text:
\section{Introduction.}

In this paper we discuss a uniqueness theorem for some classes
of bounded analytic functions, where the conclusion $f(z)\equiv 0$ follows
from the condition that $f(z_n)$ goes to zero over some sequence of
points $z_n,\quad n=1, 2, \dots$. Many results of S.J. Havinson
are dedicated to this type results and they applications in approximation
theory. This type results one can find in
\cite{MR808672}.

	The survey on mentioned above type uniqueness results for analytic functions one
can find in \cite{MR1965913}. A new result of that type we give in this paper. Furder
we apply that result in de-noising problem.

\section{Auxiliary results}
At first let us give here some auxiliary definitions and results.
\begin{definition}
Let $h(t),\quad 0<t,$ be a continuous, non-negative function.
Let the family of arcs $\{S_k\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$ cover a given set $E$;
\begin{equation}
E\subseteq \bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty}S_k.
\end{equation}
Let us put
\begin{equation}
M_h(E)=\inf \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}h(|S_k|),
\end{equation}
where $|S|$ is the length of the arc $S$ and the minimum is taken over the family of all covers.
\end{definition}
\begin{definition}
One say that a function $f(t),\quad -\pi<t<\pi,$ belongs Bessov space $B_2^{\alpha}$ if
\begin{equation}
||f||_{\alpha}^2=\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}|f(x)|^2dx+
\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{|f(x)-f(y)|^2}{|x-y|^{1+2\alpha}}dxdy<\infty,
\end{equation}
where $0<\alpha<1$.
\end{definition}
	For arbitrary function $g(t)\in L_1(-\pi,\pi)$ let us denote
\begin{equation}
g^*(t)=\sup_{0<\delta}\frac{1}{2\delta}\int_{t-\delta}^{t+\delta}|g(x)|dx,
\end{equation}
where $g(t)$ is assumed to be continued as a $2\pi$ periodic function on $(-\infty,+\infty)$.

	For a subset $E$ the quantity
\begin{equation}
C_{\alpha}(E)=\left(\inf_{\mu}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{d\sigma(x)d\sigma(y)}{|x-y|^{\alpha}}\right)^{-1},
\end{equation}
where the minimum is taken over the probability measures with support in $E$, is known as $\alpha-$
capacity of the subset $E$.

The following lemma is announced in the book \cite{MR0225986}, p.35.
\begin{lemma}
 Let $E$ be Borelian set and $C_{\alpha}(E)=0,$ where $0<\alpha<1$. Let $0\leq h(r), \quad r>0,$
be an increasing function and
\begin{equation}
\int_0\frac{dh(r)}{r^{\alpha}}<\infty.
\end{equation}
Then
\begin{equation}
M_h(E)=0.
\end{equation}
\end{lemma}
\begin{lemma}
Let $f(x)\in B_2^{\alpha}$ and $0<\beta\leq\alpha$.
Then there is a function $g(x)\in B_2^{\alpha-\beta}$ such that
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{1-|z|^2}{|z-e^{it}|^2}f(t)dt=
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{g(t)}{(z-e^{it})^{1-\beta}}dt+
\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{g(t)}{({\bar z}-e^{it})^{1-\beta}}dt,\quad |z|<1.
\end{equation}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
Let
\begin{equation}
f(x)\sim\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}a_ke^{ikx}.
\end{equation}
be the Fourier series of the function $f(x)$. Since $f(x)\in B_2^{\alpha}$, so
\begin{equation}
\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}|a_k|^2|k|^{2\alpha}<\infty.
\end{equation}
We can write
\begin{equation}
F(re^{ix})=\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}a_kr^{|k|}e^{ikx}=
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\left(\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{\Gamma(1+|k|-\beta)}{\Gamma(1-\beta)\Gamma(1+|k|)}r^{|k|}e^{ik(x-t)}\right)g(t)dt,
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
g(t)=\sum_{k=-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{\Gamma(1-\beta)\Gamma(1+|k|)}{\Gamma(1+|k|-\beta)}e^{ixk}.
\end{equation}
\end{proof}
\begin{lemma}
 Let $f(x)\in B_2^{\alpha},$ where $0<\alpha<1$ and $0<\beta\leq \alpha$. Then there is a subset
$F\in\{z; |z|=1\}$ satisfying condition
\begin{equation}
C_{\alpha-\beta}(F)=0
\end{equation}
end for each $e^{i x}\in F$ there is a number $A(x)$ such that the following inequality holds
\begin{equation}
|F(z_1)-F(z_2)|<A(x)|z_1-z_2|^{\alpha-\beta},
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
|e^{ix}-z_j|<2(1-|z_j|),\quad j=1,2,
\end{equation}

	Here $F(z)$ is the harmonic function with the boundary values $f(x)$, i.e.
\begin{equation}
\lim_{r\to 1-}F(re^{ix})=f(x).
\end{equation}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
 Thanks of the previous lemma there is a function $g(x)\in B_2^{\alpha-\beta}$ such that
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial F(z)}{\partial z}=\frac{1-\beta}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{g(t)}{(z-e^{it})^{2-\beta}}dt.
\end{equation}
Taking into account the inequalities
\begin{equation}
1-|z|<|e^{it}-z|,\quad \left|e^{it}-\frac{z}{|z|}\right|\leq 2|e^{it}-z|,
\end{equation}
valid for each $|z|<1,$ we have
\begin{equation}
\frac{(1-|z|)^{1-\beta}}{1-\beta}\left|\frac{\partial F(z)}{\partial z}\right|\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\frac{(1-|z|)^{1-\beta}}{|z-e^{it}|^{2-\beta}}|g(t)|dt\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{|e^{it}-z/|z||\leq y}\frac{|g(t)|}{(1-|z|)}dt+\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{|e^{it}-z/|z||>y}\frac{(1-|z|)^{1-\beta}}{|e^{it}-z/|z||^{2-\beta}}|g(t)|dt.
\end{equation}
If $z,\quad |e^{ix}-z|\leq 2(1-|z|)$, then putting $y=(1-|z|)$ we get
\begin{equation}
(1-|z|)^{1-\beta}\left|\frac{\partial F(z)}{\partial z}\right|\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq \frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{|t-x|\leq (1-|z|)}\frac{|g(t)|}{(1-|z|)}dt+(1-|z|)^{1-\beta}\int_{1-|z|}^2\frac{1}{y^{2-\beta}}d\left(\int_{x-y}^{x+y}|g(t)|dt\right)\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq g(t)^*+(1-|z|)^{1-\beta}\int_{1-|z|}^2\frac{1}{y^{3-\beta}}\left(\int_{x-y}^{x+y}|g(t)|dt\right)dy.
\end{equation}
Consequently,
\begin{equation}
(1-|z|)^{1-\beta}\left|\frac{\partial F(z)}{\partial z}\right|\leq g^*(x).
\end{equation}
	Let $l$ be the linear interval with the end points $z_1, z_2\in\{z,\quad |e^{ix}-z|\leq 2(1-|z|)\}$.
We have
\begin{equation}
|F(z_1)-F(z_2)|\leq \left|\int_{l}\frac{\partial F(z)}{\partial z}dz\right|\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq g^*(x)\int_{l}\frac{|dz|}{(1-|z|)^{1-\alpha+\beta}}\leq g^*(x)(|z_1-z_2|^{\alpha-\beta}.
\end{equation}

	To complete the prove it is sufficient to note, that
\[
C_{\alpha-\beta}(F)=0,
\]
where $F=\{x;\quad g^*(x)=\infty\}$.
\end{proof}
	The proof of the following lemma may be found in \cite{7}.
\begin{lemma}
 Let $g(t),\quad 0<t,$ be a positive and no decreasing function. Let $u(z)$ be a non-negative
harmonic function defined on the unit disk. Then, the subset
\begin{equation}
F=\left \{ \xi; |\xi|=1,\quad
\sup_{z\in \Delta(\xi)}\frac{u(z)}{g(1-\vert z\vert)}=\infty\right\}
\end{equation}
has zero Hausdorff's measure, i.e.
\begin{equation}
M_{h(t)}(F)=0,
\end{equation}
where $h(t)=tg(t).$
\end{lemma}
\section{Uniqueness theorem for analytic functions}

	The main result of this section is the following theorem.
\begin{theorem}
 Let $\{\xi_n\}$ be a sequence in the unit disk with
\begin{equation}
\lim_{n\to \infty}\vert \xi_n \vert=1.
\end{equation}
Let $E$ be a subset of unit circle such that for some continuous function $0\leq h(t),\quad 0<t,$
satisfying the condition
\begin{equation}
\lim_{t\to 0+}\frac{h(t)}{t\log \frac{1}{t}}=0
\end{equation}
we have $M_{h}(E)>0$.

