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De 110e editie van het Australische grandslamtoernooi, het Australian Open 2022, werd gehouden tussen 17 en 30 januari 2022. Het toernooi in het Melbourne Park te Melbourne was de 96e editie voor de vrouwen.

Toernooisamenvatting
Bij zowel het enkelspel voor de mannen als dat voor de vrouwen begon het toernooi op de zeventiende van januari. Bij beide dubbelspelen startte het toernooi twee dagen later – het gemengd dubbelspel ging op donderdag twintig januari van start. De finale van het gemengd dubbelspel werd op vrijdag achtentwintig januari gespeeld. De finales van het vrouwenenkelspel en het mannendubbelspel vonden op zaterdag negenentwintig januari plaats. Het toernooi werd afgesloten met de finales van het vrouwendubbelspel en het mannenenkelspel op zondag dertig januari.

In het mannenenkelspel was de Serviër Novak Djokovic de titelhouder, bij de vrouwen was dat de Japanse Naomi Osaka. In het dubbelspel waren bij de mannen Ivan Dodig en Filip Polášek de titelhouders, bij de vrouwen Elise Mertens en Aryna Sabalenka, en in het gemengd Barbora Krejčíková en Rajeev Ram.

Het mannenenkelspel werd gewonnen door de Spanjaard Rafael Nadal, zijn 21e grandslamtitel en zijn tweede op het Australian Open. In het vrouwenenkelspel zegevierde de Australische Ashleigh Barty, haar derde grandslamtitel en haar eerste op het Australian Open. Het mannendubbelspel werd gewonnen door de Australiërs Thanasi Kokkinakis en Nick Kyrgios, voor beiden de eerste grandslamtitel. In het vrouwendubbelspel ging de titel naar het Tsjechische duo Barbora Krejčíková (haar vierde grandslamtitel in het dubbelspel) en Kateřina Siniaková (ook haar vierde). In het gemengd dubbelspel wonnen de Française Kristina Mladenovic en de Kroaat Ivan Dodig, voor haar de derde en voor hem de vierde titel in het gemengd dubbelspel.

De Nederlandse Diede de Groot won het enkelspel bij de rolstoelvrouwen – samen met landgenote Aniek van Koot won zij ook de titel in het dubbelspel.

De Nederlander Sam Schröder won het enkelspel bij de rolstoelmannen in de categorie quad.

Toernooikalender

Enkelspel

Mannen

Titelhouder Novak Djokovic kon zijn titel niet verdedigen omdat zijn visum was ingetrokken door de Australische minister van immigratie.

Rafael Nadal won in de finale met 2–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 en 7–5 van de Rus Daniil Medvedev. Dit was Nadals tweede titel in Melbourne – in totaal was het zijn 21e grandslamtitel, waarmee hij recordhouder werd bij de mannen.

Vrouwen

Titelverdedigster Naomi Osaka (Japan) werd in de derde ronde uitgeschakeld door de Amerikaanse Amanda Anisimova. Ashleigh Barty werd de eerste Australiër (m/v) die het enkelspel van het Australian Open op haar naam wist te schrijven sinds Chris O'Neil in 1978. In de finale versloeg zij de Amerikaanse Danielle Collins met 6–3 en 7–6.

Dubbelspel

Mannendubbelspel

Titelverdedigers Ivan Dodig en Filip Polášek hadden zich niet als team voor deze editie van het toernooi ingeschreven. In een geheel Australische finale wonnen Thanasi Kokkinakis en Nick Kyrgios van Matthew Ebden en Max Purcell met 7–5 en 6–4.

Vrouwendubbelspel

Van de titelhoudsters Elise Mertens en Aryna Sabalenka kwam de laatste haar titel niet verdedigen. Het Tsjechische duo Barbora Krejčíková en Kateřina Siniaková won in de finale van de Kazachse Anna Danilina en Braziliaanse Beatriz Haddad Maia met 6–7, 6–4 en 6–4. Het was de vierde gezamenlijke grandslamtitel voor de Tsjechische dames, de eerste in Australië.

Gemengd dubbelspel

Van de titelhouders Barbora Krejčíková en Rajeev Ram kwam de eerste haar titel niet verdedigen. In de finale wonnen Française Kristina Mladenovic en de Kroaat Ivan Dodig van het Australische wildcard-koppel Jaimee Fourlis en Jason Kubler met 6–3 en 6–4.

Kwalificatietoernooi (enkelspel)
Algemene regels – Aan het hoofdtoernooi (enkelspel) doen bij de mannen en vrouwen elk 128 tennissers mee. De 104 beste mannen en 104 beste vrouwen van de wereldranglijst die zich inschrijven, worden rechtstreeks toegelaten. Acht mannen en acht vrouwen krijgen van de organisatie een wildcard. Voor de overige ingeschrevenen resteren dan nog zestien plaatsen bij de mannen en zestien plaatsen bij de vrouwen in het hoofdtoernooi – deze plaatsen worden via het kwalificatietoernooi ingevuld. Aan dit kwalificatietoernooi doen nog eens 128 mannen en 128 vrouwen mee – er worden drie kwalificatieronden gespeeld.

Het kwalificatietoernooi werd gespeeld van maandag 10 tot en met vrijdag 14 januari 2022 op de hardcourtbanen van Melbourne Park.

De volgende deelnemers aan het kwalificatietoernooi wisten zich een plaats te veroveren in de hoofdtabel:

Mannenenkelspel
  Radu Albot
  Tomás Barrios Vera
  Liam Broady
  Taro Daniel
  Tomás Martín Etcheverry
  Norbert Gombos
  Emilio Gómez
  Yannick Hanfmann
  Michail Koekoesjkin
  Jiří Lehečka
  Tomáš Macháč
  Maximilian Marterer
  Nikola Milojević
  Timofey Skatov
  Alejandro Tabilo
  Marco Trungelliti

Lucky losers
  Salvatore Caruso
  Damir Džumhur
  Ernesto Escobedo
  Roman Safioellin
  João Sousa

Vrouwenenkelspel
  Hailey Baptiste
  Emina Bektas
  Lucia Bronzetti
  Cristina Bucșa
  Harriet Dart
  Caroline Dolehide
  Arianne Hartono
  Jang Su-jeong
  Viktória Kužmová
  Rebecca Marino
  Viktoriya Tomova
  Martina Trevisan
  Lesja Tsoerenko
  Stefanie Vögele
  Katie Volynets
  Zheng Qinwen

Lucky losers
  Irina Maria Bara
  Nao Hibino

Belgen in het kwalificatietoernooi
Mannen
 Ruben Bemelmans (eerste ronde)
 Zizou Bergs (eerste ronde)
 Kimmer Coppejans (tweede ronde)

Vrouwen
 Ysaline Bonaventure (tweede ronde)

Nederlanders in het kwalificatietoernooi
Mannen
 Robin Haase (tweede ronde)
 Jesper de Jong (tweede ronde)
 Tim van Rijthoven (tweede ronde)

Vrouwen
 Arianne Hartono (gekwalificeerd)
 Richèl Hogenkamp (derde ronde)
 Lesley Pattinama-Kerkhove (eerste ronde)
 Indy de Vroome (derde ronde)

Junioren
Meisjesenkelspel
Finale: Petra Marčinko (Kroatië) versloeg Sofia Costoulas (België) met 7-5, 6-1

Meisjesdubbelspel
Finale: Clervie Ngounoue (Verenigde Staten) en Diana Sjnaider (Rusland) versloegen Kayla Cross (Canada) en Victoria Mboko (Canada) met 6-4, 6-3

Jongensenkelspel
Finale: Bruno Kuzuhara (VS) versloeg Jakub Menšík (Tsjechië) met 7-6, 6-7, 7-5

Jongensdubbelspel
Finale: Bruno Kuzuhara (Verenigde Staten) en Coleman Wong (Hongkong) versloegen Alex Michelsen (Verenigde Staten) en Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (Paraguay) met 6-3, 7-6

