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LAS VEGAS – Michael Johnson was so close to winning the 12th season of "The Ultimate Fighter," he was probably considering exactly where he was going to display his trophy.
Then suddenly, it was all snatched away.
Fellow "TUF 12" finalist Jonathan Brookins mounted a rousing comeback in the final two frames of the pair's tournament-final matchup and earned a unanimous decision and the title of "the next Ultimate Fighter."
The matchup served as the main event for Saturday's The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale event, which was broadcast on Spike TV and took place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Johnson attacked from the opening bell with an improved standup attack that rocked Brookins on a handful of occasions. After being dropped, Brookins fought back to his feet, though he was stumbling while he was there. But Johnson neglected to finish the fight as he slowed his attack, and Brookins was given the reprieve he needed when the bell signaled to conclude the frame.
Between rounds, the fight took on a completely different feel. As the second round opened, gone was the dominating striking of Johnson. Instead, the wrestling prowess of Brookins was on full display as he worked Johnson to the floor and smothered him from the top position. The momentum shifted completely in Brookins' favor, and he refused to relent the move.
Johnson opened the third with one final salvo, but Brookins locked up the takedown yet again and took control of the final five minutes to claim the clear-cut unanimous decision.
With the victory, Brookins (12-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) runs his official win streak to four fights and will forever be known as the winner of "the Ultimate Fighter 12" instead of "the dude that lose to Jose Aldo." Johnson (8-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) sees a three-fight win streak snapped in his octagon debut.
Bonnar dominates Pokrajac in foul-laden affair
While the buzz surrounding the night's co-main event between light heavyweights Stephan Bonnar and Igor Pokrajac earned little pre-fight buzz, the odd events of the contest will unquestionably earn some post-match chatter.
Bonnar was unquestionably the better man in the fight. Rushing forward at the opening bell of all three rounds, Bonnar engaged sternly on the feet and was dangerous in the Thai clinch, though it was his work on the floor that had him in charge. Bonnar scored from the top with punches and looked frequently to work in submissions. To Pokrajac's credit, he never found himself in serious trouble, though he never truly threatened back, either.
The fight looked to be heading toward a fairly uneventful win for Bonnar until referee Steve Mazzagatti found himself issuing a pair of odd calls.
In the second frame, with both fighters grappling on the floor, Pokrajac delivered a few illegal knees to Bonnar's head. Mazzagatti barked out a warning, but he did not stop the action. Nevertheless, he deducted a point at the close of the frame rather than during the course of the bout, as is normally the case.
In the third, Mazzagatti warned Bonnar for punches to the back of the head. Minutes later, with Bonnar still delivering punches from top position, Mazzagatti stopped the fight to issue a deduction to Bonnar. While perhaps justified, the timekeeper did not see the referee's signal, and the round ended while Mazzagatti was deducting the point. It was a bizarre series of events, but it all added up to a unanimous-decision win for Bonnar, 29-26 across the board.
Bonnar (13-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC) has now won two-straight fights and appears to have put much of his past struggles behind. Meanwhile, Pokrajic (22-8 MMA, 1-3 UFC) has dropped three of four octagon fights.
Maia outclasses Grove on floor, takes unanimous decision
In an intriguing middleweight affair, grappling studs Demian Maia and Kendall Grove spent their fair share of time on the ground, but Maia was surprisingly willing to stand in large doses, as well. It likely cost him the third round, but Maia still cruised to a unanimous-decision win.
The lanky Grove did his best to strike from distance in all three frames, but Maia showed improved striking as he avoided absorbing any significant strikes while also countering well with punches to the head. The Brazilian didn't shy completely away from his world-class grappling, as he took Grove down in both the first and second frames. Each time, he earned looks from both the mount and rear-mount positions, but Grove spun and defended well enough to avoid a submission. Alas, he was also unable to counter.
In the third, Grove came out on fire and looked to push the pace. With the crowd firmly behind him, Grove tried to go for broke on the feet. It was not to be.
Content to trade, Maia absorbed a few punches but never looked in trouble. He stalled with an extended takedown attempt in the closing moments and walked away with a unanimous decision result, 29-28 on all three cards.
Maia (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has now won two-straight fights since his title loss to Anderson Silva in April. Grove (12-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) is now 2-3 in his past five after alternating results in each of the contests.
Story outlast Hendricks, runs win streak to five
In a highly-anticipated welterweight affair, up-and-comers Rick Story and Johny Hendricks went toe-to-toe for two rounds before settling for a slow-paced final frame. The action was close throughout, but it was Story that was ultimately awarded a unanimous decision.
While most MMA observers believed Story would outclass Hendricks on the feet, the wrestler held his own in defense. Unfortunately for Hendricks, his vaunted wrestling attack was nullified by Story, as well. After claiming the opening frame, Story's striking slowed halfway through the second, but Hendricks was unable to capitalize, and a late takedown from Story may have sealed the round for him.
The final frame was a lackluster five minutes with Hendricks looking for a takedown that just wouldn't come. He continually pressed in while holding a bodylock, but Story remained upright while countering with a kimura setup. The uneventful round was the lone frame Hendricks would win, and Story was awarded a unanimous decision win, 29-28 on all three cards.
The win was the fifth-straight for Story (12-3 MMA, 5-1 UFC), while Hendricks (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) loses for the first time as a pro.
Garcia tops Phan in controversial split decision
The night's main-card opening fight saw featherweights Leonard Garcia and Nam Phan put on every bit of the striking-heavy slugfest most MMA fans and pundits predicted. But in the matchup of Garcia's wild haymakers and Phan's technical striking, it was "Bad Boy" who proved successful, albeit with controversy.
