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360/Westlake is 4+ miles from the city of West Lake Hills line, if that's what you mean by "Westlake".

Paul Rabil is a recently retired player, and he was the Lebron James of lacrosse - 6'5" 240# and could do it all. He's also the founder of the PLL and the face of the league office, although his brother is the CEO.

Juve needs to pay up

Someone just put a bunch of decks they're going to sell in a gif and you can really see what I'm talking about with the shapes here. The 2 on the right are what I expect for a Neil Blender deck. The Faces deck just looks so blah shaped.

Finally got to visit my friend and got some clarity on cause: NOT semaglutide related. She had stopped the semaglutide several months previous. This was a result of a thyroid issue.

The only argument I’m making is that who a team is playing matters overall.

They've played an incredibly soft schedule in that stretch. In those 22 games, only 8 came vs teams currently in the playoffs. 4 of those 8 were vs MIL (split), and 1 vs LAC. The other 3 were teams in the 7th or 8th slot. 9 of those games were vs teams currently in 11th or lower. 13 of those wins, and 1 of the losses, came vs teams under .500. Cavs are 9-13 in the past 22 games, 16 of which have come vs teams currently in the playoffs. 10 of those 13 losses came to teams currently in the playoffs. 7 of those 10 losses to teams currently in the playoffs came to teams currently seeded 7-10.

I mean....come on...have at it!! How can you not love it?

Leverkusen are Bundesliga Champions in 2024 for their 1st title ever! 1st title for a club other than Bayern since 2012.

Because the cops out there will ticket you for going 1mph over. They've been beaten into submission.

The irony of Iverson's statue going outside the practice facility almost overshadows how tiny that statue is.

I'd LOVE to see what a cybertruck looks like after 2 years in Galveston.

I like the one about how they leave the locker room. All these speeches about how to act and none of it sinking in one bit. Makes for good media clips though, yeah?

Andretti is confident enough that this is going to happen that he's opened up shop in the UK and entering the minors.

We've seen the incident discussed quite a bit in the recruiting thread, but figured it deserves it's own thread at this point. If there's already a thread, my bad - I searched! Lake Travis ISD faces $1.5 million lawsuit over peanut allergy incident The parent of a former Lake Travis ISD high school student has sued the district for $1.5 million, arguing it was “deliberately indifferent” to bullying her son faced over his severe peanut allergy. Carter Mannon transferred to a Leander ISD high school earlier this year because of the October incident in which two of the football player's teammates put peanuts in his locker, uniform and cleats, as the Austin American-Statesman reported. Shawna Mannon filed the lawsuit Saturday in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Texas. Superintendent Paul Norton and Lake Travis High Head Football Coach Hank Carter, Principal Debbie Garinger and Assistant Principal Sandra Surdy are named as defendants. Lake Travis ISD said it is aware of the lawsuit. “We take all allegations of bullying and harassment seriously,” it said in a statement. Several people spoke out about bullying related to food allergies at a school board meeting in November. Shawna Mannon said the incident occurred after Carter's teammates asked him if his peanut allergy could kill him. She said Carter, who carries an EpiPen for his peanut allergy, told them exposure could be deadly for him. Mannon said while one of the boys had “second thoughts” and emptied the cleats, Carter was still exposed to the residue when he held the shoes. He then developed hives on his arm. “Since this incident, my son has faced backlash and retaliation almost daily,” she told trustees in November. Mannon also described the punishment Carter’s teammates received as “minimal.” Both of his teammates were suspended for two games. A Lake Travis ISD investigation also determined the incident was not bullying, according to Community Impact. During a school board meeting last month, several members of the football team argued the incident was blown out of proportion and that Mannon was sharing inaccurate information about what happened in the locker room. The lawsuit addressed the players' remarks directly and noted that while football players said they did not witness bullying, they “acknowledged that peanuts were placed in [Carter’s] locker by [another student] with the intent to harm him.” Mannon alleges Lake Travis ISD failed to address ongoing bullying which endangered her son’s life and violated his rights under the the Americans with Disabilities Act. The federal civil rights law protects students with food allergies from discrimination if that allergy interferes with things such as breathing and speaking. “Despite attempts to involve school officials, the harassment continued, leading C.M. to transfer to another district for his safety,” the lawsuit states. “LTISD’s action and inaction created a hostile environment and exacerbated the situation, demonstrating deliberate discrimination against C.M. and causing him harm.” Lake Travis ISD officials have said they disagree with the allegations in the suit. “We look forward to responding through the appropriate legal channels,” the district said. “The safety of our students and staff is our highest priority. Given that this now involves litigation, we do not plan to have any further comments at this time.” Mannon's lawsuit also asks the court to require district staff, teachers and students to undergo “effective” training on how to prevent and stop discrimination and bullying related to a disability.

Still having some issues swallowing that price tag, but now that it's in my hands....just so damn beautiful!

Thanks Doc.

I'm not entirely certain as far as specific cause/effect, because I'm not in the room and I'm not going to dig in on her parents about what questions they're asking the doctors. I'm not a doctor and I'm too far outside the loop to be taking what I say as fact, so grains of salt and all that. She's been taking a compounded version of semaglutide for a while now, and about a month ago her belly distended like she was hiding a basketball and she was in terrible pain. Called 911 just in time - she flatlined 3x in the 36 hours after the call. Both her kidneys and liver had shut down, she had 2L of fluid drained from her abdomen, and they discovered a heart ailment (tricuspid valve issue?) that is likely unrelated, and was there but undetected previously. She was touch-and-go for the first week, but has stabilized and is recovering, albeit slowly. Her kidneys are coming back but her liver is not responding and last I heard they were talking about a transplant. I'll say this: Her stubbornness played a HUGE part in this. She had been feeling poorly for a week+ before that final day when she made the call to 911. If she would have just gone to the doctor, I'd hope they'd have seen what was going on and helped her before she was so far gone. She didn't even want to go that day - she was going to make an appointment for the next day when her father told her to hang up the phone w/ him and call 911 immediately or she was going to die (he's an MD).