Rolstoeltennis
Rolstoelvrouwenenkelspel
Finale: Diede de Groot (Nederland) won van Aniek van Koot (Nederland) met 6-1, 6-1

Rolstoelvrouwendubbelspel
Finale: Diede de Groot (Nederland) en Aniek van Koot (Nederland) wonnen van Yui Kamiji (Japan) en Lucy Shuker (VK) met 7-5, 3-6, [10-2]

Rolstoelmannenenkelspel
Finale: Shingo Kunieda (Japan) won van Alfie Hewett (VK) met 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

Rolstoelmannendubbelspel
Finale: Alfie Hewett (VK) en Gordon Reid (VK) wonnen van Gustavo Fernández (Argentinië) en Shingo Kunieda (Japan) met 6-2, 4-6, [10-7]

Quad-enkelspel
Finale: Sam Schröder (Nederland) won van Dylan Alcott (Australië) met 7-5, 6-0

Quad-dubbelspel
Finale: Andy Lapthorne (VK) en David Wagner (VS) wonnen van Sam Schröder (Nederland) en Niels Vink (Nederland) met 2-6, 6-4, [10-7]

Externe link
 Officiële website

Australian Open
ITF-toernooi in 2022

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The Forbidden Marriage Episode 3 & 4 Release Date and Time
CREDIT- KOCOWA TV official Youtube channel
The Forbidden Marriage premiered its first episode on December 9, 2022, and the second episode was released just a day after. Now, the South Korean historical drama will come up with episodes 3 & 4 later this week. So, when are the episodes of The Forbidden Marriage exactly getting released?
The TV series follows the story of king Lee Heon, who grieves his wife's death for the past seven years. And after a long time, he still refuses to remarry as he believes that he cannot love someone else like he used to love his late wife. However, the entry of a woman named Ye So-Rang brings unusual turning points in his life.
The Forbidden Marriage | Teaser 2
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When does The Forbidden Marriage episodes 3 & 4 release?
The Forbidden Marriage will get its third episode on MBC in Korea at 9:50 PM KST on Friday, December 16, 2022. The next episode, i.e., the fourth episode, will get released on the same channel the next day. One must follow the below schedule as per their territories to track the latest episodes of the TV series on Rakuten Viki :
British Summer Time: 1:50 PM (December 16th & December 17th)
Indian Standard Time: 6:20 PM (December 16th & December 17th)
Singapore Standard Time: 8:50 PM (December 16th & December 17th)
Philippines Standard Time: 8:50 PM (December 16th & December 17th)
Japanese Standard Time: 9:50 PM (December 16th & December 17th)
Australia Eastern Daylight Time: 11.50 PM (December 16th & December 17th)
What happened in the premiere episodes of the Korean Drama series?
King Lee-Heon doesn't want to get married again, even after seven years of his wife's demise. As per the public, the queen has committed suicide, but the king believes that she has been killed. However, there are several rumors about the king stating that he is impotent or gay, and that's the reason why the queen took her own life.
Meanwhile, the TV series also introduces us to the crazy lead lady named So-Rang and her partner Gwaeng-i, who runs a scam business. Learning about the king's situation, So-Rang decides to take advantage of the opportunity, so she starts spreading the news of the deceased Crown Princess' soul existing in the palace.
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— liy ? (@kimyoungdaes) December 10, 2022
When the king hears about it, he asks his best friend, who is an officer, to put So-Rang behind bars. When the authorities cease her, she is given two options that would get her free of prison. The first option was to apologize for her action, and the other was to stay behind bars. However, she is clever enough to think of a third option, i.e., to act as if the dead queen has possessed her.
We also learn that the officer was So-Rang's fiance once, and after realizing this, he decides to befriend her.
MORE: Revenge of Others Episodes 11 & 12 Release date and Time

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The high social cost of unemployment in regional Queensland and lack of business stimulus topped a recent survey of 20 newspaper editors presented at a forum at last week's Queensland Country Press Association's awards conference in Redcliffe.
The survey results were presented to some 30 delegates and two State MPs – Chris Whiting representing the ALP Government, and Dale Last, representing the LNP Opposition.
Editors were asked to identify the key issues facing their communities as well as those facing Regional Queensland overall.
Unemployment as high as 14.7%, escalation in crime and suicide rates, concerns about lack of mental health facilities and the need for a stimulus for local businesses in the wake of the mining downturn along a severe drought currently gripping Queensland were high on the list of regional concerns.
Some areas were deeply affected, with over 1000 homes in Gladstone empty.
Among other issues raised were electricity prices, declining Government services in rural communities, and the need for infrastructure investment.
The forum received assurances from the Parliamentary representatives that some of the suggestions and specific concerns raised at the forum would be taken on board in policy and programs relating to regional Queensland.
These included boosting apprenticeship programs, upscaling TAFE in regional centres to assist with employment and training during times of drought, reinvesting in regional railway services, and implementing policies to have government services decentralised and/or retained in regions.
Mr Dale agreed that decentralisation should work, saying he could see no reason why the Department of Agriculture, for example, should be located in Ann Street (Brisbane).
Mr Whiting said he could understand the benefits of decentralising services, and said he thought that there was a greater role for regional offices.
Concern was also expressed regarding local Councils, in many cases the centre's largest employers, using outside contractors instead of local employees.
In addition to the editors' survey forum, conference delegates enjoyed addresses on the LGAQ, proposed media law changes providing opportunity for smaller country publishers, advertising regulations, superannuation and changes in News Corp Australia's regional publishing operations.
The QCPA's Newspaper Excellence Awards dinner followed with newspapers honoured for outstanding performance in 22 categories covering advertising, journalism, photography and best newspaper.
Photo: . (L to R) Chris Whiting (Member for Murrumba and Qld State Government Whip), Bruce Horrocks (Gatton, Lockyer & Brisbane Valley Star), Karin-ane King (Central Queensland Times, Emerald), Dale Last (Member for Burdekin and Shadow Agriculture Minister), Noni Rutherford (Longreach Leader) and QCPA President Ted Rogers (Clifton Courier).


Fortune Letters von Fontmonkey aus dem Jahr 2013.
Fortune Letters is the font from the Decktet, a deck of Tarot cards by P. D. Magnus and also contains the Fortune Widgets.
387 € / 94 € = 4.12 €.
Kategorien / Stil: Comic, Symbole, Edding.
Suchbegriffe: Decktet, Tarot, Handwriting, Comic.


Grant Richards is an actor, singer, dancer, and all around theatre and film artist/collaborator currently located in NYC. He was born to an ex-dancer and a hobby musician—both lovers and supporters of the arts. Grant grew up in a blossoming and artsy town in Maine.
EDUCATION: The NYC Musical Theatre Tepper Semester with Syracuse University and the Department of Theatre and Dance at Nazareth College (BFA Musical Theatre with a Dance Minor).
• CINDERELLA NATIONAL TOUR: with Work Light Productions. Dir. Gina Rattan (Mark Brokaw), Choreo. Lee Wilkins (Josh Rhodes), Mus. Greg Anthony Rassen.
• JOSH GROBAN 'STAGES' TOUR: Back-Up Singer with Josh Groban USA Stages Tour feat. Lena Hall.
• AMERIKE OFF-BROADWAY: with NYTF Folksbiene (Producers of Broadway's INDECENT). Dir. Bryna Wasserman.
• SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE: U/S Michael, U/S Victor at FLMTF Merry Go Round Playhouse). Dir. DJ Salisbury, MD. Kristen Rosenfeld.
• FLOYD COLLINS* (Reg. Premier): As Floyd Collins under the direction of Brett Smock and Corinne Aquilina.
• AUSTEN'S PRIDE: u/s Darcy, u/s Wickham, Ens., & Assist. Dance Captain at FLMTF (Merry Go Round Playhouse). Dir. Igor Goldin, Choreo. Jeffry Denman, MD. Ian Weinberger.
• SPRING AWAKENING: Melchior at the Woodstock Regional Playhouse.
Please take a look at Grant's resume & gallery, check him out on social media, and feel free to contact with inquiries and booking interests.
Grant is currently in the National Tour of Cinderella! Running in the U.S. and Canada.


