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Posts posted by Hellraiser97
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What a load of shit. ANC sets it's open times for gets to be on board. They intentionally exclude anyone that is pro density, development, whatever. Plenty of stories of people on the east side wanting a voice but not being allowed to participate even though they've loved there for years.Austin Neighborhood Council represents the actual people that live in Austin neighborhoods. Zoning changes typically have to get the approval of the local Neighborhood Association.
Developers control the sock puppets FRIENDS OF AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS:
https://forum.atxfriends.org/
FAN represents developers efforts to maximize density and help cram condos on 60’ wide home lots which were previously single family houses.
FAN pushes the density agenda for financial gain while opposing actual residents that back ANC.
FAN shares a lot of common ground with developers but is hardly run by them. The only reason FAN even exists is because of the bullshit rules of ANC
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1 hour ago, RoundRobin said:
That fucking link awkwardly asked me to pay to read the article!
Protip: Google the title of the article, the returned link will take you to a page that doesn't make you sign in to read it.
I find the way they usually ask far more annoying than the tip:
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Everyone agrees traffic sucks and we need to do something. Old money Austin freaked out that duplexes or triplexes might be built in their neighborhoods where you currently can't. You know, gotta keep the poors out. Otherwise neighborhood character might suffer.Since I’m too lazy to look it up (and will likely run into a bunch of propaganda anyway) can anyone here in the know summarize the ANC power structure’s major beef with Code Next? Were high rises and condos going up in Tarrytown? Too many Section 8 housing units were gonna be allowed in Brykerwoods? Was the old race track gonna be re-built in Hyde Park? Curious minds want to now.
East Austin freaked out because a bunch of shitty 'community advocates' told them they'd all be forced to sell to developers who would build mixed use building filled with nothing but liquor stores.
These are the same types of people that proposed and implemwnted the garage placement ordinance so in half the neighborhoods it's damn near impossible to build a two car garage now. They're insane.
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That's a lot of text to be completely wrong. prop J won't protect you or anyone else at all. State law trumps it and state law says that while you can vote to have or not have zoning, you can't out the actual code to a vote.In Austin under the 10-1 system, you vote for only 2 of the 11 city council members, your district rep and the mayor. Any six council members, voting the same way, can pass something. It is possible for the city council to vote for something that both your rep and your mayor voted against, and you have no way to counter that at the ballot box. They can and do make decisions in the middle of the night at the end of all-day city council meetings.
If you are a special interest group or stand to benefit financially from something the city council passes, you can lobby or donate to six of the council members, get them on your side, and get something passed that benefits you or your group. This benefit to you may be at odds with what the majority of voters would choose, if given a vote.
Prop J was created as a response to CodeNEXT. Citizens petitioned the city council to require a review period and a city-wide vote prior to adopting CodeNEXT, as a check on the power of city council. The city council had two choices: adopt the ordinance proposed by the petition, or put the proposed ordinance up to a vote. Instead, a majority of the city council, mostly those in favor of CodeNEXT, decided to ignore the petition. The petitioners sued the city and won the right to put the ordinance on the ballot.
If you vote in favor of Prop J, you are voting to have the protection of the ordinance. You are giving power to the voters by giving them a waiting period to review any major changes to the land development code proposed by the city staff and the city council, and the power to vote for or against the changes. You are helping to ensure that the majority of the voters in the city are aligned with the decisions created by staff and council.
If you vote against Prop J, you are voting to not have the ordinance. You are giving power to city council and city staff by not requiring that their plans align with the wishes of the majority of the voters and not requiring periods for citizen review proposed by the ordinance. You are OK with the decisions of city council and staff possibly being at odds with the wishes of the majority of the voters. If you are aligned with a special interest group or business that may benefit from the majority decision, you can lobby behind the scenes knowing that plans created will not have to face the voters.
I support Prop J because I want the people proposing major land use changes to know that they do eventually answer to the voters. I think it is important for the city council, the city staff and the citizens to be aligned on major revisions to our land development code. After meeting with CodeNEXT city staff members, I do not trust them to learn about neighborhoods or listen to city residents without the Prop J protections.
Changing the land use code is a big decision, affecting almost everyone. I want the city council and staff to know that they can plan and propose, but ultimately they need voter support to pass.
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No. It's a waste of time and moneySo Prop J or no Prop J? I'm in Hyde Park and I know which way the NIMBY neighbors will vote. Is there a common sense answer?
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I doubt it's going to be an issue. Memphis is terrible and UCF barely got past them. They'll stumble somewhere along the way. And if they don't make it? Too bad. I don't see it as bad for the sport. In fact, it would be a hell of a lot better if we DID split FBS into two divisions IMO. There's no need for 120 'major' college teams. We have plenty of upsets and excitement when the 'also rans' in the P5 step up once in a while. Hell, maybe we'd see it more often if you didn't have teams from the G5 taking talent away from those teams.
