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Most people refer to the new laws in 2003, as creating Medicare's prescription drug coverage. The new law has also allowed the agency a system of competitive bidding for medical equipment and other supplies. Until now beneficiaries paid for items on a fee schedule that the government sets and periodically updates.
This program will add 70 more cities next year and expand nationally soon after that. Medicare expects to save $1 billion a year once competitive bidding has been rolled out. The Medicare program spent $7.6 billion on equipment and supplies in 2006.
The government covers 80 percent of the cost of medical equipment and supplies, while individuals pay for the other 20 percent with supplemental insurance or out of pocket. This program will save taxpayers and beneficiaries a lot of money!
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TRANSFORMATION OF PARADIGM IN CONTEST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF KYIV CITY CENTER IN THE 1930–1940s
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Andrii Markovskyi
Scientific Secretary of the Department of Plastic Arts Synthesis at National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
The main tendencies of transformation of the city's architectural and artistic field in connection with social and political changes caused by the World War II have been explored on the example of two key contests for the development of Kyiv city center (Government quarter in 1934–1935 and Khreshchatyk in 1944).
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NCSEA Submits Initial Comments & Alternative Proposal for Duke Energy's Proposed Integrated Resource Plans
By Jordan Jones | March 14, 2019 | 0
Every two years, the Duke and Dominion utilities in North Carolina are required to submit new Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) to the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) for approval. IRPs are, in short, a utility's plan for meeting forecasted annual peak and energy demand over a specified future period. Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) and Duke Energy Progress (DEP) submitted their biennial IRPs in mid-2018, and last week, NCSEA filed initial comments in response to Duke's proposed plans. With our comments, NCSEA also included an alternative IRP model, developed by Synapse, that details a realistic clean energy future that meets the needs of Duke's customers and future reliability requirements as traditional energy generating resources are retired. We have outlined the key takeaways from our comments and alternative proposal below, but we encourage those interested to read the filing in full on the NCUC website.
NCSEA Initial Comments: Key Takeaways
In our comments, NCSEA argues that the status quo IRP process Duke employs is no longer working as intended for North Carolina customers. The current IRP proposals are significantly less clean and more expensive than other realistic portfolio options (such as the Synapse Report NCSEA included in our comments), and therefore do not comply with North Carolina General Statute. NCSEA does not support the Duke IRPs in their current form, and requests the NCUC to reject them for the following reasons:
The Duke IRPs are not the most cost-effective plans: The proposed IRPs plan for an overly expensive resource mix that barely expands the use of clean energy beyond what is legislatively mandated. General Statute requires that utilities present a plan for the "least cost mix of generation and demand-reduction measures." The proposed plans, with a heavy reliance on natural gas and other traditional generating resources, do not result in a least cost energy mix and therefore do not comply with the law.
The Duke IRPs are inconsistent with their other plans: Duke's other stated plans, such as their Power/Forward Grid Modernization Plan, are nowhere to be found in their proposed IRPs. These are ratepayer-funded investments, and there is no transparency to rate payers about whether Duke plans to integrate them into their long-term resource planning. By not including any reference to their grid modernization plans in the IRPs, Duke has presented two very different futures for North Carolina, and we argue that Duke's inconsistent plans do not present the best possible energy system for rate payers.
The traditional IRP approach has not adequately planned for challenges and opportunities associated with increasing deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs). The rapid increase of DERs, or small generation resources that are deployed across the grid, has led to power-quality and distribution challenges that are unique from large-scale generation and transmission challenges in regional planning processes. As such, NCSEA argues that North Carolina's IRP process must include a new component—Integrated Distribution Planning (IDP). IDP is a process that utilities undergo to map out their existing systems and identify infrastructure changes that may be needed to achieve grid modernization goals.
Alternative IRP Proposal: Key Takeaways from the Synapse Report
The alternative IRP proposal that NCSEA included in our filing was prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, a leading energy, economic, and environmental consulting firm whose clients include state utilities commissions, RTOs/ISOs, local governments, and governmental associations including the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). The report, which begins on page 30 of our filing, outlines three distinct scenarios: the proposed Duke IRP, a Clean Energy Scenario, and an Accelerated Coal Retirement Scenario. Through these scenarios, the Synapse Report demonstrates the clear limitations of the Duke IRPs and their inadequacy in considering a full range of scenarios with respect to the economic dispatch of coal and the deployment of additional renewable and distributed energy resources.
As the alternative IRP proposal details, a clean energy future for North Carolina customers will decrease energy costs, greatly reduce harmful greenhouse gas and other air pollutants, and drive the proliferation of new renewable resources. The Duke IRPs, in their current form, fail to achieve these goals and do not reflect a utility that is taking steps towards creating the cleaner, cheaper, smarter, more reliable, and more resilient electricity system that North Carolina's future needs require.
Reply comments are due May 6, 2019, and NCSEA will continue to be engaged in this docket to help ensure that the approved IRP is the cleanest and least expensive option for North Carolina energy consumers. Stay tuned to NCSEA for the latest updates on the IRP process, and become a Business Member to be the first to receive updates on important proceedings in front of the NCUC.


