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Comparison of serological assays for detecting antibodies in ducks exposed to H5 subtype avian influenza virus
Veterinary Epidemiology, Public Health and Modelling
Chicken red blood cells (RBCs) are commonly used in hemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests to measure hemagglutinating antibodies against influenza viruses. The use of horse RBCs in the HI test can reportedly increase its sensitivity when testing human sera for avian influenza antibodies. This study aims to compare the proportion of positives detected and the agreement between two HI tests using either chicken or horse red blood cells for antibody detection in sera of ducks experimentally infected or naturally exposed to Indonesian H5 subtype avian influenza virus. In addition, comparison with a virus neutralisation (VN) test was conducted with the experimental sera.
In the experimental study, the proportion of HI antibody-positive ducks increased slightly, from 0.57 when using chicken RBCs to 0.60 when using horse RBCs. The HI tests indicated almost perfect agreement (kappa = 0.86) when results were dichotomised (titre ≥ 4 log2), and substantial agreement (weighted kappa = 0.80) for log titres. Overall agreements between the two HI tests were greater than between either of the HI tests and the VN test. The use of horse RBCs also identified a higher proportion of antibody positives in field duck sera (0.08, compared to chicken RBCs 0.02), with also almost perfect agreements for dichotomized results (Prevalence and bias adjusted Kappa (PABAK) = 0.88) and for log titres (weighted PABAK = 0.93), respectively. Factors that might explain observed differences in the proportion of antibody-positive ducks and in the agreements between HI tests are discussed.
In conclusion, we identified a good agreement between HI tests. However, when horse RBCs were used, a higher proportion of sera was positive (titre ≥ 4 log2) than using chicken RBCs, especially during the early response against H5N1 virus. The HRBC-HI might be more responsive in identifying early H5N1 HPAI serological response and could be a recommended assay for avian influenza sero-surveillance in both wild and domestic birds.
The spread of the Eurasian lineage of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) from China to other countries across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa is an unprecedented epizootic event. Although the initial outbreaks of H5N1 HPAI virus in Hong Kong, China, were successfully eradicated in late 1997
Given the continuing evolution and the endemicity of H5N1 HPAI viruses in many countries, and the catastrophic impacts to both poultry and human health
The sensitivity of the HI test for detection of antibodies against avian influenza viruses in human sera can be improved by replacing avian RBCs with equine RBCs within the test
The studies were conducted on the two different groups of serum samples (experimental and field) at two different laboratories: Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), Geelong, Australia and Disease Investigation Centre (DIC) Wates, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, respectively.
Sixty serum samples were collected from experimentally infected ducks (N = 10) at six sampling times: 4 days prior to the virus inoculation and 8, 15, 22, 29 and 34 day post inoculation (dpi). The results of a blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that none of these ducks had pre-exposure to avian influenza (AI) virus subtypes. Each duck was inoculated via nostrils, eyes and mouth with 0.5 ml of inoculum containing 108.4 50% egg lethal doses of an Indonesian clade 2.1.1 H5N1 virus, A/duck/Sleman/BBVW-1003-34368/2007 (IDN34368), derived from infected allantoic fluid and diluted in sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). The trial was approved by the CSIRO-AAHL Animal Ethics Committee. The tests on experimentally-derived sera were conducted at microbiological physical containment level 3 at AAHL.
Field sera were collected in a longitudinal study conducted to estimate HPAI prevalence in farmed duck populations
HI tests
For HI tests conducted at AAHL on experimental duck sera, antigen of the same virus isolate used in the inoculation was used in the tests. Chicken blood in EDTA was obtained from the small animal facility at AAHL and horse blood in Alseiver's solution was obtained from the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia. For HI tests conducted at DIC Wates on field-derived sera, antigen of another Indonesian 2.1.1 clade virus, A/chicken/Legok/2003 (H5N1) was used in the tests. Chicken and horse blood, both in Alseiver's solution, were obtained from chickens housed at DIC and from PT Bio Farma, Bandung, Indonesia, respectively. Each blood sample was washed three times with 0.1 M PBS (pH 7.2-7.3) and prepared as 10% RBCs stock solution. In both studies, serum from the blood donor chickens or horses was confirmed to be H5 antibody negative before use in the HI tests.
The sera from both the experimental and field studies were heat inactivated for 1 hour at 56°C before use. It is not necessary to treat duck sera with receptor destroying enzymes, because sera from the majority of avian species do not contain nonspecific inhibitors
VN test
The VN test was performed on the experimentally-derived sera. Initially, 50 μl of cell culture media containing EMEM (Invitrogen) with HEPES solution, glutamine, penicillin and streptomycin, and fungizone (all antibiotics from Sigma Aldrich) was added to all wells of a 96-well microtitre plate. Sera were firstly diluted 1:2 in sterile PBS; then 50 μl of each diluted serum was added each into the wells of the first and second column of microtitre plates. Starting from the wells in the second column, two-fold dilutions of 50 μl volumes of sera were performed across the plate, then the excess of 50 μl volumes were discarded after the last wells. The same positive and negative control sera as HI tests were diluted in the same way. The virus stock (IDN34368) was diluted to contain 100 TCID50/50 μl, and 50 μl was added to all wells containing diluted sera, except for the first wells which served as serum controls. Plates were incubated at 37°C, in 5% CO2, for 1 hour, then 100 μl Vero cells suspension containing approximately 2–4 × 105 cells/ml in culture media with 10% foetal calf serum (Invitrogen) was added to all wells of the plates and the plates were incubated at 37°C in 5% CO2. A back titration of diluted virus was performed with every test run to confirm the concentration of virus used in the test. The VN plates were examined for cytopathic effect (CPE) using an inverted microscope after 5 days incubation. The neutralization titre was expressed as the reciprocal value of the highest serum dilution at which viral CPE was not observed. For consistency with the HI test results, any serum with neutralizing antibody titre of 16 (4 log2) or greater was considered as positive.
