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New Jeep need some audio help ASAP!
Ill start off by saying hello this is my first post. I just bought my first Jeep Grand Cherokee, its a 2004 limited. It has the factory navigation and 10 disc cd changer. But unfortunately one of the issues with the jeep is the factory navigation screen is broken it wont show a picture but the sounds works. I looked at factory replacement ones and they want like $1500 for one... I know I could but new head unit for way less than that! I should also mention I do not know much about audio stuff. I swap the head unit on my jeep wrangler that the existent of my audio experience. So any advice and tip would be greatly appreciate
So I would like to put a new head unit in As Soon as Possible! but i would like find out how hard it would be to put a double din head unit in... I looked on Crutchfield website and they say they wont fit... I know i have seen people with them so i just wanted to get some info on how put a new navigation system.
Any suggestions on head units would be appreciate. The head unit does not have to have navigation (It would be nice) The One thing I know i want in a new head unit is a back up camera system and Aux port 3.5 mm and/or usb
Re: New Jeep need some audio help ASAP!
Check out this thread. http://www.jeepgarage.org/f200/i-just-fit-double-din-on-my-friends-wj-38505.html
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Thanks for the response CheapJeep!
The pictures look great! It doesn't look it will be hard to fit a new head unit to the front bezel. How do you mount the head unit in the factory location?? Do you have to make tabs or is there a kit that you can buy? How hard is it to hook it up to the factory wire harness? Is there a lot of splicing and soldering or connections? Or can you buy a wiring harness that will plug into factory and a new head unit?
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You'll have to ask the op of that thread about the mounting options as I only have a single din flip out screen in mine. They do make a plug in harness though and if you buy from Crutchfield you get it free.
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how do you like the flip out screen? Do you have any pictures of it?
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I like it a lot but if I'd known about the 2 din bezel at the time I would have gone that route. Less moving parts = less things to break:lol: and just looks better IMO.
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Thanks for the Pictures. It looks good and Its got to be nicer to be able to buy it from a place like crutchfield and have the installation kit and wire harness already to go. Its a route that I'm considering. But your right the in dash ones look better... Thanks for help I'm Defiantly going to do more research on the Double Din conversion.
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A 67-year-old woman was burnt to death in an early morning fire at a wing of a twin-duplex on 511 Road, Festac Town, Lagos, on Thursday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The Commander, Festac Fire Station, Mr Chinyere Azubuike, confirmed the incident to NAN. He added that the remains of the deceased had been handed over to the police.
The Divisional Police Officer in Festac, CSP Muhammed Muazu, also confirmed the death.
Muazu added that the husband of the dead woman, who was also injured in the fire incidence, was responding to treatment in an hospital.
A neighbour, Mrs Ayinke Badru, told NAN at the scene of the incident that the fire started around 1 a.m. on the first floor of the twin duplex.
Badru said that the 20-year-old son of the late seammistress escaped from the burning house and alerted neighbours who then called the fire services and the police.
According to the neighbour, the cause of the fire remained a mystery as there was no public power supply in the area at the time of the incident, and the kitchen of the house was unaffected.
NAN correspondents who visited the scene report that the entire duplex, with wooden partitioning and flooring, was reduced to ashes.
NAN reports, however, that the second duplex was only slightly affected. (NAN)

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Second Record Year for Foreclosures
The figures for 2009 surpass the 3.2 million foreclosures recorded in 2008, according to a report from the group RealtyTrac Inc.
"Foreclosure filings exceeded 300,000 for the ninth straight month in November, RealtyTrac said today. A weak labor market and tight credit are 'formidable headwinds' for the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in a Dec. 7 speech in Washington. The 7.2 million jobs lost since the recession began in December 2007 are the most of any postwar economic slump, Labor Department data show. Unemployment, at 10 percent last month, won't peak until the first quarter, Quigley said."


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Well Fancied carried John Velazquez through a narrow opening on the rail Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park to capture the $125,000 Hudson Handicap for New York-breds at six furlongs.
While the 4-year-old Prosper Fager gelding had a fondness for Belmont, his record here of 2-2-3 from eight starts entering the Hudson showed that he also had some tough luck.
He wasn't exactly in an ideal spot, but daylight opened on the rail at the right time and Well Fancied, who had been saving ground behind a pace of :22; and :45 1/5, squeezed through. He held off Tom's Thunder for the one-length victory in 1:09 4/5.
The crowd favorite, Well Fancied returned $4.70 to win.
"The only way I saw him getting beat today was the trip - and that almost happened," said trainer Richard Dutrow Jr.. "He's really come together for us. This horse is really moving forward and a lot of these horses aren't as good as they have been. You could see he was in really tight at the rail, but he didn't care. He wanted to win. He's been beat a couple of close ones; today he showed he really wants to win. We got lucky to get through." It was a daring ride by Velazquez, who halted Jose Santos' three-race win streak on Saturday with the Hudson victory.
"We actually had a pretty good trip in behind horses," Velazquez said. "The problem was no hole opened up until we were in mid stretch. There was a little room on the rail, and I went for it. Things were a little tight. We got bumped around - he actually hit the rail - and it knocked his confidence and mine, too. I squeezed him again, and he had an extra gear and got through."Well Fancied won for the sixth time in 18 starts and upped his career earnings total to about $290,000.
Vodka was nosed for the place by Tom' Thunder, and Say Florida Sandy, the leading New York-bred money earner of all time, rallied but was fourth. (Chart, Equibase)
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Cadillac Escalade, EXT and ESV Forum - 1999 - 2006 Discussion, Part and problem identification via pics in Cadillac Escalade Forums; Hey guys, my warrenty is up in 4000kms so I wanted to get these leaks that have sprung up in ...
Part and problem identification via pics
Hey guys, my warrenty is up in 4000kms so I wanted to get these leaks that have sprung up in the past month fixed before its too late. I had the caddy in the shop of other leaks a month ago, I can't believe they didnt see these coming...hard to imagine that both sides have happened in the same 1 month span. THis is along with a transfercase seal leak I found, prob has nothing to do with them pulling the tranny last month to repair a pump seal leak. Anywho, I don't know what part I am looking at thats leaking and was hoping someone could ID it for me. In the first pic you see the drivers side and 2nd pic is the pass sides of the front diff. the passenger side pic sure looks like a seal on the diff but the drivers side seems to be coming from between the 2 clog shaped parts that are bolted together which then go the CV joint. What are these clog looking parts called and could there be a leak in one or both? or would you say its the diff seal on each side? Thanks for your input.


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Surrey: According to our sources, it seems that a private estate in Britain that is the home to a multitude of celebrities which also includes the tinsel town super star Shilpa Shetty has apparently been taken over by a mob of squatters. The super stars residents of the St. Geaorge's Hill community in Weybridge, Surrey, are apparently being asked to be more than attentive following the arrival of the squatters.
According to our sources, it seems that six squatters have moved in the abandoned cottage – which worth three million pounds and has six bedrooms – in April to be exact, and if you ask them, they sustain that they were not doing anything illegal. Reportedly, the property in question has been abandoned for almost six years, and ever since that time the building has become derelict.
"It is legal for me to be here. I found the place on Google maps so I came up to have a look and the place was open. The locks had been broken off, no one was living here, it was completely open – so why not?" a squatter named Stefan Cybulski told reporters. Apparently the unlawful residents have no intention of going away; in fact they want to stay as much as they can.
"It does seem pretty extraordinary that the police can't do anything to get these people off the estate. They have no right to be here, yet the law appears to be on their side – it's completely wrong." a resident said. There is no surprise that the homeowners want the illegal residents to go away. It seems that recently a security guard has been employed on the estate in question in order to keep it under surveillance.
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French action film shot in several locations
The French adventure/ thriller Largo Winch has recently completed an intensive three-and-a-half weeks of filming in Malta.
Based on the popular story of a character by the same name, about a young man who inherits one the world's greatest fortunes after being purposely adopted by a billionaire, it is considered to be France's most challenging production, in terms of budget and size, of the year, said Malcolm Scerri-Ferrante, the unit production manager for the film.
When the billionaire is murdered, Largo finds himself in a race against time to save his life and his father's empire.
The film is directed by young, up-and-coming Jerome Salle, who is considered to be "hot" in France, following his last film Anthony Zimmer, nominated for a Cesar for Best First Film, Mr Scerri Ferrante said.
Filming in Malta was carried out in various localities, showing its versatility. They included the water tanks at the Mediterranean Film Studios, which were what initially attracted the producers to the island - the opening scene involves an underwater struggle between two men.
