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The 60-year sentence handed down this week in a North Carolina DUI trial in which a 30-year-old repeat DUI offender was found guilty of killing four New Jersey teens after downing five drinks for "lunch," would seem to indicate that the courts are finally getting the message that the only way to guarantee that habitual drunk drivers stay off the road is to put them away. The North Carolina case drew national attention due to its CourtTV Coverage , but it is a all too familiar story repeated day after day on the highways and in the courts -- someone is killed because a drunk driver did not get the message the first time, or in this case even the second time. How Long Will This Go On? Each week here at the Alcoholism site on our daily Tragic Tales page, we time and again report cases in which repeat DUI offenders are found guilty of another senseless slaughter, but are given what seems to be "light" sentences, considering they have taken a life -- sometimes a little as a few months in jail. Many times the judges in those cases hands are tied by state laws which dictate the maximum sentences for vehicular homicide. For some reason, legislators consider getting drunk, getting behind the wheel and killing an innocent victim less of a crime than getting drunk and killing someone in a bar room brawl. Somehow those who make our laws still look upon the carnage caused by drunk drivers as "tragic accidents" rather than what they really are -- the blatant disregard of the safety of anyone who happens to get in the way by someone who drinks and makes the decision to get behind the wheel of a vehicle. To quote comedian Richard Pryor, how long will this bulls*** go on? Asked About Her Dog Perhaps the North Carolina trial of Melissa Lynn Marvin will send a message to the courts and lawmakers alike, that society is fed up with a system that allows repeat offenders to continue to renew their driving privileges. The case provides us with a glimpse at the attitude of many repeat offenders. Twice arrested for drunk driving offenses, the 30-year-old waitress downed three shots of booze at one bar and two margarita "grandes" at another, got in her SUV, sped through traffic changing lanes frequently with her left foot up on the dashboard, ran a red light and plowed into a small car carrying five teen-agers, killing four of them. In the aftermath of the collision, described as sounding like an explosion, Marvin at the scene asked repeatedly about the condition of her dog who was riding in the vehicle with her and never once inquired about the victims in the other car. An "experienced" DUI offender, Marvin at the hospital tried to cover up the amount of alcohol that she had consumed and refused to provide a urine sample, instead pulling up her dress and urinating on the emergency room stretcher. A court-ordered blood test two hours after the accident indicated a blood alcohol content of .21, putting it at an estimated .28 at the time of the crash. Not the Only One to Blame Marvin's defense at her trial was basically that she had not had "that much" to drink, which from her point of view was probably true. She probably had drunk a lot more than that many times before and driven home, given her driving record over the past nine years. In her eyes having "only" five drinks and driving was not "that much." She couldn't possibly be drunk! The blood test must be wrong! Apparently it was not difficult for the jury and the judge in the Marvin case to feel no sympathy for 30-year-old "amateur surfer" while finding her guilty of causing the deaths of those four innocent teens, but the truth is she does not bare the blame alone. A Little Too Late Twice previously she was arrested for drunk driving and the courts allowed her to plead to "lesser charges" and by doing so enabled her to escape facing the full consequences of her actions. So the state of North Carolina is also partially to blame for those tragic deaths. As long as we continue to have minimal punishment for first offenders and allow them to plead guilty to lesser charges, they will continue to drink and drive because in their minds they "got away with it." The line needs to be drawn after the first offense, not after the first death. It's good to see that North Carolina is finally beginning to take responsibility for maintaining the safety of its highways by putting Melissa Marvin behind bars for 60 years, but it's a bit too late for Amanda Geiger, Angela McGrady, Megan Blong, and Shana Lawler. About.com Poll Should some jail time be mandatory for first DUI offenses? Yes, all of them Yes, but only with a high BAC level No Not sure &PID= "Current Results Some states have already passed laws mandating short jail sentences for even first-time drunk driving offenses, along with fines and loss of driving privileges. Do you think some jail time for even first-time offenders would serve as a deterrent? Subscribe to the Newsletter Name Email Forum Bulletin Board Today's Scheduled Chats Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Friday | Saturday | Sunday Got a Question? Ask it on the Bulletin Board. Weekly Newsletter Free update via email Calendar of Events Conventions & Roundups. Cybriety Medallions Pick up your chip. 