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Tiffin, Ohio - Junior Bryce Bohrmann (Grand Rapids, Mich./Pennfield) scored a school-record eight goals as the Alma College men's lacrosse team posted an 18-5 victory over Heidelberg University on Wednesday (March 15) evening. The Scots, now 4-2 overall, peppered the Student Prices (2-3) with a school record 67 shots while scoring the fifth-most goals in school history.
"It was a good win for the squad," Head Coach Michael Kinney said. "It was a great opportunity for our young guys to get runs and to develop.
"I'm so proud of Bryce Bohrmann. He's a kid who has worked incredibly hard for three years, has never wavered and who saw the fruits of his labor tonight."
Bohrmann, who added an assist in the game, is now one of four players in Alma College history to record nine or more points in a game, and doubled his career goal total after entering the game with eight goals in 25 career games. Freshman Chase Hunyadi (Pepper Pike, Ohio/University School) tallied a season-high four goals and four assists for eight points to register one of the top five single-game point totals in program history.
Junior Daniel Buchy (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) posted his fourth hat trick of the season, scoring three goals, and added two assist for five points. He also became the second player in program history to score 70 or more career goals, netting his 72nd marker. Junior Austen Irrer (Midland, Mich./Midland) chipped in four points with one goal and three assists.
The Scots led, 6-1, after the first quarter and held an 8-2 halftime lead before pumping in 10 second-half goals.
Sophomore Cam Stelljes (Okemos, Mich./Okemos) split time in net with freshman Hank Wickley (Petaluma, Calif./Casa Grande), with each playing a half. Stelljes got the win and made three saves on five shots, while Wickley tallied four saves on seven shots.
Alma returns home on Saturday, March 18, to host Northland College in the front end of a lacrosse doubleheader at Bahkle Field. The opening face-off is slated for 1:00 p.m.


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- Research article
- Open Access
The generation and evaluation of recombinant human IgA specific for Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1-19 (PfMSP119)
© Shi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
- Received: 5 April 2011
- Accepted: 22 July 2011
- Published: 22 July 2011
Human immunoglobulin G (IgG) plays an important role in mediating protective immune responses to malaria. Although human serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) is the second most abundant class of antibody in the circulation, its contribution, if any, to protective responses against malaria is not clear.
To explore the mechanism(s) by which IgA may mediate a protective effect, we generated fully human IgA specific for the C-terminal 19-kDa region of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (PfMSP119), a major target of protective immune responses. This novel human IgA bound antigen with an affinity comparable to that seen for an epitope-matched protective human IgG1. Furthermore, the human IgA induced significantly higher NADPH-mediated oxidative bursts and degranulation from human neutrophils than the epitope-matched human IgG1 from which it was derived. Despite showing efficacy in in vitro functional assays, the human IgA failed to protect against parasite challenge in vivo in mice transgenic for the human Fcα receptor (FcαRI/CD89). A minority of the animals treated with IgA, irrespective of FcαRI expression, showed elevated serum TNF-α levels and concomitant mouse anti-human antibody (MAHA) responses.
The lack of protection afforded by MSP119-specific IgA against parasite challenge in mice transgenic for human FcαRI suggests that this antibody class does not play a major role in control of infection. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that protective capacity may have been compromised in this model due to rapid clearance and inappropriate bio-distribution of IgA, and differences in FcαRI expression profile between humans and transgenic mice.
- Malaria
- Respiratory Burst
- Rodent Malaria
- Parasite Challenge
- Passive Transfer Experiment
There is increasing interest in exploring the therapeutic potential of alternative antibody (Ab) classes to IgG, which to date has been the most popular choice, with over 160 examples currently in clinical trials for the treatment of diverse cancers, infectious diseases and auto-immune conditions [1, 2]. We recently developed a novel humanized mouse model to show that human IgG1 specific for Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1-19 (PfMSP119) could protect animals from malaria in passive transfer experiments [3]. However there are numerous drawbacks to using IgG-based therapies in malaria, including competition for FcR binding, from high levels of parasite-induced non-specific IgG [4], that warrant the exploration of other serum Ab classes for use against infections of blood.
FcαRI (CD89) targeting with IgA could offer potential for controlling malaria with therapeutic antibodies [5]. Unlike IgM, IgG and IgE, which are implicated in immune evasion [6], placental malaria [7] and severe malaria respectively [8], IgA has not been implicated in malaria pathology, arguing for its consideration in Ab therapy. Although a direct role for murine IgA in killing of rodent malaria parasites has not been investigated in vivo because mice lack an equivalent of human FcαRI, Plasmodium-specific IgA has been detected at high levels in serum [9, 10], and breast milk [10, 11], in humans from endemic areas.
Ligation of the myeloid FcαRI induces cytokine release and can stimulate a respiratory burst [12, 13], and FcαRI is better than FcγRs at triggering lysis of Ab-targeted tumors as well as phagocytosis of pathogens coated with Abs, both in humans and mice [13, 14]. Human FcαRI is expressed on the majority of white blood cells, including neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, eosinophils, platelets and NK cells, suggesting it to be an ideal target for systemic IgA-mediated therapy [4, 5, 13, 15, 16]. The finding that FcαRI is a discrete modulator of the immune system mediating both anti- and pro-inflammatory functions indicates that further exploration of the role of human IgA in malaria is necessary [17]. We recently described a mandatory role for human FcαRI in mediating protection from tuberculosis using recombinant human IgA [18].
To address the role of human IgA in malaria, we generated a recombinant IgA recognizing the PfMSP119 epitope, matched to a human IgG1 shown previously to transfer passive protection in the FcγRI (CD64) transgenic mouse model [3]. This recombinant IgA was then tested in passive transfer experiments for efficacy in controlling malaria in vivo in human FcαRI (CD89) transgenic mice.
1. Characterization of PfMSP119-specific human IgA
Analysis of the binding properties of PfMSP119-specific human IgA (C1), human IgG1 (C1) and mouse mAb 12.10 to immobilized GST-PfMSP119 by SPR.
(M-1 sec-1)
mAb 12.10
5.37 × 105
5.5 × 10-6
1 × 10-11
IgG1 (C1)
4.4 × 103
1.0 × 10-4
2.3 × 10-8
IgA (C1)
6.5 × 103
1.7 × 10-4
2.6 × 10-8
2. IgA1 triggers PfMSP119-specific neutrophil nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase activation through FcαRI cross-linking
3. Passive transfer of human IgA into wild type or human FcαRI (CD89) transgenic mice has no effect on the course of a malaria infection
4. Passive transfer of PfMSP119-specific human IgA1 into mice induces TNF-α and mouse anti-human antibody (MAHA) responses in some animals
We describe the development of a fully human IgA with specificity for a very well characterized epitope on MSP119 from P. falciparum, useful for dissecting human Fc receptor mechanisms involved in immunity to human malaria [3].
This novel IgA was generated from a human IgG1 mAb (C1), previously shown to protect human FcγRI (CD64) transgenic mice (but not wild type animals) from a lethal challenge with rodent malaria (P. berghei) transgenic for the P. falciparum MSP119 (PfMSP119) antigen [3]. The engineered IgA recognized parasites in infected erythrocytes and bound PfMSP119 with comparable kinetics to that observed with the parental IgG1 from which it was derived. Despite triggering potent and functional in vitro responses the IgA failed to protect human FcαRI transgenic mice from a malaria infection. Although the injected IgA is mostly monomeric, and therefore binds transiently to FcαR, immune-complexes formed on engaging PfMSP119 on merozoites would be expected to bind avidly to FcαRI [1, 2]. We also tried without success to passively protect the CD89 transgenic animals with sera from rabbits immunized with PfMSP119 or plasma from vaccinated humans or humans from endemic regions with significant levels of anti-PfMSP119 human IgA antibodies by ELISA (data not shown). This is noteworthy, as clinical protection from P. falciparum malaria, has recently been shown to correlate with neutrophil respiratory bursts induced by merozoites opsonized with human serum antibodies [24]. This important study demonstrated that immune African sera depleted of IgG by protein-G Sepharose chromatography (but presumably still containing IgA), gave negligible activity in their antibody-dependent respiratory burst assays (ADRB). Whilst highlighting an absolute requirement for IgG, this finding is however difficult to reconcile with the observed ability here of PfMSP119-specific human IgA to induce very effective luminol NADPH-oxidase mediated respiratory bursts and degranulation from human blood neutrophils (Figure 2) [12, 13].
