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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Under two minutes left and we jump offsides. Dumb and preventable but it’s done. They’re now inside the 30 with downs to burn and an easy FG. Why not let them run it in? We get the ball back with a chance to win...or we can do what we did and let them milk the clock to zero and kick the chip shot to win.
  2. I’m curious what the liberal response to China is these days. Seems to me we have tried the “play nice” appeasement route, also the globalist route via WTO. It hasn’t worked because it assumes rational honest actors on the other side of the table. That’s not China. They have a whole different frame of morality, ideas around intellectual property (there is none unless we made it), and theft. I don’t like the sanctions and trade war but I ask what the alternative is at this point? Asking nicely and harsh language hasn’t worked. TPP was shaping up to be a disaster.
  3. Donna Imam FTW, but I'm already on record there.
  4. If Vera Farmiga in her prime threw herself at me all bets are off. People definitely glamorize travel. "Oh you're going to XYZ city, that's amazing!" ...no bitch, a hotel room in Paris looks exactly like a hotel room in Omaha. Plus you're there alone, which you do get used to but it's depressing to not have anyone there to share it with.
  5. I've been doing this for about 10 years. I have about 1M+ miles on American and probably the same amount on the other airlines over that time. During that time I've done about 350 trips to over 30 states and 13 countries WW. Currently I'm 42. You're asking the right questions, some of the same stuff I asked when I started. For me, I had progressed up the ranks to the exec level and my work days were non-stop: 24 hrs/day email, phone calls w/ Asia and Europe, etc. Decisions were being made at all hours and if you wanted to be in the decision loop, you had to participate - also if you wanted to progress career wise (in tech). I had the opportunity to move over to executive and professional training as an instructor. My kids are 9 and 11 now. My youngest (son) was born the same month that I started traveling like this. Not going to lie, it was hard. There were times when my wife felt stranded, because she was. It's pretty gut wrenching to take a call from your wife home with a 2 y/o and a newborn who is sick and she can't sleep and you're 3000 miles away. There's literally nothing you can say or do to make things better. Actually there are a few things: the compensation part of the role allowed us to outsource a ton of stuff we used to do ourselves: lawn service, maid service, for awhile I paid a laundry service to do all our laundry which was a pretty good deal @$8/load they pick it up wash/dry and fold it and bring it back to you the next day. That took some of the stress off. My typical week is travel out Sunday/Monday afternoon and travel back Wed/Thurs night. I'm usually doing that 3 weeks/month. A few years ago we got short staffed and had to do more, that year I was on the road 47 weeks - which was too much. My company has it set up right for the executive instructors, which make the tradeoffs worth it: When you're working, you're working and when you're home you're home - I only get a dozen or so work emails per week. I'm not expected to do much other than expenses when I get home. But when I'm leading training on the road, I have to "on," for the whole day, leading a class of smart and engaged people for 8 hrs/day, 3-4 days in a row with public speaking and facilitation. That drains you b/c it takes a ton of energy...so the home time is designed as your recharge time with family. Sometimes on my weeks when I'm not teaching I'll do other stuff, or fly the family out to meet me wherever I am - in fact they just met me in California and we visited family and did a trip tot the Sequoia National Park, which was awesome. Compensation - I'm compensated above what I would have been making as a VP of Marketing or VP of Product, in terms of cash. But when I did the calculation and thought about how you have to "on" 24 hours a day in a exec role, and the fact that I can basically forget about work when I'm home in this role, the work/life balance question becomes much closer. My wife and I just had our 15th anniversary. We're going strong. My kids are fine too - they know the routine. Dad goes to work, Dad comes home. I try to focus on them fully when I'm home. Most of the time I'm gone they are in school anyway. There are a few things that are hard for me to do, like I can't commit to being a coach on my son's baseball team b/c of my travel. I actually did it this year, but as an asst. coach and I was able to make all the games and 90% of the practices b/c the timing worked out, but sometimes it doesn't. I have to work really hard on maintaining a solid relationship with my daughter, who is about to be a teenager in 18 months, I want to provide her with a loving and supportive family environment at home, but I'd be doing that regardless of my travel situation. Most important you have to really support and trust your spouse. Schedule dates and special times with her. Listen and pitch in. Prepare yourself to attack the honey-do list when