The appraisal industry is rapidly changing, and these changes usher in challenges as well as solutions. A declining appraiser pool can sometimes lead to appraisal delays and contribute to industry frustration. A more lengthy appraisal process can also create a disconnect between the borrower and the lender. This concern is significant in the commercial lending space as well as the residential.
To counter this dynamic, viable substitutes to traditional appraisals continue to emerge within the marketplace for qualifying situations. These substitutes are most often referred to as Evaluations. Evaluations are typically administered by real estate brokers and agents and follow practices set forth by the FDIC's Interagency Guideline (IAG). They are most suitable for small loan balances as well as due diligence, portfolio monitoring, loan modifications, default services and extensions of credit. Lenders may also use evaluations for origination purposes when valuing a commercial property under a $250,000 loan threshold.
The evaluation process is governed by the Interagency Guidelines and offers an abbreviated set of standards to accommodate qualifying transactions, while the traditional appraisal process is governed by USPAP which outlines a comprehensive set of standards by which to operate. Prices for evaluations are often less than the price of appraisals. Commercial evaluations generally cost under $1,000, while commercial appraisals can cost anywhere from $2,000 to $4,000 for similar properties. The time required to complete an evaluation is also reduced. Evaluations are generally completed in ten business days or less, while commercial appraisals generally require three to four weeks.
The commercial evaluation form contains several approaches to value which includes land values, a comparable analysis (three comparable listings; three comparable rentals; three comparable sales); line item adjustments; local market trends, including vacancy rates and the subject's neighborhood; income approach; subject property transaction history; capitalization rate; operating expenses; current subject photos; and commentary. Field agents perform interior site inspections as requested. The reports address current zoning, site utility, construction quality, assessment information and highest and best use.
Because the standards are not as extensive for evaluations, it is critical for lenders to understand the processes their vendors use including the use of technology, data resources and manual review.
Lenders that understand the differences in the products offered by the market and the appropriate application of each can, in many cases, lower costs and expedite the production of credible values.
Audrey Clearwater is vice president of operations at LRES, a national residential and commercial mortgage services company providing valuations, REO asset management and HOA solutions for the mortgage and real estate industry. With more than 15 years of continued growth, LRES offers managed business processes for the origination and default markets. For more information about LRES, visit its website at www.lres.com.
LRES, a national residential and commercial mortgage services company providing valuations, REO asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage and real estate industry, announced Mark R. Johnson as its chief strategy officer to create and implement new strategic priorities and ensure core company initiatives, services and partnerships that reflect the company's plans for growth.
In this role, Johnson serves as a resource across the organization to increase broad cohesion of strategic plans while monitoring the competitive landscape and market conditions to identify opportunities, issues and risks in order to recommend actionable strategies.
Johnson has more than 20 years of executive experience working for various Fortune 500 companies within the mortgage industry where he was charged with establishing annual strategic goals and managing budgets, forecasts and corporate reporting. Prior to LRES, he served as division president of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings. Previously he served as division president and chief operating officer of Lender Processing Services (now known as Black Knight Financial Services).
"Mark's proven experience of managing strategic execution and business unit performance metrics at distinguishable companies within our industry makes him the perfect candidate to help lead our strategic efforts. I look forward to working with Mark and the LRES executives to further collaborate with clients, address emerging opportunities and create change within the industry that allows for better accuracy and faster, more efficient delivery of information. LRES seeks to have an intimate understanding of client expectations and is focused on making it easy to do business," said Roger Beane, CEO of LRES.
LRES, a national residential and commercial real estate services company providing valuations, REO asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage and real estate industry, has launched a complete lien alert solution to enable servicers to continuously stay informed with the latest updates on their loan inventory.
LRES' lien solution offers the choice between 10 lien activity alerts that flag servicers with any changes to their loan portfolio which may impact loan or borrower status. The 10 alerts available include information on ARM resets, tax delinquency, bankruptcy notifications, ownership changes, lien status changes, value changes, foreclosure/default activity, involuntary liens and judgments, new recorded loans and MLS listings.
LRES collaborates with multiple data providers to aggregate and mine data down to the county level to extract the latest property- and consumer-related information across the servicer's portfolio. This information can be used by servicers as a customer retention tool to trigger any opportunities to re-engage with their borrowers depending on industry changes that would positively influence their specific situation, such as refinancing for better rates or representing them again when they are ready to finance a new property. It can also be used as a risk mitigation tool to arm servicers with the information needed to follow proper protocols during complex situations such as bankruptcies, foreclosures, etc.
"Our lien alert solution provides servicers with instant access to relevant lien activity on their loan portfolios so they can keep a closer eye on their inventory and react to any changes or updates accordingly," said Roger Beane, CEO of LRES.
There is a common misconception that AMCs are unconcerned with the problems affecting appraisers. AMCs should be viewed as business partners for appraisers, offering appraisal assignments and ready to assist the independent appraiser to better understand the regulations and rules that are constraining the business and provide guidance on how to better navigate those challenges. AMCs are a part of the industry as a whole and we believe they share in the responsibility to reverse the declining number of appraisers. AMCs can, and are, taking action to both change restrictive policies and increase the number of licensed appraisers. There will be dramatic consequences for all in the mortgage appraisal industry if the number of appraisers continues to decline at the same rate. Through lobbying, education and policy change, AMCs believe they should help reverse the trend of appraisers leaving the business.
The decline in appraisers over the last few years has been steep. The average annual rate of decrease is approximately three percent – a cumulative decline of 22 percent since 2007 (Appraisal Institute Research Department). As large of a decline as this is, there is the potential for these numbers to become even more dramatic in the future. More than 62 percent of appraisers are over the age of 51, and only 13 percent are younger than 35. The lack of youth in the profession and the decline in appraisers can both be tied to increased barriers of entry into the profession.
Currently, certified level appraisers are expected to have a four-year college degree, two additional years of apprenticeship and pass certification requirements. The four-year college degree does not need to be in a field of study relevant to appraising and some suggest a school for appraisers would impart more relevant and valuable skills than an unrelated four-year degree. What's making the apprenticeship period more difficult is that many lenders refuse to accept appraisals that include the signature of a trainee on the left side, though the supervisory appraiser does take full responsibility by signing on the right side. It's incredibly difficult to find people to train as potential new appraisers because they're being asked to work and train for some 2,500 hours without being able to establish their own reputations by signing their own work.
Appraisers are backlogged in work and some try to complete 2-3 appraisals a day, on top of making corrections to any existing appraisals and submitting their work through multiple systems to multiple companies. The workload and demand on their time has risen sharply. Appraisers are under immense pressure to be organized, efficient, adaptable, and accurate despite the increasing workloads. With only 24 hours in each day, those appraisers who fall behind suffer from stress, long hours driving and exhaustion. While many would benefit from an apprentice or trainee appraiser, many appraisers are not sure how to manage that situation to the ultimate benefit of both parties. Many appraisers strive to minimize risk and asking an individual to risk his hard-won reputation and business by using unseasoned appraisers is a risk many are not willing to accept.
What can AMCs do to provide assistance to bridge this chasm? It's an issue which needs an immediate solution. Time is not on our side. Given that it takes two to three years to move from trainee status to fully licensed appraiser, the industry requirements have guaranteed there will be no quick relief for several years. While some argue technology is the future, AMCs believe there will always be a need for human appraisers in the real estate business. Technology can change the way appraisers offer services, but can never replace the need for an unbiased, talented and experienced appraiser.
The same strain impacting appraisers is occurring at AMCs. With the decline in overall numbers, there are less qualified appraisers able to take on the burdening expectations. AMCs are forced to search harder for qualified appraisers. The means more time and resources are allocated to dig deeper into databases to find the most qualified appraisers. This forces AMCs to search for appraisers who are further away from the property to be appraised. In some circumstances AMCs may have to search for appraisers outside the county, and even, very rarely, across state lines. While these problems may be less visible in more urban areas where there are still many appraisers to choose from, the shortage is impacting the more rural or isolated areas the hardest.
AMCs worry that if the decline in appraisers continues, it will have a negative effect on the quality of appraisals. AMCs strive to find the most qualified and informed appraisers to make decisions on properties. The further away from the subject property an appraiser is, the larger the possibility for potential error based on lack of geographic competency. Although many AMCs currently have large vendor networks and are currently able to find the most qualified leads, in time, with fewer appraisers offering services, it will potentially affect the accuracy, turn time and quality of the appraisal market as a whole.
Another substantial goal AMCs have is to protect the value of appraisals over cheaper alternative valuation products such as AVMs. The time needed to complete an appraisal would increase with the continued decline in the number appraisers. This increasing wait could come with mounting pressure for appraisals to be substituted by other valuations products which do not have the insight, accuracy or accountability of an appraisal. In this area, AMCs can help ensure the value of the appraisal product while fighting for more appraiser friendly regulations and policies. Ultimately AMCs need to work with appraisers to change the overly restrictive regulations surrounding the sector.
The current environment needs to change to better protect the appraisers at the center of the industry. In order to reach solutions it is up to the mortgage industry to increase its voice to influence policies. AMCs are taking action to change the current environment. Many AMCs are joining the Real Estate Valuation Advocacy Association (REVAA) who lobby for positive change for the industry. REVAA and other non-profit trade associations monitor public policy and serve as an important resource to federal and state regulators and policymakers. They work on creating solutions with policy makers about the attrition of appraisers and ensure the movement to halt the decline is a top agenda item.
There are many innovative ideas on how AMCs can help combat the decline in the number of appraisers if policies were changed. This includes AMCs starting their own training programs, but these ideas are often limited by existing rules and regulations. As long as AMCs' ability to affect change is limited by government regulations and existing lender policies it is harder to address the root causes of the lack of appraisers. Outside the policy sphere, more information needs to be published for potential recruits on the benefits of working as an appraiser. The ability of appraisers to work their own schedule, own their own shops and the flexibility of working for themselves are major draws for younger people interested in the profession. More potential recruits need to know that an appraisal career can offer security, stability and has the potential to be lucrative if well-established.
The final way AMCs can help reverse the decline of appraisers is to take responsibility over their operations and relationships. AMCs need to do more to directly help the profession become stronger and better. AMCs need to treat their appraisers right; with respect, reasonable turn times, and fair and adequate compensation. AMCs must be held accountable for their part of the relationship. The healthier a relationship that can be formed between AMCs and appraisers, the more attractive it will be for future appraisers to join the field. Simply by acknowledging and guaranteeing that AMC s value the work of appraisers, AMCs can help attract more people to the field.
AMCs are very aware of the decline in the number of appraisers, and have been feeling the same strain that appraisers are all too familiar with. AMCs are having the hard discussions of what can be done to support the appraisal profession and are working towards finding solutions to reverse the decline in the number of appraisers. While the lack of appraisers is fundamentally affecting the length of time to acquire and fund financing in several states, if the current rate of decline continues, there will potentially be very big problems soon. While there are still many discussions to be had on how to fix the problem, AMCs and appraisers must work together to correct current trends before it's too late.
Wynetta Byers is Chief Appraiser at LRES, a national residential and commercial real estate services company providing valuations, REO asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage and real estate industry. For more information about LRES, visit its website at www.lres.com.
LRES, a national residential and commercial real estate services company providing valuations, REO asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage and real estate industry, announced its second annual 5K Cares Walk raised more than $11,500 for five charities.
The LRES Cares Walk benefitted the Project Walk Paralysis Recovery Centers, the Nevada Humane Society, Wounded Warrior Project, Colette's Children's Home and Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS).
LRES' Orange County, Arizona and Reno offices held 5K walk/runs for its associates last month, and more than 150 LRES associates, friends and family participated. Associates chose their favorite charity from the five foundations, and LRES matched every dollar made.
"At LRES, we strive to take advantage of our own successes by giving back to our community," said Roger Beane, CEO of LRES.
LRES, a national residential and commercial real estate services company providing valuations, REO asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage and real estate industry, now offers commercial evaluations through its recent acquisition of InsideValuation.
This new white paper eliminates some of the confusion over the lien position of HOA properties in relation to investors and mortgage holders, as well as provides guidance for loan servicers on how to protect the lien rights of their investors where conflicts arise between the various lienholders of a property residing in one of these communities.
One recurring challenge occurs when an HOA forecloses on a property for unpaid association fees, and the servicer then faces significant risk of increased loss and even of losing its investor's stake in the property. Since no investor would consider this acceptable, servicers are left in need of a better method of managing the HOA lien process. This whitepaper offers an effective strategy for dealing with HOA fees and liens over the life of the loan.
It may be hard to believe, but success stories do exist these days. For example, LRES, a national provider of commercial and residential valuations and asset management for the mortgage, banking, credit union and real estate industries, has experienced 58 percent revenue growth throughout 2015 and is projected to achieve a 19 percent growth rate in 2016 due to its diverse end-to-end service offerings and expanded client base.
The increased performance was partially attributed to its additional service offerings with the launch of its homeowners' association (HOA) services to aid originators, servicers and investors in dealing with potential risks associated with HOA defaults and liens. And through its strategic partnership with OSC, a lender-placed insurance, tracking and compliance services provider, LRES now helps manage the collateral insurance requirements of its customers' portfolios.
Another factor that greatly contributed to LRES' strong year was its recent acquisition and smooth integration with formerly Tulsa, Okla.-based Lenders Choice, a residential real estate appraisal management company that specializes in residential appraisals. LRES continues seeking additional strategic acquisition targets to strengthen and diversify its offerings.
In addition to expanding through acquisition, LRES expanded its management team by adding several key associates to its executive team, including a new CTO, three vice presidents of sales, a vice president of finance/controller and a client relations manager.
On the technology front, LRES is now fully integrated with Platinum Data Solutions RealView and Mercury Network using LRES DirectConnect™, an integration framework that enables third-party systems to integrate seamlessly into the LRES LINK™ order management platform to optimize and accelerate the appraisal order processing. It also upgraded its client-vendor portals for correspondent lenders and associated financial institutions to improve user experience and serve a broader base of loan officers.
"Through LRES' additional diverse service offerings, experienced executive team, increased technology enhancements, improved internal processes and a successful acquisition, we experienced a year of dramatic growth in 2015 and project continued growth through 2016," said Roger Beane, CEO of LRES.
LRES, a national REO and appraisal management company offering property valuations, asset management, HOA and technology solutions for the mortgage industry, announced that its LRES DirectConnect integration hub now fully integrates with Mercury Network, a software platform used by more than 700 lenders and AMCs to manage their collateral valuation workflow.
Through this partnership, LRES and Mercury Network offer seamless communication of appraisal orders for customers by delivering collateral valuation reports and supporting data in the MISMO industry-standard format. The integration provides end-to-end automated connectivity while delivering reports and data for auditing and compliance purposes via a single management platform for faster appraisal data exchange.
LRES has the ability to receive appraisal order requests and order modifications from clients directly through the Mercury Network and electronically delivers those orders into its proprietary LRES LINK order management platform.
"Our partnership with LRES allows for a faster valuation ordering process for lenders in a single, easily configurable interface," said Adam Campbell, integration specialist at Mercury Network.
"LRES' integration with Mercury Network focuses on appraisal quality management and enhanced operational efficiency throughout the entire valuation lifecycle," said Roger Beane, CEO of LRES.


