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Live Phish 07.29.03 was recorded live at the Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, on July 29, 2003.

The band told Rolling Stone that they had recently downloaded their entire repertoire on an iPod and purposely decided to play a show of rarities on this summer night in Pittsburgh.

Choices include a very rare performance of the Velvet Underground's "Cool It Down". the only post-hiatus performance of "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters", and the first version of "Harpua" since the 1998 The Dark Side of the Moon breakout, featuring the debut of Jon Fishman singing Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around and Fell in Love".

Bonus tracks include "Piper" and "Twist" from the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on July 9, 2003, and a jammed-out version of "Seven Below" from The Gorge in George, Washington, on July 13, 2003.

This show was also among a small batch of the 2003 live shows to be released in CD form.

Track listing

Disc one
 "Daniel Saw the Stone" (Traditional) - 4:02
 "Camel Walk" (Holdsworth) - 5:30
 "Gotta Jibboo" (Anastasio, Lawton, Markellis) - 13:11
 "Cool It Down" (Reed) - 8:33
 "Scent of a Mule" (Gordon) - 10:30
 "Fee" (Anastasio) - 7:50
 "Timber" (White) - 7:45
 "When the Circus Comes" (Hidalgo, Pérez) - 5:11
 "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 9:15
 "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) - 5:02

Disc two
 "Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) - 4:58
 "Pittsburgh Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 21:35
 "Thunderhead" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:31
 "Brother" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 7:35
 "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 4:11
 "Bittersweet Motel" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 2:43
 "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 1:58
 "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" (Bishop) - 4:17
 "Hold Your Head Up" (Argent, White) - 1:03
 "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 6:29
 "David Bowie" (Anastasio) - 14:02

Disc Three
Tracks 2 - 4 are CD-only bonus tracks.  Tracks 2 and 3 were recorded on July 9, 2003 at the Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA.   Track 4 was recorded on July 13, 2003 at The Gorge, George, WA.
 "Farmhouse" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:58
 "Piper" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 19:08
 "Twist" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 11:34
 "Seven Below" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 21:31

Personnel
Trey Anastasio - guitars, lead vocals, drums on "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" and "Hold Your Head Up"
Page McConnell - piano, organ, backing vocals
Mike Gordon - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Scent of a Mule"
Jon Fishman - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Crosseyed and Painless" and "Fooled Around and Fell in Love"

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We all feel anxious from time to time. It's when that anxiety starts impacting our actions and day-to-day life that it can become a cause for concern. For many of us, feelings of stress and anxiety can come hand-in-hand. According to the Mental Health Foundation, nearly 8.2 million of us experience anxiety in the UK, with an astonishing 74% of us feeling 'overwhelmed or unable to cope' due to stress over the past year.
What is making so many married clients so angry, bitter or resentful?
For the most part, our families all want us to be successful. Chances are, when you landed your first job, your parents couldn't have been more proud. Things can get awkward when you start looking a little closer at your finances and realise you are earning more than your parents or siblings.


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What Kind of World is This?
Four nights ago I took a taxi home. The Pakistani driver told me he hasn't been home in three years. Not because he doesn't want to go. But because the Taliban, who control the area around his home, make it virtually impossible for him to do so.
He said they've blocked the routes leading to his village, torched convoys of much-needed food supplies and randomly killed members of his family. He told me one of their terror techniques is to give an innocent child a bag full of explosives, send them into a market or public place, then remotely detonate the explosives, thus killing the child, and anyone who happens to be nearby.
What kind of people do things like that?
Two nights ago another taxi driver told me he hasn't been in contact with his family in Pakistan for three months. The last time he spoke with them, they told him not to come home, because they feared for his safety if he did. He hasn't heard from them since, nor has he been able to reach them by phone. He doesn't even know if they are still alive. Yet he continues to work, driving taxi in Dubai, hoping that soon he'll get word that they're okay.
What kind of world is one in which:
A man sexually abuses his daughter from the age of 11, imprisons her from the age of 19 (in a cellar for 24 years ), rapes her repeatedly and fathers her seven children?
Thousands and thousands of women are murdered and raped each year?
Murder is the number one cause of death of pregnant women in the United States?
Over 5000 women and girls are killed every year by family members in so-called 'honour killings'?
Every year, hundreds of women in India are burned to death by their husbands and/or their husbands' families as a result of dowry disputes?
What kind of world is this? The kind where we must choose to live in such a way that we become a force for good, an instrument of positive change, a wellspring of compassion. There is no other choice in a world like this.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Luka Modric ended the long reign of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo by winning the Ballon d'Or for the first time on Monday, while another first saw Norwegian forward Ada Hegerberg win the inaugural women's trophy.
Messi and Ronaldo had won every Ballon d'Or since 2008 and usually fought only each other for the greatest recognition among soccer's elite. Women's fight for recognition on the biggest stage took a big step with Hegerberg's award.
Modric won the Champions League with Real Madrid and then guided Croatia to the World Cup final in July. The midfielder was voted player of the tournament.
"As a kid we all have dreams. My dream was to play for a big club and win important trophies," Modric said. "The Ballon d'Or was more than just a dream for me and it is really an honor and a privilege to hold this trophy."
Ronaldo was second in the polling followed by France forward Antoine Griezmann. France's teen star, Kylian Mbappe, was fourth. Brazil star Neymar was third last year but only 12th this time. Messi was fifth in the voting, having been runner-up to Ronaldo the past two years and in the top three every year since 2007. Modric had never previously been in the top three.
"2018 is a dream year for me," the 33-year-old Modric said. "Throughout my career, I realized hard work, persistence and belief in yourself in difficult moments are the foundations of success."
Modric's father was shown on the big screen wiping away tears during the ceremony at the imperious Grand Palais in Paris.
Ronaldo missed out on a record sixth award, which would have moved him one ahead of Messi. The last player to win it before those two started dominating world soccer awards was Brazil midfielder Kaka with AC Milan in 2007.
Ronaldo also won the Champions League last season with Modric, before leaving to join Juventus. He scored a hat-trick against Spain at the World Cup but he failed to make an impression when Portugal lost to Uruguay in the round of 16.
Mbappe and Griezmann scored in the 4-2 World Cup final win against Croatia. Mbappe earned a domestic treble with Paris Saint-Germain. Griezmann also scored twice for Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final win against Marseille.
France coach Didier Deschamps said a France player should have won the award.
"They deserve it because of what they did with the national team at the World Cup and also because of the trophies they won with their clubs," Deschamps said.
The 19-year-old Mbappe, the youngest player to score in a World Cup final, won the Raymond Kopa Trophy awarded to the best young player.
France Football magazine has been awarding the Ballon d'Or since 1956, and created a women's award for the first time this year.
Hegerberg is a three-time Women's Champions League winner with French side Lyon and scored a tournament-record 15 times last season.
"I want to say thanks to France Football. It's a huge step for women's football," Hegerberg said. "I want to end this speech with a message to all young girls in the world. Believe in yourselves."
The outspoken 23-year-old Hegerberg said she won't play for Norway at the Women's World Cup in France next June.
Taking a stand against what she describes as a lack of respect for female players in Norway, she hasn't played for the national team since 2017 when it crashed out of the group stage of the Women's European Championship without scoring a goal.
Speaking in an interview shortly before collecting her Ballon d'Or, Hegerberg told The Associated Press on Monday she has no plans to reconsider her decision taken to preserve her "authenticity and my values, as a person, as a footballer."
"A lot of things need to be done to make the conditions better for women who play football," she said. "It's all about how we respect women's football. I don't think the respect has been there.
"Sometimes you have to take tough decisions to stay true to yourself. I let them know, quite clearly, what I found wasn't working."


