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People ride electric bikes far a lot of reasons. That's because an eBike has a lot of advantages compared to traditional bicycles or even when compared to motorcycles or cars. Many years ago, bicycles served as the major means of transportation in virtually all parts of the world. But this has reduced drastically over time. Nowadays, cycling is mostly used as a recreational activity rather than one's primary means of transportation.
The advantages to cycling or riding a bicycle cannot be overemphasized. This is even more true for the the electric bike. Below are some advantages of riding an electric bike for you to consider.
Accept you are signing up to use an electric bike that comes with a top speed which could go as fast as 25 mph (40 km/h), and you may not need any special license. You can just enjoy the ride and pass by traffic as you like. As enjoyable as that sounds, don't forget to charge the battery before setting out for a ride.
When compared to automobiles, motorcycles and other fuel consuming means of transportation, the cost of building and purchasing an eBike is less expensive. Not only that, but the cost of maintaining an eBike is relatively low, as you will not need to spend money on gas. All you need to do is keep the battery charged. You will spend far less a month charging your eBike than you will that same month fueling a car or motorcycle.
Freewheel, geared ebikes are just like a regular bike, but they can extend the bike's range past the rider's natural ability to pedal it. This is super handy if you tend to bite off just a bit more than you can usually chew, route-wise.
Plenty folks use electric bikes as a way to recover after an injury where riding a traditional, non-powered bicycle might be too strenuous. Some eBikes let you adjust the amount of electric assistance that the bike gives. Other types of eBikes require less rider input and instead automatically adjusts to your pedaling speed.
Just a couple years ago, electric bikes were heavy, clunky eyesores that simply wasn't visually appealing. Oh, but have times changed! Technology has improved the manufacturing process and now, batteries are smaller, and e-bike designs are stylish.
Now that many people have realized the good things about electric bikes, and they are jumping on the trend. There are different varieties of e-bikes available in the market today. They include road bikes, cargo bikes, folding bikes, mountain bikes and so on.
If you dislike cycling because it is difficult to ride uphill or against the wind, this problem has been solved. Electric bikes nowadays can move you easily uphill and against a headwind. The electric motor is there if you need assistance.
If you regularly find yourself in traffic, the electric bike can be a way out of this. You will no longer be stuck behind the wheel of a car. You will have the freedom to travel as you wish, traffic or no. Drive through the park, take a path by the river, go the way you want to go.
Electric bikes are powered by a battery and an electric motor. Together, they supplement the effort you put towards riding. No more getting exhausted when traveling long distances. Let the magic pedal-assist get you through it. With just a little effort, you'll be able to travel far. Electric bikes that have freewheel and gears can certainly get you to a source of electricity if you drain the battery completely.
Bicycles have been a reliable means of transportation since before the end of World War II. But cycling has become more than a recreational activity these days — though that's changing as more and more people migrate to congested urban cities.
Bicycles can now do more than ever before to serve a wider range of people as a reliable means of transportation. The introduction of eBikes, with their electric motor, has made pedaling much easier for the average cyclist. This motor gives the rider faster speeds, more control and longer mileage.
So why ride an electric bike?
Ultimately, only you can answer that. Riding an eBike can be fun, can save you money and time, and can keep you more active than ever before. Is that reason enough? Try an electric bike for yourself. Take one out for a spin. Test the waters. We know you'll love it. And maybe that's answer enough.
Got a new reason to ride an electric bike that we didn't cover? Let us know.
If you need help finding the perfect electric rideable, be it an eBike or electric scooter, then check out our totally unbiased eRideable Buyer's Guide.
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import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;

import com.liferay.expando.kernel.model.ExpandoBridge;

import com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.AutoEscape;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.BaseModel;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.CacheModel;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.GroupedModel;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.ShardedModel;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.StagedAuditedModel;
import com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.ServiceContext;

import java.io.Serializable;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * The base model interface for the Foo service. Represents a row in the "SSB_Foo" database table, with each column mapped to a property of this class.
 *
 *

 * This interface and its corresponding implementation {@link blade.servicebuilder.model.impl.FooModelImpl} exist only as a container for the default property accessors generated by ServiceBuilder. Helper methods and all application logic should be put in {@link blade.servicebuilder.model.impl.FooImpl}.
 *

 *
 * @author Brian Wing Shun Chan
 * @see Foo
 * @see blade.servicebuilder.model.impl.FooImpl
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	 * @param uuid the uuid of this foo
	 */
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	public void setUuid(String uuid);

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	 * Returns the foo ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the foo ID of this foo
	 */
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	/**
	 * Sets the foo ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param fooId the foo ID of this foo
	 */
	public void setFooId(long fooId);

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	 * Returns the group ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the group ID of this foo
	 */
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	public long getGroupId();

	/**
	 * Sets the group ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param groupId the group ID of this foo
	 */
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	public void setGroupId(long groupId);

	/**
	 * Returns the company ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the company ID of this foo
	 */
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	public long getCompanyId();

	/**
	 * Sets the company ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param companyId the company ID of this foo
	 */
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	public void setCompanyId(long companyId);

	/**
	 * Returns the user ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the user ID of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public long getUserId();

	/**
	 * Sets the user ID of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param userId the user ID of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public void setUserId(long userId);

	/**
	 * Returns the user uuid of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the user uuid of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public String getUserUuid();

	/**
	 * Sets the user uuid of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param userUuid the user uuid of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public void setUserUuid(String userUuid);

	/**
	 * Returns the user name of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the user name of this foo
	 */
	@AutoEscape
	@Override
	public String getUserName();

	/**
	 * Sets the user name of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param userName the user name of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public void setUserName(String userName);

	/**
	 * Returns the create date of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the create date of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public Date getCreateDate();

	/**
	 * Sets the create date of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param createDate the create date of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public void setCreateDate(Date createDate);

	/**
	 * Returns the modified date of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the modified date of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public Date getModifiedDate();

	/**
	 * Sets the modified date of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param modifiedDate the modified date of this foo
	 */
	@Override
	public void setModifiedDate(Date modifiedDate);

	/**
	 * Returns the field1 of this foo.
	 *
	 * @return the field1 of this foo
	 */
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	/**
	 * Sets the field1 of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param field1 the field1 of this foo
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	/**
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	 * @param field4 the field4 of this foo
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	 * @return the field5 of this foo
	 */
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	 * Sets the field5 of this foo.
	 *
	 * @param field5 the field5 of this foo
	 */
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	@Override
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	@Override
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	@Override
	public ExpandoBridge getExpandoBridge();

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	@Override
	public void setExpandoBridgeAttributes(ExpandoBridge expandoBridge);

	@Override
	public void setExpandoBridgeAttributes(ServiceContext serviceContext);

	@Override
	public Object clone();

	@Override
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	@Override
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	@Override
	public CacheModel<blade.servicebuilder.model.Foo> toCacheModel();

	@Override
	public blade.servicebuilder.model.Foo toEscapedModel();