It was also shot in a government school, which acted as an orphanage and a police station in Eastern Europe, St Edwards College, which stood in for a Swiss boarding school, Mtahleb and the airport grounds, which doubled as the Balkans.
The main restaurant of the Corinthia Palace Hotel in Attard portrayed an upmarket New York eatery. A Boeing 727 was also utilised for the filming. Complicated scenes were shot on the runway and nearby after several weeks of intensive planning with Malta International Airport management.
When Mr Salle was shown around by Film Commissioner Luisa Bonello, he immediately realised the island had much more potential for his film and decided to scout for more locations, Mr Scerri-Ferrante said.
The financial incentives and assistance of the Malta Film Commission helped keep the producers interested in Malta until they decided to extend their filming to over three weeks, he continued. The movie is also being filmed in other countries including France, Sicily and Hong Kong.
Despite the fact that Largo Winch has a budget of €25 million - unusually high for an independent European film - it has huge aspirations, with a lot of action sequences, Mr Scerri-Ferrante said.
"In Hollywood, a film of the sort would have double the budget. However, it was the conscious decision of the producers to use unknown talent and to produce it in a cost-effective manner, meaning harder work because you are trying to achieve a lot with less money," he said.
Casting for actors with speaking parts and some 350 extras began locally in May. Coordinated by Edward Said, five local actors were chosen for secondary parts. Of the 100-strong crew, about 50 were Maltese, said the Producer's Creative Partnership, the local production company, engaged with recruiting crew and managing the movie.
Filming of Largo Winch is currently continuing in Sicily and a number of Maltese technicians and assistants have joined the French crew there.
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A couple of years ago Canon stood as the undisputed leader in virtually all areas of the digital camera market, but it has recently seen that lead disappear under a relentless onslaught from its many determined rivals, particularly Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. Even Canon's prestigious Digital IXUS range, the benchmark of luxury compacts for over a decade, has seen its prices undercut and its position challenged by cameras such as the Panasonic FX60, the Sony WX1, the Samsung WB1000 and even the outstanding Casio EX-Z2000. There are really only two ways that Canon can respond to this; it can either cut its prices, or try to beat the opposition on features, performance and image quality. Typically, Canon has done both. First, it has introduced a couple of relatively affordable entry-level models including the IXUS 105. Second, it has launched a new flagship model for the IXUS range, the 300 HS which I'm looking at today.
The IXUS 300 HS has a specification which, at least at first glance, doesn't appear to be all that impressive. It has a 10.0-megapixel sensor, a 3.8x zoom lens and a 3.0-inch 230k monitor. However when you look a bit closer at the technical details things start to look a bit more interesting. The sensor is a newly-designed back-illuminated CMOS chip, offering significantly better light-gathering capabilities than conventional designs. The lens has a focal length range equivalent to 28-105mm, but more importantly it has a maximum aperture of an exceptionally fast f/2 at wide angle, again improving the low light performance. Special features include 720p HD video with stereo sound, 240fps high-speed video, 3.7fps full-resolution still shooting and optional manual exposure modes.
Of course all that super-fast technology doesn't come cheap, and the newly-launched IXUS 300 HS is currently priced at a whopping £379 from both high street and online retailers. That price will almost certainly drop over the next few months (the IXUS 120 IS was £260 in January and now sells for around £180), but at the moment it is the most expensive pocket compact on the market. It's only £40 less than the PowerShot G11, and there are quite a few digital SLRs that cost less. It's somewhat annoying to note that in America the IXUS 300 HS (known over there as the PowerShot SD4000) is priced at $349, which at the current exchange rate is equivalent to approximately £240. Rip-off Britain, anyone?
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Isn't this camera basically the S90 without the ability to shoot RAW?
The very excellent (I bought one!) Panasonic TZ7 can now be had for under £200 which has to be a stonking bargain for a camera which would probably equal or better this one for image quality.
How does the reader interpret the image quality score of 9 for 300 HS vs for thirds vs dslr aps sensor equipped products? Would be useful, in my opinion, to get a relative image score (against other compacts in its class) & also an absolute image quality score.
For example, does the Canon EOS 550D and Canon IXUS 300 HS (both score 9) have identical image quality if you review the output without regard for the device?
The image quality score interpretation will become even more confusing as future cameras do not fit comfortably into the existing categories, e.g. Sony NEX-5.
GerryD: IMO it would be impossible to have an "absolute" score for image quality; it can only be relative. For example if you were to use digital medium format cameras costing many thousands of pounds as the standard, then even the highest-end full-frame dSLRs would end up with a relatively average IQ score - which would hardly be fair.
Your review makes for interesting reading. I was looking forward to this review with anticipation, especially as it's the 1st compact Canon have used a CMOS sensor in so was expecting good things. I was disappointed to read the auto focus feature on this model as being 'sluggish' in low light conditions, as this is partly what this model was hailed as by Canon.AlsoI feel ( probably as will most member of the public who are interested in purchasing a compact), that the price this has debued at is just too high to be competative at present.I also feel Canon could have made the zoom more versatile, i.e. zooming in more than 3.8x, the wide angle bit is probably about right to avoid barrel distortion. Maybe they'll introduce a DIGIC 5 processor?!to speed opeartion up. I think these are my main bones of contention and until Canon improve on the overall perfromance of this camera, my money stays where it is! Come on Canon, i want to buy an IXUS with CMOS sensor as they're good, but just no way at this price for that tech spec!
"Isn't this camera basically the S90 without the ability to shoot RAW?"
While I can see why you might think that, it's not. The manual controls aren't as extensive or as accessible as on the S90 and this has HD video as well as a host of other modes made for the ixus user over more technical users. The sensors are also different, this is CMOS (like in SLRs), the S90 is a special CCD made for low light scenarios. Basically - this is for everyone (all be it a rich everyone), the S90 is more prosumer in my opinion.
Having used this out and about, it's stonking at low-light shots.
I've got an S90 and was very interested to see how the CMOS would work out in comparison and it does a great job. Easily one of the best low-light performers I've seen. Yes, it's expensive, but Canon always put a crazy entry price then slash it after not long at all.
I didn't get any lag with focus to be honest though did most of my shooting in a restaurant, so my tests weren't rigorous. It was just great having a pocketable, reasonable megapixeled camera that handles low-light and has stereo HD video. I really liked the size as well - MUCH more pocketable than my S90.
Oh, and having had a TZ7 before - yes, £200 is a good price for it, but this delivers MONUMENTALLY better low-light performance and I found it quite a bit zippier too.
I have had this a month now and found it a excellent point and shoot with just enough to temp you into photography. I think it is awesome for the size. Lacks in the optical Zoom but has everything else, good low light performance and HS means exactly that it is fast. I have never been so excited after buying a product as i have this. I am now looking at photography totally in a differnet way. and have started playing with all the settings. Never been bothered before. This has made me want to get a Super-Zoom camera or even a beginners DSLR. :)
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I dont get why so many people cannot simply wait. Do they understand that a public beta is not ready yet?
The SM release is - in effect, a pre-beta, late alpha release is it not?
Then there will be varous bug fixes implemented from what is gathered, and a final BETA will be released publically.
Private beta's work much better than a wide public beta, in the early testing phases. It allows the dev's to only need to address a small amount of recorded bugs, until the full public is released.
They have a lot of work on their hands - they do not need 1000 posts on the forum stating there is a bug with such and such... By limiting the number of testers, they have limited the workload of moderators and themselves, whilest still being able to address the serious bugs.
An excellent way to do it if you ask me.
Simply put - It just isn't ready yet guys - but soon
One other point to what mrotacon stated is that for the most part the shmoocon attendees are security experts with a high amount of pen test experience. They are a good cross section of BT4's target audience, and will quickly find issues. The developers get some of the best potential users debugging for them, and at the same time they don't have to put up with the BS from the clueless skriddies who want to know how to boot a CD so they can break the neighbors WEP.
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PARIS – Moktar Belmoktar, a one-eyed Islamist militant leader who Chad claimed was killed in Mali last month, died by setting off explosives "in despair" over the death of one of his comrades, Chad's president, Idriss Deby, said in an interview.
"We have proof of his death. We couldn't film it because he blew himself up after the death of (Abdelhamid) Abou Zeid," the president told French media outlets TV5 Monde, Radio France Internationale and Le Monde in a joint interview broadcast Sunday. "He wasn't the only one. Three or four other jihadists (also) blew themselves up in despair."
