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That was me. I agree that penny stocks are highly speculative. I have lost money in some of them as well, but these two have been among my better picks. Seabridge Gold is going to follow the price of gold pretty closely, so if the conditions look as if gold might go down (stronger dollar, healthy economy, while retaining tame inflation) you'll want to bail quickly on Seabridge. Hyperdynamics has gone up and down over the last couple years. The company owns oil rights on a potential bonanza off the coast of Africa. They have been dooing all the testing over the last couple years. Every time a new test comes in (2D seissmology, 3D seismology, core sampling etc.) the price spikes because all the testing has been positive. Then the price will drift back down. Generally each time it drops it has higher lows, and when it spikes it has higher highs. The drop in price represents profit taking. As a small company, thhey don't have the capital to undertake massive drilling, so they will need to partner with one or more big companies to do the drilling for a share of the revenue. Bottom line, if they strike the oil they think is there, the stock will soar. If they don't it will tank.

I wholeheartedly agree. While there are investors who buy and sell on the basis of technical analysis (looking at charts for patterns that may be predictive of future stock movement), I think there is no substitute for knowing the company you want to invest in: PE ratio, debt level, management etc. At best, investing in Sirius is highly speculative. If a portion of your investable money is what you would call "risk capital" or money you can afford to lose, and you want to take a flier on a company like Sirius, that's fine, but make sure you can afford to lose it.

From my private quarters in the White House. Just kidding, of course. I may have completed my two terms as president before the Bills finally win it. No, actually I think a Super Bowl win is puite possible in the next five years. I hope it happens.

Garrard is more of an athlete. Leftwich is smarter. Garrard will take fewer sacks but may misread coverage more often, making him liable to throw interceptions periodically.

No offence, Campy, but joint reconstruction surgery has come a long way since you had it done. I can't speak from experience, but from what I've read, McGahee's knee should be as good as new. Some even say it could be better because the tendon they used to replace the shredded ligament is actually stronger and anchored better.

Buy this time last season, Travis was clicking. Whether it's a foot injury or something else, it's just not clicking yet. Don't give me any mularkey (pun intended) about not being able to perform because of the presence of McGahee. If he's a quality NFL player the presence of competition would make him perform better. Travis is going to continue to get opportunities this season. No matter who starts, both will get plenty of touches, provided they are healthy, so lets stop arguing about it and seee how the season plays out.

Here's some stats for ya Mr. Defense. In 2003 Travis Henry ranked 11th in rushing yards during the regular season. He ranked fifth in 2002, but had a bunch of costly fumbles. He has a running style that seems to lead to lots of injuries, even if he's played through some of them, and tends to lead to a short life span as an NFL runner. He is not currently any where near a top five running back. I agree with others that a healthy McGahee has more speed, more size, better vision, better blocking ability, uses his blockers better, and moreso than Henry seems to come out of a knot of players for positive yardage. I keep hearing this GARBAGE about how McGahee had this huge injury. Injuries are a fact of life in big time football. It was a huge injury. He's had very successful knee surgery. doctors have pronounced his knee fit. If anything, the kind of surgery he had tends to make the knee stronger and tighter than prior to surgery if successful, as it was. Yes, the Bills are right to play things cautiously this season and let McGahee work his way into playing shape, but once the season is over, barring the unforeseen, there is really nothing left that the Bills or McGahee should have to prove. It will be clear by then that McGahee is the better back. If you want to state an opinion, Mr. Defense, you're entitled to it, but you have no grounds for calling those who might disagree with you "illogical."

Actually Peerless was franchised, then traded. While it would have been difficult, Buffalo could have kept him and made other decisons on their roster to keep under the cap. I agree that it was the right move to trade a recalcitrant player than keep him on the roster, but I think had Buffalo declined to trade him, Peerless would have played rather than sit out the season and sulk.

I think we will see a little of Losman this year. It could be a little more if Bledsoe's production remains pathetic through November.

On another board, there is a fan who's convinced that trading Price was about the worst thing TD ever did, and that all the "stuff" that happened before the trade that made Peerless look like a selfish, money grabbing, egocentric, crybaby was a Tom Donahoe conspiracy to discredit him. Yeah, I know, not many people agreed with him there either.

Gale Sayers, hands down. Jim Brown was big and fast and mowed people over. Sayers was a ballet dancer on a football field. No, I'm not talking about the tights and the effeminate image of ballet. From the few clips I've seen of him, he just moved with such grace it made football an art. Sanders was like him, and may have even had more moves than Sayers, but Sayers still had more grace.

