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Today was a bit of a different day for everyone; the eat, sleep, row, repeat cycle was broken up by a change in the practice schedule as well as by an awesome dinner at the legendary Leander Club (thank you Mr. Powers). It started off as a normal day, everybody seated around the kitchen table in the Fitzpatrick house (V8 –Marquees) eating cereal (such as Coco Pops and Weetabix) and other breakfast foods. When I go to eat Weetabix (which comes in bricks of cereal, not broken up) for the first time, I follow Marv's instructions and pour the cereal, put the sugar, and then pour the milk over it all, and then break it up and eat it. This is a perfectly functioning and acceptable method of eating Weetabix… but not for Freddie. He strongly sticks to the school of thought where one must pour the cereal, then the milk, and THEN the sugar; reason being the milk would knock off the sugar therefore making it an inefficient and ineffective process in his opinion. The aforementioned issue became the focal point of an asinine, and extremely entertaining, argument that continued throughout the day and still has yet to be resolved. Cereal is cereal is cereal…
Today is a day I will never forget. It started with an 8:15 wake up and a nice breakfast of coco pops and orange juice. Gamble Freydberg, Gray Johnson, Coach Costas, and I walked out the door at 9 o'clock and got to the boat tent on the Thames River just before 9:30. After a quick warm-up, we launched at 9:45 for our last practice before the Henley time trial. We did a couple pause drills on the pair, which took us down about half the course. We then went to steady state rowing on all four to take us through the rest of the warm-up course. Our four turned around to go up the actual course and took time to simulate what each part of the race should feel like (start, power 20's, and the sprint). Our practice only lasted about 45 minutes because Coach Costas wanted to save our energy for the time trial in the afternoon.
Hey Everybody! Today is the one-week anniversary of when we first arrived in England. I can't believe it has gone by so fast. After a long day of racing yesterday at the Reading Town Regatta, everyone was looking forward to a good night's sleep. After the regatta had finished, the varsity eight set off on the long row back to Henley. Will Bass suffered from an unfortunate hip injury after the Worcester Polytechnic Institute boat clashed oars with us during the final race, so Gamble Freydberg volunteered to join us for the journey home. Unlike the row to Reading, the locks along this row were unmanned because it was after hours. This meant that the eight had to pull up to the docks and let Markus out to help run the locks so we could get through. By the end of the row Markus had become quite the expert at manning the locks of the Thames. While we were in the first lock, we were fortunate to be entertained by a local concert being held in the park. This helped us stay entertained as we waited for another crew (WPI) to go through the lock before us. Fortunately, this row was in the same direction as the current of the Thames River. This helped the row to go by much quicker than the two and a half hour row to Reading.
After a fun row home, everyone was completely exhausted. We were all very happy when Coach Falco informed us that we would not have to be down at the boathouse until 11:00 in the morning. This provided for time to catch up on our sleep and to recover from the long day of racing. Most of the boys were up by 9 in the morning and were ready to do some laundry that had been building up over the first week that we were here. After a quick breakfast, the boys walked down to toss their clothes in the washer at the Laundromat, but the wash took longer than expected. Before they knew it, everyone had to go to practice. The boys who had gone to do laundry luckily were able to ask some nice lady to put their clothes in a basket after the rinse cycle was done.
We all walked down to practice together and got our boat down into slings. We fixed all the little problems that needed fixing and headed to the weigh-in tent. Everyone (except for Freddie) weighed a little more than they did back in America, but the boat average was still less than 185 pounds. I was informed that I weighed 13 stones and 1 pound, an entirely new system of measurement. After weighing in, we headed straight out onto the water for practice. The Reading regatta was a good eye opener for our boat because it helped us realize a lot of the things we need to work on. One of those things is to work on keeping our speed going during the rate shifts. We used this practice to help work on this skill so that we will have gotten better come race day. While the first boat was out practicing, the first four found a place to rent an old rowboat. They brought the boat out (a few rowed while Coach Costas steered), zig-zagged alongside the Henley course, and spent most of the hour trying to figure out how to steer the craft. I was told that they finally figured it out and are very excited to use the boat again in the next couple of days.
After practice, we all headed to the Catherine Wheel for an afternoon roast. We did not have an afternoon practice today in order to recover from the racing of yesterday. After a nice lunch of pork and roast beef, a lot of us headed to Coach Costas' house to watch the World Cup game between the Netherlands and Mexico. While we didn't watch much of the game, we had a lot of fun together. After the game, I went back to the house and had a nice game of soccer with my boat and the two girls living at our house (Tara and Ella). They loved being part of the game and didn't hesitate to celebrate every goal with a barrage of cartwheels and other gymnastics maneuvers that many of us tried (and failed) to replicate. Paddy (the dad at the house we are staying at) made us some amazing roasted potatoes while we played soccer with the girls. By 7:00, we were all starving and were very happy when the potatoes were brought out for us to eat. After the girls were called in to go to bed, we headed to the local grocery market to grab food for dinner. We ended up making a montage of pasta, eggs, and tomato soup for dinner. While it sounds like an interesting dinner menu, we all enjoyed our various meals. After dinner we sat around and watched some Midsomer Murders (Marv's favorite show) and soon were ready to go to bed. This trip has really been an amazing experience. We will miss Chase as he heads back to America tonight. The amount of progress we are making as a team is truly outstanding. We have all grown closer and are really excited for the racing to start on Wednesday.
Today was a day that I will forever remember as a part of my Brunswick School Rowing experience. Although the four today did not get the chance to row, we got to experience Henley in a different way. We had the chance to participate as spectators at the Henley Royal Regatta watching some of the top teams from around the world compete. We had the chance to sit among thousands of spectators and watch these rowers push them.We got to regatta around 9 am when the racing started (it continues through out the day all the way until 7 pm). When we first arrived, we were checked in buy multiple security guards and continued onto the Stewards Enclosure. We then passed by the trophies which were all magnificent. Thereafter we continued on to the stands to watch some races. We got the chance to see Abingdon race (who have won the Princess Elizabeth Cup the past three years in a row) and also Bucknell, and Cornell.We then went into town to take a photo we had been longing to do. We entered a gallery with a wall of leather back books and posed for a photo. Then we decided to head on over for lunch at the Catherines Wheel, where we all beefed up with a couple of fresh steaks and burgers. Shortly after we continued on shopping; Emmett bought a hat that he thought would look nice with his Henley attire (and it did). Finally, we had the opportunity to see our teammates row against Westminster School, a top school from London. Everyone in our boat looked really good, and I know that it is certainly a race that they should be very proud of and never forget.All in all, it was a day to remember. I had learned a lot and seen a lot. I hope to come back some day to either row or spectate at Henley.
The moment we had all been waiting for had finally arrived. Our first official race of Henley, scheduled against Westminster school. Having been an afternoon race it gave us plenty of time to eat and calm the nerves before heading down to the racecourse. Amidst the chaos of boats coming and going we all plugged in and tuned out everything around us, focusing on the challenge that lay ahead and the necessary preparation. It felt like eternity until finally we got the nod to strap up and launch, all eight throwing our glasses on as we walked boat in hand into the throng of parents and Wick supporters. Those who remained of the four were looking impressively sharp in their blazers, and our resident Abercrombie and Fitch model was swooping up looks left and right, even posing for a photo or two. With the boat in the water we began our paddle to the starting line. Everyone could feel the anxiousness and the adrenaline flowing through us, and when we backed into the starting blocks and eerie silence fell upon the place, countered only by the soft Elton John coming from one of the distance tents. "Attention, Go!" Both crews flew off the line as Brunswick took a commanding lead having just passed the island. That lead continued as Wick furthered their distance from the other crew by another two lengths, comfortably cruising across the finish line 3 lengths ahead of Westminster. The commentators fancied us a new nickname: "The Monsters From Across the Pond" and it instantly stuck with us. Filled with confidence and surviving to race another day, it was a fantastic finish to a long hot day of excitement. We now look ahead to Latymer Upper who upset the Kings School Chester. Well done, Boys!
Thursday July 3,
Compared to the tension and anxiousness of Wednesday's race, the Thursday race against Latymer Upper School was approached with cool heads and confidence. The boat felt that we had raced well against Westminster and now were ready to make it one more day. We had the odd experience of being the larger crew. Something we had never really experienced back home. However, as the resident lightweight I could not truly enjoy this.
Everything about the warm up felt right–we stretched well, rowed well, and kept our composure. It did still feel like eternity until we were finally called up to the start to begin the race. Sitting at the start line of a crew race is an interesting experience, you are so pumped full of adrenaline and energy yet you have to be perfectly focused on the stroke you are about to take. Waiting for the inevitable pain that will surely follow, hopefully with a victory at the other end. The first 20 strokes of the race I thought it might be a close one. However we managed to move through them quickly at our base rate. We opened up a lead rapidly and by barrier the race was won. We managed to hold a comfortable lead over Latymer for the rest of the race and won by 3½ lengths.
Friday July 4,
"If you learn from defeat you haven't really lost" – Zig Ziglar
Everyone in the boat is trying to take this away after the heart wrenching loss that we experienced today. To be down by a full length to another crew, move through them, and then lose in the last ten strokes is truly a roller coaster of emotions that I would not want to go through again anytime soon. However, even though we lost I could not be any more proud of my boys in the boat. When we crossed that finish line I knew that everyone in the boat had given it his absolute all. I think I can speak for all of us when I say I just wanted a good cry after the race was over. We could tear apart and analyze every part of the race—be it blade work, wind conditions, etc.— but at the end of the day, it is over. Right now however we are all looking forward to another great year with BSBC. We're losing key seniors and captains but we have a young crew gunning to make next year even better. It's been real Henley, and I am looking forward to enjoying you as a spectator.
These two weeks I have spent in England training for and competing in Henley Royal Regatta have been truly amazing. Although the final race result was not what we had imagined and hoped for, the work put in by all of us has certainly made us better rowers, and experiencing the regatta even as a spectator is very exciting. I can't imagine a better way to finish off this season than competing in the world's biggest regatta, with such a high level of racing and a bigger audience than I have never seen at a rowing event (although a large percentage of them were not there for the rowing…). After being eliminated on Friday morning, I spent the rest of the day and Saturday watching races in the Stewards Enclosure. Emmett Bell and I managed to get our way into the special viewing area at the finish thanks to a kind member who convinced the guard to allow us in, and from there we watched a few races including Eton College versus Abingdon School. Overall, I think this experience will be very valuable to us as a team going into next year, especially since this year the vast majority of rowers at Henley still have a few more seasons rowing at Brunswick. As our trip to Henley comes to a close, I'm very optimistic about next year's team.


