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Where to eat on a Saturday Night for 20 somethings?
Hi guys!
my friends and i are visiting San Francisco and are completely overwhelmed by all the restaurants!
Where would one suggest a group of 23-25 year olds go eat dinner? Price isn't too big of a concern, as long as its under 30$ a dish it'd be fine.
Somewhere cool and exciting would be great =) Or somewhere that serves soem nice alcoholic libations =P
Hi, Clayfu,
I would definitely head for the Mission. I particularly like Foreign Cinema, but there are lots of good options in the area.
I concur--the mission is a great place to visit for 20 somethings. I'm thinking Little Star pizza or Range. You should get a reservation at Range if you want to go there, though.
Other fun places in the Mission for a group-
Last Supper Club
Foreign Cinema- agreed
Bar Bambino- new, nice patio in back
Just up the street from Bar Bambino- very hidden is Pinks, fun for dancing.
re: Lori SF
I'd give a vote to the Mission as well simply for the transportation options (BART (www.bart.gov) or bus lines so you don't have to drive. There are so many food options that if one is too busy you can find another one a block away. Plus, it's wildly popular with folks your age.
Ti Couz Creperie
3108 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Last Supper Club (CLOSED
)1199 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Velvet Cantina
3349 23rd St, San Francisco, CA 94110
2351 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Cha Cha Cha
2327 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
2522 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Bissap Baobab
2323 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
re: 5 and Dime Eater
cha cha cha has a parking lot right next to it =)
how's the crowd at medjool???
re: kinipela
The crowd is what you would expect at a trendy hot-spot, it's the food that sucks.
re: kinipela
Cha Cha Cha's food is pretty bad, too...
re: 5 and Dime Eater
5 and dime Eater that is a perfect list for the 20 something.... any one of those places they should have lots of fun.
cha cha cha is better on Haight food wise.
re: Lori SF
Thanks Lori. Just to be clear for clayfu - many of those places don't have great or 'houndy food but do have good 'scenes' and are otherwise near (other) bars. Ti Couz might be my favorite of the batch.
My experience - that I can remember - is that it's mostly about the company and the quality of the cocktails. Good food is important but when you're with a group of friends it may be secondary.
Here's one more:
Luna Park
694 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110
re: clayfu
The Mission is a district within San Francisco like the Castro, North Beach, the Sunset, etc. My friends (also 20-somethings) go there fairly often to go bar hopping.
re: adrienne156
Oh, and Fussy's recommendation for the Marina is also a great one. I've never been to Betelnut, but the bars out there are fun.
re: adrienne156
how far is Mission from the financial district? (clay/kearney)
re: clayfu
A short (10-15 min on a weekend night?) cab ride. I'm not totally sure as I tend to drive in from the east bay... But, definitely NOT walking distance.
re: clayfu
Are you ok with public transportation? It's an easy, quick ride on BART to 16th/Mission. Walk straight up to Valencia and everything's on your left.
re: Frosty Melon
yeah i dont mind taking public trans, something i am wholely unfamiliar with in San Diego/LA but i have survived NYC on many the occasion =P.
Thanks for the Transportation advice, my gf has this insane idea that SF is only 7 miles SQ so she thinks everything is close and in walking distance ><
re: clayfu
It is 7 SQ by 7 SQ, so 49 SQ. You can actual walk quite a bit of the city during the daytime but there are areas you want to be careful in at night - just aware is all. Definitely recommend Nopa - good call dinnerout! Mamacita would also be a fun spot, it's in the Marina and as others have recommended there are a lot of young fun bars in that area that you could walk to, and it's a very safe neighborhood. Another recommendation - Salt House has a really fun scene and is next door to a club. Osha Thai on Union also has a great scene. Have a great trip!
Even though the food has gone slightly downhill, I'd say betelnut has the atmosphere you're looking for. Great drinks, full of twenty somethings and close to lots of popular bars. This is in the part of SF known as the Marina.
Luna Park and Slow Club both have good food and a great atmosphere with full bar. They are in the Mission, well Slow Club I guess is in Potrero Hills which is near the mission.
Aziza serves great food and is a fun place, but in the richmond district which is kind of far from downtown.
Foreign Cinema and Limon are great options as well, two of my favorites in SF.
Have Fun!!!
2030 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94123
Luna Park
694 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110
I'd suggest Nopa - good food, great cocktails! There isn't too much else around it so it kind of depends on whether or not you are looking for a neighborhood where you can wander a bit and find some bars and that kind of thing. Someone else suggested Betelnut, which is on Union Street - technically Cow Hollow. There are a number of places you can wander through there. Same for Chestnut St. - you can try to get into A16 for Italian. Polk St. also has a bunch of bars and restaurants - though I don't know if they are quite the style of folks in their early 20s.
re: dinnerout
Nopa is an awesome suggestion.
