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We decided to spend Wednesday in casual exploration.
First thing's first: The Candy Factory. After breakfast at Pete's Coffee Shop, I bought some healthy dark chocolate bark at the Candy Factory to keep my energy up throughout the day.
We then walked through the World's Fair Park over toward the campus of the University of Tennessee.
My favorite statue so far in Knoxville is the statue of Sergey Rachmaninoff in the World's Fair Park. It was created by the sculptor Victor Bokarov to commemorate Rachmaninoff's last concert, which was given on the campus of the University of Tennessee on February 17, 1943. The statue was erected in July 2003.
Turns out that today is the first day of classes at the University of Tennessee. When we hit the UT bookstore and I saw all the spirit wear in bright orange, I finally realized why there are so many planters with orange flowers around town.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Knoxville Sights
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I am sooooo relieved to hear that was HEALTHY chocolate! Cannot have you eating the UNHEALTHY types!ReplyDelete
Save some chocolate for me. Also, I love your photos and learning about Knoxville. Looks like a nice city.ReplyDelete
Carol - Darn tootin' it was healthy!ReplyDelete
Barbara - I'll try to save some ... can't say my discipline is very good. And then it has to make it past my ravenous daughters.
nice job! waiting for your new artical.............................................................ReplyDelete
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Kepler Track - Te Anau
From beech forests to spectacular alpine vistas, the Kepler Track is a wilderness adventure above the clouds!
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The Kepler Track, located in the spectacular Fiordland National Park, is just the place to have your own 'above the clouds' Great Walks experience. Experience amazing alpine scenery, and enjoy the forests and native birdlife.
Managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC), the 60km Kepler Track takes 3-4 days and is easily accessible from Te Anau.
On the first day walk along the shore of Lake Te Anau, before climbing up to 1100m to reach Luxmore Hut. The next day there are amazing views over the lake and across to the Murchison Mountains. Descend into the Iris Burn Valley for your overnight stay. On the third day, enjoy the beautiful beech forest on the way to Moturau Hut on the shores of Lake Manapouri.
The best time to go is from late October to late April, the Kepler Track Great Walks season. Bookings for accommodation at DOC huts are essential during this time.
Walkers need to be self-sufficient, well-prepared and equipped for changeable alpine weather conditions.
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DOC Te Rua-o-te-moko / Fiordland National Park Visitor Centre
Start your journey through New Zealand's stunning landscapes at a Department of Conservation (DOC) Visitor Centre. Information about conservation areas, as well as DOC's 14,000 km of tracks, 10 Great Walks, and network of 950 huts and 324 campsites.

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Posted by GPP on August 27, 2003
In Reply to: What does doing something for blood mean posted by Brian on August 27, 2003
: Is anyone familiar with the saying "doing something for blood? "I heard it used like this, "I don't teach anymore for fun, I teach for blood" And they seem to mean it in a possitive way.
: Thanks in advance.
In your example, it would mean some like 'with a vengeance', to use a different idiomatic phrase. It means the teacher has become annoyed with the students not learning, so he/she is going to get serious with them.


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TUSCALOOSA | The Stillman College men's and women's basketball teams are riding winning streaks. The Tigers have won six games in a row on the men's side and three straight on the women's side.
TUSCALOOSA | The Stillman College men's and women's basketball teams are riding winning streaks. The Tigers have won six games in a row on the men's side and three straight on the women's side.
The Tigers will try to extend those streaks tonight at Tuskegee in a doubleheader. Stillman will visit LeMoyne-Owen on Thursday before hosting rival Miles this Saturday.
During the six-game streak for the Stillman men, the Tigers have been outscoring their opponents by nearly eight points per contest while shooting better than 44 percent from the floor. Stillman has also outrebounded its opposition by an average of 3.2 rebounds per contest, with the Tigers' defense forcing nearly 15 turnovers per game.
Stillman is 11-6 overall and 7-2 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association action. Stillman has three active players averaging double-figure scoring: Ladarius Rhone at 13.7 points per game, D'uanaway Barnes with a 13.3-point average and Jeffrey Wherry at 11.7 points per game. In the paint, Tuscaloosa natives Markeith Madison (9.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game) and Torrean Walker (8.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and two blocks per game) are giving the Tigers a balanced attack.
Tied for first in the SIAC West, Stillman leads the conference in scoring at 79.6 points per game, rebounding at 42.5 per game, turnover margin at plus-four and made 3-point baskets at 9.2 per game. Stillman ranks second in scoring margin (plus-3.6 points) and assists (15.2 per game).
The Stillman women's team has been outscoring opponents by 8.7 points per game while forcing 25 turnovers per game during its three-game winning streak. The Stillman defense, garnering nearly 16 steals per game, has held opponents to 32 percent shooting from the field and less than 10 percent from 3-point range.
The Lady Tigers are 6-11 overall and 5-3 in conference play. Sophomore guard Angel Mitchell leads the team with a 14.4-point average while averaging 5.9 rebounds and 3.4 steals. Desiree Wright is averaging 8.2 points and 2.9 assists and sophomore forward Andrea Moore is averaging 8.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and two assists.
Stillman's home doubleheader against Miles on Saturday starts with the women's game at 5:30 p.m. and the men's game at 7:30.


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And what's Thanksgiving without a heap of leftovers? Try using that turkey in a big pot of turkey bone gumbo or Thanksgiving turkey and Andouille sausage gumbo and see how long it lasts in your refrigerator!
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In the dying moments of the calendar year, gaming journalists ritually thank their luck stars for making it through the November rush unscathed, and look to the approaching holiday as sanctuary, a time period where one can relax, sit back, and actually play the games reviewed in the last two months. But before then, one last duty is required: the game of the year. So while 'best of' lists are streaming in at every other website imaginable around the Internet, I thought I'd use this as an opportunity to get in on some end-of-year discussion.
This is largely because there was one game this year that I had a lot to say about that I never had a chance to: Jonathon Blow's Braid. Like some of the other games I've written about recently, Braid is a game that has inspired its fair share of discussion, so I'll be brief.
I hate Braid.
I absolutely hate it. I feel so strongly about my dislike for Braid that I often surprise myself. I'm not usually one to strongly dislike anything; even in bad films I can usually find something to appreciate. I've certainly never felt this way about a game before. Even thinking about playing it makes me clench up and mentally withdraw in anticipation.
This is despite the fact that I really should like Braid. I am certainly its target audience, as I believe games should be encouraged to do more of what I feel Braid attempts to: be self-reflexive, marry gameplay and fiction effectively, and tell stories that don't involve space marines or the Second World War. In many respects, I think that Braid represents the future of game design, and I applaud Jonathon Blow for his innovation and thoughtful design.
However, I cannot play Braid. I'll admit here that I haven't finished the game; I became so sick of failing, of the impenetrable – and sometimes, seemingly arbitrary – nature of many of the puzzles, of the repeating backwards motions and looping sound effects when I held down the 'X' button. It became like fingers down a chalk board.
Some time ago, I likened Braid to the French New Wave, and I think this is a surprisingly helpful comparison. Specifically, I'd like to compare it to Alan Resnais' film, Hiroshima, Mon Amour. This is a fitting analogy in more than one way, and I'd really quite like to see someone who has finished Braid in its entirety to draw out the thematic similarities. Of course, Hiroshima, Mon Amour, as the name might suggest, is about love and nuclear bombs, just as (it has been suggested to me) Braid is. There is a certain melancholy between the two that I find strikingly similar, and I wonder if Blow used the film as inspiration, or if it is simply happy coincidence.
