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Grime (if one can still call it that – these things move on) has been one of the musical revelations of the past 10 years, breaking out from the ashes of Garage in east London and conquering the charts, to the point where even tasteless 50-year-old aunties illiterate in the language of pop know who its most famous son – Dizzee Rascal – is. The recent rise of various young MCs, curiously backed by every White Van bigot's favourite paper The Sun, has finally given UK black music something approaching the coverage its frequently inferior American counterpart has. Hooray for that, that's what we say.
Another step on the road to world domination could be coming for Skepta, who for some unfathomable reason is still unsigned (check out Soul Food, if you get the chance). American hip-hop mogul P Diddy recently posted a message on Twitter asking UK rap fans to suggest someone remix his new single Hello Good Morning. Skepta fans piled onto his site to suggest the eastender have a go, and now he's set to have the fruits of his work given airplay in the States. Result.
For his part, Diddy has been a fan of the UK scene for a while, and has made noises about getting more involved and even signing a local artist to his US label. 'I remember the first time I heard grime. Blew my mind,' he said. 'This is the first song I had that it could work with.' Fingers crossed another of London's brightest gets his big break.


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Hello everyone.
I'm attempting to amplify a region of unknown sequence, downstream of known sequence, starting from a genomic sample. For instance:
Ligation-mediated PCR is a technique that utilizes blunt-end ligation of a linker of known sequence to restricted genomic DNA. This "flanks" a chunk of unknown sequence, with two portions of known sequence, allow for PCR amplification and then sequencing of the amplicon. The process is as such:
1) Restrict the genomic DNA.
2) Creat a blunt end within your genomic DNA digest, and thermocycle using a primer specific to your known sequence. This is linear amplification, and utilizes one primer. This is where specificity arises - only your fragment of interest should generate a blunt end, and thus be the only eligible fragment for blunt-end ligation.
3) Ligate the linker to your restricted, now blunt-ended, genomic DNA. The linker is only blunt on one end, preventing linker-linker ligation.
4) Amplification, using two primers - one specific to the linker, one speific to the known sequence. Preferably, the primer to the known sequence will be different than that used in step 2, and closer to the unknown sequece. This increases specificity.
This protocol recommends using Vent polymerase. I'm not sure why this is preffered over a high-fidelity polymerase. Anyone have any insights?
I had a lot of background on my first try at this technique. I'm going to try to increase primer-specifity and annealing temperature. Any other ideas?


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Area theater offerings, from the Players' Ring to Seacoast Repertory Theatre, and what's going on at W.E.S.T.
Through March 16 | The diary of Anne Frank, Confined and hidden in a secret annex during the depravity of the Nazi regime, Anne turns to her diary as a friend and confidant. Her insightful account paints a portrait of a sensitive, insightful young woman and offers compelling observations of human courage and frailty. Evening performances and matinees. Tickets: $16/$14. Purchase tickets online at RochesterOperaHouse.com or call/stop by the box office at 335-1992 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday or two hours before the show. Rochester Opera House is located at 31 Wakefield St., Rochester.
THROUGH March 16 | FAMILIAR FIELDS: The Community of Sarah Orne Jewett, Pontine Theatre presents the final production of its premiere Cafe-Lyceum Series. The presentation combines food, friends, and discussion along with excerpts from Pontine's original adaptation of Jewett's The Country of the Pointed Firs, and Dunnet Landing Stories. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $18 and may be purchased online at www.pontine.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the door a half-hour prior to each show (cash & checks only) based on availability. Pontine's West End Studio Theatre is located at 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. The theater is not visible from the street, look for the big 959 on the signpost at the head of the drive. Information: firstname.lastname@example.com / 436-6660.
March 16 | a winter's tale, a spoken-word series of true, first-person stories told before a live audience, returns to The Red Door Lounge and Martini Bar, 107 State St., Portsmouth, for its final performance. A variety of short, unscripted true-life tales will be told onstage by local personalities. Admission is $10; advance online ticket sales start via BrownPaperTickets.com. Proceeds from the event benefit Seacoast Local's (H)EAT campaign, providing heating and food assistance to local people in need. Doors open at 6. Seating is limited; first come, first served.
March 16 | dorks in dungeons, 7 p.m. This month, in Dorks in Dungeons Presents: The Dies of March, they continue their absurd ongoing adventure in a two hour comedy show full of monsters, mayhem, and general hilarity. The regular cast of characters will be joined by guest Christine Gray, a local actress with recent credits including Darwin's Waiting Room and Death of a Salesman. The performance will feature a social hour before the show beginning at 6 p.m., where guests can browse various vendors, play games by local and national game-makers, and enjoy beverages before entering the theater for the performance. The show, as always, is pay-what-you-can. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. 433-4793.
Through March 23 | next to normal, at the Players' Ring in Portsmouth. "Next to Normal" is a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that takes a look at a woman struggling to cope with the mental illness present in her suburban family. A talk-back will be held after the show on March 9 with staff from Seacoast Mental Health Center, and an artist from the Art of Recovery program. Weekend showtimes ranging from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 to $18. The Player's Ring is located at 105 Marcy St. Call 436-8123.


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From Five Points to Fifth Avenue.
By Richard Zacks
Before he became the famed "Rough-Rider" of San Juan Hill, Governor of New York, or the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt assumed the mantle of police commissioner in a crime-ridden Manhattan overseen by violent gangs and corrupt cops. The Republican reformer was welcomed by New Yorkers when he was appointed in 1895 — at least, until he began to enforce the law that said saloons should be closed on Sundays. And it only got worse when Roosevelt declared that Sunday began at precisely 12:01 a.m. What followed was a rebellion that pitted determined crusader against an outraged populace.
By Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
In this majestic Pulitzer Prize-winning volume, Edwin Burrows and Mike Wallace wrestle a sprawling span of New York's history into a coherent narrative. The panoramic view they offer sweeps from Manna-hata's earliest Native American settlers all the way up to 1898 when the five boroughs were consolidated, with stops along the way in Dutch-ruled New Amsterdam, British-occupied Brooklyn Heights, and New York's time as the capital of the United States. More than 20 years in the researching and writing, Gotham is unmatched in its scope, attention to detail, and sympathy with the life of the great city it chronicles.
By Herbert Asbury
Don't mess with the Bowery Boys, the Plug Uglies, or the Dead Rabbits. Gangs with such colorful names (and folks like Hell-Cat Maggie and Bill the Butcher) dominated the criminal underworld of New York at the turn of the last century and fill Asbury's 1928 guide through the city's nastiest spots. Pulled together from police reports and first-hand interviews with criminals (and embellished by Asbury's taste for the dramatic), it inspired Martin Scorcese's film of the same name. A delightful rogue's gallery of ne'er-do-wells who were probably less appealing in the flesh.
By Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton, who once said that "the air of ideas is the only air worth breathing," explores what happens when Newland Archer, a New York gentleman engaged to marry his sweet-but-conventional upper-class fianceé, falls for a scandal-plagued woman he's just met, Countess Ellen Olenska. The first Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction by a woman, this novel brilliantly memorializes the social life of Gilded Age Manhattan, as it weaves a timeless tragedy out of the tensions between duty and passion.
By Jean Strouse
In an age of excess defined by the unprecedented consolidation of wealth in the hands of a very few robber barons, J. Pierpont Morgan ruled over all. But Strouse's vibrant biography does more than just showcase the one-man bank who brought together the nation's railroads and built entities like General Electric and U.S. Steel into titans of industry. She introduces us to Morgan as the husband of two wives, the father of four children, the lover of many mistresses, and the victim of a surprisingly serious case of depression, not to mention the avid patron of the arts who endowed the Morgan Library.