	Let for each point $y\in E$ there is a subsequence $\{\xi_{n_k}\}$ such that
\begin{equation}
\left\vert y-\frac{\xi_{n_k}}{\xi_{n_k}} \right\vert<2(1-\vert \xi_{n_k}\vert), \quad k=1,2,...
\end{equation}
	Let $0\leq\alpha<1$ be a fixed number and $f(z)$ is an analytic function with
\begin{equation}
\int_0^1\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}|f'(z)|^2(1-|z|)^{\alpha}dxdy<\infty,
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
\lim_{n\to\infty}f(\xi_n)=0 \quad (1)
\end{equation}
then $f(z)\equiv 0$.
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
 At first let us note, that instead of (1) we can assume
\begin{equation}
\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{f(\xi_n)}{(1-|\xi_n|)^{\alpha-\beta}}=0,
\end{equation}
where $0<\beta<\alpha$ is a constant. Indeed, By lemma 3 there is a subset $F_1$, for which
\begin{equation}
C_{\alpha-\beta}(F_1)=0,
\end{equation}
end for each point $x\notin F_1$ there is a number $A(x)<\infty$ such that for arbitrary points $z_1,z_2$
from the unite disk, satisfying the condition
\begin{equation}
|e^{ix}-z_j|<2(1-|z_j|),\quad j=1,2,
\end{equation}
we have
\begin{equation}
|f(z_1)-f(z_2)|<A(x)|z_1-z_2|^{\alpha-\beta}.
\end{equation}
In particularly, if $x\in E\setminus F_1$ then
\begin{equation}
|f(\xi_n)|<A(x)(1-|\xi_n|)^{\alpha-\beta}
\end{equation}
for each point $\xi_n$ satisfying the condition
\begin{equation}
|e^{ix}-\xi_n|<2(1-|\xi_n|).
\end{equation}
Thanks to lemma 1 we have
\begin{equation}
M_{h}(F_1)=0
\end{equation}
and so,
\begin{equation}
M_{h}(E\setminus F_1)>0.
\end{equation}

	For each point $z,\quad |z|<1,$ let us denote
\begin{equation}
C(z)=\{w;\quad |w|=1,\quad |w-z|\leq 2(1-|z|)\}.
\end{equation}

	For the zeros $\Lambda=\{z_k\}_{k=1}^{\infty}$ of our function $f(z)$ we have
\begin{equation}
\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}(1-|z_k|)<\infty
\end{equation}
and, see \cite{6}, we have also
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}\log\rho_{\frac{1+\alpha}{2}}(e^{ix},\Lambda)dx>-\infty,
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
\rho_{\sigma}(\xi,\Lambda)=\inf_{z\in \Lambda}\frac{|\xi-z|}{(1-|z|)^{\sigma}}.
\end{equation}
	Let us consider a new function
\begin{equation}
G(w)=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\chi_k(w),\quad w\in \partial D,
\end{equation}
where $\chi_k(w)$ is the characteristic function of the arc $C(z_k)$.

	We want to prove that the subset
\begin{equation}
F_2=\{w;\quad w\in \partial D,\quad G(w)=+\infty\}
\end{equation}
satisfies the condition
\begin{equation}
M_{t\log1/t}(F_2)=0.		\quad(2)
\end{equation}

	Let us suppose $M_{t\log1/t}(F_2)>0.$ Then, see \cite{MR0225986}, p. 18, there is a compact subset
$F\subset F_2$ for which
\begin{equation}
M_{t\log 1/t}(F)>0.
\end{equation}
For each natural $N$, the family of subsets $C(z_k),\quad k=N, N+1, \dots$ cover $F$.
By Alfor's theorem, see \cite{MR0225986}, from that family of arcs we can choose a finite number,
which cover $F$ and have a finite multiplicity less an absolute constant $A$. Let
\begin{equation}
C(z_{k_1}),\dots, C(z_{k_{m}})
\end{equation}
be the constructed subfamily, which cover the set $F$.

	We can write
\begin{equation}
\left(1-\frac{1+\alpha}{2\sigma}\right)\sum_{j=1}^{m}|C(z_{n_j})|\log \frac{e}{|C(z_{n_j})|}\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq \left(1-\frac{1+\alpha}{2\sigma}\right)\sum_{j=1}^{m_1}\int_{C(z_{n_j})}\log^+\left(\frac{1}{|w-z_{n_j}|}\right)|dw|\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq \sum_{j=1}^{m_1}\int_{C(z_{n_j})}\log^+\left(\frac{(1-|z_{n_j}|)^{(1+\alpha)/2}}{|w-z_{n_j}|}\right)|dw|\leq
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\leq A\int_{Q_N}\log^+\left(\sup_k\frac{(1-|z_{k}|)^{(1+\alpha)/2}}{|w-z_{k}|}\right)|dw|,
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
Q_N=\bigcup_{j=N}^{\infty}C(z_j).
\end{equation}
Letting $N$ to go infinity we get
\begin{equation}
M_{t\log1/t}(F)=0.
\end{equation}
The received contradiction proves (2). Consequently,
\begin{equation}
M_{h}(F_2)=0.
\end{equation}
	Thus, for each point $e^{ix}\in E\setminus F_2$ in domain
\begin{equation}
\{z;\quad |e^{ix}-z|<2(1-|z|)\}
\end{equation}
there are only finite number zeros of the function $f(z)$.

	By F. Riesz theorem we have the representation
\[
f(z)=B(z)F(z),
\]
where $B(z)$ is the Blashke product constructed by zeros $\{w_n\}$
of the function $f(z)$ and $F(z)\in H^{\infty}$, which has no zeros in the unit disk.

	Let us denote
\begin{equation}
v(z)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1-|z|^2}{\left|z-\frac{w_n}{|w_n|}\right|}(1-|w_n|),\quad |z|<1.
\end{equation}
For two arbitrary points $z,\quad w$ from the unit disk we have
\begin{equation}
-\frac{(1-|z|^2)(1-|w|^2)}{|z-w|^2}\leq -\log\left(1+\frac{(1-|z|^2)(1-|w|^2)}{|z-w|^2}\right)=
\log\left|\frac{w-z}{1-\bar{w}z}\right|^2.
\end{equation}
Let $y$ be a point on the unit circle and $n_0$ be a natural number.
Let for each index $n=n_0, n_0+1, \dots$ the inequalities
\begin{equation}
\left|y-\frac{w_n}{|w_n|}\right|\geq 4(1-|w_n|),\quad n=1, 2, \dots
\end{equation}
hold. Then for arbitrary point $z,\quad |z|<1,$ satisfying the condition
\begin{equation}
\left|y-\frac{z}{|z|}\right|\leq 2(1-|z|).
\end{equation}
there is a constant $C>0$ such that
\begin{equation}
-Cv(z)\leq \log |B(z)|.
\end{equation}
	Thanks to the lemma 4, applied to the function $v(z)\geq 0$,
we get that there is a subset $F_3\in \partial D$ for which
\begin{equation}
M_{h(t)}(F_3)=0,
\end{equation}
where $h(t)=tg(t)$ and for each point $y\in \partial D\setminus F_3$ we have
\begin{equation}
\sup\left\{\frac{v(z)}{g(1-|z|)};|z|<1,\quad \left|y-\frac{z}{|z|}\right|\leq 2(1-|z|)\right\}<+\infty.
\end{equation}

	Consequently, there is a subset $F_4$ such that
\begin{equation}
M_{h(t)}(F_4)=0
\end{equation}
and for each point $y\notin E\setminus F_4$ we have
\begin{equation}
\sup\left\{\frac{|f(z)|}{(1-|z|)^{1-\alpha}};|z|<1,\quad \left|y-\frac{z}{|z|}\right|\leq 2(1-|z|)\right\}<\infty.
\end{equation}
	These remarks contradict theorem's conditions since
$$E\setminus (F_1\cup F_2\cup F_3\cup F_4)\neq \emptyset.$$
\end{proof}

\section{De-noising problem for analytic functions}

    In this section we consider the following problem: let $f(z)$ be a bounded analytic function
and $\{z_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be a sequence from the unit disk. Let we can calculate empirically
the values of this function at the points $\{z_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ with some error, i.e.
\begin{equation}
w_n=f(z_n)+\epsilon_n,\quad n=1,\dots,
\end{equation}
where $\epsilon_n,\quad n=1,\dots$ is a sequence of independent random quantities with the same
distribution and with the mean value equal zero. The following problem naturally arises: is it
possible to choose the points $\{z_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ in such a way that by observed quantities
$w_n,\quad n=1, 2, \dots$ it will be possible to restore the function $f(z)$ by probability one?

	The relation of this problem with the identification problem for linear bounded systems one can
find in \cite{9}.

	Here we give some classical results of Shizuo Kakutani, see \cite{MR0023331}, which play a
principal role in answer to this question.

