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import { ConnectionRefusedError } from '../../errors/index.js';
import type { ConnectionOptions, Sequelize } from '../../sequelize.js';
import { logger } from '../../utils/logger';
import type { Connection } from '../abstract/connection-manager';
import { AbstractConnectionManager } from '../abstract/connection-manager';
import type { IBMiDialect } from './index.js';

const debug = logger.debugContext('connection:ibmi');

export interface IBMiConnection extends Connection, OdbcConnection {
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  isConnected: boolean;
}

// TODO: once the code has been split into packages, we won't need to lazy load this anymore
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports
type Lib = typeof import('odbc');

export class IBMiConnectionManager extends AbstractConnectionManager<IBMiConnection> {
  private readonly lib: Lib;

  constructor(dialect: IBMiDialect, sequelize: Sequelize) {
    super(dialect, sequelize);

    this.lib = this._loadDialectModule('odbc') as Lib;
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  async connect(config: ConnectionOptions): Promise<IBMiConnection> {
    // Combine passed connection options into a connection string
    // config.port has no real meaning for this ODBC Driver
    const connectionKeywords = [];
    if (config.dialectOptions && config.dialectOptions.odbcConnectionString) {
      connectionKeywords.push(config.dialectOptions.odbcConnectionString);
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    // 'database' doesn't make sense in this context, but it is mapped here to
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    if (config.username) {
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    if (config.password) {
      connectionKeywords.push(`PWD=${config.password}`);
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    if (config.host) {
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    let connectionString: string = connectionKeywords.join(';');
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      connectionString += ';';
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        throw error;
      }

      if (error.toString().includes('Error connecting to the database')) {
        throw new ConnectionRefusedError(error);
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      throw error;
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    return connection;
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  async disconnect(connection: IBMiConnection): Promise<void> {
    if (!this.validate(connection)) {
      debug('Tried to disconnect, but connection was already closed.');

      return;
    }

    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
      connection.close((error: NodeOdbcError) => {
        if (error) {
          return void reject(error);
        }

        resolve();

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  validate(connection: IBMiConnection): boolean {
    return connection.isConnected;
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}

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Zafferano di San Gimignano is a DOP saffron and is produced by roasting the orange-red coloured part of the floral stigmas of Crocus sativus L., a corm of the iridaceae family. The stigmas have the form of broad threads, spread at the tip. After roasting, their colour changes from orange to claret-red.
The area of production of Zafferano di San Gimignano is the territory of the municipality of San Gimignano (SI).
There are many records of this product originating in San Gimignano from the thirteenth-century. The quality and fame of San Gimignano saffron from 1200 is documented not only by the substantial export trade to other centres in Italy (Pisa 1238, Genoa 1291) but also by the unprecedented flow to eastern and African countries (Alexandria in Egypt, Tunis, Damietta, Acre, Tripoli and Aleppo between 1221 and 1247). The profits from the trade in saffron were sufficient to make the fortunes of several families, some of which — as is attested by various sources — decided to devote them to the construction of the famous towers which are still emblematic of the city. Saffron frequently appears in deeds of gift: in 1241, for example, the Comunità sent 25 pounds to the Emperor Frederick II who was camped nearby.
Historical documentation on the cultivation of the crocus (the common name for Crocus sativus) in San Gimignano is extraordinarily rich, so that we can derive the location of the fields used. A number of sources attest to the use of saffron in cooking, dyeing, medicine and painting from the thirteenthcentury.
V. R. Ciasca: l'arte dei medici e degli speziali nella storia del commercio fiorentino dei sec. XII e XV.
Today, although saffron no longer has the major financial importance of former times, it is still very important for gastronomy and pharmaceuticals. The origin of Zafferano di San Gimignano will be guaranteed by a system of traceability based on the registration of producers and the land concerned by the supervisory body.
The first stage in the selection of the corms for planting is the rejection of any which are mouldy, marked or cut. They are planted in sandy or sandy-loam soil, which is the basic type in the area of San Gimignano, after the outer skin and any traces of the roots of the parent bulb have been removed, between the beginning of August and mid-September. The fertiliser used is organic. The flowers are harvested by hand early in the morning while they are still closed from the beginning of October to the end of November.
Once harvested, the flowers are taken to covered areas where, on the same day as they were harvested, they undergo 'mondatura' (cleaning) or 'sfioritura' (deflowering), an operation carried out by hand to separate the orange-red part of the stigmas while avoiding removing the whitish-yellow part. They are kept in hermetically sealed glass jars into which they are placed no more than five minutes after the completion of drying. These jars are kept in cool, dry areas, out of direct light. They are then dried, always at a temperature below 50°C. The stigmas are placed on nets or in sieves, usually of stainless steel, close to glowing charcoal derived from forest wood. They are stirred continuously to ensure that the process is uniform. Other forms of drying, such as the sun or electric ovens, are permitted.
The sub-arid climate which prevails in the area of production, particularly because of the lack of water in summer, has a positive influence, as is shown by the relevant scientific literature on the cultivation of the plant. The relief and soil are particularly suitable with a landscape of sandy-loam soil which drains well. The area of San Gimignano is propitious for the production of saffron, since the soil is permeable, well drained and healthy and the average annual rainfall is not high but concentrated in the winter with dry summers. The local relief is almost uniformly hilly with heights ranging from 170 m to 624 m, rolling and with slight or moderate slopes and some slight surface erosion. The valley bottom area is slight compared with the area of the hills. There are no water courses of note in the San Gimignano area and the water network is slight and irregularly distributed.
An analysis of the soil reveals it to be sandy or sandy-loam with little clay, well developed and generally fertile, fairly permeable, highly porous, very well drained and so able to hold a lot of air.
The climate too is favourable for saffron growing. Rainfall is highest in autumn and spring and lowest in summer. The range of temperatures over the year places the climate of San Gimignano in the sub-coastal/continental range. This combination makes the area excellent for saffron growing since the plant may be considered to have found its natural habitat there, becoming a local feature. Besides the undoubted suitability of the area, there is a link with the product deriving from a series of economic, social and production factors, all of long standing. The cultivation of saffron in San Gimignano has a long tradition, being documented from 1200. Every operation from the harvesting of the flowers to the selection of the stigmas and drying is still carried out by hand with no technical assistance. The 'mondatura' or 'sfioritura' are also carried out by hand with the utmost care and identification of the ideal time of roasting is done by eye on the basis of experience acquired over years by the oldest operators.
Saffron is mentioned in contracts in many medieval documents in San Gimignano. Particularly common in the countryside was the contract involving an advance cash payment for a certain quantity of saffron to be delivered at harvest time, ad novellum. Because of its versatility, it was also used instead of money. There are also historic links between trade in saffron and the rigid rules issued by the municipality to guarantee its weight and quality. The accuracy of weighing operations was entrusted to the Arte dei Medici e Speziali, who also checked the scales. Evidence of that activity can still be found today in San Gimignano in the persistence of surnames such as Pesalgruoghi or Pesalgruoci.
Today Zafferano di San Gimignano has been widely rediscovered for gastronomic and pharmacological use. In the area its uses in production and manufacturing are the traditional ones faithfully using the same methods. Many operations are still carried out by hand as they were in the Middle Ages: the selection of the bulbs, the harvesting of the flowers early in the morning, cleaning and drying near a fire.
It is used in local foods and some specialities, sometimes together with other typical products of San Gimignano, such as bread with vernaccia and saffron, and schiacciata with saffron. Certain texts such as the recipe book by an anonymous Tuscan of the fourteenth-century demonstrate how the importance of saffron in cooking has changed today compared with the past. Saffron was the basic ingredient of dishes such as i pestelli, la peverata, l'agliata€™, la porrata and of certain cheeses. The lack of attention to saffron is due mainly to a change in habits in recent years which has considerably undermined traditional practices and products. Today, fortunately, this trend has reversed, giving rise to a whole series of initiatives and events. For years, in the autumn when the crocuses are cleaned, San Gimignano has been holding a festival called 'giallo come l'oro (yellow as gold), to draw public attention to the cultural aspects of the consumption of saffron.
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require 'rails_helper'