Another fun area with lots of fun bars and some good restaurants is North Beach. You can find good Italian food at Panta Rei, Trattoria Contadina and Caffe Macaroni, some other hounds can list their favs. Fun bars are grant and green, savoy tivoli, Northstar Bar and O'rileys. I used to like the chill and relaxed bar scene in N. Beach, it's not at all as trendy/hip as the Marina. Pretty safe area, loaded with people Thurs-Sat. And if you need a post bar snack hit up Golden Boy pizza for a slice.
O'Reilly's Irish Bar & Restaurant
622 Green St, San Francisco, CA 94133
1434 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Grant & Green Saloon
1371 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Golden Boy Pizza
542 Green St, San Francisco, CA 94133
Panta Rei Cafe
431 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133
Trattoria Contadina
1800 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
Caffe Macaroni Sciue Sciue
124 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94111
North Star Cafe
1560 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94133
re: Fussy Foodie
Ohhh interesting. Thanks for all the varying opinions so far guys very very helpful!
i think the everyoen gave great recs =)
the mission is great.. i love the different tapas style restaurants that are there.. very lively... don't worry if the streets itself seem a bit deserted... once u go inside the restaurants, they are usually pretty lively and popping....
the marina has great places too... great bars too.. my only thing is that parking here SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS... so while i like it out there, i tend not to go because of the lack of parking.. and well.. i'm not from city, so the idea of making a whole bunch of connections is a bit.. well.. blah for me...
north beach has really good food. i really like cafe jacqueline for souffles.. the parking here isn't as bad... but ur lucky to find street parking....
i tend to like to do progressive-type dinners and go somewhere in the city for the meal, then dessert, then drinks... it's fun...
i would be wary abotu the walking.. only 'cause if the girls in ur group will be wearing cute heels, their feet will HURT from some of the hills...
i do like aziza like someone mentioned... and i know i will get cursed, but i also like first crush... in the union square area... some folks think it's mediocre and over priced.. but i had a great time when i was there with friends...
there's also that one bar zebulon and osha thai (i do like this place)... and for chinese, nothing quite beats SGV, but in sf, i enjoy rg lounge....
re: kinipela
So there are three distinct areas (i was getting confused)
The mission
The Marina
North Beach?
Just trying to make it clear for myself.
re: clayfu
No, the entire city is separated into different districts, the ones mentioned so far tend to be the most frequented for bars or restaurants... They're more scene if that makes sense...
re: clayfu
yup... adrienne is right =)... if you think ny with all their buroughs, you are on the right track... city is divided up into their different neighborhoods... and the beauty of it is that each neighborhood has it food gems =)
i enjoy SoMA- south of market for food/clubs... i like fringale, which is a great french restaurant... then also in SoMA is zebulon, thirsty bear, etc...
the mission has medjool--> i've always wanted to try this out... and GREAT tapas-style restaurants and yummy sangria. it's know for it's latin cuisine...
the marina- i fin it to be a "i'm too sexy for my shirt" kinda crowd, but they have a decent peruvian restaurant, the bars have good drinks, BAD parking.. i don't even know where the lots are. there's an inside joke re the marina safeway.. anyway i digress...
north beach is known for it's italian cuisine.. and has good bars... i enjoy the drinks at dragon bar...
the filmore: known for it's jazz has places like rassela's which serves ethopian and also has lots of live music venues....
there's also the haight, where there is a neighborhood noodle place which is always packed... it's across from that one bead store, but i forgot the name. but the noodle place that i'm talking about is always so very crowded and it's really nice.. but it's so loud you can't hear your dinner companions...
union square is a nice area too.. but i find it to be catered more towards tourists, although they have great places there to eat too =) the old emporium capwell's mall has a whole new slew of restaurants... i haven't gotten anything from there though except for gelato and tea.. which btw was very delicious...
and there's always fisherman's wharf/pier 39... i personally don't like to eat there, but it's fun to walk around. and if you have never had clam chower in a sourdough bowl or shrimp cocktail on the wharf, it's ok to do once in your life... it's not amazing... BUT the experience can be fun with the right people.. besides, there's a little penny arcade nearby that is always very very fun =)
i hope i dind't confuse you further!!! =) and BRING A SWEATER!!!! the bay has so many micro climates... it'll be like 20 degrees COLDER in the city than other places in the bay... =/
I don't know anything about its food, but definitely go to the Supper Club for cocktails.
re: KathyM
Some reports:
A16, nopa, Range, Slanted Door, terzo would all fit the bill.
Not quite as "young" but Aziza, Delfina would be good ideas
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Explore the history of race, religion and identity in Britain through exhibitions, museum event listings, features, news and web resources collected from museums, archives and historic sites across the UK.
