The House of the Five Continents ("Huis de Vijf Werelddelen"), probably the most original Art Nouveau structure in the city, nicknamed "'Het Bootje" ("The Little Boat"), due to the second-floor loggia in the form of a ship's prow that emerges at the corner of the structure. It is actually a complex of four houses designed for the well-heeled shipbuilder P. Roeis, hence the ship forms and name, which also references Antwerp's longstanding stature as a global port. It is situated at the angle of Schilderstraat and Plaatsnijdersstraat and was built to designs of Frans Smet-Vehas in 1901.
I hope the bond market improves. I mean bonds as an asset class had their worst performance in 2022 since 1938. The rate increase will likely drive up yields but the prices will slump (and it has been enough already).
The newish building next to Rasputin’s on Telegraph, across from Raleigh’s. A real mish-mash of architectual styles and cheap parts, but I admire its willingness to try to be different.
Parc Guell in Barcelona by Gaudi has these columns that are sometimes straight and sometimes not. there was some TV show i was watching the other day where they had this as the background. now i cant remember which one.
Top of the ninth. Two outs. A one-run game. In the batter's box stood Mike Trout, and on the pitcher's mound was Shohei Ohtani. When this was over, they would again be Los Angeles Angels teammates, but in this moment, this perfect moment, they were foes.
Three minutes later, when the at-bat of a lifetime ended, Ohtani was mobbed by his Samurai Japan teammates, the new World Baseball Classic champions, and Trout was skulking back to the Team USA dugout, having swung through a frisbee slider on a full count that cemented Japan's 3-2 victory Tuesday night.
In a tournament that had everything, a three-week sprint that brought the intensity and stakes of October baseball to March, it was only fitting that the dream scenario played out in the most dramatic of fashions.
"I believe this is the best moment in my life," said Ohtani, the 28-year-old two-way player who by sheer force wrested away the title of best player alive from Trout, whose grip on it seemed unbreakable.
What a game! And what a tourney! Lot of missed chances for us, but hat tip to Samurai Japan who played flawlessly as usual. This is maybe the only event put on by a US sports league that suffers from a lack of marketing. Would like to see it expanded a bit, put all in one place, and marketed 10x more
The Japan vs Mexico semifinals game had over 40% viewership in Japan. It was Tuesday morning and a national holiday over there. The numbers from last night's game hasn't been announced yet but it should be pretty high too.
yeah, it was an amazing finish! おめでとう、日本！(does hiragana-kanji show up here?)
And not sure when Japan flew to Miami (maybe 5 days ago?), but that's an 11-hour(?) time diff, which is a lot of jet lag to overcome.
only way it coulda been scripted better is if the US were the home team, and there were a runner on, so that a Sayonara Home Run by Trout coulda won it for US (as opposed to the nasty Sayonara Slider from Ohtani!)
Japan was not flawless, tho. They left bases loaded after the three walks. But crazy how much parity there was this year (even the non-traditional baseball countries showed up.)
Agree about the marketing. There seemed to be a lot of empty primo seats.
Seems like it would suck to have to hang out and get silver medals, tho.
The game was loooong, tho. I think 4+ hours? Or am I mistaken.
Japan flew in on Saturday I think. Chartered direct flight.
Japan only had to adjust once though. What's worse are the other teams that were in Pools A and B such as Cuba, Italy, etc. who had to play Group stage games in Tokyo or Taiwan, and then had to fly to Miami had they advanced to the semifinals.
Some people criticize the unbalanced Pools in the group stage, but it comes from teams like Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic not wanting to travel to Asia just to play a few games.
Have the last two rounds always been in the States?
I think that they need to have the whole tourney in one place (like the World Cup). Who else could host? Japan, obviously. Prob S Korea and Taiwan have enough stadiums.
Mexico?
Could have an Asia base one year and an America base the next. Prob not enough infrastructure (not teams) for Europe or Australia or Africa (who I don't think participates).
Yeah, the final rounds have always been in the US. Specifically California. They had games in SD, LA, and SF. I had been to every game that Japan played here in the states except 2006 that were played in San Diego while I was at Cal. This was the first time it was hosted in Miami.
