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So, how exactly did his marriage impact his work?
It's one thing to fire someone for performance, it's another to fire someone because you disagree with them about something outside of work.
How would you feel if your manager fired you for an activity you participate in on weekends, that never impacts your job performance in anyway?
So, no companies should not be allowed to fire anyone they want.
And accepting little discriminations like this leads to greater discrimination.
One last thing, the church needs to lose all tax breaks, outside of those that all businesses receive, then we can talk about them firing people.
It's a shame that they get so much special treatment, even to the point of a police officer at the intersection of a major church near me controlling the stop light to give them favor when entering and exiting after Sunday indoctrination services. Let them pay all the same taxes as any other business and then maybe they deserve some benefits from the police and traffic controls.
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Can't find the right thread for this...so I'll go with this one. Need a little catharsis.
A month ago, my eldest graduated from University Of Chicago with flying colors. Double major in Math and CompSci, squeezed in a Master's in Math. Really applied himself these last four years. A good part of the family spent the week up there for festivities and we had a grand old time. A couple of us had a sore throat during that week, but didn't think munching of it.
A week later, I get a call from my kid that he's not feeling well. He had been sick for a week, taking DayQuil/Nyquil. Had just made the drive with his gf to New York (starting a new Jobe in a couple of weeks). Gf's mom takes a look at him when they pull in and tells him to go to the clinic the next morning. So I get a call that he's been taken to the hospital. Apparently he had strep which morphed into pneumonia and he led to an infection in a lung. My wife and I fly up the next day...only to receive the news that he would require surgery. To make a long story short, we spent almost two weeks in a hospital in Westchester. Doctors and nurses were wonderful, but it's quite a lengthy stay (I have a lot of comments about perverse incentives, but that's another story). His university insurance was still active (thankfully because that tab is astronomical).
Had never really spent much time in that part of New York. It's weird how near NYC it turns into small towns. I rode into Brooklyn a few days to help out with the apartment search, so got a little taste of the city. Anyways, he's doing well now, but it was quite a scare.
A month ago, my eldest graduated from University Of Chicago with flying colors. Double major in Math and CompSci, squeezed in a Master's in Math. Really applied himself these last four years. A good part of the family spent the week up there for festivities and we had a grand old time. A couple of us had a sore throat during that week, but didn't think munching of it.
A week later, I get a call from my kid that he's not feeling well. He had been sick for a week, taking DayQuil/Nyquil. Had just made the drive with his gf to New York (starting a new Jobe in a couple of weeks). Gf's mom takes a look at him when they pull in and tells him to go to the clinic the next morning. So I get a call that he's been taken to the hospital. Apparently he had strep which morphed into pneumonia and he led to an infection in a lung. My wife and I fly up the next day...only to receive the news that he would require surgery. To make a long story short, we spent almost two weeks in a hospital in Westchester. Doctors and nurses were wonderful, but it's quite a lengthy stay (I have a lot of comments about perverse incentives, but that's another story). His university insurance was still active (thankfully because that tab is astronomical).
Had never really spent much time in that part of New York. It's weird how near NYC it turns into small towns. I rode into Brooklyn a few days to help out with the apartment search, so got a little taste of the city. Anyways, he's doing well now, but it was quite a scare.
While a coworker was away on vacation we asked IT to get us access to his PC. We took a screenshot of BlueScreenODeath, made it his screensaver, made his screensaver come on as quickly as possible. So he comes back from Vaca, boots up, it immediately BSOD's, he keeps rebooting a few time, he'd wiggle the mouse and see his desktop, then a second later the BSOD, more reboots. You should've seen his face when we all marched in after hearing him cursing and explained the prank.
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I'm so glad that you are part this and your son is going to be ok. I completely understand the emotions of a trip to the hospital when toy child is there.
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My hoops team made the Finals of the CR Pro League. After winning the first game in resounding fashion, the wheels came off. My team captain broke his foot in the second game (and I had lost my best wing defender in Game 1). I'm also missing my American guy who tore his hamstring during the playoffs. Lost Game 2 by 14 (was down 25 at one point) and Game 3 by 13 (had been down 25...cut it down to 6 points with 2 minutes to go...we got called for a bullshit unsportsmanlike foul trying to stop the clock). I also got called for my first technical foul of the season in that game for disagreeing with a call (did not use profanity, did not insult the refs, did not even do excessive gestures).
This will likely be my last season coaching club ball.
This will likely be my last season coaching club ball.
