Quả thanh mai - Thức quả đáng yêu đang khiến các bạn trẻ Hà Nội "mê mẩn"

Quả thanh mai mỗi năm chỉ có một lần, lại có vị ngọt ngọt, chua chua dễ chịu, thế nên thanh mai đang là thứ quả "hot" của mùa hè năm nay đấy.

Nhắc đến mùa hè là nhắc đến mùa của những chùm vải căng mọng, của những quả mận lúc lỉu béo tròn, của những xe hàng rong đầy ắp dâu tằm đỏ sậm... nhưng bạn có biết đến quả thanh mai, một thức quả mới toanh đang "len lỏi" khắp các phố phường Hà Nội, và âm thầm chinh phục trái tim của những ai yêu các thức quả mùa hè?

Thật ra, với các bạn trẻ ở mạn Lào Cai hay Quảng Ninh thì quả thanh mai từ lâu đã chẳng còn là loại quả gì xa lạ. Quả thanh mai, hay còn gọi là dâu rừng, tròn vo và chỉ nhỏ hơn quả mận chút xíu. Thanh mai chỉ mọc trên rừng, và mỗi năm cũng chỉ mọc một lần, thế nên một khi đã thích ăn thanh mai, hẳn sẽ phải mong ngóng lắm vào mỗi khi hè về. Thanh mai mềm mại như dâu tằm, ăn vào thì nước từ quả ứa ra. Đầu tiên là vị chua dịu xuất hiện, dễ chịu như nắng buổi sớm mùa hè, khi nắng tan, để lại một hậu vị ngọt nhẹ trên đầu lưỡi. Quả mọng nước, thế nên ăn thanh mai vào những ngày hè oi ả như thế này thật chẳng còn gì bằng.

Mới chỉ du nhập vào Hà Nội khoảng mùa hè năm ngoái thôi, thế nhưng thanh mai đã được các bạn trẻ yêu thích lắm rồi. Có ai lại cưỡng được cái ngọt ngọt, chua chua nhẹ nhàng của thứ quả có cái tên đáng yêu như thế này cơ chứ? Những ngày này, mùa thanh mai về, bắt đầu lác đác những xe hàng rong bán thanh mai trên khắp các phố phường Hà Nội. Bạn hãy nhớ mua từ sớm nhé, bởi ai cũng thích thanh mai, thế nên nếu bạn trót lười biếng mà đi mua khi trời đã về muộn, bạn sẽ phải hụt hẫng mà đi về vì những gánh hàng đã hết veo đấy. Có điều, giá cho một cân thanh mai không mềm cho lắm. Dao động từ 130k - 150k/kg. Nhưng bù lại, vì quả khá nhẹ nên 1kg sẽ được rất nhiều quả, bạn có thể mua 1 vài lạng thôi cũng tha hồ ăn rồi.

Những xe thanh mai đã chẳng còn xa lạ trên đường phố Hà Nội những ngày hè này.

Quả thanh mai tròn lẳn, nhỏ hơn quả mận chút xíu. 

Thanh mai mọng nước, thế nên khi nhặt bạn cũng thật nhẹ nhàng thôi nhé. 

Thanh mai có vị chua ngọt dịu dàng, cắn vào nước mọng ứa ra, hợp ăn vào những ngày hè nắng gắt thế này vô cùng. 

Thanh mai một năm chỉ có một lần thôi, thế nên đừng bỏ lỡ "thời cơ" để ăn thứ quả đáng yêu này nhé.

The Leftovers (TV series)

The Leftovers is an American television drama series created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta airing on HBO. It is based on Perrotta's novel of the same name. The pilot was written by Lindelof and Perrotta, and directed by Peter Berg. The series stars Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Liv Tyler, Chris Zylka, Margaret Qualley, Ann Dowd and Carrie Coon. It premiered on HBO on June 29, 2014.On August 13, 2014, HBO renewed The Leftovers for a second season.

