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THE increase in teenage girls being reported "missing" is one of the major reasons why sexual offences for last year were the highest in the last five years.
So said Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson as he addressed the first police press briefing for the year, which was held at the Police Administration Building in Port of Spain yesterday.
Last year, 1,020 sexual offences were reported, according to statistics from the Crime and Problem Analysis Branch (Capa) of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
There were 241 more sexual offences reported last year than in 2009, which accounted for the second highest figure in the five-year period.
Asked to comment on the rise in sex crimes, Richardson said: "Young girls engaging in sexual activities and sometimes they leave home, they are reported as missing, and then when we go and investigate we find that they are in a relationship."
Richardson said teenage girls, ranging in age from 14 to 16, were the main culprits.
"Now we well know from a legal standpoint they do not have the requisite capacity to give consent to indulge in that sort of behaviour, but they do, and so sometimes the parents then come and report their daughter is having an affair with x and y and we take the matter so we have those reports.
"I do not want to trivialise the matter or over simplify it, I am simply saying to allay the fears that there are rapists abounding in Trinidad and Tobago."
Richardson said the police will take action to deal with the occurrences, but called for support from the community.
"It is wrong in law, probably moral also, but we have to deal with that. Yes, we would be very robust in prosecuting members of the public who engage in sexual intercourse with females of tender age.
"The police will act in a very robust way to deal with instances of rape and other sexual offences because we want to protect our females. We love them. We love them so we would want to protect them and we will do all that is humanly possible within the law to protect them," Richardson said.
"We as a community cannot abdicate our responsibilities as fathers and aunts and big brothers and hope that only the police will deal with this matter."
Richardson said renewed confidence in the police also caused the figure to increase.
"I want to caution that there is no massive increase in sexual crimes as one may want to suggest. Rather, what probably we are seeing is more confidence being reposed in the members of the Police Service whereas before people were a little sceptical.
"Now with the increase in confidence in the police, people feel more comfortable to come and report these crimes," he said.


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Learning how to dehydrate meats (or create 'jerky') is a good skill to have for people who spend a lot of time outdoors. Jerky can last for up to a month at room temperature, requires no preparation to eat, and is lighter than regular foods since the moisture has been removed. It's great for hiking and fishing trips, or spending a lot of time outdoors without the equipment to prepare food.
This advice applies to most meats, including chicken, beef (roast is best), and turkey.
1) A working kitchen, with a fridge and a stove, and various utensils.
2) 2 lb of the meat you would like to dehydrate. Go with the leanest cut you can find, as fat will go rancid and reduce the shelf life of your jerky.
3) A marinating sauce. Olive oil and salt is popular, as is the Soy/Worchester/garlic/salt and pepper mix, but feel free to experiment and find one that works for you.
4) Ziploc bags for storage
1) Slice your meat into as thin strips as possible. A great idea is to go to a deli, and have it sliced into 1/16th of an inch strips. The thinner they are, the better your jerky will be.
2) Trim off any excess fat with a knife. This will make your jerky last longer.
3) Put your strips into a bowl with your marinating sauce. Mix it up.
4) Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let marinate in the fridge for 2 hours.
5) Put the contents of your bowl into a pot or sauce pan. Put a stove burner on high, and boil for five minutes to kill all bacteria.
6) Lay your meat slices onto a paper towel, and let them drain.
7) Place your meat slices onto the racks of your oven. Set the oven to 160 F, and keep the door open an inch or two to help with air flow.
8) Cook the meat for 6 to 12 hours. You want all moisture to be removed. You'll know when it is when the meat cracks, but bends and doesn't snap.
9) Remove your slices from the oven and let them cool completely.
10) Put your slices into an air-tight Ziploc bag, to keep it fresh for as long as possible. Your jerky will be good for a month at room temperature, and can be frozen and last up to 6 months.
Good luck and stay prepared!
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I couldn't quite decide what to wear to my sister's wedding (which, if I haven't already mentioned, I'm MCing) so I brought a few options with me to Christchurch. My mum kindly snapped away patiently through multiple tie changes, but the black suit and cream shirt (both by Crane Brothers) stay the same throughout. All feedback is good feedback so comment away! I'll tell you which one is my favourite though if you read on.
Spoiler: it's not the one above.
I bought this Costume National spotted tie to wear for my best friend's wedding last year, I was the best man. It served me well at the time, but I think I can do better…
This tiny bow tie is awesome, and it was my Mum's favourite of all the options. Jordan gave it to me for Christmas last year, she got it at a second hand store in Paris. I think it's cool and quirky and fun but a bit too informal for a wedding. I could be wrong though.
I bought this 100% silk knitted tie at J Crew's Soho store in New York last year. Sometimes I go 10 days at a time where I'll wear it everyday. I love it, but I don't think it's right for this occasion. A quick jaunt around the harbour, yes. A wedding, no.
This is my second favourite bow tie (after the little one above), but it has a special place in my heart because it's the one I learnt how to tie a bow tie on. I like the pattern, but I think it's a bit more collegiate than wedding. Weddings are a special occasion. They require a special tie.
Which leads me to the newest addition to my neckwear wardrobe. My friend Rufus from Little Brother Richmond Road called me up on Sunday to tell me he had a shipment of Costume National ties in, that they were cheap, and amazing. I drove down straight away and the moment I saw this one wedding bells started ringing. So this is my first choice for the big day. The silver/gold streaks are just so damn festive.
My mum expressly forbade me from wearing a sweater to the wedding.
And these, just in case you were wondering, are my trusty black leather shoes. I bought them second hand in Toronto three years ago, they were $45, and get this: they're 100% Kangaroo leather!


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Last week, I quit a relatively posh winery job in order to resume my career as a professional chef. This transition was a long time coming, and perhaps a bit foolhardy, but I ultimately had to remain true to my own aspirations. For me, there was just no way around it anymore. After three years of selling $50 Chardonnay and $100 Cabernet, my sudden return to the kitchen had caught some people by surprise, but I had been contemplating this move for well over a year, perhaps even longer. Deep down, I felt as if I still had unfinished business in the culinary realm, so many more skills that I still wanted to learn, and quite frankly, I had never been completely at peace with the fact that I had left the kitchen. The fact is, I left professional cooking three years ago for all of the wrong reasons, the main reason being money.
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There is a growing debate these days about for-profit universities and trade schools, and whether or not these institutions are acting responsibly. I'm not a complete expert on this subject, but I am quite familiar with the gist of the argument: For-profit schools can secure easy federal funding in the form of student loans, only to saddle the students with burdensome financial debt upon graduation. Basically, it's one thing for a student to fork over $40,000 for an engineering degree, quite another thing for a student to fork over that same amount for a culinary degree. In the latter instance, a culinary student can expect to make between $10 to $12 per hour upon graduation. And with such low starting wages, paying back $40,000 in student loans becomes difficult, even laughable. As it is, many for-profit schools are little better than diploma mills, and these institutions deserve their scrutiny.
