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As well as the elite level competition right at the top of the sport, during August and September sailing also demonstrated it's truly worldwide appeal, and the diversity that exists within the sport. Regattas in places like the FYRo Macedonia and Carriacou in the Caribbean were examples of the ever expanding sailing world, whilst World Championships across the globe filled up a packed calendar, and continued to illustrate the popularity of the sport outside of the Olympic and America's Cup spheres.
SPITHILL On Top Of The World
AINSLIE, SCHIEDT And ECHABVARRI And PAZ Do European And World Double
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SPITHILL On Top Of The World
Ian WILLIAMS (GBR) started the month in great style, overcoming Eugeniy NEUGODNIKOV (RUS) in the final of the ISAF Grade 1 Internationaux de France de Match Racing. The next stop for the circuit was Denmark, where local hero Jesper BANK (DEN) won the ninth ISAF Grade 1 Danish Open. On 17 August the line up for the ISAF Match Racing World Championship was confirmed, with a top notch field, looking to put an end to Ed BAIRD's (USA) two year winning streak. However the American looked at his best in Switzerland, taking the honours in the ISAF Grade 1 St. Moritz Match Race with a 3-0 final victory.
|James SPITHILL and his team lifted the ISAF Match Racing
World Trophy whilst the ISAF Team Worlds came to New York
Yacht Club
|© Matthew Cohen and Nico Martinez
However BAIRD's win was not enough to knock Peter GILMOUR (AUS) off the top of the ISAF World Match Race Rankings released on 24 August, with Claire LEROY (FRA) also staying put at the top of the women.
At the end of August, the America's Cup teams swung back into action in Malmö, Sweden with Alinghi maintaining their perfect match racing record for 2005 at the Louis Vuitton Act 6, then following up with more success in the fleet racing of Act 7. Moving into September and the women were back on the water, with LEROY proving why she is World number one with a victory at the ISAF Grade 1 Women Trentino Match Race. However in France shortly after 2004 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Champion Sally BARKOW (USA) got the better of her French rival to take the honours at the ISAF Grade 1 St. Quay Women Match Racing. Over in Brazil, Torben GRAEL (BRA) took second place in the final match of the series to take overall victory in the Match Race Brasil.
Ian WILLIAMS was back to winning ways at the ISAF Grade 1 Sopot Match Race, taking the honours in the final ISAF Grade 1 event before the Worlds in Calpe.
In mid-September twelve of the world's best match racers gathered in Spain to contest the ISAF Match Racing World Championship Trophy. Italian Paolo CIAN (ITA) won his first three matches on day one and remained unbeaten after the second and third days racing, whilst the defending champion BAIRD and World number one GILMOUR were struggling and in danger of missing out on the knock out rounds.
|'In our first World Championship,
we got to the finals and BAIRD
beat us, so we wanted revenge'
Winning the World title was satifying in more ways than one
On day four of the Championship perfect conditions finally allowed the round robin to be decided and finished with the two semi finals looking all but decided. James SPITHILL (AUS) and BAIRD produced the two performances of the day, winning all their matches to progress through to the finals and then take 2-0 leads against Mathieu RICHARD (FRA) and CIAN respectively. The final day of the Championship saw the Aussie and the American quickly add the extra victory they needed, buy then a storm struck to frustratingly wipe out any chance of a final. For SPITHILL though, the frustration was short lived as the young Australian lifted the ISAF Match Racing World Championship Trophy with crew Andy FETHERS (AUS), Joe NEWTON (AUS) and Michele IVALDI (ITA), thanks to his victory over BAIRD in the round robin.
Following his runners up spot at the Worlds and GILMOUR's disappointing showing, BAIRD took back the top spot in the ISAF World Match Race Rankings released 22 September. Meanwhile Claire LEROY made five consecutive top spots in the Women's Rankings.
The end of September saw match racing take a back seat to the tactical game of chess on the water that is team racing, with the ISAF Team Racing World Championship set for New York Yacht Club in the USA. A big breeze got racing off to a flying and spectacular start on day one, with the first match between the two British entries seeing victory go to GBR 1 on day two. GBR 2 were again on the losing end of an exciting match on the third day in Newport, this time with USA 2 getting the better of the Brits. On day four the AUS 1 team, featuring the youngest competitor, 15 year old Michael SORRELL-SAUNDERS, were showing good form as the Championship heading into it's deciding races at the start of October…
AINSLIE, SCHIEDT And ECHABVARRI And PAZ Do European And World Double
|Ben AINSLIE was unbeatable in the Finn as was Robert
SCHEIDT in the Laser
|© Pep Portas and eurofinn2005.org
The ISAF World Sailing Rankings released 3 August, saw ISAF Youth Worlds Champion Paige RAILEY (USA) move to the top of the Laser Radial Rankings, Ekaterina SKOUDINA, Diana KRUTSKIKH and Tatian LARSTEVA (RUS) move to number one in the Yngling and Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) back on top of the Laser pile.
In the opening fortnight of August a host of European Championships saw top level Olympic Class sailing across the continent. Iain PERCY and Steve MITCHELL (GBR) were the first victors, taking the Star Europeans in Sweden, victory for Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) at the Laser Europeans in Spain followed shortly whilst Paige RAILEY (USA) came up with a dominant display in Croatia to take gold at the Laser Radial Europeans. Fernando ECHAVARRI and Anton PAZ (ESP) united the World title with their respective Continental one, after victory at the Tornado Europeans in Sweden, and Sweden again were hosts as Ben AINSLIE (GBR) won the Finn Europeans. There was more British success at the 49er Europeans, thanks to World number ones Chris DRAPER and Simon HISCOCKS.
The focus then shifted to the USA, where George SZABO and Eric MONROE (USA) defied an innocuous start to win the ISAF Grade C1 Keane Star North American Championship. Then the 470 Worlds and Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE (AUS) retained their title whilst Marcelian DE KONING and Lobke BERKHOUT (NED) took the women's honours. Moving a little further north, victories went to Canadians Bernard LUTTMER and Lisa ROSS at the ISAF Grade 1 CORK Regatta in Canada.
'I am going just to keep my
Ben AINSLIE before winning five out of seven
The spotlight then shifted to Russia, where Olympic silver medallists Rodion LUKA and George LEONCHUK (UKR) won the 49er World Championship. Meanwhile over in China, the first RS:X Regatta took place in Rizhao. Russia was again centre of attention, as AINSLIE took a record fourth consecutive Finn Gold Cup, winning a tight battle with Greece's Emilios PAPATHANASIOU.
AINSLIE's old Laser rival Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) scored his eighth World Championship victory to great support on his home waters in Brazil.
Sailing The World Over
Jan VON DER BANK (GER) took the Contender World title as July turned into August, the German giving the home fans plenty to celebrate at the Travemünder Woche. Meanwhile over in Poland, Hielke DIJKSTRA (NED) finished with back to back bullets to win the Splash World Championship on countback. Whilst Augie DIAZ and Pamela KELLY (USA) successfully defended their Snipe World title in Japan, Dietrich GRUENAU, Alba BATZILL and Eddy EICH (GER) won the 6 Metre World Cup in Sweden. There was more German success at the Flying Junior World Championship with Peter WANDERS and Gisa WORTBERG winning on their home waters.
