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You can now download the official SDK for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004)
Microsoft announced the availability of Windows 10 May 2020 Update SDK (Software Development Kit) with Go-Live license. That means the developers can now publish apps and games targeting Windows 10 version 2004 to the Microsoft Store.
Here's everything that you would like to know about Windows 10 May 2020 Update SDK, and how to download the SDK Tools for Visual Studio.
How to download Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041) for May 2020 update?
What are the key features of Windows 10 SDK for the May 2020 update?
The SDK Tools for Windows 10 version 2004 goes live.
Developers can now build and publish apps targeting Windows 10 May 2020 Update.
Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041) supports both Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019.
To install the Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041), you need to first download the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 installer or the latest version of Visual Studio 2019 installer.
Now run the installer and select Universal Windows Platform development under Workloads and click Install. This will by default install the Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041) once you are on the final release of Windows 10 May 2020 Update.
If you are on the Release Preview ring of Windows 10 May 2020 Update, run any one of the above Visual Studio installers and navigate to Individual Components | SDKs, libraries, and frameworks section. Check the Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041) component and click Install.
The latest version of Windows 10 SDK is loaded with new APIs. In addition to those new APIs, it now has the support for Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, which has significantly faster file IO performance.
In addition to that, applications can now declare themselves as a host for other applications via the new HostRuntime extension.
Applications can now also include a signed MSIX package in their existing installers and have their installers register it. This allows applications to keep their existing installers but still assign themselves identities.
If you have come this far, it means that you liked what you are reading (You can now download the official SDK for the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004)).
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DJ Stout on big hair, cowboy poets and planet Texas
The Austin-based graphic designer's work is an ode to cowboy country and the role of place in producing authentic design.
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Decked out in a Stetson hat and cowboy boots, DJ Stout takes inspiration from one of his heroes, American folklorist and writer J. Frank Dobie, who believed in the power of regionalism and was quoted as saying "great literature transcends its native land but none that I know of ignores its soil". The graphic designer, a partner at Pentagram, weaves an immersive presentation of visuals and sound that conjure up his homestate, Texas, and its influence on his work.
On stage with Stout at Design Indaba Conference 2014 is fellow Austenite, composer and musician Graham Reynolds, who wrote an accompanying piano score evoking the cattle drive, galloping horses, big sky and expansive landscape of the place.
Stout's presentation opens with scenes of a vicious wild fire that ripped through the Big Ben, a remote region in the far west of Texas where he was born. The fire devastated prime rangeland and killed livestock including hundreds of horses.
"The cowboys who live in this area depend on the land for their livelihood, on each other's cowhands and on their horses. So this was particularly devastating for this area," he explains.
Shortly after the blaze, Stout designed an issue of Pentagram Paper dedicated to cowboy poets (the publication is a little book of inspirational visuals that the agency sends out to clients).
It is quite strange to discover that there is a thing such as cowboy poetry because they [cowboys] generally go out of their way to talk very little, he says.
The book features beautiful portraits by photographer Jay B Sauceda of real-life cowboy poets alongside their poems. "It is hokey. It is corny. It is kind of like what you think it is, but I really love it and a lot of other people loved it because there is something about it that is very honest and down to earth. It is about the things that cowboys love. They love the land, they love their fellow cowboys and family, and they love horses."
Celebrating the quirky characters, regionalisms and even cultural clichés of Texas through his work, says Stout, results in an authentic visual language that resonates more broadly.
A sense of place – being from somewhere – is so important to us as graphic designers and what we do, he enthuses.
He himself is the son of several generations of cowboys: "My grandpa was a Texas storyteller. I would sit on his lap and he would tell me Texas tell-tales, some of which would be true. He used to read me The Book of Cowboys. This book has inspired me throughout my career... and I have designed over a hundred books. The book has these big beautiful full-colour illustrations that I would look at for hours. It also had these wonderful little drawings in the margins that have found their way into my work," he says.
He shares the story of his father, who was a cowboy of a different kind – a member of the Alpine Cowboys semi-pro baseball team.
In 1946, a legendary ranger named Herbert Kokernot, who had a real love for the game, built a baseball stadium on his range in Alpine. Not only did he employ the members of the team as cowboys in the off-season but he also paid for them to go the local university.
Stout's father, who went on to complete his master's degree, was one such beneficiary. He captured this personal story and that of Kokernot and the Alpine Cowboys in a book that he designed and wrote. The process brought him and his father closer and for the first time his father understood what book designers do.
Before joining Pentagram, Stout worked as the art director of Texas Monthly for 13 years, during which time he produced many iconic covers and issues that where strongly influenced by the visual themes and language of the place.
This continued in his work at Pentagram with themes like cowboys, Texan pride, the geography and landscape cropping up again and again in book and graphic projects.
"I do think that my Texan roots has affected almost all my work," he concludes.
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Anglican and Episcopal liturgy can be a very hit-or-miss . Done well, the beauty of a worship service done in this style can bring people great spiritual joy and fulfillment. Done in a rote or lackluster way…well, listen to comedian Eddie Izzard's take on Anglican church worship:
It seems strange that the same liturgies and even the same music and prayers can bring such spiritual joy to people sometimes and leave them so flat at others. Take the Easter Vigil service. It can be done with poetry, passion, music, and spiritual (as well literal) fire. Some churches bring congregations outside to see the flames leap into the heavens against the dark sky and the stars. Many have parishioners bring bells and other instruments — even just their keys — to ring in celebration of the risen Christ. The Easter Vigil at these churches can fuel spiritual fire for many weeks, just as the Paschal candle burns for months after being lit at that service. But without that creativity and energy, the same service can also be dry, long, overly formal, and exhausting — lots of Latin and symbolism, and no real passion.
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If you want to improve a bad day — or really any day at all — turn on Ray Charles' song "Seven Spanish Angels," an awesomely over-the-top song about star-crossed lovers in Texas who die in a shootout with unspecified bad guys. Seriously, it's Ray Charles and Willie Nelson. If you've never heard it, take a minute and listen to this song.
There. Aren't you happier now?
The only tiny hiccup in this otherwise epic song is that it turns the dead lovers in the Valley of the Gun into angels after they die. (Spanish angels apparently — because why not?) The whole dead-people-turn-into-angels notion has turned up a lot in popular culture over the years. Remember this book?
This classic Christmas story is about a little boy who has died and turned into an angel who eventually visits the Christ child. These are just two examples of the dead-people-as-angels phenomenon. This idea is popular, as is the notion that when we die, we leave our bodies and our spirits go to heaven.
The physicality of the resurrection is a part of Christian theology that some Christians forget and that others forget conveniently — that is, they get it in theory but choose not to think about that side of the resurrection too much. Influenced by Platonism and by the overall notion that our sinful bodies tend to get us into trouble, many Christians think of the body as something problematic that we leave behind in death. If we pattern our hope for resurrection on Jesus', however, as all of Christian theology says we should, then we must assume from reading the accounts of Jesus' resurrection that: (1) we will rise to new life after death; that (2) our risen life will differ from our life on earth today; and that (3) our resurrection will be physical in nature as well as spiritual.
In this class, the Rev. Lucas Mix, an Episcopal priest and evolutionary biologist, discusses the nature of resurrected life, emphasizing its physicality and what that physicality means for us both in the afterlife and in our lives today. He discusses what scripture tells us about the afterlife and how Greek and Jewish ideas about the afterlife have affected the way we understand it. He examines Jesus' resurrection and its implications for everyone else's resurrection, and he addresses errors (like the idea of a purely spiritual resurrection) that Christians make in their thinking about our risen lives. He discusses how resurrection might happen and what happens to us between death and the last day. Most importantly, he talks about how we should live in this life to begin living into our hope of resurrection and becoming united with the created world as the body of Christ in our risen lives.
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WASHINGTON — The NHL Players' Association has filed an appeal on behalf of Tom Wilson after the Capitals forward was suspended 20 games for an illegal check to the head.
The NHLPA announced the expected move Friday, which had to happen within 48 hours of the Department of Player Safety suspending Wilson. Commissioner Gary Bettman will hear the appeal, though the date has not been determined.
Wilson was suspended for his hit on Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist in Washington's preseason finale. It is the fourth suspension of Wilson's career, all coming in the past 13 months, and will cost him over $1.26 million in salary as a repeat offender if it's upheld.
Washington's Tom Wilson suspended twenty games for an Illegal Check to the Head on St. Louis' Oskar Sundqvist. https://t.co/ojQ4yN6oFN
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The US Supreme Court and the Congo
The US Supreme Court will soon rule on a case of great importance to the Congo. Well, not really, but it does reveal an interesting loop hole in international diplomacy and law.
In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the court is currently hearing a case about a retired United States administrative law judge who wanted to provide training in peaceful dispute resolution to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which has waged a separatist guerrilla campaign against the Turkish government, and to advise the group on how to petition the United Nations and other international organizations for relief. (See the New York Times Op-Ed here.)
It is illegal for people in the US to provide "material support" to groups listed as terrorist organizations by the US government. Support can be financial, but also advice and "service." The issue at stake in the Supreme Court case is what exactly this vague definition of material support means.
The reason that I raise this issue is because the US, as well as governments in Europe, has consistently had a hard time prosecuting leaders and supporters of rebel groups abroad, no matter how violent and abusive those groups are. In Germany, for example, the prosecutors flailed around for a long time before finally prosecuting the FDLR leaders living there based on the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute definition of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The US, of course, has not signed onto the Rome Statute. It can, however, prosecute people who provide material support to terrorist groups, which are defined as organizations that threaten the security of US nationals or US national interests. Most of the organizations on the current list are linked to extremist Islamist networks. But there are some notable exceptions of groups that do not target US interests per se, but who may target governments allied to the US: the PKK in Turkey, LTTE in Sri Lanka, ETA in Spain. Just to prove that it is more about political will than abiding by legal definitions. (In fact, many have criticized the naming of these groups as cynical realpolitik).
All of this is just to say that the FDLR, CNDP and LRA can be as massively abusive as they want to be and still travel to the United States. In fact, the two leaders of an FDLR splinter faction, RUD-URUNANA, live in New Jersey and Massachusetts. When the CNDP was still officially a rebel group, its leaders regularly traveled throughout Africa and Europe.
We may need to think about some more creative legislating - in the US, you can get people under
the Torture Victim Protection Act, which allows for the filing of civil suits in the United States against individuals who, acting in an official capacity for any foreign nation, committed torture and/or extrajudicial killing.
the Alien Tort Claims Act, which allows United States courts to hear human rights cases brought by foreign citizens for conduct committed outside the United States, including by corporations.