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Jared Nichols' South Jordan personnel file boasts commendations and letters of recommendation for his dedication to his work. He emerges as an assertive, tenacious officer, valued by South Jordan, according to one commendation, for his experience and knowledge dealing with gangs gleaned from an assignment to the Metro Gang Task Force. Nichols' "proactive patrolling," as a superior describes his approach to policing, extends to chasing down an unarmed juvenile Nichols later wrote had been involved "in causing mischief," with his "duty weapon draw[n] and at low ready." He also can display a temper. In November 2009, Nichols received a written warning for insubordination after he yelled at Crist following a training session. The warning noted "the current climate" between the sergeant and the officer, although whether that referred to Crist not backing him up while pursuing Pennington is unclear.
One past event not included in the personnel file Pennington's family received through a records request was Nichols' involvement in a prior shooting. Prisbey only knew Nichols had shot someone else while on duty because Perez mentioned in his interview with investigators that Nichols had just finished "initiating," which Prisbey correctly surmised referred to a prior shooting Nichols had been involved in.
Twenty months before Pennington's death, on July 14, 2007, Nichols and a second officer fatally shot white supremacist Darren Neil Greuber at an apartment complex on 5601 S. Redwood Road. At that time, Nichols was on assignment with the Metro Gang Unit. He had gone with a team of 11 officers, some members of Taylorsville's SWAT team, to arrest Greuber as "a favor," to a Taylorsville officer also assigned to the gang unit, according to Taylorsville Police Department documents. When the unarmed Greuber tried to escape by ramming his car against numerous parked cars, two officers, one of them Nichols, shot him.
Prisbey alleges the shooting-investigation team, which included Sgt. Leary of the District Attorney's Office, failed to address key questions, the most important being a witness who claimed that someone shouted, "He's got a gun, he's got a gun." In a situation such as the arrest of a man records show officers suspected was armed, those words would surely have been Greuber's death warrant. Nowhere in the reports of interviews with the two officers, however, was that witness' statement addressed.
A few hours after Pennington's shooting, Leary and West Jordan Sgt. Travis Rees interviewed Perez. Two days later, they talked to Nichols. Nichols told the investigators that prior to the interview, he and his wife had been taken to dinner by his lieutenant, and Nichols had requested and been given a copy of his dashcam video to study.
Prisbey believes such stark collaboration with someone who is essentially a criminal suspect still pales, however, beside the lack of questions posed by investigators. Family members claim investigators did not ask Nichols why parts of his dashcam video had no audio; why, if he claimed he did not know the man he killed, he nevertheless called out his name; and why he tried to pull the body out of the car. That Leary saw fit not to mention Nichols' prior shooting, especially since he himself investigated it, is equally difficult for the family to understand.
But the biggest question for Pennington's family is why Nichols shot him. According to the transcript of Leary and Rees' post-shooting interview with Nichols, he told Rees he shot Pennington because he "made a lunge towards me," a move that made him feel "really uncomfortable." Rees subsequently claimed in a report that Pennington "ignored all of the commands given by the officers and jumped out his window at Officer Nichols." That Pennington could have managed to, in the last few seconds of his life, maneuver into position to jump out of his car doesn't ring true for his family, particularly given that he died with one of his legs hooked under the SUV's steering column.
Nichols went on to tell Rees he did as he was trained, saying, "Freeze or I'll shoot. Freeze or I'll shoot," but Pennington "just kept coming." Nichols had no time other than to perceive "he's not complying to what I'm saying," so he shot him.
Since the 1985 U.S. Supreme Court case of Tennessee v. Garner, officers who use deadly force against a fleeing suspect have to show he or she poses a significant threat of death or physical injury to the officer or others. After Leary and Rees took a break, they came back into the West Jordan interview room and pressured Nichols on one point: As Pennington "lunged" toward Nichols, "Were you scared?" Rees asked.
"I'm cornered," Nichols said. "I don't have anywhere to go. I'm—I don't know what he's going to do. I'm stuck in a car."
"Were you scared?" Rees repeated.
"Yes, I was scared, I guess. I—I don't know."
No trajectory evidence, according to the reports provided to the Penningtons, was gathered to determine where Pennington was shot. If Pennington's location when shot was shot isn't clear, neither is when he died. Nichols requested medical care for Pennington but did not check Pennington's vitals, he told the investigators, as he appeared dead. "I just walked away from the scene," He was pissed, he said, that Pennington "made me do what I had to do." The lawsuit claims "neither Nichols nor Perez did anything to assist Pennington, even though Nichols knew Pennington was still alive."
Of all the lingering questions surrounding the death of Wade Pennington, one of the most painful for his family is why he ran in the first place.
Dawn Boggs, the mother of Pennington's son Tyler, says Pennington was afraid of very little. One day, while out fishing, she joked, "Wade, the cops are gonna get ya." He replied, "They won't shoot a guy like me."
But when she saw him on the dashcam video, "I knew by the look on his face, he was scared to death. He knew they were out to get him." Normally, she says, after a few minutes, Pennington, who had successfully evaded capture by the police in the past, would have given himself up. But that night "he knew something was wrong," she says. "At some point in those [final] minutes, he knew if he didn't get away from [Nichols] he was going to die."
A year and half after Pennington's death, the wound it opened in the lives of those who loved him refuses to heal. "None of us can get past it," Boggs says. "We meet up at La Frontera" where he used to gather the family, "but it's not the same." His son, Boggs says, has been plagued by depression since his father's death, and will "literally not come out of his room."
Girlfriend Russell says, her voice breaking, that law enforcement "has no idea what they took away." His mother says she can never "be fully happy again," can never forgive Nichols nor the police departments that lied to her family, painting Pennington as a dangerous, violent man that he never was.
"No dollar amount can bring him back," Judy Pennington says about the family's lawsuit. "They took something very precious to me. They took my son."


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Apple Cider Vinegar Weight Loss programme is easy to follow, is natural, and can help you lose weight and get back in shape. If you are thinking: will I lose weight with apple cider vinegar, read on.
This article is based on research and will shows a guaranteed way of losing weight with apple cider vinegar (ACV). If an apple a day keeps doctor away, then a spoon or two of apple cider vinegar can keep the weight gain away.
What are the health benefits of apple cider vinegar?
Cider vinegar is extremely useful for:
- Diabetes
- Warts
- Household clearning
- Healthy cooking
- Skin care
- Weight loss
- Headaches, nausea
- Hair loss
- And even for pet care
Let's look at how it can help lose weight and provide other health benefits too.
This is what you will discover
- How to lose weight with apple cider vinegar
- How does apple cider vinegar help lose weight
- How to lose weight fast
How to lose weight with apple cider vinegar
Many women have successfully detoxed their bodies with apple vinegar. It is extremely important to detox our bodies regularly so we can feel fresh, energetic and chase our dreams successfully.
The best part is that the apple cider vinegar weight loss programme is very easy to follow.
There is no need to drink a lot of apple cider vinegar, especially if you don't like the sore taste. Even with small quantity, you can get weight loss benefits.
Simply take two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and put it in a glass (16 ounces) of water. Drink this water once a day. For better results, drink it three times a day, just before every meal.
It is a sore drink and you may take a while to get used to the taste. However you can improve the taste b adding a bit of honey in it. Honey has natural health benefits, but that's for another article.
