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I wonder if it is someone they would trade up to take a chance on?

Its pretty impressive when you can see a tornados path... from space. http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-new...pace_2011-04-29

What are the chances that Austin falls to the Bears?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 01:53 PM) Need to get the funding from somewhere At worst funding needs to go to the state level for redistribution. There is zero need for school systems to send their tax money to Washington to get it sent back to them. None at all.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 01:45 PM) The problem still is linking accountability to the Federal dollars with a national standard of evaluation, right? There is my biggest problem right there. I hate the state and federalization of education. It drives me crazy.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 01:44 PM) Greg is rebuilding about 2 months too soon. While we're at it, why not make Santos a starter, too? He has at least three "plus" pitches that he can throw for strikes. It would be a lot easier to find a set-up guy in our minor league system or via trade (or the dreaded Royce Ring draft) if we're not going to use Sergio as the closer. In all seriousness, you would need four to five years to make Sergio Santos a starter. It is like asking a 100 meter runner to run the marathon. He has zero conditioning in that arm right now.

The Carlos Quentin.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 01:32 PM) Edwin Jackson should be our closer and Sergio our main set up guy with Thornton. Sale should be in the minors starting. So we should have a three man rotation?

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 01:01 PM) The state of Texas just changed how teachers are evaluated. I don't mind accountability and being judged on how well I do or don't do my job. But, evaluating teachers, and comparing them to other teachers based on how their students do on standardized tests, is fraught with danger. Students are not randomly assigned to school districts, campuses, or classrooms. The majority of my students have parents who never graduated from high school. On my campus I have one Pre-Ap course, another teacher has none, and two others have two. Every student takes the same test. How do you compare any of our results against each other, then compare it to the really wealthy districts like where Kap lives. Using a local Illinois example, does anyone believe that there is not a difference in students between New Trier and Ford Heights? How do you compare those student's test scores and decide which teacher is more effective? Improvement rates would be the biggest way. In general, I think that is a terrible idea to use a standardized test to judge how good of a teacher someone is. I support evaluations being done by in-building administration, just like any other job would be done.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 12:55 PM) I concur. I even kept watching the Sox game with Tony Pena pitching instead of watching the draft. Following the draft on Twitter last night was awesome though, get all the updates you need without watching all the BS. When it hit 8-0 I watched some special on the Romanovs off of my DVR and then played Playstation. I wasn't watching the whole draft for the two second thing I wanted to find otu.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 12:50 PM) I put the Royals on the same card as our national parks and monuments. Would you pay $75 mil to preserve the liberty bell, Freedom Hall, The Constitution . . .? The only difference is the royal family is a living, breathing monument to a very long and successful nation. In some ways it makes it even cooler. We came close with the Bush Family Dynasty or BFD. Whenever they have an event we think bfd! Well all except for the fact, they aren't from here!

QUOTE (MnSoxFan @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 12:06 PM) Hey Southie, Charlotte has a darn good pen right now too. I think both Bruney and Kinney are unscored upon, or close to it. Let Infante build up his stats in AA, better trade bait for KW then... I know what the results look like so far, but it seems strange for a kid that was being written into Chicago's pen by many, to end up down in AA. It makes me wonder if the brass saw something they didn't like. It is a pretty unusual move by the Sox honestly.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 12:07 PM) No problem. And if it does, you have bigger problems than Soxtalk Thanks for reminding me...

Apparently the birther claims didn't originate on the right side of the aisle, but instead with Hillary! supporters. I wonder if she still snickers about that one? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53563.html

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 12:17 PM) I agree. It's not like the Huet situation where he was just a bad player you had no use for. Campbell is still pretty good and the team definitely misses him when he's been out with an injury. And five years of paying out versus one is a huge difference too.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 12:01 PM) We all get shot down from time to time. Even me, and basically the entire board is in agreement that I'm the best poster here. Might as well state your piece once in a while. You actually get to know some of the posters as if you interacted with them regularly in real life. Yeah and if you get shotdown, so what. Its not like it hurts your life or something.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/29/car...d-to-be-a-bear/ He'll fit in just fine...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 11:46 AM) I'll do it for $4.50. Look at you my little capitalist!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 11:31 AM) Iowa has actually put together a quality recruiting class in there own right. But man, I remember for years thinking someone should hire Lavin (guy can recruit) and St. John's finally does and he's done a nice job there. It amazed me how long he was without a job since his stint at UCLA. Did Lavin get in trouble out there?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 03:50 PM) Here's a question. How the hell do you invent the Internet? And how the f*** does it actually work? My mind is boggled by this question daily. Ask Al Gore.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 03:44 PM) Thank you. I know this isn't the thread for it, but I like the theory of methane gas being released from undersea faults and causing fires/explosions on ships and planes to explain the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. I remember seeing a special on it and one scientist proposed that theory. It seemed the most believable. Or so the government would have you believe... No but seriously I saw that one too. It was very compelling, and interesting when they did the tests on the model ship.

That depends are you going to tell us all... "Awww thanks everyone for the anniversary wishes, made my day ..love you all!!!! Xoxo"

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 10:26 AM) Nice read on some Campbell options. http://committedindians.com/is-brian-campb...the-blackhawks/ I still can't see the Hawks paying that much money for him to play somewhere else.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) A caller on the radio pointed out that the Ravens were the team to cause the Vikings to miss two picks a few years back. F*ck the Ravens. I had never heard that before. Funny how that goes around, huh>

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Apr 29, 2011 -> 10:33 AM) I'm actually thinking about going out to the yard tonight. Off topic, but what do you guys do with all of your old ticket stubs? Do you keep them? I did some spring cleaning and I collected a bunch of them and was thinking I should throw them out. The only one I was interested in saving was the one from the Blackout game. I have a shoebox I have been throwing them in for as long as I can remember.