I don't think MLB players would want to go to Asia for a whole month before the season. The whole tournament could be played in US, but I think MLB is counting on Japan (NPB) to spend all the money to host games. No one else would be willing to spend that much money.
Btw Trout looked a little leaguer in that last AB. Just seemed completely overmatched. The real rally killer tho was Mookie. GIDP on I think the first pitch, after such an awesome AB by McNeil. That left Trout to just kind of swing for the fences as a last gasp, which is a low probability event, particularly against Ohtani.
The Texas Super Kings, Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedom, San Francisco Unicorns, LA Knight Riders will kick off in the inaugural Major League season on July 13th. That is, Major League Cricket in the US.
Mariners love In-and-Out but hate the Peoria AZ franchise's staff and other patrons by ordering 150 double-doubles and 60 french fries as a surprise rather than pre-ordering.
I’m going to watch the Perry Mason season 1 finale tonight. Did I mention how much I love this show?!? It is great and I am surprised it didn’t get more attention from viewers.
the replies to that tweet... I'm fascinated by the number of Oklahoma fans who have a stick up their ass about Lincoln Riley, who wasn't that good for them anyway, going to SC. I can at least understand the Pitt fan still being mad about the alleged poaching of Jordan Addison.
Yeah, I totally doubt it’s Crean. Dude’s never coached west of Milwaukee…I do think the West Coast experience is big for Knowlton…the bigger problem with Crean is it absolutely sounds like something Jim Knowlton would do, which is a problem in an of itself…
You’re supposed to have faith in the person that’s running the department.
The decision ideally would be announced Thursday or Friday when the tourney commences again and everyone is focusing on mens BB. Maybe Cal would get a media mention or two. If not then the momentum of the hire (if indeed there is any) might be lost.
Seems that only subscribers can post on today's DBD.
(Again, I was wondering why there are so few comments. It's like when I go an hour or two and work email seems light. Check my phone, which has a lot of emails. "oh, it's not downloading on my laptop...Go Offline, Go Online...there they all are :-/
I lost power for maybe 1 hour? Ended up going to the gym early so I could watch the WBC. Of course the gym also had lost power earlier and it went out while I was there. Power at home was back on when I got back. Lots of branches around.
We're in Berkeley and haven't lost power, thankfully. On my walk to work saw LOTS of branches on the ground ( I prefer them in their natural state, attached to trees).
We did not lose power last night. However, a neighbor's oak tree fell over and hit the roof of the cottage next door. Apparently, live electrical wires were also involved.
On my way to BART this morning I drove down Rose St towards Sacramento. When I got to California, I stopped and looked around and then ahead. Typically the stoplights at Sacramento are visible and the streetlights lighten the area. Nothing; just inky darkness. So, I turned left down California and then right on Cedar. Power was out at that intersection of Sacramento St., too. Power was also out at the next three stoplights (Virginia, Delaware, and University Ave) and possibly beyond. Really impressed by the darkness of no power on a major street in the early morning.
DBD Street Journal
Portland's Walmart to Cracker Barrel ratio is zero divided by zero
https://www.kptv.com/video/2023/03/02/all-portland-walmart-stores-permanently-close/
https://www.kptv.com/2023/03/20/cracker-barrel-permanently-closes-remaining-portland-metro-area-restaurants/
need to use l'Hopital's rule to evaluate the answer to that one.
we should ask Bard!
Google launches "Bard", the competitor to ChatGPT and its main product to help kids cheat badly
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/tech/google-bard/index.html
stuck on the waitlist. i ignored an email yesterday to sign up early ...
Fed hikes interest rates again, pencils in only one more rate rise in 2023
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-hikes-interest-rates-again-pencils-in-only-one-more-increase-ac42c84e
I hope the bond market improves. I mean bonds as an asset class had their worst performance in 2022 since 1938. The rate increase will likely drive up yields but the prices will slump (and it has been enough already).
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
So... how does one measure the size of a black hole?
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/black-hole-actual-size/
how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In the number of Matthew McConaughneys you can fit in one?
Funky buildings
The newish building next to Rasputin’s on Telegraph, across from Raleigh’s. A real mish-mash of architectual styles and cheap parts, but I admire its willingness to try to be different.
could also go in AV club.
