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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.
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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.
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Thanks. I'll check it out. I haven't seen that site yet
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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.
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Bass Pro to sign deal for Memphis TN Pyramid
Dan replied to G-Daddy's topic in Off the Wall Archives
Because they have a good PR person? -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I can't believe it took that long for someone to take that bait. -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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.
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Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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. -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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. -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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? -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
ok. Provided, of course, any actually inspects. -
How Do You Solve A Problem Like McCrystal?
Dan replied to IDBillzFan's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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. -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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.
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Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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. -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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. -
How Do You Solve A Problem Like McCrystal?
Dan replied to IDBillzFan's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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. -
How Do You Solve A Problem Like McCrystal?
Dan replied to IDBillzFan's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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. -
Moratorium on deep water drilling lifted
Dan replied to Fingon's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Ya know what's really predictable? The fact that each side will use something like this mess to further their respective agendas. On one hand, because of the current oil spill; we have to stop all drilling. On the other, because of the current oil spill; we have to drill in the ANWR. Neither notion will solve any problems associated with this or future oil spills, but I guess it's convenient. -
How Do You Solve A Problem Like McCrystal?
Dan replied to IDBillzFan's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I must admit... that's it for me. With both of these wars, no one has ever been able to say what the "goal" is. What is the definition of victory? And no matter when we leave, whether it be tomorrow or 20 years from now; the mess just starts all back up again. It has for thousands of years and to think we can fix it; is highly narsicistic thinking to say the least. The problem as I see it, you can't just force a few people out, have an election, and magically you have stability in the country/region. The people have never had stability and don't really want stability. They want to completely eliminate anyone that doesn't agree with them. They turn everything into a holy war. And you can't win a holy war unless you exterminate or completely and entirely demoralize them. And therein lies the problem. To "win" in Afghanistan we have to roll through Afghan, Pakistan, Iran, and probably half a dozen other countries; go village to village and kill everyone we find until you completely stamp out their will to fight in the name of some god that's not there anymore. Or drop a bunch of nukes. But that's it. Does anyone think if we fought Japan with today's rules that we would have ever won that war? Japan was not surrendering. The idea was not even available to them, until we went island to island and killed every one we found. And started dropping nukes on the mainland. At that point, and only at that point, did they realized life with the shame of defeat was better than extermination from the planet. So the real question for me is... do we really want to "win" over there? Or do we just want to keep the problems there and not have them make their way to our shores again? If it's the former, start dropping nukes. If it's the latter, get our troops home and develop an entirely new strategy for an entirely new type of warfare. IMO, we should have dropped the nukes after 9/11. We had the justification and it would have ended this mess much quicker. Plan the bombing so the fallout takes care of half of Pakistan. Of course, the world would have been pissed; but if you don't drop them after that; when do you use a nuke? -
Truck question, if you own a real truck and not a toy truck, I'd l
Dan replied to boyst's topic in Off the Wall Archives
We have a few Ford and Chevys at work used for towing trailors, carrying equipment, getting around, etc. The Chevy is by far the better drive. Ford's I find to be very much uncomfortable to sit in for any sort of drive. Plus the cab space seems really tight. More like a car than a truck, imo. Now, as far as actual performance... I'd say they're about equal. We've had both Fords and Chevys on the road for 5-10 years, a couple with over 200,000 miles, with various transmission, axel, brake, whatever problems. So, good and bad for both. But, I think the Chevys, overall, give us fewer problems. That's only about a penny's worth, but it's all I got. -
I'd say about 9 out of 10 young, inexperienced QBs have those porblems trying to transition to the pros. The biggest problem with JP was he had a horrible coaching staff, that drafted a kid that everyone said would take a few years to develop because he was raw. Then they gave him 1 year and expected greatness.