Here's another way to improve the taste. Just add apple vinegar to your tea. Again, not too much, simply put two tablespoons of vinegar and honey or maple syrup in a cup of boiling water and add tea.
How does apple cider vinegar help lose weight
While there's research to show how apple cider vinegar help lose weight, it is a bit of mystery. One of the common explanations found in the literature is this. The vinegar suppresses your appetite and thus you eat less. This naturally helps you to shed extra pounds and get in a bikini shape.
But how does it lower your appetite? Apple cider vinegar contains enzymes and organic acids. These acids in turn improve the metabolism rate. Higher metabolism rate helps your body burn excess fat and make you slim. Because of it, you also retain less water and you feel more energetic.
There's another theory that explains how vinegar helps in weight loss. Apple cider vinegar lowers blood sugar. Because of lower blood sugar, your body produces less insulin. Research shows that lower insulin levels help weight loss.
How long to take apple cider vinegarYou must be wondering how long do I need to take the vinegar to lose weight. There is no rule that says you should drink apple cider vinegar for a limited time.
It is a natural product and there are no side effects. You can keep drinking ACV for the rest of your life, and it will only benefit you. But will you lose weight fast? It depends on how fast you need to lose weight. The effects of apple cider vinegar are not immediately visible. The results are gradual. The results will vary depending on your body type. But the results are long-lasting.
There are some figures available based on current research. It shows that you can lose about 10 pounds to 15 pounds (which is roughly 6 to 9 kilos) in one year. However you have to be persistent and keep drinking two tablespoons of ACV with water just before every meal regularly. However this is a conservative estimate.
There's evidence that shows that some women have lost about two pounds in a month.
Can I lose weight fast?
Yes, you can, if you combine the apple cider vinegar weight loss programme with health eating. Stay away from junk or oily food.
Also use the following tips to lose weight fast with apple cider vinegar:
- Have banana: It contains potassium which helps reduce stress and lowers blood pressure.
- Eat less sugar: Avoid all possible instances of eating sugar.
- More exercise: Exercise at least once a day, five days a week. Even a half-hour walk can be very beneficial.


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Towards the end of last season, we launched our Gersnet Podcast and we've been delighted with the response across the community with thousands of views and subscribers already across the various platforms. As promised the pod will be available on a regular basis so today we're very happy to bring you our latest episode of season 2018/19. Merry Christmas to all our subscribers!
After dropping more points in midweek at Easter Road, a win against St Johnstone was vital. Colin, David and Stewart discuss the late heroics of Alfredo Morelos and ask if we can beat Hibs and Celtic in our remaining two games of 2018.
At the moment you can subscribe to the pod via the platforms below the video (remember to download their app from the App Store and/or Google Play) if you want to listen/download on your mobile devices. If you encounter any problems, then please email us for help.
- Acast: https://www.acast.com/gersnet (also compatible with Alexa Skills - use your Echo to enjoy the pod!)
- iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/gersnet-podcast/id1367486387
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjonaQVRhZNv1jN4SSz8bsw
- Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/fa2e801c39a9dfac69c6f7f28316b4be1be2b863 (also compatible with Alexa Skills - use your Echo to enjoy the pod!)
- Google Play (USA only for now):
- TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Football/Gersnet-Podcast-p1117723/
- Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=180590&refid=stpr (also compatible with Alexa Skills - use your Echo to enjoy the pod!)
- Podbean: Coming soon
- Spotify: Coming Soon
Another cool feature of Acast, Castbox, Stitcher and TuneIn is that you can add Skills to your Alexa smart devices in order to listen to the pod through your Echo or TV.
Just open your Amazon Alexa app and search for the relevant Skill to add it, then try the following example commands to get started:
"Alexa, Ask Acast/Stitcher/CastBox/TuneIn to play the Gersnet Podcast"
"Alexa, Ask Acast/Stitcher/CastBox/TuneIn to play the latest episode of the Gersnet Podcast"
"Alexa, Ask Acast/Stitcher/CastBox/TuneIn to play my Favorites playlist"
"Alexa, Ask Acast/Stitcher/CastBox/TuneIn to play Front Page"
"Alexa, Ask Acast/Stitcher/CastBox/TuneIn what are my playlists?"
"Alexa, Ask Acast/Stitcher/CastBox/TuneIn to play Listen Later"
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The eight-issue anthology series Daredevil: Dark Knights begins here with a three-issue arc from writer/artist Lee Weeks featuring a befuddled Daredevil mugged in a snowstorm who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of who he is or explanation for his enhanced senses.
The amnesiac aspect of the story is its weakest point, although it allows for a couple of humorous moments including a doctor and nurse opening their mystery man's briefcase to learn they have an Avenger in their midst. Even without his full faculties Daredevil dons his costume and goes back into the blizzard to find a crashed helicopter with the heart needed to save a young girl's life.
The triple-obstacles of Matt Murdock's injury, the blizzard, and his amnesia (which also effects his acrobatic stunts) is a little much. I prefer Weeks art to the story, but there are enough nice touches here to not let me dismiss it out-of-hand. The first issue doesn't do enough to sell me on the new limited series, but it doesn't turn me off either. Depending on what else hits newsstands that week, I would consider picking up issue #2. Hit-and-Miss.
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Another great recipe from Cara's Cravings. Cara has posted a few ravioli dishes that I have been wanting to try. I love using wonton wrappers to make ravioli. I made homemade pasta last summer with my little sister when she was visiting. I had her cutting them and we laid them all on top of each other. Of course, they all stuck together because I wasn't thinkin' straight. And we were kind of able to save some and eat some stuck together pieces. But...man, was I frustrated.
Luckily, my sister is not a picky eater. She is amazing. She told me it was still delicious. But even when she was little, she was a pretty adventurous eater. I like to give myself the credit for forcing her to eat weird things. I can do that (that is, give myself the credit) because I am 9 years older. At many points in my life, I was pretty cool to her. Not sure on the status of that currently.
What I am trying to get at...is I have been putting off making homemade ravioli because I am still mad at pasta dough. Why do you stick together? Why did you take me two hours to make and then ruin everything?!?! So, using wonton wrappers makes me feel so so good.
But really, it just makes everything easier. I don't think I have ever ordered ravioli out. I like it but I like a lot of other things a lot more. So, I pretty much only have it at home when I want something different. And those refrigerated raviolis in the deli? Ew. The dough is so thick. And chewy. And the fillings are worse. Sorry Butoni. Or whatever you are. I hate you. Seriously.
Um, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, so this is the perfect solution for a quick (er) ravioli. And you can fill it something other than ricotta cheese. Why am I being such a snot. Not sure.
But try this combo. It is great. And healthy! I didn't exactly follow the recipe because I doubled it and was being lazy. I used jarred roasted red peppers...again because I am lazy but also because right now they are cheaper than fresh. If you cook them a bit with the rest of the sauce ingredients, you can't even tell. I also just cooked the sauce in a sauce pan and used my immersion blender to puree. And I never froze the ravs after assembling. Mostly because I made the sauce first.
I am tired. Bye.
Salmon and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
from Cara's Cravings
6 oz salmon fillet
1/2 of a lemon
salt and pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 oz goat cheese
4 oz wonton wrappers (for the brand I buy, from an Asian grocery store, this is about 20 wrappers)
2 medium red bell peppers
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
dash of oregano, salt & pepper
1/4-1/2 cup chicken broth
Preheat oven to 350F. Squeeze lemon juice over salmon and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast in oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until cooked through.