Parc Guell in Barcelona by Gaudi has these columns that are sometimes straight and sometimes not. there was some TV show i was watching the other day where they had this as the background. now i cant remember which one.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QWHsjG7XZGH6DBjt9
Barcelona has all sorts of other funky architecture, much of it by Gaudi as well.
I loved loved loved Parc Guell.
I loved it as well and all of Gaudis work in Barcelona.
I'm going to Barcelona next month so I've been looking into a lot of his architecture. Can't wait to go see them
It is fantastic and doesn’t disappoint.
Gaudi and tapas are what I'm looking forward to
PRO
Are you a fan of London's fourth division football team Leyton? Well, do I have a flat for you, mate.
https://ochomes.co.uk/property/2-bed-flat-for-sale-in-oliver-road-leyton/524615
you could do worse you know
Thrilling finish to the World Baseball Classic as Ohtani strikes out Trout to clinch the win for Japan
https://espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35914856/shohei-ohtani-fans-mike-trout-final-japan-wins-wbc
Top of the ninth. Two outs. A one-run game. In the batter's box stood Mike Trout, and on the pitcher's mound was Shohei Ohtani. When this was over, they would again be Los Angeles Angels teammates, but in this moment, this perfect moment, they were foes.
Three minutes later, when the at-bat of a lifetime ended, Ohtani was mobbed by his Samurai Japan teammates, the new World Baseball Classic champions, and Trout was skulking back to the Team USA dugout, having swung through a frisbee slider on a full count that cemented Japan's 3-2 victory Tuesday night.
In a tournament that had everything, a three-week sprint that brought the intensity and stakes of October baseball to March, it was only fitting that the dream scenario played out in the most dramatic of fashions.
"I believe this is the best moment in my life," said Ohtani, the 28-year-old two-way player who by sheer force wrested away the title of best player alive from Trout, whose grip on it seemed unbreakable.
three dragons meme
WBC team with Ohtani - fierce dragon
WBC team with Trout - fierce dragon
MLB team with Trout and Ohtani - goofy dragon
For real. Why are the Angels so bad.
Supporting cast.
now i feel like i should 100% make it that Angels-Mariners game in Seattle that i'll be in town for.
It was a great game. Almost as good as the 2009 WBC Finals where Ichiro hit a game winner in the 10th inning.
SF Chron (app) has zero articles about the game?!?
It’s become a rag.
Has been for awhile now. Worthless.
They stopped covering Cal pretty much as well. Used to have solid in-depth beat coverage from sportswriters like Curtis back in the day.
What a game! And what a tourney! Lot of missed chances for us, but hat tip to Samurai Japan who played flawlessly as usual. This is maybe the only event put on by a US sports league that suffers from a lack of marketing. Would like to see it expanded a bit, put all in one place, and marketed 10x more
The Japan vs Mexico semifinals game had over 40% viewership in Japan. It was Tuesday morning and a national holiday over there. The numbers from last night's game hasn't been announced yet but it should be pretty high too.
ESPN Japan, I think it was, sent out a "I'm going to miss work for the WBC finals" form people could send in to their bosses.
It was MLB Japan. Haha
yeah, it was an amazing finish! おめでとう、日本！(does hiragana-kanji show up here?)
And not sure when Japan flew to Miami (maybe 5 days ago?), but that's an 11-hour(?) time diff, which is a lot of jet lag to overcome.
only way it coulda been scripted better is if the US were the home team, and there were a runner on, so that a Sayonara Home Run by Trout coulda won it for US (as opposed to the nasty Sayonara Slider from Ohtani!)
Japan was not flawless, tho. They left bases loaded after the three walks. But crazy how much parity there was this year (even the non-traditional baseball countries showed up.)
Agree about the marketing. There seemed to be a lot of empty primo seats.
Seems like it would suck to have to hang out and get silver medals, tho.
The game was loooong, tho. I think 4+ hours? Or am I mistaken.
Japan flew in on Saturday I think. Chartered direct flight.
Japan only had to adjust once though. What's worse are the other teams that were in Pools A and B such as Cuba, Italy, etc. who had to play Group stage games in Tokyo or Taiwan, and then had to fly to Miami had they advanced to the semifinals.
Some people criticize the unbalanced Pools in the group stage, but it comes from teams like Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic not wanting to travel to Asia just to play a few games.
