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Fast Forward: Disruption and the Singapore Economy
Making disruption work for humans
That will mean spreading out the economic gains so those at the bottom do not miss out
Lydia Lim
https://str.sg/wTAp
Split, shatter, break apart. That is the original Latin meaning of the word disruption. Even today, the word provokes fear.
When my colleagues and I conceptualised this series, Fast Forward: Disruption and the Singapore Economy, of which you are now reading the final instalment, we considered technology-driven job loss to be a big threat. Just before this series was launched, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan spoke of a time, perhaps just 15 years away, when private cars would go the way of horse carriages as driverless vehicles become the norm; and with that change, the prospect that thousands of transport workers would be thrown out of work.
The fears over the rise of robots and artificial intelligence(AI) ratcheted up a notch in March, after the AI program Alpha Go defeated world champion Lee Sedol at Go, a complex board game that requires intuition and creative and strategic thinking.
And yet, disruption is not driven by technology alone. Societies are also evolving. Two major forces are demographics and ageing, and the deepening divides between rich and poor, old and young and their impact on economies and politics.
A final change of special relevance to this city state located at the foot of the Malay peninsula is the shift in the global centre of gravity from West to East, thanks to China's continued ascent and the emergence of large, fast-growing markets in India and in Singapore's very own neighbourhood - South-east Asia.
Straits Times journalists explored the impact of these disruptive trends so as to help you, our readers, make sense of the times we live in, with the view that awareness and understanding are vital aids in navigating and dealing with disruption.
A cleaning robot pacing a human-operated cleaning machine at the National University Hospital. Automation is a way to raise productivity, and with it, wages. ST FILE PHOTO
One way to sum up the challenge ahead is to focus on the need to make disruption work for people, so human beings do not fall victim to technological, economic and social forces run amok. That also means spreading out the economic gains to make sure the upsides do not accrue disproportionately to a very small minority of capital owners, and to mitigate the downsides for those who struggle to keep up.
Global annual passenger traffic is expected to hit seven billion by 2034, with more than four in 10 passengers flying to, from or within the Asia-Pacific. ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
JOBS LOST AND GAINED
If one were to fixate on how software and machines are able to do more and more of what humans do - whether to drive, speak or write - then the future of human work can seem daunting.
Mr Bram Moelker is proof that age is no barrier to picking up new skills. At age 51, the bus driver from the Netherlands switched to being a controller of six driverless buses - and says his new job is "something special". PHOTO: BRAM MOELKER
The AI revolution is undeniable. It began around 2009 with a major breakthrough - the discovery that the specialised chips used to generate fancy graphics and known as graphical processing units, or GPUs, were good for running deep-learning algorithms. Deep learning is a technique that uses large amounts of data to train computational models. It powers Google's search engine, Facebook's automatic photo tagging and Tesla's self-driving cars.
The excitement over AI is because "one technique, deep learning, can be applied to so many different domains", as Google's head of machine intelligence research John Giannandrea said in a recent special report by The Economist. This application across different domains tracks the leap a technology makes from specific to general purpose, as the Internet has done and as the steam engine and electrification did in their time. It is a shift that unleashes deep disruptive effect on many industries.
A rethink of old positions, especially on social security, is crucial to making disruption work for the majority, not just the elite minority whose wealth and knowledge shield them from the worst effects of economic restructuring.
Such cycles of creative destruction lie at the heart of long-term economic growth, which must involve not just producing more goods in existing factories but also structural change in employment, writes Dr Carl Benedikt Frey of Oxford University. He is the co-author of a much-cited 2013 report that estimates that up to 47 per cent of jobs in America are at risk of being automated.
"Labour markets may once again be entering a new era of technological turbulence and widening wage inequality," he observes in a 2014 article on work. "And this highlights a larger question: Where will new types of work be created? There are already signs of what the future holds. Technological progress is generating demand for big data architects and analysts, cloud services specialists, software developers, and digital marketing professionals - occupations that barely existed just five years ago."
While Singapore cannot isolate itself from technological change, the actual effect on workers depends on the local context and policy response. Here is where size and demographics make a difference.
Job loss is a huge risk for a labour-rich country like China, but for a small one with a chronic labour shortage, automation has its benefits. "Here, robots could be integral in creating the right balance between Singaporeans and foreign labour," suggests Dr Satish Lele, senior vice-president of automation and electronics at research agency Frost and Sullivan, Asia-Pacific.
Automation is also a way to raise productivity, and with it, wages. Take advanced manufacturing, a sector Singapore's economic agencies want to grow. It differs from traditional manufacturing in exploiting new technologies such as 3D printing, the Internet of Things and data analytics to transform how things are made. The end products are usually customised and of high value.
If Singapore succeeds in restructuring its manufacturing sector, both companies and workers will benefit, says the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). The Brookings Institution has found that in 2013, US workers in advanced industries earned nearly twice as much as the average worker outside the sector.
Likewise in Singapore, "advanced manufacturing is expected to improve the productivity of our firms and create new manufacturing jobs with good wages", the MTI says.
A third dynamic that needs to be factored in when discussing the future of work is new demand from Asia's expanding middle class. New demand creates new jobs.
In the aviation sector, for example, global annual passenger traffic is expected to hit seven billion by 2034, with more than four in 10 passengers flying to, from or within the Asia-Pacific.
Then there is the new growth frontier right on Singapore's doorstep - Asean. With a combined population of 628 million and with per capita gross domestic product set to more than double from now to 2030, the Asean 10 have huge economic potential. Now the world's seventh largest economy, it is projected to become the world's fourth largest economy by 2050.
Singapore therefore must position itself to exploit such growth opportunities in the region.
At the same time, it needs to prepare and support workers whose lives are disrupted by volatility.
TOWARDS FLEXICURITY?
Since job security is fast becoming a relic of the past, the goal of government policy must be to ensure employment security.
Workers must expect to change jobs, employers and even industry during the course of their work lives. They must be prepared to learn new skills so as to do the jobs that will be created in future. The No. 1 quality they must have, to quote Manpower Minister Lim Swee Say, is to be reskillable.
The Government, on its part, must make sure there are jobs available and provide the education and training workers need to move to new jobs. It must also recast the social safety net so that workers do not lose their healthcare insurance, retirement savings or training support when moving from one employer to the next.
SkillsFuture is a key component. It is an ambitious national plan to make learning a way of life, for workers across the age and education spectrum. To that end, the Government is mobilising a range of institutes - from polytechnics and universities to private sector providers - to run courses designed to meet the needs of working adults. That includes keeping courses short and perhaps locating classes near where people live or at MRT stations.
The Government has sought to hook workers through its SkillsFuture Credit scheme, which banks $500 into the accounts of each citizen aged above 25 to be used for continual education and training. Some, like engineer Ang Hong Seng, have already caught the lifelong learning bug. At age 55, Mr Ang has just graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in electronics engineering and says "learning has no full stops".
In the Fast Forward instalment on autonomous vehicles, transport journalist Adrian Lim tracked down a Dutch bus driver who switched to a new job as controller of six driverless buses. At age 51, Mr Bram Moelker is evidence that age is no barrier to picking up new skills. He thinks his new job is "something special", he said from Rotterdam in the Netherlands where he lives and works.
Employment security, however, cannot stop at SkillsFuture. It must also include income security, especially in an era when most workers will have to endure periods of joblessness. There has been little policy movement on this front, perhaps because the Government has always been wary of doling out unemployment benefits for fear that they will, over time, undermine the work ethic.
That stands in stark contrast to Denmark's approach which aims to provide workers with "flexicurity" - labour market flexibility combined with social security - and guarantees a legally specified unemployment benefit of up to 90 per cent for the lowest-paid workers. The Danish Employment Ministry maintains that the effect on the work culture has been positive, with workers being more willing to take risks.
"By increasing the security in connection with, for instance, job change, workers are encouraged to become more mobile in the labour market. Flexibility with regards to hiring and firing means that employers can afford being more risk-taking by, for instance, hiring employees who are alienated from the labour market," the ministry says on its website.
