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#16869 Jan 17, 2014
Rules are put in place to protect the health and wellbeing of workers. You don't want a person driving a lift truck, running any piece of machinery, driving a delivery truck, talking to your customers on the phone without the benefit of a clear mind, cooking your food, filling your prescriptions, or even repairing your car. There is no room in the workplace for substance abuse whether it be alcohol ,drugs, or MJ. You don't want to be in traffic with a drunk, a person texting, or a stoner behind the wheel than isn't paying attention to what he's doing. When they run into or over you or cause injury to you or a family member because of a person being stoned , it will clearly SHOW how it personally affects you.
#16870 Jan 18, 2014
And after you toss 45% of the population in jail for pot use, who is going to pay for it, you? Or I know, how about just killing them along the road, bullet is cheaper than jail. Then who is going to do the work, you? Funny, it is always the police that want more police and more laws to hump people with.
Or just make all "non approved activity" against the law. MOMMY Laws, we will look like Singapoure and Malaysia, hey no drug abuse, they hang people for pot there, and have no problems at all because of it "Yea right"
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#16871 Jan 18, 2014
Store bought verse a vending machine?
#16872 Jan 19, 2014
Legalize it ! Have law enforcement enforce laws that really matter! Instead of worrying about some small time pot smoker!!
#16873 Jan 19, 2014
Fact is, legalizing marijuana as a "recreational drug" means more people driving under the influence, more traffic fatalities, more children becoming addicted to drugs. The biggest proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana are addicts themselves. No good will result from legalizing it. Are we telling our children it's OK to smoke now? Americans are pretty dumb.
#16874 Jan 19, 2014
Store bought verse vending machine bought makes the whole idea really complicated.
#16875 Jan 19, 2014
Catnip makes marijuana unnecessary.
#16876 Jan 19, 2014
You mexicans love your drugs don't you?
Shoot all that marijuana drug in your nose and mouth while a leaf blower is stuffed in your colon, all at the same time!
#16878 Jan 19, 2014
When time are low and the work heavy, call the international Skeet packers unions.
#16879 Jan 19, 2014
Wake up and come down to reality. Police normally don't waste their time on piss ant stoners with small amounts. They do however throw the book at the dealers and growers. Proposed law changes allowing one ounce on you or six plants at home won't be followed. Those who already think EXISTING laws don't apply to them will have a over the legal limits and continue to cry, bitch, and complain when they get caught by law enforcement doing their job.
#16880 Jan 19, 2014
Pot no more dangerous than alcohol..
#16881 Jan 19, 2014
We need less people in jail for selling marijuana in this state and more tax $ coming in. I'm all for it. Conversely any marijuana dealer will tell you they're against legalization (go figure).
#16882 Jan 19, 2014
When is the Samantha is driving to Highgrove, California?
#16883 Jan 19, 2014
Watch out for the speed traps along the way.
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#16884 Jan 20, 2014
That is correct. But saying that might give a feeling that alcohol is no more dangerous than pot. But alcohol is about infinitely more dangerous than pot. All studies show that, even the one asked by the prohibitionists,(when they ask an independent opinion, which they hide after they discover the truth (Anslinger, Nixon Reagan, Chirac, Bush,...)).
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#16885 Jan 20, 2014
Go figure? Prohibition of alcohol, and of all drugs, has been from the start an idea of drug dealers. Prohibition of drugs is, from the start, a technic for
- selling much more drug through an underground market,
- targeting directly the youth with efficacious professional methods,
- selling with no control on price, nor taxes,
- selling products with no control of quality.
A large part of the benefits is used to corrupt the political system so as to preserve the prohibition law.
All the data are known and easily available. So a politician who still defend prohibition of any drug is either gravely incompetent, or is an ally of terrorists and drug dealers.
#16886 Jan 20, 2014
And the dumbing down of America continues......
#16887 Jan 20, 2014
Drink a few Lites over the weekend and go in Monday morning and no problems. Smoke a few joints over the weekend and go in Monday or the next two weeks, get in a random test and get fired with a drug related dismissal on your record. Which is more DANGEROUS to your job, your career, your family, or your future?
#16888 Jan 20, 2014
What T Said That?
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Pot no more dangerous than alcohol..
And the dumbing down of America continues......