The next set of World Championships came after the 420's contested their title in France, with Tomas O DA SILVA and Francisco GOMES (POR) and Maria Stella TURIZIO and Maria Carolina RENDANO (ITA) taking the honours in the men's and women's fleets respectively.
Meanwhile over in Great Britain, Skandia Cowes Week once again saw boats and sailors in their thousands flock to the Isle of Wight, whilst at the Copa del Rey in Spain saw some of sailing's biggest stars battling in the Breitling MEDCUP, won in Palma de Mallorca by the Lexus team including Russell COUTTS (NZL), Mark REYNOLDS (USA) and Peter ISLER (USA). Over in Macedonia, the Ilindenska Regatta Ohrid saw sailors young and old take to the water. Over in the USA later in the month Julien QUINTEL (FRA) thrashed the field to win the Formula Experience Worlds. Over in Lativa, the Micro World title went to the Polish team helmed by Piotr TARNACKI.
After breaking the women's outright speed record earlier in the year, Karin JAGGI (SUI) showed her ability against more than just the clock, winning the Funboard Freestyle World Championship in Switzerland. Meanwhile over in South American, nearly 50 sailors met at the XV Juegos Bolivarianos in Columbia. Another World title was up for grabs in Great Britain, with Chips HOWARTH and Vyv TOWNEND (GBR) lifting the Fireball crown. Over in Germany at the Rolex Baltic Week movistar took the IMS 600 World Championship title, whilst Jorgen SCHÖNHERR (DEN) and Bernd ZEIGER (GER) won the Dragon Worlds. Meanwhile in Canada, the Laser II World Championship went to Trevor MCEWEN and Ian MCEWEN (CAN). Over in China, the home sailors dominated the Europe Worlds, with Shen XIAOYING coming out on top.
In Italy, the glitz and glamour of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup ended with a picture perfect day in Porto Cervo, where the attention soon shifted to the Rolex Settimana Delle Bocche.
Over in Hungary the Danish team of Jörgen and Jacob BOYSEN-MOELLER lifted the Practical Flying Dutchman World Championship, whilst in the USA Edgar CATO and his Hissar team won the 12 Metre Worlds. In Great Britain, the J/24 Worlds went to Anthony KOTOUN and the crew from Jigalo, representing the US Virgin Islands, whilst Christian SCHÄFER and Frank WEIGELT (GER) won the Tempest Worlds in Austria.
Over in the USA, Sally BARKOW, Carrie HOWE, Debbie CAPOZZI and Annie LUSH were comfortable winners at the Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship. Back in Europe, the first ever Topcat K1 World Championship was decided on Lake Garda, Italy with the spoils going to Australia's Andrew LANDENBURGER and Felix EGNER. There was also Aussie success at the One Metre Worlds thanks to Craig SMITH. Meanwhile in the British Virgin Islands the Colombian Emeralds Caribbean Ladies Championships drew competitors from four different nations.
|The IFDS Worlds saw the Sonar
team of John ROBERTSON claim
victory on the final day
|© photoworld.click.dk
Disabled Sailing Worlds Head To Denmark
August got off to a winning start for Karen MITCHELL and Kerry GRUSON (USA) and Nick SCANDONE (USA) at the U.S. Independence Cup/North American Challenge Cup, with victories in the Freedom 20s and 2.4 Metre respectively. Later in August, the International Committee for Fair Play (CIFP) honoured Betsy ALISON (USA), Keith BURHANS (USA) and Paul McCARTHY (IRL) with 2004 Fair Play Awards.
On 23 August Hilary LISTER (GBR) become the first quadriplegic sailor to cross the English Channel and in so doing completed the longest sail ever by a quadriplegic. At the start of September the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship in Denmark was to prove one of the highlights of the disabled sailing calendar, with Damien SEGUIN (FRA) dominant in the 2.4 Metre and Britain's John ROBERTSON, Hannah STODEL and Stephen THOMAS winning gold in the Sonar on the last day.
A few weeks later in Italy, the USA's Nick SCANDONE took the 2.4 Metre World title. Over in Cowes, Great Britain, the Sonar Worlds headed into their final day with the title still up for grabs.
|Maixmus and Iromiguy proved to be the stars of the Rolex
Fastnet Race
|© Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex and Daniel Forster/ROLEX
CAYARD Leads Pirates Into Battle
Maximus added to her list of successes with line honours at the Rolex Fastnet Race in a time that for a while looked set to prove good enough for an unlikely correct time win as well. However the westerly wind picked up again to hand the advantage back to the smaller boats with Jean-Yves CHATEAU (FRA) seizing the moment on Iromiguy to win on corrected time.
Over in Spain, Gildas MORVAN (FRA), on Cercle Vert, won leg one of the La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro. Meanwhile the Volvo Ocean Race gained an exciting new addition with the Volvo Extreme 40 catamarans set to race during the In Port stopovers of the race. Paul CAYARD (USA) again joined the famous round the world race as the skipper for the American entry Pirates of the Caribbean aligned with the film of the same name and by the start of September had decided on the crew who would accompany him around the globe.
|'Every year I go to the French
boat show and I say I must buy
a new boat, but every year I find
myself sailing this one '
Iromiguy owner Jean-Yves CHATEAU explains how the careful art
Michael LIDDY (IRL) became the latest of the 2005 record breakers, setting a new Round Ireland record in September. Whilst on 18 September the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race got underway in Liverpool, Great Britain.
LUTZ Becomes Third Female Optimist World Champion
Over in Switzerland, the Argentinean team regained the Optimist Team Racing World title, whilst Tina LUTZ (GER) became only the third girl to win the Optimist Word Championship. Over in Russia former Optimist World Champion Sime FANTELA and crew Igor MARENIC (CRO) crushed the opposition at the 470 Junior World Championship. Midway through the month the U.S. Junior Championships were decided and the winners were named as the U.S. Youth Sailing Team who would compete at the 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Weymouth, Great Britain.
|Tina LUTZ showed herself as a
star of the future in the Optimist
|© Tim Wilkes
On the match racing scene, Michael DUNSTAN (AUS) proved his mettle at the ISAF Grade 3 Skandia Cowes Youth Week in Great Britain, whilst in windsurfing Zofia KLEPACKA (POL) gave the standout performance at the Mistral Youth & Junior Worlds. Over in the Caribbean, the Carriacou Regatta brought together young sailors from Grenada and Carriacou. By the end of August, the African Optimist Championship was decided with four bullets helping Egypt's Ahmed RAGAB to victory.
Meanwhile over in France and Belgium the Fête du Nautisme enjoyed another successful year and demonstrated what can be achieved by sailing schemes working at the grass roots level focused on throughout 2005 by Connect to Sailing.
World Sailor Race Heats Up
Yachting Australia cast an eye back over the past twelve months of sailing at the Australian Yachting Awards, with 2004 Mumm 30 World Champion and 2005 Rolex Farr 40 World Champion Richard PERINI named Male Sailor of the Year and Cheyenne navigator Adrienne CAHALAN Female Sailor of the Year.
|The Race for the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year
Awards intensified with the
announcement of the nominees
|© Jonathan Drake/Getty Images
For Race Officials the inaugural International Race Officers Conference was announced for March 2006 in Southampton, Great Britain, whilst an ISAF Race Management Clinic took place in Colombia.
Dr Balazs HAJDU (HUN) was elected President of the International Finn Class Association, whilst former Olympic Champion Rex SELLERS became president of Yachting New Zealand.