May Day in Berlin, Palestinian uprisings and Putin protests: Disobedient Objects at the V&A
The art of protest is played out across 99 objects in the V&A's new exhibition, from the Congo and China to Texas and South Africa. Christian Engel takes a look.
Buddha exhibition shows incredible journeys at Cambridge Museum of Archaeology
A new exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge, Buddha's Word, unites expertise in history, art, history, anthropology and linguistics.
Thierry Noir, first artist to paint on the Berlin Wall, has first solo show in London exhibition
In 1984, French artist Thierry Noir settled in a squat overlooking the Berlin Wall at the border. Thirty years on, his works are about to arrive in London.
Handwritten tales of 18th century English convicts who fled across Australia revealed
The amazing stories of James Martin and his eight fellow prisoners, whose daring escape from New South Wales crossed uncharted territories, has been revealed to the public.
Royal Albert Memorial Museum explores sexuality through the Wellcome Collection
From phalluses to ivory oriental clams, the Sex and History project in Exeter will hope to get people talking about sexual attitudes when it opens a new display next month.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, bake-offs and reggae: The Chocolate Museum is one
DJ sets in praise of Brixton follow a day of family activities and the opening of a moving new exhibition at The Chocolate Museum, celebrating a sweet opening year.
International Slavery Museum to welcome Jamaican canoe in symbol of slave trade
Jamaican artist Laura Facey's five metre-long canoe, filled with a resin mini-army of 1,357 enslaved Africans, will become a powerful installation in Liverpool in 2014.
Ancient texts from Bodleian and Vatican Libraries available to view online
A four-year agreement will allow treasures from the Bodleian and Vatican Libraries' collections of Greek, Hebrew and early printed biblical texts to be viewed free online.
Curator's Choice: Hopi pots and Zulu skirts for Takeover Day 2013 at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum
One lucky group will get to discover a pot made by native Americans and a glass skirt worn by a Zulu woman as part of the annual Takeover Day in Scotland. Curator Michael McGinnes - the Keeper of the ......
Durham archaeology team re-dates Buddha's birthday after Lumbini shrine dig in Nepal
Discovering timber structures at the Nepalese pilgrimage site, archaeologists from Durham and Nepal may have predated the Buddha's life to the sixth century BC.
Anniversary show looks into lives of refugees in celebration of British Red Cross
Refugee artists offer a journey into the world of the displaced with an innovative multimedia show celebrating 150 years of humanitarian aid.
Arsenal and Spurs to David Baddiel and Frank Skinner: Jewish Museum's Four Four Jew
From Ronny Rosenthal and David Pleat to David Cameron's views on contentious terms and the rise of Sunday football, the Jewish Museum's new show is all about the game.
The Culture24/7: Top history exhibitions for September 2013 in our heritage round-up
Heritage Open Days, the opening of the Ashmolean's new museum in a Cotswold village and the opening season at the Library of Birmingham catch the eye this month.
Royal Air Force Museum calls for personnel memories in Pilots of the Caribbean exhibition
Curators want personnel to supply stories and photographs ahead of an exhibition looking at the part played by Afro-Caribbean members of the Royal Air Force.
Sikh Fortress Turban: A British Museum Tour at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
A beautiful and fearsome turban, worn during the mid-19th century and featuring a British Army badge, takes its conical powers to Coventry.


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Soooo many options and thoughts going on today. I've really been doing a ton of thinking. Time to spill them all out?
People. Part of me feels like I wouldn't be like this had I been so influenced by others. The other part of me feels like this is me, that my depression will never go away. As if it's who I am and there's no hope to getting better. I haven't figured it out just yet. The more I think about how my life would be like without all of the unnecessary negativity, the countless times of people lowering my self esteem, the drama, the lost hope. I feel as if I'd still turn out the same. If it really is me, is there really any hope to be as happy as I used to be? I'll tell you this, depression was never in my vocabulary before 2012 happened. I miss it.
Then there's that thought of well, what if the people around me were the cause of my depression? And there is hope. Do I cut out all of my emotions, attachments, and relationships? Is that what brought me down so low? Or do I keep pretending that there's nothing wrong with me? If I stop pretending and become a bitter person that I truly am on the inside I honestly don't think I'd hurt so much anymore. Things would be so honest and true. Yet, I'd probably be more lonely than ever. No one wants to deal with me when I'm like that. No one wants to hang around a person like that. Or maybe it'd be an intervention sort of thing where I just let go for a few weeks until I start letting the happiness in. Sort of like a emotional cleanse. What people don't know about me, I'm honestly quite a religious person. It's part of the reason why I haven't slit my throat already. This intervention thing could involve my religion and I'd pray more. Might even be happier. Does this sound like a plan? I think so. I really don't want to feel like this anymore. No one should live like this. Especially with all of the stress happening right now as well. I think I've got a plan.


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Dr. Olajide Williams is on a mission to save lives.
