A meteorite spectacularly entered the atmosphere above Portugal and Spain. There are a lot of videos of it, but this is the best video - steady camera and candid reaction to it.
Long ago, I was a single-celled organism. Now I'm composed of millions of cells, all specialized and all working together in organized systems. And don't forget the billions of cells in the microbial ecosystem that I carry around everywhere.
Duval County - which includes Jacksonville FL - is cutting 11% of its district level positions and 6% of its school based positions - increasing class sizes, and are closing a minimum of 10 schools due to budget shortfalls as private charter school voucher siphon off funds and create a $1.4b budget deficit.
Michael Cohen's testimony starts to wind down. The defense won a minor credibility victory when they got Michael Cohen to admit that he overbilled TFG. Merchan tells both sides to prepare for closing arguments after Memorial Day.
Growing up we used to go up to Napa once a year to watch training camp. I just went through my old pictures and found the photo with me and Jim Otto - from 1964.
What an impressive win for the T Wolves on the road, down 20 in 3rd Q. Their D is just lights out when it’s on. Gordon kind of disappeared in this one, Nuggs could have really used him
This game made me realize how far away from contending the Warriors are. I think they just need to reload around Kuminga. No first round pick this year really smarts
Pogacar, who was heavy favorite, crushes everyone and puts race out of reach. Already ahead by 2+ on nearest rivals, added another 30-40 sec on Sat during individual time trial and then goes solo on the queen stage on Sun, beats top rivals by over 3 minutes.
now up by 6+ min and should be able to coast to victory and save energy for rare Giro-Tour double attempt.
The Athletics just can’t shake this bad vibe right now. The club finished its series against the Royals with another loss, getting swept by Kansas City in the series finale by a finale of 8-4 and securing the team’s 8th straight loss.
Believe it or not: the streak lives on. The San Francisco Giants, after four games, are still in the win column, and the club’s social media managers have finally earned the right to use their broom emojis.
Shohei Ohtani delivered his first walk-off hit with the Dodgers, rocketing a two-strike RBI single to beat the Reds 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.
With free runner Jason Heyward on second base and pinch-hitter Will Smith on first base with two outs in the 10th, Ohtani hit a ball 100.3 mph into right field that got past Jake Fraley for the Dodgers’ third-straight win.
BERKELEY – The California baseball team returns to the Pac-12 Baseball Tournament for the third straight season on Tuesday when it takes on No. 9 seed Washington in the opening round of the pool play. The Golden Bears and Huskies will be the third game of the day and are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Scottsdale Stadium. Cal wraps up pool play by taking on No. 1 Arizona State on Thursday.
FOLSOM, Calif. – The No. 4 California women's rowing team sat in third place behind Stanford and Washington but still had an opportunity to win the Pac-12 title heading into the final race between the varsity eights at the Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma on Sunday afternoon. The V8+ ended up finishing second which gave the Golden Bears enough points (36) to jump into second place in the final standings – their best finish since coming in second at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships.
FOLSOM, Calif. – The No. 4 California Golden Bears men's rowing team put itself in position to come away with its third straight Pac-12 title heading into the varsity eight race, sitting just five points behind Washington but lost a close race to the Huskies to finish in second place overall at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma on Sunday afternoon. The Bears finished with 65 points with the freshmen 8+ coming away with the sole win on the day.
BATON ROUGE, La. – The California softball team split a doubleheader at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional as its postseason run came to an end with a 3-2 loss to Southern Illinois on Saturday night at Tiger Park.
Acacia Anders recorded four hits in the two games and Elon Butler hit Cal's 79th home run of the season in the first game of the day, a 15-0, run-rule victory over Jackson State.
BERKELEY – For the second straight day, the California baseball team secured a walk-off win over Washington in extra innings. Today it was Seth Gwynn's turn to be mobbed by teammates after hitting a single to the gap in right center that gave the Golden Bears a 4-3 win over the Huskies on Saturday at Stu Gordon Stadium.
After a tremendous outdoor campaign that saw him shatter two meet records and the California track & field men's hammer record, Rowan Hamilton was named the 2024 Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Year on Friday.
Hamilton, a three-time NAIA champion who transferred to Cal this year from British Columbia, won Cal's first conference title in the men's hammer since 1919 at the Pac-12 Championships last weekend. He earned Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors twice, once after taking this year's collegiate lead with a mark of 77.16m (253-2) – the eighth best by a collegian all time – and again after breaking the Big Meet record on April 30.
