level where players become ever-more immersed in the action. That sounds like hyperbole, I know, but take PhysX-enhanced Hawken for a spin next month and you'll hopefully agree.


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Frequently Asked Questions: Legal issues surrounding union representation and collective bargaining
Does a collective bargaining agreement have the full force and effect of law?Yes. An agreement signed by the designee of the university and ratified by the membership of the union would have the full force and effect of the law. Such an agreement is recognized under existing law and is enforceable in the courts. A contract cannot supersede the law, and if any provision is held to violate the law, that provision is subject to renegotiation.
No. During the life of a negotiated agreement, terms can only be changed if both the university and the faculty union mutually agree to renegotiate. If mutual agreement exists, any contractual provision may be renegotiated at any time. Unilateral changes are a violation of law and a collective bargaining agreement is legally enforceable.
If we form a faculty union, must we defend a faculty member who is unfit to continue in his/her position?
No. The concept that everyone must pay union dues where a union exists is frequently misunderstood. To begin, several definitions are in order.
A "fair share" arrangement, also sometimes referred to as an "agency fee" or "union security" provision, is an agreement that is specified by law or negotiated into a collective bargaining agreement and, therefore, is mutually agreed upon by the employer and union, and ratified by employees. Such a provision requires that all employees in the particular bargaining unit who are covered by the collective bargaining agreement must pay their "fair share" of dues to the union.
The premise is this: since a negotiated agreement covers all employees in a bargaining unit, and as such the benefits of the collective bargaining agreement and union representation are enjoyed by all employees in the unit, all employees should pay their "fair share" to help defray the costs associated with collective bargaining and union representation.
Additionally, in a typical collective bargaining situation the union becomes the "exclusive representative" of employees for the purpose of collective bargaining. As a result, the union is obligated to represent all bargaining unit members regardless of their membership status. If, for example, a non-union employee covered by the contract is disciplined or discharged and requests union representation in a grievance, the union must represent that employee as it would a member. A union cannot require union membership even if a union security agreement exists. However, where a union security agreement does exist an employee may be required to pay their "fair share" of dues to help defray the costs of representation.
Finally, where an employee covered by a union security agreement opts against joining the union, they can only be required to pay the portion of union dues, calculated through periodic audits or determined by state laws, that goes towards the cost of collective bargaining representation activities as defined in law. This means that fees cannot be required to cover the costs of political or non-collective bargaining related activities.
In some states there are also legal exemptions for those with demonstrable and bona fide religious objections to unions. In these cases, an equivalent sum must be paid to a charity other than ones religious organization.


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PIONEER Hi-Bred International is analyzing its soybean varieties for resistance to soybean aphid. The company has screened numerous soybean lines with the help of a technology it developed with Kansas State University. John Reese, KSU professor of entomology, is the lead university researcher on the project.
According to Pioneer, researchers used specific protocols for antibiosis and nonpreference to analyze the varieties. Antibiosis is the plant's natural ability to discourage pests by killing the insect or slowing its reproduction. Nonpreference is the plant's ability to deflect pests to more preferable varieties.
John Soper, director of soybean research at Pioneer, says initial observations made on soybeans in Canada and Michigan showed some differences in levels of resistance to soybean aphid.
The screening work was conducted over the last three years. Field test sites in almost every soybean production state have been set up to confirm the results of the laboratory screening.
Pioneer is in the process of isolating genes responsible for conferring resistance to soybean aphid. This will be followed by field trials and then product advancement plots. According to Soper, Pioneer will work to incorporate resistance into elite Group 00 to Group IV soybeans, which could be commercialized by the end of the decade.


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From a description of a graphic novel on sale at Top Shelf's website:
Chronicling the lives of a cast of repulsive characters living in the fallout of glutinous over consumption, greedy global capitalism, and excessive genetic tinkering, this debut is not to be missed.
I'm assuming it's just an amusing misspelling rather than an eggcorn, since, even though it conjures an image, I doubt anyone's actually confusing the meanings of "glutinous" and "gluttonous".
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I joined HappyCow Members Community because:
I really need help finding places near me and when I travel that can accommodate my gluteus free vegan diet.
Q: Are there glutton-free, diet or diabetic cheesecakes?
A: Glutton-free cheesecakes are available on order.
Damn, I could sure use some of those glutton-free cheesecakes. Yum! I'd eat a dozen of 'em, guilt-free!
The way things are going, gluten has gone past a dietary intolerance and is fast becoming a moral issue. I think the conflation of gluten with one of the deadly sins is all too near.


