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GatesAir and StreamGuys Enable Cloud Services with Intraplex Networking Solutions
Posted in Partners, Products on Jun 10, 2020
CINCINNATI/BAYSIDE, CA, June 10, 2020 — GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for TV and radio, has partnered with StreamGuys to automate server-side applications in the cloud for broadcasters moving live AM/FM audio over IP networks. The technical innovation translates GPIO contact closures into in-stream metadata, enabling server-side ad breaks, program recordings and other functionality without physical intervention.
StreamGuys, a leading provider of SaaS-based streaming and podcast solutions, will receive and interface server-side cloud services as program streams move between send and receive sites. GatesAir Intraplex IP Link codecs will provide the robust connectivity and audio transport between locations, with the added protection of stream redundancy and network resiliency from Intraplex Dynamic Stream Splicing software.
"We are not aware of other broadcast codecs that can translate physical GPIO triggers into streaming metadata," said Eduardo Martinez, Director of Technology, StreamGuys. "This opens a variety of new revenue models and production workflows, such as customers that want to support ad triggers or automate content publishing. It establishes a path to enhance traditional STL and satellite-based workflows in the digital domain. These solutions also provide a simpler yet secure architecture for broadcast networks receiving live feeds direct from a sports team, a remote content producer, or an at-home broadcaster."
IP Link users can flexibly configure up to eight GPIOs for triggered events within the codec's firmware at the send location. Each built-in contact closure can be mapped with a unique, customized metadata string, and sent in-band with the encoded stream. The codec supports both Icecast and RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol) streaming formats with Dynamic Stream Splicing and works in conjunction with GatesAir's cloud-based Intraplex Ascent server for added reliability. At the server side, StreamGuys receives the audio and translated metadata flow that identifies an ad break within the live feed, triggering midrolls as part of a dynamic ad insertion strategy. As metadata is used for digital signaling and switching, users can also trigger server-side program recordings and air checks.
Furthermore, a delimiter function supports sending multiple contact closures to more receive locations, including streaming servers that replicate live AM/FM streams online. According to Keyur Parikh, Vice President of Engineering for GatesAir, this provides a foundation for terrestrial broadcasters to launch a new simulcast streaming service, podcast or side channel when using StreamGuys' cloud-based SGrecast platform for advanced content repurposing. A new auto-publishing feature within SGrecast's Audio Logger can also reuse live ad triggers to dynamically monetize podcasts, without requiring post-production work.
"Intraplex customers now have the unique ability to take advantage of cloud-based revenue-enhancing services," said Parikh. "Built-in transcoding and transmuxing capabilities will allow our customers to use the same encoding device to generate multiple streams of the same content with different encoding and stream formats."
One example, according to GatesAir CEO Bruce D. Swail, would allow radio stations to support IP STL connections and web streaming from the same platform. "Working with StreamGuys, GatesAir has co-developed a highly configurable and extensible, standards-based solution that brings traditional trigger-based services and events into the cloud," said Swail. "Our customers can now take advantage of advanced, dynamic server-side ad insertion and recording without added latency, and with the secure and reliable transport of Icecast streaming or redundant Dynamic Stream Splicing software."
GatesAir and StreamGuys will co-present "Using Contact Closures to Improve Streaming Workflows," a special webinar exploring their joint solution and its benefits for broadcasters taking place tomorrow, Thursday, June 11 at 1 pm ET. Registration is now open at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2803719873385780750, and the webinar will later be available on-demand at https://www.gatesair.com/media-center/webinars.
"GPIO contact closures are a radio industry standard for switching hardware and signaling workflows, while live-streaming media uses metadata for the same functionality," said Kiriki Delany, President. StreamGuys. "These workflows have operated in parallel for too long. GatesAir and StreamGuys will change this by bridging the physical and digital domains with unified solutions for radio and streaming media."
About StreamGuys, Inc.
In business since 2000, StreamGuys is an industry-leading service provider of live and on-demand streaming, podcasting delivery, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) toolsets for enterprise-level broadcast media organizations. The company brings together the industry's best price-to-performance ratio, a robust and reliable network, and an infinitely scalable cloud-based platform for clients of any size to process, deliver, monetize and playout professional streaming content. StreamGuys supports many of the world's largest Podcasts, global TV and radio broadcasters, video and audio production companies, houses of worship, retail and hospitality businesses, government organizations, medical and healthcare services, and live venues for sports and entertainment. The company excels in developing and deploying technologies for business growth and revenue generation, including dynamic ad insertion, Alexa skills, mobile streaming and detailed business and data analytics. For more information, visit www.streamguys.com.
About GatesAir
GatesAir, Inc., a portfolio company of The Gores Group, provides complete solutions for over-the-air radio and television broadcasting, leveraging wireless spectrum to maximize performance for multichannel, mission-critical services. Powering over-the-air networks worldwide with unparalleled reliability for nearly 100 years, GatesAir's turnkey solutions enable broadcasters to create, transport and transmit radio and TV content. With customers in more than 185 countries, the company leads the industry in innovation and design breakthroughs, improving efficiency and reducing total cost of ownership with all products designed and assembled in the USA. Visit www.gatesair.com for more information, Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gatesair, and follow us on Twitter at @GatesAir.
About The Gores Group
The Gores Group, founded in 1987 by Alec Gores, is a global investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. Over its 30-year history, The Gores Group has become a leading investor having demonstrated a reliable track record of creating value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Headquartered in Los Angeles, The Gores Group maintains offices in Boulder, CO, and London. For more information, please visit http://www.gores.com.
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This topic lists the types of tasks that can be accomplished, and the SET parameters that allow you to perform these tasks. If a single parameter applies to more than one activity, it appears in more than one category. For more detailed descriptions, as well as the syntax for each parameter, see SET Parameter Syntax.
The following are the types of tasks performed with SET parameters.
Affects the way calculations are performed in FOCUS.
Determines the way data is stored and processed.
Controls the way dates are processed and displayed in reports.
Affects the behavior of web-specific tasks in your application.
Controls the processing and display of graphs.
Affects the memory and optimization of your application.
Determines the content and processing of a request.
Affects the display of a report.
Controls user access to data sources and procedures.
The following parameters control the behavior of calculations in WebFOCUS.
Specifies the punctuation used in numeric notation.
Controls the compilation of expressions.
Specifies precision of numeric values in Dialogue Manager -SET commands to calculate accurate numeric variable values.
Takes advantage of decimal-based precision numbers for all numeric processing for floating point numbers.
Determines whether the IF expression in IF-THEN-ELSE tests is checked for missing values.
Controls the level of verification applied to DEFINE FUNCTION arguments and Information Builders-supplied function arguments.
Determines whether an Information Builders-supplied function or a locally-written function with the same name used.
In WebFOCUS, defines the positive character value for packed fields.
In WebFOCUS, determines the behavior of a calculation when dividing by zero.
The following parameters determine the way data is stored and processed.
Accepts blank or zero values for fields with ACCEPT commands in the Master File.
Controls the FIELDNAME attribute in a HOLD Master File.
Expands the default format of COUNT fields from a five byte integer to a nine byte integer.
Specifies the order of the date components (month/day/year) when date-time values are entered in a formatted-string or translated-string format.
Compiles virtual fields into machine code to improve performance.
Controls whether HOLD Files in FOCUS format are created directly.
Controls the use of strict processing for date-time fields.
Controls whether the characters $ and $* are treated as wildcard characters or normal characters in selection criteria.
Activates the data source that contains information for the currency you want to convert.
Controls the use of long and qualified field names.
Allows you to access resources with an alias other than /ibi_apps/ibi_html.
Translates field and segment names in a business view to their corresponding names in the original Master File for request processing.
Controls whether trailing blanks are retained when the output is held in a delimited format.
Controls missing values propagated to a HOLD file.
Determines the default format for HOLD files.
Determines what fields in a report request are included in the HOLD file.
Distinguishes between missing data and default data (zeros or blanks) in a HOLD file.
Determines if comments and DBA information are included in HOLD Master Files.
Packages HTML and DHTML reports together with image files into a single web archive document (.mht file).
Encodes data within HTML output.
Controls whether a virtual field created for a host or joined structure is retained after a JOIN command is run.
Enables you to change the number of data exceptions allowed before the session is terminated.
Displays a warning message when the cardinality of a dimension exceeds a specified value.
Enables retrieval of output from an MDI file without reading the data source.
Displays messages about the progress of an MDI build.
Enables creation of a variable-length comma or tab delimited HOLD file that differentiates between a missing value and a blank string or zero value.
Determines whether the record length, LRECL, is set to the current setting of LRECL=0, or the older setting of LRECL=512.
Enables retrieval of comma delimited files created by a PC application or HOLD FORMAT COM command.
Specifies the qualifying character to be used in qualified field names.
Determines how rank numbers are assigned in a request when multiple data values fall into the same rank category.
Saves a Master File to memory after it has been used in a request.
Activates the Absolute File Integrity feature.
Controls the use of shift strings.
Determines if the temporary files created during a WebFOCUS connection are retained after the connection is closed.
Packages multiple EXL2K files into a single file.
Specifies what day of the week is the start of the week.
Specifies a minimum width for format WP output files.
Controls the retrieval of data when previewing a report.
The following parameters control the way dates are processed and displayed in reports.
Specifies which days are considered business days and which are not.
Specifies the order of date components.
Specifies the separator for date components.
Controls the display of date format fields that contain the value zero.
Activates year 2000-compliant versions of date subroutines.
Sets date and time in reports and controls the format in which CREATE SYNONYM creates date-time columns in a Master File.
Defines a default century for your application.
Controls whether translated dates are sent as date values with format masks instead of text values.
Both UNIX and WebFOCUS support uppercase, lowercase, and mixed-case file names and directories. Since lowercase is the default in UNIX environments, WebFOCUS offers a way to automatically convert file names and directories to lowercase.
Specifies the holiday file from which to retrieve dates that are considered holidays.
Avoids the truncation of leading zeros.
Temporarily alters the system date in order to test a dynamic window.
Defines the start of a 100-year window.
The following parameters affect the behavior of web-specific tasks in WebFOCUS.
Enables you to create and update applications and files under the APPROOT directory.
Specifies a default location where your browser searches for relative URLs referenced in the HTML documents created by WebFOCUS.
Runs and executes drill downs remotely.
Controls whether the WebFOCUS Viewer displays an All Pages button.
Controls whether the WebFOCUS Viewer displays a Close button.
In WebFOCUS, enables on-demand paging, and invokes the WebFOCUS Viewer.
Controls whether the WebFOCUS Viewer displays a Help button.
Allows an HTML page to be displayed when the WebFOCUS Viewer is closed.
