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Cloud
Mammatus (also called mamma or mammatocumulus, meaning "mammary cloud") is a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud, although they may be attached to other classes of parent clouds.
Red Cloud was the leader of the Oglala Lakota during the "Red Cloud War" that ended with the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868. Red Cloud's Lakota nation is only one of two countries to ever militarily defeat the United States on its own territory in war.
NPR catches Judge Eileen Cannon and other right-winged judges accepting unreported luxury travel from right-winged donors/advocates. I did nazi this coming
That freakin' pitch was in the other batter's box. Lousy, lousy call.
EDIT: I wonder if MLB has a rule with umpires that they must stay on the field for a prescribed period after the conclusion of the game to received protests, etc. I don't understand why the HP umpire didn't move off the field quickly.
Darcy Moore is the captain for Collingwood, an Australian rules football club. Their mascot is a magpie. He showed a local news crew his approach to kicking.
What's ridiculous about that finish is that the 3rd place horse was probably less than a nose behind the 2nd place horse who was less than a nose behind the 1st place horse.
The Oakland Athletics faced off against the Miami Marlins today in the series finale at the Oakland Coliseum. Mark Kotsay sent 24-year-old righty Joe Boyle to the mound today to face Sixto Sanchez for the Marlins.
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani tied career highs with four hits and two home runs, and James Paxton had his sharpest and longest start of the seasonin the Dodgers’ 5-1 win over the Braves on Sunday at Dodger Stadium, finishing off a three-game sweep of Atlanta.
An Ole Miss fraternity jeered at protestors. To the clear delight of his fraternity brothers, one of them made monkey noises at one particular protestor who happened to be African-American.
That fraternity member was publicly ID'd and shamed. He deleted all his social media accounts and is now under investigation by the university. But at least he still has his like minded brotherhood. [checks notes].... check that, had.
It might have been me. I don't remember what I did last year much less before covid. And honestly I had to look up when the Ole Miss game was because I forgot how long ago it was. For some reason I was thinking sometime during covid but I guess that was TCU.
We are in the sweet spot of a) having a little bit of NIL to be able to play and b) sucking just enough but not too much to be able to entice 2nd and 3rd string players from better teams to come be our 1st and 2nd stringers.
IRVINE – The California baseball team won its fourth Pac-12 series of the season, taking the rubber match 6-3 over USC on Sunday afternoon at Great Park. The Golden Bears' pitching dominated host USC and the offense came up big with runners in scoring position.
BERKELEY – Lagi Quiroga hit her 16th home run of the season but the No. 19 California softball team fell, 6-5, to Oregon State in the final Pac-12 game at Levine-Fricke Field on Sunday afternoon.
Quiroga moved into a tie with teammate Elon Butler for the conference home run crown and Tatum Anzaldo recorded two hits for the Golden Bears (36-16, 9-13 Pac-12). Lici Campbell hit a 3-run home run for the Beavers (21-28, 9-15 Pac-12).
BERKELEY – Valentina Ivanov clinched a second straight win in the NCAA Championship for the California women's tennis team, as the 10th-seeded and 10th-ranked Golden Bears blanked 17th-ranked Auburn 4-0 on a cold Saturday night at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The senior – playing in her last home match – defeated Carolyn Ansari at court-one singles to send Cal to next week's NCAA Super Regional round at No. 7 Georgia.
LAS VEGAS – Following a regular season where it earned five top-five finishes – its most since 2016-17 – the No. 28 California women's golf team is set to take the No. 5 seed into the Las Vegas NCAA Regional this Monday through Wednesday This will be the 23rd regional in program history for the Golden Bears, who will be one of 12 teams competing at the par-72, 6,665-yard course at Spanish Trail Country Club.
REDWOOD CITY – Two weeks after sweeping No. 7 Washington, the No. 4 California women's rowing team had a rough day at the Big Row, getting swept by No. 2 Stanford Saturday morning at Redwood Shores in Redwood City. Cal's V8+, 2V8+ V4+, 3V8+ and 4V8+ all suffered losses. The teams had to brave the elements as heavy rain came down throughout the day.
REDWOOD CITY – The No. 4 California Golden Bears men's rowing team swept both the V8+ and 2V8+ duals against No. 12 Stanford to win the Schwabacher Cup for the 10th straight year at the Big Row Saturday morning at Redwood Shores in Redwood City. The teams had to brave the elements as heavy rain came down throughout the day.
GULF SHORES, Ala. – The No. 7 California beach volleyball team was defeated by No. 2 UCLA 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship Saturday morning.
The 2024 season came to an end for the Golden Bears (22-14) who finished in the top-eight for the second-straight year. The program now holds a 2-3 record in NCAA Championship matches.