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This article appears in the April 9, 2010 issue of Executive Intelligence Review.
Obama War To Defend
The Opium Traffickers
by Michele Steinberg
April 1—In a special edition of the LaRouche PAC Weekly Report of March 31 (published in this issue), Lyndon LaRouche said that the center of the strategic battle against the British Empire is Afghanistan.
Remember, ... there's a war going on in Afghanistan. In this war, the United States, under the present President, is defending the right of the drug-traffickers to continue to operate without interference. We're fighting a war—we're sending troops in, to kill and be killed in Afghanistan, in order to protect the drug-traffickers! These drug-traffickers are also the major source of support for control of Russia. Because they harm Russia, ... like the recent [bombings] that just happened in Moscow. These are things which were done, and are being done against the United States, by killing our troops, in Afghanistan—with the President's permission, and encouragement!
At the same time, the same forces, the same group of people who were behind 9/11, are operating against Russia, too, now. And will operate against other nations.
And Obama is practically committing an act of treason, by sending U.S. troops into area, to be killed, by the logistical force which Obama is defending. If that isn't tantamount to treason, I don't know what is.
While the U.S. protection of the British-sponsored opium production in Afghanistan started under the Bush-Cheney Administration, it was Obama who ended all eradication of opium, and ended the efforts to eliminate the drug lords and traffickers who fund the Taliban and other insurgencies.
The background to Obama's treason, from Spring 2008 to the present, is summarized here:
Spring 2008: EIR researchers begin exposing the opium-protection policy in Afghanistan, after receiving detailed briefings from veterans of the Afghan War, who describe that the military targetting of the "narco-khans" (drug lords), opium and heroin warehouses, or drug traffickers is absolutely forbidden under NATO rules of engagement. Only "terrorists" and "insurgents" can be militarily targetted, and a decision by the NATO Council in Brussels would be required to change the rules of engagement. The Bush-Cheney Administration had totally backed the British, who occupied the opium-producing areas of Southern Afghanistan, and whose policy is to protect the opium fields and trafficking.
Under the direction of LaRouche, EIR publishes a series of articles and special reports documenting the connection of the opium traffic to the financing of both al-Qaeda and the Taliban. EIR identifies the role of Dubai—a British-run money-laundering banking center—and other offshore banking havens, as the centers that must be closed down to cut off the logistical flow to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Aug. 1, 2008: EIR reports:
There is now full recognition within U.S. military circles that the commanders of the Taliban, and Taliban's al-Qaeda allies, are funding their armies—as EIR warned more than a decade ago—with opium and heroin trafficking, as well as a newer, burgeoning empire in hashish production. One U.S. intelligence source stated that more than $100 million a year, directly from the opium grown in Afghanistan alone, goes directly to the Taliban, for its military operations.
The source put the overall monetary value of the Afghan opium trade now accounting for 93% of the world's opium production last year at approximately $160 billion....
July 27, 2008: Thomas Schweich, a former top counter-narcotics official in the State Department, steps forward to expose the opium empire in Afghanistan that had grown under the NATO occupation. In a New York Times Magazine feature article, Schweich writes,
Over the next two years [from July 1, 2006], I would discover how deeply the Afghan government was involved in protecting the opium trade by shielding it from American-designed policies. While it is true that [Afghan President Hamid] Karzai's Taliban enemies finance themselves from the drug trade, so do many of his supporters. At the same time, some of our NATO allies have resisted the anti-opium offensive, as has our own Defense Department.... The trouble is that the fighting is unlikely to end as long as the Taliban can finance themselves through drugs and as long as the Kabul government is dependent on opium to sustain its own hold on power.
Schweich reports that the Bush Administration's backing for Karzai's insistence that aerial eradication of opium fields be ended, was fatal to the counter-narcotics effort. He shows how forcing the U.S. anti-drug forces to use manual eradication has led to U.S. troops fighting farmers and tribal leaders, when the U.S. forces tried to seize opium fields. Such manual eradication was deliberate sabotage by the British and the Bush Administration. Competent anti-drug experts in the U.S. knew, from the successful experience in Colombia, that other effective non-lethal means were possible.
July 30, 2008: Gen. Barry McCaffrey (USA, ret.), the former head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President Bill Clinton, submits his report on Afghanistan to Col. Michael Meese at West Point.
EIR endorses McCaffrey's findings in an Aug. 7 press release, and reports:
McCaffrey writes: 'Afghanistan is in misery.' Sixty-eight percent of the population has never known peace, life expectancy is only 44, and Afghanistan has the highest maternal death rate in the world.... The atmosphere of terror cannot be countered mainly by military means. We cannot win through a war of attrition.... Afghanistan will not be solved by the addition of two or three more U.S. combat brigades from our rapidly unraveling Army.'
Instead, McCaffrey argues that, in addition to building up the Afghan security forces, economic measures are also required. He calls for the deployment of a 'five battalion Army engineer brigade ... to lead a five-year road-building effort employing Afghan contractors and training and mentoring Afghan engineers.... The war will be won when we fix the Afghan agricultural system which employs 82% of the population.... The war will be won when the international community demands the eradication of the opium and cannibis crops and robustly supports the development of alternative economic activity.'
McCaffrey pointed to the tremendous growth in the poppy crop since the U.S. invasion in 2001 and warned that 'Unless we deal head-on with this enormous cancer, we should have little expectation that our efforts in Afghanistan will not eventually come to ruin.'
August 2008-January 2009: EIR publishes feature articles continuing to detail the Afghanistan opium/heroin traffic connection to terrorism, including the November 2008 attack by Islamic extremist narco-terrorists on Mumbai, India. The LaRouche movement organizes among elected officials, and military and intelligence professionals, to force a change in Afghanistan strategy to eliminate the opium traffic, and thereby cut off the logistics for the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Jan. 16, 2009: EIR's cover story on how to combat the drug trade is published under the title, "Drive the Narcos Out of the Americas." It includes excerpts from a Fall 2008 report by General McCaffrey on Mexico, which called for a joint U.S.-Mexico anti-drug fight, "Colombia Nearly Disappeared by Negotiating with Narcoterrorists," and "How Drugs Can Be Wiped Out, Totally" (which explains how crops can be wiped out using high-tech, non-lethal methods); LaRouche's 1985 fifteen-point plan to combat narcoterrorism; and "George Soros, Britain's Drug Kingpin Waging War Against the Americas."
January 2009: There is a short-lived victory for the anti-opium strategy in Afghanistan, with the news that Gen. Bantz John Craddock, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the highest military commader in Europe, had approved NATO military operations against drug traffickers, narco-lords, and drug refineries and warehouses in Afghanistan. But, on Jan. 28, the German news weekly Der Spiegel reports on a leaked classified NATO document, in which Craddock approved the targetting of narco-traffickers and the bombing of narcotics laboratories in Afghanistan. After a violent backlash from several NATO countries that support legalization of drugs, the policy is shelved, and shortly thereafter, Craddock's rotation as SACEUR ends.
Enter Obama
March 2009: Obama's Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, announces in Brussels that the poppy eradication effort in Afghanistan has been ended because it is "wasteful" and is driving Afghan farmers "into the arms" of the Taliban, because it destroys the farmers' livelihood. Holbrooke downplays the significance of drug money in financing the insurgency, and lies that the United States and NATO will focus efforts on interdicting narcotics shipments, and on stopping money laundering. No such actions are carried out against the Afghanistan dope trade, and instead the Taliban insurgents continue to make major gains in Afganistan—financed by dope money.
A George Soros-linked pro-legalization website, www.stopthedrugwar.com, gleefully welcomes Holbrooke's denunciation of opium eradication, and claims the decision as a victory for the march towards drug legalization. Holbrooke had been a business partner of Soros, the world's leading drug legalizer, in a biomedical company.
May 11, 2009: Obama suddenly fires Afghanistan commander Gen. David McKiernan, and replaces him with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. McKiernan was widely reported to have been favorable to SACEUR General Craddock's decision to target narcotics operations and laboratories.
With the Holbrooke declaration and the McChrystal appointment, any effective U.S./NATO operation against the dope traffic that is financing the Islamic extremist terrorist operations, from Afghanistan to the Northern Caucasas to Moscow and Mumbai, India, is ended.

