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It wasn't long ago that Audi unveiled a facelift version for the A6. In fact, it was only in 2009, and Audi is already preparing its next generation . Set to be unveiled in 2011 in Europe and 2013 in USA, the new luxury sedan will be longer and lighter with new powertrains, including a hybrid.
The next A6 will be built on a 115-inch wheelbase - about three inches longer than the current model - and will share the same body steel with the A7 . As for the engine line-up, Audi will start with a 201-HP 2.8-liter V-6 engine for the entry level and will go up to a supercharged 372-HP V8. A hybrid version will be announced in 2012 that will combine a 3.0-liter supercharged engine and an eight-speed autobox.
While steel will be used for most of the body parts, Audi has chosen to use aluminum for the door panels, as well as for some of the underskin parts such as the cast front strut towers. The suspension systems will be shared with models like the A7 and the A8 , offering a better weight distribution. The list of standard options will include a touchpad-entry navigation system, live Google, lane-keeping assist, active cruise control with follow-to-stop, and autonomous emergency braking.


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Marine Canvas Care 101 Taking care of your boat covers, bimini tops and other marine fabric covers.
Marine canvas protects our boats from the suns brutality, rain, bird droppings and sundry other evils, as well as shielding us from the elements while were embracing the boating lifestyle.
As with everything else associated with owning a boat, marine canvas requires your attention periodically to allow the canvas to do its job and look good in the process.
Fabrics Primer
In the early years of sailing the high seas, canvas a tightly woven fabric made of linen, hemp, or cotton was pretty much the only option for boat coverings, tents and tarpaulins.
About four decades ago, technological advances in the textile industry led to the development of synthetic fibers, such as polyesters and acrylics. These materials have proven themselves well suited to the rigors of recreational boating, relegating the canvas of old to more industrial applications. However, we still often use the term canvas generically to describe the various fabric tops, covers, shades and enclosures one might find on a boat.
Todays marine canvas can be made from a variety of materials, including cotton, polyester/cotton blend, solution dyed polyester, pigment coated polyester, acrylic coated polyester, urethane coated polyester, or solution dyed acrylic. Each fabric has its own unique characteristics, allowing you to choose the best material for your particular needs.
Canvas Killers
Ironically, one of the biggest enemies of marine canvas is prolonged exposure to sunlight the suns ultra-violet (UV) rays eventually can fade the fabric. Many covers are impregnated with a UV inhibitor to protect the canvas (to some degree), but over the years most boat covers and canvas will be a slightly lighter shade than when the material was new.
The next is mold, mildew and other nasty stuff that tends to accumulate on canvas, especially those made of cotton or polyester/cotton, because mold and mildew are living organisms, they literally eat the organic cotton fibers in the canvas. Whats more, although the canvas may be completely synthetic, these microscopic villains can attack the stitching if the thread in the seams is organic, its fair game for these gross little creatures.
Operator error is a common reason for canvas problems. Not installing the canvas properly can damage the fabric from chafing against the boat tops framework and from being subjected to high-speed wind loads.
Continuing the theme of operator error, boat owners are notorious for removing wet canvas, wadding it up and tossing it on the dock or in a compartment on the boat and not thinking about the soggy fabric until its time to reinstall the canvas. Chances are that the wet fabric is now a smelly, mildewed mess bad move, Capn.
David Karpinski, VP of Sales and Marketing for Taylor Made Products®, explains, We see a lot of canvas ruined because water collects in areas where the fabric isnt properly supported. The water pools in these low spots, forming an ideal environment for dirt, mold and mildew to congregate. In addition, the weight of the water puddles strains the canvas a situation that can lead to premature canvas failure.
Karpinski continues, Your boats canvas needs to be supported by adjustable poles or a well-made framework assembly and securely fastened to the boat to make sure the top or cover is taut to allow the water to run off quickly, kind of like a tent.
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Cleaning the Fabric
Taking care of canvas isnt hard; just add this simple task to your boats maintenance routine.