describe Movie do
  let(:movie) { Movie.new }
  it "creates a valid movie with required parameters" do
    movie = Movie.new(title: "The Avengers", release_date: 2002-2-2, summary: "Explosions!")
    expect(movie.valid?).to be true
  end

  it "recognizes an invalid movie without required parameters" do
    movie = Movie.new(title: "Batman", director: "Tim Burton")
    expect(movie.valid?).to be false
  end

  describe "#calculate_avg" do
    it "calculates and sets a movie's average rating" do
      movie2 = Movie.new(title: "The Avengers", release_date: "2002-2-2", summary: "Explosions!")
      movie2.save
      movie2.reviews.create(rating: 5)
      movie2.reviews.create(rating: 10)
      movie2.calculate_avg
      expect(movie2.avg_rating).to eq 7.5
    end
  end

  describe "#search_by_title" do
    it "searches for a movie by title and returns a collection of movies" do
      movie3 = Movie.new(title:"The Dark Knight", release_date: "2002-2-2", summary: "I'm Batman!")
      movie3.save
      @movies = Movie.search_by_title("knight")
      expect(@movies.length).to eq 1
    end
    it "returns the movie searched for" do
      movie4 = Movie.new(title:"Iron Man", release_date: "2002-2-2", summary: "I am Iron Man")
      movie4.save
      @movies = Movie.search_by_title("iron")
      expect(@movies[0].title).to eq "Iron Man"
    end
  end
end


