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US open: Field remains crowded at the top
By Mark Herrmann
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (TNS) — Gary Woodland has transformed himself from a small-college basketball player to big-time golfer, from being a skinny kid to a muscular power player, from a poor putter to recently a short-game specialist. Now, he has the chance for the greatest personal migration of all.
On Sunday at the U.S. Open, he can make the quantum leap from solid professional to major champion.
With a solid putting performance, Woodland shot 2-under-par 69 in the third round and finished the day 11 under. He is one stroke ahead of Justin Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open winner with whom Woodland will play for a second consecutive day.
Rose shot 68 on another good day for scoring in the tournament that usually does not yield one double-digit under-par mark, let alone two. All of the top eight players on the leaderboard broke par Saturday. Among those is Brooks Koepka, the reigning two-time U.S. Open champion who shot 68 and is tied for third at 7 under with Louis Oosthuizen and Chez Reavie. Rory McIlroy is one stroke behind them.
Woodland made only one bogey, a five on the eighth hole, several times making clutch putts and a chip in to save par. "I felt really comfortable today, comfortable with my game," he said. "I'm excited to be where I am right now."
The feeling in the air was like that of a football Saturday, cloudy and cool. At the same time, the usually fitful seaside winds were calm enough to make the scoring seem like what you would see in the PGA Tour's relaxed fall season.
In one short burst while the leaders were on the front nine, all of this happened: Koepka just missed an eagle putt on No. 6 and had a tap-in birdie, playing partners Chesson Hadley and Matt Kuchar both eagled that same hole, Kuchar birdied No. 7 to go 8 under, Woodland made a short birdie putt on the fourth and drained an eight-footer on No. 6 to go 11 under.
When will the U.S. Open really start? Maybe the pressure of an Open Sunday will slow everyone in a way that the setup and conditions have not.
On the back nine Saturday, the top players had their struggles, but wiggled out of them. Woodland hit a shank out of a shaggy bunker lip on No. 12 and sent the ball over the green. Facing bogey, he chipped in from the fringe for par. "It looked good the whole way," he said.
Two holes later, his chopped shots on the par 5 left him with a long uphill putt for par, which he made, to stay at 11 under. Each time, Rose was unfazed enough to make birdie to go 9 under.
Woodland, 35, would not have envisioned himself with this kind of opportunity when he was a teenager. He was a basketball phenom at Shawnee Heights High School in Topeka, Kan., dreaming of being a Division I shooting guard. But big-time coaches saw him as too small and skinny, so he enrolled at Division II Washburn University. One exhibition game into his freshman season, he decided basketball just wasn't his sport. He was overmatched against his favorite school, the University of Kansas.
So, he switched to golf and took the golf scholarship that Kansas had offered earlier. Woodland, like Koepka, worked out relentlessly and transformed himself into a power player on tour.
In fact, it was always his short game that was his admitted Achilles heel. He signed on with English putting guru Phil Kenyon at the British Open last year and now considers the short strokes his strength. Kenyon gave him encouragement after Woodland's tie for eighth last month at Bethpage.
"The PGA was one of the worst weeks I'd had putting but he told me it was the best he's ever seen my stroke," Woodland said. "We had a long talk the week after the PGA about learning how to practice, changing some things with the practice and routine, because the stroke itself was really good."
It has been good enough to lead this U.S. Open in strokes-gained putting. Another day of that could make him a major champion.


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Samantha Stremmel thought she had rented out her Reno home for the weekend to a young woman who was looking for a nice place for her visiting parents to stay.
Instead, Stremmel got a call from police at 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning about the home she had rented on Airbnb, a website that lists vacation homes.
"They said there were gunshots and about 60 people in the house," Stremmel said of the two-bedroom home on Dickerson Road in Reno that was once boutique nursery, Sierra Water Gardens. "There were 15 police cars there."
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"When officers arrived, they were unable to find any victims of gunshots but did discover numerous juveniles who were under the influence of alcohol," police said. "Numerous juveniles were cited and released to their parents."
Stremmel said the renter was verified on Airbnb so she assumed it was safe. According to Airbnb, a verified renter means a person's online identity has been verified.
She said the renter disregarded the rules of no more than four people in the house and instead "threw a rager at our property."
Stremmel said the house has some damage and there was blood on the floors and sheets.
She said Airbnb has offered to pay for damages but she is no longer going to rent the house out through a vacation rental company.
"We are looking for a long-term renter now," she said. "I just don't think i could trust the process again."
Airbnb said it has banned the guest.
"There have been over 300 million guest arrivals in Airbnb listings to date and negative incidents are extremely rare. We have permanently banned this guest from our platform, are fully supporting our host while we investigate, and are reaching out to law enforcement to offer our assistance," Airbnb said in a statement. "Our community's safety is our priority."
This story has been updated to include a statement from Airbnb.


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Q: How to use db instead of Laravel localization config file I'm using mcamara/laravel-localization. I need to get languages from db instead of laravellocalization config file. Any ideas how to do that. I would be so grateful.

A: Your best option is to use the laravel translation loader:
Install Laravel translation loader through Composer:
composer require spatie/laravel-translation-loader

Then publish Laravel translation loader migration file:
 php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\TranslationLoader\TranslationServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"

Finally, run the migrations; it will create a new table called language_lines in the database:
php artisan migrate