	@Override
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	@Override
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	@Override
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Shadows IN the Walls takes place like a time-traveling odyssey at the National Gallery Singapore, as part of the Light to Night Festival's special edition to commemorate Singapore's Bicentennial celebrations and in relation to its main theme of Traces and Echoes. A series of characters came alive from the past and unraveled hidden tales along its passageways. The audience turned into voyeurists, as they listened to poignant dialogues shared by these characters about the rich history of the National Gallery's past, which interestingly comprises of two of Singapore's national monuments – City Hall and the former Supreme Court.
Shadows IN the Walls' Creative Director and Co-Writer, Zelda Tatiana Ng talked to The Unpublishables about her own process in the making of GroundZ-0 原。空間's latest presentation.
What was your inspiration behind Shadows IN the Walls?
Zelda Tatiana Ng: Talking about inspiration, I wanted to create a kind of night tour around National Gallery Singapore, where I do not wish to touch on already known figures like Sir Stamford Raffles. I wanted to step back a little and question what do we understand about Singapore's history. Because nowadays it is very easy for us to google anything and whoever so online. But who or what is the official history? Or are there other forms of history – such as the audio, or the spoken from our forefathers? And that is also history, just that it is not written down. So the inspiration came from not what we thought we already know. I want to focus on the second 'line' of people in the history, such as Munshi Abdullah. Rarely we talk about him in the past, till it is the Bicentennial this year, and everybody remembers him. What about the blue Samsui woman? When we talk about the Bicentennial, we always think about 20 years of development and of course, Samsui women were one of the contributors to our nation-building. But there is also the blue Samsui women that we never talk about. Why? But they are part of the contributions, as the red Samsui women.
So I chose something that is at the side; the 'peripheral' type of characters. And the major question is – what do we understand about history?
What are some of your thoughts while producing it?
Zelda Tatiana Ng: We started preparations in early September 2018, where we did initial scripting and research. Because there's so much materials on hand, we eventually narrowed down to five major inspirational points that are related to significant people like David Marshall; Mamoru Shinozaki; Cavaliere Rudolfo Nolli; Munshi Abdullah and the blue Samsui woman.
I learnt a lot along the way because of the research. And the more I researched, the more I questioned. The research on Munshi Abdullah was interesting, and that's how we developed one fo the characters based on the 'Hikayat Abdullah' that he wrote (The Story of Abdullah; first published in 1849 and became an important source to understand the social history of 19th-century Singapore). In it, he shared about the other side of Sir Raffles Stamford that is interesting; more like a human being and not so much like a legend and his relationship with his co-worker, William Farqhuar.
What is the response so far, based on the opening reception and trial runs?
Zelda Tatiana Ng: I'm very glad and grateful that I have received a lot of good comments. People are very encouraging. There are some who said they view the National Gallery Singapore very differently now. They wrote in the feedback form that they now see the gallery in a very different light, in terms of the space, and the stillness of the sound, and the history itself. That's very touching.
Zelda Tatiana Ng: It is our aim and objective that we hope the audience will not just remember the people that are already very '出名'('famous'/ 'choot meng' in Cantonese). We also hope that people will remember there are also others that are not prominent, that is, those in the second / third / fourth categories of people who have also contributed to Singapore's significant developments over the years. They are just as important. History is much more than what we think we already know.
Shadows IN the Walls opens at the National Gallery Singapore on selected dates and is limited to 20 people in each tour. Ticket admission fees apply. Please check for more details here.
Photos on Shadows IN the Walls taken by Gwen Sin can also be viewed here.