	Let $\Omega$ be an arbitrary set and let $\sigma$ be a $\sigma-$field of subsets of
$\Omega$. Let $\Re(\sigma)$ be the
family of all countable additive measures $\mu(d\omega)$ defined on $\sigma$ for which
$\mu(\Omega)=1$.
\begin{definition}
Two measures $\mu,\nu \in \Re(\sigma)$  called orthogonal (notation $\mu\perp \nu$) if
there are disjoint subsets $B,B'\in \sigma$ such that
\begin{equation}
\mu(B)=\nu(B')=1.
\end{equation}
\end{definition}
    Let $\mu, \nu \in \Re(\sigma)$ be measures on $(\Omega,\sigma)$. For arbitrary measure
$\tau\in \Re(\sigma)$ such that $\mu$ and $\nu$ are absolutely continuous in respect to $\tau$,
let us denote
\begin{equation}
\rho(\mu,\nu)=\int_{\Omega}\sqrt{\frac{\mu(d\omega)}{\tau(d\omega)}}\sqrt{\frac{\nu(d\omega)}{\tau(d\omega)}}\tau(d\omega).
\end{equation}
This integral doesn't depend upon the choice of the measure $\tau$. That is way the following
E.Hellinger's notation
\begin{equation}
\rho(\mu,\nu)=\int_{\Omega}\sqrt{\mu(d\omega) \nu(d\omega)}
\end{equation}
is natural.

    Let $\{\mu_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ and $\{\nu_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ be two family of
probability measures on ${\bf C}$. Let us denote by $\mu=\mu_1\times\mu_2\times\dots,\quad \nu=\nu_1\times\nu_2\times\dots.$ the infinite direct products.

    It is easy to see that if for some $k_0$ we have $\mu_{k_0}\bot\nu_{k_0}$ then $\mu\bot\nu$.
The case $\mu_k\sim\nu_k,\quad k=1,\dots$ was considered in \cite{MR0023331}.
\begin{theorem}
Let $\mu_k\sim\nu_k$ for all $k=1,\dots$. Then the measures $\mu$
and $\nu$ are equivalent if and only if $$ \prod_{k=1}^{\infty}
\rho(\mu_k,\nu_k)>0. $$ Otherwise those measures are orthogonal,
i.e. $\mu\perp\nu$.
\end{theorem}
    Here, we need only the following particular case of S. Kakutani's Theorem.
    Let $f(z),g(z)\quad |z|<1,$ be bounded analytic functions and $z_k,\quad k=1,2,\dots$ be points
in the unite disk. Let
\begin{equation}
d\mu_k(z)=P(z-f(z_k))dxdy,\quad z=x+iy
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
d\nu_k(z)=P(z-g(z_k))dxdy,
\end{equation}
where $P(z)\geq 0$ and
\begin{equation}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}P(z)dxdy=1.
\end{equation}
	We have
\begin{equation}
\rho(d\mu_k,d\nu_k)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\sqrt{P(z-f(z_k))P(z-g(z_k))}dxdy.
\end{equation}
and
\begin{equation}
1-\rho(d\mu_k,d\nu_k)=
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
=\frac{1}{2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\left(\sqrt{P(z-f(z_k))}-\sqrt{P(z-g(z_k))}\right)^2dxdy\geq A|f(z_k)-g(z_k)|^2
\end{equation}
for some number $A>0$.

	The corresponding infinite products of measures are orthogonal if
\begin{equation}
\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}|f(z_k)-g(z_k)|^2=\infty.
\end{equation}
	So, if we have
\begin{equation}
w_n=H(z_n)+\epsilon_n,\quad n=1,\dots,
\end{equation}
then by probability one, it is possible to identify $H(z)$ with some $f(z)$, if
the points $\{z_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ are possible to choose in such
a way, that from the condition $f(z),g(z)\in H^{\infty}$ and
\begin{equation}
\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}|f(z_k)-g(z_k)|^2<\infty
\end{equation}
it follows $f(z)\equiv g(z)$.
This note permits us to formulate the following result.
\begin{theorem}
 Let $0\leq\alpha<1$ be a fixed number. Let $\{z_n\}$ be a sequence in the unit disk with
\begin{equation}
\lim_{n\to \infty}\vert z_n \vert=1.
\end{equation}
Let $E$ be a subset of unit circle such that for some continuous function $0\leq h(t),\quad 0<t,$
satisfying the condition
\begin{equation}
\lim_{t\to 0+}\frac{h(t)}{t\log\frac{1}{t}}=0
\end{equation}
we have
\begin{equation}
M_{h}(E)>0.
\end{equation}

	Let for each point $y\in E$ there is a subsequence $\{z_{n_k}\}$ such that
\begin{equation}
\left\vert y-\frac{z_{n_k}}{z_{n_k}} \right\vert<2(1-\vert z_{n_k}\vert), \quad k=1,2,...
\end{equation}
	Let we can observe the quantities
\begin{equation}
X_n=S(z_n)+\xi_n,\quad n=1, 2, \dots
\end{equation}
where $\xi_n,\quad n=1, 2, \dots$ are independent random variables with the same absolutely continuous
distributions and zero mean values. Let $S(z)$ be a bounded analytic function and
\begin{equation}
\int_0^1\int_{-\pi}^{\pi}|S'(z)|^2(1-|z|)^{\alpha}dxdy<\infty,\quad 0<\alpha<1.
\end{equation}
	Then, by $X_n,\quad n=1,2,\dots$ it is possible to restore the
function $S(z)$ by probability one.
\end{theorem}