Remove from oven and cool. Chop finely in food processor, and combine with garlic, parsley and goat cheese. Place 1 tsp of filling onto each wonton wrapper, wet edges with water, and press together to seal. Place in freezer while preparing sauce.
Preheat broiler to high. Spray peppers with cooking spray, place on a baking sheet, and cook under broiler for several minutes on each side, until all sides are charred. Remove from oven and place in a bowl covered with plastic wrap until
cool enough to handle. Meanwhile, saute onion in a small pan coated with cooking spray, over medium heat, for about 5 minutes or until soft. Add garlic, crushed red peppers, oregano, salt, and pepper; cook 1 minute more. Remove skin and stems from peppers and place in blender along with onion mixture and broth; puree until smooth. Transfer to a small saucepan to keep warm.
Cook ravioli in boiling water for 3-4 minutes. To serve, place a ladle of sauce on a plate, place ravioli on top, and drizzle with remaining sauce. Garnish with freshly grated pecorino romano cheese, if desired.
(Servings: 2, Prep time: 45 min., Cook time: 20 min., Difficulty: Easy)


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BioSmart s.r.o. has successfully passed its certification tests according to the European standard EN 60839-11-1. The Quality Certificate issued by the TREZOR TEST centre in Prague confirms: the range of BioSmart devices meets the requirements regarding the equipment for access control systems.
The EN 60839-11-1 standard imposes the most serious demands towards the security systems used for physical and access control. It contains descriptions of the theoretical model and system architecture, including the criteria as following:
- the classification based on functionality and performance;
- the requirements for the interfaces of the access points;
- the display and message requirements (displaying, warning, registering);
- alarming and neutralizing of system hacking;
- the identification requirements;
- the system self-defense requirements;
- the inter-action amongst electronic access control system components and other systems.
In addition, within the standard the requirements for environmental conditions (indoor/outdoor use) and electromagnetic compatibility, as well as test methods are specified.
The tests were performed according to the methods approved, including checking the functionality of the BioSmart system software and hardware, electromagnetic compatibility tests according to IEC 61000-6-1 standard and extended temperature tests.
The following devices have passed their certification tests:
- PV-WTC (palm vein terminal);
- UniPass (palm vein controller);
- PV-WM (palm vein and RFID reader);
- WTC2 (fingerprint controller);
- Prox-E (RFID controller).
Thus, the BioSmart system has confirmed its compliance with the international quality standards. The advanced functionality and high level of equipment reliability allow to implement solutions in the field of biometric control at critical facilities which require enhanced protection.


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Warren Christopher
|Warren Christopher
|63rd United States Secretary of State
In office
January 20, 1993 – January 17, 1997
|Bill Clinton
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Strobe Talbott
|Preceded by
|Lawrence Eagleburger
|Succeeded by
|Madeleine Albright
|5th United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office
February 26, 1977 – January 20, 1981
|Jimmy Carter
Cyrus Vance
Edmund Muskie
|Preceded by
|Charles W. Robinson
|Succeeded by
|William P. Clark, Jr.
|7th United States Deputy Attorney General
In office
March 10, 1967 – January 20, 1969
|Lyndon B. Johnson
|Ramsey Clark
|Preceded by
|Ramsey Clark
|Succeeded by
|Richard G. Kleindienst
|Personal details
Warren Minor Christopher
October 27, 1925
Scranton, North Dakota, U.S.
March 18, 2011 85) (aged
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|Political party
Joan Southgate Workman (m. 1949; divorce 1955)
Marie Wyllis (m. 1956; his death 2011)
|Lynn, Scott, Thomas, Kristen
Century City, California, U.S.
Carpinteria, California, U.S.
|Lawyer, diplomat, public servant
|Military service
|United States of America
|United States Navy
|Years of service
|World War II
Warren Minor Christopher (October 27, 1925 – March 18, 2011) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon Johnson Administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Carter Administration. At the time of his death, he was a Senior Partner at O'Melveny & Myers[1] in the firm's Century City, California, office. He also served as a professor in the College Honors Program at the University of California at Los Angeles. At the behest of Al Gore, Christopher oversaw the Vice President's Florida recount effort in the aftermath of the disputed United States Presidential election, 2000.
Early life, education
Christopher was born in Scranton, North Dakota, the son of Catherine Anne (née Lemen) and Ernest William Christopher, a bank manager.[2] He was of part Norwegian descent.[3] Christopher graduated from Hollywood High School, and attended the University of Redlands, before transferring to the University of Southern California. He was a member of the college fraternity Kappa Sigma Sigma. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California in February 1945. From July 1943 to September 1946, he served in the United States Naval Reserve, with active duty as an ensign in the Pacific Theater. He attended Stanford Law School from 1946 to 1949, where he was the founder and President of the Stanford Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He married Joan Southgate Workman on June 14, 1949 in San Diego, California.
Legal career, Deputy Attorney General for Johnson
Christopher became the first graduate of Stanford Law School to become a law clerk for a United States Supreme Court Justice when he served as law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas from October 1949 to September 1950.[4] He practiced law with the firm of O'Melveny & Myers from October 1950 to June 1967, becoming a partner in 1958 and serving as special counsel to Governor Pat Brown.[1] Christopher served as United States Deputy Attorney General from June 1967 until January 20, 1969, after which he rejoined O'Melveny & Myers. In 1974, Christopher served as the president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Deputy Secretary of State for Carter
Christopher was sworn in on February 26, 1977, as the Deputy Secretary of State and served in that position until January 20, 1981. As Deputy Secretary, he was involved in negotiating the Algiers Accords, and securing the release of 52 American hostages in Iran. He also spearheaded the Sino-American relations with the People's Republic of China, helped to win ratification of the Panama Canal treaties, and headed the first interagency group on human rights. President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, on January 16, 1981.
Professional work and achievements
Christopher's professional activities have included service as President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1974–1975; Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary of the American Bar Association, 1975–1976; member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California 1975–1976; and Special Counsel to California Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1959.
Christopher's civic activities have included the following: member and President of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University; Chairman, Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees; Director and Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg Group, Los Angeles World Affairs Council; Vice Chairman of the Governor's Commission on the Watts riots (The McCone Commission) in 1965–1966; President, Coordinating Council for Higher Education in the State of California; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Chairman Emeritus, Pacific Council on International Policy.
In 1981, Christopher received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards.[5]
In 1991, Christopher served as Chairman of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, which came to be known as the Christopher Commission. The Commission proposed significant reforms of the Los Angeles Police Department in the aftermath of the Rodney King incident (see 1992 Los Angeles riots), which were approved overwhelmingly at the ballot box. In 1992, Christopher headed the vice presidential search for Governor Bill Clinton and served as the Director of his presidential Transition.
Secretary of State for Clinton
Serving as Secretary of State from January 20, 1993 until January 17, 1997, Christopher's main goals were expanding NATO, establishing peace between Israel and its neighbors, and using economic pressure to force China's hand on human rights practices. The major events transpiring during his tenure included the Oslo Accords, the Dayton Agreement, normalization of United States–Vietnam relations, the Rwandan Genocide, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, and the Khobar Towers bombing.