Six members of the California women's tennis team earned All-Pac-12 distinction for the 2023-24 season, the conference announced Friday ahead of the Golden Bears' NCAA Championship opener in Berkeley. Seniors Valentina Ivanov and Hannah Viller Moeller garnered berths on the first team, juniors Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm claimed second-team spots, and newcomers Lan Mi and Mao Mushika collected honorable mention.
Year of the Dragon was seen as being so auspicious that it created a mini-baby boom in Singapore. Couples were delaying/expediting their procreation for the Dragon years. Or at least, that's the way it was 13 years ago.
Year 2000 is a Chinese Golden Dragon Year. Where does the Golden Dragon name come from? Chinese calendar uses the Stem-Branch system to count the day, month and year. There are 10 Stems and 12 Branches in the system. Stems are named by the Yin-Yang and Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth). The Stem sequence order isYang Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, Yang Earth, Yin Earth, Yang Metal, Yin Metal, Yang Water, and Yin Water. Branches use the animal names. The Branch sequence order is Rat,Cow,Tiger,Rabbit,Dragon,Snake,Horse,Sheep,Monkey,Hen,Dog,Hog Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog, and Pig.
Stem and Branch are used together to form a cycle of 60 counting systems which begin from Wooden Rat and end with Water Pig.
CLOUD
, RED
Red Cloud was the leader of the Oglala Lakota during the "Red Cloud War" that ended with the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868. Red Cloud's Lakota nation is only one of two countries to ever militarily defeat the United States on its own territory in war.
photography ..
i rarely try to photograph them on purpose because it doesnt work out well. every so often you get a very nice photo w/ very nice clouds
Whistler Olympic Park - Aug 2018
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zYqdfPyd4gChVrFc6
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
NPR catches Judge Eileen Cannon and other right-winged judges accepting unreported luxury travel from right-winged donors/advocates. I did nazi this coming
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips
shocking /sarcasm
but repellent nevertheless
Oklahoma, and Kansas may see some more tornados today. Hold on to yer butts
https://www.wunderground.com/maps/convective-outlook/today
Garner Industries laid off all 62 of its employee at their Lincoln NE plant. The jobs disappeared after this 10 second event.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw2RB9WhIq4
Trump found in contempt of gag order for a third time, garnering a $1,000 fine. However, the Court officially said that the next one will be jail.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-juan-merchan-gives-trump-a-final-warning-jail-is-next
He just can't help himself.
yes, but i am sure it is designed to rile up people
Rep Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife were indicted for taking bribes from Azeri and Mexican government sources to the tune of $600k.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/politics/henry-cuellar-indictment-doj/index.html
PRO
Lando wins major upset in Miami Gran Prix but promptly loses car in a card game to a double-crossing no-good swindler
https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/f1-miami-time-schedule-race-today-2024-results-b2540014.html
I kind of enjoyed the periodic shots of everyone in the McLaren garage with their "please don't fuck this up" expressions for the final few laps
Dallas Mavericks make sure that Jason Kidd doesn't coach at Cal for many more years
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40093350/dallas-mavericks-sign-coach-jason-kidd-multi-year-extension
Jeff Ross' joke about Bob Kraft rubbed Tom Brady the wrong way
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tom-brady-caught-camera-warning-comic-robert-kraft-massage-joke-netfli-rcna150869
10th inning after a 3 hour rain delay, down by 1, bases loaded, 2 outs, and a 1-2 count
https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1786921493836009976
That freakin' pitch was in the other batter's box. Lousy, lousy call.
EDIT: I wonder if MLB has a rule with umpires that they must stay on the field for a prescribed period after the conclusion of the game to received protests, etc. I don't understand why the HP umpire didn't move off the field quickly.
Not as bad as that one high school (I think) game.
but there seem to be much more bad strike calls this year than before.
Judge gets tossed for the first time in his career after arguing this call
https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1786837186068799828
Darcy Moore is the captain for Collingwood, an Australian rules football club. Their mascot is a magpie. He showed a local news crew his approach to kicking.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6cllgPvtS0/
It's May, which means it's time for the annual falling of the Leafs
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/maple-leafs-eliminated-from-nhl-playoffs-with-game-7-ot-loss-to-bruins-1.6873731
Two minor league players told to clean out lockers. Mid-game. One was actually a runner on second base. Because they were called up to the Show.
https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-prospects-learn-of-trade-news-midgame
NASCAR has the closest finish in its history (0.001 seconds). Like an inch
https://twitter.com/NASCARONFOX/status/1787295963486281999
Kentucky Derby photo finish.
https://twitter.com/KentuckyDerby/status/1786897053726974423
There's winning by a nose and winning by a fraction of a nostril
https://twitter.com/gregorytangelo/status/1786896049585504362
What's ridiculous about that finish is that the 3rd place horse was probably less than a nose behind the 2nd place horse who was less than a nose behind the 1st place horse.