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Abensour, Joanne
Birth - Death : 1946-
Nationality : American
Abensour studied at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem and worked as a painter and graphic artist. She specialised in Ketubot marriage contracts
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Birth - Death : 20th-21st Century
Nationality : French
Photographer. Abensur notably produced photographs on the life of the Iranian communities, which he exhibited in September 2002 at the Jewish Museum in Paris.
Aberdam, Alfred
Birth - Death : 1894-1963
Nationality : Polish
Aberdam belonged to a wealthy family in Lodz. He first was interested in the works of Flemish and Italian artists and then studied painting in Lwow and in Munich in 1913-1914. Aberdam served in the Austrian army but was wounded at the start of World War One and held prisoner by the Russians. After the Revolution in Russia, the Soviet government appointed him as a supervisor of artistic activities in Irkutsk, Siberia. Back in Poland, he worked in Cracow until 1922 and then studied in Berlin, where he met Menkes and Weingart before settling in Paris in 1923. Aberdam was forced to live in hiding during the German occupation of France from 1940 to 1944. After the war, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held in Paris and in Israel in 1949. Another major exhibition took place in the French capital in 1952 but Aberdam, much affected by the Holocaust, lived practically in seclusion until his death.
Abesgauz, Abeshaus Evgeny
Nationality : Russian
Abesgauz produced several Jewish-related paintings during his career.
Ables, Adi
Birth - Death : 20th Century
Nationality : Israeli
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Abourisk, Maia
Birth - Death : 1911-?
Painter. This artist first studied painting in Casablanca, Morocco, and later worked in Israel.
Birth - Death : Active during the second half of the 13th Century
Nationality : German
Abraham worked as a scribe and notably produced a ritual prayer book in Switzerland now exhibited in the Jewish Art Museum of Paris.
Abrahamowicz, F.
Abrahams (Blum), Helen
Painter of landscapes, figures and interiors.
Abram, Ronny
Nationality : Dutch
Abram worked as a painter after studying in Enschede and in Paris.
Abrami, Rene
Abrami has been working as an amateur painter in France.
Abramovitch or Abramovic, Pinchas
Nationality : Latvian then Israeli
Born in Latvia, Abramovitch immigrated to Palestine in 1929. Prior to his immigration, he studied art in Kovno. His work of the 1930s, displays quintessentially Expressionist elements -sombre colours and tortuous forms- in the spirit of the Jewish School of Paris. During and following World War II Abramovitch stayed in Iran, and his experience of that country is reflected in the hinted Persian elements he incorporated into his art. In the 1940s, Abramovitch painted geometrically structured cityscapes tending to the abstract. He joined a group of artists banding together under the name New Horizons and embracing abstraction, first in principle and soon also in practice. In Newe Zedek, the artist conveyed his nostalgia for the "Little Tel-Aviv"of the period prior to World War Two.
Abramson, Larry
Nationality : South Africa then Israeli
This artists based in Jerusalem has been producing paintings based on the letters of the word "Shalom".
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Birth - Death : 20th -21st Century
Nationality : Israeli?
Achunov, Rachel
She has been working as an illustrator in Israel.
Ackerman, Samuel Shmuel
Nationality : Russian then Israeli
Born in Mucacevo, in the outer Carpathian region, he immigrated in 1973 to Israel and later settled in Paris. He co-founded the Leviathan group composed mainly of Russian immigrant artists seeking a national style
Adler, Adolf
Nationality : Rumanian then Israeli
Adler became a painter at a young age. He was arrested in 1942 and sent to a labour camp in the Ukraine from which he escaped in 1944. He settled in Israel in 1963. He notably depicted a deported child in a train truck in one of his works.
Adler, Elaine
Birth - Death : Active from the last two decades of the 20th Century
Elaine Adler has been producing Ketubot and other Judaica pieces in Boston.
Adler, Eliahu W. Erno
E. Adler studied painting in Baia-Mare, in Budapest, in Italy and in Austria. Detained in 1942 by the Nazis in a concentration camp in occupied Russia he was then transferred to Auschwitz, Mathausen and Ebensee. After the war he came to Israel and exhibited his works several times there.
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Garment maker eyes economic zone in Cambodia
The private company HOdo Group Co Ltd, a textile and garment company in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, is looking to expand its presence in Sihanoukville, a province in southern Cambodia, in an attempt to diversify its business.
Zhou Haijiang, president of the company, said it has made hefty investments since 2007 to establish the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone in the Prey Nob district. The project now occupies three square kilometers and is expected to be eventually expanded to 11 sq km.
The total investment in the zone is to reach $320 million, Zhou said.
"After its completion, the zone could help create 150,000 jobs for the southeastern Asian country in the next few years," he said.
Zhou, 46, is one of 24 private entrepreneurs who have been elected to be delegates to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which is scheduled to start on Nov 8.
HOdo, which sells clothing under its HOdo brand, had 35.1 billion yuan ($5.6 billion) in revenue in 2011, an amount that has continued to show double-digit percentage increases since 2008.
The economic zone is a fully functional business park, which has already attracted 23 companies.
Among them are eight foreign companies, including the Ireland-based Horseware Products (Cambodia) Co Ltd, US-based Galey Global (Cambodia) Co Ltd and French Cambodian Gateway Underwear Co Ltd, Zhou said.
More than 95 percent of the employees at the zone are local residents.
"HOdo's attempt was made to echo the nation's call to 'go global', and the park is one of nine economic zones that have been initiated by Chinese companies abroad," Zhou said.
The construction of the zone has been aided by low costs, favorable trade conditions and the vast market of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Insiders said veteran workers there earn about $100 a month and companies employing about 1,000 people will pay about 27 million yuan less to operate in the zone than they would at the average factory in China.
Cambodia also has no quotas limiting the amount of cotton that can be imported into the country, which helps companies there reduce their costs for raw materials.


