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QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 01:30 PM) So the update I'm sure you were all really waiting for is that she just texted me back saying she would love to hang out this weekend. Hooray!

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 01:20 PM) If he just got her pregnant and they were never really a couple, then the damage is already done. At that point banging lots of women doesn't really make things any worse. No, let's assume he "dated her" but they didn't get married... Peoples' incredibly strong reactions to divorce and infidelity fascinate me sometimes. Not because I don't understand the disappointment or heartbreak, but (and I have mentioned this a few other times) because it's still somewhat unclear whether we have evolved to become monogamous. Some recent studies suggest primates became monogamous for a few reasons, to protect infant offspring, and because the female would often attempt to keep any other females from entering upon her turf. I think both of those examples apply today...

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 01:15 PM) Yes, it does make them scum. Not scum to the level of men who abuse their wives physically and/or emotionally, but still scum. Cheating inevitably leads to divorce, and divorce is hell for the kids. He's intentionally choosing a course of action that is going to make his kids suffer in the long run. So let me ask this question, what about if he had never gotten married...say he just had kids with this woman...would his actions still be "hell" for them?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 12:18 PM) I think what you are suggesting is steps on how to make men become alpha males. These are guidelines that will get guys laid and I'm sure some dates, but they are not universal truths, especially once you begin dating someone. The #1 factor above all else is confidence. If you go up to a girl stuttering and pissing yourself, you won't get much more than maybe a sympathy date. Yes, there are a lot of these that are important, but without confidence, you are f'ed. Yeah, this reminds me of that book that went around about 15 years ago...The Game or whatever it was...

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 11:35 AM) Ah, right, there's two major classes of ADHD drugs. One are the adderall-type amphetamines, the other are the Ritalin-type methylphenidates. You need to go on Jeopardy! or some s***...

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 11:28 AM) Then you must think college students are sick too because there are plenty of them that will fake ADHD to get an adderall prescription so that they can study all night. Half the people on adderall and other ADHD meds don't need them.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 07:14 AM) Complete freak accident. Yeah, I mean that is nuts. I know the tendency is to overreact and not want to take any risks whatsoever, but what kind of a life is that? Jenks, I appreciate your desire to protect your son, but you can't protect him from everything. Kids are made pretty sturdy at that age for a reason- because they fall down and bang into things. I know you're a bit traumatized by what you just saw happen to your friend, but there just isn't much you can do about things like that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 09:29 AM) How many of the 7 footers in the NBA are actually at least 7 feet? Not sure exactly, but the percentage of 7 footers doubled from about 5% in the '70's and early '80's to 11 percent once teams started literally scouring the globe for 7-footers. The number has leveled off since then. It seems that we have reached the limits of our population of 7 footers, basically.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 09:39 AM) Agreed. The weird thing was that she responded pretty much immediately to every text I sent for two weeks, let me know that she had no plans for this weekend and then only once I asked about hanging out did she go silent. I really don't get that at all. Luckily I have another girl I can move on to but I liked this one more than the one I'll be setting up a date with shortly. Why don't you actually call her?

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 09:05 AM) That's actually crazy stuff. I'm guessing NBA teams figure that, so long as we can get the ball into you, you should be able to make it. Regarding the final white/black point, I wonder how much of that is actually due to the fact that shorter black people make it in the NBA far more often than shorter white people do. Consider that the highest a true white person scored was David Lee at like 18.5 per game (Robin Lopez is part Cuban) and that the most a white person scored under the height of 6'10 was 15.9 by Chandler Parsons (Klay Thompson is part Bahamian). Blacks, by and large, are far more athletic than white people are and, as such, are attracted far more to sports like football and basketball. White people play too, but don't see around as long due in large part to that athleticism, or lack thereof in their case. I was mentioning this book, The Sports Gene, in another thread. It actually addresses some of these things, and puts forward some very interesting theories. Apparently, since the days of the basketball combine, there has never been a player drafted that could not at least grab the rim. So even the guys that have been really short, such as Mugsy Bogues, Nate Robinson, Spud Webb, etc, had insane leaping ability and long wingspans. Nate Robinson is 5'8 but has incredibly long arms and can obviously jump. Some of the reasons black people are more athletic when it comes to sports like basketball, is that black athletes whose ancestry comes from West Africa tend to have a larger proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers in their legs, which allow for quicker and more explosive actions, such as leaping and cutting quickly. This also allows them to accelerate more quickly, which is ideal in confined spaces for jumping. The faster one can accelerate, the higher speed one can attain in a short distance, which allows more force to be put down onto the achilles tendon, which compresses the tendon more and creates a bigger springing action, which leads to a bigger leaping ability. Combine this with height and wingspan, and you have the makings of a basketball player. Additionally, people who live closer to the equator tend to have longer limbs than those who live far from the equator. This is most likely because developing a more linear (longer legs and arms) surface area allows one to dispel heat better than a more compact surface area, which retains heat much better. So many people of african descent tend to have longer legs and arms than those who descended from folks living away from the equator.