However, it is also in my reactions to the two that I find similarities.
On an intellectual level, I very much appreciate Hiroshima, Mon Amour. It's an amazingly thoughtful film, and being one of the first of the New Wave, it played a huge part in film history. However, as much as I can appreciate what Hiroshima, Mon Amour is trying to do, and is tying to say, I just cannot stand to watch it. It is beyond boring. As a cinema lover, I usually revel in slow takes, and in languid, emotional performances, but while watching Hiroshima, Mon Amour, I was in serious danger of falling asleep in that darkened theatre. The repeated lines, the deliberately obfuscated plot, and the whole mood of the film both numbed and irritated me.
Similarly, as much as I can appreciate what Braid is trying to do, I just cannot play the damn thing. It's frustrating, and incredibly unrewarding for me. As I've already said, I can understand how others could get enjoyment out of it, just as I understand why so many love Hiroshima, Mon Amour.
So for me, Braid is the best-worst game of 2008. It is great for what it achieved, for what a towering work of intellectual design it is. At the same time, I truly believe Braid to have been my least favourite game all year. No other game caused me such brain melting frustration, and yes, even anger. So while I hope that designers take Braid as inspiration, I hope that it does not kick off a New Wave of gaming; a series of intellectual games, which just like the French New Wave of films, I can appreciate, but only from a distance. I want to be able to love our harbingers of change.


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Ah, youtube commentors. A fitting target for anger. Probably, though, you already know what I'm going to say about it. But just in case -
This is comic is absolutely nothing more than a lamer version of comic 202. Both have exactly the same point - Youtube commentators are idiots and they write stupid things. Funny, yes, but no more so now than it was then. There are also a few reasons why the first one is better anyway -
- He actually gives examples of comments, which even if made up are pretty funny and are similar to what you'd see on youtube, whereas the new comic just kind of mumbles through it
- The new comic has a totally lame and unneeded Mr. Hat appearance
- There is a totally unneeded "ooh check it out I'm making a virus, i'm such a cool hacker" panel.
Anyway, I guess there isn't much more to say but this is basically a kind of sad shadow of the first Youtube Commentors comic. I mean, what's next? "My hobby: Drawing a map of the internet, and it's like got facebook over here and digg over there" or "Dude check it out, if you go up to him and say 'Sudo buy me a donut' he totally has to do it!" ?
Seriously, you need to make comics that aren't just reformations of old ones.
And you know what? While we're on the topic of dumb comments, I foolishly took Greg's advice on my last post and read the comments on Mr. Munroe's soon to be pulitzer prize winning novella and let's just say there are a few people who could use that virus even in the generally intellectually brilliant world of xkcd:
"you should consider writing entire books filled with this awesome."
"now i can get through class by thinking, what would this look like xkcd style and everything is so much better…until i realize its not but that's what pie is for"
"Ron paul should be shot"
Bastions of sophisticated discourse, right there. But I'll be damned if you ever see Randall mention anything about how his own commentors are sycophantic lapdogs who live only to breathe the air that the glorious Randall once may have breathed, or perhaps stood near.
And as a final note, there was one comment on the story that truly made my day...
I wonder if that guy at xkcdsucks makes any money off his blog about your blog, how sad, he can't exist without you to complain about, it would be really annoying if he was profiting from such ugly parasitism, is he making profit off of complaining about you? I want to know cause then I can make money off complaining about him complaining about you.
If any of you know how to make money off this blog do e-mail me. However, I am concerned that this Apropos character has learned my deep secret - without xkcd, I cannot exist! I will turn into a greenish vapor and vanish, making all around me puzzled and perhaps doubting their sanity for the rest of their lives. Also, if the idea of this "ugly parasitism" making money bothers you, my god, don't ever listen to talk radio. Or watch the news in an election year.


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A world full of stories
You won't live to tell
But going on is all we know
Like rivers always flow
It seems the years just fly right past
While the days go by so slow
-Lowen and Navarro
Obsidian is used in cardiac surgery, as well-crafted obsidian blades have a cutting edge many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels. Even the sharpest metal knife has a jagged, irregular blade when viewed under a strong enough microscope. When examined under an electron microscope an obsidian blade is still smooth and even. A obsidian knife is one of the most ancient of weapons, with a blade as dark as death, and as sharp as life.
As a gemstone it possesses the peculiar property of presenting a different appearance according to the manner in which it is cut. When cut in one direction it is a beautiful jet black; when cut across another direction it is glistening gray.
I grew up in a small logging town, one of dozens nestled around beautiful, forested mountains in the West. Ever present was the noticeable rotten egg smell of the pulp mill that I never noticed as a child, but is as constant as death and taxes. There were no malls, simply a main street, a roller rink, a movie theater and only two fast food restaurants. It was a town where my best friend and I could ride our bikes over streets unconfined and unhurried, until darkness or hunger for family dinner around the table brought us home. It was a town where you could raise your family in relative comfort and safety. Life was routine, life was predictable. You graduated high school, married the first or second person you ever slept with. Had several kids, a mortgage, a dog, a cat. You retired and got a gold watch and watched the next generation take over the positions in the mills. The incredible open sky and mountains notwithstanding, it was a flat landscape of life, and one that I knew, probably by the age of 12, that I had to escape from.
I had never really fit in. I had skipped several grades, starting college at 14. I was outgoing, yet painfully shy, and though I usually had one or two girlfriends, the majority of painted, attention seeking girls hated me on sight, making cruel, catty remarks if ever I stumbled, when all I wanted to do was to go to organic chemistry unmolested.
I could not wait to leave.
At the time, and still today, the biggest employers was the factory and mills, and the majority of my graduating class, attracted by pay an 18 year old can only dream of, were working the green chain or in the pulp rooms right after high school. It's honest work, hard work, and dangerous work. It stole the youth from your bones and the hope from your horizon, for by the time you were 25, you have a modest home, kids, a bass boat and the prerequisite four wheel drive. College and a distant city are beyond thought and the pay that was incredible at 18, required more and more shift work and overtime to provide for your family.
Visiting Dad one summer I ran into someone at a grocers with whom I played with as a child. She's been working the register as long as I remember, and although she is as pretty as she always was, there's a roughness to her, like a piece of beautiful fabric that's become worn and frayed over time. "How have you been?" she asks, but the question doesn't reach her eyes - beautiful eyes fragile and the color of tea, the color only deepened by the wrinkles I already see around them. I don't think she recognized me either, age and life has its ways of changing us, but she saw the name on the credit card. She asks what I'm doing now and when I tell her, I might as well be telling her I was just abducted by aliens and returned, my life so foreign to the life she leads. "Well you have a nice day" she says and I nod and take the receipt for Dad, not knowing what else to say. We're strangers, and though as children we shared bike rides and ice cream, now we are looking at the world from completely different places.
I left that life, as quickly as I could. Left in a trail of exhaust from a small airplane that would as soon kill me as carry me forward; leaving it perhaps a bit worse for wear, but alive. Flying out into a night as black as obsidian, senses sharp, and ready to jab at whatever life threw my way. Yes, it's been a life of changes, of mistakes, of tears, but it's brought me to this spot, here today.
