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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) We don't know, obviously, but it's more likely that if you're having an ongoing dispute with someone, you get upset that last time and finally snap, just like road rage. I don't know why you'd jump to racism if there's a beef between these people that pre-existed their murder. About the only way to "spin" this positively would be to fill in the line: Three (pick any group or subgroup of people in the US).....were murdered in a robbery attempt. Maybe if it was three senior citizens, that would be logical, since they're inherently weaker and easier to rob. Now of course, if it was 3 Catholics, 3 Jews....it COULD be random, that if they were all related or friends and all happened to be in the same place, it would make sense that they were all of the same religion, but then you start connecting the dots with the Facebook comments and its a much more difficult argument to make.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/1...ml#.VNvbldKUdsI Protected free speech or the makings of his eventual demise? That last line is VERY close to a threat/call to arms. Speech is protected, up to the boundary line of potentially injuring other groups of people as a result. “I give your religion as much respect as your religion gives me,” he wrote. “There’s nothing complicated about it, and I have every right to insult a religion that goes out of its way to insult, to judge, and to condemn me as an inadequate human being – which your religion does with self-righteous gusto.” It’s not clear if Hicks was referring to a particular religion or all religions. He continued: “When it comes to insults, your religion started this, not me,” he wrote. “If your religion kept its big mouth shut, so would I. But given that it doesn’t, and given the enormous harm that your religion has done in this world, I’d say that I have not only a right, but a duty, to insult it, as does every rational, thinking person on this planet.” Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/1...l#storylink=cpy

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/rev...dornan-20150210 Thought this review of 50 Shades of Grey (the movie) was hilarious. Actually, the reviews have been a bit better than expected....trending at 44% positive at RT, 50% at Metacritic. Given the source material, 20's or 30's wouldn't have been surprising. Of course, Jupiter Ascending's right around 40 and that movie has been blasted by nearly everyone.

For his sake, he better hope he's not pre-judged on physical appearance...or he's in a world of hurt. The dude could have shown up in the latest episode of Banshee on Cinemax with Aryan Nation/Brotherhood tats and he would have fit in perfectly. Luckily, they'll probably have him looking like Christian Grey by the time of his trial.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 04:32 PM) Why? Road rage is known to result in deaths. Point blank, execution style? Usually, logic would tell you they'd be more chaotic than the SEEMING pattern here. Once again, social media trails are the first place the media goes...trial by Facebook.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/11/us/chapel-hi...ting/index.html

QUOTE (chw42 @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 02:18 PM) Charles' argument doesn't hold a lot of water. He gave examples like the current Spurs, 90s Bulls, and 00s Lakers as arguments against analytics. Charles, those teams had efficient star players. That's why they won. That's how you win in basketball. Morey takes it a bit too far since all he wants are guys who either shoot 3s, draw fouls, or hit layups, but if you want to win, you need players who can do that in basketball. Shooting long 2 point shots isn't efficient and teams who rely on that type of game aren't successful. Taking it one step further, how do college programs identify players who will succeed the most at the next level shooting 3's? There's tons of players in the country who excel in this area in high school, but, for example...Wisconsin and Michigan have excelled in recent years finding players for their systems, whereas Michigan State seemingly has fallen behind the times a bit.

http://www.houstonsportstalk.net/2014/03/1...hind-analytics/ http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/ast...64963d413b47#/0 One of these links SHOULD work. Building something like this is what I'm talking about...and it's interesting that Houston has become the epicenter of the debate, with the Astros, Rockets, Brady Aiken last year, NASA, haha. I guess it's also cool a Quad-Cities/Augustana graduate is so heavily-involved. Surely the White Sox could find a Sox fan from Northwestern, Univ of Illinois, Univ of Chicago, etc., to do something similar. As far as the White Sox go, in all the articles you read, the mentions you get about computer analysis are more in the area of contract negotiation/s, but it could be they're deliberately tight-lipped on orders of Hahn.

We just doomed Moncada to Hensley Bam Bam Meulens prospect status with the cadaver comp. Especially if he ends up with the Yankees.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12308938...ets-stats-idiot Later this can be merged with the "advanced stats" discussion or put elsewhere on the site...we should all be waiting for Hawk Harrelson to come out in support, or at least Ozzie Guillen. The thing is, though, until a team wins a championship with this "new" approach, and I don't mean the Red Sox...but a team like the Astros, Rays or A's, then you're not going to see the majority of coaching personnel buy into it. The battle is seemingly 50% won. I know from personal experience that the "old school" guys were disdainful of these statistical discussions twenty years ago. But they evolved. Jeff Bannister was as traditional as you get and yet he was heavily involved in the Pirates shifting their organizational philosophy throughout the organization to the advanced metrics/shifts approach, as well as pitchers pitching to infield contact and not being as concerned with elevating their K totals. Clint Hurdle, same type, very traditional guy who's evolved and adapted with the changing times. One can only hope Robin Ventura and Cooper can start to come on board even more in the next 2-3 seasons. There's not a whole lot of supporting/anecdotal evidence out there supporting the White Sox as being a team that relies more than 25% on technology in their decision-making. Final note: I know Greg's taken some flak for using the term "nerds" or "Sabes," but his viewpoint isn't very different at all from that being expressed here, it's the view of most athletes who came of age in the 70's and 80's, or earlier

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/2/11/8018...e-title-vacated And it might not have even happened (getting reported) if not for that 43-2 disgraceful beating they (meaning their coaches) put on another team in their own area. What comes around goes around. Feel sorry for that LV team more than anything. Also, it seems they're still selling the t-shirts/merchandise online.