La Belle Assemblée, June 1806.
La Belle Assemblée began publication in February 1806. The price was 3s 6d per issue, and included hand-colored fashion prints. But for a reduced price of 2s 6d you could get prints in black-and-white. By 1808, only colored-print versions were available. I have 2 volumes from 1807 which have prints that are partially colored, eg one figure is black-and-white and one colored. This may represent some sort of interim stage before going full color.
The print shown here is from a black and white issue. The prints in the first year of La Belle Assemblée's production are beautifully drawn, and often by acclaimed artists and engravers. This print was drawn by artist Arthur William Devis, a painter of portraits and historical subjects, most famous today for his Death of Nelson. Over 60 of his paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy. He fell into hard times and spent time in debtor's prison. Shortly after his release, he began producing designs for the early issues of La Belle Assemblée. All designs attributed to him have such beautiful faces. As a portrait painter, he clearly had a good eye for faces. I have never regretted that this print is not colored, because I love the faces so much.
Madame Lanchester, who designed these dresses, was a famous modiste of the period. Many of her designs are represented among the prints on this website, including Walking and Riding Dresses of August 1800, and Opera Dress of March 1809.
"Plate I. Fig. 1–Walking Dress. [shown on the right] Round gown of fine cambric muslin, with long sleeves, and trimmed round the bottom with double muslin. A cloak of fine clear muslin, bound round with white satin ribband. A white sarsnet bonnet, ornamented with white satin puffing. Grey kid gloves and shoes.


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ASTM F2676 - 19 en
Standard Test Method for Determining the Protective Performance of an Arc Protective Blanket for Electric Arc Hazards
1.1 This test method is used to evaluate the ability of the arc protective blankets to withstand the effects of arc flash and arc blast in a configuration in which the blanket is hung or anchored near energized equipment. Specifically, this test method is used to determine the arc protective blanket's (1) resistance to breakopen, (2) mechanical strength, and (3) ability to self-extinguish flames following a controlled arc exposure.
1.2 This method is used to determine the performance of arc protective blankets in terms of: maximum arc current level expressed in kA and BTP (BTP) expressed as the product of arc current in kA and arc duration in number of cycles to cause breakopen (kA*cycles). Cycles are on the basis of 60 Hz.
1.3 Blanket test specimens used in this test method are test size blankets of 152 ± 5 cm (60 ± 2 in.) by 122 ± 5 cm (48 ± 2 in.). The test specimen size is for testing purposes only. Commercially available arc protective blankets either larger or smaller than the test specimen size are covered by this standard.
1.4 The arc protective blankets described in this test method are made of flame-resistant materials and are available in varying sizes and configurations based on the application.
1.5 This test method shall be used to measure and describe the properties of materials, products, or assemblies in response to incident thermal (convective and radiant) and pressure energies generated by an electric arc under controlled laboratory conditions.
1.6 The values stated in SI units shall be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversion to inch-pound or other units commonly used for arc testing.
1.7 This standard shall not be used to describe or appraise the fire hazard or fire risk of materials, products, or assemblies under actual fire conditions. However, results of this test may be used as elements of a fire assessment, which takes into account all of the factors, which are pertinent to an assessment of the fire hazard of a particular end use.
1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific precautions, see Section 7.
Dutch title Standard Test Method for Determining the Protective Performance of an Arc Protective Blanket for Electric Arc Hazards
English title Standard Test Method for Determining the Protective Performance of an Arc Protective Blanket for Electric Arc Hazards