The opening round was probably the closest. While both fighters were willing to engage on the feet, Garcia was throwing bombs while Phan strung together several combinations. Leg kicks were mixed in, as well, but both fighters were relying heavily on boxing throughout.
The second round was a clear-cut Phan round. "The Ultimate Figher 12" cast member dug frequently to the body, and he also delivered a few impressive head kicks. A kick to the body saw Garcia hit the deck, and Phan took the back for much of the round, though he was unable to finish.
The third was again close, and it featured Phan moving forward with aggressive power shots. Phan managed to avoid most of the shots while delivering counters in a more measured fashion. However, his passivity was likely what ultimately cost him.
Phan (16-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC) looked absolutely baffled as Garcia was awarded a split-decision win, 29-28, 27-30, 29-28, and much of the crowd showered the result with a chorus of obscenities. Judge Junichiro Kamijo was the lone dissenting official.
Following the win, Garcia said he welcomes a rematch, which would likely prove a hit with fans, as well.
"I'm not a judge," Garcia (15-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) said. "I'd love to have a rematch. Just him and I for three more rounds to decide the winner."
McKenzie extends impressive streak, Loveland and Watson pick up decision wins
With an astounding streak of nine-straight guillotine choke wins to his credit, it was fairly obvious what Cody McKenzie would be looking to do to Aaron Wilkinson in the pair's first post-"TUF" outing. It didn't matter.
McKenzie rushed forward from the opening bell and brought "English" to the floor. From there, it was a non-stop onslaught of guillotine choke attempts. From the top, from the bottom, standing, arm-in and arm-out, it simply didn't matter. Finally, McKenzie found one that worked from the half-mount. While Wilkinson (6-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) appeared to have his chin in the hold for defense, McKenzie (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) torqued and torqued until the tap at the 2:03 mark of the first.
Featherweight newcomer Ian Loveland made an immediate impression by dropping Tyler Toner in the opening seconds of their preliminary card contest. He would repeat the feat in the second round with a spinning backfist that produced a spectacular delayed knockdown of his opponent, though Toner quickly recovered each time and remained active from his back.
Toner worked forward in the final frame, and Loveland appeared to fatigue as the third wore on, but it was too little, too late. Loveland's lead was insurmountable, and his rapid-fire counterstrikes carried him through to a unanimous-decision victory, 30-27, 29-28, 30-26. Judge Kamijo was the only official to award Toner (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) the third round, while judge Tony Weeks gave Loveland (14-7 MMA, 1-0 UFC) a 10-8 opening frame.
In the evening's first fight to feature contestants from "The Ultimate Fighter 12," lightweights Kyle Watson and Sako Chivitchian stood toe-to-toe for much of the 15-minute affair. While Watson was able to score a few early takedowns in the opening round, Chivitchian popped back up each time and forced his opponent to stand and trade.
Watson obliged, and a few high kicks impressed. Chivitchian was game in return, but he ran out of steam as the fight wore on. Watson (13-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) managed to stay busy enough to outpoint his foe, and he took a unanimous decision with scores of 30-27, 29-28 and 30-27. Judge Patricia Morse-Jarman was the only judge to award Chivitchian (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) the second frame.
WEC imports Pace, Garza shine in early action
In a 138-pound catchweight affair created when Nick Pace missed the bantamweight mark at Friday's weigh-ins, the former WEC fighter used a slick submission to finish opponent Will Campuzano in what was a back-and-forth affair for nearly 15 minutes.
With Campuzano (7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) looking very lively on his feet and in top position in the final round, Pace locked in a unique choke that he admitted following the contest he basically made up on the fly. Dubbing the move the "Pace choke," the bantamweight locked his right leg across the back of Campuzano's neck and reached under the neck with his arm to complete the choke. Pressing down with his left hand to increase the pressure, Pace (6-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) forced the tap with 33 seconds remaining and made an early bid for "Submission of the Night."
The evening's second preliminary fought saw the UFC host its first-ever featherweight contest. Pablo Garza made sure it was as memorable as it was historic.
After a failed submission attempt by Fredson Paixao, Garza moved away and used his significant height advantage to deliver a powerful flying knee right on the button. Paixao (10-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) was out before he hit the canvas. Garza delivered one unnecessary hammerfist before referee Steve Mazzagatti could dive in and shove him off. The whole process took just 51 seconds and certainly solidified Garza (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) as an early "Knockout of the Night" candidate.
In the evening's first preliminary bout, middleweight grappler Dave Branch used a smothering arack both on the fence and the floor to overcome the potent striking of Rich Attonito (9-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC). The American Top Team product found little space on the feet to work and scored only a handful of strikes as Branch (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) worked his grappling-based offense en route to a moderately paced unanimous-decision round.
- Jonathan Brookins def. Michael Johnson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)
- Stephan Bonnar def. Igor Pokrajac via unanimous decision (29-26, 29-26, 29-26)
- Demian Maia def. Kendall Grove via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Rick Story def. Johny Hendricks via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Leonard Garcia def. Nam Phan via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
- Cody McKenzie def. Aaron Wilkinson via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:03
- Ian Loveland def. Tyler Toner via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26)
- Kyle Watson def. Sako Chivitchian via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Nick Pace def. Will Campuzano via submission (Pace choke) – Round 3, 4:27
- Pablo Garza def. Fredson Paixao via knockout (knee) – Round 1, 0:51
- Dave Branch def. Rich Attonito via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
For complete coverage of The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com)
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How To Make Vegan Puff Pastry
I'm obsessed with vegan baking because unlike traditional cooking, there are nearly no limits or boundaries to creating completely new forms of food. Effectively harnessing your imagination is the only truly required skill. Developing this skill, as well as understanding the fundamentals of baking allows you to create true art forms. Then you get to eat them.
