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OFFICIAL: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Gets Its New Cyclops, Storm, and Jean Grey
After months of speculation regarding the casting of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm's younger versions for 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse, the said film's director Bryan Singer took it to Twitter to announce the newe...
Marvel Releases Map of BATTLEWORLD Featured in SECRET WARS
Marvel has released the map of Battleworld, the setting for its May 2015 storyline – Secret Wars. The map feature worlds from different storylines and worlds, all mashed up into one Pangaea-like continent. With Manhattan ...
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Finds Its Titular Villain!
After months of speculation and hype, Variety reports that Oscar Isaac has been cast to play the titular villain in X-Men: Apocalypse. According to the writeup, the Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Inside Llewyn Davis actor wil...
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Looks For Its Cyclops and Jean Grey
20th Century FOX's X-Men: Apocalypse, hot off the heels of the game-changing Days of Future Past, is set to cast younger versions of Scott Summers and Jean Grey, both known for their superhero identities as Cyclops and Ph...
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE is Coming in 2016
Plain and simple. #Xmen #Apocalypse 2016! — Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) December 5, 2013 X-Men: Apocalypse is scheduled to be released on May 27, 2016. In 2016, only the fittest will survive.
Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers Resurrects Dead X-Men and Avengers
The cover for Uncanny Avengers # 10 has revealed the identity of the new Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Daniela Acuña will be joining Rick Remender on Uncanny Avengers with John Cassaday doing covers for the book instead.
The Other Possessions CYCLOPS Had Endured
The many possessions Cyclops has bounced back from showing signs that he'll probably survive AVX.
ADVANCE PREVIEW: UNCANNY X-FORCE #12
"Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Uncanny X-Force #12, from critically acclaimed writer Rick Remender, superstar artists Mark Brooks and Dean White. X-Force must find a Celestial Life Seed before Archangel succum...


HOUSTON, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) today reported net income of $148 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2011 compared to $114 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the same period of 2010. Operating income for the first quarter of 2011 was $364 million compared to $357 million for the same period of 2010.
"This was a good quarter for our company," said David M. McClanahan, president and chief executive officer of CenterPoint Energy. "We received a favorable decision from the Texas Supreme Court in our true-up case. Our regulated electric and natural gas utilities and our interstate pipelines performed well, and our field services unit continues to realize growth from the investments we have made in the Haynesville shale. I remain optimistic about future investment opportunities in our businesses."
The electric transmission & distribution segment reported operating income of $101 million for the first quarter of 2011, consisting of $68 million from the regulated electric transmission & distribution utility operations (TDU) and $33 million related to securitization bonds. Operating income for the first quarter of 2010 was $107 million, consisting of $71 million from the TDU and $36 million related to securitization bonds. Operating income for the TDU benefited from growth of over 29,000 metered customers since March 2010, which was more than offset by higher operation and maintenance expenses primarily associated with system reliability programs.
The natural gas distribution segment reported operating income of $142 million for the first quarter of 2011 compared to $139 million for the same period of 2010. The increase in operating income resulted primarily from lower bad debt expense, partially offset by increases in other operating expenses. Reduced throughput as a result of milder weather was mitigated by weather hedges, weather normalization adjustment mechanisms and increased throughput to large volume customers.
The interstate pipelines segment reported operating income of $76 million for the first quarter of 2011 compared to $72 million for the same period of 2010. Higher revenues from firm contracts associated with Phase IV of the Carthage to Perryville pipeline and new power plant transportation contracts were partially offset by reduced revenues from ancillary services. Operation and maintenance expenses were lower primarily due to an insurance settlement.
In addition to operating income, this segment recorded equity income of $4 million for the first quarter of 2011 from its 50 percent interest in the Southeast Supply Header (SESH) compared to equity income of $3 million for the same period of 2010.
The field services segment reported operating income of $36 million for the first quarter of 2011 compared to $23 million for the same period of 2010. Revenue growth from higher gathering volumes, primarily associated with projects in the Haynesville shale, was partially offset by increased operation and maintenance expenses primarily related to facility expansions.
In addition to operating income, this business had equity income of $2 million in each of the first quarters of 2011 and 2010 from its 50 percent interest in a gathering and processing joint venture (Waskom).
The competitive natural gas sales and services segment reported operating income of $10 million for the first quarter of 2011 compared to $15 million for the same period of 2010. Operating income for the first quarter of 2011 included charges of $2 million resulting from mark-to-market accounting for derivatives associated with certain forward natural gas purchases and sales used to lock in economic margins, compared to gains of $3 million for the same period of 2010.
On March 18, 2011, the Texas Supreme Court issued its decision in the company's true-up case, the proceeding in which the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) determined the amount of stranded costs and other amounts due to the company as a result of the restructuring of the Texas electric industry in 1999. The Supreme Court's decision remains subject to motions for rehearing and must be implemented through a remand to the PUC. Based on the Court's decision, the company plans to seek a Financing Order from the PUC to authorize securitization of approximately $1.85 billion, which includes interest through September 30, 2011.
On April 21, 2011, CenterPoint Energy's board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.1975 per share of common stock payable on June 10, 2011, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 16, 2011.
CenterPoint Energy reaffirmed its 2011 earnings guidance of $1.04 to $1.14 per diluted share. This guidance takes into consideration various economic and operational assumptions related to the business segments in which the company operates. The company has made certain assumptions regarding financing activities and the impact to earnings of various regulatory proceedings. In providing this guidance, the company has not included the impact of any changes in accounting standards, any impact from significant acquisitions or divestitures, any impact to income from the change in value of Time Warner stocks and the related ZENS securities, or the timing effects of mark-to-market or inventory accounting in the company's competitive natural gas sales and services business. It also does not reflect the recording of the Texas Supreme Court's decision in the TDU's true-up appeal. For the impact of these factors on the company's earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2011, see the attached reconciliation.
Today, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2011. A copy of that report is available on the company's website, under the Investors section. Other filings the company makes with the SEC and other documents relating to its corporate governance can also be found on that site.
CenterPoint Energy's management will host an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. Central time or 11:30 a.m. Eastern time. Interested parties may listen to a live audio broadcast of the conference call on the company's website, under the Investors section. A replay of the call can be accessed approximately two hours after the completion of the call and will be archived on the website for at least one year.
This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual events and results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The statements in this news release regarding the company's earnings outlook for 2011 and future financial performance and results of operations, the expected request for future recovery as a result of the Texas Supreme Court's true-up decision, and any other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement contained in this news release speaks only as of the date of this release. Factors that could affect actual results include (1) the resolution of the true-up proceedings, including, the outcome of requests to the Texas Supreme Court for rehearing, future actions by the Public Utility Commission of Texas in response to the decisions by the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Third Court of Appeals, and any further appeals thereof; (2) state and federal legislative and regulatory actions or developments relating to the environment, including those related to global climate change; (3) other state and federal legislative and regulatory actions or developments affecting various aspects of CenterPoint Energy's businesses, including, among others, energy deregulation or re-regulation, pipeline safety, health care reform, financial reform and tax legislation; (4) timely and appropriate rate actions and increases, allowing recovery of costs and a reasonable return on investment; (5) the timing and outcome of any audits, disputes or other proceedings related to taxes; (6) problems with construction, implementation of necessary technology or other issues with respect to major capital projects that result in delays or in cost overruns that cannot be recouped in rates; (7) industrial, commercial and residential growth in CenterPoint Energy's service territories and changes in market demand, including the effects of energy efficiency measures, and demographic patterns; (8) the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices, particularly natural gas and natural gas liquids, and the effects of geographic and seasonal commodity price differentials; (9) the timing and extent of changes in the supply of natural gas, including supplies available for gathering by CenterPoint Energy's field services business and transporting by its interstate pipelines; (10) weather variations and other natural phenomena; (11) the impact of unplanned facility outages; (12) timely and appropriate regulatory actions allowing securitization or other recovery of costs associated with any future hurricanes or natural disasters; (13) changes in interest rates or rates of inflation; (14) commercial bank and financial market conditions, CenterPoint Energy's access to capital, the cost of such capital, and the results of our financing and refinancing efforts, including availability of funds in the debt capital markets; (15) actions by rating agencies; (16) effectiveness of CenterPoint Energy's risk management activities; (17) inability of various counterparties to meet their obligations; (18) non-payment for services due to financial distress of CenterPoint Energy's customers; (19) the ability of GenOn Energy, Inc. (formerly known as RRI Energy, Inc.) and its subsidiaries to satisfy their obligations to CenterPoint Energy and its subsidiaries; (20) the ability of retail electric providers, and particularly the two largest customers of the TDU, to satisfy their obligations to CenterPoint Energy and its subsidiaries; (21) the outcome of litigation brought by or against CenterPoint Energy; (22) CenterPoint Energy's ability to control costs; (23) the investment performance of pension and postretirement benefit plans; (24) potential business strategies, including restructurings, acquisitions or dispositions of assets or businesses; (25) acquisition and merger activities; and (26) other factors discussed in CenterPoint Energy's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, and other reports CenterPoint Energy or its subsidiaries may file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Sometimes life writes scenarios which leave us speechless.
As a part of Gdańsk we express our solidarity with the City. On behalf of the entire Gdańsk University of Technology academic community I would like to give my deepest condolences to Mr. Mayor's friends and family, as well as to all citizens of Gdańsk.
Paweł Adamowicz was a person for whom the care for our city was of the greatest value. He passed suddenly, unable to complete multiple plans, including these carried out with Gdańsk University of Technology and the local scientific community.
All parties organizing events at GUT from now until the day of the funeral are kindly asked to postpone them.