Statistical analysis
For the samples obtained in the experimental study, we calculated the proportion of positive test results for each serological test (HI-CRBC, HI-HRBC, VN) at each sampling, including the 95% binominal exact confidence intervals for each sampling period
The agreement of dichotomised test results between two tests was assessed using the kappa (κ) statistic. As a tendency of one test identifying more positives than another test influences the kappa statistic, we used the McNemar test for paired data to evaluate the proportion of positives identified between the two tests
The agreement between the actual log titres of two serological tests was assessed using a weighted kappa. Thereby a pair of log titres with titre values closer to each other was considered to be more in partial agreement than a pair of log titres, with titre values further apart
The kappa values were interpreted as the following: ≤ 0 poor agreement, 0.01-0.20 slight agreement, 0.21-0.40 fair agreement, 0.41-0.60 moderate agreement, 0.61-0.80 substantial agreement and 0.81-1.0 almost perfect agreement
Experimental study
Not all ducks became antibody positive following the inoculation of H5N1 virus, as determined by the three serological tests (Table
The McNemar test was not significant at p < 0.05 for comparisons of the proportion of positives between two serological tests at any sampling period (except at 8 dpi between HI-HRBC and VN) or overall. Therefore, the kappa statistic was appropriate to evaluate the agreement of test results in the experimental study. Overall agreements between the two HI tests were greater than between each HI test and the VN test (Table
We tried to identify at what titres and at which days after inoculation discrepancies between test results were found. Discrepancies in the actual log titres for the same sera tested with different HI tests were observed at low and high log HI-CRBC titres (Table
Field study
Although the experimental study provided a complete dataset for the assessment of HI titers from individual ducks monitored over six sampling periods, the birds in that study were knowingly infected with H5 subtype virus. In order to assess sera of unknown infection status, we conducted a comparison of HI tests with sera from farmed ducks in Indonesia. Due to the limited quantity of some of the field sera, only the two HI tests (HI-HRBC and HI-CRBC) could be performed on these samples.
When the HI test results were dichotomised, more duck sera were detected as antibody-positive using HI-HRBC (41 of 518) than using the HI-CRBC test (11 of 518); and no samples that were positive with HI-CRBC were negative with HI-HRBC (Table
This study presents the first report of employing horse RBCs in the HI test for detecting antibodies against H5 subtype of AI virus in ducks, the species that is considered to play a major role in the maintenance of HPAI H5N1 virus in Asia
The experimental study showed that the HI-HRBC test was able to detect H5 antibodies at an earlier stage of serological response (8 dpi) than the HI-CRBC. At the later stages of infection, both HI-CRBC and HI-HRBC showed an equal dichotomised result. Better agreements were found between the two HI tests than between each HI test and the VN test, which might be due to differences in the binding specificities of antibodies detected in each of the tests. HI tests detect antibodies that inhibit viral hemagglutination, whereas the VN test detects antibodies that neutralize the virus and prevent replication in living cells
The experimental study showed that not all inoculated ducks developed either HI or neutralizing antibodies by the end of the trial at 34 dpi. The virus may have failed to successfully replicate at the entry point in eyes, nasal or oral cavity of these antibody-negative ducks. Alternatively, the virus may have replicated to some degree at these mucosal entries, but was unable or had no chance to stimulate a humoral response because of a strong innate immune responses such as a rapid apoptosis mechanism
A large disparity in the seroprevalence results between the two HI tests was demonstrated in the field sera. Overall, significantly (P < 0.001) more HI antibody-positive ducks were detected with HI-HRBC than HI-CRBC, but no sera that were positive in the HI-CRBC were negative in the HI-HRBC test. This indicates that the type of HI test used for assessing field sera has to be carefully chosen as the test performance will influence the reported measures of disease frequency, such as prevalence or incidence, for the population evaluated. In contrast a discrepancy between the proportions of positives identified with the HI tests was not evident in the experimental study. Compared to the experimental study, the H5N1-exposure status of ducks in the field study was unknown. Therefore, it is possible that some of the birds that tested negative in the HI-CRBC test were in the early response of H5N1 infection, which as the experimental study showed, is more likely to be detected with the HI-HRBC test than HI-CRBC.
