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After 9 years of fostering thousands of creative projects, Kickstarter is launching a new product called Drip. Now, you can consistently support your favorite creators by subscribing to their work.
At our latest Campaigns & Champagne event in New York City, Kickstarter Director of Digital Marketing Jon Chang walked us through Kickstarter's social media strategy for the launch.
Watch the full video below to learn:
- How the Kickstarter team chose the right platforms for the launch
- How they tailored content to different audiences
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A 10-Point Plan for Health (Without Being Overwhelmed)
The Thing You Need To Know About A Medical Laboratory
A medical laboratory is where the tests for the clinical specimen will be taking place in order to get the important details that will help on the diagnosis, treatment, and preventive measures for a patient. You should know that clinical laboratories are concentrating on the production like basis in applied science not like the research laboratories that are focusing on the academic basis in basic science.
There are two departments when it comes to laboratory medicine and each department will be subdivided into different units. You can read more about the two departments below.
Anatomic pathology – the units under this department are the cytopathology, electron microscopy, and histopathology. A person can study each unit in a single course, academically. Physiology, pathology, pathophysiology, and histology are the other courses that you can get from this department.
Clinical pathology which includes the following courses:
Clinical microbiology – this surrounds five various sciences. Mycology, immunology, bacteriology, parasitology, and virology are the units included here!
Clinical chemistry – the instrumental analysis of blood components, endocrinology, toxicology, and enzymology, are the units that are included in this section.
Hermatology – the manual and automated analysis of blood cells are under this section. The blood bank and the coagulation are the two subunits in this section.
Genetics is studied also alongside a subspecialty which is the cytogenetics.
Reproductive biology – the units in this section include the assisted reproductive technology, sperm bank, and semen analysis.
The distribution of clinical laboratories to each health institutions will be different from place to place. An example for this is that some health institutions will have one lab intended for microbiology while some will not have a lab for microbiology but will have different labs for each unit.
Learn more about the detailed analysis of the role of each laboratory equipment for hermatology and urinalysis below.
You should know that any clinical specimen can be received by microbiology like the possible infected tissue, synovial fluids, cerebrospinal fluid, sputum, blood, urine, feces, and swabs. The main work here is focused on cultures, looking for possible pathogens that if found, will be identified further based on biochemical tests. A sensitivity test will also be done in order to know if the pathogen is resistant or sensitive to a prescribed medicine, simply check this company. Results will be reported together with the determined organism or organisms, and the type and quantity of drugs that will be given to a patient.
Different types of medical laboratories
In a lot of countries, most of the medical specimens will be processed in two main medical laboratories. The patients will undergo tests in hospital laboratories that you can find in several hospitals. Private laboratories will analyze the samples from insurance companies, clinical research sites, health clinics, and general practitioners. There are so many websites that can provide you with more information about medical laboratories, just click here for more.

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Graduate Profile
Our graduates move on to attend a combination of excellent independent, parochial, and public schools.
Burgundy provides excellent step-by-step support to Middle School families throughout the high school application process. Our high school students distinguish themselves as engaged learners and strong self-advocates. A number of our graduates have become valedictorians or salutatorians of their high school graduating classes. Burgundy alumni attend a tremendous range of fine colleges and universities and choose rewarding careers and lives of leadership and service, reflective of Burgundy's core values and spirit of academic exploration.
Congratulations, Class of 2018! These 31 students are Burgundy's newest alumni.
What have Burgundy alumni been up to? Check out the latest news!
We are so proud of our graduates and their accomplishments! With acceptances at many area schools, Burgundy is represented in independent, public, parochial, co-ed, single-sex, and boarding schools.
Recent graduates attend the following high schools:
Bishop Ireton High School
Bishop McNamara High School
Bishop O'Connell High School
Bullis School (MD)
C.D. Hylton Senior High School
Codrington School (Barbados)
Commonwealth Academy
Darien High School (CT)
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Edmund Burke School
Elizabeth Seton High School
Episcopal High School
The Field School
Flint Hill School
Georgetown Day School
Hayfield Secondary School
Justice High School (formerly J.E.B. Stuart)
Kent Denver School (CO)
Lake Braddock High School
The Loomis Chaffee School (CT)
The Madeira School
Maret School
Metropolitan School of the Arts
National Cathedral School
The New School of Northern Virginia
Randolph Macon Academy
St. Albans School
St. Anselm's Abbey
St. John's College High School
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School
Sandy Springs Friends School
School Without Walls
Shady Side Academy (PA)
Sidwell Friends School
Solebury School (PA)
South County High School
South Kent School (CT)
T.C. Williams High School (STEM Academy)
The Telluride Mountain School (CO)
Thomas Edison High School
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Wando High School (SC)
Walt Whitman High School (MD)
Washington-Lee High School
West Nottingham Academy (MD)
West Potomac High School
West Springfield High School
After high school, Burgundy alumni enroll in colleges and universities across the country. Their experience at Burgundy often guides them to understand what type of college environment is the best fit for them, and for many an interest sparked here is what they choose to study further.
Following are some of the many colleges and universities that Burgundy alumni have attended in the past five years:
American University
Amherst College
Belmont University
Beloit College
Bennett College
Boston University
Bucknell University
Catholic University of America
Centre College
Champlain College
Chapman University
College of Charleston
College of William and Mary
Colorado College
Colorado State University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dickinson College
Drew University
Duke University
Elon University
Fashion Institute of Technology
Florida State University
Garrett College
Graceland University
Guilford College
Hampden-Sydney College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Hood College
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Kenyon College
Longwood University
Loyola University
McDaniel College
New York University
North Carolina A & T State University
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northern Virginia Community College
Oberlin College and Conservatory
Occidental College
Old Dominion University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Radford University
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhodes College
Roanoke College
Rutgers University
Saint Lawrence University
St. John's College
St. John's University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Southern Methodist University
Stanford University
Tulane University
Tuskegee University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Denver
University of Houston
University of Maryland at College Park
University of Mary Washington
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina
University of Notre Dame
University of Pittsburgh
University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
University of Texas-Austin
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Virginia University of Lynchburg
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Wellesley College
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Pokemon Emerald Discussion
Name FOUR and FOUR only pokemon that have 7 letters in their name.
Sheshul rules:
-Can't copy another person's pokemanz, aka all pokemanz have to be different. Copying = point deduction *ebilfaice*
-Need at least 4. Any more = more points 4u. Max 8 monsters. (Later will be posted why 8)
-NO EDITING. Post another if you find more. If you edit, I take away your points. *happyfaice*
-Free for all game. Just keep naming pokemanz until I tell you to stop.
Re: 2nd point.
I say 8 monsters because you can post TWICE. BUT, there is another rule for posting twice. It'll be easier if I just give you an example..
Person 1 says 4 pokemon w/ 7 letters. Then he presses submit and waits.
