Trump posts $91m-and-change bond for the second E. Jean Carroll appeal. Chubb - the insurance company - underwrote the bond. They were not forthcoming with details, but I suspect that this is all necessary stalling for him to actually come up with the eventual cash - which he bragged under oath that he had more than $400m liquid.
Founder of the International Trivia Foundation, George Santos announces he is running for Congress again, this time in NY-1 to try and unseat incumbent Nick LaLota. He probably doesn't stand a chance in hell.
Somehow he'll get more campaign money and somehow it will be spent illegally and somehow he won't face any consequences. We are a very serious country.
Correction: Santos claims to have founded the ITF which is ridiculous given that it was formed in 1898 in Vienna Austria. He's never even been a dues paying member. Another Santos lie.
The Golden State Warriors have spent the last week hell-bent on making sure we realize how weird this sport is, and how inexplicable the NBA can be. On Sunday they carried an eight-game road winning streak into Boston, only to suffer one of the largest defeats in franchise history.
They returned to action on Wednesday against one of the best teams in the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks ... and delivered a 35-point beatdown. Thursday should have been a cakewalk against a bad and injured Chicago Bulls team.
Shortly before Layshia Clarendon, BA 13 (American studies), was drafted into the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the Cal senior attended a pre-draft orientation. Clarendon raised a hand and inquired about matching 401(k)s. The people fielding questions were floored. They weren’t used to college students knowing what a 401(k) was, let alone being savvy enough to ask about matching contributions.
“I remember going to that meeting and thinking, ‘Oh, wow, I already know some of this,’” Clarendon recalls. When it came to financial literacy, Clarendon was miles ahead of most of their peers—all thanks to an independent study course they’d taken with Haas professional faculty member Stephen Etter, BS 83, MBA 89, called Financial & Business Literacy for the Professional Athlete.
BOSTON – California track & field senior Rowan Hamilton kicked off competition for the Golden Bears on Thursday at the NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing 12th in the men's weight throw to earn Second-Team All-America status.
Hamilton was the first men's weight thrower in program history to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships and is Cal's highest finisher among all male throwers since 2019. His best mark came in his first attempt, which sailed 21.52m (70-7.25); he followed that up with a throw of 20.25m (66-5.25) and a foul to close out the competition.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The second day of the Pac-12 Swimming Championship saw several career-best marks from Cal swimmers. The Golden Bears finished the night with seven personal-best times at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
The evening's events began with the finals of the 500-yard freestyle. Senior Tyler Kopp finished sixth in the A-Final with a time of 4:15.31. In the prelims, he swam a personal-best time of 4:14.95. He entered the day with a season-best time of 4:20.64 and a personal-best time of 4:18.69 set at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships. Kopp's time of 4:14.96 is an NCAA B qualifying mark.
EUGENE, Ore. – The No. 15 California softball team's three-game series at Oregon this weekend has been adjusted to account for the threat of inclement weather.
BERKELEY – The No. 7 California beach volleyball team heads to Tempe, Arizona this weekend to face more top competition in the Pac-12 South Tournament. The Golden Bears (6-2) are coming off a 2-2 showing at last weekend's Battle For L.A. where they defeated Concordia University Irvine 5-0 and Loyola Marymount 4-1 a day after falling to their first ranked opponents of the year, No. 1 UCLA 4-1 and No. 18 Cal Poly 3-2.
The California men's rowing team will head south to compete in the California Challenge Cup on Saturday in Newport Beach. The Golden Bears will send their freshmen and 4V8+ to the event, which the freshmen boat swept last year. Each boat will race twice and the two boats with the fastest combined times will race for the California Challenge Cup trophy.
The California women's rowing team, ranked No. 8 in the first Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Preseason Poll released Wednesday, will compete in its first race of the 2024 season at the California Challenge Cup in Newport Beach on Saturday. The Golden Bears swept each race they competed in at last year's event.
Out of how many bowl games in history have participating teams/schools break even or turn a profit? Serious question because it's been demonstrated that it is a decided minority.