The interpretation of the diagnostic test results should be conducted cautiously, particularly if it is performed to assess an agreement between tests using samples from different populations. The seroprevalence of ducks in the field was relatively low (8% or 2% using HI-HRBC and HI-CRBC, respectively) in contrast to the overall seroprevalence of 57-60% obtained in the experimental study. Factors related to the stage and severity of disease and the immune status vary within a population (and could be different in low- and high-prevalence populations)
The variety of individuals in terms of breed and age within the population are also important factors that might influence the ability of biological assays to detect infected and uninfected animals. The experimental study used homogenous birds, while in the field study ducks of genetically diverse breeds and of different ages were sampled. In addition, given the possibility of other sub-types of AI viruses circulating on duck farms, cross re-activity could have been another factor influencing the serological test results in the field study.
Adherence to recommend guidelines, such as the OIE Manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for terrestrial animals
It was beyond the scope and objective of this study to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of the HI tests, in particular in the absence of a gold standard for detecting antibodies against avian influenza viruses. Therefore, an assessment of HI test characteristics through future studies is recommended. Overall our finding support a previous study which reported that the use of horse RBCs increased performance of HI tests in measuring AI antibodies in other bird species
In summary, we identified a good agreement between HI tests. However, the HI test using horse RBCs detected a higher proportion of sera as positive (titre ≥ 4 log2) than the conventional HI test based on chicken RBCs, particularly during the early response against H5N1 virus. Both HI techniques are reasonable methods for AI serosurveillance, but the HRBC-HI might be more responsive in identifying the early stage of a H5N1 HPAI serological response.
AI: Avian influenza; HPAI: Highly pathogenic AI; HI: Haemagglutination inhibition; RBC: Red blood cells; HI-HRBC: HI using horse RBCs; HI-CRBC: HI using chicken RBCs; VN: Virus neutralization; CI: Confidence interval; PABAK: Prevalence and bias adjusted kappa; κ: Kappa; dpi: Day post inoculation; PBS: Phosphate buffer saline; CPE: Cytopathic effect.
Competing interests
The authors declare they have no competing interest.
Authors' contributions
HW performed the experimental study and all the serological tests. JH designed the longitudinal HPAI field study on moving ducks in Central Java, Indonesia, and conducted the statistical analysis for the results of serology tests. DEW assisted in blood and sera preparation and collected field sera. TBU advised on the HI tests with field sera. SL advised on the HI and VN tests for experimental sera and helped in interpreting the results. JB advised and helped in designing the experimental study. AJ directed the implementation of the HPAI longitudinal study. HW, JH, JB, and JM implemented and facilitated various aspects of the study. The draft of the manuscript was prepared by HW, with editorial inputs from JH, TBU, JB and JM. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors wish to thank Harimurti Nuradji, Rachel Robinson, and Don Carlson for assisting with the animal trials and Suzanne Wilson for provision chickens blood for the HI tests at AAHL. We are also grateful to Waluyo B Prijono, Didik Yulianto, Sri Wahyuningsih, Widwidyaningsih and the other staff of DIC Wates for the collection of field serum samples. Furthermore we thank Axel Colling for reviewing the manuscript. The study was jointly funded by Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) grant number AH/2004/040 and CSIRO. HW is supported by an ACIAR John Allwright Fellowship.
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Tonight, I had the privilege of teaching some very talented canners and foodies how to make the king of spreads: Lemon Curd. This incredibly potent spread is loaded with butter, lemon zest, and egg yolks. It's made in very small batches, and has a short shelf life to boot. This is surely "slow food" - it's a tough recipe that is full of love! You have to be a crazy canner not to run to the grocery and buy this instead!
After we made the curd, I showed the students how to make a rich dessert with the curd. Decadent!
Thanks, Jennifer, for the brownies and salsa you brought to share! That was so sweet! And Chad, we are looking forward to your pickle recipe - loved the cloves - very sneaky. Enjoyed everyone's company, camaraderie, and kitchen wisdom. Thanks!


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After such a miserable experience at Aintree, it will come as a profound relief for the Turf community to turn its gaze today upon a featureless Suffolk plain. Not that the Rowley Mile is entirely flat. In fact, it is precisely the opportunity to acquaint potential Classic candidates with the Dip – even as a race enters its decisive phase – that gives the Craven meeting its purpose. That is most obviously true of those whose rehearsals qualify them to return in barely a fortnight, for the Guineas, but will also apply to some whose target is instead the Investec Derby over the rollercoaster at Epsom.
Both are represented today, albeit the main focus of the meeting remains the reappearance of Most Improved on tomorrow's card. The heavily backed second favourite for the Qipco 2,000 Guineas will have his trial over the full course and distance, whereas the fillies, who today test their 1,000 Guineas potential in the Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes, must wait for an eighth furlong. That will doubtless leave straws for some to clutch afterwards, but it looks a highly competitive race regardless.
With so many good fillies in his care, and back from Dubai a good deal earlier this time round, Mahmood Al Zarooni seeks a new Blue Bunting. Frankie Dettori rides Pimpernel, who got closest to a smart prospect in Wading over course and distance last autumn. She did not build on that over the synthetic track at Meydan, however, and Mickael Barzalona could well beat Godolphin's senior rider on Minidress. But while she was most impressive on her debut last summer, she looked more of a middle-distance prospect when fourth over this same stretch on her only subsequent start.