Despite what the common perception may be, graduating from a culinary school will not transform anyone into a chef. Far from it, actually. In the best scenario, a culinary degree might open some extra doors, but a new culinary graduate will never waltz into a kitchen and become the executive chef or even the sous chef. There's just no skipping ahead, at least not in any respectable, high-level restaurant. In my own case, I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America with honors, and upon graduation six years ago, I sent out resumes to about 70 restaurants within Napa and Sonoma. Of those, I received just two call-backs, but was incredibly fortunate (as I only realized later) that one of those restaurants was Auberge du Soleil. The downside, of course, was that Auberge offered me just $11 per hour to start. Before attending culinary school in New York, I had been earning $10 per hour as a short-order cook in Los Angeles, so the return on my newly-minted culinary degree was negligible and dubious.
To make a long story short, I quickly learned the real-world value of my CIA degree when I moved to the Napa Valley. I discovered that the CIA had taught me just enough not to embarrass myself in a Michelin-star kitchen, but that was about it. As it turns out, my real culinary education began on the job at Auberge du Soleil, and quite honestly, $11 per hour was about all that I was worth back then. At the end of the day, it really didn't matter if my two-year degree from the CIA had cost me a cool $40,000 or not, since it really didn't prove anything. A diploma, after all, doesn't mean much if you still need to learn how to cook in a bona fide professional setting. Luckily, I did learn, but I also went heavily into debt that year. I had lingering credit card obligations, mainly from being an out-of-work culinary student for two years, as well as some hefty student loans, which kicked in six months upon graduation. The honeymoon was over.
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Having made a pretty decent salary for several years during the dot-com boom, it was deflating to spiral back into debt. I didn't take it very well, and I was determined to do something about it. When I left Auberge to take a slightly higher-paying job at Martini House, I also took on a second job pouring wine at Grgich Hills. It was a crazy schedule: I poured wine from 9am until 3pm, then I worked the pastry station at Martini House from about 4pm until midnight. Under these circumstances, money did become less of a problem, but I was also working a 75-hour week, which burned me out after about nine short months. Working two jobs is one thing, but when cooking is one of them, it becomes extremely taxing. Frazzled, and at the end of my rope, I decided I had to cut back to just one job, or else I was going to become seriously unstable and unhinged. Naturally, I kept the job that paid the most, which was the tasting room job. I soon found a position at another winery that would pay even more.
Fast forward to the present day. After my three-year departure into the wine business, I've now found myself at another crossroads. My credit card debts are finally gone, although the student loans remain. The way I see it now, at least I'll be returning to the kitchen much better off than I was six years ago. Luckily, I'll be making more money in the kitchen than I ever have before, though I'll definitely be earning much less than I was earning at the winery. On the surface, this transition back to the kitchen makes very little sense, at least financially, except that it's what I really want to do. I had become bored with being a talking head, repeating the same exact thing every day at the winery. For better or worse, I want to cook, and to keep writing in the meantime. I feel that it's now manageable, so I'm optimistic. Still, it would've been nice if I didn't have as much student debt as I do.
The moral of the story: Instead of spending two years in culinary school (money out), I recommend just spending them in the kitchen (money in). Cook in a couple different restaurants, maybe enroll in a junior college cooking program, but don't pay $40,000 for a culinary degree. At Auberge, I cooked alongside folks who earned their culinary credentials from Napa Valley College, and who started off just the same as I did, but without all the ridiculous student debt. That said, I don't have any pride in the fact that I have a degree from the CIA. The diploma is practically meaningless to me, and the degree only impresses people outside of the business. Sure, I did form lots of great friendships during my time at the CIA, but I also encountered plenty of deadbeats who coasted all the way through to graduation. Basically, if you can qualify for a student loan, then you can attend culinary school. But as a chef — a real chef — a diploma means nothing, and cooking means everything.


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The Denver Broncos, along with the New England Patriots, will sit home this weekend and await the outcome of the two AFC games being played to see which opponent they will compete with next week in the Divisional round of the 2013 NFL Playoffs.
Winners in the Wild Card round have won the Super Bowl nine times, including each of the past three seasons. At least one Super Bowl participant in seven of the past eight years played a Wild Card game.
The Baltimore Ravens won four playoff games last year to win Super Bowl XLVII. In 2011, the NFC No. 4 seed New York Giants claimed four playoff victories to win their 2nd championship in five seasons. In 2010, the Green Bay Packers won four playoff games to become the second No. 6 seed to win a Super Bowl, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV.
And of course, in 1997, the Broncos swept four games and defeated the Green Bay Packers 31-21 in Super Bowl XXXII for their first of two Super Bowl wins.
Here is the pertinent Saturday matchup
Kansas City Chiefs (11-5) at Indianapolis Colts (11-5)
Kickoff: 2:35 p.m. MST on NBC
The Colts are favored by 2 points.
The Chiefs started the season winning 9 straight games before coming out of their Bye and losing to Denver in Week 11. They went 2-4 for the remainder of the season, mostly due to injuries to their pass rush. Justin Houston, their best pass rusher, missed the last 4 games and Tamba Hali didn't play in Week 17's loss to the San Diego Chargers. Under new coach Andy Reid and game-managing QB Alex Smith, Kansas City has become relevant again after a 20 year drought. The last time the Chiefs had a postseason win came in the 1993 Divisional Playoffs with a 28-20 victory against the Oilers in Houston.
Indy carries a 12-8 regular season edge and a 3-0 advantage in the postseason series against Kansas City, though it's true that those Colt teams were led by Peyton Manning. They did beat both favorites to meet in the Super Bowl this season–the Seahawks in Week 5 and Denver in Week 7. The Colts also whipped the Chiefs during Week 16′s meeting in Kansas City and went 6-3 in the second half of the season.
Points……………..26.9 (6th)…………24.4 (14th)
Total Yards……..337.2 (21st)………341.8 (15th)
Pass Yards……….208.8 (25th)…….232.8 (17th)
Rush Yards………128.5 (10th)…….108.9 (21st)
Points……………..19.1 (6th)…………21.0 (9th)
Total Yards……..367.8 (24th)……..357.1 (20th)
Pass Yards……….247.6 (26th)…….231.9 (13th)
Rush Yards……..120.2 (22nd)……..125.1 (26th)
The Final DVOA Ratings from Football Outsiders
Chiefs Colts
Sp. Teams……1st……..17th
The Colts Offense is headed up by QB Andrew Luck. They also have RB Trent Richardson, who they pried away from the Browns for draft picks. On the Kansas City side, the Offense is driven by RB Jamaal Charles. For me, this game rides on both Offensive Lines. The Colts have Robert Mathis, who must be accounted for as a premier pass rusher. On the Chiefs side, Justin Houston, who should be healthy and Tamba Hali are as good a set of bookend Outside Linebackers as any in the league.