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HomeSTAMPAINFORMAZIONI STAMPAPress release
Eurobike Gold Award reflects the many facets of the bike market
Award Winner 2018
Eurobike 13 Gold Awards and two Green Awards - thematic diversity demonstrates developments within the industry
Friedrichshafen - Since its premiere in 1991, Eurobike has not only developed into the leading meeting place for the global bicycle industry but has also been a mirror of the on-trend topics influencing the market. In the nineties, the trade exhibition by Lake Constance focused on the young mountain bike segment and then later road bikes as well. In the meantime, though, Eurobike has extended its coverage to include topics such as urban (e-)mobility, digitalisation and smart service solutions. This diversity also distinguishes the winners of the Eurobike Award, who were honoured for their especially innovative new developments from the world of bicycles on the evening of the first day of the show, now celebrating its 14th edition. At the same time, 15 companies can take pleasure in receiving one of the particularly prestigious Eurobike Gold or Green Awards.
Among the Eurobike Award winners this year, for example, are the new official bike-sharing cycle from Pashley/Beryl, ingenious cargo bikes for young families, digital tools for advising customers in cycle shops, but also protectors and full-face helmets for mountain bikers and lightweight components for ambitious sports enthusiasts to measure power. "Thanks to its diversity, the bike world is more fascinating than ever before. For many people, the bicycle remains first and foremost a beloved item of sporting equipment, at the same time though it is also a beacon of hope - if not the beacon - for a turnabout in traffic policy in the towns and cities plagued by congestion and poor air quality. Against this backdrop, the Eurobike Award is not only a recognition of particularly pioneering developments but also a mirror of the spectrum of topics covered by the bicycle and those involved in the market," said Dirk Heidrich, Eurobike Project Manager.
"The spectrum of the 350 Eurobike Award entries that we as the panel of judges were allowed to assess was very broad indeed and also reflects the key trends: transport solutions, electric assistance, children and safety," said panel member Sissi Pärsch after completing her task. Her fellow judge Tarek Rasouli went on to add: "There are some products in the Eurobike Award that promise more safety or more comfort. Others in turn adopt new approaches to the subject of sustainability. And this year there are many Award winners that point towards an exciting future as a means of urban transport. One thing all Eurobike Award winners have in common is their potential to make the world just a little bit better."
A total of 45 new products from the bicycle world gained one of the coveted accolades in this year's edition of the Eurobike Award. Among the award winners are also 13 products and concepts that the six-strong panel of experts deemed to represent an especially outstanding innovation and are thus deserving of a Gold Award. Two award winners additionally received a Green Award for special developments in the field of sustainability.
The Gold Award winners for 2018 with the respective statement from the panel of judges:
Salamander Cycle Stroller by Wike
With just a few simple manoeuvres, the rear of the Salamander Cycle Stroller from the Canadian manufacturer Wike folds forward to transform the family bike into a pushchair.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "We really like this idea of combining a bike with a pushchair. The Cycle Stroller also features an outstanding design. Converting the bike to a pushchair and vice versa is very easy. The bike is also extremely good to ride."
Chike e
With its model "e", the Cologne-based bicycle manufacturer Chike is launching a clever cargo tricycle with a tilting technology that can be adjusted individually to match the riding conditions and load.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "We are very impressed by the overall concept of the Chike e. It offers good protection for children in a very compact bike. The tilting chassis makes the bike very easy to ride and, thanks to a clever feature, can actually be switched off to block the wheels and make loading the bike easier."
GEOS Gravel by Geonet
Geonet is a young bicycle manufacturing company from Berlin. Its first model "GEOS Gravel" made an impression at the Eurobike Awards with its lightweight bike concept in which the components of the e-bike battery are distributed over several frame tubes.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "This is the first time we have seen a pedelec with such smart and tidy integration of battery and lighting. The puristic and minimalist design of this bike also has many other pleasing features as well as outstanding ride characteristics."
INpower Direct Mount Road by Rotor
With its power measuring components, the Spanish manufacturer Rotor is a successful supplier of equipment for the ambitious, sports-minded cyclist. The latest generation of In-Power cranks is not only an inspired solution in terms of looks but also opens up the field of power measurement to a new target group thanks to its reasonable entry-level prices.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "At first sight, you'd never guess that the crank set of the Inpower Direct Mount contains a power meter. It is also very light and means that power meters are now available at an extremely reasonable price."
Stage Helmet by Troy Lee Designs
For decades, Troy Lee Designs has been one of the most sought-after brands among equipment suppliers in the action sport scene. With its new Stage full-face helmet, which offers a low weight and numerous safety features, the brand from California is further underlining its high standards.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "We like the extremely low weight of this one-piece full-face helmet. The good ventilation in the chin guard was particularly impressive."
Smartfit Online Sizing
Using a series of simple steps, this online advisory tool from Smartfit helps customers to determine the right frame size and matching bike models.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "This very useful sizing tool takes all dimensions into account. A large database using real measurements then shows the options available for the various bike models."
Ortho-Max Light by Ortema
Ortema is a company with roots in orthopaedic technology which has already won over many fans with its sport protectors in areas such as motocross. At the Eurobike Award, the company from Markgröningen, presented a lightweight back protector for mountain bikers.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "We like the high quality of material used in this back protector. Covering the full length of the spine from just below the neck downwards, it is extremely comfortable and well-ventilated. A wide range of sizes is available from adults to children at an extremely low price."
SleepFix Kids Bike by Sandini
Sandini specialises in sleeping pillows for children's car seats which are now also available in a version for child bike seats.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "A lot of thought has gone into this sleeping pillow. As in modern child seats for cars, it prevents a child's head from tilting to one side when it is asleep. We also like the pleasant material used in the manufacture."
SQlab Griffserie
SQlab is one of the leading manufacturers of ergonomic components for bicycles. With its extensive collection of handlebar grips, the company from the south of Munich is offering a broad range of problem solvers for the interface between hand and bike in the forthcoming model year.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "Apart from the saddle, the grips are the most important point of contact between rider and cycle. With its new series of grips, SQLab has expanded its range: four different designs each in three different sizes mean that all riders can be sure of finding the right grip for every ride."
Homage by Riese & Müller
The Homage is already a classic in the range of the e-bike specialist Riese & Müller, which in the new model year is now leading the way in safety technology with an ABS system from Bosch.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "The special feature of the full-suspension Homage is the ABS system, which gives inexperienced and elderly riders in particular a feeling of extra confidence and safety. This additional safety will no doubt encourage new riders to take up cycling. We also like the integrated design and the automatic transmission of this comfortable city bike."
D.2 ST-Ri Dropper Seatpost from by.schulz
Retractable seatposts are already indispensable in the world of mountain bikes. The innovative component manufacturer by.schulz is now introducing this technology as a comfort and safety feature for urban cyclists.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "This safe and practical seatpost is designed with the urban cyclist in mind. A control lowers the saddle at traffic lights, for example, and returns it to the pre-set height when the rider sets off again. The spring-loading ensures comfort during the ride. All in all, we feel this is a safety feature that will encourage new riders to take up cycling."
London Bikeshare Bike by Pashley & Beryl
In its home country, the British family business Pashley is one of the most traditional bicycle manufacturers of all. The new cycle model for London's bike-sharing system is proof that tradition and innovative zeal are not mutually exclusive.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "An ideal cycle for bike-sharing providers. It is remarkably sturdy and easy to adjust, particularly the seatpost. We also like the way the components are integrated and the inclusion of a brake light."
Muli von muli-cycles
The muli is a cargo bike for everyday urban use and is as small and agile as a normal city bike. Concept, production and business model are all geared towards sustainability. From frame through to assembly, every stage in the production takes place in Germany.
Statement by the Eurobike Award judges: "Everything about the muli is just right. Thanks to its short wheelbase, low width and small frame, it is easy to control for both big and small riders. We were particularly impressed by how easily the child's seat can be installed and dismantled as well as how the basket folds up. Especially recommended for families."
However, innovation in the bicycle market by no means simply refers to new functions or less weight even when the concern is to design sustainable products, the bike market is keeping pace with the times, as the two Green Awards among this year's prize winners prove. The American specialist for care products Finish Line receives a Green Award for a new tyre sealant that is free of ammonia and latex, which the manufacturer claims can no longer dry out or degrade, and thus promises to significantly reduce consumption of both sealant and tyres. Another Green Award goes to Vaude for the Green Core jersey. The bike equipment supplier from Tettnang has succeeded in developing a garment with maximum functionality and at the same time a high content of recycled materials.
The Eurobike Green Award winners and the judges' statements:
Green Core Tricot by Vaude
"Combining comfort and functionality, this elegant garment is also environment-friendly. We were impressed by the clever combination of high-quality materials."
Finish Line Tubeless Tire Sealant by Finish Line Technologies
"This innovative sealant sets a new standard for tubeless tyres: the new formulation is not only latex-free and less aggressive than its predecessors, but it also doesn't dry up, thus giving it a longer shelf life. We selected this product for the green award because it results in the use of fewer tubes and tyres and also less solution. To make it even greener, though, we would recommend a rethink of the packaging."
The winners of the Eurobike Awards, Gold Awards and Green Awards will be on show in a special display at Eurobike in Foyer East of Messe Friedrichshafen until Tuesday, 10 July 2018.
Biographies of this year's judges for the Eurobike Industry Awards
Sissi Pärsch is a freelance author focusing on sports, culture and travel. She is a contributing editor for BIKE, EMTB and Bergwelten as well as platforms such as mtb-news.de and redbull.com. She has also worked as a documentary scriptwriter for Servus TV, as a travel consultant and has initiated the eMTB-Tourismus Studientage. With a PhD in English Studies, she taught at the University of Augsburg before moving into the sports industry as a PR consultant.
Having started working as temporary member of staff in a bike shop more than 30 years ago, Dirk Zedler, is today the CEO of the company "Gesellschaft der Fahrrad-Sachverständigen mbH" and the Zedler Institute for Bicycle Technology and Safety. The group of companies offers services ranging from official assessments, journalism and technical documentation to the production of technical testing systems and labs. This extensive portfolio has earned them an excellent reputation and a strongly growing number of customers in the international cycling industry. Publications by the still active cyclist in leading industry magazines and the development of innovative testing systems for performance and safety have demonstrably improved cycling and e-bike technology.
Wolfgang Hohmann has been in bicycle retail for the past 30 years. He founded his first shop "Wolfi's Bike Shop" in Heitersheim, Germany, in 1988. Sixteen years ago he decided to leave his home country and start from scratch in Dubai. His mission: to bring bicycle culture to the Middle East and to share his passion for bikes with the locals. Wolfi's Bike Shop Dubai was born. Having started in Dubai at first, the German businessman, nowadays sells bikes of all categories to the neighbouring countries of the United Arab Emirates, as well. His customers also include high-ranking representatives of the Arab royal family. Meanwhile, cycling culture has arrived in Dubai and the UAE - with purpose-built traffic-free training courses for cyclists and a number of cycling events throughout the year, a true cycling community has been established. Having followed his vision, Wolfgang together with his team has had a major impact on this development.
Cat Heraty has 13 years of experience as an apparel design consultant for many British active brands. Having worked across most categories, including outdoor and cycling kit, the British designer has acted as a consultant for many start-ups and has an eye for product innovation, colour and ranging. Her specialism is in developing and implementing coherent messages, from initial concept through to end product in order to ensure that collections work together. Cat is a cyclist and has competed in numerous endurance events, including ironman distance.
Marta Villa has been a sports journalist since 2001, collaborating with the most important Italian cycling and outdoor magazines. After earning a degree in Philosophy with a Social Communication specialisation, the Italian started working for B2C and B2B cycling magazines and is currently involved in the Bicitech Magazine website. Further cooperation projects include the Italian Runner's World Magazine, which Marta has been involved in since the first issue, and press agency work for professional MTB teams such as Colnago. Over the years, she has also gained experience with the communication departments of brands including Specialized, Liv and rh+. As the founder of Womanlovesports.com - the first and only Italian website fully dedicated to the female sports world (culture, products, trends, people, tips and more) - Marta mainly focuses on women-specific products.
Tarek Rasouli is a former professional BMX and mountain bike rider, an important influencer on the international bike scene and Managing Director of the sports marketing and communication agency rasoulution in Munich. During his career as professional BMX and MTB rider, he was able to celebrate numerous successes, such as German National BMX Champion and a 4th place at the World Championships. In addition to competing in various events, he started working as a test rider and bike model, rode in a number of MTB shows for different manufacturers and was featured in several film productions. Despite being confined to a wheelchair after a crash in 2002, he has remained active in the bike scene and started to write for "bike Magazin" as well as "Freeride Magazin". In 2005 he founded the sports marketing and communication agency rasoulution, with clients including such world-class athletes as Danny McAskill. Tarek also founded the Freeride Mountain Bike Association (FMBA) and is an ambassador of the Wings for Life Foundation.
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It's that time of year again! Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) has come and gone and with it Magic players had the chance of purchasing the Axe Pack of SDCC planeswalkers that are an exclusive of the 2014 SDCC. If you were able to attend in person and buy the set for the retail price of $110.99, or even buying at double markup, then you made out like a bandit. This planeswalker set is currently being sold anywhere from $350 to $475 on eBay and $450 (with axe) on Starcitygames. Even the axe is being sold individually for $65 on eBay.
The difference this year is that we now have six planeswalkers in the set rather than five. Since the core set this year had six planeswalkers, the promos had to mirror this setup in order to coincide with the walkers in the core set. The art also looks exactly the same as last year's SDCC set. A black background is outlined in the planeswalker's respective color in order to add a more dramatic effect to the card.
If you're interested in picking up either the whole set of SDCC planeswalkers or an individual one, I think it would be best to take a look at the past SDCC planeswalker prices to determine if it is better to purchase them as a whole set or to buy them on an individual basis. Since the previous set has been in the market for a year, I want to see if purchasing the original set as a bundle or as individual planeswalkers was better.
Based on sold ebay listings, if you shop savvy you could have yourself the first run of SDCC planeswalkers for around $500 to $520. Several of the sold listings have gone over $600, so being able to get one close to $500 is a great price but realistically expect to pay anywhere from $550 to $600 for a sealed box of the original planeswalkers.
If we turn back the clock to SDCC 2013, you could pick up this product on eBay for $475 BIN. I couldn't find any listings closer to the date of the comic con, however if I recall correctly people were selling them for the first week or so after the event for around $250 per set. A few months later, once people realized how rare the set was, the price doubled and the rest is history.
Even more interesting was that Starcitygames was buying the 2013 sealed packs for $500 per set a few months after they came out. Unfortunately they aren't being nearly as generous this soon after the convention for 2014. They are buying the 2013 set for $450 and the 2014 set for $275. This takes SCG out of the picture as an easy way to sell the 2014 set because you are losing some money selling the pack to their buylist if you managed to pick one up at SDCC. Instead, you should take your time selling the set on eBay or another outlet to try and get the most bang for your buck.
There is definitely a premium to buying the cards separately. From the averages, I can tell that players want the SDCC Chandra, Pyromaster the most and Liliana of the Dark Realms the least based on price. I would highly recommend that you buy the SDCC 2013 planeswalkers as a set if you get the chance because it is the cheapest way to pick up all the walkers for your collection if that is your goal. However, many players can't afford or don't want the whole set, so if you looking to try and get singles from this set I would recommend that you pick up either Liliana or Garruk.
Liliana is the cheapest of the bunch, yet she is still as rare as the rest of the planeswalkers. Her cost of entry is lower than the other Planeswalkers so I believe that she is the planeswalker to get in on if you want to own a piece of the 2013 exclusive set. Her price will only go up along with the rest of the 2013 walkers over time. I've heard that this first run was only 5,000 sets – which means that there are less copies of these singles of out there than any other Magic card barring test prints, Alpha / Beta rarities, and other Magic oddities (I'm not sure what the numbers are for media inserts like Mana Crypt, Jace, or Standstill). Wizards has created a way for new players to own a piece of Magic history. Who knows how much these sets or individual cards will be worth in 20+ years if the game is as strong then as it is now.
I'm also a believer in Garruk from the 2013 set. He isn't as expensive as Chandra and I feel that he has the most to gain as the set ages if you can purchase him for $170 to $200. He is my favorite Planeswalker from this set because he is strong in Commander and casual formats, which will be the main driver of the price of these cards. I think the price of the SDCC promo will reflect this as players try to acquire him for Commander decks and cubes.
I admit, Chandra is definitely the best planeswalker from this set for cubes – I feel that many of the 2013 Chandras have made it into someone's cube already. Realistically though, $240 is a lot for a single card out of this set especially since there is a SDCC 2014 version of her. Garruk is much more affordable and just as good without the reprint, so I feel that more players will be looking to pick him up as time goes on which in turn will drive the price up.
Again, buying the singles individually over time is going to cost you more than the whole set. Many people are saying that this set is a good deal right now even at $500 because there are six planeswalkers which means there is a higher chance that any of them could break out and become very popular. In other words, as most premium products go the sooner you pick yours up the better. If you're looking to buy singles out of the 2014 set, I would wait for the prices to settle a bit more before diving in even if that means that one of the Planeswalkers could spike higher than the rest. We don't yet know which of the Planeswalkers will be the most sought after. At this stage in the game, purchasing singles means you're gambling on what you think most players will want in the future. I've found that many times I've been mistaken about this, so I imagine many of you have as well. It especially hurts to be wrong on a product that doesn't have a low cost of entry.
For example, I could argue that 2014 Liliana will be the most expensive in the future because Liliana Vess has a billion printings and still commands a price of $6 for the M15 version. Players seem to love Liliana Vess, and I'm not saying that if she only had one printing she would be the same price as Liliana of the Veil but I'm betting she would still be at least $30. I couldn't even imagine what the foil price might be. This is all just a hypothetical yet I wanted to point out that anyone could give a valid argument for any of the planeswalkers from SDCC 2014.
All told, the SDCC 2014 promos seem to be history repeating itself again. If you want your set, any offer from $375 to $450 seems pretty fair to me depending on how quickly you want to sell them. I would only recommend buying the cards as a set at this point because I don't know if there were more 2014 sets released than 2013 – 5,000 2013 sets seems pretty low for an extremely popular promotional product that I'm guessing sold out at Hasbro within a week, two weeks tops. If there was a much larger release of the 2014 walkers than some of the singles prices could be much higher than their actual demand, much like a presale price when a new set is released. I'm going to let the hype die down before I decide which planeswalkers are the best.
I don't know much about this new black PW set but I think the new release somehow will cannibalize the previous one. It would make the previous version NOT the only black planeswalker set anymore.
I expect the prices of the previous version to drop later on and I am not so sure about whether it is a good investment to buy the new ones. It seems like this gonna be in the yearly cycle.