Unfortunately, you have to prove the "purposeful complicity in human rights violations," which is often difficult. (See here for more detail.)
After reading the answer from one of those RUD-Urunana leaders in the comment posted on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 about your blog article "Are we really serious about getting rid of the FDLR?", one may think your comments are consistently biased against RUD-Urunana. Why? This of course if what the RUD-Urunana leader says is true.
Granted, one's freedom fighter is another's terrorist.
Besides, you usually know more secrets hidden to us. But, I fail to see how the RUD-Urunana's case is related to that of other armed groups you mentioned.
Jason Stearns said...
I should be clear: RUD is much smaller than the FDLR, and apparently much less abusive. However, there is good evidence that RUD soldiers have committed very serious human rights abuses, including burning down the village of Kasiki last year. But more work needs to be done into them.
Collinsom92 said...
lovely blog, love the cartoons
I wanted to share this invitation with your followers.
The United States Institute of Peace invites you to participate in a workshop titled "Leveraging International Support to Build Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" on Thursday March 18th 2010 from 9h30 am to 3h30 pm at the USIP headquarters, 1200 17th Street NW, Washington DC.
This workshop builds on USIP's 17th October 2009 Trans-Atlantic Diaspora Dialogue, which outlined concrete steps diaspora communities could take to help prevent conflict and promote peace in the DRC. These included providing input for US-DRC policy and program development in Washington DC, participating in economic development and capacity building initiatives, and supporting anti-corruption efforts at every level.
The workshop will feature two panels: the first comprising representatives from US government departments (e.g. State, Defense and the Treasury) and the second with representatives from development agencies (e.g. the World Bank, UNDP and USAID). This workshop aims to inform members of the diaspora and other stakeholders of ongoing development assistance programs in the DRC provide a forum for a frank exchange of ideas and identify avenues for more effective diaspora involvement in peacebuilding. Further information for this event is available here.
Space is limited, RSVP now.
L'Institut de Paix des Etats-Unis (USIP) vous invite à participer dans un atelier intitulé «Attirer le Soutien International pour Construire la Paix dans la République Démocratique du Congo» le Jeudi 18 Mars 2010 de 9h30 à 15h30 au siège principal de l'USIP (1200 17th NW, Washington DC, USA).
Cet atelier est un suivi du premier forum du 17 Octobre 2009 sur le Dialogue Transatlantique de la Diaspora Congolaise, qui avait esquissé des approches pour que les communautés de diaspora Congolaise puissent prendre part à empêcher le conflit et promouvoir la paix en DRC. Les propositions inclue avaient fournir des recommandations qui seront vitales pour la politique Etats-Unis-DRC et le développement de programme à Washington DC, participer dans le développement économique et les initiatives pour rebâtir la capacité de l'Etat Congolais, et soutenir les efforts anti-corruption à chaque niveau.
L'atelier présentera deux panneaux : dans le premier, des représentants des départements du gouvernement Américain (par exemple Le Département D'Etat, de la Défense et du Trésor Public). Le deuxième sera composé des représentants des agences de développement (par exemple. la Banque Mondiale, le Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD) et l'Agence des États-Unis pour le Développement International (USAID). Ces ateliers visent à informer les membres de la diaspora et d'autres participants des programmes d'assistance de développement continu en DRC; fournir un forum pour un échange franc d'idées et identifier des avenues pour l'engagement de diaspora plus efficace pour bâtir la paix au Congo.
Pour plus amples informations sur cet événement suivez ce lien.
Les places sont limitées. Pour vous inscrire, veuillez contacter Margot Bokanga: mbokanga@usip.org ou suivez ce lien.
Feel free to share this email with other members in the community.
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Sasha said...
One closure for this loophole is the US policy provisions on anti-corruption in natural resources. This is a visa denial program, not a tool for prosecution, but it can work. Essentially, anyone that the State Department believes is involved in corruption relating to natural resources can be banned from travel to the US. Surely some FDLR or other leaders might fit that bill...
Presidential Proclamation 7750 and the Leahy amendment that accompanied it 4 years later - the Anti-Kleptocracy provision in the State and Foreign Operations bill - are the legal statutes that back this up. See http://www.legalfish.com/TheDailyTackle/2009/11/24/proclamation-7750-corrupt-officials-the-american-visa/ and S. 1434. Of course, enforcement is a key part of this, with some officials being caught but some still slipping by. State's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (INL) is the agency in charge of enforcing these provisions.
From S. 1434 -
Sec. 7085. (a) In furtherance of the National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy and Presidential Proclamation 7750, the Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a list of officials of foreign governments and their immediate family members who the Secretary has credible evidence have been involved in corruption relating to the extraction of natural resources in their countries.
(b) Any individual on the list compiled under subsection (a) shall be ineligible for admission to the United States.
(c) The Secretary may waive the application of subsection (b) if the Secretary determines that admission to the United States is necessary to attend the United Nations or to further United States law enforcement objectives, or that the circumstances which caused the individual to be included on the list have changed sufficiently to justify the removal of the individual from the list.
(d) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall report in writing, in classified form if necessary, to the Committees on Appropriations describing the evidence of corruption concerning individuals listed pursuant to subsection (a).
(e) The Secretary of State should encourage other governments to take similar steps regarding officials of foreign governments and their family members who have been credibly alleged to be involved in corruption relating to the extraction of natural resources.
Thanks, Sasha -
I think there must be some general rule about blocking visas for corrupt officials, regardless of their involvement in natural resources, as the US barred several allegedly corrupt Kenyan officials from visiting the country.
In general, this is good, but I doubt it will hurt the FDLR or other groups much. It will be difficult to prove that the leaders already in the US (mostly RUD) have any involvement in the minerals trade. And since Obiang seems to be able to get away with on a much more ridiculous scale, I doubt the Congolese vont etre inquiete.
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In fact, the US Supreme Court should give the rule on a case of great importance to the Congo. This will promoting this country become more stable.
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Don't forget the Federal Torture Statute (18 U.S.C. §§ 2340-2340B), which criminalizes acts of torture that occur outside of the United States. It was first passed under P.L. 103-236, later amended, to implement U.S. commitments as a signatory of the U.N. Convention Against Torture and
SEC. 506. TORTURE CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION.
`SEC. 2340A. TORTURE.
(a) OFFENSE- Whoever outside the United States commits or attempts to commit torture shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and if death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this subsection, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
(b) JURISDICTION- There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if--
(1) the alleged offender is a national of the United States; or
(2) the alleged offender is present in the United States, irrespective of the nationality of the victim or alleged offender.
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My 9-year-old sister Sarah asked me, while I was innocently scrolling through instagram, "What's your favorite movie character?"
I answered, "Captain Jack Sparrow."
She said, "Okay, then, Jack." She continued, "What's your favorite color?"
I answered, "Purple, like my hair."
She said, "Purple Jack. Hmmm...well, what's your favorite flower?"
She said, "Black Jack. Okay, that could work."
I finally asked, "What is going on here?"
She answered, "I heard that when people think about what to name their kids, they think about their favorite movie or book character, their favorite color, and their favorite flower, and put names together from that."
Okay...so...as a result of that very scientific approach, my kid is going to be named Black Jack or, possibly, Black Purple Jack, but that doesn't sound nearly as cool.
MaryGrace joined the conversation by saying, "I've always thought it would be fun to name my kids after flowers and plants: like Rose, Lily, Violet..."
Rachel, "Hyacinth! Dillweed! Spruce! Lady's Slippers! Hibiscus! Snapdragon!"
MaryGrace, "Uhhh...guys...not every name of of plant or flower, okay..."
Baby's Breath! Pansy! Fir! Thistle! Pitcher Plant!
Count the next generation blessed that we're not given the task of naming anyone right at this particular moment in time. Of course, don't be surprised if, ten years down the road, Black Jack is happily playing with his baby cousin Chrysanthemum.
P.S. I named my brother, Isaac, when I was 3 years old. My parents couldn't come up with a name, I piped up, "How about Isaac *middle name*?" and thus altered the course of his life.
So....I want to know what your kid will be named, using the favorite character, favorite color, and favorite flower approach. Seriously! Do it! And I dare you to get a cooler name than Black Jack.
So beautiful names. Cute and sweet. Especially i like Purple, Lily, Chrysanthemum. So good and different. Thanks for sharing.
I have a daughter whose middle name is violet, but if she had been named solely based on my favorite flower, she'd be Daisy (or, more accurately, Gerber Daisy).
Cute, those are such unique names! I only met a few girls throughout school who had my name and I loved it, so I'd recommend an uncommon name!
Haha! Good thing I didn't use this method, otherwise Peter Francis would have wound up as Westley Yellow Dandelion :P Not all of these are too crazy, though. Fun fact: there was an Eastern European dude in the 12th century named Hyacinth, and Catholics honor him as a saint. So, it's not too far-fetched for a nerdy Catholic with a devotion to this saint to name their child Hyacinth!
Too funny! My favorite color is pink and my favorite character is Cinderella so Pink Cinderella isn't too cute! Lol.
Your sister cracks me up. You definitely need a baby called Dillweed, haha.
This is such a cute post! Okay, hmm... Doc (Holliday - I know he's a real person but I love Val Kilmer's portrayal of him in Tombstone!), violet, and... daisy?
That's so cool you got to name your little brother! If that were me, I probably would have picked something crazy like a Disney Princess, which I am sure my brother Tim would not have appreciated, lol!
This is hilarious! However, I say please don't ever name any poor child Pansy! Can you only imagine all the torture that poor kid would endure?! Hahaha....they do have very interesting names though. Watch out baby Black Jack.
When my brother and sister in law announced they were pregnant, my son said they should name the baby Black Beard and if it was twins then Black Beard and White Beard. Thankfully they did not take his advice.
I'll go with Buttercup from The Princess Bride, the color turquoise and my fav flowers, Daisy.
Well, your sibling-naming went much better than my attempts! Alas, my parents wouldn't name my sister Sparkles like I wanted them to. What were they thinking? :) And apparently my suggestion of Elmo was not a winning choice for my younger brother's name, either.
Not sure either of those would be worse than Sherlock Purple Rose, though!
Hahaha your family sounds like a lot of fun!! Your posts always make me smile.
I think it's so interesting what prompts us to choose the names we do for our kids. My daughter is named after a character in a book but my son's name is just one that I liked.
Gilbert Red Dahlia... I don't know if that works so much. ha!
Oh wow...my sister just pointed out to me a birth announcement in our local newspaper! The baby's name is Tuff Danger!
That is an interesting method - I'd never heard of that before! My favourite colour is blue, but none of my boys have blue related names, or character names! They all ended up with names that suited them - we went with a shortlist and picked the one they were most like. Even when we adopted our dog, hehe!
Naming after flowers is something common, especially In India.
We had a guy named Benz in our office, and guess what was his sister's name - Mercedes.
Bahaha I love this! Mine would be Mint Po Chrysanthemum--not exactly the catchiest of names haha. But I also named my brother when I was younger--I suggested George, and the rest is history hehe.
Also, I loved the collection of funny videos--the Bushes of Love one is one of my brother's favorites, and I couldn't stop laughing at the good boy one. Thanks for always brightening my day with your posts!
There was once a suggestion from my children to name their unborn baby sibling Unicorn Panda. It didn't sound good with our last name, though, so we ultimately chose something else.
Jean-Yellow Sunflower and Rose Pink Hermione will be our kids' names?
If I ask Cory this, it might give him too many ideas if we have another baby! There's no telling what he'd come up with! Rory Orchid Turquoise (or Grey) would be mine though.
Black Jack is a solid name! ;) Christopher has joked for years that our first child (boy or girl) will be named Leonidas. "Lea(h)" for short if the kid is a girl.
Also, randomly... one of the teenagers we mentor calls Christopher "Chrysanthemum". I'm not really sure why. She was making up a bunch of random girl versions of the name Christopher (Chrissie, Christie, etc) when it popped out of her mouth and it has stuck.