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Today we speak to "Droqen," creator of Starseed Pilgrim, which is nominated for the Design award.
Maybe I'll start out by telling you a bit about the team? Feels like a weird word to use for us four.
Ryan Roth (@dualryan on twitter) changed Starseed Pilgrim forever with his sound. For years it had been this colorful but audibly dead game, and he came along just a week or two before release and made nearly every sound you'll hear in the game now over the span of three days. Starseed Pilgrim, up until this point, felt almost forgettable. He completed it and made it something beautiful.
Mert Batirbaygil (mothershiprenton.tumblr.com) made art so long ago that I can hardly remember what the old prototype looked like, but he too changed Starseed Pilgrim forever. Verrrry early on in development we got together and he changed my desaturated and kinda ugly art into the really welcoming and colorful landscape that exists now.
Credited NOWHERE IN THE ACTUAL GAME is Allan Offal (www.offal.al) whose contribution was more intangible. As he's done with several of my previous games (most notably FISHBANE, for which he designed about a quarter of the levels), he provided extremely valuable suggestions and critiques. He'll probably hate me (hi offal) for writing up so much about him, but we've never really been able to agree exactly how influential he's been on my games. If you're a game designer you'll probably understand what I mean when I talk about all the 'what ifs' a game in progress can attract. "What if you had a flamethrower?" "What if this was multiplayer?" "What if you added dynamic lighting and mirrors?" He's provided me with, as opposed to the previous examples, a lot of perfect 'what ifs' and some really solid advice on what to change and what not to keep over the years.
Okay, on to me, I guess. I did... the rest. I carried the game with me everywhere I went and programmed it all and made the original graphics and the only original sound effect (singular). My game development background, which I actually know, goes something like this: At the age of three or four (I can't remember which; I was bad with numbers back then) I made Doom levels. I tried to graduate to Duke Nukem 3D, but the editor was too tough for even my dad, so I gave up on that dream. I figured out basic programming concepts using RPG Maker 95, learned Visual Basic (from my dad), then proceeded to spend several years mastering Game Maker (this is definitely where I really learned how to program and design games). After that came Java, C#, and Python.
Then came University. Briefly friendless, I made the original Probability 0 and did not pay attention to class. Then having accidentally befriended an amazing group of people, I continued to make games and did not pay attention to class. I met a lot of incredible Toronto developers and got a summer job working on Sound Shapes -- which, bumpily, turned into a non-summer job, and I quit school.
Roughly a year later, Starseed Pilgrim was nominated and my brain exploded and here we are.
I've settled in pretty firmly with Flash. Starseed Pilgrim was built in Flash; I've been working with FlashDevelop and FlashPunk for a few years now, and I don't see that changing too radically any time soon. Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that in the timeline above!
"What if you made a game where you had to plant platforms?"
There's more to Starseed Pilgrim than what came out of just this, but most of that I'd forever regret revealing! Much of the game's strength comes from what you discover and I wouldn't ruin that for you for anything. Let's just say that upon this base mechanic I allowed myself room to grow and to implement all the weird meta-worldly stuff that I don't normally get to pursue.
Oops, maybe I said too much.
That prototype I linked above was released October 11 of 2010. It's been two years and a few months, now, and I do think the update I released not so long ago fixed everything that needed to be fixed.
Two years and a few months in no way accurately reflects how long I've been working on the game, though. In that time I worked on a ton of other stuff; I don't think Starseed Pilgrim ever really left the back burner. There were just a few friends who fell in love with it after trying it -- and who would remind me, at every opportunity, to just finish the damn thing already! Even I was telling myself to finish it.
"I've got to get this done!
"I have two projects (this and P0) which are kind of around in their final stages of development but I'm not doing them!
I don't really think I was wrong. Starseed Pilgrim had been 90% done for a year and a half before I finally finished it. This wasn't even a case of "the last 10% takes 90% of the work," there was honestly almost nothing left to do but to make some tough tiny decisions, write some super easy code, and get sound. Sound ended up being the dealbreaker, though; it was worth the wait.
The complete list of IGF finalists I've played as of right now: Incredipede, Guacamelee!, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Thirty Flights of Loving, Cart Life, Dys4ia, FTL, Star- wait, that's me, Super Hexagon, Hotline Miami, and VESPER.5.
I really, really want to play Samurai Gunn.
I kind of want to speculate more about the games I HAVEN'T played but looks can be deceiving. Well, except for, as I've said, I really want to play Samurai Gunn. I've wanted to for MONTHS!
Standouts. Oh, no. I've been just fine answering so far but now I'm getting some manner of stage fright.
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime looks really slick, and being in control of a giant ship in the middle of the screen is something you honestly don't see much in games! The game itself is a co-op blast and I can't wait to play the newest version.
I've been playing VESPER.5 for months, and it's hard to really describe the experience of playing it as... well, anything. Fun? It is unique, and it has as much of an effect on you while you're not playing it as when you are. I can't wait to see a little more tomorrow.
I did not play enough Cart Life. I caught a glimpse of a world, bought a sandwich, was worried I'd be mugged. It is not a friendly game. I look forward to trying it a few more times until the way the world works finally clicks, and I can start thinking about selling coffee and talking to shop owners and not getting mugged instead of feeling extremely lost.
"Indie" is a word I'm kind of uncomfortable with. At one point it, as a shorthand for "independent," it meant independent of publishers. From there was born the ideal that independent developers were free to make really amazing stuff that publishers would normally crack down on.
The term has become a pivot for arguments of legitimacy and respect. Are you indie if you make expressive stuff? There are games that people say "feel indie." There are technically independent developers who are only so because they're part of a publisher rather than under (but answering to themselves is just as bad). If a game designed by a developer is distributed by a publisher, does that game cease to be indie? What if a game is developed under a publisher who is really accepting of ideas that "feel indie"?
My definition of "indie" game developer is one who, more important than being independent from publishers, is independent from all those factors who make publishers undesirable. To be "indie" requires that one does not allow a desire for money to influence a game's development. Or, if you'll allow me to take it a bit further, one cannot allow for any ulterior motive. Any motive at all apart from "What game do I want to make for its own sake, and how do I make this thing the best it can be?" detracts from being "indie."
Importantly, "indie" does not imply good and the opposite does not imply bad. People who aren't "indie" can still be fine game developers and a great people. They may create a fun game; they may create an amazing game; they may create my favorite game, or yours. This is just my attempt to get at what I really feel is actually IMPORTANT about being independent from publishers, and one of the many factors that can help a game developer make the best and most interesting things.
Here's one final thought: Even a team of individually indie developers can de-"indie" a production. Conflicts of interest are inevitable, and it's easy for "How can this be the best?" to descend into "How can this be something we can all tolerate?" This definition of mine is an extremely slippery slope if you think about it too much. Therefore, I try not to!
This game seems deeper than its "game design," is there a certain feeling you're trying to evoke?
I don't really know what came first: my love of discovery, or Starseed Pilgrim. There are a lot of things that I added not because I thought they would be interesting to discover, but because I thought they would be interesting to interact with. As it turns out, mystery and wonder are powerful emotions.
At its inception, I wanted Starseed Pilgrim to be a game about planting platforms and I tried to think of how to make that as interesting as I could. I figured that out, and scattered over years, added more; I never added clear instructions because I have no love for those, and I learned that the world became more interesting that way.
Though I'm sure I didn't express it properly to him, Ryan Roth's audio work -- his creation of the orchestral soundscape that is now Starseed Pilgrim -- reflected and magnified perfectly everything I ever wanted it to evoke.
I moved through a phase of wanting to evoke growing and filling up your own spot of infinite emptiness; and a phase of wanting to evoke a feeling of exploration; and a phase of wanting to tell a scattered story. I think all these feelings came together to make Starseed Pilgrim what it is and it's richer for having been through them all. I'm happy with what it is now: a very empty landscape in which I've planted the seeds of wonder.
Originally and in the first pass of new art, the seeds really were stars. I took their shape from Probability 0 (the original at that time! The new one uses the same stars), and they stuck for a little while. They stuck just long enough to find their way into the name, I guess. Now they're round circles, and somehow still starseeds. At the time I was struggling with that, but I'm pleased as hell with the name now. It grew on me.
If you do a search for "starseed" you get some weird results that I'd never heard of until at least a year or two after the name had been firmly locked in.
As far as "pilgrim" goes, is there any other word more appropriate for one who travels through an infinite expanse of nothingness in search of... something, you hope? (I suppose there must be. Exile? In any case, Pilgrim felt right, and it's a word you don't see enough these days.) There was a ring to 'Starseed' and 'Starseed Pilgrim' sounded even better, so I went with it and stuck with it.
Have you ever done any real life gardening?
Very, very briefly I dabbled with it when one day many years ago (something like eight years ago? I was in grade eight or nine. Seriously, a long time ago) I was in a grocery store and very, very bored. I was waiting for my interview because I was trying to get a summer job at said grocery store (spoilers: I didn't get it. They weren't looking for summer employees) and I happened to be standing by a rack of seeds. So, as if they were magazines in a waiting room -- they were more interesting, actually -- I browsed through little rectangular seed bags until I came across moonflowers and decided to buy some seeds because they were really cheap and sounded cool.
From what I read I remember they would flower at night and close up during the day. They'd sprout from vines that would climb any appropriate surface!
Even crestfallen from summer job rejection, I walked home, seeds in hand (or pocket, wherever) and planted them next to my house. I kept them watered and there was enough light and, one day, they sprouted! Excitement abounded: I'd nurtured my little moonflowers to life! Green shoots poked out of the dirt!
Then bugs ate the sprouts to death, and I never gardened again.


