timely since my daughter got her scores today as well.
aside from the $$ she said that she wasnt going to send the scores unless she got >= 4.
is that a thing these days? asking because this is our oldest and i am sure the college game has changed a lot
i always assumed that a 3 was equivalent to passing a college class and that while your specific college might not accept it for credits or course waivers it was still good to send.
Do they still make kids pay to get their scores? I hated forking over $15 or whatever it was and having to call some phone line if I didn't want to wait another month to get the scores by mail.
IIRC (and it's been awhile), I think the AP scores sent to colleges was free (for up to some amount) but you had to have already decide on them when you register for the tests.
Heads up, the Lit and Language scores (usually the junior course) are BORKED across the country. If it’s not a system error that will be corrected shortly, and your child did not pass when they should have, their teachers can contest the scores.
My son played in the Menlo Park Little League, mostly the teams were sponsored by VC firms, e.g. Benchmark, Redpoint. My son's sponsor was Cambria Capital Partners. Back when I was playing catcher our sponsor for major league was Del Mar Drugs, which we always got raspberries for.
I remember hearing there was a team at one of the other local little leagues in Louisville that was sponsored by an orthodontist (my son went to him). Supposedly he bought all the boys on the team the Easton Mako which, at the time, was the hottest bat. They had the aluminum version that the non-travel ball leagues used and then they had a composite bat that was for travel ball.
I forgot the name but mine was the lumber yard in Lafayette for soccer. Mine for basketball included Fudge Alley and I think Scottie's Drugs. Forgot which I had for baseball.
When I was a kid, 5 minutes before having to go do something else was a genuinely useful chunk of time. Now I’m apt to give up if I have less than 30 minutes to work with 😬
When this first started, I thought it would last two weeks, maybe three. The way you plan for a two week event is of course very different from a two month event, and a year-plus plan is on another level.
So if we slow down testing we'll have fewer new cases. And if we don't report the results to a publicly accessible database, then we won't have _any_ new cases. That's how this works, right?
jfc. I don't think trying to hide this info will work out the way they think it will. Talk about an open advertisement for media outlet data collection reports. "we get our data straight from each county/hospital/testing ceter/etc and collate them for you here in our fancy active chart data summary"
He's only famous because he's an anti-China guy, but he's not even a good or perceptive or knowledgable anti-China guy. And they fucking found him on amazon.
But we knew it was going to happen. Trump only cares about how much you agree with Trump, and Fauci actually cares about delivering real information. Those two things cannot coexist for long.
It's unfortunate how Goya is the most accessible source of Latin food ingredients in the typical supermarkets here on the East Coast. Fortunately for me, I can get my black beans, etc. from Trader Joe's as well.
I had never really paid attention, but when I went to Safeway this afternoon I stopped by the "Mexican" section and they had a bunch of Goya products, mostly beans.
On IG since Twitter got hacked I'm guessing? Or is Twitter just for making an ass of himself and not prostituting himself out? IG is better for driving commerce, but I don't see any promos in his captions.
@daniel_m_lavery: sorry for the stale joke shorthand, but I really did not have "my grandmother calling me demonically possessed on Facebook for refusing to enable pedophilia" on my 2020 bingo card
Background: Daniel was born Mallory Ortberg; he is married to Grace Lavery. He publicly denounced his family's church last year, but it was within the past month (I think...time has lost all meaning) that he revealed the pedophile the family was protecting was his brother.
Walmart will require masks. Hooboy...
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/07/15/a-simple-step-to-help-keep-you-safe-walmart-and-sams-club-require-shoppers-to-wear-face-coverings#
I'd hate to be the employee out front who's responsible for turning away all the divas who don't wear masks.
It's Walmart so I'd guess the majority won't wear a mask, especially in the midwest and the south.
Hopefully some stores will put sound to their entry way security feed for the 'masks are communism' drama sure to ensue.
AP scores
timely since my daughter got her scores today as well.
aside from the $$ she said that she wasnt going to send the scores unless she got >= 4.
is that a thing these days? asking because this is our oldest and i am sure the college game has changed a lot
i always assumed that a 3 was equivalent to passing a college class and that while your specific college might not accept it for credits or course waivers it was still good to send.
There are quite a few places that don't accept a 3 to get the credit. If I recall Princeton doesn't even accept them.
When I was in school, Cal didn't give credits for 3s. You got 3.3 credits for a 4 and 6.67 for a 5.
i thought it depending on what class you tested out of. so lets say you get a 5 in AP chem and it is a 4 unit course, then you just get 4 units.
Do they still make kids pay to get their scores? I hated forking over $15 or whatever it was and having to call some phone line if I didn't want to wait another month to get the scores by mail.
I'm trying to remember but I think so. Definitely have to pay for ACT and SAT scores. Gets expensive when the kids apply to 10-11 schools.
One gets an email with the results. I don’t know if they charge to provide the results to schools.
My son said there was no charge, but he had to login to get his score
I'm glad to hear they've provided some much-needed changes to a system that seemed woefully outdated in the early aughts when I was taking AP classes.
Oh I misread and thought BK97 was talking about paying to send to colleges.
IIRC (and it's been awhile), I think the AP scores sent to colleges was free (for up to some amount) but you had to have already decide on them when you register for the tests.
I kind of miss APUSH.
older one is taking that next year
No 3 didn't like it.
Only thing (plus SATs) that got me into Berkeley.
A teacher on my other internet community said:
Heads up, the Lit and Language scores (usually the junior course) are BORKED across the country. If it’s not a system error that will be corrected shortly, and your child did not pass when they should have, their teachers can contest the scores.
Freddy
's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. A midwest chain. Their burgers are really good.
