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MIAMI, (October 5, 2020) - Visa today released its second study on innovation, Innovation Rising in Latin America: Lessons from Innovative Leaders Across the Region, a report detailing the progress, indicators, trends and benchmarks of the most innovative companies in Latin America and the Caribbean. Just sixteen months since Visa's first State of Innovation report came out (March 2019), the new study reveals a 24% increase in Advanced and Mature/Born Innovative companies and that the Covid-19 pandemic has helped fuel the trend in the region.
Brazil has emerged as the clear leader, accounting for 43% of the most innovative companies, but strong examples can be found across the region, including in smaller markets like Costa Rica and Uruguay. Conducted by Americas Market Intelligence (AMI), more than 100 companies in 10 Latin American and Caribbean markets were tracked and assessed according to five pillars of innovation: Internal Support for Innovation, External Collaboration, Execution, Use of Technology, and Impact and Scale.
"At Visa we are keenly aware of the connection between consumer experience and innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean," said Vanesa Meyer, head of Innovation and Design at Visa Latin America." Through our study of the most innovative companies, it is evident that we are moving into a new era in which the lines between companies are blurring: to move forward, companies must become platforms, not just institutions. Seamless, instantaneous, and interoperable payments are becoming a reality in the region, with commerce taking place anywhere and everywhere."
The Innovation Rising in Latin America study reveals that despite the size, industry and digital vs. brick-and-mortar, payments' trailblazers have three things in common:
1. An innovative spirit with a true desire to improve consumers' lives. The top innovative companies introduce products that improve consumers' lives; their focus is on creating added value and solving pain-points before anyone else. Top innovators not only come up with great ideas but turn them into viable products and features rapidly.
• 60% of respondents have a dedicated innovation team, whereas 89% of top innovators have innovation built into their organization's business model itself
• More than 70% of top innovators' teams use agile methodology to expedite the improvement and development of products and services
• Top innovators launched 39% more proofs of concept to market, an average of 17 new products per year
2. Use APIs and advanced technologies widely. Top innovators use APIs nearly more than twice than other entities in the sample; they also make clever use of biometrics, tokenization, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and IoT to make invisible, frictionless, commerce experiences happen.
• The most innovative companies have an average of 89 external or open APIs (three times the overall sample); financial institutions experienced the greatest leap in the use of APIs – 182% increase since the first study
• 77% of most innovative companies are using biometrics; 44% more companies are using AI since previous study
3. Top innovators are more willing to partner with fintech and startups to evolve their offerings. The most innovative companies are accessing expertise and capabilities outside of their realm, through partnerships.
• Top innovators formed 50% more partnerships than their peers in the study; the top 30 average 16 partnerships
• 50% of the top innovators invested in startups versus 38% of the total sample; 40% had incubation/acceleration programs versus 28% of the total sample; 90% formed commercial partnerships with startups versus 75% of the total sample
Empowered by agile working structures, cloud-based internal systems, and a mindset that asked the question 'How can we help', rather than 'How will we survive?', the insights unveiled that innovative companies rallied quickly to help their customers. "Overall, companies that were already on the fast lane to digitization and payments innovation were better positioned to react swiftly and effectively to consumer needs during Covid-19," added Meyer.
Covid-19 an Important Catalyst in Region's Commerce Innovation
A separate Visa study affirms the role of Covid-191, which may be the most powerful force for digitization Latin America and the Caribbean have ever experienced. Three major trends emerged in this new study; the second wave of Visa's Latin America Covid-19 Consumer Sentiment Report released in July:
1. Personal finances are tight, but consumers prioritize experiences, relationships. Half of consumers express their finances have suffered during the pandemic, which is causing them to reassess the value of things and realize the importance of health, experiences and relationships. They are favoring the purchase of basic needs: protective gear (58%), streaming services (55%), home cleaning products (49%), hygiene/beauty/care (41%), and groceries (37%).
2. Consumers expect and are adopting alternative forms of payment over cash. The pandemic triggered an acceleration in the adoption of cashless solutions with nearly 70% of consumers using cash less than before. 54% of respondents say they have used their cards more during the pandemic and they plan to continue using them as much in the future. eCommerce became one of the only channels available to access many goods and services. Visa reported that in Brazil, active eCommerce credentials increased 11% while spend per active credential increased 12%; and in markets where eCommerce is not as developed like Argentina, there were dramatic changes in adoption with active eCommerce card growth of over 100% . Additionally, innovative issuers began offering banking services via WhatsApp, increasing online account registrations and virtual card transactions, all demonstrating consumers' willingness to adopt digitization.