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#7 Matt Cullen Stats
NYI 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 29
NYI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 3 67
NYR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 80
DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 75
CAR 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 9 25
NSH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 71
2010 MIN 78 12 27 39 -14 17 34 150 79 58 39 34 43 36 473 370 56.11
2012 MIN 42 7 20 27 9 5 10 79 29 32 18 24 14 18 245 203 54.69
2013 NSH 77 10 29 39 4 15 32 134 57 39 18 40 30 22 438 334 56.74
2014 NSH 62 7 18 25 8 8 16 90 32 40 10 22 26 18 155 132 54.01
2015 PIT 82 16 16 32 5 10 20 118 35 30 40 20 19 41 582 462 55.75
2016 PIT 74 13 18 31 4 14 30 93 29 33 36 32 20 27 440 419 51.22
2017 MIN 79 11 11 22 -1 10 20 104 33 31 14 17 14 42 355 350 50.35
2018 PIT 71 7 13 20 6 7 14 87 20 21 32 19 24 31 320 320 50
2012 MIN 5 0 3 3 1 1 2 8 4 3 3 3 5 2 55 38 59.14
2014 NSH 6 1 1 2 -1 2 4 11 1 2 6 3 4 12 50 42 54.35
2015 PIT 24 4 2 6 3 4 8 25 13 6 25 10 10 26 205 188 52.16
2016 PIT 25 2 7 9 -1 7 24 22 6 6 20 6 4 13 180 139 56.43
2017 MIN 5 1 1 2 -3 1 2 4 2 3 3 0 1 2 14 18 43.75
2018 PIT 4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 2 0 6 6 0 2 21 17 55.26
April 16, 2019 New York Islanders @ Pittsburgh Penguins Bailey sets up Nelson for goal R1, Gm4: Brock Nelson drives toward the front of the net and chips in Josh Bailey's pass to give the Islanders a 2-1 lead late in the 1st
April 14, 2019 New York Islanders @ Pittsburgh Penguins Wilson scores on redirect R1, Gm3: Garrett Wilson skates to the front of the net and redirects Marcus Pettersson's shot past Robin Lehner to open the scoring in the 1st
April 10, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins @ New York Islanders Nelson buries PPG in front R1, Gm1: Jordan Eberle slips a great backhand pass to Brock Nelson in front, where he puts the puck past Matt Murray for a power-play goal
April 06, 2019 New York Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Smith scores off turnover Brendan Smith steals the puck and roofs a shot over Matt Murray from the left circle to tie the score in the 1st
April 06, 2019 New York Rangers @ Pittsburgh Penguins Bjugstad's tap-in tally Nick Bjugstad taps home a deflected puck at the doorstep to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead early in the 3rd
April 02, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins @ Detroit Red Wings Bertuzzi's one-timer crosses line Tyler Bertuzzi one-times Andreas Athanasiou's great pass and Matt Murray dives to get a glove on it, but the puck crosses the goal line
March 31, 2019 Carolina Hurricanes @ Pittsburgh Penguins Cullen's quick wrister Matt Cullen beats Curtis McElhinney stick side with a wrister on a 2-on-1 to give the Penguins a lead to 2-0 late in the 1st
March 31, 2019 Carolina Hurricanes @ Pittsburgh Penguins Wilson jams home loose puck Garrett Wilson crashes the net and jams the puck past Curtis McElhinney, as Adam Johnson earns his first NHL point with a secondary assist
March 29, 2019 Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins Arvidsson's 100th NHL goal Viktor Arvidsson buries a wrister from the circle on the power play to give the Predators a 2-0 lead with his 100th NHL goal
March 29, 2019 Nashville Predators @ Pittsburgh Penguins Rinne's impressive skate save Pekka Rinne stops Garrett Wilson's initial shot up high and then kicks out his right skate to deny Wilson on the rebound from close range


Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group has released a video which shows the company has been focusing efforts on reducing touch screen input lag. According to Microsoft, most touch-sensitive devices have a response lag between 50 and 100ms. However, their new screen technology reduces that lag to an almost imperceptible 1ms.
For larger touch screens -- like Microsoft's Surface -- input lag can be hugely noticeable. The input delay becomes especially perceptible when drawing or quickly moving objects around with your fingers. This prompted engineers at Microsoft to look into ways of improving this deficiency.
Although the company doesn't detail the technology's inner workings, the video demonstration they provide gives a good sense of how their research may greatly improve the touch-based user experience.
Paul Dietz, assistant director at Microsoft Applied Sciences, compares 100ms, 50ms, 10ms and 1ms devices by dragging an object around with a single finger. The improvement between 100ms and 10ms is immediately evident while even the 10ms and 1ms demonstrations are fairly substantial. One can definitely get a sense of how "right" the 1ms touch screen feels when compared to its slower counterparts.
Microsoft isn't the only company dabbling with ultra low-latency touch screens, though. Synaptics showed off their own take on a low-latency touch screen device at the Mobile World Congress both last year and this year.
Also, although many would argue styluses are dead, it is hard to deny their usefulness for drawing and writing. Given the very poor input response that most stylus devices seem to suffer, such advances may prove especially useful for stylus users.