This project was a luxury redevelopment of two residential properties to create an 'Art Deco' inspired apartment scheme. We were appointed to design ten units within two residential blocks, surrounded by landscaped amenity space, with secure vehicular parking. Located in the heart of Northwood with easy access to London, this development offers the best of both worlds.


Woke up a while ago. We are at my mom's house. It's going to be a long, lazy day. So far, I've been cleaning out my yahoo address book. Mom and Maribel are out of town. They went to visit my brother, Steven. So Alma, the kids, and I are house sitting. I don't expect much from today. There are some jobs I need to do just to get out of the way.


RadPad, the nation's leading rental marketplace, today launched Lease with RadPad to simplify end-to-end apartment rental transactions for landlords and renters. In doing so, it becomes the first rental marketplace to let landlords and renters electronically execute leases. Landlords can now list apartments & homes, qualify tenant applications, sign leases, and accept debit and credit card payments without ever leaving the RadPad marketplace.
Using Lease with RadPad, landlords can simply list their apartment or home rental by entering where it is located and how many bedrooms the property has. They can then price their listing with the help of RadPad, which analyzes nearby rental prices to assist landlords with pricing competitively. Landlords can also choose if they'll allow pets and set the security deposit amount.
Professional photos of their listings.
Boosting listings to the top of apartment search results on RadPad.
Managing active leases in the cloud.
Instant notification of browsing renters for soft leads.
Tracking of property engagement and driven leads via a weekly performance chart.
Priority phone and email support from RadPad.
"With Lease with RadPad, I can list my properties, qualify new tenants, accept rent payments and sign leases all in one place," said Allan Arfa, a landlord with properties in Los Angeles. "I don't have to worry about tracking down late rent or where to store all my executed leases. It's all on RadPad!"
Electronic lease signing is being made seamless for landlords and renters within the RadPad marketplace via DocuSign's Application Programming Interface (https://www.docusign.com/developer-center). Using DocuSign's industry-leading eSignature solution (https://www.docusign.com/products/electronic-signature) and Digital Transaction Management (DTM) platform, landlords complete rental transactions 100% digitally.
Landlords can start completing more rental transactions, faster, by listing their rental property at: http://www.onradpad.com/list.
Founded in January 2013 and based in Los Angeles, California, RadPad is a rental marketplace that enables renters to find an apartment, apply, sign leases and pay their rent. It allows landlords to list apartments & homes, qualify tenant applications, sign leases, and accept debit and credit card payments without ever leaving the RadPad marketplace. The company has raised more than $14M in funding from investors that include Altpoint Ventures, Goldcrest Investments and AmplifyLA. To find an apartment, list an apartment, pay or collect rent, or sign a lease, visit http://www.onradpad.com or download the app for free on iTunes or Google Play.


Aamir Khan's team has already started work and research on his popular reality TV show, Satyamev Jayate.
Aamir Khan is currently in the second phase of shooting for his upcoming movie Dangal in Ludhiana's Leel village.
Actor Aamir Khan is currently in the second phase of shooting for his upcoming movie Dangal in Ludhiana's Leel village.
As with all of Aamir's projects, this one too has generated a lot of interest among his fans and cinephiles. Dangal is a biopic on wrestler Mahavir Phogat, in which the 50-year-old actor essays the protagonist's role.
But just because the perfectionist actor is busy shooting, it doesn't mean other projects are on hold. Take for instance his popular reality TV show, Satyamev Jayate, for which the actor's team has already started work and research.
In the light of the water crisis in the state, this is a season many will be eagerly waiting for.
1 Udta Punjab releases at the box office today; will it fly with the audiences?


This link takes you to a PowerPoint presentation (this will load upon clicking the link) on radiotherapy accidents. It makes quite shocking reading and is a valuable educational resource.
This link takes you to an extensive database which compiles general data on radiological accidents/incidents and other events which have produced radiation casualties. Listed events include acute radiation causalities, chronic radiation injury and accidents releasing large quantities of radioactive materials. The resource is very interesting but we do not warrant its accuracy in anyway.
The IAEA Accident Response Publications are not for the faint hearted. They provide an extremely useful description of the deterministic effects of ionising radiation, including the causes of overexposure, how that exposure was brought under control, the effects on the exposed individuals and their medical treatment. Featured accidents include Cochabamba, Chernobyl, Gilan, Goiânia, Sarov, and Tammiku.
IAEA Information Channel for a 'live' view of incidents (Nuclear & Radiological) reported under the International Nuclear Event Rating Scale (INES). Typical coverage includes significant events in nuclear power plants, research reactors, nuclear fuel cycle facilities and occurrences involving radiation sources or the transport of radioactive material.


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Obama warns of economic catastrophe
Barack Obama is struggling to win the support of a divided Congress for his economic recovery package. He says if lawmakers fail to approve the plan, America will plummet into economic catastrophe.
Madison Avenue is a shopping strip of brand names and astronomical price tags – the crème-de-la-crème of luxury.
But fewer and fewer people now walk down this exclusive street.
"It's not that I don't have money. It's just because you don't know what's going to happen next month and the following month," a passer-by says.
Not everybody shares this view.
But for the majority, it's not a pretty picture.
Nearly 600,000 US jobs were shed in January. That's the biggest monthly loss since the US recession began.
Since December 2007, 3.6 million workers have lost work, and with spending in freefall, trend forecaster Gerald Celente says the worst of the economic crisis is yet to come.
"You look at not only the people that work at these places that no longer have jobs, but how about all of the support industries, the advertising, the manufactures of products that are going to be laying off people as well. We're going to see Great Depression numbers," Celente says.
The US Labor Department says America's unemployment rate is 7.6 per cent – the highest level in more than 16 years.
But Celente says the true figure is far scarier than what's being disclosed.
"When they measure up unemployment, they don't add in the people who are no longer looking for jobs because they've become discouraged and can't find any after looking so long. And they don't include part time workers," Celente says.
According to the McKinsey global institute, the real US unemployment rate is above 16 per cent, much closer to Great Depression figures.
US president Barack Obama admitted on Thursday of an economic catastrophe on the horizon.
"The time for talk is over. The time for action is now because we know that if we do not act, a bad situation will become dramatically worse. Crisis could turn into a catastrophe for families and businesses across the country," Obama said.
Who's to blame for the world crisis?
Davos ends with hope for recovery – but little else


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/*
 * WmObjectRecognition.cpp
 *
 *  Created on: 26/10/2015
 *      Author: paco
 */

#include "wm_objects/WmObjectRecognition.h"

namespace wm_object {

WmObjectRecognition::WmObjectRecognition()
:
							pairWidth_(30.0),
							voxelSize_(4.0),
							recognition_(pairWidth_, voxelSize_),
							objects_filenames_()
{
	ros::NodeHandle private_nh("~");
	std::string dir;
	std::string loc_file;

	if(private_nh.hasParam("objects_dir"))
		private_nh.param("objects_dir", dir,dir);
	else
	{
		ROS_ERROR("Objects DIR location incorrect");
		return;
	}

	if(private_nh.hasParam("objects_file"))
		private_nh.param("objects_file", loc_file,loc_file);
	else
	{
		ROS_ERROR("Objects location incorrect");
		return;
	}

	loc_file = dir+loc_file;

	ROS_INFO("Loading objects from [%s]", loc_file.c_str());

	objects_filenames_.readFile(loc_file);
	objects_filenames_.printObjects();

	std::list<std::string> objects = objects_filenames_.getAvailableObjects();

	for(std::list<std::string>::iterator it=objects.begin(); it!=objects.end(); ++it)
	{
		std::string obj_filename = dir+objects_filenames_.getFilename(*it);

