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I think my main point is that we shouldn't straight out dismiss it with "you can't do it" when it's a little more complicated than that. Infeasible I think is the more accurate statement. I know engineers like to spec brand new materials due to liability and other reasons but I've been hearing a lot lately about reusing foundation elements. There's a lot of testing that's supposed to happen before you do so. OTOH, in situ testing has advanced by leaps and bounds. It may be that the foundation element of wind generation is overstated and the lifetime with reuse is much longer than currently thought. My understanding is that they reused foundation elements last time they reworked 794, for example.

I know this is older, but we should define recycled in the case of concrete. As a civil engineer I'd just like to state that we recycle concrete all the time. It's one of the simplest things to recycle. You pull it out and run it through a crusher. Remove any metal reinforcement and voila you have fresh stone aggregate for reuse. It's pretty standard practice on demo or roadway projects.

I haven't seen as many films as I'd have liked so far this summer. But if I had to pick the film I liked best, I'd probably say The Sheep Detectives. Yeah, I didn't see that coming either.

I watched Shoah this year, so why are we talking about short movies? 😆

I know nothing about prospects. But this sure seems consistent of what this draft regime has previously done.

I bought an electric about 2 years ago, but I'm very intrigued about how the robots work. Looking forward to updates.

That's fair. I just think that the answer for a playoff game right now has to be Peralta until Woodruff proves he's healthy. I hope he does prove it, but the answer in May given everything we know is that Woodruff isn't fully healthy and can't be counted on for a playoff game. But ask again at the trade deadline.

That's fair. I just think downplaying probably 180+ innings pitched ignores a large part of Peralta 's value. Yeah he's not really a Cy Young contender, Misiriowski is, but he's likely to finish no worse than #3 compared to the Brewers starters in terms of WAR.

Peralta has roughly double the innings pitched of Woodruff this year. And that gap is going to grow. Rate stats are important but IP are also important. Peralta is clearly more valuable in 2026. At least during the regular season. Sure, any given start Woodruff is likely to be as valuable or more. But when is he available?

My review of Ueck. 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival – Opening Night – “Ueck” – Where the Long Tail Ends

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Well, you can put F1 in 10th in my rankings. Entertaining enough but there are at least a half dozen big studio films that are just as entertaining and have legitimate artistic vision. There seems to be some intrigue about the winners this year. The two BP front-runners are from the same studio and that perhaps has cut down on the ugly campaigning along with the preferential ballot. But actor seems up for grabs along with Best Picture. As long as the don't blow the In Memoriam, should be a good show.

Updated personal rankings of BP nominees. 1. Sinners 2. One Battle After Another 3. Train Dreams 4. Hamnet 5. The Secret Agent 6. Sentimental Value 7. Marty Supreme 8. Bugonia 9. Frankenstein F1 to complete the set.

Updated personal rankings. Posted Monday at 11:52 AM Let's see how much interest there is this year. The ceremony is on March 15th. I think it's an above the Oscar average set of movies nominated for best picture. I've seen 7 of 10 (everything except Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent, and F1.) So I strongly expect I've seen the big winner. That said, I don't feel that there is too much in the way of notable snubs. Certainly noone who should have won is really out of the running. And, by reputation, it feels like that International Film category is particularly strong. I think that the rise of people watching shows with subtitles has probably helped the visibility of that category too. That said, it certainly feels like there's not much of a horse race aspect this year. I expect it will come down to Sinners and One Battle After Another for Best Picture. And I'll be fine with either. Best Actress looks competitive. I expect some pushback towards Chalamet becoming one of the youngest Best Actor winners. It sure seems that something is likely to get shutout despite a lot of nominations, but we'll see. But it seems like it could be a spread the wealth year. I'm dreading the Academy finding a way to screw up the In Memoriam segment for a year of tremendous losses. So, some personal rankings of BP nominees. 1. Sinners 2. One Battle After Another 3. Train Dreams 4. Hamnet 5. Sentimental Value 6. Marty Supreme 7. Bugonia 8. Frankenstein