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Ford Motor Company, with a little help from Chicago native Jim Belushi, introduced its newly redesigned 2019 Transit Connect Wagon to media attendees at the 2018 Chicago Auto Show Media Preview on Thursday.
Ford also debuted the all-new Titanium Elite Appearance Package. Available for the first time on the 2019 Edge lineup, it offers supreme style with full body color sides, a more premium rear skid plate and unique 20-inch wheels.
According to Ford, the demand for higher-trim series SUVs is rising, with Edge seeing an eight percent rise in high-trim series sales over the past four years.


Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common type of skin cancer. It forms when squamous cells begin to grow uncontrollably in the top layers of the skin, called the epidermis. In most cases, it is caused by repeated exposure to UV rays over time. Squamous cell carcinoma usually first appears as a red, scaly plaque of skin or as a hard domed bump. Both varieties typically feel rough and crusty and can bleed when scraped.


Does anyone know the correct coupon syntax for "Get 1 Free, but any additional items you buy are full price"? It doesn't matter if in actuality the "1 free" means "subtract 1/n of the cost of n items", as I expect it will be - that is fine.
single|1-100|2-0 works, but only if they have one product in their cart.
I think it might be incremental|1-100|2-0 actually, but I'm not really sure.
Good question - thanks for reaching out. You're spot on that incremental is what you're after. A single discount type will just discount based on the single tier that applies - so if you have 2 or more products, that means the single discount is 0% off. With incremental, it will apply each tier to the products within that tier, meaning you'll get the 1 product at 100% off, and the rest at full price.
Quick note though with our existing discount functionality - it doesn't have a notion of an order to the products, so for your discount string, it will apply the discount based on the average product price of the products that the discount applies to. That's not an issue if all the products are the same price, or if you're discounting by a set dollar amount - but it will impact if you're using a percentage discount and the products are different prices.
Excellent! Thanks a lot for confirming that and the averaging thing! That's what I'll go with then. Btw, I finally got this site upgraded to 2.0. It's quite nice!
Happy to help. Glad you were able to get the store updated to 2.0 as well!