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The post with which I take exception is this dig at the Pope. Now, I'm not one to fall back merely on the defense "Don't speak ill of the dead". I'll speak ill of those deserving ill speech, and speak well of those deserving praise, be they dead or alive. What I do find troublesome about the post is argument that the Pope's decision about his own death is somehow incongruous with JP II's stance on the Terri Schiavo case.
Now, if I agreed with Smallholder on every point of the Schiavo case, I'd have to agree with him about the Pope. But I don't. I don't necessarily disagree, I just don't agree. For the Pope's stance to have been hypocritical, Il Papa would have had to reach the same conclusion that Terri was dead and unsaveable. Take SH's comment Surely he had more "life" to be held in sanctity than a woman with spinal fluid where her cerebral cortex ought to have been. While this conclusion is Smallholder's firm assertion, while it is Michael Schiavo's firm conviction, and while it was the judge's firm conviction and thus legal ruling, it was not an undisputed point. A great many people did not believe this to be the case, and for them, there is no moral conflict between a desire to give Teri a chance and a personal choice not to prolong their own lives past hope. The crux of the matter is that if you don't believe Terri needed heroic measures (whether you were correct in this belief or not), then that's different from choosing to forego heroic measures.
Furthermore, there is the question of whether or not the choice made for Terri was her own. Again, Smallholder believes it was. Many do not. While that assertion is open to debate, the Popes decision on his own behalf is not.
Finally, I find this comment troubling: But perhaps, at the very end, he realized he could not follow those convictions into a prolonged death struggle.
Two points. First, I do think that this is a bit if an unkind dig at a man who was dealing with a terrible illness, an illness I hope Smallholder never suffers. Secondly, I seem to recall that many of those who agree with Smallholder regarding the Schiavo case (and perhaps even SH himself, I can't remember) argued that the efforts to keep Terri alive were motivated by a fear of death, an unwillingness to accept immortality. But this comment seems to imply that JP II's decision was to embrace death out of a fear of facing prolonged suffering in life. So my question to Smallholder, and to other potetnial Papal detractors, is this: If is was cowardice to prolong life, and it was cowardice to refrain prolonging life, how was His Holiness to please you? Not that that was ever his goal....
Regarding two other Smallholder posts:
As for the media. Smallholder would sarcastically have us believe that current news coverage of the awarding of a Congressional Medal of Honor is proof that the Media is not biased in its coverage of Iraq. I shall avoid relying solely on the old maxim that the exception proves the rule, because that alone would be a weak argument. I will, however, point out that the first presentation of our nation's highest military honor in twelve years is quite a newsworthy event, and not something the media could easily ignore. As for front page news, I'm curious as to which paper and which day. Today's
As for the debate on the merits of recovering the dead during combat:
Smallholder's points are at least worthy of consideration. So are the points of those who disagree with him, as well as those who agree. I'm just curious to hear input from one other, very important point of view: The guys who actually have to carry out this policy. I don't know any of these bloggers well enough to know if they're service veterans, let alone combat vets. But when it comes to this policy, it seems to me that their opinion should weigh heavily. Now, normally I am reticent to weigh in on issues having to do with the combat experience, because I am a career civilian. However, on this topic I think I've learned enough military history to have an opinion.
Smallholder's original argument against the policy (Whether this is the entire crux of his objection or not) was that he would be reticent as an officer to send other men in to die to recover a body, and further, to have to tell the families of those new dead why their son died: to recover a corpse.
I'd like to address the second part of the equation first. I find this expression of concern for the families of the dead somewhat inconcruous with the previous statement "Private Snuffy was dead and his family would have to grieve, with or without the shell." which seems somewhat (if unintentionally) cavalier. Any combat death is a tragedy, and should be treated with as much dignity and respect and compassion as possible. They should also be avoided if possible. But in warfare, deaths occur. That is the nature of the beast. If the goal acheived, or at least striven for, is worthy of the sacrifice, soldiers must be, and almost always are, willing to make that sacrifice, and officers must be willing to send them to that doom, as hard a choice as it may be.
Which brings us to the question of whether or not recovering a fallen camrade's body is a worthy enough cause to warrant another soldier's death. To answer that question, we must first ask and answer the question of what good the recovery does? Why do we not abandon our dead?
Smallholder and Ally argue that it's all about "Honor and Dignity", and assail these concepts as moot in the case of the dead. Bill, in arguing against this position, focuses on the needs of the individual dying, and his family, to know he'll be honored in death. I think he's on to something here, but I also believe he falls a bit short.
I agree with Bill that it is not asinine to recover the dead. But I go a bit further in my reason why. It is not for the sake of the dead man in his dying, nor for his family, that I believe our military holds this policy. And while I do believe that Honor has something to do with it, I do not believe, as SH and Ally do, that it's honor for honor's sake alone -- some hidebound tradition without reason. Ultimately, I believe that we adhere to this policy, that we display this honor, for the sake of the living soldiers, for the sake of those who may become the dead, as well as for the sake of those who will be called on to risk and even give their own lives to recover those dead.
If you spend any amount of time reading the annals and recollections of combat veterans, if you have watched their interviews, one thing sticks out in your mind. While they were recruited with varying degrees of willingness, for a multitude of causes, and fought under a thousand banners, they all seem to agree on this thing. When the drums roll, and the trumpets sound, and the swords clash, and the bombs drop, and the shells explode, and the bullets fly, and the blood flows, they have all fought for the same reason: They fight for the man to their left and the man to their right.
It's the inspiration of all good soldiers, not just the title of a miniseries: They're a band of brothers. They fight, kill, and die to protect and support each other. They rely on each other, trust each other. Even though it's a bond forged in battle and thus dissolves to some extent with the peace, in ways this bond is a vow more binding than the marriage vow: I'm married to my wife "till death do us part". Soldiers are bound to each other even in death. This is why they do not leave their dead behind. And this is why I believe (though any vets out their are as always welcome to correct me) that they are not only willing to, but believe strongly that they should, risk their own lives to recover the bodies of their fallen buddies. And if we release them from this obligation, furthermore, if an officer by his orders bars them from carrying out this obligation, that vow has been broken. They have not kept the faith, they have broken the bonds of brotherhood that bind even in death. And if that vow, which has been made can be broken in death, what's to keep the bond in life? The foundation of trust and honor which keeps good soldiers fighting for each other has been eroded. And in the end, soldiers who cannot trust each other cannot defend each other. And if they cannot defend each other, they cannot survive. And that is why, I believe, the living risk their lives to honor the dead.
Oh, as an aside to Smallholder: Congratulations on the birth of your sheep's twins.