The book concepts in the early 60s and such was that it was to make them look more familiar and make them more easily acceptable than some multi armed alien looking creature even if it were more utilitarian.
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And tonight I play for my fifth national title in CR Hoops.
My guys showed some guts in Game 4; we beat our opponent by 22. Even with a shorthanded team, we came out very aggressive. To be honest, my guys believed they could win more than I did.
We'll see about tonight.
My guys showed some guts in Game 4; we beat our opponent by 22. Even with a shorthanded team, we came out very aggressive. To be honest, my guys believed they could win more than I did.
We'll see about tonight.
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“A 61-year-old man in New York has died after he was sucked into a magnetic resonance imaging machine this week, Nassau County police said Friday.
The man was wearing a large metal chain and entered a room without authorization as the MRI machine, which uses a strong magnetic field, was running at a medical office in Westbury on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The metal necklace caused him “to be drawn into the machine which resulted in a medical episode,” police said, noting the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m.“
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The man was wearing a large metal chain and entered a room without authorization as the MRI machine, which uses a strong magnetic field, was running at a medical office in Westbury on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The metal necklace caused him “to be drawn into the machine which resulted in a medical episode,” police said, noting the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m.“
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Little plastic Airplane booze bottles at Kenan
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I was at my wife's college reunion, sitting at the end of a long table and drinking. The guy next to me was trying to remember song lyrics; I sang it for him: "My Maserati does 185; I lost my license, now I don't drive". Later some people at the other end of the table- who had previously been friendly- weren't speaking to me. My wife later informed me they were offended that I had a Maserati and lost my license for speeding.
I read this 3 minutes ago and I’m still laughing
.It’s a good thing you didn’t tell them about your mansion you’ve never been to. They probably would have burned you at the stake.
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So my team won the National Title in the Costa Rica Pro Basketball in dramatic fashion. After four blowouts in the final series, this one was a nail biter that was decided in the last seconds. We hit some tough shots down the stretch and my PG was perfect from the line on intentional fouls in the last minute (4-4).
We were up 3 with six seconds to go...one of my guys is on their American wing racing down the court and fouls the guy, who flings up a shot and gets rewarded with three free throws, one second on the clock. My team was in foul trouble hell (one started fouled out several more with 4 fouls), so I was really dreading OT. I knew, however, that this guy only made 57% of his free throws (Just the numbers I kept telling myself as he stepped up). He makes the first one, but then clangs the second one. Then he tries to shoot it off the rim, but misses the rim and just bounces against the backboard (a violation in FIBA ball, our ball)....except that one of our injured guys is so excited thinking the game has won, that he rushes on the court. We get called for a technical foul (one FT, but we keep possession). They make the FT...all we need to do is inbound the ball (our opponent made it to the Finals by stealing a last second inbound and making a crazy basket). I tell my guys, two guys to the ball, the other two go deep, make sure you touch the ball. Our heady backup guard inbounds it deep to our fastest guard who takes the ball, one dribble and dunks it (right after the buzzer).
This is my fifth national title (all achieved in the last 8 years). This was a brutally tough season where several teams could have walked away with the title.
I may have dropped some Dean Smith quotes in our pre-game lunch.
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We were up 3 with six seconds to go...one of my guys is on their American wing racing down the court and fouls the guy, who flings up a shot and gets rewarded with three free throws, one second on the clock. My team was in foul trouble hell (one started fouled out several more with 4 fouls), so I was really dreading OT. I knew, however, that this guy only made 57% of his free throws (Just the numbers I kept telling myself as he stepped up). He makes the first one, but then clangs the second one. Then he tries to shoot it off the rim, but misses the rim and just bounces against the backboard (a violation in FIBA ball, our ball)....except that one of our injured guys is so excited thinking the game has won, that he rushes on the court. We get called for a technical foul (one FT, but we keep possession). They make the FT...all we need to do is inbound the ball (our opponent made it to the Finals by stealing a last second inbound and making a crazy basket). I tell my guys, two guys to the ball, the other two go deep, make sure you touch the ball. Our heady backup guard inbounds it deep to our fastest guard who takes the ball, one dribble and dunks it (right after the buzzer).
This is my fifth national title (all achieved in the last 8 years). This was a brutally tough season where several teams could have walked away with the title.
I may have dropped some Dean Smith quotes in our pre-game lunch.
Escazú Escoba es el nuevo campeón del baloncesto | Teletica
Por primera vez, la organización entregó un lujoso anillo a los vencedores.
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