UPDATE: for laravel 6+ see the Issue @ github
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I purchased the Kapex 120 about 2 weeks ago from the Festool Recon site for about $1120. First I received the saw without the bevel which has been shipped (thank you) but then the exact same saw was listed a week later on the same site for $958!! When asked for a credit for the difference I was told no. This does not seem like a good way to make happy customers.
Perhaps the two saws are not identical in terms of condition or age, etc.?
If the two saws were reconditioned with different costs involved, they might be resold at different prices, too.
Why would you get a price adjustment on a used tool? Its not an apples to apples swap. If you buy a used car this week and then find the same make and model used car the following week, you're not going back to the dealership for a price adjustment.
The 2nd offering of Kapex was at a steeper discount than the first - which didn't sell as well as the other tools in the sale. Festool didn't comment on the bigger discount, and I doubt they will. It's still the only tool that has gone beyond the 25% discount. Draw your own conclusions.
I don't think the main intent of Festool on this was customer satisfaction. It was simply to liquidate their not new tool inventory. They work very hard to maintain a high price structure and discounting is not part of the plan.
In past sales , they had staggered discount levels and the larger the discount the less new the tools were. I can't say if that is happening here though.
If you're brave.................and have a lot of time.
Amazon Warehouse Deals does this all the time. They will have multiple listings for the same returned items, with prices based on actual condition, with variables such as damaged original packaging, % of cosmetic problems, and overall condition.
I buy these Amazon discounted items all the time and have never had a problem with the functionality of the item in question.
Years ago, while renovating a 100 year old apartment building, we would set the rent for the apartments based on how much money we had invested in the renovation itself. If the hard wood floors had been refinished, the rent went up.
There is nothing unusual about this approach.
If you buy retail/new, then a few days later the store has a sale for the same item, it is much more acceptable to return the item and repurchase at the now discounted price.
What if you buy a tool that goes up in value. ?
Are you going to send Festool a check for for that 10 year old Domino that you bought for $750 and sold on eBay for $850 last month ?
Never had a used tool go up in value but even if it did, I'm not a retail tool manufacturer so this example is kind of stupid.
Not sure how two exact same model Kapex saws are not apples to apples. If the used car was the exact same condition and mileage and selling for 15 percent less than what I just paid you better believe I'd be ticked.
So I don't think my post was received very well by some folks here who honestly come across like Festool fanboys or shareholders. A reconditioned tool sold by the manufacturer is not the same as Joe Homeowner selling used tools on eBay or a used car lot. If I walked into a retail store and bought a factory reconditioned tool and a week later they had it for sale for less than I paid, most reputable stores will offer up the difference as a measure of good will to the customer. Festool is supposed to have outstanding customer service so I assumed that they would at least be on par with a Home Depot or Walmart but now they have a customer who was quickly dismissed and not shown any good will who had previously happily handed over several thousand hard earned dollars for their tools and will probably not purchase any more just because of the bad taste they left trying to offload their returned merchandise. So lessons learned, I also won't dare to look for consolement from an Internet forum of fanboys.
It's still early, you probably just haven't had your coffee yet.
Sorry for your frustration, have you reached out to @TylerC yet? Not sure that he can do much but it worth a try. I see your point, but we also don't know if the discount was for different levels of recondition. Please reach out to Tyler.
If you are looking for consolation , then you have mine. I have been in your position myself. Purchasing something and then having it go on sale or the price be reduced a very short period of time later. Very frustrating but that is the way it goes sometimes. Some places will give you the new lower price and some won't.
I would like to point out that some of the most critical replies in this topic as to whether or not you should get the new price are from members that could not be considered fanboys by any stretch.
Here's the rub: those cars won't be exactly the same. Mileage will be different and likely the color and , for sure the options will be a bit different. Perhaps the more expensive one will have phantasmic glow paint which was more popular than navy.
FT should probably make a statement here.
I've already said I think the purpose of this sale isn't to promote goodwill or customer approval. That may be a byproduct. For some. It's to clear the warehouse of old and unclaimed stock. If you carefully read the terms of sale , you can see that what you receive can vary greatly, and they're non specific about it. On purpose. Someone has to get the old beat up sander that was returned on day 29.
Just like musical chairs. Great fun until you sit in a chair with gum on it ; or you're the one left standing. You don't have to be happy about it, but you were told the rules beforehand. You may also want to read the numerous Kapex threads around here if you haven't already. I can't imagine how you'll feel if yours suddenly quits working in a couple of years.
It really is enough already on sharp-shooting this that and the other when it comes to what Festool does. They were having a recon sale so these were not new items. Like every business you want the maximum price the market can absorb. They tried one price and they either did not sell out or they had some lesser quality ones to sell. The goal is to get rid of all of them and start with a clean slate. My question for the purchaser is why buy the Kapex with its' history. You don't get the warranty of a new one, but you can set aside the savings for the potential repair.
You're claiming that the tools offered at different price points were in the exact same condition. I'd ask you to prove that.
Because the proof exists otherwise based on many years of these recon sales.
I think speculation on whether or not the change in the amount of discount has anything to do with the condition of the tool is just that ............ pure speculation.
I'm with @Johnhend on this one.
With all the speculation about differences in condition, I'm thinking it's a lot more likely that the first batch of Kapex recons didn't sell out in 15 minutes (perhaps for reasons that FOGers will understand), so they lowered the price on the second batch to get rid of them faster. I think they are trying to build a mystique around the emails that says, "if you don't pull the trigger on this deal -now-, it will be gone." They don't want people to think too long about whether to buy or not. They are manipulating emotions by manufacturing a sense of urgency. And for the most part it's working, but when something like the Kapex doesn't sell out right away, they take steps to deal with it next time by lowering the price to maintain the illusion that you have to buy now. John is just a victim of market pricing strategies, and Festool isn't providing any price guarantees. Caveat Emptor.
Admittedly speculation on my part, but it has some amount of explanatory power. It makes more sense to me than thinking that Festool is examining the condition of each recon tool to determine the price point.
I agree with Harvey, but I would not describe the buyer as a "victim". It's a fair game.
Prices fluctuate all the time for myriad of reasons. What is the problem here?
* The Pro 5 promotion wasn't botched because it was a bad deal. It was botched because the stock was committed before the advertisements were published. That makes Festool appear capricious.
* The current approach to refurb sales (if I'm right) where prices can vary by 15-20% without notice from sale to sale, or where old products are offered without clarity, or where the products do not appear to have been reconditioned, makes Festool appear capricious, especially with the situational (e.g. manufactured) pressure to buy now.
* Reliability issues that go unaddressed and un-remedied make Festool appear capricious - are they all about reliability or not?
Perceptions of capriciousness rather than dependability translate to lack of trust, and that is bad for long term brand loyalty.
So maybe "victim" isn't the right word, but I certainly sympathize with John if he has less trust in the Festool brand today than he did a couple of weeks ago.
Regarding Festool recon purchases in general, what experiences have been had with the condition upon arrival? The reason I ask is I was extremely disappointed in the condition of CT 36 E I received today… besides the hose garage being completely destroyed, it was completely covered in filth. In my opinion the unit was not reconditioned but plucked straight from a job site and sent to my door. With a manufacture date of 04/2010 I would hardly say the unit was gently used. With the amount of grime on the outside there is no way the internals could have been inspected for wear. With all that being said, still paying close to 600usd for a 7+ year old, dirty, damaged unit seems insane. I was under the assumption Festool would not allow this lack of detail.
Put it back in the box ,write return to sender.Call UPS to come pick it up ,and wait for a refund .You don't even have to call them .They'll know what to do once it arrive .
I guess I have to ask the question that will be formulating in others' minds - Did you even try to contact Festool about what you received before posting here? You didn't mention that in your first post here. If not, you probably should do that and give them the same courtesy you would expect as a manufacturer and retailer.
As usual all problems are the users fault. What the whole world isn't already posting on the fog.
Why would you keep that?
I know Festools says 'no returns', but I think if I was in your shoes I would call them up, tell them or email a photo of the condition of the vac and ask them to send UPS out to pick it up for a return and full credit back to your credit card or replace it with a unit in good condition. If they balked at that, get the name of the person you talked to and file a dispute with your credit card company - "item not as described".
Festool sets the terms and conditions for this Forum. If it feels that the merchant/retailer/Festool, where applicable, should be contacted first before a service or sales problem is reported/shared here, such guidelines can be established for every Forum member to follow. This will put a stop to the recurring discussions about this topic.
Of course, if and when such guidelines are in existence and someone posts a service/purchase issue here, we would give them the benefit of the doubt with the assumption that they have tried to resolve their concerns with the supplier before they come here to escalate the issue in the Forum.
I just asked a question.
That is allowed by the forum guidelines.
I would have contacted them if I received a unit like that.
@ChuckM If you scroll up to the top of this thread and look at the blue box and its contents you will see what Festool asked.
Blue box? Can't see it on my screen - Plz see the screenshot attached.
Do you have a link to the box?
I think boxing it up and sending it back without contacting FT first is just asking for trouble. It certainly reckless advice. Under the terms of the sale hunt got what was advertised - albeit with some shipping damage.
I'm sure festool didn't knowingly send out a vacuum with a busted hose garage. Lots of FOGgers know that the garage is the weak point of these vacs and even Bob has said the biggest damage to items he sends out is those vac hose garages. And you should see how he packages his stuff for delivery .
Hunt , did your vac arrive in a factory box with the fitted carrier ? Was there and obvious trauma to the outer box ? Also , did you read the terms of the sale before or after purchase ?
"What is the condition of refurbished tools?
Reconditioned tools can include gently used tools and discontinued items. Used tools are inspected by Festool trained technicians. All tools meet Festool's high performance and quality standards. However, you should expect them to have visual blemishes. "
Pay particular attention to the last line.
Based on your pic, I'd consider that vac gently used. Dust on a vac is expected with use. I take pretty good care of mine and and all have some sort of scuffs, marks , and dust on them and don't look as "smooth" as that one appears under the dust. What condition are the filters in ? if those are a mess then I'd change my mind.
I'm sure Tyler can sort you out.
And hopefully speak to management about why something as easy as dusting / vacuuming off a tool before sending it out isn't part of the recon process ? I'm not talking about polishing and deep cleaning, but that didn't even include a cursory wipe down. The German techs I know would be embarrassed to have their name associated with that work.
I'm sorry for your frustration with this. Please send me a message with few more pictures including a clearer shot of the hose garage. I'll speak with our recon team tomorrow for you.
Good to know such guidelines do exist.
I think some posters -- especially those with single digit posts -- might have missed that notice, which couldn't be seen once they signed in.