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I need summer shoes that are appropriate for my dark-colours, femme-with-an-edge aesthetic. Difficulty: my ankles roll (and then I fall), and my hand surgeon has emphasized I must do everything in my power to avoid slipping/falling this summer. What flat, good-grip summer shoes provide ankle support? [more inside]
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Zaica's varied menu is all about quick, practical and cheerful dining
Zaica's aspiration to 'fine dining' is baffling. Especially considering their logo — brash green lettering set on a carpet of fierce orange flames. To ensure that this subtle reference to fiery food doesn't get lost in translation, it's all topped by a jaunty red floating chilli.
The whole effect is more reminiscent of a pizza delivery chain, conjuring up images of speedy bikes, ketchup and jalapenos, rather than a quiet restaurant tinkling with fine crystal and murmured discussions on Parisian vacations.
Nevertheless, the interiors are a nice surprise. Despite the traditional grand old Indian restaurant format, with the requisite lashings of gilt and gold, the overall effect is classy and welcoming with soft lighting and arty, but restrained, furnishing.
They're particularly proud of their gaming room, set up for restless children. I'm not a fan of restless children, and listening to them shriek through one of those ghastly virtual wars, resonating with gun fire and macho grunts, isn't my idea of fine dining. However the Zaica owners are much more forgiving. "We give them headphones, but, yes, there'll be some dhaaam dhoom," they shrug, smiling. Fortunately the dhaam-dhoom brigade is at school when we visit at lunch time, and the goggle-eyed grown men squished into the gaming room play in such morbid silence one can only assume they're being unceremoniously squashed by Lara Croft and her ilk.
The restaurant is intelligently divided into a series of rooms, which means you can choose to be seated away from the noisier areas. There are also a couple of rooms that can be closed off for privacy, an unexpected perk in a restaurant of this category where space is at a premium. How much privacy? Well, mid-way through lunch, we're gleefully told that a couple is having a 'candle-lit lunch' in one of the backrooms. Go figure.
We start on a great note with paneer made in-house, from thick buffalo milk. Its yielding texture is edged with a crust of cashew nuts. Sparingly flavoured with spices, the taste of the paneer is subtly accentuated instead of overwhelmed. The other starters include rich chicken kebabs marinated in coriander roots and cream, tender baby potatoes stuffed with shredded paneer and vegetable kebabs stained deep red with beetroot.
There's no a la carte menu here. You either opt for a vegetarian or non-vegetarian buffet. Often buffets tend to be lacklustre, aimed at people who prefer quantity to quality. Zaica's version of a buffet, however, is a thoughtful compromise.
Starters are delivered to the table straight from the kitchens, so they're hot and fresh. Then, guests help themselves to the main course from the buffet counter at the centre of the restaurant, which offers a reasonable number of options. We try spicy mutton curry and paneer, both of which are standard buffet fare — adequate without being impressive. There's biriyani and pulao, sleek with ghee. The best part however is the bowl of black dal delivered to the table, luxurious with white butter and cream, and silky from hours in the tandoor. It's no surprise to learn that corporate chef Shalik Ram was previously at the Maurya Sheraton in Delhi, given the dal's resemblance to ITC's popular Peshawari dal.
The hot gulab jamuns are excellent, thanks to the buffalo milk khoa made at the restaurant. There's shahi tukra, but its oil slick effect is a little frightening, and the coconut burfi tastes like it's lived through some long, tough Dickensian times. Stick with the gulab jamuns, with crumbly badusha on the side.
A satisfying meal on the whole, especially if you concentrate on the highlights, and consider the price. Zaica doesn't need to hanker for a 'fine-dining' tag. It's about quick, practical and cheerful dining, which draws a lot more fans.
(Zaica is on Cathedral Road, opposite Chola Sheraton Hotel. Lunch is priced at Rs. 350 for vegetarians and Rs. 385 otherwise. Similarly dinner is Rs. 550 and Rs. 580. Call 2811 3837 for details.)
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The night before her surgery for tongue cancer, 30-year-old Lisa Bourdon-Krause realized she might never be able to speak to her toddler son again. So she sat up half the night recording messages to him: "Hi, how was your day?," "You're so handsome," "You have a stinky butt. I need to change you." She read two of his favorite books.
