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Ken Griffey Jr. shares the stories behind his 1989 Upper Deck rookie card
Whether you owned one card or multiple copies, the odds are high that if you collected baseball cards in the late 1980s or 1990s, you probably had the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card. How many copies you had depend on how much money you had to burn or how much of your collection you were willing to sacrifice.
But as the card turns 25 years old, how many copies of the card does Griffey Jr. himself own?
"I got a few ... over 100," Griffey Jr. told Sporting News. "I have the bigger version of that. A couple of those, too. I don't have a hundred, but I have a couple."
— SN selects the most iconic moment for every MLB team
Although more than two decades have passed, Griffey still remembers a great deal about that particular card. Not surprisingly, he calls it his favorite card of his career.
"That was actually the first, pretty much," Griffey said. "That baseball card was me in a San Bernardino uniform, they just Photoshopped it.
"If you notice, the Mariners had the blue stripe down the center of the shirt. That one doesn't have it. And if you look at the hat closely enough, you'll see the trim of the red where the yellow is."
In a 2008 Slate piece, Darren Rovell spoke to Tom Geideman, who made the decision to make Griffey Jr. the No. 1 card in Upper Deck's first set. According to the story, they picked Griffey Jr. over Gregg Jefferies, Sandy Alomar Jr. and Gary Sheffield.
"I had no idea. Being 18, you never know what's going to happen," Griffey said. "Now as you get older, you start looking back at things and that's pretty awesome that the guys there would think that highly of me to make me their No. 1 card."
Griffey said, to this day, he still runs into people who tell him they have his rookie card. Some fans even bring the card to his youngest son Tevin's baseball games, hoping to run into the Mariners legend.
"They'll bring it, but the funny thing is to see the look on my kids' faces," Griffey said. "When they see the hair on my head, and the lack of hair, the shaved sides, but not a Mohawk look. The hairstyles are what really get them."
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Fast forward 25 years later: Griffey Jr. is retired and he's enjoying golf and watching his childrens' athletic careers. Trey Griffey, of course, had a big bowl game for Arizona, hauling in two touchdowns.
Can Griffey Jr. envision a day when he'll be collecting his own kids' cards?
"I go straight for the uniform, I just take their uniforms," Griffey said. "So last year, Trey's football jersey. His main football jersey from the Under Armour All-American game, his University of Arizona jersey, his bowl game jerseys. I actually have his first football jersey and first baseball jersey in a frame. I've go Taryn's two basketball jerseys and Tevin's first football and baseball jerseys framed."


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39 East Photography is a studio that shoots primarily lifestyle and wedding photography. We generally cater to the mid high to high end client. Our photography style is defined by clean images and quiet moments.
Our company culture tends to be more serious but down to earth. We love experimenting and we are known for using interesting cameras like leica rangefinders to shoot weddings.
Products that we carry are more artisan. Custom bound, custom printed albums.
In some senses, we may even be a little old school as we love shooting film, polaroids, and making black and white prints on fibre paper. We like to think of our photography as reminders of a time when life was simpler and happy. A tangible moment that our clients can hold in their hands.
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We've been using our current logo for the last 4 years. While it somewhat represents our company, I feel like we need a logo which is more organic and inviting. Less cold. Our company color palette right now is black, white, baby blue pantone #edf5ff and red accents of pantone #e53415
We are not stuck on using this color combination and are open to other color combinations. However, we prefer colors that are subtle of muted. We are NOT the in your face kind of photographer.
Please use that market to a serious audience with an age range of around 22-40 years old.
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Thursday Thirteen #29
This week's Thursday Thirteen is a bit of a follow-up to Monday's post about books that I *gasp* have not read. This time I am attempting to redeem myself by pointing out some books that I have read.
If you have encountered a "classic" book or piece of popular literature that you have adored, please let me know about it.
Classics I Have Known:
1. The Odyssey by Homer (Read it to annoy my seventh grade English teacher, poor woman. Loved it.)
2. Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (Read it in seventh grade for fun. Loved it)
3. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Had to read this for High School English. Hated it.)
4. The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson (Part of my seventh grade adventure book kick. Loved it.)
5. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Had to write a poem about it for High School English. It was okay.)
6. The Purgatorio by Dante (I was originally a Medieval Studies Major and I read it for one of my classes. Liked it.)
7. Paradise Lost by John Milton (Still think it should have been called "Paradise Misplaced." Not too bad.)
8. The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare (Saw the play and liked it so much that I went home and read it. Loved it.)
9. L'étranger by Albert Camus (I've never read this in English. It was okay.)
10. Candide by Voltaire (Yes, I went from a Medieval Studies Major to a French Major. Interesting book.)
11. Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (Read it in High School. Found it intriguing.)
12. The Epic of Gilgamesh by someone in Mesopotamia (I wish that the Pre-Assyrian version still existed. Liked it.)
13. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare (Acted in the play, so there is a special place for it in my heart. I was killed in Act 4, scene 2. A very bloody play.)


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|Not to be confused with Home In The Hills, a race in Grand Theft Auto Online, a race with a similar name.
- CJ: "Man...You gave your multi million-dollar mansion to a motherfucking pusher?"
- Madd Dogg: "You know, CJ. These things happen! I was powerless!"
- CJ: "You fucking degenerate! Ah, man! How much blow can one guy snort?!"
- —Carl Johnson and Madd Dogg argue after CJ finds out what happened to Dogg's mansion
A Home in the Hills is the last mission in the Las Venturas mission strand of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and brings back everything to Los Santos given to CJ by the rapper, Madd Dogg.
Kendl, Carl and Woozie are inside the Four Dragons Casino in Woozie's office and judging audition. After a while, Madd Dogg appears and tells everyone that he wants to returns to his home in Los Santos which is his mansion. However, it turns out that it's seized and the Los Santos Vagos have taken over the place. Carl furiously questions Madd Dogg's decision and after a while, the scene changes to him and a couple of Triad gang members seen in an Andromada plane, preparing to battle the Vagos as Carl receives a phone call from Kendl.
Kendl says she, Madd Dogg and Cesar have gone to San Fierro to see if everything is in place before returning to Los Santos. When the plane reaches it's destination, the Triads and Carl all jump out and parachute to the helipad on the roof of Madd Dogg's mansion and finish off everyone of the Vagos on their way before the rest of the team arrive.
Once all the Vagos outside are dead, the team shoot their way inside the mansion and finally find Big Poppa. Carl chases him down through the mansion all the way until they reach the exit where Big Poppa enters his Phoenix and escapes with Carl following him in a pink Windsor. After a chase around the hilly sections of the city, Carl kills Big Poppa and officially takes back the mansion for Madd Dogg.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Try to land on the mansion roof with the Triads
- Help keep the roof clear until the Triads arrive
- Take the Triads inside the mansion
- Search the mansion for Big Poppa and kill anyone who gets in your way
- Big Poppa is downstairs, take him out
- Big Poppa is making a run for it, chase after him
- Big Poppa has left the mansion, follow him
- Chase down Big Poppa and run him off the road
The reward for completing this mission is increased respect and the mission Vertical Bird is also unlocked. The player can also use Madd Dogg's Crib as a safehouse, but beware of the basketball glitch that can occur.
