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Gotta be Wiggins I reckon. Winning the TDF is the absolute pinnacle of his sport. To follow it up with Olympic gold as well - would be an injustice if anybody else won it really.

Hmmm. The fatal flaw with the article you posted is that it only refers to the eastern ice sheet, which is acknowledged to be in a steady-state mass balance on the page I linked (up until 2009 at least). The rate of loss from the western ice sheet however, over the period of the study, was shown to be increasing so much that the overall increase in the rate of mass loss for the whole of Antarctica was around 26 gt per year / per year. Nice try though.

No... http://www.skepticalscience.com/antarctica-gaining-ice-intermediate.htm The sea ice may be increasing (supposedly due to the loss of the ozone layer over the antarctic, though this is uncertain) but overall the land ice is being lost at a much higher rate. Melting sea ice does not raise sea levels because the overall volume remains the same, but melting land ice not only means higher sea levels but it also brings into play the positive feedback effect caused by the release of stored methane into the atmosphere.

...Well, on film anyway. I know the books have been around a while longer. But what is everyone's favourites? Best Bond Tough one really. I can totally discount Lazenby (although his one film was not bad), Roger Moore was terrible IMO, and Dalton was OK (certainly not as bad as some people make out) so it's a toss-up between the other three for me. Hard to call because the styles of films were all very different for each of them. Best film Again a tough one. So many to choose from. When I was much younger my favourite was Moonraker - mainly because it had spaceships in it so it was so amazingly cool to a 10-year-old, but repeat viewings as an adult show it to be pretty terrible in places (like the whole 'Jaws falls in love at first sight' thing - so cringeworthy!). When the series returned after a 5-year break with Brosnan in Goldeneye they really pulled out all the stops and I thought it was superb, so I would probably have to go with that one. Though I have yet to see Skyfall, and I have to say it looks fantastic from the trailer and from reports I have heard. Best baddie Quite an easy one for me - has to be Christopher Walken as Max Zorin in View to a Kill. The film overall wasn't one of the better ones, but he was a brilliant psychopath without the campness that often went with the role in other films. Best car Everyone's favourite is usually the DB5, but personally I always loved the submersible Lotus. I do have to give a special mention to the DBS in Casino Royale though - sex on wheels that was, but it was sadly lacking in gadgets. Sexiest Bond girl (goody or villain) Again, so many to choose from. But for me it has to be Famke Jansen as Xenia Onatop in Goldeneye. Would happily have died between her thighs like the Russian general did. Best theme tune Hmmmm. Some really good ones and some pretty awful ones. But I think my award probably goes to Carly Simon's 'Nobody Does it Better'. I'm sure others will disagree, but if anybody votes for Madonna then you need to take a long, hard look at yourselves. Over to the rest of you....

Using the lines across the pitch as a marker, he is clearly not offside. He is at best level with the possibility of only his right knee being ahead of the defender.

Here's an interesting read, for all those skeptics who claim there is no consensus in the scientific community... http://scienceprogress.org/2012/11/27479/

So is he still 'out of his depth' and 'HAS to go'?

Two very good goals, one harshly disallowed (looked onside to me - just) and hit the woodwork 3 times. Defended very well as a team - none of the howlers that have cost us so far this season and a clean sheet - at last! Very happy this evening!

Like we did in 2005 you mean?

I know this doesn't really add anything to the debate, but I thought I would share it with you as it is relevant... Yesterday I went to my other half's graduation ceremony at Sheffield City Hall, and I was privileged to hear an address from the Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University - none other than the TV science presenter and world-renowned fertility specialist Robert Winston. He was very frank with his opinions on the current debate and expressed great concern about the health minister's recent announcement about reducing the cut-off point for termination, insisting that politics has no place in such matters and that any decision regrading terminations should be purely between 'doctor and patient', for which he received a heartfelt round of applause.