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10 Social Media News You Have to Know – Spring 2019
The first quarter of the year 2019 is over, and as we are used to, plenty of new stuff happened within the social media. To catch up on everything important, we prepared a list of the ten most significant news you shouldn't miss.
Instagram Launches Shopping Checkout
A couple of months ago we were talking about Instagram as a new leader in e-commerce, and the platform confirmed our assumption with another step. Last year brands could start to mark their products with a shopping bag icon, which led users to their website. Now those 130 million users tapping the icon can buy items without leaving the app thanks to new feature "Checkout with Instagram". So far, it was launched in the U.S. with more than 20 top brands like Adidas, H&M, Zara or Nike.
The shopping experience is pretty simple. Users tap to a post with the shopping bag icon, and they'll see the product detail with an option Instagram Checkout. Afterward, they type in contact, address and pay the product. A piece of cake! 🍰💪
Users can pay via PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover. Instagram is planning to expand the Checkout in the future and also allow merchants to integrate their Shopify, BigCommerce, ChannelAdvisor, CommerceHub and other tools.
Zuckerberg Outlines the Future of Facebook
Are you sometimes thinking what is going to look like Facebook in the future? Well, Mark Zuckerberg made it recently pretty clear – it is messaging. We already noticed Facebook's idea to merge its standalone messaging apps. To support the idea of privacy and private conversations, Facebook CEO shared a 3,000 word blog post describing his plans to add in more privacy-aligned features, better connecting the trends of groups and messaging into the broader Facebook experience.
"Over the last 15 years, Facebook and Instagram have helped people connect with friends, communities, and interests in the digital equivalent of a town square. But people increasingly also want to connect privately in the digital equivalent of the living room. As I think about the future of the internet, I believe a privacy-focused communications platform will become even more important than today's open platforms. Privacy gives people the freedom to be themselves and connect more naturally, which is why we build social networks." Wrote Mark Zuckerberg in his post.
Report Shows Facebook Usage Drop in USA Second Year in a Row
Let's stay with Facebook a little bit longer and see the numbers. No wonder Zuckerberg and his team are working on some significant changes as the usage dropped for a second straight year in the US. According to the latest Edison Research "Infinite Dial" report, people are not using it as much as they used to in the past. The trend is decreasing since 2017. But bear in mind, that those numbers are only from the US segment and the region of North America makes "only" 242 million total monthly users.
WhatsApp is Celebrating 10th Anniversary
Even though we don't hear that much about WhatsApp (compared to Facebook or Instagram), the messaging app is doing very well. While the western markets aren't that strong, the rest of the world is a different story. With 1,5 billion users, WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging platform, leaving Messenger or China's WeChat behind. The app succeeded in holding on its primary functionalities and friend-to-friend interactions but slowly trying to monetize. The ad options were recently added, and it seems that more activities from the Facebook side are about to happen.
We're back 👋 and today we're celebrating our 10 year anniversary! Stay tuned for more. #10YearsofWhatsApp pic.twitter.com/mSDnRRUivi
— WhatsApp Inc. (@WhatsApp) February 25, 2019
New Guide on Testing and Learning Released by Facebook
To make sure your campaign is as most successful as it could be, testing is an essential part of marketer's work. As Facebook tries to help advertisers promote brands, companies or persons, the marketing guides are published from time to time. The newest version takes an in-depth look at effective testing and learning and outlines six common testing errors, including sample size concerns, how outliners can skew your data and issues with non-defined variables. The 16-page "Guide to Testing and Learning with Incrementality Measurement" is on the Facebook business page.
Snapchat Updated its Educational Section for Advertisers
If your customers are the younger generation, you are probably active on Snapchat or at least thinking about it. The platform offers plenty of tools for digital marketers and to help them with the promo there, Snapchat launched its "Explore" section with education courses in 2017. Now, Explore was revamped and updated to offer a new range of tools and insights designed to help reach better results when promoting your business in front of the app's 186 million daily users.
LinkedIn Goes Live
LinkedIn might be a little bit behind when it comes to new features, finally now is launching its live-streaming option. Firstly available in the US, LinkedIn Live will offer regular members and businesses opportunity to share for example from conferences, product announcements or Q&As and more. If you are not from the USA and still want to be part of the first roll-out, you can apply through a contact form in the next weeks. But we can expect that the rest of the world will be able to stream live soon too.
Another Facebook Data Security Issue
Not that shocking anymore, right? Sadly, Facebook announced a new issue, this time concerning users passwords. The problem was in inadequate internal password storage, which could easily have opened millions of accounts up to hackers. Facebook claims that they have no evidence the data was shared to anyone outside of Facebook. Still, they were visible to 2 000 internal employees. The specific number of affected users wasn't confirmed, but it is supposed to be around 600 million (one-fifth of 2,6 billion users across Facebook and Instagram).
"As part of a routine security review in January, we found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data storage systems. This caught our attention because our login systems are designed to mask passwords using techniques that make them unreadable. We have fixed these issues, and as a precaution, we will be notifying everyone whose passwords we have found were stored in this way." Facebook explained.
Improved Communication within Facebook and Instagram for Admins
Newly Facebook Page admins are able to respond to Instagram Direct Messages from Facebook Page inbox. Via this step, Facebook wants to simplify messaging for Page admins, and it also fits in Facebook's strategy of unification of its messaging apps.
New Way of IGTV Promotion
To support IGTV, which is not doing so good as was supposed, Facebook introduced a new strategy to encourage further IGTV usage. The new form of IGTV promos is shown in the main Instagram feed every time a profile shares an IGTV video. It means that you can share a clip from your latest video within the main feed and users can then tap to see it all.
Now, you can preview IGTV videos in your feed. When there's a new video from someone you follow, you can tap from your feed to watch the full video in IGTV. (👋 @HannahStocking) pic.twitter.com/tkYSchB7E8
— Instagram (@instagram) February 7, 2019
"Social media is here. It's not going away; not a passing fad. Be where your customers are: in social media"
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Eastman Centennial Celebration
Eastman School of Music and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Jointly Present "Eastman Theatre Centennial Concert"
The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), jointly present Eastman Theatre Centennial Concert, to be held at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre on Saturday, September 24, at 8:00 p.m.
This joint concert commemorates the stunning Eastman Theatre celebrating its centennial year. This coincides with Eastman School of Music's official centennial, which is immediately followed in 2023 with RPO's own 100-year-celebration. The concert program will feature the Eastman Philharmonia performing Don Juan, conducted by Neil Varon, and the RPO performing Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2, Romantic, conducted by Andreas Delfs.
In addition, Philharmonia and RPO jointly performing Eastman alumnus Jeff Beal's ('85E) world premiere of The Cathedral, conducted by Beal himself. "The Eastman Theater is a magnificent and historic concert and gathering space. Having spent my formative years performing there as a student, I'm honored to compose and conduct a new work to ring in its centennial," shares Beal. He further describes his new piece, "The Cathedral will celebrate in sound the two orchestras who call the theater their home: the Rochester Philharmonic and the Eastman Philharmonia. As in a dialog between mentor and student, the two orchestras will be placed around the listener, and I hope will give us all attending the thrilling experience of these two wonderful ensembles in a beloved space."
"It is an honor to have our Eastman Philharmonia perform with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, especially on a world-premiere work by Jeff Beal," shares Neil Varon, Professor of Conducting and Ensembles and conductor of the Eastman Philharmonia. "It is always important to give our students opportunities to perform new and exciting works, including Don Juan, and to experience performing alongside professional musicians such as the RPO is a special experience."
"We, at the RPO, are thrilled to partner with Eastman School of Music for this performance," says Curt Long, President and CEO of the RPO. "We're especially excited that composer Jeff Beal has written a new work that will focus the audience's attention on the theatre itself. We hope you'll join us in celebration of this historic and beautiful space that's been a part of Rochesterians lives for almost 100 years."
Tickets can be purchased at the Eastman Theatre Box Office, 433 East Main St. or online at: http://www.eastmantheatre.org.
Eastman Media inquiries: Jessica Kaufman, Director of Communications, (585)278-4743, jkaufman@esm.rochester.edu
RPO Media inquiries: Teagan Ward, (585)506-7436, tward@rpo.org
Jeff Beal is a composer with a genre-defying musical fluidity. His film scores have received critical acclaim, while he remains a respected composer in the concert, theater, and dance worlds.
Beal's evocative score and theme for the Netflix drama House of Cards received four Emmy Award nominations, and recently won for outstanding score, bringing Beal's Emmy tally to nineteen nominations and five statues. Other lauded series include HBO's Carnivale and Rome. Film scores feature the documentaries Blackfish and Athlete A and dramas Pollock, Appaloosa, and the upcoming Raymond and Ray for Apple TV+.
Beal's orchestral works have been performed by the New World, Rochester, Pacific, Munich, New West, Minnesota, Detroit, and The National symphony orchestras. Commissions include works for the Metropole Orchestra, The Ying Quartet, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Henry Mancini Institute, Prism Brass Quintet, Smuin Ballet, Grammy winner Jason Vieaux and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra who commissioned "The Paper-Lined Shack" for Leonard Slatkin and Grammy winning soprano Hila Plitmann. His choral works include The Salvage Men commissioned by the Eric Whitacre Singers and Sunrise, an evening length score for W.F. Murnau's groundbreaking silent film commissioned by the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Music for theater includes the 2015 World Science Festival Production Light Falls and the 2019 installation celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing produced by 59 productions and presented on the Mall in Washington DC where it was viewed over three nights by more than a half a million spectators.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Beal's grandmother was a pianist who performed on the radio and as accompanist for silent movies. Beal graduated from the Eastman School of Music where he and his wife, Joan, recently donated $2 million to the creation of The Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media.
Read more about Beal.
About Eastman School of Music:
The Eastman School of Music, of the University of Rochester was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. It was the first professional school of the University of Rochester. Mr. Eastman's dream was that his school would provide a broad education in the liberal arts as well as superb musical training.
More than 900 students are enrolled in the Collegiate Division of the Eastman School of Music—about 500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. They come from almost every state, and approximately 23 percent are from other countries. They are taught by a faculty comprised of more than 130 highly regarded performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators. They are Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy winners, Emmy winners, Guggenheim fellows, ASCAP Award recipients, published authors, recording artists, and acclaimed musicians who have performed in the world's greatest concert halls. Each year, Eastman's students, faculty members, and guest artists present more than 900 concerts to the Rochester community. Additionally, more than 1,700 members of the Rochester community, from young children through senior citizens, are enrolled in the Eastman Community Music School.
Currently celebrating its centennial year, Eastman School of Music highlights include acclaimed guest artists performing alongside Eastman's ensembles; national academic and music conferences; alumni events throughout the country; a documentary being produced in partnership with WXXI, and more. Pillar events include: "Opening of the Doors," a community-driven celebration scheduled for March 2-6, 2022; "100 concerts to celebrate 100 years"; and a Meliora Weekend celebration in Fall 2022. For up-to-date information on the Eastman Centennial, please visit our Centennial website at https://www.esm.rochester.edu/100.
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In patients undergoing HLA-matched unrelated myeloablative HCT, ATLG was associated with reduced chronic GVHD but no improvement in chronic GVHD-free survival.
Progression-free and overall survival were worse with ATLG.
A double-blind phase III trial has shown no benefit of anti–T-lymphocyte globulin (ATLG) vs placebo on chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD)-free survival in patients undergoing human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched unrelated myeloablative hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The study was reported by Soiffer et al in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. ATLG treatment was associated with poorer progression-free and overall survival. A number of prior open-label randomized studies had suggested a benefit with ATLG in reducing chronic GVHD with no adverse effect on survival.
In the trial, 254 patients aged 18 to 65 years from 27 sites in North America and Australia with acute leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who underwent myeloablative HLA-matched unrelated HCT were randomized to receive ATLG (n = 126) or placebo (n = 128). Patients received ATLG or placebo at 20 mg/kg/d on days –3, –2, and –1 in addition to tacrolimus and methotrexate as GVHD prophylaxis. The primary endpoint was moderate-severe chronic GVHD-free survival.
The ATLG group had reductions in grade 2 to 4 acute GVHD (23% vs 40%, P = .004) and moderate-severe chronic GVHD (12% vs 33%, P < .001), but no significant difference in moderate-severe chronic GVHD-free survival vs placebo was observed (2-year estimate = 48% vs 44%, P = .47). The ATLG group had poorer estimated 2-year progression-free survival (47% vs 65%, P = .04) and overall survival (59% vs 74%, P = .034); on a multivariate analysis, hazard ratios were 1.55 (P = .026) for progression-free survival and 1.74 (P = .01) for overall survival.
The study was supported by Neovii Biotech.
Robert J. Soiffer, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is the corresponding author of the Journal of Clinical Oncology article.


