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SIE Library Sichos in English Sichos In English Volume 5
Shabbos Parshas Emor, Erev Lag BaOmer, 17th Day of Iyar, 5740 (1980)
Pesach Sheni, 14th Day of Iyar, 5740 (1980)
Lag BaOmer, Address to the Parade, 18th Day of Iyar, 5740 (1980)
1. Today is Erev Lag B'Omer. The Alter Rebbe's Siddur notes that during Minchah on Erev Lag B'Omer, no Tachnun is said. On Shabbos, the prayer 'Tzidkoscha Tzedek' is also omitted. Hence, we can see that the celebration of Lag B'Omer begins on the afternoon prior to it.1
Lag B'Omer is particularly connected with R. Shimon bar Yochai. There are two aspects to this connection: first, in regard to his status as one of R. Akiva's students and second, in regard to his own unique characteristics.
The Talmud declares that R. Akiva had 24,000 students who passed away during Sefiras HaOmer because they did not show proper respect towards each other. The plague ended on Lag B'Omer. This is difficult to understand. The Torah rarely expresses criticism of an individual, as our sages commented, "The Torah did not speak in a derogatory manner even about an impure animal." If so, why does the Talmud teach us about the faults of R. Akiva's students?
The concept can be explained as follows: Each one of R. Akiva's students had reached the summit of his particular path of service to G‑d. Each had developed a connection to G‑d in a unique personal manner; internalizing this path of service so thoroughly that it permeated his entire existence. He could not conceive that another path of service could be correct. Therefore, they did not show proper respect to their colleagues. The lack of respect came from honesty. On the verse which describes how Joseph's brothers "could not speak peaceably to him," Rashi comments, "From their criticism, we can learn their praise. They did not speak one way with their mouth and another with their heart." Similarly R. Akiva's students were so involved with their own path of service, with transcending the limitations of the world and connecting themselves to G‑d, that they could not appreciate the value of another path.2 They were concerned with their spiritual fulfillment. As such, they turned away from life in the world and hence could not relate to a different path of service.
A similar concept is connected to the service of Aharon's sons, Nadav and Avihu who died "as they drew close before G‑d." Their service represented a high level of devotion, a rung so elevated that it surpassed the level of Moshe and Aharon.3 Nevertheless, their service was considered a sin because it ignored the elevation and refinement of the world. Similarly, in regard to the service of R. Akiva's students the Talmud declares, "The world was desolate," i.e. despite the great heights they had reached in connection to G‑d, they had not elevated the world.
The students of R. Akiva who survived did so because their service placed the emphasis on the refinement of the world. This change is connected with Lag B'Omer because this is when the plague ended.
The above is related to R. Shimon bar Yochai since he belonged to the second category of R. Akiva's students. He himself further emphasized this quality in his own service. The Talmud relates that after R. Shimon and his son R. Eliezer emerged following their thirteen year ordeal hiding in the cave, R. Eliezer "destroyed" portions of the world because people "forsook eternal life and engaged in temporary life" (they occupied themselves with material affairs rather than the study of Torah). "Wherever R. Eliezer destroyed, R. Shimon healed." R. Eliezer was on a high spiritual level, as R. Shimon declared, "I have seen superior men (lit. men of ascent) and they are few... if they are two, they are myself and my son."4 Nevertheless, R. Shimon achieved greater heights: he "healed" (i.e. was involved with the refinement of) the world.
Through our work in refining the world we become "G‑d's partner in creation." Even though the creation of the world was ex nihilo (something from absolute nothingness), an act that by definition cannot be equaled by the achievements of man, a finite creation,5 we still have the potential to become full partners in creation.
This concept can be explained in terms of the statement of our sages, "The north side (of the world) is not enclothed." Why, if someone were to say, "I am a G‑d," as Pharaoh declared, "The river is mine and I made it," we can tell him, "Go finish the enclosure of the world. Seal the north side." Nevertheless, a Jew through his service does have the potential to "seal the north side." The phrase "for the increase of the realm" — L'Marbeh HaMisrah — which refers to Moshiach is written with a closed Mem. (Generally, a closed Mem is only used at the end of a word.) An opening in a letter reveals a lack of completion. In Messianic times, even those places which by nature are left uncompleted, for example the closing of the letter Mem or the closing of the north side, will attain fulfillment.
The same concept is brought out by the statement of the Medrash on the verse, "All His work which G‑d in creating made." Literally that verse could be interpreted, "All His work which G‑d created to make" — the Medrash comments, "to make — to fix." G‑d had created the world in a manner in which it can be fixed by the Jews' service.6
R. Akiva's later students, particularly R. Shimon bar Yochai, emphasized an even higher rung, a service above the elevation of the world. They were involved in the transmission of G‑dly influence in the world.
The difference between their service and the service of elevation can be explained in terms of the difference between Torah study and prayer. Prayer represents the service of elevation, going beyond one's self and returning to one's source. Torah draws down G‑dly influence into the world. This represents a higher level.
On the surface, this statement is difficult to understand. Prayer is a process in which the soul rises above itself and connects to G‑d. The Hebrew word for prayer — Tefillah — is derived from the root 'Tofal,' meaning connection. The Baal Shem Tov commented that it is a wonder how a Jew can remain alive after prayer. Prayer is such an all encompassing experience, he should have expired. Given this, how can Torah study be above the level of prayer? The answer is that since a Jew must always "proceed higher in holy matters," even though through prayer he has reached a very high level, he must proceed through Torah study to a higher rung.
The same principle applies in regard to the two categories of students of R. Akiva. R. Akiva placed a stress on the service of Mesirus Nefesh — self sacrifice. Throughout his life, he sought this service.7 Hence, his first category of students focused on the quality of self transcendence. However, R. Akiva also had the ability to transmit G‑dliness into the world. The Talmud (Chagigah 14b) states that four sages entered into a mystic experience; three suffered serious consequences, and only R. Akiva "entered in peace and went out in peace." In his case, both the elevation above the world and also the return to the world were "in peace," in a state of fulfillment. The second category of students focused on this category. They brought the quality of peace into the world. This is accomplished through the service of Torah study, as the Book of Proverbs declares, "Its ways are pleasant ways and all its paths are peace." Similarly, the Rambam writes that the Torah was given to establish peace in the world.
These two types of service also dominated two different periods of R. Shimon bar Yochai's life. During the thirteen years he spent in the cave, he was involved with the transcendence of the material. Even in regard to the performance of Mitzvos, he was forced to perform certain Mitzvos — e.g. Matzah — on the spiritual plane and not through actually eating Matzah. When he left the cave, he proceeded to a higher level: he fulfilled Mitzvos in deed and action. The Talmud Yerushalmi declares that even though "Torah was his profession," R. Shimon stopped studying to construct a Sukkah.8
In terms of the above, we can explain the difference between Erev Lag B'Omer and Lag B'Omer itself. Erev Lag B'Omer represents the service of elevation; Lag B'Omer represents the transmission of influence into the world, the service of R. Shimon and the second category of R. Akiva's students. This concept can be seen in the dates of these occasions. Erev Lag B'Omer falls on the 17th of Iyar. In Gematria, Torah numerology, 17 equals Tov — good. Lag B'Omer falls on the 18th of Iyar. In Gematria 18 equals Chai — life. The Rebbeim have explained that Chai Elul (which commemorates the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe) brings life into the service of Elul. Similarly, Chai Iyar, Lag B'Omer, brings life into the service of Iyar.
The service during the month of Iyar is that of "Is-hopchah," the transformation of the material world.9 The seventeenth of the month represents a state of goodness, fulfillment of that service. However, a higher level is possible. When G‑d created the world, "He saw that it was good," He created man in order to elevate the world to an even higher level. That level is alluded to in the fact that Lag B'Omer falls out on Chai Iyar.
The second category of students received from R. Akiva the quality of "entering in peace and going out in peace." The uniqueness of that service can be explained by a closer examination of this expression. On the surface, all four entered in peace. However, the fact that R. Akiva left in peace, that he was able to return and draw his spiritual service into the physical world, revealed that his entry was also on a higher level. If one's elevation and striving for G‑dliness cannot be expressed within the world, then it is lacking. The ultimate state of fulfillment is to draw "peace" down into the world.
Though there were five (or seven, according to many Talmudic references) students in the second category, the one who stood out as the epitome of this service was R. Shimon. He reached the ultimate of connection to G‑d, as the Zohar declares, "With one knot I am tied to You." Yet, he was able to draw down the secrets of Torah into Niglah (the revealed, exoteric realm of Torah study) and also into the world to the point where "even the children of the world" studied the secrets of Torah. Thus, he "entered in peace" i.e. reached the highest levels and "went out in peace," drew them down into the world.
This same concept is reflected in the celebration of Lag B'Omer. On one hand, Lag B'Omer is a day of great joy.10 Simultaneously, this joy is drawn down into the world in a manner which "heals."
2. The above applies to Erev Lag B'Omer every year. This year, Erev Lag B'Omer falls on Shabbos. All the days of the week are blessed from the preceding Shabbos. This year there is no separation between Lag B'Omer and the Shabbos which blesses it.
In general, one cannot prepare for the activities of the coming week on Shabbos. "Shabbos cannot prepare for a weekday." However, one is allowed to call attention to the needs of the community on Shabbos. (This is particularly true when the event in question occurs on Sunday, and there is no time in between.) In doing so, one does not minimize the holiness of Shabbos. On the contrary, one adds to the fulfillment of Shabbos. Just as the blessing which Shabbos brings to the days of the week enhances the power of Shabbos, so too, does the announcement of the community needs.
When Lag B'Omer comes directly after Shabbos, it adds to the eagerness with which we would prepare for it. There is a great difference between the excitement about something that will take place directly after the preparation and something that will occur sometime later.11 Hence, the calling of attention to the needs of Lag B'Omer of this year will be stronger than usual and this will lead to greater involvement in those activities.
This brings us to another concept. On Shabbos, and likewise on Lag B'Omer, we do not recite Tachnun. The refraining from this recitation results from the fact that the essential holiness of the day brings about the same effects as would have been achieved through reciting Tachnun. Hence, in a year such as the present, there is a greater period of time in which the service of Tachnun is achieved by spiritual influences above man's potential. This, in turn, strengthens the service of Lag B'Omer itself.