Person 2 comes along and says 4 diff. pokemon w/ 7 letters. Presses submit, waits.
Person 1 comes back after finding more pokemon w/ 7 letters. He posts and submits. Now, Person 1 can't post anymore. He's reached 8 pokemanz already. (Note that he didn't double post either)
Basically... if you want the 8 maximum, you have to wait for someone else to post after your first 4.
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By now, we hope you know that hackers can grab your sensitive information right out of thin air any time you use a public WiFi hotspot. But what you may not know is how fast they can do it.
That's what WAFB 9 recently demonstrated in a hacking experiment conducted on a crowded university WiFi network in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During the lunchtime rush, WAFB asked computer security expert Josh Henderson to find out how many IP addresses he could collect at LSU Student Union. (An IP address is a unique digital identifier for every device that's connected to the Internet that allows the device to be pinpointed).
WiFi Hotspot Hacking: It's As Easy As 1-2-3
Using a program called Look@Lan, Henderson scanned the WiFi network and detected 134 IP addresses in about a minute. Not surprisingly, most of them belonged to phones, which make more connections to WiFi hotspots than any other device.
Next, Henderson used a program called Wireshark to capture information sent from devices so he could see what users might be doing online – activities like logging into email and bank accounts and checking Facebook.
Finally, Henderson used a tool for network administrators called Cain & Abel. Unfortunately, hackers also use Cain & Abel for ARP poisoning which makes it possible to detect when your device is online and hijack it by tricking the device into thinking it's on the Internet when it's actually connected to a hacker's computer. As a result, the intruder can capture people's user names, passwords and other sensitive information without the device owner knowing it.
While LSU's wireless network is secure, there are other unsecure WiFi hotspots in the Student Union that were easy to exploit. Using the same hacking tools, Henderson found two people, both women, who were connected to one of them. He was able to figure out one woman's name before she revealed it. The other woman admitted she connected to any available WiFi hotspot when she wasn't on LSU's secure network. That, said Henderson, is a hacker's dream.
That kind of careless behavior on WiFi hotspots could quickly become anyone's worst nightmare. According to Javelin Strategy & Research, smartphone and tablet users are far more likely to become victims of identity fraud than the general public. In 2013, one person became a victim of ID fraud every two seconds. Make sure this doesn't happen to you.
Disconnect from Hotspot Hacking Risks
The Better Business Bureau offers this advice when you're connecting to public hotspots:
- Never connect to any unfamiliar network.
- Disable automatic connections to wireless networks.
- Turn off file sharing before connecting to a hotspot.
- Turn off WiFi when you're not using it.
- Use a personal VPN like PRIVATE WiFi to prevent hackers from intercepting your data at WiFi hotspots.


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|November 18, 2013 09:59 AM EST
by Ben Gosling.
The TV licence is a vital part of our day-to-day entertainment. Unfortunately, timeless modern opuses such as Snog, Marry, Avoid? don't just fund themselves; the creators need money to continue to generate slice after slice of televisual gold. Enter the TV licence.
Many of us know that you only need a TV licence if you use a device such as a television or computer to watch or record television programmes as they are being broadcast. If you don't use a device for this, you don't have to have a licence. The BBC has confirmed that, even if you own a television, you needn't be licensed if you only use it to, say, listen to digital radio or watch DVDs.
TV licences in rental properties
The rules for rental property are much the same – yours will need to be licensed if your tenants use any devices to watch or record live TV. It will generally be the tenants' responsibility to pay for it unless you provided the means for them to watch TV (such as if you installed the television aerial). If this is the case, you'll need to purchase the TV licence, unless the tenancy agreement specifies that your tenants need to.
It's important you make sure your tenants know for sure whether or not they'll need a licence and that you won't incur the costs of any fines for not having one (which can be around £1,000). Make sure the tenancy agreement states that your tenants can't watch any broadcast television without a licence. It wouldn't hurt to include the information in this blog and contact details for TV Licensing in their tenancy pack, either.
TV licences in HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation)
If you let to individual tenants in a house share, each tenant who watches or records live TV in their room needs a separate licence.
If your sharer tenants are part of a joint contract, one licence will likely cover the whole house – however, a tenant who has exclusive access to some facilities (in effect, living in a self-contained part of the property) might need a separate TV licence. If in doubt, check with the chaps at TV Licensing.
(Do students need a TV licence?)
Unlike council tax, students don't get a TV licence exemption; if you let to students, the normal rules apply. However, if one of your student tenants watches TV on a device that is internally powered and not plugged in to an aerial or the mains, they'll be covered by the TV licence at their out-of-term address (if it has one).
Lodgers and TV licences
If your lodger is someone who has a relationship with you (for instance, an au pair, housekeeper, nanny, family member or common law partner) and shares your property and facilities with you, they'll be covered by your TV licence.
Lodgers with no relationship to you, and lodgers who do have a relationship but who live in a self-contained floor or annex or a separate building, need their own TV licence if they watch or record TV.
How do I get a TV licence?
The cost for a TV licence is £145.50 for a colour television or £49.90 for a black and white one. If you or your tenants need a TV licence, get in touch with TV Licensing and let them know.
For more advice and guidance for landlords, visit www.turnkeylandlords.co.uk.
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I have an article in the May/June issue of Relevant magazine entitled "The Rise of the Ironic Class," which takes a look at why my generation is such an ironic one, what it means for our relationships, for communication, etc...
The New Christian Irony
If you are a Christian of a certain age (let's say 21-50), and you grew up in the Christian church (especially in the 80s or early 90s), you probably love making fun of the evangelical subculture. I know I do. I love nothing more than laughing about and ironically consuming vintage Christian kitsch items. Whether it's McGee and Me, DC Talk, Left Behind or any number of other bits of Jesus junk, I always enjoy reminiscing about it. In the same way that the rest of our generation ironically talks about Zach Morris or Labyrinth or those years when it was cool to roll up your jean shorts, Christians are finding great amusement in recalling the nonsensical oddities of the evangelical world.
One of the things Christian hipsters love to point out is just how sickeningly derivative evangelical culture is—that we always have to copy what the secular world is doing, usually a few months or years later (case in point: the new Christian version of Guitar Hero). These are also the Christian hipsters who take joy in looking ironically upon the maudlin kitsch that birthed them. It is the ultimate bit of irony, then, that Christians have coopted the irony industry to make out of it an evangelical alternative. For your consideration: larknews and stuffchristianslike:
Lark News: This is the Christian version of The Onion. It's a fake news rag with infrequent but hilarious updates, with headlines like "Denominations reach non-compete agreement" and "Missionaries maintain obesity against long odds." It's a great source of laughs at the expense of our evangelical ridiculousness. The website also features a shop where you can buy snarky, make-fun-of-ourselves t-shirts.