Belmoktar, an Algerian al-Qaida veteran, was the mastermind of the brazen January assault on a gas plant in southeast Algeria that left 37 foreign hostages dead. In early March, Chad announced that the militant had been killed during fierce fighting in the Ifoghas Mountains, on Mali's northeastern border with Algeria.
But France, which has led the offensive against Islamists in Mali since Jan. 11, has so far only been willing to confirm the death of Abou Zeid, a key commander of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), saying it will carry out DNA tests on killed rebels.
In the joint interview, Chad's president added that he was "perfectly" sure that Belmoktar was dead. "We identified him," Deby said.
He also stated his belief that seven French hostages taken captive by militants in the region are no longer in Mali, saying, "I personally think that there are French (hostages) alive in the hands of jihadists, but I'm not that sure that that's in Mali." In total, 15 French nationals have been taken hostage in Africa, and on April 9 AQIM said one of them had died.
Deby also said Chad's troops are now being withdrawn from Mali, with some of the 2,000-strong contingent having left already Saturday.
"The face-to-face war with jihadists is finished. The Chadian Army has no real skills to cope with a nebula. Chadian soldiers will return to Chad. They have completed their mission," he said, but without giving specifics.
But Deby said that "if the United Nations makes a request, Chad will provide Chadian soldiers to the U.N."
Meanwhile, France pulled out 100 soldiers ahead of schedule Monday as part of a phased withdrawal of the majority of its 4,000 troops.


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Kelly Osbourne: Photocall in Amsterdam
Showing some love to her Dutch fans, Kelly Osbourne showed up at a photocall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Friday (March 22).
The television star looked to be in good repair, sporting a white blouse with black and white polka-dotted trousers as she promoted her E! show "Fashion Police" for the international crowd.
Kelly recently returned to her gig after spending two weeks recovering from a seizure she suffered on the set earlier this month.
Finally, Osbourne was released to return to her job- she tweeted, "#SoHappy I just got the all clear from my doctor to go back to work tomorrow!!!!!"
Her mother Sharon weighed in on "The Talk," noting, "We all believe in the power of positive thinking and sending good vibes, and the Osbournes, we want to thank everyone. And she's on medication. She's fine, nobody knows why she had it...Can't figure out a reason why, but she is fine and naughty."
Enjoy the pictures of Kelly Osbourne at a photocall for 'Fashion Police' in Amsterdam (March 25).
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U.S. Steel: "Sizable Negative Impact" From Outages, Nomura Says
U.S. Steel (X) has dropped this morning after the U.S. steel giant beat earnings forecasts but offered disappointing second-quarter guidance.
US Steel reported a profit of 34 cents a share, beating the Street consensus for 32 cents, but said it would have a tough time during the second quarter.
JPMorgan's Michael Gambardella says even the beat isn't as good as it looks:
U.S. Steel's 1Q14 earnings fell short of expectations, after excluding a one-time $0.10 gain from headline EPS, and management guided 2Q14 net income to a loss in large part from the impact of recent outages at the company's Gary and Great Lakes facilities which we previously estimated at 45% of Flat-Rolled capacity. We believe the loss in Flat-Rolled will still come as a negative surprise to the market which just began revising 2Q14 earnings expectations lower in recent weeks.
Nomura's Curt Woodworth and team explain why the outages are such bad news:
Reduced volume should contribute to higher unit costs and limit X's ability to sell into a strong spot sheet market, where prices have reached close to $700/ton, as contract volumes take priority. The outages in 2Q are also expected to negatively impact the mix away from coated automotive products, a high margin product category. X didn't quantify the transitory impact from the recent outages; however, we estimate a sizable negative impact given the significant economies of scale at the affected plants.
Shares of U.S. Steel have dropped 2.9% to 25.57 at 10:03 a.m. but don't seem to have impact other steel stocks much, if at all. Steel Dynamics (STLD) has dropped 0.6% to $18.07, while Nucor (NUE) has dipped 0.2% to $51.56. ArcelorMittal (MT), however, has gained 0.2% to $16.15 and AK Steel (AKS) has risen 0.6% to $6.92.


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SAN FRANCISCO – The wildfire in Yosemite National Park became the third biggest in California's history Friday, but officials re-opened a key road into the tourist landmark as firefighters got a grip on the blaze.
The so-called Rim Fire, accidentally started by a hunter last month, has grown to almost 1,000 sq. km, much of it within the park, which is visited by millions of tourists every year. It is now the third-largest California wildfire since records began in 1932, with an area five times that of Washington, D.C.
Smoke drifted into the tourist heart of the park, Yosemite Valley, obscuring views of the world-famous Half Dome and El Capitan rock formations over the Labor Day holiday weekend a week ago.
But changing wind patterns and increased humidity helped firefighters contain it within the far north of the park.
Firefighters now have it 80 percent contained, and on Friday re-opened Highway 120, the main road into the west of the park for visitors driving across from San Francisco on the California coast. At one stage, as more than 5,000 firefighters battled the fire, two of the four main roads into Yosemite were closed.


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Rihards Bukarts made a big impact in his return to the Brandon Wheat Kings' lineup.
After sitting out a one-game kneeing suspension on Friday, Bukarts was back in action on Saturday, scoring twice as the Wheat Kings wrapped up their road trip with a 4-1 Western Hockey League win over the Saskatoon Blades. The win pushed Brandon (27-19-5-1) back into a tie for first place in the East Division with the Swift Current Broncos.
Bukarts, who was ejected in the first period of Wednesday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Red Deer Rebels after scoring Brandon's first goal of that game, picked up where he left off on Saturday, opening the scoring with an early second-period power play goal. He's on a six-game point-scoring streak, with six goals and two assists in that stretch.
"Rihards, I thought in Red Deer the night that he got kicked out had a real good start to that game, and tonight you could tell early on that he was really skating well and he was dangerous all night," Wheat Kings head coach and general manager Kelly McCrimmon said.
Eric Roy added another power-play marker in the second, with Bukarts and Jesse Gabrielle tacking on goals in the third period. Rene Hunter and Tim McGauley both had two assists for Brandon, which got 33 saves from Jordan Papirny, earning him first-star honours.
"(Papirny was) real solid," McCrimmon said. "He made some real good saves in each period."
Cameron Hebig scored a third-period goal for the Blades (14-36-1-3).
The Wheat Kings finished the night 2-for-9 on the power play and were perfect short-handed, killing off all five Blade power plays including a pair of 5-on-3 Saskatoon advantages late in the second.
After going 1-2-0-1 on their road trip, playing four times in five nights, the Wheat Kings will return home to host the Medicine Hat Tigers on Wednesday (7 p.m., Westman Place).
ONE-TIMERS: The Wheat Kings have one game in hand on the Broncos, with the Regina Pats lurking one point back … Saskatoon G Troy Trombley made 38 saves … Brandon RW Peter Quenneville had an assist to stretch his point-scoring streak to eight games (five goals, eight assists) … McGauley has two assists in each of the past two games … The Wheat Kings played without C John Quenneville (upper body, week-to-week), who was their scoring leader going into the game, while LW Brett Kitt and D Kord Pankewicz were also scratched … The Blades were also missing their top scorer, RW Nikita Scherbak (upper body, day-to-day) … Calgary G Chris Driedger, who backstopped the Hitmen to a 7-4 victory over the Wheat Kings on Friday, was credited with a goal in a 5-2 loss to the Kootenay Ice on Saturday.
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How to tackle firms breaching contracts
QUESTION: I've heard that the credit crunch has meant that, intentionally or not, companies are increasingly breaking their contracts. How can they do this and legally where do I stand if this happens to me in my business?
SCOTT KENNEDY, corporate partner, Cleaver Fulton Rankin, replies:
Those who follow football might be permitted in thinking that a contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. The summer saw a number of top players seemingly able to 'walk away' from their club contracts.
While this certainly was the appearance due to the very particular blend of employment law principles and 'player power' at work, the reality for the less prosaic but infinitely more numerous agreements which exist in everyday commercial life is very different.
Realistically, if a party breaks a contract then they have probably done so because they are unable to fulfil their obligations or the effects of complying are worse than breaking it.
Purchasers who bought apartments off-plan 18 months ago who find that their current market value is much less might well prefer to forfeit their deposits rather than complete the purchase. A wronged party to a contract can apply to court seeking an order for spe
cific performance of it or damages for the loss they have suffered as a result of the contract being breached.
Before going to court and incurring further costs, ask yourself these questions: has that party got the ability to pay damages or the finances to perform the
contract? Will bankrupting them simply prove a pyrrhic victory? Should you just cut your losses and move on? As ever, seeking professional guidance is the best advice.
