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SUPPLEMENT: Linear Programming Application Day 2 of 2
Lesson 14 of 17
Objective: SWBAT write inequalities using constraints, graph inequalities and identify a feasible region, write a profit function, and find maximum profit.
Big Idea: This lesson gives students the opportunity to synthesize what they have learned before they begin to create their own linear programming problems.
I remind students that they are working on the Summer School Linear Programming Problem again today. The goal for this lesson is for students to finish their work on this problem and be ready to present it to the class.
Students began working on this problem in the previous lesson. I like to start the class by having them reflect on what worked well in their groups yesterday. This can help set the tone for a second productive day. I find that sometimes two days of group work in the same group can lead to some off track behavior or a loosening of classroom norms. So, the real purpose of this Lesson Beginning activity is to set the tone for the day's work. Students could report out from their groups or I might have each student free write individually: what made their group successful on the previous day?
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At this point in the lesson, students will go back to their homogenous groups to continue their work. Students should have graphed the three inequalities and found the feasible region by the end of yesterday's lesson (perhaps with some homework) and are ready to graph the profit line (or in this case, cost line).
Things I watch for:
- Students often struggle when they get to the profit line (or in this case, cost line) piece of the work. I remind them that they can choose any number of total costs that the school will spend. They may initially choose a number that is too small; I help them find a better line by encouraging them to choose a larger amount of cost. A number that works nicely for the cost line is $144,000.
As groups finish, I have them prepare presentations on this assignment.
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Students will close the class today by presenting their work on this problem. This is a good opportunity for students to explain the process, how they understand the problem, and use mathematical language. I like to focus on SMP3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others here. For the presenters, I focus on the progression they describe to explain their problem solving process. For the observers, I focus on asking clarifying questions that help deepen understanding.
I prompt students to:
- Explain how they wrote their inequalities. What inequalities were confusing to write? We spend some time on D > B.
- Explain how they sketched their graphs. How did they decide on an appropriate scale? How did they know which side of the line to shade? How did they graph the inequality D > B.
- Explain how they knew where the feasible region was.
- Explain how they came up with their profit/cost line. How did they decide on a total number of profit?
- Explain how they knew where the minimum cost would be. Explain the difference between finding a minimum and a maximum.
At the end of class I let students know that they will be starting to write their own linear programming problems in the next class. This work was in preparation for that process.


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A prominent Tallahassee public relations firm is suing the family of a paralyzed Broward County man, saying the family owes $375,000 for services rendered over the course of four legislative sessions.
The firm, Sachs Media Group, says it had a contract with the family of Eric Brody — and worked overtime to ensure the passage of a 2012 claims bill that awarded the Brody family $10.75 million in damages.
"I'm as proud of the work we did for Eric Brody as anything else we've done in 19 years of business," president Ron Sachs said. "But we never agreed to do this pro bono. We believe we deserve to be paid."
But the state lawmaker who sponsored the $10.75 million claims bill said the Brody family cannot pay the Sachs Media Group without jeopardizing his entire trust.
The reason: the claims bill made it clear that none of the money could go to "lobbying fees, costs or similar expenses incurred" in pursuit of the claim.
"Everyone agreed to waive the fees and costs, and have all of the money go to Eric Brody's care," said Republican Rep. Jamie Grant, of Tampa. "For a PR firm to file a lawsuit is disgusting."
Calls to the Brody family were not returned Thursday. An attorney for the family said he could not comment because his retention had not yet been approved by the court overseeing Eric Brody's guardianship.
Brody was left brain damaged and wheelchair bound in 1998, when a speeding Broward County sheriff's deputy plowed into the car he was driving.
A Broward County jury awarded his family $30.6 million in 2005. But because Florida law caps the damages state agencies can pay at $200,000, the family had to file a claims bill to collect any additional money.
Claims bills can be controversial — and are notoriously challenging to pass.
Efforts to pass a claims bill for Brody failed in 2009 and 2010. A similar proposal nearly crossed the finish line in 2011, but died at midnight on the last day of the session. Brody and his family were watching in the gallery.
The final award of $10.75 million in 2012 came with a catch — none of the money could go to the lobbyists or lawyers who worked on the claims bill.
"Yeah, I'm a capitalist," said veteran lobbyist Brian Ballard, who helped shepherd the bill through the Legislature. "I wanted to get paid for my work. But this kid needed the money, and he got it. And I haven't thought about getting paid ever since because I'm happy for Eric and his family."
Sachs said he had executed a contract with the Brody family for "media, communications and related services" from 2009 through 2012.
"We treated them like family," he recalled. "Our office was their headquarters when they were in Tallahassee. There were times I put them up at the DoubleTree [Hotel]. We fed them at our expense."
Sachs said he had agreed to be paid only if a claims bill passed.
His firm sent an invoice to Brody's parents in August 2012. The total bill: $375,000, including a $15,000 monthly fee when the Legislature was in session for "public relations [and] media outreach."
The family was not responsive, he said.
Sachs said his firm had provided neither legal nor lobbying services to the family, and thus expected to get paid.
"I am not a lawyer; I am not a lobbyist," he said. "We don't sit there and buttonhole lawmakers. We hold press conferences. We write op-eds. We help draft testimony for people going in front of a legislative committee, but we have not testified ourselves."
Sachs is a one-time press secretary to former Gov. Lawton Chiles. His communications firm, which employs 25 people, is among the largest and most influential in the state.
In addition to its private-sector work, Sachs Media Group has been contracted by the state Departments of Veterans Affairs and the Florida Lottery to do about $600,000 in media services and public relations work, records show.
The lawsuit, filed last week in Leon County circuit court, spurred a parody Twitter account: @SachsBilling.
"I'm dreading the phone call I'll be getting from Sister Catherine at the orphanage when she sees the bill I just mailed her," the fake Sachs Tweeted on Aug. 4.
The real Sachs said he knew the lawsuit would generate some backlash.
"We are going to stand our ground and let the court decide what the facts are and what the truth is," he said. "We know we are on solid ground."

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The program provides diverse learning opportunities through interactive sessions with highly qualified faculty members, experiential learning, industry interventions, international exposure, and more. The pedagogy is designed to help to leverage the student's work life experiences and prepare the students for senior management roles in organizations.
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Short listing will be done on the basis of Somaiya Entrance Test (SET) , followed by Personal Interview and Written Communication Test. Suitable weightage is given for relevance of work experience and past academic record.
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Research projects are mentored, supervised and guided by the Faculty for individual students in Semester V and students are required to complete the project within the stipulated time. This provides significant learning opportunities and a research base to the students. It enables students to apply their learning outside the classroom setting and gain new perspectives on Business and the emerging concepts in Management.
Semester VI provides Elective courses which students can opt based on their career goals. The institute periodically reviews its curriculum to update it for cutting-edge management thought and pedagogy, keeping in minds the students and industry changing needs.
During the three years of the program, students are expected to work on several individual and group assignments and projects. Having a diverse peer group on campus exposes the student to different cultures, ideas, and perspectives which help the students to learn from peer group interactions. This is an important part of the learning process in addition to the class room learning.
