BERKELEY – Nikolaos Papanikolaou has conquered just about everything there is to conquer in collegiate water polo. Now, he's taking it to the next level.
On Wednesday, the two-time national player of the year and three-time NCAA champion received a call-up to compete for a spot on the Greek men's water polo national team, which will be playing in both the men's water polo European Championship and World Aquatics Championship in the coming months.
BERKELEY - Cal Athletics tied its all-time best performance in Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to the latest data released Wednesday by the NCAA.
The Golden Bears posted an overall GSR of 91 percent, which matches the all-time high set by the department last year.
Six Cal teams achieved a perfect GSR mark of 100 percent while 18 had a rate of at least 90 percent.
Baratza Encore. I've had this one for about 5 years (?), I think. I bought it refurbished from Baratza for $99 plus tax and shipping. As it turns out, the motor I replaced was about 9 years old if I am deciphering the date on the label correctly.
I am highly reluctant to pay for a schmancy burr grinder when the Encore will do the job just fine, thankyouverymuch.
I am also the person who finally broke down and bought an *electric* burr grinder after using a Hario hand crank burr grinder for months and months. I reverted back to the Hario while the Baratza was out of commission.
On the way to Paris, I flew to Nashville to help No 2 replace the door actuator in his car. The alarm was randomly going off and while driving sometimes he'd see the dash show the left rear door was open. This was a well known issue on the interwebz. It would've cost 600+ for a shop to repair it and I needed a couple more takeoffs and landings to keep status so I changed my flight to Paris to go from Nashville (same price) and bought a ticket to go to Nashville (I think just over 200).
I bought the part and flew out. Got there and when I was about to go out to the car to fix it, I opened up the packaging and realized a plastic part broke off so I couldn't replace the part. The dealer that sold me the part got me my money back and now it'll cost me 600+ to get the shop to replace the part.
As an oldest, I recognize what you're saying. My oldest is just like his dad, only more successful and better organized.
One of his complaints about being older, although he didn't realize it at the time, was, "How come you treat (Double D) differently?"
"Because you're older. You're the first; the trailblazer."
It's inevitable and I'm sure that those of you with kids know this. You make most of your mistakes with your oldest, you're toughest on the oldest, and you expect more from your oldest. It can't be helped.
Ted Cruz wants to run for president in 2028. How will he and how was he allowed to run since the 14th Amendment appears to disqualify him because he is not a "natural born US citizen"?
Because his mother is American, which makes him a natural born American. John McCain was born in the Canal Zone, but since his parents were both American, he's American by birth.
The Portland Trail Blazers are a bad NBA team. When the front office decided to trade franchise icon Damian Lillard last offseason, the organization was capitulating on the 2023-24 season. They were no longer focused on the playoffs. They were focused on developing for the future. Yet that Blazers team, which was missing several of their best players, nearly beat the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, before a comeback nabbed the Dubs a 110-106 win.
I woke up at 415 AM and realized the Warriors were playing so I watched part of Q1 and all of Q2. Not playing well with lots of TOs and missing lots of open looks. Fell back asleep during halftime wondering why Kuminga wasn't getting any run. Woke up shocked that they beat the Blazers and that Kuminga was put in and key to the win.
You may be having a bad week, but not as bad as Liz Magill, the former Dean of Stanford Law (2012-2019) and current President of Penn. Ms. Magill refused to side with Israelis after the Hamas attack, citing free speech. As a result, a donor pulled his $100m pledge.
Mass shooting event at UNLV. Gunman was an ex-professor who was turned down at a job there. There is a sobering graph in this article about the # of school shootings.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Welp. Berkeley City Council has solved the Middle East crisis. Nice job, folks. https://twitter.com/dailycal/status/1732893273637925358
[MPOLO] What's Next For Papa?
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/6/mens-water-polo-whats-next-for-papa.aspx
BERKELEY – Nikolaos Papanikolaou has conquered just about everything there is to conquer in collegiate water polo. Now, he's taking it to the next level.
On Wednesday, the two-time national player of the year and three-time NCAA champion received a call-up to compete for a spot on the Greek men's water polo national team, which will be playing in both the men's water polo European Championship and World Aquatics Championship in the coming months.
[NEWS] Cal Matches All-Time High In GSR
https://calbears.com/news/2023/12/6/athletics-news-cal-matches-all-time-high-in-gsr.aspx
BERKELEY - Cal Athletics tied its all-time best performance in Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to the latest data released Wednesday by the NCAA.
The Golden Bears posted an overall GSR of 91 percent, which matches the all-time high set by the department last year.
Six Cal teams achieved a perfect GSR mark of 100 percent while 18 had a rate of at least 90 percent.
The good news: Cal Football (84) is above average GSR (82) for FBS programs for 2023.
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/research/gradrates/2023/2023D1RES_GSRTrends.pdf
Cal is also tied for 3rd for highest GSR in the Pac-12
The bad news: Cal will have the sixth worst GSR in the ACC
i didn't know we were going to the conference of nerds
Clemson has the highest GSR (99)
That CANNOT include football. Someone check their arithmetic!
unless you graduate by having a pulse on campus for 4 years.
i wonder if any of this keeps Wilcox employed..
FIX
I glue-gunned our Xmas wreath back into working order. It wasn't much, but it literally was the last thing I fixed.
Replaced my fireplace mantle with recycled wood that I milled and stained.
Replaced the motor in my burr grinder a few weeks ago. I've done other stuff since, but that's a task that has daily consequences.
which on do you have? mine seems to be good so far, but good to know ..