In this small town in which I keep to myself, I am mostly a stranger but it doesn't bother me, as those who do include me in their circles do so for who I am now, and not what they expected me to be. Those that judge or prejudge aren't those I welcome in my life. My group of friends is small, but true; people like me, those that share that same elemental feeling of living that seems to have escaped so many. Last time I was back there I couldn't help but notice that the huge field back behind my Dad's home, where once we hunted for shiny black arrowheads, is now the parking lot of a Walgreens, and the forested hills behind me are crowded with homes, hills I could still see if not for the large Burger King sign that blocks the view. As I walked back from the store to my Dad's house I searched the once familiar sky for the clouds that fueled my dreams and strained my ears to hear the beloved sound of a log train. But the train no longer runs along that route and I only hear the clatter of traffic.I don't really belong here any more. Somehow today, I don't belong anywhere but here in this place, now, but here, I am at home.
Would I change my past, even the most profoundly painful parts of it, knowing I would not be the person I am today, in this moment of time, in this place? A past that, had it been less stressful, might only have ended diminished and foreshortened in it's outcome. For without all of those tears and struggles and changes in landscapes, I would not have ended up in just this one spot, in just this one moment, breath teeming with promise. Alongside me in the truck, the touch of soft black fur against me, my lab Barkley, my companion. Like me, he is ready for today's play as we head out into the countryside, resting up against my own arm, my skin smooth as obsidian, yet strong as steel, muscles taut with the excitement of just being alive.


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I mean can this franchise change style?
no player that have to score regulary 20/30 +
no key main player that is forced to play like Kobe Bron Durant
can this team play total team something like 1 game vs heat on season openning i know this is just beggining but 20+ pts diffrence is realy something where all players are fresh.
watch Spurs even if Parker Duncan Manu are on bench Spurs are playing still with same energy
i am not listing Heat this is team that ESPN NBA loves and refs will be on their side
so Indiana is only team that can really compete with Heat and Spurs not Knicks.
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Being in the Public Relations office has provided me with the opportunity to apply what I have learned in the classroom, a chance to be in an encouraging environment, and to be introduced to a culturally diverse organization. During my time at Voice of America, I have generated content for the website, assisted in managing social media accounts, helped with events and even met popstar Akon along the way! One of the most exciting parts of working at VOA is that there is something always going on and influential people coming from all around the globe to visit. It amazes me how much of an impact VOA has and the number of people that tune in worldwide each week. Working here has been a wonderful experience that has furthered my interest in the communications field. I have truly enjoyed being around people in the office that have been a part of VOA for years and shared their career experiences with me. I would definitely an internship at Voice of America not only because of positive experiences that I have had, but also because of all of the opportunities to learn and gain new skills that are transferrable in any career path you may choose.
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Wednesday 1 March 2017
There are few places in the world where one can work in a building where so many nationalities and languages are in one place, and I happen to be at one of those few places--Voice of America, where at least 46 languages are spoken, and definitely more nationalities present. The diverse, lively community can be felt the moment you step in the Cohen building, as different tongues and various dresses fill the main hallway.
Being in the Public Relations office means having the opportunity to assist with events in the building, guide tours, maintain social media platforms, and write for the website Inside VOA. Because of how extraordinary an organization VOA is, my standard duties have led to special memories. Examples include seeing the President of Haiti and the President of Costa Rica while photographing events --I even got to shake hands with President Solis of Costa Rica. I also had the opportunity to see the Australian duo The Falls preform live in one of recording studios, and later on have a little live radio time on the same music program. With the kind invitation of Larry London, the host of Border Crossings, I talked about my D.C. experience on-air and announced a request. It's definitely something I'll remember; I was live on international radio!
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Largely speaking, tanks are pretty underappreciated.
It's hard to be a tank lately.
We're getting to the point now where most people have taken at least a couple of strolls through all of the dungeons currently released, both on normal and heroic mode and have at least dipped their toes into the starter raid instances.
With complacency come complaints!
You have to understand that around this time is when everything's blamed on the tank or the healer and it's easy to see why.
When you're a tank, or when you're a healer, when things are going smoothly, it's almost impossible to distinguish yourself as better than the average.
When people were setting foot into these dungeons and raids for the first time, there were a lot of opportunity for mistakes to be made. There were a lot of boss mechanics that weren't fully understood and a lot of patrolling add groups that were pulled accidentally.
While these mistakes made for some hair pulling moments, they were good in a way because if you were an exceptional tank or healer, it was your time to shine. A good tank and healer could pull the group through these emergencies as a matter of course while the not so proficient players floundered.
What happened?
As people grew more and more familiar with the instances and boss mechanics and the runs get smoother and smoother, the situations that differentiate an adequate tank from a great tank grow few and far between.
Provided that all of the DPS do their jobs the way they should and the healer is competent, there won't be that much difference between the best tank in the world and a merely adequate one and given that it becomes harder and harder to tell apart an adequate tank from a great one, it's no wonder that most of the mindless DPS you'll run into through your forays with the LFG tool will take to pointing the finger at you at the first sign of trouble.
All you can do for now is to grin and bear it. Let the random DPS do stupid things in your instances and use the opportunity to learn and grow as a tank. Let their mistakes give you experience with dealing with the unexpected.
4.1 and the new instances in the Firelands is on its way and when it lands, once more we'll have a brand new set of dungeons where nobody knows whether to jump left or right and it's there that the mindless sheep will see once more how much of a difference it'll make to have an exceptional tank for their run instead of simply an adequate one.


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GK Cable: GKC-10 (10 m), GKC-5 (5 m)
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6-1/4 inches
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2-1/4 inches
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No, your right. They probably won't be able to do anything at all, if they even respond. I wrote to them years ago about a voiceover issue and never got a reply back.
#26 2017-11-10 04:56:33
#27 2017-11-10 10:42:51 (edited by sito 2017-11-10 10:44:51)
let me just say that i fully agree with what apple did. blindfold has 70 apps that can be murged in to 5 or 6 difrent apps because their games are just minigames to begin with. they don't in any way deserv as much as blindfold takes.
i'm personally happy with what apple did as i said because after all you don't need 70 apps for so many minigames from blindfold. it just fils the store with apps that doesn't need to be there and it's an excuse for marty to release more titles and milk more money out of p
#28 2017-11-10 14:23:28
While I agree that they were a little bit overpriced, that wasn't the reason why games got redjected in the first place. So I still agree that what they did was completely outrageous. If blindfold games have existed for a day or two I wouldn't have said something like this, but they existed for years and apple said nothing in the past.
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#29 2017-11-10 14:33:40
ok but as far as things go, what apple doing are totally wrong. i think game developers should have there games made, in there own way, with no formal assistants from non-developers. specially companies for whatever the name of the company is doing the game, apple shouldn't so much as take over there games. apple should do there own work and not wreck people's gaming world.