Allows the user to open the WebFOCUS Viewer in a target frame.
Defines the title text for the WebFOCUS Viewer window.
The following parameters control your Developer Studio environment and the display of your reports in Developer Studio.
Controls the display of informational messages.
Determines the format of printed report output generated from a request submitted from the Command Console or created in the Text Editor.
Specifies the page size for printed output.
Determines whether report output is sent to your screen or to the printer.
Specifies files that contain user-defined functions.
Controls scrolling. ON cases display to pause when screen is full. OFF allows continuous scrolling.
Sets name of file for foreign languages. The default is English.
Controls the Report and Desktop Viewers.
Assigns temporary files to a specific directory.
The following parameters control the processing and display of graphs.
Sets a chart to either three dimensions or two dimensions.
Sets the graph engine used for rendering graphs in active technologies reports. it only has an effect when used with FORMAT AHTML or other active formats (APDF or FLEX).
Controls resizing of HTML5 graphs to fit their containers.
Sets the tick mark intervals for graphs.
Places summary numbers at the end of bars on bar charts, or slices on pie charts.
Specifies whether bar chart bars are stacked or placed side by side.
Controls whether the heading or footing text is rendered within, or outside, the chart image.
Controls whether WebFOCUS default settings or the graph API default settings are in effect.
Determines the version of the WebFOCUS graph engine that is used.
Creates a GIF file of the graph by sending an HTTP request to a servlet.
Specifies whether to create multiple graphs or a single graph when a request has multiple sort fields.
Specifies how many sort fields are used to generate multiple graphs when GRMERGE is set to ADVANCED.
Draws a grid of parallel horizontal lines at the vertical class marks on the graph.
Places an output graph in an HTML table of a specified width, in cells.
Specifies the use of basic linear regression to alter the X and Y axis values in a SCATTER graph.
Performs automatic scaling of the horizontal axis for the given values.
Specifies the width, in characters, of the horizontal axis.
Specifies the horizontal interval mark when AUTOTICK is OFF.
Draws a histogram instead of a curve when the values on the horizontal axis are not numeric.
Sets the maximum value on the horizontal axis when automatic scaling is not used (HAUTO=OFF).
Sets the minimum value on the horizontal axis when automatic scaling is not used (HAUTO=OFF).
Stacks the bars on a histogram instead of placing them side by side.
Sets the horizontal axis interval mark when AUTOTICK is OFF.
When a graph is rendered as OLAP, generates a three-dimensional graph that reflects all output data from a request containing both a BY and an ACROSS phrase.
Performs automatic scaling of the vertical axis for the given values.
Specifies the length of the vertical axis, in lines.
Specifies the vertical interval mark when AUTOTICK is OFF.
Sets the maximum value on the vertical axis when automatic scaling is not used (VAUTO=OFF).
Sets the minimum value on the vertical axis when automatic scaling is not used (VAUTO=OFF).
Sets the vertical axis interval mark when AUTOTICK is OFF.
Treats missing values on the vertical axis as zeros.
The following parameters control the memory and optimization of your application.
Retrieves data faster by automatically taking advantage of indexed fields in a FOCUS data source.
Dynamically selects an optimal retrieval path.
Determines when WebFOCUS stops the search for a key field specified in a WHERE or IF test.
Specifies the number of pages of memory used for data source buffers.
Stores FOCUS data source pages in memory and buffers between the data source and BINS.
Controls the number of loop iterations allowed in Dialogue Manager.
Controls the number of lines allowed in FOCSTACK.
Passes the estimated number of records to be sorted in the request.
Enables keyed retrieval from a fixed format sequential file, such as a HOLD file.
Specifies the amount of space, in thousands of bytes, used by FOCUS commands waiting for execution.
Limits the number of records retrieved.
Enables the SQL Translator to generate TABLEF commands instead of TABLE commands.
In WebFOCUS, assigns temporary files to a specific directory.
The following parameters affect the content or processing of a report.
Handles missing segment instances in a report.
Controls the display of a row of data that contains an invalid date format.
Specifies the date when an HTML active report expires.
Specifies the password required to view HTML active report output.
Avoids creating the internal matrix based on the features used in the query.
Specifies which days are considered business days.
Generates a report containing all combinations of non-related data instances in a multi-path request containing a PRINT or LIST command.
Specifies punctuation used in numeric notation.
Displays a leading zero in decimal-only numbers.
Controls ordering of alphanumeric values.
Controls whether the missing attribute is propagated to reformatted fields in a report request.
Controls the compile of expressions.
Sets date and time in a report and controls the format in which CREATE SYNONYM creates date-time columns in a Master File.
Controls whether DBA restrictions are treated as report filters or are added to the join conditions.
Controls whether the expression generated by the DB_INFILE function for use against a relational data source is optimized.
Defines a default value for the &ECHO variable for your application.
Controls the output generated when a report request retrieves zero records.
Terminates a request and returns a message when an error is encountered.
Specifies the application server to be used to zip the file components that comprise an EXCEL 2007 file (.xlsx).
Specifies the language used for Microsoft® Excel requests. This language must be the same as the language of Excel on the browser machine.
Enables aggregation in an external sort.
Enables you to use an external sort to create HOLD files.
Activates Structured HOLD Files for a request.
Activates the external sorting feature.
The SET FILECOMPRESS=ON command compresses PDF output files. The compressed PDF file is 25% of the original PDF file size.
Specifies a file to be used, by default, in commands.
Suppresses warning message FOC144, which reads Warning Testing in Independent sets of Data.
Allows you to include the same value of a FOR field in multiple rows of the FML matrix.
Includes the TITLE and ACCEPT attributes from the original Master File in the HOLD Master File.
Controls whether strict equality is required or partial key joins are supported for record-oriented adapters. JOINLM is a synonym for JOIN_LENGTH_MODE.
Ensures proper alignment of report output by correcting for lagging (missing) values. Also enables joins between fields with different numeric data types.
The LANG[UAGE] parameter specifies the National Language Support (NLS) environment. It sets the language of server error messages and can also be used to set the language of report titles if the Master File Description contains alternate language TITLE attributes.
Controls whether a parent segment is included in report output when selection tests are done on independent paths.
Determines the character string that indicates missing data in a report.
Controls whether ON phrases are ignored for fields not referenced in a request.
Determines if an extra space is appended to each record of a PDF output file to facilitate proper file transfer between Windows and UNIX.
Sets the phonetic algorithm to use with the PHONETIC function.
Enhances the quality of charts embedded into PowerPoint (PPTX) slides.
Controls processing of reports that use the PRINT command in conjunction with multiple DST operators.
Saves the matrix from your request to protect it from being overwritten when using Dialogue Manager commands.
Controls how tests against missing cross-referenced segment instances are processed in a left outer join.
Permits the combination of fields with and without prefix operators on summary lines in one request.
Allows users to choose the answer set display order when using an external sort to perform aggregation of alphanumeric or smart date formats.
Uses predefined column titles in the Master File as column titles in report output.
The following parameters affect the layout and display of a report.
Generates HTML report output that is Section 508 compliant.
Generates report output in HTML code that is Section 508 compliant.
Generates PDF report output that is Section 508 compliant.
Controls underlining of column titles on report output. TITLELINE is a synonym.
Reduces the number of report lines within each sort group when a request uses the PRINT command and an ACROSS phrase.
Controls whether ACROSS titles display above or to the left of ACROSS values.
Controls the display of ACROSS column titles when there is only one displayed field for an ACROSS group.
Enables you to automatically drill down to the next level of a dimension within the body of a report.
Controls resizing of HTML report output to fit its window.
Clarifies relationships within an FML hierarchy by indenting the captions (titles) of values at each level.
Sets the bottom boundary for report contents on a page in a styled report.
Displays a sort field value on every row, column, or both in a report.
Controls the repetition of BY fields on panels.
Enables you to combine multiple reports into a single PDF or PS file to create a compound report.
Links an HTML report to an external cascading style sheet (CSS) file in order to style the report.
Defines the position of the currency symbol relative to the monetary number.
Defines the ISO code for the currency symbol to use.
Defines what will happen when the currency symbol cannot be displayed by the code page in effect.
Sets a currency symbol to display on the report output when a numeric format specification uses the M or N display options.
Sets the characters to display on the report output when a numeric format specification uses the :D or :d display options.
Sets the characters to display on the report output when a numeric format specification uses the :E or :e display options.
Sets the characters to display on the report output when a numeric format specification uses the :F display option.
Sets the characters to display on the report output when a numeric format specification uses the :G display option.
Sets the characters to display on the report output when a numeric format specification uses the :L or :l display options.
Sets the characters to display on the report output when a numeric format specification uses the :Y or :y display options.
Eliminates blank lines from the report output.
Controls whether columns for multiple display commands are spread out or stacked on top of each other.
Creates an Accordion report that expands by row.
Prevents visual overflow on reports.
Assigns a page number to the first page of output.
Hides ACROSS columns containing only null values.
Creates an inline Cascading Style Sheet command in the HTML page that displays the report output.
Determines whether to embed images and graphs directly into an HTML or DHTML .htm file.
Specifies the National Language Support (NLS) environment. Sets the language of server error messages. Can also be used to set the language of report titles if the Master File Description contains alternate language TITLE attributes.
Sets the left boundary for report contents on a page in a styled report.
Sets the maximum number of lines of printed output that appear on a page, from the heading at the top to the footing on the bottom. The OFFLINE-FMT parameter determines the format of printed report output generated from a request.
Specifies the page orientation for styled reports.
Changes the character that displays in a numeric report column when the column does not have enough space for the value.
Controls the numbering of output pages.
Sets the maximum line width of a report panel.
Enables a pop-up field description in an HTML report when your mouse pointer is positioned over a column title in the report output.
Coordinates the paper source used by a PostScript printer with the PAGESIZE parameter setting.
Uses qualified column titles in report output when duplicate field names exist in a Master File.
Includes lines containing a value created with RECAP when counting the number of lines per page for printed output.
Sets the right boundary for report contents on a page.
Sets the number of spaces between columns in a report.
Determines the column width in report output.
For large report output, displays output in multiple HTML tables where each table is a separate report page.
Controls the format of report output by accepting or rejecting StyleSheet parameters.
Controls whether summary lines display above or below the data.
Includes the HTML code <BASE TARGET="framename"> in the heading of the HTML file that is displayed in your browser.
Controls underlining of column titles. ACROSSLINE is a synonym.
Sets the top boundary on a page for report output.
Specifies the unit of measure for page margins, column positions, and column widths.
Specifies the orientation of visualization bars for ACROSS columns.
The following parameters specify user access to data sources and procedures.
Controls whether password validation is case-sensitive.
Controls the source of access restrictions in a multi-file structure.
Enables user access to a data source or stored procedure protected by Information Builders security.
The PERMPASS parameter establishes a user password that remains in effect throughout a session or connection.
In WebFOCUS, enables user access to a data source or stored procedure protected by Information Builders security.