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From Pygmalion and Galatea to Frankenstein, Ex Machina and Person of Interest, the fictional landscape so often frames cisgender men as the creators of artificial life, leading to the same kinds of stories being told over and over. We want to bring some genuine revolution to the way that artificial intelligence stories are told, and how they intersect with gender identity, parenthood, sexuality, war, and the future of our species.
How can we interrogate the gendered assumptions around the making of robots compared with the making of babies? Can computers learn to speak in a code beyond the (gender) binary? If necessity is the mother of invention, what exciting AI might come to exist in the hands of a more diverse range of innovators?
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John Clendenin, Skiing Hall of Fame honored member, is a genius on skis, as he has been since before observers of the ski scene began recording the two-time world champion's exploits. Most geniuses can't communicate their brilliance without abandoning, bludgeoning or boring their students. Not so, Clendenin. In "Four Words for Great Skiing," he explains, with extraordinary empathy, the secrets to high performance skiing. His goal is to give skiers the confidence to explore "the kingdom," the natural, ungroomed terrain where creativity and self-expression reign. His humor, his intelligence and his gift for communicating mechanics to the non-mechanical shine through every page as if it were backlit.


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The authors of Granblue Fantasy: Relink showed the new gameplay of the Japanese RPG and talked about new mechanics
Cygames today revealed brand new gameplay for the upcoming action JRPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink.
The gameplay features several playable characters, including Charlotte and Yodarh (who weren't shown before), as well as Narmaya, who was shown earlier in the new trailer.
We will also learn about the "Assist Mode", which is designed for beginners and casual gamers who want to focus on the story. It allows you to automatically perform combos with a single button, automatically heal, defend, dodge, release Skybound Arts, skills and Link Attacks when conditions are met. In addition, you also get help in navigating the map.
However, that's not all: the developers also announced "Full Assist Mode" – a mode focused on accessibility. All actions are performed automatically and all you have to do is move the stick to control the position of the character. We can also see this mode in another video showing Charlotte in action.
The presence of this mode is not surprising, given that Granblue Fantasy: Relink is based on mobile IP, and the mobile game has a fully automated mode. This will allow players who are used to mobile JRPGs to play in a way that feels natural to them.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink will release in 2023 for PS5, PS4 and PC. A specific release date has not yet been announced.
If you're unfamiliar with the game, this is Cygames' big debut in the AAA JRPG market for home platforms, following on from the success of the Granblue Fantasy mobile game. The game was announced under the name Granblue Fantasy – Project Re:Link back in 2016, and since then there have been several breakthroughs, including title optimizations. In addition, the game was postponed several times.
The game includes both single-player and co-op play for up to four players, as well as a rich world created with the full participation of Osaka-based studio Cygames. Over the past few years, the studio has been developing cutting-edge console games.
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With people getting used to sophisticated electronic interactions, not just on computer screens but on devices used all day — car dashboards, cameras and especially cellphones — the industry is rethinking that theory. While viewers remain passive most of the time, they increasingly want the capabilities and information they come to depend on from one gadget with a screen to be available to them on all the other screens they use every day.
On FiOS, the Facebook application lets people see photos on their television screens that have been shared by their friends. The Twitter application shows a running stream of tweets about the show being viewed on the left side of the screen.


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Q: Box SDK Api to Delete (all but current versions) of a file I basically want to delete all versions except for the currently designated version of the file.
For that I am using
    BoxClient.getFilesManager().getFileVersions(_fileId, reqObj);
The first entry in the returned List<BoxFileVersion> object is the current version.
There doesn't seem to be any API in the Box SDK (for Java) to delete a version - is this being planned soon ?
Is there a better way ?

A: The SDK is open-sourced on github.  If you feel like it, you can submit a pull request with your change to add in version delete.  How to do it is documented in the API documentation.