Most canvas experts recommend cleaning the canvas while its on the boat, because most of the sections of fabric are rather large and ungainly; however, you can toss smaller pieces of canvas in a washing machine (on the delicate cycle), if you like. Dont put marine canvas in the dryer; hang the canvas on a clothesline or reinstall on the boat to let the fabric air dry.
The cleaning drill is essentially a matter of using a stiff brush to remove loose dirt and debris from the canvas. Hose the canvas with fresh water, then, gently scrub the fabric with a soft brush and a gentle soap (Ivory Snow®, Dreft® or Woolite®). Allow time for the cleaning solution to soak into the fabric, scrub again, and then, rinse with cold (or lukewarm) fresh water until no soap remains on the canvas. Let the canvas air dry.
Some canvas manufacturers suggest using a bit of chlorine bleach to get rid of stubborn stains; others absolutely forbid using bleach. Your best bet is to refer to the information from the supplier/maker of your boats brand of canvas.
After a thorough cleaning (or every few years), you may need to re-treat the canvas to restore its water-repellent properties. This isnt difficult; the authorities in this field advocate a spray-on multi-faceted fabric protection formula that is easy to apply by the do-it-yourself boater.
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The windows in most marine canvas enclosures are made of clear vinyl or plastic. Take great pains not to use window cleaners on vinyl or plastic windows. The ammonia will damage the vinyl/plastic, causing the windows to become cloudy or translucent, and possibly turn a sickly yellow color, rather than remaining transparent.
Also, the vinyl/plastic cleaning protocols vary by manufacturer; some advise simply rinsing the window and wiping it off with your (clean) hand, some promote using mild soap and a soft cloth, and others advocate aftermarket plastic cleaners. Again, consult your boat enclosure supplier or manufacturer for the best method to clean their specific brands of vinyl/plastic windows.
Lets not forget the often-neglected snaps that hold the canvas on your boat. These little fasteners do a lot of work for little recognition.
Periodically treat both halves of the snaps with a dedicated snap lubricant or a drop of water-displacing oil to prevent rust buildup, a particularly bothersome condition in saltwater environments.
Stow canvas when its 100% dry; dont put the canvas away wet. Most folks fold the canvas, others prefer to roll the fabric either way is fine just dont fold the windows or they will form permanent creases (and eventually crack).
Other Items of Interest
Put the top(s) down if you plan to do some high-speed cruising or are going to trailer your boat.
If you can see daylight through the canvas seams from inside the boat, or if the fabric develops tears or weak spots, get the canvas repaired immediately, before a small imperfection becomes a big problem.
Invest in the best canvas you can afford; some say to figure on spending a certain percentage of the cost of your boat on top-shelf canvas boating isnt inexpensive and canvas can protect your boating investment, not to mention add to the boats resale value when youre ready to move up.
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The former owner of the Lollipop Stop Children's Center in Vidor will have to pay $40,000 in damages after jurors in a civil case said they believe he is guilty of indecency with a child.
The decision in the case, held in the 128th Judicial Court of Orange County, was handed down last week. Jurors awarded $15,000 for mental anguish that has already occurred, and $25,000 for mental anguish that, in reasonable probability, will sustain in the future.
Court documents say jurors in the civil case agreed that former owner Cliff Parker committed an act of "indecency with a child" and determined the cash awarded to the child would, "fairly and reasonable compensate her for her injuries."
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer—that's why Dean hires his rival's ex-girlfriend. If he can use her to prove Jack is behind the spiraling downfall of his company, he might be able to turn things around before losing everything.
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Kendra Zelner has three brothers: Eight-year old Noah she's determined to protect, Joel who has no clue she exists, and Robert who wants her dead.
With reason to be distrustful of cops, she takes Noah and flees their Manhattan home for Joel's ranch in Colorado. Under the pretense of needing a job, she plans to hide out until her twenty-fifth birthday, when she'll inherit her trust fund and legally gain custody of Noah away from Robert's greedy hands. Unfortunately, her brother's sexy, infuriating ranch manager insists on demolishing her defenses and digging into her past.