		ROS_INFO("Training object [%s] from [%s]", it->c_str(), obj_filename.c_str());
		loadModelFromFile(obj_filename, *it);
		ROS_INFO("Done");
	}

}

WmObjectRecognition::~WmObjectRecognition()
{

}

void
WmObjectRecognition::loadModelFromFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string& objectname)
{
	bool success;
	int status;
	double normalRadius_ = 15.0;
	double successProbability_ = 0.99;
	std::cerr<<"1";
	pcl::PCLPointCloud2 cloudReadFromFile;

	status = pcl::io::loadPLYFile(filename, cloudReadFromFile);
	pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>::Ptr objectCloudPtr (new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>());
	pcl::PointCloud<pcl::Normal>::Ptr objectNormalsPtr (new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::Normal>());
	pcl::fromPCLPointCloud2(cloudReadFromFile, *objectCloudPtr);
	normalEstimation(objectCloudPtr, objectNormalsPtr, normalRadius_);
	success = recognition_.addModel(*objectCloudPtr, *objectNormalsPtr, objectname);

	if(success)
		ROS_INFO("Loading Model %s: SUCCESS", objectname.c_str());
	else
		ROS_ERROR("Loading Model %s: FAIL", objectname.c_str());
}

void
WmObjectRecognition::normalEstimation(pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>::Ptr srcCloud_o_Ptr, pcl::PointCloud<pcl::Normal>::Ptr normalCloud_o_Ptr, double radius_d)
{
	//create normal estimation object
	pcl::NormalEstimationOMP<pcl::PointXYZ, pcl::Normal> normalEstimation_o;

	//create empty kd tree representation and assign it to the normal estimation object
	pcl::search::KdTree<pcl::PointXYZ>::Ptr kdTree_o_Ptr (new pcl::search::KdTree<pcl::PointXYZ>());
	normalEstimation_o.setSearchMethod(kdTree_o_Ptr);

	//set input cloud
	normalEstimation_o.setInputCloud(srcCloud_o_Ptr);

	//set search radius
	normalEstimation_o.setRadiusSearch(radius_d);

	//compute the normals for the cloud of the current loop
	normalEstimation_o.compute(*normalCloud_o_Ptr);

	//terminal output for some information
	std::cout << "Normals computed." << std::endl;
}

bool
WmObjectRecognition::recognize(pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>::Ptr sceneCloudPtr,
		pcl::PointCloud<pcl::Normal>::Ptr sceneNormalsPtr,
		std::list<pcl::recognition::ObjRecRANSAC::Output>& output)
{
	bool successProbability;
	recognition_.recognize(*sceneCloudPtr, *sceneNormalsPtr, output, successProbability);
	return successProbability;
}

} /* namespace wm_object */

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Putting shelves on the wall can be really helpful to store and manage your things tidily. With shelves on the wall, you will be able to see your accessories or small things you want to easily reach. But sometimes, having shelves can be too common. Sometimes, you want to have a different touch on the wall. These ten adorable storage on the wall will give you some inspirations on what you can pick as the substitute.
One of the easiest and simplest substitution for shelves on the wall is lanky lines frid on the wall. With grid, you can clipped not only small glasses and basket on it but also pictures, paper, and calendar that you can see easier.
This one here allows you to have your shelves back on the wall while also offers you the possibility to put your things in clipped too if you want to.
Unlike the previous ones, this one here uses wooden boards to help store the things tidily. With wooden boards, the hooks, basket, and shelves are slipped in between the boards and create a beautiful space to store your things.
In rather similar spirit, this one too uses wooden boards to make it easy to store. However, this one takes a simple shape of a partition. It can be from refurbished crate that redesign and simply painted.
This one here shows an interesting way of turning the wall into a place to store your jackets and hats. The soft blue painted wall offers a pretty background for the colorful button. And together, it turns the wall into a pretty sight while using it for hooks.
Similar to the previous one, this one here also uses round pins to add a simple yet interesting hook on the wall. And, not only that it can help with the storage, it turns an uncommon space as the stairs to be the storage.
This one here chooses pegboard as wall to create an easy storage. This metallic pegboard gives a modern look while also offers a space to store what you want.
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Witch of Treva – Under the influence!
The following is a retelling of a Cornish folktale called The Witch of Treva from Popular Romances of the West of England by Robert Hunt.
There was once a an old woman who was deeply skilled in the arts of necromancy and lived in a tiny hamlet called Treva in Cornwall. She could make powerful, spells, incantations and charms and people in the neighborhood were terrified of her.
Nevertheless, although the local people held her in fear and awe her husband remained singularly unimpressed by her witchery and refused to believe in such things. Instead he was more concerned about the housekeeping and the cooking especially when he came home from work when he would demand his dinner the instant he came in.
One day after a hard day's work he came home looking forward to a good dinner which he expected to be cooked and ready, on the table for him to tuck into as soon as he walked through the door. Imagine his shock and annoyance when he discovered there was no dinner. In fact there was no meat, no vegetables or potatoes or any other kind of food in the house at all.


Bring soy sauce, mirin, sugar and vinegar to a boil in a small, heavy saucepan. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 to 7 minutes, until slightly syrupy.
Toss beef cubes with 1 teaspoon oil in a small bowl. Toss green onions with remaining 1 teaspoon oil and salt in a second bowl. Thread beef and onions onto skewers, using 3 onion sections between each piece of beef.
Prepare a grill or heat a grill pan to medium-high. Lightly oil. Grill skewers 1 minute, turn, and grill 1 minute on second side. Brush with glaze, grill 1 minute more, turning, and brushing skewers with additional glaze. Transfer to a serving platter, and brush lightly with glaze again.