My daughter is more excited about seeing Narnia than she was about The Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. Nothing has made my heart leap more than to see her read C.S. Lewis. The pastor at the last church I served is encouraging folks to see the movie as well. What could be more encouraging!
Yet our denomination seems somewhat discouraging about the movie. Or maybe it's encouraging. Actually, I'm really not sure what the message is; it's like reading a letter from the Council of Bishops. It seems that the Women's Division of the General Board of Global Ministries has learned to speak Bishopspeak as well. The whole statement can be read here.
Shane Raynor at Wesley Blog said that he couldn't have written a parody that would have been as outrageous as this press release. I tend to agree.
A quote: "We want our members to see the movie. Talk about it with your kids. Talk about the message of the resurrection and the lessons it shares from our faith... But then, we need to help people understand that by commercializing the message, the marketers are destroying the example of sacrifice."
I wonder if the United Methodist Women approve of the Igniting Ministry commercials. Don't commercials necessarily commericialize?
Sometimes, I think our church leaders would do well to heed the lesson of Xenocrates: "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence." Better yet, the words of the preacher in Ecclesiastes: "There is a time to keep silence."
Having said that... maybe I ought to shut up, too.
My wife expressed her concern about a movie that came out over a year ago called "The Passion of the Christ". It is not that she was against the movie. She resented Mel Gibson selling his soul on the altar of mass market consumerism. You could not walk into a book store, super store, grocery store, or convience store without seeing bracelets, key chains, candy, toys, necklaces, books, magazines all "officially licsensed products" of "The Passion of the Christ".
I believe the Women's Division is saying if your intentions are so noble (That you want Christians to market it for you) with this film strip away the action figures, fast food tie ins, and video games for this and the 6 more to follow.