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Ohio Supreme Court declines to hear former Akron police captain's appeal
By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal/Ohio.com
Mar 22, 2019 at 8:35 AM Mar 22, 2019 at 6:36 PM
Former Akron Police Capt. Douglas Prade got another setback this week in his quest for a new trial in his ex-wife's murder.
The Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear Prade's appeal of a decision by the 9th District Court of Appeals in September. The appellate court agreed with a trial court decision that found Prade shouldn't get a new trial.
Prade, 72, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in the 1997 shooting death of his ex-wife, Dr. Margo Prade, inside her van at the parking lot of her Wooster Avenue medical office.
Prade sought a new trial based on DNA evidence that excluded his genetic markers from the most scrutinized evidence in the case — a bite mark impression left under two layers of a lab coat worn by Margo Prade on the morning of the slaying.
Summit County Common Pleas Judge Christine Croce denied Prade a second trial in March 2017, saying Prade had "failed to introduce any new evidence that the jury had not already considered" in his original 1998 trial. She said the DNA evidence that another Summit County judge found should exonerate Prade was "meaningless" and likely wouldn't change the verdict in a new trial.
Brian Howe, one of Prade's attorneys with the Ohio Innocence Project, said Thursday that the bite-mark evidence used to convict Prade is "now universally regarded as junk science" and prosecutors admit Prade is not the source of the DNA found on the bite mark.
"The courts have now decided that no jury should ever have a chance to hear this evidence," Howe said. "The fact that Douglas Prade is sitting in prison right now represents a complete and total failure of the criminal legal system."
Howe said he and Prade's other attorneys are now exploring next steps.
"We will continue to pursue whatever options are available for Mr. Prade to present the evidence of his innocence," he said.
Prosecutors, however, were satisfied with the high court's decision.
"Douglas Prade stalked and terrorized Margo Prade before killing her," Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said. "For more than 20 years, he has tried to avoid being held accountable for his actions. Now the Ohio Supreme Court has refused to review the case. It is my hope that this decision gives peace to the family and memory of Dr. Margo Prade."
In January 2013, Prade was freed from prison after retired Summit County Common Pleas Judge Judy Hunter ruled the DNA evidence proved his innocence. An appeal by prosecutors sent him back to prison in October 2014.
Croce's decision focused on whether Prade should be granted a new trial based on the new DNA evidence, forensic odontology — the study of bite-mark evidence — and eyewitness testimony.
During oral arguments before Croce, David Alden, one of Prade's attorneys, said DNA evidence found near a bite mark on Margo Prade's coat and under four of her fingernails excludes Douglas Prade from the act — though the man the DNA belongs to hasn't been identified. He also questioned the reliability of matching teeth marks found beneath two layers of clothing on Margo Prade's body.
Assistant Summit County Prosecutor Brad Gessner, however, argued the bite mark and DNA wouldn't be enough to sway a future jury.
Croce agreed. She dismissed the relevance of the new evidence, repeatedly saying it "does not disclose a strong probability that a different verdict would be reached if a new trial is granted."
Prade is incarcerated at Lorain Correctional Institution. He is scheduled to have his first parole hearing in June 2025, according to the state prison website.
Stephanie Warsmith can be reached at 330-996-3705, swarsmith@thebeaconjournal.com and on Twitter:@swarsmithabj.


New IBM processor doubles speed without adding to energy footprint, enabling customers to reduce electricity consumption by almost half; bandwidth to download entire iTunes catalog (5,000,000 tracks) in 60 seconds.
LONDON (IBM) -- IBM today simultaneously launched the fastest microprocessor ever built and an ultra-powerful new computer server that leverages the chip's many breakthroughs in energy conservation and virtualization technology. The new server is the first ever to hold all four major benchmark speed records for business and technical performance.
At 4.7 GHz the dual-core POWER6™ processor doubles the speed of the previous generation POWER5™ while using nearly the same amount of electricity to run and cool it. Customers can use the new processor to either increase their performance by 100 percent or cut the power consumption virtually in half.
IBM's new 2- to 16-core server also offers three times the performance per core of the HP Superdome machine based on the key TPC-C benchmark. The processor speed of the POWER6™ chip is nearly three times faster than the latest HP Itanium processor that runs HP's server line. The processor bandwidth of the POWER6™ chip - 300 gigabytes per second - can download the complete iTunes catalog in 60 seconds - 30 times faster than HP's Itanium.
Demonstrating its remarkable versatility, the new IBM System p 570 running the POWER6™ processor claims the number one spots in the four most widely used performance benchmarks for Unix servers.
TPC-C - measures transaction processing capability.
SPECfp2006 - measures floating point calculating throughput required for scientific applications.
SPECint2006 - measures integer calculating throughput common in business applications.
SPECjbb2005 - measures Java™ performance in business operations per second.
This is the first time a single system has owned all four categories. The new System p 570 now holds 25 benchmark records across a broad portfolio of business and technical applications.
The POWER6™ chip in the new IBM System p™ 570 server owns a number of industry firsts. It is the first UNIX microprocessor able to calculate decimal floating point arithmetic in hardware. Until now, calculations involving decimal numbers with floating decimal points were done using software. The built-in decimal floating point capability gives tremendous advantage to enterprises running complex tax, financial and ERP programs.
The POWER6™ processor is built using IBM's 65 nanometer process technology. Coming at a time when experts have predicted an end to Moore's Law which holds that processor speed doubles every 18 months, the IBM breakthrough is driven by a host of technical achievements scored during the five-year research and development effort to develop the POWER6™ chip.
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Raonic gave it a good effort but too many unforced errors was his downfall. Denis Shapovalov won in the boys' final though so at least one of the two Canadians was able to win.
I didn't catch any of the match yesterday but Shapovalov beating Nadal is certainly one of the biggest upsets in recent memory. That certainly helped get rid of some of the sting of Raonic going out early.
It was EPIC. Shapovalov was playing like a top 20 player, period. Nadal did not choke at all. He played great. Many good shots along the lines, not so many mistakes.
He won the next round against Mannarino as well so he's now into the semis against Alex Zverev. Youngest player ever to reach a masters QF/SF. As was noted earlier in the thread, Shapovalov has won the Wimbledon junior championship before so he has some great talent but I still wonder if this will be somewhat of a one hit wonder for him. When other players start paying attention to you and dissecting your game, it becomes a lot tougher to do well. So far he has gone a little bit under the radar. What I do like about him is the unique combination of being a left handed player with a one handed backhand.
That being said, even though he has already beaten some great players like Nadal and Del Porto, I will be very surprised if he pulls off the semi final win against Sacha Zverev. Go Shapovalov but I have to think Zverev will take it in straight sets.


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From ca. 970 until 1018, a series of conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire led to the gradual reconquest of Bulgaria by the Byzantines, who thus re-established their control over the entire Balkan peninsula for the first time since the 7th-century Slavic invasions. The struggle began with the incorporation of eastern Bulgaria after the Russo-Byzantine War (970–971). Bulgarian resistance was led by the Cometopuli brothers, who – based in the unconquered western regions of the Bulgarian Empire – led it until its fall under Byzantine rule in 1018.

As the Byzantine-Bulgarian relations deteriorated by the end of the 960s, the Eastern Roman Empire paid the Kievan prince Sviatoslav to attack Bulgaria. The unexpected collapse of Bulgaria and Sviatoslav's ambitions to seize Constantinople caught the Eastern Roman Empire off-guard but they managed to pull back the Kievan armies and occupied eastern Bulgaria including the capital Preslav in 971. Emperor Boris II was captured and taken to Constantinople where he abdicated and the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes announced the annexation of Bulgaria, even though the Eastern Roman Empire only controlled Eastern Bulgaria at the time, and the lands to the west remained under Bulgarian control. The four brothers David, Moses, Aron, and Samuel of the Cometopuli dynasty ruled in the free territories and in 976, launched a major offensive against the Byzantines to regain the lost lands. Soon, the youngest brother, Samuel, took complete authority following the deaths of his three eldest brothers.

Samuel proved to be a successful general inflicting a major defeat on the Byzantine army, commanded by Basil II at the Gates of Trajan and retaking north-eastern Bulgaria. His successful campaigns expanded the Bulgarian borders into Thessaly and Epirus and in 998, he conquered the principality of Duklja. In 997, Samuel was proclaimed Emperor of Bulgaria after the death of the legitimate ruler, Roman.