BERKELEY – Four members of the California women's tennis team – Valentina Ivanov, Mao Mushika, Hannah Viller Moeller and Katja Wiersholm – will close out the season when they compete in the NCAA individual championships next week in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Ivanov, Viller Moeller and Wiersholm start play in the NCAA Singles Championship on Monday while Viller Moeller and Mushika play in the NCAA Doubles Championship starting Tuesday at the Greenwood Tennis Center.
BERKELEY - California track & field will send 30 athletes – 15 men and 15 women – to the NCAA West Regionals next week in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the region's top-48 individual athletes and top-24 relay squads (minus scratches) will compete at John McDonnell Field from May 22-25 for a coveted spot at the NCAA Championships in June.
Seven current and former members of the California men's rowing team will look to punch their ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games when they compete at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, May 19-21. This marks the last chance rowers will have to qualify for the Olympics. A total of 183 crews will be competing for 30 remaining spots. In order to qualify a boat will have to finish in the top two of its event.
California baseball junior Caleb Lomavita's stellar 2024 season continues to earn recognition among the nation's top players as he was named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Thursday.
The Dick Howser Trophy, presented by The Game Headwear, is given in memory of the former Florida State All-America shortstop and major league player and manager who died of brain cancer in 1987. The trophy is regarded as baseball's most prestigious award. Criteria for consideration of the trophy include performance on the field, leadership, moral character and courage – all qualities that were exemplified by Dick Howser's life.
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball program has hired Jenny Huth as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, head coach Charmin Smith announced Thursday. Huth comes to the Golden Bears with over 15 years of coaching women's basketball at the Division I level.
Five student-athletes on the California softball team earned All-Region recognition for their efforts this season as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Thursday.
Third baseman Tatum Anzaldo, second baseman Elon Butler and catcher Lagi Quiroga were selected to the Pacific Region First Team, while pitcher Haylei Archer and first baseman Tianna Bell earned third-team honors.
It's often said a Cal hat or Cal shirt can provoke a "Go Bears" anywhere in the world.
That apparently includes an NFL training camp on the other side of the country.
Track & field's Adriana Ellard and Lacrosse's Kalena Johnson had the unique experience of interning for the Washington Commanders last summer. The opportunity came about thanks to the generosity of Ron and Stephanie Rivera, a proud Golden Bear couple that sought to help the Cameron Institute provide career exposure for Cal student-athletes.
Auburn's All-American kicker return-specialist has been hospitalized and is in critical condition after being shot in the head. His brother tragically died in the same shooting.
I'd just send it open air. Presuming that it is insured, I would imagine the trade-off is wear-and-tear from the elements - which should be negligible for a week long transit. Ain't nobody going to climb onto a car transport rig to try to break into it because it's too much work.
I shipped my car to Louisville, which I guess is more expensive because most truckers go E/W on the major freeways and apparently I-64 is not a major enough freeway. It was explained to me that it need to be trucked N/S to one of the major freeways so it would cost more.
I also did open air. They ask you to wash it before you drop it off and then I think they wash it when they deliver it so you can prove there is no damage. Also, which was a little surprising, they say don't put anything in the car. I assume that's to prevent theft since the truck drive has your keys.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
A meteorite spectacularly entered the atmosphere above Portugal and Spain. There are a lot of videos of it, but this is the best video - steady camera and candid reaction to it.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UDx_2eX6hfw
A *petty* grudge that Cal fans have
We’re Cal fans. None of our grudges are petty.
getting snubbed by the Sugar Bowl in 1991 after a great season. ND went instead w/ worse ranking ..
still. Citrus Bowl victory was glorious
I remember the Sugar Bowl reps were at the 91 UW game and we did a cheer for them after the game.
UW fans are arrogant sons of b****es.
Dennis Dummit never converted 4th down.
Pac-12 refs always manage to fuck up a good game.
USC plays dirty.
Tell the DBD about a way that you have evolved
Long ago i was composed of millions of cells, all specialized and all working together in organized system
now i just sit in front of a computer all day
Long ago, I was a single-celled organism. Now I'm composed of millions of cells, all specialized and all working together in organized systems. And don't forget the billions of cells in the microbial ecosystem that I carry around everywhere.