On the 26 September the 4 female and 6 male nominees for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards were announced, with the winners to be voted by the ISAF MNAs and announced in November.
Part 5 of the ISAF Year In Review will be published Friday 30 December. Subscribe at ISAF Sailor.

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SNRT Conference Update 1: FDA Tries to Get Tough
During the first session at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco we heard from Lawrence Deyton, the doc in charge of implementing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which puts the tobacco industry under FDA regulation.
While the beginning of his speech was more of a pep-talk, there were a few interesting bits of info. One of the not-very-surprising items was that the FDA will have different standards for tobacco will be different than for the other drugs they review. Although some of us had wanted the FDA to deem there was no safe level of tobacco use, therefore pull it off the markets, it's pretty obvious now that FDA will not do that. FDA will instead act with regulatory actions.
There were 5 Key features of the act he wanted to point out from the policy:
- The act mandated ceasing the selling of fruit or other spice-flavored cigarettes – which has already has been implemented. As most of us know, this does not include Menthol, which sucks because menthol tends to be used most in the most disparate populations.
- Act requires the creation of a Tobacco Product Scientific Advisory Committee. They will look at things like "the use of menthol with children or minority" One thing that made me go "YIKES": Three non-voting members from tobacco companies, including growers. However, most will be docs. I'm personally afraid that the non-voting members will be some of the best speakers tobacco companies will find. I used to be a non-voting member on the Board of Education, and while I advocated for voting rights, there's a great deal of influence that comes with simply sitting on a board of any sort. And why would FDA want to take any guidance of any tobacco industry people? Alright, put that on my "does not compute" column.
- Establish good manufacturing practices. But good to who? Good tobacco marketing practices for the population would be NO marketing. I have a feeling that they are going for "good for all" type of agreement. Right, as if tobacco companies need any extra help.
- Requires manufactures to report ingredients, including nicotine, and risks in engaging in products.
- Authorizes FDA to put larger warning statements on packs (1 of 9) an on smokeless tobacco products (1 of 4). They will be large and have color graphics. I wonder if there's a place to look at them?
The doc stated if tobacco companies don't stay in line, FDA will investigate and ensure compliance. They have already issued 25 letters already. Yes, you read right, a "letter",
Finally, the doc ended by saying what they are working on immediately:
- Reissue the 1996 rule that advertising shouldn't be to youth
- Enforce requirement that companies using light low mild must put in applications with FDA. Applications?! Seriously? Isn't there enough data out there to show that these are misleading titles?
- Will research if certain words, colors, etc. may mistakenly signal that certain tobacco products are safer. (see my commentary above)
Essentially, at the end the Doc wanted to make sure that we understood that FDA has to follow science and he stated "the success of our efforts will be ultimately determined by the quality of our science."
He also encouraged for researchers and tobacco control experts around the country to give ideas to FDA through dockets they develop to get community input. You can find them at http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/UCM173455
During the question and answer the Doc did made it clear that Nicotine Replacement Therapy will not be regulated by the same group that will regulate tobacco. NRT will be regulated as a drug delivery. He could not share much about e-cigarettes because there is a pending lawsuit.
For more information about the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act visit http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/default.htm
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WHO selects AMTZ to host pre-qualification cell for in vitro diagnosticsPublish Date : Nov 23, 2017
The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone Ltd (AMTZ), India's first government funded medical devices manufacturing park, to host its pre-qualification cell for In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) which is a first of its kind in South East Asia.
This pre-qualification cell, which will provide guidance to Indian manufacturers on the WHO pre-qualification of IVDs Programme and will also enable manufacturers to match global quality standards. It will also help manufacturers to participate in UN procurement process for IVD devices enabling export.
WHO will provide the required training to the support cell staff to guide the manufacturers about WHO pre-qualification expectations while AMTZ will handle day to day operations. AMTZ with in-house high investment scientific facilities would help manufacturers reduce the cost of manufacturing by more than 40 per cent to 50 per cent.
The cell at AMTZ was officially announced by WHO during the '1st World Conference on Access to Medical Products and International Laws for Trade and Health' organised in New Delhi recently.
The IV Diagnostics segment has an estimated market value of Rs.3.54 lakh crore globally out of which India contributes an estimated Rs.2,550 crore. Exports from India in the IVD segment were at Rs.254 crores in FY16 which leaves a huge export opportunity of approximately Rs.3 lakh crore for Indian manufacturers to tap into.
WHO pre-qualification of IVDs Programme aims to promote and facilitate access to safe, appropriate and affordable in vitro diagnostics of good quality in an equitable manner. The programme focuses on in vitro diagnostics for priority diseases such as HIV, malaria, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and their suitability for use in resource-limited settings. It undertakes a comprehensive assessment of in vitro diagnostics through a standardized procedure aimed at determining if the product meets WHO pre-qualification requirements.
AMTZ will soon set up eight medical device testing labs under one roof. This will provide medical device testing facilities to around 180 companies at AMTZ in the coming eight months time.
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China is putting in considerable efforts to compete with the US and the espionage at Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is a proof of this initiative.
The nation is aiming to put a stiff competition to the US in terms of technology and by overhauling its economy. It is ambitious to introduce a plan Made in China by the year 2025. It aims to become a global leader in electric vehicles, robotics, and semiconductors.
China is investing billions in technology buyout from overseas and to innovate the existing plants. It has poached the design of semiconductors and advanced memory chips from Micron Technology through unethical means to build a $5.7 billion manufacturing facility to produce memory chips.
The Human Resources personnel have warned the engineers at a chipmaker based in Taiwan that holds the secrets of the US to conceal the corporate espionage. A lower level employee has collected the laptops, USB drives and vital documents and hid in a locker. The design details from Micron Technology have helped the technology revolution worldwide. The stolen technology is bound for China to build a microchip factory.
Why the US starts a Trade War with China?
The stealing of the US technology secrets is one of the reasons for the US to start a trade war with China. The espionage of the designs two years ago and the raids in 2017 represents the efforts put in by China to steal the technology.
US Companies Accuses China of outright stealing of tech secrets
Many US companies and the politicians in the US are accusing China of stealing its technology. Micron is one of the examples of espionage. The technology theft from Micron helps China to build a memory manufacturing facility.
A state-controlled China company has approached Micron with a $23 billion buyout bid. But, Micron turned down the offer. Then, it became a victim of technology heist.
The US has accused a Taiwanese company of leaking confidential design details to China. Micron is filing a lawsuit against Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Company and United Microelectronics Corp (NYSE:UMC) that are responsible for leaking design details.
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Beethoven. Berg Violin Concertos
Isabelle Faust vn Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado
Harmonia Mundi HMC90 2105
Working with Claudio Abbado, Isabelle Faust says, is like being given a key to the magic of music. It was he who wanted to record the Berg with her. It came first, as it does in the order here, and when the Beethoven Concerto suggested itself as partner to it, placing these two masterpieces in such close proximity 'was something quite new to me'.
Wise of her to defer to the great man's guidance, acknowledged as an inspiration throughout. Yet Isabelle Faust's contribution is as personable as one could wish, alive with her own intelligence and musical personality. She projects her role as soloist on an equal footing with the orchestra and excels particularly in the Berg Concerto, a protagonist who carries to perfection its narrative dimension and knows when to merge into the orchestral texture.
