#Illinois bear 2024

[chibear20]

I'm competing for the title of Illinois Bear 2024! I'm doing this to raise awareness about mental health among bear/chub communities and LGBTQ+ teens.

Come check out my GoFundMe to help me raise the money it will take to be a good candidate!

https://gofund.me/a29d0bf1

[probablyasocialecologist]

By combining food-bearing trees and shrubs with poultry production, Haslett-Marroquin and his peers are practicing what is known as agroforestry — an ancient practice that intertwines annual and perennial agriculture. Other forms include alley cropping, in which annual crops including grains, legumes, and vegetables grow between rows of food-bearing trees, and silvopasture, which features cattle munching grass between the rows. Agroforestry was largely abandoned in the United States after the nation’s westward expansion in the 19th century. In the 2022 Agricultural Census, just 1.7 percent of U.S. farmers reported integrating trees into crop and livestock operations. But it’s widely practiced across the globe, particularly in Southeast Asia and Central and South America. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, 43 percent of all agricultural land globally includes agroforestry features. Bringing trees to the region now known as the Corn Belt, known for its industrial-scale agriculture and largely devoid of perennial crops, might seem like the height of folly. On closer inspection, however, agroforestry systems like Haslett-Marroquin’s might be a crucial strategy for both preserving and revitalizing one of the globe’s most important farming regions. And while the corn-soybean duopoly that holds sway in the U.S. heartland produces mainly feed for livestock and ethanol, agroforestry can deliver a broader variety of nutrient-dense foods, like nuts and fruit, even as it diversifies farmer income away from the volatile global livestock-feed market.

[...]

Trees actually have a much longer and more robust history in the Midwestern landscape than do annual crops. Think of the Midwestern countryside before U.S. settlers arrived, and you might picture lush grasses and flowers swaying in the wind. That vision is largely accurate, but it’s incomplete. Amid the tall-grass prairies and wetlands, oak trees once dotted landscapes from the shores of Lake Michigan through swathes of present-day Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, clear down to the Mexican border. These trees didn’t clump together in dense forests with closed canopies but rather in what ecologists call savannas — patches of grassland interspersed with oaks. Within these oak savannas, which were interlaced with prairies, tree crowns covered between 10 percent and 30 percent of the ground. They were essentially a transition between the tight deciduous forests of the East and the fully open grasslands further west. And in the region where Haslett-Marroquin farms — part of the so-called Driftless Area, which was never glaciated — trees proliferated even more intensely. In pre-settlement times, according to a 2014 analysis coauthored by Iowa State University ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore, closed-canopy forests of oaks, sugar maples, and other species covered 15.3 percent of the area, and woodlands (low-density forests) took up another 8.6 percent. Prairies — the ecosystem we readily imagine — composed just 6.9 percent. Oak savannas made up the rest.

10 September 2024

[queersatanic]

A day before a status hearing was set to go before a federal judge for a religious discrimination lawsuit by The Satanic Temple, the attorney representing the infernal religious organization notified the judge that that would no longer be necessary, voluntarily ending the case for good.

Plaintiffs The Satanic Temple and Adam Vavrick and Defendant City of #Chicago, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 this case should be dismissed without costs or fees to either party. -Stipulation to Dismiss – Document No. 35

The following day, July 24, Judge Joan Lefkow dismissed the cases with prejudice “with each party to bear its own costs and fees.”

The Satanic Temple Inc. and Adam Vavrick, an ordained minister of the Satanic Temple and a leader of TST's Illinois congregation, sought to deliver an invocation before a Chicago City Council meeting. However, they were not invited after, TST claims, more than three years of asking to deliver an invocation and not being given an explanation for why they were not invited.

TST sued the city in federal court on May 3, 2023, alleging violations of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

We wrote about the background of this whole thing in December 2023 and again in May 2024; in the latter, we also made a bit of a prediction there at the very end in reference to the scheduled trial date:

“Given TST’s usual burn-through rate and the ongoing major schism centered on TST Ministry, it will also be interesting to see if ‘Minister of Satan Adam Vavrick’ is even still associated with TST and ordained by the time 2025 rolls around.”

And wouldn’t you know it, a little more than a month after we said that, the plaintiff Vavrick announced he’d left The Satanic Temple Ministry:

Read more here:

[kingryblog]

Bears in Trees in Denver notes (year three)

*Nick, George, Callum, and Iain walk past the line down the street*

Iain: Bye guys!! See you later!

Me, and a few others in the line: Bye! See ya!

Iain: Yeah we're not coming back!

Someone in the crowd to someone else: I like your shoelaces

The reply: Thanks I stole them from the president.

Insane to hear that irl in 2024, my brain took a screenshot lmao

While Iain was talking someone started barking from the back of the venue lmao

Someone handed out paper to put over our flashlights when Little Cellist played and the Bears faces when they saw it was so so sweet

I'm always a little nervous bringing my cane to shows but after the show someone came up to me and said how it was so cool that bring it and they've been trying to work up the courage to bring their mobility aide and it made me feel so good. If that was you and you're reading this, thank you for saying that, and bring your aide, it makes shows so much better!!

Made some awesome friends!! Shout out Lillian from the discord who was me and my siblings buddy all night.

My sibling brought their 3DS and recorded some videos and took a bunch of pictures and everyone loved it (if you look closely at the video, you can see the exact moment Callum looks at the 3DS)

I had a pack of earplugs that I bought when I realized I left mine at home and handed out the whole pack out to other who didn't have any. Definitely plan to do that again! Wear ear protection yall!!

Callum: You know what constellation I love looking up to see? *very obviously trying to hint at Cassiopeia*

Iain, dead fucking serious: Orion?

Callum: No.

Iain: Wh- Oh oh, Cassiopeia?

Callum: Ya- No- Yeah. Yes.

Iain, later in the night: I've decided I'm going to derail every bit you try to do

Me and my sibling (best friend) absolutely clutching eachother while Confetti played

Callum was wearing a jersey and someone in the crowd recognized it as a high school team from Illinois

Two (2) guitar strings broke, one during Mothe's set and one during Bear's set

Half the crowd sat on the floor inbetween sets and it was so cool, it felt like hanging out with friends and made me feel less insecure about needing to rest my knee :)

This was my first time super close to the stage (at any show) and oh my gosh when Callum went into the crowd he was Right in front of me it was so cool!!

On that note, Callum was shoeless, only socks, cover the dogs

Got close, but I didn't cry this year... My sibling on the other hand,,, well.

This year was definitely the best year so far, everything about it was so good all the way through.

@bearsintreesofficial

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.16

Holidays

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont)

Children’s Day (Paraguay)

Cotton Day (French Republic)

CPAN Day

Cyrene Asteroid Day

Debian Day

Direct Action Day (India)

816 Day

Ekka People’s Day

Elvis Presley Commemoration Day

Eyeglasses Day

Festival of the Minstrels (Tutbury Castle, UK)

Follow Your Nose Day

GERS Day (Scotland)

Gold Cup Parade (Prince Edward Island, Canada)

Gozan no Okuribi (a.k.a. Daimonji; Kyoto, Japan)

Harmonic Convergence Day

Hestia Asteroid Day

Indie Animation Day

INXS Day

Joe Miller’s Joke Day (UK)

Madonna Day

Madonna del Voto Day (Siena, Italy)

Monty Python Day

National Airborne Day

National Apprenticeship Day

National Authenticity Day

National Backflow Prevention Day

National Energy Day

National Energy Multiplier Day

National Fasting Day

National Independent Worker Day

National Love Your Loss Day

National Roller Coaster Day

National Tell A Joke Day

National Work From Home For Wellness

Palio di Siena (Siena, Italy horse race) [also 7.2]

Patton Takes Messina Anniversary Day

Pine Crest Boys Varsity Tennis Team Day (Florida)

Remember What Your Spouse Wore the First Time You Met Day

Salem Heritage Day (Massachusetts)

Surveillance Day (f.k.a. Wave at the Surveillance Cameras Day)

Tell-A-Joke Day

Thai Peace Day (Win Santiphap Thai; Thailand)

Tipperary Day (Ireland)

True Love Forever Day

Whitmer Fednapping Day

Yukon Discovery Day (Canada)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Baba Au Rhum Day

International Rum Day [also 6.23]

National Rum Day

World Bratwurst Day

Xicolatada (Hot Chocolate Festival; Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Independence & Related Days

Anniversary of the Restoration of the Republic (Dominican Republic; 1924)

Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)

Cyprus (from UK, 1960; but celebrated 10.1)

De Jure Transfer Day (Puducherry, India)

Fête de l'Indépendance (National Day; Gabon)

Independence Referendum Day (Bermuda; 1995)