Note: Madd Dogg's house does not offer a storage garage, so utilize the Mulholland Safehouse for storing vehicles (such as the newly acquired pink Windsor).
- In order to land on the roof, Carl has to deploy his parachute immediately after leaving the plane and enter the "tucked in" position taught during Pilot School that allows him to travel forward. The Triad parachutes can be seen below, but he can't catch up. Try to land on the helipad if possible, otherwise Carl could land next to the enemies and take extra damage.
- Just as with Breaking the Bank at Caligula's, missing the roof with the parachute does not fail the mission, but Carl needs to quickly return to the roof of the mansion in order to prevent all the Triad men from being killed.
- Just as the chase begins, it's recommended to go down the back hill to catch up with Big Poppa and kill him quick.
- If the host computer is running around 1-10 frames per second, the Triads will miss the roof. However, another one will spawn on the roof if this happens.
- Inside the mansion a girl can appear, who has the same pedestrian model as Denise Robinson. Killing her doesn't affect any progress with Denise whatsoever.
- During the mission, Madd Dogg says his mansion has 19 bedrooms, however the actual in-game model features only six.
- During the short cutscene in which the Triads and Carl enter the mansion, one of the Triads gets decapitated by an SMG shot, despite SMGs not being able to behead pedestrians during normal gameplay. This was probably done to show the player that the member was actually killed by a headshot.
- The killed Triad gave that cutscene a bit of humour, because seconds before his death, he said "We're heavily outnumbered, but if we all keep our heads, we should kick ass!"
- Big Poppa's Phoenix is an extremely rare car and can be obtained by the player, despite the fact that the vehicle is locked in the mission. The player can block the Phoenix and kill Big Poppa to complete the mission. The vehicle can then be obtained by pushing it to a Pay 'n' Spray or to the nearby garage at the Mulholland Safehouse (sniping Big Poppa will make his body fall out if there is enough space for the driver's door to open, unlocking the Phoenix).
- Radio Los Santos can be heard inside the mansion.
- Bounce FM is the default radio station for the Windsor given during the mission, as opposed to the usual Master Sounds 98.3. The pink Windsor has a unique license plate which reads "J LOMAX". The player can keep the Windsor after the mission is completed.
- This is the second time the Andromada is seen in a cutscene, first being Stowaway.
- While preparing to parachute from the plane, Carl will jump out of it automatically without being controlled by the player.
- If Carl fails to land on the roof of Madd's mansion, the mission will not be failed. Carl then needs to find an alternative route to it, however; the mansion is not enterable for him yet (without using modifications).
- Also, if Carl lands close to the mansion roof looking the same way to the Vagos as the Triads and shoots the Vagos from the grass to the left of the mansion, he can gain a 5-star wanted level without being detected by any cops and/or FBI agents (neither in Police Mavericks or News Choppers).
- For some reason, the parachute that the Triads have is unique, as it has a different shape, texture, and seems to be an altogether different parachute. This parachute is unobtainable through normal gameplay.
- Furthermore, the Triads land properly, unlike CJ, who always does the glitched diving animation when reaching the floor.
- After Big Poppa went outside, the player can also exit the house by the other exit. The rest of the mission will be the same. (Tested on IPad)


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For years, Portland artist Dan Gluibizzi has been harvesting images of nudes, exhibitionists and swingers from the blogging site Tumblr. He saves JPEGs, makes formal image groupings, arranges them in Photoshop, projects them and finally traces and paints them.
Where others see flesh, he sees line and form. When others reblog, he right-clicks and chooses "Save Image As."
"There has been an explosion of amateur exhibitionism. There must be 50 million unique Tumblr sites and I think 49 million of them must be of nudity!" jokes Gluibizzi.
He's a self-confessed Tumblr addict – he follows 600 Tumblrs about art, the figure, the nude, swingers and dangly (and not-so-dangly) bits. "When I connected with Tumblr in 2008 it was on. The images were the exact kind I was looking for – non-sexual, really positive and super playful images of all body types." His favorite Tumblr sites are those on which users post their own pictures.
Gluibizzi is a nerd for art history and figurative painting. He graduated with a printmaking MFA in 1997 and has been a practicing artist ever since. Before Tumblr he was screen-grabbing, sifting through culture magazines and digging through found photos and antique postcards at bric-a-brac stores.
"There'd be tens of thousands of postcards that you could flip though. It's not exactly the amateur images that I try to work with today but it was the same experience of looking for that perfect image," he says.
Gluibizzi's reconstructed paintings of online NSFW imagery reflect back what most people already know: the internet is a haven for kinky activity. Yet the artwork almost separates nudity from sex, both in the images Gluibizzi chooses and in the way he paints them. Some paintings do skew towards the erotic, but that's almost a coincidence.
"On Tumblr, there aren't just young and attractive people. In the nudist magazines of the '50s and '60s they eliminated all the middle-aged men and women. Tumblr has everything across the board – fat skinny, tall, short and goofy-looking," he says.
Suspicions about Gluibizzi's motivations crop up occasionally, but he's open about what he does. He's sensitive to artists' rights and to professionals' work getting mixed in with the rest, but he also knows the internet is a playground. His Tumblr dashboard often feeds unexpected pairings such as nudist beach photos next to a 19th-century etching or a fetish image next to a Courbet oil painting.
"They look exactly the same! It is really wonderful to see," says Gluibizzi. "Matisse images find their way on to Tumblr a lot because they are very sexy images. They really work in that format."
Gluibizzi even has his own Tumblr – Yet Happy Pair (NSFW) – that he claims "brings together themes of love, unrequited love, sexiness, voyeuristic tendencies, painting, photography and the body." It's as close as one can get to a visualization of his tastes.
"In art school, 20 years ago, you had to go to the art library and spend long - but wonderful hours - going through the racks and finding the pictures and that is something that I think artists will always do, will need to do. But now with Tumblr ... It's wide open," he says.
Gluibizzi isn't some loner recluse. Working out of a spare bedroom in a modest Portland condo, his most content times are the evenings when he and his wife have put their young daughter to bed and sit together in his studio. A silly movie (a shared guilty-pleasure) will play in the background for the umpteenth time and while his wife reads, he paints genitals.
For him, nudity is no biggy. His father was a painter and he was teased when classmates found out there were often nude models in the family home. But the upbringing has made clear the distinction between images of nudity and images of porn. Gluibizzi understands the waters that he explores sometimes yield some morally and legally questionable images, but he says he abhors them as much as the next person.