Puff pastry is a truly remarkable building block for vegan baking because of its versatility. It can be the basis of anything from flaky layers enveloping fruit, coiled into rolls such as sticky buns, or twirled into cinnamon and sugar twists.
Referred to in France as pâte feuilletée which means pastry made leaf-like, puff pastry is made of several hundred alternating layers of dough and fat. The water in the dough produces steam during baking that separates and lifts the layers into the puffy goodness that we know and love. This steam-assisted lift is known as chemical leavening. Puff pastry often gets a bad rap due to the many steps of preparation involved. Puff pastry can be a truly time intensive endeavor- if you let it. I recommend splitting the preparation into little pieces and working at it a little bit at a time over a few days. This way you'll only spend a total of about an hour on it. You also have the option of making your puff pastry and storing it in the freezer for a special occasion or for that day when you can no longer resist some sticky caramel cinnamon buns.
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Vegan Puff Pastry Recipe
For the puff pastry dough1 ½ cups bread flour
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ cup (107 grams) Regular Vegan Butter or non-hydrogenated stick margarine (not tub margarine) cut into ½ inch pieces
1 cup ice cold water
1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
For the Vegan Butter square1 ¼ cups (269 grams) Regular Vegan Butter or non-hydrogenated stick margarine, cut into 1 Tablespoon-size pieces and cold (do not use tub margarine)
¼ cup (54 grams) Vegan Shortening or store bought shortening (½ stick), cut into 1 Tablespoon-size pieces, cold
¼ cup all-purpose flour
For the dough wash1 Tablespoon soy milk
1 Tablespoon amber agave syrup
1) Prepare the doughIn a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the bread flour and 1 ¼ cups of the all-purpose flour and salt.
If using an electric stand mixerAdd the flour and salt to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add the Vegan Butter and mix until the dough forms a sticky ball, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the bowl and mix for another 30 seconds or until the butter pieces are no longer visible. Drizzle in the water and lemon juice and mix for another 30 seconds or until the dough forms a smooth sticky ball. If the dough is too wet and doesn't come away from the sides of the bowl, add up to ¼ cup of all-purpose flour in 1 Tablespoon increments until you get the desired texture.
If mixing by handAdd the flour and salt mixture to a medium mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Use a pastry cutter to cut in the Vegan Butter until the mixture has pea-sized chunks of butter. Drizzle in the ice water and lemon juice and mix using the mixing spoon until just combined and the butter pieces are no longer visible. Transfer the mixture to a clean counter and quickly knead until the butter starts coming off in your hands, about 30 seconds. If the dough is initially too wet, add up to ¼ cup of all-purpose flour in 1 Tablespoon increments until you get the desired texture.
2) Refrigerate the doughRoll the dough into a ball and use a sharp knife to cut an X shape into the top, extending halfway through the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours.
3) Prepare the Vegan Butter squareIn a medium mixing bowl add the 1 ¼ cups Vegan Butter pieces, the half stick of shortening pieces, ¼ cup all-purpose flour and mix on low until just combined. Place the mixture on a sheet of plastic wrap and use a bench scraper to shape to a rough 6 inch square. Wrap the Vegan Butter square in the plastic wrap and shape it to a more accurate square. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
4) Make your puff pastry envelopePlace the dough on a lightly floured surface, coat your rolling pin with four and roll out along the X to 12 inches square. Roll three times in each direction using long even strokes, dusting your rolling pin with flour as necessary. Remove the Vegan Butter from the plastic wrap and place it diagonally on top of the dough.
Fold the corners of the dough over the Vegan Butter as if you're wrapping it like a gift. Pinch the dough ends together to seal.
5) Build your vegan puff pastry layers with turnsUse a rolling pin to lightly tap the dough, starting from the center and working your way towards the edges until the square becomes bigger. This helps make the fat pliable so it can be rolled with the dough. Carefully roll the dough out to 14 inches square. Feel free to dust the dough with flour if it begins to stick to anything.
Fold the dough in three folds like a tri-fold business letter. This is known as a turn in the laminated dough world.
Now turn the dough 180 degrees and fold it in three folds again so it turns into a square. This counts as another turn.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. The refrigeration allows the fats to resolidify and the gluten in the dough to relax. This causes the dough becomes more pliable and elastic while maintaining it's strength. Now is a great time to take a break for a day or so. It's important to not let the dough sit in the refrigerator for more than 3 days because it can start to discolor.
6) Repeat your puff pastry turnsRepeat Step 5 two more times so you have a total of 6 turns. This will give you a total of 2187 layers of fat and dough.
How to use puff pastryYou now have a world of possibilities awaiting you with your puff pastry which includes turnovers, sticky buns, napoleons, palmiers, cinnamon twists and even pie crusts. Don't be afraid to let your creativity take control and invent your own desserts. Just keep in mind that the crispy flakiness of puff pastry is often a perfect match with fruit-based fillings or creamy layers. Use the dough wash by applying a coating to the puff pastry with a pastry brush right before you bake it for a golden brown exterior.
Puff pastry can be stored in the freezer for up to 2 months. Just cover the top of the dough with parchment paper, carefully roll the dough into a cylinder and double wrap with plastic wrap before freezing. Remove the puff pastry from the freezer and place it in the refrigerator to thaw the night before using.
This recipe makes one 20 x 15 inch rectangle of Vegan Puff Pastry.
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This is the best puff pastry recipe I've come upon. It even beats my late-late-late-late-grandmother's! This is my go-to recipe now for quick and easy desserts.
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Poor non vegans!
Yummm! Making Vegan Puff Pastry has definitely earned a top spot in my cook books. I pity those who have not turned vegan.
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Think I will be trying this out over the weekend. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us.