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PP Vol.10 No.10 , October 2019
Addition of Insulin to Treatment Regimen in Type 2 Diabetes: The Significance of Age and Duration among Sudanese Diabetic Patients
Hisham Mohammed Abdelrahim1, Abdelhaleem Mustafa Madani2,3, Asma Noureldaim Mahmoud4, Tarig Mohammed El-hadiyah1, Abubakr Khidir Yousif5
1 Medicine and Endocrinology, University of National Ribat, Khartoum, Sudan.
2 Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan.
3 Cardiac Center, Omdurman Teaching Hospital, Omdurman, Sudan.
4 Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan.
5 Consultant of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Health Services Directorate, National Health Insurance Fund, Wadmadani, Gezira State, Sudan.
Abstract: Background: Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease and as the result of patient's age and diabetes duration, β-cell ability for insulin secretion deteriorates continually and finally fails to meet body requirement. Intensification of treatment drug regimen including addition of insulin is critical to maintain glycemic target and reduce developing of long-term complications. Objective: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of diabetes duration and patients' age on addition of insulin to treatment regimen. Methods: A single centre, cross-sectional hospital-based study was done among 351 diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients visiting Ribat University Hospital Diabetic Clinic, Khartoum State, Sudan. Data was collected using constructed, validated and multiple-choice questionnaire. Results: From 351 patients enrolled in the study, female were 65.8% and male 34.2%. About 64.4% were on oral anti-diabetic; 35.6% on insulin; about 31.6% shifted to insulin when their ages above 40 years; and 22.8% when diabetes duration was above 5 years. Co-morbidity was 54.4% and 60.2% of patients had hypertension. Conclusion: Interactions between age and longer duration of diabetes were mostly significant reasons for transferring patients to insulin. Percent of insulin users and co-morbidity was within international range.
Keywords: Type 2 Diabetes, Insulin, Duration, Age, Sudanese
Diabetes control is complicated [1] and required continuous assessment from both patients and their specialized medical providers [2] . Although diabetes self-management skills for the Type 2 DM patient are improved with longer disease duration, the challenge to keep the required goal for diabetes control becomes harder. Resistance to medications or abnormalities of insulin production may occur and therefore increasing doses, or additional medications, or even changing treatment plan may be needed over time. This resistance is attributed to the fact that β-cell function deteriorates with time due to lipotoxicity or glucotoxicity [3] . Many studies, including United Kingdom Prospective for Diabetes Study (UKPDS) [4] , proved the reduction of beta-cell function is associated to duration of diabetes [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] that requiring intensification of oral therapy, including addition of insulin to treatment regimen, considering patient-centered approach [9] .
The incident of diabetes increases with age [10] and according to2005-2006, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in USA, one third of elderly population were diabetes [11] . There are many reasons related to increased incidence of diabetes among elderly, however the important one is that the β cell proliferative capacity reduced, and in diabetic individuals this effect further aggravated by higher rates of β-cell apoptosis [12] . Several studies revealed that age and diabetes duration are independent predictors for co-morbidity even hyperglycemia does not existed [13] [14] . Due to the progressive decline of β-cell function related to diabetes duration old aging, insulin therapy is more suitable choice in such patients' population with type 2 diabetes if risk of hypoglycemia properly monitored [15] .
Studies that discuss the factors associated with diabetes' poor control and importance of intensification of drug treatment are rare and scattered, so carrying out of this study will contribute to effort that improves pharmaceutical patient care and also availability of data that push research in Sudan forward.
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Patients Characteristics
A cross-sectional study was carried out during six month from August 2012 to February 2013. From 398 patients attending to Ribat University Hospital Diabetic Clinic (RUHDC), 351 type 2 diabetes were recruited in this study.
2.2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
All type 2 DM non-pregnant patients taking medications for 3 months or more were included in this study.
2.3. Instrument of Data Collection
Multiple-choice questionnaire constructed from recent literature and validated by Ribat University staff members who are expert in diabetes management. Pilot study carried out through random distribution of ten questionnaire copies to patients who informed first about purpose of this study. After minor changes in questionnaire content, data directly and verbally taken from patients, whilst patients' cards also used to obtain some patients data.
2.4. Assessment of Significant of Age and Duration of Diabetes on Addition of Insulin
Information including socio-demographic characteristic, diabetes co-morbidity, diabetes duration, patients' life style (exercise and diet program) and medication adherence were obtain from all patients. Poor controlled patients who shifted to regimen containing insulin asked about their life style, medication adherence, before they shifted to insulin, and their ages and diabetes duration at that time were specifically stated.
2.5. Data Analysis
Data were analyzed, using social package for social science (SPSS) version 16, to assess patient's answers. Descriptive and chi-square statistics were used. The differences considered significant at p ≤ 0.05.
From 351 patients seen in the study female were 65.8% and male 34.2%. Patients' ages above 60 years were 48.4% and 44.16% had basic education level (Table 1). About 64.4% were on oral anti-diabetic, 35.6% on insulin (Table 2). About 31.6% shifted to insulin when their ages above 40 years and 22.8% when diabetes duration was above 5 years. Only 7.4% and 5.7% of insulin users had exercise and diet program respectively (Table 2). Co-morbidity was 54.4% and 26.4% of patients with co-morbidity their ages were above 60 years, while 13.9% their diabetes duration was more than 5 years (Table 3). Hypertension (60.2%) was the major cause of co-morbidity (Table 4).
Many factors are associated with diabetes poor control including old age, obesity, socio-demographic and economic status, sedentary life style, long duration of diabetes, eating unhealthy food and poor medications adherence. In this study the most two significant factors associated with transferring patients to insulin were advancing age (p < 0. 001) and duration of diabetes (p = 0.012). As guideline in RUHDC patients considered poor controlled if oral treatment intensification failed and A1C target is sustained to be more than 8% then the patient should shifted to treatment regimen consist of insulin.
Intensification of treatment in type 2 diabetes, including addition of insulin to achieve target goals and to avoid long-term complications, is recommended by many research leaders such as UKPDS [4] and American diabetes association [16] . More than one fifth (22.8%) of our patients shifted to insulin when their
Table 1. Sociodemographic Characteristics.
Table 2. Significance of many variables on transferring patients to insulin regimen.
*Consider being significant < 0.05.
Table 3. Effect of diabetes duration and age on presence of co-morbidity.
Table 4. Type of co-morbidity among type 2 DM.
duration of diabetes was more than five years to protect the patient from long term complication.
Majority of our patients shifted to insulin at age above 40 (mainly 41 - 60) and this consistent with fact that beta cell function decline with age progression [10] [15] [17] .
In this study, co-morbidity was slightly more than one half and this result is low than reported by Al Hayek and his colleagues from Saudi Arabia who reported 60.9% had one complication affected the general health [18] . Co-morbidity in our study, although insignificant, was high among patients above 60 years and patients their duration more than 5 years and this consistent with many studies [10] [12] [13] [15] [17] .
Several studies [19] [20] [21] revealed hypertension is common co-morbidity among patients with diabetes. A systemic literature review revealed that hypertension rates in most studies presented rates above 50%, and many presented rates above 75% [22] . The prevalence of hypertension in this work was 60.7% and this less than Waly study [19] from Egypt who reported 68%. In contrast our result is high than Al Slail [23] and Almetwazi [24] studies from Saudi Arabia reported 45% and 54.53% respectively.
Although there is marked reduction in risk of eye diseases among patients of diabetes over the last 30 years from 90% to less than 50% still it is great problem [25] . Almost 10% of our patients told they had eye diseases and this consisted within that found in literature such as a systemic review reported by Ruta and his colleagues who stated 27.9% as prevalence of diabetes [26] .
Only 1% of our patients had kidney diseases and this result is low than that reported Al-Rubeaan [27] study from Saudi Arabia showed 10.8 % and Farahat study [28] from Egypt reported macro-albuminuria was 12.8% among type 2 diabetic patients.
Many factors are included in transferring type 2 DM patients; however, interactions between age and longer duration of diabetes were abundant. Percent of diabetes co-morbidity was within international range. With regard to nephropathy and retinopathy, our patients required further more thorough screening.
6. Limitation
Although RUHDC is one of the largest centers in Sudan, conducting this study in single centre will not give the complete picture about effect of diabetes duration and patients' age on treatment intensification among type 2 DM in Sudan as a whole, so generalized study funded by considerable organization or research institute is urgently recommended.
This research is a part of project presented to RUHDC after approval of the study proposal at faculty of postgraduate studies at Ribat University. The project started in 2012 and extended to 2017. The authors funded the project from their self-resources in collaborative manner. We would like to express our deep thank to the RUHDC; workers and doctors for their fine dealing during the period of data collection. Gratefulness to my patients; who allow me to interview them, despite suffering from pain of the disease and life pressures, they gave me their fruitful of their experience.
Cite this paper: Abdelrahim, H. , Madani, A. , Mahmoud, A. , El-hadiyah, T. and Yousif, A. (2019) Addition of Insulin to Treatment Regimen in Type 2 Diabetes: The Significance of Age and Duration among Sudanese Diabetic Patients. Pharmacology & Pharmacy, 10, 456-463. doi: 10.4236/pp.2019.1010037.
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Former spy boss moves to Deutsche Bank
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Ernst Uhrlau, former head of Germany's foreign intelligence agency the BND, has been on the payroll of Germany's biggest bank since the start of February, just two months after his retirement.
A spokesman for the bank on Sunday confirmed a report in Der Spiegel news magazine that the former intelligence chief is now working as a freelance "global risk analyst" at the bank, and that this new job had been cleared by the Ronald Pofalla, chief of staff at the German chancellery.
The 65-year-old Uhrlau retired at the end of last year, when he reached the age limit for his office at the BND. He spent six years as president of the overseas intelligence agency and was also secret service coordinator for the German government.
One of Uhrlau's more controversial acts in office was to buy the personal data of suspected tax evaders from people who had stolen the information from foreign banks. One of the high-profile victims of the initiative was Klaus Zumwinkel, former head of Germany's postal service Deutsche Post.
Zumwinkel was fined €1 million and handed a two year suspended sentence in 2009.
Uhrlau is not the first high-ranking government insider who has moved to the Deutsche Bank. Former deputy finance minister Caio Koch-Weser became vice-chairman of the Deutsche Bank Group in 2006.
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Everything you need to know about NYFW Spring/Summer '19
It celebrated the heritage of American fashion, but in its true theatrical style
By Rahul Vijay April 26th, 2019
From recognising legacy to an emotional homecoming, the New York Fashion Week's Spring-Summer '19 edition saw a ton of drama, high-voltage collections and trends that will continue to rule the runways.
Here are some of the most fashionable and noteworthy moments from the edition.
Staying true to his American heritage, Ralph Lauren—the king of timeless fashion—offered some of the most Instagram-able moments at the New York Fashion Week.
The collection was a harmonious collage of prints and luxurious fabrics, all as a nod to the brand's glorious past and a modern future. The front row saw celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Oprah Winfrey, Kanye West, among others, in attendance to celebrate the designer's 50 glorious years in fashion.
Unlike its contemporaries, NYFW is where all the action takes place.
From unique collaborations to noteworthy innovations and crazy venues (like Rodarte's show at a cemetery and Ralph Lauren's Central Park extravaganza), fashion is never dull in this city.
For SS '19 Alice Bendet of Alice + Olivia, in association with travel portal booking.com, took the concept of fashion collaborations to the next level.
The collection, inspired by her favourite destinations across the globe, saw whimsical prints, flowy silhouettes and bright colours on the runway.
Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler returned to NYFW after showcasing at Paris for the last few seasons. So, that touch of Parisian glamour was quite visible.
The standout piece: the over sized denim bag that has already taken over street style.
ECLECTIC MIX
Nepalese designer Prabal Gurung has always championed the cause of diversity and inclusivity in fashion. For his SS '19 show, he went back to his roots and offered an athletic collection in bright hues with strategic cutouts.
However, it was the casting of the show that stood out.
With models from nearly three dozen countries, Gurung served a happy cocktail of diverse faces, proving why inclusivity matters in fashion.
Photographs: Imaxtree.com/2019