By the end of the millennium, the fortunes of war turned into Byzantine favour. The Byzantines under Basil II, a successful general and experienced soldier, slowly gained the upper hand and from 1001, started to seize a number of important areas and towns. The Bulgarians were unable to stop the annual Byzantine campaigns which devastated the country. In 1014, the Byzantines won the decisive Battle of Kleidion and Samuel died a few weeks later. Tsar Samuel's reign was followed by the short reigns of his son Gavril Radomir and his nephew Ivan Vladislav. In 1018, Ivan Vladislav's widow, Maria, negotiated very favorable terms of surrender to the Byzantine emperor. All local lords who surrendered were transferred either to Constantinople or to Anatolia and most of them were later assimilated into the Byzantine society. Bulgaria lost its independence and remained subject to Byzantium for more than a century and a half, until 1185. Its western part was transformed into one of the many Byzantine's provinces, which was ruled by a governor appointed by the Emperor. With the collapse of the first Bulgarian state, the Bulgarian church fell under the domination of Greek ecclesiastics who took control of the see of Ohrid and attempted to replace the Bulgarian Slavic liturgy with a Greek liturgy.

Background

During the reign of the Bulgarian emperor Peter I (927–969), the Magyars who had been temporarily contained by his father Simeon I started raiding the Bulgarian lands from 934 and Peter I's efforts to cope with them remained futile. On several occasions the Magyars reached Byzantine Thrace and looted it which was followed by Byzantine accusations that the Bulgarians were doing that on purpose and as a result the relations between the two countries quickly deteriorated. With no means to counter the Magyar threat, Peter I had to conclude an agreement with them in 965 according to which the Bulgarians had to give the Magyars free conduct through their lands to the Byzantine Empire and refuse any assistance to the Byzantine Emperor. The Byzantines responded in the spring of the following year and refused to pay the annual tribute to Bulgaria. Their emperor Nikephoros II Phokas (963–969) who had achieved decisive victories over the Arabs to the east insulted the Bulgarian ambassadors and launched a campaign but upon approaching the Bulgarian border he decided "not to lead his troops in those dangerous places and to give them to the Bulgarians to slaughter them as cattle." Soon after that military demonstration Phokas tried to restore the peace on condition that the Bulgarians would cancel their agreement with the Magyars which was refused by Peter I who reminded the Byzantine emperor that when Bulgaria needed help against the Magyars the Byzantines did not react and now that it had been forced to make peace with them it would be folly to break the treaty.

In that situation Nikephoros II Phokas turned to the usual means of Byzantine diplomacy and decided to pay the Kievan prince Sviatoslav to attack Bulgaria. The noble Kalokyros to whom the mission was entrusted was successful and the spring of 968 the Rus' armies invaded Dobruja. Sviatoslav defeated the Bulgarian army and seized more than 80 fortresses which caused concern among the Byzantines who once again offered peace to Peter I but in the meantime Sviatoslav had to stop his campaign and return to his capital Kiev which was besieged by the Pechenegs. In 969 he returned to Bulgaria and soon after that Peter I suffered an epileptic stroke, abdicated and died on 30 January 970 as a monk. He was succeeded by his eldest son Boris II who had little choice but to cooperate with Sviatoslav, whose attention had by that time been diverted by Kalokyros to Constantinople. The new Byzantine emperor John Tzimiskes (969–976) scored a decisive victory over the Rus' and their Bulgarian allies in the battle of Arcadiopolis (970) and on 5 April 971 seized the Bulgarian capital Preslav where Boris II was captured along with his whole family. He was treated well and John Tzimiskes pretended to have come to liberate the Bulgarians from the Rus'. However, when Sviatoslav was finally defeated, Boris II was taken to Constantinople where he had to abdicate. He had to surrender the imperial insignia – the golden crown and the red boots – which were placed in the cathedral Hagia Sophia. In return he received the title magister. His brother Roman was castrated because the Byzantines needed to assure that the Krum dynasty would die away.

For John Tzimiskes that was a great triumph. The three-century old Byzantine dream to eliminate the Bulgarian state and restore the imperial borders along the Danube seemed to have come true. The annexation of Bulgaria was officially proclaimed, the political heart of the country in north-eastern Bulgaria along with Preslav, the old capital Pliska and the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate Drastar (Silistra) were occupied.

Rise of the Cometopuli brothers
While the eastern parts of the empire were conquered and turned into a Byzantine province the lands to the west of Iskar river remained under Bulgarian control and included most of Macedonia, Albania and the lands to the south of the Danube between the Kolubara river (including Srem) to the west and the mountains around Etropole and Ihtiman to the east. These territories were ruled by the four brothers David, Moses, Aron and Samuel, sons of the governor (komita/comes) of Serdica (Sofia) Nikola. Information for the period between 971 and 976 in primary sources is very scarce.

Basil II

In 986, after securing his own position in Byzantium, emperor Basil II gathered a 30,000-man army, marched on the Bulgarian city of Sofia and laid siege to it. Basil began to worry about the wavering loyalty of his nobility and marched his army back towards Byzantine Thrace but was ambushed and defeated at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan. Basil learned from his mistake and his next invasion of Bulgaria would be conducted in a very different manner.

By 1000, Basil had fought off his own nobility and defeated the Islamic threat from the east, and so led another invasion of Bulgaria. This time instead of marching into the middle of the country, he annexed it bit by bit. Eventually, after denying Bulgaria of about a third of its land, the Bulgarians risked everything in one battle in 1014. The Battle of Kleidion was a disaster for the Bulgarians and the Byzantine army captured 15,000 prisoners; 99 out of every 100 was blinded and the 100th was spared one eye to guide the rest back to their homes. The Bulgarians resisted until 1018 when they finally submitted to Basil II's rule.

Once opposition had ceased Basil showed considerable statesmanship in his dealings with the Bulgarians. He wisely accepted Bulgarian taxes in kind rather than in coinage, as a full monetary economy was not established in Bulgaria. Many of the Bulgarian elite were integrated into Byzantine society, being given military or civil positions within the Byzantine state. This integration is illustrated by the last Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav being an ancestor of the Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos.