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2022 NHL Draft Guide
San Jose Sharks News & Rumors: Hertl, Burns, Vlasic & More
May 5, 2022 by Colton Pankiw
In this edition of San Jose Sharks News & Rumors, Tomas Hertl recently spoke with reporters about his belief that this team needs to add another goal scorer to the lineup. In other news, Brent Burns discussed whether or not he may want to leave the Sharks in order to chase a Stanley Cup. Meanwhile, Marc-Edouard Vlasic remains confident he will be back next season, despite some believing he will be bought out this summer. Last but not least, Adin Hill talked about how frustrating the 2021-22 campaign was for him from an injury standpoint.
Hertl Hopes Sharks Add Goal Scorer
Entering the 2021-22 season, there were many questions surrounding Hertl, given the fact that he was a pending unrestricted free agent. Those questions are no longer, as he and the Sharks were able to agree to an eight-year deal back in March. While it is clear he enjoys being a part of the organization, he wasn't shy about his hopes to see some changes with the roster this summer.
Tomas Hert, San Jose Sharks (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
"Yeah, I think so," Hertl said when asked if Sharks management should be looking to add a goal scorer to the lineup. "[It would] be nice to get another guy because, all the playoff teams, they have 40-50 more goals this season, and that's a lot of goals.
"Sometimes I feel what happened with me and Timo the last couple of months, we both tried to do too much. We tried, and it actually got worse.
"So I think we need a little help, but at the same time, I want to still be better. I want to still play every night, even if I don't score, I want to help with other things."
As far as saying his play dipped in the final months of the season, he isn't wrong, as he managed just eight goals in 36 games post-All-Star break compared to the 22 he had in the 46 games prior. With that said, he had himself a fairly solid year overall with 30 goals and 64 points in 82 contests. Now that the anxiety of not having a contract is in place, there is plenty of reason to expect him to up those totals in 2022-23.
Burns Doesn't Shut Down Possibility of Chasing Cup
Despite putting up a very solid 54-point season, Burns' playing days are slowly coming to an end. At 37 years old, it's fair to suggest he may very well be over by the time his contract expires at the end of the 2024-25 season. While that is still some time away, the Sharks aren't expected to be an overly competitive team these next few seasons, meaning if Burns is looking to win his first-ever Stanley Cup, he may need to do so with another team. Recently, when asked if leaving the Sharks is something he would consider, he said the following:
"San Jose has been a special place for us, for our family," Burns said. "It's definitely tough when you lose three years, not making the playoffs. I think everybody feels that way, whether they're younger or older. At the end of the day, that's what we all play for. I've been in the league long enough to know that, when you're doing these meetings at this time, there's a lot of changes that happen, that need to happen. A lot of changes are going to happen here. When you're looking for a new general manager, there's a lot of things on the table. So I don't know. I'm going to be staring at a squat rack in a little bit here and trying to get my head wrapped around that."
He didn't flat out say it, but these comments seem to suggest that he would welcome a trade to a contender. You certainly can't blame him, as he has given this Sharks organization everything he has to offer since joining them back in 2011-12. With that said, moving him wouldn't be the easiest of tasks, as his contract still has three years remaining and carries a lucrative $8 million cap hit.
Vlasic Believes He Will Be Back for 2022-23
For many years, Vlasic was one of the game's most underrated blueliners. Though he didn't put up a ton of offence, he always matched up against opposing teams' top stars and was widely considered to be the best shutdown defenceman in the entire NHL. In recent seasons, however, father time has been catching up with him. That was extremely evident in 2021-22, as he averaged just 15:11 of ice time over his 75 games. Not only is that the lowest total of his career, but it has led many to believe he may be bought out this summer, though he doesn't seem to believe that is the case.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, San Jose Sharks (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
When asked about the possibility of a buyout, Vlasic seemed to take offence to the question, responding, "Why would they?" Clearly, he is of the belief that he can still contribute. With how great of a career he's had overall, you can understand why he would have this thought process, and who knows, perhaps he is able to dip into the fountain of youth and get back to being a great shutdown option. At the age of 35, however, that seems unlikely, making his contract that still has four more years at $7 million per a serious issue moving forward.
Hill Not Happy With Sharks Debut
This past offseason, the Sharks looked to fix their past goaltending struggles by going out and acquiring Hill from the Arizona Coyotes. Despite his lack of NHL experience, the now-25-year-old was considered a goalie with a lot of potential and one that Sharks management believed could transition into a quality starting netminder. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case this season.
Hill began the season out very slow, struggling to find a consistent rhythm. He was then hampered by a lower-body injury that will require surgery this offseason, one which limited him to just 25 games. He struggled in that limited action, posting a subpar 2.66 goals-against average (GAA) along with a .906 save percentage (SV%). He was able to speak with the media recently and talked about how frustrating his first season as a Shark was for him.
"I've always felt like I've been pretty resilient and haven't really ever had much [in terms of] injury problems. So this year was pretty frustrating for me. It was annoying just not feeling 100% and feeling like I couldn't do what I needed to do to help the team win."
The good news for Hill is that he does have one season remaining on his contract that carries a cap hit of $2.175 million, meaning he will likely get another shot with the Sharks next season. The big goal now is for him to get healthy and hopefully get over the inconsistent play he put out in 2021-22.
Long Offseason Ahead
For right now, things will likely be pretty quiet surrounding this Sharks team. With the playoffs ongoing, there won't be anything in terms of trades or roster moves, though the team is currently in search of a new general manager. Once they pick someone out for the job, questions will then begin as to whether or not Bob Boughner will remain as the team's head coach moving forward. There isn't expected to be any news surrounding either of those topics until this summer, however.
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Carbondale, PA, April 5, 2018. Gentex Corporation, a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel announced today that it has been awarded the U.K. Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Design Approved Organization Scheme (DAOS) certification after a successful audit of their U.K. facilities by the U.K. Military Aviation Authority (MAA) on behalf of the MoD. Certification enables continued U.K. MoD contract work.
In existence since 2010, the MAA has been providing independent assessments of the competence of defense contractors and service organizations involved in the design of aircraft systems, associated equipment and airborne explosive ordnance and armament equipment. U.K. MoD policy is to only procure from contractors who have been DAOS certified.
Gentex has been supporting the U.K. MoD for over 75 years, with products such as the ALPHA helmet system and associated Active Noise Reduction (ANR) headset.


One of the most iconic and instantly recognizable sports cars in the automotive landscape, the Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe delivers an exquisite driving experience marked by impeccable performance and surprisingly high levels of luxury. Options add further luster but inflate the bottom line at an alarming rate; thankfully, even in "entry-level" form, the 911 is serious fun.
For sun worshippers, Porsche also offers the drop-top .
Like a fine wine aged to perfection over many years, the 911 has been carefully refined and improved since its debut back in 1963. The characterful and idiosyncratic rear-engine, boxer six-cylinder formula has remained an unvarying constant, but acceleration, handling, fuel efficiency and driver comfort have all reached impressive new heights.
Outside, things look much as they always have, although closer inspection reveals a 3.9-inch longer wheelbase compared with the previous model - a change that benefits proportions, interior space and stability. Although a larger car than its predecessor in nearly all dimensions, increased use of aluminum body panels means the 911 is slightly lighter than before.
Luxury sedan-grade materials and design characterize the cabin, with a nearly unlimited range of options - including extended leather, several seat designs, numerous colors and aluminum, carbon fiber and wood trims - available to suit the buyer's taste. Accouterments such as heated/ventilated seats, a heated steering wheel and a high-end Burmester sound system are also available to please sybarites.
A sloping center console marks a departure from previous 911s, bringing an elegant look and a more convenient gearshifter location at the expensive of a somewhat more constricted cabin feel. Still, space and comfort are in ample supply for the front seat passengers; the tiny, vestigial rear seats remain most useful as a supplement to the 5.1-cubic-foot front trunk.
Handling remains the 911's raison d'etre, with its precision, agility and confidence-inspiring dynamics standing as sports car benchmarks. The electric-assist steering system is crisp and accurate, though feedback has diminished slightly compared with the last model's hydraulic setup. Despite its performance capabilities, the 911 has a reasonably compliant ride that won't beat up drivers who use the car for their daily commute.
The newly-standard Porsche Active Suspension Management System (PASM) brings a front lip spoiler, an enhanced rear spoiler, a slightly lower ride height and, most significantly, electronically adjustable dampers with a choice of "Normal" and "Sport" settings.
Enthusiasts wanting even more responsiveness are offered the choice of several technology options.
The Sport Chrono Package adds a third mode - "Sport Plus" - as well as stability-enhancing dynamic engine mounts and a combination digital/analog stopwatch mounted atop the dashboard. In additional, manual transmission models get rev-matched downshifts, while PDK-equipped cars receive launch control.
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) includes an electrohydraulic anti-roll bar system that effectively eliminates bodyroll.
A brake-based torque vectoring system brings a mechanical rear differential (manual cars) or an electronic rear differential (PDK cars) and applies the inside rear brake to ensure neutral handling in turns.
Porsche Carbon Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB) significantly reduce brake fade and also trim stopping distances.
Finally, Power Steering Plus adds a variable steering system that adjusts effort based on vehicle velocity - reducing effort at parking lot speeds and increasing it on the highway.
The 911 is offered with a wide range of engine, transmission and drivetrain configurations, all of which are described in detail below.
The "base model," known as the 911 Carrera, is fitted with a turbocharged 3.0-liter flat-six engine that produces 370 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 331 lb-ft of torque at from 1,700 to 5,000 rpm. Output is sent to the rear wheels via either a seven-speed manual or a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic called the PDK.
The manual-equipped 911 Carrera sprints from zero-to-60 mph in 4.4 seconds, while the PDK model hits 60 mph in 4.2 seconds (4.0 with Sport Chrono). Gas mileage checks in at 20 mpg in the city, 29 mpg on the highway, and 23 in a combined cycle with the manual transmission. Selecting the dual-clutch yields fuel economy figures of 22, 30, and 25, respectively.
The 911 Carrera 4 adds traction-enhancing all-wheel-drive along with wider rear fenders. It's slightly heavier than the rear-wheel-drive variant, resulting in 0.1-second slower acceleration.
The 911 Carrera and 911 Carrera 4 are fitted as standard power one-touch up windows, Porsche's Communication Management infotainment system, navigation, Apple CarPlay compatibility, a 150-watt sound system with eight speakers, Bluetooth connectivity, a HomeLink transceiver, three 12-volt plugs, cruise control, parking sensors, a rear-view camera, auto on/off bi-xenon headlights, sport seats, dual-zone A/C, partial leather upholstery on the seats, and Alcantara upholstery on the headliner.
Stepping up to the 911 Carrera S nets an evolution of the 3.0-liter that pumps out 420 horsepower at 6,500 rpm and 368 lb-ft. of torque from 1,700 to 5,000 rpm.
Fitted with the seven-speed manual, the 911 Carrera S attains 60 mph from a dead stop in 4.1 seconds, while the PDK lowers that time to 3.9 seconds (3.7 with Sport Chrono). Fuel economy is rated at 20/29/23 with the manual, and 22/28/24 with the PDK.
The 4S entails the same changes as the standard 4.
Both the S and 4S build upon the Carrera's standard features list with extras like torque vectoring, upsized front brakes with six-piston calipers, and 20-inch wheels.
All 911 models are fitted as standard with dual front, front side, front knee and front curtain airbags in addition to traction and stability control systems.
Available as an option is a forward collision warning and mitigation system. It warns the driver in the event of an impending collision and, if necessary, can apply the brakes to prevent or mitigate the severity of a crash.
The 911 faces competition from a range of diverse rivals, including performance machines like the , , Audi R8 and Jaguar F-Type, as well as luxury coupes such as the BMW 6 Series and Jaguar XKR.