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è un manga di Mai Tanaka, pubblicato da dicembre 2014 sulla rivista Monthly GFantasy di Square Enix.

Trama
Haruaki Abe è la persona più timida del mondo. In effetti, è così codardo che i bambini delle elementari lo prendono addirittura in giro, il che gli ha reso davvero difficile fare il lavoro dei suoi sogni: essere un insegnante. Ma fortunatamente, un amico di famiglia lo mette in contatto con un lavoro come insegnante presso l'Accademia Hyaaki. Ma sarà molto più di quanto Haruaki si aspetta quando scoprirà il suo primo giorno che questa non è una scuola normale. È un liceo per yōkai, pieno di studenti e insegnanti che sono ogni sorta di mostri terrificanti. Ci vorrà una volontà d'acciaio per lavorare qui, ma fortunatamente, Haruaki ha un asso nella manica per aiutarlo mentre è spinto al limite insegnando (e sopravvivendo) ai suoi studenti yōkai.

Personaggi
Haruaki Abe
È il protagonista della serie. È una persona codarda con una sfortuna incredibile. Ha un profondo amore e apprezzamento per le uniformi da marinaio. Viene spesso chiamato Seimei dai suoi studenti dopo l'antico Abe no Seimei.

Preside
È un uomo misterioso ed è colui che inizialmente ha trovato il lavoro ad Haruaki presso l'Accademia Hyaaki. Sembra sapere qualcosa su Haruaki che nessun altro sa.

Mikoto Sano
È uno yakubyougami nella classe di Haruaki. Anche se distaccato, è pronto ad arrabbiarsi e non esita quando si tratta di menare le mani, essendo spesso la più grande spina nel fianco di Haruaki. Sano picchia costantemente e chiama sempre Haruaki. Ha un debole per il suo migliore amico, Mamekichi Maizuka, e per i piccoli animali.