Russelliana also looks the sort to come into her own over farther, so it is auspicious that she could chase home Gamilati – Al Zarooni's top Guineas hope, until a setback last month – over just six furlongs on the July Course last year. Clearly not herself at Ascot thereafter, she was not seen again but a top team has plainly got her up and running with the Guineas in mind.
Starscope remains totally unexposed, after a winning debut over the course last autumn, but meets experienced rivals in what may prove a congested finish. Of these, none has more scope for progress than Regal Realm, who repeatedly suggested herself capable of better after beating Gamilati and Samitar on her debut. Picking up late in sprint finishes on her next two starts, she may not have absorbed a recent race when apparently exposing her limitations at Doncaster, and looked clearly over the top after that. Evidently, she has not grown much over the winter, but she hardly has a precocious pedigree and represents a stable with three three-year-old winners from four starters so far.
The road to Epsom, meanwhile, starts in the Blue Square Feilden Stakes, albeit the race contains so many improvers that a watching brief seems prudent. Jungle Beat, for instance, was well backed when beating a useful rival at Newbury last summer, but was not seen again. At this time of year, moreover, it remains perfectly feasible to discover an even better Derby prospect in the 10-furlong maiden that follows.
A less satisfying anomaly sees lucrative sales races continue to undermine the Pattern. Samitar would have been among the favourites for the Nell Gwyn, but once again pursues cash over kudos in the Tattersalls Millions Sprint.
Regardless, it must be hoped that the resumption of high-class Flat racing helps the sport retrieve its bearings after the anguish of Aintree. David Pipe yesterday added his voice to those counselling against a hasty reaction to the loss of two horses in the National. "It's very sad for all concerned, as these horses become a part of your extended family," the trainer said. "However, I urge that we do not make some kind of unfounded, knee-jerk reaction to these losses. As with all competitive sport, there is an element of risk – and Aintree have been at pains to improve safety for many years now. They will review the race as they always do, and make the appropriate improvements."
He added that Junior, who fell at the second, could be turned out in the Scottish version at Ayr on Saturday.
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Zumbi (3.35 Newmarket) Has real scope for improvement, having disappeared after hastening into Group company three weeks after a rare debut win for his stable.
One to watch
On His Own (Willie Mullins) Took to Aintree well, closing into third when caught out by Becher's second time on Saturday. Still lightly raced, he is already shortlisted for next year.
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Lie Forrit is 12-1 from 16-1 with the sponsors for the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr on Saturday, while another Borders runner, Abbeybraney, is 25-1 from 40-1.
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Laura gets tested and now the waiting begins...
No one had clearly noticed he had been long gone,apart from Robert who knew were he had just been,he felt he had gone away with it ,but that was the least concern on his mind when his eyes looked around the bedroom for Laura. " Mum, as she gone and get tested already ?"
Sarah was in the process of putting the clothes away when she noticed that David had finally appeared.She looked at the wrist watch given to her by Richard last Christmas he had been gone for more than half an hour since they had admitted Robert,the doctor had come to talk to them and at the same time he took Laura with him in order to prepare her for the biopsy and answer any question she mite have.
" Yes, she left less than 5 minutes ago,she will be back in the recovery room in about 1 hour; we got told.The results should be ready in the morning,but she needs to stay over night for observation."
He didn`t know if Sarah had been planning on staying but he wasn`t going anywere.And now he paid attention to the room he observed that Robert had been more exausted than any of them could have realised,for he was sleeping soundly.His eyes searched for Richard and yet he was nowhere to be found.
Adressing the question to Sarah,he shortly found out he had gone in search of coffee and any food from the vending machines.
Davis sat down in the plastic chairs available in the room, look in front of him and stated to his mum: " I hope you are not expecting me to go home tonight,because i am not going anywere. "
And so the waiting begun,for David who wanted to see Laura as soon as possible, for Sarah and Richard who need it to reasure their son of the results were going to turn out positive, and for Robert still sleeping and unaware that his organs were slowly but steadily collapsing...


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Chapter 28Mature
Vandresa stood there smiling. She enjoyed watching those ships burn. She knew that the Kingdom was now struggling and that she had the perfect time to strike. Once again, she bore the golden eagle, the sigil of House Landen. Her armor was gold, but then put in a furnace to turn it a ruby red. Lilliana stood at her side, smiling.
"Vandresa, the Kingdom will soon bow to you." Lilliana said in a happy tone.
Vandresa on the other hand did not look pleased. "Yes, but unfortunately it has taken burning ships and destroying Keeps. There is no true seat right now, not until the Keep gets rebuilt."
Lilliana looked down at the ground and pouted. She didn't mean to anger her Queen, but she had. It was getting harder these days not to anger her. She knew that everyday that passed was another day that Vandresa was not Queen, and she had promised Vandresa queendom and Vandresa was not yet the Queen.