The Orchestra Mozart play beautifully and I would say these versions are models of artistic and human discipline, meticulously probing Berg's and Beethoven's intentions but conveying also a sense that such peaks of human achievement are something you assume from within, not take by force from without.
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Definition of Amphidiploid
1. Noun. (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent.
Category relationships: Genetic Science, Genetics
Definition of Amphidiploid
1. Adjective. (genetics) Having a diploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents ¹
2. Noun. (biology) Such an organism ¹
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Definition of Amphidiploid
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Amphidiploid
1. Having a complete diploid chromosome set from each parent strain. Origin: amphi + diploid (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphidiploid
Literary usage of Amphidiploid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"The inheritance of polymorphic markers, both in the amphidiploid and in the Fl progeny in a TMV-2 X (BXC)2 cross, has also been demonstrated. ..."
2. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"... two genes in the amphidiploid genome of tobacco while only a single Fd-GOGAT gene appears to be present in the diploid genome of Nicotiana sylvestris. ..."


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Be At One training
Words by Simon Difford (sponsored by Be At One)
Training is key to the success of the Be At One chain of cocktail bars but its course is not for the faint-hearted. "Over the nine week training period we invest over £5,000 in every trainee, but you need to be quite fanatical to survive our training course" says Steve Locke, one of the founding partners, adding that they are only interested in employing people with the right character and attitude who want to become full-time career bartenders.
Realising the importance of training to its success, in 2006 Be At One introduced a standardised nine week training program which is split into three separate parts:
1. The first three weeks are spent at Be At One's training academy, run during the daytime when its Soho site is closed to the public. This allows the bartenders to learn and practice their skills in a class room environment with no guests. Much of this time is spent working on what's termed a 'water bar', pouring from bottles filled with water. It's a safe situation where they can make mistakes.
2. During the second three week stage, trainees are put in a real bar situation, serving customers but under the watchful eye of a trainer.
3. Lastly the trainees go into a bar and work on their own, with their colleagues for support. During this phase they are assessed to see if they have acquired the skills to become a Be At One Bartender.
Few other bar groups offer such extensive training and at Be At One this training period is fully paid. With this in mind they obviously aim to recruit the most talented individuals with clear skillsets for the job, to ensure they have a good chance of making it through the intensive course. The training benefits the company, bartenders and customers alike with guests receiving consistent drinks and service, no matter which of the 32 Be At One outlets across the UK they go into, while trainees learn a life skill that will stay with them forever. After all, if you are a highly skilled bartender, then you are unlikely to ever be out of work.
Particular emphasis is placed on Be At One's service ethic, two-hand bartending, accurate pouring skills and learning the top 50 best-selling cocktails. Interestingly, despite his own flair bartending background, Steve Locke says Be At One is "keen to encourage a certain showmanship with stylised pours but flair bartending slows speed of service and is considered out-dated so is not encouraged and does not form part of their training."
Internal competitions
As part of Be At One's extensive training and to continue to attract new bartenders, annual competitions are highlights on the Be At One calendar. Aiming to test bartenders' product knowledge, service and bartending skills the annual Bartender's Challenge allows top talent to shine and the Havana Club Championship which launched this year in conjunction with Pernod Ricard UK has created a prestige around expertise in the rum category.
Bartenders Challenge
The annual Bartenders Challenge is a company-wide competition that celebrates the talent and hard work of Be At One bartenders, focusing on their skills and interaction with guests. Competitors are tested on their knowledge and practical skills, with the competition including an against the clock speed round and pour test. The final is the biggest event on Be At One's social calendar with live streaming of the event on YouTube giving viewers the chance to see the competing bartenders' pour, flair and most importantly interaction with a live audience. The categories include: Best Newcomer; Fastest Bartender and Best Bar as well as the overall champion who will receive a £1,500 prize fund as well as a trip for the wining team. The 2016 competition will feature two new categories: Best Pour Test and Best Original Cocktail. This year's final will take place on Tuesday 5th October from 2pm until 6pm at Be At One in Greek Street. Visit the Be At One YouTube page to watch the live action and see the 2016 winner crowned.
Havana Club Championship
Pernod Ricard UK has invested in further in-depth training with the launch of the new Champion role. Starting with Havana Club, Brand Ambassadors Meimi Sanchez and Mike Foster put a call out for bartenders to nominate themselves via a 30 second video submission. Eight were shortlisted and invited to a two-day, intense training event covering in depth rum production, the history of Cuban cocktails including Forgotten Classics and challenging blind and competitor tastings. The attendees were then asked to apply all of that knowledge into a 10 minute presentation of a randomly selected classic cocktail.
Winning bartender Reece Davies, from Be At One, Oxford Street impressed the judges with his presentation of a classic Cuba Libre including brand knowledge and research on Cuban culture. As a result he was crowned the Be At One Havana Club Champion, 2016.
Reece took his place on the winners' trip to Havana, Cuba to gain even more inspiration to share with guests and his colleagues. Pernod Ricard UK and Be At One intend to create more champion roles within other spirits categories including Vodka with Absolut & Tequila with Olmeca in early 2017
Be At One service ethos
The Be At One service ethos revolves around hosting guests in Be At One bars as you'd host someone in your own home. Particular importance is placed on what Be At One calls its Five-Sixty-Thirty rule.
It is considered crucially important to welcome guests and make them feel at home as soon as they walk into a Be At One bar, stipulating that bartenders should make eye contact and speak to a guest within 'Five' seconds of their arrival at the bar counter. 'Sixty' refers to 60 seconds, the maximum time it should take to make a cocktail; it's important to make sure guests don't have to wait for long periods to be served so that they are able to get on with their night. Last, but not least, 'Thirty' is the 30 seconds for guests to receive their change - bartenders should recognise when people are ready to pay, as they often want to do this quickly.
Standardised cocktail recipes
Be At One bartenders are expected to know 186 cocktails with some 130 to 150 cocktails on the menu at any one time.
Realising that learning specs for nearly 200 cocktails is tough, Be At One helps bartenders to achieve the goal by testing each trainee to ascertain their preferred or best method for learning - be that learning visually, by actually following the recipes and making the drinks, or by reading and reciting.
Speedy and accurate pouring
Crucial to being able to make cocktails at the speed required to work at Be At One is the ability to accurately free-pour and to do this with several bottles at a time using both left and right hands.
Pour training starts by learning what Be At One calls the Basic Scale - pouring in multiples of quarter ounce from a ¼oz up to 2oz with both hands. The theory is that a quarter ounce of liquid flows through the pourer every second, meaning a 1oz pour lasts four seconds.
Once they have mastered the normal scale with a bottle and tin, trainees go on to master standard millilitre pours for 25ml and 50ml spirit serves. Unlike most bars, Be At One uses standard bottles with faster pour spouts for juices rather than the more usual store-and-pour plastic bottles. Again pouring juices accurately with these wider pour spouts must be learned with bartenders expected to pour accurately from one to four ounces.
Finally, more difficult pours are introduced such as two bottles in one hand and what Be At One terms the 'English Fizz Pour' where a ¾oz measure is poured with one hand and 1¼ with the other before swapping hands and reversing the pour. Perhaps the most difficult pour to achieve with consistent accuracy is the 'Three Bottle Swap Pour'. This requires pouring 2oz with one hand and ½oz twice from two different bottles with the other hand. The idea is to start pouring two bottles and, while still pouring one, swap bottles in the other hand to end up pouring a total of 3oz from 3 bottles with 2oz from one bottle and ½oz from each of the other two bottles, starting and finishing at the same time.