Stuff Christians Like: This is the Christian version of Stuff White People Like—the runaway blog success that revels in smarmy self-loathing and the purging of white bourgeois guilt. The Christian version, which began on Jan 1, 2008 and features the same "countdown" format as its mainstream predecessor, includes such entries as "#31: Occasionally swearing," "#393: Family Fish Bumper Stickers," "#382: Perfectly Timing Your Communion Walk," and "#93: Riding on the Cool Van in the Youth Group."
Of course, there are many other examples of this sort of thing that I could mention. The Wittenberg Door, Relevant, and countless evangelical college humor magazines have been doing this stuff for years. But it seems that Christian irony is increasingly prevalent these days, maybe because all of us naïve children are grown up now and stunned by the crazy things we grew up in. Sometimes all we can do is laugh.


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What do you do in your day job/life?
I write fiction. I sometimes write other things for money.
What's the earliest thing you remember writing?
1981. Red crayon in love-heart. Lady Brooks Kindergarten.
When do you like to write?
When there is silence.
If you could brunch with anyone, who would it be?
Porridge breakfast at my place instead.
Thom Yorke, Chan Marshall and Lars von Trier.
Most important thing the Internet has taught you:
Rules about writing. Mostly ignored.
A quotation you have used more than once:
'You're in Dubrovnik. I don't hear you.'
What's next?
Victory or death.


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Create your own coloured Xmas bauble within a truly unique and educational glass blowing experience. The workshop is closely supervised, no experience is necessary!
Your instructor will first demonstrate how coloured glass baubles are made and talk through the processes involved. You will be invited to select the colours you would like to use to decorate your bauble. The colour will then be placed on a metal table ready to be applied to the molten glass.
Once prepared your instructor will gather molten glass from the furnace on a 'blowing iron'. Participants over 13 years of age will take control of the iron & fuse the coloured glass granules to the glass. Additional help will be given to children under the age of 13 years of age for safety reasons (minimum age of 8 years). The granules then need to be melted, so you will apply additional heat in a reheating chamber until the glass is liquid and moving in the flame. Your instructor will then take the iron as you seat yourself at the glass-makers bench ready to form the glass into the correct shape ready to be inflated.
Once this is done you will blow your bubble and use metal tools to finish the shape of the bauble. You may have to blow a number of times to get the right size and shape. Once this is done your instructor will apply a glass hook so it may be hung from a tree or in a window.
Baubles will be cooled & ready for collection the next day after the event. Alternatively we can arrange postage.
Experiences advice: Wear cotton clothing, long trousers, t-shirts and enclosed shoes. Sandals, shorts, skirts and tights are not permitted. Bring water and a camera!
Event details
|Sun 1 - Wed 4 Dec 2019
|13:15 to 16:15
|Sat 7 - Wed 11 Dec 2019
|13:15 to 16:15
|Sat 14 - Wed 18 Dec 2019
|13:15 to 16:15
|Sat 21 - Mon 23 Dec 2019
|13:15 to 16:15
£25 per person
- Coach parties accepted
- Credit cards accepted (no fee)
- Gift shop
- Accepts groups
Wheelchair friendly access. Dogs & children welcome. There are no toilets in the building but some are available at Booths supermarket immediately opposite the factory. Refreshments & light meals available in Booths. Free parking available.
Events at this Venue
|Sat 16 - Wed 20 Nov
|Glass Blowing Experience - Xmas Bauble
|Sat 23 - Wed 27 Nov
|Glass Blowing Experience - Xmas Bauble
|Sat 30 Nov - Sun 1 Dec
|Two-Day Glass Cutting Workshop
|Sat 30 Nov
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Cumbria Crystal
Oubas Hill,
Enter Ulverston on the A590, turn left at the first roundabout. The factory is immediately opposite Booth's supermarket.
: 1 mile from Ulverston station
Self-Assessed Accessibility Details
- Designated parking for guests with disabilities
- The surface of the car park and pathway leading to entrance:
- is solid
- Drop-off point for guests outside entrance
- The route from the parking area to the entrance:
- Is flat (i.e. without steps)
Public Areas
- Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift:
- To the gift shop
- Good contrast between the floor and walls
- Contrast markings on clear surfaces such as glass doors
- Entrance is well lit
- Automatic door at the main entrance
- Seating available for visitors with limited mobility
- Effective lighting for visually impaired visitors
- Good colour/tonal contrast for visually impaired visitors
- Routes/pathways suitable for wheelchair users or visitors with limited mobility
- Displays at suitable height for wheelchair users / children
- Audible alarm system
Cumbria Crystal is a fully working factory. Visitors are welcome to watch the artisans at work. It should be noted that we cannot guarantee what they will be making on any day. Factory staff are generally unable to stop what they are doing to talk to guests. However shop staff are very happy to talk visitors through the processes.


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"When does Summer of Rosé kick off?"
We've fielded this question dozens of times over the past month or so. You may not like the answer. We're not doing Summer of Rosé this year.
Take a moment. Freak out. Punch your pillow. Compose yourself. Fall to pieces again.
Rest easy: there will still be plenty of pink options on our menu this summer. But our particular brand of rosévangelism has always been built on the belief that rosé deserves a year-round place in our hearts and palates — it's no post-summer faux pas like white shoes after Labor Day. So as a dedicated seasonal focus, we're moving on. That said:
Long live the Reds of Summer.
Because there's nothing like inky, heavy, tannic AF Cahors in blast-furnace weather, amirite? Come on, you know that's not what we mean. What we mean are lighter-bodied, lower-alcohol, higher-acid reds that bring serious deliciousness, especially when you throw them in a cooler for 20 or 30 minutes. What we mean are Frappato from Sicily, Schiava from Alto Adige, Gamay from Beaujolais (and elsewhere), Xinomavro from Greece, Blaufränkisch from Austria, and old-vine País from Chile's Maule Valley. And on the bubbly end of the spectrum, don't forget Lambrusco! The Chillin Reds, we call them — and you'll find they're just as refreshing as (and probably a lot more complex than) any rosé you put up against them.
On a non-chill note, we'll round out our Summer Red list with some stone-cold BBQ classics like Zinfandel and Tempranillo, just in case you have a pig picking or bull roast to attend.
Look for our list to start changing over next week. First, we need you to help us drink through a glut of Loire wines from our spring focus!


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We find ourselves, again, at the intersection of fear and hope. The horrific violence in Paris on November 13 played out in real time through news coverage and social media shook us to our core, as many could identify with random sense of violence while going about one's day to day life. Human nature is to protect our families and our tribes, but who are our families and tribes in this day and age of global connection?