What about all the MLB donations, mostly from African-American players? Any claw backs? Or the money's already disappeared? If you bought the t-shirts, you're supporting Saudi Arabia and beheadings through the transitive theory of Kevin Bacon.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 09:12 AM) I'm probably over diversified. I have an IRA that is an American Century retirement target date fund. My investment account is all Vanguard - total stock index fund, total international stock index fund and a total bond index fund (in a 40/40/20 split). And my employer has a 401(k)/profit sharing plan that I've split into three funds - a T. Rowe Price tech fund, T. Rowe Price healthcare fund and Vanguard real estate index fund (split 33/33/33). I had the option of just doing the Vanguard 500, but figured Tech and Healthcare funds will always be pretty solid and real estate has nowhere to go but up. Healthcare seems as good a future bet as any. I'm sure you have some duplication across funds, but at least you have the different sectors and exposure to international...with intl nearly always having the most volatility on a year to year basis.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 6, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) Honestly, the best thing you can do it manage it yourself. Look to see if you company has an SP 500 fund/ETF. For your main investment you should put 100(- your age) % into the fund. The balance of your age should be put into a conservative-ish bond fund (something based in American blue chips). If you are 30 years old... 70% into an SP fund. 30% into a bond fund. All of those managed funds are so much more expensive to be in (fees) than the simple SP funds, and historically they underperform the SP on a long term basis. Yes, they might win years as being better, but once you factor in fees and such, you are better off in the SP. Remember every extra fee you pay for aggressive management, is that much higher of a return you need to earn to get similar results. Just my two cents. And also steer clear of load funds that you have to pay upfront fees of 3-5%. That's crazy, IMO. As far as the bond percentages, that's the typical advice from 10-15 years ago, and it's always better to be diversified (small and mid-cap, international/emerging markets, value vs. growth)...there's a possibility we're entering a new environment with all the challenges to the EURO and the fact that some of the safest bonds actually cost you money to own them, essentially....at least when you take into account inflation and taxes. If anyone really is interested in learning more about bonds, they should do their research about Bill Gross and what happened with Pimco's Total Return (Bond) Fund, which was once the biggest in history. When my father got me interested in investing, he put me in a fund called Nicholas out of Milwaukee that's very conservative. Of course, as the 90's went on and tech stocks started exploding, I got frustrated with value investing and sought out American Century (some of the quant/algorithm-based funds) and Bill Miller's Legg Mason Value Index, which was famous for beating the S&P 13 years in a row. So I sold low, bought high...two cardinal sins in investing. I wasn't patient. Even the best, most renowned investors will fall victim to the market, as you'll see if you read the stories of Miller and Gross. In the end, it's BEST for almost any investor to find an index fund (Vanguard/Jack Bogle is the trendsetter) and plow your money consistently into that. Basically, you go up and down with the market, but it's better than trying to beat the market yourself, which is essentially the same as any poster at SoxTalk trying to be the GM. Currently, I try to look for high/er yield stocks...and of course it all depends on your investing time horizon. The only investments I've made in the past 5 years (besides plowing money into Vanguard and Oakmark, another solid "value-oriented" set of funds) have been 500 shares of Vodaphone (for the high yield) and then recently 300 shares of Ten Cent (tcehy), which is the main competitor in China with Alibaba, and the originator of the WeChat application, the most popular in the world (the US bought/developed What'sApp at approximately the same time). And always be happy to take a profit...I had 100 shares of JDS Uniphase at 114.....they went to $140 the day they were added to the S&P and I wasn't happy making $2,600 so I got greedy and rode that stock all the way down into the teens, where it was basically a tax write off. A hard but important lesson, any profit is a good one.

They have a lot more quality depth than the White Sox at the back end. Sure, there's a lot more uncertainty with pitchers like Kelly, Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins all gone. That said, Wacha obviously has the ability and post-season pedigree, Martinez is tremendously talented, Lynn's the equivalent of Quintana essentially...of course, most would take Sale over Wainright, but it's not like Gonzalez and Garcia are chopped liver. While Rodon has more POTENTIAL, the Cardinals still have more overall depth in the upper levels of their system. Montas and Danish are at least 1 1/2 seasons away...at least as starters.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 11, 2015 -> 07:52 AM) It isn't that simple, but realistically, the major league roster will suffer if we spend $80 million ($50 million of it in one calendar year) on the minors. Who exactly would be gone we wouldn't know right away, but with Samardjiza being our next free agent, it makes the most sense to me in terms of a likely scenario. With him about to get expensive, and be a free agent, I would put him #1 on most likely to not be affordable if the Sox got Moncada. Maybe they trade Melky. Maybe they trade Robertson. Maybe they trade Alexei. Heck maybe they trade multiple players to cut salary. The one thing I would bet on is that SOMEONE goes off of the major league roster. They're not going to force themselves into a move with one of those newly-acquired players. You could also add LaRoche, Samardzija and Duke, for that matter. The White Sox were very fortunate to rectify the Peavy situation....to receive the return they did on a long-term contract they quickly wanted to be rid of. On the other hand, they don't want to become like the Marlins and end up promising free agents a competitive future and then turning around and doing a firesale. The odds of that are very low (it would take injuries to Sale/Abreu/Quintana), but they've reached the point of becoming an attractive landing spot again, and it would suck to turn around and cede all the territory they've fought to regain the past 2 seasons of rebuilding.