With over two million teenagers at risk of developing diabetes and roughly $1.6 billion spent annually to market junk food to kids, our nation's future is in severe risk of a continued health decline.
Dr. Williams knows he is fighting an uphill battle but his creativity may lead to a breakthrough in the fight against youth obesity.
With the help of rapper Doug E. Fresh, the Human Beat Box, Dr. Williams created Hip Hop Public Health. Utilizing music as an educational tool, Dr. Williams and his team use hip-hop to educate children in New York City to stroke concepts, symptoms, to immediately call 9-1-1.
Organizations such as JP Morgan Chase and the Health and Hospitals Corporation have backed the program with $25,000 donations.
At least two children who have participated in the program saved a person's life after witnessing someone experiencing a stroke and immediately calling 9-1-1.
Fast Company named Dr. Williams one of their "100 Most Creative People in Business" with the growing success of Hip Hop Public Health. In 2011, 8,000 New York City public school children participated in the program and in 2012, the team expanded efforts to Washington, D.C.
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Early 20th century project: Some composers
Stravinsky: The Great Ballets: Firebird, Petroshka, Rite of Spring (Haitink/London Philharmonic), Apollo (Markevitch/London Symphony)
The riot was Nijinsky's fault. Stravinsky's work is continuous with the classical tradition — no less a populist than Disney knew this. What's worth celebrating about Stravinsky is the way he uses rhythm. We populists are down with the beat as liberation, though Stravinsky addressed the dangers of this more than most. He makes the drama of the beat explicit.
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (Roger Desormiere); Orchestral Music (Haitink/van Beinum/Concertgebouw); Preludes, Books 1 & 2 (Krystian Zimerman)
Debussy was nothing if not versatile, in moods as well as forms. The Preludes show off all kinds of different ideals of beauty, cerebral and spiritual and erotic (what, you don't think "La Fille aux cheveux de lin" is wet-dreamy?) Of the rest, my favourite is the mythology-free La Mer. How much worse would movie soundtracks be without him?
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier highlights (Haitink/Dresden)
Strauss loved to torture tenors, but it's better for everyone when he writes his male lead for a woman.
Bartok: The 6 String Quartets (Emerson Quartet)
Number four, with its slap-happy allegretto pizzicato, and number five, arched around the Bulgarian-timed scherzo, are the essentials.
Five (hardcore) bands that before last week I only knew a few singles from
Black Flag: The primary reason they spawned a scene was their guitar sound: dense, aggressive, dissonant. Then Greg Ginn discovered that free jazz could be dense, aggressive, and dissonant, so why not adopt free jazz technique. Which was a mistake only as much as hiring Henry Rollins was a mistake. Great songs: "TV Party", "Six Pack", "Louie Louie", "Annihilate This Week".
Dead Kennedys: Jello Biafra is full of shit, which arguably sharpened his satire of others who are full of shit, like yuppies and Jerry Brown. Unfortunately he soon convinced his band to be full of it as well. Great songs: "California Uber Alles", "Holiday in Cambodia".
Minor Threat: Ian MacKaye is certainly not full of shit, which his band could only put up with for so long. Eventually he formed a better, shit-free band, so happy ending. Great songs: "Think Again", "In My Eyes".
Bad Brains: The only one of the bands considered here whose palette expansion paid off. not a coincidence that they had the soundest rhythm section. The trick is to start from jazz, not finish there. Great songs: "Pay to Cum", "Joshua's Song", "I Against I".
Flipper: Generic enough for a whole bunch of punks (e.g. one Cobain, K.) to follow them toward metal. That metallers didn't flock to punk in turn is regretted by no one. Great songs: "Sex Bomb", "Ha Ha Ha", "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", "Life", "Way of the World".
Artist of the week: Todd Rundgren
While Something/Anything?, Rundgren's one album with a hit rate high enough to accumulate goodwill, towers over everything else he ever did, that doesn't mean it has most of his good songs. His major problem during his peak was quality control: the gems were outnumbered by the generic, and he wasn't an original enough lyricist or singer to get away with generic.
Twenty favourites (including his pre-solo Philadephians pretending to be Londoners trying to sound American group, Nazz):
- I Saw the Light
- Couldn't I Just Tell You
- Hello It's Me (Something/Anything? version)
- Nazz: Open My Eyes
- I'm in the Clique
- Parole
- Heavy Metal Kids
- Love of the Common Man
- It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
- Onomatopoeia
- Nazz: See What You Can Be
- Bang the Drum All Day
- We Gotta Get You a Woman
- Piss Aaron
- Izzat Love?
- International Feel
- It Takes Two to Tango
- Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel
- A Dream Goes on Forever
- Nazz: Rain Rider
The Obligatory Spotify Playlist omits the Nazz songs.
Albums in order of preference:
- Something/Anything?