If I'm betting, I'd put my money on the Colts to win by 3 and thus covering the spread.
However, the result of the Chargers-Bengals game on Sunday will determine next week's opponents. If the Chargers win, they will come to Denver and if the Bengals win, they in turn will go to New England, no matter what happens in Saturday's contest.
Go Broncos!
– Kaptain Kirk


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DaLICK - Who's for ice cream?
WHO's seen our straw DaLICK?
At the beginning of 2013 we were inundated with suggestions for straw creation. By far the most popular suggestion was a feature to celebrate the 50thAnniversary of Dr Who!
After a few discussions between the Sadler's (Snugburys Family) and Mike Harper from Harbrook Engineering we all decided a 35ft Dalek made from straw would look pretty cool!
Our DaLICK towering over our famous field and can be seen from the Nantwich - Chester A51 Road.
We believe it took around 700 man-hours to fabricate the steel frame, pack the straw and for the first time ever introduce moving parts and audio.
The feature is made from approximately 6 tons of straw and 5 tons of steel.
For the summer of 2013 we created a 'DaLICK' ice cream cone. A percentage of the sales from these cones have been donated to to Cancer Research UK. We chose to sponsor Cancer Research UK, in support of one of our key dairy team members Deb Nowak, who's Father is currently undergoing treatment. In total we were pleased to donate over £3,000 to the cause.


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Winter has fallen heavily this year but a weekend exploring the Oxfordshire Cotswolds can be done on a budget and, with a roaring fire in many pubs, the chill is kept at bay
A weekend away in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds will pick up your spirits whilst avoiding airport hassles with their endless queues. Furthermore you will only have to loosen your belt after a hearty pie and roasted vegetables, whilst shoes will only have to be removed prior to sinking into a bath after a day's walking or perhaps to preheat some woolly socks by the pub fire!.
Many groups head for Bourton on the Water but the touristy twee chocolate box nature brings in coach loads, pushes up prices and causes a scrum for every pub table. This guide avoids those by exploring some of the lesser known hamlets and villages north of Oxford where the stirred honey Cotswold colours begin to blend with the darker mash of the Northamptonshire ironstone.
Whatever the season, the villages are always strikingly pretty. Crooked lanes of thatched cottages, some dressed but usually of rubble stone sitting comfortably beside their thousand year old church. Others snooze round a green like slumbering deck-chaired cricket match spectators.
The walking or cycling between these villages is always gentle. All the pubs mentioned have had a roaring fire going on my recent visits so if you feel the weather is beyond your rain mac and boots then settle in beside it with good company or a good book.
Great Tew, Ledwell and Sandford St Martin
The Falkland Arms of Great Tew is an absolute jewel. Irrespective of the season I love it. For overseas travellers wanting to visit an "English country" pub this is where to go. Tied up with the Great Tew estate it gained its name from Viscount Falkland, who, prior to his death in a suicidal charge into the Roundhead musket line during the English civil war, had filled the main house with philosophers, politicians and theologians. I certainly gain enlightenment sitting near the fire with a pint and a book.
A good lunch will start from £8.95. The pub has 6 rooms with prices starting from £85.00. As the pub has narrow passageways and steep stairs it sadly cannot provide full facilities for disabled travellers.
The village has a small store for provisions and thankfully a designated car park so the crooked lanes are not jammed with vehicles.
The bridleway from the side of the Falkland Arms marks 2 miles over to Ledwell. Depending on the heaviness and heavenliness of lunch this should take less than an hour. The small road into Ledwell looks as though it is passing into just an estate. Press on for a hundred metres and view the well.
From Ledwell there is a small road to Sandford St Martin. A happy twist in the road another 2 miles away. The churchyard here feels like a well tended college quad but one tomb rises above the immaculately kept grass. The tomb belongs to the Deloraine family, whose main estates sit in Scotland, however the Earl also owned the manor at Ledwell and he and his wife were buried here.
Across from the church is a medieval cross which the present vicar, Reverend Graeme Arthur, confirms has through the centuries been a preaching post. The upper parts were restored in the 1850s. Today its stoneworks act as an anchor point for the roads converging on the village.
Deddington and Adderbury
Up on the North-Eastern frontier of the Cotswolds are Deddington and Adderbury. They are 5 miles further east than Great Tew. I particularly like Deddington's Horse Fair and Market Place, which are one step away from the Oxford Road.
In the market square there a several good pubs. I particularly like taking a sofa by the fire at Deddington Arms. There is both a restaurant and bar meals with 2 course lunch prices starting from £10.95. They also provide accommodation with prices starting from £62.
Also in the square is the Unicorn (www.theunicorninn.net). Their telephone number is 01869 338838. Food prices start from £9.00. The Unicorn lives up to its promise of always having a fire going.
Spend a few minutes exploring the market square, lower lanes and alleyways in Deddington. It is best during the day as fewer parked vehicles will be around and only the gentle peal of the church bells will note the time since lunch. Just to the south east of Deddington is the remains of its motte & bailey castle. There is some archaeological evidence for Saxon defence works but the main castle was built for Bishop Odo of Bayeaux, a brother of William the Conqueror. It fell into disrepair by the mid 14th century and little remains but the earthworks with the dressed stone now appearing in various houses in the village. The 8 acre site allows an hour of pleasant exploring and either helps build an appetite or aids digestion.
Deddington is also a good point to aim for if you wish to spend the day walking parts of the Oxfordshire canal that is some 3 miles away on the Aynho road.
Some 4 miles to the north and just before Banbury is Adderbury, here the stonework is of dark molasses. Beside the busy Oxford road but opposite the large village green is the Red Lion pub. It is a cosy coaching pub with lunch prices starting from £7.00. The Red Lion also has some 13 rooms with prices starting from £50 depending on season. It is also an excellent base to take a warming drink by the fire before exploring the village.
Behind the Red Lion are Adderbury Lakes. A pair of lakes fed by 5 springs with well marked footpaths to allow an easy walk around the nature reserve. Previously part of The Adderbury House estate the lakes still have the ice house, boat house and summer house alongside them. The whole estate was previously owned by the Earl of Rochester, a Royalist cavalry commander under Prince Rupert.
Just across the corner of the green from the Red Lion is Adderbury Theatre, where amateur dramatics has been undertaken since 1977. They also support 2 Morris Men teams.