I have shared on Instagram stories and in July coffee date that last Sunday we grilled pizza. Yes, you can grill pizza! I used Simply Recipes recipe as a guide and made whole wheat and white pizza in an effort to clean out the freezer before we move. I buy and freeze dough from local Italian bakery.
So… I also had a few large zucchini I intended to turn into zucchini boats which seems almost impossible to happen due to heat or my "laziness". They just sound so much work, am I wrong?! I decided to make myself some low carb grilled zucchini pizza (bites) to go with a few slices of a real deal. The process is documented in Insta stories and there is also 95% indication you wanted the recipe.
True beauty! My Italian friend taught me to cut pizza with kitchen shears. Is that news to you?
So… I grilled my zucchini pizza and drizzled with balsamic dressing + garlic from strawberry spinach salad just because one reader said she uses it on everything. I followed her advice and she is absolutely right! And as for toppings put tomato sauce on top and just go for it – I personally had to use up frozen soft goat cheese and wilting basil haha.
Make balsamic dressing. You will keep leftovers refrigerated for weeks to come to drizzle on ANY salad.
Slice each zucchini lengthwise into thick 4 slices – think easy to maneuver on the grill.
Preheat grill to 500 degrees F and spray with cooking spray or oil the way you usually do. Place zucchini, close the lid and grill for 2 minutes. Transfer on a platter flipping so the grilled side is up. Keep BBQ closed.
Now make "pizza" by spreading tomato sauce then topping with basil, goat cheese and tomatoes each zucchini slice until you run out of ingredients. P.S. Please remind me to get a table next to the grill in my new house.
Transfer back on the grill, close the lid and grill for 3-4 minutes. Transfer on a platter and drizzle with balsamic dressing. Serve hot or cold, both are OMG good!
Healthy and low carb Grilled Zucchini Pizza, Bites or Boats, or whatever you name them. Will satisfy your pizza cravings with low calories in 15 minutes! Use any toppings you wish and that quick balsamic sauce is to die for!!!
Now make "pizza" by spreading tomato sauce then topping with basil, goat cheese and tomatoes each zucchini slice until you run out of ingredients.


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On the last day of its term, the U.S. Supreme Court released Janus v American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, a much-anticipated ruling over public sector union fees.
In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that requiring public sector employees to pay mandatory agency fees violated the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. "Agency" or "fair share" fees refer to dues that unions use to further their activities in support of their members, such as collective bargaining and filing grievances.
Janus overturns the landmark 1977 decision Abood v Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for public sector unions to use mandatory union dues for explicitly political purposes, such as supporting a political candidate. In Abood, the Court ruled that this particular use of mandatory fees violated the First Amendment by compelling employees to support political causes regardless of their own beliefs. Mandatory agency fees, on the other hand, were still permissible, the Court ruled, because they directly served and benefited those employees who paid them. After Abood, approximately 22 states allowed public unions to deduct mandatory agency fees, while twenty-eight states legislated to prohibit it.
One of the 22 states that permitted mandatory agency fees was Illinois, where the petitioner in this case, Mark Janus, worked for the government as a child support specialist. He objected to his union's bargaining positions, which he felt did not appreciate the current fiscal crises in Illinois, and he did not wish to support those positions through agency fees.
As Justice Kagan wrote in her powerfully-worded dissent, the majority's ruling represents one of the most significant departures from precedent in the history of the Supreme Court. As Justice Kagan noted, Abood is not a dusty decision fading from legal memory, but is embedded in the law and the labour relations of the United States.
Indeed, Janus introduces radical changes for public unions, which, in twenty-two states, are bracing themselves to take a big hit. Following Justice Alito's ruling, a union member will not just have the choice to opt out of fees – she will by default not contribute unless she affirmatively opts in.
At the same time, private sector unions can be cautiously optimistic that the same fate is not in store for them. While the recent nomination of ultra-libertarian Brett Kavanaugh spells trouble for the labour movement more broadly, the Janus majority emphasized the differences between public- and private-sector bargaining in finding against the former.
Private and public sector American unions alike, however, have good reason to envy organizers to the north, where Charter rights offer extensive protections to labour unions. In 1991, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled in Lavigne v OPSEU that public sector unions can use mandatory fees for both bargaining and explicitly political lobbying. In more recent years, the Supreme Court of Canada has also held that strikes are a constitutionally protected form of freedom of association.
Still, Canadian organizers should be mindful of the international wave of conservatism that this decision represents, particularly in Ontario, where unions have four long years of Doug Ford to contend with.