3. Social shopping: The pandemic also triggered a surge of innovative ways to buy and pay through social media platforms. 82% of consumers have seen innovative ways to purchase products and services, with more than 80% saying that they would like to use WhatsApp as an alternative payment method. An innovative company in the merchant category, for example, enabled a mobile sales functionality on WhatsApp to its remote workforce, significantly boosting eCommerce sales.
"Innovative companies put enhancing value to the customer above all else. At the same time, they are recognizing and capitalizing on the opportunities and unmet demand that the pandemic has presented in our region," concluded Meyer.
About Visa Inc.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is the world's leader in digital payments. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company's relentless focus on innovation is a catalyst for the rapid growth of digital commerce on any device for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce. For more information, visit About Visa, visa.com/blog and @VisaNews .


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Facebook Reportedly Deleting Racist, Fatphobic Comments Aimed at Lizzo
Facebook is coming to the defense of Lizzo following fatphobic and racist social media comments aimed at the pop superstar.
On Aug. 13, Lizzo debuted her first new single in two years, "Rumors," featuring Cardi B, the lyrics for which call out both social media trolls and the media for spreading rumors, gossip and criticism about her. Unfortunately, vicious vile trolls have been leaving numerous racist and fatphobic comments on social media in response to her song and empowering music video.
According to TMZ, both Facebook and Instagram have been deleting numerous hateful comments on Lizzo's most recent posts about the single. Additionally, sources at the social media company told the outlet that they will be removing accounts that continue to violate their community guidelines regarding hate speech, harassment and bullying.
The abuse got so bad that the "Juice" singer broke down in tears during an Instagram Live on Aug. 15. She told her viewers that "sometimes I feel like the world just don't love me back."
"For the most part, it doesn't hurt my feelings. I don't care," she added. "I just think when I'm working this hard, my tolerance gets lower, my patience is lower, I'm more sensitive and it gets to me."
Later the same day, Cardi B saw the video of Lizzo and addressed the hate comments.
"When you stand up for yourself they claim [you're] problematic & sensitive," Cardi B tweeted. "When you don't they tear you apart until you crying like this. Whether you [are] skinny, big, plastic, they going to always try to put their insecurities on you. Remember these are nerds looking at the popular table."
On TikTok, user @Pablothedon shared a video about Lizzo being called the racist term, "m---y." According to Merriam-Webster, the term is defined as a "Black woman serving as a nurse to white children, especially formerly in the southern U.S." The term was created during slavery in an attempt to fuel the rumor that Black women were complacent with servitude.
Lizzo responded to the comment in her own TikTok video:
"This is exactly why I started off the song with 'they don't know I do it for the culture,'" the singer explained. "These people who are saying this are probably the same people who are mad when I am being hypersexual and the m---y trope is actually desexualized. So it can't both be true. Make it make sense."
She continued, "I think people are just mad to see a fat Black woman that makes pop music and is happy. Y'all are so upset that I am happy. But this doesn't even bother me because Aretha Franklin was criticized by the Black church when she came out, Whitney Houston was booed and Beyonce received criticism early in her career."

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While developing, sometimes it is desirable to allow compilation to succeed even if there are type errors in the code. Consider the following case:
module Main where a :: Int a = 'a' main = print "b"
Even though a
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For more motivation and details please refer to the HaskellWiki page or the original paper.
The flag -fdefer-type-errors
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At runtime, whenever a term containing a type error would need to be evaluated, the error is converted into a runtime exception. Note that type errors are deferred as much as possible during runtime, but invalid coercions are never performed, even when they would ultimately result in a value of the correct type. For example, given the following code:
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The flag -fdefer-type-errors
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As an early-stage graduate student in the 1980s, I took a summer off from academia to work at an investment bank. One of my most eye-opening experiences was discovering just how much effort Wall Street devoted to "Fed watching", that is, trying to figure out the Federal Reserve's monetary policy plans.