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Health for all remains an elusive goal
10/30/2019 -PRNCommunity, Diversity, Faculty, Health EquityUMKC Strategic Marketing and Communications
From left: Rex Archer, Mary Anne Jackson, Eric Williams, D. Rashaan Gilmore and Bridget McCandless.
Community leaders discuss UMKC efforts to close gaps
Health equity is a broad concept that encompasses differences in disease and mortality rates, and in access to healthcare services, among different population groups. It also includes differences in social determinants of health, such as poverty, exposure to toxins and access to healthy food.
UMKC leadership quantifying and addressing these differences was the focal point of the UMKC Engagement Showcase, the university's signature event celebrating Engagement Week – a special week of engaged leadership, partnership and learning hosted by UMKC and the UM System.
The event included a demonstration of the System's new online Engagement Portal and a panel discussion on health equity led by the director of the new UMKC Health Equity Institute, Jannette Berkley-Patton, Ph.D., of the UMKC School of Medicine.
Engagement with community partners by the UM System and its four universities is hardly a new phenomenon. Curt Crespino, UMKC vice chancellor for external relations and constituent engagement, noted that UMKC history is rooted in an enduring city-campus partnership.
Marshall Stewart, chief engagement officer for the UM System, said what's new is a more systematic and coordinated approach to engagement, including a transformation of the system's Extension programs, designed to expand engagement beyond Extension's original rural focus to forge engagement partnerships in every community and corner of the state.
"Urban and rural communities are facing very similar issues across Missouri. Our mission is to work together with all of our stakeholders to expand our impact by using our research to help transform lives," said UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal. "That spirit of connection to the city and engagement with our community was woven into the origin story of UMKC. And we are excited to take those efforts to the next level in collaboration with the efforts being led by the system."
Following are excerpted highlights of the health equity panel.
Jannette Berkley-Patton, director, UMKC Health Equity Institute:
"We spend billions on healthcare but are still one of the unhealthiest countries in the world." The burden of health disparities rests primarily on groups outside the mainstream, including people of color, rural communities, veterans and seniors. Large federal grants allow for the creation of effective programs, "but what happens when the grant ends? Everything goes away. We need to figure out how to take the Cadillacs we create with these million-dollar grants and turn them into Pintos."
Rex Archer, director, Kansas City Health Department:
"We need to change the structural issues that create the (health equity) problem." These include issues with disparities in housing, poverty, education, safety and more.
Mary Anne Jackson, interim dean, UMKC School of Medicine:
In 2014, the Kansas City area had to contend with a large outbreak of a serious respiratory illness among school-age children. Researchers were notified early enough to identify the virus responsible and contain the outbreak. "We were able to address this in time because of the strong connections we have with people in the community who brought it to our attention."
Eric Williams, pastor, Calvary Temple Baptist Church:
Conducting funerals for victims of gang violence and AIDS led Williams to involvement in public health. "Conversations about HIV were happening, but it was all on the down-low. (Berkley-Patton) helped us to understand that some of the things we were already doing were working" to change behaviors.
Rashaan Gilmore, founder and director, BlaqOut:
BlaqOut surveyed gay African Americans about their health care priorities, and the top response was health care access. "It was because they didn't feel welcomed by traditional providers. We asked them to recommend strategies to address that, and we developed interventions based on those results."
Bridget McCandless, former president and CEO, Health Forward Foundation:
After 15 years working in a free health clinic, she changed her approach from providing care to impacting policy "because I saw that policy could be far more effective." Citing a sampling of dramatic health disparities between local white and black populations, she said "there's no excuse for us to have disparities like that." Data analysis can empower highly effective strategies if we act on the findings. "We're getting smart enough to figure this out. (Data-driven policy) can be the new germ theory; it can revolutionize the delivery and effectiveness of health care."
School of Medicine seeks nominations for annual awards
06/22/2018 -PRNAnnouncements, Awards / Recognitions, Diversity, Faculty, Health Equity, Staff, StudentsKelly Edwards
The School of Medicine is accepting nominations until Aug. 1 for four faculty, staff and student awards. These will recognize achievements in diversity and health equity, mentoring, medical education research and teaching.
The Excellence in Diversity and Health Equity in Medicine Awards recognize an individual or organization that has demonstrated sustained and impactful contribution to diversity, inclusion and cultural competency or health equity. The award is given to a student or student organization, and to faculty, staff, resident and/or organization/department.
Nominees should be those who have made consistent contributions to diversity, inclusion, cultural competency or health equity through one or more of the following:
o Recruiting or retaining a diverse student or faculty body;
o Fostering an inclusive environment for success of all;
o Working to promote health equity and the elimination of health disparities;
o Strengthening efforts to develop or implement cultural competency strategies that improve health-care delivery.
Nomination materials should be sent to the attention of Dr. Nate Thomas, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at thomasen@umkc.edu
Two Betty M. Drees, M.D., Excellence in Mentoring Awards are presented each year. The Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award is for a faculty member with the rank of professor. The Excellence in Mentoring Award goes to a faculty member who is either an associate or assistant professor.
The awards recognize the significant contributions mentors make to enhance and develop the careers of our faculty and trainees. Characteristics of successful mentoring include generosity, listening, objectivity, and constructive feedback regarding career and professional/personal development.
The third annual Louise E. Arnold, Ph.D., Excellence in Medical Education Research Award will be given to a tenure track or non-tenure track faculty member who has contributed to innovation and scholarship related to medical education at UMKC School of Medicine for a minimum of five years.
The second annual Christopher Papasian, Ph.D., Excellence in Teaching Award will be given to a tenure track or nontenure track faculty member who has contributed to medical student pre-clinical education.
Nominations for the mentoring, medical education research and teaching awards should be sent to Dr. Rebecca R. Pauly, chair, selection committee, at paulyr@umkc.edu.
Winners of the awards will be announced on Sept. 13th during the annual Faculty Promotion and Awards reception at 4 p.m. in Theater B.
Past award recipients:
Excellence in Diversity and Health Equity in Medicine Awards
2015 Jim Stanford
2016 Fariha Shafi
2017 Briana Woods-Jaeger
2015 Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
2017 Gender Pathways
Betty M. Drees, M.D. Excellence in Mentoring Awards
Lifetime Achievement Awards:
2014 Vidya Sharma
2015 John Foxworth
2016 Agostino Molteni
2017 Julie Strickland
Excellence in Mentoring Awards:
2014 Simon Kaja
2015 Vincent Barone
2016 Pamela Nicklaus
2017 Brenda Rogers
Louise E. Arnold, Ph.D., Excellence in Medical Education Research Award
2016 Louise Arnold
2017 Stefanie Ellison
Christopher Papasian, Ph.D., Excellence in Teaching Research
2017 Christopher Papasian
Surgeon says interventions can help disrupt cycle of violence
02/26/2018 -PRN, FacultyDiversity, Faculty, Health DisparitiesGreg Hack
Dr. Moncure.
Violence tears apart too many young lives in minority communities, but interventions at crucial times can help reduce such violence and its effects, Dr. Michael Moncure said at the 2018 Dr. Reaner & Henry Shannon Lecture, held Feb. 23.
In his presentation at the UMKC School of Medicine, "Factors Associated With Interpersonal Violence in Minority Communities," Moncure recounted anti-violence efforts from his career as a trauma surgeon. And he praised and drew hope from such recent efforts as Kansas City's AIM4PEACE, which de-fuses violence with effective actions backed by research.
The direct results of violence are devastating, Moncure said, citing Centers for Disease Control statistics for 2015: 44,000 suicides; 17,000 homicides; and $107 billion in lost wages. In Kansas City, Missouri, he noted, homicides spiked in 2016 and remained high in 2017. The toll on minority communities can be devastating, and particularly tragic when young lives are lost or disrupted.
Moncure, a professor in the Department of Surgery at the School of Medicine, said his first job was in Camden, New Jersey, at the time notorious for crime and poverty. Moncure got involved with a program much like the TV show "Scared Straight," which showed young people in high-crime areas how bad life could be if they committed violent crimes and were imprisoned.
"Those programs had some splash, but they weren't evidence-based," Moncure said. The programs ultimately were ineffective. "We even got a little cocky, and shared some of our materials with adults" in the criminal justice system. It was a reality check, he said, when those adults were unimpressed and even incredulous that Moncure and his colleagues thought their efforts would have any effect.
Research on violence and trauma and their causes and effects has come a long way since then, Moncure said, and trauma has come to be seen much more broadly than shootings or other violent crimes. Many studies have associated both recurring violence and adult diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart failure and hypertension with the number and severity of someone's ACES — adverse childhood experiences. ACES include poverty, divorce, and incarcerated parent, violence in the home and sexual abuse.
But research also has shown that interventions to support trauma victims at the right times can reduce the effects of such trauma and often prevent more violence.
