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Another example of "wow, offseason sucks." Too many examples of fail to list, but I will... Handle: BigGameBoomer. Hint number one that it will be garbage. State College, PA - fail As noted, Seattle and Austin are not really college towns any more. Tuscaloosa is infinitely better than Auburn. Berkeley, CA? Really? NC - App.St. Fail - UNC, NCSU, Duke? Ohio over tOSU? Nope. tOSU t-shirt fans are morons, but that part of Columbus is pretty decent. No arguments: Minnesota - big city, but the campus area is great. Indiana - slightly better than Purdue and Notre Dame, but both are catching up to Bloomington. West Virginia - no other choices and no one else could read, so who cares Agree w/ Columbia in NYC, as Manhattan would be great as a college town. However most 18-22 year olds cannot appreciate Manhattan. It's more of a 22+ environment.

Prior to its release, I paid zero attention to anything about this other than the name and Clancy affiliation. So, I recently reread Without Remorse (actually 2x speed audio book while I did my daily walks) in anticipation of this. While watching, I kept searching for the 1.5x speed option on Amazon video. Does it exist? Writing was mediocre. Acting was mediocre. Action was OK. They just borrowed a few names from WR and had some very loose ties to family deaths, CIA, Russians, etc. The writing does set up some possible derivative works, but they killed off the most talented cast member (Guy Pearce), acting-wise. However, quality acting is not really needed to carry an action series. A "true" portrayal of WR would require a considerably different investment and Vietnam-era storylines won't move the needle these days. I'm confused why Amazon - or the producers - felt the need for the additional expense for the affiliation to Clancy/WR for this. I guess a loose tie to the Clancy-verse helps with the 35+ demographic.

Lake Conroe had > 4 inches over the past few days. This resulted in around 1.5-2 feet rise over its normal "pool level." Boats were floating off their lifts; lake closed; etc. Dam was opened to help mitigate. I think they delayed it a bit to see if others downstream could handle the extra water.

According to this link, his brother was featured and he was referenced. https://www.distractify.com/p/nahshon-wright-last-chance-u

Cowboys successfully reached on every pick through the first three rounds. 1.12 (12) Parsons - LB (rank 16) 2.12 (44) Joseph - CB (rank 64) 3.11 (75) Odiguizuwa - DT (rank 87) 3.21 (85) Gholston - DE (rank 177) 3.36 (99) Wright - CB (rank 272)

It was the Bears after all. That said, just about all prognosticators had Jenkins ahead if Cosmi, if memory serves.

There will be plenty of good OT at 33 and/or 45. I am surprised some of the defensive guys are still on the board: JOK and Moehring come to mind.

The Etienne pick makes zero sense for Jax. They need damn near everything - EXCEPT RB. JOK would have been a very solid pick there.

I am (naively?) hopeful that Texas A&M is becoming less racist over time. The population growth, auto-admit issues, etc. will definitely help with that. For the most part, a student who attends Texas A&M can get a top-tier education. Their engineering schools and business schools are well respected and well-ranked. Many students in those majors are there for the education and tolerate/ignore the associated idiocy. Their goal: degree then on to the next phase. I suspect most of the folks who post on college oriented message boards no longer attend the university. For many, they represent the lunatic fringe of the alumni or t-shirt fan base. I think TexAgs falls into that category. Surly ? Only sometimes The demographic shift at Texas A&M has been quite profound. 2000 2010 2020 White 81.50% 72.40% 57.80% Hispanic 9.10% 15.90% 25.20% Asian 3.40% 4.50% 9.40% Black 2.50% 3.30% 3.00% What is missing in the above numbers is that more and more of the top-notch students from suburban schools are enrolling at Texas A&M. Last, mean SAT scores have risen over 110 points since 2002 (~50 points from test redesign). That means that the mean SAT at A&M moved from the 75th national percentile in 2002 to the 85th national percentile in 2020. That is significant. As Texas residents, we need Texas A&M to be a high quality university. It seems to be improving in student quality and relevant rankings. In time, we will either see the racist fringes die off or be smothered by the more responsible majority.