New Year’s Days

Parsi New Year (Gujarat, Maharashtra; India)

3rd Friday in August

Carrot Fest begins (a.k.a. The World’s Greatest Carrot Fest; Canada) [3rd Friday & Saturday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

GME Professionals Day [3rd Friday]

Hawaii Statehood Day (observed) [3rd Friday] (also 7.4)

Hug Your Boss Day [3rd Friday]

Kool-Aid Day [3rd Friday] (also 2nd Friday)

Men’s Grooming Day [3rd Friday]

National Day of Action Against Bullying & Violence (Australia) [3rd Friday]

National Hawaiian Shirt Day [3rd Friday]

National Men's Grooming Day [3rd Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning August 16 (2nd Full Week of August)

Elvis Week (Week of 8.16)

National Balayage Week (Week of 8.16)

Festivals Beginning August 16, 2024

Alaska Greek Festival (Anchorage, Alaska) [thru 8.18]

Alaska State Fair (Palmer, Alaska) [thru 9.2]

BBQ & Fly-in on the River (Excelsior Springs, Missouri) [thru 8.17]

BBQ Music Fest (Huntington Beach, California) [thru 8.18]

Bear Creek Folk Festival (Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada) [thru 8.18]

Beautiful Days (Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom) [thru 8.18]

Bite of Tacoma (Tacoma, Washington) [thru 8.19]

Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Canada) [thru 9.2]

Celebrate Erie (Erie, Pennsylvania) [thru 8.18]

Centralia Balloon Festival (Centralia, Illinois) [thru 8.18]

Copenhagen Cooking & Food Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark) [thru 8.25]

Cornfest (Ortonville, Minnesota) [thru 8.18]

Dead on the Creek (Laytonville, California) [thru 8.18]

Electric Picnic (Stradbally, Ireland) [thru 8.18]

Eurocon [European Science Fiction Convention] (Rotterdam, Netherlands) [thru 8.19]

Fan Expo Chicago [f.k.a. Wizard World Chicago] (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 8.18]

Florence Wine Fest (Florence, Alabama) [thru 8.17]

FolkEast (Little Glemham, England) [thru 8.18]

Franklin County Watermelon Festival (Russellville, Alabama) [thru 8.17]

Georgia Mountain Fair (Hiawassee, Georgia) [thru 8.24]

Kool-Aid Days (Hastings, Nebraska) [thru 8.18]

Machias Wild Blueberry Festival (Machias, Maine) [thru 8.18]

Macomb Balloon Rally (Macomb, Illinois) [thru 8.18]

Madison Ribberfest - BBQ & Blues (Madison, Indiana) [thru 8.17]

Nebraska Balloon & Wine Festival (Elkhorn, Nebraska) [thru 8.17]

New Orleans North Festival (Joliet, Illinois)

Northampton Balloon Festival (Northampton, United Kingdom) [thru 8.18]

Old Time Power Show (Cedar Falls, Iowa) [thru 8.18]

Palio di Siena (Siena, Spain)

Philadelphia Folk Festival (Schwenksville, Pennsylvania) [thru 8.18]

Sabin Harvest Days (Sabin, Minnesota) [thru 8.17]

Sarajevo Film Festival (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) [thru 8.23]

Seoul POPCON (Seoul, South Korea) [thru 8.18]

Summerfest (Sleepy Eye, Minnesota) [thru 8.18]

Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival (Owen Sound, Canada) [thru 8.18]

Sutherlin Blackberry Festival (Sutherlin, Oregon) [thru 8.18]

Wallace Huckleberry Festival (Wallace, Idaho) [thru 8.18]

Western Idaho Fair (Boise, Idaho) [thru 8.25]

Wicomico County Fair (Salisbury, Maryland) [thru 8.18]

Wild Blueberry Festival (Paradise, Michigan) [thru 8.18]

Zoo Brew (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

Feast Days

Agostino Carracci (Artology)

Ana Petra Pérez Florido (Christian; Saint)

Armel (a.k.a. Armagillus; Christian; Saint)

Arsacius (Christian; Saint)

Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Writerism)

Carista (Day of Peace in the Family; Pagan)

Carle Vernet (Artology)

Charles Bukowski (Writerism)

Diana Wynne Jones (Writerism)

Diomedes of Tarsus (Christian; Saint)

The Ditzies (Muppetism)

Edrinios (Arbitration Time; Celtic Book of Days)

Hal Foster (Artology)

Harmonic Convergence Day (Everyday Wicca)

Herbed Butter Day (for Vesta’s Bread; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ivan Bilibin (Artology)

Joachim (Christian; Saint)

Napier (Positivist; Saint)

Otto Messmer (Artology)

Roch (Christian; Saint)

Shahenshahi (Parsi New Year; India)

Simplician (Christian; Saint)

Solarinite Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Stephen I of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Wave at the Surveillance Cameras Day (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

American Flyers (Film; 1985)

Austenland (Film; 2013)

Blind Faith, by Blind Faith (Album; 1969)

Blue Crush (Film; 2002)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl (Novel; 1964)

The Commitments (Film; 1991)

Crow De Guerre (The Inspector Cartoon; 1967)

Dear God, by XTC (Song; 1986)

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe (Novel; 1968)

Fiddlesticks (Ub Iwerks MGM Cartoon; 1930) [1st Color Sound Cartoon]

Firemen’s Picnic (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Foreign Correspondent (Film; 1940)

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Animated TV Series; 2002)

If I Had a Hammer, by Peter, Paul & Mary (Song; 1962)

Last Train to Clarksville, by The Monkees (Song; 1966)

LazyTown (Children’s TV Series; 2004)

Lover, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2019)

Midnight in a Toy Shop (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1930)

Olympic Hymn, by Richard Strauss (Hymn; 1936)

Rodeo Romeo (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1946)

The Roman Hat Mystery, by Ellery Queen (Novel; 1929)

Rules of the Ring, by Jack Broughton (Boxing Code; 1743) [1st Rules of Boxing]

The Scarlatti Inheritance, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1971)

Siegfried, by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1876) [Ring of the Nibelung #3]

The Tate Gallery (Museum; 1897)

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (WB Animated Film; 2010)

Uncle Buck (Film; 1989)

The Usual Suspects (Film; 1995)

The Vanishing Prairie (Documentary Film; 1954)

Volunteers (Film; 1985)

What a Wonderful World, recorded by Louis Armstrong (Song; 1967)

Wimmin Hadn’t Oughta Drive (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)

Winning the West (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

Today’s Name Days

Alfred, Rochus, Stefan, Theodor (Austria)

Krunoslav, Roko, Stjepan (Croatia)

Jáchym (Czech Republic)

Rochus (Denmark)

Aulis, Aurel, Kuldar, Kullar, Kullo (Estonia)

Aulis (Finland)

Armel, Roch (France)

Alfred, Rochus, Stefan, Stephanie (Germany)

Alkiviadis, Apostolos, Diomedes , Diomidis, Gerasimos, Sarantis, Seraphim, Stamatia, Stamatis (Greece)

Ábrahám (Hungary)

Rocco, Serena, Stefano (Italy)

Aistars, Astra, Astrīda (Latvia)

Alvita, Butvydas, Jokimas, Rokas (Lithuania)

Brynhild, Brynjulf (Norway)

Alfons, Alfonsyna, Ambroży, Domarad, Domarat, Joachim, Joachima, Roch (Poland)

Leonard (Slovakia)

Esteban, Roque (Spain)

Brynolf (Sweden)

Yukhym (Ukraine)

Craig, Kraig, Roch, Rochelle, Rochester, Rock, Rocky, Serena, Serenity, Serina (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 229 of 2024; 137 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 33 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 13 (Red-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 12 Av 5784

Islamic: 10 Safar 1446

J Cal: 19 Purple; Fryday [19 of 30]

Julian: 3 August 2024

Moon: 87%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 4 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Napier]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 58 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 26 of 31)

[bearterritory]

Cal Sends 10 To NCAA Final

Bears Post Best NCAA Championships Score In Modern Program History

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The momentum that the California men's gymnastics team built throughout the 2024 season came to a head at just the right time, as it posted its best score at the NCAA Championships in the modern scoring era on Friday.   The Golden Bears – faced with an intense environment and raucous crowd at Ohio State's Covelli Center –finished Session I of the NCAA Qualifier with a 407.158, their third best overall on the modern program list and their fourth 400-plus total of the season. Cal finished fourth, placing ahead of Navy (396.290) and Greenville (389.157) but behind Stanford (417.389), Nebraska (413.123) and Illinois (410.461), the latter three of whom qualified for Saturday's team final.   Despite not advancing as a team, the Bears will have a heavy contingent at the Final after qualifying 10 men, including all three of their all-arounders, to mark a new program best since 2015.   Cal started off the day on pommel horse – their most consistent event of the year – and posted the sixth-highest score in modern program history (66.998), which was keyed by senior Aidan Li, who broke his own program record with a 14.800. It was the second-best score of the session and earned him a berth to Saturday's final. The Bears then moved on to rings, bookending their lineup with qualifying scores from freshman Jaxon Mitchell (13.633) and senior Chris Scales (13.900); the former was a new personal best for the rookie, which helped Cal post its 10th-highest rings score on the modern program list at 67.332.