For example, Moncure said one shooting often leads to another in retaliation. But an intervention specialist quickly summoned to a hospital bedside can help the wounded person and calm friends and relatives who might think they know who fired the shots and are bent on revenge.
In Kansas City, Missouri, Moncure said, the AIM4PEACE program specializes in such interventions, builds healthy relationships and gets results. Those efforts also are part of a community-wide plan that includes social support, counseling, job training and other efforts to combat violence. Another benefit of having research behind these efforts is demonstrating that they are cost-effective. Moncure believes this has helped get support from the Kansas City business community.
Henry and Dr. Reaner Shannon sponsor the annual lecture, given Feb. 23 by Dr. Moncure.
Thankful to be part of the annual Dr. Reaner and Mr. Henry Shannon Lectureship in Minority Health, Moncure noted that the series, developed to create awareness about health disparities affecting underserved and minority communities, encouraged exploring solutions to society's problems.
"There's no better use of science," he said.
SOM announces new Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
12/20/2017 -PRN, FacultyDean's Office, Diversity, FacultyKelly Edwards
Nate Thomas
School of Medicine Dean Steven Kanter, M.D., is pleased to announce that E. Nathan Thomas, previously the chief diversity officer for the University of Kansas, has joined the School of Medicine as the new Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion.
A highly successful educator, administrator and entrepreneur, Thomas served as vice provost for diversity and equity at Kansas since July 2014. Before that, he was the first campus diversity director at the University of South Florida Polytechnic, and was founder and a consultant with Invictus Human Capital Management in Florida.
At Kansas, Thomas provided leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion for 21 non-academic and academic units. He expanded the program from a campus-wide to a system-wide model that encompasses four of the university's campuses, including the medical school. He was responsible for implementing a Diversity Leadership Council work group to execute system-wide diversity efforts and developed work groups to coordinate diversity education and training for all new faculty, staff, and students.
His office at Kansas also partnered with the Office of Faculty Development to fund and implement the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), Resources for Inclusive Teaching, and the Diversity Scholars Program
While at South Florida for nine years, Thomas developed the first campus diversity office. His efforts included a mentoring program to enhance the retention of a diverse student body, a diversity advisory group of faculty, staff, students and community members, and a successful multi-university grant proposal designed to increase the number of women and minorities in technology disciplines.
Thomas received his bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's in community/clinical psychology from Norfolk State University. He completed his Ph.D. in ecological-community psychology at Michigan State University.
Thomas began his new role at the UMKC School of Medicine on December 18.
"We are excited to have someone with Nate's broad range of experience and talent to lead our efforts in diversity and inclusion," Kanter said. "Please join me in welcoming him to the UMKC School of Medicine."
School of Medicine welcomes largest class of Summer Scholars
07/07/2017 -PRNCommunity, Diversity, Health Equity, Students, Summer ScholarsKelly Edwards
High School students from throughout Kansas City took part in an orientation session for the 2017 UMKC School of Medicine Summer Scholars program on Friday, July 7.
July at the UMKC School of Medicine is a time for high school students to immerse themselves in the school's annual Summer Scholars Program. The activity has been providing opportunities for minority and disadvantaged students in the Kansas City metropolitan area to get a head start on a potential career in health care for 37 years.
This summer's class is the largest ever with 78 students signed up to take part, nearly 30 more students than a year ago.
Darius Jackson serves as coordinator of the School of Medicine's diversity programs, including Summer Scholars. He said the growth is partly by design and partly out of necessity to meet a growing need.
"I was a little ambitious," Jackson said. "We had around 300 applications for Summer Scholars this year. We kept seeing the number of applications increase and decided, let's find a way to increase our numbers instead of turning away more students."
The solution was to expand the program by adding a third two-week session and allowing in more first-time participants.
Previously, all students in the program for the first time were in the Summer Scholars group, and those returning for a second year were in the Advanced Summer Scholars program. This year, one class of first-year scholars was made up of high school juniors and the other consisted of high school seniors. Students returning for a second year of the program still participate in the Advanced Summer Scholars program.
Prior to starting the program, students and parents from all three groups participated in an orientation session. The full two-week session for juniors begans Monday, July 10, with seniors starting a week later and the Advanced Summer Scholars beginning the week after that.
Each year, Summer Scholars receive daily instruction in academic areas such as chemistry and language arts, and study anatomy and physiology in the school's cadaver lab. Classroom experiences range from medical terminology and understanding health disparities to ACT and standardized test taking. Summer Scholars also experience different medical services such as emergency and outpatient medicine, rehabilitation, and nursing, as well as surgery.
The advanced program includes a research component and additional experiences in various clinical rotations.
Summer Scholars prepares students for a career in health care by helping them build a foundation for success in multiple areas including interview skills, study and test-taking strategies, and interpersonal and communication skills.
Community partnerships crucial to combat obesity, Shannon lecturer says
02/27/2017 -PRNDiversity, Minority Health, Shannon LectureGreg Hack
Daphne Bascom (right), M.D., Ph.D., talked after her lecture with an audience member. The sponsors of the lecture, Henry and Dr. Reaner Shannon, listened in.
The 2017 Dr. Reaner and Mr. Henry Shannon Lecture in Minority Health, given by Daphne Bascom, M.D., was filled with compelling statistics and fresh insights into the importance of community health efforts. It also reinforced an old saying: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Bascom, the senior vice president of community integrated health for the Greater Kansas City YMCA, focused her lecture, "Collaborating Across the Continuum to Create a Healthy Community," on efforts to combat obesity.
"The connection between rising rates of obesity and rising medical spending is undeniable," said Bascom, who spoke Feb. 24 at the School of Medicine.
But she also noted that investing just $10 per person in community efforts to reduce obesity could pay off in an estimated $16 billion in annual health care savings.
Some other bracing numbers:
— Annual obesity-related health care costs are estimated at $315.8 billion, with $14.1 billion related to childhood obesity.
— Businesses lose $4.3 billion a year to obesity-related absenteeism.
— Average health care costs are 42 percent higher for obese people.
— More than one in three U.S. adults are obese, and obesity rates are worse for black and Latino adults.
— Kansas had the 7th worst rate of adult obesity, and Missouri was tied for 10th.
Bascom, a board-certified specialist in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery, also related her own career experience with the need to "build a better bridge" for integrating community institutions with the health care system.
Case in point: Bascom's efforts beyond surgery involved helping patients with follow up communication and recommendations for better fitness and nutrition. "Sometimes it worked," she said. "But then there were the patients who couldn't pay their electricity bills. … It was wearing and frustrating because there weren't the community resources to help them."
So Bascom, who received her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, looked for broader ways to improve people's health. She came to Cerner Corp. as chief medical officer, where she provided strategic consulting services on how to use health information technology to improve quality, safety, operations and the fiscal health of their organizations.
Now at the YMCA, Bascom is developing and promoting health partnerships and sustainable programs One area the Y is promoting? Reducing obesity—including working with families, improving access to affordable healthy food, providing safe places to be physically active, and curbing exposure to marketing of less nutritious foods.
Bascom, who herself struggled with her weight in grade school, said, "Obesity is a problem. It's been a problem. It continues to be a problem. But it is something that can be solved."
Kansas City YMCA executive to deliver annual Shannon Lecture
02/20/2017 -PRNAnnouncement, Diversity, Minority HealthKelly Edwards
Dr. Bascom
Daphne Bascom, M.D., will be the keynote speaker for the School of Medicine's 12th annual Dr. Reaner and Mr. Henry Shannon Lecture in Minority Health at noon on Friday in Theater A. Bascom is the senior vice-president of community integrated health for the Greater Kansas City YMCA.
With more than 10 years' experience as a physician executive, Bascom is an expert in clinical integration, performance improvement, and the design and deployment of health information technology systems.
Before joining the YMCA, she was vice president and chief medical officer for physician alignment at Cerner Corporation. There, she provided strategic consulting services to health-care executives on how to use health information technology to improve quality, safety, operations and the fiscal health of their organizations.
Bascom also served at Cerner as chief medical officer for worldwide consulting and chief medical information officer and was recognized as Healthcare Executive of the Year. Before working at Cerner, she was the chief clinical systems officer for the Cleveland Clinic Health System in Cleveland, Ohio.