And if it comes down to us or them? Fuck 'em! We're Texas.
And anyone wringing their hands over how this 'delegitimizes' the CFP or college football in general, take a look at your history. There were plenty of years where some non-power conference team went undefeated and never got a shot at #1. The only difference now is that you can see those teams on TV and SportsCenter.
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Yeah the last few books by Jordon drag, but it's worth getting through them for the ones Sanderson wrote. I only finished them last year and I'm already considering rereading them again. I haven't read New Spring, but since the two books after it never happened, not sure it's worth itIf you’re taking advice, you need to read to the Lord of Chaos, I think it’s book 5 and take a break. It’s a better stopping point if you decide to not continue with the series and imo is the best of the early books.
but yes, it’s highly formulaic, they do a better job toward then end of the series but I almost quit after book 8 iirc, but I’m glad I slogged through to the end (Sanderson’s final books made it all worth it).
from this link I found about the show, lines up with what I remember...
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/wheels-of-time/276731/the-wheel-of-time-tv-series-what-can-we-expect
The first two books are eventful and propulsive, the third is a drag that barely features Rand Al Thor at all, the fourth, fifth and sixth boast some of the best storytelling of the series then after that things slow to a crawl until the tenth book is quite literally made up of characters reacting to the climax of the ninth while having three-page baths. After that the final four books are essentially all payoff to a very, very long set up.
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On 10/2/2018 at 10:19 PM, Chewbacca said:On 10/2/2018 at 10:04 PM, atomheartbevo said:Now would be a good time for Amazon to work out a deal for the Wheel of Time books to be on Kindle Unlimited, or at least cheaper than $10 a pop. If they were readily available (and I know, I can go out and pirate them) for my Kindle as a part of KU, or at leas something cheaper than $10 apiece, I. might be tempted to read the rest. I go to my Kindle more and more.
No shit. I was going to but all of them, but they wanted something like $120. So I'm paying 10 each.
I listened to them on audio. On Audible it was something like $400 for the whole series. Umm. No. Not going to happen. You couldn't even use your credits to get them each month because they were about $35 a piece. Fuck that ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG
Just started the 3rd book in the academy series. Ended up really liking the second book, liking the third too, but I can see it getting a bit formulaic. Probably take a break after this for a while.
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This is such a fucking waste too. They KNOW that the law is clear that while you can vote for or against HAVING zoning, you can't out the actually zoning regulations a vote. Passing Prop J guarantees exactly one that thing: There will be a lawsuit that will cost the city millions of dollars and drag on for years.If the neighborhood associations are for Prop J, then I’m probably gonna vote against it.
It will be a lawsuit from the NIMBY crowd when they don't put the new code on the ballot or it will be a lawsuit from someone else for putting it on , but it will be a lawsuit that will waste a shit ton of time and money to learn something that is already established law.
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I'm envious! The last few Jordan books do drag, but fight through it. The Sanderson books are worth it
Finished the first one.
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Fuck OU. Fuck then in their inbred asses. God damn dirt burglers
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So what's the chances that Nebraska goes winless? I'm thinking pretty high. They redefine terrible. Charlie Strong's Texas teams would trounce these guys
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Finished Engines of God a couple weeks ago. Really enjoyed it. Thanks to the others that recommended it. Onto the second book, Deep Six. Liking it a lot now but wasn't sure at first. Part of that is that I'm listening to the books and they switched narrators!
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9 hours ago, GabrielsHorn said:
How in the world are Michigan State or TAMU ranked?
Early rankings are an integral part of the recipe of aggy misery. Don't fuck this up. You could kill someone.
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9 hours ago, swraith said:
Have you thought about having your daughter skip an elementary grade if she needs the academic acceleration?
I don’t see gifted and talented as being all that important until middle school.
For reference I went through a magnet school program 25 years ago starting with 6th grade. With AP courses I started my freshman year at UT with like 3 credit hours short of being a sophomore. Still took me longer than normal to graduate.Skipping a grade seems not to be really an option at our school. Hell, we tried to have her in 1st last year since she'd done Kindergarten already, but they just weren't having it.
I've been told there is a lot of research surrounding GT and early (pre-middle) education and that, sort of like with languages, the earlier you start the better. That's not me, just many of the 'experts' we've consulted.
8 hours ago, Helobious said:Tell her to not worry about school or grades and to just focus on being hot when she's older. It'll get her much further in life.
She's got my genes. Obviously looks won't be a problem. I just need to make sure she's smart enough to keep her men inline.
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We tried a 'montessori' school when she was little. It was a disaster. I'm sure it works for some kids, but it's not for her.
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That would be an absolute disaster. She needs structure.
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Was that in Austin, Onboard 2.0? I'd really like her to learn a second language starting now.
