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I suppose you could use them as human shields . . . but then who's gonna work the late shift at my Martian Mighty Taco?

Tell that to the bereaved survivors of the Nahua and the Murunahua tribes in Peru: http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/articles/3106-uncontacted-tribes-the-threats

Wanna invest?

Wouldn't it be ironic if the "master plan" was for Ralph to pay Parker under the table to shepherd young Pro-Bowl caliber players off the roster so that Ralph didn't have to pay them Pro-Bowl caliber salaries? But that couldn't be the case, 'cause then the Bills would just make bigger profits in a small market, Parker would take the heat from fans, and Ralph ain't cheap, right? . . . . . right?

First off, Suttle's a Canadian. Second, his area of expertise is marine virology in the world's oceans, so OF COURSE he's gonna be more concerned about rising sea levels. But Pithovirus Sibericum was found in melting permafrost, not in the ocean. C'mon man - - think a little. http://www.cifar.ca/curtis-a-suttle So he's not only Canadian, he's an "expert" about something "little is known about." Yeah, and I'm an expert on how to make burritos on Mars. If I was concerned about viral effects on sperm whales or puffer fish, maybe I'd listen to Suttle.

Well here's some good news: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ancient-virus-resurrected-after-30000-years-scientists-say/

Sorry - - I scanned thread titles but didn't make the connection.

I guess it's OK to burn the American flag as a form of protected protest speech, just make sure you don't wear one to school on Cinco de Mayo: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/justice/california-school-american-flag-shirts/

Why would you want to get Exxon involved? - - just spank her yourself.

I realize that it may no longer matter to you, but I happened to see a news report today that both Ford and GM are going to be offering large incentives on new pickup trucks - - seems dealer inventory is high because unusually harsh winter weather affected sales for several months in a row. Here's a news blurb about it - - I'm sure you could get more details with a little google effort: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2014/02/ford-gm-offer-big-incentives-after-flat-sales/ Sorry to be the voice of temptation, but thought you'd want to know.

Where are all the customer yachts?

Fair point.

I realized a long time ago that information is power. I made it available from reliable sources rather than from an anonymous avatar with multiple brothers named Darryl. What he does with the info, or if he even reads it, is up to him. He can rely on the financial advice of others on a mainly football message board if he chooses, but some people don't want any advice . . .

Maybe he read what came out of her own mouth about regionalization duties in the interview published here: http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/02/28/People-and-Pop-Culture.aspx [need to scroll down a bit at the link]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/monsanto-develops-hardier-strain-of-corn-that-yiel,35377/

Regardless of where you stand on these issues, ya gotta love The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/closeminded-man-not-even-willing-to-hear-out-argum,35379/

1. First, a few links from reputable sources to give an overview of retirement plan options for the self-employed: http://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/Retirement-Plans-for-Self-Employed-People http://www.kiplinger.com/article/saving/T047-C001-S003-best-ways-for-the-self-employed-to-save-for-retire.html?si=1 http://money.cnn.com/retirement/guide/selfemployment_basics.moneymag/index.htm http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryhannon/2011/04/01/the-best-retirement-plans-for-the-self-employed/ [info is about 3 years old so read for background but update before relying on it] 2. Info on rollovers from 403(b) account to an IRA: http://ctainvest.org/home/403b-457-Plans/403b-457-overview/Roll-Over-Your-403b-or-457-or-Leave-It-With-Your.aspx http://www.403bwise.com/wisemoves/irarollover_vt.html 3. Rolling over old 403(b) accounts into a single new IRA creates administrative convenience, and allows a wider range of potential investments than the typically limited choices offered by each 403(b) plan's administrator. But I am aware of one downside. I think I have read (not certain, and unfortunately no link) that existing 403(b) accounts with a former employer can sometimes be rolled into a new employer's 403(b) if the new employer's 403(b) plan documents allow this. I'm not sure you could do that if funds had been rolled over into an IRA first. When your wife eventually wants to take money out of her retirement account, 403(b) plans have slightly different rules than IRAs for penalties on early withdrawals. If your wife separates from her then employer's service after turning 55, she can withdraw funds from a 403(b) plan without paying the 10% IRS premature withdrawal tax. If the money has been rolled over into 1 or more IRAs, withdrawals before age 59.5 are subject to the same 10% IRS penalty. The added convenience and increased investment options may be worth more to you than the possibility of withdrawing money without penalty a few years sooner, but you should be aware that you are making that potential trade-off (which only comes into play if she ever goes back to work for an employer with a 403(b) plan). 4. One final thought that many people who have a 403(b) at work don't know - - the IRS allows contributing the same annual maximum to both a 403(b) plan and a 457 plan in the same tax year. This allows you to make double the maximum annual tax-deferred contribution compared to what you could make to a 403(b) plan alone. Sounded too good to be true when I first read about it, but I have confirmed it with several sources. Here's a couple: http://www.403bwise.com/participants/getwise_403b_another.html http://money.cnn.com/retirement/guide/401k_457plans.moneymag/index2.htm [based on 2011 contribution limits] 5. Be aware that whatever type of retirement plan your wife may set up for her self-employed business, she should not purchase tax free investments with funds already in that tax-deferred account. I have seen a financial advisor recommend such a strategy because he merely wanted to get the higher commission available to him from selling a tax sheltered annuity product. 6. Probably more than you wanted to know, but hey, you asked . . .