"I hate images where it looks like anyone is suffering," says Gluibizzi before excepting images of male domination ("The men are super willing participants even if it looks like they are getting hurt").
Private images that seem to be posted without the subject's consent, especially when the subject is underage, he also finds upsetting. And even though Gluibizzi "The Artist" benefits from the growing prevalence of sexual imagery, it is something Gluibizzi "The Father" worries about.
"I read a New York Times article about tough questions from your child, such as 'Why does that lady like to get strangled?' Those are tough questions to field," he says. "And it's only two clicks away."
The persistent nature of images on the internet also fascinates Gluibizzi as he projects out decades from now. On the internet, one mistake can last a lifetime – which may change the way we define "mistakes."
"Bill Clinton said that he didn't inhale. Everybody knows that Barack Obama did inhale," says Gluibizzi "Will there be a president one day who has to explain his or her nude picture online? We'll say, 'Well, that person is brilliant, they are totally competent and they know what they are doing, and er, we see their tits.'"
Comprised of nearly 80 million blogs and handling 16 billion pages views per month, Tumblr isn't going anywhere in the near future, but if it did would Gluibizzi's art die?
"I'm always looking at photography, but painting and drawing is really what the end result is all about; making a handmade work of art in which people can see my touch," says Gluibizzi. "If Tumblr was to disappear that would also be exciting. I'd take all the things I've been thinking about and working with and apply them in other ways. Tumblr isn't an end-all."
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Theo woke up on the morning of his sixth birthday, August 22, 2011, threw open the heavy room darkening curtains and the whisper light sheers behind them, and peered out the window in awe and amazement.
Twenty-three floors below, the city of Chicago was wide awake and had been for hours. Tourists and city dwellers alike were bustling to and from their destinations. As for us, we, too, had things to do, places to go, and yes — even people to see!
Our plans for Theo's birthday were to find an awesome breakfast spot, hop on a water taxi and spend the day at the Navy Pier. Check, check and CHECK! We learned of a breakfast place just a few blocks from our hotel called The Yolk. I LOVED it — from the bright, mustard-colored decor to the outside terrace where we were seated, and yes, of course, the MENU! Think cinnamon roll french toast with a side of fresh blackberries, blueberries and strawberries. I also had the best glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice of my life — so good I ordered a second! And I'm not even a big fan of orange juice.
Pure heaven.
Next, it was off to the riverfront a few blocks away to catch the water taxi. How cool that in Chicago, you can travel by foot, car, traditional taxi, or water taxi! Theo wanted to sit on the top deck of the boat, where the summer breeze rippled through our hair and the sun warmed our faces.
We got off at the first stop and began wandering the Navy Pier. There's the famous Ferris Wheel — which I happily rode by myself, as both Don and Theo are wary of heights. A miniature golf course on which each of us had a hole-in-one! The Children's Museum and Store, where Theo spent his birthday money.
Though I have had the privilege of traveling across a good part of the globe, Don and Theo are newbies. Neither of them had ever been to Chicago. For Don, the biggest city he'd ever seen was L.A., many years ago, when he was there on business, not pleasure. He spent most of his time in buildings, rather than outside, taking in their enormity and majesty. So, truly, they were both new to Big City Life.
But why the quest to share places near and far with my family? Couldn't we accomplish many of the same goals closer to home?
Yes. And no.
Yes, because we live in a beautiful place where opportunities to embark on an adventure and enjoy family time together abound. And we consciously take advantage of that on a regular basis, be it a trip to the Cider Mill, a boat ride, a board game on the family room floor.
No, because there's nothing like being away from home and the daily responsibilities and distractions of dishes, laundry, pet care, and discovering, together, all this wondrous planet has to offer. That's how I grew up, and it's what I want to share with both Don and Theo.
Some of the best memories are the times I traveled with my family when I was growing up — my parents and my sisters, Julie and Lisa. We saw the Grand Canyon, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (I still have a piece of black lava from that trip), New York's Central Park from a horse-drawn carriage, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
But perhaps just as important as the what we saw is the why we saw it.
My Mom was first diagnosed with breast cancer in May 1973, when I was four years old. My Dad, who, along with two of his brothers, owned Rauch Brothers Paving Co., often worked long hours in his quest to make our family's life easier than the one he'd experienced alongside 11 brothers and sisters in the years following the Great Depression.
There was nothing more important in the world to my Dad than his family. And so, when my Mom was diagnosed, he took a serious look at the long hours of work he put in to build his company. Then, one day, he sat us down and told us this: No matter what, from this day forward, we are going to take at least one family vacation a year, every year, no exceptions.
And we did.
That's been my philosophy and my intention for my own family, even before my first breast cancer diagnosis of Stage 1 in March 2006. After that diagnosis, it became even more imperative to me. And I'm sure I don't need to point out how the news of my recurrence this past January accelerated my desire.
I have the desire to share the wonders of the world with my family, sans the panic of doing it just because I'm currently undergoing breast cancer treatment. I believe from the very core of my being that God has work for me to do on this planet, that I'm going to go into remission, and that I'm going to be here for a long time to come.
Still. Time passes quickly, and if we don't set intentional goals for ourselves, too often, we look back and see the missed opportunities. Our goals for ourselves, for our families, have to be intentional and conscious.
When Theo was born, Don and I decided that every year, at the very least, we would plan a family get-away. Now that he is in school, our tradition is to plan at least three nights away together as a family in the weeks before the first school bell rings.
Some of the people in our lives asked us why we would do such a crazy thing — travel to Chicago the day after Theo's big birthday bash — with my cancer diagnosis and tough chemo regimen. I think it's also safe to say that though others may not have articulated it, it was on their mind. Why now? Is it safe for Amy's health? Isn't it just going to wear her out? Can you really afford to be off galavanting in another city, with the financial responsibilities of medical bills on top of Amy's reduced ability to work?
The real question is: Can we afford not to?
My Dad, although a good steward of our family's finances, also used to say that you can always make more money. But time spent and experiences together — those are priceless.
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A representative for Robin Thicke's wife Paula Patton has denied reports suggesting he cheated on her with a woman he took a suggestive photograph with after the MTV Video Music Awards last month (Aug13).
A picture that reportedly showed the Blurred Lines crooner cupping socialite Lana Scolaro's backside while posing with her hit the Internet last week (ends30Aug13), and now his snapshot partner is claiming the interaction went much further.
In an interview with Life & Style magazine, she says, "I don't think he cared what she thought. I was with him the whole night!"
Scolaro claims she met the R&B hitmaker a week before the photo surfaced in a New York City nightclub, insisting she initially ignored his advances because she knew he was married.
The 20 year old alleges Patton was fine with her husband's advances towards the socialite - and she even joined them when they left the club and headed to a low-key party at the Greenwich Hotel.
Scolaro continues, "I went to the bathroom, and when I came out he was standing there. He turned off the lights so no one could see us, and he started making out with me. He was grabbing me. He was like, 'I want to get you into bed!'"