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Firm Biography
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Quane Jones McColl, PLLC, is an Idaho litigation law firm, specializing in the defense of insurance companies, their insureds, governmental entities, individuals and self-insured companies in all areas of civil litigation throughout the State of Idaho. The compliment of attorneys in combination have greater than 75 years of experience in the practice of law, and have represented clients in all Idaho State courts, Federal court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The Firm members have conducted over 170 jury and court trials. The purpose of the Firm is to provide effective, economical and quality services for clients and the experience of its members enables the Firm to accomplish this purpose. Quane Jones McColl is AV® rated by Martindale Hubbell.
All of the members of Quane Jones McColl are AV rated attorneys who have spent their careers focused primarily on litigation defense. We strive to lead our profession by giving the highest level of service and loyalty to our clients and by forging a team – lawyers, paralegals, staff, and other professionals – whose work is infused with our values. We understand the demands, workloads and time constraints placed upon insurance professionals and work to balance meeting their needs as well, without compromising our ultimate duties and loyalties to our clients. We embrace the spirit of respect, diversity, cooperation, communication, friendship, and good humor on which our Firm was built.
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Health Care
Quane Jones McColl has extensive experience in defending professional malpractice claims against all manner of health care providers including all specialties of physicians, physician groups and clinics, surgical facilities, hospitals, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, counselors, nurses, psychologists, chiropractors and therapists. We recognize the unique nature of defending the health care industry and how best to take advantage of Idaho's provider-friendly statutes addressing the local standards of practice throughout Idaho. We regularly provide loss control seminars and risk management discussions with our clients and their carriers to help prevent future claims, as well as defend existing claims. We understand the regulatory and licensing issues unique to Idaho and have successfully represented dozens of providers before state licensing agencies on all manner of patient and regulatory complaints. Our attorneys are experienced in litigation arising from peer review, credentialing, licensure, and related matters. In addition, our attorneys have also represented and negotiated the resolution of claims with state and federal entities including HIPAA complaints and Medicare, Medicaid recovery, fraud and abuse actions.
As the health care industry wrestles to meet the changing landscape brought about by the integration of the Affordable Care Act, our attorneys are pleased to serve as legal counsel in a variety of capacities and our clients benefit from the depth of our experience resulting in claim resolutions that meet their specific needs. One unique issue which will have profound consequences for the resolution of large scale litigation involves the annual caps on out of pocket expenses under the Affordable Care Act which currently is $5950 annually. We are vigorously pursuing the favorable application of this law set to go into effect on January 1, 2014 to largely eliminate the substantial sums routinely sought in large loss life care plans. This is a national issue which is only now starting to unfold in trial courts around the country. We expect this issue has the potential to bring about one of the largest potential tort reforms in recent memory.
Insurance Defense
Our attorneys represent insurers and insureds alike in all manner of standard and specialty lines. We are prepared to represent defendants from initial accident investigation through discovery, settlement, trial, and appeals where necessary. We have the benefit of decades of experience with this unique tripartite relationship. Drawing upon this experience we are often able to find cost-effective, creative solutions. Having the benefit of past experience, we know that early evaluation and analysis of the particular litigation risks and identifying strengths and weaknesses is often the key to successful litigation defense. The statement that the best way to settle a case is ensure that it is properly prepared for trial is an often voiced mantra in our firm. We provide representation in coverage litigation, and insurance contract breach and bad faith claims. We are experienced in providing specialty defense of professional malpractice claims for the legal, accounting, construction, engineering and architectural industries.
We understand the nature of practice for these professionals, the types of environments and clientele they routinely interact with and the standards to which they are held under Idaho law. When disputes cannot be resolved informally, our attorneys have considerable experience in mediating and litigating simple claims to complex, multi-party actions relating to almost every type of tort litigation including: product liability, drug liability, construction defect, professional malpractice including architects, fire and explosion, engineers and accountants as well as catastrophic personal injury, transportation, premises liability and wrongful death claims. Our attorneys stay abreast of statutory changes, trends, case law and industry developments concerning torts throughout the state of Idaho.
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The current crop of iPhone killers failed to kill the Apple iPhone.
Many of the iPhone's competitors are really great phones with incredible screens, amazing cameras, powerful processors and advanced user interfaces. On most specs, the iPhone has been bested by several competitors. But still the iPhone reigns supreme in the market.
Apple made more money on iPhones alone in Q4 than Microsoft did on every product it sells.
What will it take to stop the mighty iPhone?
Don't look now, but the competition is getting ready to hit Apple's super-villain iPhone with something akin to the X Men or the Avengers -- a group of mutant super-phones with unprecedented powers and capabilities that vastly exceed anything that has ever been put into any phone ever.
Here is the breathtakingly new crop of extreme super-phones designed to blow the iPhone away:
Wait, a 41-megapixel camera phone? Come on! That's almost twice as many megapixels as the highly coveted (and uber expensive) Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera used by professional photographers and even blockbuster Hollywood movie makers.
The Symbian-based Nokia 808 PureView is a super phone with a camera in a league of its own. But it's not what you think.
In normal mode, all those megapixels aren't used as they would be with a normal camera. Instead, Nokia uses them for an oversampling technology they called PureView. Combined with the built-in f2.4 Carl Zeiss lens, the PureView takes amazing pictures.
PureView works by combing light from seven pixels into one pixel on the image, for a nearly "noiseless" image of breathtaking quality.
Or, you can turn off oversampling and just take gigantic pictures -- or instead of using a camera with a large zoom lens, you can just zoom in on the pixels. It also takes 1080p video, which is pretty crazy for a phone.
For people who like to take great pictures -- and who doesn't? -- the Nokia 808 PureView blows away the iPhone with five times the pixels and some really advanced optics and technology. Expect to pay about $600 for the phone unlocked when it ships in May.
Nokia 808 Pureview
The Samsung Galaxy Beam represents the Holy Grail mobile device for mobile professionals who present.
The Galaxy Beam functions as a full-featured Android camera phone. But when you need to make your pitch, just pull out the phone and cast your PowerPoint on any nearby surface. The phone will project a reasonably bright 50-inch wide screen with 15 lumens of output.
And it's not just for business. The phone could double as a big-screen TV for starving students, or any number of uses whenever groups want to view pictures, video, TV or movies.
And for people who present, the Samsung Galaxy Beam is way better than an iPhone.
The Galaxy Beam will be the first ever mainstream projector phone available in the United States. Expect it to ship this summer.
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ASRock's latest innovation is a web-based BIOS update feature within the UEFI Setup program. Say goodbye to USB flash drives and command-line based BIOS flashing.
AMI UEFI and its setup program SDK has thrown open a wave of innovation from motherboard vendors, trying to cram in every feature they can think of, into the system BIOS setup program. Some of the wackier ones are web-browsers and media-players, but perhaps a more sensible new one is a web-based BIOS update utility within the setup program, courtesy ASRock.
ASRock's newest UEFI BIOS setup program can update itself by downloading the latest BIOS ROM image from the web, if you can point it to a working Internet connection. Basic network/IP configuration, including PPPoE authentication can be made within the setup program. Once configured, the utility, called Internet Flash, looks up the latest version of the BIOS for your motherboard on the web, downloads it, and updates itself.