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World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 2023 postponed to 2025 due to COVID
The World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing have been postponed for a third time due to the ongoing pandemic conditions in China. The event will no longer be held from 17-19 March 2023 but sometime in March 2025 – the exact dates have not been confirmed.
This decision was taken by the World Athletics Council with the agreement of both the Nanjing organising committee and the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA).
Nanjing was initially selected to host the world indoors in 2020 but it was postponed to March 2021, 2023 and now 2025.
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The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, held with no fans at most events, has been the only notable international sports event staged in China since the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, in December 2019.
The country's strict "zero-COVID" policy has led to the postponement or cancellation of top-tier events across different sports. In May, China gave up hosting rights for the 2023 Asian Cup a week after the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games were pushed back by a year.
The Asian Games 2022, originally scheduled for September this year, will now be held from September 23 to October 8, 2023.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: "We're disappointed that we have had to postpone this event again due to circumstances beyond our control, but we have done so to give certainty to athletes and Member Federations preparing for the 2023 competition season.
"Unfortunately, the timeframe will prevent us from relocating the 2023 event, but the indoor championships will return in 2024 in Glasgow. We have offered Nanjing the 2025 edition because we are mindful of the substantial preparations the LOC has already done to host the event and we want to avoid potential financial losses for all parties. I want to thank CAA and the LOC for their cooperation in resolving this situation."
The next edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships will now take place in Glasgow from 1-3 March 2024.
Meanwhile the bid process for the 2026 edition of the championships has already commenced, which is why 2025 has been designated as the year for the Nanjing championships.
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Q: Custom UITableView Section not increasing height I'm trying to make a custom TableView Section. That is higher than the normal section header.
The problem is when i example increase the height from 18 to 30. Nothing happen it does not get any bigger. What am i doing wrong?
i have this code:
-(UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, tableView.frame.size.width, 18)];
    /* Create custom view to display section header... */
    UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 5, tableView.frame.size.width, 18)];
    [label setFont:[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:12]];
    NSString *string =[[sectionsArray objectAtIndex:section] objectForKey:@"league"];
    /* Section header is in 0th index... */
    [label setText:string];
    [view addSubview:label];
    [view setBackgroundColor:[UIColor colorWithRed:166/255.0 green:177/255.0 blue:186/255.0 alpha:1.0]]; //your background color...
    return view;
}