QUESTION: I own one-third of a business partnership and have just had a recent health scare. What is the best way to ensure all parties are protected in the event of death or a serious illness?
ANSWER: Stephen Hill, senior partner with S Hill, investment advisers, replies:
There are a number of issues that can cause untold problems for the business and partners if proper business protection planning is not put in place.
In your case the best solution for all parties would be to take out life insurance, this can ensure that the business
remains in control of the partnership in the unfortunate event of any business partners dying. A partnership like yours would dissolve if any of the business partners die, without an agreement being in place stating the contrary.
By having a life insurance agreement in place, this ensures that the business can carry on as seamlessly as possible in the circumstances, and control stays with the partnership.
It would also provide a substantial cash sum that would give the remaining partner's the opportunity to purchase the deceased's share of the business without having any financial problems.
Furthermore, it means that the deceased beneficiaries receive the cash sum, and eliminates any interference in the running of the business.
However, it is very important to note that the sum assured should reflects the value of the individual's holdings and as such it should be regularly reviewed.
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Funny Rhymes
1. If you want a little brother,
kick your dad and f**k your mother.
2. Mean people suck, Nice people swallow!
3. A peach is a peach, A plum is a plum,
A kiss ain't a kiss, without some tounge.
So open up your mouth, and close your eyes,
and give your tounge Some exercise!
5. Love is a name, Sex is a game. Forget the name and play the game!
6. Sex is good, sex is fine,
doggy style or 69,
just for fun or getting paid
everyone loves getting laid.
7. A guy walks up to a girl and says: Wanna play magic? She asks: What do you mean? He says: We go to my place, have sex and than you disappear!
8. Roses are red, Pickles are green.
I love your legs and whats in between.
9. Sex is like NOKIA (connecting people) like NIKE (just do it) like PEPSI (ask for more) like SAMSUNG (everyone is invited) and like ME (TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE)..
10. I love you in blue. I love you in red
but most of all. I love you in bed.
11. Sex is a sensation.
It's about a man's temptation,
putting his location in a woman's destination.
Do you understand the explanation
or do you need a demonstration?
12. Sex is like pizza. When its good, its VERY GOOD. When its bad, its Still pretty good
13. Sorry, the f**kmachine is out of order,
so f**k yourself and save a quarter.
14. F**k is good. F**k is funny.
Lots of people. F**k for money.
If you think that. F**k is funny.
F**k yourself and save your money!
15. Sex is like MathS, Add the Bed, Subtract the Clothes, Divide the Legs and Multiply!
16. Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater,
had a wife & liked to beat her,
smacked her twice around da head,
F**ked her arse & went 2 bed!
17.Is it whiskey that makes u frisky?
Is it the brandy that makes u randy?
Is it the gin that makes u slip-in?
Is it rum that makes u cum?
18. When boys say i luv u, U beleve its true,
9 months later he says to hell with you,
The baby is a bastard, the mother a whore,
None of this would have happened if the rubber hadnt tore!
19.It's a hard life being a penis, you have a head with no brain, one eye that's blind, 2 neighbours that are nuts, the others an arsehole & your best mates a c*nt
20.sex drugs rock & roll,
speed weed & birth control,
life's a bitch & then u die,
so f**k the world & lets get high!
21. if the sea was vodka and i was a duck
id sink to the bottom and drink my way up
but the sea isnt vodka and im not a duck
so reply to this message if you fancie a f*ck
22. Old King Cole had a very big hole,
A very big hole had He,
He sat on the rock & cut his cock,
And dipped his balls in the sea
23. Don't drink and drive
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solve() problem since new ROM update
I have tried multiple problems (simple ones albiet) to solve while in
ALG mode.
SOLVE(x^4 - 1 = 3, x)
but this provides no result. Just returns the question with no answer.
The answer should be x = -Sqrt(2) or x = sqrt(2).
The example works in RPN, but I use both environments depending what I
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What is Spotify?
The popular cloud music service that was only available in Europe is finally making its launch in the United States today.
Spotify the music-streaming service has launched in the United States today.
The concept is simple. You sign up for an account and get access to 15 million songs. Depending on the type of account you have, it will determine if you will get the service ad-free or have unlimited streaming. It will also determine what devices you can share your account across, and how much offline storage you have.
To create playlists, users can drag and drop or right click on tracks. They can also share their playlists through Facebook and Twitter by posting a link instantly from Spotify.
As a cloud music service, Spotify is able to give users access to their playlists from anywhere and also offline. Even if you're stuck in the subway and there's no wifi, you can access your Spotify account, so long as you still have battery on your device.
The late arrival of Spotify, a Swedish company, to the U.S. is in part the result of the company wanting to properly establish their service before expanding overseas; getting the license to all the songs, which is usually a lengthy process, was the second reason, and hesitation to licence songs on the part of the US music industry may also have contributed.
What Spotify means for the future of the music industry is perhaps not as revolutionary or devastating as the record companies might fear, as similar applications like Pandora have had their wave of success, and the industry is still standing. However, what Spotify adds to the scene is the ability to create a larger global music source.


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Green Bay, winners of seven of their last eight, improved to 9-4 and assumed first place in the NFC North ahead of Chicago (8-5), which lost at Minnesota. The Packers play at the Bears next week with a chance to clinch the division title. Detroit (4-9) lost its fifth in a row.
The last time these teams met here, last year's season finale, the quarterbacks combined for 1,000 passing yards and 11 touchdown passes. Aaron Rodgers wasn't a factor that day – Matt Flynn got the start as the Packers rested for the playoffs – and he wasn't a factor on the go-ahead touchdown drive in the fourth quarter. In a span of five plays, Alex Green ran for 10 and 9, Ryan Grant ran for 13 and DuJuan Harris ran for 5 and the 14-yard touchdown.
The Lions, as has been the story of their season, couldn't make a key play. The ensuing offensive possession gained two first downs but Matthew Stafford just missed Tony Scheffler deep over the middle on third-and-8. A bad punt set up the Packers at their own 37. On third-and-11, the Lions rushed three, giving Rodgers plenty of time to hit Randall Cobb, for a catch-and-run gain of 38. That set up a 41-yard field goal by Mason Crosby, which extended the advantage to 27-17 with 4:02 remaining.
Detroit's last realistic shot to make a game of it ended on Stafford's fourth-down incompletion with 2:26 to go. The Lions got the ball back and got a 34-yard field goal from Jason Hanson with 7 second to go. A pooch kick went out of bounds and the Packers ran out the clock.
The Packers spotted the Lions an early 14-0 lead but took a 17-14 on the first possession of the third quarter on Rodgers' 27-yard touchdown run on third-and-4. Rodgers was pressured by defensive ends Lawrence Jackson and Willie Young but avoided the sack. Linebacker Justin Durant was tied up in coverage with Jermichael Finley at the sideline and fullback John Kuhn blocked linebacker Stephen Tulloch as Rodgers ran untouched through a huge void on the right side of the field.
The Lions cut the margin to 17, then were given a short field when Crosby missed his seventh consecutive field goal from 50-plus yards. The Lions, however, returned the favor when Jason Hanson was short on a 52-yard attempt on the second play of the fourth quarter. Unlike Detroit, Green Bay took advantage with a 50-yard scoring drive in which all seven plays were runs, which Harris punctuated with his touchdown.
Quarterback fumbles were the key to the first half, with the Lions taking a 14-10 lead.
The Lions, who led the NFL in passing attempts entering the game, ran the ball nine times on a 12-play, 80-yard touchdown drive to open the game. On fourth-and-inches, Stafford ran untouched into the end zone on a bootleg.
The Packers appeared to have the answer, reaching the Lions' 12 on the ensuing drive, but Rodgers was sacked and stripped by Lawrence Jackson, with Tulloch recovering the loose ball. Detroit parlayed that into a 79-yard touchdown drive, capped by Stafford's 3-yard toss to Will Heller.
Trailing 14-3, it was Green Bay's turn to take advantage of a quarterback fumble. The ball slipped out of Stafford's hand on a screen, with defensive lineman Mike Daniels scooping up the loose ball and racing 43 yards for a touchdown.
The Lions dominated the half, with a 218-94 edge in yards and a 41-16 edge in snaps. Mikel Leshoure (11 carries, 43 yards) and Joique Bell (eight carries, 40 yards) led the way as the Lions rushed for 117 yards, with offensive coordinator Scott Linehan taking advantage of Green Bay running nickel and dime packages on every snap of the half.