When you think of it, the star blazing in the sky that led the wise men to the new-born King of Kings, was a brilliant stroke of marketing.
With my first book out this year I've been learning a lot of about marketing. I also work for a marketing firm. No I'm not the executive that sits behind a great big desk. I'm one of those ladies in the grocery store handing out free samples of products. So I know all about solid advertising and false advertising.
Back to that star in the sky. A firey ball light years away. No small thing. God was sending to the world the greatest expression of His love for mankind.
But really . . . was that false advertising?
King of Kings—how could that be when the babe was born in a stable? He didn't grow up in a palace. The red carpet was never once thrown down for him to walk upon. Although a few coats were laid down for him one day.
The biggest rejection came when the people He'd come to save wanted to kill him.
I often think of Jesus' mother at that moment. Did she stand at the bottom of that cross, looking up into the face of her dying son and think back to that star blazing at His birth? Did she wonder if all the promises God had made at the start of this son's life come to nothing?
There are so many moments in life when our dream crash to our feet like broken glass. We may be ill, or someone we love is ill. Maybe we've lost the one we love. Or never had anyone to love us in the first place. Maybe we've lost a job . . . or a child. There are a million reasons to hurt.
When we're hurting we can't see what is beyond. We can't see what God can do with that broken dream or broken heart. How he can turn things around if we trust Him.
On the day of Jesus' death his mother Mary may very well have believed that star in the sky at His birth was false advertising.
But on the day of His resurrection—when He came back to life to be the King of Kings and savior of all who believe in Him—she knew for sure that God does keep His promises.
When God put that star in the sky all those years ago, it was not false advertising. That same God cares about you.
This Christmas as you look around you and spot a star—and you'll see a lot of them this season---think of how much God the Father and God the Son keep their promises to love you forever.


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City inspecting 4 Downtown El Paso buildings for safety risks
Abraham-owned, vacant buildings and Fallas store draw renewed interest from city of El Paso officials due to ongoing problems
Vic Kolenc
Four historic buildings in Downtown El Paso, including one where a store is located, pose possible fire, safety or structural risks and are being inspected for possible city code violations, city officials said this week.
Three of the buildings are vacant and are owned by William "Billy" Abraham, an El Paso businessman with a large portfolio of historic Downtown buildings.
Abraham has been battling the city for years over problems with some of the buildings.
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The other building is the former The Popular department store building at 301 E. San Antonio Ave., which now houses a Fallas discount store.
The Abraham-owned buildings have been vacant for years: the Kress Building at 211 N. Mesa St., across from San Jacinto Plaza; the Haymon-Krupp building at 117 W. Overland Ave., across the street from the Downtown convention center; and the Caples Building at 300 E. San Antonio Ave.
"We continue to get complaints" about the buildings, and "we thought it is time to go back and do comprehensive inspections," said Victor Morrison-Vega, director of the city Planning and Inspections Department. The complaints have been about graffiti and breaking and entering, he said.
"These buildings are considered the highest risk, according to our files and Fire Department assessments done over the last several years," Morrison-Vega said.
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The buildings, which previous inspections showed had fire, safety or structural risks, need to be inspected to determine if dangers still exist, he said.
The three vacant buildings are being inspected this week, while the Fallas building inspection date has yet to be set, according to city officials.
Graffiti at the top of the Fallas store building has brought complaints, Morrison-Vega said. The building's owner, the Los Angeles-based Fallas store chain, has been working with the city to correct problems, he said.
Michael Fallas, owner and CEO of Los Angeles area-based National Stores, which operates Fallas discount clothing and home furnishing stores, and Factory 2-U stores, told the El Paso Times in August 2016 that he had plans to renovate the 100-year-old building and possibly add loft apartments to the upper floors.
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Fallas was not immediately available Thursday for comments about his El Paso building.
Abraham said he went with city officials Thursday to inspect two of his buildings.
"I support what they are doing. I don't think there are any issues," Abraham said.
"It is our intention to continue to work with city officials to achieve their desired goal," he added.
Morrison-Vega said the city's legal battle with Abraham over the so-called American Furniture building at 105 N. Oregon St. had delayed city officials from taking action on his other buildings.
More:Abraham ordered to fix historic American Furniture building, pay $1.2 million fine
Late last year, a state judge in El Paso upheld a 2016 city order that required Abraham to repair the American Furniture building and ordered him to pay a $1.2 million fine, which the judge reduced from the city's original $2.2 million fine.
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Abraham said he's filed an appeal of the judge's order, which came in Abraham's appeal of the city's 2016 action.
Vic Kolenc may be reached at vkolenc@elpasotimes.com; 546-6421; @vickolenc on Twitter.


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Avoiding the pitfalls of branding
A strong brand combines a solid identity with effective communications
A bad brand is what marketers and designers would say is one of the most vital pitfalls to avoid!
Most people acknowledge that making a good first impression is vital. For most companies that first impression is made by the visual identity of the company – most often their logo.
However, one of the most common mistakes made by businesses is that they assume the logo of a company is the brand – it is not.
A strong brand can help consumers decide between two or more rival products. Urban River provides advice on avoiding the pitfalls of branding…
It should evoke trust and instil a sense of loyalty towards the company
A logo, while it may be strong and recognisable, cannot hope to evoke such feelings alone.
By conveying a consistent impression throughout all messages (how it looks, acts, sounds and feels), a brand can communicate the beliefs and heritage of a company.
A truly strong brand is a combination of a solid identity and effective communications
Requiring a sound strategy to support it, a good brand will endure, with careful management, to carry a business through all kinds of change while maintaining a sense of customer loyalty and satisfaction.
Kellogg's and Cadbury are two of the strongest and most well-known household brand names in the UK and beyond. Much loved by consumers, the two companies have established strong and trusted brands by maintaining a consistent message and high quality products.
Don't undermine your heritage…
In contrast, when British Airways rebranded to establish itself as a global player, the company was hounded by both the press and its customers to reinstate the old branding.
It was felt that by changing the visual identity of the company (replacing the union flag on the tail fins of its planes with graphic art) the company had undermined its inherent British heritage, and therefore the trust established between the brand and their customers lessened.
The making of your company…
The process of branding or re-branding carries with it many potential pitfalls and must be handled carefully. However, enlist the support and dedication of all those people involved in reinforcing the brand, maintain consistency and strong communications with your customers and a successful brand could be the making of your company.
Check out our latest brands, learn 10 tips for branding success, or see our favourite 30 logos including animals.
School marketing strategies for your school
Customer Retention: Don't scare them away!