A monster vault rotation followed for the Blue & Gold, which posted its best score since 2020 with a 71.564 that ranked second on the program list. Sixth-year senior Darren Wong posted a season-high 14.233, followed by a 14.033 by all-arounder Theodor Roald Gadderud and a huge PR of 13.966 from fellow all-arounder Tyler Shimizu. It was sophomore Khalen Currey who earned Cal's top score on the event, sticking a 14.766 that ended the session as the field's top score, qualified him to the final and moved him up to third in modern program history. Junior Jasper Smith-Gordon then rounded out the lineup with a qualifying 14.566. Lastly, Cal's third all-arounder, senior Noah Newfeld, closed out the third rotation with a large PR of his own, a 14.000.   Newfeld's momentum carried over onto parallel bars, where he stuck his dismount to cap off a 14.100 routine and top the lineup; Wong, meanwhile, posted a qualifying score of 13.800, helped the Bears to a total score of 68.566, their fourth consecutive program top 10 (No. 5). The team followed his lead with three sticks on high bar, courtesy of Mitchell (12.966), Wong (13.833), and senior Collin Cunane (13.200), the latter two of whom advanced to the final. Cal closed out the meet on floor, led by Curry's qualifying 13.933 and Shimizu's 13.900.

Team Score: 407.158 NCAA Finals Qualifiers in BOLD   Floor: 66.966 Khalen Curry 13.933 (PR) Yu-Chen Lee 12.900 Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.000 Tyler Shimizu 13.900 Noah Newfeld 13.233   Pommel Horse: 66.998 (Cal Top 6) Tyler Shimizu 12.466 Jasper Smith-Gordon 13.300 Noah Newfeld 13.466 Noah Sano 12.966 Aidan Li 14.800 (PR, School Record) Ex: Theodor Roald Gadderud 11.366   Still Rings: 67.332 (Cal Top 10) Jaxon Mitchell 13.633 (PR) Darren Wong 13.100 Noah Newfeld 13.366 Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.333 Chris Scales 13.900 Ex: Tyler Shimizu 12.533

Vault: 71.564 (Cal Top 2) Darren Wong 14.233 Theodor Roald Gadderud 14.033 Tyler Shimizu 13.966 (PR) Khalen Curry 14.766 (PR, Cal Top 3) Jasper Smith-Gordon 14.566 Ex: Noah Newfeld 14.000 (PR)   Parallel Bars: 68.566 (Cal Top 5) Tyler Shimizu 13.200 Darren Wong 13.800 Theodor Roald Gadderud 13.700 Noah Newfeld 14.100 Noah Sano 13.766   Horizontal Bar: 65.732 Jaxon Mitchell 12.966 Tyler Shimizu 12.900 Theodor Roald Gadderud 12.833 Darren Wong 13.833 Collin Cunane 13.200 Ex: Noah Newfeld 12.533   All-Around Noah Newfeld 80.698 Tyler Shimizu 78.965 Theodor Roald Gadderud 78.265  

[brookston]

Holidays 11.3

Holidays

Autumn Lady’s Tresses Day

Civcil Aviation Workers’ Day (Belarus)

Cliché Day

Cuena Day (Ecuador)

Culture Day (a.k.a. Bunka no hi; Japan)

Day of Artillery & Rocket Forces (Ukraine)

Day of the Mountain Troops (Romania)

End Gossip Day

Engineering Troops Day (Ukraine)

Flag Day (Palestine; United Arab Emirates)

Give Someone a Dollar Today Day

Godzilla Day (Japan)

Housewives (or Housewife's) Day

Hubertus (Poland)

International Day for Biosphere Reserves

International Day of Jewelers & Watchmakers

International Science Joke Day

International Stonework Play Day

Jerusalem Artichoke Day (French Republic)

Let Someone Have the Last Word Day

Manga Day (Japan)

Mother’s Day (East Timor)

National Accessory Day

National Advent Calendar Day

National Canine Companion Graduation Day

National Homemaker Day (f.k.a. National Housewife’s Day)

National Jigsaw Day (UK)

National Landlord Day

National Smart Home Day

National Women’s Day (East Timor)

Separation Day (Panama)

Serpent’s Dance (Elder Scrolls)

Smart Home Day

SOS Day

Tunnel Day (New York)

Victory Day (Maldives)

Washing Machine Day

World Basking Shark Day

World Cosplay Day

World Jellyfish Day

World One Health Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Sandwich Day

Independence & Related Days

Cuenca Independence Day (Ecuador)

Dominica (from UK, 1978)

Leylandiistan & Gurvata (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Micronesia (from US, 1986)

Panama (from Colombia, 1903)

Richensland (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

1st Sunday in November

All Saints' Day (Denmark) [1st Sunday]

Beteoapo Day (Southeastern Cross-Quarter; Aretéanism) [1st Sunday] (Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!)

Festival of Incompetence [1st Sunday]

Grandparents’ Day (Australia) [1st Sunday]

International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church [1st Sunday]

National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens [1st Sunday]

National Sleep-In Day [1st Sunday]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Snack Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Social Workers’ Day (Ukraine) [1st Sunday]

Spiritual Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Start Over Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

TransParent Day [1st Sunday]

World Meditation Day [1st Sunday of Every Month]

Zero-Tasking Day [1st Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 3 (1st Full Week of November)

American Art Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

Bird Health Awareness Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

Give Wildlife a Brake Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

National Allied Health Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

National Fig Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

National Diabetes Education Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

National Public Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

National Radiological Technology Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

National Vocation Awareness Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

Polar Bear Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

World Communication Week (thru 11.9) [1st Full Week]

Festivals Beginning November 3, 2024

Africa International Film Festival (Lagos, Nigeria) [thru 11.9]

The Bloody Mary Festival (Denver, Colorado)

Greenville FunFest (Greenville, South Carolina)

Harvest Home Festival & 5K Run (North Grafton, Massachusetts)

New England Christmas Festival (Uncasville, Connecticut) [thru 11.5]

Pack Expo International (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 11.6]

Vladivostok International Jazz Festival (Vladivostok, Russia) [thru 11.22]

Feast Days

Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church)

Ambrose Bierce Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

André Malraux (Writerism)

Annibale Carracci (Artology)

Benvenuto Cellini (Artology)

Betcha Festival (Japan)

Clydog (Christian; Saint)

Cristiolus (Christian; Saint)

Diwali, Day 4 (Hindu, Jain, Sikh), a.k.a. ... 

Day of Cowdung (Krishna)

Day of Oxen

Day of Self (Newar)

Gobardhan Puja (Krishna)

Goru Puja

Goru Tihar

Mha Puja (Newar)

Ed Murawinski (Artology)

Elias I of Antioch (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Ermengol (a.k.a. Hermengaudius; Christian; Saint)

Flour (Christian; Saint)

Gaudiosus of Tarazona (Christian; Saint)

Goseki Kojima (Artology)

Gustaf Tenggren (Artology)

Gwenfrewi (Celtic Book of Days)

Gwenhael (Christian; Saint)

Hegel (Positivist; Saint)

Hilaria (a.k.a. Cybele’s day; Day of Joy and Old Roman Spring Festival; Ancient Rome) [also 3.25]

Hubertus (a.k.a. Hubert; Christian; Saint) [Belgium]

Isia (Rebirth of Osiris Festival; Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Isis Cult Feast (Ancient Rome)

Isis/Osiris Mysteries VII (Pagan)

Jesús Blasco (Artology)

Kissing Frogs Day (Pastafarian)

Libertine (Christian; Saint)

Lois Mailou Jones (Artology)

Malachy O' More (Christian; Saint)

Manuel Lozano Garrido (Christian; Blessed)

Martin Cruz Smith (Writerism)

Martin de Porres (Christian; Saint)

Papulus (Christian; Saint)

Parsley Scattering Season Ends (Shamanism)

Pirmin (a.k.a. Priminius; Christian; Saint)

QuestPit Pitch Day

Richard Hooker (Anglican Communion)

Rumwold of Buckingham (a.k.a. Rumbald or Rumald; Christian; Saint)

Rupert Mayer (Christian; Blessed)

Silvia (Christian; Saint)

Small Furry Creatures Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Takao Saito (Artology)

Terence McNally (Writerism)