NY City is the safest city with a population of seven million or more? Of course, it's the only city with a population of seven million or more. Actually Billsfanone is right. NYC is very safe for its size. When a claim like that is made, the first question that must be asked is "How large is large, or how large must a city be to be included in that category?" Of course, NYC has a lot of crime. They have a lot of people there, but if you compare per capita crime stats, it is lower than a lot of places.

Andrea Marie No, I know that's not one of the alternatives. consider it a write in vote. Among the those you offer as choices, Lauren Marie

If everything had happened as the wedding party said it did, they would have been smart to have someone video tape the busboy's behavior. If it's the weeding party's word agains the hotel management's word, they would have a tough time getting a judge to award compensation, especially in a Massechusetts court. I know if it was my wedding and that happened to me I would be steaming mad.

Wade "Forest Gump" Phillips, good DC, lousy coach. You can't say what his record would be if he were in his first year as the Bills' coach given the present circumstances. He started with a pretty good team in Buffalo, but it slipped while he was coach.

Just what we need. Jerry Jones becomes the George Steinbrenner of the NFL.

George Bush could probably guarantee an election win if bin Laden were captured or killed before November 2nd.

Jennings was playing injure in the Jets game. You can argue whether he should have been on the field or not, (I think he should have sat) but that game was not typical of his play while he's been a starter at left tackle for the Bills.

I suppose I am as qualified as anyone to answer this question. I have a cat, and I am at least mildy allergic to cats, along with dogs (we have two) dust mites, mold spores, duck down, ragweed, grass and maple tree pollen. Because of my multiple allergies and tendency to develop nasal polyps (a complication of allergies), I use Flonase, a steroid based nasal spray every day year around. I also use over the counter antihistimines and a decongestant nasla spray, all of which I need to keep my allergic reactions under control. I would not purchase a $3500 cat personally because our cat is only one of the many things to which I have allergies. There is something that just seems wrong about a company being able to maintain a monopoly on these hypoallergenic cats in perpetuity, considering the number of allergic people. I know they have a right to make money, but I would hope after a reasonable length of time there might be a legal challenge to force the company either to reduce their price, or release fertile cats to the public, or some enterprising scientist starts cloning them and breeding the clones. Drug manufacturers can maintain a patent on a new medication for only so many years. That helps them recoup their research costs, which are astronomical, and make some money. Then generic manufacturers can make and market the drugs for far less, making them more readily available. I think the same principle sholud apply here.

Tucker is definitely stronger than Teague, and smart enough to handle the center position. Teague is more mobile and athletic. It probably depends of the particular defense the team is facing whether Teague or Tucker is better. If Teague would buckle down and get himself a lot stronger in the next offseason he could end any competition. As far as moving Williams to guard, I agree it may be his best position. The reality is he's being paid like a tackle. What difference does that make? Tackles command a higher salary than guards as a rule. If you pay a guard like a tackle, you still have to pay a tackle. Unless Buffalo can find a good right tackle at a value price, moving Williams to guard can have definite cap implications down the road. I'm not saying don't do it, but every move you make has to take into account cap implications.

With all of their picks in the 2005 draft, Buffalo selects offensive linemen.

I'm assuming you're speculating as to the reason Bledsoe is starting. It's not perfectly clear from the initial post. I really don't think Ralph has issued any such edict.

Now if he will stop dropping passes. . . To his credit, he made an incredible one handed reception on an overthrown ball that the DB had two outstretched hands ready to snatch. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the best reception in the league last weekend if not all year. I will say Moulds has matured into a consumate team player. This is an example of that. I don't think we can really criticize him for not saying it to the rest of the team since we don't know what he's said behind closed doors.

I responded to start Losman when he's healthy, but would amend that a bit if I could to "as been healthy for a couple weeks of practice at full speed."

I've had lot's of teeth pulled, including three eyeteeth by an incompetent old dentist I went to as a kid. They came in WAY out of position, but a competent dentist would have pulled another tooth instead, to let the eyeteeth move into position. I had a partially impacted wisdom tooth. It came in at a wild angle and a piece of gum was stretched over the top of it. Food was getting trapped under the gum and rotting the tooth out. The dentist (a competent one this time) had to cut the gum and use an instrument to break the to0oth into pieces, and extract it a piece at a time. That was really fun! I also had a root canal from a dentist who weighed over 400lbs and had hands like hams jammed in my mouth.