Patton's representative has dismissed the story and tells GossipCop.com that Scolaro is "just a girl looking for attention."
The rep adds, "Paula and Robin aren't concerned and are happily vacationing in Florida."
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Viggle, a second-screen app that awards prizes to viewers for watching TV, has signed up its first movie studio as a client.
Universal Pictures will look to Viggle to support the upcoming release of "Battleship." Viewers can win free tickets for opening weekend via Fandango for a week beginning May 14, four days before the movie is released.
"We're excited to work with Universal," said Kevin Arrix, chief revenue officer at Viggle. "We're eager to demonstrate the true power for Viggle to drive tickets and box office."
Viggle users can collect points for each show they watch and trade them in for prizes. While Viggle has made movie tickets available as prizes before, "Battleship" represents the first time a studio has bought in to promote a film for a specific time and supplemented with ads and trailers.
Launched by CKX founder Robert F.X. Sillerman, Viggle has drawn 625,000 registered users in three months of operation.
In the brief time it has been active, Viggle has shown some promising potential to drive awareness for TV shows. Viggle occasionally exceeded the social-media activity of Twitter and Facebook on nights in which select series aired, including "Gossip Girl," "Smash" and "Bones, according to data from tracking firm Trendrr.


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The PCL plugin for ParaView, developed by Kitware, Inc., allows users to access algorithms from the Point Cloud Processing Library (PCL) within ParaView. ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization framework. The plugin also provides Python bindings for the filters using VTK's python wrapping, thus enabling fast prototyping and integration with NumPy and SciPy. With point cloud data loaded in ParaView, users can interactively apply PCL algorithms, color the point clouds by different attributes, and compose complex processing pipelines to explore the point cloud data.
The PCL plugin for ParaView will be presented during the demo sessions of the International Workshop on Point Cloud Processing and the PCL tutorial at CVPR 2012 in Providence, RI (Saturday, June 16, 4.55pm - 6.30pm and Sunday, June 17, from 4:30pm).
(PCL is a proud sponsor of CVPR 2012.)
At the current stage of development, the plugin provides several of PCL's core algorithms for point cloud processing, including:
- Euclidean cluster extraction
- Robust plane/cylinder fitting (using RANSAC)
- Surface normal estimation
- VoxelGrid filter for downsampling
- Radius-based outlier removal
- PCL plugin for ParaView (downloads and documentation)
- ParaView homepage
- ParaView user's mailing list
- PCL user's mailing list
The following video demonstrates the Point Cloud Library plugin for ParaView. Using the ParaView GUI, a pipeline of PCL filters is constructed to segment objects sitting on a tabletop. A Microsoft Kinect camera supplies a continuous stream of point clouds and the segmentation pipeline is updated in real-time within ParaView.


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The lip plate can be easily removed using the provided tool as shown. Alternative lip plates will be available to suit different playing styles. The standard lip plate provided with each instrument is easy blowing and provides for good volume and tone control.
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The Firstnote Snap-On lip plate is provided as an option with every instrument. It has a recorder-like mouthpiece that enables beginners to play notes and simple tunes right from the very first lesson. This is very encouraging and enables the student to concentrate on fingering and good posture before focusing on the more difficult challenge of mastering embouchure with the standard lip plate.
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Key extensions for the left hand middle, ring and pinky fingers provide for more comfort and control particularly for younger players. They can be easily removed and replaced with the standard key caps which are provided with each flute.
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The silicone pads have a tiny air gap behind the contact point which allows them to self-adjust to take up any small variations that may arise. This means that the instrument will not go out of adjustment even in extreme use situations such as school programs. The pads are also 100% waterproof so you can wash the instrument or play in the rain!
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mlynn1974 wrote:Very nice! Definitely looks good.
Points to note:
1. The STOS compiler has a problem at line 820 with undeclared variables:
dim curloc$(4),xt(4),yt(4)
dim wall$(8)
The code works in the interpreter because they are initialised by goto\gosub the compiler doesn't detect that.
Question for anyone (Charles?): Does the STOS Compiler support forward declaration in other circumstances?
I initialised them by declaring them at line 105\106 and commenting out the declarations at 2040.
2. There is a comment in the code that says don't dim here or something. Why is that?
3. The compiled version loads faster but the mouse pointer is hidden due to repeated switching on and off of the mouse.
I can't remember how to get round that. Possibly carefully use mouseon\mouseoff instead.
4. When starting a game there is debug mouse position info. I thought the code was loading data or something the first time I saw it!
You could switch that off or only show it in debug mode or something.
I look forward to seeing more of this game.
A question that does arise, though, is this - how can I shrink a sprite for when it's drawn in the distance? Or am I reduced to having a "normal" object sprite entry and a "small" sprite entry for when it's in the distance, using up more memory space in so doing?
MM41 wrote:The new configurable keyboard is perfect
I have played all the first floor and i have refinded my 15 years old when i drawing the card
I seen some little bugs: wall not closed according to the angle of view (room of the scroll), sword in the wall,
item changing when approaching (falchion or sword ?).
Some items are difficult to pick up (flickering) and changed when placed on the inventory but normal then cased.
Those bugs must be confirmed by another person (may be SD card fault or hard drive)
It is possible to draw the rail of the grid (when we are on the square grid, we see a normal wall when doing a 360°)
Encolpius i can't wait to see the next evolution of Warriors of light
swapd0 wrote:I can't make it work, also the last two disk images (I haven't tried others) seems corrupted because it has 13.872.738 bytes used, who needs a hard disk? XD
Encolpius wrote:Thanks. I'm glad you like it.
It will be intended to be in real time. The plan I have is that 50 vbls (i.e. 1 second) equals one "tick" and on every tick the game runs routines to decide the movement of each monster, any temporary effects or status effects, etc. It also will check the monster grid to see if a creature has hoved into view and if it has, draws it accordingly. I'm probably going to have to create a routine to do a "limited redraw" if there's monsters round a corner or similar. Otherwise I'm just redrawing everything to no effect. Ten ticks makes a "tock." This would enable me to make attack patterns for monsters or timing-based puzzles - i.e. something like "ON TICK GOSUB Attack(), Spell(), Attack(), Attack(), TryToFlank()," etc.
How I calculate the view? With lots of IF statements. It's not exactly elegant. I have a routine that checks what direction the player is facing and then decides which dungeon squares to interrogate for what should be drawn, then uses a whole load of SCREEN$ calls to composite them on screen 8, then blits the whole of SCREEN 8 to back and physic.
I'm really hoping, in terms of graphical assets, to get nice versions of the walls soon enough. Once that's done I plan to do the same with wall sets, compress them into a single file. While on that subject, I'm all open for volunteers to draw nice walls because I suck calamitously at all things art...
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Installation & Activation
Installing the plugin is very easy, you'll see.