If you spend any time following the financial news today, you will not find that surprising. Economic growth, inflation, stock market returns, and exchange rates, among many other things, depend crucially on the course of monetary policy. Consequently, speculation about monetary policy frequently dominates the financial headlines.
Back in the 1980s, the life of a Fed watcher was more challenging: not only were the Fed's future actions unknown, its current actions were also something of a mystery.
You read that right. Thirty years ago, not only did the Fed not tell you where monetary policy was going but, aside from vague statements, it did not say much about where it was either.
Given that many of the world's central banks were established as private, profit-making institutions with little public responsibility, and even less public accountability, it is unremarkable that central bankers became accustomed to conducting their business behind closed doors. Montagu Norman, the governor of the Bank of England between 1920 and 1944 was famous for the measures he would take to avoid of the press. He adopted cloak and dagger methods, going so far as to travel under an assumed name, to avoid drawing unwanted attention to himself.
The Federal Reserve may well have learned a thing or two from Norman during its early years. The Fed's monetary policymaking body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), was created under the Banking Act of 1935. For the first three decades of its existence, it published brief summaries of its policy actions only in the Fed's annual report. Thus, policy decisions might not become public for as long as a year after they were made.
Limited movements toward greater transparency began in the 1960s. By the mid-1960s, policy actions were published 90 days after the meetings in which they were taken; by the mid-1970s, the lag was reduced to approximately 45 days.
Since the mid-1990s, the increase in transparency at the Fed has accelerated. The lag time for the release of policy actions has been reduced to about three weeks. In addition, minutes of the discussions leading to policy actions are also released, giving Fed watchers additional insight into the reasoning behind the policy.
More recently, FOMC publicly announces its target for the Federal Funds rate, a key monetary policy tool, and explains its reasoning for the particular policy course chosen. Since 2007, the FOMC minutes include the numerical forecasts generated by the Federal Reserve's staff economists. And, in a move that no doubt would have appalled Montagu Norman, since 2011 the Federal Reserve chair has held regular press conferences to explain its most recent policy actions.
The Fed is not alone in its move to become more transparent. The European Central Bank, in particular, has made transparency a stated goal of its monetary policy operations. The Bank of Japan and Bank of England have made similar noises, although exactly how far individual central banks can, or should, go in the direction of transparency is still very much debated.
Despite disagreements over how much transparency is desirable, it is clear that the steps taken by the Fed have been positive ones. Rather than making the public and financial professionals waste time trying to figure out what the central bank plans to do—which, back in the 1980s took a lot of time and effort and often led to incorrect guesses—the Fed just tells us. This make monetary policy more certain and, therefore, more effective.
Greater transparency also reduces uncertainty and the risk of violent market fluctuations based on incorrect expectations of what the Fed will do. Transparency makes Fed policy more credible and, at the same time, pressures the Fed to adhere to its stated policy. And when circumstances force the Fed to deviate from the stated policy or undertake extraordinary measures, as it has done in the wake of the financial crisis, it allows it to do so with a minimum of disruption to financial markets.
Montagu Norman is no doubt spinning in his grave. But increased transparency has made us all better off.
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This year I've truly been immersed in the transforming power of salt. Before I knew of the likes of Mrs. Wheelbarrow and The Yummy Mummy I had finished Ruhlman's Ratio, started reading Mark Kurlansky's micro-history Salt: A World History, and had begun my first charcuterie project by curing a salmon filet. Charcuterie was on order.
Then Charcutepalooza entered my consciousness thanks to Ruhlman's blog, and the year of salt reached a new level. (We even watched Angelina Jolie's Salt in January 2011, just for kicks.) Cassoulet, Sunday gravy, and ballgame brats & dawgs have become a regular part of Mary's (wife and charcuterie partner) and my dining during this year. For the final challenge, I decided to combine my newfound love of charcuterie with an old favorite.
Now, about the dinner. I love oysters. I've been contemplating the ultimate dish that would bring together pork and my beloved bivalve. I arrived at what I'm calling the Oyster Rich Boy.
There used to be a place in Tampa, Florida where oysters were $1.80/dozen with your own personal shucker called DJ's Oyster Bar. I spent way too much money there in college. They had a t-shirt showing a comic oyster steamed, stewed and nude (hot, drunk, and shy). The theme for this meal is Raw, Stewed and Stuffed. Oysters and charcuterie are great all three ways.