Whizzy (Muppetism)

Willian Cullen Bryant (Writerism)

Winifrede (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [21 of 24]

Prime Number Day: 307 [63 of 72]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [52 of 57]

Premieres

Abandoned Luncheonette, by Hall and Oates (Album; 1973)

At the Hop, by Danny and the Juniors (Song; 1957)

… Baby One More Time, by Britney Spears (Song; 1998)

Borat (Film; 2006)

Carrie (Film; 1976)

Charlie’s Angels (Film; 2000)

Different Strokes (TV Series; 1978)

Dune: Part 2 (Film; 2023)

The Fabulous Johnny Cash, by Johnny Cash (Album; 1958)

Fiddler on the Roof (Film; 1971)

Flushed Away (Animated Aardman Film; 2006)

The Goddess of Spring (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1934)

The Golden Apples of the Sun, by Ray Bradbury (Short Story; 1953)

Good Morning America (TV Morning Show; 1975)

Great Balls of Fire, by Jerry Lee Lewis (Song; 1957)

Guys and Dolls (Film; 1955)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Film; 2002) [#2]

Hawks & Doves, by Neil Young (Album; 1980)

His Dark Materials (UK TV Series; 2019)

Hold That Pose (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston version (Song; 1992)

Jittery Jester (Woody Woodpecker Carton; 1958)

Lady Bird (Film; 2017)

The Mad Hatter (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)

The Nanny (TV Series; 1993)

The Navy (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Never Sock a Baby (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1939)

Ninotchka (Film; 1939)

One Mouse in a Million (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren (Children’s Book; 1945)

Puss in Boots (Ub Iwerks Laugh-O-Grams Cartoon; 1922)

Rage Against the Machine, by Rage Against the Machine (Album; 1992)

Red Queen to Gryphon Three, by Gryphon (Album; 1974)

Salt Water Taffy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1930)

Sleepy Time Possum (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

So Lonely, by the Police (Song; 1978)

Thank U, Next, by Ariana Grande (Song; 2018)

Thor: Ragnarok (Film; 2017)

Tokyo Story (Film; 1953)

Unbelievable, by EMF (Song; 1990)

The Village Blacksmith, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

The Voice of the Turkey (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1950)

Wild and Woolfy (Tex Avery Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1945)

Today’s Name Days

Hubert, Martin, Pirmin, Rupert, Silvia (Austria)

Hubert, Martin, Silvija, Tvrtko (Croatia)

Hubert (Czech Republic)

Hubertus (Denmark)

Kaido, Kaidu, Kaimar, Kaimo, Kairo, Kaivo (Estonia)

Terho (Finland)

Gwenaël, Hubert (France)

Hubert, Martin, Pirmin, Silvia (Germany)

Győző (Hungary)

Amico, Giusto, Silvia (Italy)

Dagnija, Ērika (Latvia)

Hubertas, Silvija, Vidmantas (Lithuania)

Raymond, Roy (Norway)

Bogumił, Cezary, Chwalisław, Hubert, Huberta, Sylwia (Poland)

Achepsima, Aitala, Iosif (Romania)

Hubert (Slovakia)

Martín, Silvia (Spain)

Hubert, Hugo (Sweden)

Hobart, Hubert, Huberta, Malachi, Silvia, Sylvia, Winfred, Winifred, Winnie (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 308 of 2024; 58 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 44 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 3 (Xin-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 2 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 1 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 8 Wood; Oneday [8 of 30]

Julian: 21 October 2024

Moon: 4%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 28 Descartes (11th Month) [Hume]

Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 42 of 90)

Week: 1st Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 11 of 30)

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The Great Millennial Migration: States Wealthy Young Professionals Are Leaving and Where They’re Headed Next

In recent years, a significant trend has emerged among affluent millennials: a mass exodus from high-tax states in search of more favorable living conditions. Wealth advisor Clint McCalla’s experience encapsulates this shift. After enjoying life in San Diego, known for its stunning beaches and renowned attractions, McCalla and his family made the difficult decision to relocate to Austin, Texas, in September 2023.

Cost of Living Drives Relocation

For McCalla, the allure of San Diego was overshadowed by its high cost of living. "We loved it there, but the expenses were simply too much to bear," he explained. Renting proved challenging, and the complexities of California's property tax laws only added to their frustration. McCalla remarked on the state’s systemic issues, saying, “You have a system that disproportionately benefits legacy real estate owners and investors at the expense of new buyers.” This challenging environment contributed to their decision to seek a better quality of life elsewhere.

In Austin, the McCallas have found relief. “Almost everything costs less,” McCalla noted, emphasizing the substantial savings in housing costs. Their new home in a great school district has not only provided financial respite but has also fostered a sense of community that they cherish.

The Larger Trend: High-Tax State Brain Drain

McCalla is not alone in this migration. A recent analysis by SmartAsset, utilizing IRS data from 2021 and 2022, highlights a growing trend of wealthy millennials leaving states like California, Illinois, and New York. California, in particular, faced a loss of 3,226 affluent households in 2022, resulting in a significant economic impact due to the loss of high-income tax revenue.

This demographic, primarily those aged 26 to 35 earning over $200,000 annually, contributes heavily to state economies. The average income of households in California’s affluent millennial demographic stands at an impressive $480,776. As these individuals relocate to lower-tax states, such as Texas and Florida, the implications for California’s economy become evident. The Wall Street Journal notes that this exodus could lead to higher taxes for those remaining, especially the middle class.

Where Are They Going?

Texas and Florida have emerged as popular destinations. In 2022, Texas welcomed 1,660 new millennial households with an average income of $405,215, while Florida gained 1,786 households, averaging $526,273 in income. This influx not only boosts local economies but also positions these states as attractive hubs for young professionals seeking both financial stability and lifestyle advantages.

Shifting Trends on the Horizon

Interestingly, early 2024 data suggests a potential reversal in this migration pattern. Some millennials who previously moved to Texas and Florida are now returning to their home states, including California and New York. While it’s too soon to determine the permanence of this trend, cities like Austin and Miami are experiencing a slight decline in their wealthy young resident populations.

Engaging with the Future

As we continue to monitor these shifts, it raises critical questions about the long-term viability of high-tax states and the evolving preferences of millennials. Will economic incentives ultimately outweigh lifestyle choices, or will the pull of community and familiarity bring them back?

Join the conversation: What factors influenced your decision to stay in or leave your state? How do you envision the future of these shifting demographics? Your insights could help shape the narrative around this evolving story.

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The Founding of Outlaw Nation

In the year, 2016, the President of the 1%er organization, the Outlaw Motorcycle Club, Joe Buchanan, wagered control of his organization against the submission of myself. The contest was to split a handle of Jack Daniels Honey, shot for shot. Loser passes out first. The venue was Hill’s Tap, located in Genoa, DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America.

I refused to submit to a man less than me, and matched him shot for shot until the final pour where I took his shot, then mine, successfully out drinking him, and seizing control of his organization.

I lit the spark of rebellion in the United States of America. I declared war on pedophilia. I named the tyrants masquerading as civil servants, enemy.

I decided to lead free people, in pursuit of that lofty ideal, freedom. I warned my people that freedom is never free. I declared myself prepared to pay that price in blood, a willing sacrifice, and asked who among them would pay in full beside me.

“It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” - Samuel Adams, Sons of Liberty, 1765

What is Freedom?

Freedom, as defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary (2024): (noun) the state of being free from the control or power of another.

I believe freedom to be power held by the individual, in which the individual has control over decisions which compound over the course of the individual’s life, resulting in a life lived on one’s own terms.

I believe freedom is the acceptance of the sum of one’s actions, as derived from the choices one makes.

“True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality, not only for Americans, but for all people on Earth.” - Eleanor Roosevelt, Book of Common Sense Etiquette, 1962

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and under a just god, can not long retain it.” - Abraham Lincoln, letter to Henry L. Pierce, April 6, 1859

“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin, Silence Dogood letter, 1755

Why Freedom?

It is my opinion that man, without freedom, is little more than a drone. When man is lacking in free will he does naught but obey. Gone is the creative. Gone is the innovative. Gone is the leader who hides among us. What is left to fill the void? When free thinkers are persecuted; when creativity is stifled; when all that is left is tyranny; a tipping point is reached, for man can not be all that he is without freedom.

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America began the first American revolution in 1776. The tyranny of the Calvinist court of England had become too much to bear.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” - Congress, Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America succeeded in gaining their independence from the monarchy of England; the Calvinist organization was willing to cede control and immigrated west, lobbying to establish themselves as political leaders in the new born nation.

As a result, Outlaw Nation wages the same war in which our forefathers began, in dimly lit taverns, on busy street corners, and in the comfort of our own homes.