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D.W.I.East Germany: DJ Tepples Original DWI Simfiles Dance Dance Revolution Simulation This page is NOT part of Damian Yerrick's resume. Damian Yerrick, also known as DJ Tepples, is reasonably active in the DDR simulation community. Tools times2bpm This command-line tool is designed to help users synchronize a StepMania simfile's concept of the tempo with a recording, especially one that uses live drums. Download times2bpm.zip (12 KB; source code and Windows binary) East Germany: DJ Tepples Original Simfiles for DWI and StepMania These are simfiles designed for StepMania and Dance With Intensity , PC programs designed to have similar gameplay to Konami's Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). All of these simfiles are designed for play on a dance pad. You might find "The legend of Jumping" interesting on the keyboard though, and "Running on Ice" might be nice with StepMania's 2.0xmusic modifier. If you want to link to these simfiles, please link to this page ; the URLs of the simfiles themselves are subject to change. And please do not try to use a download manager that opens several connections to the server; if you abuse this server, you may get banned. If you are using a download manager, please tell it to download only one file at a time and only one piece of the file at a time. Otherwise, your downloads may run for hours without making any progress. Around The World (from DDRei.com Tournamix 4) (with video) Performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers dance-single: 3', 5', 7' by DJ Tepples Download This entry placed 6th in its bracket and 26th place out of 175 DWIs in Tournamix 4. View README part 1 and README part 2 (No, this doesn't mean you should go out and see Disney's Around The World in 80 Days . Here's why .) Balloon Fever (version 2) (with video) Performed by DJ Tepples ReMix of a song by H. Tanaka from Nintendo's Balloon Fight to sound a bit like "Maximizer" by Cli-max S. from Konami's DDR Extreme (for PS2 NTSC U/C) dance-single: 5', 8', 10', 12' by DJ Tepples Download | S3M source View README for DDR OSC 3+ version The steps have been changed slightly to address issues found during the judging of Bemanistyle's DDR OSC 3+ Bowser Battle Performed by Koji Kondo dance-single: 4', 6', 9' by DJ Tepples Download If Super Step Bros. were an actual game from Nintendo, this song from Nintendo's Super Mario World would be the Extra Stage. Some people have called the Maxes "boss stages". This is a boss stage from a 16-bit game whose music is as fast as a Max, even faster than "Legend" in parts. Chic 'n' Stu Performed by System of a Down Steps version 1.10: dance-single: 2', 4', 6', 8' by DJ Tepples dance-double: 4', 6', 8' by DJ Tepples dance-solo: 2', 4', 6', 8' by DJ Tepples Download (Apparently, somebody had put the 1.01 steps, not the 1.10 steps, in the zip file. The problem has been corrected as of April 25, 2004.) What a splendid pie Pizza pizza pie Every minute, every second STEAL THIS DWI! [are you ready for mosh mosh revolution?] Version 1.10: Added single beginner, three double, and four solo step charts. fr018 (long) (with video) Performed by Farbrausch dance-single: 3', 5', 8' by DJ Tepples Download The music and video are from Farbrausch's "fr018: aGb" demo which runs in realtime on a 16.78 MHz GBA. You'll need a recent DivX codec to play the video. Background and banner based on a screen grab from the demo using the VisualBoyAdvance emulator, and retouched with GIMP. Tip: If you have writer's block when making steps, try super-shuffle to give you some ideas. Funkytown Performed by Pseudo Echo dance-single: 3', 5', 7' by DJ Tepples Download No, this is not the original recording by Lipps Inc. Instead, it's an 80s cover with a more synth-rock feel. I want you to know (from DDRei.com Tournamix 4+) Performed by Sakura dance-single: 2', 4', 6' by DJ Tepples Download "Stop DWIing Sakura." -- DJ Omni, "The Bemanisims Song" (from Bemanisims 4.0) Pfft. This song is a hidden extra from Capcom's Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo for the PlayStation game console. I tried to make the steps for this song resemble what Konami would have done with them in one of the early DDR mixes: No, Heavy does not mean automatic cata. Yes, it's possible to create interesting step patterns without gratuitous freeze arrows. Yes, there are opportunities for crossovers and spins, but they are rarely if ever forced. Yes, it's possible to make steps follow the phrasing of the lyrics without just just slapping an arrow down for each syllable as if this were Parappa the Rapper <coughDDRMAX</cough. The legend of Drop Out Performed by NW260 vs. ZZ Remix by DJ Tepples dance-single: 6', 8', 10' by DJ Tepples Download Making a medley of the "Max" songs from Konami's Dance Dance Revolution video games is complicated by the fact that "The legend of Max" from DDR Extreme is not in the same key as "Max 