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Cambridge, MA: Lesley split a conference double-header with Connecticut school Mitchell College at St Peter's Field on Saturday, April 14. Lesley claimed the opening game, consisting of just five innings, 8-0. Mitchell, fromresponded to take a high-scoring second game 17-12. Lesley is now 12-10 overall in 2018 and hold a 5-1 record in the NECC. The Mariners move to 9-13 overall in this campaign and 5-3 in conference.
At the bottom of the third inning, shortstop Ashleigh Acker hit a double to center field for an RBI with Courtney Goggin scoring the first run fof the game.
The Lynx added five runs in the bottom of the fourth. Catcher Juliana Cecere scored an unearned run on a passed ball. Goggin claimed an RBI with a groundout to the Mitchell shortstop which resulted in Abby Henderson landing on third base and senior Theresa Pereira scoring Lesley's fourth run of the contest.
Henderson scored a run after an Acker RBI who advanced to second base on the throw. Acker became Lesley's sixth run scorer after a Jordan Day single for an RBI.
Day then made it all the way back to home in the fourth following junior Jordan Raab's double to center field.
Goggin made it 3-0 for the Lynx in the second after a Riley Pickett RBI who advanced to second base on the throw.
At the bottom of the third, junior Abby Henderson singled to center field for two RBI's with left fielder Kristen DiCicco and Jordan Raab crossing the home plate.
Lesley got back within three, 13-10, following their offensive plays in the fifth inning. Riley Pickett singled to center field for two RBI's. The Lynx capitalized on the Mariner's errors with Pickett and Day both scoring off the defensive miscues.
The visiting team added four runs in the top of the sixth inning to regain a 7 run lead.
Lesley tacked on one run in the sixth and seventh inning, but it wasn't enough to close out the victory and surrendering with a conference split.
In four innings of work, pitcher Jordan Day struck out eight Mitchell batters.


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Feeling a wave of nostalgia after the fact that Sierra is being ?downsized,? I went and looked through old folders of older games that I hadn?t played in a while. King?s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, the game that consumed me for months and months of my childhood, said play me and I obliged willingly.
I remember seeing an early screenshot for King?s Quest 4 in an old computer games magazine, and I knew I was going to be hooked. After experiencing the King?s Quest I, Space Quest I and II and such, I knew that this new amazingly colored and detailed game had to be mine! It was on the top of my Christmas list in 1989, and my parents put up with my constant stream of information about Sierra On-Line and the amazing new game they had. Just look at these pictures on the back of the box!!
When I got it for Christmas that year, the family was visiting my grandparents (who owned a Mac) and so I poured over each and every page of each and every insert. Just biding my time until I could arrive back at home and pop disk 1 of 9 into the A: drive and type the ?sierra? to get things rolling. 9 disks. This game was huge! Our home computer didn?t have a hard drive, just two handy 5.25? drives with a good old 640k of ram. MS Dos 3.2 and GEM desktop if I wanted to draw with the painting program.
The game?s opening with King Graham looking old and gray, getting sick and Rosella (his Daughter) going off on an adventure to save him. The plot was great back then and now ends up just a little simplistic and cute. Skip past it all and Rosella stands on a beach, alone. Waves lap up on the shore. This was heaven and it was only beginning. I soon discovered the problem of having a 9 disk game with no hard drive. Walk one screen, ?Please insert Disk 4?, walk two screens north, ?Please insert Disk 2?. You get used to it quickly, and the excitement of playing disk that had never entered your drive until that request before was great. You were making progress into unknown territory.
I spent months traveling around the land, talking to the natives, getting fishing poles, and true to a Sierra game, dying constantly while climbing circular stairs. My friends soon had their own ?copies? of the game and we gave each other hints, and exalted over new areas and puzzles as we made it further in the game. My sister would join me in the quest, offering help and advice, but mostly watching me die by the hands of the troll, or the blind witches. Eventually it all came to an end with my father saved, and the family happy again. The ending of the game never really mattered to me, but it was more the experience of the game that stuck with me. From there I continued my Sierra love affair with Space Quest and Manhunter: New York.
Sad as it is to admit, I wrote fan letters to Roberta Williams when I was a kid. Twice. I received letters back from her both times. As a kid, having your game designer idol write you a personal letter back was thrilling, and I had the envy of my peers. I was even thanked for my game design ideas, and told they preferred to use their own in-house ideas, rather than those from their fans.
When replaying it this weekend, it was amazing to see how quickly the typing and the interface of walking around came back to me. It was like it never left. I remembered where things were and where I had to use them, and where random little things lay. I also quickly remembered to save often and really save in a few different save files. The game will let you get to places without the items you need to get out of them, and end up in a dead end. I really only forgot one piece (giving the book to the minstrel) but all of the other puzzles came back to me like I had never left the game.
The thing that surprised me was the lack of sound and music. Sierra helped to pioneer sound cards for the industry, just like ID did for video cards with Quake. Kings Quest 4 doesn?t really seem to show it so much. There just was a lack of ambient noises (aside from opening a door or getting a point) and music was severely limited. Maybe it was still early in the days of the AdLib card (ohh how I drooled for one of those, and ended up getting a Sound Blaster Pro a couple of years later), but the music was just a slightly upgraded version of the PC speaker sound. Maybe the MT-32 sound would blow me away, but I don?t think they hit their stride with the music till King?s Quest 5 and onward for full use of sound cards.
Go find it, play it, ignore the dated graphics and the lack of a mouse interface. Save often and play it. You?ll feel all warm and fuzzy if you like adventure games. One of the finest in a series that died in its later incarnations. It?s the pinnacle that was all downhill from there.