3. There is also a lesson that can be learned from Parshas Emor. This portion has a unique connection with children as emphasized by our sages' comment on its first verse: "To warn adults regarding children." There is also a clear connection between Parshas Emor and Lag B'Omer. The Zohar quotes R. Shimon as saying, "I am seeing now what has not been seen by any man from the day Moshe ascended to Mt. Sinai the second time (to receive the second tablets)." The second tablets were given on Yom Kippur, the celebration of which is specifically mentioned in Parshas Emor. Also, since R. Shimon's service was involved in bringing everything into revelation, we can conclude that R. Shimon is also related to the celebration of Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah, the day on which the spiritual influences of Yom Kippur are revealed. The celebration of these days is also described in Parshas Emor. Since Emor is related to Jewish children and also to R. Shimon bar Yochai, it follows that there must be an effort to communicate the teachings of R. Shimon bar Yochai, the inner aspects of Torah, even to children. Through these efforts the adults will also benefit: "And they that are wise, shall shine as the splendor of the firmament" with this work of yours... through which they will leave this exile with mercy" (Tanya, Iggeres Hakodesh Ch. 26).
4. Before it was mentioned that children must be connected with the teachings of R. Shimon bar Yochai. The Zohar teaches that in the time before Moshiach's coming, "In the sixth century of the sixth millennium, the portals of wisdom above, and the fountains of wisdom below will be opened." The inner secrets of Torah will be spread throughout the world and "even the children of the world" will know "hidden wisdom." R. Shimon was able to communicate the secrets of Torah even to "children of the world" i.e. worldly children, those outside the realm of Torah.
This is the reason why lately I have stressed the importance of being involved with children, not only those children that receive a kosher education, but even "children of the world" — those who are found in the streets. All four sons — not only the wise, but also the wicked, the simple, and the one who didn't know — attended the Seder and furthermore, "the Torah spoke about four sons." The Torah spoke about all four sons of Pesach, confident that afterwards we would continue to work with these children throughout the year.
The involvement with the children of the world is related to the Talmud's statement, (B. Metzia 85a), "He who teaches Torah to the son of an 'am ha-aretz', even if the Holy One, blessed be He, makes a decree, He annuls it for his sake." Furthermore, when he makes a decree, then "the righteous will decree and G‑d will fulfill it." If someone wants his wishes fulfilled, whether they be for his own personal benefit or for that of the entire Jewish people, he should involve himself with the education of the children of 'amai ha-aretz.' Furthermore, such efforts have the power to save him from suffering,12 even the suffering of 'Chevlai Moshiach.' Surely, everyone has already taken part in these activities,13 but more effort is necessary. This is particularly true regarding the parade that was organized to commemorate the rejoicing of R. Shimon bar Yochai. Even though only a few hours remain until Lag B'Omer, still more work can be done, and therefore more success can be achieved. Now is the time for "Grab and eat, Grab and drink"; at present in the time of 'Ikvos of Moshiach' (the generation before Moshiach), there are no limitations of time. We can "acquire our world in one hour."14
There are certain particular points that are relevant to the Lag B'Omer parade. The parade should include "the three pillars on which the world stands: Torah, Avodah (service of G‑d) —which can be performed through the saying of blessings — and deeds of kindness." It should at least involve the two kinds of service, "Zion will be redeemed by judgment (Torah study) and those who return to her by Tzedakah."
Also, according to the principle, "The jealousy of scribes increase wisdom" (B. Basra 21a), it is proper that an essay contest be held; and for the children to submit their descriptions of the parade and the Torah activities that occurred. Separate contests should be held for boys and for girls. In order to facilitate the awarding of the prizes, it is proper for each child to submit their essay to their own school and the principal of each school will pick the best essays from every class and submit them to the central office. This should also be done in all other places where a Lag B'Omer parade or assembly is being held.
Everything should have a continued effort. Therefore, it would be appropriate to print the essays in a book.15 It should be aesthetically pleasing in all aspects: e.g. binding. This, in turn, will lead to a greater circulation of the book throughout the world. Understandably, the knowledge that their essays will be printed in a book will further encourage the children to write.
Since we must prepare ourselves for the ingathering of the exiles, it is fitting that each child should write in the language in which he or she can best and most easily communicate his or her feelings. This book should include all the different languages. The order of presentation should be first "the Holy tongue" — Hebrew. Afterwards, it should include Russian, for Chassidus was born and developed in that country16 and also in the last years of Golus, the greatest majority of both the general populous and also the scholars of Israel were found there. Next should come English, because today English is the language with which we can reach the most Jewish children.17 Also it should include Persian, because the Jews of that country are in special need of salvation, and all other languages.
These efforts will lead to the fulfillment of the prophecy, "A great congregation will return there." Through Ahavas Yisroel our people will be fused into one congregation and they will return to our holy land through Moshiach. Then the children will "recognize Him first."
5. The parade should not consist of a "meal" after which the children will depart, but rather they should be given something connected with Torah and Mitzvos that will serve as a reminder of the parade. Also, in regard to the essay contest mentioned above, it should be limited to those under 18 or 20 and it would be better, in order not to offend anybody, to limit it to those under Bar and Bas Mitzvah. Then the essays should be printed in a book that should be well-publicized. That book should also include pictures of the children at the parade. The pictures should be taken in a manner that they will include all the children at the parade and later the child will be able to identify himself in the picture. This will cause more excitement among the children, because everyone, even an adult, is excited when his picture is printed. Then, later, when the child grows up, he will show his picture to his own grandchildren and explain that it was taken at the celebration of Lag B'Omer, R. Shimon bar Yochai's day of joy. Thus, he will also tell him about R. Shimon.
If there are those who are worried about the expense of printing such a book, they should know that "a community never becomes poor" and that if proper efforts are made, the money can be found.
From the parade of Lag B'Omer and the dancing in this celebration, may we proceed to dance to greet Moshiach, who will bring the true and complete redemption, speedily in our days.
There is another connection between the two. According to the custom of reciting Chitas (daily, Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya), the first 'Aliyah' of the coming Parshah is connected with Sunday. That same Aliyah is also read during the Minchah service on Shabbos. Hence, Shabbos afternoon is related to the Torah portion that is connected with Lag B'Omer.
The differences between Joseph and his brothers stemmed from a similar problem. Joseph's path of service was on a different plane than that of his brothers and hence was not appreciated by them.
Note the commentary of the Or HaChaim in Acharei Mos and the Ma'amar Acharei Mos 5649 [also note Wellsprings of Chassidus Yom Kippur, Essay 4].
The above mentioned quote raises a question. R. Shimon says (Sukkah 45b), "If there are a thousand, I and my son are among them; if a hundred, I and my son are among them; and if only two, they are I and my son." Similarly, the Medrash Rabbah (Bereishis 35:2) says, "if there are thirty... if ten, if five, if two, they are I and my son; if there is but one, it is I." How is it possible for there to be doubts before G‑d? The explanation is as follows: As explained in the paragraphs to follow, it is possible for man to become "a partner in creation." There are certain things that are left in question by G‑d and must be decided by a court of law in the physical world. In Tanya, the Alter Rebbe writes that if there is a question in the heavenly academies, G‑d and his hosts come to hear the decision of a Jew in the physical world.
In Tanya, Iggeres HaKodesh 20, the Alter Rebbe writes: "G‑d's Being is of His Essence, and He is not, Heaven forbid, caused by any other cause preceding Himself. Therefore, He alone has it in His power and ability to create something out of an absolute naught and nothingness, without this "something" having any cause preceding it."
That service began when G‑d placed Adam in Gan Eden to "work it and guard it" and was intensified after the sin of the tree of knowledge. Then the service of Teshuvah, the return to the source, began.
The Romans tortured R. Akiva to death for teaching Torah. During this ordeal, he recited the Shema. His students were amazed at his devotion. He explained to them, "All of my life, I have been anxious about the verse, 'Love the L‑rd your G‑d with... all your soul." I asked when I would have the opportunity of fulfilling this."
The emphasis is on the construction of the Sukkah. Even though building a Sukkah is merely the preparation for a Mitzvah, and not a Mitzvah in its own right, R. Shimon took time off from his studies to do so.
In this context, it possesses an advantage over the month of Nissan, whose service is that of "Is-cafia, "bending back the influence of evil. Because of this advantage, Iyar is called the second month, i.e. a further state of progression than Nissan.
(Similarly, Pesach Sheni is called the second Pesach, implying it possesses certain advantages over the first Pesach. [In some texts, it is referred to as "the small Pesach," implying a secondary structure, but most texts refer to it as the second Pesach].)
Rabbi Avraham Halevi, one of the AriZal's students, would recite the prayer 'Nacheim' lamenting the destruction of the Temple each day (and as understood from the story, even on Shabbos and festivals). When he recited this prayer on Lag B'Omer, [he suffered a severe loss — the loss of a son.]
The AriZal explained he shouldn't have recited that prayer on R. Shimon's day of joy. (The above is connected with the concept that R. Shimon was above the destruction of the Temple.)
This is reflected in Torah law. The poor of one's own city are given precedence over the poor of another city, because of their closeness to oneself.
There are many levels of suffering. The Talmud explains that suffering includes even a situation in which someone wanted to take a particular coin out of his pocket and instead he took out a different one. Working with these children can prevent even these sufferings.
Surely, no one is merely sitting on the side, doing nothing, and criticizing the words of those who are doing. No one who has a connection to the Previous Rebbe could adopt such a position arguing that it does not befit his honor to let himself go and descend to the level of children. The Previous Rebbe sacrificed his life to educate every Jew and to educate his followers that they should be concerned with deed and not with honor.
The Hebrew word for hour, 'Sha'a,' also means turn. In this context, that definition is more proper.
Since the intention is to perpetuate the effects, it is proper that a book be printed and not merely a pamphlet.
At that time, Russia included much of what is now Poland and Romania.
Afterwards, the Rebbe mentioned that because of its widespread influence, English should precede Russian.
Lag BaOmer, After Maariv, Eve of the 19th of Iyar, 5740 (1980)
3rd Day of Parshas Behar-Bechukosai, To the Children, 20th Day of Iyar, 5740 (1980)
Shabbos Parshas Behar-Bechukosai, Mevarchim Chodesh Sivan, 24th Day of Iyar, 5740 (1980)
Half Day Fast, 5th Day of Parshas Bamidbar, Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 5740 (1980)