There literally too many bowl games and they all want ticket guarantees from participating teams/schools.
I have a vague recollection that even Cal's appearance at the Citrus Bowl back on NYD '92 wasn't exactly a financial boon to the Cal athletic department that one might expect. I get the feeling that most programs see it more as a way to get more practice time with the team and for recruiting benefits rather than for a money infusion.
I went to the game at Maples last night. First time since Oski decked the Tree in the mid-nineties. I didn't remember just how small it. Just a little larger than Harmon (7,200). Sort of a brutalist early 70s vibe. Definitely in need of an upgrade. On the positive side, you can park for free mere steps from the arena, and tickets are a little more than free. Not as much of a Big Game feel as I remembered these were in the past. No Oski. No strawhat band, etc. No tree.
and after watching that, Marry My Husband showed up (no algorithm involved, I suspect)
started watching. got frustrated with how some of the characters acted and some plot points. but many of the annoyances were addressed well as the show went on.
most frustrating thing now is that there are 16 eps and each one is about an hour. can't they pick up the pace?!?
but every time I'm about to bag on it, they do something to pull me back in. especially the BTS scene, where I was thinking, "do they really have to do that product placement?", but it was a great twist.
(women with cancer has shitty husband dies and goes back in time 10 years to make her life better...not really a spoiler since all this happens in the first 20 minutes. and the summary on Prime for S1 is even more spoiler-y)
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Pentagon review says no evidence of cover up of alien ship sightings. [adjusts aluminum foil late]. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW A COVER UP WORKS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-alien-review.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE0.MYfk.-WpWKAywhpLX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Trump posts $91m-and-change bond for the second E. Jean Carroll appeal. Chubb - the insurance company - underwrote the bond. They were not forthcoming with details, but I suspect that this is all necessary stalling for him to actually come up with the eventual cash - which he bragged under oath that he had more than $400m liquid.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/trump-carroll-83-million-defamation-bond-appeal/index.html
Judge rules that Trump will get juror names in NY case. I wonder if they'll end up like the CIA operatives that Trump got.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-hush-money-new-york-jury-9b36769997f86c6c172daf5b267c7dd8
Founder of the International Trivia Foundation, George Santos announces he is running for Congress again, this time in NY-1 to try and unseat incumbent Nick LaLota. He probably doesn't stand a chance in hell.
https://twitter.com/MrSantosNY/status/1765933663345127764?s=20
Somehow he'll get more campaign money and somehow it will be spent illegally and somehow he won't face any consequences. We are a very serious country.
Correction: Santos claims to have founded the ITF which is ridiculous given that it was formed in 1898 in Vienna Austria. He's never even been a dues paying member. Another Santos lie.
Something more complicated than it should be
Tax code / tax filing process in USA
Dwinelle
Opposite of what you asked for above. Something that is necessarily complex:
https://www.cds.caltech.edu/~marsden/books/Basic_Complex_Analysis.html
Basic Complex Analysis
Jerrold E. Marsden and Michael Hoffman
Marsden was a Prof of Math and EECS at Cal.
https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/jerroldeldonmarsden.html
PRO
Clean up in Aisle 4
https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1765971202827522202
Filthy
I'd give an arm and a leg to see the Chiefs. Or maybe some toes and fingers.
https://fox4kc.com/news/70-of-chiefs-fans-who-suffered-frostbite-at-bitter-cold-playoff-game-need-amputations/
Doping is so rampant in pro cycling, that it has spread to the amateur levels. How bad? This bad.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anti-doping-showed-up-at-an-amateur-race-in-valencia-130-riders-dropped-out/
No, Patrick Mahomes doesn't shop at American Outfitters
https://www.aol.com/news/took-selfie-patrick-mahomes-oak-232729464.html
I'm assuming that some/many of you got this
https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/CalGiants2024
anyone going? maybe get a W4C section...not sure how it works, since there are like a dozen places to sit
prices aren't bad for a Fri night game
GBBR!
Friday night Pirates, I bet I could get resale tickets below face value. Don't want the beanie
true...