There are two ways to install a WordPress Plugin:
Directly upload the zipped plugin file via the WordPress admin
By uploading the unzipped plugin folder containing all the plugin files directly on your server using an FTP client.
Option 1 – Using WordPress Installer (recommended)
Log in to your WP Admin Panel and open the Plugins panel
Click 'Add new' and follow the instructions
When asked to select a file, choose the woozone.zip file
After uploading the Plugin to your server, Click 'Activate'
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Extract the .ZIP archive from Codecanyon to a local folder on your PC. It should contain a subfolder named woozone.zip
Upload unzipped 'woozone' folder from Plugins folder to the '/wp-content/Plugins/' directory using your favorite FTP client software
Make sure you have setup Transfer Mode – Binary, because files can be broken upon transfer with ASCII mode
Login to your WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins
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Showalter gives struggling Flaherty a rest
DETROIT -- With Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello on the mound, Orioles manager Buck Showalter sat struggling Ryan Flaherty in favor of rookie Jonathan Schoop at third base on Saturday.
"Not a break necessarily [for Flaherty]," Showalter said. "Just trying to get Jonathan out there with this string of right-handers [pitching]. I don't want him to be sitting around too long -- and it might be good for Ryan, too. Ryan has played well for us defensively, and he'll get it going offensively."
Flaherty is 0-for-15 with seven strikeouts this season, and Saturday was the first game he did not start.
"I think he's just pressing, that's all it is," hitting coach Jim Presley said of Flaherty. "He's wanting to get a base hit every at bat, instead of hitting the ball hard. And that's what I told him [on Friday]. When you start thinking about base hits, you kind of get yourself in trouble. If you go up there and just try to barrel up every at-bat and every swing that you take, it puts you in a better frame of mind and puts you in an offensive frame of mind."
Flaherty started last year in similar fashion, going 0-for-17 with nine strikeouts, and can't pinpoint why he's such a slow starter.
"Obviously, no one wants to start the season 0-for, you want to help the team", Flaherty said. "When you are not helping the team, it's no fun.
"Obviously, [when] you get that first one out of the way, it makes everything a lot easier. But I don't think you can try for it too hard, which can be the case a lot of the time. And it has a negative effect. But you get that first one and then you can get things going."
Added Showalter: "Jimmy is one of the best [hitting coaches] in the game and Ryan's work habits are good, so those things will find a way to work themselves out. Sometimes you want something too much, and I think Ryan -- I think all of our guys -- are all trying to do their part to hold the fort until Manny [Machado] gets back.


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The Pill
Another common form of contraception is the birth-control pill. There are several types of birth-control pills, available by a physician's prescription only. Most common is the combination pill (which employs a combination of different
hormones). This type of birth-control pill works by inhibiting the development of the egg in a woman's ovary. In other words, the ovaries remain somewhat inactive, which is similar to how a woman's body behaves when she is pregnant.
Birth-control pills are the most effective form of birth control (aside from abstinence) and are used by millions and millions of women throughout the world. However, the pill does not offer protection against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which leaves many women at risk for HIV and other diseases like herpes. Furthermore, the dangers of taking the pill (such as heart attack, stroke, or embolism—a sudden obstruction in a blood vessel) can be intensified by family and personal health histories and lifestyle. (It is advised that smokers over the age of thirty-five should not take the pill.) Always discuss possible side effects with a doctor. Most experts agree, however, that the possible dangers involved with an actual pregnancy and delivery outweigh the possible dangers presented by the pill. For most people, in consultation with a doctor, the pill is considered safe.
Some women have other issues with the pill, including nausea from the increased hormones, weight gain, irritability, migraines, depression, and a reduced sexual desire. These side effects usually decrease after a few monthly cycles of taking the pill. As with any prescription product, some have a great deal of difficulty with the pill while others experience no difficulty at all.
There are many pros and cons to taking birth-control pills, and these should be weighed carefully against a woman's lifestyle and health before deciding to use them.


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BusinessLaw.gov provides legal and regulatory information for America's small businesses. The sections of this site are devoted to getting legal help, news, laws and regulations on the federal and state levels, and contacting congress. Other tools on this site include forms, a legal dictionary, business "wizards" to help entrepreneurs understand and use the information provided.
Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations database's features include a browse and search function, the ability to retrieve by CFR citation, search tips, instructions on how to link to CFR documents, and general information about the CFR.
FindLaw for Small Business
FindLaw presents articles and guides on starting a business, business organizations, business finance, taxes and accounting, debt and bankruptcy, small business legal concerns, employer rights, employee rights, immigration, worker compensation, business operations, intellectual property, and dissolution. There is also a search feature for finding a lawyer, business contracts, a legal dictionary, and cases and codes.
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The following list of titles may be found in the Business Reference Department of the Spencer Road Branch Library. To locate other print resources on law and public records, please search the library's catalog.
Sourcebook To Public Record Information: The Comprehensive Guide To County, State & Federal Public Records Sources
BR 353.0071 Sourcebook
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Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri
R 345.12 Missouri
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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Black's Law Dictionary
R 340.03 Black
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1691 W 40th Avenue, Vancouver Listing #: R2423357
Elegant, impressive world class property in prestigious Shaughnessy! This dignified home stands prominently on the corner of 40th & Marguerite. Beautifully landscaped 97.5 x 175 =17,062.5 sf property. Gracious 5500+ sf of living space. Inside features the charm of yesteryear w/modern technology of today. A traditional cross living room & dining room greet you as you enter the grand foyer. Attached to the livrm is an intimate den/office w/a f/p & leaded windows. Between the generous modern kitchen & dinrm is an adorable breakfast nook w/antique built-ins in each corner. Extended into the back is the ideal family zone 0 built ins. French doors to the garden. A rare property offers endless potential for long term hold or redevelopment.
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by Elise Seyfried
I have no business owning a house. Especially an old house. Everything about its upkeep irritates me, and I resent every penny spent on it (and that's been many a penny). Nothing interests me less than cleaning, unless perhaps it's gardening, so our property is pretty neglected both inside and out. Sometimes I picture trying to sell it, followed by the look of utter horror on the realtor's face as she takes the grand tour. Yes, I'd admit, the mammoth 40-year-old air conditioner is still in the family room. We only turn it on when the temperature tops 90 degrees because when we do, it shakes the whole place and makes so much noise we have to shout to be heard.
Yes, we still have only one (scary-looking) electrical outlet in the dining room, and no, we have never replaced our drafty windows, and we have been planning to refinish the living room floor since 1993. And yes, we're still living with tiny closets better suited for Tom Thumb's wardrobe. I'm pretty sure the agent's verdict would be: our ideal buyer will arrive with a sledgehammer and start from scratch.
Part of the problem, granted, is our ridiculously tight budget, but that's not all of it. I just really don't enjoy home ownership. My early years were spent in a New York City apartment, and as I recall, it was Heaven. There was nothing to maintain; one quick phone call would get anything broken repaired. Best of all, when it was time to move, we could just close up shop and walk away.