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The Maryland Court of Appeals, earlier this week, overturned the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, finding that the Judge erred by failing to instruct the jury on the issue of Assumption of Risk in a personal injury trial.
Our Annapolis Maryland Injury Attorneys have years of experience representing those who have been injured by the negligence of others.
In S&S Oil v. Jackson, the Plaintiff sought personal injury damages as a result of injuries she claimed she sustained while stepping on an uneven flooring surface in a gasoline service station undergoing renovation. The service station's defense was based in part of the allegation that the Plaintiff was contributorily negligent and that the Plaintiff assumed the risk of injuries.
At trial, the station owner testified that there was orange or red caution tape across part of the construction area and a "Watch Your Step" sign somewhere in the immediate vicinity. The Plaintiff testified that she did not see either the caution tape or the warning sign and that she assumed the floor surface was level.
Traditionally, at the close of evidence, the jury is read jury instruction, including an instruction on the issue of Assumption of Risk, if the trial testimony has generated the issue. The most recent jury instruction for Assumption of Risk, as published in the Maryland Civil Pattern Jury Instructions, Fourth Edition, reads as follows:
A Plaintiff cannot recover if the plaintiff has assumed the risk of injury. A person assumes the risk of an injury if that person knows and understands the risk of an existing danger or reasonably should have known and understood the risk of an existing danger, and voluntarily chooses to encounter the risk.