- (big gap)
- (seriously, nothing else is close)
- Todd
- Nazz
- A Wizard, a True Star
- Runt
- The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
- Hermit of Mink Hollow
- Faithful
- Nazz Nazz
For further research: Synth-prog ain't my bag, so someone else can work through Utopia's catalog.


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5 Big Stocks to Trade for Gains This Week
Homebuilders have been on fire for the last year, and Lennar (LEN) is a perfect case in point: shares of the $8 billion company have doubled in the last 12 months. So the question now is whether there's still room for a profit in LEN -- and sources point to "yes."
>>5 S&P 500 Stocks Poised for Stellar Sales Growth in 2013
Lennar spent most of the final quarter of 2012 forming a bullish ascending triangle pattern, a price setup that's formed by a horizontal resistance level above shares and uptrending support below them. As shares bounce in between those two price levels, they're getting squeezed closer and closer to a breakout above resistance; when it happens, we've got a buy signal. For Lennar, that happened as soon as the calendar flipped over to 2013.Since then, shares have consolidated sideways, throwing back to test newfound support just below $40. Yesterday's push above Lennar's throwback high is basically a secondary buy signal for shares. Yes, you miss out on a couple of points by entering here, but the probability of more upside is magnified by the buying pressure that just got verified at $40. I'd recommend keeping a protective stop at the 50-day moving average if you decide to jump in here. Lenna was also featured recently in " 5 Stocks Set to Soar on Bullish Earnings."
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LOVE this look for fall! throw on a great pair of tights and some boots and its ready for.a chilly day. :)
Its grocery shopping week!! While I was online scouring for coupons I found this great link on FrugalLiving.about.com about the best time most products. The list has everything from fruit, to bathing suits, to furniture! Everything is listed by its best purchase month! Hope this helps all of my frugal fashionistas out there!
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I made mine with strawberry&pineapple but with no herbs (mainly because I need to stock up on groceries lol). It was perfect for my after workout reward. It was so much better, refreshing and satisfying than a sugar-free popsicle (my usual treat).
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The Echo Nest Announces $17 Million Financing and Welcomes Jeff Crowe
July 12, 2012
We're pleased to announce a new round of funding led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation of our excellent existing investors Michael Brown, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Fringe Partners, Matrix Partners and Jim Pallotta.
We also want to welcome Jeff Crowe from Norwest to our Board of Directors. Jeff brings a wealth of experience helping data-driven companies build great products and big businesses. Jeff's also from originally from West Roxbury, so he's a Boston sports fan… which helps.
With this latest round of funding, we're planning to keep making it happen as the most important "big data" company in music. In addition to growing our sales and marketing with a focus outside of the U.S., we'll be using the financing to help music apps better understand you. Expect a whole lot of new capabilities released around our Taste Profile data service over the next few months. We got started today with the new release of Taste Profile Similarity and gave the world a sneak peak of Brian's research around music taste and affinity prediction.
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by Brian Ray • December 27, 2013 • 0 Comments
I started my day with apologies to Steve for missing last Friday. Steve is a ministry leader in global humanitarian support. Today we talked about the need for funding the work of ministry. We discussed how to find donors who want to support our ministries. We confess our frustrations and fears. We explore how...Read more →


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We know he's not supposed to come till later tonight. But earlier today Valley News teams Eric Crest and photo journalist Dylan Jacobson started their own personal quest looking everywhere for Santa Claus. Unfortunately, they couldn't find him. But they did find the some folks handing out gifts that you probably wouldn't expect.
Today members of the West Fargo police had a pursuit of a different kind. They weren't pounding on doors trying to find trouble makers, they were looking for kids on the good list.
"We're here to hand out some presents you want some presents." Said officer Cody Beilke of the West Fargo Police department as he found a couple of kids that made it on his good list.
The children on the receiving end didn't know what to make of a cop that was looking for them. Mathew Severson says he was excited to see them, but not initially,"I was nervous at first because I thought we did something bad."
His mother Kristi Severson felt similar to her son at first too, "I was like oh my god what'd we do. I was like I didn't do nothing. Ha ha ha! It shocked me!"
Officer Beilke says when fellow officers and him go knocking on doors they often get that sort of reaction, "most of the time they're pretty surprised! The kids really enjoy it, the parents are usually surprised because when people see the police they think the worst right away. But it turns out to be a pleasant thing and it makes people happy."
Fargo, West Fargo, and the Cass County Sheriff's office were all out today. Trying to find kids that kept their nose clean throughout the year. They couldn't get to everybody, but for those that they could track down, it was a little Christmas Eve treat.
"They brought in a bunch of presents and I was surprised. I got a foosball table!" Says Mathew.
While you might think the last person to seek out the good kids would be the police. It's the kids, that knew the cops were the good guys all along. "I always thought they were good guys, now I even think they're even better." says Mathew.
