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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 04:38 PM) Not sure what this means. Was there or was there not a massive child molestation scandal that has rocked the catholic church for decades? There was. You were pointing out how some people will only think see the positive about the situation. I was pointing out that there also people who will only see the negative.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 10:53 AM) South American. That is my runner up.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 12:07 PM) Just making a comparison where no matter what happens, there's a group of people who will never find any fault with a person/organization even though the evidence is there. Also, that no matter what someone will rip every organization/person.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 08:55 AM) The NFL is more popular than ever, and is also more "safe" than ever. As long as there is Vegas and on-line betting, there will be a popular NFL. The league was founded by bookies and will thrive with them.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 02:38 PM) Considering past history with their first round picks, they probably would be better off. Although, I still hold out some hope for Carimi. Unfortunately, the knee injury he suffered in college and repeated two years ago will really limit his lower body strength. His leg will never be as strong as it could have been. He could become a good player but will never reach the ceiling they hoped for.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 03:10 PM) One of the leading canddates is from Africa. What happens more times than not is the leading candidate has both strong support and equally strong detractors, leaving a path for the guy who is the 2nd choice but without much "baggage". Like SS2k5 I enjoy the pomp and circumstances and ancient ritual that lead to the choice. I enjoy it also. I'm predicting one from Africa based on Africa having the greatest growing Catholic population in the world. With the way America is going toward religion, they've lost the foothold here and will look toward that area of the world.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 06:40 AM) For Charlotte or another team, I hope. If he hits like that, why wouldn't you want him on the team. He is by far the best defensive 3B on the roster.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 07:42 AM) Hmm. Let the politics and jockying begin. The last person from the US that was even close, and it wasn't that close, was Cardinal Bernardin. Cardinal Dolan in NY would seem to be the leading American candidate but there are a couple guys that Rome will prefer. I believe the first American will be much older, Dolan is only 60. However, Dolan is an awesome speaker, and seems to be well liked by the other Cardinals. You will hear a lot about the guy in Africa whose name escapes me now. It would be a nod towards breaking up the European influences. There is another candidate in Mexico and one in Canada that may also receive some attention, but I doubt they will get past the first round of voting. If they stay in Europe, there are a few Italians that will be mentioned, but Cardinal Scola is probably the only serious candidate. I can't wait for the non stop vigils outside the Vatican, watching the smoke from the chimney. They will go with someone from Africa.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 10, 2013 -> 11:55 AM) The real trick is getting people to associate a negative connotation with "Abnormal". People with blonde hair are abnormal. In this country, black people are abnormal. Exactly. Abnormal doesn't mean negative just not the norm. Positive or negative is a judgement someone puts on something.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Feb 7, 2013 -> 10:46 AM) I'm sure there are some. Duke university has years of studies that show smoking cigarettes are good for your health. Duke is in North Carolina where the major crop is tobacco. The state probably gave them very specific parameters for a study to increase sales.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 01:19 PM) How is being something God made you a sin and how is one forgiven for it considering it’s not something one can change? Being in a profession based on science we don't get into religious issues much at the workplace. However, there was an interesting one the other day. The topic of homosexuality came and and one of the researchers said it is an "abnormal behavior." The questions was brought up as why. She replied if all animals were meant to be homosexual there would be no species propagation and they would cease to exist. It's not wrong because there are different behaviors ion all animals but it isn't the norm. I never really looked at it that way and still haven't figured out the concept in my own mind.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Feb 7, 2013 -> 10:48 AM) then perhaps you do not work for us and it would be unfair for us to pay taxes toward the school. Simply have the foreign students pay the pensions. Remove all esponsibility from Illinois tax payers if the school refuses to accept appropriate numbers of them as students. This is changing as the state has cut the funding of it's state universities from almost 75% to only 20%. It's not the foriegn student because many of them get reduced tuition by federal and other means, it's the out of state students (assuming you mean foreign as in country). It's the state cutting funding as putting a cap on raising tuition that has the universities looking for alternative funding streams ie. out of state students. I would prefer that the state stop the ruse of us being state schools and cuts us free to run it as we wish. However, there's that mission of making higher education accessible to the underprivleged and underrepresented that they force us to accommodate. When I started the low salary was in place with a promise of the pension. Besides, the public hasn't paid into the pension for almost 10 years so there isn't anything to complain about.