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Features | Written by Robert Martin 02/07/2019
Top 5 Things to do at DAVID LYNCH AT HOME
As part of this year's Manchester International Festival (#MIF19) HOME is being transformed by all things David Lynch, the man behind Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and many more STARBURST favourites.
From Saturday, July 6th to Sunday, September 29th you'll be able to see the iconic filmmaker's entire back catalogue, see an exhibition of his paintings and immerse yourself in the man and his work.
Excited? Of course you are, and there's so much to see that we've broken it down to our top 5 things to do at David Lynch at HOME.
1: My Head Is Disconnected
Known for his films, Lynch is also a prolific artist and My Head Is Disconnected, specially curated for HOME, is the first major UK exhibition of his work. It features over 60 weird and wonderful works dating from the 1960s to the present day. https://homemcr.org/exhibition/david-lynch-my-head-is-disconnected/
And if you like his work…
2: Buy a limited edition print signed by Lynch
It's a rare thing to own a piece of art by one of your favourite filmmakers but HOME has managed to get Lynch to create a limited edition print, signed by Lynch himself. And while you may need to break open your piggy bank to get your hands on one, for people who like to collect, this is a rarity you may want to splash out on. There are only 100 up for grabs. https://homemcr.org/article/signed-limited-edition-prints-by-david-lynch-available-as-part-of-david-lynch-at-home/
3: Remember: It's a Great Big Wonderful World
From his most mainstream cinema, with the likes of The Elephant Man and The Straight Story, right back to Eraserhead and his experimental shorts, Lynch has always been a director with a vision of the world that is, specifically, Lynchian, so much so that we even use his name to describe the work of other filmmakers when their vision is slightly off-kilter. HOME is presenting not only his back catalogue but films he's cited as an influence on his vision and career, including The Wizard of Oz and Sunset Boulevard. https://homemcr.org/event/its-a-great-big-wonderful-world-david-lynch-film-season/
4: See a gig
Music has always been a big part of Lynch's work so he's created a series of music events, David Lynch Presents, including gigs by Anna Calvi and regular Lynch collaborator, Chrysta Bell. https://homemcr.org/event/david-lynch-presents-anna-calvi-solo-douglas-dare-chrysta-bell/
https://homemcr.org/event/david-lynch-presents-oliver-coates-hatis-noit-chrysta-bell/
5: Go to a live video interview with Lynch
He's a busy man so, having done the hard work in creating everything in the season, Mr Lynch will be interviewed live on stage via a video link, but you can be there. The focus of the event will be public questions so get yourself a ticket if you've ever fancied asking about the freaky Eraserhead baby, the man from another place in Twin Peaks or you're just curious about his outstanding hair...
https://homemcr.org/event/artist-talk-david-lynch-via-video-link/
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Updated on 3 Jul 2018
Nintendo has just shown off three special edition designs for its Nintendo 2DS XL handheld, themed around Animal Crossing, Minecraft and Mario Kart. They're some of the more elaborate ones we've seen to date.
The New Nintendo 2DS XL is rapidly becoming the default option if you want to access the 3DS' enormous game library and, like a lot of people, if you don't really care about stereoscopic 3D.
The Animal Crossing and Mario Kart 7 designs will launch on 19th July in Japan, while the Minecraft edition will launch a little later, on 2nd August.
Here in the UK Nintendo is yet to announce these special versions via press release or social media, but I just got an in-game notification about the Animal Crossing edition via the series' mobile game Pocket Camp. According to the app, it'll hold a 20th July release date and come with Animal Crossing New Leaf already installed.
Now, onto the larger images:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
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NASA Telescopes Set Limits on Space-time Quantum "Foam"
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A team of scientists has used X-ray and gamma-ray observations of some of the most distant objects in the Universe to better understand the nature of space and time. Their results set limits on the quantum nature, or "foaminess" of space-time at extremely tiny scales.
This study combines data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope along with ground-based gamma-ray observations from the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array (VERITAS).
At the smallest scales of distance and duration that we can measure, space-time – that is, the three dimensions of space plus time – appears to be smooth and structureless. However, certain aspects of quantum mechanics, the highly successful theory scientists have developed to explain the physics of atoms and subatomic particles, predict that space-time would not be smooth. Rather, it would have a foamy, jittery nature and would consist of many small, ever-changing, regions for which space and time are no longer definite, but fluctuate.
"One way to think of space-time foam is if you are flying over the ocean in the airplane, it looks completely smooth. However, if you get low enough you see the waves, and closer still, foam, with tiny bubbles that are constantly fluctuating" said lead author Eric Perlman of the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. "Even stranger, the bubbles are so tiny that even on atomic scales we're trying to observe them from a very high-flying airplane."
The predicted scale of space-time foam is about ten times a billionth of a trillionth of the diameter of a hydrogen atom's nucleus, so it cannot be detected directly. However, If space-time does have a foamy structure there are limitations on the accuracy with which distances can be measured because the size of the many quantum bubbles through which light travels will fluctuate. Depending on what model of space-time is used, these distance uncertainties should accumulate at different rates as light travels travels over the large cosmic distances.
The researchers used observations of X-rays and gamma-rays from very distant quasars – luminous sources produced by matter falling towards supermassive black holes – to test models of space-time foam. The authors predicted that the accumulation of distance uncertainties for light traveling across billions of light years would cause the image quality to degrade so much that the objects would become undetectable. The wavelength where the image disappears should depend on the model of space-time foam used.
Chandra's X-ray detection of quasars at distances of billions of light years rules out one model, according to which photons diffuse randomly through space-time foam in a manner similar to light diffusing through fog. Detections of distant quasars at shorter, gamma-ray wavelengths with Fermi and even shorter wavelengths with VERITAS demonstrate that a second, so-called holographic model with less diffusion does not work.
"We find that our data can rule out two different models for space-time foam," said co-author Jack Ng of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. "We can conclude that space-time is less foamy that some models predict."
The X-ray and gamma-ray data show that space-time is smooth down to distances 1000 times smaller than the nucleus of a hydrogen atom.
Chandra Finds Remarkable Galactic Ribbon Unfurled
Death By Black Hole In Small Galaxy?
Glow from the Big Bang Allows Discovery of Distant Black Hole Jet
NASA's Chandra Suggests Black Holes Gorging at Excessive Rates
These results appear in the May 20th issue of The Astrophysical Journal. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the Chandra program for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, controls Chandra's science and flight operations.
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That is quite the theory.
Posted by Wade Born on Friday, 06.17.16 @ 19:13pm
Hi, does the space-time foam encircle the entire solar system? Thank you for making this data accessible and known.
Posted by Gail Hitson on Tuesday, 06.14.16 @ 17:55pm
Very useful information and interesting things.
Posted by Neymar Smith on Sunday, 11.22.15 @ 20:13pm
Thank you for this very informative article.
Posted by Cynthia Kay Castle on Thursday, 05.28.15 @ 13:03pm
Perhaps a kind of Foam could also contribute to the superconductivity of light, perhaps there are many kinds of Foams e.g. Light Friends , where we can distinguish objects at vast distances beyond 13.3 bly or further with better telescopes. Contrary to the one obscuring photons. May be this with x-rays and others can be seen by visible light, the different kind of sub atomic particles expelled out into space creates different new foam for light to travel. This is all a maybe, I love reading Chandra articles.
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City of Mississauga selects Deryn Rizzi as new Fire Chief
A Huge Entertainment Complex is Coming to Erin Mills Town Centre in Mississauga
by Ashley Newport on June 27, 2019
Over the past few years, shopping centres in Mississauga have garnered a great deal of attention and for good reason—they're growing and welcoming more stores, restaurants and recreational spaces.
Square One generated huge buzz with its newly-opened Rec Room and Food District locations, and it looks like Erin Mills Town Centre is about to excite people in the community with a huge announcement regarding its former Sears location.
On June 26, Ward 9 Councillor Pat Saito announced that EMTC—a shopping centre that recently underwent a multi-million dollar facelift—will be welcoming a movie theatre and entertainment complex to the area once occupied by the now-defunct department store.
The area will also house a Marshall's store.
"I can finally announce we are getting a theatre complex in Ward 9!!!," Saito wrote on her Facebook page.
"The old Sears at Erin Mills Town Centre will be renovated to add a full entertainment centre and a Marshall's store. It's been hard not sharing the news but it was part of our Open House at the mall tonight."
While there aren't too many details on the project available right now, Saito told insauga.com that the space will be home to a movie theatre, other entertainment activities and restaurants.
Insauga.com has reached out to Erin Mills Town Centre for more details.
While the news might surprise those who are used to watching movie theatres leave malls, the move to welcome a theatre and entertainment complex makes sense. With brick and mortar retailers struggling to compete with e-commerce platforms such as eBay and Amazon, those who frequent shopping centres might be looking for more dining and recreational opportunities.
With the Central Erin Mills neighbourhood growing and welcoming more condo towers, residents will no doubt enjoy having a place to eat, shop and play nearby.
We'll share more details as they become available.
Cover photo courtesy of Pat Saito's Facebook page
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They won't be favored when they meet powerhouse La Salle on Saturday, but don't count on Jewel Lai and UP to simply roll the carpet for the Lady Spikers.
After winning just a set in 2 matches in Season 77, the Lady Maroons believe it will be a different story this time.
"Last year, our floor defense and blocking didn't work. We also lacked exposure and experience," the sophomore setter told FOX Sports in Filipino.
It is easier said than done and Lai knows it. But the Hope Christian HS alum also knows what it will take to bring the fight to the Taft spikers.
Lai also talked about La Salle's star playmaker, Kim Fajardo, and said she isn't worried about the Season 76 Best Setter.
"I know that Kim Fajardo is a good setter, she's already experienced in what she does. But I have to believe that whatever she can do, I can also do it as well," Lai shared.


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Payoneer est une société de services financiers qui offre des services de transfert d'argent en ligne et de paiement en ligne et fournit à ses clients un fonds de roulement. Son siège est basé aux États-Unis, à New York.

Services

Les titulaires de compte peuvent envoyer et recevoir des fonds sur leur compte bancaire, leur carte bancaire prépayée ou sur leur compte carte au format électronique. Le compte carte ou porte-feuille électronique, ainsi que la carte de crédit MasterCard sont rechargeables et la carte de crédit peut être utilisée en ligne ou chez les commerçants. L'entreprise se spécialise dans la facilitation des paiements internationaux entre entreprises ou même entre freelances. Il permet de faire des transactions transfrontalières dans plus de 150 monnaies locales, en utilisant son réseau de services bancaires à travers le monde pour faciliter les virements bancaires locaux.

Des entreprises comme Airbnb, Amazon, Google et Upwork ont adopté cette carte pour émettre des paiements en masse auprès de leurs utilisateurs à travers le monde. Payoneer est également utilisé par le secteur du commerce électronique. La société, travaille aussi avec des réseaux publicitaires pour la mise en relation de certaines entreprises avec des éditeurs basés en dehors de leur siège social du pays.

