Name the seven California-based "national universities" (per US News & Reports definition for large universities) that have the lowest acceptance rates in 2023.
On April 2, 2023, the Giants were 1-2 and in last place in the NL West. They were also 0.5 game out of first place because everyone else in the division was 2-2 and tied for first place.
After yesterday's games, the Giants are in 2nd place at 40-32, 3.5 games in back of the Arizona Diamondbacks (44-29), 1 full game up on the Dodgers, who are 39-33 and in 3rd place.
Winchester: "Gentlemen, ten years from now, I shall shut myself in the library, pour myself a snifter of cognac, think back on the memory of this evening... and upchuck."
Paraphrasing Trump: "And then Putin said I'm going to invade Ukraine and then I said don't do it and then he said I respect you too much and you're too strong and powerful, so I won't invade if you're around. Then Putin started to cry and we hugged. And then Biden became President and he invaded and said 'I'm only doing this because of Biden'"
Italian lawmakers debating bill to make surrogates illegal. In the future, I foresee a couple needing to hide out in a manger to escape persecution for carrying the son of a deity.
With Aileen Mercedes Cannon? Trump shill if there ever was one. I guess it's up to her how she wants to go down in the history books. I mean if they still have those in Florida..
She's a trump shill so far, but she's going to be around a lot longer than he is. She might be willing to let him swing to keep her name out of the history books. Also, I think the complete shut down by the trump majority appeals court might have pulled the red maga hat from her eyes.
Hunter Biden pleads guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and strikes a deal for a felony gun charge. Unlikely to stop the braying masses of Newsmax loonies.
Teacher put on administrative leave for making faces at this student. He then later quits because of this student. The kid was suspended pending investigation. If this doesn't warrant an expulsion, I'm not sure what does.
I never had anything nearly as bad happen to me when I taught middle school but I can relate to some of what the teacher went through. When I first started teaching there was swift justice against any student who in anyway messed with a teacher. By the time I left the pendulum had swung too far the other way and student's not only received "due process" but their word was regarded as equal to that of adults. This led to situations like a student claiming a teacher was having sex with her boyfriend in the classroom after school. The allegation was investigated despite the accusing student's abysmal dislplincary record which included numerous instances of lying.
The worst part of the job for me towards the end was the lack of administrative support for teachers which often morphed into doubting our version of events.
Apropos: Liam Neeson was a school teacher. A student pulled a knife on him after being told to settle down. Neeson punched the knife wielder. Neeson got fired.
Have you guys seen/heard the Newsom interview with Hannity? I have never been a fan of Gav (he seems like the quintessential Marina d-bag to me) but he comes off very, very well in the interview, which consists of several hours of Hannity trying to ambush him on a series of issues, and Newsom very quickly and effectively responding in a way that illustrates his greater mastery of the underlying facts and evades the typical liberal/conservative caricatures that Hannity seeks to invoke.
Obviously he still has quite a bit of baggage, but I was just surprised at how well he did
Utah's new head of their NIL and former assistant AD is facing allegation of spending $23k on a trip at his previous job as AD at Illinois State. Brennan reportedly spent $23,000 on a trip as he and a top donor went to a football game, a strip club and stayed at a hotel overnight.
Duke offering free undergrad tuition for students from South and Best Carolina if your family makes less than $150k. I mean, it's still required that you need to be a douchebag.
It's similar to what other elite universities are doing for all admits. Though the amount may be less than $150K. I think when No 1 was going through the process in 2012, Furd was something like free tuition if you make under 100K and prorated above that. And everything is covered if you're family income is something like 60K. Princeton, Georgetown, Vandy all do similar things.
I guess Dook is now trying to do something similar?
The ghost of T. Boone Pickens donates $120m to OK State - half for athletics and half to academics. Maybe some day they can be as respected as U Tulsa.
Adding TCU to that list is a bit lazy. The only way they could improve upon last season is to actually win the NC. Even if you discount that, they are still replacing a lot of talent that just got drafted on offense.
I’m interested in seeing the results for Sonny the further he gets from Patterson’s players…that year was huge, but can he recruit well enough in Fort Worth to be a consistent CFP candidate or was that a one-off? Texas and Oklahoma leaving will help….
I think Dykes will be just fine. He is/was an underrated recruiter at Cal, Wilcoxs best seasons were with Dykes recruits. Texas obviously has a lot of HS talent that Dykes should be able to recruit and I feel like Dykes was an early adopter of the new transfer rules and portal so he will supplement through that.