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So we spent more time meeting with my daughter's kindergarten teacher last year than my daughter probably spent in class. She was constantly getting in trouble for not paying attention, being disruptive, etc. I figured it was mostly due to her having done kindergarten already once at Primrose but being forced to do it again since her birthday is 5 days after the cutoff and AISD bends rules for NO ONE!!!!
Turns out that while that was definitely a problem, she's apparently really fucking smart. We had her do one of those all day assessments where they test everything from ADHD and Anxiety to whether your kid is a complete retard or Einstein junior. Well, she's borderline ADHD (no surprise, her mom has a pretty serious ADHD), but it wouldn't be much of a problem except that she tested above 92nd percentile on every intelligence test, including one that was 99.9th percentile. On the academic stuff, she scored as performing in line with late 1st grade in most things, 2nd grade in several and 3rd in one.
So she's in 1st grade now. When we got the results from the doctor, frankly, we were a bit overwhelmed but I managed to ask the doctor if these results meant she just needed to be challenged a bit more or where we talking look at private gifted and talent programs. His response was that she would definitely qualify as gifted and we should explore what AISD has to offer as well as private options.
We've shared the results with the school counselor and her teacher and had one meeting. Nominations for the AISD gifted program don't happen until January, but her teacher is GT certified so that's good. We're at Clayton and we've met with the asst principal that runs their gifted program. We went to an info session today. At least from what we heard there and from other people, we're in the right place if we're going to keep her in regular public school. So it then begs the question, should she stay in regular public school?
I've hear there are AISD magnet schools at middle and high school, but I didn't see anything on AISD's site for elementary school. We have friends that have a 'legitimately gifted' 3rd grader and he goes to Regents, though his dad told me while he likes the school, at the elementary school stage, he didn't think they were doing anything special for the gifted students. He recommended St. Francis and said if he didn't live and work in South Austin, that's where he'd send his kids. He was not impressed with AISD's options and said the general education was better than the gifted program in AISD (can't remember which elementary school though he's zoned for).
So, any of you deal with this before and have any advice? I'm kind of all over the board. On one hand, I want to do whatever I can so that she reaches her full potential, on the other, I've never been a huge fan of private schools and while she may end up doing better academically, in the long run is it really going to make her life any better? Any advice is welcomed.
Thanks
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25 minutes ago, scottsins said:
I definitely agree that a truly informed assessment can not be made at this point. However, this is nothing like the NCST thing, for many reasons.
Every clusterfuck is unique for its own reasons, but they have in common that both were loses to teams we should have soundly beat due to multiple coaching failures and poor player execution. Certain different coaching failures and player execution.
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13 minutes ago, CBHorn said:
This is surly. Keep that rationalism and cautious thinking out of here.
Also, username doesn't check out.
I've become mellow in my old age. Well, except when I yell at clouds.
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3 hours ago, Texasrocks said:
In case anyone forgot, here's the roster when Strong took over. There were some really talented seniors, but not much after that. Take out the seniors and I don't see many guys who would start on this year's team.
Name Pos Ht Wt Class
Dominic Espinosa C 6'3 308 Sr.
Quandre Diggs CB 5'10 195 Sr.
Ryan Roberts CB 5'8 170 Sr.
Sheroid Evans CB 6'0 190 Sr.
Brandon Allen DB 6'2 200 Sr.
Cody Boswell DB 5'11 180 Sr.
Devin Huffines DB 6'0 195 Sr.
Cedric Reed DE 6'5 272 Sr.
Nate Boyer DS 5'10 195 Sr.
Desmond Jackson DT 6'0 298 Sr.
Demarco Cobbs LB 6'0 221 Sr.
Steve Edmond LB 6'2 258 Sr.
Tevin Jackson LB 6'2 245 Sr.
Jordan Hicks LB 6'1 234 Sr
Desmond Harrison OT 6'8 313 Sr.
William Russ P/PK 6'3 206 Sr.
Michael Davidson PK/Pv 6'4 200 Sr.
Miles Onyegbule QB 6'4 230 Sr.
Eddie Aboussie RB 5'9 221 Sr.
Malcolm Brown RB 5'11 222 Sr.
Josh Turner S 5'11 175 Sr.
Mykkele Thompson S 6'2 191 Sr.
Chris Terry TE 6'3 243 Sr.
Geoff Swaim TE 6'4 250 Sr.
Greg Daniels TE 6'4 246 Sr.
Chris Giron WR 5'8 160 Sr.
Dakota Haines WR 6'1 195 Sr.
David Thomann WR 6'0 184 Sr.
Jaxon Shipley WR 6'0 190 Sr.
John Harris WR 6'2 218 Sr.
Duke Thomas CB 5'11 178 Jr.
Dillon Boldt DB 5'10 167 Jr.