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Welcome again to the Designer Feature Friday! Today, I'm so excited to share some gorgeous crochet designs from Sarah Thompson over at Rich Textures Crochet. Sarah really lives up to her blog name. I am especially in love with the textured crochet blanket patterns free on her blog- and I'm sure you'll love her crochet patterns, too.
Sarah grew up in rural Nova Scotia, Canada. She now resides in rural Ontario with her husband, three young children and a puppy. When she is not crocheting, she is tidying the house, playing with the kids, reading, gardening, walking the conservation forests near her home. She started designing crochet patterns in January 2017. You can find her at https://www.richtexturescrochet.com, on Facebook Instagram @RichTexturesCrochet (https://www.instagram.com/richtexturescrochet/) and Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/designers/rich-textures-crochet).
Katie: So, Sarah, tell us about learning to crochet. How old were you when you started?
Sarah: I first learned to crochet as a teenager. My mother taught me some basic stitches in order to make a blanket that I entered into our local fair. I remember is was white with popcorn stitches. We used it for years as a throw to cover our couch. I am not sure, but I think my parents still have it stashed somewhere! It wasn't until years later, I was in my first year of graduate studies, when I was retaught by a woman at a church I was attending. She taught me some foundational stitches and technique, and then how to read a pattern. Once I knew how to read a pattern I loved the challenge of working on a variety of projects – from dishcloths to baby dresses (gifted to my new nieces and nephews at the time).
Katie: That's awesome! Do you still like making blankets? What is your favorite project you've made?
Sarah: At the moment I'd have to say my Winter Cottage Throw is my favourite. It's a simple pattern, but with a great texture and simplicity that really brings out the yarn colours and fibre. The Throw is my go to as a reading and watching Netflix blanket. I just love it's weights and warmth.
Katie: I love that one too! How about your favorite crochet stitch?
Sarah: I love the knit stitch. I'm a bit of a knitter wanna be. I have tried many times to knit, but other than the classic "grandma's dishcloth" and socks on four needles, I've had no success. The problem is I love the look and feel of knit. So the crochet knit stitch has become my happy medium. I can crochet but still get that knit look I'm craving. I use it in a lot of my patterns, such as my Winter Cottage Throw, and look forward to playing with it more in the future!
Over all my favourite item to make is blankets and socks (I will have patterns coming soon!). I just love to be cozy and they are practical. We use them every day in our house. I also love the endless stitch combinations and colour ways possible in crochet blankets.
Katie: I can tell- your crochet blanket patterns are so amazingly textured!
Can you tell us what you like to watch or listen to while crocheting?
Sarah: Music wise, I'm mostly listening to podcasts or audio books. For podcasts I love listening to B.Hooked and She Can Make.
If I'm watching Netflix, it's Star Trek or Murdock Mysteries at the moment with my hubby (we've never seen them!).
Movie wise it's a re watch of a Jane Austen film (Pride and Prejudice and Emma are my favourites!).
Katie: what a neat coincidence! I just watched Emma this week! (Pride and Prejudice was last week.) I love finding things like that in common with people.
Can you tell us more about your crochet spot? Where are your favorite spots, and who is with you?
Sarah: My favourite spot to crochet is out on our back deck in the summer (way to snowy and cold in the winter, then I retreat to a rocker in our sunny living room!). In the summer I love watching the kids and dog play in the backyard.
I live in a small rural farming community in Ontario, Canada. I know all my neighbours. There are many song birds visiting our feeders. In the Spring the air holds the fresh scent of lilac. It wouldn't be uncommon to hear the distant sound of bagpipes in the evenings. It's just a really comfortable, peaceful place to be!
This beautiful blanket has been featured on my blog once before, for In Stitches! #6. There are so many great textures combined here, and the colors are so rich and vibrant! I'd love to snuggle up under this on a snowy day with a good book.
I really like this gorgeous crochet set! The stitch patterns aren't exactly alike, but they complement each other so well!
The jasmine stitch is one of my absolute favorite crochet texture stitches. This washcloth would be a great way to try a new crochet texture!
This beanie is SO adorable! Sarah was actually featured over in our Link Party, In Stitches #5, for the matching Snowy Day Toque pattern. Can't you see why? This is so gorgeously textured!
I really love the look of a good tasseled shawl, so I had to include this pattern! This looks like it has just the perfect amount of weight to keep you warm without feeling too bulky.
I am so in love with this textured crochet blanket pattern, that I just had to share it again! The crochet "knit" stitch is such a pretty and versatile crochet texture stitch. I love how it looks worked up in this chunky tweed yarn!
Gorgeous crochet winter accessories like this one almost make me miss the cold! (Almost!) I know my mom or sister would LOVE to use this for Illinois winters!
This bright, sunny cowl is just the sort of thing to add to a summer outfit! I love wearing cowls like this one with light and breezy tank tops for a more polished outfit. Besides, these textured crochet stitches are so beautiful!
This lovely shawl is absolutely stunning! The light airy texture of this crochet shawl is perfect for summertime, or Florida weather. And it's made with my favorite yarn!
I have been wanting to pick up Tunisian crochet for quite a while! This fun textured scarf would be just the stitch to try first. Tunisian crochet opens up so many new crochet texture options!
This bath mat has such a beautiful, plush looking texture! Doesn't it look so cozy and soft? I'm always looking for different ways to liven up my bathroom, and I think this would really add some lightness and charm to my bathroom! The bright white and deep blue are just so coastal cool!
Thanks so much for joining us for this designer feature! If you enjoy these types of pattern roundups, sign up for my weekly newsletter, or follow my Pattern Collections board on Pinterest!


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View Helper - Menu¶

Introduction¶

The Menu helper is used for rendering menus from navigation containers. By default, the menu will be rendered using
HTML UL and LI tags, but the helper also allows using a partial view script.

Methods in the Menu helper:

{get|set}UlClass() gets/sets the CSS class used in <tt class="docutils literal">renderMenu()</tt>.

{get|set}OnlyActiveBranch() gets/sets a flag specifying whether only the active branch of a container should be
rendered.

{get|set}RenderParents() gets/sets a flag specifying whether parents should be rendered when only rendering
active branch of a container. If set to <tt class="docutils literal">FALSE</tt>, only the deepest active menu will be rendered.

{get|set}Partial() gets/sets a partial view script that should be used for rendering menu. If a partial view
script is set, the helper’s <tt class="docutils literal">render()</tt> method will use the <tt class="docutils literal">renderPartial()</tt> method. If no partial is set,
the <tt class="docutils literal">renderMenu()</tt> method is used. The helper expects the partial to be a <tt class="docutils literal">String</tt> or an <tt class="docutils literal">Array</tt> with two
elements. If the partial is a <tt class="docutils literal">String</tt>, it denotes the name of the partial script to use. If it is an
<tt class="docutils literal">Array</tt>, the first element will be used as the name of the partial view script, and the second element is the
module where the script is found.

<tt class="docutils literal">htmlify()</tt> overrides the method from the abstract class to return span elements if the page has no href.

<tt class="docutils literal">renderMenu($container = null, $options = array())</tt> is the default render method, and will render a container
as a HTML UL list.

If <tt class="docutils literal">$container</tt> is not given, the container registered in the helper will be rendered.

<tt class="docutils literal">$options</tt> is used for overriding options specified temporarily without resetting the values in the helper
instance. It is an associative array where each key corresponds to an option in the helper.

Recognized options:

indent; indentation. Expects a <tt class="docutils literal">String</tt> or an int value.

minDepth; minimum depth. Expects an int or <tt class="docutils literal">NULL</tt> (no minimum depth).

maxDepth; maximum depth. Expects an int or <tt class="docutils literal">NULL</tt> (no maximum depth).

ulClass; CSS class for ul element. Expects a <tt class="docutils literal">String</tt>.

onlyActiveBranch; whether only active branch should be rendered. Expects a <tt class="docutils literal">Boolean</tt> value.

renderParents; whether parents should be rendered if only rendering active branch. Expects a <tt class="docutils literal">Boolean</tt>
value.

