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People from Milwaukee will definitely refer to places like the Wisconsin Dells as "Up North". I have never asked what they would consider Hayward etc. as...probably Canada. Oh I'm sure there are people in Milwaukee that call Platteville "Up North"
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Anything north of West Bend is Up North
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There are already companies overseas that make you do a thermal scan before they let you in the door. So if you have a fever, the doors don't open. Could probably do the same thing with facial recognition and if you don't have a mask the doors won't open (or the turnstile won't swing or whatever). I don't see this happening any time soon here because it'd be costly but if we have a big surge this winter I can see big stores like Target at least trying it out in certain markets. Obviously, nothing is foolproof. People can take fever reducers or take their mask off once they are inside but it's about reducing risk. If you can reduce the risk of transmission by 50% I would say that's a good thing.
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Or it becomes habit to throw on a mask for the four minutes you're inside a Kwik Trip.
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Game 5: Packers @ Buccaneers - Sunday, October 18th, 3:25PM
homer replied to homer's topic in Other Sports
Since 1998, Packers are 2 -7 in Tampa Bay. Heat always seems to make them wilt down there. Looks like it might rain Sunday afternoon. Guess that's to GB's advantage? -
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Packers signed WR Kalija Lipscomb to the practice squad. Chiefs got him as an UDFA and gave him $110K guaranteed. I think he has great potential. No idea what his measurables are but his tape is impressive.
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Masks can potentially reduce viral load. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.13.20193508v2
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One of the things that I hate about baseball media. Let's create a set of parameters so specific that only one or two players fit it and then present it as something important. Didn't seem like they were presenting that as important. It was an interesting little factoid.
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I've been reading some interesting studies on viral load and how it's been steadily decreasing in positive tests as the pandemic has gone on. The amount of virus you have could be a predictor as to how sick you get (e.g. need to go to an ICU) or if you die. As the death rate per case seems to be dropping as well, and as I understand it is not 100% correlated with the younger people testing positive, some are thinking this lower viral load per positive case is a factor. Why is the viral load dropping? Could be the virus itself is changing (a virus doesn't want to kill too many people or it will cease to exist) or that masks and social distancing are doing enough to not stop the spread of positivity but they are doing enough to drop the viral load that people are exposed to. Also, is this dropping viral load a blip or a trend? Time will tell. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/09/falling-covid-19-viral-loads-may-explain-lower-rates-icu-use-deaths
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Packers should have waited and taken Ryan Fitzpatrick instead of Rodgers
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Kamal Martin and Eq St. Brown both returned to practice today. CB Kevin King and RB Tyler Ervin did not practice. PS C Jake Hanson did not practice. Davante Adams, Kenny Clark, Rashan Gary and Marcedes Lewis all practiced (DNP vs. Falcons).
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Oh man. Tannehill is the safest pick I think, but he's generally a high floor, low ceiling guy. I'd probably go Brees with the idea that the offense will be much more dynamic after Mike Thomas comes back next week. The crappy thing about Brees is that he's on bye next week.
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So I had Dak Prescott. Before I throw in the towel, here are the guys available on waivers that I'm looking at: Brees, Tannehill, Fitzpatrick. Maybe Dalton given all the weapons he has but probably not. Thoughts? I'm kinda leaning towards Tannehill. In our league he's had more points per game than Brees and I think has a higher ceiling than Fitzpatrick (who seems to be playing over his head?)
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My issue with the draft is not who they took but that I thought they could have gotten Love at #30 (thus keeping their 4th round pick) and the next two guys one round later. Obviously hindsight is 20/20 and I'm basing this off of online scouting services so could be a grain of salt kind of thing.
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I think I've said this before but I love, love, love the fact that more teams are going for it on 4th down. Take analytics out of it and it just creates so many more interesting and exciting moments during the course of a football game.
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Analytics says they made the right call based on the percentage of converting a 4th and short alone...not that I agree with analytics at that stage of the game I get the analytics, but you have a chance to go up 8... I see both sides but 1) they were getting like 5 - 6 yards a carry 2) you get three inches you win the game and 3) you get three inches and Russ doesn't get the ball back
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Compound fracture...yikes
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That was ouch. Not positive what it was but there was some unnatural bend in that leg. I thought his cleat had just sort of come off. Nope - his ankle had.
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Games during the 2019-2020 season (Regular + Playoffs) with 39+ minutes played: 29 - Harden 27 - Lillard 25 - Lowry 23 - Tatum 21 - Davis 17 - Jokic 17 - Simmons 16 - Butler 14 - Tucker 13 - Leonard 12 - LeBron . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 - Antetokounmpo
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I don't think there's a snowball's chance they let Feliciano get away.
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Could be coincidental. I'd be curious to know how this drop compares to other states that had similar surges: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/10/09/covid-19-cases-az-spiked-151-after-statewide-stay-home-order-and-dropped-75-following-local-mask-man/5911813002/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&cid=twitter_azcentral "COVID-19 cases in Arizona spiked 151% after a statewide stay-at-home order expired and dropped 75% following local mask mandates, a new report says."
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I wonder if some guys just need more live pitching from dudes other than teammates to really get ready for the season?
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Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim to be Posted
homer replied to Eye Black's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
When the Brewers acquired Urias he was 22 with 300 MLB plate appearances...no one is a finished product at age 22 with 300 plate appearances, so I don't see why the Brewers would have viewed him as one. You keep mentioning that he couldn't beat our Arcia, when did this competition occur? Also the aforementioned broken hamate bone and Covid diagnosis. He basically had no spring training at all. He is not a flop by any stretch of the imagination. -
Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim to be Posted
homer replied to Eye Black's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
I guess there's the indication of what a flop the Urias/Lauer trade was. He couldn't supplant Arcia as the everyday shortstop despite them being terrible at the position overall. He's 23 and has played in 124 games.