As I grew older, and dad took different sales jobs, we began relocating frequently. Over the years, we lived in three houses (New York, Massachusetts and Georgia) and several apartments. My parents were truly dreadful homeowners, like me, but we never lived in one place long enough to do much damage. Our happiest times were spent in recently built apartment complexes, where you could even call someone to come change the light bulbs. (Mom actually did that.) Atlanta was especially great because EVERYTHING there was new — new expressways, mega-malls and office buildings.
Our early married years were spent in an old apartment building on Lincoln Drive in Mount Airy. We'd looked in vain for the type of brand-new dwelling we'd been accustomed to down South. OK, OK, the Lincoln Drive place had its charms, but it also had its clanking heater, ancient bathroom fixtures and a rickety elevator I was afraid to ride. In Philly we found that almost everything was on the older side, from the Schuylkill Expressway to the local Acme. Maddeningly, this didn't seem to bother the locals in the slightest.
We've lived in Oreland since 1989, and the house predates that by a good 50 years. If these walls could talk, what stories they could tell? Sorry, but I prefer my walls to keep their mouths shut. Others might romanticize our abode and note the fine craftsmanship of the entranceway, the beauty of the old trees on our property. Not me! Given my druthers, I'll take the very latest model every time!
So what's my problem? Why do I not delight in my house?
My dislike of all old things is at the heart of it, probably. I see little value in antiques or vintage clothing. While I appreciate what occurred at historic sites back in the day, I'd enjoy them more if they were, you know, less dusty.
At any rate, here I am, saddled with a house of a certain age. A house that slowly but surely is falling down all around me. A house that, now that I think of it, is a mirror image of myself — getting old, poorly kept up. I put off all general maintenance on me for as long as possible (I hadn't been to my doctor in so long that I had to re-introduce myself), and I know it'll only get worse with the flipping of each calendar page. Soon it will be AARP and senior discount day at the grocery store, and I hate the thought.
When I'm in shiny new spaces of stainless steel and glass, I can forget for a while that I carry quite so much history inside of me. I feel like I can wipe the slate clean and start again. But in my heart, I know I can't, really — none of us can. We can own the latest gadgets and live in a 2013 dream house, but the years catch up with us anyway.
I'll probably keep yearning for a sleek high-rise (and, honestly, a sleek young Elise), but for now this old house is my home. Maybe it's time to start taking care of us both.


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Southampton, FolkActive Dance
Afternoon folk dance sessions for over 50s with live music
Come and meet new people, keep active and learn some simple folk dances to suit all levels of activity. All sessions have live music and a caller to guide you through the dances. No partner needed. Have fun, get fitter and make new friends!
Entry £4 per session - no need to book, just turn up!
Find out more and join the mailing list at www.folkactive.org.uk/activities/folkactive-dances/
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ANNAPOLIS — A lawyer for a U.S. Naval Academy student accused of sexual assault is asking a federal judge to remove the superintendent from deciding who will serve on a court-martial panel that will decide the case.
Jason Ehrenberg, an attorney for Midshipman Josh Tate, wrote in a court filing submitted Tuesday night that Vice Adm. Michael Miller decided to refer the case to a court-martial despite recommendations from an investigating officer and Miller's own senior counsel not to do so.
Ehrenberg noted that the allegations against Tate "arise within a turbulent political environment," because the military has been under a spotlight concerning its alleged treatment of sexual assault cases. Ehrenberg also cited comments made by President Barack Obama at the academy's graduation in May emphasizing the importance of stamping out sexual assault.
"The superintendent's actual bias is evidenced by his referral of the criminal action to a general court-martial over the recommendation of the Article 32 investigating officer not to do so, and over the objection of the superintendent's own senior counsel," Ehrenberg wrote, referring to the officer who presided over the hearing that ended last month to help determine whether the case moved forward to a court-martial.
Academy spokesman Cmdr. John Schofield declined to comment on ongoing legal proceedings.
Ehrenberg filed the motion to intervene as part of a lawsuit brought by the alleged victim's lawyer, who also sought Miller's recusal. Last week, U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander said she could not find grounds for a federal court to interfere with a pending investigation in military court, but the case remains open.
Last week, after the judge declined to intervene, Miller referred two of three students to face general courts-martial. Tate, of Nashville, Tenn., is charged with aggravated sexual assault. Midshipman Eric Graham, of Eight Mile, Ala., is charged with abusive sexual contact. The superintendent decided not to order Midshipman Tra'ves Bush, of Johnston, S.C., to face a court-martial. He was charged with aggravated sexual assault.
The students are former Navy football players. The case stems from an off-campus party in Annapolis in April 2012 at a house that was used by members of the football team. The woman in the case initially did not want to pursue charges and testified she had no memory of being assaulted and heard secondhand that she had sex with several people at the party.
Ehrenberg also noted in court documents filed Tuesday night that the alleged victim testified that she did not consider any of the accused to be "criminals."


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Full text of review from Issue 41 of the Journal of the Socialist History Society
Sean Birchall, Beating the Fascists: The Untold Story of Anti-Fascist Action (London: Freedom Press, 2010), 416pp., ISBN 9781904491125, £15.00, pbk.
"…they were hit with everything, bars, hammers, baseball bats. Yes it was savage enough I suppose but not gratuitous. We were taking the opportunity to send them a message …"(p.215)
Beating the Fascists deals with Anti-Fascist Action (AFA), an organisation that engaged in what was, in effect, a quasi-paramilitary conflict with a variety of fascist organisations, principally the BNP and Combat 18, who were intent on pursuing a policy of insurrection by 'controlling the streets'. This semi-clandestine campaign continued up until 1994 when Nick Griffin ostentatiously declared that his party were to 'de-commission the boot' in order to end what John Tyndall had described as 'a state of war'. AFA had,literally, driven the fascists off the streets and forced them into a comprehensive strategic re-evaluation, and this text provides key anti-fascist activists with a platform to tell their own story in their own words.
AFA was created on 28 July 1985 at Conway Hall in London (although formally launched in Liverpool in the following year) and set out to be a totally non-sectarian and democratic organisation with its only objective being to oppose fascism both physically and ideologically. AFA in fact consisted of people belonging to a range of political groups, including Red Action (communist), the Direct Action Movement (anarcho-syndicalist), Class War (anarchist), Workers' Power (Trotskyist), and Communist Action Group (Stalinist)—as the book says, in AFA hunt saboteurs rubbed shoulders with members of the Territorial Army and Irish Republicans! AFA was, indeed, an odd amalgamation but according to the book, 'one of the reasons AFA was so effective was that it could apparently accommodate recruits from all ideologies and none' (p.341). Yet the objective of AFA's principal activists is clearly articulated throughout – physical resistance as a pre-requisite for effective anti-fascism, to clear the fascists out of working-class areas and destroy all semblance of a fascist presence in public spaces.