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OPINION: Design Talks - for the iPhone 4S critics
Published 15 October 2011 4 min read
1 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours perhaps isn't the greatest context in which to read this article, but suffice to say, Apple's sales numbers rarely have any coalescence with the activities of their business. The original iPhone 4 was marred by antenna problems, only to cleverly be called 'antennagate' in the closed circles of tech fans whilst consistently ranking as the best selling smartphone worldwide. So to say that I'm unsurprised over my knowledge of the iPhone 4S's phenomenal pre-order statistics would be an understatement. However, the post-show disappointment that almost everyone expressed on the day of the iPhone 4S's unveiling leaves a lot worth talking about, and a lot of lessons to learn.
iPhone 4S has… left the crowd legitimately nonchalant and unexcited
Now, the iPhone 4S was always going to an inevitable sales success, piggybacking upon the success of its older siblings. Apple's sales numbers and preorder statistics are no longer a way to measure the success of the company like it is for many others, Apple's success goes beyond the superficiality of money and numbers because Apple's monotonously consistent success makes the numerical stats almost secondary. iPhone 4S has disappointed, not in its monetary success but as a product. It's the first Apple product in a very long time that has left the crowd legitimately nonchalant and unexcited, and as a first move for Tim Cook, this can't possibly be a good thing.
Perhaps one of the most important lessons that Steve Jobs taught us in his tenure is that design is important. In fact, design is often more important than the very things inside that make the magic happen. That's not to say that you're better off having an aesthetically marvellous rock than a turd-shaped phone, but it's saying that from a very very direct and impressionistic stand point, design talks to an audience much more than specs and inner hardware ever can. Design is more than just encasing a product, it's about expressing that very product. Innovative design encapsulates and communicates innovative products. Poor design therefore often isn't a sufficient conveying and justification of something that may be really great. Contrary to Barney Stinson's highly clever strategies, you only ever do get one shot to make a first impression, and design is the sole makeup of a first impression, because naturally, it's the first thing you see.
Contrary to Barney Stinson's highly clever strategies, you only ever do get one shot to make a first impression
Design when utilised effectively, isn't just about encapsulating and transforming ideas and creations into tangible items, but it's a method to manifest and exemplify the stance, core and beliefs of a corporation. It's a method of subtle, but rather direct communication. Let's take Apple again for instance – perhaps their most iconic design, the original quasi-transparent blue iMac exemplified the companies slogan and belief to 'Think Different'. I never saw a computer like that before. Apple effectively used the physical design of the iMac to materialise their belief in challenging the status quo and thus lending credibility to what otherwise would have been a purely shallow and superficial marketing message. The original iPod, another timeless and iconic design was an aura of innovation, creativity and forward thinking. Its design effectively communicated what really was an innovative, creative and forward thinking idea. Had the iPod simply been a generic design lacking its novel click wheel, sure it still would have been a market success but minus the buzz, excitement and word of mouth that it had garnered.
So to throw all of this talk back into context, a large reason why the iPhone 4S has been so critically received is due to its lack of physical design alteration or improvement. The hardware improvements within the phone itself are undeserving of the criticism it has warranted, and Siri from what I've seen is perhaps even worthy of the label 'revolutionary'. Disappointingly, Apple packed it all in the same stylish albeit ageing casing, eliminating much of the 'first impression' hype it would have otherwise harvested – the kind of hype that the original iPod had entranced. Design is an immediately obvious visual representation of progression, and in keeping the new design, Apple have undermined what is really a significant step forward.
We can blame the rumour mill and the hype machine for a lot, for feeding us with false expectations and unrealised dreams. But, we can also blame Apple in part for what ultimately was a disappointing product unveiling. Rumours are rumours for a reason and hype is a hype for a reason, they're not just pure dreams and imaginings, they're expectations and this is the first time in a very long time that Apple has failed to live up to the lofty expectations of consumers and pundits. Having said that, the worthy progressions that iPhone 4S has made are simply unsung by a crowd left with a bitter after-taste created by the harsh deceitfulness of first impressions. Just because the iPhone 4S looks the same doesn't mean it is the same, and when they say 'don't judge a book by its cover', this is one of those times when you'll get a lot more out of opening the book.
But Apple, suffice to say, it's always the flashy covers that get the most attention and I would expect you to have first-hand knowledge of that. But to hide new innovations inside an old box is the very best way to disguise the magnitude of your own creations.
iPhone 4S tops one-million preorders within 24 hours
Google kills Buzz and Jaiku, to focus on Google+


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Home Entertainment Monday Box Office Report – Think like a man part deux beats dragon-training
Monday Box Office Report – Think like a man part deux beats dragon-training
By Darryn Bonthuys
Men, boys and some fellas from Jersey with seasonal vibrations all hit the box office. And you'd have to think like a dude to be the winner over that weekend.It may not have been the busiest weekend at the North American box office, but that didn't stop Think Like A Man Too from crashing the party and taking the top spot. The Kevin Hart sequel made a solid $30 million, but that's down from the opening of the original film which clocked in at $33.6 million in 2012.
Taking fourth place, Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys opened to an underwhelming $13.5 million, which may be a low sum but it is an improvement over recent Eastwood films such as J. Edgar ($11.2 million), Hereafter ($12 million) and Invictus ($8.6 million). Here's how the rest of the Box Office did.
Think Like A Man Too – $30 Million
22 Jump Street – $29 Million
How To Train Your Dragon 2 – $25.3 Million
Jersey Boys – $13.5 Million
Maleficent – $13 Million
Edge Of Tomorrow – $10.3 Million
The Fault In Our Stars – $8.6 Million
X-Men: Days of Future Past– $6.2 Million
Chef – $1.84 Million
Godzilla – $1.82 Million
Top ten departures this week include A Million Ways To Die In The West and Neighbors. Writer/Producer/Director/Star Seth MacFarlane's newest film has been a mild flop compared to his 2012 debut film Ted, grossing only $71.1 million worldwide after four weeks. Neighbors on the other hand, has been an unexpected hit, taking the box office by storm with an international haul of $238 million during a seven week run.
Not bad for a movie with a budget of $18 million. Not bad at all.
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Most of us will never dine at Noma, Rene Redzepi's celebrated Copenhagen kitchen, but next month, Torontonians can see the chef in action. On October 14, Redzepi will be stopping by the Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles West) to promote his latest tome, The Noma Guide To Fermentation. Appearing alongside the chef will be his co-author, David Zilber, a Toronto native who heads up the Noma fermentation lab.
While Noma (which closed at the end of 2016 and reopened this year after a hiatus) gained a massive global profile for its modern approach to Scandinavian cuisine and ingredients, the book aims to give at-home cooks a front-row seat to its fermentation lab, offering instructions and uses for "koji, kombuchas, shoyus, misos, lacto-ferments, vinegars, garums, and black fruits and vegetables".
The appearance will reportedly involve a talk, culinary demo, Q&A and signing. No word yet on what the chefs will be preparing, but we hope it won't take weeks to make. Tickets (which include a signed copy of the book) are $80.