She is a board-certified specialist in otolaryngology/head and neck surgery and has fellowship training in microvascular surgery of the head and neck. Dr. Bascom is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed her residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She earned her Ph.D. in physiological sciences at the University of Oxford Laboratory of Physiology in the United Kingdom.
Leader in minority health delivers 11th annual Shannon Lecture
02/26/2016 -PRNDiversity, Minority HealthKelly Edwards
J. Nadine Gracia, M.D., M.S.C.E., deputy assistant secretary for minority health, spoke with School of Medicine Dean Steven Kanter, M.D., and Samuel Turner, associate dean for diversity and inclusion, before presenting the 11th annual Dr. Reaner and Mr. Henry Shannon Lecture in Minority Health.
J. Nadine Gracia, M.D., M.S.C.E, deputy assistant secretary for minority health, presented the annual Dr. Reaner and Mr. Henry Shannon Lecture on Feb. 26 at the UMKC School of Medicine.
A leading government official for minority health in the United States said Friday that while the country has made strides toward narrowing the gap in health equality, there is still work to be done.
As deputy assistant secretary for minority health and director of the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, J. Nadine Gracia, M.D., M.S.C.E, plays a major role in the development and implementation of government programs and policies to battle health disparities in the United States.
"Our goal is not only to close the gap, but to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential of health," said Gracia, who delivered the UMKC School of Medicine's 11th annual Dr. Reaner and Mr. Henry Shannon Lecture in Minority Health.
Gracia offered a brief overview of her office and how it looks at the disparities in health and health care in the country. She called this year a landmark for the office, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary of working to improve the health of racial and ethnic minorities.
She outlined many of the factors, from changing demographics to the various economic barriers, which play into the health discrepancies still seen in today's population.
"All of these factors make the mission and the role of the Office of Minority Health more urgent now than ever before," Gracia said.
A pediatrician with a focus in epidemiology, Gracia received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh where she was a student of current UMKC School of Medicine Dean Steven Kanter, M.D., and his wife, Leslie Borsett-Kanter, M.D. Gracia established herself as a leader on a national level while in medical school. With Kanter's urging and support, Gracia rose to the position of president of the Student National Medical Association. She is a national president emeritus of the organization is also a past postgraduate physician trustee of the National Medical Association.
She has since served as the chief medical officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, providing program and policy leadership for a number of initiatives from global health to climate change. Gracia also served as a White House fellow and policy advisor to First Lady Michelle Obama on a program to battle childhood obesity. She has been named one of the 100 History Makers in the Making by the African-American news site, TheGrio, and one of Washington's Powerful Women by the BET channel.
Gracia said that under the current presidential administration, health-care priorities such as the Affordable Care Act and My Brother's Keeper, a task force designed to ensure all youths have the opportunity to reach their full potential, have been implemented to keep Americans healthy and safe, boost scientific research and medical innovations, and to expand and strengthen the health care system.
She also recognized the work taking place on local levels. Gracia applauded the efforts of physicians and researchers at the School of Medicine and throughout UMKC in addressing the issue of health equality in the Kansas City community.
"The work you are doing, reaching out to the community and providing opportunities is one that is of great need," Gracia said. "We ask that we continue to work together in this dramatic year in which we are talking about accelerating health equity for the nation, not just continuing our efforts but truly accelerating our progress so we can reach that goal of reaching the full potential for health."
School of Medicine honors Dr. Drees
09/18/2015 -PRNAwards / Recognitions, Diversity, Faculty, Staff, StudentsKelly Edwards
Betty M. Drees, M.D., left, and Dean Steven Kanter, M.D., pose with a bronze sculpture to commemorate Drees' tenure as dean of the School of Medicine.
The School of Medicine recognized Betty M. Drees, M.D., with the unveiling of a bronze sculpture honoring her long-time role as dean during a ceremony on Sept. 18. Drees stepped down as dean in 2014, after 13 years in the position.
The unveiling ceremony coincided with an event to recognize School of Medicine faculty who earned promotions and tenure for the 2015 academic year. The event also included the presentation of faculty and student awards for excellence in diversity and in mentorship.
Dean Steven Kanter, M.D., recognized Drees as an intelligent and caring leader and the consummate professional. "Through her guidance and leadership, the school stands ready to take on the challenge of the coming years," he said.
Drees was appointed dean of the School of Medicine in 2003, after serving two years as interim dean and one year as executive associate dean. She joined UMKC as associate dean for academic affairs and docent physician in 1998. From 2007 to 2008, she served as the University's interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Under her leadership, the UMKC School of Medicine graduated more than 1,000 new physicians, increased research funding, and improved student success and retention. Drees saw the launch of new departments and programs, and completed expansions, renovations and upgrades throughout the medical schoo's facilities. Under her care, the School of Medicine secured funding for seven new endowed chairs and professorships.
Mentoring Awards
John Foxworth, Pharm.D., (top) and Vincent Barone, Phy.D., (bottom) received the Betty M. Drees Excellence in Mentoring Awards from Rebecca Pauly, M.D.,
John Foxworth, Pharm.D., professor of medicine and assistant dean for faculty development, and Vincent Barone, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, received the Dr. Betty M. Drees Excellence in Mentoring Awards.
Foxworth received the Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, given to a professor at the School of Medicine. He is an active mentor for residents and students in research efforts and has been a member of the School of Medicine faculty since 1983. He served on the faculty council as chair and is currently chair of the faculty development committee.
Barone received the Excellence in Mentoring Award, recognizing an associate or assistant professor. He serves as associate director of the developmental and behavioral sciences medical fellowship at Children's Mercy Hospital. He is also the director of developmental and behavioral sciences at the Children's Mercy South.
Diversity Awards
Jim Stanford, M.D., (top) and Cary Chelladurai, manager of Student Affairs, (bottom) accepted the Excellence in Diversity and Health Equity in Medicine Awards from Sam Turner, associate dean for diversity and inclusion.
The Excellence in Diversity and Health Equity in Medicine awards were presented to two honorees: Jim Stanford, associate professor of medicine and Blue 5 Docent, and the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association. The honors recognize the sustained and impactful contributions to diversity, inclusion, cultural competency or health equity by a student or student organization and by a faculty, staff, resident or department.
Stanford is an infectious disease expert who has devoted a large portion of his clinical career to serving low-income adults living with or at risk of HIV and AIDS. He has served as research director for the Kansas City AIDS Research Consortium, provides care for HIV positive patients, and works with endocrinologists at Truman Medical Center to provide quality care in a culturally appropriate way for transgender patients. His clinical practice includes a growing number of patients who experience significant health disparities due to mental illness, substance abuse, poverty and low health literacy.
The Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association has successfully fostered a diverse environment of education and learning for impoverished citizens, underprivileged children and those at risk for Hepatitis B. With more than 150 student volunteers, the organization has worked with local Vietnamese, African American, Indian, Sri Lankan and Pakistani communities, as well as the Kansas City African Chamber of Commerce that serves residents from 34 African nations. Through events including free health fairs and the wordwide Hepatitis Awareness Month, students have provided health care services for the community. Students also gain teaching and role modeling experience through these efforts.
Former hospital chief appointed new associate dean
08/26/2015 -PRNDean's Office, Diversity, Faculty, StudentsKelly Edwards
Samuel H. Turner, Sr.
The School of Medicine announced that Samuel H. Turner, Sr., former Shawnee Mission Medical Center president and CEO, has been appointed as the new Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion starting Sept. 1. He has served as a consultant in that office since May 2014.
Turner has more than 25 years' experience as a senior-level executive in large health care organizations. In previous roles, he provided cultural leadership, worked with boards of directors, and built partnerships and referral relationships to establish and implement strategies that strengthen overall business operations.
He served a dual role at Shawnee Mission Medical Center from 2000 to 2011, managing a health care facility that earned top rankings in patient satisfaction and employee/physician engagement among all hospitals in the Adventist Health System. During his tenure, the hospital was selected one of Solucient's Top 100 Hospitals on multiple occasions, received the Kansas Award for Excellence, and was recognized with various other quality awards.
Prior to his work at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Turner served in senior leadership roles at Lakeshore Health System, Inc., in East Chicago, Indiana, and at St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland. He also launched a consulting firm that specialized in physician practices and hospitals, advising in areas such as reimbursement, compliance, office administration, and marketing, as well as in legal matters.
Turner received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Tennessee State University and earned a law degree at Vanderbilt University.