Yup. A half-time job paying $140k can surely salve the wound. Kelly took a prudent political position heading into the council race, labeled as a conservative republican. Otherwise intelligent, educated "R" have attached themselves to her as the way to guide Austin forward. It's insane. An acquaintance of mine touted her as the "Conservative voice of the Council" and I responded that she was "a kook." She's viewed as the path to saving Austin from the homeless problem. Uh, no. To be honest, single-member districts seemed like a good idea at the time. Increasing the number from 6 to 10 - at the same time - may not have been a good idea. The conventional wisdom at the time was that council was dominated by "Central Austin interests" and that the high-growth areas had no representation. 10 years later, we have Fitlump because only 15k people showed up to vote in the district 6 runoff. Did we get the representation we deserved?

If Sarkisian thinks alternating between Thompson/Card is OK, then I am OK with it. Either of Card or Thompson are better choices than either of Ash or McCoy.

I worried that the "no new appraisals" in Travis last year would run most of the aggregators and appeal consultants out of business. Fortunately, some are still around. For 2020, of the ~17k homes I reviewed in 78750 and 78759, only around 700 went up in value and most of those were not reappraisals, but removals of concessions made in previous appeals. For example, my home value increased by ~15% last year when functional obsolescence reductions were removed. Why? "Because people are moving from California and don't care about those things." Those were words from a TCAD appraiser. I did a formal appeal and got some of it back. This year, my property went up another 15%. I should appeal again - or hire someone - but I am not sure it will amount to much. Anecdotes from real estate agents I know Homes in River Place area often receive 20+ offers in a weekend and go for $150k above asking. Outlier went for $400k above asking (asked ~$900k - sold for $1.3mm) House in NW Austin on market for $1.25mm. Under contract for $1.4mm cash. TCAD: 2020 appraisal: $650k; 2021 appraisal: $725k Demand is high and supply is low, so it's only going to get worse.

Attended the 2004 tOSU@Purdue game. Bought tickets early in the season, as it appeared both would be top-10 by the time of the game. That did not play out. Anyhow, tickets were in high demand, so we (brother, brother's wife, father) sat in end-zone. Turns out it was filled with tOSU fans. Most acted as adults, but still took everything too damned seriously. They were jerks when Purdue was kicking their ass in the first half and toned it down as they came back. Kyle Orton, who had been held out most of the game due to injury, was inserted for the final 2 drives. The first was a 3-and-out with Purdue up 17-10. tOSU tied it on the next drive at 17. tOSU fans started to bow up and get confident. Orton came in and proceeded to take Purdue 80 yards down the field - going 6-6 - for the go-ahead TD with 2:25 left. We Purdue fans were going bananas. We might have gotten shanked if we were in Columbus. Anyhow, after the Purdue win, the folks around us were as cordial as they could be. Which was not very. As my we walked back to my brother's house (reasonable walking distance from the stadium in West Lafayette), several clusters of tOSU "fans" offered to fight us, etc. My group took the high road, which was the appropriate choice. There are more details: foul language, "space" violations, etc. But I will spare that... Suffice to say, this was a proper indoctrination for when those assholes visited Austin in 2006. Those "fortunate" enough to visit Columbus in 2005 had it worse, I gather.

That's a comment he should have just kept to himself. What a moron. Aggy... https://texasscorecard.com/author/ccheshire/ Cary Cheshire is the Vice President of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. A 6th Generation Texan, Cary attended Texas A&M University was active in a number of conservative causes including Ted Cruz's Senate campaign. He has also worked on campaigns to elect conservatives to Congress and the Texas Legislature. Cary enjoys college football, genealogy research, and the occasional craft beer.

Thanks - I should go back and read the jury charge. I lazily did a cut-paste of the statutes from the MN gov't website. I also did not include this - which is another variant. I think *this* was what the jury was directed. My mistake. The other felony was 3rd degree assault. (1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting; or I

Not a lawyer. Here is the definition of 2nd degree murder in Minnesota. I added the italics and BOLD. The jury must have concluded that Chauvin intentionally inflicted or attempted to inflict bodily harm while Floyd was restrained. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.19 609.19 MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Subd. 2.Unintentional murders. Whoever does either of the following is guilty of unintentional murder in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years: (1) causes the death of a human being, without intent to effect the death of any person, while committing or attempting to commit a felony offense other than criminal sexual conduct in the first or second degree with force or violence or a drive-by shooting; or (2) causes the death of a human being without intent to effect the death of any person, while intentionally inflicting or attempting to inflict bodily harm upon the victim, when the perpetrator is restrained under an order for protection and the victim is a person designated to receive protection under the order. As used in this clause, "order for protection" includes an order for protection issued under chapter 518B; a harassment restraining order issued under section 609.748; a court order setting conditions of pretrial release or conditions of a criminal sentence or juvenile court disposition; a restraining order issued in a marriage dissolution action; and any order issued by a court of another state or of the United States that is similar to any of these orders.