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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Pakistan by Etest compared to Calibrated Dichotomous Sensitivity and Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute disc diffusion techniques
Pushpa Bhawan Mal1,
Kauser Jabeen1,
Joveria Farooqi1,
Magnus Unemo2 &
Erum Khan1
Accurate detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance is essential for appropriate management and prevention of spread of infection in the community. In this study Calibrated Dichotomous Sensitivity (CDS) and Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) disc diffusion methods were compared with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) by Etest in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Karachi, Pakistan. CDS and CLSI disc diffusion techniques, and Etest for ceftriaxone, penicillin G, spectinomycin and ciprofloxacin against 100 isolates from years 2012–2014 were performed. Due to lack of CLSI breakpoints for azithromycin, it was interpreted using cut-offs from British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC). Due to lack of low concentration tetracycline discs, tetracycline was tested with CLSI disc diffusion and Etest only. Comparisons were based on the identified susceptibility, intermediate susceptibility and resistance (SIR) categories using the different methods. Complete percent agreement was percentage agreement achieved when test and reference method had identical SIR-category. Essential percent agreement was percentage agreement when minor discrepancies were disregarded.
There was 100 % and 99 % overall essential agreement and 50 % versus 23 % overall complete agreement by CDS and CLSI methods, respectively, with MICs for all tested antibiotics. Using either method, there was 100 % complete agreement for ceftriaxone and spectinomycin. There was 90 % versus 86 % complete agreement for ciprofloxacin, and 60 % and 75 % for penicillin using CDS and CLSI method, respectively. Essential agreement of 99 % and complete agreement of 62 % was found for tetracycline with CLSI method. There was 100 % essential and complete agreement by CDS, BSAC and Etest for azithromycin.
No major errors with regard to identified SIR-categories were found for penicillin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and spectinomycin using CLSI and CDS methods. All isolates were susceptible to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin, and 99 % to azithromycin. In low-resource settings, both the CLSI and CDS disc diffusion techniques might be used for susceptibility testing of gonococcal isolates. However, these methods require considerable standardization and quality controls for adequate levels of reproducibility and correct interpretation to reflect appropriately the MIC values of the different antimicrobials. New, emerging, or rare resistance should be confirmed by MIC determination.
Treatment of gonorrhea is compromised due to global emergence and dissemination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains that are resistant to most antimicrobial agents available for treatment [1]. Accurate detection of antimicrobial resistance is essential for appropriate management of gonorrhea and prevention of spread of infection as well as complications in individual patients [2].
There are several methods available for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in N. gonorrhoeae. These include disc diffusion methods and/or breakpoints recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) [3], British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) [4] and European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) [5], and agar dilution and the Etest techniques that determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of antimicrobials [3]. Many laboratories in less-resourced settings use high-content disc diffusion method recommended by the CLSI due to its ease and low cost. However, disc diffusion method might not accurately detect all gonococcal strains with decreased susceptibility or low-level resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) [6]. Calibrated Dichotomous Sensitivity method (CDS) using low content disc diffusion methodology has, in situations when MIC determination cannot be performed, been advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO) programs for N. gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance surveillance [7]. Use of a 30 μg ceftriaxone disc as recommended by the CLSI has been reported to be ineffective to detect decreased susceptibility and low-level resistance to ESCs in N. gonorrhoeae strains [6]. Therefore use of a ceftriaxone 0.5 μg disc has been advocated by the CDS-based WHO based programs for N. gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance surveillance. The lower potency ceftriaxone disc can more effectively detect increases at the lower MIC values [7]. In the CDS technique, it was also recently recommended to additionally use a 10 μg cefpodoxime disc for detection of decreased susceptibility and resistance to ESCs. The 10 μg cefpodoxime disc was shown to be an effective screening method for detection of gonococcal strains containing a penA mosaic allele encoding a mosaic penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2), which can result in decreased susceptibility or resistance to ESCs [8]. N. gonorrhoeae strains with decreased susceptibility or resistance to ESCs have not yet been reported from Pakistan [9]. However, mainly the CLSI recommended disc diffusion method has been used and, accordingly, it is essential to appropriately evaluate this method on the N. gonorrhoeae strains circulating in Pakistan.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the performance of CDS and CLSI disc diffusion techniques in assessing susceptibilities of N. gonorrhoeae to ceftriaxone, penicillin G, spectinomycin, and ciprofloxacin. MIC determination using the Etest was applied as a reference method. Due to the non-availability of low potency tetracycline discs, tetracycline was compared using CLSI and reference method only. Furthermore, azithromycin was tested using BSAC and CDS methods only as no azithromycin interpretative breakpoints are stated by the CLSI. Only two studies have previously performed a head to head comparison of the two main disc diffusion methods (CDS and CLSI) with the Etest [10, 11].
This prospective descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Pakistan. The laboratory is a sentinel site for surveillance of gonococcal resistance and regularly participates in international gonococcal external quality assessment program. One hundred consecutive N. gonorrhoeae isolates cultured from urethral swabs (n = 85), high vaginal and cervical swabs (n = 14) and conjunctiva swab (n = 1) from January 2012 to February 2014 were included in the study. The study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of university (Exemption #2365-Pat-12). N. gonorrhoeae isolates were identified by conventional tests using standard protocol including colony morphology, Gram staining, oxidase test, sugar utilization and Remel RapidNH® Panel (BioMérieux, France).
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed and interpreted according to the CDS [7], CLSI [3], and only for azithromycin BSAC [4] criteria using disc diffusion methods, in strict accordance to the instructions from the manufacturer. Susceptibility with the CLSI method was performed as routine clinical laboratory work. Isolates were subsequently stored at −80 °C in glycerol buffered phosphate. The isolates were later revived and the CDS and Etest methods were performed simultaneously in four batches. MIC determination was performed using Etest strips as specified by the manufacturer (AB Biodisk, Stockholm, Sweden) against ceftriaxone, penicillin G, spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin and tetracycline. Finally, N. gonorrhoeae isolates were also tested for β-lactamase production by the chromogenic cephalosporin method using nitrocefin freeze-dried powder (Oxoid, Hampshire, UK).
Inoculum preparation
A homogenous suspension of 0.5 McFarland turbidity was made from fresh culture (24 h) on GC agar base (GC agar base medium, Becton Dickinson, UK) with 1 % BBL IsoVitalex Enrichment (Becton Dickinson, France). For all four methods (CLSI, CDS, BSAC and Etest), inoculum was prepared by emulsifying single large or 2–3 small colonies in 2.5 mL sterile saline (0.85 %). This suspension was used within 15 min. All plates for antimicrobial susceptibility testing were incubated at 35–37 °C in 5 % CO2-enriched humid atmosphere for 20-h [3, 7].
CDS disc diffusion method
Due to non-availability of chocolate Columbia agar, antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed on GC agar base (GC agar base medium, Becton Dickinson, UK) with 1 % BBL IsoVitalex Enrichment (Becton Dickinson, France) with the following low concentration antibiotic discs (Oxoid): ceftriaxone (0.5 μg), cefpodoxime (10 μg), penicillin G (0.5 IU), spectinomycin (100 μg), ciprofloxacin (1 μg), azithromycin (15 μg) and nalidixic acid (30 μg). The use of this alternate agar medium for susceptibility testing did not affect the results of the quality control strains and, accordingly, the results were considered valid. The results were interpreted by measuring the annular radius of the inhibition zones and categorized as susceptible (S), intermediate susceptible (I) and resistant (R) [7]. Cefpodoxime disc (10 μg) was used as screening method for detection of decreased susceptibility or resistance to ESC [8]. Nalidixic acid was used as a marker for detection of isolates with decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin. Due to non-availability of low potency tetracycline discs, CDS disc diffusion technique was not performed for tetracycline.
CLSI disc diffusion method
Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed on GC agar base (GC agar base medium, Becton Dickinson, UK) with 1 % BBL IsoVitalex Enrichment (Becton Dickinson, France) with the following high concentration discs (Oxoid): ceftriaxone (30 μg), penicillin (10 IU), spectinomycin (100 μg), ciprofloxacin (5 μg), nalidixic acid (30 μg) and tetracycline (30 μg). The results were interpreted by measuring the inhibition zone diameters and categorized as susceptible, intermediate susceptible and resistant [3].
BSAC disc diffusion method
Antibiotic susceptibility testing for azithromycin (15 μg) was performed on GC agar base (GC agar base medium, Becton Dickinson, UK) with 1 % BBL IsoVitalex Enrichment (Becton Dickinson, France). The results were interpreted by measuring inhibition zone diameters and categorized as susceptible, intermediate susceptible or resistant [4].
Etest method
The Etest method was used as reference method. MICs of ceftriaxone, penicillin G, spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin and tetracycline were determined by the Etest method (AB Biodisk), according to manufacturer's instructions, on GC agar base (GC agar base medium, Becton Dickinson, UK) with 1 % BBL IsoVitalex Enrichment (Becton Dickinson, France). The results were interpreted in SIR categories according to the CLSI criteria [3].
N. gonorrhoeae reference strain ATCC 49226 and the 2008 WHO reference strains F, G, K, L, M, N, O, and P [12] were used as quality controls for the disc diffusion methods. MICs using the Etest for these strains were tested against ceftriaxone only (Table 1).
Table 1 Mean annular radius and expected ranges of WHO Neisseria gonorrhoeae reference strains (F, G, K, L, M, N, O and P)
Data were analyzed using Stata 12 and Microsoft Excel 2010. The SIR-categories using the CDS and CLSI disk diffusion methods were compared with the SIR-categories obtained by the reference method, i.e., the Etest. Rates of discrepancies for each antibiotic were determined into three categories minor [test result showed R or S and reference results showed I or test results showed I and reference results showed R or S], major (S interpreted as R) and very major (R interpreted as S) [13].
Complete and essential percent agreement between the reference and test method was calculated. The complete percent agreement value was the proportion of isolates with identical SIR-category by both test and reference methods. The essential percent agreement value was proportion of isolates with similar results by both reference and test method when minor errors (as defined above) were disregarded [13]. Kappa value was calculated as the statistical measure of SIR-agreement between reference (Etest) and evaluated (CLSI or CDS) methods. Kappa value below zero depicted poor, 0.00–0.20 showed slight agreement, 0.21–0.40 fair, 0.41–0.60 moderate, 0.61–0.80 substantial, and 0.81–1.00 very high agreement.