Historique
La société a été fondée en 2005 avec deux millions de dollars de capital sous l'impulsion de son président directeur général Yuval Tal, un ex-officier de l'armée israélienne, mais aussi avec la contribution d'autres investisseurs privés. 83North (Greylock Israël) apporte un montant supplémentaire de quatre millions de dollars en levée de fonds en 2007, on compte d'autres investisseurs, y compris Carmel Ventures, Crossbar Capital, Ping an, Wellington Management, Susquehanna Growth Equity et Nyca Partners.

En , la société acquiert Armor payments, une société de paiement spécialisée officiant en qualité de tiers de confiance. Cette nouvelle acquisition a pour but de viser le marché  des transactions interentreprises comprises entre 500 et de  de dollars et en intervenant là où les cartes de crédit et les lettres de crédit ne sont pas adaptés. L'entreprise s'est lancé également sur le marché de l'Amérique latine avec le rachat du site de commerce électronique Linio.

En , la société ajoute un système automatisé permettant la saisie automatique des taxes, tout en l'incluant dans son service de paiement.

En , la société lève  de dollars supplémentaires de la part de Technology Crossover Ventures, portant le financement total à . L'entreprise quitte le marché indien en raison de problèmes de réglementation à partir de 2011, mais décide d'y revenir en 2016, avec des systèmes de reporting et un plafond de transfert limité se conformant ainsi à la réglementation locale, le tout avec l'aide et au travers de son partenariat avec IndusInd Bank.

Payoneer a ouvert des bureaux dans les Philippines et le Japon en 2016. La société s'est associée au spécialiste japonais du commerce en ligne Rakuten dans le but d'ouvrir leur site sur le marché américain, sous le nom de domaine Rakuten.com. Ils ont également établi un partenariat avec le coréen spécialiste du commerce en ligne entre professionnels EC21. En 2017, la société a créé un système de paiement intégré à une API pour que les fournisseurs de SaaS professionnels puissent bénéficier de paiement sur l'ensemble des plateformes de cloud computing. En , la société ouvre un bureau à Londres.

Notes et références

Entreprise ayant son siège à New York
Entreprise fondée en 2005
Carte de crédit
Commerce électronique
Entreprise du secteur financier ayant son siège aux États-Unis
Prestataire de services de paiement

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require_relative '../spec_helper'

describe Bookmark do
  describe 'attributes' do
    before do
      options = { 'href' => 'http://github.com', 'toread' => 'yes', 'tags' => '' }
      @bookmark = Bookmark.new(options)
    end

    it 'should respond to the correct attributes' do
      expect(@bookmark).to respond_to(:href)
      expect(@bookmark).to respond_to(:unread)
      expect(@bookmark).to respond_to(:untagged)
      expect(@bookmark).not_to respond_to(:foobar)
    end
  end

  describe 'initialize' do
    describe 'unread without tags' do
      before do
        options = { 'href' => 'http://github.com', 'toread' => 'yes', 'tags' => '' }
        @bookmark = Bookmark.new(options)
      end

      it 'have the correct attributes' do
        expect(@bookmark).not_to be_nil
        result = @bookmark.href == 'http://github.com'
        expect(result).to be_true
        expect(@bookmark.unread).to be_true
        expect(@bookmark.untagged).to be_true
      end
    end

    describe 'read with tags' do
      before do
        options = { 'href' => 'http://google.com', 'toread' => 'no', 'tags' => 'foo' }
        @bookmark = Bookmark.new(options)
      end

      it 'have the correct attributes' do
        expect(@bookmark).not_to be_nil
        result = @bookmark.href == 'http://google.com'
        expect(result).to be_true
        expect(@bookmark.unread).to be_false
        expect(@bookmark.untagged).to be_false
      end
    end
  end

  describe 'is_unread' do
    it 'should return true only when toread is "yes"' do
      expect(Bookmark.is_unread('yes')).to be_true
    end

    it 'should return false otherwise' do
      expect(Bookmark.is_unread('false')).to be_false
      expect(Bookmark.is_unread('no')).to be_false
      expect(Bookmark.is_unread('foo')).to be_false
    end
  end

  describe 'is_untagged' do
    it 'should return true if there is nothing in the tag field' do
      expect(Bookmark.is_untagged('   ')).to be_true
      expect(Bookmark.is_untagged("\n \t \r")).to be_true
    end

    it 'should return false if there is something in the tag field' do
      expect(Bookmark.is_untagged('foo')).to be_false
      expect(Bookmark.is_untagged('foo bar')).to be_false
    end
  end

  describe 'to_s' do
    before do
      options = { 'href' => 'http://google.com', 'toread' => 'no', 'tags' => 'foo' }
      @bookmark = Bookmark.new(options)
      @response = @bookmark.to_s
    end

    it 'should contain the URL' do
      result = @response.include? 'google.com'
      expect(result).to be_true
    end

    it 'should contain unread settings' do
      result = @response.include? 'Unread: false'
      expect(result).to be_true
    end

    it 'should contain the URL' do
      result = @response.include? 'Untagged: false'
      expect(result).to be_true
    end
  end
end


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Q: What accuracy should I expect from basic opencv ortho-rectification algorithms? So, I'm taking over the work on an ortho-rectification algorithm that is intended to produce "accurate" results. I'm running into trouble trying to increase the accuracy and could use a little help.
Here is the basic approach.

*

*Extract a calibration pattern from an image that was taken from a mobile phone.

*Rectify the image based on a calibration pattern in the image

*Scale the image to get the real world size of the scene around the pattern.

The calibration pattern is held against a flat surface, like a wall, counter, table, floor and the user takes a picture. With that picture, we want to measure artifacts on the same surface as the calibration pattern. We have tried this with calibration patterns ranging from the size of a credit card to a sheet of paper (8.5" x 11")
Here is an example input picture
With this resulting output image
Right now our measurements are usually within 1-2% of what we expect. This is sufficient for small areas (less than 25cm away from the calibration pattern. However, we'd like the algorithm to scale so that we can accurately measure a 2x2 meter area. However, at that size, the current error is too much (2-4 cm).
Here is the algorithm we are following.
// convert original image to grayscale and perform morphological dilation to reduce false matches when finding circle grid
Mat imgGray;
cvtColor(imgOriginal, imgGray, CV_BGR2GRAY);

// find calibration pattern in original image
Size patternSize(4, 11);
vector <Point2f> circleCenters_OriginalImage;
if (!findCirclesGrid(imgGray, patternSize, circleCenters_OriginalImage, CALIB_CB_ASYMMETRIC_GRID))
{
    return false;
}

Point2f inputQuad[4];
inputQuad[0] = Point2f(circleCenters_OriginalImage[0].x, circleCenters_OriginalImage[0].y);
inputQuad[1] = Point2f(circleCenters_OriginalImage[3].x, circleCenters_OriginalImage[3].y);
inputQuad[2] = Point2f(circleCenters_OriginalImage[43].x, circleCenters_OriginalImage[43].y);
inputQuad[3] = Point2f(circleCenters_OriginalImage[40].x, circleCenters_OriginalImage[40].y);

// create model points for calibration pattern
vector <Point2f> circleCenters_ObjectSpace = GeneratePatternPointsInObjectSpace(circleCenters_OriginalImage[0], Distance(circleCenters_OriginalImage[0], circleCenters_OriginalImage[1]) / 2.0f, ioData.marker_up);

Point2f outputQuad[4];
outputQuad[0] = Point2f(circleCenters_ObjectSpace[0].x, circleCenters_ObjectSpace[0].y);
outputQuad[1] = Point2f(circleCenters_ObjectSpace[3].x, circleCenters_ObjectSpace[3].y);
outputQuad[2] = Point2f(circleCenters_ObjectSpace[43].x, circleCenters_ObjectSpace[43].y);
outputQuad[3] = Point2f(circleCenters_ObjectSpace[40].x, circleCenters_ObjectSpace[40].y);

Mat lambda(2,4,CV_32FC1);
lambda = Mat::zeros(imgOriginal.rows, imgOriginal.cols, imgOriginal.type());
lambda = getPerspectiveTransform(inputQuad, outputQuad);

warpPerspective(imgOriginal, imgOrthorectified, lambda, imgOrthorectified.size());
...