A: Implement this method :
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
   return 18.0; // whatever height you want
}

If you are using iOS 7, you can use implemeent the following method also :
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView estimatedHeightForHeaderInSection: (NSInteger)section NS_AVAILABLE_IOS(7_0);

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Q: How to compose MySQL query I have this table in a MySQL database.
-----------------tests---------------
----athleteId----eventId----score----
----129907-------1----------900------
----129907-------2----------940------
----129907-------3----------927------
----129907-------4----------856------
----328992-------1----------780------
----328992-------2----------890------
----328992-------3----------936------
----328992-------4----------864------
----492561-------1----------899------
----492561-------2----------960------
----492561-------3----------840------
----492561-------4----------920------
----487422-------5----------900------
----487422-------6----------940------
----487422-------7----------927------
----629876-------5----------780------
----629876-------6----------890------
----629876-------7----------940------
----138688-------5----------899------
----138688-------6----------950------
----138688-------7----------840------
-------------------------------------

I want to have this output.
---------------output----------------
----eventId----athleteId----score----
----1----------129907-------900------
----2----------492561-------960------
----3----------328992-------936------
----4----------//////-------///------
----5----------487422-------900------
----6----------138688-------950------
----7----------629876-------940------

We partially solved the problem with this query, but I'd like to have only 1 distinct athleteId for each eventId. At the moment, if the best performance for 2 events is done by the same athlete, that athlete will appear in the output two times. If this happens, I need the athlete with the 2ND best performance to appear instead of the first.
Shortened: one athlete can't appear two times in the result.
SELECT athleteId, a.eventId, a.score
FROM tests AS a
JOIN (
-- This select finds the top score for each event
SELECT eventId, MAX(score) AS score
FROM tests
GROUP BY eventId
) AS b
-- Join on the top scores
ON a.eventId = b.eventId
AND a.score = b.score

A: Here's how to do it in caller code (PHP in this example).
Use the query:
SELECT athleteId, eventId, score
FROM tests
ORDER BY score DESC;

Then use the following code to process the result of the query (I'm skipping all the boilerplate to perform the query):
$events = array(); // Remember events reported
$athletes = array(); // Remember athletes listed

while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($results)) {
  if (isset($events[$row['eventId']]) || isset($athletes[$row['athleteId']])) {
     continue;
  }
  $events[$row['eventId']] = true;
  $athletes[$row['athleteId']] = true;
  print_row($row);
}