The new BIOS update method from ASRock beats every other solution in terms of ease of use. You no longer need to find the right BIOS ROM image from the Internet and copy it onto a USB flash drive, or need an OS installation (to use Windows-based utilities that perform web-update of system BIOS), or even use ancient command-line based update methods, in which one wrong command-line argument can brick your motherboard.
ASRock's new Internet Flash feature will come standard with upcoming products. Some currently-launched motherboards could get the feature with a BIOS update. Only this one time, you'd have to update the "old" way (using a USB flash drive).
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Tua Tagovailoa may have led Alabama to a thrilling overtime win in Monday's National Championship; but he doesn't want that to overshadow the man he replaced in that game, Jalen Hurts.
Tagovailoa has continued to show appreciation and gratitude for Hurts all week. On Thursday, he took to Twitter to share his support for the sophomore quarterback, saying he's tired of people not appreciating what Jalen has accomplished:
Tired of people not appreciating the fact that if this man led us to the National Championship. And for all the fans that are against Jalen, you against me too. You either WITH US or AGAINST US. Love you 2 ??#BigBroLittleBro @JalenHurts pic.twitter.com/ExjHAB7yHh— Tua Tagovailoa (@Tuaamann_) January 11, 2018
Hurts replied to the gesture, thanking Tagovailoa.
??????Love You Too Lil Bro ! Proud Of You! #NationalChampions https://t.co/4sqdWVxlAJ— Jalen Hurts (@JalenHurts) January 11, 2018
On Monday, Hurts shared with WBRC the advice he gave the freshman QB before he took over the offense in the second half.
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Export Administration Panel Holds Open Meeting Sept. 18
The President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration will hold an open meeting Sept. 18 in Washington, D.C. The PECSEA provides advice on matters pertinent to portions of the Export Administration Act that deal with U.S. policies of encouraging trade with countries with which the U.S. has diplomatic or trading relations and of controlling trade for national security and foreign policy reasons.
The Sept. 18 meeting will include an update on the Export Control Reform Initiative, presentation of papers or comments by the public, and subcommittee updates. A limited number of seats will be available at this meeting, but reservations are not accepted. The meeting will also be accessible via teleconference to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis, and requests to participate in this manner are due no later than Sept. 11.


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Hereditary inner ear disease is prevalent and has significant implications for quality of life. There is currently no available clinical cure for hereditary inner ear disease. The mouse serves as an ideal mammalian model for understanding genetic inner ear disease and for developing therapeutic measures. Mouse models have facilitated the discovery of genes that underlie hereditary disease in humans, have made it possible to study the role of these genes in inner ear development and function, and hold great promise as models for developing treatments for hereditary inner ear disease. This grant application builds on our discovery that mutations in the unconventional myosin gene, Myo15, are responsible for profound congenital deafness and vestibular dysfunction in two spontaneous mouse mutants: shaker 2 and shaker 2J, and in humans with DFNB3. We used these mouse models to demonstrate the long-term structural and functional phenotypic correction of deafness with a transgene expressing Myo15. We characterized the development of pathology in Myo15, Myo6, Myo7a, pirouette, and whirlin deficient mutants, double heterozygotes and double mutants. Although there is no enhanced risk of age related hearing loss in double heterozygotes, these studies revealed unique functions of each myosin gene, and suggested the possibility that MYO15 has other functions besides transportation of whirlin to the stereocilia tips. We established adenoviral vectors for gene therapy and a database of genes exhibiting differential expression in the cochlea between weaning and adulthood in normal and Myo15 mutant mice. These studies laid a sound foundation for the goals of this grant. There are multiple isoforms of MYO15 that are generated by alternative splicing, including the presence or absence of a large proline-rich region N-terminal to the motor domain of MYO15. We hypothesize that this proline-rich region is important for protein-protein interactions necessary for hearing. We have generated a mouse model that recapitulates a human mutation in the proline-rich domain using knock-in technology. These mutants have profound congenital deafness, hair bundle pathology that is distinct from shaker 2 and shaker 2J mice, and apparently normal vestibular function. We propose a structure-function analysis that will reveal the importance of MYO15 isoforms in the development and function of the cochlea using mutant alleles, cell culture and cochlear explant assays. We will conduct a classical genetic analysis to evaluate interactions between mutant alleles and identify interacting proteins. Our investigative team has a track record for accomplishments resulting from cross-disciplinary collaboration, bringing together experts in otolaryngology, microscopy, physiology, and developmental genetics. This team will enable us to exploit the animal models fully to understand the mechanisms of inner ear disease and has the potential to identify novel genes essential for normal hearing.
Deafness is a common birth defect, affecting about 1 birth in 2000. About half of these children are affected because of genetic reasons, and there is no known cure or prevention. Myosin 15 is a molecular motor protein that is important for normal hearing. Mutations in this gene cause deafness in humans and mice. In this grant proposal we seek to identify other proteins that Myosin 15 interacts with and to use mouse models to identify the pathological changes caused by human mutations.
|Fang, Qing; Indzhykulian, Artur A; Mustapha, Mirna et al. (2015) The 133-kDa N-terminal domain enables myosin 15 to maintain mechanotransducing stereocilia and is essential for hearing. Elife 4:
|Mustapha, Mirna; Fang, Qing; Gong, Tzy-Wen et al. (2009) Deafness and permanently reduced potassium channel gene expression and function in hypothyroid Pit1dw mutants. J Neurosci 29:1212-23
|Karolyi, I Jill; Dootz, Gary A; Halsey, Karin et al. (2007) Dietary thyroid hormone replacement ameliorates hearing deficits in hypothyroid mice. Mamm Genome 18:596-608
|Blauwkamp, Marsha N; Beyer, Lisa A; Kabara, Lisa et al. (2007) The role of bone morphogenetic protein 4 in inner ear development and function. Hear Res 225:71-9
|Mustapha, Mirna; Beyer, Lisa A; Izumikawa, Masahiko et al. (2007) Whirler mutant hair cells have less severe pathology than shaker 2 or double mutants. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 8:329-37
|Kanzaki, Sho; Beyer, Lisa A; Swiderski, Donald L et al. (2006) p27(Kip1) deficiency causes organ of Corti pathology and hearing loss. Hear Res 214:28-36
|Crumling, Mark A; Raphael, Yehoash (2006) Manipulating gene expression in the mature inner ear. Brain Res 1091:265-9
|Kanzaki, Sho; Beyer, Lisa; Karolyi, I Jill et al. (2006) Transgene correction maintains normal cochlear structure and function in 6-month-old Myo15a mutant mice. Hear Res 214:37-44
|Minoda, Ryosei; Izumikawa, Masahiko; Kawamoto, Kohei et al. (2004) Strategies for replacing lost cochlear hair cells. Neuroreport 15:1089-92
|Cha, K B; Karolyi, I J; Hunt, A et al. (2004) Skeletal dysplasia and male infertility locus on mouse chromosome 9. Genomics 83:951-60
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Fishing for steelhead worth effort
Having spent much of last weekend going through my fishing gear to photograph some flies for a magazine article, it has become quite easy to get excited about upcoming steelhead fishing trips. March typically is not thought of as one of the best months for hunting and fishing, but in recent years there has been a big improvement in steelhead fishing.