My Questions:
Is it reasonable to shoot for error < 0.25%? Is there a different algorithm that would yield more accurate results? What are the most valuable sources of error to identify and resolve?
As I've worked on this, I've also looked at removing pincushion / barrel distortions, and trying homographies to find the perspective transform. The best approaches I have found so far remain in the 1-2% error.
Any suggestions of where to go next would be really helpful

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The Wu members are celebrating their debut album's silver anniversary.
(AllHipHop News) The Breaks Music Festival is returning to Chicago's Toyota Park on September 8. Volume II of the event will encompass live sets by some Hip Hop legends as well as emerging emcees.
Wu-Tang Clan is headlining the fest. They iconic NYC rap collective will celebrate the 25 year anniversary of their masterpiece Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
Fellow New York-bred rappers Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and Talib Kweli are also part of the lineup. Chicago's own wordsmiths Vic Mensa and Twista will be hitting the stage as well.
"Last year's lineup was met with such enthusiasm, that we saw no option but to do it again, and go bigger. We plan to take it up a notch or five from last year's first volume, and couldn't be more excited about the array of talent we have assembled," says The Breaks producer Chris Triebes.
For more information about By A Thread Presents The Breaks Vol. II visit www.thebreakschicago.com. Check out the official flyer for Vol. II and a video recap of 2017's Vol.1 below.


Nike have just revealed the beautiful Adapt BB trainer, which uses powered lacing technology to enhance the fit and comfort. This technology has been previously used by Nike in the HyperAdapt 1.0 which was released in 2016.
The Adapt BB technology differs from the HyperAdapts technology by the inclusion of an application which allows the user to control the Adapt BB from their mobile phone. The mobile app allows the owner to control the fit of the shoe as well as the colours of the illuminated control buttons that are located on the shoe. The app is to be named "FitAdapt" which Nike states will be updated, providing improvements for the user, such as different settings which can be used for different moments.
The charging technology has also changed, the HyperAdapt charges via a "puck" which attaches magnetically to the outsole of the shoe and runs a USB cable from it. Whereas the Adapt BB uses a wireless charging pad that will be included with the shoe. The charging pad will allow the shoe to reach its full charge that will last from 10-14 days. The Adapt BB seems to be following the same charging ideas as mobile phones. Get the best mobile phone deals here from Direct Mobiles.
The Adapt BB itself consists of a Flyknit upper that includes a QuadFit inner shell which merges to the shape of the foot.
Nike's Adapt BB is the first shoe made for a sport that powered lacing technology is encountering due to the belief that the athletes put their footwear through a lot of different scenarios. During a game the athletes' foot will change so the Adapt BB will "adapt" to the user's feet to maintain comfort and fit.
The Nike Adapt BB will be released on February 17 at a price point of £272 ($350). This price is drastically different to the HyperAdapt which released at £560 ($720) which is a relief to resellers and basketball enthusiasts who will want to acquire these "Back to the Future" inspired shoes.