you get home - and BTW you will not be in any mood to do that shit after you've been traveling all week, but you've got to buck up and do it anyway. There are multiple right answers to this question. Only you can figure it out. Here are the variables you'll need to balance and take into account: Amount of travel - days/week, and weeks/year Work expected outside of travel days - are you expected to do shit at home AND on the road? That would suck. Where you'll travel - domestic or int'l. Going to Asia on the reg really sucks! Domestic is much easier and easier to get home on the night of a meeting. Compensation - are they making it worth your while? Cash is king... Time off - get a lot of it and plan to use it. Just realize that your family will be jazzed about using your miles to go on vacation and all you will want is to sit @ home... Your wife - does she have an independent streak or does she need you there a lot? You - are you going to get homesick or miss your family after being gone a few days? How about a few days for 10 weeks in a row? Your relationship - how strong is your trust in each other? Would either of you stray? Would either of you be concerned about the other straying? If the answer is yes to either, that is like rust for a relationship and will eat it up over time. Kids - do you have them, how old, how much do they need you, etc. Doing lots of travel with newborns is HELL, trust me. Your wife is very vulnerable during those early years and it's a make or break time for the family. Career - is this a launch pad for major career advancement? Nothing wrong with a parallel move or getting paid, just another variable to balance. Best of luck w/ the decision - hit me over PM if you want more or chat by phone w/ a road warrior...
  6. CAF is a joke. You know it is because the cops whine so much about reigning it in. There are instances when CAF has been used to shut down drug dealers and arms smugglers. Unfortunately it has also ensnared lots of regular people. Reason magazine has a whole series on this, cops have used CAF on immigrants (legal and illegal) trying to support their families, on small business owners, and even once stole money that a church was moving between states to build homes for the homeless. There are lots of problems with CAF but the biggest is that cops are not incentivized to care about how it’s used, and there are not penalties for misuse. The reason why most CAFs are only a few thousand dollars is that in the CAF system, they’re not charging YOU with a crime, they’re charging your money with a CIVIL violation. You have to prove that the money isn’t in violation to get it back, and that means paying a lawyer. For a Few thousand, it’s a losing proposition. The cops know that. So the money sits in evidence until they win the “case” by default. If you really want to make your blood boil, google “equitable sharing.” The feds have looser rules around CAF than most states, so they let local popo’s act as their enforcement arm to bring bs CAF cases, and cut a deal where they split the proceeds. Some jurisdictions make a significant percentage of their revenues from CAF now. Even if someone fights and wins a CAF case, they will often find their money or property has disappeared into the bureaucracy and it no longer there. Guess what?! Sovereign immunity, bitch! Going down this rabbit hole will turn you into a civil libertarian real quick. Check out reason.com for more. CAF is completely, hopelessly broken and needs to be dug out to the roots.
  7. Rep for picking a good thread title and one that DIDN’T use he-who-shall-not-be-named.
  8. I had a thread on my friend Donna Imam, who is running in the (D) primary for TX31, the seat that John Carter (R) currently holds. There were originally about 8 candidates in the (D) primary, now it's down to about 3 who are viable. Donna led the field for fundraising and public events in Q3.
  9. Pretty much agree with all of this. Austin like so many cities have failed here. The failure has been at many levels: recognizing the scope of the problem, getting constituent buy-in to address it, funding the solution, managing the solution, and communicating positive outcomes. As a result, plus the macro us/them polarization of the country overall, we've fallen into a death spiral of "homeless bad" vs. "Heartless KLBJ Todd and Don listener!" ...which if we're being fair I'm pretty sure I saw that smear thrown around earlier as well. Neither is true (who listens to KLBJ anyway?), I believe that those that are against open camping would agree that they want a fair solution for those that suffer from homelessness that doesn't belittle, criminalize, and helps give them a hand up - or more extensive help for those that really need it with mental health issues. The frustration is borne out of how the City adjusted for a symptom without treating the disease, while not communicating what they were doing. Like the train debacle, if it were done right from the start, we might/could have gotten something that was actually good. Now because of inept management by the City and people who are too proud to admit they fucked it up, it's probably too late to go back and do it right, at least until a good portion of the council and mayor are turned over, IMO.