Premise

The Leftovers takes place three years after a global event in which many people disappeared, known as the "Sudden Departure", which caused the unexplainable disappearance of 140 million people, 2% of the world's population. The story focuses primarily on the Garvey family and their acquaintances in the fictional town of Mapleton, New York. Kevin Garvey is the Chief of Police. His wife, Laurie, has joined a cult called the Guilty Remnant. Their son, Tommy, has left home for college while their daughter, Jill, is acting out.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Justin Theroux as Kevin Garvey, Jr., Mapleton's Chief of Police and father of two who is trying to maintain some semblance of normality in this new world. The breakup of his family (none of whom—except his unborn daughter—were taken in the Sudden Departure) puts more and more of a strain on him.
• Amy Brenneman as Laurie Garvey, Kevin's wife and Tom and Jill's mother, who left her entire life behind to join a mysterious cult called the Guilty Remnant.
• Christopher Eccleston as Matt Jamison, a former reverend and current editor of a self-published tabloid that outs sinners. He struggles with his inability to accept that he, a good Christian, was not taken in the Sudden Departure while many sinners were.
• Liv Tyler as Megan Abbott, a woman about to get married when she becomes the target of the Guilty Remnant.
• Chris Zylka as Tommy Garvey, Laurie's son (whom Kevin has raised as his own), who has recently dropped out of college and taken refuge with a mysterious guru called "Holy Wayne".
• Margaret Qualley as Jill Garvey, Kevin's teenaged, straight-A student daughter who has a difficult relationship with him.
• Carrie Coon as Nora Durst, a wife and mother who lost her husband, son and daughter in the Sudden Departure. She is Matt's sister.
• Emily Meade as Aimee, a free-spirited high schooler, friend of Jill's, who seems unfazed by the rapture.
• Amanda Warren as Lucy Warburton, Mapleton's take-no-prisoners mayor.
• Ann Dowd as Patti Levin, the leader of the local chapter of the Guilty Remnant.
• Michael Gaston as Dean, a man who seems to understand that times have changed, and addresses it head-on—often violently.
• Max Carver and Charlie Carver as Adam and Scott Frost, respectively. They are identical twin brothers and happy-go-lucky types.
• Annie Q. as Christine, one of Holy Wayne's many "groupies", for whom she apparently has a special and mysterious meaning. She is also a friend of Tommy's.

Recurring cast

• Paterson Joseph as Henry "Holy Wayne" Gilchrest, Jr., a post-Sudden Departure savior who “heals” people of their burdens.
• Frank Harts as Dennis Luckey, a police officer who works with Kevin.
• Scott Glenn as Kevin Garvey, Sr., Mapleton's former chief of police who has been committed to a mental health institute.
• Janel Moloney as Mary Jamison, Matt's wife, who became paralyzed after an accident during the Sudden Departure.
• Marceline Hugot as Gladys, a member of the Guilty Remnant.

Development and production

HBO acquired rights for series development with Perrotta attached as writer/executive producer and Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger as executive producers in August 2011, shortly before the book came out.

In June 2012, Damon Lindelof was announced to be developing the series alongside Perrotta, and serves as the series' showrunner.

The pilot was ordered in February 2013. On September 16, 2013, HBO announced that they were taking The Leftovers to series, ordering a 10-episode first season. The Leftovers is the first HBO series to be acquired from an outside studio, Warner Bros. Television, and not solely produced by HBO.

The first season covers the entirety of the book; the second season will be completely original material. In April 2015, it was reported that the setting for the second season would shift from Mapleton, New York to a suburb in Texas. The series will shift filming locations from New York to Austin, Texas, with principal photography commencing in late April.

Casting

In June 2013, casting announcements began. Justin Theroux, Liv Tyler, Christopher Eccleston, Ann Dowd, Amanda Warren, Michael Gaston, and Carrie Coon were announced to star in the pilot.