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on October 19, 2013 May 20, 2018 by Nikki Joshi
by Marc Vitali
A concert pianist of the highest order, Inna Faliks can be as dramatic or as subtle as a great stage actor. The New Yorker called her performances "adventurous and passionate," reminding me of the first time I saw her play — in her family's living room nearly 20 years ago.
Born in Ukraine, Inna was recently named a Professor of Piano at UCLA. In between the Soviet Union and California, she grew up in the Chicago suburbs.
In 1994, Inna was one of the stars of WTTW's annual program, The Illinois Young Performers Competition. At the age of 15, she performed Tchaikovsky with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I was present at Inna Falik's Orchestra Hall debut that evening 19 years ago because I produced a short profile of her that was part of the program. It was her debut and mine in a sense — that story was the first story I ever did that made it to air.
An occasional guest soloist on 98.7 WFMT, Faliks has also become a regular at Chicago's annual Beethoven Festival. Festival founder George Lepauw calls her "one of those trail-blazing musicians who are doing more than most to make classical music exciting and accessible.
She won't be performing in Chicago again until spring. But if you want to hear the piano played with power and grace, Faliks has just released a new recording of Beethoven masterworks on the MSR Classics label.
on May 19, 2013 May 20, 2018 by Nikki Joshi
by Steve Staruch
"A soloist in total command of her instrument … Inna Faliks' piano playing will have you shouting bravo to the radio!"
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by Margaret Sutherlin
"She is one of the few pianists I have known who can command such attention with her quietly powerful performance."
on September 28, 2012 May 20, 2018 by Nikki Joshi
by Chris McGovern
Le Poisson Rouge was the scene where pianist Inna Faliks resumed her Music/Words series with a program of classical and contemporary classical music mixed with spoken word, and immediately sprang into action with Rodion Shchedrin's "Basso Ostinato", a piece that didn't even appear on the printed program, but seemed to set a strong pace for the evening's selections. It turned out that Inna was really playing the encore first instead of last because she says that the Beethoven piece she closed with (the Sonata Op. 111; We'll get into this shortly) is so epic that it cannot be followed by an encore. It was probably a good call.
The show felt a bit odd in terms of its placement of material. While you have music that is sure to be in line with a perfectly consistent classical recital, even with the new piece by John Eaton, there was the poetry read by its author Sandra Beasley that, while I really appreciated her work and her quirky style (the volume and character of her delivery would have impressed the casting chiefs of Broadway), wasn't sure gelled within the framework of this concert. In-between Inna's selections, Beasley came on and read several original poems that were titled after lines from A.C. Baldwin's "The Traveler's Vade Mecum" (While it would have been genuinely practical for me to have read that beforehand, I haven't) as well as 2 stand-alone poems titled "King" and "Mercy". Now, it probably hurts me that I am literarily challenged to begin with, but when you have so many artists now that are merging or attempting to merge different art forms together on a single concert stage, it takes daring performances to produce the example that sets the bar–Having said this, I applaud both Faliks and Beasley for making strides in presenting this kind of concert–I still think maybe a concert with more of a new music motif would be a better placement for Beasley's material, but perhaps if her readings had been in collaboration with Faliks' piano work, I might feel differently.
Of the music that made up the rest of the concert, Faliks was a glowing presence on the LPR Yamaha Grand (whose lid had a perfect reflection of the piano harp strings from my vantage point) and gave beautiful attack on the John Corigliano piece Fantasia On an Ostinato. The ostinato in question is the theme from the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th–This is clearly becoming one of the most-quoted classical pieces in music having heard it in this context, and Zoe Keating's arrangement for solo cello. Strangely enough, Pete Seeger doodling it on the banjo was something I heard recently as well.
The premiere of Eaton's Songs of Nature…and Beyond had guest vocalist David Adam Moore and Inna performing much of the way from inside the piano–Inna had used a shot glass and a towel placed on the strings and Moore sang into the piano mike on a few lines (He even bumped his head on the lid during one of the sections, but seemed to be okay and laughed it off). The piece itself is a considerably melodic work given that the experimental nature of the performance keeps it in an edgier playing field. Moore's booming voice had a magnificent range and clarity, and his delivery of the text (two of the selected poems are from WB Yeats and Wallace Stevens) was effectively executed (EDITOR'S NOTE: I haven't read those beforehand, either).
Faliks' reading of Beethoven's Sonata #32 in c minor, Op. 111 was the finale of this concert–Played beautifully, and the piece has such a stunning presence in any concert setting with its almost swing-like Arietta, and that seemingly endless trill. Faliks indeed made the right call to switch the encore to the start of the program in order for the coda of the sonata to resonate gently into the night.
on April 22, 2012 May 20, 2018 by Michael
by Kyle Lynch
Last Sunday evening, pianist Inna Faliks closed the fourth season of her Music/Words series at the West Village institution, Cornelia Street Café, in New York City. It was an intimate affair in the Café's cozy basement theatre, and Inna was joined by soprano Samatha Malk, Brazilian pianist and singer Clarice Assad, and poet Irina Mashinski. The potpourri of solo piano, songs, and poetry readings hearkens back to old European salons of the turn of the century. Yet the evening was thoroughly enjoyable and modern.
Irina Mashinski set the mood of the first half of the concert with the opening poem "The Room" preceding piano works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Arnold Schoenberg. In the poem, a lady carefully furnishes and arranges a room—only to prepare for "an explosion." Beethoven's Fantasia in G minor, op. 77 presents a loose set of variations that continually drifts abroad to far reaching keys, different tempos and moods. If Beethoven was preparing later generations of composers to push the limits of tonality, then Schoenberg set the explosion of tonality with the early atonal work, Three Pieces for Piano, op. 11, when he "emancipated the dissonance" the year before in 1908.
Inna Faliks played with sensitivity, bringing out the lyricism and power in both pieces, and also highlighted the wry humor and abrupt shifts in Fantasia in G minor. A rarer side of Schoenberg was heard with a smattering of early songs. Influenced by the lieder of Gustav Mahler, these songs were filled with lush romantic yearnings and enchanting forest scenes. Samantha Malks sang with a clear tone and warmth, particularly in a stirring performance of "Waldesnacht". Three selections from Schoenberg's cabaret songs, Brettl-Lieder, were also delightfully presented. A solo piano transcription by Franz Liszt of an art song by Frederic Chopin, "The Wish", created an effective transition between the two sets of Schoenberg songs. Ms. Faliks deftly performed it charm and ebullience.
Irina Mashinski interspersed her poems between the movements and pieces. She created a synergy of mood by selecting poems to match the music. For Schoenberg's Three Pieces, Ms. Mashinski described scenes of urban destruction and apocalyptic anxiety, such as depictions of the legendary sunken city of Atlantis. In another poem, "The End of the World", someone ignores recent, tragic news by burying the newspaper in a trash can—only to expect the end of the world for each following day. The audience, perhaps overwhelmed by the angst stirred up from the poems and Schoenberg's atonal moodiness, only first applauded midway through the concert after the mood lightened with Schoenberg's early songs. Such can be the enveloping power of music and poetry. Any remaining tension disappeared after the applause, and the performers appeared gratified to receive the recognition.
The evening was capped off by Clarice Assad with a different sort of music. Steeped in the tradition of Brazilian popular music, Ms. Assad began singing "Falsa Baiana" while tapping out a samba rhythm on a pandeiro (a kind of Brazilian tambourine), before turning to the piano. She improvised fluidly throughout her set before ending with the Italian standard "Senza Fine". It was a wonderful way to finish a concert that began so earnestly—journeying from intense dread to a song about unceasing love.
Virtuoso pianist Inna Faliks' latest installment of her innovative Music/Words series last night was a throwback to the Paris salons of the late 1800s, in the aptly lowlit atmosphere of the back room at the Gershwin Hotel. As she describes it, the concept of the series is to match music with poetry that shares a mood or evokes similar emotions, rather than referring to specific ideas or events. As an attempt to link two worlds that otherwise don't usually intersect, it's an admirable idea. Musically, this program was extremely diverse, spanning from classical to late Romantic, with Faliks pulling one of the obscurities she's so fond of out of the woodwork as well. Lyrically, it was surreal, impactful, and relevant. Poet Tom Thompson doesn't waste words: he finds the logic in cruel irony, assembles scenes vividly yet economically, and makes connections – like the commonalities in the desires of a child at play and a hungry spider – that might seem farfetched at face value but make perfect sense as he describes them (spiders got a lot of time this time out). "The lake is tired of being a mirror…it closes its one historical eye before we ever get to use it," he observed bleakly. In an understatedly moving account of his son's experience with seizures, Thompson coldly acknowledged how in one culture, people who suffer from them get killed, while in another they're worshipped. A New York water tower became a "wholly owned subsidiary" of the dead leaves that get under the screws that hold it together; people and insects in Central Park shared a fate brought on by their inability to escape their desires. If insightfully ominous, loaded imagery is your thing, Thompson has a couple of collections out from alicejamesbooks that you should investigate.
The music was good too. In between trios of poems, Faliks alternated with pianist Dimitri Dover, who warmed up the performance with the Haydn's uncharacteristically pensive Sonata in C Minor., Hob. 16:20. A bit later, he played three selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, the best being the anxiously stately "Montagues and Capulets" scene followed by Mercutio's scampering cinematics. He joined Faliks for a perfectly synchronized four-handed take of another uncharacteristic piece, Liszt's reflective, remarkably terse Symphonic Poem #4: Orpheus, eventually ending the show with three intuitive, energetic Debussy preludes and then a rather stern take on Chopin's Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31.
Although the program put her on the bill lower than Dover and Thompson, Faliks was still the star of this show, playing with her signature blend of lithe grace and raw power, particularly as she made her way through the nocturnal scenes of Liszt's Harmonies du Soir, and then the composer's transcription of Paganini's La Campanella, which she imbued with playful charm and then maintained it all the way through the dance's knotty, rapidfire thicket of staccato. Her obscurity du jour turned out to be 20th century Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin's Basso Ostinato, a fascinatingly biting, expansively acidic prelude that built from a walking bassline to echoes of Alban Berg and Vincent Persichetti. Faliks' next program in the Music/Words series, on April 22 at 7:30 PM at the Cornelia Street Cafe with Brazilian pianist Clarice Assad and poet Irina Mashinski promises to be equally intriguing.
on February 17, 2010 May 20, 2018 by Nikki Joshi
Mastery of the piano…A powerful pianist with technique to burn, a wonderful variety of tone colors at all dynamic levels. Her Ravel is reminiscent of Argerich EMI recording… and the Rachmaninoff reminds me of the early Van Cliburn recording made in Russia with a little more boldness.
Gramophone Magazine
by Donald Rosenberg
In a programme-note introducing her new solo disc, "Sound of Verse" pianist Inna Faliks states that she was inspired by literature and poetry in choosing the repertoire. What's also intruiging about the recording is Faliks' prowess in rendering each piece with a keen combination of expressive acuity and textural clarity.
Faliks, a Ukrainian-born American pianist, plays these (Pasternak) pieces with the same concentration and attention to detail that she applies to the Ravel-beautifully limned and paced – and to Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata # 2 in the original 1913 version. Intensely felt, her Rachmaninoff abounds in poetic phrasing and finely gauged drama.
Journal and Courier
on July 17, 2008 May 19, 2018 by Nikki Joshi
"… is a rapturous work for the stouthearted pianist. The composer himself (Rachmaninoff) was a piano virtuoso with gargantuan hands, and it takes an artist with at least the same matching ego if not the digits. Inna Faliks has both … pyrotechnic performance."
The Island Pocket
"… is an authoritative performer who infuses every note with brilliance and personality … delivered with impressive accuracy and uncommon self-assurance."