I think I know, but it's escaping me: GBBR?
Go Blue, Boo Rishi!
RIshi was an old CGB person that was a Giants fan.
Warriors stumble against red-hot Bulls
https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2024/3/7/24093999/warriors-bulls-recap-comeback-jonathan-kuminga-steph-curry-moses-moody
The Golden State Warriors have spent the last week hell-bent on making sure we realize how weird this sport is, and how inexplicable the NBA can be. On Sunday they carried an eight-game road winning streak into Boston, only to suffer one of the largest defeats in franchise history.
They returned to action on Wednesday against one of the best teams in the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks ... and delivered a 35-point beatdown. Thursday should have been a cakewalk against a bad and injured Chicago Bulls team.
Warriors lost more than just a game. Steph twisted his ankle pretty badly. Hopefully no ligament tears.
CAL
[MBB] Cal can't hold on to lead that they held for about 50 seconds, lose to Stanfurd 80-58. Goodnight, Pac-12.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/401607472
[WBB] Cal can't hold on to first half lead, lose to #2 Stanfurd 71-57. Goodnight, Pac-12.
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/401629608
[NEWS] Financial literacy class prepares Cal athletes for the big business of pro sports
https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/financial-literacy-class-prepares-cal-athletes-for-the-big-business-of-pro-sports/
Shortly before Layshia Clarendon, BA 13 (American studies), was drafted into the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the Cal senior attended a pre-draft orientation. Clarendon raised a hand and inquired about matching 401(k)s. The people fielding questions were floored. They weren’t used to college students knowing what a 401(k) was, let alone being savvy enough to ask about matching contributions.
“I remember going to that meeting and thinking, ‘Oh, wow, I already know some of this,’” Clarendon recalls. When it came to financial literacy, Clarendon was miles ahead of most of their peers—all thanks to an independent study course they’d taken with Haas professional faculty member Stephen Etter, BS 83, MBA 89, called Financial & Business Literacy for the Professional Athlete.
[T&F] Hamilton Named Second-Team All-American
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/7/track-field-hamilton-named-second-team-all-american.aspx
BOSTON – California track & field senior Rowan Hamilton kicked off competition for the Golden Bears on Thursday at the NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing 12th in the men's weight throw to earn Second-Team All-America status.
Hamilton was the first men's weight thrower in program history to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships and is Cal's highest finisher among all male throwers since 2019. His best mark came in his first attempt, which sailed 21.52m (70-7.25); he followed that up with a throw of 20.25m (66-5.25) and a foul to close out the competition.
[MSWIM] Bears Finish Day Two In Third
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/7/mens-swimming-diving-bears-finish-day-two-in-third.aspx
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The second day of the Pac-12 Swimming Championship saw several career-best marks from Cal swimmers. The Golden Bears finished the night with seven personal-best times at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
The evening's events began with the finals of the 500-yard freestyle. Senior Tyler Kopp finished sixth in the A-Final with a time of 4:15.31. In the prelims, he swam a personal-best time of 4:14.95. He entered the day with a season-best time of 4:20.64 and a personal-best time of 4:18.69 set at the 2021 Pac-12 Championships. Kopp's time of 4:14.96 is an NCAA B qualifying mark.
[SB] Cal Softball Series At Oregon Adjusted Due To Weather
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/7/cal-softball-series-at-oregon-adjusted-due-to-weather.aspx
EUGENE, Ore. – The No. 15 California softball team's three-game series at Oregon this weekend has been adjusted to account for the threat of inclement weather.
[BVB] No. 7 Cal Set For Pac-12 South Tournament
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/7/beach-volleyball-no-7-cal-set-for-pac-12-south-tournament.aspx
BERKELEY – The No. 7 California beach volleyball team heads to Tempe, Arizona this weekend to face more top competition in the Pac-12 South Tournament. The Golden Bears (6-2) are coming off a 2-2 showing at last weekend's Battle For L.A. where they defeated Concordia University Irvine 5-0 and Loyola Marymount 4-1 a day after falling to their first ranked opponents of the year, No. 1 UCLA 4-1 and No. 18 Cal Poly 3-2.