For the second season, 6 of the 14 main cast members from season one have been confirmed as returning, with Liv Tyler, Ann Dowd, Emily Meade, Amanda Warren, Annie Q.,Max Carver, Charlie Carver and Michael Gaston's status all currently unknown. If not returning as main cast members, those stars returning in guest roles are a possibility. In April 2015, casting began for an African-American family made up of father, ex-convict John Murphy, his hearing impaired doctor wife, Erika; and their teenage children Evie, an outgoing athlete, and Michael, a pious Christian. The roles of John, Erika and Michael will be portrayed by Kevin Carroll, Regina King and Jovan Adepo, respectively, all as series regulars. Darius McCrary was cast in a recurring role as Isaac Rayney, John's friend and a palm reader.

Anne Meara: Way more than Ben Stiller's mom

Judy Gold is a stand-up comic, actress, writer and winner of two Emmy Awards. She is currently co-starring in Clinton The Musical off-Broadwayand is the host of thepodcast Kill Me Now . Follow her on Twitter @JewdyGold. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

(CNN)I wondered if Anne Meara joked about this with her son after he had his first big break: "Over 60 years in show business, and I can just see my obituary, 'Mother of Ben Stiller dies!' "

Meara, who died Saturday in New York, was hilarious, classy, and so very gifted. The comedy team of (Jerry) Stiller and Meara was in my life practically as long as my own parents. I worshiped them.

Here was this gorgeous Irish redhead, taller than her Jewish husband performing hilarious skits -- she was Elizabeth Doyle and he was Hershey Horowitz in one of them -- on talk and variety shows like Ed Sullivan or Johnny Carson or Mike Douglas.

They were fearless, angry and they killed. And without fail, every single time they would pop up on TV, my Jewish mother would wait until the perfect close-up of Anne to blurt out, "Converted!"

Anne Meara had indeed converted when she met and married Jerry Stiller in the early 1950s. She was a young actress then, and it would be some years before she teamed up with her husband for comedy. But much of her professional life's work was about her acting chops.

In fact the first time I truly fell in love with Anne Meara was in the movie "Fame." It was 1980, I was a senior in high school, and that movie -- with a bunch of talented kids my age full of angst, uncertainty, hopes and dreams -- affected me like no other. Anne's performance spoke to me the most.

It was the scene when her character, Mrs. Sherwood, is visiting her dying husband. Her student Leroy Johnson comes to the hospital to beg her to pass him. Meara's character, awash in heartache, grief and agony turns to him and says, "Don't you kids ever think of anyone but yourselves?!" It broke my heart.

I met Anne for the first time when I was the warmup comic on a show in the late '80s that she was a guest on. I was in awe, and when I finally got her ear, I told her how much I loved her in "Fame" and how much I respected her acting. She deflected the praise and replied with compassion: "Oh, yes. That poor boy, he died of AIDS. ... What a talent he was."

A few years later I met her daughter Amy in Los Angeles, and we bonded on a ride home from The Comedy Store. Whenever I saw Anne or Jerry afterwards, and I would mention Amy, their adoration for their daughter poured out of them. They were a true pair and their love for each other and their family was palpable. They actually stopped working together as a team to save their marriage, and it obviously worked: They had 61 magnificent years together.

Anne was a trailblazer for women comics. She more than held her own when she was performing with Jerry. She wasn't the ditzy girl who made the guy look funny. She was her own person -- always ready with a biting retort.

But she had range. She was a Shakespearean actress with a thick Brooklyn accent. She acted on stage, in radio, TV and film. She was a writer and a playwright. She was nominated for four Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and won a Writer's Guild Award for the telepic "The Other Woman." She taught young performers up until the end. And she loved to laugh.

There were so many facets to Anne Meara. Her contribution to the world of entertainment is unparalleled. She exuded class and she valued all that is truly important. She did it all, and then some.

Suara Terompet dari Langit Terdengar di AS Hingga Jerman

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia -- Tidak hanya satu atau dua negara saja yang warganya mendengar suara seperti terompet dari langit. Suara yang memekakkan telinga tersebut juga didengar di sejumlah negara dan sudah berlangsung sejak beberapa tahun lalu.

