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    Lebron or Jordan?

    Basically, what Kevin Garnett is to opponents, Jordan was to his own teammates. Because Jordan was so important to the NBA, the media kept mum about it. Lebron is a better athlete than Jordan (though IMO Bo Jackson was better than both, perhaps greatest American athlete ever.) Jordan's...
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    Any Billy Joel fans in the house?

    Active discussion between Billy Joel and Elton John (i.e. who sucks more.) http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=39955 I dislike Piano Man greatly, but I like New York State of Mind.
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    Worst composer of the 19th century, Chopin or Lizst?
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    Radiohead makes beautiful music, but they're no Sophia Loren . . . Radiohead is still the greatest band in the world. So much so that when they release an album that isn't very good, that album will get automatic 5-star critical treatment . . . because the Radiohead "brand" is that strong.
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    Who are the most beautiful actresses of all time?

    Create another poll and we're good to go!
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    Who are the most beautiful actresses of all time?

    It's not rational to call REM the worst band of all time . . .
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    Has Djokovic now surpassed Safin?

    Safin. He never needed PEDs (aka Donkey Cheese) to win HIS titles!
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    All time Favorite Band

    RHCP, REM, Beach Boys, One Direction . . .
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    Has anyone ever tried fasting?

    Going along with vin's post, essentially the "detoxification" we see in fasting is related to autophagy and increased insulin sensitivity. Brad's book (especially his second book) has a lot of good research, but there isn't a lot of research yet about autophagy and human timetables A good...
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    2012 College Football

    I don't see either LSU or Florida leaving for the Big-12 (I think that was the rumor.) It was a rumor started on some board, I think. Bama, LSU, and Florida have been the top 3 teams of the SEC the past 10 years.
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    Worlds Largest Biceps

    Greg was the (much maligned) posterboy for Synthol. And, yes, he denied using it.
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    Worlds Largest Biceps

    It started with the judging in the early 90s, and it was a source of controversy. They started rewarding guys like Dorian Yates (rather than, say, a Shawn Ray) who won on size (in Doran's case, his lats and his quads) rather than symmetry, proportion, posing, etc. Then you had people taking...
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    2012 College Football

    I think Georgia-Bama was a great litmus test for what Georgia fans feel about Mark Richt. Do you credit Georgia for playing a great game and being this close to beating Bama? Or do you criticize the team for mismanaging the last minute of the game (i.e. Richt not being able to win the "big game"?)
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    The birth of the great Federer

    The irony that Federer ended up having the career people expected from Safin, and vice versa. He was known as a creative shotmaker, but erratic and temperamental. A player's player and a frustrating player. Before he won his first title, people constantly wondered about him living to his...
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    The birth of the great Federer

    Backswing for a Western grip will always be relatively large, but I feel Nadal slightly shortened his stroke a few years back. And in doing so, it enabled him to take the ball earlier on hard court surfaces. This is a nice overview of Federer's FH. It looks like between 2006 and 2007, he cut...
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    The birth of the great Federer

    Probably would struggle more with the big hitters like DelPo and Berdych. Prime Federer didn't have problems with the big hitters, because he was unbelievably fast on the court. He could ran out there all day like a gazelle. If his defense wasn't as good as Nadal, it really wasn't that far...
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    Worlds Largest Biceps

    I can understand people juicing up to develop freaky size. In fact, I can respect that if your intent is to push the limits of your genetic potential. I for the life of me cannot understand injecting your arms or calves with synthol. It looks like a tumor is growing up your elbow!
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    Worlds Largest Biceps

    It's synthol. Yes, he denies using synthol or an equivalent, but that's EXACTLY what synthol injected arms look like.
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    2012 College Football

    Yeah, I think the preseason rank was #1 or close to it. Obviously fell off due to various teams falling off the table. However, you want to look at the Sagarin ratings closely. The top conferences read 1. Big-12 2. SEC 3. Pac-12 4. Big-10 5. Independent 6. Big East 7. ACC The Big-12...
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    The birth of the great Federer

    Interesting thing is that Federer's FH had slightly different form back then (changed around mid-2006, I think.) As smoeldman mentioned, he had bigger trunk rotation and he had more of a loop. The pace he was generating was close to Safin's.
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    LMAO @ Notre Dame

    I think the issue is whether the schools want to shell out the huge money to hire star coaches. For example, Beamer makes less than Schiano at Rutgers. Most schools lose a lot of money to fund a college football team.
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    LMAO @ Notre Dame

    They convincingly beat OU in their house. ND's offense isn't any great shakes, but their defense (especially their running game defense) is elite. I think their line can hang with Bama's offensive line. Plus they manage ball possession and by virtue of all their close games, they know how to...
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    Clash is a really good example, and it also emphasizes that bands rarely lay out all of their cards on their debut album. People gave the Clash a lot of crap for Give Em Enough Rope when that came out, but looking back, it showed that they were more facets to the band than "White Riot. "...
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    That's true. A lot of bands develop a great sound and then spend the rest of the careers building and not turning it over. What a lot of critics view as "progression" is really the work of producers giving the product a new paintjob. And, sometimes, when somebody throws in a dubstep mix or...
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    AC/DC and the Ramones are the classic "we make only one song, but that's a great, great song" bands. If you know what you are, why be something else? Reading comprehension not up to par?
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    Among a lot of critics, it's an argument between OK Computer, Nevermind, and Loveless (which gets the "Pet Sounds.") This is one of the innate problems with decade debates. A record in 1991 will often be deemed "more important" than one in 1997, even though the 10 years markers are still...
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    What to focus on - hip rotation or using arm to hit ball?

    Focus more on using the oft-hand to measure or locate the incoming ball . This will give you better coordination between your hips and arm.
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    Yeah, we'll have to disagree on that. The first time I heard "Velvet Underground & Nico", it was shocking to hear 11 songs that could plausibly have grandfathered 11 different genres of college/indie rock. Half of the songs on that album alone are classics to me. They're just not radio...
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    Worst band ever: REM or Chili Peppers?

    Once you have a "(insert band) is overrated" topic, you're in that kind of discussion. The details matter. It's the same thing when people engage "Who vs. Zeppelin vs. Stones" debates. VU, I have as a 8 or 9. There would have been no Sgt Pepper without Pet Sounds.
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    Forehand Take Back (Help Needed)

    It's usually a sign that you're using your hitting hand to "initiate" the unit turn. Instead, use your oft-hand. Visualize measuring the ball with your oft-hand.
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