Singapore must find a policy that best suits its circumstances but in a radically new job landscape, it is no longer viable to have no policy on income security. A rethink of old positions, especially on social security, is crucial to making disruption work for the majority, not just the elite minority whose wealth and knowledge shield them from the worst effects of economic restructuring.
So is Singapore ready to deal with disruption?
Many unknowns remain but this is a nation born of disruption, a political breaking apart in 1965 now better known as Separation. In the wake of that trauma, Singaporeans stayed together and prospered.
There is no reason they cannot do so again, provided political leaders put in place measures to support people through these changes.
SG future: Eight things to look forward to
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 06, 2016, with the headline Making disruption work for humans. Subscribe
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Home » Banner » One Night With Fanny Brice — A One Woman Musical
One Night With Fanny Brice — A One Woman Musical
Posted on Mar 28, 2014 in Banner, Musicals, One Person Shows
Script and all Musical Arrangements by Chip Deffaa
Fanny Brice worked her way up from singing on street corners for pennies as a kid, to burlesque, to Broadway… to becoming America's highest-paid singing comedienne. She fell for a dashing confidence man, Nicky Arnstein–and when she introduced her immortal "My Man," the whole country knew she was singing about him.
There's no better showcase to be found anywhere for a strong triple-threat actress than ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE. The score mixes fierce torch songs (like "My Man," "After You've Gone," "Baby Won't You Please Come Home") with irresistible comedy numbers ("Second-Hand Rose," "Oh, How I Hate that Fellow Nathan"), ragtime ("That Mysterious Rag") and vintage pop ("Lovie Joe," "Rose of Washington Square"). The actress gets to sing, to dance; to go from laughs to pathos, triumphs to heartbreaks… and back again.
Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story.
ASCAP award-winner Chip Deffaa's dynamic one-woman show, ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE has received rave reviews everywhere. Brice's story had previously inspired the musical "Funny Girl."
one-woman show
simple unit set
60 minute competition/festival version will soon be available
Piano Accompaniment only (A Violin part is also available)
NOTICE: One small section of the play has a repetition of coarse language that is not entirely family friendly. There is an edit provided in the script, if your company needs that option.
Available for all production groups!
WINNER! of the CTFEST2018 Connecticut State Play Competition
as produced by Phoenix Stage Company, Ed Bassett, Artistic Director
In The Following Categories:
Outstanding Production (as directed by Sharon W. Houk)
Outstanding Solo Performance by Mary Cantoni Johnson
Mary Cantoni Johnson as Fanny Brice
Best Musical Direction by T. J. Thompson
Best Lighting Design by Sharon W. Houk
Special Judges Award for the Development of New Work given to Phoenix Stage Company of Naugatuck, Connecticut.
The awards themselves! Nice job all!
Congratulations to all! Now on to the New England Regional Play Festival on March 9, 2019!
As The New York Times noted in its glowing review of ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE "'Funny Girl' was a whitewash. 'One Night…' delves deeper into her story."
Jennifer Farrar of the Associated Press called ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE "a charming new musical…. Written, directed and arranged by Chip Deffaa, the solo show chronologically covers Brice's immigrant childhood and long career in show business, and her tumultuous love life with faithless con artist Nick Arnstein. Deffaa has distilled Brice's busy life and career into a well-paced two-hour show."
The Washington Examiner proclaimed: "Deffaa's script neatly describes [Brice's era], including many details about Fanny's life, making her rags-to-riches story very credible…..One of the nicest elements of 'One Night With Fanny Brice' is the way Deffaa brings Fanny's historical contemporaries to life: Flo Ziegfeld, Eddie Cantor, Gypsy Rose Lee, Billy Rose, W.C. Fields, Al Jolson and all the lowlifes associated with Nicky Arnstein, Fanny's one true love."
The Sun Gazette Newspapers raved: "ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE delivers what it promises…. This may be as close as devotees will ever get to Fanny Brice."
And Joe Franklin—Bloomberg Radio–called the show "Fresh and impressive! A true Golden-Age-of-Show-Business love story. The audience was exhilarated! A personal triumph for author Chip Deffaa…"
Critic Daryl Glenn wrote in New York's Nightlife Exchange of the original Off-Broadway production, "The audience seemed transported."
The PDF PERUSAL PAGES file is available for download ONWFBricePERUSAL
Act One:
1. "That Mysterious Rag" (words by Irving Berlin, music by Ted Snyder, 1911)
2. "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (words by Joseph McCarthy, music by Harry Carroll, 1918)
3. "Bill Bailey" (words and music by Hughie Cannon, 1902)
4. "Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May?" (words by James J. Walker, music by Ernest R. Ball, 1905)
5. "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry"—underscore (music by N. J. Clesi, 1918)
6. "When You Know You're Not Forgotten by the Girl You Can't Forget" (words by Ed Gardenier, music by J. Fred Helf, 1906)
7. "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" (words by Stanley Murphy, music by Henry I. Marshall, 1912)
8. "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee"–Reprise (words by Stanley Murphy, music by Henry I. Marshall, 1912)
9. "Lovie Joe" (words by Will Marion Cook, music by Joe Jordan, 1910)
10. "Rose of Washington Square" (words by Ballard Macdonald, music by James F. Hanley, 1920)
11. "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"–Reprise (words by Joseph McCarthy, music by Harry Carroll, 1917)
12. "You Made Me Love You" (words by Joseph McCarthy, music by James V. Monaco, 1913)
13. "Oh! How I Hate that Fellow Nathan" (words by Lew Brown, music by Albert Von Tilzer, 1922)
14. "That Mysterious Rag"–Reprise ( (words by Irving Berlin, music by Ted Snyder, 1911)
Act Two:
15. "Second Hand Rose" (words by Grant Clarke, music by James F. Hanley, 1921)
16. "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" (words and music by Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams, 1919)
17. "Ja-Da" (words and music by Bob Carleton, 1918)
18. "My Man" (English lyrics by Channing Pollack, music by Maurice Yvain, 1921)
19. "My Man"–Reprise (English lyrics by Channing Pollack, music by Maurice Yvain, 1921)
20. "After You've Gone" (words by Henry Creamer, music by Turner Layton, 1918)
20 a. "After You've Gone" –Underscore (music by Turner Layton, 1918)
20b. "My Man" –Underscore (music by Maurice Yvain, 1921)
21. "Rose of Washington Square"–Reprise (words by Ballard Macdonald, music by James F. Hanley, 1920)
22. Bows: "Rose of Washington Square" (instrumental for curtain calls; music by James F. Hanley. 1920)
23. Exit Music: "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" (music by N. J. Clesi, 1918)
3 DEMO CUTS of the 24 songs from the Original Cast Album are available here (with Pianist, Mark Goodman, and violinist, Jonathan Russel)
You Made Me Love You
Ja-Da
3 DEMO CUTS of the 19 songs from the New York Cast Album are available here (with Piano by Mark Goodman, and violin by Jonathan Russel)
Rose of Washington Square
Oh! How I Hate that Fellow Nathan
After You've Gone
"Grizzly Bear"
"You Made Me Love You"
"Ja-Da"
An interesting note concerning the song, ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, is that the song was written about Rose O'Neill, a beautiful, fabulous and wealthy eccentric who created, among other things, the Kewpie Doll. We have a musical about the story of Rose's life HERE.
You can purchase the Original Cast Recordings below, or on their own pages:
Details for purchase of the Original Cast Album for ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE, starring Kimberly Faye Greenburg, can be found on our site HERE
Details for purchase of the New York Cast Album for ONE NIGHT WITH FANNY BRICE, starring Mary Cantoni Johnson, is available HERE
Performance License Application: LBTLicenseApplication072017 No production rights can be granted until this application is filled out and sent to us.
NO VOCAL BOOK available for this title.
Piano-Vocal Score Order #3078c : $25.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
First Performance Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #3078d : Royalty terms quoted on application.
Second Performance Amateur/Educational Royalty — Order #3078e : Royalty terms quoted on application.
Violin Part — Order #3078h: $15.00 (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)
Original Cast CD Order#3078g1 — $13.99 (plus shipping and Maine Sales Tax)
New York Cast Recording on CD Order #3078g2 — $14.99 (plus shipping and Maine Sales Tax)
Phoenix Stage Company, Naugatuck, Connecticut — March 9, 2019 (entry into the New England Regional Play Festival where it won the following awards:
Outstanding Lighting Design, Outstanding Set Design, Outstanding Leading Actor, Outstanding Costume Design, & the Special Adjudicators Award
Phoenix Stage Company, Naugatuck, Connecticut — October 2018 (entry in the Connecticut State Theatre Festival — WINNER! See above)
Square Foot Theatre, Wallingford, Connecticut — November 10, 12, 17,18, 2017 (Starring Mary Cantoni Johnson from the Original New York Cast)
Armonk Players — March 2016
Open-Eye Theater, Margaretville, New York (2016)
Phoenix Stage Company, Naugatuck, Connecticut — August 2015 (PSC2015Photos)
Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids — January 2015
Sarah Evangeline LaCroix, as Fanny Brice in "One Night with Fanny Brice" produced by the Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids
The 13th Street Repertory Company, NYC (prolonged run) — 2013 (April & June)
NYC at St. Luke's Theater (Off-Broadway) — 2010
Phoenix Stage Company, Naugatuck, Connecticut — 2010
American Century Theater, Arlington, Virginia — 2010
Premiere production at the Rosen Theater, Wayne, New Jersey — 2010
Deffaa has also written a colorful full-scale musical, THE FANNY BRICE STORY which has more than two dozen characters; it can be performed by anywhere from 15 players (with some "doubling") to 40 or more players. That show, too, is published and licensed by Leicester Bay Theatricals. CLICK HERE to view THE FANNY BRICE STORY.
One Night With FANNY BRICE
A Solo Musical
Written and Arranged by
Chip Deffaa
With songs from the repertoire of Fanny Brice
"One Night With Fanny Brice is presented through special arrangement with Leicester Bay Theatricals. All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com"