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The Conrad sofa is the ultimate multi-tasker. Characterised by its generous t-back cushions, large rolled arms, squared block legs and self-piping detail, the Conrad is a fantastic blend of modern and classic good looks. Add to this the many sizing configurations available and an option of a cleverly concealed sofa-bed mattress, and you can see why the Conrad has been a much loved model for so many years.More Information
The Opus sofa is a true style icon that will always be on trend. The Opus' practical design ensures the ultimate combination of both comfort and retro good looks. Featuring a slim silhouette, stiletto like timber legs and beautiful button pulled upholstery on the seat and back cushions, the Opus is the essence of vintage chic.More Information
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By Shawn Langlois
Good morning.
So long, January! You and your blessed 5.8% advance on the Dow will sorely be missed if February's track record is any indication.
But first thing's first. Even as bullish sentiment has eroded just a bit, the jobs report is doing little to curb investor appetite for stocks.
A better-than-expected quarterly profit from the world's most valuable company isn't hurting, either. Here's a hint: It's not Apple anymore.
History shows us that the first trading day in February is typically a good one. In fact, the Nasdaq has rallied eight years in a row to kick off the month, while the blue chips have tripped into green territory nine of the last 10 times, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. But that January hangover is bound to kick in at some point.
Jeffrey Hirsch points out that, since 1950, the S&P 500 has declined or finished mostly flat for the entire month of February 68% of the time following a 4% or more jump in January.The S&P rallied 5.1% last month, so it's worth noting before you get swept away in the bull rush. Confused by the numbers? Hirsch nutshells it for us: "February's post-election year performance since 1950 is miserable."
Or you could throw it all out the window and stick to the Super Bowl Indicator. Just don't ask the Harvard guys what to do with your investments. At any rate, to quote this video-bombing reveler in New Orleans: Go Niners!
Key market gauges: Futures on the Dow /quotes/zigman/9049316 YMH3 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/8751039 ESH3 are looking to get back on track in a big way. They're both up nicely already and, depending on what we hear on the economic front, the week could end with a bang. Europe /quotes/zigman/2380150 XX:SXXP , with PMI numbers rolling in, is doing well, except for Spain /quotes/zigman/2759620 XX:IBEX , while Shanghai /quotes/zigman/1859015 CN:000001 led a mostly upbeat session in Asia.
The economy: Commence deluge. At the heart of it all, the jobs numbers were released by the Labor Department this morning. Economists had forecast the U.S. economy added somewhere around 170,000 jobs in January, slightly higher than the monthly average over the past two years. The number came in at 157,000. The unemployment rate was expected to drop a notch to 7.7% from 7.8%. It didn't.
After revisions, payrolls growth averaging +203k over the past three months, which seems pretty darn healthy. This recovery is humming along
— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) February 1, 2013
We'll also get the ISM factory index, the final reading of the University of Michigan-Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment in January, and the Markit flash PMI.
Not nearly the market-influencing event the jobs report was made out to be, but more proof of a healing economy will likely be presented throughout the day as the car industry is expected to post its strongest January in five years.
And keep an eye on that euro /quotes/zigman/4867933/sampled EURUSD , it's still going nuts.
Earnings: ExxonMobil /quotes/zigman/203975 /quotes/nls/xom XOM , which regained its crown as the world's most valuable company because of Apple's /quotes/zigman/68270 /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL freefall, punctuates a busy earnings week with its report. Chevron /quotes/zigman/289939 /quotes/nls/cvx CVX , Ingersoll-Rand /quotes/zigman/556949 /quotes/nls/ir IR , Merck and Newell Rubbermaid /quotes/zigman/167122 /quotes/nls/nwl NWL are among the other names on the sked.
The buzz: Dell /quotes/zigman/27952 /quotes/nls/dell DELL , of course, has been the source of much speculation. The latest report is calling for a buyout to be announced as early as Monday. Investors seem to be believing it. The stock is up more than 5% premarket.
Ford Motor Co. /quotes/zigman/264304 /quotes/nls/f F has seen triple its average mentions on StockTwits ahead of its monthly sales tally, though sentiment has drifted lower. That hasn't stopped option traders from positioning themselves for a rally in the stock, though. Here's why The Motley Fool says Ford is still a buy.
Tyson Chicken /quotes/zigman/244186 /quotes/nls/tsn TSN , also reporting, has seen mentions more than double in the past week ahead of the results. The stock has already risen by double-digits so far this year. Earlier this week, Merrill Lynch gave it a thumbs up.
Other top-trending tickers include Sarepta Therapeutics /quotes/zigman/10874508 /quotes/nls/srpt SRPT , Windstream Corp. /quotes/zigman/101851 /quotes/nls/win WIN and Trina Solar /quotes/zigman/446274 /quotes/nls/tsl TSL .
The chart of the day: The aforementioned Trina Solar is part of what Chris Vermeulen sees as a group of solar stocks that are setting up for some gains. Here's his illustration of the Guggenheim Solar ETF /quotes/zigman/8748213 /quotes/nls/tan TAN and why the chart is telling us the sector is ripe for the picking.
The call of the day: Byron Wien, the BlackStone Advisory Group vice chairman, is one of those guys you just have to listen to when he speaks up. And speak up he did on CNBC, calling for a big market selloff.
"Eventually corporate fundamentals will take over, and I think they're going to be disappointing," he said in the interview. Wien also recommended buying gold /quotes/zigman/8702781 GCJ3 as an insurance policy. He sees it going to $1,900 an ounce.
Random reads: The X Games pushes competitors to the brink, and they sadly claimed their first life yesterday. Read about how this 25-year-old died attempting a back flip on his snowmobile. This is the only death directly linked to the daredevil showpiece, but that doesn't mean there haven't been other close calls.
The again, our number can be called at anytime, whether its while testing aerial limits or singing karaoke at an Egyptian resort.
In keeping with what's turning into a dark theme, R.I.P Mr. Koch. Here's the former NY mayor talking about rent control, his sexuality, and more.
On a lighter note, David Beckham signing with France's PSG dominated the papers here in London this morning. Check out this roundup of the best puns, with The Guardian naming The Sun's "Golden Boules" as the winner.
With a hearty hat tip nod of appreciation to Slope of Hope for reminding me of how awesome this was, here's Comedy Central's roast of William Shatner, including a snippet of one of the most inspiring performances mankind has ever seen.
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Angel Fire
When Lydia was 15, she found her mother murdered and it has affected her lifestyle ever since. She became a true-crime writer as well as a freelance investigator working for the man who solved the crime. She and Jeffrey have remained close since he worked her mother's case, and he joins her at her retreat when she calls to tell him about some missing people in the small town of Angel Fire. Together, they search for clues to link the disappearances and...
The Darkness Gathers
St. Martin's, April 2003, 23.95, 304 pp. ISBN 0312283598 True crime writer Lydia Strong has won a Pulitzer Prize, but is most proud of her reputation as a supporter of the underdog. Following an author tour, she receives a tape from someone named Tatiana and a letter from an anonymous person asking Lydia to come to Miami to help Tatiana and �all the other girls in need of rescue�. Lydia's sixth sense tells her this is no hoax and an Internet se...
The third in Miscione's series starring true crime novelist Lydia Strong and her lover, former FBI agent Jeffrey Mark, Twice opens with the gory death of an artist's husband. Unfortunately for Jordan, this is the second of her husbands to die in just such a way. Her mother hires Jeffrey and Lydia's company to look into the death, but the further they dig, the more questions they find. Death runs in Jordan's family, and a trip to her ancestral home onl...


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