I understand that Firewire 400/800 and Thunderbolt have DMA enabled, and a malicious hardware device can easily read and manipulate system memory at will. If I disable the software drivers for these devices, would that prevent such reading/writing? Or is the only way to protect against DMA by desoldering the controller or injecting epoxy in the ports?
Disable both interfaces in BIOS and then password protect the BIOS configuration. Additionally, remove the drivers/modules from kernel for both. Also mind, that DMA attack is possible through ExpressCard interface that many notebooks have. One of the more drastic measures is to fill the ports with silicon gel (or similar) or unsolder them (greater chance to damage something if you are not experienced).
To avoid DMA attacks on Mac through FireWire or Thunderbolt, you just need to setup an EFI password. This will disable raw DMA access (confirmed by Apple Tech Support).
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"Day and night I try, in my studio with its six two-thousand watt suns, balancing between the extremes of the impossible, to shake loose the real from the unreal, to give visions body, to penetrate into unknown transparencies." – Erwin Blumenfeld
Erwin Blumenfeld was a American-German photographer best known for his editorial photographs, experimental fine art works, and portraits of cultural icons. Born on January 26, 1897 in Berlin, Germany. He got his first camera in 1908, teaching himself the mechanics of photography and how to navigate a darkroom.
In 1913, once he was old enough to work, Blumenfeld was an apprentice to dressmaker Moses and Schlochauer, but soon after he was drafted as an ambulance driver in World War I.
As the war came to a close, Blumenfeld moved to Amsterdam, where he married Lena Citroen — the niece of his good friend, the Dadaist artist Paul Citroen — and had three children.
In 1922 he had embarked on a business venture as the owner of Fox Leather Company, a store specialising in handbags located on Kalverstraat, a major shopping street in Amsterdam. "This is where he took portraits of customers, using a darkroom in the back of the store," Kooiman explained. "He experimented with a lot of negatives, and the darkroom process marks the importance in Blumenfeld's work of the finishing in the lab."
His years in Amsterdam marked a productive period in his photographic career, though his leather business eventually flopped and went bankrupt.
In 1918 he went to Amsterdam, where he came into contact with Paul Citroen and Georg Grosz. In 1933, he made a photomontage showing Hitler as a skull with a swastika on its forehead; this image was later used in Allied propaganda material in 1943.
Following World War I, the artist began working professionally and garnered international attention for his portraits of artists Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault. He moved to Paris, where in 1936 he set up as a photographer.
To start anew, he and his family moved to Paris in 1936. Blumenfeld received portrait commissions of artists such as Henri Matisse and Georges Roualt, entertainer Josephine Baker, cabaret singer Yvette Guilbert and fashion photographer Cecil Beaton were among his other subjects. Beaton was highly impressed by Blumenfeld's images published in the French magazines Photographie and Verve. So impressed, that he connected him with French Vogue, where Blumenfeld then worked on contract.
In 1937, he began working for French Vogue, and became well-known around the world for his shoots with Josephine Baker and Carmen Dell'Orefice.
But everything came to a halt once the Nazis occupied France, placing Blumenfeld in the internment camps Le Vernet and Catus due to his Jewish heritage. He eventually managed to flee with his family to New York City in 1941.
Despite the uncertainty and constant fear looming over him during these years, he maintained his artistic resilience. What's truly outstanding is that despite life's hardships, nothing ever diminished his creative imagination. "It does explain the sinister side to his work; he had seen and experienced too much to take the American glamour for granted and he played with that in his work, but with humour without it ever becoming depressing." Kooiman explained.
In the post-World War II era, he soon became a successful and well-paid fashion photographer, and worked as a free-lancer for Harper's Bazaar, Life and American Vogue and a variety of publications including Seventeen, Glamour and House & Garden.
During this period, he also worked a photographer for the Oval Room of the Dayton Department Store in Minneapolis and produced advertising campaign for cosmetics clients such as Helena Rubenstein, Elizabeth Arden and L'Oreal. He became the highest paid photographer in the world and in high demand for editorial photo shoots.
Blumenfeld introduced colour into his oeuvre and became sought-after by the fashion and beauty worlds for his original take on the female form and artistic montages of clothing.
One of his images at Foam features four gloved hands belonging to one elegantly accessorised woman but this detail might not be apparent at first glance. In another shot, five women posing behind prism-hued panels wear dresses matching the shades of these partitions.
His friendship with Dadaists such as Man Ray and George Grosz impacted how he experimented with photography and his life experiences as well as others in the surrealist movement enormously influencing Blumenfeld.
In some of his prints, models heads and bodies were repeated in the composition like a mirror effect, and on a Vogue cover, Blumenfeld retained only the eyebrow, eye, lips and a mole of a model's face.
While in Europe, Blumenfeld shot in black and white, but it's his kaleidoscopic photography that forms the subject of a new exhibition at Foam in Amsterdam: "Erwin Blumenfeld in Colour — His New York Years."
While producing commissioned work for fashion houses and magazines, he surreptitiously incorporated references to avant-garde art. He was one of the first to realise that fashion photography was not just about displaying the latest fashion, but about creating iconic images."
Celebrities like actresses Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly also started calling at his studio on Central Park South. By the 1950s it was reported that Blumenfeld was one of the highest paid photographers in the world. The American magazine The New Yorker described Blumenfeld as "one of the most stylish photographers of the twentieth century" in a 2014 issue.
Almost 50 years after his death in July 1969 his lively interpretations of fashion — without the additions of instant filters and Photoshop — still continue to incite awe, just as they did in Amsterdam many decades ago in his old leather goods shop on Kalverstraat. Today, however, they're in a museum on Keizersgracht.
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Robert Smith says:
Gorgeous captures. I was enjoying these pictures.


Google has rolled out a new tool that aims to provide insight into how customers make their journey from initial awareness to making a purchase. They've pulled data from 36,000 Google Analytics accounts (that authorized sharing), and the data includes millions of purchases across 11 industries in 7 countries.
One of the most interesting aspects of this tool (for me, anyway) is the interactive timeline showing how different marketing channels participate in this customer journey, viewable for different industries in different countries.
Social Media and Email are almost never a Last Interaction, except with Healthcare where Email serves as a last interaction. Other than that, Social and Email are always Assisting Channels.
Direct, Organic, Other Paid, and Referral channels are always a Last Interaction, or at least very late in the Assisting phase.
Social Media appears early on the timeline for these industries: Auto, Classified/Local, Edu/Gov, and Travel.
Social Media appears late on the timeline for these: Media and Retail.
This entry was posted in Blog Contents, Search Engines / SEO / SEM, Social Media and tagged Google, Inbound Marketing, SEO, Social Media on April 28, 2013 by Administrator.


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Vilsack? Vilsuck.
Thanks to Tasteto.com…
Sorry, Michael Pollan and Alice Waters, the US Secretary of Agriculture position is likely going to the former governor of Iowa who has ties to GMOs and the bio-tech industry. So much for that garden on the White House lawn.
…I found the below via a nice new blog discovery, Ethicurean. Bookmark 'em if you like what you read.
The New York Times' Caucus blog is reporting that President-Elect Obama has settled on former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his Secretary of Agriculture.
While just a few weeks ago I wrote that Vilsack didn't seem like the most horrible choice for AgSec, compared to some of the other names being floated (Hello, Dennis Wolfe and Collin Petersen!), that was before a Don Quixote of an Iowa activist named Dave Murphy launched a petition to plead with Obama's transition team to consider six potential reformers for the position instead. Signed by some of the biggest names in the sustainable food world — Wendell Berry, Bill Niman, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Alice Waters, etc. — the FoodDemocracyNow.orgpetition today passed 54,000 signatures, thanks to publicity from the New York Times, Daily Kos, BoingBoing, and others.
Well, tough cookies. That's not how politics works, apparently. (Right about now our favorite guest poster Steph Larsen is saying "I told you so." But nicely.)
Read my previous post for more about Vilsack, which drew heavily on this in-depth look from The Center for Rural Affairs about Vilsack's stances on subsidies, meat producer consolidation, and genetically modified foods. Our main concern about him is that he did nothing to stop the proliferation of or regulate CAFOs in Iowa as governor, and his pro-GMO background and ties to the biotech industry. The Organic Consumers Association has a list of his biotech shenanigans.
Well, we dared…for the rest, cliick here. Great blog.
And here's the word via Grist.org, one of my favorite greensites:
Tom Vilsack is going to be secretary of agriculture, hmmm … Let's see, ethanol proponent, enthusiastic supporter of GMOs and biotechnologies, and political debtor to agribusiness. Yup, it seems clear that Obama really took Michael Pollan's "Farmer in Chief" piece to heart. Short of actually appointing, say, Monsanto's chairman, it is hard to imagine a choice less likely to make real shifts in our food system.
But of course, as Rod Dreher and Carolyn Baker point out, so far there's very little from the Obama administration that should make us feel secure that he will shift the status quo. Ultimately, Hillary, Geithner and the rest of the crew mostly can be described as people who did things not as badly as George W. Bush and his Cabinet, but that's hardly saying anything of note.
For the rest of the above, go to Grist here.
Blog,Enlightened Society,Food & Recipes Waylon Lewis