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Serious Tragedy Averted As Obasanjo's Aide Disarms Drunken Cop At Igbinedion's Birthday
A horrific tragedy has been recently averted after Obasanjo's aide managed to disarm a drunken cop at Igbinedion's birthday.
Obasanjo leaving the venue
PM News reports that tragedy was averted in Benin, Edo State, at the 85th birthday thanksgiving service of Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, when a police corporal allegedly brought out a pistol and threatened to shoot a civilian over what he called "official misconduct."
The incident occurred at Saint Gabriel The Arch Angel Catholic Church, located along Sapele Road, Benin City on Sunday.
Eye witnesses said that a security detail attached to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saved the day when he disarmed the gun-wielding cop who was suspected to be drunk.
The security detail said to be a Chief Superintendent of Police, was said to have ordered the arrest of the unidentified cop, after retrieving the pistol from him.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a photo journalist who witnessed the drama, described the action of the drunk policeman as an embarrassment to the law enforcement agency.
"Everyone of us were watching him. Nobody could come close to him until the Assistant Commissioner of Police who came with Obasanjo to the venue, collected the pistol from him and quickly put it to safety before he ordered his arrest.
"There was tension and confusion everywhere. Thank God that the gun did not explode," he said.


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Q: Python - PermissionError: [WinError 32] File being used by another process I have created a function that takes all my downloaded PDFs and merges them together and then deletes the old PDFs. When i run the code on my mac everything works fine, but when i run it on my work windows PC i get the following error. The error happens when i try to delete the old files with os.delete(file)
PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: "C:\Users\X\Downloads\file.pdf"
def pdf_merge(container):
    merger = PdfFileMerger(strict=False)
    allpdfs = [a for a in glob("C:\Users\X\Downloads\*.pdf")]
    sortedallpdfs = sorted(allpdfs, key=os.path.getmtime)
    [merger.append(pdf) for pdf in sortedallpdfs]
    with open(f"C:\Users\X\Desktop\MergedDocs\{container}", "wb") as new_file:
        merger.write(new_file)