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The Most Expensive Book Sales in May
Our most expensive book sales in May tell a fascinating story. The British Empire still stretched around the world during the Edwardian era. The British traveled and imposed their colonial ways, but a few were also taking photographs.
John Claude White was part of a military expedition to Tibet in 1904 and his pioneering photographs detailed the culture and landscapes of the Himalayas. Last month, a book of his photography sold for $28,000 on AbeBooks and topped our most expensive sales.


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If you get a rush from seeing a perfectly shaped pumpkin
shattered into a million pieces, this event's for you-even though
it's a long drive downstate. Adults and kids build machines to hurl
pumpkins through the air, and then watch them come crashing down.
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Long popular for its resiliency benefits, the technology of link aggregation is finally about to achieve standardhood.
The IEEE has worked out much of the technical details of link aggregation in its 802.3ad specification, and the group expects to finalize the standard in March.
Link aggregation is a technique for combining two or more Ethernet connections into one logical link, or trunk. For example, a user could set up four 100M bit/sec Fast Ethernet connections running in parallel between two switches, but both switches would handle traffic as if there were a single, 400M bit/sec pipe between them.
A user might do this if the connection requires more than 100M bit/sec, but less than the full gigabit per second of Gigabit Ethernet.
"We didn't have enough of a bandwidth need for Gigabit Ethernet," says Chuck Yoke, manager of technology architecture at Janus, a financial services firm. The company uses Cisco's proprietary link aggregation technology, Fast EtherChannel, to run multiple Fast Ethernet connections from its switches to its servers.
Yoke says he didn't want to install Gigabit Ethernet equipment and fiber optic lines to support the technology when the company had plenty of slower-speed equipment and copper cabling available. "We had open Fast Ethernet ports on the Cisco Catalysts and Ethernet patch cables galore," Yoke says.
Another compelling reason to set up a network this way is for its built-in resiliency. If one of the parallel connections fails, the others can continue to run. In less than a second, a switch can detect that a link has gone down and reassign packet flows to the surviving links (see graphic).
Link aggregation between different vendors' equipment is possible today. So why is a standard necessary?
The switches can only interoperate at a very basic level, explains Cam Cullen, senior technical marketing manager at 3Com. With the standard, the switches would be able to perform higher-level functions, such as catching configuration errors.
Another advantage of having a standard is that third-party network management tools, such as Hewlett-Packard's OpenView, would be able to see aggregated links, Cullen says. This would make troubleshooting easier.
The IEEE 802.3ad specification uses Link Aggregation Control Protocol to verify the link configurations and to send packets to each of the physical links in the trunk. The protocol also provides the mechanism for adding and subtracting links from the trunk.
The upcoming standard works for all speeds of Ethernet, so users could even establish multigigabit links composed of Gigabit Ethernet connections.
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Health policymakers, international donors, program managers, service providers and other health system stakeholders need reliable data to make evidence-based decisions. Key indicators and country-specific metrics to monitor HIV treatment, care and support are collected. Improved data dissemination and use provides the opportunity for evidence-based decision-making, better programs, improved service quality and ultimately better health outcomes.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supports the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) programs in three overarching areas of Strategic Information (SI): Health Information Systems, Monitoring and Evaluation and Surveys and Surveillance.
Health Information Systems (HIS) is responsible for the collection, flow and management of data. USAID supports this work in a variety of ways, including the following:
- The Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM) framework consists of tools to assess Routine Health Information System (RHIS) performance and identify factors that affect RHIS.
- The Routine Health Information Network (RHINO) is a collaboration of governments, donors, technical groups and private voluntary organizations, the purpose of which is to strengthen evidence-based decision-making.
- USAID works with host country governments at the local, subnational and national levels to strengthen health management information systems (HMIS). One example of this work is in Ethiopia, where a scaled-up HMIS is expected to improve planning, management and decision-making.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities build and strengthen capacity to successfully and sustainably collect, analyze and use information to improve health outcomes. USAID works on a variety of activities across the M&E spectrum, including the following:
- Building capacity of local institutions, including universities and training networks, government and civil society, in monitoring and evaluation.
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- Impact Evaluations: USAID supports the implementation of impact evaluations to build evidence for effective and efficient interventions. Additionally, USAID works to build evaluation capacity in the field.
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- Developing national evaluation plans: USAID works in collaboration with host governments to develop and implement national evaluation plans to improve the collection, analysis and use of health data. USAID/Ghana and the Government of Ghana developed the Evaluation Plan for Ghana's National HIV Prevention Program for Key Populations.
- Developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks: These frameworks, such as the Organizing Framework for a Functional National HIV Monitoring and Evaluation System, monitor programs' implementation and progress.
- Performing data quality assessments: To ensure the reporting and use of high quality HIV and AIDS data, USAID works with its Missions and partners to perform data quality assessments. These assessments help improve data quality for more accurate and timely reporting.
- Advancing innovative methods and approaches: USAID provides guidance and technical assistance to decisionmakers around the world in the use and adaption of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Supporting data dissemination and use: USAID requires the dissemination of evaluation findings to ensure that information is accessible to the public (see the Development Experience Clearinghouse). Best practices, lessons learned and promising practices are shared to promote information exchange.
Surveys and Surveillance (S&S) support systematic data collection, analysis and interpretation to provide information about the overall HIV epidemic and its changes over time. USAID-sponsored S&S activities collect data from nationally representative populations, at-risk populations and service delivery locations. Examples of USAID S&S activities include the following:
- Population-based surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the AIDS Indicator Survey (AIS) collect HIV prevalence data and information on risk behaviors among the general population on a national and subnational scale.
- Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (BSS): BSS collect HIV prevalence data and information on risk behaviors among high-risk populations.
- Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE): The PLACE method is a rapid assessment tool used to monitor and improve AIDS prevention program coverage in areas where HIV transmission is most likely to occur.
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MEASURE Evaluation Phase III is the Bureau for Global Health's primary vehicle for supporting improvements in M&E in population, health and nutrition worldwide. The project aims to improve the collection, analysis and presentation of data to promote better use.
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Televisa: Cheaper Than It Looks, Says Morgan Stanley
At first glance, Grupo Televisa (TV) looks expensive, trading at 27.5 times forward earnings. But Televisa is cheaper than it looks, advises Morgan Stanley, which updated its price target from $38 to $42.
Televisa's affiliates suppress the parent's earnings per share, and when we exclude them, Televisa is at 21 times earnings, in line with its global peers of 22-23 times. Here are analysts Michel Morin and Diego M Aragao:
EPS is currently depressed by net losses at Iusacell, which Televisa consolidates under the equity method. In addition, Televisa has made a large investment in Univision, but this does not currently contribute meaningfully to Televisa's net income due to high, but declining, financial leverage at the company.
Televisa is attractive because its Content business is a cash cow, giving it operational leeway to develop other businesses:
The Content segment enjoys natural barriers to entry and generates healthy FCF, equivalent to a 3.6% FCF yield on TV's current equity market cap, we estimate. This FCF funds major network expansion and upgrades in Cable and penetration in Satellite, and the US experience suggests that these investments will pay off as the market matures, especially considering potential ARPU upside from current levels.
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By now, you have already heard of the explosive announcement that Sony unleashed upon the world with the PlayStation 4. Their main video advertisement has already raked in over a million views on YouTube meaning that the world is definitely interested. But exactly, HOW are they interested? I can admit that I'm intrigued by the potential the console can produce as its specifications can be compared to that of a gaming computer. But it feels as if this next generation of gaming is arriving too early.
Most old school gamers remember that feeling when they got their first console. Whether it was a Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Boy Color, or a Sony PlayStation…those moments felt like they lasted a lifetime. And to this day, it still shows with all the re-releases of old classics up for download on today's consoles. But those old consoles and games still get appreciation. I can't really say the same for the ones of today. Not saying that the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii haven't made an impact in our society. They have made great and amazing achievements as well. I just don't really feel like they stick out as much in comparison.
The problem with consoles since the year 2000 is that when they were first presented, they spent more time explaining and demonstrating what capabilities the system had and barely even mentioning the games that can and/or will come out for it. We didn't really have that problem when the Super Nintendo came out. We just mostly saw commercials on TV or just visit a friend's house to see what that specific console could do…and it worked fine for the most part.