First course—Raw: Oysters on the half shell, saucisson sec in sheep casings (aka, meat candy), and bresaola. I'm generally a cautious person. However, I routinely visit countries with a travel advisory and I routinely eat food with a warning label. Raw is where it's at for oysters and for charcuterie. The bresaola just might have been the star of this trio of raw. We halved Ruhlman's recipe for bresaola as we had a small eye-of-round since we were still unsure how our meat fridge would work. It cured for the two weeks required, was rinsed, put in compression netting and hung to dry. After 12 days the 527 grams of beef and been reduced to 363 and was ready to be consumed. It made a nice addition to the oysters and saucisson sec.
Second course—Stewed: Oyster Stew with Pancetta. Oyster stew has been the first course of my birthday meal for a few years now and I knew it would benefit from the addition of pancetta. I was right.
Main course—Stuffed: An Oyster Rich Boy, Oysters Rockefeller Sausage. I've been considering different ways to do an oyster sausage since the stuffing challenge earlier in the year. Oysters Rockefeller has been a favorite since childhood. When I was a grade schooler my parents would go out for dinner to a specific restaurant on Old Brownsboro Road in Louisville where they knew I would be content and quiet with an appetizer serving of Oysters Rockefeller. I was one of those odd kids who loved spinach. And even odder, I loved oysters. The combination of the two made this nine-year-old very happy, as well as my parents. Shouldn't be too surprising, my dad raised me to be an adventurous eater. One night he got me to try frog legs by telling me they were "baby rabbit legs". When I commented they were a bit fishy, he told me what they really were. I liked the frog legs, still do. But, it really says something that I didn't think twice about baby rabbit legs.
The oyster rock sausage was a small, 2.5 pound batch. I began with two pounds of pork shoulder cubed and seasoned with the appropriate amount of salt from Ruhlman's Ratio App. This was ground using the small die of a KitchenAid mixer attachment. A half pint of oysters were drained (liquid reserved) and gently pulsed in a food processor. This was then mixed into the ground pork along with a quarter cup of the oyster liquor and a little over half cup of Rockefeller sauce base—equal parts sauce and oysters. (Use your favorite. I chose Emeril's, added some Tabasco & Worcestershire and subbed Aguardiente, a Colombian anise flavored liqueur, for the Herbsaint.) After a minute of mixing with the KitchenAid we tested for seasoning, added a bit of pepper and stuffed the heavenly mixture into five feet of hog casings.
Sautéed to 150 degrees, the sausage was placed on the cheapest hot dog bun we could find (this dish is about the meat, NOT the bread <grin>) smeared with a thin layer of lemony-spinach aioli and served with sides of homemade sauerkraut and warm, fresh potato chips. The Oyster Rich Boy is born. Bursting with porky goodness, a hint of oyster brininess and the richness of the Rockefeller sauce, these sausages are a mouthful. Not for everyday, they're for those times when you want a bit of indulgence on a bun. The condiments for this sausage needs work. The spinach aioli was nice, but I think something with a bit more acidity is needed.
Breakfast: The next morning, with oysters and pancetta still in the fridge a postscript to the previous night's meal was served. My father used to make a dish he called oysters and eggs. He'd lightly sauté oysters in butter then combine with eggs and crumbled crackers. Sometimes it would be served with a side of bacon. I've been eating and making this dish for as long as I can remember. Recently, I discovered San Francisco's Hangtown Fry. Legend says this was a dying man's request for his last meal before he was to be hanged. I'm not sure the Hangtown Fry was dad's inspiration for the dish he made me, but I wouldn't be surprised if he ate it in SF and decided to recreate it. The main difference between the classic Hangtown Fry and his creation is the oysters are panfried. This version subs pancetta for the bacon.
Salt, pork, and oysters. I think I'll try to finish Kurlansky's The Big Oyster before the year is out.


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I'm a Software Developer and System Architect for a medium-sized, data company on Brazil.
I have 18 years of programming under my belt - with 13 years actually working as a Software Developer for various different companies, with 8 of those as a team leader - focusing mostly on the Microsoft Stack, in special C# and SQL Server.