"It took me about three times to get through the one story, but I did it and I'm glad I did it. It made me feel safer going into surgery knowing that if something happened to me or if I couldn't speak when I woke up, he would be able to hear my voice and know how much I loved him," Bourdon-Krause says.
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Last month, the Sixth Circuit ruled that website operators are not liable for content provided by others (User Generated Content or UGC) because of Section 230 immunity under the Communications Decency Act in the Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment decision.
Based on the history of the CDA, that should be no surprise. However, internet lawyers were watching this case closely because a federal judge let a defamation case go to trial and this could have created a hole in the CDA defense. Alas, the court of appeals ruled the way most experts expected and the world can return to normal.
We posted about the trial court's decision before. Last summer, a jury found TheDirty.com "encouraged the development of what is offensive" and was therefore liable for the defamatory posts about former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones. The jury awarded Jones $38,000 in actual damages and $300,000 in punitive damages.
As a refresher, Section 230 of the CDA provides: "[n]o provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." Because the websites are not the publisher or speaker, the sites can't be liable for defamation. Most courts immediately dismiss website operators from defamation suits when the claim is based on UGC.
Jones sued Dirty World Entertainment Recordings which owns TheDirty.com. The site, as expected, immediately filed a motion to dismiss the complaint because the claims were based primarily on the UGC. The trial judge denied the motion arguing the defendant purposefully seeks out and encourages defamatory content. The court wrote "the very name of the site, the manner in which it is managed, and the personal comments of defendant Richie" shows that the site "specifically encouraged development of what is offensive about the content."
The court of appeals said the trial court erred when it held The Dirty was the "creator" or "developer" of the offensive content and when the trial court allowed a "encouragement test" that would cause a website to lose the CDA immunity.
The Sixth Circuit instead implemented the more accepted material contribution test requiring evidence the website operator was "responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development" of the defamatory content. Based on this test, the appellate court found the website did not "author" the statements, pay for the content and did not require defamatory content to use the site. The court also confirmed there was no liability for selecting the content or refusing to edit the content.
What does it mean?
The CDA has been a very effective tool for website operators. Imagine if Facebook or YouTube could be sued for defamation. Those sites would not exist. With the good, comes the like of The Dirty. There is an old saying that "bad facts make bad law." That almost happened in this case. TheDirty.com asks people to "submit dirt." The submission form has entries for the "dirt," and provides a link to upload photographs. More reputable websites, don't have this feature. But, if The Dirty is protected, then you should have no worries that your more mainstream site will also be protected. If there is going to be any changes to allow for liability for those who "encourage" defamation, the change will have to come from the state house and not the court house.
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NEW YORK The NFL hopes to start testing players for human growth hormone, and Major League Baseball has started talks with its union to investigate the test that led to the suspension of a British rugby player.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday that the league had made a proposal to its players in January regarding HGH. Discussions are ongoing, he said.
"Our position is that HGH testing has advanced to the point where we are taking steps to incorporate it into our program," Aiello said. "We have proposed it to the union."
The NFLPA's player development director, Stacy Robinson, said in a statement that the union "has supported research to find a suitable test that will detect sustained HGH use."
"We believe in and collectively bargained for a system that supports the testing of all banned substances," he said.
The NFL has used preseason blood tests since at least 2006 for cholesterol and tryglycerates. Baseball has had urine testing since 2003 but not blood testing.
"We have previously said that if a scientifically validated blood test for HGH is available, we would consider its utilization," new baseball players' association head Michael Weiner said. "But a single uncontested positive does not scientifically validate a test. There remains debate in the testing community about the scientific validity of this test."
The issue of HGH testing has gained renewed interest in the wake of the United Kingdom Anti-Doping authority announcing a two-year ban Monday for rugby player Terry Newton, saying he had tested positive and become the first athlete suspended for using HGH.
The substance is believed by some to hasten healing but there is still a debate over whether it increases strength.
A blood test for HGH has been in existence since the 2004 Athens Olympics and available in the U.S. since 2008, according to United States Anti-Doping Agency executive director Travis Tygart.
Tygart said the test was available to professional leagues, but only through World Anti-Doping Agency labs.
"It's one that's been well-vetted, well-discussed," he said by telephone from London. "Further research has been done to get it to a point where it's scientifically valid, and we're happy to help any entity that's interested in having an effective test, whether we're involved with their program or not, getting them comfortable with the validity of the science."