I've seen brief videos on many areas on the presentation Sony gave for the PS4 and even though it seems it will be an astounding powerhouse in terms of hardware, I'm not that impressed yet. And I feel the same will happen when Microsoft eventually gives their presentation on their new Xbox. The reason why: games. It's nice to know as a consumer what a specific console can do, but when the supposed main focus as a buyer is the games, what's the point mentioning this other stuff? You want people to buy your system? Tell them you have as an exclusive the next Metal Gear Solid title or some other groundbreaking game and you'll be sure to get thousands of pre-orders first day.
I will admittedly say I may be one of the few that is on the fence about the next generation of gaming already approaching. It's just that I still see the potential left for today's consoles. With releases like BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider that have achieved amazing scores, plus the upcoming games on the horizon: Grand Theft Auto 5, Metal Gear Solid 5: Phantom Pain, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, and The Last of Us. I know that things must change or evolve eventually, but it's still clear that there is still more life to give from the current generation consoles.


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[WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] In the next 24 hours, all but one of the final berths at the 2014 World Cup will be decided and that will be a mere formality as Uruguay returns home with a 5-0 advantage over Jordan. No bigger team is in danger of missing out on the World Cup than 1998 champion France, which fell at Ukraine, 2-0, in the first leg of their European playoff on Friday.
The game will be a sellout at the Stade de France, but few French fans believe the Bleus will win. A survey of 23,000 fans by the daily Parisien found that only 16
percent believed France would qualify.
The sports daily L'Equipe called the 2-0 loss to Ukraine the worst performance by the national team ever and said it could take a miracle to recover
on Tuesday.
History isn't on France's side. No team has ever overcome a 2-0 deficit in the European World Cup playoffs that will decide four berths on Tuesday.
France has
qualified for every tournament it has entered since failing to qualify for the 1994 World Cup in the United States. Needing just one point in its last two games at home, it lost to Israel and to
Bulgaria when Emil Kostadinov scored in stoppage time. Didier Deschamps was on the field then and will be coaching
France on Tuesday.
Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of France's epic collapse, and French papers were filled with stories about the game as if to get ready to bury another team.
TUESDAY, November 19
Egypt-Ghana, first leg: 1-6 (BeIN Sport, BeIN Sport en Espanol) 11 am. ET
Algeria-Burkina Faso, first leg: 2-3 (BeIN Sport, BeIN Sport en Espanol) 1 pm. ET
Romania-Greece, first leg: 1-3 (ESPN3) 2 pm. ET
Croatia-Iceland, first leg: 0-0 (ESPN3) 2:15 pm. ET
Sweden-Portugal, first leg: 0-1 (ESPN2, ESPN Deportes), 2:25 pm. ET
France-Ukraine, first leg: 0-2 (ESPN3) 3 pm. ET
WEDNESDAY, November 20
New Zealand-Mexico, first leg: 1-5 (ESPN, Univision), 1 am. ET
Uruguay-Jordan, first leg: 5-0 (BeIN Sport, BeIN Sport en Espanol) 6 pm. ET


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Drunk Driving Defense, Eighth Edition
Drunk Driving Defense, Eighth Edition
For even the most seasoned attorneys, defending DUI cases has always presented special challenges. Today—due to legislative developments, the introduction of incredibly sophisticated blood alcohol-testing technologies, and an increasingly harsh prosecutorial climate—mounting a successful defense is more difficult than ever.
The new Eighth Edition of Drunk Driving Defense is updated to reflect recent developments which includes a new section on Sentencing of Non-Citizens; detailed information about the SCRAM® (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) device; updated state-by-state listing of DMV contacts; and expanded discussions on the offense of DUI by marijuana, the source code issue in breath testing devices, and how recent U.S. Supreme Court cases impact the admissibility of chemical test evidence in a DUI case.
Drunk Driving Defense provides hard-hitting tactics every step of the way, from the administrative license suspension hearing, to the pretrial investigation, to cross-examination of police and expert witnesses, and finally to the jury summation itself. You'll be fully briefed on the statutory and case law, evidentiary issues and procedures applied in federal and state courts nationwide.
With Drunk Driving Defense, you'll discover practice-proven DUI defense strategies and techniques on:
- Increasing the odds of success at the administrative license suspension hearing
- Using pretrial discovery and suppression motions to weaken a case or get it dismissed
- Discrediting field sobriety tests using leading-edge techniques
- Using newly-developed voir dire strategies to help lay the foundation for a solid defense and a powerful jury summation
- Strengthening your case using recent developments in breath, blood and urine analysis
You'll also find clear explanations of key scientific and technological issues, and practical tools to streamline case preparation and presentation
Written by Lawrence Taylor and Steven Oberman, Drunk Driving Defense is generally considered to be the standard-bearing reference in the field.
View video of Lawrence Taylor: "How to Defend The DUI Client"
Read Lawrence Taylor, expert DUI lawyer's DUI Blog and subscribe to RSS news feeds.
Chapter 1. THE OFFENSE
- §1.01 The Nature of the Crime
- §1.02 The Corpus
- §1.03 What Constitutes "Driving"?
- §1.04 Under the Influence of Alcohol
- §1.05 The "Per Se" Violation
- §1.06 Under the Influence of Drugs
- §1.07 Felony Drunk Driving
- §1.08 Civil Liability
- §1.09 Inchoate and Accomplice Liability
- §1.10 Affirmative Defenses
Chapter 2. THE SENTENCE
- §2.01 Sentencing in the DUI Case
- §2.02 Statutory Enhancements: Refusal, Speed, and Other Factors
- §2.03 Alternative Sentencing
- §2.04 Multiple Punishment
- §2.05 Probation Violation Hearings
Chapter 3. THE ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE SUSPENSION
- §3.01 Implied Consent
- §3.02 The Administrative Hearing
- §3.03 The "Per Se" Suspension (.08 percent)
- §3.04 The Refusal Suspension
- §3.05 The FAA and Pilot License Suspensions
- §3.06 Interstate Driver's License Compact
Chapter 4. DUI AS A FEDERAL CRIME
- §4.01 Introduction
- §4.02 DUI on Land Administered by the National Park Service
- §4.03 DUI on Other Federally Owned Land
- §4.04 Issues Applicable to All Federal Lands
Chapter 5. FIELD EVIDENCE
- §5.01 Field Evidence and the Arresting Officer
- §5.02 Driving Symptoms
- §5.03 Appearance and Behavior of Defendant
- §5.04 Field Sobriety Tests
- §5.05 Drug (Recognition) Evaluation and Classification
- §5.06 Preliminary Breath Tests
- §5.07 Audiotapes and Videotapes
Chapter 6. INTRODUCTION TO BLOOD-ALCOHOL ANALYSIS
- §6.01 Forensic Alcohol Analysis
- §6.02 Alcohol and the Human Body
- §6.03 Retrograde Extrapolation: Projecting Test Levels Back to Time of Driving
- §6.04 General Sources of Error
Chapter 7. BREATH ANALYSIS
- §7.01 The Reliability of Breath-Alcohol Analysis
- §7.02 Nonspecific Analysis
- §7.03 Mouth Alcohol
- §7.04 Additional Sources of Error
- §7.05 The Machines
Chapter 8. BLOOD AND URINE ANALYSIS
- §8.01 Blood Analysis
- §8.02 Urinalysis
Chapter 9. ANALYSIS AND ARRAIGNMENT
- §9.01 Initial Client Contact
- §9.02 Case Investigation
- §9.03 Analysis of the Case
- §9.04 The Arraignment
- §9.05 Plea Bargaining Considerations
Chapter 10. PRIOR CONVICTIONS
- §10.01 The Prior DUI Conviction
- §10.02 Prosecutorial Burden
- §10.03 Bifurcation of Trial
Chapter 11. DISCOVERY
- §11.01 Discovery of DUI Evidence
- §11.02 Preservation and Production of Blood/Urine Sample
- §11.03 Preservation and Production of the Breath Sample: Trombetta
- §11.04 The Discovery Motion
- §11.05 The Subpoena Duces Tecum
Chapter 12. SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE
- §12.01 Probable Cause to Stop, Detain, and Arrest
- §12.02 The Fallibility of Radar Devices
- §12.03 Sobriety Checkpoints: Sitz
- §12.04 Unlawful Arrest
- §12.05 Incriminating Statements
- §12.06 Refusal Evidence
- §12.07 Field Evidence
- §12.08 Blood-Alcohol Evidence
- §12.09 Other Evidence
- §12.10 The Suppression Motion
Chapter 13. SETTING THE STAGE
- §13.01 Jury Selection
- §13.02 The Opening Statement
- §13.03 Using Demonstrative Evidence
- §13.04 Keeping the Prosecution in Line
Chapter 14. CROSS EXAMINATION
- §14.01 The Arresting Officer
- §14.02 Techniques for Cross-Examination of the Officer
- §14.03 Cross-Examination of Arresting Officer
- §14.04 The Breath Operator and/or Blood-Alcohol Expert: Strategy and Techniques
- §14.05 Illustrative Cross-Examination of Operator/Expert
- §14.06 Illustrative Cross-Examination of the Percipient Witness
Chapter 15. THE DEFENSE
- §15.01 The Sobriety Witness
- §15.02 The Defense Blood-Alcohol Expert
- §15.03 The Defense Police Expert
- §15.04 Should the Defendant Testify?