One explanation for the failure of the IgA to protect against malarial challenge may be that it is difficult for IgA administered i.p. to leave the peritoneum and reach the circulation and other parts of the body, where any protective effects would presumably be mediated. Transfer of IgG from peritoneum to other body compartments may be assisted, at least in part, through interaction with FcRn, an IgG receptor present on a variety of cell types, capable of bidirectional transport across epithelial surfaces and involved in control of IgG turnover [25]. IgA, in contrast, is unable to bind FcRn, and may be more reliant on diffusion to reach the circulation and distribute within other body compartments. This may also explain why recombinant IgA when administered intra-nasally was particularly effective at controlling tuberculosis [18].
Another explanation for the lack of in vivo efficacy may be that the administered IgA was cleared very rapidly from the mouse, before it had sufficient opportunity to mediate any protective effects. Unlike humans, where the half-life of the chiefly monomeric serum IgA is approximately 4-5 days [26], in mice monomeric IgA has a half-life of just 24 hours [27]. IgG is cleared much more slowly due to interaction with FcRn, and therefore when administered i.p. presumably has a much greater opportunity for functional impact.
A third possibility is that the FcαRI in the transgenic mice is not expressed on the cell types critical for protection at sufficiently high levels, or on a sufficient proportion of these cells, or on cells located within the required body compartment. For example, in contrast to the situation in humans, only a subpopulation of the monocytes of the transgenic mice express human FcαRI, and peritoneal macrophages and platelets exhibit no expression [19].
These three possibilities, taken together, suggest that the FcαRI transgenic mouse, although undoubtedly the best model currently available, may not afford the means to fully assess the capability of human IgA to offer protection in the human setting.
This is the first recombinant human IgA to target PfMSP119. However, in exploring the role of IgA in malaria, others have tested recombinant human IgA1 and IgA2 localized on the surface of polystyrene beads in a two-step antibody-dependent cellular inhibition (ADCI) assay [28]. In contrast to human IgG1 and IgG3, neither IgA1 or IgA2 were found to stimulate in vitro ADCI of malaria parasites by human monocytes [28]. Human monocytes express FcαRI and induce parasite inhibitory TNF-α [29], and may therefore have been expected to engage in ADCI. This finding is in keeping with the lack of an in vivo effect seen here, the data suggesting neutrophils rather than monocytes may fulfill this role, and with either human IgA targeting the P. berghei PfMSP119 transgenic, or earlier against P. yoelii MSP119 [13]. However, it will be necessary to generate epitope-matched murine IgAs (and IgGs) to determine if mouse monocytes/neutrophils are capable of ADCI/ADRB and whether mouse IgA can protect against rodent malarias in vivo. Although no counterpart for human FcαRI is known in mice, mouse macrophages do bind mouse IgA, and Mac-2/galectin-3 (gal-3) has been suggested to be the receptor involved [30]. Interestingly, gal-3 is known to bind IgE, and there may be some mileage in developing recombinant IgE to investigate malaria infection, as mouse IgE can also bind FcγRIV (which also binds IgG2a and IgG2b) on mouse monocytes [31]. Intriguingly, murine IgE has been shown to confer protection from P. berghei in C57BL/6 mice, and elevated anti-malarial IgE in asymptomatic individuals has been shown to associate with a reduced risk of subsequent clinical malaria in humans [32].
We observed that a small proportion of mice given the recombinant human IgA preparation in the context of a malaria infection developed significant mouse anti-human antibody responses (MAHA) with elevated TNF-α within 10 days of the last IgA dose, which were not observed in control animals challenged with malaria (Figure 4). Our observations suggest that the responses are not dependent on the presence of the FcαRI transgene and therefore may represent a reaction to the administered IgA itself. Further experiments will be necessary to clarify whether the response noted is peculiar to the particular IgA preparation used which may contain undetected levels of aggregates, or the specificity of the IgA for the co-administered malarial parasite that might result in particular cross-linking events, or is a general effect associated with human IgA administration to mice in the absence of malaria challenge infection.
In summary, a novel PfMSP119-specific IgA did not show protective capability against parasite challenge in mice transgenic for human FcαRI. While this finding may indicate that IgA does not play a major role in protection against malaria, we cannot rule out the possibility that the findings reflect certain shortcomings of the mouse model used. Thus important differences in IgA half-life, IgA bio-distribution, and FcαRI expression profile between the transgenic mice and humans may have compromised the antibody's ability to mediate protective effects, and further experimentation will be required to fully dissect the role of IgA in human malaria.
Ethics Statement
Informed written consent was obtained from all participants and approval for the use of human samples was obtained from the Ethical Committees at Nottingham and Oxford. All animal experiments were approved by the Home Office and performed in accordance with UK guidelines and regulations (PPL 40/2753).
Construction of human IgA
The variable heavy (VH) gene from pVH-C1-γ1 was subcloned as a BssHII/BstEII fragment upstream of the human IgA1 α-chain constant region sequence previously inserted into the mammalian expression vector pcDNA3.1/Hygro (Invitrogen, UK), to create pVH-C1-α1. Mammalian HEK293T cells (European Collection of Cell Cultures) were co-transfected with linearized pVH-C1-α1 and pVK-C1-Express (expression vector containing the corresponding C1 variable light (VL) chain upstream of the human Cκ gene). Positive clones secreting PfMSP119-specific IgA were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with recombinant PfMSP119 coated plates and by immunoblotting with goat anti-human IgA Abs conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (HRP) or alkaline phosphatase (AP) as previously described [3, 13]. Recombinant PfMSP119 used in all ELISAs was generated as previously described [33]. From large-scale cultures, human IgA was purified by affinity chromatography on anti-human IgA agarose columns by FPLC (Sigma). The integrity and purity of the antibodies was verified by gel electrophoresis on both non-denaturing and denaturing gels according to the manufacturer's instructions (Novex) (see Figure 1).
Luminol chemiluminescence assay of respiratory burst and myeloperoxidase release
Neutrophils were isolated from heparinized blood taken from healthy volunteers by sedimentation of erythrocytes in 6% (w/v) dextran T70 (GE Healthcare, U.K.) in 0.9% (w/v) saline at 37°C for 30 min, followed by leukocyte separation on a discontinuous density gradient of Lymphoprep (ρ = 1.077 g/cm3; Nycomed, Birmingham, UK) over Ficoll-Hypaque (ρ = 1.119 g/cm3), centrifuged at 700 × g for 20 min at room temperature. Approval for the collection and use of human cells was obtained from the local Queen's Medical Centre ethical committee. Wells of chemiluminescence microtiter plates (Dynatech Laboratories, Billinghurst, Sussex, UK) were coated with 150 μl of PfMSP119 at 5 μg ml-1 or 50 μg of IgA in coating buffer (0.1 M carbonate buffer, pH 9.6) and incubated overnight at 4°C. After washing three times with PBS, 150 μl of anti-PfMSP119 IgA at 50 μg ml-1 was added to antigen coated wells. In each case, triplicate wells were prepared and left for 2 h at room temperature. After washing as before, 100 μl of luminol [67 μg ml-1 in Hank's buffered saline solution (HBSS) containing 20 mM HEPES and 0.1 g/100 ml globulin-free BSA (HBSS/BSA)] were added to each well. After the addition of 50 μl of purified neutrophils (106/ml in HBSS/BSA) to each well, plates were transferred to a Microlumat LB96P luminometer, and the chemiluminescence measured at 2 min intervals for 120 min at 37°C. Data were analyzed using Excel software.
Concentrations of GM-CSF, IFN-γ, IL-1α, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17 and TNF-α in individual mouse sera were determined by flow cytometry using the FlowCytomix mouse Th1/Th2 10plex (BMS820FF) bead kit against known standard curves and according to manufacturer's instructions (Bender MedSystems). Beads were analyzed using a Beckman Coulter EPICS ALTRA flow cytometer (High Wycombe, Bucks, UK) and data analyzed with Bender MedSystems software.