The sort of weird thing in all this is Wilcox's recruiting. It seems like, as the spitting image of a good coach in everyone's impression, that he would be outstanding at it. But that does not seem to be the case. He gets a pass I guess because of COVID and maybe the evident portal prowess this season but let's just hope 2024 and future seasons are better. But I'm not sure if 4-8 or 5-7 will be acceptable anymore.
Name the seven California-based "national universities" (per US News & Reports definition for large universities) that have the lowest acceptance rates in 2023.
Taking a guess here;
UC's - Cal, Irvine, Davis, UCLA
Other - Harvey Mudd, Caltech, UCSF
Correct:
Cal Tech (#1 @ 4%)
UCLA (#3 @ 11%)
Cal (#5 @ 15%)
UC Irvine (#6 tie @ 29%)
Does that make Cal Poly SLO #7?
I'd replace Irvine with Santa Barbara, UCSD should be above Irvine as well. Possibly add SDSU just based on sheer volume of applicants.
Correct:
UCSB (#6 tie @ 29%)
I went with med school choices (Davis, UCSF) over SDSU and Stanford, but that is probably outside of the scope of the ranking.
A quick Google search shows that Stanford and Irvine are probably in top 7, Davis and SB probably not.
Correct:
Stanfoo (#1 tie @ 4%)
what is a "national" university?
and wouldn't stanfUrd and SC be on the list?
Correct:
USC #4 @ 13%
Maybe they mean a 4 year college?
Yeah, I think this is correct. SDSU gets so many applicants.
Overhang
Seems hard in rock climbing. Somehow my children are very good at it.
Those houses look like disasters waiting to happen. While I'm sure the views from there are great, I don't think I'd want to live in one.
Pretty much my thoughts as well. That photo does not inspire confidence.
Well, in California, it would be freaky.
The houses in Diamond Heights in SF that abut Glen Canyon are all on concrete pillars like that - agree it’s freaky here!
PRO
Gordon Sargeant putting on the 18th at the US Open...
https://twitter.com/JohnMorton215/status/1670531539396968449
Meanwhile, at halftime at the SJ Earthquakes game.
https://twitter.com/SJEarthquakes/status/1670299258803855360
wow. did he win a prize?
I think he won tickets to another SJ Earthquakes game or something like that.
Did the 2nd place person win tickets to 2 SJ Earthquakes games?
no. to SJ Clash games...too soon?
so, no.
Arraez batting 0.400
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/37882418/marlins-luis-arraez-back-400-another-5-5-night
I don't think he makes it but even seeing a .370 in this era would be thrilling.
The 1994 season still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Tony Gwynn was hitting .394 before the season was cut short.
The shift ban and pitch clock maybe help? Though averages aren’t generally up; it’s really just him
NZ abandons friendly versus Qatar after a Qatari allegedly used a racist term against one of their players
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37881664/new-zealand-abandon-match-qatar-amid-racism-allegations
Giants come from 4-0 down to win 8th straight on Yaz walk-off HR in the 10th. Final SF 7 Padres 4. https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401472104
On April 2, 2023, the Giants were 1-2 and in last place in the NL West. They were also 0.5 game out of first place because everyone else in the division was 2-2 and tied for first place.
After yesterday's games, the Giants are in 2nd place at 40-32, 3.5 games in back of the Arizona Diamondbacks (44-29), 1 full game up on the Dodgers, who are 39-33 and in 3rd place.
Lots of baseball remaining in the regular season.
The folks who kept insisting that Zaidi and Kapler don't know what they're doing aren't looking too great right now.
Painful as a Padres fan, but seen as a likely loss the minute Garcia came in to pitch the ninth. He's been dreadful lately.
Yep, I knew it was over. Bob has not managed well this season.
Does that bullpen implode every time Hader and Martinez are unavailable? Yikes.
Yes
Isss very bad…steal Jobu’s rum…iss very bad.
The Far Side
I love that Gary Larson coined "the Thagomizer" - the name of the four spikes on a Stegasaurus' tail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer#:~:text=A%20thagomizer%20(%2F%CB%88%CE%B8%C3%A6,a%20defensive%20measure%20against%20predators.
"after the late Thag Simmons...."
Winchester
"Let's go to the Red Lion, have a pint, and wait for this all to blow over"
https://www.foodandwine.com/history-red-lion-pubs-england-7489124
UK history is fascinating. And horrible, but that's beside the point.
"Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over"
Mystery House.