Steelhead run into spawning streams as early as November, but they actually breed in the spring. The action gets going in March. In addition to the fish that overwinter in the streams, fresh runs of steelhead also enter these waters in the spring. Anglers have the chance to catch these big, lake-run rainbows in the tributary streams from March all the way into May in some years.
If you have never tried steelhead fishing, all you have to do is hook your first one and you'll go back again and again. They can go up to 15 pounds or so in the streams and make plenty of long runs, peeling line from your reel.
The gear for fishing the tributaries is simple. Spinning anglers use rods that are 8-10 feet long with high quality reels capable of holding plenty of line. The specialty "Center Pin" rod and reel rigs are also popular. The favored method of fishing with spinning tackle in recent years is with a float and eggs or egg sacs, which is similar to winter fishing. The steelhead also will hit spinners and small spoons when they are on the gravel and getting ready to spawn, or when they start to head back to the lake.
Fly tackle is also pretty simple. I use a 10-foot-long 7-weight with a quality reel and a double-tapered line that can be rigged with interchangeable sinking tips. When the steelhead are on the gravel in the spring, they are much more aggressive and I prefer soft-hackled steelhead wet fly patterns with some added flash on hook sizes #6-8.
From there, it's a matter of finding some fish. Generally, a rain event will bring a run of fish into a spawning stream and the fishing is better within a few days of the rainfall. The warmer the streams are, the quicker the steelhead do their thing and head back to the lake, so it pays to monitor information and get out there when a run of fish is on.
There are a lot of streams along the shore of Lake Ontario that are good. Running from Niagara to Jefferson counties, top streams include the Niagara River, Eighteen Mile Creek, Johnson Creek, Oak Orchard Creek, Genesee River, Irondiquoit Creek, Maxwell Brook, Oswego River, Salmon River, North and South Sandy Creeks, and the Black River.
Steelhead also run in Lake Erie streams. Streams to try include Cattaraugus Creek, Canadaway Creek, Chautauqua Creek, Twenty Mile Creek, Eighteen Mile Creek, and Silver Creek. The Cattaraugus Creek has some lands where a permit from the Seneca Nation is required.
We fish the Lake Ontario tributaries, and start with the best information we can get, then head west, checking each stream along the lake shore until we find some fish. This tactic usually works, but some spring trips end up with a ride almost to Buffalo. In most years we can find some fish, but sometimes conditions changed and we simply didn't hit the right conditions. If you catch things when the fishing is on, it is possible to catch and release several, and some trips just result in a good lunch at the diner, but that is fishing.
Part of steelheading is timing. Some years the run will last for weeks, and on some streams the steelies can run in, spawn, and head back to the lake in a couple of days. The can also stay for weeks.
So if you don't mind taking a gamble and spending some gas money, give a spring steelhead trip a try.
Reach outdoors columnist Rob Streeter at email@example.com or by mail at 691 Stoner Trail Road, Fonda, NY 12068.


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An armed mob protesting over a film they said offended Islam, attacked the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday and set fire to the building, witnesses reported.
"Dozens of demonstrators attacked the consulate and set fire to it," said a Benghazi resident, who only gave his name as Omar, adding that he had seen the flames and heard shots in the vicinity
Egyptian demonstrators climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo today and pulled down the American flag to protest a film they say is insulting to the prophet Mohammad.
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The USA went over great lengths to radicalise the muslims and its finally paid off
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Originally posted by RizeorDie
The USA went over great lengths to radicalise the muslims and its finally paid off
Oh give it a rest.
Since when has the world become a place where people are never responsible for their own actions...?
No, I'm not saying the US hasn't stirred the pot [it has] but not everything in Gods good Earth that's wrong is the USs fault
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Acer Company just announced the new netbook with dual core, The New Acer Aspire One D255. The Acer Aspire D255 builds on the AOD260 (slightly confusing giving a higher spec'ed model a lower model number), by giving it the new Intel Atom N550 dual core processor.
The Acer Aspire One D255 is a rather special netbook because it comes with a dual core Intel Atom processor, with each core running at 1.5GHz boasting 512KB of L2 cache and and hyperthreading, resulting in four cores. the hyperthreading should give you a bit of a boost when performing some tasks or multitasking, although a lot of it also depends on the way the software is written in order to take advantage of hyperthreading capability.
The external of the Acer AOD255 is very similar to that of the AOD260, but it looses the chrome elements, and adds a number of extra color options. The main difference is the chipset. Aspire One D255 comes with Intel GMA 31509 integrated graphics.
The most interesting thing about this machine is its eye-catching design. The Acer Aspire One D255 netbook will come with a choice of hard drive sizes up to 250GB, a 10.1 inch LED backlit display with a resolution of 1024 x 699, plus integrated 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, and Bluetooth.
Further specs of the Acer Aspire D255 netbook include a six cell battery with no mention on standby or useful life for now. Release info and price hasn't been given out, though the processor-oriented upgrade could hint at a quick turnaround. The same goes for pricing and date of availability, both of which have yet to be announced.


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As all plus-size ladies know, when you find a clothing retailer who makes outfits that flatter your figure, you stick with them. Such has been the case with me and Dorothy Perkins, a UK-based retailer I discovered nearly 15 years ago while studying in London. Since moving back to America in 2007, I've made a point of ordering multiple dresses from the retailer almost every year.
Unfortunately, inept customer service has now all but guaranteed that I will no longer be ordering from the retailer.
Ordering from Dorothy Perkins' website has never been easy. When I first returned from the UK, the company had no US shipping presence. This meant ordering from their UK website and paying international costs to have the dresses sent from overseas; the last couple of years, they've added US distribution. Unfortunately, with the US distribution center, I've noticed a steep downturn in the quality of Dorothy Perkins' service.
It started small: instead of listing the UK sizes (which I was familiar with, given that I'd, you know, lived there and worn the clothes), they listed the US ones (which are typically a size up from UK). Early on, this wasn't made clear, so ordering clothes from the site started involving a fair amount of guess work. I had a couple of misses, but overall was happy to get a couple of dresses a year that fit far better than anything I could get from US stores. The cuts and fits suited a plus-size figure, and eventually items were even offered in "tall" – perfect.
But the last few times I've ordered, I have to say – it's been a disappointment. And with my most recent order, my faith in Dorothy Perkins has been utterly shattered.
Things started out okay. Midway through December, I took a gander at the sale section of the site, picked a few dresses that looked like they'd be my size, and placed my order. The free shipping option guaranteed that the items would be in my hot little hands by December 31st. Great!, I thought, no need to worry about shopping for New Year's Eve attire! Maybe I'd be lucky and the dresses would even arrive ahead of schedule, since the 31st was quoted as the latest date the dresses would arrive. But as the days wore by and we passed Christmas, crawling towards 2015, I started to get nervous.