Mamekichi Maizuka
È uno yokai tanuki e migliore amico di Mikoto Sano. Ha un comportamento infantile e trascorre molto tempo con Sano e gli altri loro amici, Hijita e Zashiki. È più gentile con Haruaki di Sano, ma nemmeno lui rispetta molto il ragazzo. Ha coniato il soprannome di Seimei.

Kotarou Hijita
È uno yokai e buon amico di Sano e Mamekichi. Il suo migliore amico è lo Zashiki-Warashi, Beniko Zashiki, che conosce da quando era bambino. Gli piace fare battute pratiche, in particolare sul suo insegnante, e cerca di sembrare un ragazzo super cool (ma ha ancora un lato femminile, dato che gli piace anche il manga Shoujo). Sembra anche avere un po' 'un complesso di sorelle, ma lo nega con tutto il cuore.

Beniko Zashiki
È uno zashiki yokai. Ha una personalità molto distaccata e si preoccupa molto poco delle cose reali, ma ha una profonda dedizione ai videogiochi e si rintanerà nella sua stanza per giocarci. Sebbene possa essere molto aggressiva, ha un lato morbido per i suoi amici, ma si vede solo in occasioni molto rare.

Pubblicazione
L'opera è pubblicata dalla Square Enix sulla rivista Monthly GFantasy a partire da dicembre 2014. Il manga è pubblicato in Nord America da dicembre 2017 da Yen Press.

Collegamenti esterni
 Scheda del manga sul sito di Monthly GFantasy.

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Top 10 Things To Do in New Orleans
Top 10 New Orleans by DK Publishing
Take a trip to the Big Easy, stop by Bourbon Street for a drink, and don't miss this Top 10 guide to New Orleans' biggest and best things to do.
1. Canal Street
Thought to be the widest street in America, the 170-ft wide Canal Street lies in the heart of downtown New Orleans. It runs across the city, from the Mississippi to Lake Pontchartrain. The main activity is around the CBD, where luxury hotels, upscale restaurants and unique retail establishments line both sides of the street. The Canal streetcar line runs down the middle of the thoroughfare, providing access to Mid-City and the cemeteries.
(Photo courtesy of Wallyg/Flickr)
2. The New Orleans Museum of Art
The New Orleans Museum of Art – more commonly known as NOMA – one of the pre-eminent centres of fine arts in the Gulf South. NOMA is an educational center, a family destination, a popular tourist attraction and the centerpiece of New Orleans' elegant City Park. Its permanent collections and rotating exhibits rival the best museums in the country. The museum is also a community social center, frequently hosting high-profile weddings, receptions, fundraisers and social events. Situated near the entrance to New Orleans City Park, the museum is a historic landmark.
(Photo by Alaskan Dude/Flickr)
3. Royal Street
Just around the block from the bustle of Bourbon Street is the picturesque Royal Street, which boasts some of the country's best antique stores, restaurants, and art galleries. Antiques collectors and art-lovers travel from all over the world to shop on this street. Visitors can stay at historic hotels and enjoy leisurely breakfasts at sunny cafes, or indulge in gourmet cuisine at the numerous specialty restaurants. The retailers on Royal Street include European-style boutiques, glass artists, and purveyors of fine collectibles.
(Photo courtesy of Infrogmation/Flickr)
4. Audubon Zoo
Run by the Audubon Nature Institute, which also maintains the Aquarium of the Americas, the Insectarium, and the Audubon Zoo, this world-class facility can trace its history back to the 19th century. Today, covering 58 acres of land, it is regarded among the finest zoos in the country. The Audubon shelters some of the rarest animals in the world and includes an irresistible baby animal nursery, interactive exhibits, and entertaining rides, all amid century-old oaks and lush landscaping.
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5. Bourbon Street
This iconic French Quarter street never sleeps. It dates back to 1718, when it was known as Rue Bourbon, and still retains some of the original 18th-century architecture, which can be seen on a leisurely walk down the length of the street. With around-the-clock live music, parties, all-night bars and clubs, Bourbon Street's atmosphere of revelry is unmatched in the city. Renowned restaurants lie interspersed between unique shops and vendors. Every visitor to New Orleans should experience life on Bourbon Street.
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6. New Orleans City Park
Built on the site of the former Allard Plantation beside the Bayou St. John, the New Orleans City Park is one of the biggest urban parks in the country, covering an area of 1,300 acres. A perfect spot for children and adults alike, it offers sports facilities, museums, waterways, golf courses, an amusement park, botanical gardens and much more. The park is also home to the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Sydney & Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, which showcases over 50 modern sculptures.
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7. Aquarium of the Americas
An impressive attraction offering visitors the chance to see a walk-through underwater tunnel, a gallery of seahorses, a white alligator, baby sharks and a stunning rain forest under one roof, this is one of the premier tourist destinations of the city. Showcasing nearly 500 species of aquatic life, this aquarium is one of the biggest in the country. Although most of the fish died due to a massive generator failure after Hurricane Katrina, other inmates were saved and brought back when the Aquarium reopened in 2006.
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8. Mardi Gras
New Orleans bills its annual Mardi Gras celebration as "the biggest street party in the world." More than a million visitors from around the world gather in the city up to three weeks before the festival. Lavish parades are staged by various Mardi Gras clubs, known as "krewes," along with parties and street gatherings. New Orleans is the place to be during this time to let your hair down, don an outrageous costume, eat great food, vie for beads thrown from parade floats, and generally party hard for the last time before Lent.
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9. Mississippi Riverfront
Over the years there has been a stunning redevelopment of the Mississippi Riverfront. New businesses, attractions and special events have made this area a must-see for any visitor to New Orleans. A streetcar line runs the length of the Riverfront, with stops at all of the popular sites. The riverfront is within walking distance of the Warehouse District, the CBD, and many of the best hotels and restaurants. The long pedestrian path along the riverfront is called the Moonwalk, and is perfect for a romantic stroll.
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10. Jackson Square
The elegant centerpiece of the French Quarter, Jackson Square is an attractive and lively meeting place. Known as the "Place d'Armes" in the 18th century, it was later renamed in honour of the Battle of New Orleans hero, Andrew Jackson. An imposing statue of Jackson dominates the square, with the St. Louis Cathedral providing a majestic backdrop. Quaint shops line the perimeter of the park, and local artists, mimes, palm and tarot-card readers and musicians sell their wares and perform here every day.


As was the case on Monday, following the shifts was essential to a successsful day. We had two 4-leg windwards-leeward races and one 5-leg windward-leeward, finishing us in the direction of the club in the 3rd race, just the way we like it!. After racing today, the 3-way tie for 1st in the Championship Division went away, and the Challenger Division leaders changed as well. Championship top 5 are Zeke and Jay Horowitz, David Ames and PJ Buhler, Jeff Linton and Andy Hayward, Mark Swanson and Mike Hennessey, and Ryan Malmgren and Stacey Rieu. Challenger leaders are Bill Vogler with Peg Woodworth and Carey Seven, Randy Rubinstein and Carol Claypool, Greg and Diane Kampf, Forest Atkins and Mandy McCracken -Atkins and Shaun Clements and Andy Gardner.
Next up is today's chalk talk with Zeke Horowitz and the leaders, followed by a great dinner at Sarasota Sailing Squadron. Full results are here.. Piotos for the week will all be here.