I went back in 2000. I enjoyed it. I mean, it was fine but wasn't mind blowing. Tickets are now $42/adult.
https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/buy-tickets/
Good movie: 1950 with James Steward, directed by A. Mann - Winchester '73
Best Major Charles Emerson Winchester III line in M*A*S*H -
POTTER: Rise and shiver!
WINCHESTER: (looks at alarm clock) A Winchester recognizes only one 5:30 per day. This is not it!
Winchester: "Gentlemen, ten years from now, I shall shut myself in the library, pour myself a snifter of cognac, think back on the memory of this evening... and upchuck."
Weird construction
The weird Flintstones' style house visible off of 280 in Burlingame.
I drove by that a couple of weekends ago.
I vaguely remember this - is it still there?
Yup. Some old lady bought it a few years ago and she's continuing to "upgrade" the site.
https://sanfran.com/hillsborough-flintstone-house-history
DBD AV CLUB
it's lonely here in this section today, so I'll ask:
did someone last week mention Citadel? I watched E1. it's ok...might try another ep. And I think it's only six anyway.
Platonic tonight!
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Paraphrasing Trump: "And then Putin said I'm going to invade Ukraine and then I said don't do it and then he said I respect you too much and you're too strong and powerful, so I won't invade if you're around. Then Putin started to cry and we hugged. And then Biden became President and he invaded and said 'I'm only doing this because of Biden'"
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-conversation-putin-delayed-russian-invasion-ukraine
And then one of the babies looked at him.
Italian lawmakers debating bill to make surrogates illegal. In the future, I foresee a couple needing to hide out in a manger to escape persecution for carrying the son of a deity.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italy-wants-to-punish-surrogacy-with-jail-even-if-done-legally/ar-AA1cKm7Q
I assume they only want genuinely Italian brood mares to help increase birth rates
Trump classified docs trial schedule for August 14th. Get your popcorn ready.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/20/trump-classified-documents-trial-date-set-for-aug-14.html
I'm glad the court is pushing the schedule, even if there are delays. Get this shit moving and over with.
With Aileen Mercedes Cannon? Trump shill if there ever was one. I guess it's up to her how she wants to go down in the history books. I mean if they still have those in Florida..
She's a trump shill so far, but she's going to be around a lot longer than he is. She might be willing to let him swing to keep her name out of the history books. Also, I think the complete shut down by the trump majority appeals court might have pulled the red maga hat from her eyes.
🍿
Trump is such a child that he can't stop incriminating himself, this time on Fox News
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4057556-trump-defends-keeping-classified-docs-in-contentious-exchange-with-foxs-baier/
To his credit, Fox's Brett Baier brought receipts
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1670924265158324225
The length of that list is incredible comedy.
John Eastman's California disbarment hearing starts today #FAFO
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/john-eastman-faces-disbarment-proceedings-california-effort-reverse-20-rcna90127
Hunter Biden pleads guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and strikes a deal for a felony gun charge. Unlikely to stop the braying masses of Newsmax loonies.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/hunter-biden-federal-investigation-06-20-23/index.html
Teacher put on administrative leave for making faces at this student. He then later quits because of this student. The kid was suspended pending investigation. If this doesn't warrant an expulsion, I'm not sure what does.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/central_berkshires/teacher-at-nessacus-regional-middle-school-leaves-amid-anti-semitic-harassment/article_77bcc3c8-0a36-11ee-bbd2-b7671eb28e4a.html
I never had anything nearly as bad happen to me when I taught middle school but I can relate to some of what the teacher went through. When I first started teaching there was swift justice against any student who in anyway messed with a teacher. By the time I left the pendulum had swung too far the other way and student's not only received "due process" but their word was regarded as equal to that of adults. This led to situations like a student claiming a teacher was having sex with her boyfriend in the classroom after school. The allegation was investigated despite the accusing student's abysmal dislplincary record which included numerous instances of lying.
The worst part of the job for me towards the end was the lack of administrative support for teachers which often morphed into doubting our version of events.
Apropos: Liam Neeson was a school teacher. A student pulled a knife on him after being told to settle down. Neeson punched the knife wielder. Neeson got fired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNlAWvvHpHo&t=176s
Trump, who only hires the best people, is called a national security threat by his former Secretary of Defense.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/politics/trump-national-secrets-mark-esper-cnntv/index.html
Trump, who only hires the best people, gets ripped by his former lackey/AG Bill Barr
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4058023-bill-barr-republicans-need-to-come-to-grips-with-hard-truths-about-trump/
Ken Paxton's wife does not recuse herself
https://apnews.com/article/ken-paxton-angela-impeachment-texas-8af439296c623f2725126799f372d9fe
Someone expected a different outcome? This is the contemporary Texas GOP we're talking about.