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Epazz, Inc. (EPAZ), a leading provider of blockchain cryptocurrency mobile apps and cloud-based business software solutions, announced today that the company will launch a social media and workflow blockchain app using its Proprietary Blockchain Storage technology, which was initially created for the Cordtell project. One of Cordtell's core features is blockchain storage technology that retrieves data from the blockchain, allowing users to view the data on their mobile devices.
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Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud-based business software solutions, is pleased to announce that its K9 Bytes Subsidiary, a dog kennel software, saw a 40% increase in renewal revenue because of the success of its new 24/7/365 support plans.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud-based business software solutions, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary K9 Bytes Doubles Sales in November compared to October. K9Bytes launches k9kloud.com e-commerce website. K9Kloud.com will be the website for K9 Bytes Cloud service coming in February 2014. Epazz's client base has grown more than 300% since 2011, thanks in large part to K9 Bytes Subsidiary, a kennel software. K9 Bytes was the primary reason for Epazz's growth in the first quarter, which saw a revenue increase of 82% from last year. Company management is investing resources and capital into K9 Bytes to help it expand.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud-based business software solutions, is pleased to announce that its client base has grown more than 300% since 2011, thanks in large part to K9 Bytes Subsidiarity, a dog kennel software. K9 Bytes was the primary reason for Epazz's growth in the first quarter, which saw a revenue increase of 82% from last year. Company management is investing resources and capital into K9 Bytes to help it expand.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions, announced today that the Company has formed the Project Human Mobile Power spinoff as Terran Power, Inc. Epazz is currently working with a Patent attorney to file for a patent pending status.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ) provides an investor update in regards to ongoing revenue growth and the spin-off project currently underway. Revenues for fiscal 2012 totaled $1,193,217, a tenfold increase compared to when the Company first began publicly trading just a few years ago. The Company's sales continue to grow at record-setting levels. An explanation of the spin-off process was also announced.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions announced today that the convertible note in September 2012 for $56,500 have been concluded.
Epazz Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions, announced today that for the three months ended March 31, 2013 we had revenue of $208,010 compared to revenue of $114,477 for the three months ended March 31, 2012, an increase of $93,533 or 82% from the comparative period.
Epazz Inc., (EPAZ) a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions, announced today that for the year ended December 31, 2012 we had revenue of $1,193,217 compared to revenue of $735,972 for the year ended December 31, 2011, an increase of $457,245 or 62% from the prior period. The increase in revenues is mainly attributable to the sales generated by our newly acquired subsidiaries. The Net Loss was mainly due to one-time non-cash expenses. Otherwise the company was near break-even for 2012.
Epazz, Inc., (EPAZ), (EPAZ) a leading provider of cloud based business softwaresolutions announced it has signed a new contract which extends SEPTA's license agreement through June 30, 2016; the total value of the contract is $178,220 and includes programming customizations to implement two new career sites to meet SEPTA's internal hiring needs.
Epazz, Inc. (EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions has confirmed its maintenance renewal rate for its proprietary AgentPower workforce management software are well over the 95% level. The high renewal rates will help Epazz grow its revenues during 2012 and 2013. AgentPower workforce management software continues to receive positive responses from our customers on Epazz's support and general IT consulting services.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions recently announced a 50 percent boost in revenues in the third quarter announced today that financial guidance for investors in 2013 and beyond is being revised upward given latest projections. The Company is in the process of closing two acquisitions and is currently in discussions with new acquisition targets. Additionally, Project Flex is expected to provide a substantial revenue stream for the Company.
Company Continues Aggressive Growth Through Acquisitions - Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions recently announced a 50 percent boost in revenues in the third quarter announced today that the pending acquisition of a Software Technology Solution Company in the Southeastern U.S. would have to boost revenues by 180 percent, if Epazz had owned it throughout 2012. Once this transaction is closed, this will be the second company plan acquisition by Epazz, Inc. this calendar year.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ) Mr. Manahan discusses the company's cloud-based software, their acquisition strategy and stock valuation opinion.
Epazz, Inc. (EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions announced today that the convertible notes in June 2012 for $42,500 and July 2012 for $32,500 has been concluded. Epazz, Inc. has not entered into any convertible notes in 2013.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions announced today that CEO Shaun Passley was briefly interviewed on Money TV with Donald Baillargeon. Longer interviews are scheduled in the near future. Updates will be posted here.
Epazz, Inc. (OTCQB: EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions is pleased to announce that in 2012 it saw their client base grow by over 300 percent. Company management expects those numbers to continue to grow as there renewal rates are very high by market standards and is reaching new customers each month. Epazz recently announced that they are expecting to reach new revenue highs in 2013 and is planning a spin-off for Project Flex project.
Epazz, Inc. (EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions is pleased to report that the company is projecting to exceed one million dollars in revenues this year and last year reported $856,000, this does not include the fourth quarter, which is over 900 percent increase since it first began publicly trading just a few years ago and continues to grow at record setting levels.
CHICAGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Epazz, Inc. (EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions announced today that the board of directors approved a 1-10 stock dividend to shareholders in Project Flex. For each 10 shares of EPAZ common stock that a shareholder owns, the shareholder will receive 1 share of stock in the new Project Flex spinoff. Shareholders of record upon submission of the S-1 document by Epazz, Inc. will receive the dividend. An effective date of the spinoff will be announced to shareholders and the investment community soon. The Company is working through taking the Company public via an S-1 registration as well as the Form 10 through the SEC. Through this method, Project Flex will have a clean publicly traded entity going forward.
Epazz, Inc. (EPAZ), a leading provider of cloud based business software solutions announced today that the Company is moving quickly forward with the Project Flex spinoff. Project Flex is a patent pending new technology that will change the way cooling technology is used. Project Flex has passed all initial tests and is at the next stage which will lead to a spin-off of the new Company with a dividend being paid to shareholders.
Epazz expects to achieve in excess of $2M in revenues over the next 9 months. Operating income, as of the second quarter, 2012 Epazz reported $140,742, an increase of 448% over the second quarter in 2011. With regard to revenues, Epazz reported $432,890 for the 3 months ending in June of this year. Acquisitions of MS Health Software which had $450,000 in unaudited revenue in 2011 and the acquisition of K9 Bytes Software, kennel software are expected to add substantially to Epazz's revenue stream.
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UK public trust in media falls while trust in technology sector is high, Edelman Trust Barometer shows
By Angela Haggerty - January 21, 2014
Lack of regulation and "immoral behaviour" has led to a drop in the British public's trust of the media, a study has revealed.
Case: The trial of Brooks and Coulson has put spotlight on media
The 2014 Edelman Trust Barometer showed that after rallying last year from an all-time low of 22 per cent of respondents trusting the media to 47 per cent, trust has fallen back to 41 per cent. Of those who said their trust in the media was lower than it was a year ago, 60 per cent said their change of view was down to either immoral behaviour or a lack of regulation.
The figures follow the recent wrangling between the UK government and the press industry over regulation in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics. The inquiry was prompted by the phone-hacking scandal and widespread allegations of improper conduct by the press in order to get stories.
Former editors of the News of the World, Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, are currently standing trial for alleged phone-hacking offences in one of the most high profile media cases the UK has ever seen.
Earlier this month, a press freedom mission from the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) was sent to the UK over concerns about the government's Royal Charter on press regulation and the treatment of the Guardian newspaper following the Edward Snowden revelations.
Meanwhile, in the business sectors the study pointed to relatively high trust in the technology industry at 79 per cent, ranking higher than the media and banking industries, while the energy sector dropped six points to 32 per cent become the least-trusted industry in the UK.
Edelman president and CEO Richard Edelman said: "People trust business to innovate, unite and deliver across borders in a way that government can't.
"That trust comes with the expectation and responsibility to maintain it. Therefore, CEOs must become chief engagement officers in order to educate the public about the economic, societal, political and environmental context in which their business operates."
Trust in Prime Minister David Cameron was only marginally higher than the energy sector at 33 per cent, while trust in Labour opposition leader Ed Miliband dropped from 41 per cent to equal his rival at 33 per cent.
Overall in the UK, trust in government fell from 47 per cent in 2013 to 42 per cent, while trust in business remained stable at 56 per cent.
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News: Results of Spinebreakers Literary Lovers Survey
Some news from Penguin for Valentine's Day!
In a special poll for Valentine's Day
Teens vote Twilight's
Bella & Edward as their favourite
literary lovers ever!
To celebrate Valentine's Day and the publication of paranormal romance Beautiful Creatures, Spinebreakers.co.uk, the only online teen books community run by teens, asked teens to vote for their favourite literary couple.
The results now in, show a staggering 80% voted for Bella & Edward from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. Slightly heartening for the longevity of the classics, Pride & Prejudice's Darcy & Elizabeth got a nod by coming in second place but only with a meagre 6% of the votes. Much more tragically for Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet came in joint 7th place with Adrian Mole and Pandora from The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole!
Beautiful Creatures, published by Penguin in the UK this month, is set to follow in the footsteps of Meyer's phenomenal series with film rights already snapped up by Warner Bros. and Richard LaGravenese set to write and direct the movie.
This epic saga set in America's Deep South, with echoes of To Kill a Mocking Bird and Gone with the Wind, is a darkly magical love story which grips to the end. And the romance between its central characters, Lena and Ethan, are bound to capture the hearts of Twilight fans and true romantics everywhere.
Beautiful Creatures is written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Kami Garcia is a teacher and reading specialist with an MA in education. Margaret Stohl has an MA in English and studied creative writing under poet George MacBeth at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. They both live in Los Angeles, California, with their families. Beautiful Creatures is their debut novel.
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prophecygirl 14 February 2010 at 01:07
Woo and hoo! Go B&E!
Jo 14 February 2010 at 01:47
I voted for them myself! Gots to love some B&E! :D
The Sweet Bonjour 14 February 2010 at 13:49
Yay, Spinebreakers is a great site. Deep down I'm a tad annoyed about B&E winning. Gosh, they have to win everything! Thanks for the news though x
You're welcome! They do seem to be everywhere, I agree... but I couldn't vote for anyone else, I either did't know them or weren't that much of a fan, lol.