Assassination attempt on George H. W. Bush, April 1993
On April 13, 1993, eleven Iraqi intelligence agents smuggled a car bomb into Kuwait in an attempt to kill former President George H. W. Bush as he spoke at Kuwait University.[6] Secretary Christopher, among others, urged President Clinton to make a retaliatory strike against Iraq.[7] On June 26, 1993, the United States launched 23 Tomahawk missiles against the Baghdad intelligence headquarters.[8]
Oslo Accords, September 1993
In August 1993, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meeting in Norway drew up the Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian Authority in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist. Secretary Christopher accepted Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's offer to host the signing ceremony. The ceremony took place in Washington D.C. on 13 September 1993, with Yasser Arafat signing for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signing for the State of Israel. It was witnessed by Secretary Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of President Clinton.[9] Christopher was one of main visionaries and proponent of an integrated Middle East.[10]
Partnership for Peace NATO expansion, January 1994
In order to initiate further enlargement of NATO with minimal backlash from Russia, Secretary Christopher promoted the Partnership for Peace program as a stepping-stone into full NATO membership. This was against protests from the Pentagon.
Rwandan Genocide, April 1994
In what is recognized as Christopher's greatest foreign policy mistake, the US and UN failed to react quickly enough to the unrest in Kigali which eventually exploded into the Rwandan Genocide. Over the course of approximately 100 days, from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana on 6 April up until mid July, between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia.[11]
China: Delinking human rights and trade status, May 1994
During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Clinton blasted President George H. W. Bush for giving China low-tariff trading privileges despite its human rights abuses. Secretary Christopher agreed with this view and believed that the US should use economic pressure to force China to improve its human rights record. However, on May 26, 1994, President Clinton renewed China's low-tariff trading privileges, effectively delinking the human rights issue from China's trade relations with the US. U.S.-Sino relations improved as a result, with President Jiang Zemin visiting the U.S. in November 1997 and President Clinton visiting China in June 1998.[12]
Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, September 1994
On September 19, 1994, a US-led coalition returned Haiti's popularly elected President Jean-Bertrande Aristide to power after a coup had unseated him. The US military effort, known as Operation Uphold Democracy, was largely the product of Colin Powell's diplomatic efforts, with little role played by Christopher.[13]
Israel-Jordan peace treaty, October 1994
In the wake of the 1993 Oslo Accords, Secretary Christopher encouraged Jordan's King Hussein to make a peace treaty with Israel. Christopher eventually offered Hussein $200 million in military equipment and $700 million in debt forgiveness to sweeten the deal. On October 27, 1994, Prime Minister Rabin and Prime Minister Abdelsalam al-Majali signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty. The signing was witnessed by President Clinton and Secretary Christopher. Christopher sought to obtain a similar treaty between Rabin and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, but to no avail.[14]
Vietnam: Normalizing relations, July 1995
Working with Senator John McCain, in 1994 Secretary Christopher began actively promoting the normalization of United States–Vietnam relations. At the time, the U.S. had not had an embassy in Vietnam since 1975. The main obstacle to normalization came from veterans and POW/MIA support groups who were convinced that Hanoi was not fully cooperating in the search for the remains of US soldiers in Vietnam. However, after Secretary Christopher convinced President Clinton that the Vietnamese government was fully cooperating in these searches, the President announced the formal normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam on July 11, 1995.[15]
Dayton Agreement, November 1995
In Dayton, Ohio, Secretary Christopher—working with Assistant Secretary Richard Holbrooke—negotiated peace talks between President of Serbia Slobodan Milošević, President of Croatia Franjo Tuđman, and President of Bosnia Alija Izetbegović. The result was the November 1995 Dayton Agreement, which put an end to the Bosnian War.[16]
Khobar Towers bombing, June 1996
In the wake of the Khobar Towers bombing, Secretary Christopher traveled to Saudi Arabia to witness the site of the attack. In Dhahran (the home of the Khobar Towers), Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal allegedly promised Christopher that the FBI would have the full cooperation of the Saudi government. Eventually, however, the Saudi government and the FBI repeatedly conflicted during the course of the investigation.[17]
In addition to several honorary degrees, Christopher received the following awards: the Jefferson Award from the American Institute for Public Service for the Greatest Public Service Performed by an Elected or Appointed Official; the UCLA Medal; the Harold Weill Medal from New York University; the James A. Garfield Baller Award; the Thomas Jefferson Award in Law from the University of Virginia Law School; and the Louis Stein Award from Fordham Law School.
Christopher's picture hangs in the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, near pictures of John Kerry, Robert McNamara, Elmo Zumwalt, and other American dignitaries, in commemoration of his visit to Vietnam, after normalization of relations between the two countries.[18]
At the 1999 unveiling of his portrait at the Department of State, attended by President Clinton, Christopher remarked: "To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a corner, then you're hung out to dry and, finally, you're framed."
He was sent to supervise the contested Florida recount for Al Gore in the U.S. presidential election, 2000. In the 2008 film Recount, which covers the days following the controversial election, Christopher was portrayed by British actor John Hurt.
He was a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Advisors.
He was an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy.
Former Secretaries of State James A. Baker, III and Christopher served as Co-Chairs of the Miller Center's National War Powers Commission. Baker and Christopher testified on March 5 before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the War Powers Consultation Act of 2009 – the statute that the Commission unanimously recommended in its July 2008 report. The statute is designed to replace the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and provide for more meaningful consultation between the president and Congress on matters of war.
From 2003 until his death, Christopher taught a small seminar course on international affairs as part of the Honors Program at UCLA.[19]
Warren Christopher married twice. He married Joan Southgate Workman in 1949 with whom he had a daughter, Lynn (born May 30, 1952). They divorced in 1955.[20] The couple later divorced.[21] He was married to Marie Wyllis from 1956 until his death; the couple had two sons: Scott (born December 27, 1957[22]) and Thomas (born July 24, 1959[23]), and a daughter, Kristen (born March 26, 1963[24]). Christopher had five grandchildren: Andrew, Lauren, Warren, and Chloe Christopher, and Christopher Henderson.[4] He wrote In the Stream of History: Shaping Foreign Policy for a New Era (1998) and Chances of a Lifetime (2001).
Christopher was a recipient of the state of North Dakota's Roughrider Award.[25]
He was a Senior Partner at O'Melveny & Myers.[1]
World Justice Project
Christopher served as an Honorary Co-Chair for the World Justice Project.[26] The World Justice Project works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the Rule of Law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.[27]
Christopher died at his home in Los Angeles on March 18, 2011, from kidney and bladder cancer.[1][28][29] He was survived by his wife and four children from two marriages.[1][29][30]
President Obama described Christopher as a "resolute pursuer of peace" for his work in the Middle East and the Balkans.[31] Hillary Clinton described Christopher as a "diplomat's diplomat – talented, dedicated and exceptionally wise".[32] He was described as "the best public servant I ever knew" by President Jimmy Carter in his memoirs.[29] On March 19, 2011, Carter stated that "[America] has lost a great and revered leader".[33]
See also
- 1 2 3 4 5 Robert D. Hershey Jr. (March 19, 2011). "Warren Christopher, Ex-Secretary of State, Dies at 85". The New York Times.
- ↑ http://www.bookrags.com/biography/warren-minor-christopher/
- ↑ Cornwell, Rupert (March 22, 2011). "Warren Christopher: Lawyer and diplomat who served as Secretary of State under President Clinton". The Independent. London.
- 1 2 Woo, Elaine (March 19, 2011). "Warren Christopher dies at 85; former secretary of State's quiet diplomacy was prized from Washington to L.A.". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national
- ↑ "The Bush assassination". Department of Justice/FBI Laboratory report. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 234.
- ↑ "Cruise Missile Strike - June 26, 1993. Operation Southern Watch". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 200.
- ↑ http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~bmomani/WE-%20MEFTA.pdf
- ↑ Des Forges, Alison (1999). Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1-56432-171-1. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 242.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 192.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 214.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 293.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 251.