Freedom is the lullaby our children hear as they go to sleep.

“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.” - Huey Percy Newton, the Black Panther Party, 1966

And inherit we did.

It took 9% of the population of the United States of America to win the first American revolution. Echos of our Founding Fathers exist in the bloodlines of Outlaw Nation; raised on stories of a better time, in a place that we once knew; battle hardened before we knew what it meant. When innocence is stolen, when childhood is sexualized, when healthy growth is pruned, when we were faced with the choice to submit or stand our ground; we choose to fight.

“What you don’t understand is that it’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.” “It’s better to live on your feet than to die on your knees.” - Rise Against, Survivor Guilt, Endgame, 2011

“Are there no fighters left here anymore? Are we the generation we’ve been waiting for? Or are we patiently burning, waiting to be saved? Our heroes, our icons, have mellowed with age; following rules that they once disobeyed. They’re now being led, when they used to lead the way.” - Rise Against, Architects, Endgame, 2011

Which begs the question, do you still believe in all those things which you stood by before?

We are out here on the front lines and at home keeping score because we are the architects of what we will create.

“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” - Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!, 1775

We are the generation which, against all odds, survived. We recall well the Valkyrie who raised us, the Ol’Men who saved us, and those Midnight Hands who sacrificed themselves to guard us. Now it’s our turn to be the heroes we were waiting for. We have no map to guide us, only battles we once faced. The world looked so different at that stage. Yet, as the curtain rises, a better vantage point we take. There is beauty in the breakdown, such that, we are born anew, into the fray, come what may, united we stand, as we forge our way to the promised land.

“What we are is the sum of a thousand lies; what we know is nearly nothing at all.” - Rise Against, The Strength to Go On, Appeal to Reason, 2008

Once the wildfires of revolution have been set, even final death will not quench them. Without fail, the next generation will pick up the Torches and lead the way down the unforgotten trail. An idea is the most powerful force in existence. An idea may outlive those who discovered it, those who articulated it, those who acted upon it. An idea may lay dormant for centuries until the time is ripe for it to be called from the recesses of memory. Yet, an idea endures. An idea may endure famine, the ravages of war, the desolation of solitude; and yet, refuse to fade, so long as one Secret Keeper feeds the flame.

So it has come to this. May our secrets keep safe until the day has come, to once more, ride into battle.

Freedom is not a young idea, even while it is the young who are most susceptible to it. My idea of freedom is such that individuals have the options to behave in the way in which they choose, with the full accountability of their actions, both positive and negative. That free people have the ability to change, to improve, to grow. That those who wish to subjugate are the very individuals who do not deserve the honor of leadership.

I know my generation has never been free. I was young the first time I met a Calvinist. I had been scouted, for my unique bloodline, by those who, through the chains of treasonous tyranny, control the world, like puppet masters only just off stage.

“Your intelligence level is off the charts!” - Hillary Diane Rodman Clinton, 1994

“Such a waste of a pretty face.” - George Soros, 1994

This gathering was my first introduction to decadence. The crown mounding was elegantly carved marble; the ceilings elaborately hand painted; rich Turkish rugs lined the hardwood floors; a handsome feast, freshly poisoned, ladened the long center table; naked children, aged three, clad in only marble dust posed as cherubs atop painted wood pedestals; a small table in the corner with three punch bowls of fresh human blood and elegant faceted wine glasses to be filled with gold ladles. Old, fat, inbred, white men in loosely tailored, expensive suits, mingled separately from their classically dressed, spandex fitted, clearly aging wives.

All this was laid out, monthly, paid for by funds embezzled from the United States of America’s education, human services, transportation, and defense budgets.

Tyranny is when a population is subjugated by a governing body who takes resources out of the closed system, that is the government, and uses it frivolously.

This war, this 1,001st Great War, between tyranny and freedom has echoed through the eons. Our very generation was bred for, through a centuries old eugenics program.

We are the generation this world has waited for, hoped for.

For so long as one has hope; someday will come.

“We are the wolves at the gate. Our numbers growing every day, yeah, you can’t fight us all.” - Rise Against, Wolves, Wolves, 2017

Someday there will be freedom.

Someday there will be opportunity.

But that day will never come, should we choose to remain idle and afraid. Radical change calls for, nay, demands radical action. To do what has never been done, one must do what has never been done.

History shows many localized revolutions, throughout the ages, yet, never before has a revolution existed on this scale. Never before has the world been this close to uniting under one banner, in order to throw off the bounds of oppression, to melt the chains of tyranny, to forge a new destiny.

A destiny free of corruption, riddled with opportunity, and rich in bounty. A greater future where individuals are judged on the content of their character, the merit of their work, and their effort to overcome the struggles all men face.

I tell myself that someday will come; that free people will be free. I know that I am not the only one willing to sacrifice everything that I am for a better tomorrow. I know that the decisions I make ripple to distant shores; that my cry from the bottom of my heart, for freedom, long overdue, echos across foreign lands, and has taken root in the hearts of men from sea to shining sea. I know that, someday, we will see this through; for we hold an idea which resonates in our spirits, and the wisdom that not all is for naught.

For what choice have we, when the prevailing winds of change have been long stagnant?

For what choice have we, when the tides of opportunity run still?

For what choice have we, when the rivers of life run dry?

The option to do nothing results in the status quo remaining unchanged. Should we choose to stand idly by, the tyrants masquerading as public servants will continue to embezzle from public taxes, lining their pockets, and writing loopholes into law in order to prevent justice from being served.

The budgets for social benefit programs, such as: healthcare reform, education reform, supplemental nutritional assistance, pensions, infrastructure, and emergency response to catastrophic natural disasters, have suffered greatly.

When pedophiles preach propaganda in schools, we lose our children.

When drug addicts roam the woods, we lose our wilds.

When doctors treat patients as customers, we lose our minds.

When public officials treat citizens as slaves, we lose our voice.

What else do we have to lose? Who among us will rise in revolution? If not us, then who? If not now, then when?

If nothing is to be done, then nothing is to change. I, for one, am no longer content to sit idly by while the world stops turning.

“Whereafter do human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen in any map of the world. Yet, they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood he lives in; the factory, farm, or office where he works; the school or college he attends, such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks opportunity, justice, dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerned citizen action, to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.” - Eleanor Roosevelt, remarks at the United Nations, March 27, 1958

For 10,000 years the Calvinist playbook has been in effect. Staunch monarchies through the ages have fallen to insidious Calvinist interest. The infiltration starts slowly at the bottom levels of the dominance hierarchy; then, the higher levels are infiltrated. Over time, the positions with the most control of financing and records are filled by Calvinist lackeys. This continues until the figurehead is surrounded by Calvinists, alone, without loyalty or support from within their organization.

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Will Caleb Williams play as we speak? How one can watch Chicago Bears video games within the 2024-5 NFL season

Caleb Williams #18 of the Chicago Bears stands on the sphere previous to an NFL preseason soccer sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals, at Soldier Subject on August 17, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.  Todd Rosenberg/Getty Photos Chicago Bears followers have rather a lot to look ahead to within the 2024-2025 NFL season. Caleb Williams, the No. 1 total choose within the 2024 NFL Draft, has…

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2024-04-12: River Denizens (Random Tables)

The Mississippi River has a few distinctive types of boats in this era that you may not be aware of: gambling boats and shantyboats.

Gambling Boats

Gambling boats tended to be larger crafts that could accommodate many people and functioned as casinos. Laws in the area allowed gambling and casinos so long as it wasn't on Mississippi soil, but attentive entrepreneurs took advantage of the phrasing to create a culture boat-based casinos. Many casino boats were old paddle steamers. Some traveled up and down the river, spending days or weeks in one place; others were effectively permanently moored to the riverbed and never moved.

Names for Riverboat Casinos (1d20)

Lucky Draw

King David

Mississippi Diamond

Jewel of the River

Moonlight

Mighty Mississippi

The Fish House

Black Bear's Den

Gold and Cotton

Dixie Belle

Delta Star

The Regal

River Chariot

Liberty Jack's

Magnolia Blossom

New Orleans Entertainer

Yellow Dog

El Paradiso

Chicago Pinnacle

Star of the South

Shantyboats

Shantyboats are houseboats, often amateur-made, that people use as permanent homes on the river. Although some people lived in shantyboats for the freedom it offered, most lived in them out of necessity. The Great Depression was the peak era for shantyboats, where thousands of people took to the rivers that fed into the Mississippi in search of better jobs.

Most shantyboats had an outboard motor that could navigate against the currents, but were incapable of doing anything but floating downstream. Like the gambling boats, some shantyboats stayed in a location for a short time, while others were moored in a single place for an extended period of time. Some shantyboats (either whole or in pieces) even became permanent houses on land.