    for file in allpdfs:
        os.remove(file)

I have tried restarting my computer and not open anything before running the program. I also thought that maybe it was OneDrive that was causing the problem, but pausing OneDrive syncing didn't help either.

A: I finally found a solution! This is the code to kill all the pendant file:
pathToClear = "{PATH GOES HERE}"

print(f"...Searching for active processes matching path: '{pathToClear}'")
for proc in psutil.process_iter(['name', 'open_files']):
    for file in proc.info['open_files'] or []:
        if pathToClear in file.path:
            print(f"Found process potentiall process potentially locking path. Killing: '{proc.info['name']}'")
            print("%-5s %-10s %s" % (proc.pid, proc.info['name'][:10], file.path))
            proc.kill()

print("Completed!")

I hope it can be useful for someone!

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Taylor Swift's "Gorgeous" Is Not That
The third track from the upcoming 'Reputation' album isn't as confounding as the first two singles, but it's still underwhelming
By Jordan Coley Oct 20, 2017, 1:18am EDT
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Thursday night, Taylor Swift released "Gorgeous," the third single from her highly anticipated sixth album, Reputation. The track is a three-and-a-half-minute ode to a frustratingly attractive crush. It comes on the heels of "Look What You Made Me Do," in which Taylor raps, and "…Ready for It?," which sounds suspiciously close to Kanye West's "On Sight." While those are decidedly influenced by hip-hop, this latest offering treads in more conventionally Swiftian territory. It's a pop song. The world-famous 27-year-old pop star steps back into the role of lonely and slightly-not-good-enough girl next door. "Guess I'll just stumble on home to my cats / Alone, unless you wanna come along," she laments in the third verse.
"Gorgeous" is the latest stop on what has already been a memorable pre-album-release press tour, which has included a Right Said Fred sample, an app, and a fleet of UPS trucks with Swift's face on them. Though less confounding than the two previous songs, "Gorgeous" is yet another underwhelming Swift offering. The song veers into the "...Ready for It?" territory, it lacks the catchy earworms that draw in listeners on her biggest hits. The silly, baby-voiced opening and tacky, teenage lyrics — "And you should think about the consequence / Of you touching my hand in a darkened room" — aren't doing her any favors. Swift has less than a month to right the rocky Reputation ship. The album comes out on November 10.
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It's easy to go deeper, of course, to fear of the unknown, a desire for stability, and an intolerance for ambiguity, all related, all consistent. Similarly, it's easy to find traits that the three basic traits can lead to. Sara Robinson on Orcinus blog has done some heavy lifting in condensing Dean's arguments to clarify the case, especially in her "Cracks in the Wall" series, that begins here.
We tend to speak disparagingly of authoritarians; the word itself is pejorative, as evidenced by the fact that people whom you or I would call authoritarian will simultaneously point the finger at us.
To some extent, they would have a point, in that Rightful Authority does exist, insofar as there are rules and laws of both man and the natural world, and there are networks of people (lawmakers, courts, and lawyers on the one hand, scientists, engineers, and technicians on the other), whose authority within their own domain matters. Courts can send you to jail, and your plumber can clear the water line.
Some of the examples of rightful authority are trivial, and some are deeply held, supported aggressively by their constituents. If you are visiting a construction site you damn well do what the site manager tells you to do. If you don't, someone could get hurt. And if someone you are with doesn't follow the rules, you help keep him in line.
The fact is that most conventional wisdom is, in fact, wisdom, just as each of us makes a thousand decisions every day, almost every one of them right, and almost every one of the wrong ones gets immediately corrected. We don't fall down the stairs, and we don't turn left when we should have turned right on the way to work.
I doubt that anyone who has read even a small fraction of what I've written who would take me as a servant of conventionality, and I score very, very low on tests that measure authoritarian tendencies. But I seldom break rules for the sake of breaking rules (well, okay, sometimes I break a rule just to see what will happen, but come on now, we've got to have a little fun). I do believe in process, and I do believe in rigor.
So I want it understood that my intention here is descriptive more than it is proscriptive. It's part of a fight I've been having (or so I come to understand) for a long time now. I've come to understand that it's a necessary fight, a perpetual fight, and a fair fight.
When I was starting out in the then bright shiny new field of computer simulation modeling, I quickly came to believe that the models we were using were complicated machines that needed an experienced and talented operator. There were a lot of moving parts, and a lot of things that could screw up. Moreover, you needed to have a feel for what you were doing; the sort of pattern recognition that we call "intuition" mattered.
You could not, as the saying goes, "Just turn the crank."
In fact, the people who were paying the bills wanted exactly that. They wanted something with a crank that could be turned to grind out the right answers. I've come to understand that there is a good reason for wanting that, incidentally. If you just turn the crank, if you don't know exactly what's going on, and what buttons to push to twist the results, then it looks like it's less likely that someone will cheat and deliberately give results to advance a particular cause.
But just because there is a good reason for wanting something doesn't make it ultimately work out that way. If you have several groups doing the work and you pick and choose whichever one accidentally gives you what you are looking for, then you've accomplished essentially the same thing as if you had someone twisting the knobs. If there is an accepted protocol, you use whatever flexibility exists in the protocol to give the results closest to what you want. You "game the system," to use the current phrasing.
And there you have the argument for the most inflexible possible system. It is less likely to be gamed.
Science (and scholarship, and the law, and tradition) exists in a constant tension between protocol and choice, between methodology and judgment. Some people, because of whatever combination of their experience and natural tendencies, wind up being strong adherents to, and defenders of, protocol and methodology. Others emphasize insight and judgment. As a strong proponent of insight and judgment, let me stipulate the importance of protocol and methodology. The methodology and protocols of science represent a tradition of judgment and a condensation of insight that cannot be replaced by a single individual, no matter how smart and clever.
Still, we must use judgment and insight to examine methodology and protocol, on an ongoing basis. Otherwise, the process of science becomes stagnant, at best in an endless loop of endlessly reinventing the wheel, just maybe this year in a different color.
All of this is basically an epilog and an introduction. There is a very interesting debate that has flared up in statistical economics, about the phrase "statistically significant" what it means as a descriptor and as a protocol. There is also an element of another phenomenon that I've remarked upon before: the use of a technical term that is substantively different from its meaning in ordinary speech, which means that it can have a pernicious effect on thought.
And, of course, I had an argument about it. But I'll write about that in a later essay.
The art, science, and business of computer programming offers a microcosmic instance of dynamics of this argument. (Plus, it is openly binary!!) My experience, management and programming both crave a strictly delineated structure; reality tends to disagree, convincingly.
It's pretty much a phenomenon in tech generally, and the "reality tends to disagree" part is where things get interesting, isn't it?
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(May 21, 2018 / 7PM EST) — Travelers looking to leave the crowds behind this summer should head to Italy's foodie heartland, seek spectacular wild landscapes in the north of Spain or go Dutch for arts and culture, according to world-leading travel authority Lonely Planet, which today reveals its pick of the most exciting European destinations to visit this year.
Lonely Planet's Best in Europe 2018 is compiled annually by the travel company's European experts, revealing their pick of the most exciting and underrated destinations to visit across the continent. This year's list directly tackles the hot topic of 'overtourism', aiming to inspire travelers to discover some of the best lesser-visited regions, alternative city breaks and hidden gems, beyond Europe's busiest tourist hotspots.
Emilia-Romagna in Italy takes the top spot as Europe's number one destination this year. The Italian region is often overlooked in favour of more popular regions like Tuscany, Campania and The Veneto, but is increasingly carving out its reputation as the nation's number one destination for food lovers. The birthplace of ragù, prosciutto di Parma, balsamic vinegar and Parmesan cheese, its foodie legacy can be explored at Bologna's newly opened FICO, the world's largest culinary theme park, while new cultural openings in Ferrara and Rimini (which can now be reached by direct flight from the UK) provide even more for visitors to get their teeth into.
Also making this year's Best in Europe 2018 list: the Spanish region of Cantabria, a land of wild, sandy beaches, mist-shrouded mountains and enchanting villages; Dundee, a city reinvigorated by new cultural openings including the newest branch of the V&A; and Friesland in the Netherlands, a region of beguiling landscapes whose lively capital Leeuwarden is this year's European Capital of Culture.
Lonely Planet's writers have explored the globe for 45 years in search of hidden gems and amazing new travel experiences. Best in Europe 2018 is the sixth iteration of the agenda-setting list, which picks out Europe's hottest up-and-coming countries, regions and cities. To help travelers see more of Europe, Lonely Planet has teamed up with Eurail.com to offer travelers the chance to win one of ten monthly rail passes to explore the continent this summer.


