LouisEly

Why would teachers get their own category? First responders, grocery store clerks, gas station attendants, construction workers, city workers, bus drivers, people who work in meat processing (or any sort of food prep), truck drivers, servers, clinical researchers, warehouse workers, etc... are all at the same level (or more) of risk. I don't understand this logic. It's like saying "Not all people born on May 8th 1990 (or whatever random characteristic) are healthy 28-year-olds. Many people born on May 8th 1990 have underlying health conditions that put them at an increased risk of serious infection. "Wisconsin has 700,000 people age 65 and older, and less than 300 people born on May 8th 1990. Vaccinating people born on May 8th 1990 isn't going to pose any significant delays in vaccinating people 65+." First, what I said was in response to another poster who appeared to suggest that all teachers are healthy 28-year-olds. Second, of those occupations that you list, I would only put grocery store clerks and bus drivers in the same category as teachers. Teachers are in a relatively small classroom with 30-35 students. Unless things have changed since I was in school, teachers don't teach every single subject - most students have multiple teachers during the day (phys ed, music, art, maybe a different teacher for math/science than English, and who's monitoring the lunchroom?), so there are multiple classrooms of 30-35 students they interact with during the day. Those students go home to where they are exposed to whomever their 1.5 parents (half come from single-parent homes, half from 2-parent homes) are exposed to and whoever their 1.5 siblings are exposed to, leaving teachers exposed directly or indirectly to hundreds of people daily. I would not put first responders (who should be a priority over teachers), gas station attendants (don't most people pay at the pump with a credit card?), construction workers (aren't most of them outside anyway, and how many are working on any one job?), city workers (some, maybe, but not most), meat processors (lots of people in the factory, but not in a small enclosed room like teachers - they're spread out over a lot more square feet), truck drivers (how many people do they actually come in contact with?), servers (indoor dining is banned where I live, and most places have limited capacity), clinical researchers, or warehouse workers (see: meat processors) as people who are directly or indirectly exposed to nearly as many people as teachers are.

Ronald Acuna, Jr., is from Venezuela and was signed for $100K (reportedly... knowing the Braves shenanigans, I"m sure it was a lot more). In that same signing period, they signed Venezuelan SS Juan Yepez for $1M and he posted an 85 wRC+ in AA in 2019. I'm all for giving a bunch of 16-year-old Venezuelans $100K and see what sticks. Signing 16-year-olds is a crapshoot.

Not all teachers are healthy 28-year-olds. Many teachers have underlying health conditions that put them at an increased risk of serious infection. Wisconsin has 700,000 people age 65 and older, and less than 58,000 teachers. Vaccinating teachers isn't going to pose any significant delays in vaccinating people 65+.

Oh man... that brings back memories. I grew up about 10 miles from there. Vague recollections as a kid. A good friend of mine got married in Ripon (both times) and I think that's the last time I've been there, but that was a good 20+ years ago. I've only ever been to the old downtown location. Technically, Rocky's is Sicilian-style. But yeah, Detroit-style is thicker crust, similar to Rocky's. Agreed 100% - that's why I like Rocky's reheated. Honestly, I prefer a softer crust, and if you reheat on low power in a microwave it tastes just as good.

That, and UW will need to change their academic entrance requirements and allow minimum NCAA qualifiers. However, that has a tendency to mean less quality people, and I've been very pleased with how seldom I've heard about players getting in trouble recently. Don't need any more Jael Speight's, Kraig Appleton's, or Marcus Randle-El's; downtown/State Street has had enough problems the last few years. Was Dominic Cizauskas (2013, who technically wasn't a player, just a recruit) the last serious incident (found guilty)?

How do you reheat? It takes a while, but about 3-4 minutes on low power (3) in the microwave does the trick if you don't want to wait for a toaster oven to heat up to reheat it. Because the slices are so thick, sometimes I've had to eat the edges then put the middle back in the microwave for a minute.

Rocky Rococco's. Deep dish, thick crust, cheesy, saucy, sloppy, best sausage I've ever had on a pizza. I'm going to get fat moving back to Madison.

Can we stop getting our undies in a bundle over minor league deals? The main reason for big league camp invites are to be able to give the starters rest and not have to play a lot of innings in spring training games. I can assure you they aren't counting on them for any meaningful production; best case scenario, as disaster planning so they can have at least a replacement level player in case of a few injuries.