For myself, like many, music has always been a safe place to turn to when everything begins to overtake me. Raised on Rock n' Roll and being chased around the house by my mother's Pentax K100, becoming a music photographer may seem like a natural path for me from the outside, but getting to this point was unorthodox. Passion for music led me to first try my hand at being on the stage and for years all I did was perform, and taking pictures of the rest of the show was just a hobby. But I found my rhythm not on the stage in front of the crowd, but behind the lens capturing the important moments for my friends. It felt powerful to create, record and capture such an intimate experience as a live show, so I never stopped. Now, I shoot for various online and print publications, create promotional work for bands and artists, and have tried my hand at tour managing. In doing so I've come across the harsh realities of what it is like to be a woman working in this Industry. The Alternative Rock scene is still dominated by men,and I want that to change. "The Boys Club: Feminism & Sexism in the Music Industry"is a documentary film aiming to make a difference in the state of our scene. In telling the stories of the women working in the industry and overcoming the adversity they face,"The Boys Club" aims to empower women and educate the men who try to hold us back.I hope this film will open the eyes of those who still believe that women are incapable of holding their own and having a place in the industry. "The Boys Club" is a labor of love from an all female team of industry professionals, putting their heads and hearts together to make a change.


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Charity Ball to take place in memory of former pupils
Rydal Penrhos will be holding a special event in aid of two extremely worthwhile causes.
The school announced that a Charity Ball will take place at the Sixth Form Ferguson Centre on Friday, October 11 from 7pm, and all proceeds will be split between Ataxia UK and the Anthony Nolan Trust.
These are two charities that are close to the heart of the Rydal Penrhos family, and the donations will be made in honour of former pupils Scarlett Salisbury and Thomas Watson.
Tom was Head Boy during his final year of school life before moving on to the University of St Andrews, where he gained a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology.
He then completed a post-graduate diploma in rural environment and land management at Harper Adams Agricultural College in Shropshire, before moving to York to work as a rural surveyor for The National Trust, and in 2009 he received his RICS status to become a qualified Chartered Surveyor.
In 2010 Tom was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. He underwent aggressive chemotherapy and through the support of The Anthony Nolan Trust a bone marrow donor was found.
Sadly, despite a successful bone marrow transplant, the leukaemia returned and Tom passed away in 2012.
Scarlett was another popular member of the school community during her time at Rydal Penrhos, something that saw he appointed to the role of Prefect and contribute significantly to the success of the school's Dramatic Society.
She was diagnosed with Friedrichs Ataxia at the age of eight but that never stopped her pushing on with her life and getting everything out of it. She was full of life, fun, compassion, grit and determination.
Tickets for the event are priced at £40 per person, which includes prosecco on arrival and a lavish three-course meal courtesy of catering providers Holroyd Howe.
There will also be a live band to keep those in attendance entertained throughout, and plenty of fantastic prizes will be up for grabs in a luxury raffle.
Anyone wishing to book their tickets can do so by contacting Sarah James via email at SJames@rydalpenrhos.com or call 01492 530155.


Our final review grade is here… Sea of Thieves is maybe not the open-world pirate adventure I was hoping for.
Check out this treasure of a launch trailer just in time for next week's big Xbox One and WIndows 10 release.
Stock up on yet another new Xbox One S bundle.
An early look at Rare's swashbuckling open world online Xbox One/PC adventure title from the recent beta test.


Welcome back, Karen! A land and sea vacation with Disney is the best way to experience all that Disney has to offer.
Quite often, my family will do just what you are planning. We'll head to a resort at Walt Disney World, spend a couple of days in the parks, then take a Disney cruise. Once back, we'll stay at Walt Disney World again and enjoy a few more days in the parks before heading home. The nice thing about the Park Hopper Passes is that they are valid for 14 days from the first day of use. So, you will be all set to use a few days before the cruise and a few days after, all on the same Park Hopper Pass.
You'll be happy to know that Memory Maker works the same way. However, it is actually valid to add photos even longer, up to 30 days from the first day of use. Just be sure to download all the photos before they expire!


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Weight Loss Clinics
There's always this search for the quick fix, and usually you can find somebody who's willing to sell it to you - Michael D Jensen
image by: Petr Kratochvil
In Health Law, a Boon for Diet Clinics
Dr. Michael Kaplan looked across his desk at a woman who had sought out his Long Island Weight Loss Institute and asked the question he often poses to new patients: "Where do you think you go wrong with food?"
The 38-year-old patient was about 20 pounds overweight and, as she described it, desperate. Weight Watchers, nutritionists — she had tried them all in vain. A physician like Dr. Kaplan, she reasoned, might be the only one left who could help her. "I'm really tired of it," the woman said one recent afternoon, declining to give her name to a reporter. "I feel like something is off with me."
Dr. Kaplan, a leader in the medical weight-loss industry, nodded sympathetically,…
Lessons From the Diet Clinic: Self-Control Is Best
All efforts are aimed at making the dieting easy. You are not taught to eat less but to eat better things. You are not taught to wait and be patient between meals instead you are given healthy "options." The point is that snacking itself is the problem not just what is being snacked.
Weight-Loss Clinics: Do They Work?
In the competitive world of diet centers, one fast-growing chain claims an advantage: Medi-Weightloss clinics prescribe drugs and counseling to curb the appetite.
Investigating Medical Weight Loss Clinics
"Go somewhere where you get a sit-down talk with a physician or a medical care provider who specializes in this," he says. "They should go through a full history and physical. They should figure out what you've tried in the past that didn't work and figure out a personalized plan that works for you. Don't waste your money on these pill mills."
Is Medically Supervised Weight Loss Right for You?
Advantages include an assessment of medical obstacles and customized programs with maintenance plans.
Medi Weight Loss Review
On average about a quarter of their new customer base drops out of the program in the first few weeks, and about 30% make it all the way through. Those are terrible percentages for success especially when you are going to fork out hundreds of dollars for it.
Obesity specialists at major medical centers say the proprietors of diet clinics often employ unproven tactics — like vitamin injections, costly supplements and extreme diet plans — that lure customers but do not lead to lasting results. Diet-clinic owners contend that they are filling a needed role because the mainstream medical establishment pays little attention to patients' struggles with weight.
15 Top Medical Weight Loss Centers
Losing weight is never easy, but you can get safe, healthy treatments from these top-rated programs.
Next Medical
Losing weight is hard, we make it a little bit easier with science.
Center for Medical Weight Loss
The Center for Medical Weight Loss program was created to acknowledge and treat the unique, very personal challenges every person looking to lose weight faces. Our belief is that because weight by its very nature is a medical issue, there is no better person to help people achieve their weight loss goals than a medical provider.
LindoraClinic
We know how difficult it can be to lose weight, and we know how challenging it can be to keep it off. We also know how confusing and overwhelming it can be to just get started. Good carbs? Bad carbs? High protein? Lean protein? Good fats? Bad fats? Sometimes, you just need help figuring out what will work for you.
Medi-Weightloss
Medi-Weightloss® was developed by physicians, registered dietitians, and health professionals in the area of weight loss to help you control your calorie and carbohydrate intake while eating the optimum amount of protein to preserve muscle mass.
The OPTIFAST Program is a medically supervised weight management program that closely monitors and assesses progress towards better health and emotional well-being. The program, which usually lasts 26 weeks, utilizes a full meal replacement plan that transitions to self-prepared 'everyday' meals, in conjunction with comprehensive patient education and support.
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package com.azure.resourcemanager.batchai.models;

import com.azure.core.annotation.Fluent;
import com.azure.core.util.logging.ClientLogger;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;

/** File Server mount Information. */
@Fluent
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    @JsonIgnore private final ClientLogger logger = new ClientLogger(MountSettings.class);

    /*
     * Path where the data disks are mounted on the File Server.
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    /*
     * Public IP address of the File Server which can be used to SSH to the
     * node from outside of the subnet.
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The Mets placed Chris Young on the disabled list Thursday with a quad strain, a day after he lasted just a half an inning in the field before being pulled from the game.
Chris Young will have to wait awhile for his first official at bat with Mets.
Chris Young strained the quad over the weekend in Montreal. He missed Opening Day and tried to come back in game 2.
"It's like a bad dream," Young said after Wednesday night's game.
As far as who will replace him on the roster, the Mets do not have to do anything, yet. Wilmer Flores had replaced Daniel Murphy, who was on paternity leave but is due back today. Flores will just remain on the roster until Sunday, when Jonathon Niese has to be activated.
The winner here is Andrew Brown, who was due to be demoted when Niese came back. But with Young gone, Brown will stick around for a while. He homered in Young's place on Opening Day.
Mets About to Make Another "Generation K" Mistake?
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Le  Régiment de Zouaves est un régiment de zouaves de l'armée française.