While MLB can institute blood tests for players on minor league rosters, it must reach an agreement with the players' association to start blood testing for unionized players on 40-man big league rosters.
"We are well aware of the important news with respect to the HGH blood test in England," Major League Baseball said in a statement. "We are consulting with our experts concerning immediate steps for our minor league drug program and next steps for our major league drug program. The commissioner remains committed to the position that we must act aggressively to deal with the issue of HGH."
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He also purchased a lifetime oil change certificate for $200.
But in May he was told by the dealership it was the end of the road for those oil changes.
He says, 'We'll give you one last oil change, and after that we're no longer honoring the certificate,' recalled Erik.
Here's what happened: Millennium Ford went out of business and a new Ford dealership took its place, with different owners.
So we asked UW law professor Steven Calandrillo, what is a lifetime in this case.
Unless they've assumed the liabilities of the old company, it doesn't mean they will have to honor his lifetime oil change contract, he said.
Calandrillo says if the business goes under, your lifetime deal goes away too. So, first remember, any purchase like this is a gamble by the consumer that the business will be around for a while.
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For the last four years, Harvey, a Noank resident who's been a registered nurse at L+M for 25 years, has led an adopt-a-family project involving the entire unit, about 50 strong with nurses, technicians, patient care assistants, managers and other staff, both union and nonunion. The group had signed up to adopt a needy New London family of three through a program run by resident Joni Discordia out of the Elks Lodge, with each of the three shifts taking a different family member.
But with the staff split between the locked out nurses and technicians on the outside and the other staff on the inside, Harvey wasn't sure what to do. The hospital has forbidden its working staff from contacting the locked-out workers while on the job, and Harvey had left the paperwork with the gift list and sign-up sheet in the unit. The lockout began Nov. 30, after a four-day strike and is in its 14th day today.
"I thought about not doing it, but then I thought it through and decided it wasn't right for this family to miss out because of the situation at L+M," she said. She contacted fellow nurses and technicians in the unit through Facebook, and then she and others found ways to reach out to the managers and others still working without violating the hospital's directive.
"I thought it wasn't right to just keep it to people on the outside," she said.
Everyone, she said, was enthusiastic about keeping their commitment despite the difficult circumstances of the lockout and the financial hardships to the nurses and technicians.
"Everybody was on board," said Penny Sherry of Waterford, a second-shift registered nurse in the unit. "Caring for people is what we do, so we still wanted to help the family. It seemed like it was being true to Christmas. We just decided to get together and make it happen."
Groups shopped for the towels, blanket, Legos, basketball, socks and other clothes and household goods the mother and her two sons had requested. Another group got together at the home of one of the nurses for a wrapping party.
On Friday, everyone met outside the hospital to load Harvey's car with the gifts and help her deliver them to the Elks Lodge, where the receiving family would pick them up.
After the emotional and financial difficulties of the lockout and ongoing labor dispute between the hospital and the union representing the nurses and technicians, Harvey and Sherry said, coming together for a positive purpose was all the more uplifting.
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Angelina Jolie was born in Los Angeles, California to actor parents Marcheline Bertrand and Oscar-winning Jon Voight.
She has an older brother named James Haven, who is also an actor. After her parents' separation in 1976, Angelina and James lived with their mother.
Aged 11, Angelina began studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she was seen in several stage productions.
She undertook film studies at New York University and later joined the renowned Met Theatre Group in Los Angeles.
In the mid-1990s, Angelina was praised for her roles in various small films, such as Hackers and Foxfire.
She married her Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller in 1996. She reportedly wore a shirt that she'd written her husband's name on in blood.
The couple divorced three years later.
Her major break came in 1999 when she won a leading part in The Bone Collector alongside Denzel Washington.
In that same year, Angelina starred in Girl, Interrupted, which led her to win her second Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award and an Academy Award for Best Actress In A Supporting Role.
In 2000, she married her Pushing Tin co-star Billy Bob Thornton. During the marriage, the spouses each wore a vial of the other's blood around their necks. They split in 2002.
Angelina Jolie became an international superstar when Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was released in 2001.
In March 2002, she adopted her first child Maddox from an orphanage in Cambodia.
She then starred opposite future husband Brad Pitt in the 2005 action-comedy Mr & Mrs Smith.