The tucked up cottages in the lanes on the western side of the Adderbury make me feel like I am walking or cycling through The Shire in J.R.R Tolkien's Hobbit or Lord of the Rings, with thatched roofs touching down to low walls of winter honeysuckle and the quality of one's garden produce of paramount importance.
If you have come by bicycle then continuing through the lanes on the western side will eventually bring you full circle to Great Tew.
How to get there
This area is 10 miles south of Banbury and 15 miles north of Oxford. The M40 motorway from either north or south allows easy access. Oxford is on the mainline rail from London Paddington or Birmingham with Banbury being one of several intermediate stops.
For overseas travellers then both the M40 via the M25 and the rail network serving Oxford and Banbury is easily reached from Heathrow.


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- Document the organizational project management process milestones of a product designed in the community, so that it can be re-used for other products, and so we can learn from it.
Note: Unimportant details may be removed in the end; until then every milestone matters.
- 2011-09: Drupal Blog [deleted] installation profile is initiated as simple idea and response to the equivalent example in the Choose your Drupal mockup.
Required to kick-start the vision.
- 2011-10: Lots of talk and discussions (days in total) happen offline, at DrupalCamps, in skype/conference calls, issues, on blog posts, and in IRC, arguing back and forth about the usefulness of a "blog", and whether there isn't a more generic but also more unique/concrete use-case we can attack.
Required to communicate and get feedback on the underlying idea (kinda off-topic for Portfolio) from the community, but also to drive thoughts, opinions, and participation in Portfolio itself.
- 2011-11: #1340426: Project shortname (and objective...) settles on a first, very rough, combined scope and target audience resulting out of the discussions, i.e., initial design parameters, in order to figure out a project handle, title, and shortname.
Required to set up the actual installation profile project on d.o (technical constraints), but also to have a clear topic for conversations, and of course, to spread the word.
- 2011-12: Portfolio is "formally" announced to the Drupal community at glance in a blog post explaining the ideas and reasoning behind it.
Required to draw more attention on the initiative and looping in "outsiders" who'd neither know nor actively contribute otherwise.
- 2011-12: The drupal_blog sandbox project is deleted.
- 2011-12: One of Drupal core's Usability team leads, Roy Scholten (yoroy), joins the project, has a shared vision and interest, and starts to provide professional guidance on initial and fundamental product design processes and topics.
Lessons learned: An experienced and prolific designer who's able to work "in the open" is absolutely essential for getting the product design process right.
- 2011-12: Everyone collects and writes up many individual use-cases, which are very different, but still in line with the main scope and design parameters.
Required to validate the initial scope and design parameters, to slowly start to find a common denominator in terms of functionality, and most importantly, to describe actual user expectations in simple, non-technical, human speech.
- 2012-01: Use-cases have been written down, but nothing happens. Project is stuck on primary maintainer being busy with other things.
- 2012-02: Project is stuck on primary maintainer being busy with other things.
- 2012-03: Portfolio sprint: Analyze use-cases to distill actual functionality.
Required to unblock the project. Analyzing the use-cases didn't work out online/remotely. Too much conception, brainstorming, and product design work involved.
Sprint goals:
- Design and definition of matrix criteria (together).
- Analysis and conversion of use-cases into the matrix (possibly in teams/working groups).
- If time permits, evaluation of results and definition of the common denominator of all use-cases.
Sprint agenda:
- 1h: Short introduction to Portfolio; the cause, goals, surrounding conditions, procedure, past and upcoming work.
Mainly #1260214: Choose your Drupal and #1340426: Project shortname (and objective...).
- 2h: Discussing sprint attendees confusion on high-level scope, Drupal core and drupal.org constraints, what we actually want to build and what not.
Results summarized in #1488250: Portfolio manifesto // design parameters.
- 1h: Discussing best way to perform the analysis and document the result. Digital mindmap vs. spreadsheet matrix. Spreadsheet matrix wins after looking at an early prototype and reading an example use-case.
- 5h: Distilling a first use-case with all sprint attendees to extract and formulate actual functionality contained therein. Based on the original use-case write-up. Explicitly also noting functionality that we do NOT see for the use-case. Brainstorming and discussing functionality beyond the use-case write-up, which was either implicitly expected by the author, or explicitly raised as a modern/add-on idea while discussing the use-case. Trying hard to ignore technical implementation details. Slowly filling up the spreadsheet matrix with functionality rows/vectors. In general, the use-case is discussed as if it was a regular RFP filed against a Drupal shop and as if consultants were evaluating how to build a fancy site for it. Different procedures for approaching that task are getting obvious (which is interesting and good), and they hinder progress because everyone thinks from a different perspective (which is bad). But getting to a nice list of functionalities in the end.
- 2h: Quickly testing the functionality list in the spreadsheet matrix against a second use-case. Works. A couple of different results, of course. Also revealing some functionality we overlooked before.
Results in #1399188: Analyze common functionality and content requirements of use-cases
- 2012-04: Seeking for a project manager to help push the project forward.
Little/no results thus far. Project managers don't want to get involved with actual volunteer work in the Drupal community?
- 2012-05: Analysis of common functionality and content requirements of use-cases finally completed.
Lessons learned: It's very hard to gain interest in early product design work and discussions. The process would most probably have worked better if there was a dedicated person who had posted frequent (but not leading or opinionated) follow-ups on all issues, in order to signify that opinions are welcome and to drive discussions and contributions.
The Portfolio sprint in March showed already that people have a hard time to understand what Portfolio is and how to have and do the required discussions in the first place (i.e., mainly organizational and communication issues). Thus, the lack of "traction" likely was the root cause for making slow progress.
- ... today is today. You contribute today!
[Summary will be updated along the way.]


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Born and raised on Long Island, I've lived upstate since shortly after graduating from college.
One day many years ago, when a friend was visiting from LI, we were on the Northway when I remarked that traffic was heavy.
He was flabbergasted. "You're from Long Island!?! You think this is heavy? It's moving!"
He was right, of course. It all depends on your perspective.
So today's news that the average Capital Region commute is a mere 22 minutes might seem like a long wait. We grumble about traffic getting into and out of the Empire State Plaza at rush hour, but it's nothing compared to Washington, D.C., wgere drivers spend almost three hours for a trip that would take 30 minutes without traffic.
So where have you experienced the worst traffic? And do you think Capital Region congestion is bad or a breeze?


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Baby boomers and their families are concerned about ecological and cultural challenges facing all of us worldwide, and there are many organizations working together to promote sustainable conservation of our natural resources and cultural heritage. A few we think are outstanding are Earthwatch Institute, Wildscreen and Saving Species.