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SVG taking wait-and-see approach on how NBA will handle hacking fouls
In his most definitive remarks on the subject yet, NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters Thursday in New York that a new rule to address Hack-A-Shaq fouls could be in place by the start of next season.
Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy has been a vocal proponent of addressing the growing use of intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters, but he expressed some caution Friday.
"You'd have to see what they do, what the change is, how the rule is written and everything else," Van Gundy said before the Pistons faced the Cavs for Game 3.
"What we do as coaches is try to do whatever we can within the rule book, so we'd have to see how it was written. My concern would be if they're gonna change it, they have to truly change it and you've gotta make sure and really take some time and think of how coaches are going to get around it."
Silver told reporters he is looking at it as a length-of-games issue. SI.com reported that the commissioner cited data saying it takes three or more intentional fouls to add 11 minutes to a game.
Coaches are fouling more and more with Pistons center Andre Drummond, who shot 35.5% from the line this past season, a frequent target.
"To me, what it comes down to is and what it should come to is the fans," Van Gundy said. "If they like it, then we should keep it the way it is. If they don't, make a change."
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Erich Priebke (29. července 1913, Hennigsdorf, Německé císařství – 11. října 2013, Řím, Itálie) byl německý válečný zločinec. Za svou vinu při usmrcení více než tří set civilistů v březnu 1944 byl až v roce 1998 odsouzen na doživotí. Ze zdravotních důvodů si však mohl trest odpykávat v domácím vězení v Římě. Dopadení tohoto bývalého velitele nacistických oddílů SS trvalo téměř 50 let – po válce se mu totiž podařilo zmizet v Argentině, kde se později stal hoteliérem.