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Introducing Kriss Kyle's Kaleidoscope: The Must See BMX Feature… Filmed in a Moving Skate Park
This could be the BMX answer to Danny MacAskill's 'Imaginate'... and then some
by Stuart Kenny
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It's not every day that someone hands you a blank canvas, unlimited resources and tells you to set about working on your dream project.
So, if it happened to you, what would you do? It's a tough question. Tougher than you'd think. But luckily for you, we know the answer. You'd go absolutely mad.
If you were given the opportunity to turn your dreams into a reality, we can almost guarantee that you would go bonkers. See, most people are mad in one way or another anyway. All the best ideas start as impossible thoughts that risk being laughed at when they roll off the tongue.
That could have been the case when Red Bull gave Scottish BMX star Kriss Kyle the freedom and resources to go and build his dream set up earlier this year.
Kriss thought up a project that had never been done before in the world of BMX; a project that didn't seem remotely plausible until all of a sudden, it was already done.
He had an idea that sounded surreal when said out loud, looked wild when written down and felt even crazier when it eventually came to life – to build and ride a moving skate park. Yes, you read that right. A skate park that moved.
An ongoing project since the early months of 2015, 'Kaleidoscope' is the biggest release yet from Kriss Kyle, one of the most creative and effortlessly astounding riders on the scene.
The five-minute film shows Kriss messing with visual expectations on bewildering optical illusions, riding around features that are constantly changing and producing a range of outrageous tricks.
For Kriss, the experience of making the feature was just as surreal as the stunning final result.
"I pretty much got to design and build my dream," he said, speaking to Mpora in the run up to the release. "It was stuff that I've always dreamed about doing that I thought I would never ride. You would never find this stuff on the street or in a skate park.
"When Red Bull come to you and give you a blank canvas to do exactly what you want to do, it's the hardest question in the world.
"What the fuck do I want?! When you can design and build anything, how do you decide what to do? That was one of the hardest things about it."
While Kriss eventually did put together an idea of what he wanted, there would be a lot of adjustments before his scribbling on paper would start to appear before his eyes.
When that big day did come though, it was enough to take the rider's breath away.
"I look up to Danny MacAskill a lot. If people are going to compare this to 'Imaginate', I'm absolutely fine with that!"
He continued: "It was actually a totally different concept at the start. Originally it was going to be a room that revolved and we were going to build ramps in it, but we didn't have a room big enough and it was pretty much impossible to ride.
"There were times when I was going to a lot of meetings but it seemed like it was never actually going to happen, but I remember one day coming back from a trip and all these ramps had been built and I was in the warehouse all of a sudden.
"It totally blew me away; walking in there and seeing all of the things that I had drawn up. We had made a little replica model of everything and it was honestly as if you had been shrunk down to size and were walking around in the model. It was insane."
If the work behind-the-scenes was strenuous on the mind, the work on the bike and in front of the camera was even tougher on the body for the Scottish 23-year-old.
You can dream up the most unique, creative features and settings in the world, but if you can't produce the moves to get eyeballs staring, you're going to be left shorthanded. And this wasn't exactly a regular BMX shoot.
Normally when Kriss films his work, the crew would be made up of himself and one or two filmers at most. This time the crew was huge, the stakes were high and the pressure was on.
If anyone in BMX has a trick bag big enough to fit the occasion of course, it's Mr. Kyle, and he brought some of the best riding of his career to the project.
"After it was all over and done I felt about 95 years old," he admits, with an air of lingering relief. "I've never rode that hard in my life. Never experienced anything like it before.
"I was actually a little surprised about one of the tricks that took the longest; the double peg grind to flair. I thought it would be hard but I was confident I could do it and it wouldn't take too long.
"I was going full speed at the rail, trying to get my balance and then trying to flip off the end of the rail, and the next feature was moving towards me. I tried that for two hours on the first day of filming. It was over 100 tries and I got it once, but not the way that I wanted it.
"That next morning I came in and got back at it. I ended up landing it within about 20 or 30 attempts and the relief was unreal. My body was ruined."
Kriss continued: "I remember some of the things in that warehouse were so scary. One day I went in and the team said: 'right, you're doing the spiral curved wall-ride today'. It was 14ft high and this was nine in the morning. No warm ups. No nothing.
"I had practised onto the mats before, but even on the mats I was absolutely ruining myself. If you fall off on that thing you can't get away from your bike. The G-force just rips you round it. Your bike is either right behind you or you fly off it.
"I remember being up there and thinking 'fuck it'. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so suck it up and thankfully it worked out. I landed it first go. The feeling I got after landing some of the tricks was just unbelievable."
As is the case for so many of the top athletes in BMX and beyond, it's the fear of the challenge that provides the drive for Kriss.
Kriss has called Unit 23 skate park in Dumbarton a second home for most of his life, and he's barely spent a day off two wheels in the past 10 years. Pushing boundaries in the sport he loves is just another part of the day job for the rider.
He's not fearless, but he has learned how to channel his fear to benefit his riding; to go harder, reach higher and raise the stakes everytime he goes out to ride.
"I'm scared all the time, but I guess that's why I ride BMX," he admits. "That feeling I get of absolutely scaring myself to death over a trick, and then landing it.
"The feeling that you get is unexplainable, and the pain you put yourself through is worth it when you land something at the end of three hours. You've scared yourself so much, your body is absolutely beaten to death, and then you watch it back like 'fucking yes!'"
The reward is in the end result, in the watching back the footage and seeing the reaction around the world, which for 'Kaleidoscope', will no doubt be mighty.
The feature has already provoked excitement throughout the bike community, and it's not hard to see why the dreamlike, boldly-coloured concept recalls Danny MacAskill's 'Imaginate' for many.
"I'm scared all the time, but that's why I ride BMX… scaring myself to death over a trick, and then landing it."
While the riding in each video is incredibly different of course, the comparison to his countryman's 42-million view YouTube hit is something that Kriss has no problem with at all.
"I look up to Danny a lot," he continues. "I guess it is similar. He got to build whatever he wanted and Red Bull have let me go on and do that as well, just on a BMX. 'Imaginate' was unreal and if people are going to compare it to that I'm absolutely fine with that!
"There's a lot of pressure on me in case it doesn't do well, because you've got all these people who have put in hard work – and I have as well – but at the end of the day, I'm happy with it. It's what I love to do, it's been an amazing opportunity and it'd be great if it goes down as well as we're hoping.
"I feel like I made the best out of it and I've still got another thousand ideas in my head, because after the film is done I'm already thinking about what I want to do next.
"It's always going to be ongoing. You can never be too happy. You always want to do better and one-up yourself."
What's up next up for Kriss? Well, he's heading over to Malaga for a spot more recording, travelling to Hastings for a session with Source BMX, and then he'll be off to San Diego for a couple of weeks, all before or just after the end of the year.
"It's been so busy recently so it's great to have a bit of a chill and some down time," the rider notes, as we silently question whether the jet-setting just described fits the definition of 'down time'.
If 'Kaleidoscope' goes down as well as we expect it to though, Kriss won't have much more time to relax in the future, either. Though the more you speak to the passionate 23-year-old, the more you realise that he's rarely at home if he's not on his bike.
There's a lot more to come from Kriss Kyle yet, but 'Kaleidoscope' could just be the feature to make him a household name.
Watch Kriss Kyle's full 'Kaleidoscope' feature now on RedBull.com
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As marketers and small business owners, we want our products to sell in order to make enough money.
We search for that magic mix that will intrigue customers to purchase and, better yet, create repeat customers.
In the last several months I've been researching story, more specifically immersive storytelling, and it's potential use in business to create those loyal repeat customers. Story and immersive storytelling are most often associated in an entertainment context, but I like to argue that we as marketers and business owners need to be able to tell our brand's story to effectively communicate with our customers.
Story and its effects on brand warrants several posts, but for the purpose of this post, I'm going to cover transmedia media and immersive storytelling which I've been researching for several months.
Telling your brand's story through different media is an example of content marketing, and the entertainment arena likes to refer to this as transmedia storytelling.
The Japanese perfected this decades ago by telling stories through several different media at once: film, anime, comics, webseries, video games, board games, online interactive games, toys and the list could continue.
Here are a few examples of transmedia storytelling.
