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ExxonMobil should make a formal announcement early next year on their plans for the campus. At this time they have not finalized exactly what branches will close and move to the Spring location. Likely they will not move the present Dallas and Houston offices

.... not as embarrassing as about-to-be-falling out of the top 25 for the first time in a decade.. not to mention a very real chance looking at their first 3 game losing streak since 99 when they go up to Nebraska next week. Welcome to mediocrity, 'whorns !

I've had good experiences with Sony's high-end camreas. If you're not already aware if it, Sony bought out Minolta, so what you're getting is a combination of the two. Hopefully the best of both worlds. That said, the ecosystem for accessories for Canon and Nikon is far richer. But if that sort of thing really only makes a practival difference to super high-end photographers. If you have the ability, try each at a big camera store and see which one feels best to you. Unless you're shooting something very specific, or doing this for a living, there's no reason not to consider the Sony. And though I haven't checked lately, it's my understanding that Sony has been very aggressively pricing its cameras to take a couple of nibbles out of Canon/Nikon.

It looks like Willowbrook mall is finally redeveloping that land that used to be Lord & Taylor. There is a sign with renderings of an outdoor plan and a phone number for restaurant leasing information. Does anyone have any more information about this redevelopment?

We have a Nikon D60, it has done great for what little we know about how to use it. We're considering getting another lens, but haven't really researched it yet.

There is a double standard when it comes to Muslims in America, American politicians want us to believe that we have to cater to them, that we have to allow the country as we know it to be changed so that we do not offend them anymore, because everyone in this country should be free to practice whatever religion they see fit. Political correctness has run amuck in this country. The age of the internet and fast spreading video/internet has brought upon this country the inability to stand up for itself for fear of being labeled a racist, or an intolerant person, and getting your picture plastered across the media for someone elses gain. It is destroying this country. It is allowing this country to have no national identity. New residents/immigrants do not even attempt to adopt our way of life, rather they pick and choose what they want to adopt. They want to adopt the ability to protest as long as nobody protests them....if you protest against them, your intolerant, or a racist (see the entire tea party movement). We are allowing this country to essentially become a nation of laws with absolutely no national identity - The longer this type of acceptance, and pussification goes on the worse this country will be. It is what got Obama elected in the first place. The blacks showed up and voted entirely because of race, certain whites voted out of guilt, young people voted to do something cool and new, and liberals voted for his ideals. Anyone opposed was just a racist. With that said, as much as I hate the idea of a mosque near ground zero, the private property rights side of me makes me say let them build it, it is their private property and you should not be able to stop it just because you dont like it. After its built, someone else can utilize their private property rights and build things next door and all around it that are equally as offensive to muslims as the mosque is to the people of New York who see this mosque as a trophy for the devastation done in their religion's name. I can think of several things that could be built around it that could test their tolerance. SPCA adoption facility for stray/homeless dogs. Pork factory (upwind of course). Street vendors selling pork products, sex shops, a holocaust memorial, etc. I am one of those who wants the laws applied evenly, but does not allow the loudest group of complainers to get their way just because they are loud....I dont think this country is headed in the right direction at all, but I think that enough people are finally waking up and getting angry enough to at least put the brakes on the direction we are headed. We may not make a U-turn like I want, but we will at least put the brakes on the downhill slide we are in.