- ↑ Christopher, Warren. Chances of a Lifetime. New York: Scribner Press, 2001. Page 225.
- ↑ Archived May 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Warren Christopher". International Hot Spots/UCLA Spotlight. March 1, 2003. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ↑ "Lynn Southgate Christopher, Born 05/30/1952 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Scheer., Robert (February 21, 1993). "Clinton's Globe-trotter: Secretary of State Warren Christopher Knows the Power of Being an Insider With a Social Conscience. And He's Carrying it Into the Global Arena". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Scott W Christopher, Born 12/27/1967 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Thomas W Christopher, Born 07/24/1967 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Kristen I Christopher, Born 03/26/1963 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award — North Dakota Office of the Governor
- ↑ "Honorary Chairs". World Justice Project. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "About the". World Justice Project. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ Tripp, Leslie (2011-03-19). "Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies". CNN. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- 1 2 3 "Former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies". BBC. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies at 85". msnbc.com. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Obama on Christopher: 'Resolute pursuer of peace'". USA Today. March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ Hillary Clinton (March 19, 2011). "Passing of Warren Christopher". State Department. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ↑ Megan Matteucci (March 19, 2011). "Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies at 85". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
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The 2015 race season has come to an end
The w20 GWR team loaded up and headed east to Central Pennsylvania to run with the World of Outlaws and to battle the PA Posse at the 3/8 mile, semi-banked clay oval Port Royal Speedway.
With a handful of races remaining in the 2015 race season the GWR team headed to the 3/8th mile, high-banked clay oval of Lawrenceburg Speedway for some Friday night racing with the World of Outlaws.
Over 100 sprint cars filled the pits of the famed half-mile Eldora Speedway for the UNOH Sprintacular featuring the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions, NRA Sprint Invaders and non-wing Boss Sprint cars.
The w20 returned home on Saturday night after rain forced the cancellation at Atomic Speedway with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions. Sunday afternoon the team reloaded and made the twenty minute drive just west of the shop for some racing at the half-mile, semi-banked clay oval Millstream Speedway again with the All Stars.
This would truly become a night to remember for Greg. This would be a night of firsts and just another success story to add to an already accomplished resume for this 20+ year racing veteran.
Thirty-five cars made their way back to Fremont Speedway for a run with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions and a shot at winning the 8th annual "Jim Ford Classic" finale worth $10,000.
Next up for this Findlay, Ohio based team was a weekend doubleheader with the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions beginning on Friday night and leading up to a Saturday night finale in the 8th Annual "Jim Ford Classic" at Fremont Speedway.
Mother Nature was the winner on Saturday delaying the 48th annual "Tuscarora 50" at Port Royal Speedway.


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Aaron Dykes
October 26, 2011
COMMENT FROM ALEX JONES: Yes the headline says alien takeover, because it is alien to cross plant, animal, insect and microscopic species… and this witch's brew is already having disastrous effects and is the single greatest threat not only to our species but to the planet as a whole.
In this powerful video, Alex breaks down how the global takeover might as well be coming from a hostile alien species– as depicted in John Carpenter's classic 1982 horror film 'The Thing'. In fact, such an invader would be hard pressed to wreak more destruction upon the earth's biosphere.
In the film, and its other versions from 1951 and 2011, an uncovered species takes over its host's DNA while outwardly imitating it, threatening to infect the entire planet in a short span. In the real world, aggressive genetically-modified species are destroying naturally-occurring species while provably causing harm to those who consume GMO foods– including widespread infertility, organ failure, cancer and mutations, as demonstrated repeatedly in lab animal studies.
In fact, the real dangers of GMOs, human-animal hybrids, vaccines (loaded with super-viruses, dangerous chemical compounds and other special ingredients), fluoride and much more have only begun to unleash their long-term multi-generational harm. The frank reality is that what humanity faces is far worse than Alex could possibly convey in this short presentation.
Complex and controversial emerging legal rulings over gene patents and intellectual property are clearly paving the way for the globalists' 'Thing' mechanism to dominate agriculture, monopolize medicine and profit on mass-death and the unraveling of our planet's genetic inheritance. Those in power hope to retain a privately-controlled continuity through their arctic seed vaults (a la Noah's ark), but life is bigger than even they can grasp.
Technological solutions will create a two-tier system aiming to enshrine the lives of the elite- with the available enhancements for health and longevity- while allowing further domination and dumbing-down of the masses (the nouveau riche, the middle class and poor alike). A wide-spectrum of ambient soft-kill enviro-additives poison us all, with the future hanging in the balance, at the very time an inner-coterie of science, tech and wealth has declared that the future doesn't need us.
If we don't stop this 'Thing' now, we may never have a second chance. It is vital we recognize this amorphous danger for what it is– the annihilation of our species and those with which we co-inhabit. We don't have any more time to waste.
Genetic Genocide: Humanity's Greatest Threat
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Grub2's default boot setting configuration is different from regular Grub. Whenever I search for it on the internet I have to sift through tonnes of advice regarding the menu.lst file.
Here are the steps for setting Windows as the default OS to boot in Grub2:
- Find out the name of Windows' boot entry. There are two ways
- Edit /etc/default/grub, specifically the "GRUB_DEFAULT=", adding the name of the Windows boot entry. In this example it would be GRUB_DEFAULT="Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" (inverted commas included)
- Run update-grub
And that's it. After rebooting the Windows entry will be selected and booted by default.


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A team of researchers at the University of York have discovered a set of enzymes in fungi that could help make wood an even more promising source for advanced biofuels. The fungi enzymes help break down one of the main components of wood.
Cheaper and more energy-efficient
Currently, wood biorefineries use a pre-treatment process to help break down wood and convert it into fuels and other products, but the process is expensive and requires high amounts of energy. But looking to fungi, the researchers studied the mechanisms by which the process takes place in nature.
Working in collaboration with French researchers from the Le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Marseille, the researchers isolated the enzymes from fungi that play a vital role in the terrestrial carbon cycle and dominate wood decomposition in forests.
They discovered that a family of enzymes, called lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), can break down xylans, the carbohydrate molecules commonly found in wood biomass that resists degradation.
The researchers say that their work unlocks the key scientific challenge of converting wood into biofuel in an environmental and cost-effective manner, and thus represents a significant step towards sustainability.
To learn more about this work, see the researchers' published findings in Nature Chemical Biology.


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We provide Ofsted registered care for children during school term time from 7.45am - 9am and 3.30pm – 5.45pm. During school holidays we run a holiday club located at Westdale Infants School, Digby Ave, Mapperley which runs from 7.45am – 6pm.
Please sign your child in/out of Woodpeckers on the daily register. If you child is going to be collected by someone other than their parent/carer you must inform the manager before the start of the session. They must be one of those named on the registration form and only adults , aged 16 years and over , and with suitable identification, will be authorised to collect children. In emergencies , ie stuck in traffic , a password / answers to specific questions system will be used.
No adult other than those named on the registration form will be allowed to leave the Club with a child. We will not accept the word of another parent, friend, other family member or any other person. In the event that someone else should arrive without prior knowledge we will telephone the parent/carer immediately.
Fees for before/after school and holidays are £4.25 , £7.75 and £22.50 respectively. Regular fees are payable monthly in advance and we will advise you of the amount due by text to a mobile of your choice. Our preferred order of payment is childcare vouchers , internet banking – with your childs name as a reference (ask manager for details) , cheque or cash.