Have the last two rounds always been in the States?
I think that they need to have the whole tourney in one place (like the World Cup). Who else could host? Japan, obviously. Prob S Korea and Taiwan have enough stadiums.
Mexico?
Could have an Asia base one year and an America base the next. Prob not enough infrastructure (not teams) for Europe or Australia or Africa (who I don't think participates).
Yeah, the final rounds have always been in the US. Specifically California. They had games in SD, LA, and SF. I had been to every game that Japan played here in the states except 2006 that were played in San Diego while I was at Cal. This was the first time it was hosted in Miami.
I don't think MLB players would want to go to Asia for a whole month before the season. The whole tournament could be played in US, but I think MLB is counting on Japan (NPB) to spend all the money to host games. No one else would be willing to spend that much money.
Btw Trout looked a little leaguer in that last AB. Just seemed completely overmatched. The real rally killer tho was Mookie. GIDP on I think the first pitch, after such an awesome AB by McNeil. That left Trout to just kind of swing for the fences as a last gasp, which is a low probability event, particularly against Ohtani.
The Trout at-bat gets the Jomboy treatment
https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1638390397897433088?s=20
Love Jomboy!
One of the best games and finishes. Both this game and Japan vs Mexico.
Best part? No pitch timer.
MLB tweaks the pitch clock rules on the fringes
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35916318/mlb-making-small-changes-pitch-clock-rules-memo-says
Could you imagine rushing the hitters and pitchers in the game yesterday? And the Mexico/Japan game the day before?
The Texas Super Kings, Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedom, San Francisco Unicorns, LA Knight Riders will kick off in the inaugural Major League season on July 13th. That is, Major League Cricket in the US.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/mar/21/major-league-cricket-will-a-120m-moonshot-find-success-in-america
Mariners love In-and-Out but hate the Peoria AZ franchise's staff and other patrons by ordering 150 double-doubles and 60 french fries as a surprise rather than pre-ordering.
https://www.tiktok.com/@mariners/video/7212795703502834986
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Florida lawmaker who introduced the "Dont Say Gay" bill in Florida - Joe Harding (R-FL) pled guilty to wire fraud related to $150k Covid relief loan
https://news.yahoo.com/dont-gay-lawmaker-pleads-guilty-224838358.html
if he'd graduated he'd probably be #09gang but he did not graduate from anywhere
Utah has a new flag
https://twitter.com/LGHendersonUtah/status/1631364551974481921
Nice flag and before clicking that link I just knew the flag would have a beehive on it.
I like it. The old one was a kind of generic design a lot of states use (seal/coat of arms against a blue background).
According to the Guardian's sources, Trump wants to be perp walked so that he appears to be a martyr. I would bet $20 that this is false.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/22/trump-wants-to-be-handcuffed-for-court-appearance-in-stormy-daniels-case-sources-say
DBD AV CLUB
Only Bride Murderers in the Building
https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo/status/1638271030652293138
Father of the bride.
Mandalorian Season 3, Episode 4 - the Foundling
- tons of mandalorian lore - really fun
- Order 66 flashback!
i was happy to see my boy
I need to see Mayfield.
Ted Lasso S3, E2 - I'm not that into the Keeley storyline, but I like the football stuff.
I’m going to watch the Perry Mason season 1 finale tonight. Did I mention how much I love this show?!? It is great and I am surprised it didn’t get more attention from viewers.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Hurley gets an extension
https://twitter.com/sundevilhoops/status/1638337200269164544?s=46&t=WFlljYbkN_q0KuOdwshW6g
West Texas A&M President canceled a drag show because he was concerned about women's feelings. Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/us/west-texas-am-university-drag-show-canceled/index.html
USC has a men's swimming team again - sort of
https://twitter.com/BrettKollmann/status/1638222002694799360
the replies to that tweet... I'm fascinated by the number of Oklahoma fans who have a stick up their ass about Lincoln Riley, who wasn't that good for them anyway, going to SC. I can at least understand the Pitt fan still being mad about the alleged poaching of Jordan Addison.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Cal has a "Seeker" - essentially a next generation Juggs Machine
https://twitter.com/monarcsport/status/1638309938765385728
https://www.monarcsport.com/
It’s a great day for the donors to hire a MBB coach…
Bob is going full Bob mode again on the front page. we'll probably have to see it for a while now.