Currently I'm the tech and team lead for a small but really awesome team of devs. We work on several projects that deal with a wide selection of domains - Human Resources, Finances, Logistics, Colorimetry, Research, Analytics, and many other cool stuff.
Programming is somewhat of a family business to me. Every one of the kids of my Great-Gramps ended up in IT sooner or later, with several of their sons and daughters also joining the IT fray in one form or another. My grandfather was the one that inspired me to join software development and taught me how to develop systems for DBASE III when I was really little, and since them I've been doing software both as a hobby and as a job.
I went trough college for Computer Science and started working on the field as an intern on the same semester I hit college, doing a lot of advanced math work that honestly shouldn't have been given to an intern. I learned that college wouldn't really prepare me better than real-life experiences on the my field, so I started learning every single thing I could for everyone I worked with - my peers, my bosses, colleagues from different departments... I found out that I love to learn stuff, and I strive to learn at least one new thing every day.
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/myaplanet9
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Mýa founded her independent label in 2007, on which the multi-platinum artist has executive produced, self-engineered, self-funded and released 7 different compilations, including: "Sugar & Spice" 2008 (Japan), "The Perfect Edition" double disc 2009 (Japan), the first R&B/Hip Hop mixtape titled "Beauty & the Streets" Vol. 1 in 2010 (US), the album "K.I.S.S." (Keep It Sexy & Simple) in Japan in 2011. In 2012, Mýa released the U.S./Canada & World editions of "K.I.S.S," featuring "Fabulous Life," which was used in the national #FashionByBravo ad campaign on Bravo/NBCUniversal and "Break Your Neck" featured in Ford commercial campaign.
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I am so thankful to all of you who left me their lovely inspiring comments :) It means a lot to me. Since I am giving away two of the Christmas Stamp sets from my stamp line Dee's Artsy Impressions... "Santa is here" and "Christmas Bell Medley", here's how I drew the winners out. I randomly drew two names from the comments made on each day using Random.org. I then made chits of these 50 names and asked my DH to pick two names of course randomly :) and here are the winners
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Apparently, I was running short of the Christmas cards, I needed quite a few more... so I ended up making a few cards sets. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics of two of the sets that I made for the collegues of my husband :( nonetheless I still have two sets to show you. It took me about 2 hrs to finish 10 cards of each set following the assembly line production :)
Hope you like these :) thank you again for being the awesome that you are!!
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I will be posting less from now onwards as I am nearing my due date :) Though you will continue to see my posts as a part of DT. I am super excited for the arrival of our little one :)
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Mark Cuban, billionaire and owner of the NBA franchise in Dallas, announced that he is "starting a website that focuses on uncovering corporate crime." He continues, outlining the business model for the site: "I have every intention of trading on the information uncover[ed], and disclosing exactly what i do. The ultimate transparency."
Another of Cuban's ventures, HDNet, the first all high-definition TV network, is "talking to Dan Rather and we hope to do a deal where he produces a show that uncovers news. Information with a payoff." Perhaps some of the news Rather uncovers will be of interest to the Cuban corporate corruption site.
Cuban defends his decision to trade on the corruption and crime information: "You may not like that I will trade on information we uncover and then publish it. I think reporting what we find is better than not reporting it. If we can uncover fraud. Thats a good thing. That profiting on the information we find is the smart thing to do. It beats the hell out of trying to remake the site every year to maximize advertising or subscriptions. It changes the newsenomics, which need to be changed."
One conceptual difficulty I see is that for Cuban to "trade on" the information he gets, he'll already have to own shares of stock in the affected company. Indeed, to trade on the news seems to mean that he'll only be selling. That is, unless the news he breaks is in some cases about the lack of corporate crime in a case where it is suspected…then he could buy, I suppose.
In any case, Cuban's plan certainly takes the idea of investment research to a whole new level.
Updated Update: Chris Roush gives an overview of Cuban's plans as well as the site name, ShareSleuth.com, and links to a reaction from former BusinessWeek reporter Gary Weiss.
TCS Daily writer Larry E. Ribstein, a law professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, writes about the Cuban plan and confirms that "presumably this means that he will sell 'short' the stocks the journal investigates, and then buy them after the revelations puncture the price."