Colton Lawe has good reason to suspect Joel's beautiful, long-lost sister isn't what she seems—the little liar stole from him! He silently vows to expose her secrets, but long hours together on the ranch fosters a closeness and fiery attraction neither of them expects. Can Kendra trust Colton with the full truth before Robert finds them?
Sweet twenty-seven and never been kissed. Well…no one's ever accused Marley Wade of being sweet. Raised in the world of construction by her rough-and-tumble father, Marley knows what it takes to succeed as a general contractor in a man's world. The last thing she needs is an employee who makes her feel soft and feminine.
New co-owner of Hunter Construction Justin Blake goes undercover on Marley's crew to discover the truth behind his grandfather's death. But he didn't count on an instant attraction to his boss—or for it to develop into deeper emotions. When a blackmailer threatens to expose the twenty-five-year-old secrets that link his family and Marley's, Justin realizes the truth could not only shatter a future with Marley, but his entire family as well.
Ad-Man Jordan Blake believed image was everything—until his parents were convicted of murder, the family company went bankrupt, and his excessive drinking and arrest fueled the tabloids. When lawyer David Barnes offers representation in exchange for assistance in reopening his Colorado mountain resort, Jordan has no choice. It's help or jail.
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Jordan's arrival exposes Lexie's true identity and brings her dead husband's 'friends' calling. Jordan offers to help, but the shadow of his drinking leaves Lexie reluctant to trust. Can they conquer their fears and find the courage to face the criminals—and the world—together?
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This book is an exact reprint of the 1950 Oxford University Press edition, with a new foreword by J. K. Elliott and a biography by A. M. Devine (Oxford University Press, 1950). A pioneering study on Matthew's Gospel, The Origins of the Gospel according to St. Matthew has stood the test of time and for the past sixty years has been regularly referred to and discussed in many a learned monograph or article on Matthew as well as in the standard commentaries on that Gospel. . . . Kilpatrick's investigation had revitalized and rejuvenated New Testament source criticism in general and Matthaean studies in particular. J. K. Elliott, ForewordGeorge Dunbar Kilpatrick (1910 1989) was Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1949 until his retirement in 1977. His academic legacy lies on two fronts, textual criticism of the Greek New Testament, and source criticism. He was a renowned and innovative text-critic. For fifty years he produced many articles in the discipline. These are regularly to be found cited by later scholars. Kilpatrick was also the editor of the second edition of the British and Foreign Bible Society's Greek New Testament (1958).Special FeaturesTable of Contents:New foreword by J.K. ElliottIntroductionThe Documentary SourcesThe Peculiar NarrativesThe Liturgical Character of the GospelThe Gospel and JudaismThe Community of the GospelThe EvangelistConclusionTwo indexes: References to the Gospels and Subject IndexForeword by J.K. Elliott, University of Leeds, UK Biography by A.M. Devine, Wolfson College, Oxford, EnglandAlso available:Cattus Petasatus: The Cat in the Hat in Latin - ISBN 0865164711Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook - ISBN 0865165734For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology, Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar. We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in include: Selections From The Aeneid Latin Grammar & Pronunciation Greek Grammar & Pronunciation Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin Classical author workbooks: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero Vocabulary Cards For AP Selections: Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace Greek Mythology Greek Lexicon Slovak Culture And History
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In the past several weeks, the Thrashers have signed a free agent forward (Nik Antropov), traded for a top-four defenseman (Pavel Kubina) and drafted potential top scorer (Evander Kane). Whether they keep the only player that most people walking around the streets of Atlanta can actually identify is another matter.
Negotiations are expected to heat up this week between general manager Don Waddell and Ilya Kovalchuk's agent, Jay Grossman. The two sides aren't saying much publicly that they haven't said before. Waddell sent me an email Monday, saying: "It's our goal to sign Ilya to a long-term deal." Grossman declined comment. (He's known as a tough agent, but issuing negotiating rhetoric to the media isn't his thing.)