Hal tersebut setidaknya dibuktikan dari sejumlah video yang diunggah ke situs YouTube. Meski datang dengan judul yang berbeda-beda, namun suara yang terdengar itu mirip antara satu negara dengan negara lainnya.

Seperti ditelusuri oleh Tech Times, setidaknya ada empat negara yang warganya mendengar suara aneh dari langit, yakni Amerika Serikat, Australia, Kanada dan Jerman.

Video paling baru sejauh ini tertera tanggal empat April tahun 2015 di salah satu kota di Jerman. Di tahun sebelumnya juga ada video yang memperlihatkan kondisi serupa dan tercatat di Kota Terrace BC, Kanada pada tanggal 29 Agustus 2013.

Video yang diunggah oleh warga Kanada bernama Kimberly Wookey ini mengaku ia dibangunkan oleh suara keras, yang ia tahu ia telah mendengar sebelumnya. Dia berkata bahwa dia pergi untuk melihat anaknya yang juga ketakutan oleh suara.

Sementara menurut NASA menjelaskan dari sudut ilmiah, kebisingan suara tersebut datang dari Planet Bumi sendiri. Mereka menyebut seperti suara latar di acara musik, seperti itulah gambaran suara tersebut.

Fenomena ini seperti emisi suara pada Bumi dan sebetulnya sering terjadi namun hanya saja manusia tak menyadarinya. Karena di Australia sendiri pernah juga terjadi, malah tepatnya dihadapi sekitar tahun 2012.

Sally Ride

Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, Ride joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. At the age of 32, she still remains the youngest American astronaut to travel to space. After flying twice on the space shuttle Challenger, she left NASA in 1987. She worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching non-linear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the only person to participate on both.

Early life and education

The elder child of Dale Burdell Ride and Carol Joyce (née Anderson), Ride was born in Los Angeles, California. She had one sibling, Karen "Bear" Ride, who is a Presbyterian minister. Both parents were elders in the Presbyterian Church. Ride's mother had worked as a volunteer counselor at a women's correctional facility. Her father had been a political science professor at Santa Monica College.

Ride attended Portola Junior High (now Portola Middle School) and then Birmingham High School though graduating from Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles (now Harvard-Westlake School) on a scholarship. In addition to being interested in science, she was a nationally ranked tennis player. Ride attended Swarthmore College for three semesters, took physics courses at UCLA, and then entered Stanford University as a junior, graduating with a bachelor's degree in English and physics. At Stanford, she earned amaster's degree and a Ph.D. in physics while doing research on the interaction of X-rays with the interstellar medium.

NASA career

Ride was one of 8,000 people who answered an advertisement in the Stanford student newspaper seeking applicants for the space program. She was chosen to join NASA in 1978. During her career, Ride served as the ground-based capsule communicator(CapCom) for the second and third space shuttle flights (STS-2 and STS-3) and helped develop the space shuttle's robot arm.

Prior to her first space flight, she was subject to media attention due to her gender. During a press conference, she was asked questions like, "Will the flight affect your reproductive organs?" and "Do you weep when things go wrong on the job?" Despite this and the historical significance of the mission, Ride insisted that she saw herself in only one way—as an astronaut. On June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space as a crew member on space shuttle Challenger for STS-7. She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982. The five-person crew of the STS-7 mission deployed two communications satellites and conducted pharmaceutical experiments. Ride was the first woman to use the robot arm in space and the first to use the arm to retrieve a satellite.

Her second space flight was in 1984, also on board the Challenger. She spent a total of more than 343 hours in space. Ride, who had completed eight months of training for her third flight (STS-61-M, a TDRS deployment mission) when the space shuttleChallenger disaster occurred, was named to the Rogers Commission (the presidential commission investigating the accident) and headed its subcommittee on operations. Following the investigation, Ride was assigned to NASA headquarters inWashington, D.C., where she led NASA's first strategic planning effort, authored a report entitled "NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space" and founded NASA's Office of Exploration.