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\section{Introduction}

For elliptic functions, Weierstrass' function $\wp(\Theta)$ is a very important tool.
It appears in countless applications in mathematics, physics, and engineering.
There is some interest to determine its zeros. This problem is considered as being difficult.
A formula can be found in~\cite{Eichler:Zagier}, see also~\cite{McKean:Moll}. However, to
quote~(\cite{McKean:Moll}, p.105): "There seems to be no simple way to express the roots".

In this contribution a simple expression is given for the roots of $\wp(\Theta)=0$.
The formula follows from a formula for relativistic orbits (see~\cite{Huber2010Zarm}
and~\cite{Huber2011mm}), which in turn originated from research in the field of
Cauer filters~\cite{Huber2011}. We assume that the reader is familiar with elliptic
function theory. We use the notation employed by Lawden~\cite{Lawden}.

\section{Relativistic Orbits}
\label{sec:RelOrb}

In Lawden's book (\cite{Lawden}, pp.126-129), it has been shown, that the
generalisation of the Kepler ellipse to the relativistic orbit leads to the polar equation
\[
r = \frac{1}{A + B \cdot sn^2(C \Theta,k)} \mbox{ , }
\]
where $r$ gives the distance of two bodies and $\Theta$ the angle in the plane of motion
with suitable reference.
As Lawden was mainly interested in deriving the perihel shift of the planet Mercury,
he only determined approximations of the constants $A$, $B$, and $C$.

\noindent In~\cite{Huber2010Zarm} and~\cite{Huber2011} these constants have been determined
exactly by explicitly solving the orbit differential equation for $u=1/r$ given by
\[
u'' + u = \alpha + 3 \beta \cdot u^2 \mbox{.}
\]
The dash denotes derivation with respect to the angle $\Theta$. The constants $\alpha$ and $\beta$ depend on the motion
to be considered (e.g. planetary motion, photonic motion, motion of elementary particles, etc.).
This led to
\begin{eqnarray}
\nonumber
A & = & \frac{1}{6 \beta} \cdot \left(
                                               1 - \sqrt{ \frac{1-12 \alpha \beta}{k^4-k^2+1}} (k^2+1)
                                            \right)
            \\
\nonumber
B & = & \frac{k^2}{2 \beta}\cdot \sqrt{ \frac{1-12 \alpha \beta}{k^4-k^2+1}} \\
\label{eq:C}
C & = & \frac{1}{2}\cdot \sqrt[4]{ \frac{1-12 \alpha \beta}{k^4-k^2+1}} \mbox{ . }
\end{eqnarray}
Note that the constant $C$ is invariant to the transformation $k^2 \rightarrow k'^2=1-k^2$.

\noindent The shape for the relativistic motion (and for the magnitude of Cauerfilters) has two
relevant constants, the value of $k$ and the value of the product $\alpha \beta$.
These two parameters essentially determine the trajectories (up to scaling).

\section{Simple Expression for Zeros of  $\wp$}
\label{sec:SimEx}

The orbit equation can be easily solved for the angle $\Theta =(1/C) \cdot sn^{-1}(\sqrt{\frac{1/r-A}{B}})$.
We now show the relation of the orbit equation to the Weierstrass function $\wp$.
To this end we use the relation of $\wp$ to the $sn^2$-function (see~\cite{Smirnow}, p. 553)
\[
 \wp(\Theta) = \frac{e_1-e_3}{sn^2(\sqrt{e_1-e_3} \Theta)} + e_3 \mbox{ , }
\]
or
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Smirnow}
 \wp(\Theta) = \frac{C^2}{sn^2(C \Theta)} - \frac{(1+k^2) \cdot C^2}{3} \mbox{ , }
\end{equation}
i.e. $C \stackrel{!}{=} \sqrt{e_1-e_3}$ and $e_3=- \frac{1+k^2}{3}C^2$. The value $C$ is
given by equation~(\ref{eq:C}). The angle $\Theta$ then can be expressed by the integral
\[
 \Theta = \int_{\infty}^{\wp(\Theta)} \frac{dy}{\sqrt{4 y^3 - g_2 \, y - g_3}} \mbox{ , }
\]
where $g_2$ and $g_3$ are the Weierstrass invariants which follow from the differential equation
\[
 \wp'^2  = 4 \wp^3 - g_2 \, \wp -g_3
\]
and can be expressed as sum over all non-zero reciprocal 4-th and 6-th powers respectively
of the lattice points of the adjoint parallelograms. The polynomial $4 y^3 - g_2 \, y - g_3$ factors as
\[
4 y^3 - g_2 \, y - g_3 = 4 \, (y-e_1) (y-e_2) (y-e_3) \mbox{ . }
\]
Thus with $C = \sqrt{e_1-e_3}$, $e_3=- \frac{1+k^2}{3}C^2$, and $e_1+e_2+e_3=0$ we get
\begin{eqnarray*}
e_1 & = & -\frac{k^2 - 2}{3} \, C^2 \\
e_2 & = &  \frac{2 k^2-1}{3} \, C^2 \\
e_3 & = & - \frac{k^2+1}{3}  \, C^2 \mbox{ , }
\end{eqnarray*}
which leads to
\begin{eqnarray*}
g_3 & = &  4 \, e_1 \, e_2 \, e_3 \hspace{5mm} \Rightarrow \hspace{3mm} g_3 = \frac{4}{27}\, (k^2+1) (k^2-2) (2k^2-1) \, C^6 \\
g_2 & = &  -4 \, (e_1 e_2 + e_1 e_3 + e_2 e_3) \Rightarrow g_2 =  \frac{4}{3} (k^4-k^2+1) \, C^4  \mbox{ . }
\end{eqnarray*}
Using equation~(\ref{eq:C}) we obtain the remarkably simple result
\begin{equation}
 g_2 = \frac{1}{12}- \alpha  \beta  \mbox{ , }
\end{equation}
and
\[
 g_3 =
           \frac{(k^2+1) (k^2-2) (2k^2-1)}{2^4 \cdot 3^3} \, \left( \frac{1 - 12 \alpha \beta}{k^4-k^2+1} \right)^{3/2}  \mbox{ . }
\]