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Neutron Radiation Hardness of Aluminum Gallium Nitride UV LEDs at Various Wavelengths
K. X. Sun, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
H. Valencia, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
L. Soriano, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
R. O. Nelson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Review of Scientific Instruments
Radiation hard diagnostics are critical to the success of nuclear fusion at National Ignition Facility, Z, ITER, and prolonged space explorations. We have first demonstrated the exceptional proton radiation hardness of initial GaN devices and qualified their space flight and deployment for missions such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna and International Space Station. We have further conducted neutron radiation hardness experiments at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center by opening a new high fluence beam station. During 2014-2016, we irradiated multiple Aluminum Gallium Nitride (AlGaN) LEDs with a maximum fluence of 2.4 × 1013 neutrons/cm2 in 3 years and generated 54 161 current-voltage (I-V) scan traces. Our data processing program analyzes each and all I-V traces. In addition, we retrieved local temperature records to analyze and remove temperature effects in the outdoor environment. The I-V curve families of AlGaN UV LEDs with emitting wavelengths of 265, 275, and 310 nm were compared. The I-V curves of 265 nm AlGaN UV LEDs have the smallest deviations from the average value, while the I-V curves for 310 nm AlGaN LEDs showed the largest deviations from the average value. We have reached another important recommendation for the optimal use of multiple AlGaN optoelectronic devices or imaging arrays for inertially confined fusion diagnostics: Shorter wavelength devices at 265 nm exhibit more consistent radiation hardness performance than the 310 nm devices. Higher aluminum content LEDs or AlxGa1-xN devices with higher mole fraction x for generating shorter wavelengths have better radiation hardness for fusion diagnostics.
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Sun, K., Valencia, H., Soriano, L., Nelson, R. (2021). Neutron Radiation Hardness of Aluminum Gallium Nitride UV LEDs at Various Wavelengths. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(4),
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0043852


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A while ago, there was this fairly generic anime series- NIGHT WIZARD THE ANIMATION, a deriative of one of FEAR's most popular works. While I found that the series itself was, well, bland, the unique setting of the world- Equal parts School Life and Mage: The Ascension, with a hefty heapin' of moe-moe gothic horror demon lords, is strangely compelling. Now, as my Japanese is frankly dire, and there's little chance of seeing it in English, (Unless someone's translating it, of course. Hint, hint. ^_^) I was wondering if anyone had an overview of it?
1.) I've read the translated SRS document; Does the game run on the same system? Several of the classes seem highly distinct from the other, to the point where the multiclass system seems a bit, well, odd- The idea of a Vampire-Werewolf makes me shudder in reflexive fear of muchikinism, and kung-fu Ninja angels are kinda a stretch, at best.
2.) Exactly how is 'School-Life' and 'Night-Life' separated? Is it the kind of distinction in say, Bliss Stage, where School-Life is an essential part of gameplay, or is it like, say an eroge, where it's only distantly related to the RPG aspect? How do bizarre characters, like motorcycle-riding Knights and time-displaced soldiers fit into the modern world?
3.) How do the heroes get supplies, equipment, missions? Is there some kind of universal 'currency' you get from beating the bad guys? Or is it more like a roguelike, where you have to scrounge up components, weapons and armor as you go along?
4.) Exactly what are the game's Big Bads, the Demon Lords? From the anime, they seem to be largely amiable enemies, more focused on skirmishing than the whole 'invading the earth' thing. Are they meant to be final bosses? Cosmic Horrors like Exalted's deathlords? Possible love interests? (I mean, they're all bishoujo. The question *has* to be asked.) How do they stack up against your average party?
5.) What kind of bad guys ('Emulators') can the heroes expect to fight? Wraith-the-oblivion Spectres? The D&D bestiary? Or World Of Darkness-style horrors, like Banes and Umbral creatures?
6.) I'm privately fascinated by the esoteric Dream-Hunter, Otoshigo, and Emulator Summoner classes. How do they work, exactly? The Dream-Hunter, in particularly, is an awesome concept...But I have no idea how it would work on paper. The whole idea of the Otoshigo is that they're the 'spawn of demon lords'. Does that mean they're literally the children of them? (*grin*) How do dudes like the more-straightforward classes like Hero, Killing Machine and Magical Swordsman differ from the 'generic' fighter?
7.) Is there a limited campaign arc, like Tenra Bansho Zero? Y'know, 108 points and...Boom. Or Bliss Stage, where 108 points and...Well, boom. In fact, what're the adventures like? Monster-of-the-week? (Seems to be, considering the bad guys attack mostly when the red moon is out). Do all these weird adventures affect the real world? Do the heroes even have powers in the 'real world'?
I haven't read Night Wizard itself (I know seizui has a copy), but the (multi)class setup is something from Alshard that in turn became the default in SRS. Night Wizard is one of the games that came before SRS, and looking at the character sheet I suspect it's one of the games that handles character archetypes a bit differently.
It's about time that I make a post these days, isn't it? Well, at least this is a subject that I am quite familiar with!
Alright. I just got back into things, so I am checking out the questions.
2) I think it would be related to the RPG aspect. Though, there are items such as cellphones.
3) There are three organizations: Longinus (Anzelotte), The Emulators/Red Moon(Bell Zephyr), and Babylon (KILL THEM ALL!) --Not sure on the last group. Yes, I have a lot of the supplements. The Demon Lords are quite powerful.
4) You pretty much nailed it, the D&D beastiary to some degree. Skeletons, oni, etc.
Anyway, the Dark Hero is someone who makes a pact with the Demon Lord for thier powers. Unfortunately, they get get used, so that brings them to the point of going to the good guys, which in turn, gets them hunted by the Demon Lord in fury. (Though, Satonori betrays Longinus back to the Red Moon tribe because he was 'bored').
8) There _ARE_ campaigns, or rather, story books and scenarios.
Also, how is 'currency' distributed? Is it like GANTZ, where monsters killed= Points? Or more like the cash you get from looting treasures and completing missions? I'm also wondering where the Emulators get all their mooks from- Cosmic Horrors? Self-replicating demons?
Finally, Babylon seems interesting as an organisation- EVERYONE is your enemy. The idea of a whole team on the 'dark side' would be interesting, but probably wouldn't last too long...Like an Exalted Abyssals campaign. I wonder what the indiviual differences are?
On a related note, how does a Night Wizard come into being? Is it like Mage's Awakening, where all of sudden, you see the Matrix as it truly is, or more like Hunter's imbuing, where you realise- Oh crap, the teacher's a flesh-eating zombie. The idea I have is that after you see all the weird stuff, you're promptly recruited...Doesn't explain all the crazy powers, though.