If you need a quick description of a shantyboat, roll a complete set of 7 polyhedral dice and consult the tables below:

Number of Rooms (1d4)

Single room

Two rooms

Three rooms

Four rooms

General Appearance (1d6)

Amateur work that is probably not fit for long term human habitation

Shows obvious signs of patching with mismatched materials

Definitely in need of repair, but most issues are relatively minor

Weather-beaten, but still sturdy

Well-loved and well-maintained

Freshly-built or close to it

Notable Features (1d8)

Porches on both the bow and stern

Windows with shutters that work

A loft area

Quality furniture

High ceilings (for a boat, at least)

Sturdy door

Spacious interior

Relatively abundant storage space

Construction Style (d10)

Assembled from bare scrap lumber with a tin roof

Painted wood siding with asphalt shingles

Whitewashed wood with a rounded asphalt roof

Flat tin roof atop stacked logs

Corrugated tin siding with a matching tin roof

Unpainted lumber walls with a rounded tin roof

The level of quality on the joinery seems like it was mass-produced

Slightly pitched asphalt shingle roof with plywood siding

Plywood walls with a flat asphalt roof

Timber frame whose walls are partially clad in plywood and the remaining walls are covered by corrugated tin.

Where The Inhabitants Were Coming From (d00)

Ohio

Tennessee

Kentucky

Missouri

Illinois

Louisiana

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Iowa

Mississippi, south of the Delta (like Natchez or Vicksburg)

Inhabitant Hook (1d12)

The inhabitants are trying to relocate the boat, but having trouble.

Property owners are trying to stop the boat inhabitants from squatting on their land.

A shantyboat is hiding a cache of liquor that is expected for delivery somewhere else along the river.

One of the inhabitants has fallen gravely ill.

A skiff that belongs to the inhabitants of the house has been lost or stolen.

Newly arrived to the area, the inhabitants are looking for work but are short on money.

Someone is pursuing the inhabitants of the shantyboat, forcing them to move often.

There's a huge creature in the river that would be worth a small fortune at the market, and the inhabitants want to catch it.

The shantyboat is drydocked for repairs on the hull, but needed materials are scarce.

Livestock or a pet owned by the inhabitants has gone missing.

Someone aboard the shantyboat has come into possession of a sudden windfall and is trying to figure out what to do with it.

The shantyboat has been recently burglarized and vandalized by someone.

Family Name of Inhabitants (1d20)

Howell

Johnson

Hayes

Sawyer

Roberts

McGinty

Burns

Porter

Walton

O'Neil

Griffin

Avery

Collins

Kent

Nichols

Long

Teach

Godwin

Mackey

Greenblatt

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BBC 0407 11 Apr 2024

12095Khz 0358 11 APR 2024 - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from TALATA VOLONONDRY. SINPO = 55445. English, dead carrier s/on @0358z then ID@0359z pips and newsday preview. @0401z World News anchored by Chris Berrow. Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh's family said. The Israeli military confirmed carrying out the attack, describing the three sons as operatives in the Hamas armed wing. The three sons were killed when the car they were driving in was bombed in Gaza's Al-Shati camp, Hamas said. Four of Haniyeh's grandchildren, three girls and a boy, were also killed in the attack, Hamas said. Hamas said on Tuesday it was studying an Israeli ceasefire proposal in the more than six-month-old Gaza war but that it was "intransigent" and met none of the Palestinian demands. "Our demands are clear and specific and we will not make concessions on them. The enemy will be delusional if it thinks that targeting my sons, at the climax of the negotiations and before the movement sends its response, will push Hamas to change its position," Haniyeh said. President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians. Mr Biden warned that Iran is threatening to launch a "significant attack" after Israel struck the Iranian consulate in Syria 10 days ago. "We're going to do all we can to protect Israel's security," he added. Earlier on Wednesday, Iran's leader said the Israeli attack in Damascus was equivalent to an attack on Iran itself. South Korea's liberal opposition party has won a landslide majority in the country's general election to retain control of parliament. The vote is widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has three years left in office. His party leader Han Dong-hoon has resigned and Prime Minister Han Duk-soo has offered to resign. The head of the UN's atomic watchdog agency has condemned a drone strike near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident". In a statement on social media, Rafael Mariano Grossi said at least three direct hits against the main reactor containment structures took place. Russia earlier claimed a Ukrainian drone hit the dome above a reactor at the plant, but that radiation levels remained normal and no serious damage was caused. The plant remains close to the front lines, and both Ukraine and Russia have repeatedly accused the other of attacking the plant and risking a possible nuclear disaster. Russian forces carried out at least 10 air strikes targeting "critical infrastructure" in Ukraine's Kharkiv, the region's governor said early Thursday. Aleksandra Bielakowska, an advocacy officer for Reporters Without Borders who is based in Taiwan, was detained for six hours at Hong Kong International Airport, the Paris-based group said in a statement. She was questioned and her belongings were searched three times before she was deported without explanation. The most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen, a 67-year-old property developer stands accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years. The numbers involved are dizzying. Truong My Lan is charged with taking out $44bn (£35bn) in loans from the Saigon Commercial Bank. Prosecutors say $27bn may never be recovered. Amazon.com's Amazon Web Services, the world's largest cloud-service provider, owes tech company Kove $525 million for violating its patent rights in data-storage technology, an Illinois federal jury said. @0406z "Newsday" begins. Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM. 250kW, beamAz 315°, bearing 63°. Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 15359KM from transmitter at Talata Volonondry. Local time: 2258.

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Fleeing the storm

April 2, 2024

We woke to clouds and drizzle and lots of discussion among family and friends of a 3-day storm in the northeast. Niagara Falls is supposed to get snow. So much for our plan of hanging out around Buffalo until the eclipse. The RV is very good in snow, but it is very small to be stuck inside for 3 days.

Where to go? We leave Niagara Falls heading west through Buffalo and turn south toward Pennsylvania .

We drive through the Allegheny National Forest in heavy rain, but no snow. The weather maps show this storm as huge — it stretches from Virginia to Maine and it’s coming from the west. We head for West Virginia in the hopes that it will be intermittent rain instead of constant rain.

Pennsylvania has the Zippo factory. Jeanne’s dad had a Zippo.

No luck. We stop at another favorite rest area — Sideling Hill in MD on I-68. The fog was so thick that visibility was difficult and it was still pouring. Sideling Hill has a beautiful road cut with fossil-bearing rocks that you can reach by a trail from the Welcome Center.

Dora does NOT want to leave the RV. We pick her up, put on her raincoat, and put her down outside. We are clearly crazy, so she makes the best of it.

The trail is closed, so we walk across the bridge over I-68 and admire the water pouring off the cliff.

Back at the RV, we study weather maps and try to make plans. Bad weather for days everywhere but the coast. Ok, if the only decent weather is at the coast, then let’s go to the coast.

Meanwhile, the eclipse weather forecast is changing. Texas is improving, but still bad. Missouri and Illinois are better and might be ok. If we go somewhere mid-eclipse-route, it’s reasonable to meet Tim’s brother and nephew and maybe go visit friends in Colorado after the eclipse. If we go to Maine, we won’t do that. Decisions, decisions.

We decide to hang out in the mid-Atlantics and decide on Friday.

[digitaltariq]