"I'm sorry Your Grace. I didn't mean to anger you. I only meant," Lilliana said, pleading for forgiveness before she was cut-off.
"I know you didn't mean to anger me. It's just I want to take my throne how my ancestors took it; by cutting people's throats." Vandresa said, listening to the cannon shots as if they were music.
Lilliana simply stared at her. She had never seen this side of Vandresa. She had seen her angry, but never this angry to where she started talking about cutting people's throats, even if it was how she wanted to take the throne.
"I see Your Grace." Lilliana said before running off.
Vandresa simply watched her run off. Every day that passed, Lilliana became more and more incompetent and less reliable as she had been when she first appointed her the Grand Admiral of the Landen Fleet. Her fleet. Vandresa knew what had to be done, and she would have to do it, and soon.
"This will be your final battle, Admiral Raventusk." Vandresa said to herself before turning on her heel to follow Lilliana.
The Grand Sage sat in a large, yet empty room. He was trying to connect all the points that had been brought up in his intellectual discussion with Master Solan. He tapped his finger on the desk that he sat at.
"Stupid man! Did you not see the fire that burned through the night? Preparations are to be made. She has returned, and you are too ignorant to believe what is right in front of you. Now go! Go and ring the bells!" Continuously ran through his mind. Toran had seen the fire that burned through the night, but he had assumed that it was only another port fire. Then he thought harder, remembering the fact that the bells were rung three times.
"Maven?" Toran asked himself.
It couldn't be her, no. She was too kind to be any sort of Dragon Queen. All he knew of was the fire, and not how the Queen truly died. Toran quickly stood up, and took his leave of the room.
"Gods be good if it is her." Toran said to himself.
"Where are you taking us?" Rogan asked one of the men.
"Back to the Keep." The second man replied.
Rogan stared at the man. Back to the Keep? But Rogan remembered the fact that the Keep had burned through the night. Rogan, to divert his attention of returning to the Keep looked over at his sister and smiled at her. "We're going to be reunited with mother."
Elena smiled and laughed a little. "Yay! I can't wait to see mother again. I hope she's doing well."
"You two will not at first be reunited with your mother. There is much that Jareed must explain to you. But before the day is over yes, you will be reunited with your mother." The first man said to Rogan and Elena.
For a short minute, Elena frowned, but then smiled again. "As long as it is before the day is over!"
"Do you hear that?" Maven asked, "It's the sound of men dying on the horizon, your men, Jareed."
Jareed nodded at her, sweat starting to form on his brow. "What do you mean Maven?"
"Should your men fail, and my children die," She paused and looked out of the closest window she could find, "it will be you that pays the ultimate sacrifice. All three of my children must be unharmed."
All three. Jareed had only remembered seeing two children on that ship, not three. He gulped. He knew that Prince Thomas had been murdered by the Assassins of Ichnad. "Maven, there is something you need to know."
"What?" She asked, her tone now more friendly.
"Before my men got to your children, Thomas was assassinated." Jareed said quickly.
Maven stopped walking, and she certainly didn't respond. She quickly turned around and stared at Jareed. Slowly she walked closer to him, reaching her arm out to him. He couldn't tell if she was angry or sad.
"You have failed me, Jareed." Maven said silently. "Now you must pay the price."
"Maven, wait. He died before we arrived, this isn't my fault!" Jareed said.
Maven grabbed Jareed's throat and lifted him off the ground. "I won't kill you, but I will damage you."
The room started to become hotter, the ruby pendant that Maven bore started to glow. Jareed began to scream as the heat burned at his body. He felt as if he was on fire, but he wasn't actually on fire. After awhile Maven threw him at the wall. Jareed had burn wounds on his left arm, and on his face.
Maven left the corridor, then locked the door.
"My baby Thomas, gone. My sweet, innocent Thomas taken from me. They will pay! The Sepulcher will burn!" Maven said, storming out of the corridor she was now in, then out of the Keep.


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His apology doesn't help all the people who sold everything they had and gave their money to him. I personally know of a few families in this area, one in particular with 3 little kids, who lost everything. My husband used to listen to Mr. Camping a lot. To me, he was always a little wonky. He predicted the end of the world in 1994 and said he wouldn't do it again. Then he did it again and it didn't happen in May, he said it would happen in October. We're all still here. I don't understand a Bible "scholar" who doesn't get the bit about no one knows. Did he really believe it? I don't know. But I DO know many of his ardent followers who consider Mr. Camping their pastor believed him. Sad.
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Profoto has launched the OCF Beauty Dish, a collapsible, lightweight, fabric version of its Softlight Reflector. Unlike the Softlight Reflector, the OCF Beauty Dish can be collapsed and stored in a carrying case when not in use, making it a more attractive option for photographers on the move.
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The OCF Beauty Dish is available now from Profoto's website for $179.
great idea, about time!
Reviews of similar collapsing beauty dishes (such as Broncolor and Chimera) are very positive verses the traditional rigid/metal designs, so I'm optimistic this will be just as good.
- I wonder how the quality of light between the OCF 2' Octa Softbox differs from the OCF Beauty Dish?