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If you are looking for something special and unique to do this fall, why not take a trip "down memory lane."
There are two museums dedicated to preserving the heritage of Clare County.
The Farwell Museum, organized by the Farwell Historical Society, is full of memorabilia about the Village and the surrounding area. It also serves as the home for the Farwell Area Chamber of Commerce.
Both the museum and chamber are housed in the 131 year old building that once housed the Ladies Library Association. The building has been home to the Rebekah Lodge and the Farwell Women's Club and as a site for church suppers, ten-cent dinners and the Red Cross. It was once the Surrey Township Library.
It is one of the few remaining old structures in Farwell and is located at 221 West Main Street. The museum is open year round on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from May through September from noon to 4 p.m. Contact them at 989-588-0580. Farwell Museum Meetings are the 3rd Wednesday of Every Month at 6:30 p.m. Their website is farwellmuseum.com.
Just five miles north and one mile east of Clare at the corner of Eberhart and Dover Roads is the Clare County Historical Society's Historic Dover School, Museum building and restored Ott Cabin.
The Dover School was the first school built in Clare County in the late 1870s and the last country school to close in the county in 1966. Former students and neighbors bought the school and property, started the Historical Society and began restoring the school to it's now original condition.
The complex sits on the site of what was once Crawfordville and later renamed Dover. It features one one-room school, a museum filled with artifacts from Clare County's past and the recently reconstructed 1897 Ott family log cabin where 18 children were raised.
The site is open Saturdays from May through October from 1 to 4 p.m. There are also special events throughout the summer including tours and classes for school children, and Old Fashioned Day in late September and even on old fashioned Christmas Pageant in December. The school, museum and cabin are also available for special group tours.
To schedule an event, call 989-539-7546 or 989-386-7284. The Historical Society meets on the first Tuesday of the month from April through November and work mornings are held every Tuesday from May through October.
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Softball's Ashtin Helmer brings heat to spring sports
Ashtin Helmer '16
As starting pitcher for TCNJ's softball team, Ashtin Helmer '16 is well aware that no position on the field dictates the spirit of play more than the player toeing the rubber. In January, Helmer participated in the college's LeaderShape program, a six-day experience that challenges participants to explore identity development and inclusive leadership. She feels this education off the field will pay major dividends on the diamond.
"It was amazing. It changed my life," says Helmer, a health and exercise science major and student-worker in the athletic training room. "I was nominated by my coach and it was just an incredible experience. It will definitely help my leadership skills in softball and moving forward in life."
After graduation, Helmer plans a career as a physician's assistant. For the time being, she will give her all for Head Coach Sally Miller and the Lions softball squad.
Mother Nature put the season opener on ice for softball, but the Lions hope to open their season in the Sea Gull Classic Tournament at Salisbury University on March 6 and 7. TCNJ will play four games over the weekend before returning to campus for its home opener against Muhlenberg College in a doubleheader on Wednesday, March 11, at Dr. June Walker Field.
Spring Sports Preview
Season opener: Thursday, March 5 at Messiah College
Home opener: Sunday, March 8 vs. Oswego State at George Ackerman Park
What to watch: The top three pitchers for TCNJ have a combined record of 18-7, while shortstop Anthony Cocuzza '15 will serve as the backbone on offense and defense for the Lions.
March opener: Saturday, March 7 vs. Neumann College in Lions Stadium
Good to know: Head Coach Sharon Pfluger has put down the champagne glass after leading TCNJ to a field hockey national championship this fall. She is back to work with Lions lacrosse players in search of the program's 14th NCAA championship trophy.
March opener: Wednesday, March 7 vs. Ramapo College in TCNJ's Tennis Complex
Good to know: Junior Pierce Cooper closed out last spring with a 15-match winning streak as the Lions host 14 home events in pursuit of an at-large bid to the NCAA championships.
Home opener: Saturday, March 28 vs. William Smith College in TCNJ's Tennis Complex
Backstory: The Lions have already qualified for the NCAA championships by winning their 32nd consecutive conference title this fall.
Men's outdoor track and field
Season opener: Friday, March 20 at Hurricane Invitational in Miami, Florida
Home opener: Saturday, April 11 at TCNJ's Track and Field Complex
What to watch: TCNJ will look to extend its conference winning streak of 17 consecutive titles.
Women's outdoor track and field
Good to know: TCNJ will defend its 2014 New Jersey Athletic Conference championship.


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One Rail:Two Faces
Newsletter that was sent yesterday to all ASLEF members in ONE Railway.
ONE Rail is proving to be one of the most unprincipled company with which ASLEF deals. And, believe me, that is some claim.
It talks without listening, it promises without delivering and it tells blatant untruths to passengers and staff alike.
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING AT ONE?
The union has asked for a simple percentage increase in wages for our members working in ONE.
Management will not negotiate on this basis. They want to throw in productivity and harmonisation and other elements that disguise a pay offer that does nothing to improve our members' standard of living.
Despite our members having twice rejected offers, ONE sticks obstinately to 4% for Great Eastern drivers and 4.5% - misleadingly run over a 13 month period - for Anglia and West Anglia.
It is not enough. That's why the union on 30 December will be issuing ballot papers calling for industrial action. We urge you to back your officials and representatives – and vote 'Yes' in this ballot. The company needs to know that ASLEF members will not be ignored.
ONE believes it can treat your representatives with contempt and we will do nothing. It is true that we are reluctant to take action unless it is necessary. We have shown immense restraint in not acting on the two rejection ballots so far.
The company takes this as a sign of weakness. It has threatened ASLEF company council representatives with legal action and ignored agreed disciplinary procedures. ONE is deluding itself. ASLEF members will defend themselves and their union.
ONE has shown no sense of a duty of care to our members. It untruthfully blames its failures on our members, inviting public antagonism towards its drivers. Its latest tactic is to accuse ASLEF of taking unofficial industrial action for not doing voluntary overtime. This is nonsense - and we are taking legal advice on this baseless smear. The public is well aware that it is management's job to provide drivers for trains. If they can't do that, they should make way for a company that can.
STAND BY FOR ACTION
We have reluctantly concluded that action appears to be the only way to secure a string-free pay rise for our members which will enable us to make progress on other outstanding issues such as productivity, harmonisation, industrial relations and discipline.
If you have any stories about your management that could be useful to the union in this campaign, please contact head office by post, phone or email to journal@aslef.org.uk


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At the NBA Africa Games yesterday, Kenyan singer and entertainer, Victoria Kimani was a sight for sore eyes. Decked in burgundy sequin boots and a coordinating set by Nigerian womenswear brand Amarelis Atelier, she set hearts racing.
Her makeup was done by South African makeup artiste Azande SJK. Everything about her outfit screamed glamour and we couldn't help but share. Victoria Kimani posted these hot photos on her Instagram.
Mehn Victoria Kamani is one hell of a dime piece. Chocolate skinned with chinese eyes. Dang ma!
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Let me quote Forrest Gump to describe China's stock market: "It is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." In just a few days, the market turned from heaven to hell.
Last week, [HK Corporate Registration]Chinese investors were taken by surprise when the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index plunged 13.3 percent, its worst weekly performance since the global financial crisis in 2008. More than 9 trillion yuan ($1.45 trillion) in market value evaporated, which translates into a loss of 45,000 yuan for each of the country's registered 200 million stock accounts.
A bloodbath for small investors.
But just one and a half months ago, I was baffled by an unstoppable rally. Stocks were setting records every few days, hitting four-, five-, six-and seven-year highs. Although the boom wasn't based on economic fundamentals, investors were emboldened by what looked like the official endorsement of a bull run.
The headline of a People's Daily editorial declared: "4,000 points is just the beginning of China's bullish market."
Sporadic warnings that the bubble might burst were drowned out by a bullish chorus of analysts and officials. The bulls pointed to the following: the economy is undergoing a transformation, they said, and deepening reform of State-owned enterprises and national strategies, such as the "Road and Belt Initiative" to revive the ancient Silk Road trading routes, and "Made in China 2025" to upgrade the nation's manufacturing industry, will offer unlimited opportunities to Chinese enterprises and investors.
A bull market, some believed, was also a national strategy.
People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan strengthened that belief in March when he said capital flows into the stock market "are good for the real economy". Cuts in lenders' required reserve ratios and interest rates, meant to ease borrowing costs, were inevitably interpreted as measures to inject cash into the stock market.
No surprise, then, that the bulls were running freely, or at least until last week.
All the ostensible reasons for higher stock prices are still there. But stock prices have nosedived. Take CRRC Corp, the trainmaker behemoth formed by the merger of two previous enterprises. It was believed to best represent the Belt and Road concept, but nearly half of its value was wiped out in a couple of days, compared with its peak of 39 yuan ($6.3) [Company Incorporation USA] per share just two months earlier.
The U-turn exemplifies the volatility in this market. Investors have become bipolar: they're either irrationally exuberant or excessively pessimistic. Many stories were told to support the rally, and many are being told to rationalize its decline.