While his mother, Kristi is just grateful that police take time out of their holiday, to go the extra mile for local kids; "they actually care you know, that's really truly thoughtful of them."
The West Fargo officers handed out over 30 presents today. They found kids all over town and it wasn't limited to West Fargo. The Fargo Police Department was out late this afternoon too, you might have seen Mr. and Mrs. Claus riding around in a vintage 1967 Chevy police cruiser. It wasn't Santa, it was actually Deputy Chief Pat Claus and his wife, Officer Claus.


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Birthday Gift Alternative — How About Money?
Our little guy just turned 7 and his birthday party is coming up in a few days. In an effort to keep the proverbial mountain of gifts down to the size of a molehill this year, we are trying out what we call in our neck of the woods a "toonie party".
Each guest has been given the option of bringing three 2-dollar coins (toonies) instead of a gift. From each participant, he will put one coin in his savings account, give one coin to the charity of his choice, and spend one coin on a birthday gift for himself. (Of course this could be modified to use any currency or denomination.)
It's been tempting to try the "no gift" route especiallly because it feels a little tacky to ask for money. But I know that I feel uncomfortable showing up to a party without anything in hand and hope that this is a good option for most guests. As a bonus, we think this is a chance to highlight to our boy, those two other important things to do with money besides simply spending it: saving and giving.
For other gift alternatives check out previous posts An Alternative to the No Gift Birthday Party and Gifts for Kids that Don't Involve "Stuff".
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Um, that's the BEST IDEA EVER! I've never heard of that even though I'm Canadian (probably because I don't have kids yet!), but that seems like a really super great idea and instills good morals! I'm totally stealing that idea for when I have kids and they're old enough to appreciate the lessons!
I grew up doing this with my allowance each week (at the time, my college fund served as the charity...haha) and have been trying to instigate it as a Christmas tradition in my family for the longest time! It hasn't caught on, yet.
What a great idea for a party!
I wish there were toonies here in the States -- it's really the perfect amount to give a kid. There is very little they want that can't be purchased for $2!
I don't know. I think it's tacky to make people pay to come to a party.
Even if it's "optional" they'll feel awkward.
Just...couldn't do it...
I have a hard enough time saying no, gifts please.
We have "no gifts" parties, and it works well.
If you usually have no-gift parties, then the springing of this toonie idea may seem really weird to your usual coterie.
No-gift parties are rare for my kid's school, so you know what? Parents would have spent $XX but can instead just bring coins -- what's the harm in it?! The parents are not paying to go to a party, or do you seriously think buying gifts are paying to go to a party? When we get invited, we buy a gift whether or not we're attending, so no, I don't pay to go to a party.
I think the awkwardness in mentioning gifts in a party invitation comes from the host inviting everyone and their mother to the parties. Recently I ran into a girl that I hadn't seen since high school at the store and she mentioned her son's first birthday invitation was on it's way. (I didn't even know she had a son!) A few days later she requested me as a friend on facebook and also sent me a message inviting me and my mom to the party. The invitation also said, "No gifts please, only giftcards" as they were moving to Alaska. At this point I thought that she only invited me to get a present out of me. If I hadn't run into her at the store would I have to get her a gift??
However, when a party consists of close, personal friends, why not make gift specifications? I always appreciate the opportunity to give to my friends and it would be nice to give them something they want rather then have to guess.
Another simpler version that I have heard of is that all the guest contribute just $2, which the birthday boy or girl uses to buy one big(ger) gift for themselves. Solves the problem of too many presents and is nice and cheap for the guests.
I guess it skips the lessons on saving/charity but there are other times for that (donating unwanted toys or saving money from relatives etc.).
Personally I don't think guests should have to contribute money just so your child gets to save a bit or give it to charity.
or you could just choose a charity and have people donate in your son's name. When I did this for my daughter, she got cards indicating that people donated, so we were able to send thank yous. And she got a handful of gifts from close friends/family, so she still had something to open when she got home. Opening gifts at parties is soooo boring, anyway.
I LOVE this idea! In our neighborhood, we've also done book exchange parties... kids come with a wrapped book and every child leaves with a wrapped book as well. Solves the gift/no gift dilemma and also means no one has to deal with the "party favor" bags o' plastic bits...
I understand No Gifts Please for a big party.
But No Gifts Please, Just Gift Cards is such plain rude.
Its also important to teach a kid how to accept a gift with some gratitude!
I think stating "no gifts please" or suggesting specific gifts is distasteful. I invite people to my kids' parties because they are significant to my children or our family. I don't feel it is appropriate to obligate them in any way with a suggested gift or insisting they don't give at all. Let them decide.
When I've given monetary gifts, I usually spring for $2 bills. The kids probably haven't seen them much (or at all) and since they have that quality of being "special" they are apt to save them.