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Home News & Updates Thugs of Hindostan Screen Count: Biggest Bollywood Release Of All Time
Thugs of Hindostan Screen Count: Biggest Bollywood Release Of All Time
It is official now. Thugs of Hindostan starring Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan is going to be the biggest Bollywood release of all time.
Ye Diwali Thugs Wali. Well, it seems that this Diwali is certainly going to be 'Thugs Ki Diwali'. Thugs of Hindostan starring Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan will be the biggest Bollywood release of all time in terms of screen count.
Thugs of Hindostan screen count in India
The most anticipated Bollywood film of 2018 is releasing on 5000 screens across the country. Yash Raj Films has ensured that their most expensive film gets as many screens as possible. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the news about Thugs of Hindostan screen count. Taran tweeted:
#ThugsOfHindostan screen count…
India: 5000
[Hindi + Tamil + Telugu]Overseas: 2000
Worldwide total: 7000 screens
Note: More screens could be added during the course of the day.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 7, 2018
With 5000 screens, Thugs of Hindostan will be the biggest Bollywood release of all time. Salman Khan's Tiger Zinda Hai (4600 screens) is currently the widest Bollywood release.
The other big Bollywood releases are Tubelight (4400 screens), Sultan (4350 screens), Race 3 (4300 screens), Dangal (4250 screens), Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (4200 screens) and Sanju (4200 screens).
Thugs of Hindostan runtime and number of shows in a day
With 5000 screens across the country, there would be more than 20000 shows in a day. This is a massive number and reveals a lot about the scale of the film.
Thugs of Hindostan is expected to take a mammoth opening at the box office. Some trade experts have predicted it to take the biggest opening of all time.
Thugs of Hindostan screen count in overseas
Not only in India but 'Yash Raj Films' is also releasing the movie on a grand scale in the overseas market. Thugs of Hindostan is releasing on around 2000 screens in the overseas market. This is the highest screen count for any Bollywood movie in the overseas market.
Thugs of Hindostan is an action adventure drama film starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Sheikh. It is the most expensive film of Bollywood with an estimated budget of around 300 crores.
Do you think Thugs of Hindostan will be the highest opening day grosser of Bollywood? Share your views with us in the comments section.
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Giuseppe Parini Shipwreck of the Star of David, Pink | Review
Published at the "zombizzata" publishing house, saldaPress, the new effort from David Rose arrives on the shelves of all the libraries and comics in Italy with a cover that has a ruddy Gabibbo, a controversial figure of Italian television, who is Giuseppe Parini – lost-at-sea of the stars plays a role of a very special and impact.
Return to the adventures of bonellidi writers. After Ugo Foscolo – Investigator of nightmares and the Leopards & Ranieri – True detective, the covers of which (and some of the characterizations of the characters) are reminiscent, respectively, of the Dylan Dog and Martin Mystere, now it's up to Nathan Never to be "larosizzato". The writer who will take his place is the eighteenth-century, Giuseppe Parini.
"Who?"
Actually, I had to "google it" before making this comic in your hands. Abbot and poet, Parini, stands out among the names of the Neoclassicisti Italian. David, The Pink places him in the role of traveller in space and time, accompanied by the head of Robespierre, floating. Both, in the hands of an alien madman who "want to make a game with them, you will need to deal with a journey along the years, in order to discover a conjecture to the detriment of the land (and not only). You begin to connect the various points definitisi in the previous episodes. In an interview with the author during the Nerd Show in Bologna, he himself says: "The three volumes can be readable, not necessarily in the order of output. You can start from any one of the three titles so far. The three stories are modified, then, in the fourth volume, which will close the tetralogy."
To learn how to read the work of The Rose need to know a bit of history: humor and satire blend together in a marriage of quirks and inconsistencies that make you laugh and smile, taking the episodes that really happened and placing them in areas of mass culture, contemporary. Appear frequent references to politicians, politicians, and historical figures that they're all living in a single-arc in space and time, which is found to be outside of time and outside of space. As of the Avengers of the rhyme, or as a mutant saviors of humanity, the writers of the dark side wants to increase the optimism, philosophical current that is inherent in each of us, in order to revive the era obscurantist. Will our heroes the Illuminati to stop the mysterious leader of this movement?
All books are 100% in the style of David: The Rose is stylized just enough to make recognizable individual characters, a no-nonsense, but at the same time accurate historically, and fun. Appear many of the elements that have made known the author himself at the time of the Comic being drawn wrong, as his love for the braised beef, the "demons of the spiegoni" and much more. There is scervella worse than an episode of The Big Bang Theory to try to find the thread of time of the story, but in the end you can breathe a sigh liberating when every thing returns magically to its place. Epochal time in which there is a discussion of die theological: review the author's thought that already, years ago, she has dealt with in The Bible 2, in collaboration with the marche-born artist Pierz. See it to believe it (how could he say, rightly, St. Thomas).
Giuseppe Parini – the Sinking of the stars is currently available with a cover with a regular, signed by the same Rose, and a cover variant, limited edition, designed by Gianluca Pagliarani (with the participation of the author of the comic) and coloured by Samuel Spano. Could not miss the quote to the cover of the legendary number 1 of the sci-fi series by Sergio Bonelli Editore. In conclusion, the Deckard of the 1700's has it all: adventure, action, setting, semi-historical, sci-fi, and a lot of laughs, for a volume that will leave readers breathless until the conclusion of the forthcoming.
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Our keynote speaker is Cindy Anderson, PhD, CRNP, ANEF, FNAP, FAHA, FAAN who will present Epigenetics and Heritable Risk for Preeclampsia and Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Anderson is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Educational Innovation in the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University. Her research is focused on the study of hypertension in pregnancy and the influence that the maternal pregnant environment has on future development of hypertension in offspring. Recent investigation is targeted towards gene-environment interactions that increase heritable risk for preeclampsia, including the study of disrupted gene function due to changes in DNA methylation. From her early findings in animal studies through her clinical studies in pregnant women, her goals are to improve health outcomes of women and their children through early screening and identification of individuals at risk for preeclampsia across the lifespan. Her keynote presentation will also be webcast live.
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You should not cash out your annuity when it's not in your best interest. Here are 3 reasons it might not be in your best interest; it's too soon, you don't have a good enough reason, it will cost you too much. Every day someone cashes out their annuity or settlement when it might not have been in their best interest. It's an easy mistake to make when the call of money and burden of financial stress is weighing heavily on you. But read carefully and maybe you can avoid digging the hole deeper.
If you are a minor, or the parent of a minor trying to cash out an annuity, it's too soon. Courts will rarely approve an advance of a minors settlement except in cases of extreme need. A guardian will need to be appointed to make sure the transaction is in the best interests of the minor and not the parent. Another way it can be too soon, your payments are too far away. $100,000 due in 2025 is not going to get you $100,000 today. In fact, you won't even get $25,000. The payout date is too far away.
Unless you have a good enough reason. If you feel secure that your $25,000 dollars will yield over the next 20 years a return equivalent to the $100,000 you would have received, than maybe it's not such a bad idea. Plenty of courts around the country will be very interested in your reason for acceleration your settlement or annuity payments. Judges do their best to evaluate for you whether the transaction is your best option. Turning in your monthly payments to buy a new car may not be the best idea. Buying a home, attending school, averting financial disaster, keeping a home, important medical needs, all are great reasons to cash in future payments. Anything else deserves a second look and more serious consideration.
What also deserves serious consideration is the bottom line. If you have to give up 50% or more of your annuity's value is it worth it? That's a very expensive purchase you are making when you give up $100,000 to get $25,000. And if your $25,000 buys you a car that depreciates and breaks down in 5 years, you have so little to show for your money. I think investing in start up businesses, vacations, recreational vehicles, and entertainment items are often questionable reasons to cash in structured settlement payments.
The courts, the settlement cash out companies, your family and friends will all have their opinions as to whether you should get an advance on your future payments. But the risk and responsibility to make the best possible choice rests on your shoulders. Ask yourself if what you are getting is worth what you are giving up. There are great reasons to get your money sooner rather than later, but there are also times when cashing out is not in your best interest.
Committed to educating future payment recipients in the good, bad, and ugly of accelerating payments.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray a 9-inch pie plate with nonstick cooking spray.
Place the graham crackers in a food processor and process until finely ground, about 30 seconds (you should have about 1 1/4 cups of crumbs). Add the sugar and salt, drizzle over the melted coconut oil and soy or almond milk, and pulse until the mixture begins to clump together.
Pour the crumbs into the pie plate. Press crumbs into the sides of the plate first, then work your way down to the bottom. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until firm and slightly golden. Let the crust cool while you prepare the filling.
Put all ingredients except for chocolate shavings in a food processor or blender and purée until completely smooth, stopping machine to scrape down the sides if necessary. Pour into the cooled crust, and press a piece of plastic wrap directly to the top of the pudding. Chill until firm, at least 4 hours and up to overnight. If you like, garnish with chocolate shavings before serving.


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First time bike travelers start with this beloved Italian classic. It's got a bit of everything and it's only six days, that's why we call it "Assaggio" meaning, "a taste"!
Our six-day "taste" of Tuscany bike tour is the perfect introduction to Italy's much-loved region of sublime landscapes, divine cuisine, and even finer wines! Welcome to Ciclismo Classico's long standing casa in Italy.
Starting just above the "argine" or banks of the Arno in Malva, our tasty Tuscany cycling route follows delightful, twisting roads, past stone-built hamlets, up and over medieval bridges and whizzing through fertile landscapes warmed by the sun. We pedal under the dramatic backdrop of the Pratomagno massif–famed for myriad microclimates–passing tiny, undiscovered historic towns as we cruise down byways lined with cypress trees and flanked by ripening vineyards.
A myriad of treasures and surprises await you on this unforgettable Tuscany cycling tour.
You'll be immersed in the history, heritage, and mystique of this alluring land, as our Tuscany bike tour winds through the region's exquisite landscapes. Our biking route takes in medieval Loro Ciuffenna, with its elegant gorge-spanning bridge, the fortified village of Lucignano, and the Renaissance gem that is Arezzo. Known for its many artistic treasures, Arrezzo was the beautiful backdrop for the Oscar Winning Film "La Vita e' Bella" (Life is Beautiful).
Crossing the border into Umbria, known as "Green Heart of Italy," our cycling adventures take us to the deep-blue waters of Lago Trasimeno, where we'll see the site of the epic clash of Hannibal and his elephants with the Roman legions. Along the way, we'll learn how Tuscan vintners create world-class wines and explore Roman ruins, Etruscan tombs, and Renaissance palaces. Each day's biking in Tuscany will end with wine-ing, dining, and relaxing in specially selected luxury accommodations.
Welcome to Italy! Your Tuscan adventure will begin at the San Giovanni Valdarno train station, where our guide will meet you at 12 pm and provide a shuttle to our first hotel. A light lunch will be waiting for you in the hotel restaurant after you get settled in. In the afternoon after our bike fitting and safety talk, we'll warm up with a ride to Loro Ciuffenna and visit one of the oldest operational water mills in Tuscany. The extra loopers will pedal to le Balze di Piantravigne.
Relais Villa Belpoggio is a beautiful Tuscan boutique hotel, located in the Chianti area right in the middle of the triangle connecting Florence to Arezzo and Siena. All the accommodations are peaceful, comfortable and of great atmosphere.
After breakfast we'll pedal through the dramatic sun-drenched Pratomagno range where micro-climates flourish. We will stop and visit castello dei Bonsi for an olive oil tour and tasting. Lunch will be in Reggello, in a vegan/vegetarian bistrot. The extra loopers will pedal to le Balze di Piantravigne, a unique landscape formed by rivers flowing from the Apennines, and the Parco Carabè for an artisan gelato. The normal loopers will have a delightful, easy ride on "Via dei Sette Ponti," an old Roman road connecting Firenze and Arezzo. Tonight before dinner, we'll have an Italian lesson.
Today will be a feast for all the sense as we make our way to the Renaissance gem of Arezzo. Ride to the Ponte Buriano, made famous by Leonardo da Vinci's background on the Monna Lisa. In the afternoon we'll have a guided walking tour of the town of Arezzo, the backdrop for the Oscar-winning film "La Vita e' Bella" (Life is Beautiful). Tonight will be a free night to explore the restaurants and cafes of lively Arezzo on your own.
Located in the heart of the city, this 4-star hotel's high-impact design and dedication to service create a one-of-a-kind experience. The hotel offers exceptional rooms, each with a unique style and layout.
Cycle the flatlands of La Val di Chiana through Italy's famous sunflower fields and beautiful wheat fields. Our destination is Cortona, an exquisite hill town filled with Etruscan treasures. We'll stop for a delicious picnic lunch and wine tasting at the Santa Vittoria vineyard estate. A late afternoon guided walking tour of Cortona will lead us to Roman arches, Etruscan tombs, and Renaissance palaces. Tonight is pizza night at our favorite local pizzeria!
Villa Marsili is situated in beautiful Cortona. The villa dates back to the late 700s and the present owners have restored all original details and architectural characteristics that were lost in past centuries. The bedrooms, aimed to combine comfort and elegance, are spacious, bright, and furnished with taste—all overlook the valley.
Cross the border to the Green Heart of Italy—Umbria—where the terrain rolls through several small villages. We'll take a short ride along a very charming lake and we'll walk along the Palazzo della Corgna, a 16th-century ducal palace housing frescoes by Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi and Salvio Savini. Before lunch, we'll stop to visit a local bike shop where you can purchase Italian-made cycling gear and souvenirs. After lunch, you can either shuttle back to Cortona or get a few more miles under your belt and bike back to Cortona. We'll have lunch at our friends Gabriele and Maria Grazia's private home, where they'll teach you how to make pici, a thick Italian spaghetti that's very famous in Tuscany.
Why not extend your Tuscan journey for a few extra days to see Florence's Renaissance treasures, or experience a typical agriturismo where to plan your next tour in another part of Tuscany? Today after breakfast around 9 am, we'll shuttle you to Cortona's train station and we are happy to assist you with any post-tour travel needs, whether you are continuing on to a new city or returning to Florence.