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Have you ever had an X-ray taken? X-rays are used to analyze problems with bones, teeth and organs in the human body; to detect cracks in metal in industry; and even at airports for luggage inspection. Yet, despite their versatility, the invention of the X-ray wasn't intentional. The scientific and medical community will forever be indebted to an accidental discovery made by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895.
While experimenting with electrical currents through glass cathode-ray tubes, Röntgen discovered that a piece of barium platinocyanide glowed even though the tube was encased in thick black cardboard and was across the room [source: Britannica]. He theorized that some kind of radiation must be traveling in the space. Röntgen didn't fully understand his discovery so he dubbed it X-radiation for its unexplained nature.
To test his newfound theory, Röntgen enlisted the help of his wife for his first X-ray photos and captured images of the bones in her hand and her wedding ring in what would become known as the first röntgenogram [source: Nobel Prize]. He discovered that when emitted in complete darkness, X-rays passed through objects of varying density, rendering the flesh and muscle of his wife's hand mostly transparent. The denser bones and the ring left behind a shadow on a special photographic plate covered in barium platinocyanide. The term X-radiation or X-ray stuck although it is still sometimes referred to as the Röntgen ray in German-speaking countries [source: NASA].
Röntgen's discovery garnered much attention in the scientific community and with the public. He gave his first public lecture on X-rays in January 1896 and showed the rays' ability to photograph the bones within living flesh. A few weeks later in Canada, an X-ray was used to find a bullet in a patient's leg [source: Taming the Rays].
Honorary degrees, medals, streets named in his honor and memberships to academic societies all followed. The recognition peaked with the awarding of the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1901 [source: Nobel Prize]. Röntgen deliberately didn't patent his discovery, feeling that scientific advances belonged to the world and should not be for profit.
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- Britannica. "Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen." (Dec. 27, 2010) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/509157/Wilhelm-Conrad-Rontgen
- CBS News. "The X-Ray's Inventor Gets a Google Doodle." Nov. 8, 2010. (Dec. 27, 2010) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20022116-501465.html
- Dupont.com. "Dupont Fluoropolymer Solutions A Brief History of Fluoropolymers." (Dec. 27, 2010) http://www2.dupont.com/Teflon_Plunkett/en_US/assets/downloads/k20165.pdf
- NASA. "X-rays." (Dec. 27, 2010)http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/xrays.html
- Nobel Prize. "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen." (Dec. 28, 2010) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1901/rontgen-bio.html
- Taming the Rays. "The Early Years of X-Rays". (Jan. 13, 2011)http://tamingtherays.com/TTR3-EarlyYearsofXrayspdf.pdf