After NASA

In 1987, Ride left her position in Washington, D.C., to work at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control. In 1989, she became a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego, and director of the California Space Institute. From the mid-1990s until her death, Ride led two public-outreach programs for NASA — the ISS EarthKAM and GRAIL MoonKAM projects, in cooperation with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UCSD. The programs allowed middle school students to request images of the Earth and moon.In 1999, she acted in the season 5 finale ofTouched by an Angel, titled "Godspeed". In 2003, she was asked to serve on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. She was the president and CEO of Sally Ride Science, a company she co-founded in 2001 that creates entertaining science programs and publications for upper elementary and middle school students, with a particular focus on girls.

According to Roger Boisjoly, the engineer who warned of the technical problems that led to the Challenger disaster, Ride was the only public figure to show support for him when he went public with his pre-disaster warnings (after the entire workforce ofMorton-Thiokol shunned him). Sally Ride hugged him publicly to show her support for his efforts.

Ride wrote or co-wrote seven books on space aimed at children, with the goal of encouraging children to study science.

Ride endorsed Barack Obama for U.S. President in 2008.She was a member of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee, an independent review requested by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on May 7, 2009.

Death

Ride died on July 23, 2012, at the age of 61, seventeen months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.Following cremation, her ashes were interred next to her father at Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, California.

SCHIPPERS STORMS TO DUTCH 100M RECORD OF 10.94 IN HENGELO

Dafne Schippers brought a wave of excitement to the AA Drink FBK Games in Hengelo, setting a national 100m record of 10.94 at the IAAF World Challenge meeting on Sunday (24).

“I’m very, very happy,” said the triple European sprint champion. “This is the place where I wanted to show what I can. And now: let’s go to Götzis.”

Schippers’ previous best of 11.03 was set at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Glasgow, a performance which persuaded her to focus on the sprints at the European Championships later that year.

This year she will once again have to decide between heptathlon and sprints ahead of the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015. Her performance in Hengelo hasn’t brought forward her decision.

“I will wait for the results in Götzis and some more sprint races afterwards,” said Schippers, who will compete in the heptathlon at the Hypo Meeting next weekend.

Aided by a near-perfect 1.8m/s tailwind, Schippers finished ahead of world junior champion Dina Asher-Smith, who was rewarded with a British record of 11.02. Compatriot and 2007 world youth champion Asha Philip also set a personal best, clocking 11.10 to move to equal third on the British all-time list.

Britain’s Chijindu Ujah was the fastest in the men’s 100m. With his winning time of 10.09 (-0.3m/s) he beat South Africa’s Akani Simbine, who clocked 10.12, and European 200m champion Adam Gemili, who ran 10.19 in what was his first race of the season.

Despite finishing sixth in the 100m, home favourite Churandy Martina didn’t disappoint his fans because he had earlier won the 200m in 20.66. Britain’s Danny Talbot was second in 20.67 and Canada’s Aaron Brown was third in 20.77.

Just minutes after Schippers’ triumph, another Dutch record fell. Sifan Hassan won the women’s 1000m in 2:34.68, the fastest time in the world for six years. She beat Poland’s European bronze medallist Joanna Jozwik and Britain’s 2011 European indoor champion Jenny Meadows, who clocked respective PBs of 2:35.57 and 2:36.13.

“I really wanted to have a good performance here, to bring public to the stadium and to our sport,” said Hassan. “And I’m glad that I could do that today.”

Double Kenyan triumph

Kenyan athletes won the two longest events on the competition programme.

One year after winning the 800m in Hengelo, Robert Biwott returned to the Dutch city to contest the 1500m, the event in which he is the world youth champion.

The 19-year-old waited till the last 300 metres to take the lead, finishing in a world-leading time of 3:33.64 to take two seconds off the PB he set last week in Shanghai.

During the first two laps, Nixon Chepseba was the only one who followed the pacemaker, who went through 800m in 1:52.62. But Biwott and Anthony Kiptoo were close behind and never allowed the gap to get too big.

In second, Ronald Musagala broke the Ugandan record with 3:35.02, while 17-year-old Kiptoo finished third in 3:35.33.

