Re: Silent oceans?
On 04/11/2006, at 11:11 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: I'd already stopped eating shrimp some years back, because of large by-catch loss (undesirable marine animals caught in the nets and tossed back, usually dead), (...) Shrimps are created in farms now - that's what make them cheaper while other fish products become more expensive. A lot of farmed seafood are fed fishmeal. :-/ Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Mercury to Transit Sun Wednesday
In the US, the further west you are, the earlier it will occur (when the Sun is higher in the sky). Details: http://skytonight.com/observing/home/4548556.html. -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Quote of the day.....
The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed LINUX. - Unknown ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Week 9 NFL Picks
A decent enough 9-5 last week, but still five games back of my Dad - whom I'll be joining in Buffalo this week for Bills-Packers Houston at NY Giants - Lock of the week. the Giants' passrush aught to terrorize whomever the Texans trot out at QB. Pick: GIANTS New Orleans at Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay has played incredibly tough on defense for rookie QB Bruce Gradkowski, and the Saints have had a little whiff of having played over their heads so far this season, particularly on defense. Pick: BUCS Green Bay at Buffalo - I'm going with the bounce-back theory on this one. The Bills have lost three straight, and are playing at home after a bye week, and the Packers have somehow managed two in a row. The Bills are simply more desperate. Pick: BILLS Dallas at Washington - I thought my pick of the Panthers last week was sitting pretty when they went up 14-0 on the Panthers - and then Tony Romo made me look silly. I'm just still not a believer, though, and even though the Redskins are without Santana Moss, they're coming off a bye and at home.. On paper they almost shouldn't win, so maybe the Cowboys make me look silly, but I just think that Joe Gibbs makes something happen with the team having their backs against the wall. Pick: REDSKINS Miami at Chicago - Over the decades, the Miami Dolphins have often been the team to stymie a bid for an undefeated season - so there's a tantalizing upset special here.. Which is actually about the only reason I can think of as to why this game even has a chance to be competitive. Pick: BEARS Tennessee at Jacksonville - So the Jags lose to Houston and go in to Philly and hand the Eagles their third straight loss.Go figure! Pick: JAGUARS (I guess.) Atlanta at Detroit - After that big win over Cincinnati, the Falcons are for real, and the Lions don't seem to have the sort of pass rush that has been Atlanta's kryptonite as of late. Pick: FALCONS Cincinnati at Baltimore - The Bengals just have too much talent on offense to continue to stay in a slump forever, and I definitely don't think that the Ravens are as good as they looked in New Orleans last week. Pick: BENGALS Kansas City at St. Louis - What Herman Edwards is doing with Damon Huard in KC gets my vote for Coach of the Year - I mean, putting up an offensive explosion on a Seattle defense that was in the Super Bowl last year??? Good grief!Pick: CHIEFS Minnesota at San Francisco - I have this inkling that the Patriots really exposed the Vikings last Monday night, and I think that their game won't translate well onto the grass at Candlestick.Sure, the 49ers were down 41-0 at the half last week, but when has that stopped me? Pick: 49ERS UPSET SPECIAL) Denver at Pittsburgh - Something is wrong with Mr. Roethlisberger, and I don't seem him able to do what Peyton Manning just did to the Denver secondary. Pick: BRONCOS Cleveland at San Diego - Marty Schottenheimer continues to roll to the playoffs. Pick: CHARGERS Indianapolis at New England - Amidst all the talk about the instant classic of last week's Colts-Broncos game, something has been lost - the Indy was completely unable to stop anybody on the ground, and only won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be regarded as the best QB in NFL History. I somehow don't think that Bill Belichick failed to notice. Corey Dillon and Laurence Maroney, start your engines. Pick: PATRIOTS Oakland at Seattle - This is probably where the Raiders and their two-game win streak to return to par. Pick: SEAHAWKS ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Editorial: Rumsfeld Must Go
This is an interesting article and poll about an editorial that's about to be released. Too bad that ousting someone like Rumsfeld couldn't be done by a popular vote. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15552211/ The online poll: Should Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld be removed from his position, whether by resignation or dismissal? 44203 responses 87% - Yes, he has lost all credibility and the ability to lead and has failed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He must go. 13% - No, he has ably overseen wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while working on overhauling the armed forces. He should stay. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Editorial: Rumsfeld Must Go
I've only been saying this for 6 years... Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Trumpeter's Marder I auf GW 38(h) Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -Original Message- From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:29:30 To:'Killer Bs Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Editorial: Rumsfeld Must Go This is an interesting article and poll about an editorial that's about to be released. Too bad that ousting someone like Rumsfeld couldn't be done by a popular vote. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15552211/ The online poll: Should Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld be removed from his position, whether by resignation or dismissal? 44203 responses 87% - Yes, he has lost all credibility and the ability to lead and has failed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He must go. 13% - No, he has ably overseen wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while working on overhauling the armed forces. He should stay. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Quote of the day.....