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 100 N. gonorrhoeae isolates was performed by two disc diffusion techniques and Etest (reference method) for ceftriaxone, penicillin G, spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline. The inhibition zone diameters and MICs of the WHO reference strains (F, G, K, L, M, N, O and P) were within the acceptable range for these quality control strains (Table 1). All (100 %) isolates were susceptible to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin by all three methods. Using Etest, 99 %, 12 %, 8 % and 0 % isolates were susceptible to azithromycin, tetracycline, penicillin G and ciprofloxacin, respectively (Table 2). Table 3 shows comparison of discrepancies and agreement of CDS and CLSI disc diffusion method with Etest as well as kappa scores for five different antibiotics. The rates of discrepancies for each antibiotic were different for both the CDS and CLSI technique on comparison with Etest method as shown in Table 3. An overall essential agreement of 99 % and an overall complete agreement of 23 % were found between CLSI disc diffusion method and Etest. An overall essential agreement of 100 % and an overall complete agreement of 50 % were found between CDS disc diffusion method and Etest. Statistically kappa scores for penicillin G showed that CDS method had fair while CLSI method had moderate level of agreement with Etest. For ciprofloxacin, CDS method had moderate agreement while CLSI method had slight agreement with Etest. For tetracycline, CLSI method had fair level of agreement (Table 3). For ceftriaxone and spectinomycin; kappa value could not be calculated because there was only one category i.e. susceptible. Accordingly, the complete percent agreement of the CDS and CLSI method with Etest for ceftriaxone and spectinomycin was 100 %.
Table 2 Antimicrobial susceptibility results of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates by CDS/CLSI disc diffusion and MIC by Etest (n = 100)
Table 3 Comparison of discrepancies and agreement between the CDS, CLSI and Etest method for 100 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates
Table 4 shows SIR agreement rates for penicillin, azithromycin and ciprofloxacin using CDS method and penicillin, tetracycline, azithromycin and ciprofloxacin using CLSI method against reference method. This table also describes the number of concordant and discordant results using these two methods. Majority of discordant results were seen with penicillin using both methods and with tetracycline using CLSI method. Ciprofloxacin discordance rates were comparable by both CDS and CLSI methods. The details of each antibiotic results are discussed separately below.
Table 4 SIR agreement rate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates by CDS/CLSI disc diffusion against MIC by Etest (All 100 isolates were sensitive to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin by all three methods therefore are not shown in this table)
By the Etest, 08 %, 49 % and 43 % of isolates were interpreted as susceptible, intermediate susceptible and resistant, respectively (Table 2). Of 43 penicillin G resistant isolates, 41 were β-lactamase positive and two had chromosomally mediated resistance. On comparison of Etest with CDS and CLSI disc diffusion methods, minor discrepancies were observed at 40 % and 25 %, respectively (Table 3; details of discordance are shown in Table 4). Major and very major discrepancies were not found with any of the disc diffusion methods. The complete percent agreement of the CDS and CLSI method with Etest for penicillin G was 60 % and 75 % respectively, and the essential agreement was 100 %.
None of the isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin by Etest. The number of intermediate susceptible and resistant isolates were 14 (14 %) and 86 (86 %), respectively (Table 3). Out of 86 resistant isolates, 48 (55.8 %) had a high-level resistance (defined as MIC ≥4 μg/ml).
On comparison of Etest with CDS and CLSI disc diffusion methods, minor discrepancies were observed at 10 % and 14 %, respectively (Tables 3, 4). Complete agreement for the CDS and CLSI method was 90 % and 86 %, respectively. No major and very major discrepancies were observed.
By Etest 12 %, 37 % and 51 % of isolates were interpreted as susceptible, intermediate susceptible and resistant, respectively (Table 2). Out of 51 resistant isolates, 28(54.9 %) were tetracycline resistant N. gonorrhoeae (TRNG) (MIC ≥16 μg/ml). On comparison of the CLSI disc diffusion technique with the Etest, 1 % major and 37 % minor discrepancies were found (Table 3). The complete and essential percentage agreement for the CLSI technique was 62 % and 99 %, respectively.
Ninety-nine percent and 01 % of isolates were interpreted as susceptible and resistant, respectively, by the Etest, BSAC and CDS disc diffusion methods (Table 2). 100 % complete agreement and essential agreement were found for both the BSAC and CDS method when compared with the Etest.
Present study reports a head to head comparison of the CLSI and CDS disc diffusion methods with the Etest (MIC-based reference method) for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of N. gonorrhoeae. A poor overall agreement (23 %) between the CLSI disc diffusion method and the Etest was seen. Discrepancies were most frequent for tetracycline, where 37 minor errors and 1 major error were noted with a complete agreement of 62 % with the Etest. These results are concordant with findings of Singh et al. from India, where an overall agreement of 49.5 % was reported between the CLSI method and reference method [10]. In this previous study [10] also, one of the main reason of the poor performance of the CLSI method was the low agreement for tetracycline (75 %) with the reference method. When excluding tetracycline from the analysis, the overall agreement of the CLSI method with the reference method increased from 23 % to 61 % in our study and to 49.5 % to 75 % in the study by Singh et al. [10]. In contrast, Khaki et al. reported excellent agreement of the CLSI method with the reference method [11].
In the current study, an overall agreement of 50 % was found between the CDS method and the reference method. Singh et al. reported an overall agreement of 82 % between CDS method and the reference method [10]. Khaki et al. also reported excellent agreement of CDS with the reference method [11]. We could not compare our results with these studies because we did not perform CDS testing of tetracycline due to non-availability of low concentration tetracycline discs.
Our findings for ceftriaxone and spectinomycin were consistent with those of Singh et al. who reported 100 % complete agreement of spectinomycin by both methods and 98.6 % complete agreement of ceftriaxone by CLSI and 98.3 % by CDS technique [10]. Khaki et al. reported 100 % complete agreement of both the CDS and CLSI methods and the reference method for spectinomycin and ceftriaxone [11]. For penicillin G higher proportion of isolates were labeled as resistant by the CDS method in comparison to reference method. These results were similar to Khaki et al. who also reported that the CDS method interpreted intermediate isolates as resistant to penicillin [11]. Bala et al. reported moderate level of agreement between the CDS method and reference method for penicillin, that is, 28 % minor errors by the CDS method [14].
For ciprofloxacin our results are consistent with Singh et al. and Bala et al. Accordingly, Singh et al. reported a complete agreement of 88.5 % for the CLSI method and 92.9 % for the CDS method with reference method and Bala et al. reported a complete agreement of 79.8 % for the CDS method with reference method [10, 14]. In contrast, Khaki et al. reported 100 % agreement by both methods [11].
No discrepancy was observed for azithromycin between the CDS, BSAC and reference methods. Due to the lack of azithromycin SIR break-points stated by the CLSI, the CLSI method was not evaluated for this antimicrobial in the current study or previous studies by Singh et al. and Bala et al. [10, 14].
The current study observed an overall essential agreement of 100 % and 99 % with CDS and CLSI technique, respectively, with the reference method. Only one isolate showed a major error in the tetracycline reporting by the CLSI method in current study. In contrast, Singh et al. reported 16 major errors by CLSI method in tetracycline reporting and 2 major errors by CDS method [10].
In less-resourced settings, where the preferred MIC-testing cannot be performed, Singh et al. reported that the CDS disc diffusion method was preferred to the CLSI disc diffusion method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of N. gonorrhoeae [10]. However, Khaki et al. recommended the CLSI method because it was more accurate and more feasible compared to the CDS method. In the current study, no major errors were identified for penicillin G, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and spectinomycin testing by any of the methods.
Low concentration disc for tetracycline was not tested so its comparison with CDS method was not possible. Recommended media like Columbia agar for CDS and 5 % defibrinated horse blood agar for BSAC methods were not used due to non-availability of these media. However the techniques were optimized on the media used in current study by using WHO quality control strains for CDS technique and ATCC 49226 for BSAC technique. Since 100 % of investigated isolates were susceptible to ceftriaxone and spectinomycin, and 99 % to azithromycin, agreement across all categories could not be assessed.
In less-resourced settings, both the CLSI and CDS disc diffusion techniques might be used for susceptibility testing of gonococcal isolates. However results of disc diffusion methods for tetracycline and for isolates approaching SIR breakpoints for ceftriaxone, spectinomycin and azithromycin should be interpreted with caution. Furthermore, the disc diffusion methods require considerable standardization and appropriate quality control measures to attain an adequate level of reproducibility and correct interpretation, reflecting the MIC values of the different antimicrobials. New, emerging, or rare resistance should always be confirmed by MIC determination. Finally, due to the non-availability of low antimicrobial concentration discs in the country a wide implementation of CDS disc diffusion method in Pakistan could be challenging.
ESCs:
extended spectrum cephalosporins
CDS:
calibrated dichotomous sensitivity
CLSI:
Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
BSAC:
British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
susceptibility, intermediate susceptibility and resistance categories
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The study was supported by the Residents Research Grant Committee of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
KJ, PB and MU conceptualized the study. PB performed all experiments. KJ, EK, MU, PB and JF drafted the manuscript. JF performed the statistical analysis. All authors contributed to review, and to the revision of the report. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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I AM YOUR BROTHER American Idol/Northside Assembly Edition
Many if not most of you probably saw the American Idol episode the other night with this guy singing his own original composition, "I am Your Brother" to Simon. It was just priceless. Well... here's my own funny story about it.
In our household we were laughing hysterically as this guy sang the song. But I told Larry, "you know, the guy has a terrible voice but it wouldn't be THAT bad of a song if he right person were singing it, in fact it would kind of be a nice song." And he says, "WHAT?! You're crazy." So I (who have a decent singing voice)proceeded to sing it for him myself. Only I was laughing so hard I couldn't get through it properly and do it well. So instead, because my family was telling me it was still a stupid worthless song no matter who sang it, ran to the piano (I play pretty well by ear) and I said, "hold on, at least I can play it right while laughing and let you hear how it should really sound..."
So I played it and my family was laughing like this was the craziest thing ever. But I thought I had proved my point. I said, "see! It's not a bad song."
Well this morning before prayer, I was telling this to the worship team and Joel Powell (one of our singers) says, "Pastor Deanna, I dare you to play that song in the background while the Royal Rangers are having their council of achievement presentation today in the morning service!"
Well, anyone who knows me well knows that many times I'll take a dare especially if it's something really crazy. (I am not into dangerous stuff, just funny stuff.) So.............
This morning after the opener of the service, the Royal Rangers get up there to do their thing and I just inconspicuously start playing the keyboard in the background while the senior commander, Alex Rivera is talking, and I'm playing my rendition of, "I am your brother." The worship team was trying hard not to lose it and bust out laughing and Pastor Lindsay was even mouthing the words as I played it.
Actually, it worked. The song worked. I'm telling you, it would even work for an altar call and your church people would be none the wiser. For all they know you could be playing some old hymn they never heard.
Maybe some of you should try it next week. Mix up the repertoire.
Try it for offertory.
You never know, a few people might even get saved or at least be really blessed! (LOL)