OUR UNSTABLE GLOBAL SOCIETY
Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, can no longer oppress his people. But it's oppressors all the way down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hopes-fade-wreckage-found-helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-raisi-2024-05-20/
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Duval County - which includes Jacksonville FL - is cutting 11% of its district level positions and 6% of its school based positions - increasing class sizes, and are closing a minimum of 10 schools due to budget shortfalls as private charter school voucher siphon off funds and create a $1.4b budget deficit.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/education/duval-county-public-schools-estimates-cutting-jobs/77-0fdf47ab-6cf6-4e21-873b-5c156232272e
In completely unrelated news, Duval County approved $1.4b funding to renovate EverBank Stadium
https://www.wusf.org/sports/2024-05-15/jaguars-and-jacksonville-detail-plans-to-spend-1-4-billion-on-a-stadium-of-the-future
Michael Cohen's testimony starts to wind down. The defense won a minor credibility victory when they got Michael Cohen to admit that he overbilled TFG. Merchan tells both sides to prepare for closing arguments after Memorial Day.
https://apnews.com/live/trump-trial-updates-day-19-hush-money
PRO
If you've been to the Burger King in Auburn CA, then this is an especially sad day
https://twitter.com/Raiders/status/1792390796953702642
Yup. I loved that Burger King.
Growing up we used to go up to Napa once a year to watch training camp. I just went through my old pictures and found the photo with me and Jim Otto - from 1964.
I have been to this one. Didn't know it was owned by Jim Otto until I got there and saw the jerseys and other memorabilia in the restaurant.
Knicks go home for Game 7 to prove that the Game 6 blowout was a fluke
https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401658198/pacers-knicks
The Nuggets go home for Game 7 to prove that the Game 6 blowout was a fluke.
https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401657188/timberwolves-nuggets
What an impressive win for the T Wolves on the road, down 20 in 3rd Q. Their D is just lights out when it’s on. Gordon kind of disappeared in this one, Nuggs could have really used him
This game made me realize how far away from contending the Warriors are. I think they just need to reload around Kuminga. No first round pick this year really smarts
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch turn exclusively left at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, but the former wanted to show the latter his right
https://x.com/NASCARONFOX/status/1792374824448253982
If you run out of TP, just holler from the Lou
https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1792540940374012187
The Thunder are up by 17 at home and determined to take it to game 7.
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401658194
Giro d'Itala update .. 2nd rest day, 1 week to go.
Pogacar, who was heavy favorite, crushes everyone and puts race out of reach. Already ahead by 2+ on nearest rivals, added another 30-40 sec on Sat during individual time trial and then goes solo on the queen stage on Sun, beats top rivals by over 3 minutes.
now up by 6+ min and should be able to coast to victory and save energy for rare Giro-Tour double attempt.
A’s lose 8th straight, fall to Royals in series finale
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2024/5/19/24160241/as-lose-8th-straight-fall-to-royals-in-series-finale
The Athletics just can’t shake this bad vibe right now. The club finished its series against the Royals with another loss, getting swept by Kansas City in the series finale by a finale of 8-4 and securing the team’s 8th straight loss.
Thanks for nothing, Luis. (Giants won 4-1)
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2024/5/19/24160518/mlb-giants-rockies-5-19-2024-recap-jordan-hicks-heliot-ramos-thanks-for-nothing-luis
Believe it or not: the streak lives on. The San Francisco Giants, after four games, are still in the win column, and the club’s social media managers have finally earned the right to use their broom emojis.
Shohei Ohtani’s first walk-off hit with Dodgers gives LA 3rd straight win
https://www.truebluela.com/2024/5/19/24160328/shohei-ohtani-first-walk-off-dodgers-andy-pages-reds
Shohei Ohtani delivered his first walk-off hit with the Dodgers, rocketing a two-strike RBI single to beat the Reds 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.
With free runner Jason Heyward on second base and pinch-hitter Will Smith on first base with two outs in the 10th, Ohtani hit a ball 100.3 mph into right field that got past Jake Fraley for the Dodgers’ third-straight win.
