Dan

Interesting, that sucks. Thanks!

I was wondering that same thing. Anyone? Also, why don't they substitute more? Maybe I'm just thinking hockey. But, it seems alot of fresh legs would really help. Is there a limit on the number of substitutions?

The sense of perversion goes ary once you're inside the rabbit hole! Click at your own risk. Yeah, I agree. That's what I attribute that last site to. Without a unique domain, all the SEO in the world probably has very limited success. But, of course, using "apple ridge" to represent true SEO isn't a great example, as Apple Ridge is in the website domain. True SEO would get the site highly ranked if you typed in "organic fam" or some other type of slightly related term.

That's' wise. Because I reserve the right to always change my mind. Also, I reserve the right to argue the opposite just because it needs to be argued. But, that doesn't mean I'm not always right.

I purchased this album and it's pure gold. Of course, a couple of the tracks are just redux versions of songs on Exile. One Keith is clearly just filling in for Mick... its great he's just singing "etcetra" towards the end. But, several of the songs are as good as anything they've ever released. It's been in high rotation.

Weebly says it does... but the quality can be highly variable. Essentially, I think if you register your own domain and upgrade to the Pro package, you'll get thte best results. Last year I created 3 sites: One registered through Go Daddy. It's a simple site, so I wrote the code myself - no website builder thing. One through Weebly with a registered domain and using all their site builder tools. One through Weebly, using all their sitebuilder tools. Granted, this group wanted to go cheap; so they haven't even registered their own unique domain. So, again, I really think if they would get their own domain and upgrade to Pro, the results might be different. Go to google, type in "Teton Mosquito" and it's the 2nd site linked. Not bad - granted there's not alot out there for Teton Mosquito, so I'm not that good. But, still. The site. Go to google, type in "Apple Ridge" and you'll see the site 8th on the list. Not bad. This fella registered his own domain (I don't think through weebly) but doesn't appear to have upgraded to Pro. The site. Go to google, type in "Idaho Mosquito and Vector Control" and you won't find the site through the first 10 pages. So, it's essentially not in google. But, I did turn on SEO terms and such. The site. Of course, the big advantage to weebly is it's idiot proof and all files are on the net. So, it's easy for me to build something and then turn it over, effectively washing my hands of it. Which is what I'd like for this next project again.

Thanak you, as well, for the effort. Unfortunately, I doubt it'll work. But, I'll add my 2 cents to the cause... I agree. I like the approach so far. All QBs got equal reps with each unit up to this point. So, there's no way anyone can say that one is favored over the other. But, you've got to have a number 1 guy in TC; you just have to. But, Chan's clearly stated that although he'll do that, it's really more of a pecking order and he may change that order as camp/preseason moves forward. I'm not at all excited by the Gailey hire, but that's a solid and reasonable approach. It definitely seems as though he's going to have a much more physical camp. Which we've needed for 4 years! It'll be interesting to se how many 2 a days he has. He did say in that same interview thatyou don't need that many.

Thanks. I'll check it out. I haven't seen that site yet

OK, I know this has been discussed here and there in the past, but I'm wondering if anyone has come across any new sites. A good friend owns a small business and wants/needs a website. I can easily build one for her, but I want something real easy to maintain, because ideally I'll turn it over to her to maintain once the initial layout is up. She's not very computer savy at all! So, it needs to be one of these super easy to update and maintain type thinigs (that I hate but that's a different topic)). She won't be taking any orders through the site; just posting basic information (mostly static), maybe a blog as well. I'm not sure of her budget; but, being a young, small business... the more free the better, if you know what I mean. In the past I've used Weebly and it's pretty good. But, was just wondering what others may suggest.

Who?

Because they have a good PR person?

I can't believe it took that long for someone to take that bait.

I'm sorry that you couldn't detect my somewhat sarcastic and snarkish language in that particualr post. I guess it's my fault for thinking someone might have the intelligence to see through the language on a few items that I would think are pretty well common knowledge. I'll dumb down my humor in the future.

I remember that. Awesome game, absolutely unlike any MNF game in years! God, I just wish we could win one of those. It seems every great game we're involved in... we lose.

My intentions are quite simple.. to better understand complex issues, discuss them, and hopefully allow others in the discussion to better understand the complexity. Plus it passes the time while the Bills are lifeless.