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) they won't pay mine either Yes, but you don't work for them. I theoretically do, even though the state is 120 days behind in paying our payroll. This is why the state university system cannot keep students in state.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 06:28 PM) ...and that's exactly what will happen. Yep, and you'll get the services you pay for. You wonder why The University of Illinois won't accept students from the state. And it is required by law but it's a law they decide to ignore which is why the system is in the position it is. The private citizens will not pay for my pension, at least not much of it. It's going to come down to me having to pay more and get less. At times I'm really happy I work for the people in this state.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2013 -> 06:13 PM) (This isn't actually why they're losing money. They're losing money because Congress passed a law a few years ago requiring them to pre-fund their pension plan out to 75 years by 2016, something that I'm pretty sure no one has to do anywhere. Without that enormous pension pre-funding, the USPS would actually be operating at a profit right now, despite being required to maintain saturday delivery and maintaining unprofitable post offices throughout the country in rural areas). The State of Illinois is required by law to fund my pension. Oh wait.... they haven't contributed in 10 years.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 5, 2013 -> 09:52 PM) So I officially am in wait to get surgery done on my shoulder. I will not be able to lift weights with my upper body again until at least December. Some of this is due to the fact I'm putting off surgery until after the school year, but you get the point. Someone in my office mentioned a St. Jude Marathon happening here in December. I realized that instead of half-assing my way around the weight room and aimlessly conditioning, I can start to prepare for that marathon. Granted, there will be a significant "blip" of sorts in May when I get operated on, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't start prepping now. I can do 5 and 10k's before then and I'll be in a far better starting position then than I am now if I start hitting it hard. With that said, anyone have any suggestions on how to get started on this quest? I don't want to plunge in too quickly and get hurt. I used to train with the Dr. Daniels Running Bible in high school, should I pick that up? There are many different way to do it. I've personally run 6 marathons. Some of it depends on your goal. Is it just to finish or to achieve a time goal. Here is a link for a couple of good just to finish types: http://www.marathonrookie.com/marathon-training.html.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2013 -> 08:01 PM) Would you say that power 2 seamer he threw could play into the destroyed shoulder? Things like that are always possible. I've just never seen nor heard of doing surgery to loosen a "too tight" teres major. That shouldn't happen to that muscle. That being said pitching does weird things to any shoulder so as I said it's suspicious.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2013 -> 07:45 PM) Whoa, implying something? Not necessarily. Just with the odd tendon injury and the quick rise and fall, it's suspicious. Of course with any player around that time period there is a reasonable doubt.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 5, 2013 -> 11:20 AM) He fell off the map so quickly. From up and comer to beast to done seemingly overnight. Kind of makes you wonder how that happened doesn't it?

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 10:24 PM) Who's a drummer. I was just going for the similar name. He could probably play. If not Coop will fix him (he can fix anything)

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 4, 2013 -> 04:17 PM) his power sinker/forkball/splitter/whatever it was was just filthy. And on top of his game he was bringing it mid 90s and making that off speed pitch that much better. Another guy that had the labrum destroy his career From what I remember, the latest injury in 2009 wasn't a labrum injury it was a muscular injury. I believe it was a teres major injury. It was the first one I'd heard of that they did surgery on. They did surgery to "loosen" the muscle which never made sense to me. It acts as a stabilizer for internal rotation of the shoulder. So this surgery would seem to contradict that. They had to have a good reason but it always baffled me.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 4, 2013 -> 10:40 AM) Yup, it's pretty well known that left handers are better suited at 1b. A lefty also has a better angle/tagline for pickoff moves at 1b. The only advantage a RH has is protecting the line more efficiently and going quickly to the foul line as the glove is on that side. This way he can play a little closer to the 2B.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 04:22 PM) But he tore his ACL. Didnt ptatc say that HGH and PEDs dont affect tendons and ligaments? The PEDs will effect the strength of the muscles around the joint. It won't help the tendon-turned-ligament become a ligament faster but it will help the strength and the leg muscles to support it. The tendon has become a ligament in about 6 months. The rest of the time is getting the range of motion and strength back to full.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 03:24 PM) Lead guitarist for a heavy metal band? That's Lars Ullrich from Metallica.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 12:10 PM) I know I haven't posted in a while on here, but I need your help. So I've been picked as one of 50 finalists to get into the MLB Fan Cave. So in typical Chicago fashion I need my fellow ST members to vote early & often. It'd be pretty cool to get to go to spring training & cover the rest of the season. Thanks in advance, I'll give everyone that votes a free hug. Vote here -> http://mlbfancave.mlb.com/fancave/vote.jsp...5952ebd8b6c7d44 +1