Most exciting 2 minutes in sports.
That's what she said
Twist's wedding night.
Athletics fall to Marlins 12-3
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2024/5/5/24149786/marlins-athletics-boyle-sanchez
The Oakland Athletics faced off against the Miami Marlins today in the series finale at the Oakland Coliseum. Mark Kotsay sent 24-year-old righty Joe Boyle to the mound today to face Sixto Sanchez for the Marlins.
Lost in another team’s story [Giant's lose 5-4]
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2024/5/5/24149917/mlb-giants-phillies-5-5-2024-recap-5-4-final-score-logan-webb-bryce-harper
It became clear during Sunday night’s game that the San Francisco Giants were the Philadelphia Phillies’ foil.
As the flat, sidekick-y minor character used to highlight the dynamic qualities of the other, Logan Webb and the lineup played their part perfectly.
Shohei Ohtani power show, James Paxton command finish off Dodgers sweep of Braves
https://www.truebluela.com/2024/5/5/24149241/shohei-ohtani-home-runs-james-paxton-dodgers-sweep-braves
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani tied career highs with four hits and two home runs, and James Paxton had his sharpest and longest start of the seasonin the Dodgers’ 5-1 win over the Braves on Sunday at Dodger Stadium, finishing off a three-game sweep of Atlanta.
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Keleki Latu to UW
https://www.uwdawgpound.com/2024/5/5/24149911/woof-huskies-pick-up-familiar-te-transfer-uw-washington-football-recruiting-portal-keleki-latu
Why do some kids think they need to transfer every off season.
...because they can.
15 year old to become the youngest person to graduate from college in Indiana. He taught himself to speak Chinese at age 7.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/boy-15-on-track-to-become-youngest-known-college-graduate-in-indiana/ar-BB1lRU1O
An Ole Miss fraternity jeered at protestors. To the clear delight of his fraternity brothers, one of them made monkey noises at one particular protestor who happened to be African-American.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ole-miss-students-appear-to-mock-black-protester-with-monkey-noises
That fraternity member was publicly ID'd and shamed. He deleted all his social media accounts and is now under investigation by the university. But at least he still has his like minded brotherhood. [checks notes].... check that, had.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ole-miss-opens-probe-racist-205814852.html
only because it was caught on video.
Was it you who was walking back with me to the Ole Miss' Grove after the Cal game and some frat boys said some snarky stuff to us?
It might have been me. I don't remember what I did last year much less before covid. And honestly I had to look up when the Ole Miss game was because I forgot how long ago it was. For some reason I was thinking sometime during covid but I guess that was TCU.
where was it that some got their shoes stuck in tree or something? cant remember which tailgate. maybe TCU?
yeah that was definitely TCU. I think I still have some video of that.
CAL
Cal has a good weekend in the portal, getting the commitment of a former 4-star WR from tOSU and an apparent silent commit from another
https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/cal-football-lands-ohio-state-transfer
i read somewhere we were already in top 20 transfer classes before this news
to what do we attribute the unexpectedly good transfer class?
We are in the sweet spot of a) having a little bit of NIL to be able to play and b) sucking just enough but not too much to be able to entice 2nd and 3rd string players from better teams to come be our 1st and 2nd stringers.
PT and NIL. We've had good to solid transfer classes the last two years which has amounted to 10 total wins. There's no way coaching is selling.
Andrej Stojakovic talks about how Mark Madsen got him to go to Cal
https://twitter.com/swishcultures_/status/1786507530589642828
[BASE] Bears Come Back To Take Series
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/5/baseball-bears-comeback-to-take-series.aspx
IRVINE – The California baseball team won its fourth Pac-12 series of the season, taking the rubber match 6-3 over USC on Sunday afternoon at Great Park. The Golden Bears' pitching dominated host USC and the offense came up big with runners in scoring position.
[SB] No. 19 Bears Drop Series Finale
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/5/softball-no-19-bears-drop-series-finale.aspx
BERKELEY – Lagi Quiroga hit her 16th home run of the season but the No. 19 California softball team fell, 6-5, to Oregon State in the final Pac-12 game at Levine-Fricke Field on Sunday afternoon.
Quiroga moved into a tie with teammate Elon Butler for the conference home run crown and Tatum Anzaldo recorded two hits for the Golden Bears (36-16, 9-13 Pac-12). Lici Campbell hit a 3-run home run for the Beavers (21-28, 9-15 Pac-12).
[WTEN] No. 10 Cal Tops Tigers, Advances To Super Regionals
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/4/womens-tennis-no-10-cal-tops-tigers-advances-to-super-regionals.aspx
BERKELEY – Valentina Ivanov clinched a second straight win in the NCAA Championship for the California women's tennis team, as the 10th-seeded and 10th-ranked Golden Bears blanked 17th-ranked Auburn 4-0 on a cold Saturday night at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The senior – playing in her last home match – defeated Carolyn Ansari at court-one singles to send Cal to next week's NCAA Super Regional round at No. 7 Georgia.