All life is a circular and interconnected cycle of energy. The science is pretty easy to understand: 97% of the planet's water comes from the ocean, and water regulates climate by absorbing carbon dioxide and providing the oxygen we breathe. Unfortunately, oceans are at risk from this interconnectedness. According to "her deepness" oceanographer Sylvia Earle, "human actions over the next 10 years will determine the state of the ocean for the next 10,000 years."
Certainly, awareness is high that our oceans are in trouble. Pollution, decades of over-fishing, urban runoff, plastic trash, reef destruction, and climate change threaten the essential nature of the ocean which impacts future generations. A healthy ocean provides livelihoods and is our greatest source of protein. But sadly, tuna, swordfish, halibut, cod, and flounder populations have been devastated by overfishing.
Ocean loving baby boomer families appreciate new ways to connect with and protect our grand oceans and the life within them. There are conservation organizations that use science, art, and literature in their goal to inspire people to make better choices on behalf of the sea like Blue Ocean Institute. Others, like Ocean Institute inspire all generations through education to become responsible stewards of our oceans.
Dive into this National Geographic video by photographer Brian Skerry for some visual inspiration. Now that we've got you in the mood, think about getting the kids involved. A great way to pique their interest is sleepovers in an aquarium. Our favorites, both U.S. and global are:
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
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And don't forget some family fun. Try Ocean Futures for multigenerational adventure. Boomer Jules Verne wannabees and their kids can now join Captain Nemo under the sea at Atlantis Adventures. Another enlightened and unparalleled way to experience meaningful adventure is with Natural Habitat Adventures.
Exploring our ocean's biotechnological potential can lead to advanced technologies, new medications and foods. Just as the first man on the moon was the catalyst for the boom in space exploration with all the scientific and commercial benefits that resulted, our oceans also benefit from this kind of compelling scientific exploration. Like outer space, the ocean's siren call continues to capture the imagination of solo explorers lured by its mysteries. In 1960, Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard became the first men to dive the underworld seven miles below the surface of the earth known as the Mariana Trench, a 1,500-mile-long (2,400-kilometer-long) scar at the bottom of the western Pacific Ocean and the deepest place on earth. No one has been back since. Now James Cameron looks to follow where they left off. Follow his journey at the Challenger Deep as he tries to make a successful solo expedition into the Mariana Trench. Fascinating!
The watery possibilities are endless and all can help fire kids' imaginations and stimulate future generations of ocean stewards.


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By Mike Coppinger
For the past few months following his fight of the year candidate with Delvin Rodriguez, Pawel Wolak has been linked to a number of opponents for the Antonio Margarito-Miguel Cotto 2 undercard on Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden.
After all the posturing, Wolak's match will be the one everyone wanted it to be – a rematch of his draw with Rodriguez – and the New Jersey resident couldn't be happier.
"I think it worked out perfectly," Wolak told BoxingScene. "It was my idea in the very beginning, even after the [first] fight I went down to Vegas on purpose just to see if Top Rank wanted to do the fight. So I'm glad they actually finally agreed to it."
With the first fight ending in draw, Wolak vows to perform better this time around.
"I will be better, I will be tougher. I have to do better," Wolak proclaimed. "I also think that was a little bit of a freak thing with the eye (referring to the huge swelling on his eye in the bout which resembled a baseball). That doesn't usually happen. I'm definitely going to be way tougher, way smarter in this fight."
Wolak sees some weaknesses he can exploit in his opponent, but also is expecting a better Rodriguez this go around.
"I watched the fight with my trainers, we all watched the fight," said Wolak, 30. "I know Delvin Is going to be looking at things, he's going to come in better shape, he's going to come in tougher, so we gotta get it done. It's definitely going to be a battle, it's going to be an entertaining fight."
Mike Coppinger is a regular boxing freelancer for USA TODAY and Ring Magazine. He's a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America, the Ring Ratings Advisory Panel and the Yahoo! Sports Boxing Panel. Follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger.


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By Rick Reeno
Promoter Lou DiBella, and adviser Sampson Lewkowicz, informed BoxingScene.com that WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28KOs) has no problem facing WBA/IBO champion Gennady Golovkin (27-0, 24KOs) in 2014.
Martinez suffered multiple injuries in April's decision win over undefeated Martin Murray. Because of the length of the necessary rehabilitation, Martinez will not fight again until the first half of 2014.
"Sergio Martinez reached out to Sampson and me today. He said that history will show that he has embraced every challenge available to him in his career. His legacy will be that he was always willing to fight the best. Right now, his concentration is on healing and rehabilitation and he will not fight until sometime in the first half of 2014. He wanted to make it clear that he is willing to fight Gennady Golovkin in the future. Any conversations now about timing would be premature and inappropriate," DiBella told BoxingScene.com.
Golovkin is scheduled to fight again on an HBO televised date in November. Lewkowicz agrees with DiBella, that Golovkin will not be Martinez's return opponent in 2014. However, if everything goes well in Martinez's return, then there is a high probability that Golovkin will be the opponent in the following fight.
Before they make a deal to face Golovkin, DiBella and Lewkowicz want Martinez to shake off any potential rust, and evaluate if his injuries properly healed. They want Martinez at 100% when entering the fight with Golovkin.
"I was with Martinez the whole weekend in Mexico. He told me that he is still the number one fighter at 160 and has no problem facing [Golovkin]. He has never said no to anyone. But the problem is that he is having his rehabilitation now, and he needs to take his time. Most likely, after almost one year without a fight, [Golovkin] will not be the first fight back but the next one. To beat this guy Martinez needs to be at 100%, and he will beat him. He will beat him because Golovkin is very strong but never faced anyone like Martinez," Lewkowicz told BoxingScene.com.
"Sergio Martinez he fought many great fighters, like Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams, Sergei Dzinziruk - and none of them were the same after Sergio beat them. Even Kermit Cintron, who went to a draw with Martinez, was never the same. Because after a hard loss, a fighter is sometimes never the same. Martinez is very happy to face Golovkin, because he wants to prove that he is the number one pound-for-pound fighter [in the world]. Martinez has never refused to fight anyone and this will not be the case here."
Golovkin impressed a lot of experts by demolishing Matthew Macklin in three rounds on Saturday night. Martinez also stopped Macklin, in March of 2012, in the eleventh round of a tough fight.
Lewkowicz believes Macklin never fully recovered from the beating he took from Martinez and needed more time before facing Golovkin. During the pre-fight promotion, Macklin did admit that he preferred to take an interim fight before facing someone like Golovkin - but HBO applied a lot of pressure to get the fight done sooner than later.