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hello, it's quite good, i'm happy i found this recipe. Alain (from France)
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My wife made these earlier tonight and it was all gone so quickly. Yum!
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This looks really good. I almost looks simple enough for even me to make this.
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Good background on theory
Good instructions, and the photos were very good. However, a few points:
1. I've always noticed with puff pastry recipes that initially there is a high proportion of fat to flour. My guess is that you are supposed to make up for the low flour when you are doing the turns. But I think I overdid it with the added flour and my pastry didn't rise, although it wasn't oily, like the last time I tried puff pastry. So: it would be good to suggest an amount of flour to use for the turns.
2. It would be good to put the flour amounts in weights. My mother was English so I have scales and it's just way more accurate to measure nearly everything (except the teaspoons, obviously) by weight. Especially when you want to halve or double.
This Time Yeh
This is the best puff pastry recipe(guide) that I've seen. It now has given me confidence to try again with a good idea of each stage. Thank you
Technical correction
I think you meant to turn the dough 90° (not 180° as stated).
Each fold, turn, fold multiplies the layers by 9. So after the envelope, then fold turn fold you have 9 layers.
Then refrigerate an hour, then roll out, fold, turn, fold, you now have 81 layers.
Am I supposed to refrigerate it again for an hour at this point?
The next roll out, fold, turn, fold yields 729 layers (not 2187). To get 2187 layers, you would need to roll it out again and fold into a long rectangle and then roll it out (without creating a square). Had I turned and then folded to create a square again, I would have had 6561 layers.
Is it necessary to refrigerate the dough for an hour in between rolling it out again each time before the fold turn fold step?
I wonder whether you have ever tried taking inspiration from baklava for creating vegan puff pastry? Baklava is after all more or less the pastry's vegan ancestor.
Finally Made It
Finally made this. Way easier than I thought though it seems there is a TON of fat in it. Guess that's the way it works. I'm going to use it to make my vegan "turkey" for T-day. I'll stuff it with marinated, fried tofu, home-made seitan, stuffing, and roasted vegetables. Topped with wild mushroom gravy. All vegan this year. If it DOESN'T turn out great, I'll let you know.
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Hi Mattie
I was so happy to find this recipe, I'm vegan and the best dish I wanted to eat for a long time Turkish borek . Thank you for the exact explanations. I wanted to know if i can replace the bread flour in Whole wheat flour?
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Thank you Mattie for this recipe!
We have a vegan couple coming in to our restaurant in a coupe of days and my boss wanted to do a vegan "wellington".
The puff pastry was delicious as we did a test run tonight. Everyone, follow the recipe and instructions and you won't be disappointed!
so excited to make this this weekend! wondering if i can replace the shortening with earth balance butter? also, do you have a great recipe for vegan danishes? thank you :)
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vegan puff pastry
Can I use pastry flour instead? and how much
This looks great
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Hi Mattie
Thank you for a really well put together recipe for Vegan Puff :)
Have you had any success with a savory dough wash? I've tried melted vegan 'butter', egg replacers, oils... all with no success. I'd love to have your suggestions.
Hey thanks for this--I make a vegetarian puff pastry "turkey" every year for Thanksgiving but it's never been vegan. So next year, it's going to be. BUT, I too would like to know how much this makes. I need 2 fairly large sheets so looks like I'll be needing to double this recipe. Thanks.
This looks great! Thanks so much for the step by step. How many servings does it make? I'm baking for 100+
Thanks :)
Bread flour?
Hey Mattie, this looks great and I'm excited to try it! Why do you use bread flour and all-purpose rather than pastry flour? I thought bread flour was high gluten and you want low gluten content for flakiness in pastries. Thanks!
This looks like a brilliant recipe! Thanks!
Although you only mentioned sweets, I assume this would be suitable for savory recipes as well?
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I had so much fun making this puff pastry over the weekend. The instructions were clear and easy to follow thank you sooooo much!!
thank you for help us find ways to replace animal products and still be able to enjoy desserts, bake goods ,etc.
you/re genious my daughter ask me if I can bake her meringues and i was so ignorant and told her no way those are made out of eggs and I saw your recipe today
thank you
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This recipe looks good. I especially like the fact there's a builder's measuring tape in the photos, which speaks to puff pastry's great architectural potential. What brand of shortening and margarine do you recommend?
When do you use the dough wash?
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Barbara: The Better Batter Flour website has a recipe using the product to make Croissants, since it's essentially the same process that may work. I also like your idea of GF bread flours. I need to get my hands on some of King Arthur's.
Oh, the memories
Great tutorial, as always. I used to love making puff pastry, and danishes, and kringles and braids and all those Swedish puff pastry yummies. Then I went Vegan, Gluten, Corn and Soy free. I want puff pastry but the curve is making my brain freeze. Now that I have vegan butter though, I may have to try again. :-)
I love this site, Mattie.
I am gluten-free, and wondering if this recipe would work with g-f bread and regular flours just as well. Would LOVE to be able to make puff pastry!


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Origin Africa 2014 Event was successfully hosted by ACTIF in conjunction with Export Processing Zones Authority of Kenya, Trade and Fairs Consulting, East Africa Trade Hub [EATH] & a host of other partners between 10th and 12th Nov 2014 at Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi, Kenya. It was officially opened by Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta and was also graced by Kenya First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and Ethiopia First Lady Roman Tesfaye. First Lady Kenyatta inaugurated the designer show case wearing a Kenyan-made dress.
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The apocalyptic fantasy sandbox MMORPG Xsyon is on sale for 50% off for one more week!
We're running a special promotion as we're getting very close to the upcoming creature updates finally. So far, the required systems update patch in late March has gone smoothly and there's just a bit of balancing and testing before to do before I can start patching the upcoming series of improvements.