On 11/4/06, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed LINUX. - Unknown I remember that quote... Used to be Unix though. ~maru Remember, GNU's Not Unix ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Week 9 NFL Picks
JDG wrote: ... and only won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be regarded as the best QB in NFL History. He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy numbers and win a lot of regular season games (Dan Marino and the young John Elway) but you don't achieve greatness in football in the regular season. Montana, the mature Elway and Brady are head and shoulders above Manning by that measure. In any case, every time I turn on a football game there's an official making yet another god-awful call. What, is the mafia running the game now? Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Week 9 NFL Picks
On 11/4/06, pencimen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JDG wrote: ... and only won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be regarded as the best QB in NFL History. He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy numbers and win a lot of regular season games (Dan Marino and the young John Elway) but you don't achieve greatness in football in the regular season. Montana, the mature Elway and Brady are head and shoulders above Manning by that measure. Keep in mind that Elway (and Steve Young) had the never won the big one monkey on their backs, too, until they won them. And I'd consider Marino one of the all-time top QB's despite his lack of a SB victory. I don't think a quarterback absolutely needs to have tremendous postseason success to be considered great (though it helps!), but perhaps it is a requirement to be considered the greatest. It's just that there's way, way too many other factors to winning in football to make SB victories a strict criteria for judging QB greatness. The surrounding team and coaching makes a huge difference. And there's a least a few of SB-winning QB's I can think of that certainly don't rank that high in the greatnessscale. I believe Peyton will eventually get his championship(s) and that criticism will disappear, but I don't think it's useful to annoint him (or any other active player) the greatest, until their career is over, or they have proven themselves so dominant in all aspects for such a long time that they could retired immediately and still be worthy of consideration. A recent ESPN article ( http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=smith_michaelid=2646827 ) pronounces that 10 years from now, the greatest QB debate will focus purely on Manning vs Brady. Way too soon to say that, IMHO. There's too many things that can happen between now and then. Remember that Drew Bledsoe was considered a lock for the Hall of Fame earlier in his career. As for the Colts-Pats game, I'm a Pats fan, and I think the Pats will run well against the Colts, but I think Bellichik's anti-Manning voodoo has worn off and Manning's going to do some serious scoring of his own, with the result being something like the Colts-Denver game. I also wonder if this will be something of a Milton Berle game (if you get the Bill Simmons reference) where both teams might want to hold something in reserve to have some surprises left if/when they meet again in the playoffs. Bragging rights and possibly home field advantages are on the line for this game, but I'm sure both coaches have their eye on on the bigger prize. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Secret Wars Re-Enactment Society
http://www.stomptokyo.com/chris/blog/2006/04/secret-wars-re-enactment-society.html Something like Civil War re-enactment, Marvel style. Surprise endingG xponent For Yucks Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Two Guys
Two Philly Union guys with attitude. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQhQaQyn-ekmode=relatedsearch= There are several of these clips and some of them are pretty funny. xponent And A Bush Cutout Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Week 9 NFL Picks
pencimen wrote: In any case, every time I turn on a football game there's an official making yet another god-awful call. What, is the mafia running the game now? At least I haven't heard about any death threats against NFL refs for bad calls Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Week 9 NFL Picks
John D. Giorgis wrote: Indianapolis at New England - Amidst all the talk about the instant classic of last week's Colts-Broncos game, something has been lost - the Indy was completely unable to stop anybody on the ground, and only won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be regarded as the best QB in NFL History. I somehow don't think that Bill Belichick failed to notice. Corey Dillon and Laurence Maroney, start your engines. Pick: PATRIOTS Is this the Sunday night game? Or should I get off my lazy ass and look that up myself? :P (Actually, my ass wasn't all that lazy today, and I'm tired now.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
