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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    Yes, there's actually a lot. several factors related to fire codes, ventilation, ease of access for ongoing maintenance activities, and spacing needed for connection line runs would make trying to bury battery storage systems below the frost line in effort to set them in an environment that has a steadier state temperature very costly and frankly unsafe unless $$ was no object. Also, anytime you put something electrical in the subsurface there needs to be additional measures for storm water management and at times shallow groundwater so you don't create an electrical catastrophe. Running conduit and electrical wiring subgrade is much different than what it would take to safely install massive lithium battery units underground and provide necessary access for ongoing maintenance.
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    Would have ruled to bust this game wide open...just missed a huge inning there!
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    Doubs sounds like he has the confidence of Rodgers...but Watson so clearly does not. Watson would go a long way to earning some confidence from Rodgers by just being available...missed a bunch of camp due to injury, dropped the first dime Rodgers threw to open the season, then missed week 3 due to another injury. Doubs has proven that being on the field for increased snaps will present more opportunities to make plays and start getting the ball thrown your way more often. Watson has plenty of physical tools to be a really good receiver - but it's going to take time for him to put it all together. I'm also hopeful glimpses of what this offense can be continue to shine brighter if Rodgers keeps distributing the ball to different players with a variety of looks, with more of them being downfield. The Packers did a good job of a varied passing game early against Tampa and made some tough 3rd down conversions on their 1st two scoring drives - then Tampa seemed to condense the field and the Packers had no deep passing game counter to keep the safeties honest and they got largely shut down the rest of the game. A guy like Watson on the outside is very important to open up the middle of the field for Tonyan, Lazard, and Doubs....but he's got to get on the field and Rodgers has to give him more opportunities to make those downfield plays. I also saw the neglected opportunities in the Bears game where Watson had his man beat and the ball didn't go his way.
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    For the Bears, their issues on the offensive personnel side of the ball stem back to Trubisky being a bum and unloading a massive haul of draft capital and then $$ in order to acquire Mack and build around their defense. The Bears just haven't had enough draft picks to shore up what was always a questionable O-line. Teams who routinely have solid offensive lines seem to do a good job at drafting and developing their own players. The Bears have not been that type of organization ever since they've been using draft capital to chase after quarterbacks (Cutler, Trubisky, Fields) and premium defensive players who instantly command a huge contract (Mack). Fields has talent but needs polish - and that doesn't happen easily when your line is leaky and you have a thin skill position group.
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    So much for just plugging those EVs in at home at night being ideal - although I think the premise is that a much larger fleet of EVs charging at night means most of the energy they receive comes from fossil fuel generation with how the grid is currently configured: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/339858-stanford-study-warns-against-ev-charging-at-night There will need to be a ton more improvements to the existing grid well beyond anything currently planned, and that includes increased generating capacity from reliable energy sources that don't require massive battery storage, to support a larger fleet of EVs - just building a ton of charging stations isn't the answer (at least it is a start), particularly in geographical areas like Wisconsin that are not ideal for renewables due to inconsistent wind and extended periods of cold weather/snow.... FWIW, I work with a handful of BESS developers who are trying to add grid-scale battery storage infrastructure across midwest states to support existing and planned renewable projects, mostly solar but also some wind in very rural areas where grid loss kills the actual amount of energy delivered by remote wind power to population centers - lithium batteries perform quite a bit better than older lead-acid battery materials in the cold, but midwest winters are still a very big hurdle to clear for diminished reliance on coal/gas/nuclear in the region.
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    Not exactly a high hurdle to clear....but it certainly looks like Trevor Lawrence took a big jump in his development as an NFL QB at the start of year 2.
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    Niemann is pretty much screwed now. Ian Nepomniachtchi asked for extra security after Niemann was a late invite and was pretty much ignored and it doesn't sound like other top players were happy about that. So, as was expected, there are multiple top players that had a problem with Niemann even prior to this tournament. So he is now screwed. If you are running a big money tournament, do you invite Niemann and run the risk of having other top super grandmasters decline? Playing devil's advocate, but I don't see how he's screwed. If anything I think all this makes Niemann more popular and marketable until there's concrete evidence he cheated against Carlsen in STL (either by Niemann getting routinely beaten by the best players or if there's solid proof of him cheating during over-the-board games). Also, is it really that hard to set up an over-the-board tournament and not worry about Niemann (or any other players for that matter) cheating? If the other grandmasters are so certain Niemann got to his current status and won certain matches by cheating, I'd think they should be chomping at the bit to play him "on the level" and take him apart. If I'm running a big money tournament, the 1st person I'm inviting is Niemann because he's now the publicity draw because of the actions of other super grandmasters - had they just played him and likely won matches, the Niemann story fizzles on its own if he's not an ascending player.
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    Does it look like that block glass window was cut out so that insert could be put in? You might have better luck removing that insert entirely and adding what looks to be 4 more glass bock window panels to seal the whole thin in uniformly....or just replace the whole window with something a bit more modern that can let air in or keep air out depending on the season.