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Q: Read current audio output - Android I want to know if it is possible to access the audio that is currently playing on the Android device.
Example: if Spotify is running in the background, I want to access the audio to control some LEDs that are connected to my RaspberryPi.
I want to create some sort of equalizer that changes colors depending on the sound that is currently playing. I appreciate if some one could tell me if accessing the main audio output is possible or not.

A: Unless you are using a rooted phone, it's not possible to capture output of a random app on Android.
You can however create an app that plays media files and captures the output for the purpose of visualization with "Visualizer" effect. You can take a look on the sample here: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/development/+/master/samples/ApiDemos/src/com/example/android/apis/media/AudioFxDemo.java
(look for "Visualizer").
If you are using Raspberry Pi anyway, you can just play all your music through it, capture and analyze it there. You will need an external USB sound card though. See for example this post: http://www.g7smy.co.uk/2013/08/recording-sound-on-the-raspberry-pi/
There they just record and play audio back, but you can insert an analysis phase in between.


RICKIE LAMBERT will go to the World Cup now, in my opinion.
I don't think he'll be a one-cap wonder. It would be incredibly harsh for Roy Hodgson to ditch him after he scored the winner against Scotland.
But we'll have to keep our fingers crossed that we qualify first. England's concentration levels were poor in that friendly game.
We gifted away two goals and had to come from behind again, which is becoming a habit. You can't afford to do that against Ukraine or Montenegro in qualifying or you could be in real trouble.
The result papered over the cracks again for me, just like the result against Brazil. We were behind in that game too and getting slaughtered but somehow managed to get a result.
But we are lacking in so many areas. We certainly don't have a world-class centre half right now.
Maybe it's time to persuade Rio Ferdinand out of retirement. I'd be begging him to play if I was Roy Hodgson.


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Formed in 1980, the Meat Puppets were a punk band hailing from Phoenix, Arizona. Originally consisting of Curt Kirkwood on guitar and vocals, his brother Cris Kirkwood on bass, and Derrick Bostrom on drums, the original members of The Meat Puppets met while attending Brophy Prep High School.
Despite their early sound and recordings being decidedly hardcore punk, the band soon starting drifting away from its punk roots and started developing its own unique sound, combining punk with elements of country and psychedelic rock. This shift to experimenting with country and western styles and developing distain for hardcore, resulted in the Meat Puppets developing a genre referred to as "cow punk," a style other bands, such as The Violent Femmes, also embraced.
In the '90s, the Meat Puppets gained positive exposure when the Kirkwood brothers sat in as guest musicians on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance. Following breakups in 1996 and 2002, the Meat Puppets reformed again in 2006. The band's lineup changed over the years and now includes guitarist Elmo Kirkwood on guitar.
The Meat Puppets' studio efforts include several albums, including Meat Puppets in 1982, Meat Puppets II in 1983, Too High to Die in 1984, Up On the Sun in 1985, Out My Way in 1986, Mirage in 1987, Forbidden Places in 1991, and Rat Farm in 2013.
Click here for more information about Riot Fest, and check out The Meat Puppets' site at http://www.themeatpuppets.com/. Be prepared for the fest by stocking up at www.mygreensolution.com.
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Welcome to the Dublin Shakespeare Society's website in this our 111th year. In this year we continue to mark works of the great man himself and we have as usual, an exciting and varied programme of events planned.
It was time to shake off the "back to work" blues and polish our party pieces, The Shakes Twelfth Night Party was held on Saturday January 5th in Room 4 from 8.30 pm in the Teachers Club.
It was a fantastic evening with poetry, song, recitation and music and "went on until the wee hours"!
Voice-work for theatre is internationally recognized.
This was well attended and enjoyed by all.
be some teams without a full compliment. So come anyway!
Rehearsals are well underway for our forthcoming production The Tempest, directed by Paul Maher.
Saturday 13th @ 2pm in The Teachers Club (Main Hall) Booking @ 085 8432881.
We are inviting submissions for the 2019/20 series of rehearsed readings. This year's theme is As YOU Like It – your heart draws you to an idea but your cautious mind warns it may never work. No matter how weird or quirky, new or old – this is an opportunity to follow your heart and allow us all to see, hear and engage with your piece.
Please forward a brief proposal, and script (if available) to briangermurray@gmail.com. (If only a hard copy of your script is available, you can leave it at the bar in the Teachers' Club, and let Brian know by email). Closing date for submissions is 31st March 2019.
Proposals will be reviewed by the Artistic Committee, with up to 6 submissions being selected, based on adjudged practicality, suitability and merit.
It is planned to present the 6 selected readings on the last Saturday of May, June, August, September, October / November (2019) and January / February (2020). We will strive to schedule flexibly to accommodate participants' availability.
For productions you can purchase tickets to Dublin Shakespeare Society events online or by phone.
Can you act, sing, direct, produce or be part of the backstage team? Contact us for details on how you can get involved.
The Dublin Shakespeare Society is based in Theatre@36, The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West.
Do you have any information or photos from past events? We'd love to hear from you!
We are looking for photographs, fliers, posters or any information you have about events held by the Dublin Shakespeare Society for our archives.


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Aggregate net proceeds of approximately $466.3 million, after paying the costs of issuance and funding of the Series 09-A1 and Series 09-A2 series reserve accounts, will be used to repay the $400 million principal amount of Senior Bonds, Series 99-A1, due on July 27, 2009, on maturity or redemption, as applicable, and for general corporate purposes.