If fees are not paid in the month they are due then a late payment fee of £20 will be applied. Also a late collection fee of £10 may be charged for children collected after 5.45pm.
If you have any questions relating to payments please contact Lesley Quinn our business manager.
If your child is not attending a booked session for any reason please let us know ASAP but the relevant fee will still be due. One month's notice is required if you no longer require your child's place at Woodpeckers or wish to reduce the number of sessions they attend.
You may have a time when you would like to book your child in for an extra session these are called ADHOCs. If we have space we can do this but the fee has to be paid on the day.
Whenever possible please call/text the club during club hours as this is when the manager works. At all other times please text and a reply will be sent to you ASAP.
Please respect our safeguarding code while inside our club. No personal mobile telephones are to be used for calls or photographs.
All our staff have had a criminal record check by the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) and consists of a Manager Pauline Hayes , Deputy Lynn Jones and play workers Jane Vance and Katie Bagshaw.
We are happy to collect children from after school activities but please inform us if they are cancelled as school do not do this.
We provide both a healthy breakfast and afternoon snack and we ask that children don't eat their own food at the club. You will find details of all snack foods given at the top of the afternoon register and a book of allergens of foods given on the table.
You will have completed a registration form when your child started but please remember to update it with any changes. We use these details to provide the best care for your child.
During the time your child is with us they may develop medical conditions or require additional needs please inform us if they do.
We ask that children do not bring items from home to play with.
We do play outside as much as possible after school. Weather appropriate clothing will be needed and you should apply 12hr sun cream in the morning before school in hot weather.
On our notice board you will find lots of information, staff photographs, OFSTED registration, insurance certificates, Safeguarding details, key worker groups, and named staff with first aid plus activities for the week.
We hope that this is all the information you will need, but if you ever have any questions , suggestions , concerns or complaints please inform us.
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Omaha, Nebraska – March 29, 2018 – The Omaha Equestrian Foundation, in partnership with USDF Region 4, is pleased to announce Casey Blum as the recipient of the 2018 Felice Rose Scholarship. Blum will attend the 2018 International Omaha, April 12-15, to train with Pan American Games Silver medalist Karen Pavicic, who led a Canadian sweep of the top two places in the FEI Dressage CDI4* Grand Prix at the 2016 International Omaha.
The Felice Rose Scholarship, sponsored by the Omaha Equestrian Foundation, is a grant awarded to a USDF participating member in good standing and current resident of Region 4. Blum is a USDF Bronze and Silver medalist from Ladd, IL where she trains her own 2010 Dutch Warmblood, Eschaton. Blum is a member of the Nebraska Dressage Association and the Illinois Dressage and Combined Training Association, with a long history as a successful competitor and dedicated volunteer within Region 4. Most recently, Blum and Eschaton were named the 2017 U.S. Dressage Finals Second Level Adult Amateur Champions.
"I am so thrilled to attend the International Omaha because of the 2018 Felice Rose Scholarship. This opportunity will help me to reach my goals by putting me in real life scenarios of competing at a CDI," said Blum. "It will give me the chance to shadow a high-level dressage competitor and learn how they worked to get to this level, so I can hopefully reach this level of competition someday with my horse. I am very thankful for the Felice Rose Scholarship and Region 4 for allowing me to participate in this type of an event."
This year's International Omaha will feature a Dressage Showcase sponsored by the Dressage Foundation, with Olympic dressage team Gold Medalist, Hubertus Schmidt of Germany, to conduct a clinic in the main arena. The highly acclaimed rider, trainer and coach has been described as one of the most prolific trainers in the world, training dozens of horses to Grand Prix level.
Legendary rider, trainer, and clinician, George Morris, will also give a modified clinic as part of the Jumping Showcase in the main arena, instructing some of the Midwest's best young equitation riders. One of the participants will receive the $1,000 KindredBio Horsemanship Award. Morris will also conduct demonstrations in the Demonstration Arena that will be free to the public.
The four-day event will provide expanded educational opportunities for emerging athletes and young people as well as family fun for all ages. There will be exhibits and demonstrations, along with shopping at a variety of unique vendors from across the United States, a range of dining choices, and live entertainment featuring some of Omaha's finest.
For further information about International Omaha please visit www.InternationalOmaha.com. To reserve tickets or seats, please call 402-930-3079 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The OEF, a certified 501(c)(3) not-for-profit foundation, has been committed to building a world-class equestrian experience in Omaha over the past several years. It created and developed The International Omaha, an internationally sanctioned equestrian show jumping and dressage experience now going into its sixth year. The successful growth of that event helped secure the OEF's bid to host the 2017 FEI World Cup™ Finals.


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Last night Gmail changed my accounts over to the compulsory New Look. Yeah, I know, Kids are dying in Africa and the entire internet bitching about Gmail New Look is a very First World problem.I know that it is a free service and that I should stop being a lil' Bitch and just suck it up.
But I can't.
You don't fuck with a man's 'ride' nor his car nor his bike and you fuck with another man's email program at your peril.
I've been with Gmail since the 'Beta' really meant 'Beta' and you had to beg an invite from someone. Google developed an email program that kicked all the others -'hotmail' and 'AOL' to the kerb. Does anyone remember 'Yahoo'? Remember having to PAY real actual money for storage? Remember emails that would take longer than Royal Mail to get where they needed to get? Remember having to configure an Email Client?
My entire Online Life is built on Gmail. Just about everything I do uses it or another Google product. Blogger,Reader, Ebay, Pay Pal, Google Docs, My Cell Phone. They own my soul, their Servers are the Cross Roads Demon I signed on the dotted line for. I was looking forward to the day when bandwidth would mean never having to install another piece of software on my laptop.
I wish I could simply say 'Fuck You, Gmail' but I can't. My only hope is that someone very soon will come up either with a 'Classic Theme' or a hack.


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Young man who invented solar water heater receives threats
Young man who invented solar water heater receives threats
KABUL (Pajhwok): An Afghan youth, who invented a solar water heater, claimed on Sunday he had received threats over the phone from unknown people after his invention.
Wali Jan Sherzad, 33, a resident of Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province, who currently lives in Pul-i-Charkhi area on the eastern outskirts of Kabul City, has invented a water heater that can boil 100 litres of water in less than two hours.
He made the heater with the help of iron, wood, glass and other things. Sherzad studied school till class eight and is currently working as a mechanic.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News that he had so far made 12 water heaters in the past two years. He has named his innovation as "Sherzad Solar Water Heater."
Sherzad said he had been thinking about inventing a water heater which could get energy from the Sun because most people in Afghanistan lacked access to hydro electricity.
He said if weather was clear his heater could boil 100 litres of water in one hour and could heat up 100 litres in two hours in a cloudy weather.
Sharifullah, a resident of the area, said he had been using Sherzad solar water heater for the last two months and found efficient.
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In the Press
Newspapers, as a boost to literacy as well as their own survival, have been searching for better ways to entice young readers. And a story in the Sept. 15 Editor and Publisher suggests that some of their targeted offerings may be reaching a receptive audience.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram's weekly 16-page insert, Class Acts, a collection of national, local, and school news spiced with entertainment and fashion features, an original comic strip and advice column, jokes, and contests, celebrated its first anniversary in August with a break-even financial outlook, according to E&P, even though it had been projected to lose about $80,000.
The insert not only has boosted circulation, according to editors, but has also rejuvenated the give-and-take with readers. Said one: "Class Acts gets more mail than the editorial board."
The paper's recent affiliation with the New York Times Syndicate has given Class Acts a trial run with the wire service. And, according to the report, details for distributing it nationally are now being worked out.