By 1990 AFA was clearly identified as the militant wing of the anti-fascist movement with a dedicated street-fighting cadre and stewards group. At its peak in the early 90s AFA had four regions and 36 branches with particular areas of strength in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow. Yet as the book is at pains to point out, street confrontation was only a part of what AFA set out to do. It was an important tactic (not a principle) and only part of a multi-faceted approach to anti-fascist practice. The magazine Fighting Talk was set up in 1991, and an attempt was made to mobilise people via various cultural and leisure activities such as Cable St Beat and Unity Carnivals. Meanwhile football clubs were the focus of considerable AFA activity with teams like Glasgow Celtic, Manchester United and Aston Villa having a visible AFA contingent, determined to halt the colonisation of the game by the extreme right. AFA even produced a BBC Open Space video entitled Fighting Talk. So Beating the Fascists looks, therefore, in some detail at the 'roots' of AFA in the Anti-Nazi League of the late 1970s, the split from the SWP in 1981, the formation of Red Action, the launch of AFA in 1985, and the numerous internal feuds and splits that ensued. It is also replete with detailed and graphic descriptions of extremely violent confrontations with fascists, which will doubtless horrify those anxious to dismiss AFA as the mirror image of the right-wing bullies they were claiming to oppose.
There is no doubt that Beating the Fascists is a controversial book, a fact acknowledged by the author(s) as well as the publishers, Freedom Press, who have described it as 'the most controversial book of the decade'. Its credentials as a source of intense, even acrimonious, debate are reflected in the fact that some people did not actually want the text to see the light of day at all, and the eventual publication has precipitated vociferous 'discussion' in various circles, even causing some former comrades to condemn the book in recriminatory tones. It is a book that, seemingly, not only divides opinion but generates deeply felt and contradictory emotions, offending not just right wing reactionaries but a variety of liberals, anarchists, Trotskyists and others. This is quite an accomplishment for a text produced by a small independent publisher, concerning what is, on the face of it, a relatively esoteric element of left-wing political practice in the 1980s and 90s. The source of the consternation and condemnation is not difficult to discern.
The book is in fact quite explicit from the outset in stating its purpose – it tells the story of AFA, not only from a rank-and-file activists' perspective, but also more specifically from the point of view of those activists that coalesced around the group Red Action (described, incidentally, by BNP HQ as 'the worst of the lot, total scum'). Given that AFA was always a relatively pragmatic amalgamation of various political groupings, there have been rumblings of resentment, particularly from anarchists, who claim that the text is focused too narrowly on those individuals who, although playing a key role in certain cities, did not constitute by any means the entirety of the organisation. Yet such criticism is odd given the fact that those who composed the text have not claimed any definitive or comprehensive purpose. Clearly the book does focus somewhat on those involved in Red Action, who acquired a fearsome reputation for ruthlessness when engaging their political enemies (it is worth remembering that Combat 18 were set up in response to the success of RA), but in many ways the driving force behind AFA was indeed Red Action. Formed in 1982, many of its members having been expelled from the SWP for the venal sin of 'squadismo', Red Action explicitly rejected the liberal-left anti-racist agenda, and criticised the state funded agencies of the multi-culturalist establishment. As the author points out, 'while race awareness took the plaudits, it was a strikingly illiberal militant anti-fascism that did all the heavy lifting' (p.18). Little wonder, then, that the book has caused controversy.
What the text does provide is a fascinating glimpse of the struggle that took place between AFA and the unreconstructed Nazis on the extreme right, and the book is unquestionably authoritative in the sense of emanating from those who were actually engaged in the struggle – but it is much more than that. The strangely dichotomous narrative contains not simply a sometimes chilling account of collective confrontation, but also a concise,calculating analysis of why such methods were deployed, and interestingly, a realistic acknowledgement of the limitations of AFA's strategy – violence of the first resort can never be anything but an artificial and temporary remedy. This is not simply hooligan-porn, and anybody aiming simply to satisfy an urge to experience, vicariously, the thrill of visceral violence, is likely to be somewhat disappointed. Fighting the Fascists has taken upon itself the more ambitious objective of contextualising and examining the strategy of AFA, as well as documenting, in remorseless detail, the various dust-ups that ensued.
Beating the Fascists is, in effect, both an analysis and a micro-historiography of popular resistance against fascism. It documents the fight against the purveyors of an evil political creed which takes place in the very communities where that grotesque ideology is incubated. It is, more than anything, the story of ordinary people engaged in struggle. The words of Phil Piratin come to mind who, commenting on people remembering their participation in the 'Battle of Cable Street' said, 'the people were changed. Their heads seemed to be held higher, and their shoulders were squarer—and the stories they told! Each one of them was a 'hero'—many of them were' (P. Piratin, Our Flag Stays Red, 1948, p.25). As Eric Hobsbawm has pointed out, sometimes it is a good thing to remind ourselves of what the enemy fears most—ordinary working people that are assertive in their own collective working-class identity, self-confident, politically astute and prepared to resist. Read the book and remind yourself.
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This guide begins by describing the problem of drunk driving and reviewing the factors that increase its risks. It then identifies a series of questions that can help analyze local drunk driving problems. Finally, it reviews responses to the problem of drunk driving and examines what is known about the effectiveness of these responses from research and police practice.
Various terms are used to describe the problem: drunk driving, drunken driving, drink driving, driving under the influence (DUI), driving while intoxicated (DWI), and operating while intoxicated (OWI) are among the most common.
The Century Council, a non-profit organization funded by U.S. alcohol distillers, publishes a sourcebook on combating drunk driving that also surveys relevant research and practice (Century Council 2003) [PDF. The sourcebook can be accessed online at www.dwidata.org
Simply put, drunk driving is a police concern because alcohol increases the risk that drivers will get in traffic crashes and kill or injure themselves or others. Alcohol impairment is the primary factor in traffic fatalities. 1 In the United States, where drunk driving is among the most common types of arrest made by police, the number of alcohol-related crash deaths is roughly the same as the number of homicides. 2 In addition, vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in young people ages 15 to 20; many of these are alcohol-related. 3
It is important to bear in mind that alcohol-related crashes and crashes caused by drunk driving are not necessarily the same thing. Alcohol-related crashes are typically defined as those in which a driver or injured pedestrian has any measurable blood alcohol, many of which will fall below legal levels for drunk driving.
Drunk driving is one of a number of problems police confront that relate to impaired and dangerous driving. Others, which may require separate analysis and response, include:
Much, but not all, of the information in this guide also pertains to the problem of driving under the influence of other controlled substances.
Drunk driving harms individuals and communities in many ways.