Dne 29. července 2013 oslavil 100. narozeniny. Před jeho domem v ten den demonstrovaly desítky demonstrantů, kterým vadilo jednak to, že se za své činy nikdy veřejně neomluvil, jednak mírnost jeho vězení – po Římě se totiž mohl pohybovat zcela volně; při nákupech, procházkách či v restauracích byl pouze doprovázen ochrankou.

Masakr v Ardeatinských jeskyních
Šlo o jednoho z hlavních aktérů brutálního masakru civilistů v Ardeatinských jeskyních u Říma 24. března 1944. Nacisté, mezi nimi též Karl Hass, zde v reakci na partyzánský útok proti jednotce SS zavraždili 335 civilních rukojmí, z toho 75 Židů. Při útoku totiž zahynulo 33 německých vojáků a podplukovník SS Herbert Kappler rozhodl, že za každého mrtvého Němce zemře deset Italů. Priebke sám přiznal, že onoho osudného dne dva muže zastřelil a poté v seznamu "odškrtával" další Italy. Při procesu se však cítil nevinen a obhajoval se tím, že pouze plnil své povinnosti.

Filmové zpracování
O masakru v Ardeatinských jeskyních vznikl film:
 Masakr v Římě, 1973

Život v Argentině
Po válce se mu podařilo uprchnout z britského zajateckého tábora a s pomocí rakouského biskupa Aloise Hudala se dostal do Argentiny. Italové po něm začali pátrat od roku 1946. V roce 1948 se konal první proces s viníky masakru, Priebke byl souzen v nepřítomnosti. Asi od roku 1949 žil v argentinském horském středisku Bariloche, stal se úspěšným hoteliérem. Působil také jako ředitel zdejší německé školy a prezident Německo-argentinské kulturní asociace.

Klíčem k jeho dopadení se stala kniha francouzského spisovatele argentinského původu Estebana Bucha Malíř z argentinského Švýcarska z roku 1991. O tři roky později k němu dovedla reportéra americké televize ABC Sama Donaldsona. V rozhovoru s ním přiznal účast na masakru s tím, že jen poslouchal rozkazy. Následně byl zatčen a koncem roku 1995 vydán k soudu do Itálie.

První soudní proces začal v květnu 1996. V něm byl sice uznán vinným, ale kvůli třicetileté promlčecí lhůtě osvobozen. Verdikt soudu vzbudil obrovskou vlnu rozhořčení. V červenci 1997 byl odsouzen k 15 letům vězení, následujícího roku jej odvolací soud poslal na doživotí. V únoru 1999 získal povolení odpykat si ze zdravotních důvodů trest v domácím vězení.