Only two months ago, "we" rose up in horror at the sight of Aylan Kurdi, the three year old Syrian boy whose body washed up on the Turkish beach, as his refugee family was trying to escape the horrors of a war torn country. We are now confronted with many political voices refusing to offer sanctuary to families such as Aylan Kurdi's due to the violent assault on Paris we witnessed last week. But by viewing the world as "us" and "them" aren't we also losing a bit of humanity by separating ourselves from the image of Aylan and replacing it with an image of a terrorist?
I don't know what the answer is, but I hope that as we each struggle with finding resilience in this horrific event we don't lose sight of the hope that exists by being blinded with fear. We live in a shared world, one in which I choose to give more energy to hope versus fear. It is with this intent that I share with you the poetry of Naomi Shihab Nye, Gate A-4
Gate A-4
After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
please come to the gate immediately.
Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
problem? We told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
did this.
I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,Sho bit se-wee?
The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
she stopped crying.
She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
following day. I said no, no, we're fine, you'll get there, just late,
Who is picking you up? Let's call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
would ride next to her—Southwest.
She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.
Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.
Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.
She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.
To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
the lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.
And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.
And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,
with green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.
And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
this is the world I want to live in. The shared world.
Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.
They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.
Not everything is lost.


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I don't breastfeed, despite my efforts in the beginning. The baby and I had a rough start. I made the choice to formula feed early on, but I did try (off and on, but still) after that to breastfeed. I see all the posts about the hard time moms receive for breastfeeding in public, and it makes my heart break.
I also see in several of my mommy support groups on Facebook, breastfeeding moms bashing formula feeding moms and vice versa. That too makes my heart ache.
We all make choices, whether through necessity or just to make life less stressful.
I found this blog through some random link clicking, I asked to share with you.
I ask, do you support your fellow moms in their choices? I know I do.
Life is hard as a mom, let's not make it harder on each other.
Please take a minute to read: I Support You | Mama By The Bay.


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It was certainly hard to understand why Linington did not point to the spot in the seventh minute when Adam Reach's goalbound shot was handled on the line by Keogh.
Carvalhal and the rest of the Wednesday bench were furious and their sense of injustice deepened after Derby went ahead in the 17th minute when Christie bundled the ball in after Darren Bent had failed to connect with a corner.
Bent should have added a second two minutes before the break when his header flashed just over but the visitors continued to hammer on Derby's door in the second half.
Liam Palmer had a shot deflected inches wide before Fernando Forestieri fired over from 12 yards after Gary Hooper set him up. The Argentinean was foiled by a plunging save from Scott Carson on the hour but against the run of play, Derby scored again seven minutes later.
A Jacob Butterfield shot was deflected into the path of Pearce who beat Cameron Dawson from eight yards for his first Derby goal but Carvalhal knew it could have been so different.
"In my opinion, it's the worst decision in the Championship so far," he said. "I have seen nothing like it this season.
"It's so clear, I don't understand it. I have nothing against the ref, nothing against the person but the decision was very, very poor and it had a big impact on the game."
Carvalhal was spoken to by the referee but he insisted: "In that moment I was emotional but I didn't say any bad words, and I didn't do anything wrong in my opinion.
"I don't understand the decision. People talk a lot about how we need technology but why do we need a camera or a video when we have three referees on the pitch, one of them must see it. They have communication and can say it's a clear penalty."
Derby manager Steve McClaren agreed a penalty should have been given. "Keesy (Keogh) made a great save without his gloves on and we rode our luck in that," he said.
"Game's are turned on that one way or another and it turned our way and what you have to do in those instances is take advantage and that's what we did.
"It didn't stop Sheffield Wednesday playing the way they did, they kept coming forward and creating chances, but it was maybe the luck we didn't have last week we got this week. The ref has to make a snap decision and it went our way.
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It's my birthweek and what I'd really like to do is give something away to one of you, just for being so awesome and reading about our lives. Probably weekly on this blog we talk about Dave Ramsey and how his Financial Peace University class changed our lives and saved our marriage. For the most part, since becoming debt-free we have stopped worrying about money. It is so freeing! Our friend Joa (remember her from our recent Minneapolis trip?) is offering one of our readers a Financial Peace University class kit and Total Money Makeover book. The kit itself costs $99 and is your admission to the class!
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Poorly timed as usual, religious publishers are busy ejaculating sex books of every stripe and denomination. Some of us suspect that the spate of these books is an act of desperation, to rescue the publishers and authors from financial crisis. Better they should write about money.
Let's just be clear about our assessment of this burst of sacred self-help sex manuals. When we want to learn how to play better golf, we buy a book by a golf pro, not a rabbi. To learn about any sport or other important activity we'd suggest one turn to professionals with actual credentials.
Here's the link to the review from PW ("In Religion Publishing, Sex Is Hot") and the list of what it covers:
- Dr. Les Parrott's Crazy Good Sex: Putting to Bed the Myths Men Have About Sex (Zondervan, May).
- Dr. Kevin Leman, Turn Up the Heat: A Couple's Guide to Sexual Intimacy (Revell, Mar.)
- Intended for Pleasure (Revell, 1997) by Ed and Gay Wheat
- Kiss Me Like You Mean It: Solomon's Crazy in Love How-To Manual by Dr. David Clarke (Revell, May)
- No More Headaches: Enjoying Sex and Intimacy in Marriage (Focus on the Family/Tyndale, Aug.) by Dr. Julianna Slattery.
- The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism (NYU Press, June), an anthology edited by Danya Ruttenberg
- Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible (NYU Press, Sept.) edited by Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser and David Shneer
- Dale S. Kuehne's Sex and the iWorld: Rethinking Relationship Beyond an Age of Individualism (Baker Academic, July)
- Dennis P. Hollinger's The Meaning of Sex: Christian Ethics and the Moral Life (Baker Academic, June)
- The Kosher Sutra by Shmuley Boteach
- Rabbi Shefa Gold's In the Fever of Love: An Illumination of the Song of Songs


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JD is still little, so I shouldn't toot my horn when I say the kid is pretty much an angel...I know when's he's mobile I'll be screwed. My mom told me a story about when she used to pick me up from kindergarten--my little brother, Bri, 2, would slip his hand out of hers and hide in the bushes that lined the adjacent church...that she sometimes used to keep him in his carseat, just so he wouldn't run wild, only to give in when he "promised" to be "good boy." Brian had AMAZING curly, golden-blonde hair and huge brown eyes like JD--hard to say "no." Reminds me of the story of God Father Carlo deciding to quit kindergarten (for the day) and throw his lunch box across the parking lot. I was three. My mom thrust me into the arms of another mom (with a normal kid) she barely knew to run after Carlo. I really hope JD doesn't follow suit of his uncles and run wild on me (Please don't JD). Speaking of, how do all feel about kid leashes and harnesses? I think they're a little barbaric. And just for kicks, have any nightmare kid stories to share? I have one. This one time, I saw a eleven-year-old'ish kid tell his mom to FCK OFF in a pizza parlor down-the-shore, then he threw a fit and literally slammed himself on the floor. He obviously heard "FCK" from someone--maybe mom or dad or the tube. I thought that sh*t only happened in ABC's Supernanny, which by the way terrifies me!