Ken Ruettgers and his annual training camp holdout would be proud of Veldheer. Holding out until the playoffs is another level.

I'm pretty sure the Pfizer vaccine has only been approved for those 16+ and the Moderna vaccine for those 18+, so I don't know if the kids can even get the vaccine. There have only been a little more than 100 total "COVID-involved" deaths of people 14 and under. That is less than the number of deaths "involving" influenza for those 14 and under, and influenza cases are way down this season. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm I don't know for sure, but I'd be willing to bet that a vast majority of those who are 14 and under are obese or have other underlying medical conditions or have parents who smoke at home.

Maryland beat UW and Indiana gave them all they could handle. There were frequent UW defensive lapses in both games, but neither Maryland nor Indiana are poor or even mediocre teams. Nebraska is the only dog in the league and they actually have a decent amount of run and jump talent. Maryland won at Illinois today, too. It's possible the Big Ten could have ten teams, maybe eleven, make the tournament.

Fun fact, Kurt Bevacqua played 15 years in the majors with a career bWAR of -3.9. Lasorda had a point.

When I was a kid, the Dodgers were my NL team; I read Lasorda's books and they are hilarious. A true ambassador to the game and one of it's greatest personalities. RIP, Tommy.

I'm surprised that Spectrum doesn't have a lot of those 70's/80's movies available to rent. Cable companies have a lot of movies available to rent, you just have to search for them. I have xFinity and just looked up The Jerk and Animal House and I can rent them for $3.99. The Kentucky Fried Movie is free through Pluto.

I think cryptocurrency is on the right path, but I don't know that Bitcoin or the others are it. What I think is the value of cryptocurrency is the ability to use blockchain or similar technology to track ownership and be able to "cancel" (for lack of a better word) currency that is acquired by illegal means (such as ransoms, fraud, etc.). Plenty of holes to shoot in that idea, but I think there is something along those lines that is possible.

I have a friend who is a first responder in Hawaii who got vaccinated on NYE. Said one day of headaches/chills/body aches/soreness around the injection site, but the next day totally fine.

If the games can't be played because the players caught COVID, the NCAA doesn't make money.

Except Coan is good He may be a bit better than Hornibrook but I think he'll end up as a backup and we probably won't hear much from him. Could be wrong but ND returns their top 2 QB's as well as brings in a top recruit. One of those two is a mid-3-star recruit, the other a low-4-star recruit (and 5'11", 195) who was a true freshman this year, and from what I hear neither has shown anything special so far. They haven't been bringing in QB talent the last few years because those kids knew that they will be stuck behind Book. FWIW, Coan was a higher rated recruit than Book.

They're definitely around, wish I knew of the one in Madison when I was there in my 20's. Networking success can vary depending on industry, but if you've moved to a new city and don't know many people outside of work it is a good way to meet people. I went to one my second go-around in Madison when I was not so young (at least late 30's). I do remember a couple of good looking women at it.

Not to be a downer, but I think the last think the NCAA wants is thousands of fans in an enclosed arena screaming their lungs out.

[sarcasm]This is because WRs for other teams never drop passes. Only GB WRs drop passes.[/sarcasm]

Coming into today, MVS was 63rd in the league in receiving yards. Ten players ahead of him are TEs or RBs, putting him at 53rd in the NFL in receiving yards. Using receiving yards as a proxy, he technically is a low #2. What I want to know is, where is it written in stone that a "legitimate #2" WR is necessary to win the Super Bowl? As others have said, who were the "legitimate #2" WRs on those New England teams? Carolina has Moore, Samuel, and Robby Anderson, and their season is over. Dallas has Cooper, Gallup, and Lamb, and their season is over. Houston has Cooks and Fuller, and their season is over. Minnesota has Jefferson and Thielen, and their season is over. Tennessee has Davis and Brown, and GB stomped a mud hole in them. That's my point... they don't need a "legitimate #2" to win.

If the WR position needed to be addressed, how come Rodgers leads the league in TD passes and even if you take away every one of Adams' TDs he would still be 10th in the league in TD passes? That doesn't sound like a need to me.

And the missed false start.

I had a hunch there was a reason why they signed three RBs in their recruiting class, but had thought it would be Julius Davis transferring as there were rumors that he was in the doghouse and had only one carry all year. I know Davis was injured all of last year and had also heard that he had re-aggravated it, so maybe that's just a rumor.