Karl Hass, který se vedle něj na masakru u Říma také podílel, měl v jeho procesu původně vystupovat jako svědek. V jeho průběhu byl však sám obviněn a stejně jako Priebke odsouzen na doživotí.

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Apr - 04 | By: Oregon Film | 2 comments.
As part of its 50th Anniversary, Oregon Film has teamed up with the Hollywood Theatre to bring several films shot in Oregon back to the big screen – earlier this week was this month's offering, "My Own Private Idaho." Gus Van Sant's Shakespearean tale with River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves follows two friends, Mike and Scott, as they embark on a journey of personal discovery that is mostly set in Portland but takes them to Mike's hometown in Idaho and finally to Italy in search of Mike's mother. Visually and stylistically stunning in every way, "My Own Private Idaho" brings together many of the best attributes of the contemporary "Oregon Cinematic" genre. It was presented on a 35mm print and movie-goers were lucky to have DP, Eric Edwards stay for a Q & A after the show.
I am sure that you will be including the film, "House of Last Things." This Portland based Independent film based in Portland, OR with director Michael Barlett! The film includes Emmy award winner, RJ Mitt.
Diane Dalton, AKA Sarah Dunne in this film.


Cleaning is just so much easier with a cordless handheld vacuum.
Cleaning is just so much easier with a cordless handheld vacuum. But you want one that's powerful enough to do tough jobs. Good news! The Dyson Cyclone V10 Motorhead makes short work of spills, allergens, and pet hair.
The Dyson Cyclone V10 Motorhead's ultra-efficient torque drive cleaner head makes short work of dirt and allergens.
It's Dyson's most powerful cordless vacuum yet, thanks to the Dyson digital motor V10, and the ultra-efficient torque drive cleaner head. The V10's fully sealed filtration system traps 99.97% of microscopic particles, so you and your family can breathe easy.
The V10 Motorhead is powered by a seven-cell nickel-cobalt-aluminum battery that provides up to 60 minutes of powerful suction. A three-position switch lets you choose the right amount of power required for the job at hand.
The V10 Motorhead functions as both a stick vacuum and a handheld portable unit. Because it's totally cordless, it's an awesome car vacuum. It makes short work of dirt, pet hair, and even graham cracker crumbs.
I love the ease of this vacuum. It's so lightweight and easy to take anywhere in the house. I also love the suction power. Just wished the battery lasted a little longer on the max setting. I contemplated returning it because of this but the positives outweighed the negative so I'm keeping it.
Overview: The Dyson Cyclone V10 Motorhead is a cordless vacuum cleaner that is designed to clean floors, carpets, upholstery, and hard-to-reach places. It is powered by the Dyson digital motor V10, the smallest, lightest, and strongest Dyson produced to date. Its clear 0.14 gallon dust bin is slightly smaller than the V10 Animal and V10 Absolute. The vacuum weighs only 5.5 pounds, and is powered by a 25.2 volt, 2600mAh rechargeable battery. It comes with three attachments, and is covered by a 2-year limited warranty.
Digital Motor V10: The Dyson Digital Motor V10 rotates at up to 125,000 rpm to create the suction power of a big, corded vacuum. It has a new ceramic spinning shaft, cured at 1600°C, making it three times harder than steel with half the density. Dyson's patented cyclone technology generates forces in excess of 79,000g in its 14 cyclones to pull microscopic particles into the bin. The air accelerates from 45mph to 120 mph inside the cyclones as the reach the narrowest points to create the centrifugal forces to capture fine particles.
Balanced Cleaning: The Cyclone V10 Motorhead is easy to use because it offers balanced cleaning, whether you're cleaning the floor or above the floor. The center of gravity is located towards the grip, which makes it easy to move the cleaning nozzle where it needs to go, especially when cleaning up high. When the motorized floor tool is attached, more weight is distributed toward the floor, giving you more balance as you maneuver the cleaning head around obstacles on the floor.
Dirt Ejector: The unit has a clear dirt bin with a volume of 0.14 gallons (1.12 pints). When the debris in the bin reaches the MAX level, it can be easily emptied. Pressing down a red lever releases the bin, allowing it to slide away from the center shaft. The door on the bottom of the bin opens to eject the dirt. Once emptied, the door and bin slide and click back into place.
Washable Filter: The Cyclone V10 Motorhead has a single washable lifetime filter that easily twists off of the top of the motor for removal. It is recommended that the filter be washed with cold water at least once a month. It should be allowed to completely dry over a 24 hour period before reusing.
Docking Station: The Dyson Cyclone V10 Motorhead comes with a convenient, wall-mountable docking station. The included power supply plugs into the docking station, so the battery is being charged whenever the unit is docked. The docking station also includes storage for the Combination Tool and the Crevice Tool.
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We miss you already, but looking at your pictures and knowing you are out there in Nature makes us love you all the more. Be safe friends! We think of you everyday and will send you positive trail vibes! By the way, Camden sends her love and says you are her heroes!


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Q: how to send this JSON Array from android to server using retrofit I want to send this parameter in request and tried to send a simple array list but that was not working
"Language": [
    "string","string","string"
  ]

A: If "Language" is key and ["string1","string2","string3"] is value then create method in interface as below.
@FormUrlEncoded
@POST(LINK_API)
Call<ResponseModel> getResponse(@Field("Language") String languageArray);

and call it using interface instance like this :
JSONArray languageArray = new JSONArray();
languageArray.add("string1");
languageArray.add("string2");
languageArray.add("string3");

String langArray = languageArray.toString();

Call<ResponseModel> responseModel = apiObject.getResponse(langArray);

responseModel.enqueue(...);

This will work perfectly.

A: try post query with field parameter as string..
convert your jsonObject to String using,
String b = json_object.toString();

At Server Side, convert string back to JsonObject or whatever else you need.

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Q: No natural scrolling or two-finger right click option in gui and dconf editing not working - Ubuntu 20.04 with Unity desktop as the title indicates I cannot enable natural (australian/reverse) scrolling. I have checked the usual location, (system settings -> mouse and touchpad) but this is a minimal menu with no mention of scrolling. I then edited the dconf database with the dconf editor GUI, I set all natural-scrolling booleans to true, but this also did not work. Finally I tried using xinput but I can't even see the touchpad name in xinput (virtual core input or something, but not a real hardware device). I am using a Huawei matebook D 14. I would also like to enable two-finger right click as this option is also nowhere in settings. The mouse and touchpad settings seem so incredibly minimal that I am wondering if I am missing configuration files or something, surely there are more than 2 settings related to the mouse or touchpad in ubuntu. I have attached screenshots of my mouse and touchpad settings and d-conf gui window.
Thanks in advance for any advice, and if there is no easy solution please let me know as I will simply go back to normal gnome desktop.
Thanks for reading
EDIT: The output of xinput as suggested below
EDIT 2: Output of xinput list-props 11:
Device 'ELAN2204:00 04F3:3109 Touchpad':
Device Enabled (149):   1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (151): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000,
0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
libinput Tapping Enabled (302): 0
libinput Tapping Enabled Default (303): 0
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (304):    1
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (305):    1
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (306):   0
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (307):   0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (308):  1, 0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (309):  1, 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (286):   0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (287):   0
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (310):    1
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (311):    1
libinput Scroll Methods Available (288):    1, 1, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled (289):   1, 0, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (290):   1, 0, 0
libinput Click Methods Available (312): 1, 1
libinput Click Method Enabled (313):    1, 0
libinput Click Method Enabled Default (314):    1, 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (315):    0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (316):    0
libinput Accel Speed (293): 0.000000
libinput Accel Speed Default (294): 0.000000
libinput Left Handed Enabled (298): 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (299): 0
libinput Send Events Modes Available (271): 1, 1
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (272):    0, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (273):    0, 0
Device Node (274):  "/dev/input/event8"
Device Product ID (275):    1267, 12553
libinput Drag Lock Buttons (300):   <no items>
libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (301):   1

EDIT 3:
Thanks to Pilot6's helpful advice, I have discovered that a command that enables natural scrolling:
xinput set-prop "ELAN2204:00 04F3:3109 Touchpad" 286 1

the 286 refers to the number of the property for natural scrolling. My only question now is how to make sure this runs on start-up. I will investigate and post my answer if I find one.