- I wonder if the egg-crate grid for their OCF 2' Octa Softbox will fit on the beauty dish as well?
It obviously works with all Profoto heads and probably other heads as well as long as you have an adapter ring for it, only the model light will fry it after a couple of minutes.
Then there is the Chimera beauty dish, fully collapsible and on the market for couple of years, comes in 2 sizes, 24" and 30" and yes, you have to bring your own adapter ring as for any other 3rd party light modifier and they have one for on-camera flashes. And grids if you need them.
And for ridiculous, they're priced even higher, but i don't regret having them in my tool kit, despite falling back to my Mola 22" most of the time.
Works great for a small beauty setup like backstage, etc...
Looked great until you see that it doesn't come with a speedring.
Totally ridiculous, and yes it is profoto, but cmon. 175 for a 'fake' beauty dish.
just buy a regular beauty dish.
The Bron Beautybox (as all bron softboxes) can be used with bron, Profoto, Elinchrom, Hensel, Bowens plus an adapter for speedlites. The Beautybox is very collapsible - thats the point of it over a metal beauty dish. The speedrings are not spring mounted but they are not exactly difficult to set up or take down. You get a white/gold deflector, a transparent centre diffuser and sdditionally s front diffuser turning it into a dmsll octo so the dlight increase in cost give not just a bigger reflector but a great set of accessories making it much more flexible.
Why would't work on the D1 when it does on the B1?
It can work with a D1 but you will not be able to use the modeling light without risk of burn the beauty dish as it is not a heat resistant material. And i think the OCF ring is not heat resistant eiher.
no grid? fantastic, way to go profoto!
Like my Phottix Luna (reviewed here: https://fstoppers.com/gear/fstoppers-reviews-phottix-luna-collapsible-beauty-dish-2516) so far. Solid construction and nice light. And much cheaper than this thingy here.
Your link doesn't work.
maybe this one works:
it could be but you would need to make a adapter that take the shape of the external size of a B1/D1 head ( so loose side spreading of light ) and you would not be able to use the modeling light because it's too hot for the fabric of OCF materials.
Or you could just get the much better broncolor beauty box?
Or you get the noname ones for like a third of the price you pay for the Profoto label.
I understand why people would by Impact, but I wouldn't. The price difference isn't worth it to me. Profoto is well supported here in Japan, so if something goes wrong, there are dealers all over from whom rentals and/or replacements can be found or the product serviced, with expedience.
The Bron is not collapsable? Why is it made of soft material and use rods and a speeding (like a softbox) if it weren't collapsable? Unless I am missing something it looks as collapsable as this Profoto.
The word you are looking for is "foldable". But you still have to insert the rods into a speedring on both. And you don't have to take rods out of soft boxes or these BDs when you pack them up. I never have. I leave them in. I just unfold it, insert the rods in the speedring. Done. It's pretty easy and takes no time at all.
It appears that the attachment speed ring isn't like normal speed rings in that the rods don't attach to it directly. They are already in the collapsible beauty dish and the dish attaches directly to the speed ring.
Profoto's site says:
"Since it is tailor-made for on-location photography, the OCF Beauty Dish is compact, lightweight and easy to use. High-quality fabrics and patent-pending design allows you to snap it onto the speedring without having to bend and fumble with the rods."
So it appears to be what I call collapsible, which basically origamis into a new shape without any of the same setup hassles typical with softboxes. I have only one collapsible dish, from comet. Setup is as simply as slipping it onto the speedring and covering the front. That's it. Completely different to a separate rod folding system.
Ok. I'll give you half credit. Ha!
Now all they have to do is to make this in 70-80 cm and available for all Profoto heads
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - October 1, 1997, New Braunfels, Texas 8A □ Herald-Zeitung 3 Wednesday, October 1, 1997 Entertainment 'mw-rn Pictured are Johnny Dee and the Rocket 88a, who will play from 8:30 p.m. to midnight Oct IO at the Gruene Music Feet "premier party.1* Other regional favorites featured will be Ponty Bone and the Squeezetones, the Wimberley Volunteer Fire Ants, Ray Wylie Hubbard, the Whoosh* Bigpile Goodtime Garbage Band, Terri Hendrix, and Braden and Johnson. Gruene Music Fest '97 starts at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10 and continues through Oct. 12. Oct. 12 is the big day for families, with adult admission $5 and children 12 and younger admitted free. Sunday's festivities will include a new sttraction, "The Blues in Gruene." Proceeds from the Gruene Music Feet benefit United Way of Comal County. Gruene Music Fest to be biggest, best ever Music fast organizer John Payne holds the hat while a young audience member draws the name of the grand prize winner at the 1996 Gruene Music Fest This year's grand prize, to be raffled at Gruene Music Feet '97, is a Takamine model EG-140-SBC guitar provided by The Music Source. The guitar has a solid spruce top, rosewood back and sides, graphic pre-amp with pickup and machine heads. The guitar and case are valued at about $1,000. Arts The New Braunfels Art League has received a $15,000 grant from the Cecilia Young Willard Helping Hands Foundation to aid in ongoing building renovations. The Art League has received $65,000 from the Willard Foundation over the past eight years. The first grant helped the group purchase its downtown building in 1990, and succeeding grants have paid for various improvements on the first