#30 2017-11-10 17:26:44
@Dark I certainly understand where you're coming from, and it's not that I don't believe him, but at first he gave us the accessibility team to contact, which is used for reporting accessibility bugs, and second he gave us very little info. In no way do I agree with comments such as i'm happy they did it, because if you're happy that we lost games, no matter whether you played them or no then you don't deserve to play any games. I respect his time and what he did, however could he do it much better? Of course. I do agree that most of his 80 games are really just minigames, and let's put it this way. Each his game costs at least 10 dollars, and you do have to pay if you want to play more to get coins. Now, let's count it this way. A person who loves his games will get at least one purchase per game, so that's 80 games, 800 dollars. And that's just one person, not even counting the ridiculously overpriced RS games in here, from which he also gets money and greatly rips off all players who play for free on PC. So if that's not enough of a return of investment, then I think he wanted too much.
#31 2017-11-10 17:55:27
Actually Nidsa, very few of his games cost as much as 10 usd, many to buy out right and have unlimited play were considerably less than that, I don't have the stats directly on me since my IPhone is malfunctioning due to battery issues right now, but Marty did listen to the community and alter the prices.
Some recent stats he published said the average people spent was 3 usd per game most games getting 150 paid downloads in the first two months or so and only sporadic after that.
Still the issue is as you said not to do as much with the pricing of the games, as to do with the fact Apple have basically just shut down an established developer of accessible games for what I suspect is basically an accessibility related issue which was not a problem previously, which is certainly not okay.
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#32 2017-11-10 20:10:31
Well, unless it's a recent change, I thought those games were around dolar 10. Well, i'll try to clear up the issue here, and explain how it's not accessibility related. Basically, the games were too similar to each other. They used similar menu structure, settings screens, and such things. So, it is normal to expect such a thing from Apple. The problem here is that he had a wrong assumption that blind people would find menus too complex if they were different, thus making it seem like it's accessibility related, and to be honest I find RS games more complex than if it just used a standard interface. All the gestures you have to remember, and everything being direct touch for no reason.
#33 2017-11-11 05:03:22
Apple Has "Powered Down," Blindfold's Back!
Find the "good news" via the below link:
https://blindfoldgames.org/2017/11/11/b … -are-back/
For us "Android" users, one day we hope he sees the light...
#34 2017-11-11 07:36:58
It pains me and shames me that the blind community was so easily persuaded to fight, for the wrong side. it amazes me to what depths people will sink for the sake of entertainment and resources, all the while ignoring the amount of resources pulled out of one's pocket just to get at it. Still, to each their own... I suppose.
#35 2017-11-11 10:04:11
Glad Apple have seen reason on this one, actually when I got a stat email response I was a little worried.
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That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)
#36 2017-11-11 12:44:31
@34 exactly my thoughts. May people enjoy next 80 titles with in app purchases.
#37 2017-11-11 13:02:46
@34 and 36
It would be interesting to see how you'd respond if Apple had done this to a developer you care about.
For me, what Apple tried to do was wrong regardless of who the developer is.
#38 2017-11-11 14:27:36
The fact that Marty doesn't feel that Android is a viable platform, (Listen for yourself via This Podcast thanks to "The Blind Side" by Jonathan Mosen,) it annoys me quite a lot!
#39 2017-11-11 14:54:46
If marty had actually coded his games as modular, i.e. reusing the universal code like menus and interpreting gestures, and speech and braille, then he could have easily, easily, split the games into a couple different large programs like blindfold card games, blindfold arcade games, blindfold sports sims, blindfold relaxation games, etc, and it would have taken him like 2 to 4 days to code, another week or so to test. Maximum. But no, he has to whine to apple instead. There are two reasons why this might be. 1), he is lazy. That may be the case, as part of the argument on this topic, at least, is that his income stream dries up after a few months, and why do more than add extra in-app purchases to older games? I mean, in his mentality, that's the only way to make more money off an old title. 2), he didn't actually modularize his code. In that case, yeah, it would be way harder to make a compilation program. But really, that's an elementary coding error. Most programming languages, including objective c, have ample built-in tools for code reuse, and if he decided to not use them, that's his own fault. Apple should not be allowing lazy developers to get away with this laziness. And naive people all over the world ate it up. I won't even get into my opinion of the prices of the games and the expansion packs, except I'll say that I agree with nocturnus. Watch out for the pg13 stream about this, it'll be in 8-9 hours.
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#40 2017-11-11 15:47:16
I can see both sides to this. I am happy that another dev hasn't gone down the can, although what was interesting was me, Peter and Ghorth were all talking about this and came to the same conclusions at how different these games are, some had harsher opinions than others though. I, for one, understand that they do fill a niche, that they are good for beginning iPhone users, and some of them are fun. I for one wouldn't mind giving Blindfold Hopper a try one day, along with Blindfold Pinball and Invaders, for instance, even though they are simple. By the same token though, the iPhone is a platform ripe for experimentation and groundbreaking experiences as well, and if Marty is a sighted dev can he try to bring some new genres that we haven't seen before? I'd love a collectable card battler for isntance, although that'd take a while because he'd have to come up with creatures and thigns that won't et him into copyright.
#41 2017-11-11 16:19:52
I agree aaron, genre choices are limited with marty's games which is a shame, though I will say on the experimentation front I have enjoyed his arcade games precisely because they use gyroscope and the touch screen to redo classic concepts, eg his breakout game while waving the phone around is actually rather good fun.
pricing wise I don't personally agree given the price to simply unlock the game is comparatively little, usually about a fiver, and one doesn't of course have to unlock every game or buy everything, I'm trying them and getting the ones I like and not the ones I don't which is the best way around, and I will say I have noticed the ease of access with the universal menu structure which is one reason was supportive of his case with Apple.
My personal major problem with marty's games isn't the menu structure or anything else, it is the fact that his design of them is simply one I do not agree with.
In most of his games for example, you simply choose one of a number of game modes, then modify that in the settings, there is no progression or sense of unlocking harder levels or working towards something over all, even though in several arcade titles he does allow points to be used to buy power ups.
he also has a tendency to use sounds as modular content separate from gameplay, for example in blindfold pinball, rather than having different tables with different layout and gameplay, he simply has three different table layouts, and then a number of sound skins that can be used.
This for me is just a little disappointing and takes away for the exploration factor of the game.
I would personally much rather work towards something, than have all aspects of a game available at the start, but manifestly this is basically just a structural decision and other people might think differently.
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)
#42 2017-11-11 18:08:40
You won't believe me, but here's the truth; I'm not Apple's biggest fan, anymore than I care for any corporate plastic cheese. when it comes to the overall prioritization of things, propriety software reigns supreme on Apple's platform, which absolutely stinks a thousand times over. Itunes works best for mac users, comfortable media consumption on iOS devices is subject to argument, and prices for devices? Bleh!
On the other hand, this is a set of games we're talking about. I remember once upon a time when I didn't pay for anything less than content, particularly content I could use; most everyone else I knew paid for content as well, not graphics and certainly not eardrum bliss. it's interesting to me that we've shifted over and allowed for better audio in the case of the blind community, and graphics in the sighted, to take over where entertainment is concerned. Story plot has taken a backseat where once it was important, playability is questionable, and even more interesting, is that blind people are willing to pay twice as much for content sighted people sometimes get for free! why? Question of the century involving so many debates I feel are soley based on logic that states we don't deserve this or that thing. News flash; even if you consider the concept subjectively, either everyone deserves everything or no one deserves anything, but the fact of the matter is that sighted people are getting ahead by doing rather than sitting around and not doing. True, some are making content others consume, and yes, there are fewer of us than there are of them, but that should give us more incentive to be more productive.