Création et différentes dénominations
 Octobre 1939: Création du 23Régiment de Zouaves

Devise
Faire Face

Insigne du 23° Zouaves

http://infaf.free.fr/ZOUAVE/indzoua_2.htm

Chefs de corps
Commandant De La BIGNE DE VILLENEUVE

Historique des garnisons, campagnes et batailles du  Zouaves
Marche Repas à Fontaine Romaine en octobre 1939

Djemila en octobre 1939

Gorges de Kerrata / Djidjelli en Décembre 1939

Constantine - Pont de Sidi-Rached

Manœuvre sur AÏn Tebinet en Février 1940

Marches en février et mars 1940 : Traversée du Bou Sellam ,El-anasser , El - Ouricia

Manœuvre de Mars 1940 : Fermaton 1048m

Avril 1940 : Biskra

Drapeau du régiment
Son drapeau ne porte aucune inscriptions:

Références

Liens externes
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 Union Nationale des Zouaves

Troupe coloniale française
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Posted on February 24, 2020 by Rachel Scott
In the beginning…of her young life, anyway…there was very little that was good. Cecile lived in a dysfunctional family plagued by alcohol, violence, and abuse. The baby of the family, she should have been doted upon and made to feel special and unique. Ironically she was made to feel unique, but not in the way little girls should be made to feel. She felt like she was the only one who knew what it was like to feel fearful, terrified, dirty, and shameful. She had felt this way as long as she could remember and had no one to thank for her earliest living nightmares other than her own family.
There. That writing exercise was finally done. It had taken her the better part of a week to complete the assignment dished out by her new psychiatrist. Dr. Pendarvis had asked her to write about her childhood as though she was an author composing someone else's biography. Cecile had struggled with not only what to write, but how much detail to go into. The only element she was vague about was the blow-by-blow account of every negative incident in her past. She could not go there, not because she refused to, but because she couldn't remember the details. A good bit of her childhood had been expunged from her memory or so it seemed to her.
Cecile neatly folded the paper that contained her writing and tucked it into the outside pocket of her handbag. She felt the smooth surface of the designer logo-emblazoned bag. It reminded her of when she received it as a gift from her late husband, Atlanta hotel magnate and societal patriarch, Thomas Latimore. She mindlessly left her apartment in mid-town and walked to her car. She had to get to a 10:30am appointment where she would give the doctor her writing assignment. She tried to concentrate on her driving but her mind drifted back to the summer she met her husband and the day he gave her this purse.
It was a Tuesday. She had recently arrived in Atlanta and had met him only two weeks before he surprised her with the gift during lunch at a cafe in Buckhead. He called it a "welcome to Hotlanta gift" and she was taken aback by his generosity and his attempt to speak the lingo of the day.
It was all so much to digest at once; being in Atlanta, getting a great job, meeting Thom, and receiving a gift. She was a small town girl in a big city. She had landed a job as the assistant to the president of a prestigious private art and design college. Thom was a strikingly handsome man, though he was quite her senior. And then there was the fact that Cecile was unaccustomed to receiving gifts; not just costly gifts, but any gifts at all.
Little did she know at the time, the Liz Claiborne handbag he presented to her as she shyly ate a huge Cobb salad was the first of many niceties Thom Latimore would bestow upon her before and during their marriage. Neither was she even remotely aware what a paltry precursor it was to the estate he would some day leave her at his passing.
A horn sounded and her attention snapped back to the Billy Squire song blaring through the sound system in her car. She loved the Atlanta oldies stations. As she hurried up Peachtree Street to get to her appointment in Sandy Springs more memories bombarded Cecile's mind. She vividly recalled the day she arrived in Atlanta in July of 1987. As she disembarked from the small commuter plane that flew her in from the Savannah airport the heat and humidity hit her square in the face. The smell of jet fuel, exhaust fumes, and the hot runway wafted toward her. It was invigorating. She had actually made it.
How someone as green as her came to escape that Louisiana swamp town she grew up in and eventually arrive in Atlanta was, in itself, practically an act of God and no straightforward tale. Hell, there she sat more than a decade after Y2K and she still wondered how she managed to survive her childhood and teen years. "It is pretty miraculous," Cecile thought, reiterating the exact phrase that entered her mind when she saw the Atlanta skyline for the first time all those years ago.
When she thought about it, Cecile realized she had no clear memories of her life before she was 10. Now that she was seeing this doctor, it was coming back to her in bits and pieces. What she did know was that nothing before that time was good. With that epiphany she instantly felt a rush of adrenaline in her veins. Her brain instantly tried to recall her childhood by piecing the fragmented memories together. Cecile dodged haphazardly in and out of morning traffic and all she could think of was the overwhelmingly compulsory need to escape. She did not know from whom or what she should escape, but it was so real to her she began to sweat like mad and hyperventilate uncontrollably. Her body went numb, her mouth dry. She could feel her heartbeat pounding her eardrums. She felt as though she would faint.
She careened her shiny black 7 Series BMW into the first parking lot she could find. She slumped over the tan perforated leather steering wheel and fumbled to adjust the air vents so they would blow straight onto her face. With her eyes closed she managed to take slow, deep breaths and tried to get her head screwed on tight. Her thought process was like a demon-possessed pinball, bouncing frantically from one bumper to the next. She tried to stop the flashes from her past from entering her mind but it seemed the harder she tried to stop them, the more quickly they came and the more lightheaded she got.
Suddenly there was a loud rap on the driver's side window. When she jerked her head up and looked to her left Cecile recognized the middle age rent-a-cop that stood directing traffic in the middle of a nearby Peachtree Road intersection every weekday morning. He looked concerned as she slowly powered down her window.
"Ma'am, are you alright?" he asked.
Cecile stuttered, "Um…yes. Yes, Sir I am fine. I, uh…..it's um…a menopausal hot flash. That's all. I just had to stop to regroup. It's okay."
As the silver-haired officer smiled and nodded knowingly he wished her a good day. She let the window up and vigorously shook her head to clear the fog in her brain. Reaching into the arm rest console she retrieved a monogrammed linen handkerchief and tossed it into the passenger seat. A bit more digging and she found a wad of fast food paper napkins. She dabbed at the perspiration that covered her face, throat, and neck. Thank God she was wearing her hair up in that new style she found online yesterday or it too would have been soaked. She hastily reapplied her lipstick and zipped back into traffic as she chided herself out loud, "God, Cecile. Get a grip on yourself. You haven't even hit menopause. You're such a liar!" Her voice softened and she whispered under her breath, "I have to admit it was a damn good cover though. Girl, you're good." She gave herself kudos for her quick thinking and her uncanny ability to think well on her feet, make up a highly plausible lie, and deceive whomever she took a notion to deceive….even in the midst of freaking out. She fancied herself having been born with the innate abilities of a professional con artist as she had possessed them her entire life. That much she didn't have to struggle to recall.
Soon she arrived and parked at Sandy Springs Physicians Tower. Cecile was haunted by the thought that this session with her shrink would go no other way than horribly. She needed to psych herself up. She was in the habit of talking to herself. The advent of cellphones with wireless earpieces and mics built into earbud cords made that habit appear less crazy. "Smile," she told herself, "be positive, think happy thoughts.
The happiest memory she ever knew had nothing to do with the wealth, power, or social standing she had attained by marrying Thom Latimore at a young age. Conversely, it had everything to do with having been stolen away in the night four years prior to her arrival in Atlanta. Cecile had been rescued and taken to south Georgia's coast. At the time it was a blur. She came to herself a week afterward, living conspicuously as the only white person in a black family the predominantly poor, black neighborhood of Brunswick, Georgia known as Dixville. Although she lived in one of the worst places on the south side, in the Hopkins Homes projects, she did know now, deep down in her spirit that it was the single best thing that ever happened to her up to that the time. She poignantly realized that her then 15 year old mind could not possibly have fully grasped how that fateful trip had the potential to change the course of her life.
Now, at midlife, it had been years and years since she had spent any real time thinking about her past. She spent so many years since then recreating her past to suit the situation. Without question all these thoughts and memories from her former life were Dr. Pendarvis' doing. Seeing him was what she had to do at this point. Cecile didn't really have a choice since her personal attorney had advised her to seek an evaluation after Thom's death.
The time leading up to her weekly doctor's visits made her apprehensive and anxious. While she was in the chair she was practically a basket case and when she left the well appointed doctor's office she felt a mixture of relief, dread and excitement. She was inevitably relieved when each session was over, but she always dreaded the flood of memories that were sure to follow.
Seeing Dr. Jonathan Pendarvis left her feeling like she didn't know which way was up or down. The feeling was akin to losing her grounding, her firm footing if you will. She was definitely on the proverbial slippery slope since she started seeing him, emotionally anyway. And it didn't help that he looked like a young Brad Pitt. She secretly wished he looked more like Julia Roberts' ex-husband, the homely Lyle Lovett. It certainly would make these visits a lot easier. Thinking about the good doctor, Cecile swung wide the heavy glass lobby door, straightened her straight black hair and threw her shoulders back. She took a deep breath, pasted on a smile to die for, and started toward the elevator. Every ounce of her buxom 170 pound frame sashayed and did so gloriously.
About Rachel Scott
A native of Southewestern Louisiana, I now live in rural Georgia after stints in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Montana, and Europe. After much trial and error I have found and married the love of my life. We have four adult children, a four year old, and five grandchildren. Our lives are centered around family, faith, friends and our fainting goats hobby farm.
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2 Responses to Please, Daddy…Don't! – Scenes Pt 1
Crystal MM Burton says:
Poor Cecile. 😦 I hope things get better for her. It reminds me of when I first started seeing my therapist (though I don't see her anymore). Those feelings of knowing it's the best thing, being worried, especially about telling the truth, then leaving and being both relieved and afraid once you leave the office. You definitely nailed that feeling. Great scene!
Rachel Scott says:
Thanks for the positive feedback. I've had a novel in my head for 20 years and it's mostly stayed tucked away. Every once in a blue moon I get an idea for a scene and I write it. Maybe one day I'll figure out how to link these suckers together and to fill in the gaps with transitions to create a novel. 😉


Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) is a managed cluster platform that can run big data frameworks, such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark, on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to process and analyze data. For a Greenplum Database system that is installed on Amazon Web Services (AWS), you can define Greenplum Database external tables that use the gphdfs protocol to access files on an Amazon EMR instance HDFS.
In addition to the steps described in One-time gphdfs Protocol Installation, you must also ensure Greenplum Database can access the EMR instance. If your Greenplum Database system is running on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance, you configure the Greenplum Database system and the EMR security group.
Ensure that the appropriate Java (including JDK) and Hadoop environments are correctly installed on all Greenplum Database segment hosts.
For example, Amazon EMR Release 4.0.0 includes Apache Hadoop 2.6.0. This Amazon page describes Amazon EMR Release 4.0.0.
For information about Hadoop versions used by EMR and Greenplum Database, see Table 1.
Configure communication between Greenplum Database and the EMR instance Hadoop master.
For example, open port 8020 in the AWS security group.
Configure for communication between Greenplum Database and EMR instance Hadoop data nodes. Open a TCP/IP port for so that Greenplum Database segments hosts can communicate with EMR instance Hadoop data nodes.
For example, open port 50010 in the AWS security manager.
This table lists EMR and Hadooop version information that can be used to configure Greenplum Database.


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The first of the two films is KILLER INSTINCT. While it relays the story of Mesrine's early criminal career, it actually begins with a long, brilliantly teased-out sequence that shows the manner of his death. After that, we meet the young soldier back from his stint brutalizing Algerians while in the French army. Disillusioned upon his return to the sedate, boring home life he shares with his parents, he is drawn to a life a crime in an underworld he is soon to dominate.
KILLER INSTINCT is like a cross between the young Vito scenes in GODFATHER II and (especially) GOODFELLAS. It has a very slick look to it. The outlaw life Mesrine embraces has a smooth, silky feel, even as it erupts in violence, typically at his instigation. As his portfolio of audacious crimes expands, he takes on colorful colleagues and alluring paramours and it eventually leads him to Canada and the US.
You really can't say enough about Vincent Cassel's performances in the films. He is completely mesmerizing. As epic as the film is, it doesn't delve that much into the man's character. You're never sure what motivates him, although the Nazi occupation of France and his father's capitulation during it, do come to surface in the first film. But, in the end, it doesn't really matter what justification Mesrine provides, he offers several, as punctuated by close-ups at the end of many scenes, we see his principal motivation in Cassel's stare of malevolent egotism. Honored with the French equivalent of the Oscar (denied even a nomination here) -- this is an epic, soon to be legendary, acting turn.
The second film PUBLIC ENEMEY NO. 1 continues the saga, but it has a different texture to it. You're never lost as to where you are reflecting back on the two films; they feel different. (Like the KILL BILL pictures.) And this is remarkable as the films were shot at the same time in roughly reverse chronological order to allow for Cassel's weight loss.
This film finds Mesrine back in France where he pulls off more bank jobs that are captured in a now kinetic and chaotic visual style. Things feel less slick than in the first film as a hairier, paunchier Mesrine goes about his criminal exercises. We watch him attempt the rhetorical calisthenics of justifying his actions against the backdrop of leftist violence prevalent throughout Europe in the 70s. It's not that convincing – unless he's talking about his hatred for the French prison system. As appalling as Mesrine the man is, there is something, I don't want to say – I guess I will – admirable about his refusal to be imprisoned.
These pictures have some brutal, hard-hitting (literally) scenes. The reenactment of Mesrine's first murder (outside the army) and his treatment of his wife are likely to induce some gnawing queasiness. Also, there's a beatdown towards the end of the second film that's also difficult to watch. That said, I'm sorry, both these pictures are narcoticlly entertaining.
I know these movies played around the country here in the U.S. when released in 2008, but for the life of me I have no idea why no one chanced releasing these in a wider distribution. If you love powerful, action – yes, commercial! -- filmmaking you will love these movies. I simply guarantee this.