Let's hope it's today....and please...no retreads
Tom Crean denies he's interviewing for Cal HC job. I mean, it would be a Cal thing to pick Mark Fox's successor at Georgia who did far worse than Fox
https://twitter.com/TomCrean/status/1638347220016590849
Yeah, I totally doubt it’s Crean. Dude’s never coached west of Milwaukee…I do think the West Coast experience is big for Knowlton…the bigger problem with Crean is it absolutely sounds like something Jim Knowlton would do, which is a problem in an of itself…
You’re supposed to have faith in the person that’s running the department.
I don't think it's today.
I don't think it's this week.
Knowlton is clueless...probably has no idea what the transfer portal is...
In fact....
NO TIM MILES.
You folks are gonna have to talk me off the ledge if Knowlton hires Miles. Big time….I’ll seriously be ready to pull a Peter Pan…
Cosmo Renfro : What happened? Where'd he go?
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard : The guy did a Peter Pan right off of this dam, right here.
Cosmo Renfro : What?
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard : Yeah. BOOM.
Cosmo Renfro : [stunned] Holy shit... Can we go home now...?
Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard : [flustered] No...
Oooooh. I wouldn't call Gerard flustered. Pissed off maybe, certainly determined and a bit edgy for sure.
"I did not kill my wife!"
"I don't care!"
I agree, though apparently those are the words of the screenwriter, I'm sure written well before TLJ and his brass cahones were casted.
Almost exasperated....
YES!
We got a gopher....
The guy's fish food!
The decision ideally would be announced Thursday or Friday when the tourney commences again and everyone is focusing on mens BB. Maybe Cal would get a media mention or two. If not then the momentum of the hire (if indeed there is any) might be lost.
Just posting here in case anyone sees it.
Seems that only subscribers can post on today's DBD.
(Again, I was wondering why there are so few comments. It's like when I go an hour or two and work email seems light. Check my phone, which has a lot of emails. "oh, it's not downloading on my laptop...Go Offline, Go Online...there they all are :-/
Cool photos of Oakland then and now: https://oaklandside.org/2023/03/20/photos-oakland-history-then-and-now/
Thanks for this. Grew up not far from the Fruitvale district and used to run Lake Merritt all the time so I recognized many of these. Fun stuff.
A lot of downed trees, power outages, and treachery in the Bay Area yesterday. Hope y'all are safe!
I heard on the news that some school in Palo Alto cancelled final exams due to the power outage.
I lost power for maybe 1 hour? Ended up going to the gym early so I could watch the WBC. Of course the gym also had lost power earlier and it went out while I was there. Power at home was back on when I got back. Lots of branches around.
Looks like a bunch of neighborhoods in the East Bay have been without power for 14+ hours now. Including maybe UC Berkeley?
We're in Berkeley and haven't lost power, thankfully. On my walk to work saw LOTS of branches on the ground ( I prefer them in their natural state, attached to trees).
We did not lose power last night. However, a neighbor's oak tree fell over and hit the roof of the cottage next door. Apparently, live electrical wires were also involved.
On my way to BART this morning I drove down Rose St towards Sacramento. When I got to California, I stopped and looked around and then ahead. Typically the stoplights at Sacramento are visible and the streetlights lighten the area. Nothing; just inky darkness. So, I turned left down California and then right on Cedar. Power was out at that intersection of Sacramento St., too. Power was also out at the next three stoplights (Virginia, Delaware, and University Ave) and possibly beyond. Really impressed by the darkness of no power on a major street in the early morning.
A tree sort of fell at Sacramento and Virginia...as of this morning, it was still held up by the power line!
Which explains the PG&E truck I saw as I rolled past that intersection and the barricades for the northbound lanes of Sacramento at Virginia.
In the darkness I couldn't see what you described. Or at least it wasn't apparent as I drove past.
My mom’s been without it since 4 pm yesterday.
I think Berkeley lost power last week while I was in Phoenix. Not sure for how long. Probably not as long as Sunnyvale/Silicon Valley.
Hopefully it's shorter this week.