If an option is not given, the value set in the helper will be used.

<tt class="docutils literal">renderPartial()</tt> is used for rendering the menu using a partial view script.

<tt class="docutils literal">renderSubMenu()</tt> renders the deepest menu level of a container’s active branch.

Basic usage¶

This example shows how to render a menu from a container registered/found in the view helper. Notice how pages are
filtered out based on visibility and ACL.

In a view script or layout:

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<?php echo $this->navigation()->menu()->render() ?>

Or simply:
<?php echo $this->navigation()->menu() ?>

Output:

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<ul class="navigation">
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    </li>
    <li class="active">
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        <ul>
            <li class="active">
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                <ul>
                    <li class="active">
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                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/products/studio/customers">Customer Stories</a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/products/studio/support">Support</a>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
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        <ul>
            <li>
                <a href="/company/about/investors">Investor Relations</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a class="rss" href="/company/news">News</a>
                <ul>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/company/news/press">Press Releases</a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/archive">Archive</a>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="/community">Community</a>
        <ul>
            <li>
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            <li>
                <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

Calling renderMenu() directly¶

This example shows how to render a menu that is not registered in the view helper by calling the <tt class="docutils literal">renderMenu()</tt>
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<?php
// render only the 'Community' menu
$community = $this->navigation()->findOneByLabel('Community');
$options = array(
    'indent'  => 16,
    'ulClass' => 'community'
);
echo $this->navigation()
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          ->renderMenu($community, $options);
?>

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                <ul class="community">
                    <li>
                        <a href="/community/account">My Account</a>
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                        <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a>
                    </li>
                </ul>

Rendering the deepest active menu¶

This example shows how the <tt class="docutils literal">renderSubMenu()</tt> will render the deepest sub menu of the active branch.

Calling <tt class="docutils literal">renderSubMenu($container, $ulClass, $indent)</tt> is equivalent to calling <tt class="docutils literal">renderMenu($container,
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array(
    'ulClass'          => $ulClass,
    'indent'           => $indent,
    'minDepth'         => null,
    'maxDepth'         => null,
    'onlyActiveBranch' => true,
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<?php
echo $this->navigation()
          ->menu()
          ->renderSubMenu(null, 'sidebar', 4);
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    <ul class="sidebar">
        <li class="active">
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        </li>
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Rendering with maximum depth¶

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<?php
echo $this->navigation()
          ->menu()
          ->setMaxDepth(1);
?>

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    <li>
        <a title="Go Home" href="/">Home</a>
    </li>
    <li class="active">
        <a href="/products">Products</a>
        <ul>
            <li class="active">
                <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a title="About us" href="/company/about">Company</a>
        <ul>
            <li>
                <a href="/company/about/investors">Investor Relations</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a class="rss" href="/company/news">News</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="/community">Community</a>
        <ul>
            <li>
                <a href="/community/account">My Account</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
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Rendering with minimum depth¶

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echo $this->navigation()
          ->menu()
          ->setMinDepth(1);
?>

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    <li class="active">
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        <ul>
            <li class="active">
                <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a>
        <ul>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/studio/customers">Customer Stories</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/studio/support">Support</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="/company/about/investors">Investor Relations</a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a class="rss" href="/company/news">News</a>
        <ul>
            <li>
                <a href="/company/news/press">Press Releases</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/archive">Archive</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a href="/community/account">My Account</a>
    </li>
    <li>
        <a class="external" href="http://forums.example.com/">Forums</a>
    </li>
</ul>

Rendering only the active branch¶

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echo $this->navigation()
          ->menu()
          ->setOnlyActiveBranch(true);
?>

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        <ul>
            <li class="active">
                <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a>
                <ul>
                    <li class="active">
                        <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a>
                    </li>
                    <li>
                        <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a>
                    </li>
                </ul>
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        </ul>
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Rendering only the active branch with minimum depth¶

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          ->menu()
          ->setOnlyActiveBranch(true)
          ->setMinDepth(1);
?>

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    <li class="active">
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        <ul>
            <li class="active">
                <a href="/products/server/faq">FAQ</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/server/editions">Editions</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/server/requirements">System Requirements</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

Rendering only the active branch with maximum depth¶

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echo $this->navigation()
          ->menu()
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<ul class="navigation">
    <li class="active">
        <a href="/products">Products</a>
        <ul>
            <li class="active">
                <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="/products/studio">Foo Studio</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

Rendering only the active branch with maximum depth and no parents¶

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echo $this->navigation()
          ->menu()
          ->setOnlyActiveBranch(true)
          ->setRenderParents(false)
          ->setMaxDepth(1);
?>

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    <li class="active">
        <a href="/products/server">Foo Server</a>
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    </li>
</ul>

Rendering a custom menu using a partial view script¶

This example shows how to render a custom menu using a partial view script. By calling <tt class="docutils literal">setPartial()</tt>, you can
specify a partial view script that will be used when calling <tt class="docutils literal">render()</tt>. When a partial is specified, the
<tt class="docutils literal">renderPartial()</tt> method will be called. This method will assign the container to the view with the key
container.

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    echo $this->navigation()->menu()->htmlify($page) . PHP_EOL;
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<a href="/products">Products</a>
<a title="About us" href="/company/about">Company</a>
<a href="/community">Community</a>