CAL
[BASE] Bears Take On Washington, Arizona In Pac-12 Tournament
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/19/baseball-bears-take-on-washington-arizona-in-pac-12-tournament.aspx
BERKELEY – The California baseball team returns to the Pac-12 Baseball Tournament for the third straight season on Tuesday when it takes on No. 9 seed Washington in the opening round of the pool play. The Golden Bears and Huskies will be the third game of the day and are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Scottsdale Stadium. Cal wraps up pool play by taking on No. 1 Arizona State on Thursday.
[WROW] No. 4 Bears Finish Second At Pac-12 Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/19/womens-rowing-no-4-bears-finish-second-at-pac-12-championships.aspx
FOLSOM, Calif. – The No. 4 California women's rowing team sat in third place behind Stanford and Washington but still had an opportunity to win the Pac-12 title heading into the final race between the varsity eights at the Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma on Sunday afternoon. The V8+ ended up finishing second which gave the Golden Bears enough points (36) to jump into second place in the final standings – their best finish since coming in second at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships.
[MROW] No. 4 Cal Finishes Second At Pac-12 Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/19/mens-rowing-no-4-cal-finishes-second-at-pac-12-championships.aspx
FOLSOM, Calif. – The No. 4 California Golden Bears men's rowing team put itself in position to come away with its third straight Pac-12 title heading into the varsity eight race, sitting just five points behind Washington but lost a close race to the Huskies to finish in second place overall at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma on Sunday afternoon. The Bears finished with 65 points with the freshmen 8+ coming away with the sole win on the day.
[SB] Postseason Run Ends In Regional Semifinal
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/18/softball-postseason-run-ends-in-regional-semifinal.aspx
BATON ROUGE, La. – The California softball team split a doubleheader at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional as its postseason run came to an end with a 3-2 loss to Southern Illinois on Saturday night at Tiger Park.
Acacia Anders recorded four hits in the two games and Elon Butler hit Cal's 79th home run of the season in the first game of the day, a 15-0, run-rule victory over Jackson State.
[BASE] Bears Complete Sweep On Senior Day
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/18/baseball-bears-complete-sweep-on-senior-day.aspx
BERKELEY – For the second straight day, the California baseball team secured a walk-off win over Washington in extra innings. Today it was Seth Gwynn's turn to be mobbed by teammates after hitting a single to the gap in right center that gave the Golden Bears a 4-3 win over the Huskies on Saturday at Stu Gordon Stadium.
[T&F] Hamilton Named Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete Of The Year
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/17/track-field-hamilton-named-pac-12-mens-field-athlete-of-the-year.aspx
After a tremendous outdoor campaign that saw him shatter two meet records and the California track & field men's hammer record, Rowan Hamilton was named the 2024 Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Year on Friday.
Hamilton, a three-time NAIA champion who transferred to Cal this year from British Columbia, won Cal's first conference title in the men's hammer since 1919 at the Pac-12 Championships last weekend. He earned Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors twice, once after taking this year's collegiate lead with a mark of 77.16m (253-2) – the eighth best by a collegian all time – and again after breaking the Big Meet record on April 30.
[WTEN] Bears Open NCAA Singles, Doubles
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/16/womens-tennis-bears-open-ncaa-singles-doubles.aspx
BERKELEY – Four members of the California women's tennis team – Valentina Ivanov, Mao Mushika, Hannah Viller Moeller and Katja Wiersholm – will close out the season when they compete in the NCAA individual championships next week in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Ivanov, Viller Moeller and Wiersholm start play in the NCAA Singles Championship on Monday while Viller Moeller and Mushika play in the NCAA Doubles Championship starting Tuesday at the Greenwood Tennis Center.
[T&F] Cal To Send 30 To NCAA West Regionals
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/16/track-field-cal-to-send-30-to-ncaa-west-regionals.aspx
BERKELEY - California track & field will send 30 athletes – 15 men and 15 women – to the NCAA West Regionals next week in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the region's top-48 individual athletes and top-24 relay squads (minus scratches) will compete at John McDonnell Field from May 22-25 for a coveted spot at the NCAA Championships in June.
[MROW] Bears Look To Qualify For Olympics
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/16/mens-rowing-bears-look-to-qualify-for-olympics.aspx
Seven current and former members of the California men's rowing team will look to punch their ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games when they compete at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, May 19-21. This marks the last chance rowers will have to qualify for the Olympics. A total of 183 crews will be competing for 30 remaining spots. In order to qualify a boat will have to finish in the top two of its event.