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Musée Grevine, Paris, Vogue
(American, 1928-)
America, 20th century
Image: 27 x 34.4 cm (10 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 30.3 x 39.6 cm (11 15/16 x 15 9/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Gift of Museum members in 1989 1989.444
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William Klein American, 1928- William Klein won his first camera in a poker game in 1947 and, since that time, has enjoyed a reputation as an "enfant terrible" for his continued rejection of the status quo. Born in New York to a family of Hungarian-Jewish descent, Klein grew up in a tough neighborhood. He attended the City College of New York (B.S. in social science, 1945) before entering the armed forces. Demobilized in Paris at the end of World War II, Klein stayed in the city, studying art for one year at the Sorbonne. He continued to paint under the tutelage of Fernand Léger (1948), exhibiting his work in France, Belgium, and Italy from 1950-54. Returning to New York, Klein took his camera into the streets and assaulted the sensibilities of mainstream photojournalism with his gritty, 35mm shots. Although rejected by American publishers, the work was taken to press by a Parisian firm and garnered criticism as well as praise for its grainy style and forthright subject matter. Klein earned a Prix Nadar for New York Is Good and Good for You in 1957. His shots of Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964), and Moscow (1964) reveal a similar sensibility and were published as books. During 1955-65 Klein worked under contract for Vogue. Although eventually regarded as their star photographer, helping to bring the publication ahead of its arch rival, Harper's Bazaar, he always retained a distance from the fashion industry. Again rejecting traditional poses and props, he often used abstraction and distortion in his photographs, a technique at first rejected by the magazine's editors but gradually accepted as the product of a vanguard vision. In 1984 Klein worked backstage at the Paris fashion shows on the film Made in France. Photographs from both periods were the focus of his 1994 one-person traveling exhibition and publication, In and Out of Fashion. In 1958 Klein made his first 20mm film, Broadway by Light, and has directed several documentary films for French television since 1967. He stopped doing still photography for 10 years until 1978, when he was asked to organize a retrospective of his work to be shown in London and throughout the Netherlands. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, also sponsored a retrospective in 1980. Since then, Klein has taken up photography with renewed interest and indefatigable energy, while continuing to work on films and television commercials, with more than 250 of the latter to his credit. In addition to the Prix Nadar, he has won a Top Photographer Award from Photokina, Cologne (1963), the Grand Prix at the Festivale Internationale de Tours (1965), and the Prix Jean Vigo, Paris (1967). Klein lives in Paris. A.W.
Written in pencil on verso: "Musée Grevin, Paris, Vogue, 1963 / William Klein [signed] 1984 / WK11047"
CMA, Feb. 6 - April 15, 1990: "Year in Review 1989," CMA Bulletin, 77 (Feb. 1990), p. 71, no. 104 (not exhibited).
CMA, Nov. 18, 1992 - Jan. 3, 1993: "Contemporary American Photographers," CMA Bulletin, 79 (Nov. 1992), p. 349, no. 37.
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