A: To enable Natural Scrolling in libinput add
Option "NaturalScrolling" "true"

to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf.
It should be added before EndSection to the touchpad section.
Unity desktop GUI app can't use libinput options.
You can switch to synaptics by
sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-input-libinput
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-all


составить предложения из слов 1. I,wash,can,the floor,not. 2. they,can , TV,watch? 3.can,she,look,me,at. 4. to you, listen,we,can? 5. he,ask,me,can. 6.
what,do,can,you? 7. can,where,I, this book, find? 8. who,translate, can,this text?
1. I can't wash the floor.
2. Can they watch TV?
4. Can we listen to you?
7. Where can I find this book?
8. Who can translate this text?
Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present или Past Simple.
1. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock every day. 2. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock yesterday. 3. My brother (to wash) his face every morning. 4. Yesterday he (to wash) his face at a quarter past seven. 5. I (not to have) history lessons every day. 6. We (not to rest) yesterday. 7. My brother (not to drink) coffee yesterday. 8. My mother always (to take) a bus to get to work, but yesterday she (not to take) a bus. Yesterday she (to walk) to her office. 9. You (to talk) to the members of your family every day? - Yes, I .... But yesterday I (not to talk) to them: I (to be) very busy yesterday. 10. You (to come) home at six o'clock yesterday? - - No, I .... Yesterday I (to come) home from school at half past eight. I (to be) very tired. I (to have) dinner with my family. After dinner I (to be) very thirsty. I (to drink) two cups of tea. Then I (to rest).
A. It was cold and windy in Madison Square, Soapy didn't like it. Winter was coming and it was time for him to look for shelter. Three months in prison on the was what he wanted. There he was sure of a little food and a bed, safe from winter wind and the cold. For years prison had been his shelter during winter. Now the time had come again.
2-they /can/ TV / watch?
4-to you/ listen /we /can?
7-can/where/I / this book /find?
Составить предложение со словом miracle.
с этим словом: narrow The hero had _______ from aliens in the film I saw last night. 2) I was wide awake during the English lesson! Составит с этим словом: fast I _____________ during the English lesson! 3) I can`t wait until the summer holidays! Составит с этим словом: Forward I`m ___________ the summer holidays! 4) The subject I really do well in is history. Нужно составить с этим словом: good The subject I _________ is history.
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The Deep Dive is a six-day offsite in nature. Its purpose is to shake off stereotypes, forge a deep bond and take initiative. The outcome is a group of change makers with start-up ideas in the field of eco-tourism or sustainable agriculture.
The Deep Dive is a transformational change experience. People camp out in rugged nature. They follow an intensive program of physical activities, individual assessment and joint problem solving. They learn about local cultural traditions and the natural ecosystem. They feel responsible for protecting these and understand its potential for revitalizing their own community. They work on the challenges these ecosystems face and develop start-up ideas.
These ideas are reworked into a set of business propositions, using lean start-up methodology. These propositions are interlinked to form a business cluster. A cluster of connected start-ups is more resilient and is more likely to survive the critical first years. All propositions are embedded in the local community.
After the Deep Dive, participants return home and join the Springboard for the duration of two months. The Springboard is the business development phase. The objective is to prototype and improve the propositions. The start-up teams help each other and look for maximum synergy between their business operations. The focus is on low-tech, low-investment solutions that make smart use of available community resources.
The working principles of the Springboard are action learning, cooperation and self-governance. Classroom teaching is limited to elementary guidelines. The overall group performance takes precedence over individual performance. Coaches provide feedback and monitor group dynamics. Industry experts and entrepreneurs provide mentoring support.
The two-month incubation concludes with an open-air community dinner. The inspiring dinner setting and the broad audience rekindle a common identity shaped by local geography, intertwined fortunes and cultural traditions.
At the dinner, the group presents the proposals. Their goal is to win community-wide backing in terms of emotional and financial support, manpower and political endorsement.
An expert jury evaluates the proposals and awards a grant to cover start-up costs. The grant will be bestowed on the condition that all proposals together constitute a viable cluster.
Four months after launch, we help stage a trade event where the start-ups meet representatives from the international tourism, agriculture and hospitality industry with a vested interest in the sustainable development.
After one year, a new round of programs will start in adjacent areas to develop new clusters, with the participants of the first program now in a mentoring role. The clusters will together form a regional entrepreneurial network and broaden the impact. An online platform will be introduced to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration.
The goal of climbing big mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise away the entire process.


Sold as a Set of 2 - One purchase is enough for both carburetors on the Yamaha V STAR 1100 & DragStar 1100s. All makes and years.
The V Star 1100 Maxmix -Pro idle Mixture Thumbscrew. The Maxmix -Pro promises to be the industry benchmark in quality and ease of use.
The Maxmix Idle Mixture Thumbscrew for the V Star 1100 allows you to adjust the pilot mixture circuit on the fly. Handy for fine tuning changes in weather, temperature or for changes in altitude.
The Idle Mixture Screw is the most common adjustment, needed on your motorcycle's carburetor.
Adjusting this screw properly, can compensate for changes in altitude, weather, temperature etc.
Proper adjustment, to meet changing conditions can drastically improve drivabilty and performance, as well as reducing gas consumption and wear and tear on your motor.
Imagine being able to adjust your idle mixture on the fly - without a screw driver. Well now you can with the NEW Maxmix idle Mixture Thumbscrews!!
If you have tried to adjust your carbs before without these...and then you decide to rejet or better yet install the pro kit, then the little extra for these screws is a No Brainer. Installed mine and marked them after the recomended starting point with a drop of red paint on the outsid of each screw so I knew where the starting point was for fine adjustment. Great product, and saves a lot of frustration later down the road. Thaks Max.
What I did when installing these with the Preditor Pro kit was to mark them with a Perminent Ink Marker so that the mark is visable when gently seated to the outside of installed carb...meaning I can see them when carb is installed and simply count the turns. Great when adjusting to find that perfect spot. Can't do that with the stock screws. A must have.
The most necassary item for your VSTAR with or without the MAX PRO. My bike runs smoother not because the Original wasn't any good, but because these allow easier access for adjustment. Just make sure to follow the MAX Tip and mark the Knob as per instructions. My wife's nail polish worked well!


"Down with the Big Bang;" "The Big Bang Theory Goes Kerplooey;" "The Big Bang Theory Explodes;" "Sorry, Big Bang Theory is a Dud;" "Map Challenges Theory of Universe;" "Astronomers' New Data Jolt Vital Part of Big Bang Theory;" "Quasar Clumps Dim Cosmological Theory." These have been titles of a few of the articles found in newspapers and science journals in the last two or three years, as the Big Bang theory has received one body blow after another.
"but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up" (II Peter 3:10).