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Diamond League 2019 - Rome
Eh, might as well put this up here in some further house keeping in this forum.
This is, to me, the first *big* Diamond League meeting of the year so far, with so many of the big names that have missed Doha, Shanghai and Stockholm due to the lateness of the World Championships, showing up here in Rome.
Dina Asher-Smith, who has won the two 200m races she's competed in so far this season, will face her stiffest test of the year, this time in a 100m race stacked with talent. She'll face Elaine Thompson again, who she beat so convincingly in Stockholm last Thursday, along with American Aleia Hobbs who has already won a 100m in her debut season on the Diamond League circuit. Then there is her old foe from last year Marie-Josee Ta Lou in the line up, as well as another American, English Gardiner, who has a 10.74 lifetime best at this distance.
In the 1500m, Laura Muir is going to face a much sterner test than the jogging exercise she had in Stockholm last week, with world record holder at the distance Genzebe Dibaba, amongst her competitors this time. Along with Tsegye of Ethiopia and Jenny Simpson of the USA there too, Muir's going to have to be on her A game to win. Elish McColgan will be in this race too, working on her speed after the sub 15 minute 5000m in Stockholm and the recent announcement she'll be heading the British team for the "Night Of The 10,000m PB's" at Parliament Hill next month.
There's some more British performers tonight, like NMB in the 200m, Lorraine Ugen in the long jump and Andrew Pozzi in the 110m hurdles, but I can't be bothered to get into the meat and bones of that here because I'm a lazy bum! Go on, go to the this link to see all the line ups and such.
Yes, definitely looks like it will be the best DL so far this season and most of the events are super-competitive.
Looking forward to the women's 1500 especially - a rare DL appearance at the distance by Dibaba (though she's also doing it in Rabat), of course Our Laura, and I think Tsegay will continue to make strides and be a medal contender come Doha.
A BBC article on Pozzi
"I was racing under a much higher workload and was relatively fatigued in Shanghai," he says of his sixth-place finish in last month's Diamond League meeting.
"My time was competitive but whenever you make big changes, it is going to take several races for it to become habitual.
Yikes... Lorraine Ugen's and Shara Proctor's slow starts to the season continue to worry in Rome. With 3 rounds completed, Proctor's "best" is a paltry 6.30m to finish a distant 9th place. Meanwhile Ugen finishes dead last with a "best" of 6.27m. All of this is a far cry to both athlete's pre-Berlin performances last season, especially Ugen, who was ranked #1 in the world heading into the European Championships before having a meltdown in the final and majorly under-performing. I have a feeling that disappointment last year is still affecting her at the start of this season.
Germany's Mihambo, European long jump champion last year, leads with a 6.90m leap in the 3rd round, equaling the world lead, just ahead of Catherine Ibarguen's 6.87m effort.
More in the long jump.... In the 4th round, Mihambo finally breaks through into the 7 meter club! She sails out to a new personal best of 7.07m and takes the world lead for herself, well done to her!
I suspect Ms. Ugen is very much confidence athlete, what she needs is a good run out in a 4x100 relay which I would argue, kick started her fine season...
Also, I'd like to see KJT involved in LJ or HJ at the diamond league ...
L O L
The world championship men's 400m hurdles is going to be between 3 guys.... Samba, Walholm and Rai Benjamin. No one else in the world is going to get close to them unless they fall in Doha (which could happen of course). Benjamin just now in Rome destroyed the field, winning by over a *second* with a time of 47.58.
Agree with you about Ugen and her confidence issues. She'd always had potential but was always dogged by inconsistency, especially when it came to putting together a series of jumps during a competition. Then last season it seemed to click for her and as you mentioned, her surprise turn out in the 4 x 100m relay for England (and how well she did on the anchor leg) seemed to help her out hugely. And of course that 7.05m at the national championships was a big confidence boost too.
However come the final in Berlin, it seemed that all the old demons choose that moment to come back to haunt her, and the fact she was the world leader in the event and her failure to even get a chance to do all 6 jumps in the final, seems to have knocked her a lot.
As for your point about KJT, I also agree with your assessment. KJT would only be helped by doing some Diamond League events in the long jump, the 100m hurdles or the 200m. Especially with the fact that she is based in France these days, it would mean travel to some of these events wouldn't be too much of a problem.
Nijel Amos gets beaten, just, in a loaded 800m race, Donavan Brazier of the USA snatching the win on the line, clocking a world-leading time of 1:43.63 to Amos' 1:43.65 (SB). Canada's Brandon McBride comes 3rd with a season's best 1:43.90. Adam Kzczcot in 7th, manages to go sub 1:45 with a 1:44.75 clocking.
Alright, time for the big one... the women's 100m is next...
Elaine Thompson gets her revenge on Asher-Smith, winning the 100m in a world lead of 10.89, with DAS coming second with a 10.94 season's best.
Didn't see the 100m (watering my fruit bushes) but I'll take 10.94 from DASHER anyday, it's a long ol' season and from her interviews she is well aware of this and knows now is not the time to peak...
RunUnlimited and comments on Ugen, definitely in agreement of your analysis of her last season... I don't think KJT would make any Diamond League line up for hurdles, but it would do her no harm to try and get a slot in a 200 ...
Now... whats happening with Ms. Muir
(Incidentally, what odds that DASHER, KJT and Ms. Muir all medal at Doha?)
In the 100m, Dina made a good start, though probably not her best, and was leading Thompson over the first 50m or so. But then Thompson reeled her in over the second half of the race and passed her with about 20m to go.
Looking at that, it was great to see Elaine getting back into some sort of her past form. As for Dina, she'll be pleased with the time and will probably be glad to have actually taken a loss here... She wouldn't want to get too ahead of herself after her great start to the season.
On KJT, more 200m from her would be great!
The medal prospects of DAS, KJT and Muir?
DAS will get a medal in either the 100 or 200m.
KJT is right up there with Thiam challenging for the gold medal in the Heptathlon.
Muir.... It's so difficult to call with all the top athletes on the circuit who will be contenders in the world championships.
Well then... Dibaba and Muir were in a class of their own in the 1500m just now. Dibaba taking the lead after halfway with Tsegay and Muir in tow pulling away from the rest of the field. Then it was the world record holder making a break for it after the bell and down the back straight, only Muir was able to keep up with Dibaba's vicious kick and it stayed that way to the finish, Dibaba winning in a world leading 3:56.28, with Muir running the 2nd fastest 1500m by a Brit ever, with 3:56.73!
Tsegay managed to break 4 minutes with a 3:59.96, with former world champion Jenny Simpson coming a strong 4th with a 4:01.18 season's best.
Behind Debues-Stafford (again impressing with another big PB, this time at the 1500m with 4:01.28), Elish McColgan ran a 4:02.29 season's best, which bodes well for her more favourable events, the 5000m and 10,000m.
[EDIT]: Should add that Elish's time is well inside UKA's World Championship 1500m qualifying standard of 4:06.50. Could she make it 3 out of 3 qualifying times in the Parliament Hill 10,000m next month? (31:51.00 is the 10,000m standard btw.)
Well, looks like Pozzi knew what he was talking about then! A very good run from him here in the 110m hurdles, just missing out to former world champion Shubenkov over the last couple of hurdles and getting edged out, 13.26 to 13.28, a season's best for both hurdlers. And Pozzi took the scalps of Olympic medalist Ortega who came dead last, and Euro Indoor champion Trajkovic who came 5th.
Been a pretty good night for the Brits so far (apart from NMB, who came 7th in an electric 200m).
Great time for Our Laura. Sub-45 I think for her last 300 off a speedy pace. Bodes very well for the rest of the season. I wonder if she could have won tonight had she not been bumped back after 150m? She probably lost half a second there and had to work harder than she'd like to before joining Dibaba & Tsegay with 800 to go, especially given that the first lap was very fast.
RunUnlimited has already mentioned Debues-Stafford's PB. A shout out too for Elinor Purrier with a 5+ second PB, 4:02.34. She's a former (2018) NCAA Indoor Mile champion. Being quite stocky she doesn't look she should be a fast mid-d runner but she is.
Wonder if the super-close finish in the 5000 was fixed to try & show the IAAF the error of their ways? Just kidding. 12:53 is super-fast at this time of the season though.
5 European men set PBs of 8:24 or better in that Steeple, headed by Fernando Carro, 8:15.73, and including Zak Seddon taking 5 seconds off his PB with 8:21.28. Well done! The fastest time by a British man since ... ? I'm going to research that and get back to you.
Like that women's 5000 in Stockholm it probably helped them all that they were somewhat in contact with the leaders late into the race due to the leaders slowing in the 2nd kilometre.
Yes, I knew it had been a long time since any British man had run as fast as Zak Seddon's 8:21.28. But I didn't realise how long! It's been 26 years since a British man ran faster than that.
Let's just hope Zak doesn't go the way of Rob Mullett who ran 8:22 in 2016 and hasn't done much since.


In support of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Columbia Analytical Services (CAS) and Advanced Biological Services, Inc. (ABS) provide expanded and improved options for wastewater treatment system operators. Chemical analysis alone is not always enough to properly manage a wastewater treatment system and avoid permit violations. Obtaining regular and detailed biological information can be the key to a better understanding and management of system performance, while avoiding costly problems. Biological problems can manifest as poor settleability from filamentous bulking, as Zoogloeal bulking, or as high turbidity in the final effluent. These problems could be due to dispersed floc structure related to loading problems or poor treatment results due to toxicity issues. by Dr. Rob Whiteman, Guest Writer, Advanced Biological Services, Inc.
Biomass analysis can be defined as evaluation of the overall health of the biology of a wastewater treatment system. This involves examining floc structure, higher life forms (HLFs), the degree of undesirable microbes (such as filamentous types or Zoogloea), as well as the viability and diversity of the bacteria (the workhorse of the system). Sometimes operators carry out microscopic analyses, focusing solely on HLFs. While HLFs are indicators of health, viable counts and evaluation of ALL of the biological data (including floc structure, degree of filamentous bacteria, presence or absence of Zoogloea as well as HLFs) determine true treatment system health. Use of biomass analysis can determine biological problems early on.
CAS and ABS can arrange for sample collection or provide written instructions to train plant staff on how to properly collect the samples.
Clients receive a report that includes digital pictures of the treatment system's biomass. Each report contains concerns regarding the state of the biology with recommended changes to improve the operating conditions of the system.
Another important issue to understand is seasonal fluctuations for wastewater treatment plant biological health. In the winter, lower temperatures in combination with a lack of nutrients or dissolved oxygen, and surgeloads can result in the potential violation of an NPDES permit. As a result, ABS has developed a "Lagoon Winterization ProgramTM" to provide early warning and mitigation of potential biomass problems.
Under this program, ABS evaluates a system for winterization and recommends specific steps needed to enable smooth operation as winter approaches. The program begins with obtaining baseline data to measure health of the biomass and monthly checks to provide early warning of potential problems. Archiving of biomass for use in system recovery is also offered.
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I shall dismiss my feldsher, close the barracks, and if the cholera comes, I shall cut rather a comic figure.
"Come, husband, praying is of little avail," answered his practical wife; "we must have a feldsher" (doctor).
This first interview with the feldsher was, on the whole, satisfactory.
"You are a Feldsher," I said, making use of the word which I had recently added to my vocabulary.