Instead, we take and swallow what we get and then get mad when another company comes along and trys to look out for it's, and other people's best interests at the same time. If Apple told FS it charges far too much for screen reading software, I imagine at least half the blind community would disagree. Why? that's a different topic altogether, but I'd say the overall lies in the fact that humanity is a collection of habitual creatures resistent to change. As a result, Apple built it's own screen reader, which I must say is comprable to any on the market, and I can say that having spent the better part of two years using it. It's solid, stable, and well integrated across all of its platforms, giving you a very simple and easy to use interface across all of your devices. Is Apple always right? Of course not, but this time, I honestly think they were.
#43 2017-11-12 14:30:11
@37 the developer I care about will probably be much more mature than this guy. The way he he does things should not be acceptable. The way it is is naother issue
#44 2017-11-12 22:19:03
If Apple told FS that they were overpricing their screen reader, I'd support them 1000 times over, unequivocally. FS should be ashamed of what they charge for Jaws, plain and simple. It's price gouging at its best.
I'm not totally sure why Apple did what they did with respect to Marty, which is why I never got involved in the discussion. Exactly what was their beef? From what I understand (correct me if I am wrong), they were displeased that apps were too similar? So, does that mean that I am not allowed to create similar apps, I can only have one? Why does it matter to them? How does it affect them at all if I make apps that are similar in nature? Does it somehow affect their profit margin? What is their main goal here? One app per developer?
#45 2017-11-13 13:15:20
and that's exactly why i don't bother responding here lol. cuz people are just not willing to understand. apple did what they did cuz marty doesn't need 80 fucking apps to clutter down the store when it's possible to murge them in to blindfold card games with many difrent minigames. kinda like crazy party
i personally think that apple nevre should've allowed marty to keep developing no matter how many emails they get. after all the rules should apply for evreyone no matter if they are blindies or not.
i still support apple regarding this desition and i'm not happy that they actually allowed him back to develop.
and post 34 gets a point. it's so easy to troll this comunity to rage about something and it's not getting better that they aren't unable to understand the text that the screan reader reads up for them
#46 2017-11-13 16:38:37 (edited by JLove 2017-11-13 16:39:38)
First of all, there is no need to be rude or snide. Being confused or not understanding something in its entirety does not make someone stupid, nor does it warrant that sort of attitude. I try to respect everyone here when I post, and even when I disagree with another's idea, I try my best to be objective and fair, to look at it from both sides. I should be afforded that same courtesy. Secondly, I still fail to see how it affects Apple's profit margin whether a developer has one, or eighty apps, in their store. Their profit margin doesn't suffer at all. Given that they are in business, I suspect that their bottom line is the most important thing to them, and since I can see no way that this would adversely affect that, I fail to see why they care. In fact, I'd think that the more apps a dev has, the more money Apple gets, since they take a percentage off of each purchase.
#47 2017-11-16 14:27:03
I heard that there was a petition to change that, since I think it would be hard for Marti to develop a central app where you can download or play the games using a central server, as in the case of RS Games or Quentinc's Playroom. You could try and make a whole bunch of little apps inside one big app, like in the case of Kitchen's Inc, but you'd need a lot of space. I think that's why Apple rejected them, because he was putting out too many apps instead of one big app with small apps inside of it.
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But again, why the fuck would they care whether a dev has one, or eighty apps? It doesn't affect their profit margin at all. It's not like they are going to lose money. In fact, they get a percentage of every purchase, so isn't their bottom line improved with more apps and more purchases?
#49 2017-11-21 05:02:13
The reason they rejected his apps was because he was releasing multiple versions of the same app, i.e, bowling and bowling with friends. It's not necessary to do that. I'm on Apple's side on this 1. If I made card games and other games of that nature, I'd probably do it better, and I'd do it for a lower price. All the games put together cost almost as much as the IPhone X or Jaws, and that's absolutely ridiculous . I wouldn't charge more than $15. Now onto blindfold RSGames. why would you make an RSGames client if you already have card games yourself, and why are you paying just for the IOS version? If you really want to play RSGames on IOS, just use the web client. Also, it's rated age 4+ on the app store despite the fact that they have cards against humanity on there.
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Issues with Swallowing During Treatment
Content Contributor: OncoLink
Last Reviewed: June 8, 2012
I have a lot of trouble swallowing and feel like there is a lump in my throat. What can I do about this?
Patricia Dooley,Associate Director of the Division of Speech Language Pathology at Penn Medicine, responds:
If you are having difficulty with swallowing, I would suggest talking to your doctor about your symptoms. A consultation with a speech pathologist for a swallowing evaluation may be warranted. Based on your symptoms and the results of the swallowing evaluation, recommendations and a rehab plan will be determined.
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Welcome to the November edition of Blackjack Fairgrounds, the Jericho blog carnival. Our theme this month is "Happenins' in the Jericho Fandom". The order of the entries matches the reverse timeline in which they entered the Jericho fandom (any errors are the responsibility of the editor).
We hope that you enjoy your time at Blackjack Fairgrounds. Remember the rules: no guns, thieves will be strung up, and be sure to leave before nightfall!
UniversalHD (UHD) Jericho Forum presents:
Supporting UHD and Jericho - letting your Jericho consumer dollars speak.
Join the Ranger Rally on Saturdays at 9 pm ET/6pm PT. Look for the Ranger Rally thread at UHD.
Come relax at the Mega Jericho Chat Thread.
Jericho Forum on Sci Fi presents:
Come vote for the next mayor of Jericho in the Season 3 Mayoral Election Finals. Finalists are Eric Green, Gail Green and Gray Anderson. Last day to vote is November 4th.
Read great Serial Fan Fiction - KrzyKitty's JLA Squad New Chapters.
Another good read a Jericho Short Story - KrzyKitty's Jericho One Shot: Remember Me.
Jericho-Kansas (JKI) presents their efforts with the California Jericho Rangers:
Sailing Adventure - our trip in the San Francisco Bay on an old fashion sailing ship. In the Jericho universe, it would be easier to sail across the bay, than ride a horse around it.
Fan Table at Silicon 2008 - going to a local convention is a great way to meet new Jericho fans. There were many fans hungry for news and a lot of potential fans stopped by and asked where they could find the episodes.
Corn Maze Adventure - Jericho fans having an adventure at a local gathering.
JerichoNet (JNet) presents:
Submit Your Recipes For The New Jr4ot Cookbook - please submit your recipes for this cookbook fundraiser.
Discussion on NBC's TAMi ratings system - join the interesting discussion.
The long running Jake Lusters Anonymous thread - stop by and join us.
Radio Free Jericho (RFJ) presents:
Halloween Party! Friday, Oct 31st - 10 EST, 9 CST Come join us for some spooky fun!
Halloween E-cards - Send a fun or spooky Jericho Halloween E-card to a friend!
Making Jericho - Get the scoop about working on Jericho, direct from the cast and crew! Lots of fun insider stories.
Jericho Rally Point (JRP) presents:
Halloween Spooktacular - with topics for all kinds of Halloween wacky fun.
The Fallout Forum - is for all kinds of debate topics. Lately most topics have been politically oriented. This is where topics that are a little more controversial in nature can be discussed.
Survival Preparedness by Blackpercheron – is a great place to find winter survival and preparation tips.