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Madeline Grant, 19, was hauled before a committee of Union officials after joking that she had a "great rack" in a campaign poster while seeking election as the debating society's librarian.
After a four-and-a-half hour grilling which she compared to a scene from To Kill A Mockingbird, Miss Grant quit the 189-year-old society which she said had "barely evolved since 1932".
Claiming that her poster had been intended to parody other candidates, she said members had become fed up with the attitudes of so-called "hacks" – ambitious and career-minded students who seek election to senior Union positions in the hope of boosting their employment prospects.
Miss Grant, who is reading English at St Hilda's College, also argued that the tribunal had attempted to "make an example of her" for daring to speak out about the archaic way the society operates in the weeks after the row over her poster erupted.
"It felt exactly like a trial. It was ridiculous. They were treating it as though it was a scene from To Kill A Mockingbird; some sort of moral crusade," she told the Mail on Sunday.
The Union Society is known for attracting high-profile speakers such as Albert Einstein and Michael Jackson but also has a reputation as a bedrock of wealthy young men who see the society as the first step to a career in politics.
Miss Grant said her now infamous slogan, "I don't hack, I just have a great rack", was meant to lampoon the desperate fervour with which hacks spend days chatting to strangers in bars and outside colleges despite a no-canvassing rule.
She said: "It's all so they can put it on their CV and get an internship with a bank. I think it's awful and there are a lot of students who feel the same way."
Miss Grant also questioned why a male candidate, Jack Sennett of Lincoln College, had not been similarly censured in a previous election for pledging to "bring sexy Jack" – in reference to a lyric by singer Justin Timberlake, "I'm bringing sexy back".
Her mother Sally Jones, the BBC journalist, claimed she and her husband had "collapsed into giggles" when their daughter first told them about her slogan and the row it had caused.
Attacking the "coterie of humourless, self-important embryo politicos" who had accused her daughter of bringing the Union into disrepute, she said they reminded her of the "pompous stuffed-shirts or supercilious bluestockings in posh frocks" who frequented the society while she was studying at Oxford in the 1970s.


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Chris knows there's something out there better for her. She's young, cute, downtrodden (in her opinion) and orphaned; How can she not be destined for greatness? When the chance to prove her worth comes along, she can hardly turn it down... Just a pity the only person she gets for company is a mysterious obnoxious masked fellow who just can't seem to leave her alone. Updates every Tuesday. Please support me on Patreon and help me keep this comic going! http://www.patreon.com/h0lyhandgrenade
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[As Maoists in India denounce India's claimed "democracy" as deceptive and fraudulent, the Indian state deploys nearly 150,000 troops, and moves hundreds of voting stations out of rebellious regions. See the following two reports from the mainstream Indian press. — Frontlines ed.]
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Hello Hwachongians! We, the 44th Students' Council, are proud to be officially invested as councillors and we look forward to serving you in the year ahead. We strive to do our best to improve your welfare and experiences in Hwa Chong. Now, please let us introduce ourselves so that you can get to know us better. Do approach anyone of us if you have any suggestions or requests to enhance your school life 🙂
The Executive Committee (ExCo)
Hey Hwa Chong, we are the Executive Committee (ExCo), the "bosses" who coordinate the work of the various Standing and Working Committees of Council. With our undying passion to serve, we lead the Council in making decisions, planning cool initiatives and organising fun events! Our genuine care for every councillor motivates us to create a warm environment for all councillors to work in, supporting them when they require assistance. The ExCo strives to empower the 44th Students' Council to soar to greater heights, in the interest of the school and for the welfare of the students.
President: Gui Ming Jiang
Vice-President: Chua Shitong Charmaine
General Secretaries: Mah Jun Fung, Keston, Ong Jie Min
Treasurer: Chua Chuan Yang
ECACO Chairperson: Gao Yiting
WelCo Chairperson: Yang Jia Wen, Joanna
SnR Chairperson: Kenneth Tan Zhe Kai
PubCo Chairperson: Seah Ziyi Alan
The Co-Curricular Activities Committee (ECACO)
The Co-Curricular Activities Committee (ECACO) strives to make every Hwa Chong student feel at home through forging a strong sense of school spirit. We hope to do so through supporting the school's Co-Curricular Activities, contributing to and promoting Hwa Chong's rich culture of song, dance and cheer (SODACHE) and providing opportunities to establish a strong school identity in school-wide events. As the 44th ECACO, we hope to inspire more students to love and appreciate the unique and vibrant culture of Hwa Chong. Most importantly, we want everyone to be able to have fun and enjoy their experiences at Hwa Chong!
Chairperson: Gao Yiting
Secretary-Treasurer: Chawisa Teansue
Song I/Cs: Ng Wan Qing Adele, Ong Yuan Hao
Dance I/Cs: Zhao Xiang Yu, Low Li Xian Kelly
Cheer I/Cs: Jiang Ling, Amanda Ng
CCA Public Relations Officer: Zhang Shenjia, Stephanie Tan Xin Yi
NSE Attaché: Mah Jun Fung, Keston
The Welfare Committee (WelCo)
Hey Hwa Chong! We are the 44th WelCo, a passionate group of people dedicated to improving your welfare. Some of the things we do include maintaining the Welfare Room and planning Welfare Initiatives. In our term ahead, we will do our utmost to understand your needs and strive to make school a happier place for all of you! 😊 Do look out for upcoming welfare initiatives, which will definitely make your school days brighter. Feel free to send in any feedback to us as well – because in WelCo, your welfare is our affair! Together, let's bring Hwa Chong to greater heights!🏔
Chairperson: Yang Jia Wen, Joanna
Secretary: Choo Ting Xuan
Treasurer: Goh Hui Min
Welfare Coordinator: Yin Kai Sheng Ashton, Lim Jun Kai Jordan, Wang Yiwei, Gu Yichen, Lim Kai Wen, Tan Yee Kiat Ryan
Sales Executive: Ryan Low Wen Jun, Li Yingming
NSE Attaché: Chua Chuan Yang
The Social and Relations Committee (SnR)
As its name suggests, the ever-friendly Social and Relations Committee seeks to build bonds and foster relations between students in the school. We work towards this goal through two main ways: Firstly, through the leadership of Faculty Heads, we seek to build a family within each of the respective faculties (Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Athena) while bonding all four faculties as one Hwa Chong. Secondly, Project Coordinators, who also serve as members of the Students' National Education Council and Green Council, carry out school-based initiatives. Working together, we strive to make school life more vibrant for all, and to forge a strong Hwa Chong spirit, where Hwa Chong can be a home for all to identify with.