[BASE] Lomavita Named Semifinalist For Dick Howser Trophy
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/16/baseball-lomavita-named-semifinalist-for-dick-howser-trophy.aspx
California baseball junior Caleb Lomavita's stellar 2024 season continues to earn recognition among the nation's top players as he was named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Thursday.
The Dick Howser Trophy, presented by The Game Headwear, is given in memory of the former Florida State All-America shortstop and major league player and manager who died of brain cancer in 1987. The trophy is regarded as baseball's most prestigious award. Criteria for consideration of the trophy include performance on the field, leadership, moral character and courage – all qualities that were exemplified by Dick Howser's life.
[WBB] Women’s Basketball Adds Jenny Huth To Coaching Staff
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/16/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-adds-jenny-huth-to-coaching-staff.aspx
BERKELEY – The California women's basketball program has hired Jenny Huth as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, head coach Charmin Smith announced Thursday. Huth comes to the Golden Bears with over 15 years of coaching women's basketball at the Division I level.
[SB] Bears Earn Five NFCA All-Region Honors
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/16/softball-bears-earn-five-nfca-all-region-honors.aspx
Five student-athletes on the California softball team earned All-Region recognition for their efforts this season as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Thursday.
Third baseman Tatum Anzaldo, second baseman Elon Butler and catcher Lagi Quiroga were selected to the Pacific Region First Team, while pitcher Haylei Archer and first baseman Tianna Bell earned third-team honors.
[CAM INST] Riveras Provide Job Experience For Cal Student-Athletes
https://calbears.com/news/2024/5/16/cameron-institute-riveras-provide-job-experience-for-cal-student-athletes.aspx
It's often said a Cal hat or Cal shirt can provoke a "Go Bears" anywhere in the world.
That apparently includes an NFL training camp on the other side of the country.
Track & field's Adriana Ellard and Lacrosse's Kalena Johnson had the unique experience of interning for the Washington Commanders last summer. The opportunity came about thanks to the generosity of Ron and Stephanie Rivera, a proud Golden Bear couple that sought to help the Cameron Institute provide career exposure for Cal student-athletes.
Go Bears!!!
It's early in Rich Lyon's tenure, but he is out of the gates strong to be one of the greats
https://twitter.com/richlyons/status/1789066810593337516
Cal gets its sixth verbal class of 2025 commit via 3-star Ben Howard. Howard says that he'll be IOL. He's clearly a pretty good run-blocker.
https://twitter.com/benhoward_702/status/1792616612996198660
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/16079056/652c8e4dc11a3a0c7c2b956c
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Receive NIL and monetize yourself as a college student. And then get sued like a grown-up once you have real money
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40174859/fanatics-files-suit-cardinals-wr-marvin-harrison-jr
Auburn's All-American kicker return-specialist has been hospitalized and is in critical condition after being shot in the head. His brother tragically died in the same shooting.
https://sports.yahoo.com/auburn-rb-brian-battie-critically-wounded-in-sarasota-shooting-183700900.html
quantum computers
My friend wrote this that was in WSJ today. He was my manager at JP Morgan way back when too
Quantum computers have crossed a threshold. Soon, these mysterious machines could help smooth problems in our daily lives.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/quantum-computing-technology-optimizations-2e3db5dd?st=vo9awc6eeoigt81&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
shipping a car across the country
going to ship Subaru WRX from NY to Seattle so daughter has car for final 2 yrs of college.
rates are around $1500-2000. more expensive to get a covered transport as opposed to open-air.
anyone have any experience w/ this ...
I'd just send it open air. Presuming that it is insured, I would imagine the trade-off is wear-and-tear from the elements - which should be negligible for a week long transit. Ain't nobody going to climb onto a car transport rig to try to break into it because it's too much work.
true, driving it across the country would incur the same elements as sending open air.
I shipped my car to Louisville, which I guess is more expensive because most truckers go E/W on the major freeways and apparently I-64 is not a major enough freeway. It was explained to me that it need to be trucked N/S to one of the major freeways so it would cost more.
I also did open air. They ask you to wash it before you drop it off and then I think they wash it when they deliver it so you can prove there is no damage. Also, which was a little surprising, they say don't put anything in the car. I assume that's to prevent theft since the truck drive has your keys.
hmm .. we were thinking of sending some bulky things in the car.
I don't think you can do that, at least I wasn't able to.
good to know