Still. The site had said the dresses would arrive by December 31st. So it wasn't until the mailman came and went on the 31st that I started to get annoyed.
I tweeted at the retailer's social media accounts (@Dorothy_Perkins and @Ask_DP, and does anyone else think it's weird that retailers always have 2 separate accounts for answering customer service issues, with the one that actually responds rarely including the brand's full name?) asking where my order was. They asked me to follow @Ask_DP and send my order number. I did, and was told that the order couldn't be tracked (well, yes, I know, because when I got the tracking number in my initial confirmation, it said that orders beginning with the three letter code "RML" were un-trackable). When I expressed aggravation and disappointment, I was told – essentially – to sit tight and wait, and that the company wouldn't be offering any sort of compensation for the lateness of the package's arrival because of their terms and conditions.
Never mind that if they hadn't quoted a definite delivery date of Dec 31st at the latest, I'd have sprung a few extra bucks for faster delivery.
As the days passed, I kept tweeting about how my dresses hadn't shown up yet. Each time, @Ask_DP would tell me to follow them and DM them my order number. Each time, I'd say I'd already done that and they hadn't been helpful, and if they had a different answer to let me know. Each time, they'd fail to reply to that request.
Well, the kicker came yesterday, when the dresses I'd hoped to have for New Year's Eve turned up on my doorstep almost a week late…and in the wrong sizes.
To clarify, I don't mean they arrived in sizes that didn't fit. I mean they arrived in sizes I hadn't ordered. All three dresses. Still, I know there are discrepancies between UK and US sizing, and I know that different designers have different sizing (though one piece was labeled almost five sizes larger than what I'd ordered), so I tried the dresses on.
Dress number one was a cute maxi dress with a black top and polka-dotted skirt. The sleeves kept slipping off my shoulder. Definitely not something I could wear, and definitely not the size I'd ordered it in.
Dress number two? Well, let me just say I have no idea how a designer would think that someone would have that much on top and that little on bottom. The skirt barely covered my behind, while the bodice of what was supposed to be a form-fitting dress was loose, not fitting at all. If you've ever met me, you'll know I'm not exactly lacking in the bust department, so I was pretty shocked to see that this was the case. Of course, this was the dress that was nearly five sizes larger than I'd ordered, but still. There must be some really short, REALLY chesty size 26's out there.
Which brings us to dress number three. A gorgeous pleated maxi dress, black. The neck on this one was a bit more fitted than the other maxi dress, and it was a flowy style, so I really hoped it might somehow work out. I pulled the dress on, straightened out all the various layers, and…realized that the cord that was meant to tie it at the waist – the cord that would give the dress some shape, rather than making it a pleated mumu – was missing. It was definitely supposed to be there, because there were small loops to hold it in place and the image on the website showed a shaped dress, but there was no cord in sight.
I tweeted Dorothy Perkins' accounts and raged about the fact that they'd been so unhelpful in regards to the shipping, then raged some more about how on earth my order could have been so badly mangled. (Remember: arrived late, wrong sizes, BROKEN DRESS.) I got a reply asking me, AGAIN, to send my order number so they could help me work things out.
I re-followed the @Ask_DP account and re-sent my order number. That was this morning.
I'm still waiting for a response.
At this point, I'm glad I held off writing my initial complaint to the Better Business Bureau, because @Dorothy_Perkins provided me with plenty more to include in the letter. (Like, say, a copy of this blog.) At this point, I want them to pay the return shipping on the two dresses that were wildly outsized, and expect some kind of markdown on the third dress – which I can at least buy a ribbon or cord for on my own – since it wasn't delivered in the state it was advertised.
I'm profoundly disappointed. This is a company I've loved and shopped with for over a decade. I have dresses from them that I've owned for nearly that amount of time. And yet, they failed so completely to fulfill this order. That could be excused if not for the cavalier attitude they showed when I raised my inital concerns about shipping times, and if they were able to get their website in order so it didn't promise unrealistic shipping dates to customers.
So, it's with great sadness that I have to say: I can no longer recommend ordering @Dorothy_Perkins online to other shoppers, unless those shoppers don't need their clothes within a set timeframe and don't mind dealing with the hassle of returning incorrect items. It's a shame, because they're one of the few retailers whose offerings have been flattering and of decent quality, over the years. If you live in the UK and can get to their retail outlets, by all means keep up your purchasing. If, however, you're trying to take advantage of the brand from afar…
Well…caveat emptor, because apparently they don't hold themselves to the standard of fulfilling their website's promises.
I'm still tweeting @Dorothy_Perkins and trying to get a refund on my items, and a markdown for the one dress that may be salvageable. I'm also in the process of looking for the executive in charge of customer service, as this entire experience will likely lose a loyal customer and informal brand ambassador for the company.
Should the company choose to re-engage with my inquiry, I'll update this entry to reflect that, the steps they take, and the ultimate resolution of this issue.
2:10 p.m.
Update: I've now received a DM from the company via Twitter, asking me to send a photograph of the missing piece so they can determine an appropriate discount. Since the piece is missing, I'm not sure what they think I have in my possession to photograph, so have sent them an image of the dress as shown on their website. I've also finally managed to create a return slip for the other two dresses, without any guidance from the company's social media team on how to do so. A request for information on how to directly contact their customer service department, also contained in the DMs, has thus far been ignored.
Update: Have just received an auto-return confirmation from the @Dorothy_Perkins website, saying I should allow up to 28 days for them to receive and process my return. Unbelievable.
Update: Repeated requests for a direct email address for the head of customer service have been answered with a catch-all customer service address by @Ask_DP.
Update: A couple of friends have read the blog, and recommended two alternative retailers: City Chic, based out of Australia, and Asos (which I didn't realize carried plus sizes). Just two ideas for anyone who'd like an alternative! I haven't tried them yet, but definitely plan to.
UPDATE: Jan 7, evening
I received an email this morning from someone claiming to represent customer service at Dorothy Perkins, apologizing for my experience and stating that the company is willing to expedite my return and expressing their wish to follow up on this experience with the the appropriate members of staff. They have said they are willing to pay for return shipment and reimburse costs associated with the return of the items to the warehouse. I've been told that I can use the email address as a direct line to a specific customer care adviser. I will be mailing the package back in the next couple days, and will update once the matter has been concluded. I really appreciate everyone who read and shared this account of what happened.
OVERDUE UPDATE: March 3, 2015
I'm pleased to say that after a few phone calls and a few more emails, I was able to return both ill-fitting dresses to Dorothy Perkins. The company also let me keep the dress that arrived without a waist tie (and refunded the money), so I'll be looking for options for waist ties some time soon. The parent company (Arcadia Group) also reimbursed the cost for sending the package back to them in the UK. Thank you again to everyone who commented and shared!


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His training had been slowed by the flu -- which caused him to lose 12 pounds -- and an injured hamstring. The 28-year-old didn't even qualify for the meet, but received an invitation to compete.