floor, roof and basement. ^ < "We started with a dilapidated building with a leaking roof and rescued it, benefitting the downtown area as well as the Art League," said Elaine Felder, president. "It's now a showcase for affordable regional ait with special shows such as the current "Land In Between" exhibit and the successful WOW show last month. Next we'll have our annua) Wurstfest Art Show. In January we will have a post office murals exhibit." It has not been decided what area will be renovated next, but the second floor needs new electrical service; air conditioning; updated plumbing; and door, window and floor repairs, paint, etc. The second floor will eventually be used for classes and artist leased studios. (Submitted by the New Braunfels Art League) _ Photo* submitteo Gruene Music Fest showcases local and regional singing and songwriting talent. Pictured is local favorite Al Barlow, familiar to those who frequent Lands Station and Humble Time." Bartow will perform at 2:15 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Gruene Hall Bar. Other local favorites to be featured include Jay Erie and Blieders Creek, Clay Slaker and the Texas Honky Tonk band and a new band with familiar local members. Jamaniacs. NBAL receives $15,000 grant GRUE MUSIC FEST 97 Photo submitted Karen McCauley of Pleasanton ahowa New Braunite Art League members how aha uees alcohol to remove color or to lighten colors on her acrylic pointing at her recent demonstration. Arhats demonstrate their techniques in various media at moat art league meetings, which are every third Tuesday of the month, except December, at the gallery, 239 W. San Antonio St. Photo submitted Roca Trevino (left) of Laredo and Erma Moas pose with Trevino's landscape photograph at the "Land In Between" art show reception at the New Braunfels Art League Gallery recently. Trevino arranged visits in Mexico and Laredo for Moas and other abow participant!. Angie Bania Brown, Dee Dee Dale and Rosa Mitchell. Trevino represent! the Texas Cultural and Historical Society and the Mexico Cultural Foundation. The exhibit runs through Oct. 15 and will travel to Mier, Mexico, for a show Oct. 24 to 26. The Art League Gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. New children's chorus begins in New Braunfels Progress is being made in the organization of the New Braunfels Children's Chorus The director and founder of the chorus is Judy Stephenson Accompanist for the chorus is Jody Bagley, an accomplished pianist and New Braunfels High School choral director The chorus welcomes boys and girls ages X to 14 This is wonderful opportunity for children to come together for music, training, performance, friendship and fun Auditions will be Oct. 7 at the First Protestant Church in the choir room All children who love music and like to sing should call for an audition time or drop by the church between 4 15 and 7 p rn. Call Stephenson at b<)X-lM27 to make an appointment or to make further inquiries regarding NBCC lins will be an organizational year for the chorus I he goal will be to develop qualitv musicianship iii order to become a viable part ot the international children's chorus movement Singers in these choirs number in the thousands These choirs are much more than a group of children who meet for an hour after school to sing songs. Rather, these quality organizations provide the opportunity for young people to learn the skills for quality musicianship, perform with symphony orchestras, meet and perform w ith guest artists, work with other conductors and travel, just to name a few. The San Antonio Children's ( horus, under the direction of Marguerite McCormick, is certainly recognized to be one of the Finest. I his past summer SACC sang at Carnegie Hall in New York City The previous summer the group traveled ti* Ireland, and it has its eyes and voices set on an invitation to participate in a children's chorus festival in I Iv for the summer of IWX. Some adults who did not have the opportunity to sing in their youth often think they cannot sing and therefore their children probably cannot sing either. This has proven a misconception time and again. Some children are innately gifted for music, just as some children have a natural talent to write, understand mathematical concepts or play sports. Fortunately, each of these skills can be taught, learned and developed. All things are possible with children, musical direction, teaching and a supportive community. Bring your friends. Let's get the children of New Braunfels singing. 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Nocturne by Dale G. Dalby
As darkness falls I feel alone with my personal thoughts and feelings.
The Stars come out and combat the moon as if on endless ceilings.
When crickets chirp and night sounds start, inside I feel a glow.
Rushing out from deepest depths, it comes forth in a steady flow.
A gladness comes from everywhere, and captures my every dream.
I feel alive and glad to be, with nature to guide her stream.
The wind comes up and glides me by, as the word cries forth her charm.
Trees whisper softly in the night, and life is full in each leafy arm.
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wow... incredible words... you had to be blown away when you found this piece!... thanks to you for finding it... and to your dad for writing it... very kewl!... write on my friend!
Thanks for the comment. I was taken aback when I found this, I never knew my dad was so artistic. I always knew he was a deep person, but he tended toward showcasing his sense of humor when around me and my sister. We both inherited it, but now I can see more of where my writing and her artwork comes from. I'm glad people are reading this. Thanks.
This an extraordinary piece. I just love it and its so much more special because your father wrote it. You must be so proud! I can see where your writing skills come from. Is the pic one of your father? I cant wait for your next poem!