Passive immunization and parasite challenge
Because of the lack of an animal model for P. falciparum and because mice do not express a homologue of human FcαRI, human FcαRI transgenic mice have been developed that express FcαRI on blood neutrophils and a proportion of their monocytes [Additional file 1, Figure 1 [22]]. Transgenic (Tg) Balb/c × Balb/c F1 mice 9-12 wks old and bred under specific pathogen-free conditions were used. Non-transgenic (NTg) littermates served as controls. Mice were screened for FcαRI expression by PCR of whole blood using forward (5'-TGGGGCTTCGCACAGGGTCTTTA-3') and reverse (5'-CCAGCACACCGCAGTCGCCATAC-3') primers for human CD89, and by analysis of lysed whole blood on a FAC-Scan with PE-conjugated anti-human FcαRI (Additional file 1). PfMSP119-specific IgA (at 0.5 mg/injection) with or without 50 μg/injection blocking mAb 2H8 (mouse IgG1 anti-human FcαRI) [23] was administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) on days -1, 0 and day +1 with respect to parasite challenge. Parasitized erythrocytes (5000/mouse) derived from passaged mice infected with P. berghei parasites transgenic for P. falciparum MSP119 were injected i.p. at least 3 h after antibody treatment on day 0 as previously described [3, 13]. Parasitemia was assessed daily on Giemsa reagent-stained blood smears.
We thank Dr Cees van Kooten (University of Leiden, The Netherlands) for provision of mAb 2H8 and Professor Eleanor Riley for providing human plasma. We would also like to thank Tania de Koning-Ward & Brendan Crabb (WEHI, Melbourne) for provision of the P. berghei transgenic parasites. The authors have declared no competing interests.
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Frieze Art Fair
FRIEZE Art Fair & FRAME: london, october 2009
The seventh edition of Frieze Art Fair closed yesterday, after exhibiting 165 contemporary art galleries, representing 30 countries and presenting new work by over 1000 artists. Frieze is still one of the most important contemporary art fairs worldwide, and an undeniably influential showcase for contemporary artists and galleries. The fair may have been calmer, slightly more pared down than the last few years, but leading names from America and Europe returned to exhibit and there was a strong contingent of galleries from across Asia and Eastern Europe, many of whom were new to Frieze. In addition to the main body of exhibitors, the fair reprised the annual programme of original artists' commissions, Frieze Projects and introduced Frame, an invigorating new section dedicated to solo artist presentations by 29 galleries under six years old.
Frieze Projects
Frieze Projects presents art that is drawn from the specific circumstances of Frieze Art Fair, and is intended to create works that could not exist elsewhere. This year's programme of seven projects "create aesthetic opportunity out of the uncertainty that has become the hallmark of our troubled times". Monika Sosnowska's Untitled was removed by the artist before it opened, but had intended to draw attention to the edifice of the fair.
The remaining works dealt directly with the particular context of Frieze, and several focused on turning visitors into participants. For the piece Players, Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth placed CCTV cameras around the fair and projected the footage, transforming the entire space of Frieze into "a site of visual production and consumption where visitors, gallerists, collectors and staff are all central, both as performer and audience." Jordan Wolfson's Your Napoleon, winner of the Cartier Award 2009 was a complex piece addressing how "appropriating a scientific theory as a piece of popular culture is inherently difficult". Viewers were asked to participate in one of two ways: either by joining a recorded discussion with a theoretical physicist, or as an audience while the previously recorded dialogue was played out by two actors, directed by the artist himself. Ryan Gander's We are Constant offered visitors the opportunity to be photographed looking at their favourite work in the fair. One copy of the portrait was given to the subject, and the other hung on the wall at the entrance to the fair, thereby allowing the visitor to become "a collector, a subject and a participant".
Other works addressed questions of value and authenticity. Stephanie Syjuco's Copystand: an Autonomous Manufacturing Zone featured small-scale reproductions of works in the main Frieze exhibition, and on the last day of the fair, numerous billboards dotted the stand, proclaiming "Everything must go!" "50% off!" Per Oskar Leu's The Bachelor Machine staged a signing of Franz Kafka's The Trial, using autopen technology. A number of copies of the book featuring the posthumous signature were on sale for the retail price of £12.00, posing questions about how validity and legitimacy are declared, and specifically how art attains true worth.
The 29 galleries featuring in Frame were tucked away in one corner of the Frieze tent. Curators Daniel Baumann and Sarah McCrory advised on the selection of galleries, and the resulting mix was lively and coherent. The chance to view one artist's work at a time provided a rewarding change after the vastness and variety of the stands in the main area. Frame is a vibrant, creative branch of the main Frieze fair and it is clear that the exhibiting galleries share an alliance.
Such is the influence of Frieze that young galleries leapt at the opportunity to exhibit. Even those founded as little as a year ago have made the trip. Nancy Dantas from Lisbon-based Marz Galeria, which has been up and running for just one year explained that they had not intended to exhibit for two years. "It is very important to build a solid base first. We would only consider exhibiting within such an important framework as Frieze."
Apart the opportunity to make significant sales, Frame was an occasion for these galleries to promote one artist in an extremely high-profile context. Several galleries chose to exhibit work by British artists, a trend also evident throughout the main section of Frieze. Others selected artists who either had recently exhibited in the UK or US, or had an upcoming exhibition.
In keeping with the international spirit of Frieze, exhibitors at Frame were drawn from many different countries. Co-directors Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover commented, "Applications to the new Frame section were so strong that we were able to almost double the anticipated size of the section which means that collectors, curators and general visitors alike will be able to enjoy not only a wealth of solo presentations from the UK and the US but also less well-known territories ranging from Australia to Lithuania. The art world is increasingly global and we are proud to have that represented at the 2009 fair."
Frame is a stimulating addition to Frieze. It communicates the energy and excitement of contemporary art in a way that the main fair, for its scale and success, somehow cannot. Furthermore, it seems such a desirable and logical step that Frieze provides a platform for the next generation of galleries, who are accessible and fresh, and feel as yet undiscovered. We have good reason to hope it returns next year.
NB. This article first appeared on http://www.theglassmagazine.com/ in October 2010 and is currently offline during archiving.


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Demonic beings
- Aitvaras, a household spirit bringing both good and bad luck
- Baubas, an evil spirit with long lean arms, wrinkly fingers and red eyes. He harasses people and tears their hair or stifles them. To children, he is the equivalent of the boogeyman of the English-speaking countries. A misbehaving child could be told by the parents: "Behave, or baubas will come and get you". Also it could be described as a black and dark creature living under the carpet or in some dark spot of the house.
- Giltinė – goddess of death, also The Reaper. Other names include Kaulinyčia, Maras (black death or the Plague), Maro mergos, Kolera, Pavietrė, Kapinių žmogus. Her sacral bird is the owl. Sometimes she was considered to be a sister of Laima (luck).
- Ragana is an old-looking female or witch. Mostly has dark intentions and powers to control forces of nature. They probably were old ladies living by the forest, having a good knowledge of plants and their use for medical and other purposes.
- Slogutis means pain, misery or nightmare. Also can mean fear or bad feelings.
- Pinčiukas, devil, not the pure evil being of Christianity, but a trickster. Earlier – dweller or even god of bogs and marshes.
- Žiburinis, a scary forest spirit that appears as a phosphorescent skeleton.


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This week I decided to review Star Wars: X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole.
The story opens with Corran Horn facing the Redemption Run, a training simulation based on an old battle which will be instantly recognized by many players of the original X-Wing PC game. The mission is to protect a number of ships delivering wounded to a medical frigate. After barely achieving the mission when he and the final TIE fighter mutually cripple each other and the TIE is hit by a previously launched torpedo, Corran has a brief discussion with his wingmates and the pilot of the final Imperial fighter in the simulation.
Meanwhile, Wedge Antilles has a meeting with Admiral Ackbar and General Horton Salm, leader of a bomber wing training at the same base as the reformed Rogue Squadron. Wedge wants to make some changes to his unit's roster, replacing one of his pilots with Gavin Darklighter, whose cousin died during the battle to destroy the first Death Star, and his executive officer with Tycho Celchu, the pilot of the final TIE from the simulation that opened the book. But General Salm doesn't want Tycho anywhere near a combat unit because Tycho was once captured by the Empire and escaped leaving many--including Salm--to believe he is really an Imperial agent.
