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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. I don't understand how Bertans isn't in the 3-point shooting contest. Did he turn it down? Here are the participants: Name 3PM 3PA 3P% Devin Booker* 91 277 .329 Seth Curry 66 138 .478 Stephen Curry 226 503 .449 Danny Green 123 292 .421 Joe Harris 121 267 .453 Buddy Hield 193 427 .452 Damian Lillard** 153 418 .366 Khris Middleton** 119 314 .379 Dirk Nowitski** 22 69 .319 Kemba Walker** 183 498 .367 Davis Bertans 105 225 .467 * Defending champion ** Not in NBA top-40 for 3P% I can kind of get Dirk on his retirement hurrah. But Khris Middleton?
  2. Orthopedic doc originally thought it was bursitis but on rediagnosis now says Frozen Shoulder. Anyone have any experience with this? My ROM is pretty reduced, especially reaching up high or washing my back. Pain is also pretty intense in those situations. Apparently my T1 diabetes and Thyroid issues both increase my chances. Doc says there isn’t really a treatment, just rest and time and it can take up to two years to clear out. They don’t know what causes it or why it clears on its own. Has anyone done hydrostatic distention? Apparently that is a new treatment (last 10 years) that started in Europe and is now coming over here...
  3. Just called and canceled the radio on my car. Started their Premier streaming service, which is almost all of their channels streamed via their app for $6/mo. Now I can listen both in car via bluetooth and in home since I always have my phone on me and unlimited data plan.
  4. I see the ability to appoint and confirm judges as a feature, not a bug of our system of government. I also don't mind having conservative SC justices as a counterbalance to a liberalizing legislative branch. But I could see how a liberal would feel otherwise if you're interested in pushing a more liberal agenda and the boundaries of the constitution, or are not a strict constructivist. My response to not getting the flavor of justice you want is political - win the Presidency or Senate majority and you'll see or can force a different type of nomination. The US has survived pretty well over 200+ years with both conservative and liberal judges, so I think we'll be alright. The "hollowing out of the bureaucracy" I also consider more of a mixed bag than "all bad." As a libertarian I appreciate the shutdown because it limits the bad stuff that government does such as regulatory and spending. There are also lots of good things the gov't does that we all appreciate. Overall I want a smaller federal gov't. And to show I'm not a hyper partisan, let's start with military spending...
  5. Maybe it's *my* perception vs. reality but I would still consider 300K+ apprehensions to be a lot. Plus I'm not sure this graph makes the point you think it makes...are you alleging that crossings have decreased in line with apprehensions? I'm not 100% sure that those things track in perfect harmony, although they're probably somewhat close. Without turning this into an illegal immigration thread, we do have an issue here. It's much easier to come into the US than most other modern 1st world democracies and make a life for yourself that is better than whatever you left. If you tried to do that in the UK, or France, or Norway you're going to have a much rougher go, you'll be shut out of their generous benefits system, and you will have a lot of trouble finding work that those coming to the US don't have trouble finding. Personally I'd rather take the $5B in wall money and build a robust eVerify system with enforcement and turn off the magnet for illegal work. Until that gets fixed, no wall will matter.
  6. This is a great perception versus reality post. I don't come into CR often, but I'm guessing that I could rewind 8 years and find the same post from conservatives about Obama's 2nd term. I'd ask what has actually changed that makes things so bad? I see the the liberals on my facebook feed moaning like the world will end tomorrow, but I can still get good health insurance the same way I always did (through work), my job hasn't changed and my industry is healthy and growing, we're not in any more wars than under the last administration and arguably moving toward less. My taxes might have changed a little bit hard to notice, you can still get all the abortions you want, illegal aliens can easily come to the U.S. and stay as long as they want, and racial disharmony still exists like is has for decades and centuries. There is still no wall. Yeah, America elected an idiot to the Oval. He says a lot of stupid shit. But thanks to the miracle of our system of government, he can't get anything done, so his impact is muted - so aside from the people who are predisposed to thinking the other side is horrible and listening to the harpies on TV and twitter yelling all day, I don't see much real life impact that would cause someone to leave. Imagined impact, sure. Potential future like maybe if Trump magically got everything he wanted and the US turned into dystopia...uhh, I guess, but that's pretty unlikely. Unless you're trying to just exit the whole us vs. them shouting match by going to Norway where there is leftist hegemony? I found it easier to just stop reading facebook as much.