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Watch Aaron Tveit Perform Live in Your Home
Loving Schmigadoon!? Here's another way to watch a Broadway favorite show off their talents from the comfort of home. Before he's back on stage at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre for Moulin Rouge! The Musical on September 24, Aaron Tveit can be seen on screen. Due to the popularity of his sold-out concert in July, Barrington Stage Company will make Aaron Tveit Live! In Concert available on demand from September 9 through September 12. Stream it here.
Neil Patrick Harris to Lead Darren Star Comedy Uncoupled
Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris will star in Uncoupled, Netflix's new comedy series created and executive produced by Younger and Emily in Paris' Darren Star and longtime Modern Family executive producer Jeffrey Richman, according to Deadline. The show centers on Michael (Harris), who thinks his life is perfect until his husband blindsides him by walking out the door after 17 years. Overnight, Michael has to confront two nightmares: losing who he thought was his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-40s in New York City. Filming is scheduled to begin in New York later this year.
Sara Bareilles' Little Voice Will Not Get a Second Season
Sara Bareilles' Apple TV+ series Little Voice, which featured original music and explored the journey of finding your voice in your early 20s, will not be renewed for a second season, Entertainment Weekly reports. The series premiered in July 2020 and starred Brittany O'Grady as Bess, a young talent trying to break into the New York City songwriting scene. The show also featured stage actors like Colton Ryan, Chuck Cooper, Katrina Lenk, Ben Thompson, Dee Roscioli and more. As previously announced, Bareilles will step back into Waitress when it bows again at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre beginning on September 2. The musical comedy series Girls5eva, which stars Bareilles and Hamilton Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, has officially been picked up for season two.
Aimee Mann to Release Music from Her Girl, Interrupted Musical
Two-time Grammy winner Aimee Mann will release her next album on November 5. Entitled Queens of the Summer Hotel, Variety reports that her latest recording will be composed of songs from the Girl, Interrupted stage musical Mann has been working on since 2018. The show is based on Susannah Kaysen's bestselling memoir, which was adapted into a 1999 film. Mann released the first track "Suicide Is Murder" on August 6. Take a listen below!
& Juliet Director Luke Sheppard & More Board What's New Pussycat?
The full cast and creative team has been announced for the premiere of What's New Pussycat?, a romantic musical comedy inspired by The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. The tale is reimagined in London's swinging sixties and sets the story to the iconic hit music of Sir Tom Jones. Written by Memphis Tony winner and Diana musical scribe Joe DiPietro, the show will features direction by & Juliet's Luke Sheppard and choreography by Arlene Phillips. What's New Pussycat? will premiere at Birmingham Repertory Theatre from October 8 through November 14. The cast will include Dominic Andersen as Tom Jones, Bronté Barbé as Mary Western, Ashley Campbell as Mr. Partridge, Julius D'Silva as Lord Allworthy, Rebekah Hinds as The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress, Harry Kershaw as William Blifil, Kelly Price as Lady Bellaston and Melanie Walters as Mrs Western. The company is rounded out by Tom Francis, Naomi Katiyo, Lemuel Knights, David Mairs-McKenzie, Lisa Mathieson, Fallon Mondlane, Jena Pandya, Nathan Rigg, Owen Saward and Carrie Willis.
Eden Espinosa & More Set for New Musical About Graciela Daniele
San Diego's Old Globe has announced the full cast and creative team for The Gardens of Anuncia, featuring a book, music and lyrics by five-time Tony Award nominee Michael John LaChiusa. The Globe-commissioned world premiere, which is inspired by the life story of Special Tony Award recipient Graciela Daniele, is directed and co-choregraphed by Daniele. Performances will run from September 10 through October 17 with the official opening scheduled for September 17. The cast for The Gardens of Anuncia features Enrique Acevedo as That Man, Andréa Burns as Tía (Lucia), Eden Espinosa as Mamí (Carmen), John Herrera as Grandfather, Carmen Roman as Older Anuncia, Tally Sessions as The Deer, Mary Testa as Granmama (Magdalena) and Kalyn West as Younger Anuncia.