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What is Reiki & How Can it Help You?
Reiki is a healing energy that clears your energy field that stores emotional charges. Your energy field directly interacts with your physical body including your organs, muscles, nerves, immune system, glandular and lymphatic system. When we are low on energy, feeling unclear mentally or experiencing chronic pain, reiki is a healing option.
The practitioner is trained to allow energy to flow through their hands to the person receiving the healing even if it's at a distance. Read on to find out how reiki can help with relationships, work, health and happiness.
Many of the major things we want require creativity, flexibility and positivity all of which can be improved by reiki.
Rei is the energy that permeates everything and ki is life force also known as prana or chi.
If you're receiving reiki, you may experience some slight pressure or sensation at the area receiving reiki. Your muscles may twitch or you may have an emotional release and find tears come with it. For many, the experience happens afterwards in the days, weeks and months that follow.
They are encouraged to drink lots of water to continue the emotional and energetic detox process that reiki initiates. After a session it's normal to feel strong emotions for the next day or week that seem stronger than usual as they release.
Breaking into tears for no apparent reason could be a part of this process.
During a session, you will lay on a table or sit in a chair and you may feel or sense energy moving that has been stuck or blocking your chakras. You may be surprised to find that memories you haven't thought of in a long time come into your mind during a session as well.
This is because energy from those traumas are stored in your cellular memory and are finally moving out. There usually is no major events in a session physically although there can be. It can reduce or at times get rid of chronic pain that has been prolonged by emotional stress.
One of the main benefits of reiki is that it helps turn your thoughts to ways to better take care of yourself. Your habits and ways of thinking become kinder towards yourself and you start to see things differently as the reiki gently works on your psyche.
If the practitioner is intuitive or clairvoyant, they may share with you the images they see while working on each chakra to help you know what to let go of. You may receive information from them about foods that can help balance your chakras or how you need to take care of a part of your body, mind or spirit differently.
Reiki is used to speed up healing from sickness or surgery in hospitals now. It's used to help alleviate symptoms of chronic pain, chronic fatigue, confusion and depression. It helps you with self love, healing from emotional traumas and detoxing your body.
Besides helping reduce pain the emotional benefits can have far reaching effects as well. Sometimes we aren't able to use our intuition because our third eye is blocked or we aren't able to communicate with spirit because another chakra is blocked and energy isn't flowing into it.
Our mind may be unable to communicate with higher realms of consciousness because our energy could be stuck. This can block creativity or even hamper us from being able to open to love and intimacy.
Let's talk about money though. It's something we all need and it's an important part of life. If your root chakra is blocked, shrunken or overactive, you may be having financial problems, problems finding a stable living situation or landing a good job.
Reiki can help unblock this chakra and while it's not going to rain money down from the sky, you may suddenly think of a new idea, something you can follow up with or someone you know that can help you.
Sometimes our root chakra is imbalanced because the other two chakras above it are blocked so we have no ideas, no manifesting power and no confidence. It's important for all the chakras to be running like a circuit for our life to be balanced.
Sometimes our financial strife can come from not speaking up for ourselves and so a clear throat chakra would be essential in our success as well.
Let's talk about love, it's on our minds and sometimes feels out of reach right? Maybe we have gotten into a habitual way of thinking about ourselves or relationships that is keeping our guard up or keeping us from being open to new experiences.
That block would be in the heart chakra. Reiki can help with that too. Perhaps we are severing ties in our interpersonal relationships at work, with friends or coworkers and an old would is making us reactive or closed off from people unnecessarily.
Reiki is a great way to take out the emotional garbage and don't worry, if you have a lot, reiki isn't exhaustible, it's a renewable energy source.
If you have become fear based or rigid in your thinking and perhaps become anti-social or pessimistic, reiki can help with that too. Often our belief systems that we inherit from our parents can be unanchored from our psyche with the gentle nudging of this.
Maybe we have been holding onto guilt for something we did a long time ago and we do not feel deserving. Reiki can help us recognize which traumas are still affecting our perceptions of the world and holding us back.
Perhaps it's as simple as an attitude we have developed that gives us a sourness and repelling people from wanting to engage with us. Imagine if you could shift your energetic state so that people felt energized by you instead of drained.
Some people that offer you reiki will be certified in level 1 only. They can add energy and remove blocks. Someone with a level 2 attunement will have more symbols to use for specific focuses and be trained in distance healing which can go beyond time and space.
Some will be a level 3 or a master level and can attune other people to the reiki energy. If you get attuned, you can do reiki on yourself and even pets. When choosing someone to certify you, always go with your gut feelings to find the right person. Your body has innate wisdom beyond the mind.
In our culture, we are often skeptical of things we can't see because we are such a visual culture but most people will feel it. This type of energy healing originated in Japan and there are others as well such as pranic healing.
I was shocked when a reiki master I knew held his hands out and I put my hands between his without touching them and it was noticeably hot like a toaster oven. When I got certified I was also shocked that my hands actually buzzed as if there was electricity coming out of them.
How frequent should you get reiki? It all depends on what you're experiencing in your life and how much you can afford. Some friends will offer it for free or you can get attuned for a very reasonable rate. Overall, you will feel loving healing energy enter your life through this healing modality.


ALDI obviously knows that summer bodies are made in winter, because the discount supermarket chain is offering some bargain fitness essentials to help you get in shape.
More than 20 fitness-related items will hit the middle aisle this Saturday (August 11), while stocks last.
Expect a wide range of fitness gear from jackets to runners, a reflex boxing trainer and boxing gloves, protein supplements, as well as a treadmill and spin bike all at relatively low prices.
That's right, you can carry a treadmill out of your local ALDI store!
Here are the details on what's on offer.
ALDI's Premium Treadmill is selling for $499, which is about half what you could expect to pay with some leading brands in the home fitness space.
Its assembled size is 172.5 x 78 x 132cm, with a total weight of 71kg, meaning it's a two-person lift when you head in-store. Maybe three!
The cushioned running deck measures in at 130 x 45cm.
Once assembled, the treadmill is boasted for easy folding and storage, plus it features built-in transport wheels for easy mobility.
In terms of speed range, you can reach as fast as 16km/h. There are 15 levels of automatic incline, plus Quick incline and speed buttons on the hand rails.
Its LCD screen displays 10 pre-set programs with a heart rate control. For safety, you'll find an emergency stop button included.
Other key features include a tablet and phone holder, as well as an MP3 player and USB input with two built-in speakers.
ALDI offers a one-year warranty on this treadmill, with a 1.5hp/1.1kW continuous duty motor.
ALDI's Spin bike has a price tag of just $199, with two colour options to choose from.
Typically, spin bikes cost in excess of $200.
This ALDI spin bike is designed with a water bottle holder, adjustable seat and large flywheel. It includes a monitor to show time, speed, calories and distance travelled.
In addition, it features front wheels for easy transportability.
Onset Nutrition is the brand that ALDI sources for its protein supplements.
Supplement powders are all priced at $12 each, with a choice of 100% pure Creatine supplement (600g) and Pre-Workout Lemon & Lime supplement (300g).
Recovery powder options include BCAA Grape (300g) and BCAA Pineapple (300g), both boasted for no filler or additives.
There's also a 1kg WPI Protein Powder ($34.99) available in two flavour variations – chocolate or vanilla – stated to be a good source of protein and calcium, plus low in sugar.
To go with your new fitness machines and lifestyle, ALDI has a line of sports gear, adult runners, gloves and socks on offer. Expect typical bargain prices starting from $5.99 for men's fitness tee's.
And to ensure you're all stretched out after your workouts, a 3-in-1 foam roller ($19.99), foot massager ($59.99) and massage table ($129) are also up for grabs.