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Likewise, I preferentially visit a local coffee shop that has way better coffee (not bitter like Starbucks') and personalized, friendly service. If she were to go out of business, I will shed a tear but not if one of the 4 Starbucks within a 6 mile radius were to shut down.

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Where, in this thread, did he discuss either QB ? Do you have any comments on the point he was making about expecting the offense to do more than just keep possession ?

Thanx, Mark. Good, non-judgmental preview. Being a sucker for dumb action flicks & Will Smith, I will see Hancock. Being a huge X-Files fan will find me in the theater to believe yet again TDK - where else would I rather be ? Journey is a maybe depending on whether I have anything better to do that weekend (with the wife out of town). Pass on Hellboy as I am not into that character. Meet Dave is a definite pass. Murphy irritates me now, no matter what he does.

Thanx for correcting my math. Guess I was living in the past.

My prediction is Schobel with a 14+ sack season. Strange that most people in this thread gravitate towards a defensive player when predicting a 'best performance'.

Don't agree fully with your points, but I appreciate this post about JP (for a change). To use a cliche, time alone will tell who ends up being the better QB. I just want the Bills to be strong playoff contenders - just sick of this excuse machine which generates new ones every year for failures while our record wallows in Cardinals territory.

Thanx for the link. I don't know if I am waiting for The Dark Knight more or QOS. Both reboots were my favorite movies in their respective years of release. Atleast TDK is just 3 weeks away !!

Try www.momondo.com as it searches multiple places for the fares. Within the continental US, Southwest may have the best deals. I did an Auckland - Denver R/T and get ~ $7000 for 2 adults and 2 kids including taxes. Also, October flights might be cheaper.

Hey if they show everything, what will they have for the inevitable sequel ? I liked it too though I wished they had toned down their preachy message and the cheap Bush knock ("stay the course"). As far as their animated movies go, my favorites are Finding Nemo and Incredibles.

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Undoubtedly. In fact, if there was a vote, I would love to pin this thread for future reference about how a topic is supposed to be debated. I would prefer a more succinct version of the debate but very well done by both.

Fair enough and I don't expect everyone to know chemistry either save for those in politics and media who spout the virtues of hydrogen without understanding the entire picture. It is their job to understand what they are advocating and influencing policy about.

Egads. Never thought I would say this about any poster but ax4782 and krazykat individually put Pyrite Gal to shame regarding length of posts.

Care to explain that sentence ?

Knock yourself out ... http://www.h2fc.com/technology.html Warning - By the time you finish reading the section on for and against arguments you will rush to the main board clamoring for an Edwards-JP debate.

Technology can never overcome the laws of physics and chemistry. Most of the hydrogen discussed in these sources has a source with carbon attached to it. So even if technology can extract said H2 economically, the question of disposing of the carbon (or dioxide) still remains and may become an even bigger lightning rod for criticism in the future. Secondly, as I mentioned, splitting water takes an enormous amount of energy and generating from a renewable source is the only logical solution. So, as I said in a previous post, there are several aspects to this situation and when you put the entire value chain together (production, distribution, storage, by-product disposal and usage) it doesn't add up to a attractive picture no matter how much advanced technology is developed to solve a production-related problem.

If oil prices stay where they are, they will be close enough to incentivize accelerating technology to extract oil from oil shales which is aplenty in our own backyard. Without any links to support this - I think $80 was the price point at which Canadian oil sands became feasible as an oil source & $150 is when oil shales reach that point.

ya, but ... Where is the hydrogen going to come from ? Wicked laws of nature have intricately linked hydrogen with carbon molecules and these things called hydrocarbons are widely present in usable form in natural gas, coal and crude oil. So if the end goal is to reduce our dependence on these sources, we are SOL. If purely from a environmental perspective, using hydrogen to power transportation is good but what I said above implies that separating hydrogen will leave behind carbon which will have to be disposed off in some enviro-friendly fashion. There are ofcourse other pesky factors as to production plants for hydrogen, fill-up stations etc. which are a major barrier to the utopian 'hydrogen economy'. If the goal is to produce on-board hydrogen, it still needs a feed which will most likely have a carbon-related by-product. The ultimate solution will be to split water (a highly energy intensive process) using solar energy to get hydrogen and oxygen. Sucky situation, eh ?

Ha ha ha ha ... The Onion is really funny.... ha ha. Wait, this was Fox News ? As in real news ? I am stunned that anybody in the US, the land of Univ of Chicago thinking, can even bring up this idea. Especially one of our elected politicians. I promise to never vote for the first presidential candidate that supports this idea.

Which regions/states/cities have you narrowed down to ? I used to live in Warren, PA and loved coming to Jamestown but can understand lack of opportunities. Here is an opening in my daughter's elementary school (Far western suburb of the Chicagoland area). Plenty of houses for sale around here & I have the NFL Sunday ticket : http://www.generalasp.com/SWDP/onlineapp/j...School+Teaching

Check my comments on page 4 of this thread http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showt...67066&st=60

No that could be because our O will be scoring so many TDs, that we won't need no stinkin' FG kicker. Seriously though, that ranking is ridiculous.

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Too early to tell. It took in decent amount of money in its first weekend albeit against a $157 million budget. Also, 'biggest' flop ? There are other movies still to come such as Hancock and Hellboy II which (I am bettting) would be in the running for that crown. This summer has been very tame in that there are no certified disasters yet.