Did Avi say he was 14 years old when he was playing in rookie ball? At around 15 minutes...shouldn't he have been 16 at least?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 12:15 PM) The book's ETA is anyone's guess at this point. His publishers said about a week ago that it would NOT be in 2015. However, they then retracted that and said it is not currently planned for 2015. I think Spring 2016 is a realistic possibility. The books began back in the mid-1990's, so nothing is being drawn out because of TV. His first three books came out quickly and then he ran into his problem and everything has been severely delayed since then. An additional problem is that GRRM does so much else - the Dunk & Egg novellas, his editing of several anthologies, the World of Ice and Fire, until this year he's written an episode per season for the show, numerous tours and appearances etc... He's released or read 4 or 5 chapters from The Winds of Winter so far and was said to have had 100-200 manuscript pages done at the time of Dance with Dragons release, so hopefully he's almost done, but with George you really can't know when he'll get it done. Also, the show runners know the ending in broad strokes, they are not going to slow the show down. They are planning on finishing in in 7 seasons (although I personally think they need 8 to do it justice) and by then there is probably less than a 1% chance GRRM has released A Dream of Spring Thanks. Currently enjoying A Dance With Dragons a bit more because I skipped over the first three books as I'd just watched all the shows together. For that reason, it doesn't feel quite so slow/repetitive/redundant as some critics have pointed out. By June 2010, Martin had finished four chapters for The Winds of Winter from the viewpoints of Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, and Arianne Martell.[5] In July 2010, he added an Aeron Greyjoy chapter that had been moved from A Dance with Dragons to The Winds of Winter, accumulating around 100 completed manuscript pages.[8] By October 2012, 400 pages of the sixth novel had been written, although Martin considers only the first 200 as "really finished", the rest still needing revisions.[26] Supposedly the last two books will both be 1500+ pages.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 12:52 PM) interesting choice, if true. he made a name for himself in whiplash. i saw the oscar interview with the cast of whiplash on youtube this morning. he look way different, ever since he lost weight. The irony of that would be that JK Simmons played the head of the Daily Planet in the first trilogy of Spider-Man movies. Of course, Miles Teller and Simmons were prodigy/mentor in Whiplash more recently.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/ Very informative documentary from 2006, Who Killed the Electric Car? Balta's villains can be found therein.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 02:05 PM) So are you proposing that we just go back into the stoneage and not use oil (as essentially that is what we would have to do, as we'd have a pretty limited oil resources globally). That said, US would be one of the lesser impacted countries as a whole but I'm fairly certain that would end up resulting in numerous other battles and wars. Taken to its logical conclusion, all those automakers (and their attendant lobbyists) who have "conspired" with the oil industry to fight back against building up electric grids/battery charging stations and stunted the development of cars running on alternative energy sources are the real culprits here, not the consumers... Or do we want to say that neighbor with no kids driving a huge SUV is more of a terrorist supporter than someone with a Prius, bio-fuel or battery-powered vehicle?

Shuck and Taylor were already options ahead of him, especially with Bonifacio on the roster. Not a big deal, but always sad to see, especially for a speed-based player. Odds are pretty high that someone else will be added to the roster before Opening Day via the waiver wire or trade.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 08:57 AM) Thanks, good to see a little more info on UNI. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/teamId/2460 Not much of a resume as of yet, other than spanking Wichita St. at home and beating Iowa at a neutral site. Their other three wins over Top 100 RPI teams...those opponents were all in the 80's. It would have helped if they were able to match up with Iowa State. The VCU loss by six on the road is probably their third most impressive accomplishment...high-scoring game.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) I'm sure we'll get a back story at some point but ya, I have no idea. http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/features/4072...etter-call-saul Paranoia or schitzophrenia? Fear that the government is spying on him and/or fear of technology? Fear of leaving his house? Guess we'll find out sooner or later this season, according to the interview. Hopefully they'll move on soon from the bit about the stickers and parking ticket validation. A few times, it was cute...

When is the 6th GOT book supposed to be published? I was just finishing the fourth and he signed off saying it (the 5th) would come in a year or so and it ended up being almost five years. Was the book series originally planned to end at 6 or is it getting extended as well because of the success of the HBO series? EDIT: Guess it will be anytime from 2015-2017...The Winds of Winter, with A Dream of Spring following hopefully when everyone is still alive and interested in the series. They're really going to have to show down the t.v. series and stretch it out while waiting for WofW.