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Patongo might not be a familiar term for some of you but it sure does for Thais. Patongo or Chinese Doughnut is a very popular breakfast menu in Thailand. It is crispy and soft and it can pair up with many things which made this bakery so special and delicious!
A cousin of Churros as in taste (a Spanish famous bakery), Patongo originally comes from a Chinese recipe. Chinese people call it "Youtiao". However, Thais enjoy this fried dough in different ways.
Patongo makes a great breakfast. In this case, we are talking about the taste and the task to fill the stomach, not the nutrition wise.
Patongo is made from wheat flour, deep fried in hot oil. When it is ready, Patongo will turn into beautiful brown sticks which are crispy on the crust and soft on the inside.
There are many ways to enjoy this scrumptious doughnut – from the classic ways of dipping it with condensed milk, coffee or cacao to something more serious like dunk it into rice porridge, any options will serve just fine.
If you are a little more creative, you can try it with chocolate, whipping cream, coconut custard, soy milk or even ginger tea.
If you are a big fan of pastry and doughnut, you definitely shouldn't miss this. Patongo is really friendly for all ages as it can perfectly go along with any cup or dipping you like. You can also eat it to go with a cup of coffee. See? it is so easy.
Are you a morning person? if so, you are lucky because you can find it in almost every street where there are office buildings, morning markets or even on a bus stop (the crowded one!).
However, if you don't like to get up early, you are still lucky as McDonald now has patongo on its snacks menu (you can even get it delivered to your home). So there you go, head to McDonald and try one. It might not look exactly like the original one on the street vendor but it tastes quite alright and less oily.
In Thailand, we normally use soy and palm oil for cooking which is not the best choice to go for a deep-fried food. Patongo is deep fried in a lot of oil, which you will never know what kind of oil they use and how many times they reuse them, so be informed on that and take it slow!
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Tue, 02/26/2013 - 17:36 -- Ruth Williams
An energy efficient heating system offering efficiency savings of up to 20% could be key in the transition to low-carbon energy systems in Europe. This is according to a report commissioned by SSE (UK energy generators and distributors) and Dimplex (a global heating solutions firm).
The smart electric thermal storage (SETS) system works by storing up renewably produced energy when production is high but demand is low. The report indicated SETS could provide up to 54GW of additional flexible storage capacity across Europe by 2050, enabling renewable electricity to be stored when demand is low and used to heat homes when needed.
The system, first brought to the market by SEE and Dimplex in a product called Quantum, is intended to replace out-dated night storage heaters with something more efficient and with better room temperature control as well as being designed for smart grid integration.
The report found that if all 27 EU countries replaced storage heaters with SETS, savings of 7.4TWh of electricity and three mega-tons of CO2 could be made each year. If used in all electrically heated homes as much as 148GW could be provided by 2050.
Stuart Mackenzie, Managing Director of Dimplex, added: "Quantum offers consumers with electric storage heaters the opportunity to reduce their running costs by up to 27%. It's also a Green Deal approved measure, so the capital cost outlay can be substantially reduced."
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Work has begun on what it said to be the biggest lithium-ion energy storage system, with the ground-breaking of a 100MW/400MWh project for the Alamitos Energy Center in Southern California.
Western Australia unveils funds register to grow battery industry
Western Australia (WA) has launched a 'Funding Assistance Register' aimed at bolstering the state's ambitions to develop a home-grown battery industry.
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First lithium EV packs produced at expanded UK plant
The first lithium-ion electric vehicle battery packs began rolling off the production lines of UK battery system maker Hyperdrive Innovation's expanded facility on 11 July.
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Q: Find area under the curve of a standard normal distribution Given a standard normal distribution, how can I find the
area under the curve that lies:
1. to the left of z = −1.39;
2. to the right of z = 1.96;
3. between z = −2.16 and z = −0.65;

A: The areas for one, two, and three standard deviations about the mean are well known, as .68, .95, .997 roughly. But in general, there's no way to find the area under the standard normal distribution without using a computer, calculator, or a chart.
edit1: most charts will give the area to the left of a given $z$-score. To find other values, use symmetry and complements. For example,
$\operatorname{Pr}(Z > -.5) = 1 - \operatorname{Pr}(Z < -.5)$
and
$\operatorname{Pr}(Z < - 1) = \operatorname{Pr}(Z > 1)$
edit2: I'm not careful above about whether to use "$\ge$" or "$>$" because the answers will always be the same for a continuous distribution like a normal distribution. Be careful you don't switch them around for discrete distributions because then it will affect the answer.

A: You can use Wolfram alpha. For example, http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2Fsqrt%282pi%29+integral%28e%5E%28-x%5E2%2F2%29%2Cx%2C-infinity%2C-1.39%29 answers your first question. Let me point out that your the meaning of the area under the curve to the left of $-1.39$ is the probability that a standard normal is at most $-1.39$. Make sure that you understand what you're calculating.
As GFauxPas mentions, there is no "nice" expression for the integral of the normal density function (in technical terms, it is not elementary). However, some approximations can be useful:

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*For small $\epsilon>0$, the probability that a standard normal is between $x$ and $x+\epsilon$ is roughly $\frac{e^{-x^2/2}}{\sqrt{2\pi}} \epsilon$.

*For large $x$, the probability that a standard normal is larger than $x$ is roughly $\frac{e^{-x^2/2}}{\sqrt{2\pi}x}$. (See Mike Spivey's blog.) By symmetry, the same is true for the probability that a standard normal is smaller than $-x$.


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Net closing on unlicensed gangmasters
Gangmasters who have not applied for a licence and aim to operate illegally will be tracked down and dealt with, the industry's licensing authority has said.
New licensing laws will come into effect on October 1st and were introduced partly due to the death of 23 Chinese cockle pickers from fast moving tides at Morecambe bay in February 2004.
Bosses who are found to be operating without a licence could face an unlimited fine and up to ten years in prison.
And speaking to BBC Radio 4 this morning, the chief executive of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority (GLA), Mike Wilson, explained that the body was well placed to enforce the new legislation.
"We have very good arrangements with other government departments, we have very good intelligence, we have a range of intelligence means open to us including the confidential crime stoppers line and the idea is that on Monday we start work looking for these businesses," he said.
The chief executive revealed that the GLA has 30 members of staff whose jobs are dedicated to rooting out illegal gangmasters, while the authority would also work in close conjunction with the Department for Work and Pensions, the Health and Safety Executive and the police.
"To date we've had roughly 1,000 applications but we are under no illusions, there are probably 200 or 300 gangmasters out there who haven't come forward for a licence," he added.
Mr Wilson admitted that those who had not yet applied for licences "will want to act illegally", adding that "whether they will be able to continue to act illegally depends on us".
However, he claimed that promising early indications suggested the GLA had taken great strides in preventing further exploitation.
"I am not pretending that we have cracked the problem, but to the labour providers that we have licensed we issue things called licensing conditions," he said.
"They have worked those off, in other words they have improved the way in which they employ their labour within the six months that we have been operating and that is a demonstrable improvement," Mr Wilson concluded.