Chairperson: Kenneth Tan Zhe Kai
Secretary-Treasurer: Tan Joy
Ares Faculty Heads: Joel Wong Hong Kiat, Priya Dharshini D/O Chockalingam
Apollo Faculty Heads: Soh Zhi Hong, See Sin Yee
Athena Faculty Heads: Dylan Wee Yang-Yi, Ryan Kang Bing Hui
Artemis Faculty Heads: Jonas Gng Rui Sheng, Hilary Mah Xin Yi
Green Council Coordinator: Ann Lee, Han Jiale
SNEC Coordinator: Chia Jia-En, Abbey Tan
NSE Attaché: Ong Jie Min
The Publications and Publicity Committee (PubCo)
We are the 44th Publications and Publicity Committee. In charge of all things publicity related, we are tasked with providing a face to everything Council does and we are passionate about making your school life more vibrant through our cool designs! Some other things we do include managing council's online platforms and Hwa Chong's Own Magazine (MOCH). Through HCunite, MOCH articles and #humansofhwachong, we aim to let the voices of Hwa Chong students be heard and to build up personal connections with the student body. Do check our online platforms regularly for content that will definitely bring a smile to your face. Together, as one PubCo, we promise to give our all, to reach out to you – the students – and to build a vibrant school environment for all students to enjoy.
Chairperson: Seah Ziyi Alan
Secretary-Treasurer: Edeline Tenges
Art Directors: Dominic Yap Wei Ting, Goo How-Zer, Jovan Lee Yuheng
IT Directors: Ow Zong Heng Adrian, Yang Chun Wei, Clio Chuang Chia Hsin
MOCH Coordinator: Teo Chee Hwee Cyril, Chew Kuo Loong Dragon
NSE Attaché: Chua Shitong Charmaine


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August 21st, 2012
August 21, 2012:
Maine Day at Fenway Slated for August 26th…
L.L.Bean and the Bootmobile Take the Field as Fenway Park Celebrates Maine Day on August 26th
This Sunday, August 26th the Boston Red Sox will recognize fans from the "Pine Tree State" as they host their annual Maine Day celebration at Fenway Park. Game time is 1:35pm.
Sponsored by L.L.Bean, the outdoor retailer and Fenway Park have teamed up to celebrate a century of America's favorite outdoor pastime, and to celebrate their collective 100th anniversaries in 2012.
To enhance the celebration, special happenings both inside the park and outside on Yawkey Way will include:
- The "Boot Cube" located in Wally's World featuring activities that demonstrate how much fun families can have in the outdoors and a chance to win special prizes.
- The L.L.Bean Bootmobile, a 13-foot-high, larger-than-life version of the outdoor retailer's most iconic product.
Fans that Tweet @LLBean with #MaineDay during the Red Sox game on August 26th will also have the chance to win one of the sold-out, limited edition Fenway Park Boat & Totes from L.L.Bean.
This limited edition tote, created in celebration of L.L.Bean and Fenway Park's 100th anniversaries, is made from the rain delay tarp used to protect the Fenway Park infield from the elements during the 2010 and 2011 baseball seasons. Only 2,012 totes were produced and each is individually numbered.
For more information about L.L.Bean and Fenway Park's 100th Anniversary visit here or here…


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August 7, 2013: The rebels have wisely kept open communications with minority communities in Syria and this has led to some pro-government militias disbanding. The SNC (Syrian National Council) is the main rebel political organization and it has to spend a lot of effort maintaining unity. The Kurds (ten percent of the population) are demanding more autonomy than many other SNC members are willing to approve. The Palestinians (1.7 percent of the population) is considered unreliable, although a large number of them are pro-rebel. Other minorities, like Turkmen (4 percent), Iraqis (4 percent), Assyrians (4 percent) and Druze (3 percent) have traditionally been well treated by the Assads, in return for loyalty. But many of the minority people are changing their minds. The main support of the government is based on religion. Some 75 percent of the population is Sunni Moslem. The Sunni have long been the main victims of the Assad dictatorship. Most of Syria's neighbors are Sunni, and this has kept anti-Assad attitudes alive. Now, all this hatred is coming out. Shia Moslems, dominated by Alawites (12 percent), with the remainder of the population Druze and Christians are generally considered the enemy by most Sunni Syrians. The Shia are particularly nervous, because the Sunni conservatives openly call Shia (particularly Alawites) heretics and subject to extermination. Even so some Shia, even some Alawites, now side with the rebels, despite trust issues. While the Islamic radical rebel groups consider all non-Sunnis as the enemy, the SNC takes a more tolerant view and had had some success in persuading minorities (even some Alawites) that a post Assad government would be inclusive and, yes, that would mean more fighting to deal with Sunni Islamic radical attempts to impose a religious dictatorship. Meanwhile the Islamic terror groups are useful, in a grim way, because they have increasingly used terror tactics on pro-Assad civilians, in some cases killing entire families.
Many American counter-terrorism experts believe that Syria will become a major terrorist threat as long as it is a magnet for Islamic terrorists from all over the world and that even if the Islamic radicals are not able to seize control of Syria once the Assad government falls, they will probably have part of the country and will be using that as a base for further attacks. Most of the neighbors (Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon) are already experiencing problems from Islamic terrorist groups in Syria. They expect this to get worse once the Assads are defeated.
The capture of a military airbase outside Aleppo means that the remaining troops in the city will come under even more pressure. Capturing all of Aleppo would be a major victory for the rebels who have been fought to a standstill in the last two months by the arrival of Lebanese Hezbollah reinforcements and Shia mercenaries recruited from Iraq and other countries by Iran. That has saved the Assad forces from collapse because the army and other security forces are suffering from morale problems after more than two years of rebel attacks. Most of the Assad forces are tied down guarding Damascus and surrounding areas in central Syria as well as the coastal area in the northwest. The rebels are dominant in the north (with the Kurds holding the northeast), the west and the southern border areas. As recent attacks along the coast demonstrated, the rebels can get into "government controlled" areas and launch attacks. This is especially true of the Islamic radical groups, who are into suicide attacks and doing whatever it takes to win.
In Lebanon Hezbollah is under more pressure, and public criticism, from the Christian and Sunni majority because of Hezbollah actively entering the Syrian civil war on the side of the dictatorship. Syria is hated by most Lebanese because Syria considers Lebanon a "lost province" and has never been shy about letting that be known. A new Syrian government will likely be friendlier towards Lebanon (if only because most Lebanese favor the rebels) and Hezbollah is seen as acting like a traitor to Lebanese independence by supporting the Syrian government. Christian leaders have usually been discreet in their public criticism of Hezbollah because that pro-Iranian organization has assassinated several outspoken Christian leaders. But now the public criticism is being heard again and Hezbollah leaders are the ones that are feeling fear.