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For New Year's Eve 2011, hubby and I were frantically trying to figure out some last minute plans that didn't involve driving too far & still allowed us to get to our festivities in a timely manner. Thankfully, The Ripple Inn made space for us and we headed over for our last meal of 2010. This was my first visit since the establishment opened, though I had dined there when it was formerly the Broad Ripple Steakhouse. We had met two of the chefs at a beer tasting a few months prior, so we knew we had to try it.
When we stepped out of the misty rain, the two hostesses were not very welcoming. They simply asked our name and ushered us away to the dining room. When previously there, I had never been on that side of the restaurant – I had always walked past the bar and dined in that small area or upstairs – so this was new. It was a good space, clean and simply decorated in darker colors. A small area was setup for a two person band, and we were seated directly in front of them. They did end up playing about 30 minutes into our meal, but the volume didn't make conversation unbearable.
The Ripple Inn was offering a prix fixed menu, as well as a paired down sample of their regular menu. I quickly decided on the prix fixe, while hubs decided on a duo of duck from the menu. After the server (who was Chef's brother) informed us that we had to both order from the menu or both order the prix fixe, I sadly turned to the menu to take another look. However, with great customer service, our server checked with the Chef and he said since we were a small table, they would make an exception. This was fantastic news and we sipped our wine and beer while waiting for our first course.
Part of the prix fixe, the first course was a polenta fried oyster. Once again, the service stepped it up a notch by not only providing me with it, but also served hubs his own as well though not ordered. Plus, the Chef expedited the meal himself giving the presentation a personal touch (I noticed he did this for all the tables.) We both greedily devoured the appetizer. The oyster was fantastic, crisp with the fried polenta encasing and covered in a creamy Parmesan spinach mix, topped with a bacon-shallot jam. Perfect level of salt due to the bacon and the caviar that also graced the top. A bit of hollandaise and chives finished the dish – perfect way to begin the evening.
I enjoyed an artichoke & parsnip salad next. With green beans, grape tomatoes and winter radish, the flavors all went perfectly with the artichokes and parsnip. Roasted beets and pearl onions also lent great flavor, while the Parmesan shavings provided the salty base for all the vegetables. In addition, a truffle vinaigrette was the perfect dressing for the variety of vegetables. Plus, the presentation was beautiful. Hubs enjoyed the chorizo-chicken streudel, which was a large sized appetizer that could have easily been a meal by itself . Spicy chorizo and chicken were blended together, wrapped in flaky crust and served on a bed of peppery arugula. Though a little heavy for me (as I was enjoying my light salad), hubs loved every bite of it as the lemon-coriander vinaigrette complimented the streudel.
With the prix fixe, I essentially had two meals. The first was a butter poached Maine lobster tail. The dish was a good dish, just not my favorite of the evening. The lobster was a little overdone for me, just a little tough. The fingerling potato hash mixed with the spinach-arugula mix was a little salty for my taste, but when eaten with the lobster, the two played well for seasoning. A Granny Smith apple nage, which was something entirely new to me, was the basis (from my understanding) of the broth mixture that the lobster and hash soaked up in taste.
My other dish was the pan roasted filet mignon. I'm not one to order steaks out too often, but I would hands down order this again. It was perfectly cooked (I had ordered it medium rare) and extremely tender with a crisp sear on the edges. Subtly seasoned, the meat spoke for itself, but it was served with a fantastic aged sherry-Cabernet glace. The leek-mushroom baked risotto was also good – creamy in texture and light in flavor – though I would have liked to see more mushrooms. Brussels sprouts were caramelized with bacon, giving them a hearty and smoky flavor.
Hubs ordered the duo of Indiana duck . I was able to try a few bites and both presentations were great in their own way. One was a confit, with the subtle sharpness of shallots and sweetness of maple. The other, which was my favorite on that plate, was salt cured breast. It was cooked perfectly with the duck fat really shining through in flavor as it melted through the cut of the meat. Wilted spinach and arugula were great accompaniments for the dish and there was this blueberry-orange zest sauce that really brought the duck to a tasteful level.
At this point, we were both very full, but I still had one more course to go – dessert. And little did we know, the service would once again shine when they brought hubs his own dessert that we didn't order. Mine was a molten chocolate cake – one of my favorite desserts. It was rich and served warm with sweet powdered sugar. But honestly, I could have had a bowl of the coconut foam and blueberry basil sauce that were served with the cake. The sauce was amazing, sweet but savory, light and delicious for a heavy counterpart. I was happy to eat it all, despite my stomach protesting. Hubs, though full, also enjoyed his own variation of a molten cake. To be honest, I didn't remember too much of his because I was too busy indulging in my own.
Overall, it was a great menu with good service in a warm and inviting atmosphere. The culinary team is doing extraordinary things and I look forward to returning. I hope to see the polenta oyster and steak again in the future.
The Ripple Inn * 929 East Westfield Blvd. * Indianapolis 46220 * 317.252.2600


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Milan were punished for a docile second half performance and taken into extra time by Novara before eventually winning their Coppa Italia clash.
Both sides went into the Last 16 clash in need of a good performance after respective disappointing League defeats at the weekend.
Massimiliano Allegri rang the changes after his team's derby defeat, notably bringing in the likes of Philippe Mexes, Massimo Ambrosini, Stephan El Shaarawy and Filippo Inzaghi for starts. Alexander Merkel was also handed a first-team chance after his midweek loan return from Genoa.
Similarly, Attilio Tesser made seven changes to his line-up after their Week 18 defeat to Cesena.
Milan carved open the first opportunity of the tie after seven minutes. El Shaarawy's quick release of the ball in the penalty area found Inzaghi, but his clever turn was followed by a tame shot.
The Rossoneri dominated possession in the early stages and it was Inzaghi who again popped up for their next two chances.
Whilst Novara's goalkeeper Alberto Fontana was quick off his line to prevent the veteran springing the offside trap, the striker guiltily missed a headed effort at the far post moments later.
Soon after that Simone Pesce tested Marco Amelia's alertness with a stinging effort that forced a corner.
El Shaarawy demonstrated his potential with a well-taken strike, taking possession outside the area on the left to cut in an unleash an outward curling effort low and past Fontana.
Granoche almost equalised immediately, latching on with a toe-poke to try to finish a clever passing move through Milan's defence, but the effort was straight at Amelia.
With 10 minutes of the first half remaining, El Shaarawy almost doubled his tally on the night after latching on to a long pass down field that caught Novara's high line of defence out. However, his cut inside and high effort was tipped over by Fontana.
A quieter second half was peppered by roving runs through Novara's defence by both El Shaarawy and Urby Emanuelson, but on each occasion to no distinct end product. Indeed, the second 45 was characterised by the home team's comfort in possession matched with a wastefulness in the final third.
Emanuelson forced a routine save from Fontana midway through the period after neat work down the right from substitute Alexandre Pato.
At the other end, Michel Morganella's dangerous cross forced an improvised and careful clearance behind by Mexes.
Some skill in the middle of the pitch by El Shaarawy, followed by a run down the pitch with the ball from Robinho lifted the atmosphere heading towards the closing stages, before Pato's subsequent effort on goal thundered over the bar by some distance.
From nothing, Radovanovic equalised with two minutes to go when his low 30-yard free-kick found its way through the Milan wall and easily past a rooted Amelia.
In his side's immediate attacking at the other end, Luca Antonini received a nasty blow to the head from Jeda's boot after the Novara player's acrobatic attempt to clear a cross on the edge of the penalty area. Pato shot wide from the resulting free-kick.
Radovanovic and Robinho picked up yellow cards for clashing after the Brazilian's challenge on the midfielder. Milan returned to dominating possession in extra time having dropped off towards the end of the original 90. Ignazio Abate's cross was met with a close-range half-volley from Pato for the team's first clear-cut chance, but Fontana's outstretched hand proved enough to keep the scores level.
Minutes later though, Pato did get the better of the 'keeper, flicking it over his run off his line to then casually volley it into an empty net. Pato, who narrowly beat the offside trap, had been put through one-on-one from Robinho's slide-rule pass.
Robinho then almost made it three, controlling a loose ball in the box, only to see his volley shave the outside of Fontana's right post. Pato then almost got a second with an acrobatic bicycle kick just before the end of the first half of extra time, controlling an El Shaarawy cross before swivelling on the spot and lashing just wide.
Bonera did well to block a late, point-blank effort from Jeda that would have forced the tie into penalties. It came during the final few minutes when Milan were playing with 10 men. Having used all three substitutions, Pato's withdrawal for what looked like a slight hamstring injury left the team a man down.
Milan 2-1 Novara (after extra time)
Scorers: El Shaarawy 24 (M), Radovanovic 88 (N), Pato 99 (M)
Milan: Amelia; Bonera, Nesta, Mexes, Antonini (Abate 91); Merkel, Ambrosini, Nocerino; Emanuelson (Robinho 82); Inzaghi (Pato 58), El Shaarawy
Novara: Fontana; Morganella, Dellafiore, Paci, Centurioni (Jeda 77), García; Marianini (Jensen 54), Radovanović, Pesce; Granoche, Morimoto (Rubino 63)
Ref: Danilo
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L.A. Film Festival: Pharrell Williams & Elvis Mitchell
Pharrell Williams is half of the Grammy award–winning, beat-making duo The Neptunes. As such he has lent his vocals to and appeared in music videos for No Doubt, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, TLC, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Busta Rhymes, Babyface, Mariah Carey, and Justin Timberlake. Along with Neptune partner Chad Hugo and childhood friend Shae Thornton, he formed the alternative rock trio N.E.R.D., which has released two platinum-selling albums. In 2006 he released his solo album, In My Mind.
Former New York Times film critic Elvis Mitchell is the host of KCRW's The Treatment, a weekly program where Mitchell interviews some of the most innovative forces behind cinema. Mitchell is a Visiting Lecturer in African and African American Studies and in Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.
The Hammer Museum welcomes the L.A. Film Festival back to Westwood, hosting a series of free festival programs as well as serving as a venue for a number of ticketed screenings.
Public programs are made possible, in part, by major gifts from the Annenberg Foundation and Mimi and Werner Wolfen. Additional support is provided by Laura Donnelley, Bronya and Andrew Galef, Erika Glazer, and an anonymous donor.