JRP has an excellent Jericho Fan Fiction section and we are and always looking for submissions by Jericho fans. Also, if anyone has any Jericho art work, graphics or videos they want to show off and/or share Visual Jericho is the place to visit.
CBS Jericho Forum (Jericho Rising) presents:
Community Revitalization Project – an introduction in the Season 2 folder.
Ranger Roll Call – where every Ranger Counts, come post and be counted.
Heather and Jake - the long running thread in the Residents of Jericho folder.
CBS' new Social Viewing Room – you can watch an episode and play with the interactive features. Come throw poison darts at Constantino or kisses at Jake!
This concludes this edition of Blackjack Fairgrounds.
The theme of the December Edition is "Holidays in Jericho" and will cover any of the winter holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, New Years Eve or Epiphany). Stories, art, games, interesting threads on a holiday theme. Submission deadline is November 25th.
The theme of the January Edition is "Reviews for Episodes 1-11". If you've written a review of any of the first eleven episodes please let us know. Submission deadline is December 27th.
Please send submissions to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
November Edition of Blackjack Fairgrounds
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Another excellent edition! Nice to know so much is going on around the fandom.
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- Callisto925 said...
As always, another excellent edition. Thanks for all your hard work in letting everyone know what's happening around the Jeriverse. Great to see so many people still so active.
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RITE OF SPRING, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Audra McDonald and More Set for Virginia Arts Festival, 3/17-6/2
The Virginia Arts Festival from March 17 thru June 2, 2013, will present a season with extraordinary arts experiences not only in theaters, concert halls and historic churches, but in city streets and parks. It will be a season of artistic celebrations featuring a performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, presented on the exact day of its 100th anniversary. Dance is a signature element of the Virginia Arts Festival, and this year Britain's esteemed Birmingham Royal Ballet travels for the only US performances in 2013 with its beguilingly danced production of Coppélia.
A Prairie Home Companion will give the Festival audience the opportunity to be part of the live nationwide radio broadcast as Garrison Keillor leads an ensemble cast through this entertaining show including musical interludes and "The News from Lake Wobegon".
The Festival gets an early start this year on March 17, St Patrick's Day, as the legendary Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains share the beauty and joy of Irish music and the wearin' of the green. Fringe events kick off in March as Meow Meow takes the stage for seven extraordinary cabaret performances March 19-24. Virginia Chocolate Festival returns this year and due to popular demand will be two days, March 23 and 24.
A variety of artists celebrate the centennial of the most controversial premiere in both ballet and music history - Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. The Festival provides an extraordinary opportunity to see this historical performance on May 29, one hundred years from the day the work was premiered. This new production of "The Rite" is collaboration between Virginia Arts Festival, Richmond Ballet and Virginia Symphony Orchestra with music director JoAnn Falletta conducting. "The Rite is a piece that forever changed the landscape of the music world. People who witnessed the premier May 29, 1913 were stunned by its primal power and visceral energy. While we don't expect our performance to provoke the riot of that first performance, I know our audiences will never forget experiencing this masterpiece live at the Virginia Arts Festival." JoAnn Falletta says.
Falletta will also lead the Virginia Symphony Chorus and Virginia Arts Festival Chamber Musicians in Stravinsky's infrequently performed ballet Les Noces (The Wedding), featuring Norfolk's own TRDance. The four pianos of the Les Noces ensemble are anchored by Festival Chamber Series artistic director and Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist André-Michel Schub.
Family events include the Flying PROMS at the Military Aviation Museum where vintage aircraft will soar overhead as Virginia Symphony Orchestra performs. More than 850 performers from all over the globe assemble for the Virginia International Tattoo, an inspiring display of military precision and patriotism. We celebrate Memorial Day with an inspiring outdoor concert by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Band in Newport News.
Vocalists preforming with the Virginia Arts Festival in 2013 will be Israeli singing star, Noa, Brazilian vocalist Luciana Souza, Broadway sensation, Audra McDonald, singer-songwriter Lori McKenna, Indigo Girls performing with Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Tierney Sutton with Turtle Island String Quartet give patrons many choices for enjoying beautiful vocals of varied genres.
Festival Williamsburg will be the place to celebrate Memorial Day weekend with master Arturo Sandoval. Enjoy three dazzling stars of Broadway stages and hot jazz band Hot Sardines for concerts at the Williamsburg Lodge. Classical music, delicious food and award-winning wines will be featured in two concerts at the Williamsburg Winery performed by Miami String Quartet and André-Michel Schub.
"The Virginia Arts Festival brings great artists from around the world for the communities of Hampton Roads and the thousands of visitors to Virginia to enjoy each spring season." says Virginia Arts Festival Director, Robert W. Cross. "From legendary classical ballet with Birmingham Royal Ballet, to Israeli and African pop sensations, to the multi-Tony award winning voice of Audra McDonald and the spectacular celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, the 2013 Virginia Arts Festival has something for all arts lovers to enjoy."
Season subscriptions are now on sale, purchase three or more performances and save 10%. Visit www.vafest.org or call 757-282-2822. Single tickets go on sale February 8, 2013.


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So, friends, let me introduce you to the free, easy to set up, automatically updating brand monitoring dashboard that I created with iGoogle and a slew of RSS feeds.
Here's a screenshot:
Noooo, I can't enlarge it. Because I know there are moles out there reading my blog, which is why I have this damn thing in the first place. TROLLS! I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE!
But what I can do is tell you how I set it up so you can have one too. It's not as complicated as it looks!
There are 5 categories on our dashboard:
- Brand - mentions of your name, including acronyms, misspellings, etc
- Current - issues that people are talking about that involve you right now
- Detractors - people you know don't like you but talk about you
- Competition - people in the same space as you
- Staff - prominent people in your org, like your CEO
- Google Alerts - I hope you know what they are and are already using them!
- Filtrbox - a paid monitoring service to make sure we catch everything
- Tweetmeme - tells you the most popular tweets about a subject
- Twitter Search - shows tweets containing a certain keyword (we don't use this anymore because we use Tweetdeck separately)
- Technorati - shows blogs that mention certain keywords
- Blogpulse - another blog monitoring tool
- Digg - shows most popular articles on the web
- Boardreader - shows forum posts by keyword
Here's how to get started:
- Start with a blank iGoogle page.
- Choose the 3 column layout.
- Open a new browser window. Do a search on Technorati for your org name. You'll see a "subscribe" link. Click on it.
5. Go back to iGoogle, and click on add stuff > add feed or gadget.
6. Paste the URL into the box and save.
7. You'll be taken back to your iGoogle page, where you should see a new box with the content from Technorati mentioning your org name.
8. Repeat these steps for each site, then each tab.
Our dashboard has anything with our acronym in the first column and anything with our name in the second column. The third column has important content from the org like our blog, our Twitter feed, and our press releases RSS feed. This acts as a resource for the people who view the dashboard… they see what people are talking about, and what we (as an org) are talking about, side-by-side.
Another great thing about this is you can "star" an individual item so that you know you've read it. Works really well when you've got hundreds of new items to review.
Hope that helps some of you and good luck!


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24 Kan. App. 2d 749
No. 77,574
THAD U. ZORN, Appellant, v. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellee.
Even though a district court's de novo review of a driver's license suspension is limited to those issues raised at the administrative hearing, the district court is not confined to the agency record.