Angelina adopted daughter Zahara from Ethiopia in July 2005. Brad, who had recently split from wife Jennifer Aniston, accompanied her.
On 19 January 2006, Angelina had her children's last names officially changed to Jolie-Pitt.
Angelina and Brad welcomed their first biological child together, daughter Shiloh, in May 2006 and they adopted son Pax from Vietnam in March 2007.
Twins Vivienne and Knox were born on 12 July 2008.
The couple announced their engagement in April 2012 after seven years together and married on 23 August 2014 in a private ceremony in France.
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A marimba, a large classical percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, which weighs more than 142kg, has been presented to the Afghan National Institute of Music, following the intervention of the Foreign Office.
After eight months of planning, deputy ambassador of the British Embassy in Kabul, Nic Hailey, handed over the marimba to the institute earlier this month and it was the focus of a concert on Monday in Kabul.
The donation was sparked by a fundraising concert in the Uists by The National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, which gave the proceeds to the Linda Norgrove Foundation. The charity was launched after the death of Afghan-based aid worker Ms Norgrove, from the Western Isles, during a failed rescue by US Navy SEALs to free her from kidnappers in 2010.
The foundation was keen to maintain the musical theme while using the money to further the education of Afghan children.
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NRG Energy Inc., NRG Yield Inc. and SunPower Corp. have announced the completion of the final phase of the 250 MW California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) photovoltaic generating facility in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.
According to NRG Energy, the electricity generated by CVSR will be sold to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) under two long-term power purchase agreements.
Bechtel, on behalf of SunPower Corp., designed and provided engineering, procurement and construction services for the project, which began in September 2011, NRG Energy says. In October 2012, the first 22 MW began delivering power to PG&E's transmission lines.
NRG Energy reports that it and SunPower will jointly operate and maintain CVSR for two years, after which NRG Energy will assume sole responsibility for operating the site.
NRG Energy acquired CVSR from SunPower in 2011, and the project is jointly owned by NRG Yield (48.95%), NRG Energy notes.


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Cano went 1 for 2 with a sacrifice fly and an RBI double as the designated hitter. Nova, in contention for the fifth slot in the rotation for the Yankees, gave up back-to-back home runs in the second inning. He gave up five runs in 5 1-3 innings.
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Colton Iverson has signed a one-year deal with Spanish Euroleague power Laboral Kutxa Baskonia, according to his agent Ben Pensack.
"It's a great opportunity for Colton to play at the highest level in Europe," Iverson's agent said of the Celtics [1]' second-round pick in 2013. As for the 7-footer's future with the team that drafted him No. 53 overall last year, Pensack added, "We will reassess after this season and will know more then."
Iverson remains under the Celtics [1] control until the team renounces his rights [2].
In 47 games for Besiktas in Turkey last season, Iverson averaged 7.2 points (53.5 FG%, 48.4 FT%) and 4.8 rebounds in 17.4 minutes. The 25-year-old Colorado State product returned to play for the Celtics [1] in the Orlando summer league last month, producing 6.4 points and 2.4 rebounds in 15.8 minutes over five games.
The trade for Tyler Zeller and Marcus Thornton along with a guarantee of Phil Pressey's contract and the signing of Evan Turner [3] this season meant the Celtics [1] had the same number of guaranteed contracts as open roster spots (15). The presence of Zeller in addition to Vitor Faverani and Joel Anthony [4] also pushed the number of centers on the C's roster to three. While Faverani's immediate future remains unclear pending his recovery from knee surgery and following his DUI arrest [5], the Celtics currently have no room on the roster as training camp approaches, even if Anthony's $3.8 million expiring contract makes him surefire trade bait.
As a result, Iverson will continue to develop overseas, joining a team that made the competitive Spanish league playoffs last season and qualified for the Euroleague postseason in both 2011 and 2013.
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Denver Post sports columnist Woody Paige posts Woody's Mailbag on Thursdays.
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Hey, Paige, why do you spend all your time ragging on Kyle Orton? He is a great young quarterback and will lead the Broncos to the Super Bowl championship. The coach says that Orton is No. 1 and will be the starter, and you want to trade him. When are you and Tim Tebow getting married?
— Tom, Chicago
Woody Paige: Tom, thank you for asking. Tim and I are thinking about a June wedding. Seriously, though, his religion probably does not permit same-sex marriages, and my own belief system does not allow me to marry a gerbil or anyone from Chicago.