I plan on doing something similar with my (future) children's allowance... splitting it into equal 3rds for themselves, savings, and charity. I think its a great lesson for kids, although I don't know how I feel about translating it into a birthday party. It seems strange to ask for money.
If I was to ever do request something 'in lieu of gifts..." it will be books.


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Connectedness, Openness, and Evolution in a Learning Space
Over the summer and fall of 2013 we will be actively writing papers and developing new presentations to help communicate what we have learned about DL1. We will update this page periodically as new content becomes available.
The following Keynote presentations were developed in Spring 2013 to accompany live presentations. We hope they will be informative even in the absence of the presenter's extemporaneous narrative.
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DL1 – A Connected, Open, and Evolving Learning Environment
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Teaching and Learning in DL1


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a lunch what....
This is could prove to be interesting. What I want to know is how any of you get called out to fix problems during your lunch break? This includes the 'I know you are having lunch but....' intrusions by staff and other things that mean you do not get a full lunch periodas you are entitled too.
a lunch what....
danrhodes (8th July 2009)
Yes, everyday - lunch for me lasts about 10 mins - eat my lunch then back in the office. Or if I have not been spoken to at lunch then it's whatever turns up.
Still I do have a few coffee breaks in the morning and afternoon........
Goes with the territory and the staff are all too willing to contact us during dinner time.
What can you do as we are a service the only thing we do is stagger our dinner times to cover each other so we can actually get our dinner.
I usually get about 15 minutes sitting down eating (I have school lunch), but would struggle to take any more. Those 15 minutes are regularly interrupted... if I don't have to leave the table, I'm answering questions or making notes on what I'll need to add to my list.
We lunch as a 'team' at approx 1:15 in the staffroom, away from the office. Our experience has been that we are less likely to be interrupted when sat together, engaged in conversation. The site manager usually joins us too.
It doesn't always work though, especially when SMT need help.
Yup, it's sods law as soon as I putting a sanwich in my mouth someone appears at the door. The boss is pretty cool though if he see's I'm eating he will speak to whoevers turned up, but if there's more than one person, well hey, I'm eating whilst their are still doing lessons, because I have to go and supervise lunchtime computer club, so you have to take the rough with the smooth. Although I'm surprised I don't get more indegestion
We try to stagger our lunch breaks too, so there is always somebody available to go and look at problems. There has been a couple of times when lunch has been after 3pm.
I am on lunch duty (as a 2nd job) so I take mine 15 mins before lunch, and then 15 mins after. I tend to do some typing work whilst on "lunch" though.
Yes we work lunch breaks but....
We can all leave earlier as we dont include the lunch break - so I'm not complaining
I work right through lunch and the other 2 techies run the dinner time workshops.
whats this Lunch that you speak of?
The staff here aren't usually too bad and know how bad my memory is - if I don't get an email I'll usually forget lol
I usually try to get any disruptive jobs done during my lunch break so as not to disturb lessons, if a job ends up taking too much of my lunch break I usually take an extra 15mins or so when I get a chance or head home slightly earlier.
I stupidly offered to help out with an assembly rehearsal during my lunch last week - they didn't even bother to rehearse the part I was required for because the kids were too busy messing around... not a happy techy! think the teacher got the hint when I refused to turn up for the break time rehearsal the next day.
Yes, but then again I get paid through lunch. It is not legal, but then again most of my problems come to me a lunch.
I make sure that I partake in the lovely food that is served up here
I take my 30 min lunch break in the Refectory (fancy name for canteen) before the kids go down for lunch and then return to my office. On the rare occasions I can't do this, I will pop in and grab an extortionately priced sandwich (well extortionate compared to the £1.65 2-course meal I usually have) and then take half an hour out in my office but I do have a break.
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Filmmaker Aims for "World Vegucation"
Written on November 8, 2011 at 10:37 am , by Karla Walsh
The food movement occasionally seems skewed toward the super-serious (Michael Pollan), the sexy (PETA) or the surreal (Supersize Me). But Marisa Miller Wolfson, a fairly new vegan, is bringing a little levity to the issue with her new film Vegucated. Her unique perspective and six-week experiment trying to persuade three carnivores to embrace a more produce-based diet caught our attention, so we reached out to her to learn more.
Can you tell us more about your personal transition to veganism?
I lived with vegetarians for seven years and rabidly defended my right as a Midwesterner to eat my meat. I thought vegans were from outer space—way too radical. Then I saw a documentary that showed how animals are treated on farms, and I went vegetarian on the spot, and went vegan three months later after I read more about health and environment issues. The whole process felt crazy: to have all these stereotypes of vegans and then suddenly call myself one. The first few months were a little tricky, but I lost 15 pounds and felt amazing, so I stuck with it.