Did they run out of time or is this a legitimate first loss?

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2021/04/18/3-victims-reported-in-active-shooter-situation-in-northwest-austin Cut-paste

Brian Johnson has a show called "Life on the Road." To me, the series is fascinating. Johnson is down to earth and very humble. He has interviewed Robert Plant, Sting, Roger Daltrey, Nick Mason, Lars Ulrich. The following link is the entire episode with Dave Grohl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZkKioEpRY4&ab_channel=BrianJohnsonTV

Valid point. It was bad. It was a stream of consciousness that sounds horrific when I reread it. I was attempting to cast it as a possible part of the advice he was receiving from counsel. NOT trying to cast it as my opinion of the character of the women involved or to discredit them. I would see if there is some way to edit the post to clarify, but it is too late, as folks have already quoted it. Sigh - thanks for the msg.

A settlement would require a payout and an NDA. IIRC, Watson already had NDAs with the majority of the accusers. Is it possible that Watson's attorneys advised him that a settlement with NDA would be meaningless? The accusers already violated 1 NDA; chances are they would violate again. Let's say he settles with one for $100k. It's not like it's the end of the problem. Once she runs out of cash, she could try again. NDA be damned.

As noted, it's a click generator so people will whine about it. Aside from the MSU ranking, the top-10 is just a shuffle of the Massey composite average from the end of last season with some bias toward returning players. A deeper dive shows more. Every team in the top-25 is a P5 team. 8 SEC teams in top 25; 7 Big12; 5 Big10; 4 ACC (if you count Notre Dame) and 1 PAC. Clicks. If I were in charge of a preseason "power" ranking, it would look very similar to what we saw here. The top 25 would be VERY heavy on big name teams and have some that seem really crazy. I would also use past "click" data to motivate the rankings. If Ames, Starkville, State College, and Lubbock give me high clicks/population rates, I automatically rank them higher. Ranking MSU at 8 and TTU at 21 costs me nothing, but might get me all sorts of click data and help my advertising rates.

https://us.puma.com/en/us/pd/clyde-autumn-sneakers/375890.html For future reference, here is what I did: Right click on photo. Select "Search google for image" For me it returned "puma clyde autumn sneakers" and I clicked the Puma site. Good news: still on sale. Bad news (for me): no size 12.

I scanned a few mock drafts and have summarized the projected Dallas pick and the Pitts pick. Of the 11 drafts, Pitts is drafted outside the top 10 3 times. Dallas picks Surtain 6 times, Slater 2 times, Horn 2 times, and Javon Holland 1 time. Dallas selects Pitts 0 times, which means its a virtual certainty . To me, the only certain pick is Lawrence at #1. Aside from that, the "insiders" are guessing just as much as we are. ESPN - Kiper 4: Miami (via trade) - Kyle Pitts 10: Patriots (via trade w/ Dallas) - Justin Fields 15: Dallas - Jaycee Horn, CB ESPN - Tannenbaum 10: Dallas - Patrick Surtain II 12: Eagles - Kyle Pitts ESPN - McShay 4: Atlanta - Kyle Pitts 10: Dallas - Jaycee Horn (Surtain taken at 8, Fields drops to 11) NFL.com Zierlein 6: Eagles - Kyle Pitts 10: Dallas - Rashawn Slater, T, Northwestern NFL.com Maurice Jones-Drew 10: Dallas - Jevon Holland, S, Oregon 15: Patriots - Kyle Pitts NFL.com Chad Reuter 4: Atlanta - Kyle Pitts 10: Dallas - Patrick Surtain II The Sporting News 10: Dallas - Patrick Surtian II 12: Eagles - Kyle Pitts CBS Sports 6: Miami - Kyle Pitts 10: Dallas - Patrick Surtain II Walter Football 4: Atlanta - Kyle Pitts 10: Dallas - Patrick Surtain II The Athletic 6: Miami - Kyle Pitts 10: Dallas - Patrick Surtain II TD Wire 6: Miami - Kyle Pitts 10: Dallas - Rashawn Slater, T, Northwestern

I see 20 cents worth. That said, it's great to see he's recovered from his injuries. A bit of his game came from his mobility; the rest came from playing in the AAC. I wonder how that will be impacted.