The Test Server will open up again next week to again test pets and mounts and to focus
Hello Xsyon Citizens!
I will be patching an update this coming Monday, March 18th starting at 9:00 AM PST.
This is the final preparatory patch for the upcoming creature updates.
The servers will be down for several hours during this patch as it requires an update to the database system and software that Xsyon depends upon.
I will run performance tests on this patch for a week and fix any reported issues. If all looks good, the first creature update
Xsyon is participating in Steam's annual Winter Holiday Sale and is 50% off through January 3rd!
During this time we are also handing out Christmas gifts. This year we are giving out the traditional Santa and Elf outfits along with a blueprint of your choice.
To put in a request for Christmas gifts, please open a ticket in the help desk and leave a basket at your Tribe Totem.
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Hello Xsyon Citizens!
Xsyon is on sale this week again (50% off) during Steam's Autumn Sale!
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First time I found that several chests had been destroyed and most of my items were scattered on the floor. Today I found that a stair had been destoyed, just as if a creeper had exploded there. And inside my house there had been a few, just two or three, blocks that had been mined away (which caused a huge leak in my inside swimmingpool....)
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Oxford Immunotec raises $28m to accelerate commercial sales map
Oxfordshire UK [Marlborough, MA]; June 18th, 2012
Oxford Immunotec, a medical diagnostic company developing tests in the fields of infectious and immunological disease, announced today that it has raised a total of $28m in a new equity financing. The round was led by new investors Imperial Innovations and Invesco Perpetual and supported by existing shareholders, including Clarus, New Leaf, DFJ Esprit, Wellington, SPARK Ventures, the Dow Chemical Company, NTEC, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and the University of Oxford. Oxford Immunotec has now completed five institutional funding rounds totaling approximately $110 million since its establishment in 2002. The proceeds from this financing will be used to expand sales & marketing of Oxford Immunotecs lead product, the T-SPOT®.TB test for diagnosing latent TB infection, as well as for the development and commercialization of new products focused on infectious and immunological disease. Susan Searle, Chief Executive Officer, Imperial Innovations, said: Oxford Immunotec is a well-run, high-growth company in an exciting space. This funding provides it with the capital to expand its operations in key markets and enables a UK university spin out to become a truly multinational business. Dr. Peter Wrighton-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Oxford Immunotec commented: This $28m funding exceeded our funding goal and is further validation of the market opportunity we are pursuing, the strength of our lab-based US business model and our early progress in penetrating that market. This funding will help us to expand sales & marketing at a faster rate, to penetrate new geographies and to accelerate the development and commercialization of other assays for our expanding customer base. - Ends-
Notes to Editors:About Oxford Immunotecwww.oxfordimmunotec.comOxford Immunotec Ltd., a global immunology-focused diagnostic company, is headquartered near Oxford, UK; its US operations are based in Marlborough, MA. The company is developing novel new tests in the fields of infectious and immunological disease based primarily on its patented T-SPOT® technology, the first FDA-approved method for directly quantifying antigen-specific T cells.T-SPOT technology is a simple and extremely accurate method of studying a persons cellular immune response and, as such, provides a unique methodology to diagnose and monitor diseases driven by a T cell response.Oxford Immunotecs primary product, the T-SPOT.TB test, is one of two Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) which detect latent TB infection and are replacing the 90-year old tuberculin skin test currently used for this purpose. The World Health Organisation1 estimated in 2006 that 50 million latent TB screening tests were performed each year, representing a greater than $1bn per annum market opportunity for TB testing globally. IGRAs are now endorsed in clinical guidelines in over 20 countries and the T-SPOT.TB test has now received regulatory approval in over 40 countries worldwide, including the US, Europe and China. In the US, the T-SPOT.TB test has its own CPT® code (86481) with recently increased CMS reimbursement of approximately $106/test. The T-SPOT.TB test is also covered in various other clinical lab fee schedules around the world.As well as developing & selling tests in kit form, Oxford Immunotec also runs a testing laboratory business in both the US and the UK (Oxford Diagnostic Laboratories) designed to provide unparalleled levels of expertise, service, turnaround time and simplicity for physicians wanting to access immunological tests such as the T-SPOT.TB test.T-SPOT and the Oxford Immunotec logo are registered trademarks of Oxford Immunotec Ltd.CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association
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There's been another dustup at the State House between democrats and Governor LePage — over, of all things, a television set.
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Paul Qui and the Hole In The Wall Team Talk Ramen Shop
At East Side King at Hole in the Wall in Austin, chef/owner Paul Qui, head chef Yoshi Okai, and partner Moto Utsunomiya are known for turning out slightly gonzo, supremely satisfying ramens like beer bacon miso and chicken tortilla ramen. They're also all ramen aficionados in their own right, clocking serious mileage between Texas and Japan to scope out the latest in ramen trends across the country. We talked to the trio about their most memorable bowls of all time, ramen in the US versus ramen in Japan, and more.
Most memorable bowls
Paul Qui: My last great bowl was at Tokyo Station—the noodle wasn't so traditional, it was more like udon, with a chewy texture, that you dipped into a very intense tonkotsu dashi broth. That was pretty much it. There wasn't really any meat, and there was a little bowl of pickles on the side, but the focus was really on the noodle.
Yoshi Okai: When I was a kid in Kyoto, I hated ramen noodles. I thought they were so gross. But when I got a little older and went to Kyoto for the first time, I found a ramen that was totally amazing, and to this day, it's still my favorite bowl ever. The broth is made with sake kasu [or lees, the residual yeast at the bottom of a tank of sake after it ferments], bonito and kombu. The noodles are a little wide, but flat, like fettucine, and it comes with a vegetable like green onion, chicken kashu, and an egg on top. There's only one shop, Genya, that makes this kind of ramen, and it's really close to the Gekkeikan sake headquarters, where they get the lees. I could make it here, but I don't want to steal the idea.