Baratza Encore. I've had this one for about 5 years (?), I think. I bought it refurbished from Baratza for $99 plus tax and shipping. As it turns out, the motor I replaced was about 9 years old if I am deciphering the date on the label correctly.
I am highly reluctant to pay for a schmancy burr grinder when the Encore will do the job just fine, thankyouverymuch.
I am also the person who finally broke down and bought an *electric* burr grinder after using a Hario hand crank burr grinder for months and months. I reverted back to the Hario while the Baratza was out of commission.
On the way to Paris, I flew to Nashville to help No 2 replace the door actuator in his car. The alarm was randomly going off and while driving sometimes he'd see the dash show the left rear door was open. This was a well known issue on the interwebz. It would've cost 600+ for a shop to repair it and I needed a couple more takeoffs and landings to keep status so I changed my flight to Paris to go from Nashville (same price) and bought a ticket to go to Nashville (I think just over 200).
I bought the part and flew out. Got there and when I was about to go out to the car to fix it, I opened up the packaging and realized a plastic part broke off so I couldn't replace the part. The dealer that sold me the part got me my money back and now it'll cost me 600+ to get the shop to replace the part.
No 2 is a grown ass adult. Why is it going to cost YOU $600?
i think it is complicated .. they dont really stop costing you for a while. at least that is what i am told and sort of preparing for.
although each kid is so different. our oldest seems to be well on the path to self-sufficiency.
I'll help them out if they're in school and not being funded. No 1 was funded from Masters all the way to PhD. No 2 is not. So I help him out.
As an oldest, I recognize what you're saying. My oldest is just like his dad, only more successful and better organized.
One of his complaints about being older, although he didn't realize it at the time, was, "How come you treat (Double D) differently?"
"Because you're older. You're the first; the trailblazer."
It's inevitable and I'm sure that those of you with kids know this. You make most of your mistakes with your oldest, you're toughest on the oldest, and you expect more from your oldest. It can't be helped.
Oldest kids usually are-- higher expectations/performance standards throughout life is my guess. OK, I admit it, I'm an Oldest...
last thing was a landfill gas well at work.
was more of a maintenance thing .. replaced gasket on my espresso machine.
as a result, the espresso has been excellent lately
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Ted Cruz wants to run for president in 2028. How will he and how was he allowed to run since the 14th Amendment appears to disqualify him because he is not a "natural born US citizen"?
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1732787719397409223
Because his mother is American, which makes him a natural born American. John McCain was born in the Canal Zone, but since his parents were both American, he's American by birth.
It's Pearl Harbor Day, which means your third favorite foreign spy is using this day to Xeet this:
https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1732690475482755422
She's a nutter.
Russia warns US that Ukraine will be its second Vietnam. Or just maybe, Ukraine will be Russia's second Afghanistan.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-warns-us-that-ukraine-will-be-its-second-vietnam-war/
was our "war on terror" not the second vietnam
No way, war on terror was "Mission Accomplished," remember?
probably both
Charles Barkley reacts to Trump's comments
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/12/07/donald-trump-charles-barkley-reaction-kc-vpx.cnn
PRO
I can't remember who said this, but I'll paraphrase his saying
"If you're going to steal, go big to make the risk/reward pay off"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/jaguars/2023/12/06/amit-patel-former-jaguars-employee-charged-stealing/71832494007/
WINDIA
Steph Curry, Jonathan Kuminga lead Warriors to 110-106 comeback win over Blazers
https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2023/12/6/23991709/steph-curry-jonathan-kuminga-lead-warriors-comeback-win-trail-blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers are a bad NBA team. When the front office decided to trade franchise icon Damian Lillard last offseason, the organization was capitulating on the 2023-24 season. They were no longer focused on the playoffs. They were focused on developing for the future. Yet that Blazers team, which was missing several of their best players, nearly beat the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, before a comeback nabbed the Dubs a 110-106 win.
I woke up at 415 AM and realized the Warriors were playing so I watched part of Q1 and all of Q2. Not playing well with lots of TOs and missing lots of open looks. Fell back asleep during halftime wondering why Kuminga wasn't getting any run. Woke up shocked that they beat the Blazers and that Kuminga was put in and key to the win.
i decided to just read last night instead of watch the game.
younger child wore their Wiggins jersey to school today!
Unfortunately Wiggins isn't playing well, nor is Klay.
indeed. both have mediocre years
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
You may be having a bad week, but not as bad as Liz Magill, the former Dean of Stanford Law (2012-2019) and current President of Penn. Ms. Magill refused to side with Israelis after the Hamas attack, citing free speech. As a result, a donor pulled his $100m pledge.
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/upenn-antisemitism-magill-100-million-donation
Duke appears to be going with Manny Diaz as head coach
https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1732789271042675195?
"Not happy with the ultimate outcome to the Pac-12" says the guy with blood spattered all over his face and the mace still in his hand
https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/1732475935319093602
Came here looking for this.
"I was shooting at his legs, officer."
Angus McClure fired from Nevada's passing coordinator role
https://footballscoop.com/news/sources-jeff-choate-makes-immediate-staff-shake-up-at-nevada
Jerry-Seinfeld-that’s-a-shame.gif
Mass shooting event at UNLV. Gunman was an ex-professor who was turned down at a job there. There is a sobering graph in this article about the # of school shootings.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/us/university-of-nevada-las-vegas-shooting-thursday/index.html