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NYC reaches $700K Student Sexual Assault Settlement
NYC Schools Reaches $700K Court Settlement With Student Sex Assault Survivors as Biden Administration Rewrites Title IX Rules
By Mark Keierleber
The New York City Department of Education will make sweeping changes to the way it investigates sexual assault complaints after reaching a major court settlement with four female students who allege officials failed to protect them from sex-based violence, including rape.
Along with paying $700,000 in damages, the DOE agreed to changes that were designed to make it easier for students to file complaints and render the investigation process more transparent for families. The four plaintiffs, all of them students of color with disabilities, filed suit against the country's largest school system in 2019.
"By coming forward more than two years ago, four young survivors have profoundly changed a school system for hundreds of thousands of current and future New York City students and families," Joanne Smith, president and CEO of Girls for Gender Equity, said in a press release.
The New York City district is among multiple urban education systems to face charges that they mishandled or ignored students' complaints of sexual assault — a practice groups representing victims argue has gone on for years. The settlement, announced Tuesday by the students' attorneys at Legal Services NYC, landed as the Biden administration undertakes a major rewrite of Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in public schools, and backtracks on Trump-era rules that bolstered the due-process rights of students accused of sexual misconduct.
Exclusive: New Documents Show the Trump Administration Has Confronted Dozens of School Districts Across the Country for Mishandling Sexual Assault Cases
Amy Leipziger, a senior staff attorney at Legal Services NYC, said the settlement provisions go far beyond those required by federal law. She compared the Trump-era regulations to the "Wild West," adding that federal officials "could not have made it any less transparent if they tried," leaving both advocates and educators to "interpret what it even meant."
But at the local level, that federal ambiguity created "a lot of room for some creative advocacy," she said. Specifically, she said federal rules are the floor, but don't prohibit local officials from reaching higher.
"As local advocates and local officials, we can create broader protections and move it up to the ceiling," she said. "I think that's our obligation, and that's something we feel really proud of."
Among the changes, the city education department will create a process allowing parents to escalate complaints when they believe school officials failed to adequately address abuse allegations, provide support to student victims and update school transfer policies to make clear that students can ask to attend classes elsewhere following instances of harassment or assault. Officials also agreed to create a guide that informs educators about how trauma can affect learning and how special education teams should assess the impact of trauma among children with disabilities.
The lawsuit alleged that the city education department violated Title IX when officials repeatedly ignored assault and misconduct complaints by the students who were between the ages of 12 and 18 at the time of the alleged incidents. Two of the students were allegedly raped by classmates and two others said they were subjected to repeated verbal abuses, groped and sexually assaulted by their peers.
In one incident, a 14-year-old girl with autism reported being raped in a school stairwell by a classmate who, she had earlier told school officials, had abused her off and on for years. In another, a sixth-grade girl with an intellectual disability reported being raped by a classmate in a shed near campus while walking home from school. After reporting a sexual assault, one teacher allegedly told a victim "Oh, he just likes you," and in another incident, a school dean told a student victim that her perpetrator was just "a touch-feely kind of person."
Education Department spokeswoman Katie O'Hanlon said the changes will "provide greater clarity to students, parents and staff" regarding the department's obligations to prevent sexual misconduct and will improve its "effectiveness in preventing and addressing this conduct."
"Every student deserves to feel safe, welcomed and affirmed in their school and there is zero tolerance for sexual and gender-based harassment of any kind at the DOE," O'Hanlon said in a statement. "We have made it easier to report harassment and provided more robust trainings for staff so that the strongest safeguards are in place for all students, especially for our students with disabilities."
For years, the New York City school system has faced allegations that it mishandles student sexual abuse and misconduct cases. O'Hanlon said the department has hired a permanent citywide Title IX coordinator and seven borough-based coordinators and trained nearly 8,000 school staff members last year on dating violence, student-on-student sexual harassment and gender inclusivity.
The additional changes created under the latest court settlement are a step in the right direction, one plaintiff's mother said. But the damage is already done.
"Due to that traumatic event, my child suffers every day," the mother of "Jane Doe," the student who reported being raped in the school stairwell, told WNYC/Gothamist. Her daughter remains traumatized by the incident to this day, she said. "She can't focus as she did before. She lost a lot of interest in a lot of things, she's depressed, she has nightmares."
DeVos Releases Title IX Campus Sexual Assault Rule, Courting Controversy Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Throughout the Trump administration, federal education officials forced dozens of school districts to revise their strategies to combat sexual assault after uncovering deficiencies. In 2019, Chicago Public Schools reached a sweeping agreement with federal investigators after officials found efforts to combat sexual misconduct in the nation's third-largest school district ran counter to federal law. At the same time, the Trump administration released revised Title IX rules that bolstered the rights of students accused of sexual misconduct, and although the debate generally centers on how incidents are handled on college campuses, it brought profound changes to K-12 schools. Among them, the regulations narrowed the definition of sexual harassment and absolved educators from investigating most off-campus incidents.
Deja Vu as Ed Department Revisits Contentious School Sexual Misconduct Rules
President Joe Biden has vowed to scrap the Trump-era Title IX regulations, and the U.S. Department of Education has announced plans to release proposed changes by May 2022. For Leipziger, that timeline is far too long, especially as children return to schools for in-person learning during the pandemic. It's up to local advocates, she said, to move forward knowing that federal rules don't preclude school districts from adopting more expansive protections.
"I think our settlement has done that in a lot of ways," she said. "Every city and every school district and every state is going to have to take it upon themselves to say, 'We recognize that.'"
Mark Keierleber is an investigative reporter at The 74.
@mkeierleber mark@the74million.org


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package net.smacke.jaydio.channel;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.NonWritableChannelException;

import net.smacke.jaydio.buffer.JavaHeapByteBuffer;
import net.smacke.jaydio.buffer.JaydioByteBuffer;
import net.smacke.jaydio.channel.MockByteChannel;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Test class which composes a {@link BufferedChannelAbstractTester}, passing in a
 * {@link MockByteChannel} to test. Since this class is using a mock channel, it
 * does not do anything with JNA or any actual file I/O and is therefore fast-testable. </p>
 *
 * @author smacke
 *
 */
public class TestMockByteChannel extends BufferedChannelAbstractTester<JaydioByteBuffer> {
    private static final int BLOCK_SIZE = 512;
    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 2*BLOCK_SIZE;

    @Override
	@Before public void setUp() {
        channel = MockByteChannel.getChannel(BUFFER_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE, false);
        buffer = JavaHeapByteBuffer.allocate(512);
        testPosition = BLOCK_SIZE;
    }

    @Override
    @Test(expected = NonWritableChannelException.class)
    public void testCannotWriteToReadOnlyChannel() throws IOException {
        super.tearDown();
        //repoen for readonly
        channel = MockByteChannel.getChannel(BUFFER_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE, true);
        buffer = JavaHeapByteBuffer.allocate(BLOCK_SIZE);
        super.testCannotWriteToReadOnlyChannel();
    }
}


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<?php
	/**
	 * Plugin Name: Lil Contact Form
	 * Plugin URI: http://www.perihelion.org/
	 * Description: A super simple contact form with built-in anti-spam features. No settings to adjust, simply add the shortcode [lil_contact] to any page or post to include a contact form.
	 * Version: 1.2
	 * Author: Wyatt Kirby
	 * Author URI: http://wyattkirby.com/
	 **/