In the end, Wedge gets his wishes but, elsewhere, Kirtan Loor, former Imperial Intelligence liaison to a Corellian Security team Corran Horn once belonged to, has spent years chasing the team because he claims they aided the rebellion by refusing to focus their police efforts on his preferred targets. Loor catches the team's leader, who dies in interrogation, then is recalled and assigned to destroy Rogue Squadron. After rushed advanced training, the Rogues are moved to a forward base, but stumble upon an Interdictor cruiser ambushing a New Republic-allied smuggler, and it is later revealed that the smuggler is Mirax Terrik, both a childhood friend of Wedge's and the daughter of the rival of Corran's father.
After a mission to rescue the crew of a disabled New Republic scout ship Loor manages to locate the squadron's base, and a stormtrooper unit sent to scout the base raids it instead, inflicting the first fatality suffered by the new Rogues. And soon, after a retaliatory strike turns into a desperate battle against a Lancer-class Frigate, a warship specifically designed to combat starfighters, the Rogues are assigned to attack a base codenamed Blackmoon. Blackmoon is well positioned to serve as a staging area for operations against the Imperial capital, but the Imperial general commanding the base has a moneymaking operation on the side which has allowed him to both double the strength of his fighter force and enhance the base's defenses.
The attack on Blackmoon is a disaster but Whistler, Corran's R2 unit, manages to figure out where Blackmoon is and pinpoint a flaw in the enhanced defenses. But with New Republic forces spread thin, it will fall to Rogue Squadron, reduced to six X-Wings and eight fit pilots, alone, to cripple the defenses despite being badly outnumbered and having little time in the mission area due to limits on the fuel supply of their craft.
I give the book 8 out of 10. The battles are great but there are some mistakes in characterization like Wedge thinking that he enjoys combat. He definitely enjoys fighting but the stories involving him make it clear that he hates combat rather than liking it. While I like the details like including one of the missions from the original X-Wing computer game as a training simulation, and even including an in-setting explanation for the most annoying allied AI quirk in the game, some information in the book is wrong and spotting the errors should have been easy. For example, in one battle, Corran's ship is disabled by an Ion Cannon hit despite none of the ships in the engagement having ion cannons. Also, ion cannons seem to alternate between disabling ships--which is their function in almost all Star Wars stories that they appear in--and outright destroying ships (sometimes doing both in the same battle). And, in a third example, Wedge explains that the shuttle attached to the Rogues doesn't carry missiles because it has been modified to fit the profile of an assault gunboat despite the fact that the gunboats not only carry missiles, they carry a massive amount of missiles for a craft their size.
Still all in all it is a great start to the series, and in my opinion within the top 4 of Stackpole's Star Wars-related works.


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Centurion Baseball Piles On Post-Season Honors
The TAPPS State Baseball Meetings in Waco this week resulted in the Centurion Baseball Team collecting numerous accolades.
St John Paul II Senior and lead-off hitter Stephen Perales Jr. was elected to the TAPPS ALL-STATE 2ND TEAM. Perales batted .643 in district and was elected to the 1st Team in TAPPS 5A Division II-District 6. For the overall season, where the Centurions faced mostly larger public schools, including nationally-ranked teams from Arizona, the speedy center fielder batted .436 with a .522 on-base percentage and collected 19 RBI's.
Senior Chris Sanchez was elected to the All-District 1st Team and was elected to the Academic All-State Team. Chris hit .418 overall with a .465 OBP and 19 RBI's while playing multiple positions in the infield and served as the pitching staff's Ace, winning 5 games and posting a 2.53 ERA. He also lead the team in stolen bases with 11.
The only Junior to be elected to the All-District 1st Team was the Centurion Shortstop Ryan Mota. Mota batted .529 in district, with at .579 OBP. Het batted .385 overall with a .478 OBP and 11 RBI's.
The Centurions are also represented by the only Sophomore to make the All-District First-Team, in Catcher Justin De Los Santos. DLS batted .429 in district with a .529 OBP while serving as the full-time catcher, he solidly held a .965 Fielding Percentage for the overall season, making only 1 error during district play.
Senior Brandon Deeb was voted to the Academic All-State team and the All-District 2nd Team. The lightning-fast outfielder had a .500 OBP and a perfect 1.000 Fielding Percentage during district play. Academically, Deeb posted a 4.4 GPA.
Junior Pitcher/3rd Baseman Mark Castaneda was voted to the All-District 2nd Team. Mark batted .326 overall with a .448 OBP and 11 RBI's. Castaneda also posted a 2.28 ERA from the mound.
Sophomore and Outfielder Jonathyn Molinar was also voted to the 2nd Team, hitting .329 overall with 21 RBI's. On defense, Molinar had 2 assists from the outfield with 67 putouts and a .945 FPCT.
Also elected to the District's 2nd Team, was Sophomore Jackson Pullin. The strong built first-baseman batted .311 with 14 RBI's.
Congratulations to this young team and we look forward to see what the STJPII Baseball Team will accomplish in Spring 2018.


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About Jeff Kennedy
As an infant, Jeff Kennedy crawled away from his family's camp-site, fell into a trout stream and became hopelessly lost.
He was adopted by a pair of brook trout who were on the gravel looking to expand their brood. As a young fry he was taught the way of the river, how to forage for food and avoid predators. He was a happy trout sipping dry flies from the surface and gobbling down helplessly drifting nymphs and larvae.
He learned first hand the beauty of abundant colors and shapes nature has to offer.
Like other trout before him, he fell for the angler's imitation and was pulled to shore. There, his fins transformed into arms and legs and he learned to walk upright.
Over time, Jeff married and is raising two young fry of his own. When he is not out teaching other young trout the ways of the drifting fly, he is in the studio painting and drawing.
Many of his watercolors are held by private collectors. Although he still has a day job, his ultimate goal is to paint everyday when he retires.
Jeff claims that he still has his adipose fin.
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We've seen ombre, balayage and rainbow hair but recently, a new stunning hair trend took over social media by storm! The geode trend is not unfamiliar; we've seen geode lips, nails, and even wedding cakes!
It is about time we see geode hair! This trend is a brand new method of dyeing hair using colors that mimic precious stones, and it's absolutely stunning! It takes beautiful rainbow hair to the next level. Here are our favorite viral looks from this trend:
If you're already rocking ombre or balayage, you can easily upgrade your 'do by adding at least two colors to the ends of your locks to get a gradient and geode-esque effect! This is a beautiful take on geode hair, with each color melting into the next.
Using multiple colors require more maintenance and time, if you're going for that minimalist yet trendy look, stick to a specific color and add dimension by using different shades!
Too scared to bleach all your hair? Try this look! It's a more subtle way to rock the geode hair trend. Even though it's a subtle take on this new trend, it's beyond beautiful and shows your personality! It also looks amazing with dark hair because the contrast between the hues makes the colors pop more! We absolutely love how her straight and sleek hair shows off the different hues.
This version of geode hair is for the bold and brave! This is suitable for those with bleached blonde or icy silver locks. Just make sure to stick to a color scheme and stick to a specific look. This look is unique because of the multiple different colors and hues, and we LOVE it!
Remember that like any dye job, your new 'do requires love and treatment. Talk to your hair stylist for color tips and advice on maintaining your new look!
So, there you have it! Our top geode hair looks that you can rock! Are you into this new and majestic trend?
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So the second of my three new years resolutions is to have more photo shoots geared towards a high fashion aesthetic (the third is to obtain more hatboxes in which to store my unwieldy headpiece collection!).
Luckily, I have been working with Iconography by… an awesome photography duo who have been very open to experimenting with me, and patient when I speak in very un-technical vernacular ("I want her to look dusty!" or "Its too soft/shiny/flat/boring!")
Here is a shoot containing some of the garments from the glass box collection modeled by the lovely Jennifer Parkinson. I love how she looks so vulnerable in some shots and so vicious in others!
There are a few more looks from this day of shooting, and when they are released, I shall post them as well!