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Disabled woman files suit against police after bodycam footage shows officers tasing her while she was restrained. Police say 'not so fast.'
Police arrested 34-year-old Lauren Gotthelf in 2017, and footage of her interaction with officers has been released to the public.
In the bodycam footage, sheriff's deputies can be seen apparently deploying a taser gun on Gotthelf as she is restrained in a chair.
Gotthelf filed a lawsuit last week against Boulder County Sheriff's deputies in connection with the 2017 incident.
Why was she arrested to begin with?
Officers initially arrested Gotthelf in Boulder, Colorado, for allowing her service dog off its leash in public and smoking at a mall.
She initially refused to sign a ticket in connection with the two apparent violations, which prompted officers to arrest her and transport her to Boulder County Jail for processing.
What are the details of the video?
In the video, Gotthelf can be heard arguing with officers in her jail cell. One of those officers, Sgt. Chris Reiss, can be heard telling the woman that she will be placed on suicide watch. It is unclear what prompted Reiss to notify Gotthelf that she would be placed on suicide watch.
In the video, another officer can be heard saying, "You just said, 'I'll just kill myself; I'll just hang myself.'" Gotthelf fires back, insisting she said no such thing.
"You guys are nuts," she adds.
After the exchange, officers transport her from her cell to a chair and place a spit hood over her face. Officers restrain Gotthelf in the chair, and she can be seen resisting the restraints, apparently prompting Reiss to deploy the taser on her.
"You piece of f***ing s***, you tased me for no reason!" Gotthelf shouts.
What is the sheriff's office saying?
The office says it has "factual disagreements" with Gotthelf's allegations.
On Friday, the department issued a statement on the pending litigation.
"We have factual disagreements with the allegations within the lawsuit filed against the Boulder County Sheriff's Office regarding the use of force against Ms. Lauren Gotthelf, who was booked into the Boulder County Jail on November 25, 2017," a portion of the statement read.
Gotthelf, the department said, was "disruptive," and as a result, was placed in a holding cell after her transport to the jail.
"Staff tried to de‐escalate her behavior, but Ms. Gotthelf was argumentative and unrelenting," the statement continued. "She refused to comply with repeated commands from two separate deputies."
The statement added that Gotthelf was uncooperative and refused to enter a cell.
"She planted her feet and braced her legs to prevent movement," the statement continued. "She was wearing socks and deputies had to slide her across the linoleum floor into the cell because of her resistance and refusal to move."
Gotthelf also reportedly shouted "negative, vulgar, and racist comments to deputies" for at least 45 minutes, according to the statement.
"Due to her resistive behavior the restraints on the chair could not be secured," the statement continued. "She was given several verbal commands to sit in the chair and stop resisting but continued to buck her body and be physically resistant."
When she did not comply, the sheriff's office said, a "sergeant touch-tased her once with the 'drive-stun' setting in the left thigh for pain compliance."
"To secure her head, a deputy applied a hypoglossal hold," the statement continued. "Even after these techniques, Ms. Gotthelf continued to be uncooperative, but deputies were finally able to properly apply all of the restraints."
The office insisted that medical staff monitored Gotthelf, and that no one in the department used excessive force against her.
"The facts of this situation demonstrate, and the video supports, that the officers' use of force was reasonable and in good faith," the statement added.
What else do we know about the lawsuit?
Gotthelf's lawsuit — which accuses the sheriff's office of using excessive force and disability discrimination — alleges that officers kept her in the restraint chair for four hours after tasing her.
Mari Newman, Gotthelf's attorney, said the treatment was unacceptable.
"That's not going to help somebody who's suicidal. That's just sadistic," Newman said.
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The Widetrack Chronicles 89: 2021 in Review
Happy New Year! We hope 2022 is a great year for you!
We're looking forward to the a fine one ourselves... But first, let's look back at some of the highlights of the…
The Widetrack Chronicles 87: Our Driving Motivation
At some point in our lives, each of us is asked, "What positive contribution(s) are you making/did you make to the world? How did you, in your own small way, leave it a…
The Widetrack Chronicles 86: Update (November 2021)
Ron here... A couple new updates to report in the world of Widetrack...
Packing all the activity he can into his senior year of high school, Zach has been busy young man... But…
The Widetrack Chronicles 85: Update (October 2021)
Having a musical partnership of one band member attending his senior year in high school, with a demanding scholastic and social activities schedule, and the other working a demanding day job, presents certain…
The Widetrack Chronicles 84: Our opening slot for Last In Line was a blast!
The Widetrack Chronicles 84:
Our opening slot for Last In Line was a blast!
Last Sunday, August 22, we played our second live show last together, in this present incarnation of Widetrack as a two-piece entity... and what a blast…
The Widetrack Chronicles 83: Crofoot show a smashing success!
Crofoot show a smashing success!
A live show... FINALLY!
This show was supposed to happen in April of 2020... To say that it was worth the wait would be an understatement... We had an absolute blast!!…
The Widetrack Chronicles 82: Current Highlights
Things have been moving at a pretty rapid pace for us in these newly-post-pandemic times... Which is a good thing, as there's never time to waste these days...
As previously announced, we've been…
The Widetrack Chronicles 81: The Ticking Clock
Time is a crafty illusionist... At the risk of veering into the cliche, it seems like only yesterday that Zach played his first show with Widetrack...
At the young age of 12, he…
The Widetrack Chronicles 80: Update
It's been a while since we sent out an email update, but rest assured we've been keeping busy as ever...
In case you missed it before, we released a "new-old" E.P. called Lineage... It's…
The Widetrack Chronicles 76: Activism of Consciousness
2020's been a game-changer year thus far... Many plans come to naught, much uncertainty taken root... The good, the bad, the ugly...
Looking at the world today, it's hard to remain positive about…
The Widetrack Chronicles 73: The Process
With the completion of each new album cycle, there are a wealth of important lessons learned that we apply to the making of the next one...
To us, creating music is a continuous process…
The Widetrack Chronicles 68: What is "Alterna-Prog"?
Wihile preparing for the release of our new album, we're now at the stage of figuring out how to promote it...
This phase is always the most challenging, as expertise…
The Widetrack Chronicles 67: Official Video for 'Tribal'
The Widetrack Chronicles 67: Official Video for Tribal
We are most pleased to present to you the first official video from our forthcoming new album, The Unwakening...
The clip was filmed and directed…
Widetrack Chronicles 65: Tribute to Neil Peart (by Ron Tippin)
The Widetrack Chronicles 65: Tribute to Neil Peart (by Ron Tippin)
Neil Peart passed away on January 7, 2020 at the age of 67... He is survived by his second wife and his 10 year old daughter...
For most of…
The Widetrack Chronicles 66: The New Album: Post-Creation/Pre-Release Thoughts
The final step before sending a completed album to the digital distributor is the mastering process, which is, basically, getting all the songs the same volume, EQ, etc. so they all…
Widetrack Chronicles 64: The Fourth Album (full details and artwork)
The Widetrack Chronicles 64: The Fourth Album (full details and artwork)
It pleases us greatly to announce the official release details of our fourth album...
The Unwakening
Zach Tippin: bass and guitar
Ron Tippin:…
The Widetrack Chronicles 63: Oblivion
At last we come to the final track of our 2019 monthly songs...
We've been excited about this one ever since its humble origins in late 2018… A ton of hard work went into…
The Widetrack Chronicles 62: Cursed
Our 2019 monthly song for November is called Cursed and will be track 11 on the forthcoming fourth Widetrack album (title TBA)... (One more to go... ?)
This song came together…
The Widetrack Chronicles 59: Terra
For an overview of the entire album storyline, click here:
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"The usage of 'Terra' as a name for the planet Earth is particularly common among English-language science fiction writers. 'Terra' had been the official…
The Widetrack Chronicles 58: The Rift
All too often, we find ourselves breaking off from friends and family, telling ourselves "I don't need that person in my life" in…
The Widetrack Chronicles 51: Tribal
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5 tech predictions for 2023 and beyond
A Scania self-driving truck is pictured on a motorway south of Stockholm. While the Swedish company is hardly the only automotive maker to offer autonomous vehicles, it is the first in Europe to pilot their use while actually delivering commercial goods.
With several global crises occupying our daily lives, it's important to see where we can use technology to solve these hard human problems. Today, we have more access to data from wearables, medical devices, environmental sensors, video capture and other connected devices than we have had at any point in the past.
When combined with cloud technologies — like computer vision, machine learning, and simulation — we are starting to get a glimpse of where that powerful blend of information and application can take us.
The next wave of innovators and inventors are already building solutions to reforest the planet, keep our youth active, and reimagine the supply chain from the warehouse to delivery.
And this is truly just the beginning. As access to advanced technology becomes even more ubiquitous — as every facet of life becomes data that we can analyse — we will see a torrent of innovation, and this will proliferate in 2023. So here are five predictions:
1. Cloud technologies will redefine sports as we know them
Like music and video, sports will become data streams that we can analyse. The insights that these will unlock will transform the entire sports industry and redefine what it means to play — and experience — every game.
In the coming years, every facet of every sport will undergo a digital transformation, and this will happen at every level of play, from youth basketball to professional cricket.
Top leagues, like the Bundesliga and the NFL, have started using video streams, wearables, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and more for real-time analytics and insights. Looking ahead, these capabilities will continue to advance, and the technologies will become an omnipresent force in nearly every sport, at every level.
Imagine a scenario where a coach can use computer vision and biometric data that is analysed in the cloud in real time to pull a player before they cramp or concede a goal, replacing them with the most well-rested teammate, something now quantifiable. This simultaneously improves player safety and increases the game's competitiveness.
In the not-so-distant future, we will reach a point where teams are running constant "what-if" simulations in the background during every game, enabling them to better predict the impact of their decisions in the moment. Technology itself will become the competitive foundation for professional sports.
2. Simulated worlds will reinvent the way we experiment
Spatial computing. Simulation. Digital twins. These technologies have been slowly maturing for years, but the everyday impact has been limited. This is quickly changing, and in 2023 the cloud will make these technologies more accessible, enabling a new class of use cases unbound by physical constraints.
Simulations are used to build better race cars, predict weather and model the stock market. But the difficulty of building and running simulations is a barrier. Take a fluid dynamics simulation for a jet wing or race car as an example, where it may take up to 150 terabytes of data just to simulate one second of a real-world scenario.
However, this is quickly changing with technologies like AWS SimSpace Weaver, the first of many technologies that will pave the way for a future where nearly anything can, and eventually will, be simulated.
Simulations will help us make better decisions about the roads we construct, the ways we organise our warehouses, and the ways we respond to disasters. We can peer into the future to see the impacts of our efforts, running numerous "what-if" scenarios that answer our questions without having to wait and see what the impact might be many years down the line.
3. A surge of innovation in smart energy
Energy-storing surface materials. Decentralised grids. Smart consumption technologies. In 2023, we will see rapid development on a global scale that improves the way we produce, store and consume energy.
The environment around us produces more than enough renewable energy. The challenge is actually with storage and on-demand delivery to the systems that need to consume that energy.
Companies across the globe are innovating in this space. The cloud is enabling materials research science for novel use cases, such as integrating energy storage into the structure of the objects they aim to power. Imagine a shipping vessel where the sides of the ship are actually the batteries that power it on its journey. We are also starting to see breakthroughs in long-duration storage, like molten salt, stacked blocks and fuel cells.
Another area is the decentralisation of energy. With uncertainty around energy availability, some communities are turning to microgrids to sustain themselves, reducing their reliance on traditional energy companies and their ageing infrastructure.
4. Supply chain transformation
In 2023, adoption of technologies such as computer vision and deep learning will propel the supply chain forward. Driverless fleets, autonomous warehouse management and simulations are just a few of the optimisations in the pipeline.
The change will start with the manufacturing of goods themselves. IoT sensors in factories will proliferate, and machine learning will be used to not only predict equipment and machine failures, but to prevent them. Less downtime means consistent production.
Shipping those products across the globe is a whole other challenge. Digital freight networks powered by the cloud will traverse countries, even oceans, providing real-time data that will allow carriers to optimise with the most efficient shipping routes and change course in response to inevitable events.
These freight networks will set the stage for the first cross-country autonomous truck shipments. An autonomous truck can be on the road for 24 hours. There are no mandated breaks, and the technology never gets tired, impatient or distracted. Products get where they need to go faster, safer and more efficiently.
Upon arriving at a local warehouse, robotic picking, order sorting, and automated packing will become more commonplace.
5. Custom silicon goes mainstream
The use of purpose-built chips will rapidly increase in 2023. As a result, the pace of innovation will accelerate as workloads take advantage of hardware optimisations that maximise performance, while lowering energy consumption and reducing costs.
Custom silicon and specialised hardware have been quickly gaining traction in the consumer technology industry. Everything from our laptops to our mobile phones to our wearable devices is seeing significant leaps in performance with the fabrication and adoption of custom silicon.
While adoption has been quick in the consumer space, the same hasn't been true for business applications and systems, where software and hardware traditionally have longer refresh cycles. However, this will quickly change in the coming years as the accessibility and adoption of custom silicon takes hold.