Chapter 16. CLOSING
- §16.01 Summation: Strategy and Illustration
- §16.02 Jury Instructions Resources
Table of Cases
A former Marine and graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (1966) and the UCLA School of Law (1969), Lawrence Eric Taylor served as deputy public defender and deputy district attorney in Los Angeles before entering private practice. He was the trial judge's legal advisor in People vs Charles Manson, was Supreme Court counsel in the Onion Field murder case and was retained by the Attorney General of Montana as an independent Special Prosecutor to conduct a one-year grand jury probe of governmental corruption.
Turning to teaching, Mr. Taylor served on the faculty of Gonzaga University School of Law, where he was voted Professor of the Year, was invited to be Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University Law School, and was finally appointed Fulbright Professor of Law at Osaka University in Japan.
With over 33 years of experience, Lawrence Taylor is the author of over thirty articles and 13 books, including the standard text on DUI/DWI litigation, Drunk Driving Defense, Eighth Edition, (N.Y.: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Rgulatory U.S.) and California Drunk Driving Defense, Third Edition (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing). He is one of only 4 DUI attorneys in California who is Board-certified as a DUI defense specialist.
Over the past twenty-five years Mr. Taylor has proven a popular lecturer on DUI trial techniques and constitutional issues at over 200 CLE seminars in 38 states, including those sponsored by the American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and numerous state bar associations including the California State Bar. He was one of the original thirteen founders of the National College for DUI Defense, served on the Board of Regents and was elected Dean for 1995-1996. On July 25, 2002, at Harvard Law School, Mr. Taylor was presented with the National College's Richard Erwin Lifetime Achievement Award.
Since graduating from the University of Tennessee Law School in 1980, Mr. Oberman has established himself nationally as an authority on the intricacies of DUI law. Early in his practice, Mr. Oberman developed an extensive knowledge of defending those charged with the crime of driving under the influence. This knowledge, combined with his background in the sciences, gave Mr. Oberman a unique perspective in defending those accused of DUI. As a Tennessee DUI attorney, Mr. Oberman has successfully represented over two thousand clients charged with DUI. In 2006, Mr. Oberman became the first DUI lawyer in Tennessee to be recognized by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization as a certified specialist in the area of DUI Defense law.
Mr. Oberman has handled cases from the General Sessions Court all the way to the Tennessee Supreme Court. In 2008, Mr. Oberman argued a DUI case before the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Court unanimously agreed with Mr. Oberman's legal analysis and dismissed the case. Mr. Oberman has been an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee Law School since 1993 and has received prestigious awards for his faculty contributions. Mr. Oberman maintains the highest rating from the renown Martindale-Hubbell™ rating system. He has been chair or co-chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' DUI Committee since 1995.
Tennessee DUI lawyer Steve Oberman is a popular speaker at seminars throughout the United States on various topics relating to DUI defense. His audiences have included seminar attendees of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc., the American Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Oberman has spoken to various bar associations and organizations in more than fifteen states in addition to Tennessee, and a Court Clerks Meeting in Cambridge, England.
Mr. Oberman not only educates defense lawyers and the judiciary, but also the prosecution, having lectured in training seminars for The Great Smoky Mountain National Park Rangers, and for the Tennessee District Attorney Generals Conference. He has also had the honor of lecturing at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA on the topic of courtroom testimony. Furthermore, Mr. Oberman was the only private practitioner in the country to participate in a NHTSA sponsored symposium of the Feasibility of Per Se Laws for Drugged Driving which was held in Washington, D.C.
He is a graduate of the DUI and Traffic Safety Faculty Development Workshop, developed by NHTSA and taught at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. He is periodically designated as Special Judge for the Knox County, Tennessee Sessions Court. Mr. Oberman's practice, however, is not limited to DUI defense. He handles other types of cases as well.
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She fought against a Wal-Mart moving into the Hogtown Creek-area over environmental concerns, but according to Jeannette Hinsdale, the Northeast 12th Avenue and Waldo Road location is a good fit for a new Wal-Mart Supercenter.
"This is what the community wanted," Hinsdale said. "This is what the people wanted."
There were reservations about the "retail giant" building another store in Gainesville, but officials and residents said they now consider it a giant step forward for Plan East Gainesville.
"The pros will outweigh the cons," Duval-area resident Juanita Miles Hamilton said. "Traffic will be an issue, but I think we will work through it, and I'm sure that the city will work with us."
Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan said there were concerns, but the majority of residents in the neighborhood expressed support for the project.
"We had a meeting at the Duval Elementary School, and there was a show of hands of how many people were supportive and how many people were against," Hanrahan said. "I would say it was more than 80 percent for the project, and that to me is what's really important."
For many, it is not just about having a new shopping center in Gainesville, it is what Wal-Mart brings with it.
"Jobs, jobs, jobs," Hamilton exclaimed.
Three-hundred fifty to 400 jobs are expected when the retailer opens its doors, and that is part of the reason, some consider this project a prime example of "responsible growth."
"This is exactly what the county needs at this point," Kim Davidson of the Coalition for Responsible Growth said. "This helps with the redevelopment of East Gainesville. It helps keep the growth where we need it."
The "price rollbacks" are not likely to begin until next January or February when the store is ready to open, but officials said they can already envision other shops, including dry cleaners and banks, moving in to the area.
Hinsdale said she hopes their expectations come true:
"I hope this opens doors for other people to get loans and start other businesses on the East Side too."
By Ted Latiak, WCJB TV20 News.
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Pakistan's President Musharraf has decided since overhauling the corrupt aspects of his government are simply too difficult to handle, that it might be preferable attempting an end run around the situation by focusing on image building. He apparently has concluded his image in America is a more vital component of success than actually confronting issues dealing with reform of education or the insurgent northwest region. Musharraf already has a $55,000 a month contract with Van Scoyon Associates that is designed to improve his American image. He just added Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide at $45,000 a month to ensure the American government and public know
about his gallant fight to eliminate terrorism and extend democracy to his nation.
In the real world of politics, it isn't what you do that counts, it is what people believe you did that is important. President Musharraf has certainly learned what to do in America to ensure the success he boasts about at least is reported on the six o'clock news.


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Patient emergency calls during the course of the day bring added stress and can create havoc in the dentist's work schedule. Such was the case with the following patient, who presented with a fractured lower incisor needing immediate attention on a Thursday morning. This case report will present a technique for the immediate insertion of a bonded, splinted bridge utilizing post-extraction laser hemostasis.
|Figure 1. Pretreatment view of fractured No. 25, partial denture in place.
Figure 2. Pretreatment view.
|Figure 3. Pretreatment digital radiograph.
A 74-year-old female presented with tooth No. 25 broken off at the gingiva (Figures 1 to 3). The tooth had fractured during mastication. Similar concerns existed on the strengths of the compromised adjoining dentition. The teeth were asymptomatic, and tooth No. 25 was not restorable. The patient was wearing a removable, mandibular Virginia Partial Denture (Lab One). Periodontal probing showed no measurements greater than 3 mm, and no periodontal or occlusal therapy was indicated. Tooth No. 24 had previously undergone endodontic therapy.
Treatment comprises extraction of tooth No. 25 and the subsequent fabrication and placement of a 4-unit bonded, splinted bridge. The retainers will be splinted, laboratory-fabricated, facial composite veneers. Appliance design will incorporate labial veneers as "abutments" to splint the anterior incisors and to support the pontic. The design will be done in such a way to be compatible with the fit of the existing removable partial denture.
|Figures 4a and 4b. Photos of temporization with tooth fragment after tooth preparation.