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Val Grant
Val Grant's career was an explosion of funk and soul, over before it ever really began. The 1990 single Straight From The Heart (with the B side Love Me Right) was released through Jet Star Records. The B side gave listeners more than they would have expected from the sleeve, as it actually featured two versions of Love Me Right: the standard version, and also a dub/ instrumental version.
The single that Val Grant released through FM Dance was 1991's Messin' Around which, true to the style of many singles of the style and the time, featured four versions of the track: there was the Original Version and the Mello mix, with both a 12" mix and a radio edited mix of each. Unfortunately, this is the last release to bare Grant's name: what happened thereafter remains unclear.


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1. Re: PO Form shows error --> ORA-00911 invalid characterrioman May 12, 2010 2:09 PM (in response to 724690)Hi,
Try using PO Responsibility > Purchase Orders > Purchase Orders Summary. That shows the POs no matter the status. You can search only the ones IN PROCESS.
Hope it helps.
2. Re: PO Form shows error --> ORA-00911 invalid character669770 May 13, 2010 12:38 PM (in response to rioman)Yes..you can only see these purchase orders through purchase order summary form. you cannot view the purchase order in the purchase order form when the status is in INPROCESS.
3. Re: PO Form shows error --> ORA-00911 invalid characterSandeep Gandhi, Consultant May 14, 2010 3:42 AM (in response to 724690)PO Summary > find the PO > Tools > action history
This will tell you who needs to take action to approve the po.
Once the person takes the action and the status becomes Approved, you will be able to see the PO.
Sandeep Gandhi
4. Re: PO Form shows error --> ORA-00911 invalid characterS.PDASH May 14, 2010 11:09 AM (in response to 724690)Hi,
Is your NM (Notification mailer) is up...... You can check this through Workflow Administrator ---> Oracle Applications Manager --> Workflow Manager... This will open a webbased form linked to workflow system... All below services should be up...
Notification Mailers Up
Background Engines Up
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As recomended by Mr. Sandeep Gandhi, do check PO action History and check with whom the Po approval is pending. We hope proper WF is used in the Document type setups as well..
Hope this will help.


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Llandudno is a classic seaside resort with a unique combination of Victorian style and Edwardian elegance. The long crescent shaped promenade, pleasant shopping streets and wealth of attractions make it an ideal holiday destination.
Holiday Highlights
Snowdonia National Park
North Wales Premier Resort
Isle of Anglesey and Caernarfon
Betws-Y-Coed and Vale of Conwy
Porthmadog, Beddgelert and Llanberis Pass
Historic Chester
Llechwedd Slate Caverns and Miners Tramway
We depart and make our way to
Llandudno where we enjoy the next 6 nights
with dinner, bed and breakfast.
Today's excursion takes us first to
Conwy, with its mighty castle, town walls and
three bridges over the river making it one of the
finest townscapes in the country. This afternoon
we ride down the Vale of Conwy to Betws-yCoed
and the famous Swallow Falls, returning
later to Llandudno.
A free day for you to explore and enjoy
the delights of Llandudno - don't miss the
chance to take a tram ride up to the top of the
Great Orme, the views are tremendous! You may
fancy a wander around the shops, the main
street runs parallel with the promenade, or
maybe just relax on the promenade and watch
the world go by.
After breakfast we leave for a full
day tour of Snowdonia, our first visit being to the
famous Llechwedd Slate Caverns, near Blaenau
Ffestiniog, where we have the opportunity to
enjoy a ride on the 'Miner's Tramway' - a very
interesting and awe-inspiring tour through
cathedral-like caverns. We continue on our way
through spectacular scenery to Porthmadog,
where we take a break. Our return to Llandudno
takes us via Beddgelert and the Pass of
Llanberis, passing Mount Snowdon.
This morning we head along the coast
to cross the bridge over the Menai Straits to visit
Beaumaris, the Isle of Anglesey's most popular
resort. Before leaving Anglesey we visit the
James Pringle complex at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Take your camera for a photo by the name. We
continue our day with a visit to Caernarfon,
where you have chance to visit the magnificent
Our final excursion takes us along the
North Wales coast to the ancient Roman City of
Chester. You have the chance to explore the
famous 'Rows' of two tiered shops, take a stroll
around the City Walls, maybe wander down to
the River Dee and enjoy lunch in a riverside pub,
or just sit and watch the world go by.
After breakfast we leave Llandudno
and begin our homeward journey.
Your Hotel
Winchmore Hotel
The Winchmore Hotel has an idyllic location,
standing in the centre of the beautiful promenade
between the dramatic headlands of the Great Orme and Little Orme.
The hotel is central for all amenities.
Guests are assured of a warm welcome and facilities include spacious dining room,
beautiful guests lounge with views of the bay.
All bedrooms are en suite and have television,
and tea/coffee making facilities. The hotel has a lift.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
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| Bath
Avon Street / Riverside Coach Car Park
| Bridgwater Mount Street Bus Stop
Rear of Angel Place Shopping centre
| Chippenham The Bridge
In Front of Johnsons Dry Cleaners
| Cirencester Little Chef/Burger King
Hare Bushes Services, A429 Burford Road, GL7 5DS
| Clevedon
Tui Travel Agency
|Exeter Services
| Exeter Services - M5 - Pickups from here may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
| Frome
Market Place
| Gloucester outside the British Heart Foundation
Shop, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SL
|Gloucester Sainsburys
| Gloucester Sainsburys Layby, Barnett Way, Barnwood
GL4 3RT South East bound Bus Stop
| Gordano M5 Services CAR PARK
| Highbridge, Church Street Bus Stop
Near to Church
| Ivybridge Leisure Centre Car Park - Pickups may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
|Junction 27 M5
| J27 M5 - Burger King/ Travelodge
Pick ups maybe fed to Gordano Services
|M5 Junction 13
| M5 Junction 13, Starbucks Formerly Little Chef
| Melksham
Town Hall.
|Michael Wood Services
| Michael Wood Services - Outward - Northbound side
Return - Southbound side
|Midsomer Norton
| Midsomer Norton
Town Hall
| Minehead Railway Station
|Newton Abbot
| Newton Abbot Railway Station Lay By
Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19
| Plymouth Railway Station SE Bound Bus Stop
Pennycomequick Hill/ Saltash Road
|Shepton Mallet
| Shepton Mallet Station Road Car Park
Bus Stop near Monument
| Somerton The Cross - Pickups from here may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
| Street
Bayliss Centre
| Stroud
Merrywalks Bus Station
|Taunton Herons
| Taunton - Hankeridge Farm Bus Stop,
Herons Gate by Halfords Superstore.
| Thornbury
Aldi Lay-by
| Torquay Coach Station
| Trowbridge
Town Hall
| Wells
Princes Road Car Park
| Westbury
Haynes Road bus stop
| Weston-super-Mare
Locking Road Car Park
| Yeovil Bus Station - Pickups may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
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Patrice Evra has become the first player in Europa League history to be sent off before his match kicked off.
The former Manchester United defender appeared to kick a fan in the head in a heated confrontation before Marseille's Europa League match in Portugal.
Despite his sending off the 36-year-old, named as a substitute for the Ligue 1 side's fixture away to Vitoria, soon appeared relaxed about the situation – taking photos with fans in the stands.
😡 Fight a fan
🙈 Get sent off pre-match
😂 Take selfies in the stands
"I love this game!" - Patrice Evra, November 2nd, 2017 pic.twitter.com/XMmq8kaSVS— 🇩🇪Ja! Watch the Bundesliga live on BT Sport🇩🇪 (@btsportfootball) November 2, 2017
Video footage showed Evra lashing out at one of his own club's fans as players and supporters, who had seemingly scaled barriers to reach the advertising hoardings at the Estadio D Afonso Henriques, confronted each other at the side of the pitch. Evra was then was ushered away by a team-mate.
According to a report in L'Equipe, he was reacting to taunts directed at him.
The game finished 1-0 to the Portuguese side.
Elsewhere in the Europa League Everton were knocked out of the competition after losing 3-0 at Lyon – as midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin was sent off in the 80th minute.