[MROW] Men’s Rowing Heads South For California Challenge Cup
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/7/mens-rowing-mens-rowing-heads-south-for-california-challenge-cup.aspx
The California men's rowing team will head south to compete in the California Challenge Cup on Saturday in Newport Beach. The Golden Bears will send their freshmen and 4V8+ to the event, which the freshmen boat swept last year. Each boat will race twice and the two boats with the fastest combined times will race for the California Challenge Cup trophy.
[WROW] Women’s Rowing Starts 2024 Campaign Saturday
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/7/womens-rowing-womens-rowing-starts-2024-campaign-saturday.aspx
The California women's rowing team, ranked No. 8 in the first Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Preseason Poll released Wednesday, will compete in its first race of the 2024 season at the California Challenge Cup in Newport Beach on Saturday. The Golden Bears swept each race they competed in at last year's event.
Go Bears!!! We've got the Axe!!!
Looks like they got hit with an axe last night in Palo Alto.
Here's Cal for the win. https://x.com/CalBearsHistory/status/1766163964835311805?s=20
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Colorado got married for life. Utah signed a prenup. Cal and Stanfurd paid dowries to not become spinsters.
https://twitter.com/BillFarleyPhD/status/1765562236947574902
Maryland made a bowl game and they lost money because of it.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/07/maryland-football-coaches-bonuses/
Out of how many bowl games in history have participating teams/schools break even or turn a profit? Serious question because it's been demonstrated that it is a decided minority.
There literally too many bowl games and they all want ticket guarantees from participating teams/schools.
I have a vague recollection that even Cal's appearance at the Citrus Bowl back on NYD '92 wasn't exactly a financial boon to the Cal athletic department that one might expect. I get the feeling that most programs see it more as a way to get more practice time with the team and for recruiting benefits rather than for a money infusion.
I bet most of the bowl games lose money, other than like the NYD and BCS games.
And the teams that don't need to fly to the game, such as UCLA playing in the LA bowl.
U Tennessee kid gets his college acceptance letter 8 years early
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4NVlIMrYCK/?igsh=ZWI2YzEzYmMxYg%3D%3D
[MBB] Allegations of game fixing at Temple
https://twitter.com/daveconnellysg/status/1765948637614424292
In the era of quick money now, I’m surprised this is not more common.
I went to the game at Maples last night. First time since Oski decked the Tree in the mid-nineties. I didn't remember just how small it. Just a little larger than Harmon (7,200). Sort of a brutalist early 70s vibe. Definitely in need of an upgrade. On the positive side, you can park for free mere steps from the arena, and tickets are a little more than free. Not as much of a Big Game feel as I remembered these were in the past. No Oski. No strawhat band, etc. No tree.
I think Straw Hat Band was at Vegas playing in support of our Women Bears.
That makes sense.
No Stanfurd students studying at the game...no students at all I assume.
DBD AV CLUB
Creator of Dragon Ball Z dies from brain bruise at age 68
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/akira-toriyama-dragon-ball-dead-obituary-1234983459/
Landscape with Invisible Hand (Amazon Prime). 13/17
Interesting quirky alien invasion movie. black comedy. pretty entertaining.
and after watching that, Marry My Husband showed up (no algorithm involved, I suspect)
started watching. got frustrated with how some of the characters acted and some plot points. but many of the annoyances were addressed well as the show went on.
most frustrating thing now is that there are 16 eps and each one is about an hour. can't they pick up the pace?!?
but every time I'm about to bag on it, they do something to pull me back in. especially the BTS scene, where I was thinking, "do they really have to do that product placement?", but it was a great twist.
(women with cancer has shitty husband dies and goes back in time 10 years to make her life better...not really a spoiler since all this happens in the first 20 minutes. and the summary on Prime for S1 is even more spoiler-y)
OSKI DISCIPLE’S TRIVA FUN, A DAILY DBD FEATURE
Jeffrey Dahmer took dietary supplements.
(All trivia verified by the International Trivia Foundation.)