Thank you *Halo* for such an excellent summary of the situation. You do have to wonder why our media channels always choose to show interviews with Israeli officials talking about the terrorist threat from Gaza and their right to defend themselves, yet we never get to hear the Palestinian side of it. I mean, it couldn't possibly be due to the heavy Jewish influence in global, and particularly American media corporations, could it?

Apart from hitting the post before he scored you mean?

Just watched the highlights on MOTD and it seemed that Puncheon was involved in every single attacking move we made today, and could have had three or four goals if his finishing was a little better. Gets my vote anyway.

If people care more about a symbol than they do about the sentiment behind it then that's up to them.

None I guess. I was simply responding to Sour Mash so that he could have all of the available information before making a snap judgment on me and my reasons for not wearing a poppy. As for McLean, well he obviously had his own reasons for choosing not to wear one, just as I do. AS BTF suggested, there may be some reason why he or his family may face a backlash at home in Derry if he did wear one, so I am not going to pass judgment on him, as many others on here appear to be very eager to do, for exercising his right to freedom of choice and freedom of expression.

Does it? Really? I mean, if there was some way we could commune with all those dead soldiers in the afterlife and ask their opinion, what do you think they would say about it? My guess is that they wouldn't give the slightest toss if people wear poppies or not, as long as they remember the sacrifice made and honour that by enjoying the freedoms that were fought for. FWIW... My great grandfather was lost to a German U-boat during the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942. His older brother was KIA somewhere in Belgium in 1917. I know this because I have taken the time to read all of the research that my mum has carried out on our family history, and looked up the records of where there is a plaque bearing their names. I have given money to the poppy appeal on many occasions, and I always observe the silence on Rememberance Day, but I choose not to wear a poppy when I give my money over, for the same reason that I have never taken a wristband when giving to Help For Heroes: because I don't believe that wearing such a symbol in any way validates my choice to donate and acknowledge the reasons for it. I'm wondering if all of the holier-than-though judges on here could tell me... Does that make me a c\/nt?

It's a pretty dull life I lead ;-)

Wow. Just.... wow! I've just caught up on this thread and I have to say that I never thought this forum could ever reach the depths of moronic hypocrisy that it has. Just to sum up, for those who still don't see the irony... Poster A - "They gave their lives so that we could all enjoy freedom of choice and expression" Poster B - "OK I respect that and I am happy to observe a minutes silence and donate to the charity etc..., but I exercise that freedom given to me by choosing not to wear an insignificant bit of plastic" Poster A - "Then you're a c\/nt and you should be forced to wear one!" Hahahaha! Cheers guys - not had such a good laugh in ages.

Just watched Cabin In The woods. What...the.....f!*@?

From your opening post on this thread... Make your mind up...Which is it? A scathing attack on a manager and, indeed, a whole new thread, for failing to make some substitutions that were no guarantee of a different result does not really constitute 'support' in my book.

And what if Adkins had brought on some fresh legs, but we still didn't win? You and Thedulldays would doubtless now be screaming for him to be sacked because he did make the subs. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. FWIW, I don't think 'fresh legs' in attack would have made the slightest difference yesterday. Swansea sat back and defended with 10 men behind the ball to hold out for the draw. Bringing on somebody with a bit more pace only makes sense if the oppo are pushing forward chasing the game, otherwise it is surely better to keep your more talented players on the pitch. Adkins called it right IMO.

Yea cos we were so sh1t when we wore the sash weren't we.

Any excuse to have a pop with you at the moment isn't it! Adkins has said Shaw had cramp, so he was replaced with another left back. How in the living f**k do you manage to work out that means Adkins is 'out of his depth"? You're getting worse than Alpine Saint in the 'completely baseless and irrational criticism' stakes, and it's getting rather boring now.

You're not sad to say it though, are you. You've been saying ad-naseum for the last few weeks and you're like a stuck record. There was nothing wrong with the way we set up today. The formation and the tactics were spot on in fact. We didn't get the result because the team couldn't penetrate enough to seriously test the keeper, and that is 100% down to the players and not the manager. Getting rid of Adkins and bringing in someone new now will not make the slightest improvement IMO.