  9. Fear The Chorizo
    I think the offense sustaining scoring drives early really helped the D shut that run down, too. Tampa wasn't able to keep feeding LF until the defense started wearing down in the heat. Gary was a stud on Sunday, and I thought the DLine was stouter on run downs. MLBs were better but still struggled at times in pass coverage - particularly against TEs running out breaking routes after a wr would clear out the corner. That seems to be the gimme, big hole in the Barry zone defense, and it also seems to be where coverage breakdowns keep happening. Have to think some of that is Walker and Savage being out of position/fooled too often. I think I'd still like to see more man coverages that let defenders match up with their guy as the season wears on. Walker had several blown assignments, but also had a better showing against the run..and that forced fumble 20 yards downfield on a wide out was his weekly "wow" play for a guy with his size being that far downfield making a game-changing play.
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    Unless people are relocating geographically to an area with significantly lower home/property values than their current location, or are newfound empty nesters looking to sell their now oversized home and downsize to something smaller that also costs less, now is definitely a risky/uneven time to sell and you really have to know what your local market conditions are - particularly if selling and then buying something new results in you having to grab a mortgage at interest rates not seen since the early 2000s. If you own your home outright or have enough equity to wind up in a new place/property without a mortgage that fits you better, full steam ahead on listing right now. Home values should stagnate a bit due to those escalating mortgage rates....but they likely won't start uniformly dropping across the board until the job market feels the effects of the recession that's been slowly building steam throughout 2022 and foreclosures start adding to the market - hopefully not to the extent of what happened during the housing crash of 2008-2011 since the lending market isn't the cause of this recession, but there will be an impact.
  11. Fear The Chorizo
    Agreed - when the NFL is talking about putting a microchip in the ball to help with determining if it crosses the plane of a goal line, and has a replay system with enough cameras and slow motion to count the blades of grass while reviewing questionable calls on the field, the least they can do is make a delay of game call on the 40 second clock reviewable. An easier way to do it would be for the replay official in the booth (or the play clock official who rewinds it between every down) to monitor just that presnap - if the clock goes to 00 before the snap, they just have to buzz down to whichever onfield official normally throws the flag on a delay of game, and it's an auto flag.
  12. Fear The Chorizo
    He seems very decisive and explosive trying to get upfield once he gets the ball in his hands...had a pretty darn good game today despite the offense going into snooze mode most of the 2nd half once the Bucs' defense shut down the Packer running game.
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    He was definitely on a snap count...seemed kind of like him and Yosh alternated series but it wasn't a strict every other sort of thing as the game wore on. When he was on the field be seemed to play just fine. Fingers crossed he can build on today and take another step towards being their every down LT.
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    I actually think it should be a challengeable play
  15. Fear The Chorizo
    We'll never know...and that's just fine. W is a W - based on GB's history playing in Tampa, very happy they won
  16. Fear The Chorizo
    Offense has to keep working downfield...bucs defense is taking away the running backs This game looks like i thought it would...defensive struggle with both teams not having enough playmakers on the outside
  17. Fear The Chorizo
    And I was comparing to what we are used to seeing from special teams...which is muffed punts and terrible coverage units. They have been solid so far this season
  18. Fear The Chorizo
    Not my fault the ref missed a call
  19. Fear The Chorizo
    That should have been a no call...blocked into the punter
  20. Fear The Chorizo
    I'll go ahead and say it without fear of a jinx...special teams have been night and day better this season compared to the last handful of years.
  21. Fear The Chorizo
    Ball is slippery when its 100 out and guys are punching it out...big play by Quay there!
  22. Fear The Chorizo
    I think there's a chance thats an incomplete pass...not sure he got 2 feet down and made a move before that was popped loose
  23. Fear The Chorizo
    The really good Badger teams used to be able to consistently hang with more talented OSU squads, and even beat them on occasion, because they were able to hold their own at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball, but primarily with their Oline and controlling the flow of the game by pounding the ball and play action. For all the accolades recent recruiting classes have had pertaining to offensive lineman, the Badger program is a shell of what it used to be in terms of developing them into good college players. When your opponent and biggest competition to win a conference title gets their pick of the 5 star recruits annually, you've got to be good at developing the unheralded 2 and 3 star recruits that get overlooked but have lots of room to improve - I feel like WI has gotten away from that and instead shifted to trying to bring in more 3-4 star recruits without realizing they still aren't nearly as talented as the players OSU or MI fights over, and they may not have as much room to improve as players once they set foot on campus. This program just feels stale
  24. Fear The Chorizo
    Many are probably locked in the "believe it when I see it" mindset with him at this point. I'm most interested in seeing how Bakh gets through the following week of practice after actually playing a game and if he's good to suit up and play that next game. You can't find out an answer to that question until he gets back on the field for that first game, which is hopefully tomorrow afternoon.
  25. Fear The Chorizo
    with how dramatically Yelich's defense appears to have fallen off, I kind of want to see him turn into this roster's primary DH next year and then have both Mitchell and Frelick up in Milwaukee to start next season. Feels like Wiemer probably could use a bit more time in AAA, but he's not far off either. Add Ruiz to the mix, who would make a perfect utility OF/pinch run option to a MLB roster, and the Brewers could get really young and really athletic in the OF for 2023. Wouldn't surprise me to see some of these names included in an offseason trade or two, either. I'd probably want to keep Frelick above all others - even though I'd be bummed seeing any of the young OFs dealt at this point.
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