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(Family Division; Hedley J; 13 December 2011)
The case concerned a one year old child who had been living in Italy with her maternal grandmother since June 2011. Her mother was married at the time of the child's birth and conception and her husband was named on the birth certificate. The mother asserted he was the biological father. Another man (F) asserted that he was father. F made applications for parental responsibility, contact and a prohibited steps order (PSO), but not for a declaration of parentage nor for permission to bring the Children Act proceedings. The district judge made an order prohibiting the child's removal from the jurisdiction, set a return date and made further directions including for samples to be given for DNA testing. The mother took the child to a friend in Belfast and he took the child from Dublin to Italy to the maternal grandparents. The mother held only a Russian passport so could not take the child herself. The court found that the order was properly served on the mother before the removal. The mother wanted to move to Italy to live with the child and her parents and her husband (from whom she was no separated) consented to that. The issue for determination was the effect of the order and whether there had been a wrongful removal.
Absent the order, the mother had been entitled to act as she did - F did not have parental responsibility and had no rights in respect of the decision as to where the child should live. It was arguable that if the removal was lawful, the child's habitual residence would now be Italy.
The District Judge was entitled to make the prohibited steps order in order to hold the ring until the return date. The issue of permission could be dealt with at the return date. At the moment of service, the order was a valid and effective PSO of which the mother was ostensibly in manifest breach.
The effect of the PSO once served was to restrict the mother's parental responsibility and to deprive her of the right to decide where the child should live outside the jurisdiction. The removal was therefore wrongful and pursuant to Art 10 BIIR the child remained habitually resident in this jurisdiction and under the jurisdiction of the English court. This was the case even if BIIR did not apply to the paternity issue.
The mother had to be heard on the issue of F's permission to apply. If permission was refused, that would be an end. If granted then the direction for samples to be taken should be implemented. An order for the return of the child was made to maintain jurisdiction but the order could be stayed and the child could remain in Italy pending the outcome of DNA testing. The return order would also only be appropriate if permission was granted under s10 Children Act.


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Norse Team Commission Painting.
Hi…recently one friend of mine has ordered to me a comission painting job. There was a bunch of Games Workshop Norses "Old Fashioned" miniatures.
There was my first issue on those kind of scale and miniatures, I´m have not so much experience painting and the result was very succesfull.
I painted them using Vallejo Acrilics stuff and then flocking and added tufts.
Hope you like them.
Thx, Andoni for your pattience,…mate.
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Lucky himself invites all of his furry friends to join him on Wednesday, August 24th in celebration of his 11th birthday!
Pawty guests will enjoy hot dogs, fun, games and doggie bags.
in lieu of gifts, Lucky is requests party guests bring something off of the Popcorn Park Animal Shelter to donate.
RSVP now and get ready to pawty!
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Santa Cruz, Galapagos
Remember Rocky?
Rocky was the naughty and clever little pup who managed to reopen her wound and reverse the good work of the Doctors, despite wearing her e-collar!
A few days ago, Rocky returned for her suture removal. Thankfully, we can report that Rocky appreciated the Doctors help this time around and left her wound alone.
"She is such a lovely dog," Dr. Carmen replied when asked how Rocky was recovering. "When she sees you, she just snuggles up with you and lays on her back. This made the whole procedure so easy for us!"
Rocky had her e-collar removed and was free to go.
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TOMS Account Manager
Posted Jun 14, 2018 - Requisition No. 67636
Bloomberg Trading Solutions addresses the entire workflow with front-end portfolio, inventory, sales and trading, and middle and back office operations solutions for both buy-side and sell-side firms.
Bloomberg Trade Order Management Solutions (TOMS) provides fixed income sell-side firms the capabilities to efficiently manage inventory, risk, P&L, compliance and straight-through processing. The enterprise suite of solutions includes electronic trading tools and market connectivity to help firms synchronize their front office risk and trading with middle-office, operations and enterprise applications in real-time.
The role:
As a key member of our rapidly growing EMEA Account Management team, you'll be responsible for providing exceptional service to our TOMS clients, building deep relationships, generating leads and driving adoption and revenue. You'll work closely with your customers to gain a clear understanding of their business needs, and provide consultative solutions to build stronger relationships. You'll also play a role in influencing the direction of our products by providing feedback on user workflow demand, competitor intelligence, and market trends. The position is based in London and may require continental travel.
You'll need to demonstrate credibility with a proven competency and knowledge of the sell side community, have an understanding of the operational and trading activities of the customer and have a thorough understanding of TS and Bloomberg product features, optimal workflow and usage, benefits. You will need to be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in our clients by being a good listener and understanding their Enterprise needs before recommending solutions.
We'll trust you to focus on these 3 core areas:
1) Client relationship and User Growth
2) Product Knowledge and Client Adoption
3) Sales and Solution Opportunities
You will demonstrate a depth of understanding and fluency in those areas by:
- Understanding client business, workflow and tech stack
- Creating account plans and executing on strategies to increase presence of TOMS
- Developing and managing key customer relationships with decision makers and key people with influence to gain strategic positioning within assigned account to maximize sales opportunities
- Thoughtfully positioning functionality and product
- Proactively sharing new products and enhancements
- Collaborating with Sales and Product team with insight and intelligence
- Leverage product and industry knowledge to spot situations and propose solutions across division and firm
- Leading sales initiatives to engage customers to continually partner with the TOMS business.
- Collaborating with Core Sales and other ancillary businesses to uncover growth opportunities within the account
You'll need to have:
- Proven client relationship management experience and/or sales experience on an enterprise scale
- Experience or knowledge of Bloomberg TOMS or similar competitor products
- Service oriented and client focused
- Strong understanding of the Financial Markets with a special focus on asset classes like Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Interest and Credit Derivatives is necessary
- Experience interacting with Trading, Sales, Middle and Back Office, Technology and E Commerce teams
- Strong business sense with knowledge of identifying potential value creation and new prospects, as well as building and maintaining solid client relationships
- Ability to manage time effectively, multi-task and work well under pressure in a team environment
- Strong communication and problem solving skills
- Available for regular travel within the assigned geographical coverage
- Second language skills would be advantageous
If this sounds like you:
Apply if you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know what the next steps are, but in the meantime feel free to have a look at this:http://www.bloomberg.com/trading-solutions
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Open Date - 15th June 2018
Close Date - 14th July 2018
Salary - Competitive & Benefits