Douglas Carter Beane Updates Babes in Arms
Forestburgh Playhouse will present a new version of the Rodgers & Hart musical Babes in Arms from August 24 through September 5. With a fresh script and direction by Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane, the cast features Eric Siegle, Aliza Ciara, Liat Shuflita, Tia Karaplis, Jeffrey Marc Alkins, GraceAnn Kontak, Joseph Monseur, Dan Kelly, Logan Schmucker and M.L. Catwell. This coming-of-age musical comedy premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on April 14, 1937 and starred Mitzi Green and Alfred Drake. The 1939 MGM film version, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, offered a new plot and kept only two of the original songs. The musical has yet to have a Broadway revival.


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It was an exciting week. I interviewed former NFL Pro Bowl linebacker LaVar Arrington over the weekend. He is one of few former athletes who has his own radio and tv show, as well as his own newspaper column. He is cerebral, articulate, and incredibly engaging. During the in-depth interview at his house, we talked about his new sports apparel company, XTREME PROCISION, as well as his experiences in the NFL. He talked very openly with me about some of the mistakes he made and also shared a lot of wisdom about how the younger players can best make the transition to the League. I will be working on the first segment of the interview this weekend and hope to publish it soon.
I was also very pleased to bring on another new contributor this week. Sports attorney and adjunct professor Justin Sievert will be covering issues relating to NCAA student-athletes, in addition to providing commentary on general sports law issues. Check out his first column about Cam Newton and whether the NCAA got it right.
I am eager to see the one-of-a-kind talent and fellow Baltimore native Josh Selby in uniform tomorrow as he makes his collegiate debut for Kansas.
Athlete Development
- Calling out the owner and your entire coaching staff is not advisable, at least if you want to return the next season. [Terrell Owens blames Bengals coaches]
- I can't help but feel sad for Yao, as his career may be in jeopardy and he hasn't even had the opportunity to realize his full potential on the court. [Yao out for season with stress fracture]
- Using motivational tactics to incentivize defense (i.e. free reign on offense) has sparked the most dominant winning streak in the Miami Heat's franchise history. [Heat Coach Fills Defense With Incentives]
- It's scary to think that we probably still haven't seen Usain Bolt run his fastest yet. [Usain Bolt's coach believes sprinter could peak in 2012]
- No wonder Jordan Hamilton is on a tear for the Longhorns. He spent the summer working out with Ron Artest and Lamar Odom. [Jordan Hamilton Q + A]
- Do you think the Mississippi State strength and conditioning coaches will have Renardo Sidney in shape and ready to go for his collegiate debut? I sure hope so with all the hype. [All about the SEC: Sidney's start]
- More CBA talks and comments from Stern and Hunter about the two sides being on a crash-collision course. [No Overlap in Labor Talks Spells Trouble for N.B.A.]
- "The List" that contains the names of roughly 100 MLB players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 will finally be destroyed. [After Six Years, Union Prevails in Battle Over Seized Drug Tests]
- The tax implications of Cliff Lee's new mega-deal. [Taxman Will Be Big Fan of Lee]
- More on Cliff Lee's deal and the $30 million he left on the table. [Big deal: Cliff Lee says $120 million was enough]
Human Relations
- Will Villanova's Matt Szczur opt to play professional baseball or football? What a great problem to have! But his selfless act to donate his bone-marrow to a 13-month-old-girl with childhood leukemia far outweighs this two-sport athlete's feats on the diamond and field. [Two Sports, One Big Choice]
- Another incredible story. Rowen University senior defensive end Warren Matt Hoffman donated his stem cells to save a 59-year-old cancer patient's life. [Lineman Steps Out of the Trenches to Save a Stranger's Life]
- Kevin Durant is not only a superstar, but he is one of the most humble pro athletes out there. [Kevin Durant Named USA Basketball Male Athlete Of The Year]


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Distance transform for chamfer type of transforms.
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The metric determines the type of chamfering that is done. If the metric is equal to 'taxicab' a structure is generated using generate_binary_structure with a squared distance equal to 1. If the metric is equal to 'chessboard', a metric is generated using generate_binary_structure with a squared distance equal to the dimensionality of the array. These choices correspond to the common interpretations of the 'taxicab' and the 'chessboard' distance metrics in two dimensions.
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The return_distances, and return_indices flags can be used to indicate if the distance transform, the feature transform, or both must be returned.
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The distances and indices arguments can be used to give optional output arrays that must be the same shape as input.