Moto Utsunomiya: The last time I was in Japan, I had a really cool ramen I'd never seen before with sudachi, a kind of sour Japanese citrus that looks like a lime. It had a hot chicken broth, wavy noodles, and scallions and slices of the lime on top, which you have to take out after three or four minutes before everything gets too bitter. There's no meat--when I was younger, I liked tonkotsu, but now I can't handle that much fat.
On finding good ramen in Japan
Paul: The first time I was in Tokyo, we were in Tokyo Station, and there was this huge line for one ramen shop. But we didn't want to waste our first day standing in line, so we ate next door at this empty little place, and it was not the best choice. The next day, we came back, waited in the two and a half hour line, and got some amazing ramen. Lesson learned: look for the place with the line.
On ramen in the US vs. ramen in Japan
Paul: In the US, ramen is much more meat-focused--it's all about the chasu or the egg or the toppings, and less so the broth and noodles. Near Moto's hometown, we went to a Japanese Ippudo [link], and I didn't realize you could ask for noodles cooked between 1-7 (7 was the most cooked; 1 was really al dente). And the noodles aren't just curly and straight--there's more going on. People think the straight noodles are more legit because they're fresh, but curly can be fresh, too. Each noodle is based on the broth it's paired with. That stuff is serious in Japan.
Why they wanted ramen on their menu
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The move will involve the company's New York stock exchange listing changing from FPL Group to 'NEE'.
The aim behind the move is to better reflect the company's clean energy credentials. In addition to owning over 7.5GW of wind projects, NextEra has interests in nuclear and solar power as well as 13 natural gas power plants.
NextEra Energy CEO Lew Hay said: "Our clean energy strategy has allowed us to achieve impressive growth over the past decade. We've more than doubled our total generating capacity from about 19.5GW to nearly 43GW, including more than 10GW of clean, emissions-free generation from wind, solar and nuclear. In an industry not known for growth, this is a pretty remarkable achievement."
In May the normally secretive company revealed plans to invest $7-10billion and add up to 3.5-5GW of new wind generation by 2014.
The Florida-based subsidiary of FPL Group, which added over 1GW of wind projects in nine states last year, also acknowledged that 2010 will be less than robust. The company only expects to add 1.4-1.8GW by the end of 2011.
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US 2 between Leavenworth and State Route 207 at Coles Corner will be closed for six days in early September to replace the Drury Canyon Creek Bridge in Tumwater Canyon. The closure is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept.8, and continue until noon Friday, Sept. 13. A signed detour from US 2 between Coles Corner and Leavenworth using SR 207 and the Chumstick Highway will add a half hour to the trip.
During the closure, recreationists bound for trailheads between Coles Corner and the Tumwater Campground and Hatchery Creek may access those from the west, while from Leavenworth on the east end of the closure, those wanting to access climbing locations and trailheads will be allowed access 5 miles into the Canyon, as far as the Alps candy store.
In addition, trucks weighing more than 26,000 pounds are prohibited on Chumstick Highway and must use Interstate 90, Snoqualmie Pass and US 97, Blewett Pass, instead of US 2, Stevens Pass.
This week-long closure was originally scheduled for late August, however, it was postponed when delivery of critical bridge components was delayed.
After two years of construction, the $8.1 million project to replace three bridges is now in the final stage, requiring its only significant highway closure. New bridges include the Drury Canyon Creek Bridge, 7 miles west of Leavenworth, the 100-year-old \'Green Bridge\' two miles further west at the top of the Canyon and the Chiwaukum Creek Bridge less than a mile farther west on US 2.
The new Wenatchee River and Chiwaukum Creek Bridges were built alongside the existing bridges, so traffic impact has been minimal. For the 22-foot-long Drury Canyon Creek Bridge, built in 1937, steep terrain in upper Tumwater Canyon makes it impossible to build a new bridge next to the old one. That stretch of U.S. 2 must be closed for crews to remove the old bridge and install the new one.
The bridge is being replaced due to years of wear on the bridge footings. Crews will retrofit the bridge by removing the existing 24-foot-wide deck and setting a new box culvert between the abutment walls. The new structure will require no footings in the creek. The new 36-foot-wide deck will have two 12-foot lanes and 6-foot shoulders. The work also includes new turning lanes into the U.S. Forest Service Tumwater Campground. Crews will also complete connections to the other two new bridges and another project that eliminates a fish barrier where Skinney Creek passes under US 2 between Coles Corner and Tumwater. When the construction wraps up, all three new bridges will be open to traffic. Work will continue into the fall to demolish the old bridges and restore the environment.
At this time, the speed limit for the mile and a half of US 2 west of Tumwater Campground has been reduced from 60 to 50 mph. while the work to connect the new bridges to US 2, and do final shoulder, guardrail, signage and striping is completed by the end of September.
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This is a perfect summer Shabbat lunch salad (remember to grill your corn on Friday!)
This salad is also a winner for a Sunday night Mother's Day barbeque.
Juice of 1 lime
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp salt
1 clove garlic crushed
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 pint grape tomatoes cut in halves
1 ripe hass avocado, roughly chopped
2 ears of fresh sweet corn
2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
Grill corn over medium heat for 10 to 15 mins. The corn should have some brown spots and be tender and not mushy. DO NOT OVERCOOK!! Cut the corn off the cob and scrape the cob with the back of your knife to get the juices. Set aside and let cool.