The Castle High graduate not only competed but dominated the men's heptathlon from the opening event. The 2005 world outdoor decathlon champion and two-time world indoor silver medalist won his first indoor title, finishing with a personal-best 6,371 points yesterday.
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VALENCIA, Spain » Castle High alumnus Bryan Clay won gold in the heptathlon yesterday at the World Indoor Championships, and Yelena Soboleva of Russia broke her own world record in the 1,500 meters.
Soboleva finished in 3 minutes, 57.71 seconds, shaving 0.34 seconds off her former mark.
Clay clinched the gold after Olympic champion Roman Sebrle withdrew because of injury. Clay opened with a win in the 60 and won three more events, scoring a personal best 6,371 points for his second world title.
Clay could have set a new point record by running under 2 minutes, 45.47 seconds in the final 1,000-meter event. He struggled to a last-place time of 2:55.64 -- still a season best.
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"If you had asked me two weeks ago if I would be here, I probably would have told you I wouldn't be at this meet," said Clay, who was invited after failing to qualify. "This just shows how well my training has been going."
The 28-year-old won the world decathlon in Helsinki, Finland, in 2005.
The U.S. picked up another gold in the men's 1,600 relay. The team of James Davis, Jamaal Torrance, Greg Nixon and Kelly Willie won in 3:06.79, ahead of Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.
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In the pole vault, Evgeniy Lukyanenko of Russia won at 19 feet, 4 1/4 inches, defeating outdoor world champion Brad Walker of the United States at 19-2 1/4 . Steven Hooker of Australia was third.
In the 400, Tyler Christopher of Canada won in a world-leading 45.67 seconds, rushing past Johan Wissman of Sweden (46.04) and Chris Brown of the Bahamas (46.26).
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Maria Mutola missed out on a record eighth gold medal at the world indoor championships, finishing third in the 800 behind winner Tamsyn Lewis.
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Any lingering doubts about whether Lydia Ko was ready for the pro ranks were answered emphatically Sunday when she closed with a 6-under 64 to defend her title at the CN Canadian Women's Open.
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The 16-year-old New Zealander was already the youngest winner in LPGA history, and she now sits 1-2 on the list after her five-shot victory Sunday over Karine Icher. She is also the first player in nearly two years to successfully defend an LPGA title; Yani Tseng was the last to go back-to-back (2010 and '11 Women's British Open).
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Ko was one shot back of overnight leader Caroline Hedwall but pulled ahead with three birdies in the first four holes and a front-nine 30. Her path to the winner's circle was decidedly easier once closest pursuer Suzann Pettersen made a double-bogey 7 on the 14th hole, opening up a five-shot lead.
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Because of her amateur status, Ko has been unable to claim about $600,000 in prize money at this event.
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With Short Lift Lines and No Crowds, Liftopia's Biggest Sale of the Season Makes it Easy to Get Out on the Slopes This Sunday...and Still See the Game
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 28, 2014) - With more than 164 million people expected to watch the big game on Sunday, Feb. 2, it's the perfect time to hit the slopes and score some of the best deals of the year on lift tickets. Liftopia, the largest online and mobile marketplace for lift tickets and other mountain activities, today launched its annual Game Day Sale, with prices starting at $19.99 -- as much as 56 percent off walk-up window rates -- at more than 250 resorts across North America.
"Super Bowl Sunday is one of the best days of the year to get out on the hill. You'll find wide-open trails, no lift lines, and great bars and restaurants to view the game when it starts at 6:30 p.m. EST. You might as well burn some calories on the hill before you dive into those wings," said Evan Reece, co-founder and CEO of Liftopia. "Since this Sunday is traditionally a low-demand day for resorts, our partners offer some of their best weekend deals of the year for our Game Day Sale. The average booked savings on Liftopia for Super Bowl Sunday last year was 33 percent -- representing the best value of any Sunday during the regular ski season."
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Leading Scientists from around the world will come together in Wellington next week to share their latest findings in the areas of nanotechnology and advanced materials and to celebrate the life of their esteemed colleague Professor Alan MacDiarmid who was expected to speak at the conference but sadly died on Wednesday.
Nobel Prize winners, Professor Stephen Chu and Professor Sir Harold Kroto will meet with other leading names in science such as Professor Sir John Pendry at AMN-3, an international conference, hosted by the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology which is situated at Victoria University of Wellington.
Running until Friday 16 February, the conference will open with a pōwhiri on Sunday at 6pm in the Wellington Town Hall. Attendees will sing Pokarekare Ana—Professor MacDiarmid's favourite song— and Professor Callaghan, Director of the MacDiarmid Institute, will speak in Māori about his colleague.
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See also Carbonatation (calcium carbonate), Carbonization (charcoal), Carburizing (adding carbon to metal), or Fizz (disambiguation).
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- The dissolution in a liquid, also known as fizz.
- The incorporation into chemical compounds.
Dissolution in a liquid
The process usually involves carbon dioxide under high pressure. When the pressure is reduced, the carbon dioxide is released from the solution as small bubbles, which causes the solution to become effervescent, or fizzy. A common example is the dissolving of carbon dioxide in water, resulting in carbonated water.
Carbon dioxide is weakly soluble in water, therefore it separates into a gas when the pressure is released.
Incorporation into chemical compounds
Carbonation also describes the incorporation of carbon dioxide into chemical compounds. This occurs in the following cases:
- In biochemistry
- Our carbon-based life originates from a carbonation reaction that is most often catalysed by the enzyme RuBisCO. So important is this carbonation process that a significant fraction of leaf mass consists of this carbonating enzyme.[1]
- In reinforced concrete construction
- Also known as neutralisation, it is a chemical reaction between carbon dioxide in the air and calcium hydroxide and hydrated calcium silicate in the concrete.
See also
- ↑ Stryer, Lubert; Berg, Jeremy Mark; Tymoczko, John L. (2002). Biochemistry (5th ed.). San Francisco: W. H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-3051-0.
External links
|Look up effervescence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
|Look up carbonation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Carbonation and Acidity
- Dissolution of Marble in Hydrochloric Acid Demonstration (instruction and video)
- Robert O'Leary. "ATR Infrared Spectroscopy method for measuring CO2 concentration in Beer" (PDF). Describes in detail the theory and practice of measuring dissolved CO2 content in soft drinks and beer.
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Prepare a medium-hot fire in a charcoal grill with a cover, or preheat a gas grill to medium-high.
Combine the mayonnaise and sun-dried tomatoes in a small bowl and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
For the patties: Place the oil in a 12-inch fire-proof skillet and set on the grill rack. When the oil is hot, add the onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms. Cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the spinach leaves and cook until the spinach is wilted, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and add the sirloin, feta cheese, and salt. With your hands or a large spoon, gently mix well, handling the meat as little as possible to prevent compacting it. Form into 6 equal-sized patties.
For the prosciutto: Pour the oil into the same skillet and place on the grill rack. When the oil is hot, add the prosciutto. Cook until well crisped, about 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain; set aside.