To complete the training a bartender must prove their ability by completing an hour long test comprising of 112 pours with at least 100 of those pours being accurate to pass.
Management training
Managers go through the same eight-week training course as the bartenders with an additional four to six weeks shift management to learn everything from the company's music policy to managing bar teams and dealing with the various situations that can occur in a Be At One on a normal night.
If the candidate is going to be a General Manager then there is a further four weeks training on the business side to include back of house, operational tasks and finance.
Be At One's target is to develop more than 50% of its management from existing Be At One bartenders, and presently some 70% of managers have progressed internally rather than being recruited from outside.
As Steve says, the Be At One training program is tough but it is one that benefits both bartenders and guests alike.
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Book Review: The Secular City
How should Christians view the city? It's been a much discussed question in recent years, particularly with the rise of the metro-evangelicals and a fresh focus on reaching the cities of the world. Leading figures such as Tim Keller have given a great deal of thought to the gospel and the city.
Yet long before the reformed crowd spoke of cities, contextualisation and the urban context of the gospel, there was The Secular City by Harvard professor, Harvey Cox. First published in 1965 it has become something of a classic and yet I've encountered very little recent work that has engaged (or even referenced, I think) Cox's work. This is a shame because although there is much which has changed since the sixties and there is a significantly different theological view at work, there are so many intriguing ideas that could prove to be very helpful.
Cox's basic thesis is that the city and more specifically, contemporary secular cities, are not places to avoid but places to celebrate, not places for the church to run away from but the very places the church ought to be. So far, so good. In the big picture there is much to agree with. As usual the devil is in the detail.
Cox outlines three stages in human development, the age of the tribe, the age of the town and the age of the technopolis. We live in the age of the secular city.
In our day the secular metropolis stands as both the pattern of our life together and the symbol of our view of the world. (p1)
He was right in the sixties and he's still right 50 years later. Cities dominate the landscape with ever-increasing power and magnetic force.
Cox also argues that the contemporary city is a secular space and so some attention should be given to what Cox means by secularisation (which Cox supports) and secularism (which Cox is against).
Secularisation is, in Cox's view, a simple pragmatic focus on present issues not dominated by theological questions or shaped by the thought of worlds beyond. It is man finally growing up and essentially not making policy decisions based on supernatural beliefs.
The forces of secularization have no serious interest in persecuting religion. Secularization simply bypasses and undercuts religion and goes on to other things. It has relativized religious world-views and thus rendered them innocuous. Religion has been privatized.
This is a fascinating insight and one I think that aptly describes my adopted society of Sweden, one of the most secular of all. The church is mostly ignored and is mostly innocuous. Religion is a very private matter.
Cox goes on,
The age of the secular city, the epoch whose ethos is quickly spreading into every corner of the globe, is an age of 'no religion at all.' It no longer looks to religious rules and rituals for its morality or its meanings.
At this point, where evangelicals and Cox are most likely to part ways because Cox sees this as a good thing, a sign of the maturing of humanity in becoming what God intended. Evangelicals have tended to be deeply suspicious of all things secular.
What's needed is some slightly deeper reflection. There are few Christians who would argue that nations like Iran or Saudi Arabia becoming more secular would be a bad thing. It would be naive to think that their problems simply stem from the fact that they have the wrong religion. History offers plenty of examples of Christian theocracies doing no better than Muslim ones of governing well. A more secular approach in all of those nations would mean more freedoms and therefore more opportunities for other religions and for the church.
Secularization, a historical process that Cox regards as inevitable and irreversible, though is not the same as secularism.
The era of the secular city is not one of anti-clericalism or feverish antireligious fanaticism. The anti-Christian zealot is something of an anachronism today… (p2)
Which given the profile of the new-atheists might seem to be just plain wrong but again we need to stop and think. I would argue that the prevailing attitude would be to view Dawkins et al in exactly the same way as evangelicals. With deep suspicion. It's not that people might think that the atheists are wrong but their stridency to put down their opponents just isn't on, why can't we just ignore each other and carry on shopping? I think Cox is right because,
Secularism, on the other hand, is the name for an ideology, a new closed world-view which functions very much like a new religion. (p21)
It's the difference between Richard Dawkins and Alain de Botton.
Cox then gives useful descriptions of life in a city, the need for anonymity, the necessity of mobility and looks as at a few cities he has visited as examples of the rise of the secular city.
Basically wherever Cox talks sociology I agree with him, wherever he talks theology I almost always disagree. Notwithstanding that, I thought there were two major ideas that were hugely intriguing even though they were developed in a direction I wouldn't walk in.
The first is the church as God's avant-garde and the second is the church as cultural exorcist. Both terms rich in possibility. At this point Cox, does what the metro-evangelicals swear by, contextualization noting that the church is likely to look different in different cities. Cox then interprets the work of the church is largely social gospel terms, not wrong but incomplete, all change at a society level without ever calling a person to repent.
The idea of the church as God's avant-garde though has much creative power to it, we are heralds of a coming age, we live in the now but we're from the not-yet. Art, song, culture, communal life should all have a different quality to it – a community pregnant with heavenly life.
For Cox, the church as cultural exorcist doesn't actually mean the casting out of demons from people (because, they aren't actually real, we've grown up from such childish beliefs) but the casting out of modern principalities and powers. For Cox in 60s America racism was firmly in view. A power to be overthrown and exorcised. This isn't wrong, but I just see no need to sacrifice the reality of a personal demon for that of the societal ones.
Time and time again in reading The Secular City I came across insightful analysis and analytical insight. Sharp prods in the ribs of a docile church, the consumer society and an eager desire to strip away the last vestiges of Christendom. There are interesting thoughts on the future shape of the church (I'll save that for a future post) and a positive call to embrace not recoil from the secular city.
Yet time and time again, I found Cox's liberal theology devoid of power, devoid of a transforming Jesus that changes lives, devoid of a gospel that genuinely offers a more compelling vision of life – in the here and now.
I haven't read the new and revised editions (and I'd be interested in doing so to see how Cox responds to the many changes in the world since 1965) but this is a book that deserves a fresh audience. I'd recommend it to all urban church planting pioneers not necessarily because they'll agree with all the conclusions but that through engaging with this work they will find ideas and projects to shape the church in the city.


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In the process of making all of my private repositories public on Github and moving off of GitHub pages I have also decided to move most of my repos over to GitLab. One reason is that setting up a CICD pipeline makes it extremely easy to publish these posts automatically. This in combination with GitLab's web IDE makes minor changes a little bit easier to make.
CICD piplines in GitLab are controlled with a single file,
.gitlab-ci.yml that is placed
at the root of the repository.
Wit this file, on every commit, the following pipeline runs that deploys to draft.jarv.org
and on the master branch for jarv.org.
GitLab has integrated CI/CD runners that allow you to execute whatever you want in a docker
image of your choice. By creating the
.gitlab-ci.yml below you get a nice
deployment pipeline like this:
Here is what the
gitlab-ci.yml configuration looks like for the jarv.org repository:
- build
- deploy
- git submodule update --init --recursive
- pip install -r requirements.txt
image: registry.gitlab.com/jarv/jarv.org/ci-image
stage: build
- make clean
- make html
image: registry.gitlab.com/jarv/jarv.org/ci-image
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As domestic January vehicle figures begin to come in, one of the facts that is going to become clear is that the U.S. market may only only produce ten million unit sales this year.