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I am trying to change data source for Webi Reports using Prompts. I have Multiple dataproviders in my webi report eg: Universes, Bex, excel..
. How can i create the prompt in webi for dataproviders.
. Can we do both in Input Controls and/ in scheduling prompt as iam going to schdule the reports.
. When user selects dataproviders where universe1 then I am expecting universe1 table block in the report similarly if user selects universe2 then I am expecting universe2 table block in the report Similarly when user selects Bex Query then I am expecting bex query table block in the report etc..
Can anybody help me with an sample or snapshots.
If prompts are different in the webi report for all data providers then you can hide the specific tables in the webi report when they are blank.
Right click on the table and checked the option "Hide when empty".With this if user will enter the prompt value for universe1 prompt then only table from universe1 display.other will be hidden.if user will select the prompt values from two universes then two tables will display.or based on the requirement you can do the conditional hiding also.
If this is required for reconciliation only then create one DF and even can keep separate tables without joins. one business layer and separate class for each view or database.this is based on assumption only some technical people will develop the reports on this universe and not going to be use for other reporting.
instead of doing everything in one tab only ,create separate tab for one each.like one oracle new objects and one for existing one or display data like this.


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Q: Setting a value in jq when path and value are env variables is not working as expected (bash) I want to set a value in a JSON nested object using jq from a shell script.
If I use explicit values, it sets the JSON value as expected. But when I use variables, it adds (if strangely) a new key/value instead.

The end goal is to set a key's value in arbitrary JSON given an arbitrary, jp-appropriate, explicit path. No selecting/matching required. Let's also assume all values are Strings. I get diff between --args and --argsjson.

But let's start with the simple. Here is my test:
echo $JSON
{
    "make" : "ford",
    "model" : "ranger",
    "year" : "2020"
    "options" : {
        "cylinders" : "v6"
        "cab" : "true"
    }
}

Let's say I want to set options.cylinders = "v4"

This works:
echo $JSON | jq 'options.cylinders = "v4"'

This works as well:
echo $JSON | jq --arg value "v4" '.options.cylinders = $value'

Let's replace value with variable. This works.
cyl="v4"
echo $JSON | jq --arg value "$cyl" '.options.cylinders = $value'

Let's replace the path with variable. It complains, but just to let you know where I've been:
cyl="v4"
path="options.cylinder"
echo $JSON | jq --arg path "$path" --arg value "$cyl" '.$path = $value'

That throws error, but it is corrected by:
cyl="v4"
path="options.cylinder"
echo $JSON | jq --arg path "$path" --arg value "$cyl" '.[$path] = $value'

Now  you would think the former would work. It succeeds but it adds the value with the entire path as key, instead of setting it as if it where the path. The result is:
{
    "make" : "ford",
    "model" : "ranger",
    "year" : "2020"
    "options" : {
        "cylinders" : "v6"
        "cab" : "true"
    }
    "options.cylinders" : "v4"
}

I have also tried using the path() function, passing it an bash array. This does not work either.
cyl="v4"
path=(".", "options", "cylinders")
echo "${JSON}" | jq --arg key $path --arg value "${cyl}" 'path($key; $value)'

I get:
jq: error: path/2 is not defined at <top-level>, line 1:
path($key; $value)
jq: 1 compile error

If I remove the "." from the path, it just moves up the error:
jq: error: path/1 is not defined at <top-level>, line 1:

I have read all the doc. I am sure I have tried other things, but I'm stumped at this point. So...what am I missing here? Close? Ideas?

A: Credits to @pmf so making it a wiki
#!/bin/sh

# Sets the source JSON in a shell variable
json='{
  "make": "ford",
  "model": "ranger",
  "year": "2020",
  "options": {
    "cylinders": "v6",
    "cab": "true"
  }
}'

# Parameters to modify the source JSON
path='options.cylinders'
cyl='v4'

# Process with jq
jq \
  --null-input \
  --argjson json "$json" \
  --arg path "$path" \
  --arg value "$cyl" \
  '$json | setpath($path / "."; $value)'

setpath(path_array; value) sets the value at path with path elements as an array.
So the $path string is: / divided by its . dots, to turn it into an array.
Lets demo this:
jq -n '"options.cylinders" / "."'

turns the string above into an array suitable for creating a path from the dot delimited string:
[
  "options",
  "cylinders"
]

So when it runs:
setpath("options.cylinders" / "."; "v4")

it expands into:
setpath(["options","cylinders"]; "v4")

which is exactly the same as static path value assignment:
.options.cylinders = "v4"