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Suggestions for mapping out YouTube marketing, video marketing strategies for businesses in Massachusetts
As a video content producer and creator, the last few weeks of the year are typically an appropriate time to take a look at what lessons we can learn from video production, video marketing and YouTube marketing during the past year. Well, here's my take on what we could expect in 2013 and how these changes will affect and benefit western Massachusetts businesses.
If you'd like to increase your online presence by including video content in your online marketing campaign, you must build and regularly maintain a channel on YouTube. The folks that are hoping for one hit viral video success might find themselves feeling rather frustrated when despite their best efforts the video does not go "viral". We've found that creating content that is both of high production value and informative, by identifying your buyer persona and your target audience, will yield the best return on your investment. A methodical and focused approach with your video marketing campaign will be well worth your efforts. Growing your YouTube views and audience organically, with your specific audience in mind, can have a significant impact on your visitor-to-buyer conversion rate. Frequent creation of video content was important in 2012 and we can expect and even greater focus on frequent video creating and content updates via YouTube in 2013.
We have worked with many small and large business customers and have observed the evidence of increased online exposure and sales when the the relationship between SEO, target audience and quality video content is understood. Additionally, it is critical to optimize your videos for YouTube with respect to playback performance and the ability for web viewers to find your products and services based on the keywords you've chosen.
YouTube marketing, in other words, building a YouTube channel has become sort of a no-brainer because YouTube is now the number two search engine, after Google, in the world. By no means am I suggesting that YouTube is the only venue but it certainly is a relevant one. Posting your videos on your business website, chamber & association websites, email links, and e-newsletters are additional methods to reach your web audience.
Engage your YouTube audience! At a minimum you may want to add a compelling call to action at the end of each video. You spent time and money to reach your audience, therefore, remember to ask them to take the next step by contacting you for more information, or instruct them on how to purchase your product, or how to get additional information. Help your potential new client reach out to you.
Feel free to contact if you have questions regarding video content creation, video marketing, and YouTube marketing.
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I'm posting this from my phone and it's quite awkward for me. I just haven't felt like I've had anything useful to say lately maybe it's my depression or just the crappy weather but I haven't been myself. I apologize for that. I do enjoy having this blog reading comments ( when people actually comment lol ) and connecting with others. I don't know what's up with me lately but I'm going try to make an effort to blog more regularly, knit more, and let the dvr do it's job and go to sleep at a decent hour. Lately I've just been going to bed with the kids, so tired! I've also been waking up with the night sweats which is a fun Crohn's symptom of mine. I go see my GI on the 31st so we'll see what she has to say about my symptoms. Of course I'm nervous, but that is normal for me when it comes to doctors I guess it comes from years of knowing something was wrong with me but not knowing how to explain and doctors who didn't really care to find out. I love my GI so it's not an issue anymore but it's still my initial gut reaction. Some habits are hard to break.


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If you want to have better odds of finding the right company for the project, then the next points can help you decide which one to choose.
Number 1. Safety – because the construction industry has high chances of accidents, it is imperative to pick one that prioritizes safety and can provide you with promising records for such. It'll ensure that the odds of accidents will be at lowest rate and you can refrain from any hassles or issues like lawsuits, medical injuries and so forth.
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Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Council's Charge
The following four principal responsibilities, drafted by the President's Task Force on Diversity in April 2016, charge the Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with the following:
- Expanding the dialogue about diversity, inclusion, and equity to include the entire Barnard community of students, faculty, staff, and alumnae.
- Promoting and coordinating campus-wide participation in the College's diversity and inclusion efforts.
- Managing and monitoring the implementation of recommendations from the President's Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion.
- Advising Barnard's senior leadership and Board of Trustees on ongoing and new initiatives that create a more diverse and inclusive campus community.
Prioritized Goals for 2019-2020
- Expanding the dialogue about diversity, inclusion, and equity: The Council will concentrate early efforts on input and outreach to the larger Barnard community. It is tasked with understanding how the College can best support all members of the campus community and promote the representativeness of the student body, faculty, and staff. Following from this, the Council will develop strategies for communicating its findings to the broader community, along with providing timely information about relevant campus-wide activities.
- Creating a structure for reviewing proposals from the community: The Council will articulate a structure, timeline, and budget for evaluating proposals for campus-wide initiatives for enhancing diversity and inclusion coming from students, faculty, staff, and alumnae, including the criteria for accepting proposals, and the scale and timing of events on campus. Leveraging its reach to all community constituents, the Council will prioritize initiatives or proposals that reflect the desires of the Barnard community most broadly.
- Organizing campus-wide events: The Council will develop a plan (including timeline, budget, potential speakers, themes, and structure) for two connected events to be organized each year, including an annual "Grace Lee Boggs Lecture" and a cultural event, that are accessible to all members of the community. At a minimum, the Council will organize an inaugural event for spring 2019 and a second event for fall 2019.
The council is chaired by Ariana González Stokas, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and members who include students, faculty members, exempt and nonexempt staff, alumnae, trustees, and an ex officio member from the President's staff.