When the grill is ready, brush the grill rack with vegetable oil. Place the patties on the rack, cover, and cook until the bottoms are brown, about 4 minutes. With a spatula, turn over the patties and cook an additional 4 minutes, or until done to your preference (internal temperature of 160 degrees F). During the last few minutes of grilling, top each patty with a slice of mozzarella cheese until melted. Lightly brush the cut sides of the rolls with the 4 tablespoons olive oil. Rub the cut sides of the garlic over the insides of the rolls, then sprinkle and press with the Parmesan. Place the rolls, cut sides down, on the outer edges of the grill rack to toast lightly.
To assemble the burgers: Spread the mayonnaise mixture on the insides of the warm toasted rolls. Layer the bottom rolls with divided greens, the patties, and divided frizzled prosciutto. Top with the remaining rolls, serve, and enjoy!
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Y'all know how much I love a classic pair of Docs, and while I like the boots in the collection, I'm REALLY feeling the shoes in particular this time round. Picture them with wee frilly ankle socks, leggings and an over-sized acid-wash denim jacket. I'm already lusting BAD STYLE for the top right pair, what do you think?
I'm not normally one for satchels but I am CRAZY IN LOVE with the first and third ones here. Regardless of what I think, the collection will no-doubt be a sell out next month. Are you guys into it? Let me know your thoughts!


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Name: 최수한 / Choi Soo Han
Profession: Actor
Birthdate: 1997-Aug-12
Birthplace: South Korea
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Reunited Worlds (SBS, 2017)
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Falling for Innocence (jTBC, 2015)
Hyde, Jekyll and I (SBS, 2015)
Reset (OCN, 2014)
The Prime Minister and I (KBS2, 2013)
Dong Yi (MBC, 2010)
Hometown Legends (KBS2, 2009)
Empress Chun Chu (KBS2, 2009)
The Kingdom of The Winds (KBS2, 2008)
Strongest Chil Woo (KBS2, 2008)
Hong Gil Dong (KBS2, 2008)
The King and I (SBS, 2007)
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Beating Heart (MBC, 2005)
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1jong ru Says:
October 16th, 2009 at 2:33 am
hai cute boy, i like ur eyes n smile
2AlinaBBY Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 9:04 am
…you don't look 7 years older than my sister LOL
probably because this was taken a long time ago but OMG YOU ARE ADORABLE!
3mel Says:
June 23rd, 2010 at 6:06 am
you're so cute.. i like your eyes…
4ade Says:
June 25th, 2010 at 9:58 am
your acting is good.. ^^
5melvin Says:
August 13th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
nice job
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[…] Choi Jung Won Choi Jung Woo Choi Min Soo Choi Min Sung Choi Min Yong Choi Phillip ★★Choi Si Won Choi Soo Han Choi Soo Jong Choi Sung Ho Choi Sung Joon Choi Won Hong Choi Won Young Choi Woo Hyuk Choi Yong Min […]
7Gosh u re so cute nd i luv ur smiles too.your acting is good keep it up deary...... Says:
November 9th, 2013 at 10:14 am
Gosh u re so cute nd i luv ur smiles too.your acting is good keep it up deary……
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November 20th, 2013 at 12:03 am
*****Is he really sixteen? There aren't t many picts of him, so it's hard to tell.
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April 25th, 2015 at 3:47 am
Can you update his picture
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Thank you for the io true update. Much better.
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April 26th, 2015 at 2:35 am
Sorry. Picture update.
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[…] Kim Soon Jung (young), Yoon Hyun Min as Joon Hee, Jin Goo as Ma Dong Wook (Soon Jung`s fiance), Choi Soo Han as Ma Dong Wook […]
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[…] Bin as Goo Seo Jin / Robin, Park Ha Joon as Koo Seo Jin (child) – Choi Soo Han as Koo Seo Jin (young), Han Ji Min as Jang Ha Na, Sung Joon as Yoon Tae Joo/Lee Soo-hyun, Hyeri […]
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Hingham, MA – The Hingham Police are proud to have joined the Pink Patch Project, a public awareness campaign designed to bring attention to the fight against breast cancer and support breast cancer research and treatment. Officers may replace their shoulder patch with a custom pink patch during October. These patches will also be sold to the public with all proceeds being donated.
This initial campaign began in 2013 with the Seal Beach (CA) Police Department. It is currently being coordinated by the Irwindale (CA) Police Department. Today, there are already 59 law enforcement agencies nationwide participating in this project with more joining weekly. The Hingham Police are the first agency in Massachusetts to join.
Hingham Police Chief Glenn Olsson has authorized any uniformed personnel to wear this patch during October. These unique patches also have the pink ribbon sewn into them.
The Hingham Police have partnered with The Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston to donate all proceeds from the sales of our pink patches.
Apparel 2000 of Rockland produced these custom patches at a reduced cost. Doughboy Uniforms of Rockland has volunteered to remove our standard patch and replace it with these pink patches for our shirts.
Starting September 30, these patches can be purchased at the Hingham Police Station or through the Hingham Police website (www.hpd.org) for $10 each. Throughout October, watch for photos on the Departments social media accounts using the hashtag #pinkpatchproject.
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wow i really can't understand everything in it...
You wake up in a dark alley, not knowing anything. What has happened anyway? You struggle after the truth and answers. Answers you want to know in the darkness and fear, which makes your heartbeat race like violent blows against your head. Where do "they" come from? What has happened? Are you just turning insane? The time is up; you can't stay there reading your smses forever. It's time to head out and find the answers. Cry of Fear is a singleplayer modification of Half-Life 1 which brings you the horror you've always been afraid of. It's a total conversion of Half-Life 1, which means it uses NO Half-Life 1 content or other peoples' files. It's all made exclusively by the developers. It also uses new gaming styles that you will rarely find in Half-Life mods, such as advanced cutscenes and other stuff that will be revealed at a later date.
wow i really can't understand everything in it...
Three of the four windows really not understand.
Top-right is the top-view of the map, lower left is the front view and the last is the side view. Pretty common if you've dabbled in 3D modelling or level editing. They help in determining exact positions and sizes for brushes, triggers and entities. Sigh.. I wish I had time to get back to levelmaking. :< (in totally not losing my current job kind of wish)
Welcome to the life of us mappers.
just some basic bsp brushes, static meshes , lights and entities :)
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Now that's interesting ! What if people do modifications the way "custom stories" are made for amnesia ? ohoh boy !
I can name at least 3 people who already started on that, me being one of them.
+1 to anyone who ports over Afraid of Monsters: DC.
AOM:DC in CoF = *words can't describe how epic it would be*
I might actually complete AoM DC then.
Reason I can't complete AoM right now is flash-light sucks so bad I can't see 2 feet in front of my face on a properly calibrated monitor.
The flashlight in CoF is far superior, and this would help.
Converting wouldn't be a problem, But to make it really good you have to normal map every texture AoM:DC have. And that's a pain :P
I had the same idea! I think we could get a whole team together and make it happen
Thanks for this guys, can't wait to work with it
Nice people make nice things, then let people use it cause they're nice. Nice lads!
I would so go out of my way to use this and modernize Paranoia to Cry of Fear standards 0.0
Ahhh... Reminds me of my mapping sometimes. Looks lovely, nice hearing about the SDK version ^^
Hammer screenshot. Sex for the eyes.