  7. TL;DR - Yes it can be done. Long answer - depends on how far. They generally don't need conduit, although it's good to use conduit for other reasons, like future proofing. Make sure in-ceiling cables are plenum rated if you want to be in code. You can also use plenum rated Ethernet and various companies make HDMI dongles for each side that you can use to convert it to HDMI. If you're going to run conduit, maybe put in a combo cable with a few Ethernet cables, 16/4, etc - the cost is low to do it now and high to do it later. https://www.amazon.com/Plenum-Rated-Cable-Speed-Ethernet/dp/B008GW0CAW
  8. I'm 41 and wore my felt Akubra fedora on a recent trip. Got a ton of compliments from the women - they love that shit. Looks best with a suit though.
  9. You could tell he wanted the W - whereas in other games if he doesn't get a call he shrugs it off, in this one he was more vocal toward the refs and showed some emotion on no-calls. I loved that the Spurs denied him - FUCK Leonard. Quit on his team.
  10. Makes sense he’s taking the player’s side, but zero mention of how KL tanked his trade value and tried to burn the place down on his way out, or didn’t bother to travel or sit with his teammates who made the playoffs in spite of him.
  11. 400+ pages of meal descriptions and back stories of 3rd cousins' grandfathers with no impact on the current storyline! #cantwait
  12. Is it wrong to want this W more than a playoff win? We're not wining the Championship this year so I'd love to stuff it in KL's face. Too bad the Raptors are awesome now.
  13. https://twitter.com/JordanHeckFF/status/1080495423725424641
  14. Thanks, aside from CL, eBay, etc where is best to look? I’d like a driver does not have to be perfect but I’d like something I can use not a project that sits in the garage.
  15. OMG I hope some screen capped that so ramjet and thujone can edit it appropriately
  16. I'm drooling so bad here. My dream car is a 1969.5 A12 Roadrunner. I've always loved the body line of that car, and the GTX. Such a looker, and man I want one so bad. Was planning on picking one up this past year but it didn't work out.
  17. How to perform in a deposition and effectively not say anything.
  18. Surly you jest; at Baylor they're all Rape sections.
  19. Basically yes. The days of Disney artists toiling in LA and drawing thousands of frames by hand died with the original Lion King, if not before. I’m sure that someone who wanted to be an animator in that way could find work, but that job is largely gone now and replaced by computers/AI and cheap labor in Vietnam (which is where the Simpsons is done today IIRC). Besides for the creative artist, there isn’t much glory in animation, it is very mechanical and methodical. Maybe he likes that but there is much more creativity and license in some of those other areas. The break in entry level job might be as animator or keyframe artist, or it could be compositor - that is harder to outsource. Talk to some more people, my experience is 2nd and 3rd hand here, although directionally correct...
  20. Looks like they have a lot of resources for students: https://www.toonboom.com/education/students Including special pricing: https://store.toonboom.com/students And job resources: https://www.toonboom.com/jobs/job-listings
  21. The major studios roll their own software, so you can't get it unless you work there. Otherwise he should learn Tune Boom Harmony, it's used to make the Simpsons, Rick & Morty, etc. It's not cheap, $900/yr, although they have a lite version for $180. Not sure on student pricing. Not sure on tablet; I'm sure at that level they're using a wacom or something similar more than iPads. But really, it's not about the software...it's about other things. #1 the story/plot, #2 interesting characters, and somewhere waaaaay down the list is the quality of the animation. I mean, Red vs. Blue made millions of $'s...look at Southpark, or even the Simpsons. Animation for TV these days is limited to a few key frame animators here in the US, and the vast, vast majority of people doing animation as a job are in Asia working for pennies on the dollar to fill in between keyframes or even storyboards. If he's interested in production, or post-production, have him learn Adobe After Effects or Premiere and work on some of his own projects. You can do a lot in those for a decent price. But really if his heart is set on animation, it's not about the tools, it's about being a good artist. Nail it on paper and those skills will transfer to electronic.
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