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QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 09:21 PM) He was great in SD for a while too. I guess they just look bad because Philip Rivers isn't the guy he was 2-3 years ago. Still, almost anything is better than Mike Tice. I don't know I'd ever have described that SD team under him as great. The offense maybe, but now their line is terrible and they've lost all their playmakers.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 06:01 PM) I think I did include that in there. The Chicago company is doing very well and they're about to go public soon. My offer also includes stock options. As for the Austin company. It's a big big corporation. Moving up in those isn't easy. So in terms of career path, the Chicago company MIGHT be better. Then it seems like it would be worth asking the chicago office a few more details about promotions/pay raise schedules, or at least how things have gone previously, and also specifically asking the stock option question. Try to work the math out more exactly.

One thing I'm not seeing in your lists is "Growth/long term prospects" in terms of your specific job? Otherwise, you make a pretty convincing case for Austin, if the money is generally the same between the two. But if you could say, move upwards quickly in the smaller company or have a shot at stock options/something like that, then you could balance the cost of living more quickly. Oh, unless you're an actual musician, you'll do fine with the Chicago Music Scene. And don't discount Austin being genuinely too bleeping hot for a portion of the year.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 05:26 PM) http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1865/iman-shumpert Iman Shumpert (knee) says doctors have told him he is on target to return in January and isn't worried about his role on a crowded roster. Didn't Shumpert 1. tear his ACL much worse than rose? 2. tear it only hours after rose? Bulls are very quiet. Adidas is very Quiet. Rose's people are Quiet. #THERETURN I dunno why, but the quotes i'm finding said 6-8 months for Shumpert's tear and 8-12 for Rose's.

QUOTE (SexiAlexei @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) I honestly do not understand that at all. If they fine him, they are saying the kick to the groin was intentional. With Suh's history, that should be a suspension. But they are saying even though it was intentional, it doesn't merit a suspension for him? I don't agree with that logic at all. I feel like you can fine people for unintentional hits that wind up breaking the rules.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 05:11 PM) Which is good. I don't mind giving Goodell the power to make suspensions in some of these cases, but he had gotten quite power hungry. A guy like Suh though who has a terrible history of plays like this? They could have found the grounds to suspend him. I don't think you can argue motivation/intent from the video beyond a reasonable doubt, like you could with the thanksgiving stomp last year. It was too odd of a position and his eyes/body were aimed in such an odd direction...it'd be real tough to suspend based on that, no matter the player's reputation.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 10:10 AM) Any guesses? Honestly, every guess we have winds up being something that doesn't live up to the hype. SAM is capable of isolating, identifying, and doing isotopic analyses of light elements and organic molecules, but "Finding an interesting organic molecule with a unique isotopic signature" doesn't measure up to the hype of teasing this story weeks in advance. If you're going to tease something like this 2 weeks in advance, it better be big and easily communicated publicly. Organic goop that could be produced a number of ways with depleted carbon isotopic signatures isn't that kind of story...but that's the data that SAM is capable of returning. The capabilities of SAM can produce some really cool data, but we've been struggling to figure out how it could give anything that would justify this kind of tease story. Our best guess is that it has come up with a really unique and totally unexpected chemistry in the soil that can be produced by very few mechanisms other than biology, but even that's a stretch for the instrument being used, and the guy who runs that part of the instrument seems to have no idea what Grotz was talking about.

Is that rankings at the time of the game or final rankings? Wondering where a team like Mich. St. is winding up.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 02:36 PM) Lance Louis placed on IR, done for the year. Well, whatever happened to him, ti was a lot more serious than a concussion.

QUOTE (Cali @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 01:51 PM) Here's the question: What City will the Rays be in when the year 2023 gets here? I'm gonna say Portland. Tampa Bay. They're locked into that stadium forever, IIRC.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 01:38 AM) Can anyone tell me what a Keurig does that makes it so expensive? I've started to get into coffee a bit and live on my own so I'd only want to make a cup at a time but I can't figure out why these things are over 100 bucks. Basically it's the Starbucks effect. It will give you a good quality cup of coffee without a second thought. It is standardized quality. It will not give you the best cup of coffee you ever had, you could outperform it quite readily if you pay some attention to the type of beans you purchase, supplier, how they're roasted, grind them freshly yourself, etc, just as you can outperform Starbucks on quality by finding a local coffee shop that knows what they're doing. If I'm living in an area, I will take the time to figure out where the good coffee place in walking distance of work is. If I'm walking through an airport, I know that I will get a decent enough cup of coffee under the Starbucks sign without having to figure out what other place to visit. If you don't have the time or energy to put into learning how to produce that quality cup of coffee, a Keurig gets you "Close enough", and at a price level that is manageable for that type of people.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 10:23 PM) Good post. You are right, those are the guys I want, so I guess I should just wait a year and shut up. I don't dislike Wise. I can't believe they took his picture off the wall catching the drive to save the perfect game. I don't mind him; I just bought into the fact a lot of people on this board want change in our team and I'd think we could find somebody to do Wise's job who isn't Wise. But I'll never bury the guy. I don't mind him, though he's another guy who could have actually done something the last 2 weeks of the season to stave off the choke. Remember, had we made the playoffs, we might have done some damage. Detroit didn't have much trouble getting to the WS. I don't remember him having a picture up, I thought they just put up the words "The catch" at the spot it happened?