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3AC The Next Big Giant Player? | Crypto DeFi World 2022 Suffers Another Blow After LUNA And CEL
Rumors claim that Three Arrows Capital (3AC), a big crypto hedge fund, is insolvent, with on-chain data indicating significant sales of Ethereum (ETH) staked on staking platform Lido in the last week.
The market was hit by the Terra (LUNA) crash in May, and a major crypto lender, Celsius (CEL), went into difficulties this week. 3AC is one of the biggest hedge funds in the crypto industry, and a bust would have enormous and widespread repercussions.
Source: Adobe/Christophe Fouquin
The rumors that have circulated about 3AC are largely based on on-chain data from the Ethereum network. The Block reported that the fund has already faced liquidations of several hundred million US dollars.
Per data from blockchain forensics company PeckShield, ETH 15,743 (USD 16m) "supposedly related to 3AC" has been liquidated today.
At the time of writing (09:20 UTC), ETH traded at USD 1,026, down nearly 16% in a day and 44% in a week.
Meanwhile, reports also indicate that the firm has apparently sold large amounts of staked ETH on Lido, represented by stETH tokens, which have come under pressure in the market. At the time of writing, stETH traded at USD 972 (down 16% in a day and 46% in a week) versus USD 1,026 for ETH.
Although each stETH is backed by 1 ETH staked on Ethereum's Beacon chain (Ethereum 2.0), the actual ETH tokens that are staked remain locked and inaccessible for now.
Earlier on Wednesday, the rumors were for the first time addressed by Zhu Su, the company's co-founder and CEO:
"We are in the process of communicating with relevant parties and fully committed to working this out," Zhu wrote in a brief update on Twitter at around 1 AM UTC.
He did not provide any further details.
The statement was met with confusion and more questions by members of the crypto community.
"What does this mean," asked Darren Lau, a former analyst at crypto hedge fund Spartan Group, while Dylan LeClair, a popular Bitcoin (BTC) analyst at UTXO Management said: "Wow. Rumors of insolvency at Three Arrows Capital look to be confirmed."
The statement was the first tweet in three days from Zhu, a leading voice in the crypto community who is normally a very active Twitter user. Meanwhile, users have also noticed that Zhu has recently updated his bio on the social network, removing all mentions of crypto projects he had previously spoken warmly about, including Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Terra (LUNA), and Ethereum, leaving only Bitcoin (BTC).
The popular Three Arrows Capital CEO has also reportedly deleted his Instagram profile in recent days.
There has been no official statement from Three Arrows Capital about the issues the company is facing.
At the time of writing, Kyle Davies, the company's other co-founder, has not tweeted anything since June 6th, 22.
Via this site: After Terra and Celsius, Crypto Market Now Might Be Hit With Three Arrows
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Bitcoin move over - there's a new kid on the blockchain
By business reporter David Chau
Posted Tue 30 May 2017 at 9:03am Tuesday 30 May 2017 at 9:03am Tue 30 May 2017 at 9:03am , updated Thu 1 Jun 2017 at 12:18am Thursday 1 Jun 2017 at 12:18am Thu 1 Jun 2017 at 12:18am
The cryptocurrency market has rallied threefold and is now worth $101 billion - with bitcoin's share being almost half. (Retuers: Andy Clark)
abc.net.au/news/bitcoin-cryptocurrencies-and-rise-of-ethereum/8573416
The digital currency bitcoin has broken new records - surging by more than 245 per cent since the start of the year.
Total cryptocurrency market is worth $US75b (or $101b)
The top ten currencies (including bitcoin and ethereum) have a 94 per cent market share
Government will make changes to GST so bitcoin transactions are not double taxed
In just five months, the price of one bitcoin rose from $1,337 (US$997.69) to its all-time-high of $3,704 (US$2,766.56) on May 25.
People buy bitcoins for all sorts of reasons. They range from those seeking to invest in safe haven assets in the face of political instability, speculators wanting to ride the wave of what some regard to be an asset bubble, to purchasers who want to purchase illegal goods anonymously on the dark web.
Since mid-2010, when the highly-volatile currency was worth just 9 cents, it has surged by more than 4 million per cent.
When you add the value of every bitcoin, its current market capitalisation is $49.6 billion - almost half of the value of all cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin explained
Can't tell a bitcoin from a blockchain? Read our explainer to see how the cryptocurrency works.
Bitcoin, however, is not the only digital currency which has enjoyed a strong market rally.
"We've had the total market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies rising three-fold this year - from around US$25 billion to now US$75 billion," according to Steve Sammartino, entrepreneur and technology author.
In Australian dollar terms, the total market capitalisation is more than $101 billion.
"The big two, bitcoin and ethereum, are heading the charge," Mr Sammartino told ABC's The World Today.
Cryptocurrency bubble risks
Mr Sammartino believes the cryptocurrency market is in a bubble.
"The question is which of these cryptocurrencies is going to fail, and which will ones are going to be the winners?"
The ten largest cryptocurrencies are worth more than $95 billion - approximately 94 per cent of the total market share.
However, the remaining 6 per cent of the market is flooded disproportionately by more than 800 of these currencies.
The top ten cryptocurrencies and their market capitalisations (at May 30, 2017). (Supplied: coinmarketcap.com)
"People are investing, I think, exuberantly. In a way, they are hoping for irrational economic profits they are not going to get," Mr Sammartino said.
"There have been more than 100 ICOs (initial coin offerings) this year."
Unlike the IPO (initial public offering) of a company in the share market, ICOs are not backed by any real, intrinsic value.
"Anyone could start a coin by putting a platform out there and releasing coins on the market using open source software," Mr Sammartino said.
"The problem is these ICOs fall outside the governance of the SEC [US Securities and Exchange Commission] and ASIC [Australian Securities and Investments Commission], but they behave like IPOs in the stock market.
"Creative technologists can raise large amounts of capital with the new cryptocurrency, [then] exit their own position without any regulatory approvals or oversights."
The rise of number two - ethereum
Investors who think bitcoins are too expensive, or are looking for higher yields, are turning to some of the alternative cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin's 245 per cent surge this year is just a blip, when compared to the bull run of ethereum, which was launched in 2014.
Since January 3, the price of an ethereum unit has surged by more than 2,000 per cent - from $12.69 (US$9.48) to its record-high of $257.59 (US$192.32) on May 24.
One reason for the massive uptake in ethereum is the endorsement it has received from multinational powerhouses including Accenture, Microsoft, Intel, JPMorgan Chase and UBS.
In late-February, those corporate giants (plus two dozen other companies) teamed up to form the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA).
Credit Suisse, ING, Bank of New York and Thomson Reuters were also among the founding members of EEA.
The alliance was formed to "build, promote and broadly support ethereum-based technology best practices, standards and a reference architecture," according to a statement released by the EEA.
Since its formation, more than 80 other multinationals have joined the EEA including Toyota, State Street, Merck and Rabobank.
Companies that are part of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. (Supplied: EEA website)
The EEA is essentially attempting to create a new kind of computing system based on ethereum's blockchain.
Blockchain is the technology that bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies use to facilitate anonymous transactions.
It is basically the register of all transactions in a cryptocurrency, like a bank ledger - which is updated whenever a transaction occurs.
Whereas bitcoin's blockchain is used as consumer payment technology, ethereum's blockchain can also be used for its 'smart contract' applications - which is what attracted the interest of those multinationals.
A smart contract is a computer program that automatically executes the terms of a contract when certain conditions are met.
Through automation, this technology has the potential to reduce the amount of human labour needed to complete a deal.
The future of cryptocurrencies
Although Mr Sammartino considers bitcoin, ethereum and the wider cryptocurrency market is in a bubble, he believes they are the future of payment systems.
"People are starting to realise, within the financial and governmental community, that cryptocurrencies are not going to go away, and they are going to be a staple of our modern economy."
The Australian Government shares some of that sentiment, given its new stance on financial technology and innovation.
"The Government will encourage the exploration of blockchain technology, including through a study and pilot testing by the CSIRO's Data61," it noted in the latest federal budget.
"We will also introduce changes to the GST to ensure that consumers are no longer double taxed when using digital currencies such as bitcoin."
This is a reversal of the Australian Taxation Office's stance.
In 2014, the ATO released guidance stating that it would not treat cryptocurrencies as money - and that it would therefore be taxed in the same way as a non-cash barter transaction.
At the time of publication, bitcoins had risen 5.83 per cent on Tuesday to $3,074.56 per coin, and ethereum had lifted 25.1 per cent to $284.26.
Posted 30 May 2017 30 May 2017 Tue 30 May 2017 at 9:03am , updated 1 Jun 2017 1 Jun 2017 Thu 1 Jun 2017 at 12:18am


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#### Original name
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