On the Israeli border Israeli troops have noted less activity from the other side. The rebels appear to control most of the border and are not usually hostile to Israelis. This is largely due to Israeli pledges to respond with lots of force if there is any cross-border violence. On the Lebanese border Hezbollah gunmen have made it much more difficult to get weapons and other supplies into Syria for rebels close to the frontier.
August 6, 2013: In the capital a car bomb went off in a pro-Assad neighborhood, killing 18 and wounding 56. Most of the victims were Christians or Druze. This bomb hit about an hour after one (or perhaps two) large missiles hit a Palestinian refugee neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital. While the Assads have been good to the Palestinians over the decades, many of the younger Palestinians in Syria back the rebels and that has led to fighting in Palestinian neighborhoods.
For the second time in a week Jordanian police have arrested Syrians trying to smuggle weapons into Jordan. This shipment contained anti-tank missiles, surface-to-air missiles and assault rifles and was believed to be for Islamic radicals in Jordan who want to overthrow the monarchy (as they have been doing for decades). Five men were arrested when the weapons were seized. Jordan has allowed U.S. and Arab Gulf State weapons to be smuggled from Jordan into Syria and fears that some of these weapons are ending up with Islamic radical rebel groups that sell some of them to Islamic radicals inside Jordan.
Nearly two million Syrian refugees are living outside the country in UN camps. The UN is losing control of these camps as criminal gangs and Islamic radical groups are more active among the refugees. The gangsters steal foreign aid supplies and attack women while the Islamic radicals recruit teenagers for combat and terrorism. Organizing some kind of police force has been difficult, as it usually is in these (all-too-common) refugee camp situations. More ...
From Arab Saga we have this firsthand combat report:
Syrian rebel tanks roll into the frontline
Monday, 5 August 2013
I have seen tank kills by Syrian rebels using anti-tank guided missiles.I have also seen rebels driving away tanks captured from Syrian army facilities.But it is the first time I see rebels in a tank formation rolling into Reef Dimashq (see above my screen grabs from a video posted on YouTube yesterday afternoon).As I hinted in yesterday's post, the Syrian rebels seem to have seized back the military initiative, launching major offensives against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on several fronts.They used tanks and heavy artillery to advance to within 12 miles of the Assad family's mountain hometown of Qardaha in the province of Latakia, according to activists and human rights groups quoted by the Washington Post.Videos posted by rebel groups on YouTube showed tanks firing on mountain villages and rebel groups raising their flags over captured government positions in four villages belonging to members of Assad's minority Alawite-cum-Shiite sect.The Latakia Coordination Committee said scores of Alawites had fled from the countryside into the city.Charles Lister of IHS Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center said the scale of the offensive, which appeared to be the biggest yet in Assad's heartland, would come as a blow to the recent confidence displayed by the regime.
Rebels in the northern province of Aleppo are meanwhile pounding Aleppo's central prison ahead of storming it to free some 4,000 men and women being held there.
Aleppo's central prison under fire
They are also threatening to seize Nubl and Zahra, two Shiite villages loyal to Assad. Activists say Assad's allies, among them fighters from Iran and Hezbollah, had reinforced both villages.
The rebels had earlier revealed a list of six demands, including the surrender of Assad forces and their weapons, followed by a power sharing deal between the villagers and the rebels. More...
From Arab Saga we have this report of the oppositions advances in Latakia:
Syrian rebels push advance into Assad heartland
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Alawite cleric Ghazal in captivity (R) and earlier in military fatigue next to UralSyrian rebels are pushing toward President Bashar al-Assad's hometown of Qardaha in Latakia province.By Monday, the second day of their surprise offensive in the heartland of Assad's minority Alawite-cum-Shiite sect, the rebels had captured some 11 Alawite villages.The villages include Aramo, 20 kilometers from Qardaha, and Baruda, where the rebels seized visiting Alawite cleric Badreddin Ghazal, a diehard Assad militant.You can see above a photo of Sheikh Ghazal in military fatigue standing alongside Mihraç Ural aka Ali al-Kayyali, the man I dubbed in May "the ethnic cleanser of Banias," who was also suspected of masterminding the twin Turkish bombings in Reyhanli.There is already talk of a "prisoner swap" underway, which would see Ghazal released in exchange for setting free the women held by Assad's shabiha in Latakia's sports stadium."The rebels are not far from Qardaha, and the threat to Qardaha has moved from being conceivable to being a real one," Sheikh Anas Ayrout, a member of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) who is from the coastal city of Banias, told Reuters.Monzer Makhous, the SNC representative to France and future Syrian ambassador in Paris who belongs to the Alawite community, tells the leading Saudi daily Asharq Alawsat, "The Free Syrian Army's advance into the coastal region is vital, if only to prevent the regime from carving out a sectarian canton" there. More...


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- Students bringing in college credit (College in the Schools, AP) should NOT take the placement test; they should take the next level for which they received credit.
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All placement exams must be scheduled at least 24 hours prior to taking the exam by contacting the Administrative Assistant, Cory Funk at email@example.com or by phone 651-962-5150. When scheduling the placement test, students will need to provide their St. Thomas ID#.
All language placement exams consist of multiple choice questions with an hour time limit.
The language placement tests will be taken online in the Modern & Classical Languages Department testing room in OEC 320. Students must bring their St. Thomas ID with them to the appointment. As soon as students answer the last question on the exam they will know immediately the level of the language into which they placed, and will be able to register as soon as able to do so.
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DineL.A. is back and it's time to scour the menus of participating restaurants all over town. I've come up with some reasons to jet to a particular dining establishment near you, whether for lunch or for dinner. Some restaurants offer exclusive dishes to dineL.A., others are offering a particularly enticing lunch and/or dinner menu. There are also participants that might normally be out of your price range or sense of adventure, but dineLA might just be the right occasion to give them a try.
night market
Highlights from Los Angeles Food & Wine Asian Night Market
When you move apartments in the middle of Los Angeles Food & Wine weekend, you still make an effort to attend at least one session. It would be last Friday night's Asian Night Market in my case, and the results were pretty fantastic. The main venue of the event was a nice, less commercialized change-up from the Nokia Live Plaza venue of years past. Instead, we got to bite and sip in the foreground of Frank Gehry's beautiful Walt Disney Concert Hall, which did a lot to augment the classy feel of the series of tasting events (at least it did for the night I was able to attend).
My Top dineLA Restaurant Week Lunch Picks for Summer, 2013: July 15 – 26
This summer's dineLA Restaurant Week commences today and lasts 10 days – over two weekday stretches and one weekend. And since we've had a few of these by now, it's probably time we got smart on maneuvering through the multitude of menus. The trick with dineLA prix fixe is that it may get people through the door, but it may or may not be quite the deal you had in mind. The danger is that you might just be stuck with fewer, albeit recommended, choices for about the same price you'd normally pay.