Kovalchuk has a year left on his contract at $7.5 million. Theoretically, his new deal could pay him up to $11.2 million per season (20 percent of the NHL salary cap of $56 million). The bigger issue is term: The NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement has no cap on length of contract. For example, former Thrasher Marian Hossa just signed a 12-year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks (no doubt clinching the Cup for the Blackhawks in 13 years).
But the Thrashers' negotiations with Kovalchuk will be different than those they had with Hossa. Kovlachuk seems to be looking for a reason to stay here. I'm not sure that ever was the case with Hossa, who wasn't drafted by the team and never really adopted Atlanta as a home the way Kovalchuk has. Hossa also wanted a chance to win the Stanley Cup immediately (as shown by his ill-fated decision to leave Pittsburgh and sign a one-year deal with Detroit, which then lost to the Penguins in the finals).
Kovalchuk was the Thrashers' team captain last season. He developed into more of a leader than Hossa ever was. That said, he wants to win. He wants to walk into the locker room when the Thrashers open training camp and think the franchise is at least moving in the direction of being a legitimate contender.
The belief is, it's going to take far more than his own contract to get him to sign. He's going to have to be convinced that ownership and Waddell are committed to building a winner — and that they're capable of it. Neither has been the case so far. Waddell has been the architect from day one and built only one playoff team in nine seasons. Ownership is fractured, remains tied up in litigation, could be for sale at some point and is holding the line on overall payroll (the Thrashers' projected team payroll of $42 to $45 million will be far below the cap).
If you're Kovalchuk, there is no real advantage to signing now and passing up unrestricted free agency after the season, when potentially another franchise in far better shape could compete for his services, and probably pay just as much. For him to sign an extension now, he has to be swayed.
I'm not quite as pessimistic about Kovalchuk re-signing as I used to be. Part of the reason is, he helped recruit Antropov. It's clear he's being kept in the loop and the team is doing all they can to convince him to stay. But it's sort of like the Wizard telling Dorothy, "Pay no attention to that franchise history behind the curtain. We're going to do things right now!"
Re-signing Kovalchuk would be step one. But it's only step one.
July 20th, 2009
12:35 pm
The direction of the team, especially the signing of Rick Dudley should work in the Thrashers' favor. I doubt a current, Stanley Cup competitive team would be in a aposition to give him the kind of money he WILL get from the Thrashers.
It all makes sense to get him signed before the start of training camp.
July 20th, 2009
12:38 pm
Signing Kovy is required reading!
July 20th, 2009
1:14 pm
July 20th, 2009
1:16 pm
The fish rots from the head…..
Ownership must be stablized first. The Thrashers and Hawks would both benefit from another ownership group or person. The current cast of clowns should be run out of town on a rail.
Who knows how hamstrung Waddell has been by the current ownership, but the fact remains that he has under performed in building a solid, consistently performing team even before the new circus came to town. The Thrashers have never played defense….we've had really good goaltending, but no defensive perimeter to make opposing teams work hard for their scores.
If Kovy leaves like all of the other stars we've had, then you can pack up the sticks and pucks because the Thrashers franchise will be done in Atlanta.
Save the circus. Sign the high wire guy….get rid of clowns.
July 20th, 2009
1:22 pm
Here's my biggest concern over the Kovalchuk contract saga. I think any reasonable person can accept and understand that Kovy might want to take a wait and see approach to the coming season before signing on the dotted line. However we all remember well the hoopla when Hossa was in his final year and that's only going to be worse with Kovy. The speculation around the League will be endless. The harm it could do in the room is unpredictable, but potentially immeasurable. And that could negatively impact the performance of the team, which then could ensure Kovy's exit. A Catch-22 almost.
I'd almost recommend, if Kovy is hesitant, offering him a one or two year extension. Enough to stave off the speculation for at least this crucial season, but not so long that he couldn't still leave for free agency while still in his prime.