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Wimbledon champion and world number one Roger Federer reflects on his opponent, his own abilities and the Olympics.
LONDON, UK (JULY 8, 2012) (REUTERS PICTURES) - With his 31st birthday looming, Roger Federer began a record-equalling 286th week at the top of the world rankings on Monday (July 9) after claiming a seventh Wimbledon title.
He also took time out to praise his opponent on Sunday, Andy Murray; to reject suggestions that he is the greatest player ever; and to say he's inspired by the Olympics.
Murray was the first British player to reach the Wimbledon final since 1938 and Federer predicted that his opponent will get better.
"I think he is a true professional out there. I see him working day in, day out, out on tour and he is as professional as you can be. He's got a great team around him and I think they're, they're all going to take the right decisions for him to move up from here, because that's where he's going. He's not going down from here. So he's only going to get stronger and he's at the perfect age right now to have success and I'm sure it's going to come his way," said the Swiss, who on Monday became world number one.
Federer has elevated the men's game to previously unimaginable heights and in spite of his age -- 31 on August 8 -- and the responsibilities of marriage and twin daughters, he is striving to be even better. However, he rejects the idea that he is the greatest player ever.
"No. I think the comparing the generations and the eras and amateurs before the professionals now, it is impossible to compare anyway in the first place and our life have started being dominated by the media who, you know, say: 'OK you have to achieve this; you have to break that record; you have to move on' -- and then, you know: 'you haven't won this yet, so please do that'. That's not how it works. I didn't come into this game to achieve everything. All I wanted was to have fun doing it; live a dream since a little boy. So that, that has to be the overriding theme when I play tennis and enjoy myself and to being able play in front of 50,000 people," he said.
Federer will return to Wimbledon to contest the Olympic singles gold that would complete his collection.
"I mean look, it's already inspiring here to see the banners and the Olympic circles coming up and London 2012. So it's quite cool to be able to see it coming up and I couldn't be more excited coming back for the Olympics in 20 days time," he said.
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Design is not about aesthetic, is about the outcome
Nowadays we can see three design growth areas—classical design, design thinking, and computational design. I am not a typical graphic designer. I have passion for information design, always able to work within dynamics, clients to deliver excellent design. I am able to push boundaries and explore new areas of interest. I am creative problem-solver.
My design experience on projects that spread across print, brand identity and wayfinding to interactive projects for screens, devices and spaces. I am a creative thinker who possesses a passion for designing innovative, unique and user-centered work.
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After working for various clients in Europe I left my own studio after gained the experience and knowledge to become a Brand and Wayfinding Designer where I mix all my passions: Art Direction, Typography and Travelling.
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PUR2o Goes Above and Beyond
When a PUR2o consultant comes to your house – you'll receive a free water analysis. The analysis helps us really zero in on which specific contaminants are in your water, which assures we install the optimal components to remove them.
We put our PUR2o Alkaline Plus system to the test.
We sent a PUR2o Alkaline Plus System to an INDEPENDENT, NJ, state certified laboratory. Jaime Young, Lab Director, Envirotek Laboratories, Inc., Drinking Water Testing Laboratory, purposely contaminated water by adding numerous chemical, organic and inorganic agents at extremely high levels – so high, they're actually not found in real world scenarios.
The contaminated water was filtered and purified through the 5-Stage PUR2o Alkaline Plus Filtration and Purification System:
- Sediment Filter
- Granulated Carbon Filter (GAC)
- Reverse Osmosis Membrane
- PH Boost cartridge to restore and elevate natural minerals which should be the only things present in water
- Second GAC (5 micron) filter
In every instance, PUR2o surpassed the test requirements for effective and complete filtration and purification.
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There's NO SUCH THING as PURE water from Nature
All life depends on water. In nature, water exists in many forms- clouds, rain, snow, ice, and fog … however chemically pure water does not exist. The world's growing and expanding population has negatively impacted the quality of the earth's water. Falling as rain water picks up gases, ions, dust and other particles from the atmosphere. As it flows over the earth's surface, water picks up other impurities along the way including anything man has dumped there.
These substances may be classified as biological, chemical (both inorganic and organic), physical, and radiological impurities. They include industrial and commercial solvents, metal and acid salts, sediments, pesticides, herbicides, plant nutrients, radioactive materials, road salts, decaying animal and vegetable matter, and living microorganisms, such as algae, bacteria, and viruses. These impurities may give water a bad taste, color, odor, or cloudy appearance (turbidity), and cause hardness, corrosiveness, staining, or frothing. They may damage growing plants and transmit disease.
Biological substances, including:
- Animal and Human Fecal matter
- Cryptosoridium
- Ecoli
- Giardia
- Entamoeba
- Toxoplasma cysts
- Decaying animal matter
- Decaying vegetable matter
- VOCs – volatile organic compounds
Chemical Impurities, including:
- Chlorine
- Chlorine by-products
- Pharmaceuticals
- Industrial runoff
- Fluoride
- Pesticides and Fertilizers
- Chemical solvents
- Road Salts
- MTBE – a gasoline additive
For homeowners, problems with water relate to color, odor, taste, and safety to family health. Chemists and engineers are concerned with the purity of water as it relates to scale deposition and pipe corrosion. Regulatory agencies are concerned with setting standards to protect public health. Farmers are interested in the effects of irrigation waters on the chemical, physical, and osmotic properties of soils, particularly as they influence crop production; hence, they are concerned with the water's total mineral content, proportion of sodium, or content of ions "toxic" to plant growth.
One means of establishing and assuring the purity and safety of water is to set a standard for various contaminants. A standard is a definite rule, principle, or measurement which is established by governmental authority. The fact that it has been established by authority makes a standard rigid, official, and legal; but this fact does not necessarily mean that the standard is fair or based on sound scientific knowledge. Where human health data or other scientific data are sparse, standards have sometimes been established on an interim basis until better information becomes available.
The Safe Drinking Water Act sets minimum standards to be met by all public water systems. New Jersey and most other states have established their own drinking water regulations using federal regulations as a basis. State regulations may be more stringent than the federal regulations.
Health Effects Of Drinking Water Contaminant
Chemicals in drinking water which are toxic may cause either acute or chronic health effects. An acute effect usually follows a large dose of a chemical and occurs almost immediately. Examples of acute health effects are nausea, lung irritation, skin rash, vomiting, dizziness, and, in the extreme, death.
The levels of chemicals in drinking water, however, are seldom high enough to cause acute health effects. They are more likely to cause chronic health effects, effects that occur after exposure to small amounts of a chemical over a long period. Examples of chronic health effects include cancer, birth defects, organ damage, disorders of the nervous system, and damage to the immune system.
Evidence relating chronic human health effects to specific drinking water contaminants is very limited. In the absence of exact scientific information, scientists predict the likely adverse effects of chemicals in drinking water using laboratory animal studies and, when available, human data from clinical reports and epidemiological studies.


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November 25, 2008 - At RSNA 2008, Siemens Healthcare will introduce three new components to the AXIOM Luminos dRF, a fully-digital 2-in-1 solution with dynamic flat detector for remote controlled fluoroscopy and digital radiography that aims to help future-proof customers' investment.
The new functionality, represented in product simulations, includes the first-to-market wireless detector, a ceiling-mounted X-ray tube and new wall stand. In combination, these enhancements increase the range of examinations the system can support.
The wireless detector provides the pinnacle in imaging excellence by bringing the speed and efficiency of a flat detector to the same coverage area as a 35 cm by 43 cm (14 inches by 17 inches) cassette so users can freely perform exposures anywhere in the room. Images are available within five seconds.
The new ceiling-mounted X-ray tube is designed to enhance workflow with a color touch screen user interface, on the tube housing, where users can control the system without having to leave the patient's side to save time and dose. For example, based on the unique needs of the individual patient, users can select the optimal configuration for an exam such as free exposure with wireless detector instead of the wall stand or table exposure. Based on the technologist's expertise, the touch screen offers users the ability to tailor organ programs to the specific patient thereby reducing dose
To further enhance the 2-in-1 functionality of the AXIOM Luminos dRF in radiographic applications, a new wall stand for the wireless detector will be introduced at the show. This wall stand is innovative in that it combines the wireless detector with classical operating features such as synchronized movement, portrait or landscape selection, and left- or right-hand detector access. In combination, these features bring time savings, flexibility and support for an increased range of clinical exams covering a broader range of patient needs.