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Amazon.ca and the Walrus Foundation Unveil Shortlist for 2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Five finalists selected by Nick Mount, head judge and fiction editor of The Walrus; winner will be announced on May 21
The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges including Nick Mount and award-winning authors Helen Humphreys and Richard Wagamese
SEATTLE, April 1, 2015 /CNW/ - Amazon.ca and the Walrus Foundation today introduced the nominees for the 2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award (www.amazon.ca/firstnovelaward) which celebrates the remarkable achievements of first-time Canadian novelists.
The five finalists were selected by head judge Nick Mount. Mount is the fiction editor of The Walrus, author of the prize-winning When Canadian Literature Moved to New York and an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto.
The finalists for the 2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award, listed alphabetically by author, are:
All True Not a Lie In It by Alix Hawley (Knopf Canada)
Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper (Hamish Hamilton)
Us Conductors by Sean Michaels (Random House Canada)
New Tab by Guillaume Morissette (Esplanade Books)
Pedal by Chelsea Rooney (Caitlin Press)
"We received a wide range of submissions, from writers and publishers across the country and no one genre, setting or style dominated," said Mount, head judge and fiction editor of The Walrus. "The judges and I are committed to finding the best books and it will be no easy task to select this year's winner."
The winner will be announced on May 21 at the annual Amazon.ca First Novel Award ceremony held in Toronto at the Four Seasons Hotel. The winner will be selected from the list of nominees by a panel of judges including head judge Nick Mount and award-winning authors Helen Humphreys and Richard Wagamese.
"With the Walrus Foundation and our esteemed judges, we are eager to celebrate a new year of extraordinary Canadian authors," said Alexandre Gagnon, country manager for Amazon.ca. "We continue to be dedicated to highlighting new and emerging talent in Canadian literature through the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. And this year is no exception, the quality of work was tremendous. It is a privilege to be part of a program that is devoted to nurturing the writing careers of debut authors."
Established in 1976, the First Novel Award program has a long history honouring and beginning the careers of Canada's favourite novelists. Previous winners include: Michael Ondaatje (1976), Joan Barfoot (1978), Joy Kogawa (1981), W.P. Kinsella (1982), Nino Ricci (1990), Rohinton Mistry (1991), Shyam Selvadurai (1994), Anne Michaels (1996), Margaret Gibson (1997), Andre Alexis (1998), Alan R. Wilson and David Macfarlane (co-winners, 1999), Eva Stachniak (2000), Michael Redhill (2001), Mary Lawson (2002), Michel Basilières (2003), Colin McAdam (2004), Joseph Boyden (2005), Madeleine Thien (2006), Gil Adamson (2007), Joan Thomas (2008), Jessica Grant (2009), Eleanor Catton (2010), David Bezmozgis (2011), Anakana Schofield (2012) and Wayne Grady (2013).
To find additional information about the finalists and their novels, and to find out more about the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, visit www.amazon.ca/firstnovelaward or www.thewalrus.ca/amazon-first-novel.
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WorldJanuary 14, 2022
One of the turbines at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, which is located in waters off England's east coast.
Turbine commissioning at one of the world's biggest offshore wind farms is complete and full operations are slated to begin in the first quarter of 2022, according to German power firm RWE.
The 857 megawatt Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm is situated in waters off England's east coast and uses 90 wind turbines from Danish firm Vestas.
In a statement Thursday RWE said Triton Knoll would produce "sufficient electricity to meet the needs of around 800,000 homes each year." Investment in the project amounts to approximately £2 billion (around $2.74 billion).
RWE has a 59% stake in Triton Knoll. Its other owners are Kansai Electric Power and J-Power, who have stakes of 16% and 25%, respectively. RWE is responsible for the project's construction, operation and maintenance.
Triton Knoll produced its first power in March 2021and its final turbine was installed last September.
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The North Sea, where Triton Knoll is located, is home to a number of large-scale offshore wind facilities. These include the 1.2 gigawatt Hornsea One development, which is located in waters off Yorkshire and uses 174 turbines.
Looking ahead, major projects planned for the North Sea include the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will have a total capacity of 3.6 GW once completed. The development of the project is taking place in three phases.
U.K. authorities want 40 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. The European Union, which the U.K. left in January 2020, is targeting 300 GW of offshore wind by the middle of this century.
Across the Atlantic, the U.S. has some way to go to catch up with Europe. America's first offshore wind facility, the 30 megawatt Block Island Wind Farm in waters off Rhode Island, only started commercial operations in late 2016.
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A while back when you remained in second school, you prepared for the SAT or ACT tests. You researched, you concentrated, you worried and you lost your sleep. Finally, you took the test, obtained the score you got, then a sigh of alleviation that it was all finally ended up. The pressure was behind you. You could proceed onward with your life. Before lengthy you started your college vocation, and the test was a far-off memory. Life has the tendency to rehash itself, as well as now below you are toward completion of the pupil degree, looking intently at the barrel of yet another examination that will certainly aid choose the scholarly future. Here are ideas for getting the highest magoosh GRE scores on GRE while holding the stress to a reasonable degree.
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This is rather complicated to establish a number as a, specifically good GRE score. It is rather challenging to specify a rating an outright "great" score.
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Yes, prior to you take the examination, you should comprehend just what is a gre percentile and also just how it is more crucial than your gre rating if you are doing magoosh gre prep.
In fact, gre score is a combination of 2 parts; one is your gre scaled score and also the 2nd component is your percentile ranking. The percentile rank is the component of your performance as compared to other individuals who took the very same test.
Let's suppose you obtained a verbal score of 150 and it ranges as much as a roughly 47th percentile rank.
This shows, you have actually executed far better than 47% of other individuals that appeared in the same examination.
But here the reality comes crashing in; this percentile ranking likewise determines that various other 53% of people showed up in the exact same test, done better compared to you.
1: You will certainly never have the ability to 97th percentile rank in the measurable section. Given that just 3% of the students showing up in the test acquire a best rating right here.
2: Make a guess which area individuals appearing in gre examination assume is harder. Given that only 1% of examination takers acquire an ideal rating in verbal section. So right here you can ace your percentile above 97 if you ace it with extra difficult work.
3: It's excellent to know exactly what the scoring variety of top 10% examination takers is. These individuals rack up roughly more compared to 162 in the spoken area and also 166+ rating in the quantitative section.
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Well, if you think accomplishing a high score in gre test is the testament to your admission in an university. You are mistaken. There are several various other aspects which play their function in your option or being rejected for the admission in a particular privileged institute/university.
Your individual declaration or statement of purpose will greatly define your ambitions, and it matters a great deal.
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To obtain highest magoosh GRE scores, you do not merely have to have the capability to end up each inquiry accurately; you should have the capacity to do it in the time assigned on the examination. This indicates you have to understand what does it cost? time you can spend on each inquiry without checking the clock. Ideally, you will certainly likewise have a couple of minutes toward the end of the sector to examine the responses and guarantee that you really did not devote any noticeable mistakes.
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Tom Clancy's The Division has been one of Ubisoft's most popular releases ever, and the forthcoming The Division 2 is set to make a lot of fans very happy.
Want an in-depth preview of just some of what's in store when the game hits in March? Well, with thanks to the 2018 Australian Game Awards 'Mixer streamer of the year' Duke of Flukes, we have some four hours or thereabouts of gameplay to take in.
So, grab a bunch of munchies and settle in for this deep dive into Tom Clancy's The Division 2. Just click on the screen grab below. Also, stay tuned to STACK for more great game previews from the man himself, Duke of Flukes.
Oh, if you want to skip the preamble and jump straight into the action, proceed to around the 19:55 mark.
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 launches for PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 15.
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Terrence Malick's 'The Tree Of Life' Alternate Ending Revealed, And It's Far More Autobiographical
Terrence Malick had something very personal in mind to conclude his masterwork.
The autobiographical threads in Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" have been well-documented since the film took Cannes by storm in 2011. The central story, set in 1950s Waco, Texas, mirrors Malick's own upbringing, and in many ways the entire film represents Malick meditating on the loss of his younger brother, who committed suicide in 1968. "The Tree of Life" is no doubt Malick at his most personal and self-reflective, and it turns out he had originally envisioned an ending that would've hit even closer to home.