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Shakespeare: Playing for Laughs
by D.D. Delaney
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Featuring scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice. High school custodians Rudy Mahoney and Flo Berry find themselves catapulted into new careers as a touring duo, their passion for Shakespeare now extended to the art of comedy as they go on the road. An interactive comedy perfect as an introduction to Shakespeare's works.
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Shakespeare: Playing for Laughs, by D. D. Delaney, is a sequel to Shakespeare After School, is a 45-minute educational entertainment featuring scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice.
High school custodians Rudy Mahoney and Flo Berry find themselves catapulted into new careers as a touring duo, their passion for Shakespeare now extended to the art of comedy as they go on the road. Interspersing their 45-minute performance with insightful dialogue about the scenes, including commentary on the art of comedy and tidbits of their own life wisdom, they provide an interactive entertainment, inviting members of the audience to the stage to participate.
Approximately the length of a standard class, Shakespeare: Playing for Laughs can stand alone or, combined with Shakespeare After School, can serve as the second act of a full-length theatrical entertainment
Play Excerpt:
Rudy Mahoney
Flo Berry
These hilarious people should be portrayed by character actors who will make them their own.
The Scene: This is best performed on a bare stage or at the front of a large classroom. The real show is with the performances, the costumes and the custodial props turned as if by magic, into Shakespearean paraphernalia.
Bottom (Rudy): God's my life! I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream. Methought I was…there is no man can tell what. Methought I was, and methought I had… But a man is a patch'd fool if he will offer to say what methought I had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was. I will get Peter Quince to write a ballet of this dream. It shall be called 'Bottom's Dream,' because it hath no Bottom.
(Exit Bottom. Enter Flo, dressed as Shepherd's Son.)
Flo: Your secret's out, Rudy Mahoney! We know all about you now!
Rudy: (From offstage) What? That I'm a jackass in disguise?
Flo: You said it, I didn't.
Rudy: (Still off) Hey, I'm just an actor. I don't write this stuff.
Flo: That's no excuse. You couldn't play it if your heart wasn't in it.
Rudy: What's that? The Flo Berry theory of acting?
Flo: It's not a theory, it's common sense. Good acting comes from the heart. Don't you agree?
Rudy: (Entering, carrying Old Shepherd'S costume and barne basket) I identify with Bottom because he's a lot like me.
Flo: Isn't that what I just said?
Rudy: I mean, Bottom is a working man. I'm a working man. He aspires to be an artist. I aspire to be an artist.
Flo: Maybe that's why Shakespeare has him turn into a jackass.
Rudy: To make fun of artists?
Flo: You can't have comedy unless you're making fun of something. Or someone.
Rudy: Now you mention it, I have a socially conscious friend who disapproves of humor. He never laughs or makes jokes. He says it's a form of cruelty.
Flo: Maybe he's right.
The Aviators
by John F. X. Delaney
4 Males
Two retired Marine Corps pilots, Rory "Roar" McMahon, and his longtime squadron buddy, Austin "Toad" Campion, conspire to "escape" from the Navy Regional Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA where they have both been admitted with a life-threatening illness. The two characters are opposites in everything except their love of flying. With the help of two old combat buddies, they plan how to outwit the hospital staff in one, last. "impossible" escapade. Great for seniors and community theaters.
The Devil's Due
2 Males 2 Females Max 4 Min 4
Choices, Competitions, Depression, Mania
In The Devil's Due, a one-act drama/comedy, an artist, Eric Talmadge, confronts the decline of his aesthetic powers and the possible dissolution of his marriage. In a satiric tour de force, a visitor—possibly a neighboring psychiatrist and possibly a more fearsome presence—offers him a possible way out of his dilemma. Is M. Boudreaux really an unorthodox psychiatrist practicing from his apartment in NYC or does he represent a power other than the mind? And what choice does he give Eric in order to regain his peace of mind and his artistic abilities?
The Concise Christmas Carol
1 Male (up to 4 possible)
Comedy, Drama, Flexible Casting
A 50-minute condensed monologue adapted from Charles Dickens' Scrooge. How the ghosts who haunt him, eventually transform a lonely, stingy, bitter old man into a generous, infectiously cheerful humanitarian. D.D. Delaney, a professional actor, playwright, journalist, and poet has adapted the familiar holiday classic for the stage. Written as a monologue, it can also be performed by 4 actors. Ideal for Christmas celebrations, house performances, and readers theater. Downloadable PDF available.
by Valetta Anderson
2 Males/2Females; Total 8
Aesop's Fable The Tortoise and the Hare meets an African Ibo legend . This one-act comedy play script for kids reveals what inquiring minds have always wanted to know – the inside scoop behind Aesop's most famous Fable and why tortoises have cracked, lumpy shells.
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Jackson claims milestone, win
Sun | Sports
— Jul 16th, 2004
SACRAMENTO, Calif. The Sacramento Monarchs like an ugly game, and Seattle's Lauren Jackson was happy to play it.
Jackson had 18 points and six rebounds, and Sue Bird scored 14 points in the Storm's 66-63 victory on Thursday.
The Monarchs focused their defensive attention on the reigning league MVP, hacking and pushing as much as the referees allowed. The Australian star took the punishment and still led Seattle to a win while reaching a scoring milestone.
With a 3-pointer late in the first half, Jackson became the youngest player to score 2,000 points in the WNBA, doing it in just 109 games.
"It kind of felt good," Jackson said. "I'll get my points either way. ... We just hung in there with them. There wasn't much we could do to pull away with the way it was being played."
Jackson also got into a scuffle with Yolanda Griffith under the Seattle basket with 1:26 to play, earning technical fouls for both stars. They smoothed things over after the game.
Jackson took just six shots, but went 9-for-11 from the free throw line. The Monarchs' concentration on Jackson repeatedly left Bird and her teammates open in the second half.
"This is probably the most physical team in the Western Conference, but I think we're learning how to play better with that," Seattle coach Anne Donovan said. "To me, that's a great thing when other people can step up and we can still win the game."
Sheri Sam scored eight points for the Storm, who pulled away with a 16-5 run late in the second half for their third straight win over Sacramento. Seattle also moved within 11/2 games of Los Angeles for the WNBA's best record.
"They try to make it an ugly, scrambled game, and they do a good job," Bird said. "In the second half, we did a much better job taking care of the ball."
At Silver Stars 78, Sun 67 -- LaToya Thomas had a season-high 23 points and Agnieszka Bibrzycka added a career-high 19 to lead San Antonio, which snapped a five-game losing streak.
Lynx 69, at Liberty 66 -- Katie Smith scored seven of her 12 points over the final 2 minutes. Vanessa Hayden, Amber Jacobs and Nicole Ohlde each added 11 points to help Minnesota to its fourth straight victory.
At Comets 97, Shock 61 -- Tina Thompson scored 21 of her 33 points in the first half as the Comets ended a five-game losing streak.
At Mystics 68, Sting 54 -- Chamique Holdsclaw scored 19 points. Tamicha Jackson added 12 points for the Mystics (9-9). Washington equaled its win total from last season, when it went 9-25.
Storm Fly on Wings of Bird
Lauren Jackson, pulling down a rebound between Minnesota Lynx's Tamika Williams (20) and Stacey Lovelace, had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Tom Olmscheid | Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS Sue Bird tied a season high with 20 points to lead the Seattle Storm over the Minnesota Lynx 72-66 Friday night. ... [Read More...]
Seattle returns, falls to Monarchs
SEATTLE (AP) Olympian Yolanda Griffith scored 18 points and paced a balanced attack, leading the Sacramento Monarchs to a 73-65 victory over the Seattle Storm on Wednesday night. Tangela Smith added 14 points for the Monarchs, who reached the .500 mark (13-13) for the first time ... [Read More...]
Storm Clinch Second Place
Lauren Jackson, left, and Sue Bird smile as they celebrate clinching second place in the Western Conference. Elaine Thompson | Associated Press SEATTLE The Seattle Storm earned home-court advantage and perhaps a psychological boost in beating the Sacramento Monarchs on Thursday night. Janell Burse ... [Read More...]
This time, Storm doesn't blow lead
The Storm's Lauren Jackson shot over Sacramento's Tangela Smith on Sunday in Seattle. Jackson scored 23 points in Seattle's 66-54 win. AP photo by Elaine Thompson Seattle's Sue Bird, wearing a mask to protect a broken nose she suffered in the Storm's Game 1 loss, ... [Read More...]
Jackson Golden Against Silver Stars
Seattle's Lauren Jackson, right, drives in front of the San Antonio Silver Stars' Katie Feenstra in the first half Sunday in Seattle. Jackson scored 21 points in a 79-51 Seattle win. elaine thompson | associated press seattle Lauren Jackson scored a season-high 21 points to lead ... [Read More...]