Appeal from Lyon District Court; MERLIN G. WHEELER, judge. Opinion filed January 30, 1998. Affirmed.
Michael P. Whalen, of Patton, Davis and Putnam, of Emporia, for appellant.
James G. Keller, of Kansas Department of Revenue, for appellee.
Before LEWIS, P.J., ROYSE and KNUDSON, JJ.
ROYSE, J.: Thad U. Zorn appeals from the district court's order upholding suspension of his driver's license.
The parties have stipulated to the underlying facts: Zorn was arrested in Emporia, Kansas, on April 30, 1995, and charged with following too closely and driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs. Sergeant Mark Locke administered a breath alcohol test which showed that Zorn had a breath alcohol concentration of .15. Zorn subsequently requested an administrative hearing pursuant to K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 8-1002.
The administrative hearing was conducted on August 1, 1995. The arresting officer and Sergeant Locke both testified at the hearing. At the hearing, Zorn objected that there was no proof that the officer or the testing machine were certified as of April 30, 1995. Because the hearing officer had brought the wrong file to the hearing, she did not have with her the affidavit prepared by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) showing certification of the officer and the testing device.
At the close of the evidence, Zorn requested a dismissal of the suspension order because there was no evidence admitted to show that the machine and the officer were certified when his breath test was administered. The hearing officer stated she would take the case under advisement. She further stated that she would check her file when she returned to Topeka and, if the file contained the KDHE affidavit of certifications, she would suspend Zorn's driving privileges. On August 2, 1995, she issued an order suspending Zorn's driving privileges.
Zorn sought judicial review of the suspension order. The district court affirmed the suspension, after reviewing the parties' Agreed Statement of Facts. The KDHE affidavit certifying the officer and the testing equipment as of April 30, 1995, was attached as an exhibit to the parties' Agreed Statement of Facts.
On appeal, Zorn argues that the hearing officer exceeded the scope of her authority by taking the case under advisement and by considering the KDHE affidavit which had not been admitted during the hearing. Zorn further argues that the district court erred by ignoring the error committed by the hearing officer and by considering the KDHE affidavit. Because we consider the second issue to be dispositive of this appeal, we will address it first.
The Act for Judicial Review and Civil Enforcement of Agency Actions, K.S.A. 77-601 et seq., applies when a licensee seeks review of the administrative order suspending his license by filing a petition for review. Angle v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 12 Kan. App. 2d 756, Syl. ¶ 1, 758 P.2d 226, rev. denied 243 Kan. 777 (1988). K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 77-618 provides that judicial review of an agency action shall generally be confined to the agency record. There is an exception to this general rule, however, for review of driver's license suspensions.
"Judicial review of disputed issues of fact shall be confined to the agency record for judicial
review as supplemented
by additional evidence taken pursuant to this act, except that review of:
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(c) orders of the division of vehicles, other than orders under K.S.A. 8-254 and amendments thereto, which deny, cancel, suspend or revoke a driver's license shall be in accordance with K.S.A. 8-259 and amendments thereto." K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 77-618.
K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 8-259(a), moreover, provides:
|"The action for review shall be by trial de novo to the court. The court shall take testimony, examine the facts of the case and determine whether the petitioner is entitled to driving privileges or whether the petitioner's driving privileges are subject to suspension, cancellation or revocation under the provisions of this act."
These statutes are clear and unequivocal. They clearly provide that judicial review of an order suspending a driver's license is not confined to the agency record.
This conclusion is further supported by the statutory provisions regarding the affidavit from KDHE. K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 8-1002(i) provides:
|"At a hearing pursuant to this section, or upon court review of an order entered at such a hearing, an affidavit of the custodian of records at the Kansas department of health and environment stating that the breath testing device was certified and the operator of such device was certified on the date of the test shall be admissible into evidence in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if the certifying officer or employee of the Kansas department of health and environment had testified in person. Such affidavit shall be admitted to prove such reliability without further foundation requirement." (Emphasis added.)
Zorn relies on Zurawski v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 18 Kan. App. 2d 325, Syl. ¶ 4, 851 P.2d 1385, rev. denied 253 Kan. 864 (1993), which held that the district court's de novo review in a driver's license suspension case is limited to those issues raised at the administrative hearing. In particular, Zurawski held that any objection to evidence submitted at the administrative hearing must be raised during the administrative hearing. While Zurawski held that new issues may not be raised during district court review of a driver's license suspension, that decision did not purport to construe 77-618 or 8-259.
Zorn contends the district court violated the principles set forth in Zurawski by considering the KDHE affidavit as substantive evidence and by failing to address whether the hearing officer erred by considering the affidavit when it was not available at the administrative hearing. One problem with this contention is that there is nothing in the record to indicate that the parties submitted the KDHE affidavit to the district court only for limited purposes. The parties' Agreed Statement of Facts simply refers to the attached KDHE affidavit of certifications. Second, as the district court noted, Zorn has never raised any substantive objection to the affidavit. Third, it is clear that certification was an issue in the administrative hearing. The district court, therefore, acted consistent with the rule of Zurawski in making a de novo review of the certification issue. Finally, Zorn's contention overlooks the statutory provisions discussed above, which make clear that the district court is not limited to the evidentiary record created during the administrative hearing.
Zorn's implication that the district court must conduct a de novo review of the license suspension order on the basis of the administrative hearing record is not only inconsistent with the statutory provisions, but it is also impractical. The "record" from such administrative hearings is sketchy at best, consisting of whatever notes the hearing officer took during the hearing. See Furthmyer v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 256 Kan. 825, 828, 888 P.2d 832 (1995). The hearing officer maintains no audio recording of the evidence presented, and there is no transcript of the hearing. The legislature has elected not to require the Department of Revenue to maintain an official record such as is provided for in K.S.A. 77-532. In light of these practical concerns, it is not surprising that driver's license suspension cases often refer to the fact that the district court, rather than relying on some agency record, heard testimony and/or took additional evidence. See, e.g., Vandever v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue, 243 Kan. 693, 694, 763 P.2d 317 (1988); Lira v. Billings, 196 Kan. 726, 731, 414 P.2d 13 (1966); Zurawski, 18 Kan. App. 2d at 326, 330; Angle, 12 Kan. App. 2d at 758.
For all these reasons, we conclude that the district court did nor err in considering the KDHE affidavit, even though that affidavit was not admitted during the administrative hearing. In light of this conclusion, we need not examine Zorn's claim that the administrative hearing officer exceeded the scope of her authority by considering an affidavit which was not admitted during the administrative hearing.


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The Lakers' preseason planning will be more challenging than usual next season with a trip to China on the NBA's behalf, and the long schedule will wrap up with their annual appearance at Honda Center on Oct. 25.
Tickets for that 7 p.m. exhibition game in Anaheim vs. the Utah Jazz go on sale at 10 .m. Monday via Ticketmaster; for group tickets of 15 or more, contact Honda Center directly. Ticket prices are $27, $44, $79 and $129.
Here is the Lakers' full exhibition schedule:
Oct. 5 vs. Golden State in Ontario, Oct. 6 vs. Denver at Staples Center, Oct. 8 vs. Denver at Ontario, Oct. 10 vs. Sacramento at Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena, Oct. 15 vs. Golden State at Beijing MasterCard Center, Oct. 18 vs. Golden State at Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena, Oct. 22 vs. Utah at Staples Center, Oct. 25 vs. Utah at Honda Center.