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On the heels of "Song to Song" premiering at SXSW, Texas Monthly released a lengthy profile of the iconic director, entitled "The Not-So-Secret Life of Terrence Malick," that details an interesting alternate ending to his magnum opus (via The Playlist).
The theatrical cut concludes the central story of young Jack by showing his family moving away from their suburban home to an uncertain future, but apparently that's not where Malick was going to end this part of the tale. As Texas Monthly explains:
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In an earlier, unreleased version of the film, the story of the protagonist, Jack, ends not with his family's departure from Waco but on a more triumphant note: he arrives as a boarding student at St. Stephen's…In the unused ending, Jack leaves behind his tumultuous relationship with his father and finds a new kind of family. We see him walk past St. Stephen's limestone chapel, the highest point on campus, those "green, undulating hills" standing in the background. "Jack is just enraptured," said [Malick friend Joe] Conway, who has seen the cut. "He's having this intellectual and spiritual awakening. If you take Jack as in any way reflecting Terry, well, St. Stephen's is where he found a community that he embraced and that embraced him."
St. Stephen's was the school Malick was sent to after continuously butting heads with his father, Emil. Texas Monthly explains the importance this place had on Malick's life:
Malick thrived in a culture that emphasized spirituality, intellectualism, and rugged individualism. "When I first got there, it was made known that he was the local genius," [Malick friend Jim] Lynch told me. Malick had the highest standing in the class his junior and senior years, served in student leadership positions like dorm council, played forward on the basketball team, and co-captained the football team, playing both offensive and defensive tackle, an accomplishment of which he's still proud.
The alternate ending of "The Tree of Life" makes clear just how essential St. Stephen's was in cultivating Malick's own identity growing up and would have been a fitting end to a story that is already so heavily autobiographical. Head over to Texas Monthly for more of their in-depth profile on the Austin filmmaker.
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Monmouth County Freeholder Gerry P. Scharfenberger was recently welcomed to the Habitat for Humanity of Monmouth County (HFHMC) Board of Trustees. Scharfenberger previously worked with the nonprofit housing organization during his tenure as a freeholder and while he served as the mayor of Middletown.
Scharfenberger will aid the HFHMC Board of Trustees with fundraising initiatives as well as finding prospective sites to construct, rehabilitate and preserve homes for those in need, according to a press release.
HFHMC currently services 83 percent of Monmouth County and includes the following municipalities: Aberdeen, Allentown, Atlantic Highlands, Colts Neck, Deal, Eatontown, Englishtown, Fair Haven, Farmingdale, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Hazlet, Highlands, Holmdel, Howell, Keansburg, Keyport, Little Silver, Long Branch, Manalapan, Marlboro, Matawan, Middletown, Millstone Township, Monmouth Beach, Ocean Township, Oceanport, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright, Shrewsbury Township, Tinton Falls, Union Beach and West Long Branch.
For more information about HFHMC and its volunteer events, visit www.habitatmonmouth.org
Students at the Marlboro Memorial Middle School, 71 Nolan Road, Marlboro, will present the story of Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo in "Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr."
Follow the four friends as their life is about to change when curiosity overcomes Marty and he plots their escape from the caged confines of the Central Park Zoo, aided by a group of wild and wacky penguins.
"Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr." features original music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joel Someillan, and a book by Kevin Del Aguila.
All community members are invited to attend the show. Performances of "Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr." will take place at 7 p.m. March 22 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. March 23. All seats are $10 in advance and at the door.
Following the March 23 matinee, there will be a meet and greet with the Madagascar characters.
"Madagascar – A Musical Adventure Jr." is directed by teachers Randi Maskery and Robin Shatsky. Set design, art and scenery lead by Janina West and her stage crew club.
Runners and walkers of all ages are invited to participate in the Steps for Bricks 5K
Run/Walk at the Manalapan Recreation Center, Route 522, Manalapan, on March 30. The event is organized by the Freehold Township High School chapter of Students Helping Honduras. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the race will start at 11 a.m. Awards will be presented to the male and female winners. Registration is available at sites.google.com/view/steps-for-bricks-5k or by emailing stepsforbricks5k@gmail.com. Children under 5 can participate for free with a paying parent or guardian. The event will benefit Students Helping Honduras, a national nonprofit that creates jobs by employing local Honduran residents and teaching trade skills to build a school in their community. Funds raised from the 5K will go toward construction materials and worker salaries.
The SHH chapters from Freehold Township and Manalapan high schools travel to
Honduras for one week each summer to work with residents to build a
Colts Neck High School and Mainland Regional High School (Atlantic County) have advanced to the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's Mock Trial Competition state finals on April 11 in New Brunswick. Teams from those schools won their respective rounds in the state semifinals on March 5. The state champion will represent New Jersey in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in Athens, Ga., in May. Since January, more than 200 high school teams from throughout New Jersey have tried the fictitious case of Avery Mansion v. Captain Kidd's Pier, which deals with a roller coaster accident, according to a press release. The Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition is sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation in cooperation with the New Jersey State Bar Association and New Jersey's county bar associations. This season marks the competition's 37th year of service to the educational community in New Jersey.
Any individual who is presently in law school, or will be attending law school in the fall, who resides in or has substantial connection to Monmouth County and is interested in obtaining an application for a scholarship from the Monmouth Bar Foundation may obtain one on the Monmouth County Bar Association website at monmouthbarassociation.com or by emailing tracey@monmouthbarassociation.com or thomas@smithandshaw.com. The deadline for submission of the application is May 1.
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There was never a time when I doubted that I would be a teacher, perhaps as early as kindergarten in Virginia when I told my kindergarten teacher that I would be best cast as Snow White because I was the only child who didn't speak with a southern accent. My inner life developed with my reading life. Written as well as spoken English shaped my commitment to the world. In the segregated South where my schooling began, I looked across the field from my new school to see the hand-me-down church where the children of color were schooled. It was that inequality of educational opportunity that motivated me to teach, and to teach all children.
I taught high school English in public schools for 30 years; first in Massachusetts, then Wisconsin, and finally back home in Washington State. I taught and served as English Department Chairwoman at Bothell and Woodinville High Schools. In the last few years of my professional life, I came to the UW to co-direct the Early Entrance Program, now the Robinson Center for Young Scholars. There I was principal of the Transition School and the English teacher.
Throughout my career I was professionally active, holding an office for the National Council of Teachers of English. After receiving my MAT at the UW I taught other teachers through the Puget Sound Writing Project. I now volunteer one day a week in an English classroom at Garfield High School. I serve on the Ambassador Board for the College of Education and the College Board for the College of Arts and Sciences.
What education issues are you most passionate about?
Teaching of writing. In the process of writing we learn what it is we have to say. Every student/citizen needs an opportunity to be articulate, for his or her voice to be cherished by the student and heard by the community. Writing is thinking, and critical thinking leads to self-confidence in what may seem a chaotic world.
Respect. Schools should be grounded on respect for students, their families and their cultures. It is respect that leads to inquiry, to wanting to know each student, and for students to learn to ask thoughtful questions that lead to discovering their place in the world.
Professor Roger Sale, Department of English, UW. When I was a sophomore English/education major in the 60s, Roger Sale was a young, dynamic teacher of Shakespeare. He not only read his students' essays, but commented with dialogue about how ideas might lead from there. He returned those essays in 2 days. He asked challenging questions that stemmed from his students' thoughts, so thinking was never over. Although he could have taught graduate seminars in some arcane aspect of literature, he chose to teach high school teachers how more effectively to teach writing. From the time I was an undergraduate, until this year when Roger died, he was there for me as I sought his mentorship in deciding where I should teach and how I should teach. He was the teacher I wanted to be. I never came close.
Share an unusual or fun fact about yourself.
Since October 2004, I have maintained a poetry box situated on the fence surrounding my Seattle home. Each month I make over 300 copies of a poem-for-the-month for passersby to take with them. It started as a "protest" concerning what I felt was the abuse of the English language in the 2004 presidential election. In protest, I made copies of Robert Frost's evocative sonnet "October," ("Oh hushed October morning mild / Thy leaves have ripened to the fall") to show beautiful uses of the English language. After the election, when I took down the folder of poems, neighbors and strangers asked for the next month's poem. I realized after 30 years of "forcing" teenagers to read poems, I now had an audience begging for them. January followed with Emily Dickinson's "Hope is a thing with feathers."