"Martinez took Macklin to the eleventh round and took his heart out. He had nothing left. Look at the history, what happened with Kelly Pavlik, what happened with Paul Williams, what happened with Sergei Dzinziruk - they were never the same. You tell me, should there be anything different with this Irish guy? And [Darren] Barker, it will be the same with him. On Saturday, Golovkin fought a 'good boy' but when he gets in the ring with Martinez he will be facing a great man. K2 Promotions, they might have the "Triple G" but me and Lou DiBella have the "Triple A."


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Did you know that there are people with Master's degree and/or PhD working as municipality policemen or school security guards? I'm sure, you didn't. Neither did I. But now we both know it. We know it due to the modifications PM Samaras and deputy PM Venizelos did in the bill about the lay-offs in municipalities.
Yes, the two leaders of Greek coalition government decided that after dissolving the municipality police and the school guards system,
"school security guards and municipality policemen with Master's or PhD may continue to work in the municipalities."
Samaras and Venizelos decided also that the school guards may start "social entrepreneurship" (social cooperatives) and guard the schools the government decided they needed no guards.
Crazy? Not at all.
I remember writing not very long ago about the social cooperatives that will run -most of- the municipalities social services like kindergartens, aid programs for seniors etc.
I wrote the relevant post last February on the occasion of a municipality unions strike.
The scheme of "social cooperatives" has been agreed between the Greek government and its lenders – the Troika.
Social cooperatives: Municipalities will cancel the social services ("Help at Home", municipality kindergartens, music schools). The main principle is that these services will be offered and managed by social cooperatives, that is by 'cooperatives' established in the context of 'social business scheme', according to which jobless (ex) municipality workers will be the shareholders.
Funding: start capital to be given by the municipality. Private funding by 'rich residents' possible.
Earnings: Cooperative shareholders get paid only if they are also workers at the cooperative.
Earnings distribution:
5% goes to funding reserve.
35% goes to workers.
60% goes to cooperative activities and the creation of new work places
The scheme provides that service sectors and institutions will be erased and the dismissed workers will have to establish "social cooperatives" and continue offering the services that were officially described as 'superfluous' by the government in order to enforce the new working and business scheme.
The government knew the inevitable, the mayors knew it, the municipality workers unions knew it. So what's the point of striking and protesting? Oh, to achieve some gains and profits. That's the job of unionists, not?
PS I'm sure the next working class to be feel the innovation of 'social cooperatives' will be those working in the kindergartens.
I just realized I did not answer the obvious question: why should a municipality policeman need a post university degree to write a fine for a illegally parked car or why should a school guard need a PhD to keep an eye that no one steals the water pipes of the school?
Because both most probably happened to know a guy-who-knew-a-guy in the municipality and it was easier to get a comfortable job in the local government than injuring your feet in the private sector. That was the reason in Greece's good times.
In bad times, there are simply no jobs in the private sector other than in call centers – and there you don't need neither a university nor a post-university degree either.


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Dec. 18. Communicated with the Secretary of War. Sent in instructions to Colonel Henderson- Commenced stockade yesterday- it was completed to day, or rather to night. The report of the scouts who had scanned the cove, as well as other strongholds of the enemy on the Withlacoochee, left no doubt
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Guest Poster - Review - Adventures in the East Mark (Pat G)
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A great many years ago, an old Welshman, told me in lilting Celtic tones of a mysterious game unlike any other he had seen before. A game a young lad such as myself might be interested in. There was only one place to find it in the city - a shop in a rough area frequented by purveyors of illegal substances and women, and no doubt men, of easy virtue. The shop had a turreted front entrance, with an iron grate for a door. The hairy, bearded proprietors were known to be surly but would part with goods if plied with money.
If this sounds like the beginning of a quest, it was. The trip to that store marked my introduction to D&D and role playing in general. The "old" Welshman was probably only in his early 40's and was in the same amateur theatre group as my parents. The store was indeed as described, the legendary Fandom II in its first location on Rideau street in Ottawa. The proprietors were more slightly grumpy hippy than surely dwarf though. A school friend and I started with the original box set, made a quick detour through basic and Red Box and settled into AD&D for all of high school.
A lot of game free years had passed when a few years ago, we started a family game of 3.5 with my daughters and a couple of friends. This was great fun but how the system had changed, multi-class, prestige classes, feats, races beyond count and rolls for everything. It was great fun but as campaigns do, it died a natural death. I am mostly a historical miniatures player but that campaign left a hankering for some rpg. Pathfinder was more of the same as 3.5 and 4th ed - frankly I never liked superhero games. Bouncing around the gaming related parts of the internet exposed me to something called OSR - Old School Rules. Since I am now old and I like rules it seemed worth looking into. OSR lead to me finding an odd chap named Tenkar on G+ who runs some sort of on line tavern and a hangout that lead to a shiny PDF of Adventures in the East Mark landing on my hard drive.
So as someone coming back into RPGs after a long absence, what can I say about Adventures in the East Mark? Adventures in the East Mark is an English translation of the original Spanish Aventuras en la Marca Del Este. Developed by Pedro Gil and others as an updated version of the Red Box, it achieved such success in Spain that a kickstarter was setup to translate it into English. Initial impressions i.e. the cover art, were nice - Red Box all over again - but 143 pages? Red Box was never that big was it? And then I "cracked the cover" or in reality scrolled to pages 2 and 3 and saw the map of East Mark. Definitely echoes of Tolkien but also all those other fantasy realm posters of my youth, not too technical not overdone, just wonderful. This required an immediate scroll through the whole thing. East Mark is filled with page after page of artwork. There is everything from marginalia to full page spreads. It captures the classical fantasy feel without being as "old skool" as the original monster manual cover. This is a very, very pretty book.
So while pretty is nice, what's inside? If you are familiar with the OGL (Open Games License) project, you will find no real surprises in the mechanics. Six attributes, 3d6 each giving simple bonuses. Nine Character classes including Elf, Halfling and Dwarf all nods to the "race as class roots" of D&D give you plenty of scope to customize your character without burying him or her in minutia. Levels are limited to 20, lower for the race-classes, with higher to be added in later boxes - just like the original. This is not an issue for me because, I always preferred the low level campaigns.
The equipment section hearkens back to first edition roots with the trident being the most exotic of the weapons. Non-combat related items are extensive including numerous transport options. As with all sections of the book, the illustrations are simple but of very high quality.
The battle sequence is nicely laid out 10 minute turns broken into 60 - 10 second assaults making spell durations easy to remember. Combat is IGOUGO based on a party initiative roll though individual initiative is offered as an optional rule. Attacks are carried out using a D20 roll on a level vs AC matrix chart with modifiers for strength and weapon bonuses. Damage is by weapon type again with modifiers. Monster have a slightly different chart based on hit dice. There are a few modifiers for light level and changing weapons and the much vaunted two weapon combat is dealt with in one simple sentence. Criticals are relegated to an optional rule. Miniatures and grids are mentioned but again are optional. Missile combat is exactly the same as close combat but with a few appropriate extras like aimed shots. Very straight forward. Oddly for such a simple system, mounted combat, aerial combat and underwater combat all get a few lines.