The phenomena of money laundering adversely affect economies of countries by reflecting on Gross Domestic Products (GDP), Gross National Products (GNP), Debt, financial and monetary policies, also on income of individuals, consumption and across all sectors.
The Jordanian economy depends mainly on remittances from Jordanian workers abroad and donations and foreign aid, where illegal remittances have become inadequate for the Jordanian economy because of money laundering.
The Jordanian economy suffers from difficulties relating to the economic situation and the situation of the neighbouring countries of Jordan, which adversely affected all the situation in Jordan, and was the inevitable result of this situation to the deficit in the governmental budget which reached to 30 billion dollars by the end of 2016 (Financial Stability Report, 2016). Therefore, the Jordanian government called on all public and private sectors and researchers to find solutions to combat money laundering. In relation, the Jordanian government established the Money Laundering Unit of the Central Bank for combating money laundering.
The problem of the study is to find the relationship of internal and external audit with money laundering in order to demonstrate the effectiveness and quality of money laundering combating by Jordanian Banks.
In general, the percentage of money laundering in the Arab world has widely increased as a result of the wars against terrorism that have been inflicted on neighboring countries of Jordan (Abu Olaim & Rahman, 2016), which negatively affected the economy of Jordan, especially the technological progress which is considered as one of the variables that have helped the existence of money laundering cases in Jordan, because those who carry out money laundering have experience in financial transactions such as economists, traders, lawyers, companies and banks. Despite the numerous international attempts and Jordanian efforts at all levels of the country's financial and security to combat the use of these suspicious accounts, there is still a big gap that still prevents the full control of the users of these accounts in a manner that ensures their discovery and achieves financial stability. Therefore, this study is designed to introduce new variables such as internal and external auditing, and its relationship with banks' commitment in Jordan to detect suspicious accounts In order to assist all sectors of the state financial and security to stop and arrest the perpetrators of these crimes and camouflage uses for their implementation.
Publication information: Article title: Internal and External Audit and the Banks' Commitment to Detect and Combating of Money Laundering in Jordan. Contributors: Qasim - Author, Alawaqleh, A. - Author, Airout, Rana - Author, Aleqab, Mahmoud M. - Author. Journal title: Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal. Volume: 22. Issue: 5 Publication date: January 1, 2018. Page number: 1. © The DreamCatchers Group, LLC. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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Prior to its acquisition by TRG in December 2017, he was an accountant for GMO Renewable Resources, LLC (GMORR). Before joining GMORR in 2012, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit, where he was involved in auditing in the forestry and farming sectors.
Mr. McLaughlin earned his Bachelor of Management Studies from the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He is also a Chartered Accountant of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a CFA charterholder.
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4 x 7" Box Set by Boston Rap Legend EDo. G
Produced entirely by DJ Premier & Pete Rock
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Redefinition Records is honored to release Boston legend Edo. G's latest project. This isn't the first rodeo for either party as both entities have been involved in the making of hundreds of records respectively, but it is nonetheless a very special occasion. What's so important? The artist is humble, yet boastfully sums the answer with the music; "Edo. G Presents DJ Premier Vs Pete Rock". Having collaborated with both iconic producers on numerous songs over the years, this EP celebrates some of Edo's personal favorites from their legendary sessions, packaging key tracks as a commemorative 4 x 7" set. At four tracks deep plus the instrumentals (8 tracks total), it was difficult to pick the main single as any one of these cuts can stand tall on it's own. Edo. G chose to leave it up to the masses and nothing's more hip hop than friendly competition hence the title "Edo. G Presents DJ Premier Vs Pete Rock".
Designed by celebrated illustrator artist Joseph Buckingham (widely celebrated for creating the iconic "De La Soul Is Dead" cover), the vintage boxing poster art direction brings the theme home and makes a statement. There are no less than 4 7" singles packaged in an 8 panel gatefold jacket, rich in colors, detail and with a proper tribute to each of the three featured artists. Need we say more? To paraphrase it, this is some of Edo.G's best work produced entirely by DJ Premier and Pete Rock. Dare to say it's not some of the finest Hip Hop of it's time. For those around the world blessed to catch the two producers go head to head on their string of international tours, this project is monumental as it was inspired by their sportsmanlike rivalry during their DJ performances. It is also is appealing to Edo. G fans as all tracks featured on this EP are long out of print and available for the first time ever on 45 with their exclusive instrumentals. This will be a classic hiphop collectors item. Beginning in the late 80's, Edo. G, DJ Premier and Pete Rock each are each in their fourth decade as recording artists. Now that deserves every bit of your respect.
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Edo G is a rapper from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA and considered by many as the prominent pioneer in the Boston Hip Hop scene. His career started in the late 80's and by 1991 he scored a Billboard Number 1 hit as leader of Edo. G & the Bulldogs with their debut single, "I Gotta Have It". The single to this day is Hip Hop classic and Boston anthem. Most recently, Edo was invited to perform "I Gotta Have It" at Madison Square Garden for the Yo MTV Raps 30th anniversary. None other than Rev Run of Run-DMC was quoted as saying that it was his favorite Hip Hop song. Even the royal songstress Mary J Blige covered the song in the early 2000's. Following "I Gotta Have It" and his debut album entitled, "Life of a Kid in the Ghetto", he continued to chart on Billboard with a couple singles and his sophomore album, "Roxbury 02119". It was in the late 90's that Edo. G would start a new and very important chapter in his career as an independent artist. As the industry changed, he adapted by releasing 12 inches and new project after project. This model has proven to work very well for him. With 12 studio albums, hundreds of credits collaborations with the likes of Chuck D, GURU, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Masta Ace, Slaine, Diamond D, Sean Price, Devin the Dude, 9th Wonder and Jake One to name a few, 4 decades in he is still a relevant act for the culture. Touring several times a year internationally, Edo. G still makes time is schedule to record new music for his loyal fanbase. The latest release, "Edo. G Presents DJ Premier Vs Pete Rock" (on Redefinition Records) is a specially packaged EP highlighting his now classic tracks with both producers and guaranteed to leave a lasting impact on fans of classic hiphop as well as modern rap music.
1: Sayin' Something (Vocal Version), Produced by DJ Premier
2: Sayin' Something (Instrumental), Produced by DJ Premier
3: Situations (Vocal Version), Produced by Pete Rock
4: Situations (Instrumental), Produced by Pete Rock
5: Fastlane (Vocal Version), Produced by DJ Premier
6: Fastlane (Instrumental), Produced by DJ Premier
7: Make Music (Vocal), Produced by Pete Rock
8: Make Music (Instrumental), Produced by Pete Rock
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UN Commission: 'Gross Human Rights Violations' Taking Place in N. Korea
Michael Kirby, Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, gestures during a news conference after delivering his report to the U.N. Human Rights Council at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Sept. 17, 20
UNITED NATIONS - The head of the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in North Korea says evidence collected so far points to apparently "large-scale patterns of systematic and gross human rights violations" in that country. Commission Chairman Michael Kirby said testimony from witnesses and survivors was so shocking that it moved commission members to tears.
Torture, sexual violence, denial of food, arbitrary detention, abduction of foreigners, the return of refugees to certain imprisonment - these are just some of the grave human rights abuses that Commission members and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea detailed Tuesday at the United Nations.
Kirby, an Australian judge with 35 years of experience, said testimony was so distressing members were sometimes moved to tears.
"Some testimony has been extremely distressing; testimony concerning the detention facilities, the lack of proper food in them, the fact that people are in the detention facilities who have committed no offense and no crime, according to their testimony, but who are simply there because of the notion of inter-generational guilt which is a feature of the system in North Korea," said Kirby.
Kirby also said the commission has obtained satellite images that show at least four political prison camps that remain fully operational. He said a fifth camp appears to have been significantly scaled-down, while another camp was closed. He said the commission wants to know what happened to the prisoners in these two camps.
Kirby said the commission, which was mandated by the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, has received good cooperation from a number of states, but not North Korea.
Commissioners conducted more than 200 interviews with victims, witnesses and experts during visits to a number of nations, including South Korea, Japan, Thailand and Britain. Later this week, public hearings will be held in Washington, D.C.
The Commissioners said the treatment of women in North Korea is a serious problem. Commissioner Sonja Biserko said women are victims at home and as refugees.
"About 80 percent of refugees are women. Not only do they undergo tough experiences, they very often have to accept to be trafficked and sold to Chinese men because they do not want to return. But once caught by Chinese and sent back home they undergo severe punishments, either sent to prisons or kept in detention centers and treated in the most horrible way," said Biserko.
In his report, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea, Marzuki Darusman, wrote that it is illegal for citizens to try to leave that country. He expressed concern that the government of Kim Jong-un has enacted a shoot-on-sight decree on persons crossing the northern border into China.
Darusman said that policy, coupled with harsh punishments inflicted on asylum seekers who are returned home, may in part be the reason for a drop in the numbers of North Koreans who have safely reached South Korea since 2012.
Darusman also criticized Pyongyang for its "military first" policy, saying it has put millions at risk of serious food shortages "that border on mass famine".
UN Commission: Large-Scale Violations in DPRK
The head of a U.N. commission investigating human rights in North Korea says evidence points to "large-scale patterns of systematic and gross human rights violations" in that country.Michael Kirby told reporters in New York Tuesday that testimony from witnesses and survivors was so shocking it moved commission members to tears. The commission had more than 200 interviews with victims, witnesses and experts during visits to South Korea, Japan, Thailand and Britain.
North Korea Returns South Korean 'Defectors'
Political analysts say gesture may be Pyongyang's attempt to thaw cold relations after it abruptly canceled reunions of families separated since Korean War