So I was reading something last night that pointed out that 1 in 6 American men 7-foot tall or more between the ages of 20 and 40 is in the NBA. I found that pretty incredible. Additionally, I read that NBA players are not only disproportionately tall, but they have disproportionately long wingspans. This is just as important, if not more important, than their height. In regards to offensive rebounding, longer wingspans are more important than height, whereas for defensive rebounding, height is slightly more important. Black players tend to have longer wingspans than white players, although the average white player in the NBA is taller than the average black player. I think I read that there are only 2 players in the NBA with a shorter wingspan than is proportionate for their height....JJ Reddick, and Yao Ming, who is obviously seven-five.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 08:34 AM) Even Buehrle--Buehrle!--did that once so I wouldn't worry too much if this is the only time it happens. You know, Mark has never lost his childlike qualities.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 27, 2013 -> 07:52 AM) Not sure about the RPS aspect. But, just like legal mandates, the level of consumer-requested green energy has to play a part in their plans. They can't sell 100 widgets of "green energy" to consumers but only through-put 50 widgets worth to those consumers. If/when the consumer requests start to approach their current level of purchase and/or production, they would have to adjust. Right...but if I am already mandated to own or contract for 20% of my portfolio as renewables, that is a whole lot of green energy consumers I can allocate those mandated renewables to.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 04:47 PM) Kiley McDaniel has Erik Johnson ranked 37th in all of baseball http://sbb.scout.com/2/1319654.html Btw, his comp for Abreu is Morales...

Who's the milf in the white tank top in the background between plate and the third base line? I'm finding her the most interesting part of the game.

Now they are making me sad pointing out we have he 3rd best sp in the AL and 4 of them are under 25 and all under 29

QUOTE (mike89128 @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 05:50 PM) If the Houston color man keeps up that phony laugh, I'm calling couple of da boys. They just pointed out that Gordon's most similar comp at this age is Geoff Blum

QUOTE (Tannerfan @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 04:08 PM) I was just watching Intentional Talk on the MLB Network, and saw the clip of Sale freaking out in the dugout after his last start. He was wailing on a cooler and acting all Zombranoish. I wasn't aware this had happened and am a little concerned about this sort of childish behavior. I've heard he's very competitive but I was surprised by his actions. During the clip Kevin Millar was laughing but saying "Come on Chris don't use your left hand that's your money maker!" I always thought Zombrano was a loser because of his temper. Hate to see that in one of our best guys. Any one else concerned or am I over reacting? I found it a bit off putting.

Jenks, I am not trying to trivialize what happened to your friend at all...but this sounds like a bit of a freak accident. Obviously, there is no need to be throwing ourselves off of cliffs or anything, but at the same time, we have to live our lives. I guess the tough part is finding a balance.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 02:22 PM) There are complexities there I am sure, for the utility. They have mandates from state and feds and localities to meet, they have a required level based on consumer choice, they may already have a certain amount of ceiling room in terms of purchased alternative energy, etc. So it is likely not a perfect 1:1, I request green energy, ergo ComEd has to buy that much more of it and that much less of the regular stuff. But in the larger sense, it does increase the required amount purchased, in some fashion, to some degree. At this stage of the game, I don't think it is really shaping what the utility is buying/developing. What it might be is a way for them to offset some of the costs for the mandates you mentioned. I just wonder if they are able to use renewable energy required by their RPS directly to market to retail customers, or if that is not allowed....