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Aquino is Pontius Pilate in urban poor's 'kalbaryo'
Janess Ann J. Ellao March 31, 2015
"End the calvary of the people. Aquino should resign."
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
MANILA – Members of progressive groups trooped to Mendiola in a "Lenten-inspired" protest to call for President Aquino's resignation today, Mar. 30.
"End the calvary of the people. Aquino should resign," protesters chanted.
Some protesters carried black crosses representing the misdeeds of the Aquino administration – demolition, Public-Private Partnership, increasing prices of goods and services, injustice to Yolanda survivors, privatization of social services, absence of genuine agrarian reform.
"Aquino as the Pontius Pilate of the urban poor has subjected us to deeper poverty. He is proudly talking about the economic development which his administration allegedly achieved but he has done nothing to improve the lives of poor Filipinos. He is very good in absolving himself of the sins against the poor," Carlito Badion, secretary general of Kadamay, said.
Protesters began their march from Plaza Miranda to the foot of the historic Mendiola bridge.
Among those who joined today's protest were residents of the Parola compound in Manila, whose homes were razed in a fire earlier this month.
Teodulo Billeza, 56, told Bulatlat.com that his story was like that of any other Filipino who left their provinces due to lack of decent livelihood. They left for Manila, and, like many others before him, urban poor communities became his refuge.
"Our life and livelihood is in Divisoria. If I am not working as a carpenter, you would find me in the streets of Divisoria, working as a porter. I would earn roughly P300 for working from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. the following day," he said.
Their life, however, was disrupted when a fire razed their community, destroying homes of thousands of urban poor families. Local government officials told them to accept their relocation offers to either in the province of Cavite or in Bulacan.
But Billeza found nothing promising of the government's offer.
"What would be left of our income if we would spend half of it for our fare?" he said, "This is why I joined today's protest, hoping that Aquino would heed our call."
He also doubted if the fire was an accident as their community is currently facing demolition threats. He added that firefighters did not appear eager to put a stop to the fire and has seemingly allowed it to raze their homes to the ground.
Urban poor group Kadamay said that the National Housing Authority has constructed 49,640 housing units, where at least 94 percent is located in far-flung relocation sites. These relocation sites have long been criticized for having no access to basic social services.
There are at least 70,000 families or 350,000 individuals who were evicted from their homes as part of the implementation of various public-private partnership programs in the National Capital Region alone.
"From the violence during these demolition of homes to the hellish situation in the off-city relocation sites, Aquino has unraveled himself as a quintessentially anti-poor president," Badion said, adding that the president prioritizes the interest of the foreign businesses and ruling local elites.


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It's amazing to think about, but many health related devices are controlled by magnets, such as an MRI machine. So think about magnets and how they can help you become healthier the next time you are at the doctor's office.
Our lives could be very different without utilizing magnets.
I never thought about this topic that magnets are used in so many things! Wow this was a very informative post about magnets and where they are used!
Wow, I'm amazed at the number of medical equipment that use magnets! It makes me wonder just how far behind we'd be in the medical field–or even just in everyday life–if we didn't know how to harness magnets to power and operate our devices.


A city needs signs, and quite a lot of them. There are a number of ways to do this: commercial offerings, decals (including decals you make yourself) and scratchbuilding. But the latter approach is the only one that will give you variety, and it can be fairly simple in practice.
Note: this method could also be used to make decals, and decals may be preferable to printed paper for some applications, but it's very hard to make decals with white areas, which can be problematic.
The ideal sign to use is one shot front-on in daylight or a well-lit interior, showing the complete sign with nothing in front of it. Dim or spotlight-lit signs make poor starting material. However, a sign doesn't have to be photographed straight-on to be used, if you have suitable editing software. For these, the image needs to include things outside the sign, as part of the image is typically lost when skewing it.
To make a sign from a photograph you need something structural (i.e., the signboard) and the sign itself (a printed final version). You may have an existing signboard from a kit or pre-built structure, but for most situations you'll need to make one from styrene (or cardstock if you're making a paper structure kit, but I haven't made any of those yet, so I'll confine my comments to styrene).
For tools, I use a NWSL Chopper II for cutting strip styrene, as well as other tools such as an X-acto knife, plastic scribing tool, or even scissors as appropriate. When working with a knife, a steel straight-edge is an essential tool, and one marked in millimeters is useful for other purposes. A set of small needle files are useful for smoothing cut edges. A self-healing cutting mat is also very handy, although a sheet of glass can work (but you'll dull blades quicker with that). I prefer the green style, which can be found in most craft stores and some hobby stores.
And for cutting out the final signs I used pair of small straight-bladed scrapbooking scissors, specifically a pair of Honey Bee non-stick craft scissors, with precise and very sharp blades, which I don't use for any other purpose. I found these at a local crafts store, and you can probably find something similar, but they're available from Amazon as well.
You'll also need image editing software that can work with JPEG images (and being able to work with other formats, such as PNG, GIF and TIFF, may be helpful). The software needs to include a "layer" capability, as well as the ability to scale and skew images. I use Adobe's Photoshop Elements for this.
Finally, you need a photo ink-jet printer (a normal ink-jet can work, if it supports use of photo-quality coated paper) and glossy photo paper ( I use 4x6 snapshot paper, as I don't need much and waste less this way).
Although not specifically a tool, an appropriate glue (or glues) is also necessary. In addition to styrene glue for attaching plastic to plastic, a glue that can attach paper to plastic is also needed. And it should be an acid-free glue to avoid long-term yellowing of the sign. I use 3M Scotch Quick-Dry Tacky Adhesive. This is a thick acid-free white glue that is easy to spread and won't run even on a smooth surface. It stays tacky long enough to reposition a sign, but holds them in position well until it sets, and sets quickly.
If you're working with an existing signboard, the size is a given (unless you decide to modify it to fit a found image), but for scratch-built signs the first thing to decide is how large the signboard must be. This depends on what it is used for, and where it is located. The same image may appear on a small sign within a train station, and on a huge billboard outside. In other cases, like street-side instructions such as speed limits or routes, signs are specific to their use and have a standard size. The best way to decide is to look at photos showing such signs in use, and decide the scale from surrounding objects, make a test image, and try it out on the layout to see if it looks correct.
When deciding sign sizes, I work in millimeters as these are easy to measure and most N-scale signs are only a few millimeters across, but you could just as easily work in fractions of an inch if you're more comfortable with those.
A sign made from photographic paper needs some kind of support. I use styrene, preferable 1mm (0.040"), although thinner styrene could be used if well-supported. If you're using a pre-existing sign that isn't large enough, you can glue a new piece of styrene onto the existing one to enlarge it. What I did to make some large signs on a Kato passenger platform was to take one of the small signs (about 3mm x 10mm) and add a new board of about 3.5mm x 20mm to each side. I also extended the support posts using hollow tubes.
When a sign needs to be mounted to something, rather than mounting it directly you can stand it off with a couple of small squares of styrene. There are times when direct mounting is appropriate, but more commonly setting it off provides a dimensionality to the sign, representing whatever structure would normally be used to attach it. When mounting a sign, be sure to sand paint off the surfaces to be glued.
To convert a photograph to a photographic sign, it needs to be resized and printed. If the original photo wasn't square it may also need to be adjusted.
1) First turn on the reference grid (View / Grid), then use the Skew (Image / Transform / Skew) to make the sign square.
2) Next select the sign with the rectangular marquee tool, and copy it, then paste into a new image (Edit / Copy followed by File / New / Image from Clipboard) and save the result as a JPEG (I usually use compression setting 8, High Quality). Note: it's best to copy just inside the frame to avoid a color change at the border, but a small amount as seen below will be invisible in the final sign.
Second image shows photo after Skew, third shows selected sign.
A sign may be a single image, or it may be a composite of several. In either case the process is the same. Each component is placed in one layer of a document sized to print on a single sheet of paper with reference marks on a separate layer to allow image size to be adjusted.
As I was printing to 4x6 photo paper, I created a Photoshop document (PSD) with a resolution of 300 dpi of 4x6 inches (1200 x 1800 pixels). Separately I created a 4x6 document in a graphics program of the same resolution, with marks every centimeter, saved it as a JPEG, then imported it into the PSD to create a reference layer.
Each image was added to a separate layer above this (the reference layer can be turned off for printing, but as long as the images layered above it are opaque it doesn't matter since it only appears outside the part you're going to keep). Then the individual images are resized (Image / Resize / Scale ) to the size needed, and repositioned (they can be dragged around while being resized).
If one sign contains multiple components, they can be positioned next to each other so that you only need to cut out the whole composite.
With the sign printed, it is cut to size and then glued to the signboard. Usually I attach the sign to the signboard before attaching the signboard to the structure, although it could be done in another order.
The technique can be used for things other than signs. For example, I've attached photos of the front of vending machines to the vending machines supplied with Kato's new station platforms (20-120 Island Platform Set, etc).