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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 2676
Mayawati asks party to help her deliver "I-day speech from Red Fort"
Making clear her prime ministerial aspirations, BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday asked party workers to ensure a big victory for BSP in the next general elections and warned them against becoming a "saleable commodity".
Addressing a rally of party workers at Nagpur, the former UP Chief Minister asked her party workers to ensure a big victory for BSP in the next general elections so that she can "deliver Independence Day speech as Prime Minister from the Red Fort".
Mayawati cautioned her party cadre to remain alert against forces that might "try to corrupt them" during the assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
"Don't become a saleable commodity," she warned. She accused Congress and BJP of conspiring to stall the bill on quota in promotion for SCs/STs in government jobs and promised that if her party comes to power at the Centre, it would ensure that it is implemented.
Congress-led UPA government could also have filed a review petition in the Supreme Court, which had quashed UP government's decision on reservation in promotions for SC/STs, but it did not, Mayawati alleged while addressing a state-level rally of party workers . Congress could have also asked a competent legal counsel to defend the case of continuing the reservation quota in promotions, but it did not do so, she said.
Both Congress and the BJP conspired to deny the rights to lakhs of government employees, she alleged and asked the cadre to remain equidistant from both the parties. BSP had to take the fight to streets and finally to Parliament, she said, adding "though we have succeeded partially as the Rajya Sabha has passed the amendment bill, but it is still pending in the Lok Sabha."
She also demanded stringent punishment to those involved in the VVIP helicopter scam.
Opposing the foreign direct investment ( FDI) in retail, Mayawati said the UPA government should adopt developmental policies which would benefit the general public.
She also criticised the direct cash transfer in subsidy schemes saying it would not help the poor. She also supported creation of Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh and favoured statehood to Vidarbha.
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A William & Mary 3-Pointer with 7.5 Seconds Left Ends ODU's CAA Tournament Hopes
By ODU Athletics
March 8, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. (March 8, 2008) - William & Mary senior guard Nathan Mann's (Overland Park, Kan.) three-point field goal with 7.5 seconds to play lifted William & Mary to a 63-60 victory over Old Dominion in the second quarterfinal game of the Aeropostale Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Championship at the Richmond Coliseum Saturday, the Tribe's second dramatic win in as many days at the event.
Mann, who finished with 10 points and six assists, connected for the game-winning points from the left wing after fourth-seeded Old Dominion erased a six-point deficit during the final 4:54 and tied the score on senior guard Brandon Johnson's (Orlando, Fla.) tip-in field goal with 37 seconds to play.
Fifth-seeded William & Mary (16-15) used a timeout with 29.7 seconds left before duplicating its first-day tournament heroics when sophomore guard David Schneider's (Phoenix, Ariz.) three-pointer with 1.5 seconds left gave it a 58-57 win over Georgia State.
Old Dominion got a final attempt to extend Saturday's game, but Johnson's three-point try from the right of the key bounded off the rim and Mann rebounded as time expired.
William & Mary advances to Sunday's first semifinal game, a 3 p.m. meeting with top-seeded Virginia Commonwealth, a 57-46 winner over Towson earlier Saturday. The Tribe is in the tournament semifinals for the first time since 1997 and will be attempting to reach a league championship game for the first time since falling 41-38 to James Madison in the 1983 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South title game.
Old Dominion, which had a first-round tournament bye, fell to 17-15 with the loss.
Mann's game-winning basket was the 10th three-pointer of the game for William & Mary, which trailed only once after going ahead 15-13 on senior forward Laimas Kisielius' (Vilnius, Lithuania) layup with 6:39 left in the first half. The Tribe was ahead by as many as seven points during the opening half (20-13) before leading 24-23 at halftime and held as much as an eight-point lead (50-42) during the final period.
Sophomore forward Gerald Lee's (Uusikaupunki, Finland) follow field goal with 1:40 to play capped a 9-2 Old Dominion burst and gave the Monarchs their only lead of the final 26 minutes -- 58-57 -- but Schneider put William & Mary back in front 60-58 with his third a three-pointer of the day with 1:17 to play.
Johnson then followed a Lee missed shot to tie the score, setting up Mann's decisive basket.
Kisielius and sophomore forward Danny Sumner (Fairfax, Va.) each had 16 points to lead William & Mary in scoring. Kisielius hit on seven of 10 shots and had four rebounds, three assists and two steals in 37 minutes, and Sumner was five-of-eight from the field, including hitting on three of four shots from three-point range.
Schneider's three three-pointers were his only points for the Tribe, which had five players score from beyond the arc. He did have a game-high seven assists after finished with 20 points Friday.
Lee led Old Dominion with 20 points and seven rebounds, and senior guard Brian Henderson (Richmond, Va.) had 15 points, including nine on three-pointers for the Monarchs. He had 14 first-half point and was eight of eight from the foul line for the game
William & Mary shot 48.8 percent overall (21-43) and 41.7 percent (10-24) from three-point range, and Old Dominion hit on 37.5 percent of its attempts from the field (21-56), including seven of 21 (33.3 percent) from three-point range.
ODU freshman forward Frank Hassell joined Lee with a game high seven rebounds., while Brandon Johnson grabbed six rebounds, dished out six assists and came up with a steal. Hassell also blocked three shots for the Monarchs. Johnson now has 87 steals on the season which is second alll-time single-season mark in CAA history and best all-time at ODU. His 234 career steals is fourth best in CAA history and second best in Monarch history.


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Here are my statistics for the first day:
Added two new source citations (Challenge 1)
Backed up this blog (Goes toward Task C of Challenge 2)
Organized 48 (!) digital files: Moved files into proper folders, created new folders, consolidated and cleaned out extraneous files from folders. My computer desktop was messier than I thought it was…. (Task B for Challenge 3)
Wrote a post "A Bit About Greta's Genealogy Bog" (Task A for Challenge 5)
Started following 11 new blogs, either using the "Follow" feature or adding them to my blogroll, and added 7 blogs to follow on Facebook. Also wrote a "Follow" post ("Follow Saturday - Patten Genealogy") on my blog (Task G for Challenge 6)
Wrote a comment on two of the blogs (Task A for Challenge 6)
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LES MIS Hits $300 Million; To Become Third Highest-Grossing Movie Musical
Tom Hooper's sweeping adaptation of LES MISERABLES has hit a box office milestone, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film has now grossed over $300 million in worldwide sales, and by weekend's end, should surpass CHICAGO (which grossed $306.8 million) on the list of most successful movie musicals, making it the third most successful musical ever. MAMMA MIA with $609.8 million, and GREASE with $395 million take the top two spots.
In America alone, the film has earned $134.3 million since its Christmas Day release, and $165.7 million internationally. The film is set to open in an additional 31 markets, including Brazil and Italy, within the next two months.
In the UK, the film has continuously broken records, holding onto the top spot at the box office for nearly three weeks, where its cumulative total rests at approximately $34 million.
Additionally, Les Miserables is the top grossing musical of all time in Korea and Hong Kong and had the best opening of a musical in Australia, Spain, Singapore and Trinidad.
Helmed by The King's Speech's Academy Award-winning director, Tom Hooper, the Working Title/Cameron Mackintosh production stars Hugh Jackman, Oscar winner Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.