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 10:09 AM) On the one hand, it is important to point out that most of the utility-generated electricity still comes from fossil fuels. You are correct that using an electric car doesn't mean you are using 100% green energy. But you are also using a canard here that provides a false choice. First of all, even if on 100% fossil fuels, energy generated at the utility level is far more efficient than in individual gas combustion engines, so the move to an electric car does indeed reduce emissions and use of oil. Second, the utilities can, and slowly do, change over to alternative sources over time. So the more people rely on the grid instead of inefficient vehicular engines, the fast we add more energy capacity and as a percentage, more use of alternatives. Using an electric car, right now, definitely reduces carbon footprint and oil usage. And it will do that more so over time. Though, as you said, it does not mean you are ONLY using green energy. One other note: if people want to, in many or most areas now, you can opt for green energy from your electricity provider. The rate is only slightly higher, at least in my case. That doesn't mean you have a direct pipe to a solar array, but it means you increase the amount of alternative energy the utility has to buy or create, thereby increasing it by some amount with your choice. Does this take into account the delivery of the energy as well? I have not seen this, but if true, this is a good point. As for the second part I bolded, I wonder if this is just a way to offset some of the increased costs due to RPS's? It's probably that and a way to address the fact that some portion of the public wants renewables and is willing to pay more, and the rest who continue to want the lowest possible energy costs, regardless of source.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 12:18 PM) I'm a mesomorph, which is why a lot of this is so easy for me. I'm probably a combination between ecto and meso.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 12:14 PM) this is potentially true, it's metabolic typing. it's also the reason some people are naturally endomorphs/ectomorphs etc. for example, based on my metabolic type, I do much better with dark meats, organ meats and fattier fish. I don't know a whole lot about it, and it's another "fad" type idea that's become popular lately, but that doesn't mean it lacks some merit. No, I think that is probably very true, Reddy....we're finding out that everyone reacts differently to different stimuli based on tiny differences in our genetics. They are finding that certain people experience tremendous gains from training, while others experience very little. Fortunately, everyone experiences gains from exercise, so you literally cannot say that exercise is "bad" for anyone, but for some people the improvements are pretty limited, which raises the question of whether they should be doing different things, such as diet, to see larger improvements with their limited time and resources than wasting a lot of time on exercise. I think the same probably holds true with nutrition. Some people probably respond very strongly to changes in diets, while others might improve, but not nearly at the same level of magnitude.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 12:12 PM) but you're being a little ignorant of the amount of protein you get from OTHER sources. for instance, say you have two chicken breasts in a day, sure that's a lot of protein, but somewhere you're coming up with 50 more grams of it in bits and pieces from your other foods - same thing with vegetarians. If I eat a couple servings (2 @ 8g) of quinoa a day, a hemp shake (20g), and then you throw in all the protein from your veggies like broccoli/kale/etc, the protein from your grains, the protein from the NUTS AND SEEDS, and you can easily make it to 60-70 grams without even trying. If you want higher, you have to be more meticulous, but a vegetarian/vegan is already willing to be meticulous so it's not an issue. It's not all about quinoa. I was vegan for a month or so (trying it out) and didn't have quinoa very often and still hit my protein goals. It's easily doable. A hemp shake does not sound very appetizing

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 12:04 PM) There is in certain vegetables, but not a lot. Like I said, if you wanted to get about 28grams of protein from a vegetable rich in protein (take Quinoa for example), you'd be looking at consuming 3 servings of it PER meal. That's a lot of f***ing Quinoa. Meanwhile, a single .50 lb chicken breast contains 30g. Right...and quinoa is not exactly tasty, imo. God forbid you forget to wash it first, it tastes like old socks. Interesting enough, not to derail from the thread, but I think eventually we will find that our ability to use certain nutrients is based on genetics, so the basic tenet that everyone is different is probably very true. We all try and find what works best for us.