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The Who developed from an earlier group, the Detours, and established themselves as part of the pop art and mod movements, featuring auto-destructive art by destroying guitars and drums on stage. Their first single as the Who, "I Can't Explain" (1965), reached the UK top ten, and was followed by a string of hit singles including "My Generation" (1965), "Substitute" (1966) and "Happy Jack" (1966). In 1967, they performed at the Monterey Pop Festival and released "I Can See for Miles", their only US top ten single. The group's 1969 concept album Tommy included the single "Pinball Wizard" and was a critical and commercial success.
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March 25th 2013(India) : Virtus Consultancy Services from UAE, partnered with Empxtrack Inc. the leading provider of SaaS based HR software.
Under the agreement, Virtus Consultancy will provide marketing, sales and application consultancy and administrative and support services for Empxtrack. Virtus will offer Empxtrack as part of their buffet core HR services. Empxtrack, an on demand human resource and talent management software, covers all areas of Human Resources including Employee Performance Management, Applicant Tracking and Recruitment, HRIS, Payroll Software, employee Self Service and many more features with a ready- to-use solution.
"This partnership announcement with Virtus is another step in our journey to build on our foundation in UAE and become leaders in the HR automation domain", said Tushar Bhatia, President Saigun Technologies.
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'Never did I face a struggle like that': Haitian migrant escapes Del Rio border crisis
John Lafontant spent two days under the bridge in Del Rio, Texas, before fleeing to Mexico to avoid expulsions to Haiti, his home country.
Story by Lauren Villagran | Photos by Omar Ornelas, El Paso Times
Published 12:15 pm UTC Nov. 29, 2021 Updated 12:15 pm UTC Nov. 29, 2021
John Lafontant had lost his wallet.
Gone were his last 500 pesos, or roughly $25 in cash; a Border Patrol-issued number that held his place in what he thought was a line to seek asylum in the U.S.; and a tiny card with his brother's address in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Despair welled up in the most desperate of places.
Lafontant, 33, had spent the last 48 hours in a sprawling migrant encampment in Del Rio, Texas, in mid-September. Thousands of Haitians had found safe passage and a chance at a life in the United States through Del Rio in previous months; their success spurred Lafontant and others to try, as well.
Lafontant had hoped to find a door in Del Rio to the United States, which he called "the greatest country in the world."
Nothing prepared him for the welcome he found: more than 14,000 people, including families with children, waiting outdoors for days or weeks without adequate shelter, food or potable water but with Border Patrol tickets in hand.
"I thought the U.S. would receive a migrant another way," he said. "But receive us like a dog, like a pig? Not like that. Not like that."
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He had arrived too late. Corralled in squalid conditions on U.S. land between the Rio Grande and the border wall, the encampment flew in the face of the Biden administration's promise that the country could have "an orderly, secure, and well-managed border while treating people fairly and humanely."
The national political uproar — a mix of anger from the left over the treatment of Black migrants and frustration from the right at the number of migrants seeking entry — drove the administration to crack down, hard.
They would send the Haitian migrants back to Haiti, a country plunged deep into political chaos and violence. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported processing more than 6,800 Haitians in September and October under the Title 42 pandemic rule that allows the government to return migrants to Mexico or their country of origin.
Lafontant worried about what to do next.
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We may be the poorest nation but the greatest history of Haiti, everyone knows. The U.S. should receive us for the history we made."
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After two nights sleeping on cardboard in the camp, sleeping in the Texas humidity, he woke up trembling with a fever.
Still, he lined up for another Border Patrol number and held on to the new red-and-white ticket like something in a raffle to be lost or won. Agents were calling up more people each day, pulling them out of the camp and into custody. To what end, he didn't know.
Then his brother called with an urgent message.
"He told me, 'They are deporting people! Get back to Mexico,'" Lafontant said.
"I went back so they didn't deport me, too," he said. "But all of the friends I knew in the camp were deported to Haiti with their women, their children, everyone."
Shifting ground for Haitians
Lafontant, gentle and gregarious, had left Haiti nearly a decade before.
He learned Spanish in the Dominican Republic: "I'm no professor," he said, "but I can defend myself." He worked a grueling job in Chile, pouring the preservative sulfur dioxide into vats of wine. He had crossed 10 countries overland to reach the U.S. border and still could laugh about the many indignities on the journey — a survival instinct.
It was while working at the Chilean winery, alongside dozens of other Haitian laborers, that he first heard about the border crossing between Ciudad Acuña and Del Rio in 2020 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He had worked the job for three years and believed the sulfuroso, a chemical listed as sulfites on bottles of wine, "damages the lungs, it damages everything. If you smell it, it can kill you. If it gets in your eye, you can lose your eye. It's dangerous."
John Lafontant on security in Haiti
If they can kill the president of the country, with all his armed guards, what of regular men?
The ground was shifting for Haitians who had immigrated to Chile.
Briefly a South American land of opportunity for Haitians, life in Chile had become harder. The right-wing government of Sebastián Piñera was cracking down on immigrants, refusing to renew visas and work permits granted under the previous, left-leaning administration of Michelle Bachelet. The pandemic dried up many of the jobs available to the newcomers.
Word spread person to person, on Facebook and WhatsApp that there were opportunities in Mexico — and potentially in the U.S.
Dozens, eventually hundreds and then thousands, of Haitian people began trying their luck at the crossing between Ciudad Acuña and Del Rio. Many were granted an opportunity to make their case to stay in the U.S.
"People were saying Acuña was the best border," la mejor frontera, he said, "where you could cross and they wouldn't bother you; they would forgive you."
He wanted something more. For his 4-year-old son in Haiti. For himself.
A few of his 19 brothers and sisters had emigrated to the U.S. in years past; one brother reached the U.S. border but decided to make a life in Tijuana, at Mexico's northwestern frontier. Lafontant and his brother in Tijuana shared a religion as Seventh Day Adventists, but Lafontant was quick to say that he has never left his fate entirely in God's hands.
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"Everything that I have, I give thanks to God," he said, "but I am always trying to be courageous, siempre luchando, luchando," always struggling, fighting for something better.
He told his employer in Chile he needed permission to leave, lying that he planned to return to Haiti for his child, who he supported with his earnings. He kept photos of the boy on his cell phone wearing pressed shirts and clean sneakers and a serious expression.
Lafontant packed a backpack with three changes of clothes and deodorant. No matter what happened, he said, he would need a clean change of clothes.
"You can be low on money but if you look clean cut, if you look well-dressed, you can meet anyone," he said.
On May 23, he got on a bus to Bolivia. The route he would take north to Ciudad Acuña had been mapped in mensajitos, in messages over social media, by an ever-growing network of migrants who had made the journey before him.
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Nine countries later, he arrived in Tapachula, Chiapas — Mexico's own Ellis Island.
What it took to get there: More buses than he can remember. Walking four days through mountainous jungle linking Colombia to Panama. Facing criminals who robbed him and did worse to many others.
"I spent a month on the road," he said. "It is truly dangerous. When someone can't walk anymore, the river takes them. I only lost two toenails, but many people die. Many people die."
Through the spring and summer, thousands of Haitians were making the journey from Chile to Mexico at great financial and personal sacrifice. Tapachula was full of those who had survived the journey, everyone in need of the same things at once: shelter, a job and legal documents to work and travel in Mexico.
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John Lafontant spent two days at a migrant encampment in Del Rio, Texas.
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All were in short supply.
The country's refugee agency, the Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados known as COMAR, couldn't help the migrants fast enough. From January to September, COMAR would accept more than 26,000 applications from Haitian nationals, a sharp increase from fewer than 6,000 applications in all of 2020.
Lafontant submitted his application and burned through $2,000 waiting in Tapachula for four months, with no response.
Three times he tried to leave Tapachula without the papers he needed to travel legally in Mexico. Twice, immigration agents and police picked him up and returned him to Tapachula.
The third time, on the week of Mexico's Independence Day festivities, he and other Haitians boarded an overnight bus to Mexico City.
In the middle of the night, somewhere on the monstrous city's outskirts, immigration agents climbed aboard. Lafontant said they pulled every Haitian off the bus, saying they would have to come to the offices of the Instituto Nacional de Migración, the National Migration Institute, to prove their status.
"They were trying to arrest me, and I said to them, "How, if I've been living here in Mexico for two years? I cannot be arrested. And I convinced them."
"That was at 1 o'clock in the morning. Around 4 p.m. the next day they let me go," he said. "And I left for Acuña."
Haitians had been arriving at the Southwest border steadily for years but they began to arrive in increasing numbers in the spring. U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered or apprehended more than 1,200 people in April. The number more than doubled in May, then doubled again in June to more than 5,900.
In September, when Lafontant successfully made it out of Tapachula, the U.S. reported encountering 17,638 Haitians at the Southwest border. The majority of them, including Lafontant, had gone to Del Rio.
'I can't go back to Haiti'
He arrived at the Ciudad Acuña bus station just after dawn on Thursday, Sept. 16, and took a taxi to the river's edge.
On the other side he found a city in the dust.
People were wading by the hundreds through the Rio Grande to the U.S. They built lean-to shelters with stalks of Carrizo cane, an invasive species growing wild. They draped blankets and clothes to fashion roofs and laid cardboard for the floor. Those with means and foresight popped up nylon tents. There wasn't enough food or fresh water. People were bathing in the river and going to the bathroom on the ground, before the U.S. government eventually brought in portable toilets and potable water.
"Never in my life did I face a struggle like that — never," he said.
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Those on a migrant's journey often say they go with God, that their faith gives them the endurance to survive adversity. Haitians came fortified, too, with the power of their history, hailing from a country founded by former slaves who liberated themselves. They rebelled against a colonial power, won and founded their own nation.
Lafontant held onto a belief that the U.S. would greet Haitians as a people who had fought for their independence, as Americans had.
"We may be the poorest nation but the greatest history of Haiti, everyone knows," Lafontant said. "The U.S. should receive us for the history we made."
Lafontant dove into the encampment's makeshift economy, crisscrossing to Mexico for food, bottled water and diapers to sell in the encampment for a fee ― earning the 500 pesos tucked in the wallet he lost.
When it went missing, he asked around for it. Someone said someone else had it and would turn it over for 200 pesos, about $10. The wallet never turned up.
The Biden administration began sealing off the route that had drawn so many to the rural Texas crossing.
The Department of Homeland Security shut down the Del Rio port of entry on Friday, Sept. 17, closing the international bridge to traffic. On Saturday, Sept. 18, the agency issued an advisory: It would "accelerate the pace and increase the capacity of removal flights to Haiti" over the next 72 hours. The administration drew on the powers afforded it under Title 42, the rule still in effect that allows the government to quickly expel migrants, including asylum seekers.
Multiple repatriation flights began departing daily, leaving El Paso, San Antonio and other Texas airports.
"I can't go back to Haiti," he said.
Things weren't getting better in his country, which had plunged into chaos following the July assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The government at every level had disintegrated. Gangs were running the streets of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The State Department in November would issue a dire security alert urging U.S. citizens to leave the country and warning them that the government would be unable to help them if they stayed.
"There is no security," he said. "If they can kill the president of the country, with all his armed guards, what of regular men?"
Going to Tijuana, 'to see if life might change'
Having heeded his brother's warning, Lafontant found himself stuck in Ciudad Acuña. He was out of money and hungry.
Lafontant believed he had one last, best chance in Mexico. One of his 19 brothers had settled in Tijuana after coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in an earlier wave of Haitian migration.
"I thought I would get to Baja California, to Tijuana," Lafontant said, "to see if life might change."
Lafontant called friends in Chile and relatives in the U.S. to scrounge up the bus fare to Mexicali via Monterrey, a regional transportation hub. The ticket cost 2,362 pesos, or $115, plus another 330 pesos, or $16, for the last leg to Tijuana. He spent everything he had on the bus tickets. It was Tuesday, Sept. 21. He hadn't eaten in three days.
A bus driver took pity on him, gave him money for a meal — the low point, Lafontant said. He can't forget what it felt like to be that hungry.
One week later, he had a place to sleep in a room off a Seventh Day Adventist Church undergoing a messy remodeling in a hilly working class neighborhood on the city's east side. He found a job at a maquiladora factory polishing metal for automotive and industrial parts.
He worked 5:45 a.m. to 3:45 a.m. five days a week for 2,000 pesos, or about $100.
He burst out laughing at the absurdity: $400 for a month's work in a city where rent easily runs that much and more.
But no one in Tijuana bothered him or called attention to the color of his skin. Mexico's perennial immigration crackdowns — focused on preventing migrants from reaching the U.S. border — often exempted Tijuana, which had become something of a safe haven. Thousands of Haitians before him had set down roots in the city south of the California border, working or studying while waiting for opportunities in the U.S. His brother, the Adventist, planned to stay in Tijuana and would soon be married.
Lafontant organized his papers to present again to COMAR. For now, he was starting life over in Mexico.
Among the memories of his 48 hours in Del Rio was a photo on his phone: the second, red-and-white Border Patrol ticket on which he briefly hung his hopes, now worthless and lost somewhere on the road to Tijuana.
Lauren Villagran can be reached at lvillagran@elpasotimes.com.


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