That number will be a shocking drop. In 2006, 16.56 million vehicles were sold in the US. That number dropped to 16.15 million in 2007 and 13.2 million last year.
According to The Detroit Free Press, some analysts expect another 21% decline in 2009. This drop could be even more significant in a deep or prolonged recession. If the market share of The Big Three continues to decline, the numbers will be even worse for the U.S. car companies. (See pictures of the global financial crisis).
A year in which only 10 million vehicles are sold would completely undermine the restructuring plans that the companies will present to Congress before the end of the quarter. The plan that GM gave to Congress last month assumed that the car company could break-even in the US if the domestic market supported 12.5 million vehicle sales. GM is already starting to hint that its assumptions for revenue have been way off.
When the government provided GM and Chrysler with $13.4 billion to support their operations though the first quarter, a number of members of Congress objected to the bailout which has been estimated to carry a $34 billion price tag.
When The Big Three CEOs were making their initial pitch for federal funds in early December, the chief economist at Moody's Economy.com said that the car companies were "low balling" their needs. He testified at a House hearing and said that the amount of the bailout would have to be $75 billion to $125 billion.
At this point it would be almost impossible to argue that U.S. car companies will not need $100 billion. One million domestic car sales are worth about $25 billion in revenue. A drop of three million vehicles sold from 2008 to 2009 would pull nearly $75 billion out of the market.
GM and Chrysler are already running into trouble with the UAW, creditors,and suppliers as the two companies bargain to drop costs. The union says it gave plenty of concessions during the last set of contract negotiations. For cosmetic purposes, it may bend more but is probably willing to gamble that the government will not allow the two car companies to go into bankruptcy and force the loss of hundreds of thousand of jobs in an economy that is already battling rapidly rising unemployment.
Creditors may be willing to make the same bet about the government's future. Since they are likely to get only a small part of the value of their debt in negotiations with GM and Chrysler, they may elect to wait the process out.
Auto suppliers are being asked to drop prices on components, but many of these firms are already close to bankruptcy on their own. Price concessions may simply create another set of companies that need government assistance.
The circumstances of the failing U.S. auto market make it significantly more likely that GM and Chrysler will not get the funds they want to stay independent. The federal government may force them into Chapter 11 while providing funds to keep them operating indefinitely. Congress and the Administration may decide that supporting Detroit is necessary because closing the firms would put so many people onto the unemployment line. More job losses, of course, would in large part negate the goal of the stimulus plan to add three to four million new jobs to the economy over the next two years. From that standpoint, a $100 million investment is actually cheap.
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The William J. Sweet Tennis Center
The William J. Sweet Memorial Tennis Center is a community-based facility sponsored by the Coos Bay Boys and Girls Club offering a full range of tennis opportunities to support the continued growth of tennis on the South Coast. The WJSM tennis facility actively provides a wide variety of on-court learning opportunities employing tennis programming for hitters of all ages and skills actively seeking to make tennis accessible to all.
The WJSM facility is comprised of five indoor and four outdoor "state of the art" Plexi-Pave courts. The facility is unique in the South Coast area as it allows for year-round play with its indoor setting while also providing for outdoor play during the region's sunnier seasons.
The WJSM Tennis Center welcomes all community members and encourages all to enjoy tennis as a life-long activity. Please feel free to contact us for any further information.


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Coney Island
Boardwalk between West Tenth & Twelfth Sts.
Saturday, August 15, free, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
The twenty-fifth annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest will take place on August 15, as amateur and semiprofessional individuals and groups will create masterpieces in the Brooklyn sand, many with a nautical theme. It's a blast watching the constructions rise from nothing into some extremely elaborate works of temporary art. Last year's winners included Abraham Cruz's Lady Liberty, Team Frank Russo's Castle to the Sky, Gelina & the Sanchez Family's Primordial Lizard, Bradley Pion's Giant Turtle, and Gilbert Ortega's Freedom Tower. The event, which features cash prizes, is hosted by Astella Development Corporation and Brooklyn Community Services, with donations and sponsorship helping those still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. While visiting Coney Island on August 15, you should also check out the Coney Island Museum, the Circus Sideshow, the Coney Island Film Society screening of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead, the Burlesque at the Beach presentation "Kerryn and Kitten's Night at the Beach," and the Scan-a-Rama 3D Portrait Studio Scan-a-Thon, in addition to riding the Cyclone and the Wonder Wheel.
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Travel safety tips for families
"Are We There Yet?"
Repeatedly hearing that phrase isn't the only risk involved in traveling with family. Don't get us wrong. Family trips are amazing. They allow us to connect with those closest to us. But it is only when you set out on a trip you realize how safe a place your home is. A road trip, a camping trip, or a leisure trip - there are many dangers looming outdoors and you need to make sure your family stays safe.
Here are some useful travel safety tips you should know before you embark on your family adventure.
Do your research
While traveling to an unknown place may sound like an adventure but is it worth risking your family's safety? You have the internet and you can find everything there is to know about your destination and accommodation. Make sure the place is safe enough for your loved ones.
Bonus Tips: Read reviews and ask for recommendations for family-friendly hotels.
Keep things private
When traveling, you might feel like helping a family with a broken RV. While it is nice to be helpful, it may not always be rewarding on the road. Several people get robbed by strangers on the road.
Bonus Tips: Avoid posting every detail about your whereabouts on your social media.
Backup your documents
Get a photocopy of all your passports, permits, and other essential documents. It is much easier to take care of these essentials when you are traveling alone, but you can get distracted with kids. Your backup will save you a lot of trouble in case you lose the original documents.
Bonus Tips: Keep your original documents in a zip-lock bag.
Pack More Water
The quality of water you find in most motels or even gas stations is doubtful. Unhygienic water can cause a good deal of health problems, especially in children. Pack enough water to last you throughout the way. Only buy sealed water bottles in case you need a refill. If you are planning an overnight camping adventure, make sure you carry a fleece blanket to stay safe.
Bonus Tips: Speaking of hygiene, keep your kids away from food stands.
Bring bug busters
Bed bugs and insects such as mosquitos are not just a nuisance, they are a health risk. If you are camping with family, bugs can be a huge problem. Be sure to pack some EPA approved insect repellent with you. It will save you from insects and bugs including mosquitos and ticks. Do not allow your kids use the repellent without your supervision.
Bonus Tips: Avoid bites by covering as much skin as possible.
Last but not the least, pack your travel health kit. Make sure it is equipped to deal with any medical emergency you can expect during a trip. Visit your doctor and share your travel plans so they can help you pack your kit right. With proper preparation, you can ensure the safety of your family on a road trip and an overnight camping adventure.
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Meg and I sometimes go to our local park in the mornings. There are usually several "day care ladies" there and today was no exception. There were two. "Old Lady" had three "walkers" (around age 2 1/2 to 3) and one stroller kid (looked like 18 months). And a dog. "Fat Lady" had one walker and one infant in a carseat-stroller and a dog.
Now, the Old Lady did pay attention to her three kids playing in the park, and a small bit of attention to the kid in the stroller. But the kid in the stroller never became a kid in the park. She didn't play with the children, but at least she was cognizant of them.