You can avoid that and still see the game if you hang tin foil on her ears. Might require some adjustment, though.

So what happens when somebody's furry friend pipes up - - "The woman you were with yesterday smells more like bacon than this one!

I'm curious how those who have posted here would evaluate this hypothetical situation: Remember when the White House had to step in to try to get some minister/preacher/whatever to stop his plans to hold a public burning of the Koran, because the Obama administration believed it would incite more violence against our troops in the Middle East? Let's say a devout Muslim man owns a printing business, and the minister/preacher/whatever comes in to the Muslim guy's shop and wants to have some fliers made so that he can hand them out inviting the general public to attend his Koran burning ceremony. Should the Muslim print shop owner be required to accept the order and make the fliers?

I agree that the $6.00 price tag for the downloadable app makes it sound like a Mickey Mouse approach to things. But Seitz, the UC Riverside professor who created and tested the visual training exercises on the school's baseball team, and later started a company to sell them in video game format, then got a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health ("NIH") to further this type of vision improvement research. It was for non-sports applications, but still: http://www.eurekaler...c--na103013.php A $1.7 million research grant ain't entirely rinky-dink. Somebody with some science credentials must think there might be something to this.

I realize it may just be sales puffery by the company trying to sell the app, but from the FAQ at their website: http://www.ultimeyesvision.com/faq.php Admittedly, those claims are pretty vague. But why do you think that an NFL team would publicize its use of the app, or something like it, IF the team believed that using vision training exercises gave it a competitive advantage?

Per the last link in the OP, the app actually costs $5.99 - - I see no evidence that we are now ahead of the curve and would like to see us get there. Maybe if I bought and used the app my vision would improve enough to see such evidence, but I don't expect miracles for less than $6.

How many times have you heard some announcer say that the best QBs see the entire field? The ones who don't see the entire field wind up trying to read defenses based on the limited keys available in the portion of the field that they actually CAN see. If your QB can't see the entire field, you get wide open WRs waving their hands while the QB throws the ball somewhere else because he just didn't see the open man. We can do better through science. I have previously posted info about how certain visual training exercises can improve the ability of athletes to track the motion of balls in flight better (and perhaps thicken the superior temporal sulcus of players like McKelvin in the process). Now that McKelvin is playing better, let's SEE (I crack myself up) if current cognitive neuroscience research offers any hope for making EJ able to see the entire field. Then he can more consistently target his throws at the guy who is actually most open. Turns out, there's this guy at UC Riverside who recently conducted a successful experiment to sharpen the vision of the school's baseball players: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-baseball-brain-20140214,0,1140628.story#axzz2uDmYV1OS Although not mentioned in the LA Times article, if you read the peer-reviewed research report published in Current Biology, you find this: http://download.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/PIIS0960982214000050.pdf?intermediate=true How can improving our QB's peripheral vision be a bad thing? From what I read, the players already get their playbook on a tablet. I also keep reading how EJ is driven to succeed in this league, and willing to put in a lot of effort to make that happen. Why can't our offensive coordinator (who just happens to have a degree in neurobiology) put the vision training app on EJ's tablet? What could it hurt? Mr. Hackett, in the unlikely event that you or one of your assistants reads this Bills message board for grins in the off-season, check this out: http://www.ultimeyesvision.com Could we please get ahead of the curve for once and spend $6.00 to give our young QB some help seeing the entire field?