  10. Really, it sure seems like they have something in common! One may be called zoning code and the other ordinance but they both govern behaviors and where they are allowed. The shopkeep on Lavaca doesn't care if it's a zoning problem or an ordinance problem - he wants the homeless guy to stop shitting outside his door. Also I'll note that even though zoning appropriate for Community First or Haven type development doesn't exist doesn't mean that it can't. If Austin can built the ARCH in the beating heart of the tourist district, continue rolling out the disaster of CodeNEXT, and build a ghost-train to nowhere, then they can create a new code appropriate for this problem. It takes leadership, guts, and community engagement to get constituent trust up and stakeholders bought in - exactly the kind of stuff that Austin city council leadership has NOT done by forcing this on the city and doing lip service engagement to the community. People act as if contentious land use regulation and having a city where there are a few well connected and funded advocacy groups is unique; they are not. Maybe Jimmy is the guy to break this problem - I've known him personally for many years - but I'm not holding my breath.
  11. Multiple places have been proposed upthread, such as the old Home Depot building near St. John's. YES of course zoning would need to be changed but if the CoA can effectively rezone the entire City to decriminalize public camping, they can rezone a handful of plots for more effective relocation and servicing of population that suffers from homelessness.
  12. I have minor RLS. Tried accupuncture and it worked. The accupuncture woman also recommended a magnesium supplement which helped a lot. Eastern medicine works.
  13. Nope. Sitting out a drive is fine; and if they choose to stay in with a cramp and not tell anyone, their own coach will see them getting burned and sub them out. Does concussion protocol encourage players to play concussed?
  14. trump_wrong.gif It's maybe 10% bad_ceos. The other 90% is automation and globalization aka people in another country willing to do your $100k+ (when you include cadillac health insurance) union job for $0.10 on the dollar. Most CEOs who don't respond to that market pressure don't last long as CEOs. Also investors tend to like companies who stay in business and make profit for their investors so, fiduciary responsibility and all that. But you knew that already. Unless the goal is: "a transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of Communism." per Oxford
  15. "Austin is typical big ciiiity with big ciiiiity problems! Nothing to see here!"
  16. I just binged it on a business trip this past week. Really, really well done. We've seen the "super hero grows old" troupe with Logan, but this is a new spin on it. The casting and editing is really good, the guy they got for Homelander plays his part well - every scene with him feels like it's on a knife's edge, like he could snap at any moment and kill everyone in the room. He plays the sociopath really well. Elizabeth Shue is hot. Starlight is hot. Maeve is old-hot. They changed some stuff from the comics but it's already been renewed for season 2 so we'll see where they go from here.
  17. AKA "Doing their job" Although I'm sure many would have preferred if Bernie had an uninterrupted 30 minutes to espouse on the utopia that America will be with open borders, free everything, and no tradeoffs!
  18. ^ this You are vastly over-estimating: The competence of the IT team at your old company The amount of time they have to waste on am employee who left months ago The idea that they even still monitor your email address instead of routing it straight to the trash like a normal company That even if they did monitor it, that they would do something with it That LinkedIn's security system wouldn't make them login again from a strange computer, like happens on Facebook, Google, office.com and most other enterprise-focused sites That even if they managed to login that they'd click through LinkedIn to your InMail That they would have the context to understand what someone wrote you in that InMail That they would forward it to their legal/HR team That their legal/HR team wouldn't immediately pitch a fit that someone violated your privacy That legal/HR would actually take action against you ...and the list goes on and on. Chill out, have a beer, get your new job, make money, ignore bitches. /applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />
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