To obtain a compact description of all cases we compute the discriminant of the polynomial $4 y^3-g_2 y -g_3$ which
is given by $g_2^3-27 g_3^2 = 16 \, (e_1-e_2)^2 (e_1-e_3)^2 (e_2-e_3)^2$, thus
$ g_2^3-27 g_3^2= 2^4 (1-k^2)^2 k^4 C^{12}$ which leads to
\[
 g_2^3-27 g_3^2 = \frac{(1-k^2)^2 \cdot k^4 \cdot (1-12 \alpha \beta)^3}{2^8 \cdot  (k^4-k^2+1)^3}  \mbox{ . }

\]
If the discriminant is greater than zero we have three real roots, if it is zero we have three real roots which are
not all distinct and for negative discriminant we have one real and two complex zeros. The absolute invariant
$g_2^3/(27 g_3^2)$ follows as
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:absinv}
 \frac{g_2^3}{27 \, g_3^2} =  \frac{ (k^4-k^2+1)^3}
                                                       {(k^2+1)^2 \cdot (k^2-2)^2  \cdot (k^2-\frac{1}{2})^2} \mbox{ . }
\end{equation}
The absolute invariant transforms the three cases of the discriminant to the cases that $g_2^3/(27 g_3^2)$
is greater, equal or smaller than $1$. The absolute invariant is an extremely useful tool for characterizing
the ratio of the two periods of the corresponding elliptic function.  It is immediately seen that the absolute
invariant is left unchanged by the transformations $k^2 \rightarrow k'^2= 1 - k^2$ (like $C$) and
$k^2 \rightarrow 1/k^2$.

\noindent The zeros of $\wp$ now follow from equation~(\ref{eq:Smirnow})
\[
 \frac{C^2}{sn^2(C \Theta)} = \frac{(1+k^2) \cdot C^2}{3}
 \hspace{2mm} \Rightarrow  \hspace{2mm}
 \Theta_0 = \pm \frac{1}{C}\cdot sn^{-1}(\sqrt{\frac{3}{1+k^2}},k) \mbox{ . }
\]
hence the zeros of the Weierstrass function are given by the simple expression
\begin{equation}
 \Theta_0 = \pm \sqrt[4]{\frac{4 (k^4-k^2+1)}{3 \, g_2}} \cdot sn^{-1}(\sqrt{\frac{3}{1+k^2}},k) \mbox{ . }
\end{equation}

\noindent We give some examples.

\begin{example}
Computing the length of the famous Lemniscate, one encounters the integral
$ \int \frac{dx}{\sqrt{1-x^4}}$ which can  be transformed to the integral $\int \frac{dy}{\sqrt{4 y^3 -4 y}}$.
Hence $g_2=4$ and $g_3=0$. The values of $k^2$ follow from equation~(\ref{eq:absinv}).
The possible values are $k^2=-1$, $k^2=1/2$, and $k^2=2$. We select the value of $k^2$ in the
interval $[0,1]$, i.e. $k^2=1/2$ and obtain
\[
 \Theta_0= \pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \, sn^{-1}(\sqrt{2},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}})  \mbox{ . }
\]
The approximate numeric value in the parallelogramm around zero is given by $\approx \pm 1.3110287771\cdot (1-i)$
Clearly this is the value $\pm \frac{\Gamma(\frac{1}{4})^2}{4 \sqrt{2 \pi}}\cdot (1-i)$.
Note that for $k=i$ we have Gauss' {\em Sinus Lemniscatus}
$sl(z)=sn(z,i)=\frac{1}{2} \, sd(\sqrt{2}z,\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}})$.
\end{example}

\noindent In table~I data for some values of $k$ used in the following examples are collected. All numeric values
for $\Theta_0$ given in the examples are for the parallelogram around zero.

\begin{example}
Let $g_2=7$, $g_3=3$, and $k=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}$ (see table~I). This leads to
\[
  \Theta_0   =           \pm \sqrt{\frac{2}{5}} \cdot sn^{-1}(\sqrt{\frac{5}{2}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}})
                 \approx   \pm (1.0496381-i \cdot 0.77781243) \mbox{ . }
\]
\end{example}

\begin{example}
Let $g_2=11$, $g_3=7$, and $k=\frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{\sqrt{2}+1}$. This leads to
\[
  \Theta_0 =\pm \sqrt{2} \, \sqrt[4]{17-12 \sqrt{2}} \cdot sn^{-1}(\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}+\sqrt{2}}, \frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{\sqrt{2}+1})
  \approx \pm (0.9270373 + i \cdot 0.6766441) \mbox{ . }
\]
\end{example}

\begin{example}
Let $g_2=15$, $g_3=\sqrt{2} \cdot 7$, and $k=\sqrt{2}-1$. This leads to
\[
  \Theta_0 =\pm \sqrt{\frac{2}{3}} \, \sqrt[4]{3-2 \sqrt{2}} \cdot
         sn^{-1}( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \sqrt{2+\sqrt{2}}, \sqrt{2}-1)
   \approx \pm (0.86473386 + i \cdot 0.637892607) \mbox{ . }
\]
\end{example}

\noindent We may also use the property
\[
 \wp(\lambda \Theta | \frac{g_2}{\lambda^4}, \frac{g_3}{\lambda^6}) = \frac{\wp(\Theta | g_2,g_3)}{\lambda^2}
\]
to obtain additional solutions from known values of $g_2$ and $g_3$ for any $\lambda \neq 0$.

\begin{example}
Using $\lambda=2^{1/12}$, we get the zeros of the Weierstrass function for the
case $g_2=15 / 2^{1/3}$ and $g_3=7$ from the previous example as
\[
 \Theta_0 = \pm 2^{1/12} \cdot  \sqrt{\frac{2}{3}} \, \sqrt[4]{3-2 \sqrt{2}} \cdot
          sn^{-1}( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \sqrt{2+\sqrt{2}}, \sqrt{2}-1)  \mbox{ . }
\]
\end{example}

\noindent In general for given $g_2$ and $g_3$ we can easily compute $k$ from equation~(\ref{eq:absinv}).
Using the substitution $\xi=k^2+1/k^2-1$ we get a polynomial of degree three in $\xi$ which can be solved for
$\xi$ from which $k^2$ and $k$ follows. Namely we get the polynomial
\[
  \xi^3 + a \cdot \xi -a =0
\]
where~\footnote{Note that $a$ is simply related to
the j-invariant $1728 \, g_2^3/(g_2^3-27 g_3^2)$.} $a=\frac{27}{4} \cdot \frac{g_2^3}{27 g_3^2-g_2^3}$, which solved for $\xi$ yields
\[
 \xi = \rho     \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{a}{2} +  \sqrt{   (\frac{a}{3})^3+ (\frac{a}{2})^2}} +
         \rho^2 \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{a}{2} -  \sqrt{   (\frac{a}{3})^3+ (\frac{a}{2})^2}}
\]
with $\rho \in \{ 1, e^{i 2 \pi / 3},e^{i 4 \pi / 3} \}$. Then all values of $k^2$ follow:
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:k2vonxi}
 k^2 = \frac{1}{2} \cdot  (\xi + 1 \pm \sqrt{\xi^2+2 \xi -3}) \mbox{ . }
\end{equation}
If a real solution for $k^2$ in the interval $[0,1]$ exists it is obtained by selecting $\rho=1$
and the minus sign in equation~(\ref{eq:k2vonxi}).

\vspace{8mm}

{\em Table~I: Data for some invariants} \newline

\vspace{1mm}

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline
 $k$ & $\frac{(k^4-k^2+1)^3}{(k^2+1)^2 (k^2-2)^2(k^2-\frac{1}{2})^2}$ & $\frac{g_2^3}{27 \cdot g_3^2}$  & $g_2$   & $g_3$  \\ \hline \hline
 $\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}$                       & $\frac{7^3}{3^5}$             & $\frac{7^3}{27 \cdot 3^2}$                                &  $7$  & $3$   \\ \hline
 $\frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{\sqrt{2}+1}$  & $\frac{11^3}{3^3 7^2}$   & $\frac{11^3}{27 \cdot 7^2}$                              &  $11$ & $7$   \\ \hline
 $\sqrt{2}-1$              & $\frac{5^3}{2 \cdot 7^2}$       & $\frac{(3 \cdot 5)^3}{27\cdot (\sqrt{2} \cdot 7)^2}$  &  $15$ & $\sqrt{2} \cdot 7$  \\  \hline
\end{tabular}

\vspace{8mm}

\section{Conclusion}

The simple and easy to compute expression
\[
 \Theta_0 = \pm \sqrt[4]{\frac{4 (k^4-k^2+1)}{3 \, g_2}} \cdot sn^{-1}(\sqrt{\frac{3}{1+k^2}},k)

\]
for the zeros of the Weierstrass elliptic function $\wp$ has been derived, where $k$ is given in
closed form as function of $g_2$ and $g_3$.