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"Lord Parker's 'Oliday" is the 30th episode of Thunderbirds, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company AP Films for ITC Entertainment. Written by Tony Barwick and directed by Brian Burgess, it was first broadcast on 23 October 1966 on ATV London and Anglia Television as the fourth episode of Series 2. The episode had its first UK-wide network broadcast on 8 May 1992 on BBC2.

Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds follows the missions of International Rescue, a secret organisation which uses technologicallyadvanced rescue vehicles to save human life. The lead characters are exastronaut Jeff Tracy, founder of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the organisation's primary vehicles: the Thunderbird machines. In "Lord Parker's 'Oliday", International Rescue agents Lady Penelope and Parker are holidaying in the Mediterranean town of Monte Bianco when a nearby solar power station is damaged in a storm, leaving its collector dish pointing directly at the town. International Rescue must find a way to re-angle the dish before its beam of concentrated solar energy burns through Monte Bianco.

The title's H-dropping on the word "holiday" mimics the character Parker, who speaks in a hypercorrected Cockney accent.

Plot
Lady Penelope and Parker (voiced by Sylvia Anderson and David Graham) leave England for a holiday in the Mediterranean coastal town of Monte Bianco, checking into a hotel run by Mr Faccini. Thanks to the work of Professor Lungren and his assistant Mitchell, the town is set to become the first in the world to be powered entirely by solar energy. Bruno, the hotel's pessimistic steward, fears that this will lead to "great disaster".

That night, the hotel guests attend a fancy dress banquet to celebrate the activation of Lungren's mountain-top solar station. A storm rolls in and the station's tower is hit by lightning strikes, cutting power to the town. The tower's dish breaks off and rolls down the mountain, coming to rest pointing directly at Monte Bianco. Later, the storm clears and the hotel guests marvel as the dish reflects the Moon, concentrating its light and casting a silvery glow over the town. Bruno, however, is dreading the sunrise. Penelope thinks she knows why and uses FAB 1's videophone to alert International Rescue, taking the car out to sea on its hydrofoils to avoid radio interference from the nearby mountains. On Tracy Island, scientist Brains (voiced by David Graham) predicts that when the dish begins to reflect sunlight, the energy projected at Monte Bianco will heat the town until it ignites. Jeff (voiced by Peter Dyneley) dispatches Scott (Shane Rimmer), Virgil (Jeremy Wilkin), Alan (Matt Zimmerman) and Brains in Thunderbirds 1 and 2 with orders to avert disaster.

As dawn approaches, Penelope drives to the solar station to check on Lungren and Mitchell. The station's radio has been damaged in the storm, preventing them from calling for outside help. Back at the hotel, Parker has a plan to keep the guests on hand to fight any fires that might break out: posing as an English lord, he uses his pretend authority to gather everyone together for a very special game: "Lord Parker's Bingo".

Using aerial reconnaissance from Scott in Thunderbird 1, Brains suggests attaching a line to the dish from Thunderbird 2 and using the aircraft's thrusters to angle the dish away from the town. Donning a heat suit, Brains is winched down to guide the line into place, but the thrusters fail to move the dish. Brains discovers that the rotation gears are jammed and burns through them with a laser cutter. Seeing the hotel roof beginning to smoulder, Scott activates a device on Thunderbird 1 which fills the air with smoke, blocking out the sun and stopping the flow of reflected solar energy. A second attempt to move the dish is successful, ending with the structure toppling over. Virgil and Alan are dismayed to see a figure that appears to be Brains buried in the wreckage, but it is only Brains' discarded heat suit.

In the closing scene, Penelope and Parker – the latter now finished playing a lord – resume their holiday.

Production
The solar station miniature model was designed by special effects assistant Mike Trim. "Lord Parker's 'Oliday" also features models, props, music and stock footage from earlier productions. The model quayside from which FAB 1 launches onto the sea was recycled from the feature film Thunderbirds Are Go, as was an introductory shot of Tracy Island. The episode also re-uses footage from "The Perils of Penelope" and "The Cham-Cham", in addition to models and props from "The Man from MI.5", "End of the Road" and "Sun Probe". The puppet that plays Mitchell previously appeared as Captain Ashton in "Alias Mr. Hackenbacker". Some of the incidental music was originally composed for the Supercar episode "Amazonian Adventure" and the Stingrays "Tune of Danger".

Reception
Rating the episode three out of five, Tom Fox of Starburst magazine writes that while most of the story "ticks along nicely", Parker's reason for holding a bingo game makes "next to no sense". Marcus Hearn also questions the logic behind the game, wondering why the hotel is not simply evacuated instead. Although Hearn considers the script to be structurally flawed – arguing, for example, that Penelope is underused in the episode's second half – he believes that any deficiencies in the writing are compensated by the comedy scenes, such as the hotel costume party (for which Penelope dresses as Marie Antoinette, with Parker in Renaissance attire). He also calls the bingo game scenes a "hilarious spectacle".

Mark Braxton also praises the episode's comedy, writing that the cheerful Faccini and despairing Bruno make an entertaining double act. He singles out a scene in which Penelope, still dressed as Marie Antoinette, "drives" FAB 1 on water, to the astonishment of a man on a cruise yacht. Fox calls this scene the best part of the episode.

On the theme of energy supply, Hearn adds that given how Thunderbirds often highlights the dangers of nuclear power, this episode is "unusually pessimistic" about solar power as a more sustainable alternative. Braxton believes that the premise of "Lord Parker's 'Oliday" influenced the Thunderbirds Are Go episode "Ring of Fire", in which a solar collector dish is destabilised by undersea earthquakes and threatens to incinerate a town.

Notes and references

External links

1966 British television episodes
Television episodes about vacationing
Television episodes set in hotels
Thunderbirds (TV series) episodes


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