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Would I go all the way to Spain to sit in a café and have a cup of coffee?
You bet I would!
OK, well the trip would be about more than just that, of course. I'd go to see the sights, smell the smells, and listen to the sounds. But tasting that cup of coffee, in a nice little café on a small side street, would be like the cherry on top.
This watercolor painting is from one of those times of sitting in a cafe and sipping a coffee. Specifically, this was in the Heliopolís neighborhood of Sevilla.
Art prints of this Spanish coffee painting are available here.


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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Gold Fingers - How to Recover Gold from Electronic Scrap
In this video tutorial i'm showing how to recover gold from electronic circuit board scrap. Specifically the gold plating that is found on the board connector edge - A.K.A the "fingers". This video is a complementary to the complete written tutorial on Gold-N-Scrap website (direct link below) The process applies to other kinds of gold plated itmes, given the substrate is unreactive (such as PCB, ceramic, glass etc'...). This process is less suitable for metallic items that are gold plated such as gold plated pins and gold filled items, though it will work with much effort and large consumption of acid. Post a comment and let us know how much gold do you think this recovery process yielded.
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Sharing documents and meeting notes is easier than ever with Microsoft's Office Lens app. Lens is a mobile scanning tool that offers seamless integration with OneNote, Microsoft's cloud-syncing notebook service, and Microsoft Office suite.
With Office Lens you can snap a picture of a whiteboard, document, business card or electronic screen, and import an enhanced version picture into your OneNote file. The best part about the app is the text recognition feature, transforming your static image to an editable and searchable document.
The accuracy of Lens' recognition capabilities is determined by the quality of the image, so Microsoft programmed the app to either automatically or manually adjust the borders of any document, so you can take pictures at various angles without sacrificing the quality of the finished product. You can use your camera or upload an existing photo from your media library and save your scanned files as a Word document, PowerPoint or PDF.
Microsoft Lens is available for free from the app store for both Android and iOS users. Office Lens is a great option for those who are fed up with traditional scanning processes or clunky scanning apps, as well as those seeking a better way to share whiteboard meeting notes with colleagues and clients alike.


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Ohio State AD Gene Smith knows how to pander to his audience. Within the course of two days, Smith gave two different spins on the addition of Rutgers (and Maryland) to the Big Ten Conference.
Smith defended the league's addition of Rutgers Saturday in an interview with NJ.com's Dan Duggan.
Smith stated Rutgers "will bring a lot to the table." The Buckeyes' athletic director complimented Rutgers' prestigious academic programs. He also mentioned the football team's success under former head coach Greg Schiano and the money the school put into the program during that period.
The idea Rutgers was chosen to become a member of the Big Ten Conference due to a business decision was merely an after thought.
Smith was far more candid Sunday during an interview with The Columbus Dispatch's Todd Jones. When Smith was asked directly about the Big Ten's additions of Rutgers and Maryland, Smith stated the obvious.
"From a business point of view, it makes huge sense," Smith told Jones. "This is a business deal. This is about money. Everybody wants to dodge that; I don't. It's about the stability of our conference for the long term."
Smith looks at these moves as a way to adjust to the changing landscape of college football and the United States' shifting population.
"It provides a new geography for us to have a presence in, for a number of reasons: television, recruiting, (and) providing Penn State with some geographical partners," Smith stated. "The reality is, growth was inevitable for intercollegiate athletic conferences. We needed to be part of that.
"As far as the shifting population, that is reason enough by itself to look at the concept of expansion."
With the Big Ten's media days set to commence Monday and Tuesday, a big spectacle will be made of the additions of Rutgers and Maryland. The two programs will be accepted as equals among the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, etc. The reality is these program were merely business acquisitions which proved to be a means to an end for the Big Ten Conference.


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The pitch / A very active contributor to the PrestaShop forum since 2007, Lucas Vitale became its first administrator before becoming one of our first International Brand Ambassadors.
Now / CEO of RSI-Sistemas
Celebrate PrestaShop's 10th birthday on 15 June at the Cité de la Mode et du Design in Paris (France) together with the entire community.
Meeting PrestaShop and the creation of the Ambassadors program
I discovered PrestaShop in 2007 through a Spanish customer. I had set up RSI-Sistemas in 2003 but I was working with Spain a lot because e-commerce hadn't really taken off yet in Argentina. At the time I was mainly using osCommerce and Zencart, but this customer wanted to redesign his site, which operated under PrestaShop. I immersed myself in the forum to train myself up, and quickly became very active under the ID "Shacker". So active, in fact, that in 2009 PrestaShop offered me the chance to become administrator for the Spanish-speaking, and later the English-speaking, versions of the forum.
In 2015, Ariel Spampinato, another Argentinian developer, had the idea of creating a PrestaShop event in Buenos Aires. Head Office helped us, one thing led to another, and the program got started. We became Brand Ambassadors in Argentina. Since then, the program has acquired lots of tools to help Ambassadors organize their own events and lead their communities.
Being a PrestaShop Ambassador
- What are the advantages? The human side, without a doubt, as I've always enjoyed helping people. I give programming courses, I'm heavily involved with the forum, and I love the ethos of family and mutual support which is what the PrestaShop community is all about. The Ambassador role has been, for me, a means of helping the Argentinian community at a more local level. Through the program, I've met vast numbers of people, some of whom have become true friends. The technical side is also pretty exciting: no two days are the same, and PrestaShop is constantly improving its product, and so you don't have time to get bored.
- What are you most proud of? I've known PrestaShop since version 1.0, so I can help just about any user, whatever version they are on. At our first Meetup, we had 15 people. We're now up to more than 150, and one of our members actually made a 12-hour bus ride to attend a Meetup! In total, since 2015, we've brought together more than 1,000 people, which is very satisfying.
Argentinian e-commerce
- PrestaShop and Argentinian e-commerce / position after Mercadolibre, a kind of national eBay which made e-commerce more widespread in our country in 2014 but which isn't customizable; Tiendanube, another Argentinian solution similar to Shopify, which offers a subscription and takes commission; and thIn Argentina, PrestaShop is in 4Vtex, a Brazilian solution for big businesses.
The main e-commerce challenge in Argentina right now is shipping: delivery still often takes 2 weeks! The existing logistical solutions nearly all have their own module on PrestaShop but we don't have an offer.
- The stores to follow /
- One of the oldest, Errepar, which sells books, has been using PrestaShop since version 1.4.
- Some of the biggest, TiendaOwoco, for children's fashion, which has branches in every country, Todo Musica, the biggest musical instrument store in Argentina, Onasaez, the country's best-known fashion store, and TeveCompras, one of the leading home shopping companies.
- One of the fastest-growing ones: Barlovento, which sells fish and seafood, made the equivalent of 2 months' sales in a single day during Holy Week thanks to a strong social network presence and its marketing.
- The modules worth knowing / The most-used modules in Argentina are local ones: Oca e-Pak, Mercadopago and Todopago. Practically all online stores use them. One of the lesser-known but very interesting modules is Club La Nacion, for offering reductions to club members of the daily newspaper "La Nación".
What do you wish for the next 10 years?
I want PrestaShop to increase its presence in my country, including setting up a Latin American office. This local presence would make it possible to convince the biggest businesses of PrestaShop's relevance.
Get your badge for the PrestaShop Day in Paris (France) – 15 June – Cité de la Mode et du Design