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Nigel Williams (né le  à Aurora, dans l'État de l'Illinois aux États-Unis) est un joueur professionnel de hockey sur glace.

Carrière de joueur

Statistiques
Pour les significations des abréviations, voir statistiques du hockey sur glace.

|2005-2006 || États-Unis || USHL ||19 ||3 ||4 ||7 ||23 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
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|2006-2007 || Badgers du Wisconsin || NCAA ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
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|2006-2007 || Spirit de Saginaw || LHO ||46 ||17 ||19 ||36 ||92 ||6 ||2 ||1 ||3 ||10
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|2007-2008 || Spirit de Saginaw || LHO ||29 ||5 ||19 ||24 ||60 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
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|2007-2008|| Bulls de Belleville || LHO ||38 ||10 ||12 ||22 ||40 ||21 ||7 ||11 ||18 ||20
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|2008-2009 || Monsters du lac Érié || LAH ||70 ||7 ||14 ||21 ||55 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
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|2009-2010 || Wolf Pack de Hartford || LAH ||56 ||4 ||16 ||20 ||50 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
|2010-2011 || Whale du Connecticut || LAH ||12 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-
|-
|2010-2011|| Crunch de Syracuse || LAH ||28 ||0 ||3 ||3 ||9 ||- ||- ||- ||- ||-

En équipe nationale

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| 2006 || align=left| États-Unis U18 || aling=left|Championnat du monde -18 ans || 6 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||18 || align=left| Médaille d'or

Notes et références

Naissance en avril 1988
Naissance à Aurora (Illinois)
Joueur américain de hockey sur glace
Joueur de hockey sur glace des Badgers du Wisconsin
Choix de repêchage de l'Avalanche du Colorado
Joueur du Spirit de Saginaw
Joueur des Bulls de Belleville
Joueur des Monsters du lac Érié
Joueur du Wolf Pack de Hartford
Joueur du Whale du Connecticut
Joueur du Crunch de Syracuse
Défenseur de hockey sur glace

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SAPS under fire for 'discriminating' against poor
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Nobody wants to become a crime statistic yet the crime figures released recently show the probability of this happening to the average South African remains high. Despite crime affecting all citizens across communities, their experiences may vary depending on certain factors.
Murder in double digits
This week on the same day MPs in the National Assembly debated the scourge of crime in the country, another taxi violence bloodbath in which at least ten people were killed in KwaZulu-Natal made headlines. For the second time in just over a month, a double-digit figure was put to murder victims of yet another violent crime incident. This follows an earlier shootout in the Marikana settlement in Philippi East that left at least eleven people murdered and another seven people were reportedly killed in a related incident the same night. These figures are consistent with crime statistics published last week which shows yet another increase in the murder rate. According to the statistics, an average of 52 people is murdered in the country every day.
These incidents show poorer and mainly black communities continue to carry a disproportionate burden of violent crimes yet policy is not sufficiently addressing this reality. EFF MP Sam Matiase told MPs during the debate on crime in the National Assembly Tuesday the "real panacea to crime and criminality lays in addressing the socio-economic structural flaws of apartheid and colonialism". "Our people are trapped in ghettos and townships where they have no prospects of a life, but to resort to crime and criminality," he said.
Police minister Fikile Mbalula, in turn, is also on record admitting during this debate it is poor black communities who bear the brunt of violent crime yet the police still make pronouncements on how to tackle it with a forked tongue. Even Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police in its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report saw it fit to avail two lines in the entire report for a recommendation on the matter stating, "the policing model should make provision for equity of policing services in urban, rural and deep rural areas and geographic divides". It is also recommended this must include "clear provision of police resources to historically disadvantaged areas that do not discriminate against areas which have disproportionally high crime rates or is economically disadvantaged".
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Only time will tell if SAPS will heed this recommendation as not all in police structures necessarily agree with this sentiment. The police still dig in its heels in an ongoing court application that seeks to compel SAPS to revise how it allocates police resources in communities. The Social Justice Coalition and Equal Education are among the applicants in the case that is expected to be heard in the Equality Court later this month. The applicants argue SAPS' allocation system discriminates against poor and disadvantaged black communities. SAPS, however, disagree. Provincial Head of Organisational Development and Strategic Management in SAPS Brig. Preston Voskuil in his answering affidavit maintains more police resources is distributed to communities with high levels of reported serious crimes and that race plays no part in this decision.
An interesting dynamic at the heart of this issue, however, is SAPS considering reported crimes as among the factors in determining how resources are allocated. In the latest Victims of Crime Survey released by Statistics South Africa, however, it was found low levels of trust and confidence in the police can influence the reporting of crimes. The survey found white South Africans are more likely to report a crime than black South Africans. Senior Researcher at the SJC's Safety and Justice Programme Dalli Weyers told ParlyBeat the level of underreporting of crimes in black communities is to be expected due to the breakdown of trust between police and these communities. "Crime stats should be looked at in conjunction with the Victims of Crime Survey which found a year on year decrease in willingness to report a crime in working-class black communities and an increase in the lack of trust that police will assist them as victims of crime." Taken from the perspective of serious crimes being underreported in poorer black communities, a failure to allocate resources where it is clearly needed most, then becomes indefensible and the allocation system irrational, the SJC maintains.
Much has been said on Twitter platforms to Parliament about keeping South Africans safe yet it is the political will to address the systemic policing challenges, that is needed. An unambiguous statement regarding the allocation of police resources may well be a good start considering the pending court application.
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The Telstra Diabetes Management Online Service features real-time alerts and messages using SMS or emails to the patient and care team to allow virtually real-time monitoring. Alerts can be customized to include messaging for high/low readings, trend warnings, low testing frequency, and other parameters that are key to improving personal care.
Before launching the Telstra Diabetes Management Online Service, Telstra and Entra Health Systems conducted an extensive 6-month field study in Australia of the use and acceptance of this new technology. The results of the study indicated that patients tested more frequently, their records were more accurate and the results gave them new insight into the management of their condition. More than 80 per cent of the study participants involved are continuing to use the new service.
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The Adventist Church condemns xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Bern, Switzerland, [A. McChesney, Adventist Review, CD EUDNews]. April 21, 2015. The Seventh-day Adventist Church condemned xenophobic attacks in South Africa that have killed at least seven people and started provided hot meals to hundreds of people d
April 21, 2015 | A. McChesney, Adventist Review, CD EUDNews.
Bern, Switzerland, [A. McChesney, Adventist Review, CD EUDNews]. April 21, 2015.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church condemned xenophobic attacks in South Africa that have killed at least seven people and started provided hot meals to hundreds of people displaced by the violence.
South African police have detained 300 people in connection with the outbreak of attacks on foreigners in recent days.
The seven dead include a Mozambican national who was stabbed to death in Johannesburg and six people — men from Ethiopia and Mozambique, a man thought to be from Zimbabwe, and three South Africans — killed in Durban.
Some citizens have accused African immigrants of taking their already scarce jobs, undermining businesses owned by locals and contributing to a high crime rate. The nation's unemployment rate is about 25%, according to government figures.
But resentment over porous borders, growing crime rates, poverty and corruption are also a major concern, analysts say.
"There is no justifiable reason to warrant the senseless violence and prejudice, bringing shame to a new and free democratic South Africa," said Paul Charles, communication director for the Southern Africa-Indian Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
"To embrace true freedom means to renounce a spirit of domination, abuse, or violence against people," he said in a statement. "Without reservation, our leadership and almost 3.5 million Seventh-day Adventist members in southern Africa condemn all these senseless and horrendous acts of violence and hatred."
He said the attacks have also affected Adventist believers, but did not elaborate.
The Adventist Church in South Africa has teamed up with the local branch of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency and the Adventist-operated Meals on Wheels Community Service to feed and provide other assistance to more than 1,500 people, said Tankiso Letseli, president of the church's Southern Africa Union Conference.
"We have identified persons who have been displaced by xenophobic violence," he said in a statement.
Letseli said church leaders were looking for additional ways to assist people in restive districts of Johannesburg, which has a population of about 4.5 million, and Durban, population 3.5 million. "We are also trying to mobilize the support of ADRA International … so that we can increase our reach," he said.
ADRA International said Monday that it would offer assistance.
"The response is going to consist of hygiene kits that include buckets, bathing soaps, laundry soap, and sanitary towels to 312 families," ADRA spokeswoman Natalia López-Thismón told the Adventist Review.
She said additional information would be released later in the week. "We are just waiting to hear more from ADRA South Africa," she said.
Letseli appealed to local Adventist believers to work with ADRA and Meals on Wheels in helping people, and he urged any affected by the violence to cooperate with the authorities in order to bring the attackers to justice.
"We all, each one, regardless of our nationality, color, or creed, are made in the image of God (Colossians 1:15) and take the issue of human dignity very seriously," he said. "This constrains us to treat one another as brothers and sisters and an injury to one affects us all."
Letseli pointed to Leviticus 19:33, 34 as the Bible's final word on how to treat foreigners. It says: "If a foreigner lives with you in your land, you are not to mistreat or oppress. Foreigners living among you must be treated like your own people. Love them as you love yourself."
"May God help us renounce all forms of violence," Letseli said. "May He grace us with the strength to embrace peace in all its dimensions. May He give us the determination to uphold every person's dignity. May He also create in us the will and the passion to work for the freedom of everyone until the One who is coming comes."