The AXIOM Luminos dRF with wireless detector is a fully integrated system with intuitive user interface and complete process management from registration to image data management – all on a single integrated console. Streamlining clinical workflow in this way helps improve patient satisfaction and throughput as well as reduce costs.


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Frillseekers has a lot of jewelry, and I mean A LOT, but I always try to carry unique goodies you don't get to see everywhere else. Little Lux is a brand with a little lady entrepreneur – a 7-year-old to be exact. And she is too cute!
In April of 2016, she was the feature designer on Love & Pieces, where I learned a little bit about where she started. After watching her dad make his own jewelry, Riley had some ideas of her own – and now she makes each bauble by hand with his help.
In an interview with Teen Vogue, her dad said he and his partner have raised Riley to think independently and give everything a shot. John and his partner adopted Riley when she was born. From a lemonade stand to over 300 stores including Barneys New York, Riley's parents have encouraged her every step of the way.
I'm so proud to be one of the shops who carries her one-of-a-kind jewelry!


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- this large travel bag has a volume of 99 cu ltr and is perfect for each trip.
- with rolling wheels, adjustable handgrip and strong handles, the bag can be transported easily.
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Jesus reminds us it's not always something straightforward, such as an economic correction that is required in life. Sometimes we need theological corrections, too. This recession has a chance to bring about that kind of a theological correction.
It wasn't that long ago, the numbers we were most concerned about were the scores from the latest Phillies, Yankees or Jets game. But every night now, we turn on the news to find out how the Dow did, or what the latest unemployment figures are. You can't open up your paper or pop on your radio without finding another story about the faltering economy. It's got us kind of jittery, and we think a lot about it. A lot of us brood on it so much that it affects our mood. Maybe we don't feel very thankful this Thanksgiving.
Our economy's been cooling off and maybe even sliding for a year now. But a lot of it wasn't very dramatic — until late summer or early fall, when it started to fall of a cliff. And as it started to teeter, a lot of economists and financial writers were saying that negative economic events like we're in right now happen because there are economic correctives that are needed.
A few years back, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was concerned that the stock market was rising so high so fast. He was afraid that the stock bubble, especially the price of tech stocks, was based on speculation and not the real value of companies. Greenspan fretted that the bubble would burst and hurt the economy. He tried to tamp down the speculation by saying that he was concerned about "irrational exuberance" in the stock market. That bubble did indeed burst just like it needed to, and prices corrected. Unfortunately, those prices stayed depressed for a few years.
Some folks who understand these things are arguing that sort of correction is what is happening in this recession we're in now. There was this perfect storm of too-high home prices, too much debt, too little accountability for that debt, and too much speculation in the financial markets. And, just like a house of cards comes tumbling down when one of the cards gives way, all it took were some adjustable rate mortgages adjusting upward so that people couldn't make the payments on their loan. Now the whole system is correcting. Well, probably over corrected in this case. But that's what a lot of folks say happens. These negative economic events bring necessary economic corrections.
Jesus reminds us it's not always something straightforward, such as an economic correction that is required in life. Sometimes we need theological corrections, too. This recession has a chance to bring about that kind of a theological correction.
Listen to what Jesus says to us: —¦ One's life doesn't consist in the abundance of possessions" (Luke 12:15). Yet, who doesn't have too much stuff? Who has extra closet space just waiting to be filled up right now? Who hasn't gone out and bought some nameless, thoughtless Christmas present for somebody just because you were supposed to, and not because you wanted to? Who hasn't had somebody give them something like that? Who hasn't thrown it in a closet with the rest of that kind of stuff, until the closet just about vomits it out when you open the doors? And who hasn't then gone out and bought more stuff?
We, in this rich, consuming country, are stuff-buyers. We think so thoroughly about ourselves as stuff-buyers, that we just about consider it our role in society. Terrorists knock down the World Trade Center? Don't worry about it. Just go buy more stuff, and everything will be alright. Need something to do on a Saturday night? Just go buy more stuff, and it will make you feel better for a while. The neighbor next door has a big, new TV? Don't worry about — just go buy a bigger one.
Jesus, however, tells us that life isn't about stuff. Yet, truthfully, we kind of think it is. At least, if you look at our closets and the rest of our houses, it seems we think so.
Now, though, we've got this recession. We can't afford to buy so much stuff. Maybe for six months or a year or two years, we're going to have to cut back on gorging our houses with stuff we don't need, and sometimes don't even want. And when we do cut back, we'll be a little closer to Jesus' vision of what life ought to look like. Our super-abundance of stuff just detracts from life; it doesn't add to it. Jesus reminds us that economic corrections aren't as important as theological corrections. Sometimes economic events like these times we're living in can provide a necessary revision of the way we believe and live.
So perhaps there is reason for thanks. Maybe we're going into Thanksgiving feeling a little less than thankful this year. Maybe we're even a little scared and nervous because our lives are constantly being bombarded with bad economic news. However, we can give thanks even for this time of scarcity if it reminds our culture to be richer toward God.
Jesus told a parable of a guy who spent his life accumulating and died just when he was about to enjoy it all. He thought there was life in stuff, but for him, life was over before he got to enjoy everything he had collected. And Jesus says, "So it is for those who store up treasures for themselves, but aren't rich toward God" (Luke 12:21). Jesus is saying there's no sense looking for meaning where you can't find it. The only place you can find real meaning is in Him.
This week I was visiting a hospital in Passaic, N.J. And a friend told me how to get there. I had to take Paulisson Avenue, off of Route 46. He said though, "I think there are trees in front of the sign, so you can't see it very well before you get there." And sure enough, there were trees in front of the sign. Fortunately, the leaves were off the trees, so I saw it in plenty of time. This recession may just be the leaves coming off the trees that hide us from ourselves. Because of this recession, and the brakes it puts on our buying, we may be able to see there's no life in stuff. Even more importantly, we might even catch a glimpse of the One in Whom there is meaning. You might be a little nervous, maybe even kind of scared about this recession. If it helps us all store up treasure in heaven though, we can give thanks through it and maybe even for it.
Happy Thanksgiving! God's working out His plan in our lives. He's helping us see where there's no meaning and where there is. Give thanks.


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The Bachelorette: Winner Taite Radley Applied As A Joke
Taite Radley won Ali's Oetjen's heart last night, but the story behind it isn't quite as romantic as we thought.
A shocking text exchange between The Bachelorette's winner, Taite Radley, and his former flame, Geordie Shore's Dee Nguyen, has been leaked.
Taite and Dee Nguyen first met after getting matched on the dating show, First Dates, but went their separate ways shortly after.
It appears they remained friends after a series of texts were leaked to Daily Mail Australia of the two chatting about reality show fame.
Shortly after Nguyen was cast in MTV's Geordie Shore, Taite reportedly asked her for help in getting back on reality television.
"I have been looking online, I would love to apply for a few other [shows]," he wrote.
It wasn't until Dee mentioned The Bachelor franchise that Taite responded with, "Haha I went to apply for that too hahaha how funny would that be."
The Geordie Shore star then insisted the 28-year-old Bachelor apply for the show, with Taite concluding that he "looked at the application the other day."
In a 2014 Facebook status, Taite mocked former Bachelor, Blake Garvey, for not getting past 'first base' yet, suggesting he "give them all the flick."
In 2015, Taite made it clear that he was keen on pursuing a career in the spotlight, writing: "I give Facebook permission to spread my photos across the internet and make me famous. It's better to be famous than a nobody.
We wonder what Taite would have said if he saw his future self giving the Bachelorette a commitment ring. Was he looking for love or fame? We're yet to find out.
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Well hello there! Long time no talk. Well really, long time no blog. If you know me, you know I haven't gone any lengthy portion of time without talking in my entire life. But this past month had been filled with things like moving from Tennessee to Wisconsin, starting a new (ish) job and agonizing over how to decorate my bare walls which has left precious little time for blogging. But I'm back now, with Rice Krispies no less!