Newsweek's fall special edition this year is called "Education: A Consumer's Handbook," and it takes a broad look at policies and problems in the field.
A "Teaching" section focuses on the need to revitalize instruction in all subjects, pointing to antiquated mathematics instruction and weaknesses in the social-studies curriculum. On the positive side, it cites as models innovative science and multi-media computer programs.
Other articles highlight the role (and too frequent absence) of parents in the educational process. Stronger pta's and joint parent-student programs are recommended as bridges between family and school.
Newsweek's ultimate solution for the sluggish education system? "A healthy dose of perestroika." The 1989 "education summit" is doomed to failure, the magazine says, because of its virtual exclusion of the Congress and the education establishment. Without legislative and professional support, one article warns, any national goals will remain unmet.
The special edition is available at newsstands through October.
Students as consumers was the subject of a poll by American Demographics, which features the results in its September issue.
When 112 schoolchildren in grades 2 through 4 were asked to draw their ideas about shopping, the resulting sketches revealed a group of eager buyers who seem to pay more attention to shop windows than to books.
Seventy percent of the sketches showed shopping as a "positive experience"; only 16 percent had any indication of prices.
One 3rd grader, demonstrating her brand-name loyalty, could accurately spell "Esprit," even down to the open "E" in the company logo. But she misspelled such common words as "shirts" and "skirts."--skg & sr
Vol. 10, Issue 06
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Income for Life portfolio – Brexit creates house builder opportunities
The Rising Income Retirement Portfolio and its more recent offspring the Income for Life Portfolio were designed as a selection of shares requiring minimum maintenance once fully invested, delivering dividend increases above the rate of inflation.
The RIRP was constructed over a 7 year period through drip investments, designed to maximise the benefit of pound cost averaging, and has been fully invested since 2015. Table 1 shows it is more than fulfilling its mandate.
Projected underlying income for the year to next February will be nearly 5% up on last year, and that's before non-recurring items – which I now treat as "bonuses" – which bring the total rise in income for the year to 13%. This compares with the 1.8% rise in inflation according to the RPI over the most recent 12 months. The underlying yield on the sums originally invested is up by more than 50%, from 4% net after basic rate tax to 6.3%.
The IFLP on the other hand was built from scratch from April 2015 in just twelve months. It also had a more demanding initial yield target of around 5% in its first full year of investment. It will comfortably exceed that in its first full year to March 2017.
However this meant making some compromises between the fund's need for an income significantly higher than is available from the FTSE 100 (and way ahead of anything on offer at any reputable bank), and its long term aim – the same as the RIRP, to deliver dividend increases which exceed the rate of inflation.
I made no secret of the fact that once fully invested it was likely I would have to revisit some of the shares initially bought just as income-boosters, but whose growth of income was likely to prove a drag on the fund's longer term performance.
Table 2 shows how the dividends this year of the twenty current components of the fund compare with those declared the previous year. Until the most recently reported dividend increases from Kier, Manx and Sky, the reductions at GLIF meant the average underlying rises were barely keeping pace with the 1.8% inflation rate.
Well ahead of inflation
Now it is clear that we will finish the year usefully ahead of any likely inflation rate, but for the longer term any shares showing lower dividend rises than the current inflation rate obviously require re-examination as to whether it makes sense to keep them.
Some caution is needed: the IFL is only half way through its accounting year, so some – such as De La Rue – have not yet declared both their dividends for the year. On the other hand, Centrica has done, and is clearly not going to keep our spending power from being squeezed in future unless it ups its game next year. It was admittedly a risky candidate for inclusion in the first place because it had previously cut its dividend, but history shows that if you buy such companies after the nasty medicine, they can sometimes outperform – in dividend and capital terms – as both United Utilities and Lloyds have proved within the RIRP. I will watch any such underperformers carefully next year.
It walked like a duck…
The big scar in both portfolios is of course GLIF, the classic illustration of something looking too good to be true and turning out to be precisely that. A boardroom coup has already seen the dividend halved, and now the company says from 2017 dividends will be fully covered by sustainable operating income plus the proceeds of any sales of investments, which must imply another cut.
The only silver lining is the suggestion that this will provide the basis for the payment of a "progressive dividend", which is what both portfolios are all about. The original guidelines for the RIRP disqualified any company which had a history of dividend cuts, and by implication required me to eject any company which did so after I had bought, but this proved too rigid in the testing times following the banking crisis during which the portfolio was launched. I am leaving GLIF in both portfolios for the time being as examples of how even the odd disaster can be absorbed, even within only a 20-share portfolio.
The RIRP was actually launched on a disaster I would rather now forget, and has been carrying Lloyds Banking Group almost since launch, and RSA for several years recently. In investing no one is infallible, and while I obviously prefer not to choose lemons, history shows that when I have done, jettisoning them too hastily is often a costly error – not least because the "replacement cost" is often very high. For instance, on its current reduced payout, GLIF still yields 4.4% on its original investment, but because the share price has been understandably punished, I would need to get over 10% on any new investment to avoid a reduction in ongoing income.
Similarly the original RIRP guidelines required me to ignore capital ups and downs as random noise behind the sole objective of delivering rising dividends, and by and large I did.
But the shorter timeframe and need to underpin growth means I cannot be so intellectually detached with the IFL. So when I see UIL, one of my star income boosters but with no history of rising dividends, showing a capital gain of over 66% for reasons I cannot imagine from any published information, I have to look at how I might benefit.
I bought UIL at 111p to yield 6.8%, but at the current market price of 187p its dividend yield for new investors is just 4%. So if I can find a share with the prospects of dividend growth which currently yields that or more, I would be quids in selling UIL and reinvesting.
House builders remain cheap
I am therefore going to sell enough UIL shares to buy £2,000 of Galliford Try. As a Brexiteer I have never understood why the doom-mongering should apply to housebuilders, since I do not accept that post Brexit Britain will see us all living in caves.
Galliford is one of many good companies whose shares have not recovered from their immediate post Brexit markdowns.
The company recently released a splendid set of results and boosted the year's total payout by over 20%. Despite the 17% rise in its share price since the announcement, the shares still yield over 6% assuming the payout can be maintained; I have every expectation that it will be increased further until the housebuilding cycle goes into decline.
I don't expect that to happen in the foreseeable future. While I have no special insight into the minds of Messrs May and Hammond, I do know that if they are serious about capturing the true centre ground of British politics, they could do far worse than do all in their power to see as many houses as possible built between now and the next election.
But I shall wait for the November Autumn Economic Statement before committing myself further.
Simple maths; simple decision
UIL has just paid the second of its quarterly dividends, so any shares I sell now will only lose me half a year's income. The Galliford shares don't go exdividend until October 27 so this year I will pick up their final dividend, more than two thirds of the annual payout.
The maths is a no-brainer. If I sell enough UIL shares to buy £2,000 Galliford Try I lose £40 UIL income this year, but gain £86 from Galliford; in the full year next year the Galliford dividends will be well ahead of UIL assuming there is no increase, which is unlikely.
I have thus converted high yielding shares with little or no dividend growth prospects into shares with dividend growth prospects, and given the current year's income an additional small boost. In capital terms I will have sold shares which cost me £1,186 and acquired new shares costing £1,997.
These changes will be reflected in the table with the next article in January, when I will look at some of the other dividend laggards in my list such as GSK. If they are still showing capital gains, I will see if I can repeat the trick, though in reality it is unlikely I shall be able to switch from all the higher yielding underperformers without some short term cost to my income.
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