You've got to have a 5 meter **** to map like this:))))
far far away from anything I have ever managed to make in hammer...
Skit Bra Gjort :D
New Storylines, Weapons, Epicness... WOOHOOO
Shows us how much work was put into this!
im Milton Fludgecow on steam and ill be making a map full of 1 watro 2 fasters and 3 tallers and 6 faceless
I was worried about old GoldSource engine, that there will be no new game released for it, so I could make a new maps. And then, Cry of Fear SDK has been released...
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An official of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is denying a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, which accuses government forces and insurgents of committing human rights violations.
Government spokesman Abdirahman Omar Osman said the rights group had their facts wrong by suggesting in the report that the TFG has failed to provide basic security for unarmed civilians.
"We utterly refute this allegation and we are willing to meet human rights officials to discuss this," said Omar. "In the report, they stated that reliable figures are hard to come by in Somalia, which clearly shows the information they have lacks credibility. They are out of touch with the reality on the ground."
He also said the U.S.-based rights group failed to give the TFG an opportunity to respond to the allegations before releasing the report.
In its report, HRW alleges that all parties in Somalia's armed conflict committed serious violations of the laws of war that are contributing to the country's humanitarian catastrophe. But, Omar denies the accusations saying his government denounces "any forms of human rights violations."
"It is al-Shabab [which] is responsible for all these sort of human rights violations, which include recruiting underage children," said Omar. "We utterly condemn the extremists' inhuman and irreligious strategy of using all these human rights violations…We say to them [HRW] that they got it wrong and that it was al-Shabab which was responsible, not us."
The report also called on all parties involved to urgently end abuses against civilians, hold those responsible to account, and ensure access to aid and free movement of people fleeing conflict and drought.
Osman said his government deserves praise not criticism from the rights group following the recent withdrawal of the insurgent group al-Shabab from the capital, Mogadishu.
"The TFG takes its responsibility to the protection of civilians [seriously] and we take extreme cautions under extreme difficult circumstances when we conduct operations to bring peace and stability in the country," said Osman.
He insisted that government forces are equipped to prevent human rights abuses.
"Our forces have had training and they fully comply with international and humanitarian right laws. So, we take these allegations very serious and in particular those of human rights and humanitarian violations," said Omar. "We investigate and all perpetrators will be held accountable for their actions."


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Stanford Heads To Pac-10 Championships
March 28, 2003
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Saturday, March 29 ..... at Pac-10 Championships
Cardinal Update
Stanford, riding a four-meet winning streak, will travel down to Los Angeles for the Pac-10 Conference Championship in Pauley Pavilion on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Cardinal (11-2-1) have lost to only one conference opponent, at Washington, and tied top-ranked UCLA at home to stand at 4-1-1 in the league. Fox Sports Net will televise the meet on a tape-delayed basis, with Barry Tompkins and Kathy Johnson-Clarke call the action.
Stanford in the National Rankings
The Cardinal enters this week as the No. 7 team in the nation according to the GymInfo National Team Rankings. UCLA, Nebraska, Arizona State, Georgia and Alabama are tabbed as the top-five programs in the nation, respectively. In addition to Stanford, UCLA and Arizona State, four other Pac-10 schools are ranked in the top-25: No. 11 Oregon State, No. 15 Washington, No. 18 California and No. 20 Arizona.
Rotation Order
Stanford will begin the meet on a bye before vault and will finish the contest on the floor exercise. Rotation order for the championship meet was determined by a blind draw a year prior to the meet.
Pac-10 History
UCLA has won the most conference championships, with 10 Pac-10 titles. Oregon State and Stanford (1998, 2001) are the only other teams to win the crown. Last year, the Cardinal placed third behind the Bruins and Arizona. Mandy Delgado highlighted the meet and was named co-Freshman of the Year. Lise L�veill� earned an All-Conference selection for Stanford on beam. L�veill� and Lindsay Wing also finished in a four-way tie for first place to lead the Cardinal.
Last Time Out
Led by Lindsay Wing's perfect 10.00 on beam and a team score of 49.600 on bars, Stanford posted an impressive 197.725-197275 victory over Oklahoma. Caroline Fluhrer and Wing took the top two places on bars, with Fluhrer setting a career-high (9.975).
Balancing Act
At Arizona on Feb. 28, the Cardinal recorded a 49.575 team score on the balance beam, tying for the highest mark in school history. Stanford also set the high mark with a 49.575 at the 2001 Pac-10 Championships. As a team on the beam, the Cardinal are ranked third in the nation with an RQS total of 49.420 and an average score of 49.250. Junior Lindsay Wing has led Stanford on the event, ranking second individually on the beam. She is averaging a 9.947 and has recorded a 9.925 or higher in nine of the 10 meets. Most recently against Oklahoma last week, Wing recorded the school's first perfect 10.00 on the event.
All-Around Performer
Junior Lise L�veill� had been consistent for the Cardinal in all nine meets of the season. L�veill�, ranked No. 17 in the all-around, did not compete against San Jose State, but last week finished with a 39.500 in the competition against Oklahoma. She scored a career-high 39.725 against Arizona State, marking the third highest score in program history. In nine meets, L�veill� has won the all-around four times, finished second once and placed third three times. All nine scores have been 39.125 or higher.
Perfect 10
Junior Kendall Beck recorded the team's first perfect 10.00 in 2003. Her score marks the first time in program history a gymnast has accomplished the feat on vault. Thus far in the season, Beck has scored a 9.875 or higher on the event in six of the team's nine meets.
Freshmen Stepping Up
This year's freshmen class have contributed tremendously in their first season on The Farm. Natalie Foley (Englewood, CO) has competed in the all-around all but one competition for the Cardinal. Foley had a career night against UCLA, setting season-high marks on vault (9.925), floor (9.950) and all-around (39.725). Most recently, she hit a 9.975 routine on bars at Arizona. Glyn Sweets (Reston, VA) has been a solid performer on vault and bars for Stanford recording a 9.950 on vault and a 9.925 score on bars against UCLA, marking career-highs. She is coming off her first collegiate all-around performance at San Jose State, collecting a 39.375. Sweets also recorded a career-high mark on bars (9.925). Jessica Louie (Loomis, CA) has competed in seven meets on vault for the Cardinal, also recording a career-high 9.850 against UCLA and Arizona State. At San Jose State, she posted a high mark on floor (9.850) and competed on bars for the first time in a Stanford uniform.
The Smyth File
Kristen Smyth begins her second year at the helm of the Stanford women's gymnastics program after guiding the Cardinal to their most successful season in history. Smyth came to The Farm in June of 2001 and in her first season as head coach, led Stanford to its first-ever NCAA Super Six appearance. Previously, Smyth served as the associate head coach at Arizona State. Smyth came to Tempe as an assistant coach prior to the 1997 season, and was promoted to associate head coach in 2000. She was named the 1998 Regional Assistant Coach of the Year after helping the Sun Devils to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. During her tenure, Arizona State advanced to the NCAA Super Six in three of her five seasons.
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