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Fringe Festival 2016: "The Life of Charles Schulz"
Day: 3
Title: The Life of Charles Schulz
By: History Comes to Life
Created by: Brad Erickson
Location: Phoenix Theater
Summary: The life of St. Paul cartoonist Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts, arguably the most popular comic strip of all time, as told through a conversation with the man himself.
Highlights: Hosted by Patrick O'Brien (see also The Fever), Brad Erickson portrays the unassuming cartoonist as he talks about his life in that humble Minnesota Lutheran sort of way. With a crew cut and glasses straight out of the '50s, Brad becomes Charles Schulz as he tells us about being teased as a child, going off to WWII shortly after the death of his mother, being rejected by the red-headed girl, and his eventual success as a cartoonist and family man. The familiar characters come to life before our eyes as "Sparky" draws with a black marker on an easel sketchpad. This is a refreshingly low-tech show (a second easel holds blown-up photos on large pieces of cardboard), and a sweet and simple story that pulls at the heartstrings and taps into that nostalgia for childhood. Anyone who has ever seen the iconic TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas, or read the comic strip, or seen the movies, or enjoyed the musical You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (and let's face it, is there anyone on this planet who hasn't?) will likely enjoy getting to know the quiet, kind, humble, unassuming, regular guy behind it all. Brad performs this show at schools and ends with a Q&A session, which he does here as well, answering questions about Charles Schulz and Peanuts and giving the audience a chance to share their memories and love for Charlie Brown and friends.
Labels: Brad Erickson, Fringe Festival, History Comes to Life, Pat O'Brien, Phoenix Theatre, The Life of Charles Schulz
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And this is the top place in the Old City for sampling kanafeh, a rich traditional Middle Eastern dessert made of mildly sweet cheese, grains, and pistachios baked in a very light honey syrup. You'll see flat, orange-colored slices of kanafeh in Jaffar's window being cut on large pizzalike trays. Purchase a ticket at the cashier's counter for an order of kanafeh, take a seat at a table (drinking glasses are communal—you'll probably prefer bottled soft drinks or water), and your order will soon be delivered. Decor is plain (think polished gray walls and Formica tables), but this is an authentic place filled with locals enjoying this much-loved treat. You can order takeout, but kanafeh is best fresh from the oven. Cash only.


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Synopsis: Disillusioned with the intelligence community, top contractor Edward Snowden (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) leaves his job at the National Security Agency. He now knows that a virtual mountain of data is being assembled to track all forms of digital communication -- not just from foreign governments and terrorist groups, but from ordinary Americans. When Snowden decides to leak this classified information, he becomes a traitor to some, a hero to others and a fugitive from the law.
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An Arizona woman's effort to identify 542 in pauper's grave in Indian cemetery
Felicia Fonseca
FLAGSTAFF — An Arizona woman has completed a painstaking project to identify people buried in a once-neglected pauper's grave made up primarily of Navajo children who died of tuberculosis and other illnesses decades ago.
Gail Sadler spent about 1,200 hours going through thousands of death certificates from 1932 to 1962 to create an index. She found that 542 people were laid to rest at the Winslow Indian Cemetery, once tied to a tuberculosis sanatorium a half-mile away. The overwhelming majority were Navajo and under the age of 3.
"So many people I talked to didn't know they had brothers or sisters buried there that were born before they were," she said. "Just to have the information makes them feel they honored the memory better, or at least to know it was real."
Sadler's next goal is to secure enough money for a granite memorial plaque bearing the cemetery's name. A separate metal sign will have a brief history of the cemetery and a code that can be scanned to see the names of the dead, their ages, the names of their parents and hometowns.
The barren cemetery sits just off Interstate 40 and long had been used as a dumping ground or a place for local teenagers to hang out on Halloween. Hardly anyone in the small city of Winslow knew its history.
Sadler's interest came in 2008 after being appointed to the Winslow Historic Preservation Commission. She crawled through an old barbed wire fence and saw the ground littered with liquor bottles, roofing shingles and a washing machine. Broken wooden crosses and the few grave markers that were left didn't provide much insight.
In the years since, the commission organized cleanups of the cemetery, raised money for a simple black iron fence and put up a double cross that is a symbol of the fight against tuberculosis.
The city chipped in financially. Navajo County pledged $1,000 for the metal sign.
Navajo County Supervisor Jesse Thompson, who is Navajo and lived in Winslow as a child, said the index is a good way to show relatives of those buried there that their loved ones have been taken care of and shown respect.
"This is a project that needs to happen, and it does impact a lot of people," he said.
Still, Sadler doesn't expect many visitors. Navajo and Hopi tradition teaches that burial sites should be avoided.
Sadler herself was warned to avoid the pursuit of the dead or risk inviting evil spirits. But the soft-spoken child welfare worker says she was moved by a "sweet spirit" to continue her work.
Sadler recently approached the Navajo Nation for the $10,000 needed for a 5-by-8 granite memorial and said she got a welcome reception. She took several copies of the index with her, sparking interest from people who were able to identify people they knew.
"It really hit home quickly how small a world it is," she said.
Sadler has spent nights and weekends scouring death certificates, sometimes obsessing over the index. The most recent reference she found to the Indian cemetery was in 1961 with the burial of a Navajo girl who was stillborn. Until 1960, American Indians weren't allowed to be buried in the nearby Desert View Cemetery, she said.
While the index is complete and posted on the Historic Preservation Commission's website, Sadler's interest isn't completely quelled. She plans to continue working on the project "to make sure there are no anomalies" with the names.


Happy Wednesday loves! Is it just me or does it seem like this week has been a drag?! I kept thinking yesterday was Wednesday all day and today felt like Thursday all day. I don't know what my deal is, but I'm all thrown off haha! I think it's because I'm excited to head up north for the holiday weekend. Anyone else?! 🙂 Today's outfit post features one of my favorite denim brands and that is One Teaspoon. I love them because you can find a variety of styles and fits and each pair is always unique in itself. Not to mention, they know what they're doing with the destroyed denim look! I feel like that is something they specialize in and you can definitely tell! I wasn't sure about these shorts because they definitely have a baggy fit in the front and back and I typically like my denim to be more fitted, but once I tried these on I was instantly sold. I really love the different fit to them as it gives a really chill and relaxed vibe. The fringe and patchwork details were the icing on the cake. I snagged these ones at Free People while in Chicago a few weekends ago, but I've linked similar pairs below for you to recreate this look if you love it.
Do you guys like the baggy look or do you like to stick to something more fitted?!
Have a great Thursday beautiful people!
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Från 12 april går det inte att publicera nya inlägg på Anslagstavlan och den 30 april stängs tjänsten. För mer information.
From April 12 it is not possible to publish new posts on the Notice Board and from April 30 the service will be closed down. For more information.
The Notice Board removes postings that doesn't follow our rules. Although, it happens that notices from scammers are posted. So be careful and make no money transfers until you have seen the apartment and a contract is signed.
If the lessor requests payment via Western Union, it is likely to be a scammer.
If the lessor is located abroad and demands advance payments, it is likely to be a scammer.


The semiconductor industry has made great contributions to Taiwan's economy in the past 20 years. Because of competitive salaries and generous fringe benefits, some famous semiconductor manufacturers have become the best choice for students right after graduation. However, such magnetic effect has gradually faded away in the face of implementation of expensive employee bonuses. In a changeable environment, sharing knowledge will maintain organizational competitiveness and improve employees' cohesion. As the semiconductor industry is characterized by a low-wage and high-turnover rate, the incurred job insecurities and career uncertainties have begun to force employees to change their cohesion, loyalty to organizations and even to reduce their willingness to share knowledge with others. This study aims to explore the relationships among organizational commitment (OC), knowledge sharing (KS) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the Taiwanese semiconductor industry. On the basis of 428 subjects, the results show that KS has a partial mediating effect on the OC–OCB relationship.