Irene Jelagat was the other Kenyan winner, finishing more than a second ahead of her opponents in the 3000m. The 2006 world junior 1500m champion won in 8:36.90, a time bettered this year only by Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana, who went through the 3000m point in 8:36.53 en route to her world-leading 5000m performance in Shanghai.

Britain’s Laura Muir finished second in 8:38.47, while Australian steeplechase specialist Madeline Heiner was third in 8:44.20, big PBs for both athletes.

Eatons pleased with pre-Gotzis test

Olympic champion Ashton Eaton is in good shape ahead of next week’s Hypo Meeting in Gotzis in what will be his first decathlon for almost two years.

In Hengelo the world record-holder tested himself in the long jump, leaping 8.03m in the fourth round. He had led for the first half of the competition, but Poland’s Tomasz Jaszczuk stole the lead in round four with 8.05m. German amputee athlete Markus Rehm then leaped 8.07m in the final round to take the victory.

Eaton passed the last two rounds as he had to prepare for the 100m. He finished seventh in that event in 10.42. “It was fun and a good test,” said the world champion.

European indoor champion Alina Talay came within 0.04 of the Belarusian record to win the 100m hurdles in a personal best of 12.70 (1.4m/s).

Germany’s Cindy Roleder was second in 12.92 while world junior bronze medallist Nadine Visser was third with a PB of 12.97, a World Championships qualifier.

World heptathlon silver medallist Brianne Theisen Eaton was fourth in 13.05, her second-fastest performance ever over the barriers.

Another discus win for Malachowski

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski returned to the scene of his 71.84m national record from two years ago and once again came out on top. But, just like his two other victories this year, the 2010 European champion left it late.

After the first two rounds, Malachowski was sitting on two fouls while compatriot Robert Urbanek led with 64.47m. Belgium’s Philip Milanov then took the lead with 64.57m while Malachowski did just enough to stay in the top eight at the half-way point, throwing 61.78m in round three.

Pressure off, Malachowski took the lead in the next round with 65.87m and then ended his series with 65.52m.

In the women’s event, in-form Cuban won the discus throw with 65.46m as four of her five valid throws would have been enough to win. Germany’s Julia Fischer was second with 62.78m and Ukraine’s Nataliya Semenova was third with 61.09m.

Several athletes were still in contention in the men’s 800m as a large group sprinted towards the finish line. European indoor champion Marcin Lewandowski had the edge, though, winning in 1:45.46.

Almost six years after setting his previous PB on the same Hengelo track, 2007 European junior champion Robin Schembera set a lifetime best of 1:45.48 to finish second, 0.25 ahead of Commonwealth bronze medallist Andre Olivier.

Jumps victories go to Kyriakopoulou and Moguenara

Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou is the athlete to beat in the women’s pole vault at the moment. After setting a Greek record of 4.73m to win at the IAAF Diamond league meeting in Shanghai last weekend, she achieved her second win of the summer in Hengelo, winning with 4.60m.

Germany’s Silke Spiegelburg was second with 4.55m, her best outdoor clearance since 2013, while Fabiana Murer and Nicole Buchler shared third place, both with 4.55m.

European indoor silver medallist Sosthene Moguenara won the long jump with her opening leap. The German jumped a season’s best of 6.77m in round one, followed by 6.76m in round two.

Britain’s Lawrence Clarke won the 110m hurdles in 13.54 (0.5), his fastest time of this season. Koen Smet from the Neherlands was second in 13.60, just 0.02 shy of his personal best.

European silver medallist Olga Zemlyak beat two-time world champion Christine Ohuruogu in the 400m. The Ukrainian ran away from the field in the first 200 metres. Ohuruogu and fellow Briton Anyika Onuora chased hard in the second half, but Zemlyak held on to win in 52.13. Ohuruogu was second in 52.27 and Onuora third in 52.35.

Elsewhere, Jakub Szyszkowski set an outdoor PB of 20.42m to win the shot, while a jump-off was needed to decide the winner in the men’s high jump. Russia’s Dmitriy Semyonov finally took the win with 2.23m ahead of Britain’s Allan Smith.