I'm also hoping the market helps us out here a bit. There will not be 30 teams lining up for the services of Ilya Kovalchuk next summer should he hit free agency. Not that there aren't 30 GMs who would love to have him (theoretically – some GMs can surprise you sometimes) but a number of teams are already facing the cap tango next off-season with their existing rosters, never mind trying to squeeze in a monstrous contract like Ilya's (and he's not going to come cheap for anyone). So can he get the money he (and Grossman) will want from a team more competitive than the Thrashers? Maybe…I wouldn't rule out anything. But we'll see.
WBF – I don't know what difference Dudley's hiring will have for Kovy. Historically at least, he and Waddell have had a pretty solid bond. That might have changed over time certainly. If Kovy thinks it's been ineptitude on Waddell's part that has held back the team, then maybe Dudley will be a positive factor. However, if Kovy is looking at ownership and questioning their commitment (particularly of the fiscal variety), then I'd say Waddell probably has the best chance of anyone to convince Kovalchuk to stay in Atlanta.
July 20th, 2009
1:28 pm
Signing Kovy in no way insures the Thrashers stay in town.
July 20th, 2009
1:32 pm
Shultzy, don't discount the possibility that Kovalchuck might entertain the notion of a shorter 2 or 3 year contract and continue his wait-and-see approach beyond this season's first several months. His agent would be wise to not get carried away with lofty salary expectations from another suitor as the salary cap is likely to decrease next season. And there are a lot of teams who have unwisely overspent on FA already this summer and won't be able to compete with the Thrashers if they were to offer, let's say $28 M over 3 years. The list of teams that can take on an additional hit of $8.5 – 10 M per year is pretty short.
July 20th, 2009
1:34 pm
Apologies for mis-spelling your name. Typing too fast!!
July 20th, 2009
2:00 pm
Kovlachuk seems to be looking for a reason to stay here.
Just having this statement in print makes me very happy.
I'm not quite as pessimistic about Kovalchuk re-signing as I used to be.
Baby steps, Jeff.
The idea of Kovy signing a 1 or 2 year deal makes a ton of sense. See how the team goes, see how the salary cap goes. Maybe it recovers in 2 years. I think that was Army's idea when he signed the 1 year deal last week.
July 20th, 2009
2:04 pm
Face it: Kovalchuk is as good as gone, and the sheep just keep on grazing.
Believe in Blueland: the free agent launching pad and home of hockey-illiterate "fans."
July 20th, 2009
2:29 pm
It's a race between the Thrashers making people (prospective buyers of the team) believe Kovy will eventually sign and the eventual sale of the team. Kovy and his agent know this and are playing the same game (let a sale go through and see what the new owners will offer). Without Kovy there isn't much to buy. So in a way the current gaggle of owners and Kovy are aligned for the short term. Buyer beware!
July 20th, 2009
2:46 pm
Kovalchuk will sign… and Sage will spontaneously combust.
Sara… I would agree on the 2-3 year extension theory, but Kovy is due for a "home run" deal next summer… he might not want to take the chance of NOT getting that home run deal 2-3 years from now.
It's all or nothing, I'm afraid.
Hossa cost himself about $20 million by chancing the Cup around instead of taking the sure thing with the Pittsburgh offer.
July 20th, 2009
2:47 pm
It's a race between the Thrashers making people (prospective buyers of the team) believe Kovy will eventually sign and the eventual sale of the team. Kovy and his agent know this and are playing the same game (let a sale go through and see what the new owners will offer). Without Kovy there isn't much to buy. So in a way the current gaggle of owners and Kovy are aligned for the short term. Buyer beware!
Wow… how's the weather out there in Left Field?
July 20th, 2009
2:48 pm
I'm not sure I understand the game of hockey enough to weigh in on whether these trades are wise ones. If only more people were honest we might have been spared this piece, eh?