[WGOLF] Bears Set For Las Vegas NCAA Regional
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/4/womens-golf-bears-set-for-las-vegas-ncaa-regional.aspx
LAS VEGAS – Following a regular season where it earned five top-five finishes – its most since 2016-17 – the No. 28 California women's golf team is set to take the No. 5 seed into the Las Vegas NCAA Regional this Monday through Wednesday This will be the 23rd regional in program history for the Golden Bears, who will be one of 12 teams competing at the par-72, 6,665-yard course at Spanish Trail Country Club.
[WROW] No. 4 Cal Falls To No. 2 Stanford
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/4/womens-rowing-no-4-cal-falls-to-no-2-stanford.aspx
REDWOOD CITY – Two weeks after sweeping No. 7 Washington, the No. 4 California women's rowing team had a rough day at the Big Row, getting swept by No. 2 Stanford Saturday morning at Redwood Shores in Redwood City. Cal's V8+, 2V8+ V4+, 3V8+ and 4V8+ all suffered losses. The teams had to brave the elements as heavy rain came down throughout the day.
[MROW] No. 4 Cal Sweeps Big Row
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/4/mens-rowing-no-4-cal-sweeps-big-row.aspx
REDWOOD CITY – The No. 4 California Golden Bears men's rowing team swept both the V8+ and 2V8+ duals against No. 12 Stanford to win the Schwabacher Cup for the 10th straight year at the Big Row Saturday morning at Redwood Shores in Redwood City. The teams had to brave the elements as heavy rain came down throughout the day.
[BVB] Season Comes To An End For No. 7 Cal
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/4/beach-volleyball-season-comes-to-an-end-for-no-7-cal.aspx
GULF SHORES, Ala. – The No. 7 California beach volleyball team was defeated by No. 2 UCLA 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship Saturday morning.
The 2024 season came to an end for the Golden Bears (22-14) who finished in the top-eight for the second-straight year. The program now holds a 2-3 record in NCAA Championship matches.
[WTEN] 6 Bears Claim All-Pac-12 Honors
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/3/womens-tennis-6-bears-claim-all-pac-12-honors.aspx
Six members of the California women's tennis team earned All-Pac-12 distinction for the 2023-24 season, the conference announced Friday ahead of the Golden Bears' NCAA Championship opener in Berkeley. Seniors Valentina Ivanov and Hannah Viller Moeller garnered berths on the first team, juniors Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm claimed second-team spots, and newcomers Lan Mi and Mao Mushika collected honorable mention.
Go BEARS!!
St. Cloud, ME
The name of the fictional town in which an orphanage is located in John Irving's The Cider House Rules.
Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England. People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.
Pizza
Sallys Apizza in New Haven.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bqoFRcVD2VC8kEoj7
first time here. we normally go to Frank Pepe's. this was definitely better (less charred and burnt) and worth the one hour wait in the rain.
everything was great. the white clam pizza was the highlight. we had coffee and cannolis from a bakery down the street before heading home.
I have never had a white clam pizza but I probably should rectify that. I'll be in coastal CT next week.
in New Haven, the places to go are Sallys and Modern, which HAG child #1 says is better than Frank Pepe's
Dragons
Year of the Dragon exhibit at Yale.
took a little road trip to see some art, meet up w/ HAG kid #1, and eat pizza in New Haven )see pizza thread).
i enjoyed the 2 dragons painting the best. see the Great Wave again was also a treat ..
https://artgallery.yale.edu/exhibitions/exhibition/year-dragon
Year of the Dragon was seen as being so auspicious that it created a mini-baby boom in Singapore. Couples were delaying/expediting their procreation for the Dragon years. Or at least, that's the way it was 13 years ago.
No 2 was year of the Golden Dragon, 2000.
https://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/Y2K.htm
Year 2000 is a Chinese Golden Dragon Year. Where does the Golden Dragon name come from? Chinese calendar uses the Stem-Branch system to count the day, month and year. There are 10 Stems and 12 Branches in the system. Stems are named by the Yin-Yang and Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth). The Stem sequence order isYang Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, Yang Earth, Yin Earth, Yang Metal, Yin Metal, Yang Water, and Yin Water. Branches use the animal names. The Branch sequence order is Rat,Cow,Tiger,Rabbit,Dragon,Snake,Horse,Sheep,Monkey,Hen,Dog,Hog Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog, and Pig.
Stem and Branch are used together to form a cycle of 60 counting systems which begin from Wooden Rat and end with Water Pig.
METAL PIG! [*sticks tongue out and makes devil horns signs with fingers*]