Louisiana and other affected states should try turning this oil spill into a positive. I know that sounds crazy, but I am sure there are a lot of people who care about what is going on in the gulf coast states and would like to see for themselves the devastation. Car accident on the freeway what do people do, slow down and look. So use the disaster to bring tourist to see what is happening. The fishing boats could take tourist out to see the devastation up close. They could have bus tours to affected beaches and wildlife areas, not to be lib, but you could create new food dishes like The Tar Ball Sandwich, Dispersant Soup the BP Gumbo ( without all the sea food ), BP Jambalaya ( again without the sea food ). Set up games with BP Executive life size figures as Dart Boards or throw Tar Balls at them. Setup up an Oil Barrel in a restaurant with chocolate syrup pouring out the bottom. Make a desert that looks like Oil floating on it or a soup with a Oil Shine, Top Hat something. Not trying to make light of the situation but it is a reality, try turning it into a positive marketing tool, people are curious by nature and care about our ocean front states and I am sure would love to experience this up close, what do you have to lose. Make BP pay for all the Advertising and Marketing, be creative, be positive and use this to keep the state thriving. Just my two cents!

My firefox 3.6.3 was running really slooooow, where IE was fast, I found these instruction to speed firefox up and they worked!!
These are at Dennis Yuppy blog: Tips n tricks Gnoted
1. Firefox running slow when starting?
2. 3 Hacks for firefox to double your speed!
These helped speed up my firefox hope it works for you!

Whenever you get that from IE check in the Tools – Internet Options or go to the Control Panel and open Internet Options there, then go to the Security tab and click each Icon, Internet, Local intranet, Trusted sites and Restricted sites, click one and then click the Default Level button, after you have reset them all to the Default Level, click the Apply Button and then OK to close, you should be able to connect. If not reopen Internet Options and go to the Connections tab, then go to the LAN settings button, { this only applies to Broadband connections } uncheck everything in that panel and click Apply. Then go to the Advanced tab, click the Restore advanced settings button and then click Apply and OK to exit, try opening IE. This will happen when you upgrade IE, rollback to an earlier version of IE, or if your computer got infected and you remove the infection and cannot connect.