Healing is also very straight forward; 1d4 per day of full rest, no surges, no non-magical shortcuts. Saving throws for various attacks are by class and level which results in 9 separate if small tables. This is a little out of keeping with the simplicity of the rest of the rules but then the players need only consult the table for their character class. At the end of the combat rules is a section on maritime travel and combat which I suspect is due to the nature of the East Mark world.
Moving on to magic. As expected, Magic users spells have to be memorized and once they are cast they're gone until you can sit down for a bit with your grimoire. Clerics get to pick and choose, drawing on divine power as needed. Elves get spells as magic users up to 10th level and Paladins act as mini-clerics. The spells list are extensive and are laid out by class and level for easy access. They cover the usual range of harming, healing and informational spells. There is enough variety in the lists to allow players to customize their character without the need for specific sub-classes like healer or elementalist.
The Adventures and Misadventures section gives some basic information on organizing your party and adventuring in the outdoors or under it. Strangely, how to deal with traps is found here rather than with the rest of the thief class information. There is a very useful section on hirelings, were to find them, what they come equipped with and how much their starting salary is (by race no less). A useful tidbit for any system.
Moving onto loot, the Magical Objects and Treasures section shows how much loot to give out by hit die of foe defeated and duplicates the monetary exchange table found in the equipment section. Non-coin based treasure is covered in a useful level of detail. Magical items range from simple +1 and buff items through scrolls and potions and onto a few Wondrous Objects. Not a large section, it is geared toward giving the narrator the ideas and information to customize objects to a specific campaign.
Monsters - remember how I mentioned this is a very pretty book? The monsters are especially so. Most creatures in this section have an accompanying illustration with only the slimes, jellies and fungoids left to the reader's imagination. The style varies from the cartoonish Gibbering Gobber to a Gnoll worthy of display in a gallery and that's all on one page. What is never lacking in the art is the old school feel. In terms of the monsters themselves, all the classics are here from Ankheg to Zombie with a few East Mark specific monsters for seasoning. There are also some guidelines for customizing and creating monsters.
With the foundations out of the way, the book moves onto describing The East Mark proper. Over a handful of pages the reader is given a little of the history and geography of the East Mark without giving so much away that the narrator is confined by it. If you will, the history is a frame to support the beautiful maps mentioned earlier rather than a box to confine the narrator.
Rounding out the book are two adventures suitable for starting characters. They can be played in order or as standalone adventures. They should give starting players a taste of what to expect and a chance to learn the rules and exercise their skills. Finally there is a list of the backers who supported the translation. They all deserve thanks for spreading East Mark to the English speaking world. Oh and more beautiful maps at the very end.
I would like to mention a comment I have seen in other reviews of East Mark, and that is concerns about the use of the metric system in this game. Having grown up with proper British Imperial measurement and moved on to metres and litres, all I can say is a metre is close enough to a yard so get over it. Five foot step or 1 metre (3 foot) shuffle, it really doesn't matter as long as you are consistent.
This is where I was going to write a bit about why an old timer or newcomer should pickup Adventures in the East Mark. Having gotten this far, I discovered that what is commonly called "1st ed" by some parts of the OSR community refers to first edition Advanced D&D and not the original D&D three book white box I started with. So I went off to take a look at that paragon of "1st ed" rules reborn - Osric. Osric is very much like the AD&D I remember and then some. It is a great set of rules in its own right. But Adventures in the East Mark offers something else: intimacy. In East Mark, the rules cover the basics and little more. In AD&D and its descendants including Osric, there is a rule for almost everything and the GM is there to enforce the rules. If you want to do something different you have to talk to the narrator and work it out together. As a grey bearded grognard more concerned with playing than winning, this is what I like so much about East Mark. Rather than putting the GM and players on opposing sides of the table, Adventures in the East Mark lets the GM say "Hey, let's go explore this world I made".
Highly Recommended
Pat Gilliland http://irregularwarbandfast.blogspot.com/
(there is also a PWYW quickstart of The Adventures in the East Mark which you can get at the link)
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A few years ago I was driving my truck on the highway heading to the United States. Around that time is when I was going through a major change within myself spiritually. I was practicing being in the present moment and not "thinking" of anything else.
While I was driving on the highway, I suddenly found myself feeling this VERY deep sense of peace. It felt like I just woke up and I didn't remember how I was still able to drive, like I spaced out and my subconscious was driving.
When I awoke into this feeling, I KNEW that no matter what happens in my life everything will be good. This was the most intense feeling of peace I had ever experienced even to this day. I cannot describe it fully in human language. All thoughts and feelings just melted away. Even if I tried to think of a negative thought it could not permeate that feeling of peace and love.
This feeling lasted for minutes, I'm not sure how long exactly but it didn't matter at the time. What mattered was that I was enjoying the experience I was having and my past and future worries didn't even exist.
That experience taught me that no matter what happens in my life everything will be okay. And this applies to everyone. We are here on earth to have an experience and to enjoy it, when our body dies WE do not die. We are eternal beings and since we are eternal beings nothing can truly harm us.
We are guaranteed Life! Even if the worst case scenario happens here on earth, like death of the physical body, we will still be okay because your soul never dies.
So what is there to fear and worry about? Nothing! Because in the end, this life you are living here on earth is just an experience. Why not just enjoy every moment of it whether it's perceived as good or bad.


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what a blast! what a group! i cannot decide which soap will be my favorite. perhaps the huge barrel of chocolate and vanilla or the halloween mosaic...hmmm, the suspended hearts in the red hot cinnamon soap bars was pretty cool.
everyone really pitched in. it was like some rainy saturday art project that turned out really cool and smelled awesome. Can't wait to do this one again.


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June 26th, 2006 – by: fran2011
Rome the night before, and transferred to our hotel in the city. It was our luck that the World Cup 2006 was taking place during those days. Today we went out to sightsee, and decided to go early to the Colosseum and the Forum area. Once we got there, we took some pictures and roamed around. We saw the Arch of Constantine and Titus's Arch. Both were fantastic and detailed. Afterwards we visited the Pantheon, entering the huge space with the striking oculus pouring in sunlight. The funny thing about it was that at the time we visited, there was this bird trapped inside the building, and it kept on going in circles near the top, before exiting through the oculus. I took a video of it, and it was pretty cool.Later on we visited this quaint, not-that-known church near the Pantheon, called Santa Maria sopra Minerva. It had beautiful frescoes of angels with different instruments. Later on, in the evening, we went to the Spanish steps, and saw that it was completely crowded with young people waiting for the match of Italy vs. Australia at the World Cup. We ate at a local pizzeria, which served heavenly pizza!!! After enjoying the amazing food, we walked through the streets of Rome. Boy, when Italy won, everyone went crazy!! You could hear car horns everywhere, and people chanting we won!! The Italian flag was everywhere, from wigs to caps to shirts. It was an awesome experience, and I will never forget it. After celebrating with the Italians at the main city plaza, we went back to our hotel.