QUOTE (beautox @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 10:14 PM) I agree as a marlins fan myself i truly hate Loria from a fandom stand point; but his scouts and front office consistently overcome the obstacles Jeffery throws at them. Having said that I expect them to move the following this offseason Stanton, Nolasco and Escobar. I imagine they will wait for Morrison, Coghlan and Sanchez to re-establish their value before they move them midseason and rebuilding once again. Having said that i fully expect them to get a haul for Stanton; honestly i would love to see him dealt to texas for profar, olt and martin. Worth considering though...the Marlins latest rebuilding project wound up seemingly peaking around 2008-2009, and it was only good enough to get them over .500, but not good enough to put them in the playoffs this time. They've been under .500 for 5 of the last 7 years, since the 2005 teardown happened, and this time, their scouting and trades weren't good enough to put them up on top.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 07:40 PM) Oh, I still have the text messages if needed. As long as she leaves me alone, I won't put her job in jeopardy. Still, the suggestion of being "Proactive" sounds very intelligent here. You can state that you're not going to do anything at present but you want to make sure someone is informed of the situation, and an intelligent supervisor/legal department will want to know the information. For all you know, you might not be the first person who has had that problem with that employee, or you might not be the last. It shouldn't be your responsibility to determine when things cross the line on your own. Of course, if you don't respect the people you'd have to report to...well then that might make a different decision happen.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 07:26 PM) Maybe I'm paranoid or cynical, but I think I'd take the texts (with the explanation of how she got your number) to management before she gets nutso and tries to accuse you of something to them. Not to push them to do anything at this point, just to bring them up to speed on what's gone on thus far so you have background with them in case she tries to damage you at work. Yeah, I'd endorse this.

Some cool incredibly thin touchscreen devices shown off by a Japanese company that could show where things will be going in the next year or two.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:42 PM) Personally I think Weems will be an upgrade. Hester is going to get cut at the end of the year. He's been awful. The lineman injuries are the big issues. Hester is going to be the biggest part of cap room the Bears can clear this offseason. It would, however, be nice if he could just get 1 TD return before the end of the year to get that record with the Bears, but alas.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:30 PM) Definitely taking too long. Still going to be some heads rolling. The thing that bothers me is just how long it is taking to sift out the facts and prosecute. I still have no doubt it will happen. But this says a lot negative about the SEC/FINRA/CFTC capabilities, as well as the supposedly helpful regulations and rules about data integrity that obviously didn't work here. (Post saved for the 2 year anniversary)

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:36 PM) I'd agree there is a good chance a lasting peace is not happening any time soon. I was just saying, if it IS going to happen, the framework under which it would have to work. IMO, the only way that could possibly happen is if someone could rise up to be able to challenge Israel militarily. If that doesn't happen, they have no reason to give up their land, and no reason to trust a land for peace deal to do anything better than the walls they have built. Hence...the current status quo.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:28 PM) Under virtually ANY solution for long term peace, Jerusalem has to be a neutral or divided city. I realize that is asking a lot of course, but it is the only way. So I don't call that unreasonable - I call it the only path to peace. As for the shrinking Palestinian lands, there will have to be land swaps involved, no matter what. So again, I don't think that makes it unreasonable - it is a hurdle no matter the solution. Worth remembering...both of those are hurdles that are getting worse with time, thanks to aggressive Israeli settlement in those territories. So it's much, much harder for Israel to give up that land now than it was in 2000, because there are hundreds of thousands more Israelis living there that would have to be forcibly evacuated. Basically, I think what's likely to happen is continued Israeli expansion, punctuated by periods of violence, feeding terrorism and extremism throughout the region...for the rest of my life, because Israel will never believe that giving up land will produce peace (correctly), and no one will ever be strong enough to force Israel to give up that land, even to a neutral party.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:25 PM) True, forgot about him too. Point is, even though the 40-man is theoretically full, there are a number of guys who could be dropped at a moment's notice with no effect on the team. (and you may as well have the 40 man roster completely full when the rule 5 draft happens if you're not planning to select anyone).

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:05 PM) I finally benched Reggie Bush and started Mendenhall. -1.40 points later, ugh. Well, I missed that one.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:07 PM) A Giants win would be great. Worried about all the Bears injuries though, Forte, Tillman, Louis, Spencer, Hester. Hope they aren't too serious. Tillman didn't sound incredibly serious, the 2 linemen with knee problems are the ones that would worry me. The Bears can probably survive without Forte right now, he's not playing well anyway. Ditto Hester.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 06:12 PM) 39 points a game isn't "too much" in your opinion? When Alabama has given up >17 points 1 time this season, yeah that's a big line. I get why it's the line, since there's going to be a ton of money coming in on Notre Dame because they're Notre Dame, but that's a line I'd jump at the under on and feel content even if I lost.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 05:32 PM) The only way this will be solved is with a brokered deal involving basically all regional parties and multiple superpowers, then enforced by people other than Israel and Palestine. Suadi Arabia actually has put offers on the table on multiple occasions to give Israel full state recognition across the region, and security, in exchange for giving back all lands taken in the 1967 war and creation of a Palestinian state. Interestingly, both Israel and Palestine rejected it... but I do think if you had the entire block in there pushing it together, it could get done. Buried in that sentence is the first reason why that wouldn't have ever worked...Jerusalem was taken in the 1967 war. Israel will simply never, ever give that back to the palestinians. And buried in there is another reason, which has developed a lot more in recent years: the 1967 West Bank borders enclose a heckuva lot of Israel. They've settled a huge portion of that territory and pushed the Palestinians back into narrow, fence-surrounded enclaves. (Btw, you won't find a version of this map from a source that anyone will like, but this is a good summary of how it has gone, particularly in the last 40 years). You're basically asking Israel to give up 2/3 of the land they've taken. Half a million Israelis currently live in West Bank territory you'd be asking Israel to give up, including 200k in Jerusalem. Don't ask me what the answer is, I can't offer one, but there's your 2 reasons why that is no longer a reasonable starting point.