Actually, I didn't realize I was being treated like an idiot. I guess ignorance really is bliss. He suggested I "stop driving cars, using plastic bottles and taking medications". Now that's getting pretty ridiculous. Especially, when just a few posts north I clearly stated I'm not against drilling. I just think there are consequences that need to be considered regardless of where you drill. And driilling in some remote artic tundra such as the ANWR can have consequences which my be just as impactful as this mess in the Gulf, depending upon your viewpoint. So, what huge leap did I make again? The post said "anyone who wants to restrict drilling anywhere". That's a pretty radical statement. It suggests that no one should restrict drilling anywhere. Which leads me to think he wants no restrictions. Hence, the question I asked.

So you're suggesting that we just drill without restrictions, constraints, or concerns? Just let these companies have at it regardless of any consequences or liabilities? Do you share similiar beliefs about every industry?

ok. Provided, of course, any actually inspects.

What you're essentially talking about here is an occupation. Take over the country village by village set up our own people and never leave. Because regardless of all te good will and happiness you create, once you leave that village, it goes right back to where it was.

Again, you're confusing safer and easier to control. You're also making the assumption that there's no or very little environmental damage if you spill oil on a frozen tundra. Again, just because its easy to control that doens't mean it's safer or would cause less harm to the environment. If I may digress... some people like to "restore" degraded wetlands. Why? Because they're full of a monoculture of phragmites with limited bird and fish species. They do this in the name of species diversity, because a "restored" wetland has more species of birds and fish (plus it looks much nicer). However, in this degraded habitat there is a huge species diversity. It's just species no one cares about.. insects, spiders, different plants, birds, etc. So, which is better a nice pristine looking wetland or an impacted wetland without pretty birds? It depends on your perspective. If you're truly after species diversity, it probably doesn't matter though. What does that have to do with the price of oil in Alaska? Well, what's better destroying an artic tundra or destroying the gulf coast? It depends upon your perspective. But, there is an incredible natural ecosystem that would be destroyed by drilling the ANWR, with or without a spill. Just because some people perceive it as safer or less of an environmental impact, that doesn't make it true. My point is let's not use this mess as a call for drilling in other areas OR for stopping all drilling. Because neither of those solve the problems we have. How do we drill safer and with less environmental impact? What safe guards do we put in place? Who actually monitors/regulates all this crap? How do you stop/clean up the eventual spill? How do we/Can we develop an alternative energy plan for the Nation that not only actually reduces our dependence on foreign oil, but oil all together?

As all things do... it relates to a football game.

Just because the spill could be brought under control quicker, that doesn't necessarily make it safer. That boat in Alaska only spilled 11million gallons, nothing compared to this little mess; but it pretty well screwed that area did it not. So, yes, in some respects the affects of the spill is lessened, but I wouldn't in any way say it's better or safer. My original point was more that this current mess didn't happen because it was a deep water well. It happened because all companies involved were wreckless and threw caution to the wind for the sake of short-term profit. In addition, the regulatory agency, responsible for making sure these companies weren't wreckless was completely incompetent. So, for me, any discussion regarding how to continue drilling for oil should start with those 2 points long before we discuss where to drill.

In a word, no. An oil spill is a spill, not to mention the ecological damage of getting to and transporting out that oil. There's little debate, really, drilling in the ANWR will effectively disrupt that ecosystem to the point that it no longer resembles the current natural state. Now, granted, its a stretch of land that few people ever see and therefore you could argue the impact is less. However, that's a separate argument all together... do we want to protect the planet - all of the planet - or not? From what I've seen of the ANWR debate, it essentially comes down to one side that says screw it, no one lives there who cares about some moose and antelope; versus the other side, all animals are precious and we shouldn't do anything that will ever kill or in any way harm any living creature. It's an interesting debate. But, one that will probably never be answered and becomes far more about politics and who's getting the money. My question is.. would drilling the ANWR actually solve anything or would it just give a few more gallons of oil for a couple of years to line a few pockets. I'm not sure of the exact amount of oil up there, does anyone know. But, as of today; I'd say drill the hell out of the gulf, we've already screwed that up. Why screw up another place? I agree. We need oil. I'm not saying stop drilling. I'm just saying that if you drill, there will be ecological effects that are far reaching and potentially disasterous even to animals and ecosystems that most people may not really care about. And I agree, we need a responsible, alternative energy plan for a variety of reasons.

Thanks. I'm a relatively new/infrequent visitor to this forum. But, lately it's far more interesting than discusing why Lynch is/isn't a thug.

You've said you have a strategic plan that you think is better. I would like to hear it, regardless of the verbosity of the post. Seriously, I would appeciate the perspective.