Add all the ingredients for the dressing in a bowl and whisk to combine. Add the tomatoes, avocado, cilantro and grilled corn. Mix well so that everything is coated with the marinade, but be careful not to mash the avocadoes. Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve. Bon appetit!
adapted from Jehan Can Cook
How to Grill Corn on the Cob:
It is important to soak the corn in cold water before grilling. Remember to leave the corn husks on, but peel them back first and remove the silk. I usually soak it for 10-20 minutes. Make sure the entire corn ears are covered in the water. This will help prevent premature burning of the husks. If you want to add a little sweetness, you can add sugar to the water.
After soaking the corn on the cob, it is time to season. While there are many different recipes, we will start of with the basic.
Start off by brusing the entire corn with olive oil. We do not recommend butter at this stage, as it will burn the corn.
Add a generous combination of paprika (smoked if you have it), garlic powder, chili poweder, pepper and salt.
Cover the corn back up with the husks, and tie a string around the ends (this will help 'steam' the corn while grilling). If you do not have any string, you can use a piece of tin foil, just wrap it wround the end like a rope.
Fire up your girll and place the corn on the cob over indirect heat (not directly over the flame). Turn every 5 minutes to prevent the corn from burning. You will know it's know when the entire husk looks like it is burnt. Don't worry, this is what you want.
let the corn rest about 5-10 minutes in the husk, then remove the husks and any excess silk.
Adapted from How to GrillCorn.
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Spaghetti Squash is a great alternative to eating pasta. Top it with this quick and easy marinara sauce and enjoy it guilt free!
Ingredients for this Kosher Recipe:
1 Spaghetti Squash cut lengthwise
Sauce ingredients
- 1 jar of your favorite Marinara sauce
- 1 Pint Grape or cherry tomatoes sliced lengthwise
- 1 can black olives sliced
- 1 onion chopped
- 3-5 garlic cloves crushed
- Dried Oregano
- Red Pepper Flakes if you wish to make sauce spicy
Preparation for Squash
Preheat oven to 350
Cut spaghetti squash lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Roast on tray face down for 30-45 min. Using heat-proof gloves, scoop out the "spaghetti" with a fork.
For Sauce
Saute onion and garlic in a little olive oil. Add grape tomatoes and olives and saute for about 1-2 minutes. Add sauce and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes checking frequently. Season with dried oregano. Pour over squash and serve.
Recipe Courtesy of Frieda Shama
Related Kosher Recipe
- Gladys's Healthy "Baked Ziti" (thejewishhostess.com)


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Q: Our front door won't stay open. It keeps swinging shut on its own. What's wrong and how can we fix it?
--M. Leacy
If your door won't stay open, the door or its frame is slightly out of plumb (not perfectly vertical), which causes it to swing shut. You could restore the door to plumb using a level and shifting the hinge positions slightly, but there are much easier ways to fix this problem.
One method is to remove one of the hinge pins -- usually the top one -- and support the ends of the pin on two blocks of wood. Hold the pin with pliers so it doesn't fly up at you and strike the pin firmly in the middle with a hammer. The object is to bend the pin imperceptibly. Tap the pin back into place (it should fit more tightly), and try the door. The increased friction caused by bending the pin should hold the door in any position. If necessary, repeat with a second hinge pin.
You can also use a doorstop that will hold the door in any position. I favor the "kickdown" type sold at some home centers and hardware stores (also available on line at www.robertbrooke.com). This is a simple lever with a rubber cap that is attached to the bottom of the door. When kicked down with the foot, it will hold the door in position; pushed up with the foot, the door swings freely.
Q: How can we revive an acrylic kitchen sink? We use it carefully, but the finish is badly worn and stained.
If you can't have the sink replaced with something more durable, such as stainless steel, your best bet is to have it professionally refinished. Refinishers are listed in the yellow pages under Bathtubs & Sinks -- Repair and Refinishing. If you want to try and refinish it yourself, kits containing epoxy paints and instructions are available at most home centers and paint stores, or you can buy kits on line at www.refinishingonline.com (on the home page, clock on Brush/Roll-On Paint).
A new finish will last longer if you use a plastic dishpan in the sink to absorb most of the knocks and scrapes when cleaning utensils and dishes.
Q: How can I compare different brands of blacktop driveway sealer in order to get the best? A sealant contractor recommends a brand sold at a local home center.
I don't know of any independent tests that compare blacktop driveway sealers. In general, though, I think these sealers are much like paint -- the higher the price for the sealer, the better the quality is likely to be. Also, if the contractor has been in business in your area for some time and can furnish references, you should be able to trust his judgment.
Q: What causes the ugly roof stains I see on many homes? Is this something new? How do you prevent it and get rid of it?
--T. Hanes
The dark stains are caused by fungi such as mildew and they are not anything new. In fact, over the years, this problem ranks near the top of my list of frequently-asked-questions. The stains are more prevalent in humid areas, and you might be seeing more of them if you have recently moved into such an area.
Cleaners are available to remove the stains. The usual method of prevention is to install zinc strips on the roof. Rain reacts with the zinc to cause a chemical reaction that helps prevent growth of the fungi.
A good source of more information, cleaners and zinc strips is the Web site www.shingleshield.com .
Quick Tip:
When removing a lawnmower blade for replacement or sharpening, the usual advice is to use a block of wood, jammed between the blade and blade housing, to keep the blade from moving while loosening the blade's retaining nut. A better and safer method is to attach a C-clamp to the blade housing so the blade bears against the clamp when the nut is loosened by turning it counter-clockwise. Also, be sure and pull the sparkplug cable from the plug, to prevent an accidental start, before examining or removing a lawnmower blade.