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One of the greatest cryptocurrency feuds in 2018 is the fight between anonymous Twitter user Bitfinex'ed and the cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex. Bitfinex'ed was an ardent critic of the latter and fought his battles on Twitter and Medium. Bitfinex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, was accused of using the US dollar stablecoin, Tether, to manipulate the cryptocurrency market. This started a major controversy where speculators predicted that Tether will collapse, taking the entire cryptocurrency market with it.
The feud culminated with the DOXXing of Bitfinex'ed. Today, Bitfinex and Tether are still chugging along and Bitfinex'ed continues his crusade against cryptocurrencies on Twitter.
This is the story of the fight between Bitfinex'ed and Bitfinex.
Quick Primer: What Is Tether?
Tether is a US dollar stablecoin. This means that it's a cryptocurrency designed to be worth exactly $1 USD. The peg is maintained with the claim that every Tether is backed by $1 USD held in reserve in a bank. Users ideally can buy Tethers with USD and redeem Tethers for USD.
Tether has a major presence in cryptocurrency markets. It's widely used as a safe haven in cryptocurrency exchanges that do not support "real money" deposits. From January 2017 to February 2018, the outstanding supply of Tethers grew from $10 million to $2 billion. According to this Wall Street Journal article, Tether accounted for "10% of the trading volume of Bitcoin" in early 2018.
As you can imagine, the widespread use of Tether means that its sudden disappearance will be catastrophic for the cryptocurrency market.
Bitfinex'ed made his first significant public appearance in early August 2017 with an explosive Medium article titled, "Meet 'Spoofy'. How a Single entity dominates the price of Bitcoin." In it, he claims that Bitcoin's price was manipulated by a shadow entity called Spoofy which spoofs order books to push Bitcoin's price one way or the other. At the time, Bitcoin was at $4k and just started its meteoric ascent towards $20k. The market was highly volatile with tremendous upside and a claim of market manipulation resonated with many people. The article was widely shared and received thousands of "claps" on Medium. Of course, this being Bitfinex'ed, the article also contained a critique of Tether.
Riding on the momentum gained from this first article, Bitfinex'ed penned nine more in the next two months, with the focus on Tether and Bitfinex. He rightfully claims that Tether is tightly connected with Bitfinex, even though the connection is obscured from corporate structuring limbo. He also claims that Bitfinex wantonly prints Tethers to buy Bitcoin and manipulate its price upwards. For context, since Tether is a public cryptocurrency, the issuance of new Tethers is completely transparent. This is a Twitter account tracking Tether printing and here's an example of $100,000,000 USDT being created.
Due to this alleged wanton printing, Bitfinex doesn't have the cash reserves to cover all outstanding Tethers (around $2 billion at the time) and Tether will collapse if enough people cashed out. That is, if Bitfinex'ed had it his way, criminal charges were filed at Bitfinex and Tether, forcing both to shut down.
Bitfinex'ed drove significant attention to Tether and led many to question whether Bitfinex was solvent and Tethers were fully backed. Adding to the fire is the fact that Wells Fargo had previously discontinued its role as a correspondent bank for Bitfinex in March 2017, way before Bitfinex'ed started raising alarms.
Bitfinex, as a response to the intense scrutiny of Tether, released a supposed financial audit in September 2017 from its auditors Friedman LLP. Some interpreted the document as a confirmation that Bitfinex was solvent and all Tethers were fully backed.
Bitfinex'ed quickly jumped to challenge this interpretation, claiming that the document was simply an internal memo; it was not an official audit statement.
To make matters worse for Bitfinex, in November, Tether was hacked with $30,950,010 USDT stolen. Tether swiftly hard forked their blockchain to delegitimize and freeze the stolen USDT.
Then, in December, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sent subpoenas to both Bitfinex and Friedman LLP, as part of an investigation by the CFTC and the Department of Justice on cryptocurrency price manipulation. Although there hasn't been any public follow-ups from the investigation, it was bad publicity for Bitfinex at a time when it desperately needed the opposite.
In January 2018, in another blow to Bitfinex, Bitfinex announced that its relationship with Friedman LLP had ended.
Bitfinex just couldn't catch a break. All the while, Bitfinex'ed continued to egg on the Tether controversy by publishing Medium articles and tweeting incessantly.
Backing up Bitfinex'ed's attempts to discredit Bitfinex, in June 2018, two reports raising suspicions of Tether were released by the University of Texas and Bloomberg.
Although overall public sentiment was agreeable with Bitfinex'ed's accusations and many were suspicious of Bitfinex, the latter had its supporters. The most vocal of them was the cryptocurrency trading community, WhalePool.
Bitfinex'ed engaged in Twitter feuds with WhalePool.
WhalePool accused Bitfinex'ed of selling his Bitcoins too early (apparently he sold at $2000). Their logic was Bitfinex'ed was disappointed at selling so early and wanted to bring down the market to make up for his mistake. WhalePool also accused him of running a fraudulent donation drive to raise funds to fight a potential lawsuit from Bitfinex that never happened. In total, 2.49 BTC was raised ($50,000 at Bitcoin's peak price). To be fair to both sides, Bitfinex'ed did hire a lawyer after the donation drive. Here's an article by swapman, a WhalePool administrator, calling Bitfinexed a "sensationalist, liar, fraud, and opportunist".
Bitfinex'ed countered by accusing WhalePool community members of being Bitfinex shareholders. He also accused WhalePool and Bitfinex of attacking him on social media with fake accounts, fake reports, and hacking attempts.
In fact, Bitfinex'ed's Twitter account was suspended by Twitter in February 2018 after numerous reports that it violated TOS by sharing private information. The account was quickly restored after Bitfinex'ed challenged the suspension.
Bitfinex'ed also lurked in WhalePool's public TeamSpeak and published recordings of WhalePool community members discussing questionably legal activities. For example, he shared a recording of one member expressing a "desire to commit tax fraud". He also shared a recording of another member expressing an "interesting in illegal market manipulation of the margin market".
Good news finally arrived for Bitfinex in February 2018 when the Dutch bank ING confirmed that Bitfinex has an account with the bank. Although this doesn't alleviate fears that Tether is not fully backed by dollars, it's highly positive for Bitfinex that a reputable bank like ING is doing business with it.
Later in June, the law firm Freeh, Sporkin, & Sullivan (FSS) confirmed that Tether had $2.54 billion USD in its bank accounts, nearly matching the $2.55 billion USDT outstanding. FSS was given access to Tether's bank accounts for weeks and released data on how much money the company held on a single day, June 1 (source). However, FSS stressed that this was not an official audit as it's not an accounting firm. However, Tether's general counsel Stuart Hoegner did say that an official audit cannot be obtained since the Big 4 accounting firms were unwilling to engage with Tether due to the high risk and this was "the next best thing".
Tether recently announced a new banking relationship with Bahamas-based Deltec Bank. They released a letter, allegedly from Deltec, claiming that it had $1.8 billion with the bank.
On October 26th, 2018, Steemit user thinkexclamation published an article with an unassuming title, "Organized FUD - How The "FUD Mafia" Is Plaguing This Industry (Part 4)". In it, they dive into who Bitfinex'ed was.
Bitfinex'ed has so far staunchly kept his identity secret, which is wise given the enemies he's made attacking Tether. His downfall was that he tweeted incessantly and thinkexclamation was able to use some of his tweets and matched them with the words of a reddit user, /u/voogru.
Altogether, thinkexclamation found 7 commonalities between /u/voogru and Bitfinex'ed, making it subjectively highly likely that they were the same person.
So who is /u/voogru? It turns out the username was used in many places: BitcoinTalk, Steam, and Twitter. All three accounts advertised a website, voogru.com. The Twitter account exposed the identity of Bitfinex'ed as Spencer MacDonald, a prolific gamer and Bitcoin trader.
Do I Think Tether Is Used For Market Manipulation?
I personally doubt this accusation. Correlation does not equal causation. Even though Tethers were often printed right before a Bitcoin price rally, that doesn't mean that these Tethers were used to pump the price. There are other plausible reasons for this convenient sequence of events.
For example, price rallies occur when people buy Bitcoin, and to buy Bitcoin, you need to deposit cash into an exchange. When lots of people deposit cash to Bitfinex, they need to print Tether to match the deposits. For Bitfinex, every digital dollar is a Tether dollar.
However, for me, the most cogent reason why the Tether controversy story is unlikely is the fact that Tether is a public cryptocurrency. If someone wants to manipulate the market, especially one as large as Bitcoin, they wouldn't do so by printing money on a public blockchain where every action is fully visible. That's equivalent to spitting in the face of a sleeping dragon (i.e. the formidable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission).
That being said, the cryptocurrency market is unpredictable and almost anything goes. Tether might very well spell a short term end to Bitcoin and its decentralized friends.
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Will be lots and lots of people out there including a bunch of hooligans. Cruiser is severely chopped out by the floods and is better suited on an off peak weekend. Anyway enjoy your weekend and a happy easter to you. Im with ben-e working then as well.
Make it a day trip.