A shade was taken, and tooth No. 24 was prepared for a labial veneer with an incisal wrap. The lateral incisors were also prepared using diamond burs from the Nixon Porcelain Veneer Kit II (Brasseler USA). Minimal facial and interproximal tooth reduction was needed, and the preparations were kept in enamel. No local anesthetic was needed. Undercuts were subsequently blocked out using a bonded composite resin system (Adper Prompt Bond, Filtek Supreme [3M ESPE]). A dual-arch final impression was then taken using a medium-body polyether (Impregum [3M ESPE]). The fractured tooth fragment was bonded back into place using a hybrid, light-cured composite resin (Filtek Supreme) and a self-etching dentin bonding agent (Adper Prompt Bond; Figures 4a and 4b). Finally, the temporized tooth (No. 25) was then taken out of occlusion to re-duce any possible excessive forces on it. The case was sent to the dental laboratory to construct a hybrid composite resin and glass-reinforced restoration (Sculpture Plus with FibreKor [Pentron Clinical Technologies]). The patient was scheduled to return to the office in 2 weeks for extraction of the remaining root fragment and insertion of the bonded bridge.
The patient returned after 14 days. She reported that the temporary fell out that morning; she knew that she didn't have to be careful eating breakfast, since it was insertion day. Local anesthetic was administered for the extraction of tooth No. 25. One carpule of articaine HCl 4% with 1/200,000 epinephrine (Septocaine [Septodont]) was infiltrated surrounding tooth No. 25. The temporary materials were removed from the adjacent teeth and then cleaned with plain flour pumice and a rubber cup.
Figures 5a and 5b. Immediately following extraction and laser hemostasis, shows prepared teeth. Lingual view, post extraction and post laser.
The tooth was extracted using a straight elevator, and blood was allowed to pool in the extraction site. Hemostasis was then established using a Nd:YAG laser (PerioLase II Digital M.V.P. TruePulse [Millennium Dental Technologies]). Laser parameters were set at 4.0 W, 20 Hz, and the pulse width was set at 650 microseconds. This free-running, pulsed laser utilizes a contact fiber tip. The fiber was placed to the depth of the extraction site and fired as the fiber was slowly moved coronally. Observation showed color changes in the blood with the thermal clot forming; exposure time was less than 30 seconds (100 total joules). As a result, the site was immediately ready for restoration (Figures 5a and 5b).
Figures 6 and 7. Final restoration as returned from the laboratory (facial and lingual views.)
The bonded bridge, as returned from the dental laboratory, was tried in, and the occlusion was adjusted. This pontic was fabricated utilizing a highly polished bullet design that promotes gingival healing and allows for an aesthetic emergence profile (Figures 6 and 7). To condition the bridge, the internal surfaces were cleaned with air abrasion (50-µm alumina particles at low pressure), and a composite primer and bonding agent was applied (Clearfil Photo Bond [Kuraray Dental]).
Teeth Nos. 23, 24, and 26 were etched with 37% phosphoric acid gel for 30 seconds, rinsed thoroughly, and dried. The bridge was bonded into place using a dual-cured adhesive system (Panavia F2.0 [Kuraray Dental]). This cement includes a dual-cured dentin bonding agent (ED Primer) and dual-cured composite resin cement. Excessive cement was removed, followed by the light-curing of all surfaces with an LED light-curing unit.
|Figures 8a and 8b. Immediately post cementation and finish.
|Figure 9. Lingual view, final restoration.
|Figure 10. Final restoration.
|Figure 11. Four months postoperatively.
Finally, the bridge was adjusted to fit with the existing partial denture and polished (Figures 8a to 10). The patient was given oral hygiene instructions, which included the use of dental floss with floss threaders.
In 1999, we began the use of the Nd:YAG laser for hemostasis following extractions. The technique developed from periodontal laser training provided by Millennium Dental Technologies using a new Nd:YAG laser that had more than one pulse width. It has been instrumental in minimizing cases of alveolar osteitis and after-hour calls from patients with post-extraction bleeding.
In this case, immediate extraction with an immediate restoration technique minimized the time spent in the treatment of this challenging restorative case. The patient had satisfactory temporization and was presented with a long-term, aesthetic, and functional splinted bridge in a timely manner. The laser prevented the problems usually associated with a lack of hemostasis following extraction and during the try-in and insertion of the immediate appliance. Follow-up visits have shown that this treatment option is serving well as a solution for this patient's restorative needs (Figure 11).
The author thanks Dental Arts Laboratory in Lincolnshire, Ill, for the excellent craftsmanship, fit, and aesthetics of this multiunit restoration. The author also thanks Millennium Dental Technologies and Drs. Del McCarthy and Robert Gregg for instruction at their Cerritos, Calif, training center as well as their willingness to be great mentors throughout these past 8 years.
Disclosure: Dr. Cranska has no financial interest in any laser company. He is compensated as a consultant for presenting and lecturing from Millennium Dental Technologies and as a Certified Clinical Trainer for the IALD.


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Whitfield-Espinoza headline TKO card
World ranked flyweight contender Rayonta "Stingray" Whitfield will battle Sergio Espinoza for the NABO Flyweight Title on Saturday, February 27th at the Bell Auditorium, it was announced today by TKO Boxing Promotions
Advance tickets will go on sale at 10am Friday morning, February 5th, priced from $27 to $102 (including a $2.00 facility fee), through the Augusta Entertainment Complex Box Office, (www.georgialinatix.com, by phone at 1-877-4AUGTIX or in person at the Augusta Entertainment Complex Box Office, 601 Seventh Street).
A $5.00 in person box office discount for all military, police and fire personnel along with college students with proper ID is available in all price ranges until February 26th. The Bell Auditorium is located at 712 Telfair Street in Augusta Georgia; doors on the evening of the event will open at 6:30pm with the first bell at 7:30pm.
A press conference to announce the event was held this past Tuesday at Mayor Deke Copenhaver's office in Augusta .
Said Augusta native Whitfield, "I'm thrilled to be fighting for the NABO Flyweight Title against Sergio Espinoza, but most importantly I'm very happy and proud to be able to fight at home in front of my family and friends. The support that I receive here at home is outstanding and I'm looking forward to putting on a great performance in my hometown on February 27th.
Mayor Copenhaver was effusive with his praise for Whitfield, "We're all very proud of Rayonta. He's accomplished a great deal both as an amateur and professional, and Augusta looks forward to cheering him on in his bout against Espinoza on the 27th."
The 28 year old Whitfield, 23-1-0 (11KO's), is currently world ranked #4 by the IBF and #5 by the WBO. He is coming off an eight round unanimous decision win over Evaristo Primero on October 10th in Houston .
On February 7, 2009, Whitfield battled WBO champion Omar Navarez in Chubut, Argentina evenly over nine rounds before the bout was abruptly halted in the champions' hometown although Whitfield was unhurt and fully able to continue in the battle.
Hailing from San Diego, California, the 31 year old Espinoza brings a record of 16-6-1 with five knockouts into the title bout with Whitfield. Espinoza is a staple in the highly competitive Southern California boxing scene where he is known for his numerous world class battles over his nine year professional career.
The co-main event will feature outstanding junior lightweight prospect Mickey Bey Jr. in a ten round bout for the WBO Inter-Continental Title. After a highly successful amateur career, the 26 year old Cleveland , Ohio native has amassed an undefeated professional record of
15-0-0 (8KO's). Last year, amongst his three wins was an eight round decision over highly regarded prospect Rashad Ganaway on August 22nd in Houston, Texas.
The undercard includes outstanding newcomers; welterweight Joseph Elegele, 3-0-0 (2KO's) of Melbourne, Florida and junior featherweight Robert Rodriguez, 1-0-0, from Greeley, Colorado . Additional bouts and further details on the undercard will be announced shortly.
Formed in early 2008, Chet Koerner's Las Vegas based TKO BOXING Promotions, originators of the "HOMETOWN HEROES TO WORLD CHAMPIONS" national boxing series, stable includes; heavyweight Lenroy Thomas, cruiserweight Andres Taylor, super middleweight Fedor Chudinov, middleweights Peter Manfredo Jr., Elvin Ayala, James Countryman, Dmitry Chudinov and J'Leon Love, junior middleweights Bastie Samir, welterweights Demetrius Hopkins, Bradley Blankenship, Mikael Zewski, Leti Leti and Eric Mendez, junior welterweights Francisco Contreras, Joseph Elegele and Hastings Bwalya, lightweights Edner Cherry, Rolando Reyes, Mickey Bey Jr., Terence Crawford and Fidel Maldonado Jr., featherweights Matt Remillard, Carney Bowman, Dat Nguyen, Delvin Placencia, Rafael Lora, Maxwell Awaku and Robert Rodriguez, super bantamweights Rafael Valenzuela, bantamweight Leo Santa Cruz and flyweight Rayonta Whitfield