Fat Lady though. She didn't notice when the dog wandered off (she had been stepping on the leash). She never made any comments to the girl playing in the park. She never interacted with the baby in the carseat. Most of the time she appeared to be texting on a cell phone. The "baby" in the carseat was at least 6 months old....looking a little too big for the infant carseat actually. The baby WAS awake, and did make some noise, but was not actively engaged in any way.
Do you know how long your children are spending in their carseats and strollers (daycare kids or not)? I see kids at swimming lessons and story time that have been in the carseat or stroller for at least an hour, continuously. Think about that. How do you feel when you've been sitting for an hour? How would you feel if you had a diaper on? You can see other adults and kids, but they don't seem interested in interacting with you. You'd respond in one of two ways...withdrawal ("He's such a good baby, never makes a peep in the stroller") or with anger/frustration ("He's such a handful; won't sit in the stroller for long!"). Which of these is the "preferred" response? Perhaps that depends on who you ask. I don't want zombie kids, do you?


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Mrs. Susan Brindley has 15 years of experience in teaching kindergarten. Her hobbies are shopping, gardening, and most of all spending time with her family. She is a huge supporter of a Christian school education. All five of her children are Christian school graduates and all ten of her grandchildren attend CCA.


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Industry veteran and St. Louis native, Jeff Mikel, heads up new location
St. Louis, MO – May 30, 2017 – Castle & Cooke Mortgage, LLC®, one of the nation's leading independent mortgage lenders with locations across the U.S., opened its first Missouri branch in St. Louis (NMLS # 1617001). Strategically situated in the Gateway to the West, this location is uniquely poised to serve the burgeoning population of the city and surrounding areas. The new branch is led by industry veteran and St. Louis native, Jeff Mikel (NMLS #649467), who has 26 years of experience in the mortgage industry and understands the needs of the area well.
Reflecting on the company's recent expansion, Castle & Cooke Mortgage President and COO Adam Thorpe stated, "Opening our St. Louis branch is an important milestone for us, as it's our first location in Missouri and represents our continued growth as a company. Much of the success we've seen is due to our dedication to hiring highly-skilled employees who share our commitment to customer service. Jeff and his team are perfect examples of that standard of excellence."
Mikel's strong leadership skills, paired with his vast knowledge across all aspects of the mortgage process, help him provide the highest level of service to his customers. Whether assisting first-time homebuyers through the lending process or providing loan program options to Veterans, Mikel and his team of talented professionals work together to focus on the individualized needs of their clients.
"I feel there is an important need in our area for a mortgage company that pays attention to customer service and closing loans in a timely fashion," said Mikel. "I want Castle & Cooke Mortgage to be that go-to company that gets the job done correctly and delivers the right service."
Mikel can be reached at email@example.com or at the Castle & Cooke Mortgage St. Louis branch, located at 2 Cityplace Drive, Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63141. Loan originators interested in joining this dynamic team are encouraged to reach out to Mikel for more information about potential opportunities with Castle & Cooke Mortgage.
About Castle & Cooke Mortgage
Castle & Cooke Mortgage, LLC® (NMLS #1251), one of the nation's leading independent mortgage lenders with locations across the United States and more than 350 employees, is founded on three core values — integrity, honesty and transparency. Headquartered in Draper, Utah and backed by the financial strength of its more than 160-year-old sister company Castle & Cooke, Inc., the company is renowned for its smooth and efficient origination process, the unparalleled support provided to its sales force, and the quality customer service given to borrowers. The company has also been repeatedly recognized as a top employer. Castle & Cooke Mortgage can be found online at castlecookemortgage.com, on Twitter at @CastleandCooke and on Facebook at Facebook.com/Castle.Cooke.Mortgage. Castle & Cooke Mortgage is an Equal Housing Lender.
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Iowa Voting Registers
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To make it easier for election officials, voting registers were often arranged alphabetically by the names of citizens eligible to vote. In addition to the name and address of the voter, these may contain naturalization information and date and place of birth. There was no poll tax on persons eligible to vote in Iowa.
Researching Iowa Voting Records[edit | edit source]
It is usually best to start searching for voting records (registers, poll lists, poll books, or electoral records) at a local level such as the city, town, or village and then try the county or state. Links to county pages appear below. Many are also found at IRAD depositories.
Additional resources for Iowa voting records may be found in the Iowa-Voting Registers topic page of the FamilySearch Catalog . Copies of records on FHL microfilm and microfiche can be ordered for viewing at Family History Centers. Also find Illinois voting resources available at many libraries (WorldCat). Explore how to search WorldCat and the FamilySearch Catalog.
Published Records[edit | edit source]
Voting records found in FamilySearch:
- Voting Registers Iowa (11) Including: Counties and townships.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
12:30-1:45 pm
Graduate Conference Room 0005B
Strozier Library
To Code or Not To Code?
For the next session of the Digital Scholars reading and discussion group, we will take up two related questions about programming: as something to learn and as something to study.
First, should humanities students learn to program? A handful of prominent scholars and humanities technology staffers think so. Some argue that you cannot be a digital humanist without knowing how to code. In this session, we will consider the current debate about the necessity of coding, programming, or building—a debate that recently flared at (and after) the 2011 MLA convention.
- Matthew Kirschenbaum, "Hello Worlds: Why humanities students should learn to program." The Chronicle 23 January 2009. Web. http://chronicle.com/article/Hello-Worlds/5476/
- Julie Meloni, "Engaging with the 'Screwmeneutical Imperative,' or why I teach humanities students how to code." Profhacker 21 April 2010. Web. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/engaging-with-the-screwmeneutical-imperative-or-why-i-teach-humanities-students-how-to-code/23355
- Stephen Ramsay, "On Building." Blog 11 January 2011. Web. http://lenz.unl.edu/wordpress/?p=340
Second, how might humanists study code? What does "critical code studies" or the cultural studies of code look like? How do its methodologies and assumptions relate to our more familiar engagement with the semantic and material codes of language and texts?
- Noah Wardrip-Fruin, "Introduction." Expressive Processing: Digital Fictions, Computer Games, and Software Studies. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009. 1-21. [on Blackboard]
- Critical Code Studies blog. Browse, especially reflections on MLA 2011 panel "Close Reading the Digital." http://criticalcodestudies.com/wordpress/


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Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell lines using Artemis (D7O8V) Rabbit mAb.
Immunoprecipitation of Artemis from HT-29 cell extracts using Rabbit (DA1E) mAb IgG XP® Isotype Control #3900 (lane 2) or Artemis (D7O8V) Rabbit mAb (lane 3). Lane 1 is 10% input. Western blot was performed using Artemis (D7O8V) Rabbit mAb.
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Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
For western blots, incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v BSA, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.
NOTE: Please refer to primary antibody datasheet or product webpage for recommended antibody dilution.
From sample preparation to detection, the reagents you need for your Western Blot are now in one convenient kit: #12957 Western Blotting Application Solutions Kit
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
Load 20 µl onto SDS-PAGE gel (10 cm x 10 cm).
NOTE: Loading of prestained molecular weight markers (#13953, 5 µl/lane) to verify electrotransfer and biotinylated protein ladder (#7727, 10 µl/lane) to determine molecular weights are recommended.
NOTE: Volumes are for 10 cm x 10 cm (100 cm2) of membrane; for different sized membranes, adjust volumes accordingly.