One easy way is to burn it to a disk, and for that, you need an ISO burning software. You'll find lots of them on the web, but unfortunately most of them are seriously outdated. Nevertheless, using a tool like Free ISO Burner can help you burn the image file to a disk so you can view the files and folders inside.
Step 1: Download Free ISO Burner to your Windows PC and launch it.
Step 2 : Use the Open button in the ISO File section to navigate to and select the ISO file. Keep a disk ready so you can burn the ISO file to it.
Step 3 : Insert the disk into the optical drive, and then select that drive from the Free ISO Burner interface. You can now set the volume label and cache size, choose to "Finalize Disk" and select a Burn Speed from the "Options" section.
Step 4 : Once the parameters have been defined, click on "Burn". You can Abort the burning process at any time, but note that you might not be able to use the DVD again if you do this.
This process will result in the creation of a DVD containing all the files and folders of the ISO file. Although this is a lightweight software application, there are several drawbacks. For example, the disk may not be burned properly, in which case you won't be able to view the files because they may be corrupted during the burn process. You may not know what settings to apply, or even selecting the wrong burn speed can mess up things.
The second suggestion in this post is by using an ISO file reading app called UUByte ISO Editor. It is available as a premium software that offers for personal, professional and corporate use. Not everyone is comfortable using Free ISO Burner because, although it has a lot of functionalities, unless you're familiar with ISO burning software applications and how they work, there's a bit of a learning curve to use the program. For example, if you search the software for "'view ISO" or "Open ISO", you won't find it. You'll need to know that Unpack ISO is their version of this function. Let's see how to use it.
Hassle-free to read any ISO images.
Quickly burn ISO file to USB or DVD.
Multiple functions for editing ISO file, such as adding, deletion, etc.
Fully extractly content and files from compressed ISO image.
The first step is to download the setup.exe from UUByte official website and install it on a computer with the instructions. There is no much different in this step.
When all this is done, launch the program and look for the "Extract" option. As mentioned, unless you know what this is and where to find it, you won't know that this is the function for extracting ISO file content to a folder. Click on it.
You will now see a separate window pop up for the unpack utility. Now open the ISO file by navigating from the "Load" button, then going to the appropriate folder and selecting the file. You will need to click on "Extract" in order to open the files and move them to a specified folder. You will need to define the destination path at this point. If you're not sure where to save it, just select your desktop, since it will be easy to find. After extraction, close the application, then use Explorer to find and view the extracted contents from the ISO file.
Windows 10 and 8 have support for ISO files, so you can just double-click on the file. What this does is to mount the file on a virtual drive, which you will be able to see in File Explorer.
Step 2: A virtual drive will be created in the root directory. Click on it and navigate to the file.
Step 3: From here, you can copy the files or just view them.
Unfortunately, this only works on Windows 10 and 8 because there's native support. If you have Windows 7 or an older version, you will need to have an ISO burning application to burn the file to a disk and then access the contents that way. Even on Windows 10/8, you'll need to know how to unmount the disk after you're done. Also, if ISO files are associated with another program, you can't use the double-click method.
WinRAR is a great file compression and extraction tool for Windows that sometimes works with ISO files that have been created properly. If you don't get any errors, this is a good way to read ISO files.
Step 1: Download and install WinRAR on your computer. During the setup process, you must check the box for ".iso Files", or else this won't work.
Step 2: Launch the program and open the ISO file from the interface.
Step 3: Extract the file using the "Extract" option, or simply drag and drop the file to your desktop or a pre-specified folder. Wait until the files have been extracted, then go to that folder location to view the contents.
Note that this process doesn't always work. You may have forgotten to check the "iso Files" box, which means you'll have to uninstall WinRAR and re-install it. In other cases, the application will be unable to extract the files because of an error. In fact, this is one of the most common problems opening ISO files with WinRAR since the utility wasn't originally designed for this.
The process looks fairly simple, but the problem is that you need some level of experience working with ISO files and file management systems. Also, if ISO files are already associated with a program and that program is currently using the file, you won't be able to use UUByte ISO tool to extract the files because you'll get an error while opening the file. In extreme cases, you may find that the contents of the ISO file have been corrupted. That means you can't view the files, and you will need to repeat the extraction process all over again. For the most part, however, if you have some knowledge of how to extract ISO files, you shouldn't have a problem using this software tool.