Star Wars is the obvious example. In the 70s, the studio George Lucas was working with didn't have much faith in the space story, so as part of his contract he was given merchandizing and sequel rights. Since he had the world living in his head, it was a natural outlet to tell the story in other formats and make tons of money in the process. In an example of an audience who is totally bought into the product, people began creating their own content based on Star Wars which only fueled the fan flame.
Disneyland and Walt Disney
Walt Disney is probably my hero of content marketing. When he was creating Disneyland, the park included various lands - Frontierland is a good example. To help promote the park, he created television shows (content) to tie in and generate interest in seeing those places in real life at the park.
The Vanishing Game is an interactive story commissioned by car manufacturer Land Rover and written by British author William Boyd. Images and video are woven throughout the digital piece. The story was created on Tumblr and includes links to see the car in action. Did this interactive story result in more people buying Land Rovers than they would have before? I can't say for sure, but it sure is a cool way to demonstrate the feelings and adventure of owning a Land Rover that they have worked so hard to create. They can do this, because they know their brand's story.
Coca-Cola - Happiness Factory
In 2008, Coca-Cola sent out a request for a campaign concept to advertising agencies to help them overcome the backlash of the health crisis in the US. From that request "The Happiness Factory" was created and has been one of Coke's most successful advertising campaigns that they have used for many years. They brought in Jeff Gomez to flesh out the core of the story; he created the characters and an entire world for different forms of content to grow. Over the years Coke's different agencies created a 3 minute mini-film, several commercials, "A Now Hiring" website to apply to work in the Happiness Factory, games and a single sung by Cee Lo Green which hit the pop charts in Australia, New Zealand, and the US.
Transmedia storytelling and marketing tell the story through multiple touchpoints which ideally will find your target audience where they're at. But what if a brand or creator wants to take it one step more and invite the audience to take part in the story?
This is my perspective on the next step in storytelling. Immersive storytelling invites the viewer to take part in the story and have an outcome on what happens.
The Ultimate Immersive Experience
I'm going a bit nerdy now, but hang with me. Many would describe the ultimate version of an immersive experience as the Holodeck from Star Trek or the Danger Room from X-Men. Both of these examples would require a type of artificial intelligence that doesn't currently exist. So understanding that the ultimate immersive experience won't exist for awhile, here are a few of my favorite examples of what is possible with Immersive Storytelling right now.
Why So Serious? - Alternate Reality Games
This was an interactive marketing game designed for The Dark Knight movie by 42 Entertainment. Clues were hidden in various websites. Individuals were sent to real cake shops in different cities where they were given a few other clues ultimately leading them to tickets to a special screening in major US cities. At the screening, they were shown the first 6 minutes of the film where they learned that in solving the clues, they had become accomplices to the Joker's grand scheme.
Live Environment Story Immersion
Here are two videos examples of what I'm calling "Live Environment Story Immersion."
Back to the Future - Secret Cinema
The Secret Cinema in the UK has been around for a while creating experiences around a popular movie. You arrive dressed in costume, and you are surrounded by a set full of characters from your favorite movie.
Forest Lumina - Moment Factory
Moment Factory's Forest Lumina was developed to attract more people to this forest in Canada. The concept was told through lights and projections in the forest at night.
In my mind, these are still passive experiences; you're taking the whole environment in, but you as the viewer are not directly affecting the outcome. Still there's something magical about being surrounded by people who are in the same place for the same reason whether that's the love of a band or experiencing a movie or a stage production or an amusement park ride.
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
The buzzword of the moment is "virtual reality." If you haven't heard it yet, you will in the next two years. Virtual reality involves wearing a headset that displays a 360° story. So if you're standing wearing the headset, you can turn all the way around, look up, look down and you're surrounded by the video.
If the story is told in first person, you feel like you're apart of the story, but you're not affecting the story outcome. The drawback I see with the current iteration of virtual reality is the headset. It feels limiting and there's not another human to interact with. If virtual reality is coupled with augmented reality, meaning you're physically interacting with a digital world, the whole process becomes more immersive and interactive.
Chris Milk gave a TED talk about virtual reality's use as an empathy machine. It's worth the 10 minute watch. He went to Syria to tell the story of a refugee family and took the story back to the UN to watch on VR headsets. This gave the UN a chance to almost step into the life of the refugees and make decisions based on what the family was going through.
Similarly charity: water developed a VR experience to tell the story of a family that was impacted by a water project. At charity: water's annual fundraiser, they handed out VR headsets so the contributors could see the world that their contributions were going to help.
The LA Philharmonic created a VR video experience called Van Beethoven. The LA Philharmonic was filmed playing Beethoven's Fifth symphony. They created a vehicle complete with the same chairs and carpet from the Walt Disney Concert Hall where the philharmonic performs and brought it to various places around LA to give people who may not normally attend the symphony a chance to experience it. After watching the video, the viewer was given a discount coupon to see the symphony perform in person.
Since I started with Star Wars in the Transmedia discussion, it's only fitting to come full circle and discuss how Star Wars is adding to the Immersive Stories and VR discussion.
In 2015 Lucasfilm created a division of their company named ILMxLab which incorporates their special effects company ILM, their film division, and the use of Star Wars to develop content to tell these stories with the new technology. The xLab is still quiet about what's coming, but we should be hearing more as the new Star Wars films begin rolling out.
[Update] Check out the Star Wars app and grab Google Cardboard to experience a few things the XLab has created.
This is a newer thought process, but not one that is outside the realm of possibility for a brand. What it comes down to is how well do you know your brand's story and how much are you paying attention to those little details to make your audience feel like they're apart of something.
In today's world of so many messages and so many channels, understanding your story and how to communicate it has become more important for even traditional business. Immersive Storytelling brings your story into a platform where your audience can participate, have ownership, experience your story and become lifelong brand advocates.
It's going to be interesting to watch as this technology develops and how it will be used for entertainment and marketing. In the meantime, content - or more specifically story - is king.
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Q&A: Therapy Stigma
Understanding why some communities discourage therapy
Erica Pierre
Q: In general, what does the black community think about therapy?
A: There's a stigma attached to mental illness in America as a whole, among people of all ethnicities. There's a joke that psychologists and psychiatrists are crazy themselves. Ridiculing the people who are delivering the care is a way of avoiding facing up to their own mental problems.
The stigma seems to be a little bit higher among African Americans because they tend to view mental illness as something to hide. Some of that is because of history. In the past, blacks were more likely to be sent to state hospitals and locked up against their will. They can't do that anymore, but I think there's still some fear of being put away without your permission.
Q: Why do some people see mental illness as shameful?
A: Instead of seeing it as an illness that you can get because of a chemical imbalance or from stress, they tend to see it as a defect in themselves. They feel that other people will see them as weak.
Q: Does the stigma exist in black communities in other countries (like Haiti, where I'm from) or only in the American black community?
A: In most cultures there's some stigma about "going crazy." I've traveled in Africa, China and the Caribbean and I think there's a stigma there as well.
But what is seen as mental illness may vary in different cultures. If you're in Haiti and you hear voices, some people might not think that's a problem, if those people practice voodoo. But if you're hearing voices in the U.S., people might consider that a mental illness.
Q: I once heard someone say that "black people don't go to therapists, they go to church." What do you think about that?
A: That's not entirely true. There are a lot of blacks now who go to therapy. But a large portion of the black community will seek out ministers and the church to deal with emotional problems. A lot of the time it probably helps because they're talking about it and seeking help. But ministers have to know when to refer certain people who are very ill to psychologists or psychiatrists.
Q: I've heard that black people usually don't trust white therapists. Is that true?
A: It varies. Some black people don't trust that a white therapist is going to be able to help them, and they'd prefer to go to a black therapist. White patients are the same way. A lot of patients prefer to go to a psychologist or psychiatrist who comes from the same culture. But black patients may fear not just that they won't be understood, but that a white therapist may be prejudiced and they won't get good care.
Q: Do we need more black therapists in the U.S.?
A: Absolutely. Black patients are likely to have a therapist of a different background than them. Even in a city like Boston, where I live, there are very few black therapists.
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Q: What is a "no-shield look"? Please, help me figure out how "no-shield look" can be interpreted.