	/**
	 * Plugin Class Definition
	 */

	if(!class_exists('PN_Contact_Form')) {
		class PN_Contact_Form {

			private $to = '';

			/**
			 * Build Plugin
			 */

			public function __construct() {
				add_action('init', array(&$this, 'plugin_init'));
				add_shortcode('lil_contact', array(&$this, 'contact_form_shortcode'));
			}

			public function plugin_init() {
				if (!session_id()) { session_start(); }
				$_SESSION['pn_email_sent'] = false;
				$_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'] = array();

				// Be Polite about JS
				add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', array(&$this, 'plugin_scripts') );
			}

			public function register_scripts() {

			}

			public function plugin_scripts() {
				if(self::has_shortcode('lil_contact')) {
					wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
					wp_enqueue_script('jquery-validation', plugins_url('/js/jquery.validation.js', __FILE__ ), array('jquery'), '1.2', true);
					wp_enqueue_script('jquery-custom', plugins_url('/js/jquery.lil-contact.min.js', __FILE__ ), array('jquery', 'jquery-validation'), '1.2', true);
				}
			}

			public function contact_form_shortcode($attributes) {
				extract( shortcode_atts( array(
						'to' => get_bloginfo( 'admin_email' )
					), $attributes ) );

				// Set proper person to send to
				$this->to = $to;

				$html = '
';
					$html .= $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST' ? self::process_contact_form() : null;
					$html .= self::build_form_html();
				$html .= '
';

				return $html;
			}

			private function build_form_html() {
				$contact_form_url = get_permalink();
				$contact_name     = empty($_POST['contact_name']) ? null : $_POST['contact_name'];
				$contact_email    = empty($_POST['contact_email']) ? null : $_POST['contact_email'];
				$contact_message  = empty($_POST['contact_message']) ? null : $_POST['contact_message'];

				$contact_form = "<form action='$contact_form_url' method='POST'>";
					$contact_form .= sprintf('
%s
', self::build_input('contact_name', 'Name', 'text', $contact_name));
					$contact_form .= sprintf('
%s
', self::build_input('contact_email', 'Email', 'email', $contact_email));
					$contact_form .= sprintf('
%s
', self::build_textarea('contact_message', 'Message', $contact_message));

					$contact_form .= self::build_input('contact_start', null, 'hidden', date("Y-m-d H:i:s"), false);
					$contact_form .= self::build_input('fightthematrix', null, 'hidden', null, false);

					$contact_form .= '<input type="submit" class="btn btn-default" />';
				$contact_form .= '</form>';

				return $contact_form;
			}

			private function process_contact_form() {
				// Avoid Spam
				$bots = "/(Indy|Blaiz|Java|libwww-perl|Python|OutfoxBot|User-Agent|PycURL|AlphaServer)/i";
				if ( preg_match( $bots, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ) ) {
					exit( __( 'Known spam bots are not allowed.', 'pn_framework' ) );
				}

				// Cleanup
				foreach ( $_POST as $k => $v ) {
					$_POST[$k] = trim( htmlspecialchars( strip_tags( stripslashes( $_POST[$k] ) ) ) );
				}

				// Check for Errors
				$_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'] = array();
				!empty($_POST['fightthematrix'])    ? $_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'][] = __('Argh! Robots!', 'pn_framework') : false;
				empty($_POST['contact_name'])       ? $_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'][] = __('Please include your name.', 'pn_framework') : false;
				!is_email($_POST['contact_email'])  ? $_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'][] = __('Please include a valid email.', 'pn_framework') : false;
				empty($_POST['contact_message'])    ? $_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'][] = __('Please include a message.', 'pn_framework') : false;
				strtotime(date("Y-m-d H:i:s")) - strtotime($_POST['contact_start']) < 2 ? $_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'][] = __('Slow down buddy!', 'pn_framework') : false;

				// Send email if valid
				if(count($_SESSION['pn_contact_errors']) < 1 && $_SESSION['pn_email_sent'] === false) {
					self::send_message($_POST['contact_name'], $_POST['contact_email'], $_POST['contact_message']);
				}

				// Display result
				return self::display_result();
			}

			private function send_message($name, $email, $message) {

				$headers     = "From: $name <$email> \r\n";
				$headers    .= "MIME-Version: 1.0 \r\n";
				$headers    .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 \r\n";

				$subject     = sprintf( "%s: %s", get_bloginfo('name'), __("Contact Form", "pn_framework") );

				$email_body  = sprintf( "
%s: %s
", __( "Name", "pn_framework" ), $name );
				$email_body .= sprintf( "
%s: %s

", __( "Email", "pn_framework" ), $email );
				$email_body .= sprintf( "
%s

", $message );
				$email_body .= sprintf( "
Sent from %s at %s.
", $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], date('H:i:s d/m/Y') );

				if(mail( $this->to, $subject, $email_body, $headers )) {
					$_SESSION['pn_email_sent'] = true;
					$_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'] = array();
				} else {
					$_SESSION['pn_contact_errors'][] = __('Delivery failed, please try again in just a moment.', 'pn_framework');
				}
			}

			private function display_result() {
				$success = sprintf('

%s

', __("Email Sent", "pn_framework"));
				$errors = sprintf('

%s

%s

', __("Errors", "pn_framework"), join(', ', $_SESSION['pn_contact_errors']));
				return $_SESSION['pn_email_sent'] ? $success : $errors;
			}

			private function build_input($input_id, $input_label, $input_type, $input_val, $required = 'required') {
				$label = sprintf('%2$s', $input_id, $input_label);
				$input = sprintf('<input id="%1$s" name="%1$s" type="%2$s" value="%3$s" class="form-control" %4$s/>', $input_id, $input_type, $input_val, $required);
				return isset($input_label) ?  $label . $input : $input;
			}

			private function build_textarea($input_id, $input_label, $input_val, $required = 'required') {
				$label = sprintf('%2$s', $input_id, $input_label);
				$input = sprintf('<textarea id="%1$s" name="%1$s" class="form-control" rows="8" %3$s>%2$s</textarea>', $input_id, $input_val, $required);
				return isset($input_label) ?  $label . $input : $input;
			}

			private function has_shortcode($shortcode = null) {
				if ($shortcode) {
					global $wp_query;

				    foreach ($wp_query->posts as $post){
						if (   preg_match_all( '/'. get_shortcode_regex() .'/s', $post->post_content, $matches )
							&& array_key_exists( 2, $matches )
							&& in_array( $shortcode, $matches[2] ) )
						{
							return true;
						}
				    }
				}

				return false;
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Instantiate Plugin
	 */

	if(class_exists('PN_Contact_Form')) {
		$pn_contact_form = new PN_Contact_Form();
	}
?>


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Q: which sql command to use for exact result i have 3 mysql tables
let me first show me them
t_answer_key
id        LESSON          KEY
1         CHEM            ABCDEDBCBDE
2         MATH            ABCDEDDEDEE
3         ENG             BCDEA
4         GER             DDDEA
5         RUS             BCDDD
6         SPA             AADDC
7         GEOM            ABCDDBED

t_test_count
id        LESSON         COUNT
1         CHEM           10
2         MATH           10
3         FRLNG          5 // FOREIGN LANGUAGES (ENG, GER, RUS, SPA, ...)
4         GEOM           8

t_frn_lng
id        FRG_LNG        LESSON
1         FRLNG          ENG
2         FRLNG          RUS
3         FRLNG          GER
4         FRLNG          SPA

So now let me ask my question.
which sql i must use to get the result which is shown below(sorry for my bad english)
LESSON    COUNT       KEY
CHEM      10          ABCDEDBCBDE
MATH      10          ABCDEDDEDEE
ENG       5           BCDEA
GER       5           DDDEA
RUS       5           BCDDD
SPA       5           AADDC
GEOM      8           ABCDDBED

Thank you..

A: this is sample :

SELECT t_answer_key.Lesson , t_answer_key.key , t_test_count.COUNT from t_test_count inner join  t_answer_key on t_test_count.LESSON=t_answer_key.LESSON

but namco
is saying correct . you should have LESSON unique  in your table.

A: I suggest you to keep LANGUAGES also in the t_test_count table. I can't see any advantage of t_frn_lng table.

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