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BUSTED: Dems Claim Voter ID RACIST, But Look What They Did In Their OWN Election For DNC Chair
Democrats love to accuse people calling for voter ID laws of being racist.
In fact, it's their biggest argument against ensuring the integrity of our elections, and they've taken numerous states to court for trying to enact such laws. However, they just completely destroyed it all on their own as they elected the new DNC chair.
According to the American Mirror, every ballot cast was required to have an ID attached to it, ostensibly to ensure there was no fraud involved, which obliterates their years-long argument against doing the same in our federal election.
Check it out, via YoungCons:
"Pursuant to the rules of procedure, the chair has the discretion as to the voting mechanism," chairwoman Donna Brazile said.
"And it's my determination, based on the system that we tested this morning, that I would like to use paper ballots. And I'll tell you why.
"We have to make sure that we can not just count the ballots but verify every name and signature," Brazile said.
So to summarize; it's important to ensure there's no fraud when electing the new leader of the Democrat Party, but it's not important to ensure there's no fraud when electing the leader of the Free World.
In other words, voter ID for me, but not for thee, peasants.
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This is a exercise that Ronny Ancorini ([@RonnyAnc](https://github.com/RonnyAnc)) used as demo for the TDD workshop at [LPA DevOps](https://github.com/LasPalmasDevOps).

The demo was implemented in Java, but I'd like to solve the same problem in Ruby. Following the same metodology, but trying to find my own solution.

## The problem

For a given number, return the sequence from 1 to that number but with the following sustitutions:

* If the number is **not divisible** by **2** or **3**, then the number will **not** be changed.
* If the number is divisible by **2**, then sustitute the number by the word "**Fizz**".
* If the number is divisible by **3**, then sustitute the number by the word "**Buzz**".
* If the number is divisible by **2** and by **3**, then sustitute the number by the word "**FizzBuzz**".

## Examples

**Example 1:** If the passed number is **2**, the output should be:

```
  1
  Fizz
```

**Example 2:** If the passed number is **7**, the output should be:

```
  1
  Fizz
  Buzz
  Fizz
  5
  FizzBuzz
  7
```

## Implementation

I'll use [RSpec](http://rspec.info/) for the tests because it can be used for [TDD](http://guide.agilealliance.org/guide/tdd.html) as well as [BDD](http://guide.agilealliance.org/guide/bdd.html) and the syntax has been used in others testing frameworks because its readability.

To setup the initial enviroment I had to have Ruby and RSpec installed in my machine. If you have Ruby in your machine you can install RSpec with this command:

```
$ gem install rspec
```

Then I created the minimal structure (which I've added to the repo) with the command:

```
$ rspec --init
```

> **NOTE:** I've added the option `--format documentation` to the generated `.rspec` file so I see better what the tests actually do.

> **NOTE:** To simplify, I put the code in the same file that the test (the problem was sort and it was easy to edit both at the same file) [spec/fizzbuzz_spec.rb](spec/fizzbuzz_spec.rb), but I plan to move to a more proper place.

> **NOTE**: Also, I decided to add one more case that I thought could be problematic, when the number passed is `0`. And I decided what to do in that case as that wasn't defined at the original exercise.

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Q: Visual studio 2015 can't find fonts at location I'm having a weird issue with VS2015 after installing the WebCompiler for SASS.
Before installing the WebCompiler I had several css files . After installing the compile I converted those files in scss files manually. Somewhere along the way Visual Studio stopped finding my woff files although all the font-face's are pointing at the correct location.
My solution files are as follows:

And my font-face's look like this :

@font-face {
      font-family: LatoBlack;
      src: url('../fonts/Lato-Black.woff');
  }

Although intelisense is telling me that the url is the correct one and there is a file called Lato-Black.woff , when I run the application i get a 404 error.

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Q: Switching cells in UITableView after one has been chosen and performSegueWithIdentifier:sender: has been called I am having trouble with a UITableView and segueing from it.  The table view contains a list of places, and when a cell is clicked it segues to a list of photos from that place.  It takes a bit of time to load the info for those photos, so it sticks on the list of places for a bit.  My problem is that I don't want to freeze the user out of the app while it's loading, and if the user decides to switch the place they want, I want them to be able to.  Is there a simple solution for this, or would it require a redesign?  Here's what's called when the cell is clicked:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    self.activityIndicator = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleGray];
    [self.activityIndicator startAnimating];
    [[tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath] setAccessoryView:self.activityIndicator];
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    self.locationSelected = [[self.locationDataArray[indexPath.row] valueForKeyPath:@"_content"] componentsSeparatedByString:@","][0];
    [self performSelector:@selector(pushView:) withObject:tableView afterDelay:0.0]; // Allows spinner to start spinning before the segue is actually performed.
}

- (void)pushView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    [self performSegueWithIdentifier:@"Display Image List" sender:self];
}

I've tried dispatching performSegueWithIdentifire:sender: to the main queue, but no luck (I didn't think it would work, anyway).  Query is what's executed by the destination view controller.  Any ideas on how to get it to work?

A: I think, you should perform the segue of course on the main thread (no dispatching), and load a new (empty) tableview with activityIndicator started in its cells. The fetching of images would be dispatched in the viewDidLoad method, and 'notify' the view, if the loading has finished, and reload the tableView.
Like in this tutorial (a simple NSInvocationOperation is used to run the downloading o the background):
http://www.icodeblog.com/2010/03/04/iphone-coding-turbo-charging-your-apps-with-nsoperation/
Good luck!

A: I think you can have a controller for your list of photos view, and in viewDidLoad of that controller, you can use Grand Central Dispatch to async'ly load your photos and reload data for the table.