Well in truth, this is my second blog attempt since inhabiting my new kitchen. The first was going to be rhubarb blondies, which turned into raspberry blondes when I came away rhubarb-less from three different grocery stores, which turned into a raw doughy lump falling out of the pan in clumps when I realized that I don't know how to cook in my new oven. The oven and I have since reconciled but I thought I would play it safe and make an oven-less dessert for our housewarming party. I mean, nothing says 'welcome to our home' quite like a sweat covered me, attacking the oven and cursing a pan of half-baked bars, but I thought it might be good to come from another angle.
These are not just any Rice Krispies. They are a variation of the genius Deb Perelman's salted brown butter crispy treats. They take the butter that is normally in Rice Krispies, double it and brown it until it is dark and nutty. Just when you are ready to drop dead from how good it smells, you stir in the marshmallows until everything is smooth and creamy. This coats the cereal and is pressed into, hands down, the most delicious Rice Krispies you will ever taste. I added a little bit of vanilla and then topped them with dark chocolate and pistachios. I like to think they say, "welcome to my home, I hate my oven, but I like you."
Pistachio Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treates
Adapted from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Makes 1 8x8" pan
| Ingredients |
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 10oz. bag marshmallows
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla
- 6 cups Rice Krispies
- 2 oz. dark chocolate
- 1/4 cup pistachios, chopped
| Instructions |
- Coat an 8x8 baking sheet with non-stick spray. Set aside. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Continue cooking until butter bubbles, turns golden and eventually turns a dark amber color. Watch it very carefully and stir frequently, it burns so fast.
- Remove butter from heat and stir in salt and vanilla. Add marshmallows and stir until melted and smooth.
- Combine melted marshmallows and Rice Krispies in a large bowl and stir until cereal is coated. Quickly transfer mixture to prepared pan and press it down tightly along all edges and into the corners. It usually works best to use a piece of wax paper, foil or parchment paper coated with non-stick spray. That way you don't end up with marshmallow webbed fingers.
- Let cool completely, remove from pan and cut into squares.


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Safari across Uganda and Rwanda
This stunning tour takes you through two beautiful neighbouring countries, Uganda and Rwanda. The tour incorporates a range of interesting activities, to include game viewing, rhino tracking, chimpanzee tracking and then crossing the border to visit the incredible mountain gorilla of Rwanda.
Day-1: Arrival at Entebbe
Day-2: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and Murchison Falls National Park.
Day-3: Murchison Falls and Game Drive
Day-4: Fort Portal via Hoima
Day-5: Kibale Forest NP Chimpanzee Tracking
Day-6: Kasenyi an Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day-7: Queen Elisabeth National Park
Day-8: Kinigi and Volcanoes NP
Day-9: Gorilla Tracking and depart to Kigali
Day-10: Depart
Tour through Uganda and Rwanda Detailed Itinerary
Day One: Arrival at Entebbe airport, meet and greet and transfer to the hotel in Kampala. Briefing. Time allowing we will visit the Kasubi (Royal) Tombs. No meals included. Overnight at Hotel Emin Pasha (garden room) or Grand Imperial Hotel.
Day Two: Early breakfast, then we depart to Nakitoma to the recently opened Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary (170 Kms northwest from Kampala and half way to Murchison Falls National Park). Game drive and walk to track the white rhinos that are spending the hot hours mostly in the swampy areas . Then we proceed to Masindi, where we will have lunch at Court View Hotel. After lunch we continue our journey to Murchison Falls National Park. We drive in a beautiful landscape, land gets flat towards the north as you head to the bottom of the Victoria Nile. As we enter the national park, we will do a game drive on the way to our lodge. Check in and relax for the rest of the evening. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge or Red Chilli Camp (bandas or fix tents).
Day Three: Morning game drive in the northern bank of river Nile as we look out for the elephant, lion, Cape buffalo, Rhod'schild giraffe, hartebeest, Oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, spotted hyena and if lucky you could even spot the leopard. We will be back in time to have lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon we take a boat cruise upstream to the 'bottom of the falls'. The Nile here gets calm at the base of the falls, we stop a few metres from the 'Devil's Cauldron' . where it compresses 47 meters to squeeze through a 6-meter canyon dropping 40 metres with a thunderous roar. En-route, marvel at the, hippos, crocodiles and over this 17 km stretch you may see elephants as well as a lot of bird species like Goliath heron, pelican bee- eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. At this point we will get off the boat and, hike to the 'top of the falls' to catch a close view of the beauty that forms the Murchison Falls. This is a pleasant guided walk that takes about one hour. Our driver will pick us from the top and then drive back to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge or Red Chilli Camp (bandas or fix tents).
Day Four: This day we drive to Fort Portal via Hoima, in a breathtaking landscape that forms the Albertine western Rift Valley. It is a quite long drive ( 8 to 9 hours) but we will have several stop overs to relax, and sightseeing as we pass verdant countryside, traditional homesteads and farms. We will have our packed/picnic lunch on the way. Check in and relax for the rest of the evening. Dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge or Rwenzori View Guest House.
Day Five: Early transfer to Kibale Forest NP, where all morning is dedicated to search for chimpanzees and other primate including: I'hoestes, red colobus, blues, red tailed and gray- cheeked mangabey . After we will stop in Fort Portal to have lunch, before proceeding to Queen Elisabeth NP / Peninsula sector where we will do a game drive in the crater lakes (Katwe) area, a stunning landscape where we will look for elephants, buffaloes, antelopes and if lucky even the leopard. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge or Kingfisher Kichwamba Lodge.
Day Six: In the early morning we do a game drive in the Kasenyi area, within QENP, on a look out for the lions, buffalos, elephants, and large numbers of Uganda Kobs and other antelopes. After lunch at our lodge we will go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, to look out for the hippos, great herds of bufallos, and lots of water birds. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge or Kingfisher Kichwamba Lodge.
Day Seven: In the early morning we do another game drive in the Kasenyi area, within QENP. After we will go back to the lodge bor breakfast, and then we drive to Ishasha, which is in the southern sector of Queen Elisabeth National Park. We will arrive in time for lunch at Wilderness Camp, before going for a game drive looking for the tree climbing lions and other game. Dinner and overnight at Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Day Eight: After early breakfast we will depart to Volcanoes NP (Rwanda), home of the endangered mountain gorilla. We will cross Kabale and Kisoro where we will stop for lunch at Traveller´s Rest (where Dian Fossey used to stay, resting from the long periods spent observing the mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes). Then we proceed to Cyanika´s border post, and after clearing we will continue to Ruhengeri and Kinigi, at the base of Sabinyo mountain (one of the Virunga Volcanoes). Dinner and overnight at Gorillas Nest Hotel or Asoferwa Kinigi Guest House.
Day Nine: After an early morning breakfast, we will be transferred to the national park headquarters for being briefed by the park rangers before departing for the hike in search for the Great Mountain Gorillas. The excursion in a thick rainforest and the interaction with the mountain ape, gives a wonderful experience in life. We will have lunch after returning to the hotel. In the afternoon we will depart to Kigali. Dinner at the hotel or restaurant. Overnight at Hotel des Mille Collines (pool side room) or Hotel Chez Lando.
Day Ten: Breakfast before being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.
Mountain Gorilla Permits
Permits cannot be reserved and as such, have to be bought and paid in full on date of booking. As such, there may be 24 permits available for a specific date when you make an enquiry and the next day, all permits may be sold.
As such, once you have decided on your date of tracking, if permits are available we will request full payment for the permit. If by the time the funds are cleared the permits have been sold out, we will give a full refund. Once the permit is bought and secured, there is a 100% cancellation penalty.
Other Rwanda Uganda ToursEast Africa Tours
Gorilla Tour Rwanda
Kibeho Pilgrimage
Gorilla Tour Uganda
Uganda Rwanda Safari
|10 Days
|Best time
|Jan - Feb, June to October
|Tents, Lodges
Trek Grade: 1A
A combination of long days with steep paths and some mountain scrambling. The route follows reasonable paths through thick vegetation, up hillsides, slippery shale surfaces. Snow or rain may be encountered along the route. There is no need for technical climbing equipment. Altitude levels up to and around to 4200m. Medium risk of altitude sickness. No need for porters. Use of a daypack only.