I wish I could believe that’s so she can vote to convict his cheating ass
Have you guys seen/heard the Newsom interview with Hannity? I have never been a fan of Gav (he seems like the quintessential Marina d-bag to me) but he comes off very, very well in the interview, which consists of several hours of Hannity trying to ambush him on a series of issues, and Newsom very quickly and effectively responding in a way that illustrates his greater mastery of the underlying facts and evades the typical liberal/conservative caricatures that Hannity seeks to invoke.
Obviously he still has quite a bit of baggage, but I was just surprised at how well he did
His biggest baggage is the fact that he married Kim G.
CAL
Shit's on fire, yo
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/06/20/berkeley-fire-department-lithium-ion-battery-fires
we have probably a lithium battery fire a month here. we don't even call the fire dept unless other things start burning also.
Go Bears!!!
If you leave your second story window open, mosquitoes, flies, and other things can get in.
https://twitter.com/KHQA/status/1671095550383456259
Based on the text I wondered why this is under Cal. But then I see the video, Bear Territory.
And you can also accidentally fall out.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
[BASE] Stanfurd eliminated from the CWS after giving up a 4-0 lead.
https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1671012604809031680
Yaaaaay!!!!
Utah's new head of their NIL and former assistant AD is facing allegation of spending $23k on a trip at his previous job as AD at Illinois State. Brennan reportedly spent $23,000 on a trip as he and a top donor went to a football game, a strip club and stayed at a hotel overnight.
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2023/06/16/new-utah-football-nil-collective/
Wazzu President thinks the Pac-12 media deal will be completed this month
https://twitter.com/SBJ/status/1670175057698537474?t=I-2rzX3_kA_EK3vUTUZYqQ&s=19
And then Oregon, UW, Cal, Furd to the Big-1G and Utah, Colorado, UofA, and ASU to the Big-12 announced the first week of July.
Hey! No looking at my paper over here!
How do you think I passed my classes?
Didn't someone else say that in, like, April?
Duke offering free undergrad tuition for students from South and Best Carolina if your family makes less than $150k. I mean, it's still required that you need to be a douchebag.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/06/20/duke-university-offering-free-tuition-for-north-and-south-carolina-families-earning-below-150000/?sh=9049113d0ed8
It's similar to what other elite universities are doing for all admits. Though the amount may be less than $150K. I think when No 1 was going through the process in 2012, Furd was something like free tuition if you make under 100K and prorated above that. And everything is covered if you're family income is something like 60K. Princeton, Georgetown, Vandy all do similar things.
I guess Dook is now trying to do something similar?
3-star OL with a 5-star name commits to SMU
https://twitter.com/K_LargeDaGreat/status/1670951344440737793
Bro would have been disowned if he became a kicker.
The ghost of T. Boone Pickens donates $120m to OK State - half for athletics and half to academics. Maybe some day they can be as respected as U Tulsa.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/college/cowboys/2023/06/20/oklahoma-state-receives-120-million-donation-t-boone-pickens-foundation/70336205007/
[MBB] WVU HC Bob Huggins resigns after blowing 0.21 at a Pittsburg traffic stop with a flat and a shredded tire.
https://twitter.com/wesleyshoe/status/1670257395811987456
Five teams likely to take a step back in 2023. TCU among them...
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/these-five-breakout-power-five-college-football-programs-will-likely-take-a-step-back-in-2023/
Adding TCU to that list is a bit lazy. The only way they could improve upon last season is to actually win the NC. Even if you discount that, they are still replacing a lot of talent that just got drafted on offense.
I’m interested in seeing the results for Sonny the further he gets from Patterson’s players…that year was huge, but can he recruit well enough in Fort Worth to be a consistent CFP candidate or was that a one-off? Texas and Oklahoma leaving will help….
I think Dykes will be just fine. He is/was an underrated recruiter at Cal, Wilcoxs best seasons were with Dykes recruits. Texas obviously has a lot of HS talent that Dykes should be able to recruit and I feel like Dykes was an early adopter of the new transfer rules and portal so he will supplement through that.
The sort of weird thing in all this is Wilcox's recruiting. It seems like, as the spitting image of a good coach in everyone's impression, that he would be outstanding at it. But that does not seem to be the case. He gets a pass I guess because of COVID and maybe the evident portal prowess this season but let's just hope 2024 and future seasons are better. But I'm not sure if 4-8 or 5-7 will be acceptable anymore.
If he can re-build that D, he’s got a shot. They made such huge plays v Michigan.