Now, in regard to your other question, I do not harp on Orton or think about him all the time. I spent six hours last night watching sports events, and not once did I mention Orton's name to anyone or even think about him.
But since you bring it up, Orton is not that great (maybe 15th best, at best, in the NFL) or that young any more (he'll be 28 in November), and he will never lead any team to a Super Bowl championship.
To be fair, Kyle, as a rookie in 2005, was promoted to Bears starter when Rex Grossman was hurt in an exhibition game.
He was replaced after halftime in the 14th game by Grossman, didn't play the following week and finished up in a meaningless game against the Vikings.
Grossman played in the postseason as the Bears lost to Carolina in an NFC divisional playoff game.
The Bears said they were pleased with Orton despite his league-worst 59.7 QB rating with nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions.
In the offseason, the Bears signed Brian Griese — remember him? — and Orton did not play a lick in 2006 (the year they lost in the Super Bowl to the Colts), and played in only three games in 2007. When the Bears did not reach the playoffs in 2008 with Orton as quarterback in 15 games, he was traded to the Broncos for Guess Who.
So I guess, Tom, you could say he led the Bears in the general direction of the playoffs in 2005, but the Bears were not pleased enough with him to let him play at the end of that season or for the next two seasons.
I honestly think Orton is an average NFL quarterback. There are a lot of those.
He did help the Broncos win their first six games last season (although the Denver defense, just as the 2005 Bears defense, was primarily responsible for most of those victories).
He did help the Broncos lose eight of their last 10 (although it can be argued that the defense was just as responsible for those defeats).
His admirers will say that Orton had his best year. Yes, he did. The three quarterbacks Josh McDaniels coached in his last three years had the most productive seasons of their careers — Tom Brady in 2007, Matt Cassel in '08 and Orton in '09.
So Orton obviously was aided by McDaniels and the defense and Brandon Marshall. There. As we all know, the future of the Broncos is with Tim Tebow and Brady Quinn.
Orton will be here for one more year. If he were to start here and have a great year, I genuinely believe, as a free agent, he would take the best contract from wherever it comes.
If he has a bad year as a starter, he'll limp out of town and sign wherever he can. If he starts and plays as he did in the second half of last season, he'll be replaced by Quinn or Tebow in midseason, as he was replaced in late season in Chicago, and he'll end up somewhere else in 2011 as a backup.
Let's look at the obvious, people who don't get it. If the Broncos had thought Orton was a great quarterback, they wouldn't have obtained Quinn. You can say they got him cheap.
Not so fast. If Quinn does end up as the starter, he could make a ton of money this season and next.
If they also thought Orton was the long-range answer, they wouldn't have then gone and gotten Tebow, too. Doesn't that tell anyone anything?
People say that McDaniels is just reacting to the public. I can tell you he doesn't read the newspapers or watch what is said about the Broncos on TV, and he certainly never has listened to a talk show in Denver.
I seriously doubt he has ever read any column or mailbag I've written, and he doesn't watch me on TV.
His assistant does give him an idea of what's being said or written, but McDaniels doesn't react to public opinion. He reacts to his own opinion.
Now, more about Orton. He doesn't, as we know, have a strong arm, and he is not the most mobile or athletic of NFL quarterbacks.
So the Broncos offense was limited last year, and would be again this if he were the starter.
McDaniels said the other day the Broncos would like to be more aggressive on both sides of the ball and with the special teams. I asked him if that was the theme this year: "Be Aggressive."
And he said yes. That means on offense, he said, they would like to spread the ball around, run better and get the ball down the field more often with longer passes.
In their system, Orton often can make the decision to throw deep. He doesn't. He prefers safe, sure, short passes. He is conservative.
And because of Orton's limitations, the Broncos tended to call safer, short, bubble-type screens and quick throws to the backs.
They know that Orton can't run, so there are no spread-type running plays for the QB, although McDaniels would like to use more of the spread offense that he and the New England coaches adapted from Florida.
As the season went on, defensive backfields cheated up more often to stop the run and the short pass and gamble that Orton couldn't, or wouldn't try to, beat them deep.
So the running game and the short passing game weren't as effective.
In addition, Orton has proven in the past that he will panic and throw interceptions because he can't avoid the rush or take off and run with the ball if the offense breaks down.