All of these tours are arranged on a private basis.
Prices vary based on the number of people and class of accommodation
For current prices please contact us
Price includes
Airport Transfers
All Meals mentioned
Bottled mineral water while travelling
Transport in 4x4 vehicle
English speaking guide/driver.
National Parks' entrance fees and Gorilla Permits
Prices excludes
International flights and associated taxes
Drinks (sodas, beer, wine, spirits...)
Ugandan and Rwandan visas if required
Mandatory Medical and travel insurance.
Tips for baggage and porterage
Items of a person nature
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So when I was a kid my mom would take me out to restaurants occasionally and we were always taught very well on how to behave in a restaurant. I have recently (the last 8 months of my life) realized that not everyone learns how they should act in a restaurant or when going out to a restaurant. Of course this bothered me before when I would see people being rude to waitstaff or giving the bartender a hard time but now that I am working in a restaurant full time it's gotten a lot harder to hold my tongue even when going out with family members. Guys, I know it's hard to be patient sometimes but some of the stuff you do to these people gets WAY out of hand. That being said I worked retail for almost 6 years of my life and not even Black Friday Madness can compare to how people get treated when they work in a restaurant so lets talk about having some freaking manners! I mean how hard is it to simply be nice??!
When you go out on a Friday or Saturday night it is often a good idea to make a reservation as restaurants tend to hit their peek business anywhere from 4:30pm to 10:30pm and sometimes even later depending on the establishment. That being said if you aren't going to make it or if you are going to be late then CALL THE RESTAURANT. I cannot express enough how important this is. I mean if you have less than 6 people in your party it generally isn't that big of a deal but anything above that takes a lot of time and a lot of space. At the host stand it is our job to make sure your table is ready to be sat at precisely the time YOU chose when you made the reservation so if you have a party of Ten and you come in 15 minutes late with no phone call I will probably have given your table away if there is a serious wait on our hands. It's nothing against you but I have a business to run and people to seat, I am not going to keep a family that has been there for 20+ minutes waiting for the table you reserved but neglected to show up for. That's not fair to them and it's not fair to the staff who, by the way, live mostly off of their tips so you being late wastes not only our time but theirs and as a server Time Is Money. Literally.
Ordering Food:
Now I have no problem if you want to make some adjustments to your meal, I do have a problem when you have an allergy and you don't tell me about it before your food hits the table. This happens all. The. Time. If you have a serious food allergy we NEED to know. Between needing special gloves just to prep your food, we need to cook your food on a specific part of the grill so we don't end up putting you into anaphylactic shock because your burger touched sea food. We understand that not everyone can eat everything, we are MORE than happy to accommodate that because we WANT you to leave happy. That all being said if you come to the restaurant and then do 10+ changes to your meal simply because you are a picky eater your server may resent you. A lot. Especially if you don't tip well. As I said before Time Is Money, so when you make 50 billion changes to your Cheese Burger (Medium rare, no onions, add garlic, add spinach, no mustard, add mayo, toast the bun, bun on side, add bacon, sub fries for o-rings) you are delaying the time on your food and everyone else's so please keep that in mind especially if you decide to eat during one of the rushes.
Servers not Slaves:
Servers may be here to serve your food and entertain you and your family but they are NOT your slaves or butlers or personal assistants. I've been a server, I know what you are doing to them and frankly it is not nice. If a server is busy with another table it is INCREDIBLY rude to yell at them from a few tables over until you get their attention if they are with another table. Usually they will try to make eye contact with you and let you know that they will be with you in just one second but if you keep up your childish antics do not be surprised when your fries are a little cold. Had you let them complete the order with the other table quickly instead of interrupting the server would have probably gotten the order, stopped by your table for a drink refresh, checked their other tables and have been back from the kitchen with your food nice and hot in the time that it took you to bitch at them for not giving you exclusive attention. Servers are quick on their feet and good at multitasking like that and if you let them do what they need to do and are polite they generally move quicker and give much better service. That doesn't mean you aren't going to get a rough server or your server isn't going to have rough nights where they can't move as fast and there really is some behavior that is completely inexcusable (If you have four tables this is probably not the best time to go out for a ten minute smoke break) and if this is the case then you need to bring it up with the manager on duty immediately so it can be fixed, you still don't have to be a jerk to the server although I wont fault you for leaving a lower tip.
Who doesn't like to drink sometimes? We all get wild and crazy and usually a little unruly but it is all fun and games, right? So let's keep it that way and not get too drunk to function. At some point we will cut you off and if you respond badly we will either kick you out or call the police. The last thing you want is a Drunk In Public ticket. Oh yeah, and if you are going to projectile vomit all over my bathrooms because you can't hold yourself together then at the very least tell a staff member but we'd prefer it if you took responsibility and helped us clean it up. The last thing anyone wants to do is clean up a Chicken Caesar Salad from the walls of the bathroom including us so please slow down, drink some water, relax and have fun. We aren't rushing you.
You people are the freaking. Worst. Seriously.
I can't even write about you because you make me so livid. Want to have a drink and talk for two hours? Find a bar.
So as I mentioned earlier Time is Money when you are on the floor of a restaurant. The time we waste running to get you the sauce you forgot you wanted for the third time could be $2-3 out of our tips which may not seem like a lot to you but it adds up quick. Especially when most servers only make $2.13 an hour. When I was serving in New Orleans I didn't get a paycheck from the end of April when I started to the beginning of August when I moved. I relied solely on the tips that I was receiving because they tax the hell out of credit card tips and as you can imagine this made things really really hard some times. When we were in slow season I was so so thankful for my make-shift savings that I had put aside with the understanding that when slow season hit I was only going to be going home with as little as $8 a day which didn't even cover the gas to get to work, forget paying rent or eating at all.
And finally the most important part: Restrooms:
Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies. Let's have a heart to heart here really quick. Do you like going into a dirty restroom? Do you like finding some strangers bloody tampon next to the toilet? Do you really want to sit in a puddle of someone else's pee? No? Then why the HELL WOULD YOU DO THAT YOURSELVES!?!?!? I mean I get the germs thing and really that's what toilet seat covers are for which are generally provided in any public restroom but even then you still leave the toilet seat covers strewn across the stall or the toilet paper so clawed at that it looked like it snowed toiletries all over the freaking place? Even the MENS room is cleaner and guess who gets to clean all of your mess up? The hosts and sometimes the people that handle your food. We do not have a janitor on site which means that we have to throw on some gloves, break out the mop and clean up things I cannot even describe to you because they are so. Nasty. So please let's do everyone a favor: sit down, clean up and be considerate of everyone involved. As for the men, we know you don't wash your hands. That's icky. Please stop. Germs are yucky and during this time of year sickness is running rampant, mixing bodily fluids with your food probably wont help you keep from getting the flu.
And there you have it folks! Just these little things help us help you have a better experience being served, and I cannot even express how much we appreciate the little bit of patience you give us. Happy Holidays and remember: People in customer service are giving up time spent with their families to serve you, be nice.


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Tracey's initially response when we contacted her was that Margot should be "Temp of the Year" for Tate…they think she is fantastic.
Margot is from New Zealand and is over in the UK with her husband's engineering job – unfortunately she is due to return to NZ next summer otherwise FFE Ltd would have offered her a permanent job."
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From the Headies drama to the recent Okoye Brothers messy brouhaha, it seems the year came along with a lot of letting the cat out of the bag. In January, singer Blackface shocked his fans when he made serious allegations against his former Plantashun Boiz member 2Baba, accusing him of stealing his songs. He even stated that he will be taking legal actions against 2Baba. On his part, 2Baba expressed his surprise at the allegations, stating that he had nothing but love and respect for Blackface. 'We will trash the whole matter but I got nothing but love and respect for him and it is just so unfortunate that he is coming at me like that" he said.
True to his word, the duo finally made peace yesterday.
In an instagram post shared by Faze Oji, who is also a former Plantashun Boiz member, 2Baba and Blackface could be seen dancing and singing together at a party hosted by former militant, High chief Ateka Tom in Rivers State. It is alleged that Ateka was the one who brokered peace between the two artistes.
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