Gov. Phil Bryant and U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta toured state-built job training facility; Continental Tire complex opens January 2020.
MS. Gov. Phil Bryant (left) toured the future site of Continental Tire with plant manager Michael Egner (center) and U.S. Sec. of Labor Alexander Acosta (right). The plant will produce large truck and bus tires for the U.S. market. Friday, Feb. 8, 2019.


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David Fanning ( – ) était un Loyaliste chef de file dans la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis en Caroline du Nord et du Sud.

Biographie

Il est né dans le Comté d'Amelia. Fanning et sa sœur étaient des orphelins en 1764 par la mort de leur père, et, en 1773, David s'installe sur un affluent de la rivière Reedy en Caroline du Sud. Au début de la guerre Révolutionnaire, Fanning était également officier dans une unité de la milice de la Caroline du nord. En 1775, la région pencha en faveur des Loyalistes, et Fanning a soutenu cette cause.

Fanning a participé à environ 36 engagements et combats mineurs, et en 1781, a capturé le Gouverneur de la Caroline du Nord, Thomas Burke, dans la capitale provisoire de Hillsborough. En outre, Fanning a été capturé par les forces patriotes 14 fois au cours de la guerre.

Après la reconnaissance de l'indépendance américaine, Fanning déménagea en Floride, puis aux Bahamas avant de s'installer dans la colonie du Nouveau-Brunswick. Fanning a été élu à la  Assemblée Législative du Nouveau Brunswick en 1791. Fanning a représenté le Comté de Kings, le Nouveau-Brunswick jusqu'en 1801. En 1800, il a été accusé de viol d'une fille de 15 ans, Sarah Londres, et a été reconnu coupable et condamné à mort, malgré ses protestations que les éléments de preuve contre lui ont été entachés d'irrégularités. Fanning a été gracié mais exilé du Nouveau-Brunswick et expulsé de l'assemblée provinciale. Fanning se rend à Digby, en Nouvelle-Écosse où il est propriétaire de plusieurs navires marchands, est mort plus tard en 1825. Il laisse derrière lui une fille et deux fils.

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Naissance en octobre 1755
Décès en mars 1825
Député à l'Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
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Update to new school build
Work is progressing on our new school building.
On April 8th the steel frame started to go up and next week the first floor will be installed by a 100ft crane.
Site manager from Mansell Construction Mark Williams, said: "We have so far put up 66 tonnes of steel, so we are about a third of the way through.
"We should have the steel frame in place by May and then the brick work will start."
Since the build started in January the site has been cleared, the top soil dug, the ground levelled (a cut and fill exercise because of the hill), foundations dug and now the steel frame is being erected.
Throughout the process, students have been on a number of site visits.
This week they went out to see the attenuation tank being installed. This tank will sit under the car park and has the capacity to store 360 tonnes of water. It will collect surface run off water from the school roof and then release it gradually into the drainage system.
In total 77,000 blocks will be laid by a team of 20 bricklayers.


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Hittisberg är en bergstopp i Österrike.   Den ligger i distriktet Bregenz och förbundslandet Vorarlberg, i den västra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Wien. Toppen på Hittisberg är  meter över havet, eller  meter över den omgivande terrängen. Bredden vid basen är  km.

Terrängen runt Hittisberg är huvudsakligen kuperad, men åt sydväst är den bergig. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Winterstaude,  meter över havet,  km söder om Hittisberg. Närmaste större samhälle är Dornbirn,  km väster om Hittisberg.

I omgivningarna runt Hittisberg växer i huvudsak blandskog. Runt Hittisberg är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är mars, med  mm nederbörd.

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The main campus at Texas A&M boasts over 7 million square-feet of spray-applied polyurethane foam (SPF) roofing – almost no other system has been installed for the past 30 years. Why? Proven sustainability and energy efficiency.
In 1974, dissatisfied with the performance of their traditional tar and gravel built-up roofing (BUR) systems, the Physical Plant Department at Texas A&M began looking for alternatives. The BURs were leaking constantly after an average of five years of service, and isolating the sources of the leaks was next to impossible. The university selected SPF because it is seamless, monolithic and fully adhered. And because it is lightweight, a complete tear-off of the existing BUR could be avoided.
"We sprayed over the failing BUR for a number of years, mainly due to budgetary constraints," says Sam Cohen, Construction Project Manager, Engineering Design Services at Texas A&M. "That's one of the advantages to SPF. And environmentally, it means all that material doesn't end up in the landfill."
In 1985, Gerald Scott, P.E., then in charge of roofing and energy conservation within the Physical Plant Department, announced another benefit the university had been receiving from the SPF roofs: energy savings.
Scott monitored energy savings on 27 different buildings on the campus that had received an SPF roof from 1980 to 1984. The results showed the university was able to cover the complete cost of the roof application through energy savings in an average of 4.5 years.
The oldest over-BUR SPF roofs on the campus are now approximately 30 years old. According to Cohen, they have received little-to-no maintenance due to manpower restraints, yet remain leak-free and retain their energy-efficiency performance. On newer roofs, SPF was applied direct to the metal deck. Most of these roofs are now 10-15 years old and Cohen says they perform as well as the day they were installed.
The main campus at Texas A&M is a busy place. Roofing installations and repairs simply cannot disrupt classes. Cohen says that the speed of SPF installation is an important consideration. With a little planning, his team – along with the university health and safety committee, the building proctor and the contractors performing the work – is able to schedule installations and repairs for minimal to-no occupant disruption.
Sustainability and Lifecycle Cost
As Texas A&M's experience shows, on top of improved building energy efficiency, the number one sustainability benefit SPF has to offer is its durability.
The university specifies a minimum of two inches of top-quality SPF, with a silicone coating. The final pass of coating includes an aggregate sand to create a non-slip surface and increased tensile strength due to the high volume of foot traffic the roofs are exposed to throughout their service lives.
A lifecycle cost analysis study performed by Michelsen Technologies LLC in accordance to ASTM E 917-02 Standard Practice for Measuring Lifecycle Costs of Building and Building Systems shows SPF offers a cost advantage of 13-56 percent over membrane roofing systems. The study attributed the SPF advantage to several factors:
Low tear-off and disposal costs
Annual net energy savings from superior insulation and reflective coatings
Consequential damages due to leaks: zero
Re-coating costs less than replacing a membrane system
Seamless and self-flashing, SPF eliminates thermal bridging and adds its superior insulation properties for improved building energy efficiency and indoor environment.
SPF can be applied directly to the existing substrate in most retrofit cases, eliminating the cost of tear-off and reducing waste to landfill. And while traditional roofing systems must be removed at the end of their useful life, SPF can be re-coated and renewed for many more years of service.