300" or "Maxx Unlimited". "Max" and "Maxx" are in F minor; most of "LOM" is in G-sharp minor. Now what other fast DDR song is in G-sharp minor? That's right, "Drop Out" from 4th Mix. (An aside: Have you noticed how much the character from the "Drop Out" background resembles the AOL Instant Messenger mascot?) The legend of Jumping Performed by DJ Tepples dance-single: 4', 7', 10' by DJ Tepples Download Like air? This simfile gives you all the air you ever wanted and then some. This is an ETUDE designed to prepare the player for the rapid jump sequences in songs such as "Dynamite Rave", "Drop Out", and "Maxx Unlimited". The first half consists of easy jumping exercises (think "Cha Cha Slide Part 2" by Casper); the second half is all-out fast jumping, up to four jumps per second on heavy. (April 5, 2004) Wow. Somebody managed to black-flag this . Maxx Wishful Remix by DJ Tepples Performed by Nine Inch Nails and Omega dance-single: 4', 7', 9' by DJ Tepples Download Yes, it's yet another Max remix. I picked "Max 300" by Omega out of curiosity, just to hear what the heck a "300 BPM" song was. The rhythms reminded me of "wish" by nine inch nails. "Oh, so *that's* what a 300 BPM song is," I thought. People dispute whether calling "wish" a 270 BPM song would be considered BPM doubling, but after hearing "Max 300", I found it clear how the DDR and DWI communities defined it. So I did a "mash-up" of the two recordings, and though the result is probably not any better than "B4U Maxx", it's a heck of a lot better than "Max Oops", "1234 Max 300", and the other Max(x) mash-ups that don't even bother to key-match the two recordings. Heavy steps are almost exactly the same as "Max 300" official steps (for muscle memory's sake), but a bit slower; after you pass them, you should come very close to passing "Max 300" on 0.9xmusic. Standard steps can best be described as a blend of "Max 300" official light and standard steps. Light steps are thinned-out standard steps, much in the style of "The legend of Max" beginner steps. It's a bit long. I plan to eventually redo this remix to incorporate the one part of "Max 300" I left out to keep it under 2 minutes. Includes background animation for StepMania. Running on Ice Performed by Billy Joel dance-single: 2', 4', 7' by DJ Tepples Download Yup, another etude. This one's a 3:09 stamina builder. You can walk, jog, or run to half, quarter, or eighth notes. The steps aren't tricky (a bit less than "Hot Limit"), just tiring after running for three minutes straight. When I Grow Up (from BeST WAULIT) Performed by Garbage dance-single: 3', 5', 7' by DJ Tepples Download You Chase Solo Performed by DJ Tepples after a song popularized by TM Revolution and then John Desire dance-single: 2', 5', 8' by DJ Tepples dance-solo: 2', 5', 8' by DJ Tepples Download "You Chase Solo" is an etude designed to train players in reading and responding to arrows at various rates, on both 4 and 6 panel configurations, to give players what Sam Pinansky calls "pad presence" in his article "How to Play Double" on ddrfreak.com. This song is based on parts of "Hot Limit". Like my other etudes, it's a chiptune, that is, it uses samples whose mathematical formulas are simple to describe. It gradually speeds up from 150 BPM to 300 BPM. The dance-single and dance-solo stepcharts are made of random arrows. I suggest making a nonstop course of all three difficulties in a row and super shuffling them if you get too good. Gah dammit, DDRMAX is not spelled "Dormax"! Other people's DWIs mirrored here A (IIDX version) by BeMaNiRuler (BMR) The legend of BAG by SuperRetardo9 (originally from here ) maxbag. by Mwerp Prototypes Remixes These are just recordings; I haven't made steps for these yet. Streaming works with Winamp 5.x or 2.9.x, foobar2000, Zinf, Sonique, XMMS, or any other media player that can stream .ogg files from HTTP URLs in .m3u playlists. You can use iTunes with this QuickTime component that adds .ogg support. If you plan on making steps for any of these songs, and you want a higher-bitrate recording, mail me . A2 (Orchestra Groove) /(DJ Damien + DJ Amuro) * DJ Tepples Mash of "A2 (art2)" and "A" ( PLAY! ) ( download ) AM-260 (In Tune Mix) /(KTz + NW260) * DJ Tepples Mash of "AM-3P" and "Drop Out" ( PLAY! ) ( download ) Steps by Team Ragnarok (free Bemanistyle.com forums registration required) ( download ) NEW! Onderheynah /DJ Tepples Proof that noise is music ( PLAY! ) ( lo-fi download ) ( hi-fi download ) ( source ) PARANOiA Survivor min /(Destiny's Child + 180) * DJ Tepples Mash of "Survivor" and "Paranoia" ( PLAY! ) ( download ) Stamina Busters! (long) /(Omega + Z + Demon) * DJ Tepples Nonstop of "Max 300", "MaxX Unlimited", and "MaxX ResurrexXion" ( PLAY! ) ( download ) The legend. (period) /DJ Tepples feat. Koji Kondo, ZZ, SuperRetardo9, and DJ Damien Mash-up of "The legend of Zelda", "The legend of MAX", "The legend of BAG", "The legend of ART", and "The legend of Jumping" ( download ) Token Whore /DJ Tepples Parody of "Badgers" by Weebl ( PLAY! ) ( download ) Return | Go to Bemanisims
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