Santos Laguna dominate Chivas Guadalajara to reach Liga MX final

Nestor Calderon celebrates after scoring a 40-yard stunner for Santos Laguna

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Santos Laguna overcame Chivas 3-0 on Sunday at the Estadio Omnilife to reach the Liga MX Clausura 2015 final, following the 0-0 draw in the first leg on Thursday.

Djaniny Tavares opened the scoring in the 38th minute, with Carlos Izquierdoz heading in the second in the 56th minute and Nestor Calderon launching a 40-yard wonder-strike over keeper Luis Michel in the 68th minute to wrap up a famous victory for the Torreon-based club.

Chivas never really got going and won't be leveling rival Club America's 12 titles this season.

Santos Laguna deserved it over the two legs

Whatever you could say about Santos scraping into the liguilla on the last day of the regular season thanks to results falling for them elsewhere, Pedro Caixinha's team deserve to be in the final on the basis of its playoff performance.

The aggressive, pressing game suffocated Chivas on Sunday, completely stopping the home team playing. Unlike in the first leg, Santos Laguna capitalized following an Israel Castro mistake (for Djaniny's goal) and a set-piece (Izquierdoz's).

From the first whistle, Santos were first to the ball, a step quicker than Chivas and more confident in how he would approach getting the result. The Guadalajara side had no response and things got worse after halftime when coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" de la Torre had to throw caution to the wind. When he threw striker Aldo de Nigris on for defensive midfielder Castro, the momentum didn't shift and only opened up more space for Santos to attack.

This is a Santos institution who got rid of star players Darwin Quintero, Oribe Peralta, Juan Pablo Rodriguez and Oswaldo Sanchez over the past 12 months and of whom little was expected this Clausura. It was supposed to be a season of transition, and in the regular season it often felt that way.

But other players have risen to take their places and the team is arguably a better unit for it, with the intensity for all to see and the players playing for each with a cohesion that wasn't there before.

Cape Verde international Djaniny -- the player of the match -- netted the first goal and was a constant threat; the versatile Calderon looks like national team material and netted a goal that will be featured in media outlets around the world; pinning the whole team together is Jesus Molina, who completely stifled Marco Fabian once again, while goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin came up with the saves when it mattered.

Caixinha has now guided his team to three semifinals and one final in five seasons in charge of the club. That's some achievement from the Portuguese coach, given his lack of experience in the Mexican game and the upheaval in the playing squad of late.

Chivas never got going

While a large slice of credit has to go to Santos for stopping Chivas playing, the Guadalajara club didn't show up in either leg of the semi.

De la Torre's decision to pick Giovani Hernandez left people scratching their heads, with the player low on confidence and eventually booed off in the second half.

For much of the first half, it simply seemed like Chivas were settling for a 0-0 score, but it was always a dangerous game to play and as soon as Djaniny scored, the writing seemed to be on the wall.

Chivas needed to be bolder and more inventive in their passing to evade the Santos press, but couldn't get to grips with the away side over the 180 minutes. For an institution that prides itself on producing technically good players, it was strange to see Chivas struggle so much. It is perhaps no surprise that Santos are now unbeaten in eight against Sunday's rivals.

In front of more than 42,000 fans, some of which had queued for hours for tickets, this was a major letdown.

Season overall a positive for Chivas

When the hangovers and anger wear off, the bottom line of this Clausura 2015 for Chivas will have been positive. The club's main priority was to avoid relegation and that was achieved with time to spare.

De la Torre may not always have made popular decisions, but he did guide his team to a semifinal, saw his team top the regular-season table for a couple of weeks, reach a Copa MX final and smash local rivals Atlas 4-1 in a quarterfinal second leg that will go down in the folklore of the game.

Of the players, youngsters such as Raul Lopez and Carlos Salcedo are genuine quality, Carlos Fierro again showed some spark, while Jair Pereira could be a future club captain.

A busy summer awaits De la Torre, but it looks very much like Chivas are back, after years of struggling and not making playoffs.