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Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly and Bryn Terfel in the title role of Falstaff at the Royal Opera House. Photograph: Catherine Ashmore
The week in classical: Falstaff; The Skating Rink; Pushkin – review
Royal Opera House, London; Garsington Opera, Wormsley; Grange Park Opera, West Horsley
Bryn Terfel is a magnificent Falstaff in a fine revival at Covent Garden. Elsewhere, two opera world premieres
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"All the world's a farce." So ends Falstaff (1893), Verdi's final opera. Apt words for any day, but the Royal Opera's production, which opened last Saturday amid football frenzy and Brexit meltdown, could scarcely have been more timely. New in 2012, Robert Carsen's staging is a portrayal of a late-1950s England still securely harnessed in snobbery, class wars and hunt balls. There's even a horse named Rupert.
Stylistically distinct from anything the composer had written in the previous half century – not least in being a comedy – Falstaff whoops into action with cascades of rapid string notes, offbeat gusto and great expanses of bright C major. There's no let up until the final chorus. The Italian conductor Nicola Luisotti drove the tempi way over the speed limit, which sometimes sent the tongue-twisting ensembles awry but gave the performance infectious zest.
Paul Steinberg's wood-panelled set gives us a Connaught-style dining room, all starched napery and silver cloches, in which Alice Ford, Meg Page and Mistress Quickly – characterised astutely by Ana María Martínez, Marie McLaughlin and Marie-Nicole Lemieux – compare love letters and plot to make a fool of the corpulent sender. The Fords' Windsor des res boasts a ballroom-sized kitchen with every mod con a merry wife could want. Brigitte Reiffenstuel's costumes, pinched-waist frocks, pillbox hats, scarlet hunting jackets or Lavender Hill Mob scruff complete a visually detailed picture.
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A revival director, Daniel Dooner, and a change of cast has enlivened Carsen's production immeasurably. The plum was Bryn Terfel, magnificent in the title role, the patina of nearly two decades' experience giving a salty wisdom to his "Fat Knight". Whether required to boom or play at coy falsetto or drop to fairy-light pianissimo, Terfel can do it.
The other bonus was Simon Keenlyside as the cocky Ford, hair slicked back, square suit, like Sinatra in Pal Joey, delivering his big "cuckold" aria with dark vehemence and clearly relishing the quickfire joshing with Terfel. Anna Prohaska's pure-voiced Nannetta stood out, soaring above the mayhem. Hear the Radio 3 broadcast on 22 September.
Last year, Garsington Opera staged a successful new community opera, Silver Birch. This year they have their first world premiere on the main stage, The Skating Rink by David Sawer, with a libretto by Rory Mullarkey based on the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño's novel. Told from three perspectives, the opera is set in a seedy Spanish seaside town, late season. Three narrators piece together the story: Gaspar (Sam Furness), the poet-campside attendant; Remo (Ben Edquist), a shiny businessman; and Enric (Grant Doyle), the paunchy civil servant prepared to embezzle local funds for love, building an ice rink for the skater, Nuria (Lauren Zolezzi), object of his and Remo's passion. Other characters, including two homeless women – persuasively sung by Susan Bickley and Claire Wild – exist on the fringes of society. Alan Oke shows a new, foul-mouthed side as the vagrant, Rookie.
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Adroitly staged and designed by Stewart Laing – a few tents, a boardwalk, a multipurpose, Perspex cabin – The Skating Rink grows in intensity with each act. Tough verbal exchanges are offset by magical, chilly instrumental music for the skating scenes, plucked, spiky sounds conjuring an icy underground world. Zolezzi's double as Nuria, the skater Alice Poggio, pirouetted and twirled on the artificial ice rink, transporting us far from Buckinghamshire heatwave discomfort.
Sawer's imaginative scoring, using a small ensemble with saxophone, harp, guitar and ukulele-like charango adding Latin accents, shifts freely but precisely from set piece (song, marching band, karaoke scene) to through-written fluidity. Cast and orchestra, conducted by Garry Walker, served the music admirably. I wasn't engaged by Bolaño's novel – my shortcoming; it is much admired – but Sawer and Mullarkey gave it heart.
Grange Park Opera staged a new work too, Pushkin, by Konstantin Boyarsky, also a principal violist in the Royal Opera House orchestra. Its librettist, Marita Phillips, a descendent of Pushkin, provided the spur. The work, sung in English, was given its world premiere by the Novaya Opera, Moscow, in GPO's beautiful new "theatre in the woods", conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig.
Julietta Avanesyan and Peter Auty in Pushkin at Grange Park Opera. Photograph: Richard Lewisohn
A flamboyant epic with a ball scene and a duel, it covers the last 10 years of Pushkin's life. Boyarsky hurls mighty energy at the music, encompassing every traditional Russian idiom, at times somewhat naively, from Tchaikovsky to Shostakovich via the Red Army choir, the Orthodox church and, in its filmic sweep, Doctor Zhivago. Pushkin's high-lying ballads, manfully sung by Peter Auty leading an otherwise Russian cast, could sit well in Les Mis. As a cultural exchange it was admirable. Introducing the work, Wasfi Kani, Grange Park's founder and spark plug, described the 70-strong Novaya orchestra as having "fire in their balls". Hard to argue. Despite having to miss the football, Wednesday's audience cheered wildly. It was an eccentric, roof- raising evening, if not one to repeat until the next World Cup, or maybe the one after.
Oliver Knussen, the British composer who died last week at the age of 66, left a compact body of works. We shouldn't regret the small number when such a high percentage are pearls. Luckily, Knussen wrote for many genres: Two Organa (1995), the Violin Concerto (2002) or the piano miniature Ophelia's Last Dance (2010) are fine places to start listening. A virtuosic, complete musician, he was loved and valued for his friendship and generosity. He enriched British musical life. His influence as a conductor and as a selfless supporter of other composers, not just the young, will continue to be felt. This, as well as his glistening music, will be a lasting testament.
Star ratings (out of 5)
Falstaff ★★★★
The Skating Rink ★★★★
Pushkin ★★★
• Falstaff is in rep at the Royal Opera House, London, until 21 July
• The Skating Rink is at Garsington Opera, Wormsley, until 16 July
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Fantasia Film Festival
Fantasia 2021: Third Wave Announced!
Date: July 21, 2021Author: A. Leon
I know the 25th edition of Montreal's International Film Festival is happening now in less than a month, making me feel like a little kid in a candy store. With monsters. Adding to the surprises, we got a banger of an international premiere to close the show. Fantasia will host the international premiere of Takashi Miike's new film THE GREAT YOKAI WAR – GUARDIANS. This is a sequel to Fantasia 2006's opening film, THE GREAT YOKAI WAR. We're going into Japanese demon territory, but don't worry they're friendly. We hope.
Here's some of the highlights! I must confess I could just keep adding more. This year is packed with goodies. This is just your free sample. You could hit a rock and watch your new favorite film from this kind of selection.
BULL is directed by Paul Andrew Williams. A mob henchman goes after the people he once worked for. Described as "brutal and subversive", this feature also "plays out like a horror film". You got yourself a sale. I'm there.
GLASSHOUSE is the debut of South African filmmaker Kelsey Egan. An airborne agent erases your memory. The only safe place is an airtight glasshouse, where a family tries to preserve their past. A mix of science fiction and folk horror described as "sensual and savage". I'll bite.
FOLLOW THE LIGHT is the work of director Yoichi Narita. In the rural landscape of the Japanese countryside, newcomer Akira is intrigued by Maki, a lonely girl obsessed with a crop circle. A sci-fi coming of age story is just what I needed.
THE NIGHT HOUSE is a creation of director David Bruckner. A recent widow in mourning starts seeing visions in her deceased husband's lakeside house and starts uncovering secrets "both strange and disturbing". My kind of vacation house. Okey, not really but I'm watching this either way.
THE SADNESS is a nightmare from filmmaker Rob Jabbaz. That picture there is a promise of gore and violence and this means we got an early candidate for an audience favorite right here. The release describes it as, "a return to the no-holds-barred shock sensibilities of '90s Hong Kong Category III films" and I'm not missing it.
GRAND BLUE DREAMING is a manga adaptation of the series by Tsutomu Hanabusa. OMG that picture there is another promise of mayhem of a hilarious sort! Described as "fast-paced and loaded with politically incorrect humour" but also containing "calmness with beautiful and relaxing underwater shots" as well as references to a time-travel loop? Are we going for everything in one? Yeah, I'm there.
MIDNIGHT is a South Korean horror debut feature by filmmaker Kwon Oh-seung. A deaf woman will become the next target of a serial killer. From the description I got caught by three words: "hallucinatory sound design". Hope I survive this one.
CATCH THE FAIR ONE is a creation of director Josef Kubota Wladika and the lead star and co-writer Kali "KO Mequinonoag" Reis. In search of her missing sister, an Indigenous former boxer is about to break into the dangerous underground world of sex trafficking. It's a revenge thriller tackling the true crime of missing Indigenous women ending up murdered. I think this is going to hit hard in more ways than one.
This is by no means my favorite list. I have way too many movies to pick from the ones remaining. Visit the Fantasia official site and ready yourself! The 25th Montreal Fantasia International Film Festival starts August 5. I'm covering it, of course. Expect random reviews popping up all throughout the month.
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Susan Abulhawa, "Israel More than Apartheid" to Speak at DC Policy Conference
Keynote: Susan Abulhawa, "Israel More than Apartheid"
Susan Abulhawa will present the keynote speech at the sixth Israel Lobby & American Policy Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on March 22. Her address is entitled "Israel: More than Apartheid," and will examine the nature of Israel's presence in the world, beginning with its claim to be the "only democracy in the Middle East" vs its reality as an apartheid nation. What are the roles Israel has assumed beyond colonizing Palestine in terms of Israel's relationships to other nations, to the natural world, and to history?
As a highly regarded Palestinian author who has written internationally acclaimed bestsellers, Abulhawa is often invited to international poetry or literary festivals. Audiences in every country in the world can listen to her voice—except in her own homeland. In November 2018, Israeli authorities barred her entry at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport and prevented her from participating in panel discussions at a literature festival in Ramallah and Jerusalem. She was detained for 32 hours, many of them spent in an Israeli jail cell, as she appealed the decision. An Israeli court upheld her deportation.
Other speakers at this major conference, days before AIPAC holds its annual gathering in our nation's capital, will examine the history and current efforts of Israel's lobby to shape U.S. domestic and foreign policy, and ways to transcend the influence of this lobby for a foreign country.
Participants in the Israel Lobby & American Policy conference's "Ideas Fair" will invite attendees to organize, join local grassroots efforts to educate fellow Americans, read up-to-date magazines, journals, and online publications, travel to Palestine and continue to support Palestinians and policies that advance the American interest.
From Abdulhawa's statement on her deportation:
"It pains me that we can meet anywhere in the world except in Palestine, the place to which we belong, from whence our stories emerge and where all our turns eventually lead. We cannot meet on soil that has been fertilized for millennia by the bodies of our ancestors and watered by the tears and blood of Palestine's sons and daughters who daily fight for her…I want to leave you with one more thought I had in that jail cell, and it is this: Israel is spiritually, emotionally and culturally small despite the large guns they point at us—or perhaps precisely because of them. It is to their own detriment that they cannot accept our presence in our homeland, because our humanity remains intact and our art is beautiful and life-affirming, and we aren't going anywhere but home."
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"Mubarak…Khushamadeed" – A Poem for Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Ms. Kendra Spears as their Engagement is Announced by His Highness the Aga Khan
PRINCE RAHIM AGA KHAN – A BRIEF PROFILE
His Highness the Aga Khan and his oldest son Prince Rahim touring the Sosuco sugar factory in Banfora, Burkina Faso. – Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte
Date and place of birth: October 12, 1971, Geneva, Switzerland.
Relationship to His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Ismaili Imam: Prince Rahim Aga Khan is His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan's second of four children, the others being older sister Princess Zahra and younger brothers Prince Hussain Aga Khan (all three born to Begum Salimah Aga Khan) and Prince Aly Muhammad (born to Princess Inaara Aga Khan).
Post Secondary Education and Specialization:
(1) 1996 – Bachelor of Arts, Comparative Literature, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;
(2) 2006 – Executive Development Programme, Management and Administration, University of Navarra IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain.
Current Responsibilities: Executive Director of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED); Executive Director at the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance(AKAM).
His Highness the Aga Khan presents Prince Rahim Aga Khan to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Foundation Ceremony of the Aga Khan Museum and the Ismaili Centre being constructed in Toronto. Prince Hussain Aga Khan is seen at left. Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte.
Based at the Secretariat of His Highness the Aga Khan at Aiglemont, north of Paris, France, Prince Rahim is an executive Director of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) — the economic development arm of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). He also serves as an Executive Director at the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance (AKAM).
His Highness the Aga Khan presents his brother Prince Amyn and his son Prince Rahim to Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, who welcomed them to Buckingham Palace during the Golden Jubilee of His Highness. Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte
A graduate of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Comparative Literature awarded in 1996, Prince Rahim received his secondary education at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. In 2006, Prince Rahim completed an executive development programme in Management and Administration at the University of Navarra IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. Prince Rahim travels regularly to Asia and Africa to oversee the industrial plants, hotel properties and financial institutions, including microfinance programmes, of the Aga Khan Development Network.
His Highness the Aga Khan, center, with his son Prince Rahim and daughter Princess Zahra overlooking the entrance hall of the Ismaili Centre Dubai from the balcony above on the opening day on March 26, 2008. Photo: AKDN/Gary Otte.
The engagement of Prince Rahim to Ms Kendra Spears, of Seattle, Washington USA, was announced on Friday, April 26, 2013, to the joy of Ismailis around the world, who celebrated the news with sherbet and cake.
"Mubarak…Khushamadeed"
On 26 April 2013, His Highness the Aga Khan announced the engagement of his eldest son, Prince Rahim, to Ms Kendra Spears of Seattle, Washington, the United States. Photo: The Ismaili/Gary Otte.
By Navyn Naran
there is an expectant joy in the air
as we welcome the news our Mawla has shared
and He is happy for a love of two
a new beginning for all, here paired.
this joy paralleled e'en by the spring
the breeze gently caressing the face of each
we share in their love and welcome the new
an understanding and acknowledgement in this niche.
our Prince has met a partner in life
and Benevolent the Grace enveloping this match
how happy we feel for that special bond and trust
and pray this development manifest strong in latch.
the sacred Truth as once was shared,
and Knowledge beckoned Adam and Hawa in this life
so meeting in mind, heart and soul in twain
is Blessed by the Creator as man takes wife
there is joy in our community for the Noorani family
sherbet and cake to enjoy for all
and cherry blossom beckon another fresh day
as brother and sister welcome this Call.
for the arduous tasks You take under Your wing
shall flourish and strengthen as this Bond to be
and mighty as Zulfiqar, the sword,
in Trust and Respect always between.
Khushamadeed Ms. Spears, Mubarak O Prince,
Mubarak! our hearts smile, Mubarak! and since
a Unity weaving as Iman does hope
we welcome you Kendra to this lineage's rope.
our Mawla, Mubarak! devotedly we serve
Your happiness is ours also, let us not bend nor swerve
a nikkah is called, a love unending for two
Khushamadeed Kendra, a most respectful welcome to you.
Date posted: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Date updated: Monday, April 29, 2013 (typo)
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Two fishermen have been airlifted to hospital after their boat capsized on Lough Derg this afternoon.
The alarm was raised at around 3.30pm when a member of the public reported two people calling for help from a fishing boat off Mountshannon in Co Clare.
Watch officers at the Irish Coast Guard's marine rescue sub centre on Valentia Island in Kerry quickly mounted a search and rescue operation.
The Shannon based helicopter, Rescue 115, was sent to the scene while the Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard was also alerted.
Members of Killaloe Coast Guard quickly launched their rescue boat and made their way north along the lake to the incident. Other volunteers travelled to Mountshannon by road.
On arrival at the scene the helicopter quickly located the casualties who were by then sitting on top of their boat which had capsized.
The pair were winched on board the helicopter and flown directly to University Hospital Limerick.
One was reported to be suffering from hypothermia however neither is believed to have been seriously harmed.
The Coast Guard boat secured the upturned boat and took it on tow. It took over an hour to recover the boat to Mountshannon harbour when a Coast Guard land crew was waiting to assist.