There have been a few movies and books recently related to the topic of eating less meat, but Vegucated seems to be told in a different "voice" than many others. How did you decide to make your film stand out?
I had toured around the country showing award-winning documentaries on this topic and decided to make a film that appealed to a slightly different, younger crowd. I wanted to make it highly entertaining, charged with personality and I wanted people to laugh more than they cry, even when they're getting exposed to powerful information. I used to do comedy.
Keep reading to discover how the film's stars are eating now and to learn how you can find a happy veggie medium.
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The Ku Klux Klan's conquest of Dominica —- Operation Red Dog, 1981.
Quite possibly one of the most ridiculous attempts to take over a country in the history of mankind, Operation Red Dog was a collaboration between a group of American Klansmen and Canadian Klansmen/Neo Nazi's to invade and take over the small Caribbean Island of Dominica. The reason for invading Dominica; to have a country where they could manufacture their hate gear merchandise at a significant discount (I kid you not).
The plan was formulated when white supremacist leader David Duke introduced the American klansmen Mike Perdue to the Canadian klansmen Wolfgang Droege in 1979. The two hit it off immediately and soon the pair formulated an ambitious plan to conquer a country so that Perdue could set up some lucrative businesses. Immediately the group enlisted the help of financial backers, arms smugglers, and a motley assortment of white supremacist mercenaries. By early 1981 the group was ready for the invasion. Then things began to fall apart.
Originally the plan called for the invasion of Grenada instead of Dominica. When Purdue announced that the invasion would occur in Dominica instead, most of Purdue's "army" and financial backers decided to drop out of the operation. What was left was eight men, including Perdue, Droege, and Don Black (creator of the white nationalist website stormfront). Undeterred by the fact that they were reduced to a fighting force of 8 men, the plan to invade Dominica proceeded.
Unfortunately for them, the crew of the boat that they hired were very much deterred, and backed out in February. In April the group approached Vietnam veteran and boat operator Captain Michael S. Howell, claiming that they were agents of the CIA who needed his boat for a covert operation. Howell grew suspicious of his new clients, especially when they hung a Neo-Nazi flag from the side of his boat. He immediately contacted the authorities.
On April 27th, 1981 the group attempted to cast off for their audacious mission with 11 men, including 3 new recruits, as well as a cache of rifles, shotguns, pistols, automatic weapons, and dynamite. They never even set sail as the new recruits were undercover ATF agents and police were waiting for them at the Marina. The eight men were taken into custody, charged with violating the Neutrality Act, and each sentenced to three years in prison. Operation Red Dog was a failure.
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Suzanne - 2009 Hometown Hotties Finalist
Hometown: Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Height: 5'5
Weight: 118
Measurements: 36-25-36
Profession: Photographer
Relationship Status: Hooked-up
Favorite Sports Team: Vancouver Canucks
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Go-to karaoke song: "Summer Nights" (Grease)
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What's the most unusual place you've ever hooked up? How'd it go?: In the middle of a photography set I designed for a hot shoot - it totally looked like a big porn shoot - it was pretty hot.
Have you ever lied to get something for free? What was it?: Wow you're hot- buy me a drink?
What do you feel most comfortable wearing?: I like sweats at home- but if I'm in public- I'm a bit of a short skirt and a long jacket girl. I like a certain amount of attention and a classy jacket- low cut in the front is sexy and has a sense of power. And I like the way clicky heels turn heads.
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Heart Disease Health Center
Are All Hospitals Created Equal When Treating Unstable Angina?
Are excess numbers of invasive procedures performed in tertiary hospitals? Feghali says, "the difference in the frequency was not that great, if you look at the numbers. Seventy percent in a tertiary hospital had heart catheterization vs. 50% ... it's not a big spread."
Adds Douglas, "This issue [whether to treat unstable angina aggressively or not] has been around for a long time, and this paper doesn't really solve it. But it makes some interesting observations."
One reason why unstable angina may be treated differently in various hospitals lies in the nature of the symptoms, says Feghali. "In extreme cases, it's clear-cut what to do, but in the gray area, where most patients are, there's a lot of variability in how physicians approach it. In Canada, usage of invasive procedures for this diagnosis is about twice the rate [as in the U.S.]," he says.
The bottom line for consumers, Feghali says, is this: If you have an angina problem, go to the closest hospital, ask questions, know what's going on, and keep being updated to what's going on.
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- For patients with unstable angina, the size of the hospital may not matter with respect to patient outcomes.
- In a recent study, those admitted to specialized centers were more likely to undergo invasive procedures compared to community hospitals, but the rates of readmittance and death were similar for both.
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Wow. This game looks absolutely beautiful and I wish I weren't at work right now so that I could play it. It's available for both Mac and PC.
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Very cool game you can finish in about 10 minutes. It's all about just understanding the interesting mechanics and then...
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