He was terrible, for the most part, in the second half of the season after his injury, and so were the Broncos. They weren't getting a lift from the defense, and Orton couldn't carry them.
Orton says he is a leader, and that the other players believe in him. I don't believe that's certain.
Champ Bailey said Orton is his man. What did you expect him to say? Players are not going to call for a change at quarterback.
Orton says he is No. 1, but McDaniels has delayed saying that he will be in the starter in 2010, if you've paid any attention to what he's been saying in the past several weeks.
The competition is wide open. Orton could be beaten out. I'm just wondering why Orton isn't doing more offseason work, beyond the usual passing camp the past two weeks, here in Denver.
One of his closest friends in Denver says I'm totally wrong to question Orton's work habits and leadership, but at the end of the workout a few days ago, Orton walked off the field. Tebow and Quinn stayed on. It wasn't demanded of them.
Why wouldn't their presence motivate Orton? Oh, the Broncos will never trade anybody because I suggest it.
Woody, is there anyone in the Rockies' system that can replace Clint Barmes at second base, or is there anyone out there that can be traded for? Clint is a great glove man, but his at-bats are terrible. It seems like he is always trying for the longball when he could use a little of Dante Bichette's style of shortening up when you have two strikes.
— Jack White, Loveland
Paige: Two words, Jack: Hector Gomez. The only problems are Gomez won't be ready for three years, is a shortstop and seems to be injury-prone.
Gomez, a wiry (read: thin), 22-year-old Dominican, is considered the fourth- or fifth-best prospect in the Rockies' farm system.
We got a look a brief look at him in spring training at both short and second, but he's in Double-A this year, and, actually, he's not playing at all (after appearing in only two games) because of a lower-back injury he got while trying to steal.
He's a great glove man with a strong arm, but he still has to prove he can hit (.275 last year in Single-A) and stay healthy and make the switch from short to second (because the Rockies do have a shortstop, you know).
In the short term, the Rockies have Barmes, Eric Young Jr. (when he comes back from his leg fracture) and possibly Kaz Matsui, who was the Rockies' second baseman in 2007.
Young still has to prove he can hit major-league pitching, and we know he can't play in the outfield.
Matsui has to prove that he can hit major-league pitching again — he sunk to the depths with the Astros, and they released him.
The Rockies signed Matsui to a minor-league deal on Monday with the hopes that returning to the Rockies' organization will bring him back. Don't count on it.
I'm not prepared, like you and the guys who come after me in bars, to give up on Barmes.
He is a great defensive player (despite the flub the other day that cost them a game), and he has hit in the .280s and 290s with the Rox in the past.
They can live with him hitting .245 (as he did last year) if he yanks homers (23 in 2009) and hits in the eight hole, if everybody else is hitting.
He's not striding well, and, you're right, Clint is not shortening his swing with two strikes.
But Melvin Mora is a liability at second base, and EY2 hasn't come back.
I assume Young Mr. Young will get more appearances, but Jim Tracy loves Barmes and will stick with him as long as he can.
Gomez is the probably guy of the future, though.
Woody, why are you so tough on my guy, Knowshon Moreno? I would ask you to pull up the statistics of the all-time rushing leader in the NFL, Emmitt Smith, and compare his first-year statistics to Knowshon's. They are almost identical in number of carries, YPC, and total rushing yards. I'm not saying Knowshon will have the same career success that Emmitt had, but notice the improvement for Emmitt in his second season. Why can't Knowshon see the same improvement?
— Miles
Paige: What, do you live under a bridge, Miles? Give us your hometown, homie. I'm guessing somewhere in Georgia, where Knowshon played college ball.
I'll take your word for the statistical comparison as rookies. I'm too busy ragging on Orton to look them up.
McDaniels says Knowshon has a better understanding of the system. But we don't really know how the offensive line changes and injuries will affect him.
The Broncos will be a bigger, more powerful, run-blocking team, but they've got those tackle injuries and those new people.
The zone-blocking system is history, and that produced a bunch of 1,000-yard runners here.
But Knowshon, as we know, son, is not a one-cut back, which was what was needed in the old system. He couldn't do it.
I expect him to be better (he couldn't be worse), but he needs a couple of break-out long runs and a couple of break-out games (at least one 100-yard game, for crying out loud) before you can start comparing him to a future first-ballot Hall of Famer.
