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  1. 6 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

    Doesn't an Apple Watch have fall detection and call someone? Or maybe call 911 for you.  Of course, the wearer has to be with it enough to recharge the watch and actually wear it.

    My parents are in retirement home and have mentioned Apple watch is the thing everyone is using and recommending there.

  2. 47 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

    UPDATE!!!   I got an offer.    I'll be working as the retirement plan administrator for a mid-sized employer based here in Houston with employees spread across the country.  It's a nice bump in comp over my prior role.  

    This is not the job I detailed above.  I last talked with them two weeks ago and was told what the hold up is.  I'm 95% sure that their offer is going to come in below this one.   I think my work here is done.  

    Talk about a wave of relief.   Nerves really hit right after the offer call.  Wow, just wow.  

     

    Really glad to hear it. 

    Congratulations Congrats GIF

  3. 35 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

     

    These are not serious people.

    I'm having a hard time believing this person is really a Columbia student. "Obligated to provide food to students who paid for a meal plan" -- seriously she will never get respectable job ever with this floating around the internet.

     

    also...this reply... lol

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  4. 1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

    Cool.  So, we can beat and arrest people for future crime.  Just want to get your position on the record.

    Also, I parked the other night at 7:30 pm, without paying, in a metered space that said the meter was active from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.  By your reasoning, I should have gotten a ticket, because I'm a known anti-authoritarian who likes to push boundaries, so I was gonna leave it there past 8:00 am without paying.

    Reasonable and proper application of the law often IS a "law school exam question."  You guys wanna put up tents in solidarity?  Cool.  I think it's silly, I think your whole protest is silly, but the mission and needs of the university can be met and protected so long as your act of solidarity doesn't go past 10 pm.  Oh, you say you intend to stay after 10 pm? Well, I'm going to encourage you not to do that, because we will come by and remove all tents at 10:01.  I then have cops out there at 9:50 saying nicely "folks, curfew is at 10:00, so we need y'all and your stuff out in ten minutes.  And you can't return until 8:00 tomorrow."  Then, when they don't move (you know, when they ACTUALLY break the rules), remove them and their tents.

    Future crime isn't a thing.

    FINALLY you agree with Friday's actions.. phew

  5. 6 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

    Is this a wild guess or a "guess"?  I ask because the texts the media released show Hartzell saying he reached out to ask for DPS assistance, not the other way around.  If that's the case it seems like there had to be something to trigger that request if he hadn't already done it for the other protests.  I agree that the mere presence of troopers last Wednesday likely had an escalating effect on the protesters (I won't call them students because it appears a large portion were not students), but what caused the escalating effect on the University to even call in the troopers?  We have a lot of posters here postulating that it's because he disagrees with the content of their speech, but if that's the case, why not call the troopers in one of the first dozen or so times UT had pro-palestinian protesters on campus?  

    Hartzell reached out for help in direct response to this Palestine Solidarity Committee posting on Instagram, specfics being:

    Spoiler

     

    Brian Davis, a university spokesman, said the university has seen 13 pro-Palestinian events "largely without incident" since the Israel-Hamas war began in October. 

    "In contrast, this one in particular expressed an intent to disrupt the campus and directed participants to break Institutional Rules and occupy the University, consistent with national patterns," Davis said.

     

    Houston Chronicle text on actions:

    Spoiler

    Here is what we know about why the troopers appear to have been called in:

    The Palestine Solidarity Committee advertised the event on Instagram, calling on students to “reclaim our space” by occupying the South Lawn. 

    University rules require groups planning to rally on campus to coordinate with the dean of students. The university did not say whether the Palestine Solidarity Committee, a registered student group, did that. 

    The office of the dean of students on Tuesday sent a letter to the group canceling the rally, which the university alleged had a “declared intent to violate our policies and rules, and disrupt our campus operations.” 

    The letter pointed to an Instagram post by the group that said, “In the footsteps of our comrades at Rutgers-New Brunswick SJP, Tufts SJP, and Columbia SJP, we will take back our university and force our administration to divest, for the people of Gaza!” 

    It also noted the organizers urged attendees to bring face masks, which the letter described as a violation of university rules that forbid students from concealing their identity to obstruct law enforcement.

     

    “Simply put, The University of Texas at Austin will not allow this campus to be ‘taken’ and protesters to derail our mission in ways that groups affiliated with your national organization have accomplished elsewhere,” said the letter, signed by Executive Director of Student Involvement Aaron Voyles. “Such disruptions are never allowed and are especially damaging while our students prepare for the end of the semester and final exams.”

    The letter warned that any attempt to proceed with the planned rally would result in possible suspension from the university or arrest. 

    DPS said in a statement that troopers were deployed at the university’s request and at the direction of the governor. It’s not clear how many state troopers responded to the campus, but the department said they made at least 34 arrests. Many officers were clad in riot gear and others arrived on horseback. The Austin Police Department and the university’s own police force also responded to the event.

     

    The university on Thursday confirmed that the decision to bring in DPS was made by UT President Jay Hartzell and his leadership team, in tandem with Kevin Eltife, the chair of the UT system's board of regents. 

    Brian Davis, a university spokesman, said the university has seen 13 pro-Palestinian events "largely without incident" since the Israel-Hamas war began in October. 

    "In contrast, this one in particular expressed an intent to disrupt the campus and directed participants to break Institutional Rules and occupy the University, consistent with national patterns," Davis said.

    Hartzell said in a statement Wednesday night that the university “held firm” and expressed gratitude to law enforcement. 

    “Breaking our rules and policies and disrupting others’ ability to learn are not allowed,” his statement said. “The group that led this protest stated it was going to violate Institutional Rules. Our rules matter, and they will be enforced. Our University will not be occupied.”

     

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  6. 27 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

    As of the April 15th report, 54.838 million shares of IBRX were sold short. That’s up about 75,000 shares from the end of March. If they can get a squeeze going, IBRX will be something to behold.

    Yeah, the 5/9 and especially 5/24 report should be quite telling here as to the mood of the shorts.

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