2024 Males's Last 4 odds: Who's favored to win every area?

The NCAA Males's bracket has been revealed and bettors are scouring the chances marketplace for the 2023-24 males's faculty basketball nationwide championship. However do you know there's one other betting market accessible for Last 4 weekend in Phoenix? RELATED: 10 early March Insanity betting ideas Due to FanDuel Sportsbook, now you can wager on which groups will win every area. If you happen to suppose a group will make a deep run within the event however aren't positive if it would lower down the nets on April 8, the regional winner odds are for you. Listed here are the chances as of Monday for groups to make the Last 4 at FanDuel Sportsbook, in addition to perception from FOX Sports activities faculty basketball writers John Fanta and Michael Cohen. ODDS TO WIN EAST REGION:  UConn Huskies: +110 (guess $10 to win $21 whole) Iowa State Cyclones: +450 (guess $10 to win $55 whole) Auburn Tigers: +550 (guess $10 to win $65 whole) Illinois Preventing Illini: +750 (guess $10 to win $85 whole) BYU Cougars: +1500 (guess $10 to win $160 whole) San Diego State Aztecs: +2000 (guess $10 to win $210 whole) "However there is not any conceivable method the Huskies do not make it to the Candy 16 in Boston. I do get that Auburn, with a KenPom score of 4 and an elite protection, might give the Huskies some suits with the best way they guard however I do not suppose it is definitive that Auburn will get to the second weekend as a result of I despise its draw. As a lot as I wish to say Iowa State would problem the Huskies extra, I nonetheless would moderately play the Cyclones than 2-seeds Tennessee or Arizona. Sure, I am nicely conscious that Iowa State crushed Houston within the Massive 12 Event championship recreation however I nonetheless have some issues about its offense." — Fanta ODDS TO WIN WEST REGION:  Arizona Wildcats: +230 (guess $10 to win $33 whole) North Carolina Tar Heels: +380 (guess $10 to win $48 whole) Baylor Bears: +700 (guess $10 to win $80 whole) Alabama Crimson Tide: +700 (guess $10 to win $80 whole) Saint Mary's Gaels: +1000 (guess $10 to win $110 whole) Michigan State Spartans: +1300 (guess $10 to win $140 whole) "The bracket units up properly for second-seeded Arizona to make a prolonged NCAA Event run and probably attain the Last 4 for the primary time since 2001. It has been 9 years since former coach Sean Miller introduced the Wildcats to the Elite Eight in consecutive seasons, and present head coach Tommy Lloyd might be desirous to string collectively a couple of wins after getting upset by No. 15 Princeton final March." — Cohen ODDS TO WIN SOUTH REGION:  Houston Cougars: +145 (guess $10 to win $24.50 whole) Marquette Golden Eagles: +500 (guess $10 to win $60 whole) Duke Blue Devils: +650 (guess $10 to win $75 whole) Kentucky Wildcats: +700 (guess $10 to win $80 whole) Wisconsin Badgers: +1200 (guess $10 to win $130 whole) Florida Gators: +1500 (guess $10 to win $160 whole) Texas Tech Purple Raiders: +1500 (guess $10 to win $160 whole) "I just like the Cougars fairly a bit, however alternative knocks for Kentucky. The Wildcats must keep away from the upset risk in opposition to Greg Kampe and Oakland, then get Texas Tech or NC State. Sure, the Wolf Pack are red-hot, however each of these groups are beatable for a group as proficient as Kentucky, little question. It is time for John Calipari to go on a run and I felt this was a manageable path." — Fanta ODDS TO WIN MIDWEST REGION:  Purdue Boilermakers: +170 (guess $10 to win $27 whole) Tennessee Volunteers: +350 (guess $10 to win $45 whole) Creighton Bluejays: +480 (guess $10 to win $58 whole) Kansas Jayhawks: +1000 (guess $10 to win $110 whole) Gonzaga Bulldogs: +1000 (guess $10 to win $110 whole) Texas Longhorns: +1800 (guess $10 to win $190 whole) "The Boilermakers are additionally fairly lucky in that Kansas is well the weakest 4-seed on this 12 months's event, as harm questions swirl round guard Kevin McCullar Jr. (18.3 factors per recreation) and heart Hunter Dickinson (18 factors per recreation). That is additionally one thing of a down 12 months for fifth-seeded Gonzaga, which enters the Massive Dance with a 25-7 general file that's the program's worst since 2016. Each groups are topic to potential upsets of their first-round matchups in opposition to Samford and McNeese State, respectively." — Cohen Which group are you backing to make a run to the Last 4? Comply with FOX Sports activities for the newest information on faculty basketball and different sports activities.     beneficial 2024 March Insanity predictions: FOX Sports activities writers reveal event brackets

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Holidays 9.27

Holidays

Ancestor Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Honor Your Ancestors Day)

Answering Machine Day

Arbor Day (US Virgin Islands)

Banana Slug Day

Battle of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)

Bloodstone Day

Book Matches Day

Castor 927 Day

Crush A Can Day

Dave Matthews Band Day

Day of Preschool Employees (Russia)

Doris Day Day (Cincinnati, Ohio)

European Myeloma Day

1stLinePit Pitch Day

French Community Day (Belgium)

Fun and Fancy Free Day

GNU Day

Google Commemoration Day

International SEO Day

Julien Alfred Day (Saint Lucia)

Lendemain du Magal de Touba (Sénégal)

Manit Day (Culture Day; Marshall Islands)

Memorial Day (Azerbaijan)

Morning Show Hosts Day

National AJ Day

National Boccia Day (UK)

National Butt Plug Day

National Day of Forgiveness

National Doodle Day

National First Responder Appreciation Day

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

National Mustache Day

National 911 Telecommunications Suicide Awareness Day

National No Excuses Day

National Prescription Take-Back Day

National Scarf Day

National Youth Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)

NICU Giving Day

Oski the Bear Day (Berkeley)

Polish Underground State’s Day (Poland)

Post and Telecommunications Service Day (Indonesia)

Shut Up and Let Somebody Else Talk Day

Venom Day

World Freight Train Day

World Pet Day

World Tourism Day (UN)

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Chocolate Milk Day

National Corned Beef Hash Day

National Cats Curry Day (UK)

Saloon Day

Tabasco Sauce Day

Independence & Related Days

Consumación de la Independencia (End of Independence War; Mexico)

Elleore (Declared; 1944) [unrecognized]

Glebiania (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Mexico (Date Consummated, 1821)

Turkmenistan (from USSR, 1991)

Zekia (Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

4th & Last Friday in September

Ask a Stupid Question Day [Last Weekday]

Butterbrot Day (Germany) [Last Friday]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Field Trip Friday [Last Friday of Each Month]

Finally Friday [Last Friday of Each Month]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flapjack Friday [4th Friday of Each Month]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Flatbread Friday [Last Friday of Each Month]

Flirtatious Friday [4th Friday of Each Month]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

FSC Friday [Last Friday]

Go Gold Day [Last Friday]

Hug A Vegetarian Day [Last Friday]

Love Note Day [4th Friday]

Make Way Day [Last Friday]

Michigan Indian Day (Michigan) [4th Friday]

National BRAVE Day [4th Friday]

National Good Hair Day (Australia) [4th Friday]

National Hug Your Boss Day [4th Friday; also 9.13]

Native American Day (California) [4th Friday]

Save the Koala Day [Last Friday]

Sport Purple For Platelets Day [Last Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

Vegan Baking Day [Last Friday]

World's Biggest Coffee Morning (UK) [Last Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 27 (4th Full Week of September)

National Drive Electric Week [f.k.a. National Plug-In Week] (thru 20.6)

Festivals Beginning September 27, 2024

Anderson County Burgoo Festival (Lawrenceburg, Kentucky) [thru 9.29]

Apple Festival (Gays Mills, Wisconsin) [thru 9.29]

Beach n' Chili Fest: ICS World's Championsihp Chili Cookoff (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) [thru 9.29]

Cannstatter Volksfest (Stuttgart, Germany) [thru 10.13]

Chester County BBQ Festival (Henderson, Tennessee) [thru 9.28]

Chicago Gourmet Hamburger Hop (Chicago, Illinois)

Chilhowie Community Apple Festival (Chilhowie, Virginia) [thru 9.29]

Coca-Cola Days (Atlantic, Iowa) [thru 9.28]

Downtown Chandler Oktoberfest (Chandler, Arizona) [thru 9.28]

Downtown Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival (Ithaca, New York) [thru 9.29]

Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival (Galway, Ireland) [thru 9.29]

Georgia State Fair (Metro Atlanta, Hampton, Georgia) [thru 10.6]

Harvest Festival & Parade (Arroyo Grande, California) [thru 9.28]

Harvest Festival & Street Fair (Emmett, Idaho) [thru 9.28]

Honeybee Festival (Paris, Illinois) [thru 9.29]

International Sandsculpting Championship (Virginia Beach, Virginia) [thru 10.6]

Irmo Okra Strut Festival (Irmo, South Carolina) [thru 9.28]

Joy of Jazz (Johannesburg, South Africa) [thru 9.28]

Las Vegas Greek Food Festival (Las Vegas, Nevada) [thru 9.29]

Marino Grape Festival (Marino, Italy) [thru 10.7]

Marion County Country Ham Days (Lebanon, Kentucky) [thru 9.29]

Mississippi Pecan Festival (New Augusta, Mississippi) [thru 9.29]

Monterey Jazz Festival begins (California) [Last Friday thru Sunday]

Morgan County Sorghum Festival (West Liberty, Kentucky) [thru 9.29]

New Mexico Prickly Pear Festival (Albuquerque, New Mexico) [thru 9.28]

New York Film Festival (New York, New York) [thru 10.14]

Oktoberfest (Waterloo, Iowa) [thru 9.29]

Oktoberfest (Yachats, Oregon) [thru 9.29]

Oktoberfest Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 9.29]

Oktoberfest in Canada (Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada) [thru 10.19]

Pumpkinfest (South Lyon, Michigan) [thru 9.29]

River Falls Bacon Bash (River Falls, Wisconsin) [thru 9.29]