Yes, that is a picture of my dad looooong before I was born. I came into the picture late, so my parents were always the age of other people my age's grandparents. In that photo his is giving in to the gentle loving of one of my mother's many cats that she used to raise and take to cat shows. One thing I am really interested in and hope to transcribe and post soon is a little leather journal my mother found written by her father, detailing a year of his service durring World War I. What an amazing piece of history she has found!
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Our beloved husband and father, George Diab, died peacefully at his home in Wilmington on Friday, June 26, 2015, at the age of 91.
George was born on March 4, 1924, in Moundsville, West Virginia, the son of the late George and Minnie Diab.
He is survived by his loving wife, Kitty; three children, Barbara (Lee) Robert and Stephen (Margaret); five grandchildren, Walker, Jackson, Jacob, Sarah and Lindsay; and two sisters, Jean Dopkiss (Frank) and Nancy Diab.
He was preceded in death by two children, Philip (1954) and Mary Jo (1972); and by five siblings, Freda, Ellabee, Fred, Bill and Phil.
George lived an extraordinary life filled with gratitude and deep devotion to his country, community, family and profession. During WWII, he served our country in the European Theatre of Operations with the 17th and 82nd Airborne Divisions as a medical paratrooper.
Honorably discharged as a sergeant in 1946, he returned home from Germany to obtain a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University in 1949 and later attended Harvard Business School Broadcast Management program in the summer of 1967. From 1949 to 1962, George became the news and sports director and later the vice president/general manager of WTRF in Wheeling, West Virginia. During that period, George married his sweetheart, Kitty, in 1953 and they remained faithfully married and never parted for 62 wonderful years.
In 1971, George and Kitty starting calling Wilmington home when Lyell Clay hired George as the new president of Clay Broadcasting and vice president/owner of Clay Communications Inc., taking over the reins of four television stations, including WWAY-TV3.
George served the Wilmington civic and professional community for more than 40 years, assuming various volunteer roles as vice chair of the New Hanover County Hospital Board of Trustees, as a member of the Board of Directors of both the Opera House and Brigade Boys and Girls Club and numerous positions with the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where the "George Diab Sports Medicine Center" is currently named in his honor.
In 1984, he was elected as the president of the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, serving that same year as moderator of the Hunt/Helms Senatorial debates.
Lifetime honors included induction into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, West Virginia Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the UNCW Athletic Hall of Fame.
A funeral service will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary, followed by burial at Oleander Memorial Gardens. The family will then receive friends at 11:30 a.m. at Cape Fear Country Club.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to either Tileston Social Outreach, c/o Basilica Shrine at St. Mary, 412 Ann St.,Wilmington, NC 28401 or UNCW George & Kitty Diab Scholarship Fund, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road,Wilmington, NC 28403
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Bopis, also known as Kandingga, is an exotic and spicy dish made out of pig's lungs and heart. The lungs and heart are first boiled, then finely chopped and sautéed with minced onions, garlic, and chilies, sometimes with tomato. Depending on one's own preference, possible list of ingredients that can be added for variation includes carrot, pineapple, ginger, bay leaves, coconut milk, annatto water for coloring, bell pepper, radish, and kinchay. Seasoning and chilies like salt and pepper, fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, broth, Philippine bird's eye pepper (siling labuyo), finger chilies (siling haba) can also interchangeably be used.
Usually, the pig's lungs and other offal were already cleaned by the butcher when you buy it in the supermarket but if you feel that there is still a need for more cleaning to get rid of the lung's pungent odor, then simply boil the lungs in water with added lemon grass and pandan leaves, or vinegar.
The usual way of cooking this delicious dish is with the use of kawali or wok. The mixture is stir fried using high heat, allowing all the liquid to evaporate for the seasoning to be mostly absorbed by the dish. However, according other's liking, bopis can also be cooked with little sauce.
Like other appetizing dishes of "Sisig" and "Dinakdakan", Bopis can be served as an appetizer for beer, liquor, and other alcoholic beverage. This popular Filipino dish brings back drinking memories and parties. It can also be served as a main dish served with steam rice in the dining table.
Too little is known about the origin of Bopis, except that this dish was derived from the Spanish word "Bopiz".
Bopis Ingredients
- 1/2 kilo pork lungs
- 1/2 kilo pork heart
- 1 tablespoon garlic; minced
- 1 medium carrots; cut into small cubes
- 1 medium kinchay or celery
- 3 dried bay leaves
- 5 Philippine bird's eye (siling labuyo)
- 5 tablespoons soy sauce
- 5 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 tablespoon annatto (atsuete) seeds
- substitute: 1/4 cup catsup
- Salt and pepper to taste
Bopis Cooking Preparation
- Boil the heart and lungs for 10 minutes. Remove and chop into small sizes. Set aside and discard the water.
- Boil again for another 10 minutes in "new" water. Strain and set aside.
- Mash the annatto seeds in 1/4 cup water. Save the annatto water and discards the seeds.
- Sauté garlic and onion.
- Add lungs, heart, kinchay, and soy sauce.
- Sauté for another 10 minutes. Add vinegar and siling labuyo.
- Simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add carrots, dried bay leaves, and annatto water.
- Simmer and continue cooking until done.
- Serve hot!