* Avoid repeated exposure to skin.
posted June 2005
revised November 2013
Reprobing of an existing membrane is a convenient means to immunoblot for multiple proteins independently when only a limited amount of sample is available. It should be noted that for the best possible results a fresh blot is always recommended. Reprobing can be a valuable method but with each reprobing of a blot there is potential for increased background signal. Additionally, it is recommended that you verify the removal of the first antibody complex prior to reprobing so that signal attributed to binding of the new antibody is not leftover signal from the first immunoblotting experiment. This can be done by re-exposing the blot to ECL reagents and making sure there is no signal prior to adding the next primary antibody.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalently purified water.
posted June 2005
revised October 2016
Protocol Id: 10
This protocol is intended for immunoprecipitation of native proteins for analysis by western immunoblot or kinase activity utilizing Protein A magnetic separation.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
10X Cell Lysis Buffer: (#9803) To prepare 10 ml of 1X cell lysis buffer, add 1 ml cell lysis buffer to 9 ml dH2O, mix.
NOTE: Add 1 mM PMSF (#8553) immediately prior to use.
A cell lysate pre-clearing step is highly recommended to reduce non-specific protein binding to the Protein A Magnetic beads. Pre-clear enough lysate for test samples and isotype controls.
IMPORTANT: Pre-wash #73778 magnetic beads just prior to use:
Carefully remove the buffer once the solution is clear. Add 500 μl of 1X cell lysis buffer to the magnetic bead pellet, briefly vortex to wash the beads. Place tube back in magnetic separation rack. Remove buffer once solution is clear. Repeat washing step once more.
IMPORTANT: The optimal lysate concentration will depend on the expression level of the protein of interest. A starting concentration between 250 μg/ml-1.0 mg/ml is recommended.
IMPORTANT: Appropriate isotype controls are highly recommended in order to show specific binding in your primary antibody immunoprecipitation. Use Normal Rabbit IgG #2729 for rabbit polyclonal primary antibodies, Rabbit (DA1E) mAb IgG XP® Isotype Control #3900 for rabbit monoclonal primary antibodies, and Mouse (G3A1) mAb IgG1 Isotype Control #5415 for mouse monoclonal primary antibodies. Isotype controls should be concentration matched and run alongside the primary antibody samples
Proceed to one of the following specific set of steps.
NOTE: To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG heavy chains (~50 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Light-Chain Specific) (D4W3E) mAb (#45262) or Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127). To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG light chains (~25 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127).
posted December 2008
revised April 2018
Protocol Id: 410
Artemis (D7O8V) Rabbit mAb recognizes endogenous levels of total artemis protein.Species Reactivity:
Human, Monkey
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Pro367 of human artemis protein.
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are potentially hazardous lesions that can be induced by ionizing radiation (IR), radiomimetic chemicals, or DNA replication inhibitors. Cells recognize and repair DSBs via two distinct but partly overlapping signaling pathways, nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR). DNA repair via the HR pathway is restricted to S and G2 phases of the cell cycle, while NHEJ can occur during any phase. Defects in both pathways have been associated with human disease, including cancer (1).
Artemis is a ubiquitously expressed NHEJ factor that exhibits endonuclease activity. Artemis functions in DNA repair by promoting nonhomologous end joining (2), as well as in cell cycle checkpoint control through ATM/ATR signaling (3).
NHEJ machinery is also utilized in V(D)J recombination, a process that generates diversity in immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genes, and artemis is a key factor in this process (4,5). Mutations in the corresponding artemis gene (DCLRE1C) are associated with a radiosensitive type of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in humans (6,7).
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TIME: 12pm – 5pm
VENUE: Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa, Grand Ballroom Level 2
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"PUNK ANTERIORS: GENEALOGY, THEORY, PERFORMANCE," a special issue of Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory edited by Beth Stinson and Fiona I.B. Ngo, is out! My essay "Race, Riot Grrrl, and Revival" and my soundtrack "Making Waves: Other Punk Feminisms" are included alongside essays and commentaries by Osa Atoe (Shotgun Seamstress), Nia King (Colorlines, Ungrateful Black/White Girl), Katherine Wadkins (Wisdom Tooth, For the Birds Feminist Collective and Distro), Alice Bag (Violence Girl: East LA Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story), Mariam Bastani (Maximumrocknroll), Ceci Moss, Iraya Robles, and so many more.
"Race, Riot Grrrl, and Revival" is an essay arguably twenty years in the making, culled and cultivated from zines and columns from that span of time. Here's the abstract:
This essay ventures a critique of the existing historiography of riot grrrl and how the movement is narrated both ''then'' and ''now'' to contain and subsume the disruptions of race. The first counter-story commences with and departs from that scene of intimacy that is the semi-secret heart of riot grrrl's resonance, an aesthetics of access – to the means of production and creative labor, but also to more ephemeral properties of expertise and self- knowledge – through which the personal and the political are collapsed. The author argues that the resistive properties of intimacy might also replicate its intrusive ones, and conceive of change narrowly as the adjustment of the individual subject – recalibrating her capacity for love or shame, for instance – to the structural determinations that constitute the historical present. In doing so, the author shows how race confounded such intimacy in order to demarcate the boundaries of riot grrrl aesthetics as both form and critique. In a second counter-story, with riot grrrl now becoming the subject of so much retrospection, the author argues that how the critiques of women of color are narrated is important to how we remember feminisms and how we produce feminist futures. Here the author locates riot grrrl within a broader critique of the historiography of feminist movement, to question then the progressive teleologies of origin, episode, and succession that would limit the internal disturbances within feminisms to its critics, or to the past. Discussions about the contours and contents of these historiographical impulses are always political ones, insofar as they establish what forces should be considered memorable, and what crises be deemed responsible for unsettling feminist movements. These discussions are happening now, and will continue no doubt into the future, and the author offers this interruption as an alternate genealogy through which we might pursue a politics as ''destroyers of the status quo.''
Right now the issue is only accessible to those with access to university or college libraries with subscriptions to the journal, but the editors are working on a Tumblr to post the ENTIRE ISSUE for free, along with lots of good information about "punk anteriors." Here is the original call for papers, and a brief excerpt that explains the premise of the issue:
Revisions to the phenomenon of punk have been circulating since its inception. This issue seeks to capture the performance of those revisions, conducting a genealogical mapping of the punk movement, scenes, music, ethics, and aesthetics utilizing queer and feminist punk analytics. While some valuable feminist critiques of punk have surfaced – mainly to lionize the riot grrrl movement – many uneasy questions around race, nation, and sexuality remain unarticulated in feminist and gender performance scholarship. The interdisciplinary articles in this issue will address the performances and politics of these exclusions.


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A Walk in the World of Pirates
The most famous pirates, buccaneers and corsairs in history are immortalized in this room. The legends and the stories surrounding their treasure; the myths and reality of them.
Who the true pirates were and what they were like.
- Hooks, wooden legs, eye patches – did they exist or are they merely a fantasy invented by Hollywood?
- When did the pirate flag come into existence?
- Who were Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard and Sir Francis Drake?
- Did pirates exist in Uruguay?
- Who were the women pirates?
In this room, exhibits include old telescopes, blunderbusses, sabres, large chests, rudders, galleons, flags, myths, facts, stories and legends about the most famous ones.