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Samuel Joseph Fleri
February 18, 1928 ~ July 11, 2019 (age 91)
Samuel Joseph Fleri, 91, of Mount Vernon, Illinois passed away at 10:41 A.M. July 11, 2019 at Mount Vernon Health Care Center in Mount Vernon, Illinois. He was born February 18, 1928 in Olean, New York to the late Joseph and Alevina (Previgilan) Fleri. He married Virginia Booth on November 24, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were blessed with nearly thirty-seven years of marriage before she preceded him in death on April 2, 2015
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A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held at Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. A Funeral Mass will begin at 10:00 A.M. with The Very Reverend Father John Iffert officiating. Interment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Brian C. Fleri Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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Home » Editions » 2016 04 July/August » Trading Places for a Fair Land
Trading Places for a Fair Land
JANICE HOUGH OF IMMA INTRODUCES THEIR COLLABORATIVE PROJECT 'A FAIR LAND', WITH GRIZEDALE ARTS, BASED IN THE LAKE DISTRICT.
On the first outing to Grizedale Arts in spring of last year, Helen O'Donoghue (Head of Engagement and Learning at IMMA) and I found ourselves driving the entire circumference of the Lake District. After four hours of driving, which should have taken two, we were barely holding it together in the car as darkness fell over the rural pastures of Cumbria. Our failure to locate this peripheral centre led us to discover that there were two Grizedale Arts here. The one we were looking for was in Lawson Park and of course we had followed the prominent signage for the wrong one. After a wrong turn going up the mountain and the squelchy softening of the terrain under the wheels of the car, we reluctantly made the phone call to Adam Sutherland (Director of Grizedale) to assist us back down a dirt track teetering on the edge of a mountain. After this death defying stunt we were warmly welcomed and presented with some of Grizedale's many culinary delights to help us recover from the ordeal.
Over the following days the splendour and intrigue of Grizedale revealed itself in many ways. The converted farmhouse previously owned by Ruskin is peppered with household items of historical and cultural significance. There is no conventional art on the walls; instead it presents itself through the hand-painted dining table, the fabric on the re-upholstered chairs, the hand-drawn wallpaper located throughout, the filing technique in the library, the crockery, the dressing gowns (with Ruskin references hand sewn onto the back of each) and the pot that pours the tea – the list goes on. The website explains that "the Collection is 'live', being periodically augmented with new purchases and commissions, and diminished through inevitable losses and breakages".
The experience brought me to consider the various ways that we've worked with artists at IMMA and how we could expand this remit to channel more of these everyday applications of creativity. Of course, part of Grizedale's subversive appeal is that losses and breakages are an institutional faux pas. The five curatorial styles used to decorate the house were conceived as a strategic set of rules to ensure that visitors can at least partially relate to an aesthetic within this eclectic environment. As custodian of the Grizedale experience Sutherland could easily pass the day discussing the significance of each item with obvious passion, humour, intelligence and a pinch of irreverence thrown in for good measure.
Stepping outside we came upon a shed where Laurie Provost's Turner Prize work Wantee (2013) was commissioned with Grizedale and built with the Coniston Youth Club. Lawson Park is dotted with various sheds, including a number of hermit huts, though luckily solitary confinement is not a compulsory elemental experience.
Following a walk/talk on the various challenges and triumphs of farming and growing on this particular terrain, we were promised a trip to the local village of Coniston. In the village we visited the unmanned Honest Shop at the Coniston Institute which is stocked with crafts and products made by locals. It offers a refreshing opportunity for direct trade with the community in contrast to the predictable options populating this tourist haven. We then stepped in to the self sufficient library, which was designed by Liam Gillick, though the books it contains didn't appear to reflect his influence. A visit to the Ruskin Museum next door to the institute relayed the significant influence Ruskin has had on how Grizedale connects with the wider world through craft, education, creativity and nature. Our immersion in everything Ruskin was interrupted when we came upon the new extension dedicated to the Bluebird K7 and Donald Campbell, throwing up opposing perspectives on how communities opt to prioritise histories – a mashup of hero glamour and social thinker.
The two and a half day trip to Grizedale was the perfect primer to envisage what is coming our way for the summer of 2016 at IMMA. 'A Fair Land' will be the culmination of more than a year of discussions, development and research. The aim is to bring together a creative-led society in order to collectively construct various components that represent a village in IMMA's courtyard, running from 11 to 28 August 2016. Radicalism and reinvention are two prevalent themes running through the programming for 'A Fair Land'. Sarah Glennie and Adam Sutherland have a history of working together as curators, having realised the fantastically titled 'Romantic Detachment' over a decade ago. This was a rural/urban swap that brought the Lake District to PS1 New York, so Adam and Sarah are well versed on the impact, abundant generosity and resonance a project like this can generate for everyone involved, acting as a creative catalyst and fusing friction.
When Grizedale were invited to take up a mammoth residency at IMMA, culminating in this significant presence and activation in the courtyard, there was an alignment of aims. It is the perfect way for the museum and the residency to become part of an alternative system. For IMMA, it's also a window onto other aspects of culture and creativity which require greater visibility and support through institutions, as well as a chance to recalibrate what can potentially evolve from IMMA's unique context. In this ambitious project many of the elements of running a residency will become a public gesture. It's contrasting geographical and cultural perspectives provide the spark and bounce to bring this international collective of artists and creatives together at IMMA with Grizedale.
The village of 'A Fair Land' will comprise an extensive straw bale field in which a glut crop of marrows will be grown. We will endeavor to use the crop to its maximum capacity for edible and product-based resources. Designed by Karen Guthrie and Public Works, and constructed under the expert guidance of Eoin Donnelly, this element of the project will utilise straw for both its agricultural and architectural features. The architectural collective Nos Workshop will design a scaffold framework facilitating communal activities such as vending, workshops, a restaurant and talks-based activities. Schools of reinvention will interweave with these active work spaces to facillitate situations where contemporary conditions around living, education and creativity in the everyday can be explored and workshopped. Functional products such as tables, chairs, spoons, bowls, wallpapers, bricks, publications, relaxation areas, workwear and consumables are all currently in development through Grizedale Arts and IMMA's residency studios to populate, activate and create 'A Fair Land'.
The list of contributors, developers, makers and thinkers includes Suzanne Lacy, Marcus Coates, Seoidín O'Sullivan, Rhona Byrne, Jonathan Meese, Niamh Riordan, Deirdre O'Mahony, Nós Workshop, Sarah Staton, Tom Watt and Tanad Williams, Michelle Darmody, Samuel Bishop, Ryan Gander, Brenda Kearney, Francesca Ulivi, Karen Guthrie (Somewhere), Sweet Water Foundation, Public Works and many more.
Even within a city you can be on the periphery. As a flagship organisation in Dublin IMMA has a commitment to this project, which brings us back to mediations on how mental and physical space can work, how creativity can be explored and manifested, and how connections can be made with both deliberate and accidental audiences. Instigated as a research project for product development, Deidre O'Mahoney's play A Village Plot, performed on the front lawn at IMMA, has provided great insight. It's clearly a project that breaks down barriers, stops people in their tracks and taps into an everyday vernacular that captures the unsuspecting passerby to experience and enjoy art from an angle they may not have previously considered. If this observation is anything to go by, August is likely to be a polemic experience for IMMA and its public. There will be constant daily activities to welcome visitors and groups to connect with the project. Sweet Water Foundation from Chicago are worth looking out for; they are the real life, day to day embodiment of renewal, reinvention and the commodity of creativity.
Closer to the event keep connected via IMMA's website and social media platforms for updates on the daily schedules for talks, workshops, performances and food events, all coming together and culminating in 'A Fair Land'. See you there.
Janice Hough, IMMA Residency Programmer
Images: Ambulant Food at 'A Fair Land', photo by Ruthless imagery; 'A Fair Land' food stamps
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