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When We Look At Ted Cruz, We See the Alamo
t was not until the last 24 hours, after 13 days of siege, that a real battle ensued. In the battle, the Alamo defenders fought valiantly and nearly all were killed including Jim Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davey Crockett. The defense of the Alamo allowed General Sam Houston to build a large enough army to route Santa Anna and his men. "Remember The Alamo" was a constant battle cry at the Battle of San Jacinto, six weeks later. In the battle that lasted only 18 minutes, roughly 630 Mexican troops were killed and 730 captured while only 9 Texans died....Read More


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The advantages of shallow subsurface drip irrigation are many, but it's still used sparingly in the lower Southeast on traditional row crops.
But trials being conducted at the C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park in southwest Georgia are showing the benefits of this watering method on crops such as peanuts, corn and cotton.
The advantages of subsurface drip irrigation include the potential for more precise managing of water near the roots of crops, minimizing losses due to evaporation, installing systems in fields with irregular shapes, allowing for spoon-feeding nutrients (especially important in locations where rainfall can leach significant nutrients), and zoning of irrigation areas based on limited water supplies and differing water needs of soils and crops, says Ron Sorensen, agronomist and soil scientist with the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga.
Sorensen was one of the presenters at this year's annual field day held at the Stripling Irrigation Research park.
In shallow subsurface drip irrigation, he explains, drip tubing is being placed in the soil at approximately 3 to 4 inches deep.
"Then, we go into a strip-till operation, and we get our yield information from there," he says of the work at the Stripling Park in Camilla. "We leave the drip tube in the ground, anywhere from three to five years. Using strip-till along with a GPS system, we stay off the tape, and this allows us to leave our tape out there and improve our yields."
In the last year of the trial, Sorensen says, peanuts are put into the crop rotation. "Prior to harvesting peanuts, we pull up the drip tape, harvest the peanuts, and then go back into a cotton/corn rotation for three to five years. Then, we go back into peanuts," he says.
Essentially, the drip tape is being used like a nozzle on a pivot, says Sorensen. "After so many years, nozzles go bad, and you throw them away and put on a new nozzle. That's what we're doing here. The infrastructure is still available, and the mainline is still there, so all we're really doing is exchanging tape.
"If you've got some rented land — maybe a 10 or 12-acre field — you can get some blue lay-flat hose, punch a little hole in it, hook up to it, and go right into the tape. The blue lay-flat, the hose and everything, if you do it on a per-acre basis, you're probably looking at $250 to $300 per acre. And you have that in for five years, the cost goes down to about $40 to $50 per acre. It's very economical," he says.
Yields in the trial have shown an improvement, says Sorensen. "Of course, with dryland corn, in some years you get really good dryland corn and in other years you get nothing. We usually run about 180 to 200 bushels of corn per acre. With cotton, we're up to 1,500 to 1,700 pounds per acre. And in peanuts, we're running right around 4,800 pounds per acre over the six to eight years we've been using this system," he says.
The most difficult part of the process, he adds, is pulling up the drip tape.
"There is not a machine available — commercially — to pull tape out of the ground. They have them in Israel, but they don't have them here, so that's one thing we're working on. If you have a break in the tubing, they make couplings so you can hook them back together in case you do get a hole. Or you can do it the cheap way, and put in a piece of blank tubing in there with a couple of hose clamps."
The system, says Sorensen, is very inexpensive to run, roughly about $7 to $8 per acre, depending on how many holes you have and how much you're paying your labor to fix the holes. "It does get to a point to where there are so many holes you don't want to do it anymore, and that's when you run that last year of peanuts, pull out the tape, and start over."
Typically, shallow subsurface drip irrigation has used about 25 percent less water than a center pivot system, he says. "And we get the same or comparable yields, depending on the year. In some years, the pivot does better, and in other years, we'll do better with the subsurface drip. Overall, we usually get by with less water with the drip. It takes about 15 to 20 gallons per acre to use this tape, and that's to put out an inch in 24 hours. So if you have a 30 to 45-gallon-per-minute well that's sitting vacant on the edge of a field, you can cover three to four acres with that."
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BOSTON -- Netflix will offer closed captions on all TV and movie content by 2014 after a deaf Massachusetts viewer sued the company.
The on-demand Internet streaming service agreed to a settlement in U.S. district court in Springfield on Tuesday.
Closed captions are currently available on 90 percent of hours watched on Netflix, including many of its most popular programs.
A Netflix spokesman says the company is an industry leader and offering high quality captioning on the more than 1,000 devices on which Netflix is available is a "tall order."
In the meantime, Netflix will display a list of available close-captioned content.
Massachusetts resident Lee Nettles, along with national and regional associations for the deaf and hearing impaired, sued Netflix in 2010 under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination based on disability.


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About the Pittsburgh Consortium of Independent Schools
The Pittsburgh Consortium of Independent Schools is a non-profit, professional organization established in 1997 to foster collaboration among the member schools and to increase public awareness of the value of an independent school education. The Consortium is made up of thirteen schools: Aquinas Academy, The Campus School of Carlow University, Community Day School, The Ellis School, Fox Chapel Country Day School, Kiski School, The Linsly School, The Neighborhood Academy, St. Edmund's Academy, Sewickley Academy, Shady Side Academy, Valley School of Ligonier, and Winchester Thurston School. All of the schools belong to either the National Association of Independent Schools or are accredited by the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools, or both.
Mission Statement
By collaborating on projects of mutual interest and benefit, The Pittsburgh Consortium of Independent Schools (PCIS) seeks:
- To increase public understanding of and respect for the value of an independent school education, and
- To encourage member schools to serve as models of excellence in education by preparing their students to become professional and community leaders equipped with the skills, the discipline, and the ethics our society needs.
- To create a forum for communicating and supporting one another, resolving issues, meeting common challenges together, and maintaining a dialogue among independent school leadership.
- To enhance the educational opportunities for their trustees, administrative officers, faculties, parents, alumni, and their students.


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