He (Keith Yandle) did so with his regular exuberance and kid-like energy, a "love for the game" that built an unprecedented run.
Old-school, no-shield look for Keith Yandle today. Still got after it like he always does. pic.twitter.com/oBRpWvCzSs
— Jordan Hall (@JHallNBCS) April 2, 2022

A: This is about professional ice hockey. tl;dr: wearing a helmet without the face shield.
Shield is the face shield- a clear protection over the top half of the face. A "no-shield look" means wearing the helmet without the shield. "Look" in this case means the person's appearance.
Based on an internet search, I learned that the shield became mandatory in 2013 in the NHL, but that players already in the league (with 25 games experience but whatever) were exempt from that rule. So jump ahead several years and few players remain who are allowed to go no-shield. So it is considered "old-school".
This is similar to when they required helmets but allowed players already in the league to forgo the helmet. I make no claim on if being "old-school" by forgoing safety equipment is wise.


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SanDisk Announces Sponsorship of Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards
SanDisk and Billboard Focus on U.S. Hispanic and Latin American Markets, Recognize Mobile Convergence, Music Portability Trends
MILPITAS, Calif., and NEW YORK, April 2, 2008- SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the proven leader in flash memory, today announced a sponsorship in association with the Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards from April 6-10 in Hollywood, Florida. This sponsorship demonstrates SanDisk's commitment to two important marketing initiatives - increased focus on the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets, as well as the company's "Wake Up Your Phone" education campaign. "Wake Up Your Phone" is focused on informing mobile phone users how they can capture their experiences and take their music with them by expanding the storage capacity of their mobile phones.
In addition to involvement with the event itself, SanDisk will be distributing SanDisk microSD™ cards to press and participants at the conference and awards ceremony with pre-loaded information about the event. This will give attendees the ability to use their mobile phones to capture photos or video at the Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards or have the capacity to add new tracks from featured artists. Roughly the size of a fingernail, a microSD card, depending on capacity, allows music lovers to carry thousands of songs, videos and photos in their mobile phone and easily transport content to a PC, PDA and even an automobile.
David Bullitt, Marketing Manager for Latin America at SanDisk's Mobile Consumer Solutions Division, said, "The U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets are very important to our overall mobile memory card marketing initiatives at SanDisk. We selected this particular event because of its importance within the Latin community, as well as the fact that Billboard truly understands mobile convergence - where people are increasingly using their mobile phones as more than just a calling device. SanDisk's goal is to help people to 'Wake Up Their Phones' by using a SanDisk memory card, and this type of event allows the company to communicate that message in a creative way."
"This year's Billboard Latin Music Conference is all about exploring the new way of doing business, so it is extremely fitting that SanDisk Corporation is an in association sponsor of the event," said Leila Cobo, Billboard's Executive Director of Content & Programming for Latin Music & Entertainment. "From ringtones to video, understanding and utilizing mobile technology is crucial for any artist or company that wants to succeed in the Latin music business, and we're thrilled that SanDisk will be giving our attendees the opportunity to experience the true power of mobile entertainment through its microSD cards."
To increase awareness for this and other global marketing efforts, as well as overall mobile phone slot education, SanDisk launched www.wakeupyourphone.com.
About the Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards
The 19th annual Billboard Latin Music Conference, which takes place from April 6-10, is the single most important Latin music industry event in the world. Bringing together today's top Latin music executives, artists, managers, sponsors and press, it features four full days of programming, showcases, educational sessions, parties and networking events. Week highlights include the Billboard Bash, a pre-awards extravaganza featuring live performances by top acts, a full day of programming dedicated to Latin radio, and the Superstar Q&A with Enrique Iglesias, conducted by Billboard's Leila Cobo.
The week is capped off by The Billboard Latin Music Awards, which will honor the biggest and brightest stars in the industry on Thursday, April 10th. From the dazzling red carpet to stunning performances by the No.1 artists on the charts, this is the Latin music awards show that truly reflects the best in the marketplace.
The Billboard Latin Music Conference & Awards is part of Billboard's long-standing editorial commitment to Latin music coverage. Billboard magazine publishes weekly charts and an expanded weekly Latin music section as well as special stand sections four times a year which provide even more in-depth coverage. To register or for the full schedule of events, please visit www.billboardevents.com.
About Billboard
Now in its 114th year, Billboard is the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends. Billboard is the flagship property for the Billboard Information Group, which also consists of Billboard.biz, Billboard.com, Billboard Chart Alert, Billboard Information Network (BIN), Billboard Directories, Billboard Books, and Billboard Licensing & Events. Billboard's many strategic partners include Microsoft, Reuters, Sirius Satellite Radio, Telemundo, Univision Radio, ABC Radio Networks, Azteca America and Billboard sister companies Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. These partnerships leverage Billboard's proprietary data, charts and information resources to develop broadcast entertainment, digital and mobile platforms and contextual commerce applications that expand Billboard's franchise and consumer reach. Billboard is published by Nielsen Business Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, a global information and media company.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory - from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk (www.sandisk.com/corporate) is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. Wake Up Your Phone mark and logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. microSD is a trademark. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new applications, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting, market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations, our products may not perform as expected, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
SanDisk Corporation Billboard
Rachel Polish Lila Gerson
or (408) 768-0312 (mobile) (646) 654-4629
Rachel.Polish@sandisk.com lgerson@billboard.com


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What Do Men Wear on Their Thumbs?
Rings are symbols of power and influence. Men usually wear them on their thumbs and the rings symbolize their power, influence and bulkiness. These rings also signify friendship and interaction, and therefore most men wear them on either their left or right thumb. The fingers on which men wear rings may indicate the type of relationship the wearer has with their partner. Read on to learn more about these symbols. You may be surprised to find out that your partner's ring could mean so much more than you ever thought.
In mathematics, rings are algebraic structures. The geometric ring Annulus is one example. The concept of rings in set theory is known as the ring of sets. Rings are a generalization of fields because they lack multiplicative inverses and commutative multiplication. A ring can include either a set of numbers or a set of objects. Some examples of rings are:
The premise for Rings is similar to that of The Ring (2002), but the stakes are a little higher. For instance, in the first movie, the characters watch a short video about a killer who is about to kill everyone who doesn't pass on the tape within seven days. Unlike the original film, Rings does not have a plot twist, but the characters do have to deal with some creepy situations. Some scenes are very disturbing, such as violent fights, swinging blunt instruments, and falling down stairs. The movie also features a lot of bed-sharing scenes.
The cast for Rings 3 is notably different than those of the first two movies. David Dorfman (King of the North) is not returning as the main character. He instead turned to Harvard Law, and the other actors that were previously associated with the series aren't returning. This means that there won't be any familiar faces from the first film. While the cast will likely include some familiar faces, some of the newcomers are likely to be a little bit less familiar with the characters.
The outer planet's rings are fascinating to study. Although no one knows exactly how old they are, astronomers believe the rings are as old as the solar system itself. As the solar system is 4.6 billion years old, scientists are exploring the possibility that Saturn's rings were formed when the solar system was in its early stages. They were first observed by Galileo in 1610.
The properties of the rings can vary significantly. The ideals involved in the topology of the rings are often studied. Those formed by ring axiom diagrams commute up to the homotopy, but some rings are not. The difference isn't as large as it seems. The rings that are left-handed are no-valued, and the ones that are right-handed have a higher degree of difficulty than right-handed counterparts.
The fundamental properties of rings are similar to those of polynomials. For example, a polynomial with one variable is an element of a polynomial ring R. An element in the ring is a prime if it generates prime ideals. It can also be a subring of another ring, and vice versa. Then, a right-handed element is an integral domain of another ring.
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Q: How to use tilde or space in includepdf filename? I'm trying to include a pdf in a document, using pdfpages package, but I'm having troubles when filename contains tilde or space.
e.g.
\includepdf[pages=-]{C:/Users/MYUSER~1/AppData/Local/Temp/mypdfpdf.pdf}

\includepdf[pages=-]{C:/Users/MYUSER FOO/AppData/Local/Temp/mypdfpdf.pdf}

I've tried to escape for example through $\sim$ but it doesn't work...
Is it possible to escape tilde/space in the filename ?
Thanks in advance

A: Spaces at file names of PDF files at \includegraphics or \includepdf are allowed, if you are using package grffile:
\usepackage{grffile}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
% …
\includepdf[pages=-]{test this.pdf}

And for more verbatim interpretation of the file name you may use \detokenize:
\usepackage{grffile}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
% …
\includepdf[pages=-]{\detokenize{test~this.pdf}}

A: About the tilde:
Apparently the ~ is taken in its usually meaning, not as literal ~. I get a Package pdfpages Error: Cannot find file `test\nobreakspace {}it' error for a test~it file.
Taking the filename verbatim should help. This can be done by \Verbdef from the newverbs package:
\usepackage{newverbs}

% ...

\Verbdef\filename{C:/Users/MYUSER~1/AppData/Local/Temp/mypdfpdf.pdf}
\includepdf[pages=-]{\filename}

It is also possible to write \string~ instead of ~ every time. You shouldn't use math symbols to "escape" these characters in filenames. Typesetting and file reading are two completely different things.
Finally you can use the e-TeX primitive \detokenize{...} to sanitize the file name:
\includepdf[pages=-]{\detokenize{C:/Users/MYUSER~1/AppData/Local/Temp/mypdfpdf.pdf}}

To allow spaces you need to wrap the filename in " ". At best you should avoid any spaces, tildes or any other special characters in filenames.

A: If you have issues while uploading files with space in its name (ie test 1.pdf , test 2.jpg etc).
Before you use the file in includepdf function, you need to add double quotes before and after the filename (ie "test 1".pdf , "test 2".jpg etc).
\usepackage{grffile}

\usepackage{pdfpages}

\includepdf[pages=-]{"test this".pdf}