He has Miles to go, and the Broncos will have at least two more running backs (and a third if Brian Westbrook comes here), so he probably won't be a full-timer.
Hey Woody, What do you think of a game between the losers of the AFC and NFC championship games on the Sunday before the Super Bowl? Last season, I would have loved to see the Vikings vs. Jets for the third-place prize.
— Jeff Gordon (not the racecar driver), Las Vegas
Paige: Jeff, my man: Where have you been? That concept was tried a long time ago.
It was called the Playoff Bowl or some such garbage.
It was the Losers Bowl, and it was a loser. If you think nobody wants to play in the Pro Bowl, imagine how the players felt about playing in a meaningless exhibition after the season was over.
The NFL had games between the division runners-up from 1960-66, then kept it going with the losers of the conference championships from 1967-70 (when the merger with the AFL officially happened).
All the games were at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
In 1969 the game drew 20,000 or so, and everybody realized it was useless. Vince Lombardi (who coached the Green Bay Packers twice in the game) once called it "The Rinky-Dink Bowl."
It's not going to work again. You'd have 50 players pull up with hamstrings in the first quarter. Come up with another idea, like a new muffler for race cars.
First off, Woody, you're the man and my favorite commentator in sports by far. I was wondering: What do you think the Nuggets should and could realistically do this offseason (i.e. trade for another big, a draft pick, etc.)?
— Conor Dea, Downtown Denver
Paige: Connor, I'll be brief because we don't know when George Karl can come back, if the two executives will be back and if Stan Kroenke will be back as owner (although I know all three will happen at some point), so it's early.
I'm guessing LeBron James won't sign here. And the Nuggets don't have a lot of wiggle room under the cap.
I'd say briefly trade J.R. Smith and something for a quality center, and hope that Nene, Kenyon Martin and Chris Andersen don't get hurt again next year.
And sign a midrange, quality 3-point shooter who also is a quality guy and not some immature buffoon who doesn't get it.
I find it odd that Mike Shanahan has not made any attempts to sign any of "his" Broncos. Much like Josh McDaniels brought in a bunch of New England players, I thought Shanahan would have done the same with Denver. At the very least he could have gotten Tony Scheffler; I'm sure Donovan McNabb would have loved him. If Shanahan doesn't think enough of "his" guys to not go after any, does that validate McDaniels trying to get rid of them?
— Chris, Littleton
Paige: Chris, most of "his" guys already are gone and with somebody else, or are out of the league. I don't think he's going after Dré Bly.
Why would Shanahan take his guys to D.C.? Most of them weren't very good in Denver. That's why Shanahan's not here anymore.
He's got tight ends. He didn't need Scheffler.
I would assume that it validates that McDaniels got rid of a lot of players who couldn't much play for anybody, or play dead.
And how's it going, Dolphins, with Brandon Marshall and his latest reason for not showing up?
Woody, what do you think will happen to the Buffalo Bills when Ralph Wilson no longer owns the team? Will we stay put, move to Toronto, maybe a different market? We have wonderful fans that are struggling during these harsh economic times, but we always stand by our Bills!
— Michael Scherer, Buffalo, N.Y.
Paige: Michael, who's going to replace me when I'm dead? I don't care. Let's not push Ralph Wilson out the door yet. He's too busy not wanting to draft Tim Tebow or anybody else at QB.
I hope Buffalo always has a team — I love the people and the falls and the wings at the Anchor Bar and the outlet mall near the border — but I think it makes sense (because of the harsh economic times in Buffalo for a long, long time) to split the team between Buffalo and Toronto.
Why not four and four or five and three? They're close enough to travel back and forth, and Toronto has an indoor stadium, and maybe they'll play a Super Bowl in Buffalo now that New York City has gotten one.
Buffaronto Bills. That's the ticket.
In your conference realignment answer, you forgot Texas A&M. Was that intentional or are we just that bad we don't deserve to be in a conference?
— Stacy, Texas
Paige: Stacy, uh. It was no joke or slight. I forgot the Aggies. My bad. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. I apologize to a great school. Someone slap me with a gerbil.
Woody Paige first joined The Denver Post in 1981 as a sports columnist. Drop a question into Woody's Mailbag, or visit The Denver Post's Sports Page.