One of the reasons drunk driving is of such concern to police is that it is an offense committed by a broad spectrum of the population, including those who are otherwise generally law-abiding. An estimated one-fifth to one-fourth of U.S. drivers admit to having driven after drinking at least once within the past year, 4 and about five percent estimate that they were legally impaired. 5 Drunk drivers come from all parts of the population spectrum, but are more likely to be male,6 white or Hispanic,7 between 25 and 44 years of age, 8 unemployed or working class,9 and unmarried.10 Drunk drivers are more likely to be heavy drinkers or to have drinking problems. 11 Drinking drivers under 21 years of age are about twice as likely as older drivers to be involved in fatal vehicle crashes. 12
Recent roadside surveys in the United States indicate that about three percent of drivers at any particular time are legally impaired. On weekend evenings the number of drunk drivers rises significantly: about eight percent of all drivers have blood alcohol concentrations greater than .05, and an additional nine percent of drivers have had at least one drink, meaning that on weekend evenings around 17 percent of all drivers are operating their vehicles under the influence of at least some alcohol. 13
Blood alcohol concentration is typically measured as a ratio of grams of alcohol per deciliter of blood or per 210 liters of breath.
Considering the high traffic volume during this period, it is clear that there are a lot of impaired drivers, especially compared to the limited law enforcement resources that are available to investigate suspected incidents of drunk driving.
Although the general public and the police are perhaps most concerned about wholly innocent persons who are killed in alcohol-related crashes, it is in fact the drunk driver or his passenger who is most likely to be killed.14 In recent years, significant reductions have been achieved in the number of young drivers killed in alcohol-related crashes, due largely to higher legal drinking ages, greater licensing restrictions on young drivers, and stricter enforcement of juvenile drunk driving laws.15
For further information about how to develop a comprehensive approach to juvenile drunk driving, see Strategies for Success: Combating Juvenile DUI at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/juveniledui (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Police Executive Research Forum, and U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999 ).
Alcohol is a primary factor in a large number of fatal traffic accidents. In fact, the number of U.S. alcohol-related traffic deaths is roughly the same as the number of homicides. Milford (Ohio) Community Fire Department
By most estimates, although repeat drunk drivers comprise a relatively small proportion of the total population of drivers, they are disproportionately responsible for alcohol-related crashes and other problems associated with drunk driving.16 In fact, anywhere from one-third to three-fourths of drivers arrested for drunk driving have previously been charged with the offense.17 Those who drink and drive at least twice per month account for about 90 percent of all drunk driving trips. 18 In the United States, one-third to one-half of those charged with drunk driving will be charged with it again in the future. 19 However, even though repeat offenders are disproportionately involved in traffic crashes, most alcohol-related crashes are caused by drivers who have not previously been charged with drunk driving, so police must pay attention to both repeat and first-time offenders.
Perception and motor skills are impaired by a blood alcohol concentration of as low as .05, which is typically two or three drinks for the average adult. 20 Although drivers with blood alcohol concentrations of .15 and above are much more likely to be involved in serious or fatal traffic crashes, 21 , drivers with lower concentrations remain at a substantial risk for less serious crashes. 22 In addition, many drivers are impaired by alcohol in combination with other controlled substances. Low blood alcohol concentrations of obviously impaired drivers are often due to the presence of substances other than alcohol.23
Although blood alcohol concentration affects individual drivers differently, on average, the risk of a driver getting in a serious vehicle crash roughly doubles when his blood alcohol concentration reaches .05, i ncreases ten-fold at .08, twenty-fold at .10, and by a factor of hundreds at .15 and above (Ross, 1992).
A relatively high percentage of drunk driversperhaps one-third to one-halfconsume their alcohol in a licensed establishment such as a bar or restaurant. 24 Nearly one-half of drivers with measurable levels of alcohol in their systems claim to have been drinking at the home of a friend, making social hosts an important factor in controlling drunk driving. 25 In addition, a significant amount of drinking is done in vehicles themselves, especially by underage drivers who are not permitted in licensed establishments and by drivers with serious alcohol problems. 26
Understanding the factors that contribute to drunk driving in your jurisdiction can help to frame local analysis, to identify effective remedial measures, to recognize key intervention points, and to select appropriate responses.
Cultural and Economic Factors
Drunk driving is very much the result of a cultural norm that emphasizes drinking alcohol as a form of entertainment and driving as both transportation and entertainment. 27 Cultural drinking habits also shape drunk driving patterns. For example, drunk driving will be more concentrated on weekend nights in countries where such nights are considered prime time for heavy drinking. The extent of drunk driving also depends, obviously, on the availability of vehicles, so it is less likely in societies and communities where vehicles are prohibitively expensive.
Low Risk of Apprehension
Perhaps the single most significant factor in explaining why people drive while impaired is that they believe that there is little risk that they will be caught by policeand statistically, they are correct. By some estimates, the average drunk driver will drive while impaired between 80 and 2000 times for every time he is apprehended, depending on the enforcement capacity of the local police. 28 In fact, most drivers believe they are more likely to be involved in a crash than they are to be stopped by police.29
Even the most committed police agencies and officers can stop or arrest only a very small percentage of the impaired drivers who are on the road at any one timeprobably less than one percent. There are several reasons this is so.
The low probability that they will be stopped or arrested by the police on any particular trip undoubtedly leads many drivers to conclude that they can drink and drive without getting caught.
Detecting drunk driving is not as easy as it might seem. Those without specialized training in detecting alcohol impairmenteven medical professionalsare notoriously poor at estimating alcohol impairment. For police, detecting drunk driving typically requires two separate judgments: first, that a vehicle is being operated by an impaired driver; and second, that the driver is impaired by alcohol or another controlled substance. Each judgment is in turn subject to two kinds of errors: first, that the driver is impaired by alcohol when in fact he is not (false positive); and second, that the driver is not impaired by alcohol when in fact he is (false negative).
Compounding the difficulty of estimating impairment is the fact that some police officers try to arrest only those drivers who they believe have high blood alcohol concentrations, either because they prefer to prosecute only strong cases or because they do not want to be criticized for wasting scarce police resources on borderline cases. Consequently, some officers systematically fail to arrest impaired drivers because they are only searching for the most impaired.
Although police want to create the impression that all drunk drivers will be arrested, in reality only a small percentage of drunk drivers on the road at any particular time will in fact be stopped or arrested. Drunk Busters of America
Serving obviously intoxicated guests and patrons increases the risk of drunk driving, especially when drinking occurs at a location that most guests and patrons must drive to. Absent adequate enforcement of the laws that prohibit serving intoxicated patrons, overserving is notoriously common. The combination of the social pressure put on servers by patrons and the economic pressure to maximize profit can often overwhelm a servers better judgment.
Community Design
Perhaps obviously, drunk driving is more common where licensed establishments are located far from where people live and work. Accordingly, drunk driving is likely to be more common, proportionate to the number of drinkers, in rural or suburban settings. Where people can easily walk or take public transportation in order to drink at a licensed establishment, drunk driving is proportionately less common.30
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