May I propose lunch? They tend to be better deals than dinner – often true between both offerings of the same restaurant – because there's more incentive to increase lunch traffic with dinner reservations filling up more readily. So whether you've got a 9-5 in the area or are in a certain neighborhood for an audition or client appointment, there's probably a great dineLA power lunch strategy wherever you end up.
Five Upcoming Food & Drink Events You Won't Want to Miss
Now would be a great time to finally and formally introduce you to my "Upcoming Events" column over on the right (–>). It's but a few months old, but a great way to short-handedly let you know about the best things that are coming up as far as goings on in Los Angeles. It also means less pre-event write-ups, since you can get the skinny right in that column. (You're welcome.)
For now, though, I've anticipated a slew of food events in our beloved city – especially while everyone's trying to get everything wrapped up before the holidays. I believe the following, however, warrant special attention. Be sure to make your reservations & buy your tickets. Here they are, in order of date:
1. Now: LudoBites 10.0 Reservation Window Now Open (until 10:59 AM Thursday, November 29, 2012)
Right now we're in the middle of a 24-hour window that first opened at 11 AM PST. So until 10:59 AM tomorrow (Thursday, November 29), you'll get to enter the lottery for a reservation on one of 14 days (weekdays, December 4-21) of LudoBites 10.0 at Gram & Papa's in Downtown LA. No guarantees that any of you will actually GET a reservation, but all we can do is try, try, try, right? (No seriously – don't submit that form twice. It will make Krissy very mad. Just once, guys.) Protip: To increase your chances of getting a reservation, be sure to be as available as possible, since you have to fill out your available days and time slots. Or maybe that was obvious.
And if you don't know what LudoBites is, by now, I'm afraid I can't help you…or can I?
Night + Market: The Best Happy Hour On Sunset Strip
I met a good friend of mine after he got off work on his vocational side of town, the famous and infamous Sunset Strip. I had heard about Night + Market, the adjacent room to Talesai whereby Chef Kris Yenbamroong is serving up campy (code for "street") Thai food, and I was eager to get an introduction to this night spot by trying out their Happy Hour.
The decor, however, is far from it (it's way more Sunset Blvd), and you'll find yourself with plenty of natural sunlight invading the concrete-floored space if you visit during their opening hours – that is, Happy Hour (6 – 8 PM daily or all night Wednesday) this summer. Each plate is $5 and drinks include beer, wine, a Lychee Martini and a Mekong Old-Fashioned (again with lychee) at reasonably discounted prices.
All fried food came out piping hot and therefore fried-to-order, which was really important in maintaining the quality of the bites. My favorites? The pig tail (kind of a mis-placed pork belly since the meat has the same texture and consistency) and the chicken wings. Your server will ask you how spicy you want the dipping sauce for your wings (and be subsequently surprised if you say, "hot").
Never fear, though, if you order the Papaya Salad. It's a delicious and refreshing reprieve from all that hot sauce and fried food. The Pork Satay Skewers were also really good, tender and flavorful – and come through with 4 skewers in all.
I went with the Mekong Old Fashioned, which, I had to try but was proved right when I suspected it might be a little sweet. There was lychee in it but not much alcohol; my recommendation would be to get a carafe of wine to share or the large sized beer.
Still, though, I loved the value of Night + Market Happy Hour. Indeed, I'm curious to go back and go for a full-blown dinner with some friends. The environment is contemporary (apparently, this also signifies communal seating) and the music selection was actually impressive. Zola Jesus!
Remember, if you have a hard time finding it, you have to enter through Talesai. The doorway is on the right. And be aware that they may not have everything even on Happy Hour menu – as we would've surely had the Fried Salmon Head had we had the chance. But the selections on that menu were all solid, so we were very much happy with our experience. We came out with $27 per person after tax and before tip when all was said and done.
Reading this before Friday, July 15th, 2011 at 11 AM? Be sure to grab this free Blackboard Eats code, which wouldn't apply to the Happy Hour but would be a great opportunity to get a free bottle of wine for your party as well as a small plate per person. It's quite a steal (and a good reason for me to go back as mentioned earlier)!
Open nightly
Happy Hour: 6 – 8 PM Daily, All night Wed's
Night + Market
(Enter through Talesai)
9043 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Garden Market Thursdays With A View at Yamashiro
Do you have a regular 9-5 that makes you unable to make it to the daytime weekday farmer's market in the neighborhood? Looking for an outdoor rendezvous with a view that makes it possible to simultaneously support local growers and vendors? Never considered farmer's markets especially romantic (well – why would you)?
The Thursday night Yamashiro Garden Market may be your answer – especially as our "Spring Forward" daylight savings comes up this weekend, thereby making our days longer as the temps get warmer. Last night my girlfriend accompanied me as we visited the second-ever Garden Market on the Yamashiro ("mountain palace" in Japanese) grounds above Franklin Avenue and met up with Lindsay and Julie of LAist. While the Hollywood and Highland traffic may affect your journey there, once you're on the hill, all traffic will seem miles (ok, at least a mile) away. It's a quaint space with hands-down the best view you will ever see at a market and the budding weekly gathering seemed to be well on its way to being a go-to Thursday event.
Worried about parking? Valet with Garden Market validation will run you only $2 – plus tip, of course. Not bad – especially by Hollywood standards.
You even have the option to come hungry without expecting to have to shell out major Yamashiro-level dough. The restaurant provides hot food, with your choice of two black cod, korean shortrib or duck tacos which come with chips and salsa (even wasabi guacamole) for $6. Or get 3 tacos for $9. Executive Chef Brock Kleweno served them up himself last night. The black cod tacos were the hands-down favorite in my group – even though I had forgone them since I coincidentally had black cod for lunch. What are the chances? The wasabi guac was another favorite – not exactly sinus-clearing but I always love guac with a little punch.
Eight words: Bulgarini Goat Cheese Gelato with embedded cocoa nibs. Do also try the Blood Orange for that tart craving. Unfortunately, I had been looking forward to olive oil gelato thanks to a Twitter convo that had been happening over the past few days, but it wasn't available last night so now I have another reason to return.
I spent the most time at the stand featuring Spring Hill Cheese, whose creamery is located in Petaluma, and walked away with garlic cheese curds ($5). Also in attendance was J&P West Coast Seafood from San Pedro,  the Breadman, Ace Ranch Certified Organic Producer, Klauses Bees' Raw Honey, Gourmet Blends' Barrel-Aged Organic Balsamics & Oils and Cobbler Mania amongst other local producers and vendors.
A live jazz band successfully provided a festive atmosphere in spite of the still-growing attendance. I can see only more people venturing uphill for the unique experience and view that is the Garden Market as the days get longer and the temps get warmer. What's key: Their outdoor event liquor license is on the way. 😉
Valet $2 with validation
Garden Market at Yamashiro
1999 N. Sycamore Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90068


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