's Pizza in Lafayette (only a few of us will get it)
Bill's Drugs, Flavio's, Handlebar Cyclery.
What these all have in common is that they sponsored LMYA soccer teams
my first LMYA team was Orinda-Moraga Disposal
My son played in the Menlo Park Little League, mostly the teams were sponsored by VC firms, e.g. Benchmark, Redpoint. My son's sponsor was Cambria Capital Partners. Back when I was playing catcher our sponsor for major league was Del Mar Drugs, which we always got raspberries for.
I remember hearing there was a team at one of the other local little leagues in Louisville that was sponsored by an orthodontist (my son went to him). Supposedly he bought all the boys on the team the Easton Mako which, at the time, was the hottest bat. They had the aluminum version that the non-travel ball leagues used and then they had a composite bat that was for travel ball.
I forgot the name but mine was the lumber yard in Lafayette for soccer. Mine for basketball included Fudge Alley and I think Scottie's Drugs. Forgot which I had for baseball.
Scottie Rents
hmm...maybe that was it. I Just remember the jerseys were white shirts with red trim on the sleeves and neck.
I briefly mis-read that as "Scootie" Rents, and thought we had found yet another side to our most multi-faceted one!
I don't know Flavio's but I do know the others. And Millie's Kitchen.
Perception of time
When I was a kid, 5 minutes before having to go do something else was a genuinely useful chunk of time. Now I’m apt to give up if I have less than 30 minutes to work with 😬
When this first started, I thought it would last two weeks, maybe three. The way you plan for a two week event is of course very different from a two month event, and a year-plus plan is on another level.
Today in Covid-19
US administration orders hospitals to bypass CDC and send covid data to own database.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html
So if we slow down testing we'll have fewer new cases. And if we don't report the results to a publicly accessible database, then we won't have _any_ new cases. That's how this works, right?
He did say it would magically disappear, not by science and facts.
jfc. I don't think trying to hide this info will work out the way they think it will. Talk about an open advertisement for media outlet data collection reports. "we get our data straight from each county/hospital/testing ceter/etc and collate them for you here in our fancy active chart data summary"
What could post go wrong
Possibly not post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwPWmEzoVbw
Political stuff
Super easy question that. This is his answer...
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1283134382128222210
Trump delivered hour long campaign rally from Rose Garden that was supposed to be a press conference
https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1283157663380013060?s=19
Navarro attacks Fauci
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/07/14/anthony-fauci-wrong-with-me-peter-navarro-editorials-debates/5439374002/
That’s the best sign that Fauci knows what he’s doing because Navarro is a maroon
He's only famous because he's an anti-China guy, but he's not even a good or perceptive or knowledgable anti-China guy. And they fucking found him on amazon.
Your choice of words shows remarkable restraint. ..by your spell corrector?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NYFq7ZJg4c
Thanks for the explanation!
The demonizing of Fauci is ridiculous.
But we knew it was going to happen. Trump only cares about how much you agree with Trump, and Fauci actually cares about delivering real information. Those two things cannot coexist for long.
Exactly
Ivanka violates ethics again
https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1283221019684110337?s=19
I will not buy Goya until ownership changes
I'm pretty sure we don't have them out here, so not an issue.
It's unfortunate how Goya is the most accessible source of Latin food ingredients in the typical supermarkets here on the East Coast. Fortunately for me, I can get my black beans, etc. from Trader Joe's as well.
Usually I see them at the Mexican stores or sometimes the large Asian stores that have a Mexican food aisle.
I had never really paid attention, but when I went to Safeway this afternoon I stopped by the "Mexican" section and they had a bunch of Goya products, mostly beans.
They carry them at Target, but I have never seen them at my local supermarkets. Supposedly their chickpeas are very good.
I guess we'll never know now.
They are. Goya is the most widely available brand of I guess you’d call it Latinx staples hereabouts so replacing might be a challenge
Big Don's doing it today in the Oval, in what appears to me to be a very badly photoshopped image posted on his Insta! https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrAzKiBFUQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading
On IG since Twitter got hacked I'm guessing? Or is Twitter just for making an ass of himself and not prostituting himself out? IG is better for driving commerce, but I don't see any promos in his captions.
PRO
CAL
new commit Will Reed 3* OL from eastern Catholic (Sammamish, WA)
He's been making some great progress the last few months. It's really encouraging and inspiring.
Wonder what was deleted
Tweet with video of Robert Paylor doing some sitting-to-standing exercises during his rehab.
https://www.wgbh.org/programs/2020/07/13/beecham-house-season-1-episode-5-recap-red-fort-prison-blues
Tons, absolutely TONS of spoilers but hella, hella funny about the goofy fun Masterpiece Theater: Beecham House. Not great TV, but great fun.
https://twitter.com/daniel_m_lavery/status/1283523785585496067?s=20
@daniel_m_lavery: sorry for the stale joke shorthand, but I really did not have "my grandmother calling me demonically possessed on Facebook for refusing to enable pedophilia" on my 2020 bingo card
Background: Daniel was born Mallory Ortberg; he is married to Grace Lavery. He publicly denounced his family's church last year, but it was within the past month (I think...time has lost all meaning) that he revealed the pedophile the family was protecting was his brother.
Who are these people?
whistle blowers around an ongoing train wreck of a mega church pedophile situation in Menlo Park.
https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/daniel-mallory-ortberg-interview-heather-havrilesky.html
Grace Lavery is a Cal professor!
I'm posting an earlier reminder--today's lecture is on psychosocial well-being: https://clas.ucdenver.edu/cpe/covid-19-colorado-beyond
It's at 2:30 Pacific
A report on recruits committed plus others Cal is still targeting:
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/cal-football-recruiting