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AC Milan sign Nigerian midfielder
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Following an outstanding youth career, AC Milan has signed Victor Eletu to a professional deal.
Eletu, a native of Lagos, Nigeria, was scouted at the Prince Kazeem Eletu Academy and eventually made it to AC Milan's first squad.
Ignacio Abate, the team's coach, only recently promoted him to captain of the under-19 squad.
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Allele Celestine, the player's agent, and Rafael Leao's agent, Ted Dimvula, acted as lawyers for the young Nigerian during contract negotiations.
Expert on transfers, Luca Bendoni, revealed the agreement on his Twitter account.
"17yo midfielder Victor Ehuwa Eletu has signed his first pro contract with AC Milan. What's the thing?"
In addition, he disclosed that Rafael Leao's agent had offered to meet with him to discuss the player's contract status, adding that Milan was still interested in maintaining the Chelsea target.
His agent is Ted Dimvula (the man on the left), whose main client is Rafael #Leao. 🔴⚫ #ACMilan
"Leao's contract expires in 2024. Dimvula has already met AC Milan."
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I may have already talked about this, but I decided to permanently switch to decafe coffee over regular. I really more of a coffee taster than a caffeine guy anyways. I want to be able to drink lattes, espressos, cappuccinos, and cold brew decafinated and still get the same great taste that would be found in regular coffee. My questions is this; Has there been any improvement to the decade coffee that gives you the same great taste as regular coffee without the caffeine? Are we seeing single origin decafe coffee. Should I really just expect the fact that the flavor of it is just an afterthought?
I don't really bother playing with decaf much as the only time I actually use it is if I have a dinner party. I would assume that the technology to extract the caffeine will also remove other substances. So I would point you in the direction of researching the different methods of achieving the results that you are looking for, pros and cons.
One of the best ways to research this will be to cup and taste many decaffeinated coffees.
Good luck to you, you have your work cut out for you. Nobody can really help you much as your palate is yours and is therefore different than mine (or anyone else's).
Thank you. I figured that most, if not all roasters would care more about the remove of the caffeine then the flavor.
I doubt that is true, the larger roasters probably are more likely to be that way, but the smaller ones are likely to be more flavor motivated.


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What Is a Sex Crime in Hawaii?
Sex crimes include a wide variety of criminal offenses. Sex crimes include sexual conduct or a sexual act motivated by sexual arousal or sexual gratification. Sex crimes may also include unlawful sexual contact or sexual activity through force or without consent. Some victims of sex crimes cannot give consent because they are impaired or under the age of consent. Possession of illegal sexual material may also be considered a sex crime, including child pornography.
What Are Examples of Common Sex Crimes?
There are many types of sex crimes, including rape, sexual assault, prostitution, solicitation of a minor, lewdness, indecent exposure, statutory rape, child molestation, sexual battery, and internet sex crimes. Sex crimes can be charged as federal offenses or as state crimes. Sex crimes involving children, child pornography, or sex trafficking are often prosecuted in federal court.
Is a Sex Crime a Misdemeanor or Felony?
Some sex crimes are considered misdemeanors and others are felony offenses. Some sex crimes could be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the type of offense. Sex crimes can also vary by degree (such as 1st-degree sexual assault or 2nd-degree sexual assault.) The penalties for a felony conviction are generally more severe than for a misdemeanor. Sex crime charges like public lewdness, indecent exposure, and solicitation of prostitution are often classified as misdemeanors. Misdemeanors generally have a maximum prison time of one year. More severe sex crime cases are generally tried by the district attorney as a felony. Sex crimes that are generally felony offenses include rape or aggravated sexual assault, distribution of child pornography, or child sexual abuse. Felony convictions often result in longer prison sentences and additional consequences after release.
What Are Penalties for a Sex Crime Conviction in Hawaii?
The penalties for a sex crime conviction depend on several factors, including the type of crime, violence involved, age of the victim, relationship between the alleged victim and the alleged perpetrator, criminal history, and other factors. The penalties for a felony sex crime could include a term of years of jail time, including up to 10 years or more. Other consequences of a sex crime could include paying restitution, mandatory counseling, and registering as a sex offender.
Will I Have to Register as a Sex Offender in Hawaii?
After serving the prison sentence, the person convicted may be designated as a sex offender. A sex offender has to register with law enforcement when they are released from prison, and re-register every year or if they decide to move. Failure to register as a sex offender can be a criminal offense. The sex offender registry is generally searchable by the public. Neighbors, employers, or family members could search the Hawaii sex offender registration, which may include the offender's name, photograph, address, and sexual offenses.
What Should I Do After a Sex Crime Arrest?
You have rights after you are arrested and accused of sex crime allegations. Many people who are arrested for a sex crime want to cooperate with the police to explain that it is all a misunderstanding. They may even try and contact the alleged victim to talk to them about the false accusations. However, this can be a bad idea and it can hurt your criminal defense case. If you are accused of a sex crime, make sure you understand your rights and talk to a sex crimes lawyer about handling the criminal charges. A sex crimes defense lawyer can help you with legal advice and defense strategies in your criminal case.
How Can You Avoid Jail for a Sex Crime?
The key to avoiding a jail or prison sentence if charged with a sex crime is to create a strong, resilient defense alongside your legal counsel. Several common defenses deployed in reaction to sex crimes include but are not limited to mistaken identity, lack of intent (may have inadvertently exposed oneself without meaning to) and entrapment or duress (corrupting the pool of evidence against you by providing evidence of your own to show any actions were not voluntary).
In some cases, a skilled or proficient criminal defense attorney may be able to negotiate with the prosecution in order to see your charges deferred or de-escalated. In exchange for a probation program, rehabilitation, community service or other diversions, you may be able to avoid incarceration.
What to Do When Faced With a Sex Crime Charge
You should not talk to investigators and immediately hire a lawyer who aggressively represents sex crime defendants. A lawyer can protect your constitutional rights, form your defense and challenge evidence against you. If you decide not to fight, your lawyer may be able to negotiate a plea bargain.
Do You Need a Lawyer if Charged With a Sex Crime?
Yes. If you are facing charges related to sex crimes, it should be your first order of business to acquire legal representation. An experienced criminal defense attorney familiar with sex crimes can call upon standing statutes, past precedent and existing case law in order to best represent your interests.
Together, you can strategize with your attorney, working to craft the best possible defense should you decide to take the case to trial. Otherwise, your attorney can negotiate on your behalf in search of an amenable plea bargain or plea deal.
Working without professional legal advice is a surefire way to reduce your odds of acquittal, or of a beneficial plea bargain. Given the gravity of sex crime charges, and any conviction placing you on a public sex offender registry, it is highly advised that you speak to a defense attorney as soon as possible.
Top Questions to Ask When Hiring an Attorney
How many years have you been practicing law? How long have you practiced law in the local area?
How many cases similar to mine have you handled in the past?
What is the likely outcome for my case?
In legal practice, experience matters. An experienced attorney will likely have handled issues similar to yours many, many times. Therefore, after listening to your situation, the attorney should have a reasonable idea of the time line for a case like yours and the likely resolution.
What to Expect from an Initial Consultation
Seek to determine whether the attorney can represent you. There is no one-size-fits-all legal solution and it may turn out your needs are better served by an attorney in a different specialization.
It's important to find a legal ally who is both competent in the law and someone you can trust to protect your interests.
Discuss how the practice's billing works and discuss possible additional charges or fees that may arise during or after the resolution of your case.
An attorney consultation should provide you with enough information so that you can make an informed decision on whether to proceed with legal help.
Points to Consider Before Hiring a Lawyer
Experience. Regardless of the type of legal matter you need help with, an experienced attorney will usually be able to get you better results.
Competence. Determine an attorney's expertise by asking about their track record for the issue you need help with resolving.
Fit. There are plenty of good attorneys out there; make sure you find one you are comfortable working with.
Plaintiff – a person or party who brings a lawsuit against another person(s) or party/parties in a court of law. Private persons or parties can only file suit in civil court.
Judgment – A decision of the court. Also known as a decree or order. Judgments handed down by the court are usually binding on the parties before the court.


The Pebble smartwatch gets a lot of press, but not much love. The Apple iWatch, not expected until 2014, will get roughly equal measures of love and hate regardless. Now, Samsung is on the verge of delivering the Galaxy Gear smartwatch and the stakes couldn't higher.
Last week, reports emerged that the Samsung Galaxy Gear, an Android 4.x powered bit of wearable technology, will be introduced next week. GigaOM's Om Malek, one of the United States' newest citizens, has confirmed that the launch will indeed come on Wednesday, September 4 at events to be held in Berlin, Germany and New York, USA.
Which is the smaller half of the answer to the question of when the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch will come into being. The other, larger half of the answer is less certain.
"Our source mentions week 36 as the likely time when the Note III will begin shipping, while the smartwatch will be shipped around week 40, though a delay of a week or two may happen, depending on region," writes fan blog SamMobile.
Week 40 of 2013 runs from September 30 through October 6. Again, SamMobile cautions a week or two slippage could occur.
An interesting twist — a closed-source, walled-garden twist — is that apps for the Galaxy Gear won't be available on Google's Play mobile marketplace, but rather Samsung's proprietary app store — no one has ever beaten let alone matched Apple on its home "wall garden" turf.
Yes, the speeds and feeds look more than adequate. The shortlist of features — Android 4.x, Twitter and Facebook integration, bump-to-sync, notification syncing, etc — looks OK, too.
However, Samsung has a nasty habit of munging up its devices with features that either don't work or only partly as advertised. In order to own the smartwatch space, the Galaxy Gear will need to be much more than merely adequate — it's all about the user experience.
Are you excited to try the Galaxy Gear or will it be just another poorly tossed Samsung feature salad?