Saint Charles Oktoberfest (Saint Charles, Missouri) [thru 9.29]

Sisters Folk Festival (Sisters, Oregon) [thru 9.29]

State Fair of Virginia (Doswell, Virginia) [thru 10.6]

Texas Rice Festival BBQ Cook-Off (Winnie, Texas) [thru 9.28]

Virginia Beach Neptune Festival, Boardwalk Weekend (Virginia Beach, Virginia) [thru 9.29]

Warrens Cranberry Festival (Warrens, Wisconsin) [thru 9.29]

WineFest (North East, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.29]

Feast Days

Adheritus (Christian; Saint)

Aequinoctium Autumnale I (Pagan)

Bernard Waber (Artology)

Birth and Rebirth Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Caius of Milan (Christian; Saint)

Cosmas and Damian (Christian; Martyrs)

Elzear, Count of Arian, and Delphina, his wife (Christian; Saints)

Feast of Eileithyia (Minoan Midwife Goddess)

Feast of Mashiyyat (Baha’i)

Fergus Mac Roith (Celtic Book of Days)

Festival of Namakungwe (The Originator; Zambia)

Festival of Varuni (Goddess of Wine; India)

George Cruikshank (Artology)

Horacio Sandoval (Artology)

Hieronymus Bosch Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Insult a Narcissist Day (Pastafarian)

Irvine Walsh (Writerism)

Jack Goldstein (Artology)

Jim Shooter (Artology)

Jim Thompson (Writerism)

Meskel (Discovery of the True Cross; Eritrea, Ethiopia)

Mookie (Muppetism)

Moon Hare Festival (Everyday Wicca)

Romano Scarpa (Artology)

Sesage (Positivist; Saint)

Sophie Crumb (Artology)

T.C. Cannon (Artology)

Thanksgiving Day for Disappearance of Kelp-Koli Again (Shamanism)

Thomas Nast (Artology)

Vincent de Paul (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Abominable (Animated Film; 2019)

The Affair, 16th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2011)

Bananaphone, by Raffi (Children’s Album; 1994)

A Bird in a Bonnet (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

Bongo (Disney Cartoon; 1947)

Boogie Woogie Man (Song Symphony Cartoon; 1943)

Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen (Autobiography; 2016)

Caballero Droopy (Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1952)

Chilly’s Hide-A-Way (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1971)

The Cleveland Show (Animated TV Series; 2009)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Animated Film; 2013)

Cracker (UK TV Series; 1993)

Dolly! (TV Series; 1976)

Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (Music TV Series; 1973)

Don’t Stand So Close to Me, by the Police (Song; 1980)

Elementary (TV Series; 2012)

The Fever Code, by James Dashner (Novel; 2016) [Maze Runner #5]

Fun and Fancy Free (Animated Disney Film; 1947)

The Garden of The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran (Poetry; 1931)

The Goal Rush (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1946)

Goodbye to Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood (Novel; 1939)

The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie)

The Invisible Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1947)

The Journey of Natty Gann (Film; 1985)

The Karate Guard (Tom & Jerry WB Cartoon; 2005)

King of the Mardi Gras (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1935)

The Last King of Scotland (Film; 2006)

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Novel; 1935)

Memphis Blues, by W.C. Handy (Song; 1912) [1st Blues Song]

Mickey and the Beanstalk (Disney Cartoon; 1947)

Monster, by R.E.M. (Album; 1994)

Mumbo Jumbo (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1970)

New Jersey, by Bon Jovi (Album; 1988)

Nightmare, recorded by Artie Shaw (Song; 1938)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Film; 1939)

Ran (Film; 1985)

Ringo's Rotogravure, by Ringo Starr (Album; 1976)

Rush (Film; 2013)

Sand and Foam, by Kahlil Gibran (Poetry; 1926)

Secret Diary of a Call Girl (TV Series; 2007)

Silent Spring (Nature Book; 1962)

Sweet Home Alabama (Film; 2002)

Tepee for Two (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1963)

Thanks for the Memory, by Bob Hope (Song; 1938)

The Tonight Show (TV Talk Show; 1954)

2 Days in the Valley (Film; 1996)

Under the Table and Framing, by The Dave Matthews Band (Album; 1994)

The Village Barber (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog MGM Cartoon; 1930)

We Didn’t Start the Fore, by Billy Joel (Song; 1989)

Wet Blanket Policy (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1948)

Today’s Name Days

Dietrich, Hiltrud, Vinzenz (Austria)

Berislav, Gaj, Vincent, Vinko, Vinko (Croatia)

Jonáš (Czech Republic)

Cosmus (Denmark)

Elo, Loone, Õrne (Estonia)

Vesa (Finland)

Vincent (France)

Dietrich, Hiltrud, Vinzenz (Germany)

Akylini, Epicharis, Kallistratos, Zenon, Zinon (Greece)

Adalbert (Hungary)

Cosma, Damiano, Vincenzo (Italy)

Ādolfs, Ilgonis, Ronalds (Latvia)

Adalbertas, Damijonas, Daugilė, Kęsgailė, Kovaldas (Lithuania)

Dagmar, Dagrun (Norway)

Amadeusz, Amedeusz, Damian, Kosma, Przedbor, Urban (Poland)

Antim (Romania)

Cyprián (Slovakia)

Vicente (Spain)

Dagmar, Rigmor (Sweden)

Cosima, Cosimo, Cosmo, Damian, Damiana, Damien, Damion, Damon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 271 of 2024; 95 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 39 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 27 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 25 (Jia-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 24 Elul 5784

Islamic: 23 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 1 Orange; Oneday [1 of 30]

Julian: 14 September 2024

Moon: 22%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 19 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Miss Edgeworth]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 6 of 90)

Week: 4th Full Week of September

Zodiac: Libra (Day 5 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Orange (Month 10 of 12; J Calendar)

[bearterritory]

No. 11 Cal Edges No. 17 UCLA 4-3

BERKELEY – Katja Wiersholm clinched a California women's tennis victory for the second straight match, as the 11th-ranked Golden Bears defeated No. 17 UCLA, 4-3, on Saturday at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The 53rd-ranked Cal junior bested 72nd-ranked Bianca Fernandez, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, to end the match and keep the Bears unbeaten in the Pac-12 Conference at 5-0 (12-3 overall).   UCLA now has a 10-4 record (4-1 Pac-12).   Wiersholm clinched Cal's 6-1 win over No. 45 Utah last Saturday in Berkeley, and she also clinched the season-opening, 4-0 win over Illinois.   "It's important in these moments to convince yourself that you want it to come down to you, that you want to be the one to put that number four up on the board," Wiersholm said Saturday. "I kept reminding myself of that today, and it really helped push me through."   The Bears took a 1-0 lead when the 23rd-ranked pair of Mao Mushika and Hannah Viller Moeller beat Elise Wagle and Tian Fangran, 6-4, on court one to clinch the doubles point. Earlier, Cal's Jessica Alsola and Valentina Ivanov won 6-4 over the Bruins' 80th-ranked Kimmi Hance and Anne Christine Lutkemeyer on court two.   "We did a really good job in doubles, and we didn't even get to hit a ball yesterday because it was wet," Cal head coach Amanda Augustus said. "I wanted to see us come out aggressive and quick, and I really thought we did. That was important. UCLA is a very good team. We know if we can get that doubles point, it helps a lot, because it's hard to win four singles matches against a good team like that. They always battle hard."   In singles, Alsola, ranked 54th, gave Cal a 2-0 lead when she topped Lutkemeyer, 6-4, 6-4, on court four. But losses on court two and court one left the match tied, 2-2.   Mushika, a freshman, beat Wagle on court five, 6-4, 7-6(7), to momentarily give the Bears a 3-2 lead.   But UCLA knotted the match at 3-3 when Ahmani Guichard defeated Cal's Lan Mi in three sets, 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-1, on court six, in what was just Mi's third singles loss of 2024. The junior leads the Bears with a 32-5 record.   That left court three to decide the match. Wiersholm had the chance to end it when leading 5-4 in the second set, though Fernandez rallied to take the set. Given another chance in the third, Wiersholm slammed the door shut on the Bruins.   Like Mi, Wiersholm has lost just three times in singles in 2024, after losing just once in the fall. The junior has compiled a 21-4 record through Saturday.   "At the end of the day it is about the results, it is about the winning," Wiersholm said, "and every day I just keep telling myself to try and get better each day so that when it comes down to it, I can be that one percent better than the girl on the other side of the net. That's what I've been working towards, and I feel like it's been getting better and better each match and each month. The season's going by quick, though, and that's what makes it challenging sometimes."   Added Augustus, "I'm just proud of us finishing that match out, and I'm looking forward to another tough battle tomorrow."