Logan Mills DE 6'3 223 Jr.
Shiro Davis DE 6'3 253 Jr.
Malcom Brown DT 6'2 320 Jr.
Alex De La Torre FB 6'1 241 Jr.
Dominic Cruciani FB 5'11 225 Jr.
Dalton Santos LB 6'3 252 Jr.
Peter Jinkens LB 6'1 237 Jr.
Trey Gonzales LB 6'0 219 Jr.
Sedrick Flowers OG 6'3 320 Jr.
Taylor Doyle OG 6'4 298 Jr.
Marcus Hutchins OL 6'5 278 Jr.
Ben Pruitt PK 6'1 215 Jr.
Nick Rose PK 6'2 203 Jr.
David Ash QB 6'3 230 Jr.
Gaston Davis RB 5'11 193 Jr.
Johnathan Gray RB 5'11 215 Jr.
M.J. McFarland TE 6'4 249 Jr.
Marcus Johnson WR 6'1 193 Jr.
Daje Johnson WR/RB 5'10 178 Jr.
Bryson Echols CB 5'10 184 So.
Dylan Haines DB 6'1 194 So.
Tyler Lee DB 5'10 185 So.
Tyler Marriott DB 6'1 192 So.
Bryce Cottrell DE 6'2 247 So.
Caleb Bluiett DE 6'3 261 So.
Johnny Tseng DE 6'1 220 So.
Kyle Ashby DS 6'1 227 So.
Alex Norman DT 6'4 288 So.
Hassan Ridgeway DT 6'4 307 So.
Paul Boyette Jr. DT 6'2 302 So.
Timothy Cole LB 6'1 236 So.
Curtis Riser OG 6'4 324 So.
Clark Orren OL 6'0 260 So.
Daniel Rodriguez OL 6'2 299 So.
Camrhon Hughes OT 6'7 324 So.
Kent Perkins OT 6'5 330 So.
Nick Jordan PK 6'1 175 So.
Logan Vinklarek QB 6'1 217 So.
Trey Holtz QB 6'0 190 So.
Tyrone Swoopes QB 6'4 243 So.
Adrian Colbert S 6'1 206 So.
Kevin Vaccaro S 5'11 188 So.
Blake Whiteley TE 6'5 250 So.
Jacorey Warrick WR 5'11 172 So.
Ty Templin WR 6'0 195 So.
Jake Raulerson C 6'5 281 Fr.
Antwuan Davis CB 5'11 193 Fr.
Jason Hall DB 6'2 207 Fr.
Jermaine Roberts Jr. DB 5'9 171 Fr.
John Bonney DB 5'10 181 Fr.
Derick Roberson DE 6'3 219 Fr.
Chris Nelson DT 6'1 307 Fr.
Jake McMillon DT 6'3 290 Fr.
Poona Ford DT 5'11 280 Fr.
Cameron Hampton LB 6'1 202 Fr.
Naashon Hughes LB 6'4 232 Fr.
Darius James OG 6'5 304 Fr.
Alex Anderson OL 6'4 320 Fr.
Elijah Rodriguez OL 6'3 292 Fr.
Frank Lopez OL 6'2 300 Fr.
Terrell Cuney OL 6'1 278 Fr.
Mitchell Becker P 6'2 190 Fr.
Jerrod Heard QB 6'2 199 Fr.
D’Onta Foreman RB 6'2 215 Fr.
Donald Catalon RB 5'10 195 Fr.
Edwin Freeman S 6'1 220 Fr.
Erik Huhn S 6'3 209 Fr.
Andrew Beck TE 6'3 242 Fr.
Matt Center TE/DS 6'2 218 Fr.
Armanti Foreman WR 6'0 189 Fr.
Connor Huffman WR 5'9 170 Fr.
Dorian Leonard WR 6'3 201 Fr.
Garrett Gray WR 6'4 211 Fr.
Hunter DeGroot WR 6'1 207 Fr.
Jake Oliver WR 6'3 214 Fr.
Lorenzo Joe WR 6'2 201 Fr.
Roderick Bernard WR 5'9 170 Fr.
The problem with that comparison is that you're looking at how those guys played under Strong for the most part and saying "Hey they turned out to suck!" Well, their coaching sucked. Who knows how they would have performed with even moderately capable coaching.
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2 hours ago, UTDD said:
I think an important difference this time is that Texas has now suffered for a longer period of ineptitude and just went through the culmination of the Kansas loss with Strong so I would think patience wears more thin the longer it lasts.
And this is what concerns me. Herman may not be the guy to get us back where we belong, but there's no way you can tell that 1 game into the second season. Anyone want to remember NCST? Based on that game, I wouldn't have thought Mack would have managed a winning season that year, much less become our second all time winningest coach. When we are immediately ready to toss someone under the bus one game into their second season, we start becoming like aggies.
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