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Analysis of the collagen VI assemblies associated with Sorsby's fundus dystrophy.
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Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the Western world, and the pathophysiology of the condition is largely unknown. However, it shares many clinical and pathological features with Sorsby's fundus dystrophy (SFD), an autosomal dominant disease, known to be associated with mutations in the TIMP-3 gene. In Bruch's membrane of both conditions, there are molecular assemblies with distinct transverse bands occurring with a periodicity of about 100 nm. Similar assemblies were also found in the vitreous of a patient with full-thickness macular holes and were identified as being made of collagen VI. The assemblies found in the eye with SFD can be classified into two types, both with a 105-nm axial repeat, but one showing pairs of narrow bands about 30 run apart and the other showing a single broad band in every repeat. By comparison with the assemblies in the vitreous, collagen VI is considered to be the most likely protein in these assemblies. Furthermore, both of the assemblies associated with SFD can be explained in terms of collagen VI tetramers, one in which the tetramers bind to the mutant tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (the gene product of TIMP-3) and the other in which little or no binding occurs. TIMP-3 bound to collagen VI may be more resistant to degradation and create an imbalance between the normal amount of TIMP-3 and matrix metalloproteinases (the substrate of TIMPs) in Bruch's membrane with consequent disruption of the normal metabolic processes. Understanding the structure of these collagen VI/TIMP assemblies in Bruch's membrane may prove to be important for understanding the pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Weeks before the Minnesota Vikings traded back into the first round to draft Teddy Bridgewater on Thursday night, they brought the Louisville quarterback in for an extra physical to check out an issue with his heart.
"I just had an abnormal heartbeat," Bridgewater said in a conference call. "I think it was 1 percent, or one beat, less than the normal beat. So, I came back up to Minnesota, got the physical, got the EKG and everything, got tested and it came back positive."
No other teams circled back to check out the heart issue, according to Bridgewater, who said it never had been raised before either.
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"I wasn't aware of it," he said. "It came up at the combine and I was freaking out about it. But I knew that once I got started and starting running on the treadmill, that my heart rate would be normal."
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer first revealed the examination as part of a broader story about what he likes about his new quarterback.
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Bridgewater passed for 9,817 yards and 72 touchdowns in three seasons as the starter at Louisville and was projected as the possible No. 1 overall draft pick just a few months ago. But the pro day started a seven-week run of media criticism and speculation he might not even be taken in Round 1.
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Duchess takes aim with pub darts
The Duchess of Cornwall has tried her hand at darts during a visit to a pub in Essex.
Camilla joined the Prince of Wales at The Bell pub in Purleigh to promote his not-for-profit organisation The Pub Is The Hub, which supports licensees, rural pubs and community services.
They could not resist getting behind the bar and the Prince pulled pints of Oscar Wilde mild and Citra lager while the Duchess pulled Southwold Bitter and Woodforde's Wherry.
Camilla also tried her hand at darts and despite not getting a very high score, every one of her darts hit the board.
"I'm not very good", she said with a laugh.
Earlier, the Prince suggested that his services as a singer were available to a community choir - but doubted his voice would be up to much.
Charles met the chorus as he toured the Royal Opera House's state-of-the-art theatrical workshop in Essex with the Duchess.
The Prince is known to be passionate about opera but he played down his musical abilities, saying he had a "gravelly bass" singing voice.
The Royal Opera House's workshop is part of the High House Production Park in Purfleet, a £60 million centre of excellence for production, technical skills and crafts used in the performing arts and live music industries.
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Gabrielle Foster-Still, who manages the group, said after speaking to Charles: "He was saying he has a gravelly bass and was not sure if we would want him - but we could use him.
"And he did say he would like to hear us sing."
June Bull, 71, a stalwart of the choir, joked that she was a "lady tenor" who had to sing with the men because they were down on numbers.
She added: "I told him we have sung in German, Italian and French - that's quite hard for an old Essex girl that only speaks estuary English."
Asked if she would have liked to have performed for Charles, she joked: "We could have kept him amused for hours."
Charles and Camilla toured High House Production Park where students from South Essex College are taught a range of subjects.
They watched teenagers learning how to light a music performance - featuring a drummer, keyboard player and violinist - and make sure the sound levels were right.
Later they joined a Technical Theatre class where students were researching films and looking at the film career of Peter Sellers.
Megan Carey, 16, chatted to the Prince - a life-long fan of radio comedy show the Goons which featured Sellers - and said afterwards: "He seemed quite interested in what we were doing. He said to me 'you need to watch all of his films'."
Charles is patron of the Royal Opera House and in its cavernous production workshop he saw huge backdrops for productions and painted panels that will create the effect of a wood panelled room for a performance of Falstaff being staged in Amsterdam later in the year.
Alex Beard, chief executive of the Royal Opera House, said: "The prince was hugely impressed, this is probably the best production facilities available to any opera house in the world - in terms of its scale, facilities and available natural light."
Later the royal couple travelled to the Palace Theatre in Westcliff-on-Sea to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.
Charles and Camilla watched 40 school children perform extracts from the Bard's best known plays - part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival.
The festival is the largest youth drama event in Britain. Schools who participate perform half hour abridged versions of the Bard's plays in local and professional theatres all over the UK.
After the show, which featured scenes from Macbeth, Hamlet, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing, the couple walked on stage to meet the cast.
When Camilla asked Newar Mierkhael, 14, who had appeared in the Much Ado About Nothing extract, why he liked Shakespeare, he replied: " I learned that there are so many twists to Shakespeare that you can interpret it in your own way."
The Prince told supporters of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, the charity which organised their visit, that he was very impressed: "I particularly enjoyed the last one from Much Ado About Nothing when they all danced. I think it is empowering and it builds confidence in children."
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Definitions for aeryˈɛər i, ˈɪər i
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Princeton's WordNet
aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry(noun)
the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry(adj)
any habitation at a high altitude
aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal(adj)
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air
"figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"
Au00EBrial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
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an aerie
aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary
Origin: [See Air.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
ā′ėr-i, adj. aerial, incorporeal, spiritual, visionary.—adj. Ae′rylight (Milton), light as air.—As a noun, Aery is a variant spelling of Aerie.
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ayre, Ayre
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