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F.B.I. Agents' Role Is Transformed by Terror Fight
ERIC SCHMITT
NORWALK, Calif. — The report last month was chilling: a 55-gallon drum of radioactive material had gone missing during shipment from North Carolina to California. Even worse, the person who signed for the cargo was not an employee of the company that ordered the load.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation here ramped up, consulting health officials, questioning radiation specialists and tracking down the trucker who dropped off the material, which could be used in a radioactive-bomb attack. Three hours later, the shipper found the drum — still sitting on a loading dock 20 miles from its destination in the Los Angeles area — having confused it with a similar shipment sent to a different company on the same day.
For an F.B.I. team here that vets tips and threats about possible terrorist activity, it was yet another false alarm in a job largely defined by hoaxes and bogus leads that must still be run to ground.
"A lot of time we are chasing shadows," said Lee Ann Bernardino, a 20-year F.B.I. special agent who handled the case, "but it's better to do that than find out later you let something get by."
Spending two days with Agent Bernardino's 21-member threat squad, known as Counterterrorism 6, or CT-6, offered a rare window on the daily workings of an F.B.I. transformed after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The bureau now ranks fighting terrorism as its No. 1 priority. It has doubled the number of agents assigned to counterterrorism duties to roughly 5,000 people, and has created new squads across the country that focus more on deterring and disrupting terrorism than on solving crimes.
But the manpower costs of this focus are steep, and the benefits not always clear. Of the 5,500 leads that the squad has pursued since it was formed five years ago, only 5 percent have been found credible enough to be sent to permanent F.B.I. squads for longer-term investigations, said Supervisory Special Agent Kristen von KleinSmid, head of the squad. Only a handful of those cases have resulted in criminal prosecutions or other law enforcement action, and none have foiled a specific terrorist plot, the authorities acknowledge.
As part of the larger debate about the transformation of the F.B.I., some counterterrorism specialists question the value of threat squads — which are also in Washington, New York and a few other cities.
"Just chasing leads burns through resources," said Amy Zegart, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who writes extensively on intelligence matters. "You're really going to get bang for the buck when you chase leads based on a deeper assessment of who threatens us, their capabilities and indicators of impending attack. Right now, there's more chasing than assessing."
The F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, has acknowledged the toll of the shift of agents to counterterrorism and intelligence duties. It comes at the cost of resources to combat corporate and financial fraud, and the deadly drug war in Mexico. About 40 percent of the bureau's agents are devoted to fighting terrorism.
The threat squad here is just one part of the F.B.I.'s sprawling Los Angeles field office. About 30 percent of the office's 750 agents work on terrorism cases, including Al Qaeda, Hamas, terrorism financing and animal rights extremists.
Federal agents say a major lesson of the Sept. 11 attacks is that all credible reports of possible terrorist activity must be checked. And they say it is more efficient for one squad with specially trained investigators to assess these tips, allowing other agents to stay focused on longer-term terrorist inquiries.
The squad's work here has yielded important results, officials say. In March 2008, Seyed Maghloubi, an Iranian-born American citizen, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for plotting to illegally export 100,000 Uzi submachine guns to Iran, via Dubai.
His arrest stemmed from a tip from a police informant whom Mr. Maghloubi contacted about buying the weapons. The threat squad picked up the tip and developed information that led to a federal sting operation against Mr. Maghloubi.
Responsible for overseeing seven counties and 19 million people in Southern California, the threat squad was created in May 2004 after threats to shopping malls on the West Side of Los Angeles diverted about 100 agents from other counterterrorism inquiries.
Working out of a drab office building here 15 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, the investigators sift through tips and threats called in by the public or passed on by a regional intelligence center. The agents check databases and conduct field interviews before deciding whether to act on a case immediately, farm it out to another F.B.I. squad or refer it to another law enforcement agency.
"Someone has to go out and knock on the doors," said Frank Leal, a 29-year detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department assigned to the threat squad along with investigators from 10 other local, state and federal agencies. "You don't want any one of those leads to go boom."
The squad now gets about 80 leads a month, down from a peak of about 140 a month a few years ago, a decline Agent von KleinSmid attributed in part to greater screening of tips by other intelligence analysts.
Recent reported threats range from the mundane to the bizarre.
On Aug. 1, a man called in a bomb threat to a Marriott-chain hotel in Hollywood. The authorities found nothing in a sweep of the hotel. A few hours later, the same man called to ask if the hotel had by any chance lowered its rates recently, and if it would do so if a bomb threat came in.
Security guards have questioned people taking pictures of oil refineries in the Los Angeles area. Many turned out to be college students fulfilling assignment for class projects.
Another recent reported threat sounded like a Hollywood thriller. In June, a college student told her University of California, Riverside, professor that her father, a Pakistani microbiologist, was secretly testing botulism toxins on animals in their basement on the outskirts of Los Angeles. F.B.I. agents, backed by police and hazardous-material experts, moved in on the house only to find nothing. The student had been trying to impress her professor in a weird way, investigators said.
Nicholas M. Legaspi, the lead F.B.I. special agent on the bogus biolaboratory case, said he had no regrets about the effort devoted to the false alarm, which he said had served as an excellent training exercise.
Agent Legaspi said his initial frustration about working on the threat squad was tempered by overseas assignments in which he investigated the attacks in Mumbai, India; worked alongside American Special Forces in Afghanistan; and interrogated Qaeda detainees at the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
"For the first several years, it was very disappointing always chasing ghosts," said Agent Legaspi, a former officer in the Army and the California Highway Patrol. "But looking at what goes on overseas keeps me sharp. I realized the terrorists are deadly serious. It makes me hungry to do this job."