Warning: I have noticed more and more AJC journalists making Oz references that make absolutely no sense. Knock it off, all of you. There are clever ways to use movie references, but they usually have some germane link to the topic. " Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain". It works when there is some coincidence between the mental picture created and the structural apparatus forming the set of Oz. (a veiled reference, as it were?)
July 20th, 2009
3:04 pm
Chris Broe…
"People who talk in metaphors should shampoo my crotch." –Jack Nicholson in "As Good as It Gets"
July 20th, 2009
3:15 pm
Look at it this way, are Kubina and Antropov enough of an improvement to urge Kovy to sign a 10 year deal here? Nope, I expect this saga to play out all year and they'll have to look at trading him at the deadlilne.
He won't sign a short term deal, that's just not gonna happen.
July 20th, 2009
3:17 pm
July 20th, 2009
3:22 pm
Kovy WANTS to stay, provisionally. And the provision is … that the ownership and GM will gun for the Cup, every single season, from now on. If the ownership and GM are unwilling to do this, Kovy will seek out a committed ownership and capable GM, elsewhere. But, ideally, I do think Kovalchuk would stay right here, if such ownership could be found.
There are advantages, for Kovy, to be here. No matter the size of the deal, he'll pay lesser State income tax here, unless his next team is in Tennessee, Florida, or Texas. He and his family will enjoy a degree of anonymity here in Georgia. And the weather's pretty good! It's really about winning the Stanley Cup, right now, for Kovalchuk. He wants to do that. He wants to play for an organization committed to doing that.
Rutherford Seydell may well have been drunk when he said, on "Opening Night," vs. the Washington Capitals, back in 2007, "We're gonna do WHATEVER IT TAKES to bring a Stanley Cup right here to Atlanta." I swear I heard the Capitals players laughing and snickering as he said it. The Thrashers raised their 2007 Southeast Division title banner to the rafters that night. The game, of course, was spoiled by the Capitals, who won, 3-1. Five games later, at a record of 0-6-0, was fired by Don Waddell, and replaced by … Don Waddell. For 76 games. I doubt that occurrence went UNNOTICED by Kovalchuk, in how he assesses the way in which the team has been run. In the 2007-08 season, Atlanta finished 28th in the league, at 76-points. They drafted 3rd overall, and took D-man, Zach Bogosian. Hopefully, Bogosian is one of the reasons Kovalchuk will elect to stay in Atlanta.
July 20th, 2009
3:25 pm
For some reason, I didn't mention that it was Bob Hartley fired by Waddell. It wasn't that I consider Hartley to be "He who shall not be named." It was a just "mea culpa" moment on my part.
July 20th, 2009
3:34 pm
People said the same about Hossa, that he would re-sign. Kovy will leave, we have done nothing to improve the team. Kubina will be like all the other " top d men" that we have brought in, and Antro is not the answer
July 20th, 2009
3:50 pm
I have to laugh at the notion that Kovy should sign a short-term deal, as if that would be in his best interests. He's waited his entire career for the possibility of this big payday and you all want him to pass it up because it would be good for the Thrashers. Here's the reality: if Ilya is going to resign it won't be for any hometown discount. If the Thrashers want him they better be prepared to pay him $8.5-9 million because that's what some other team looking to win a Cup is going to do. Ilya is a competitive guy and he sees what his countrymen Ovehckin and Malkin are making and he's going to want at least the same money. Wouldn't you?
July 20th, 2009
4:11 pm
I've been gone a while from thrashers blogs..I was the DW supporter…I've come back the DW hater…Fire that chump! Kick him to the curb! That is all…oh and if we don't sign Kovy say good bye to hockey in A-town.
July 20th, 2009
4:12 pm
yeah, signing kovy is definetly a top priority, but, we need to consider other things too like free agents that r still avalible. we need to impress kovy if we want him to stay. the thing i want to know is when r we gonna hire dudley? i am perfectly fine with waddell staying, although he has made some mistakes.
-bill b. i definetly agree. i think those stupid owners should get ready to pay if they want to win the cup.
hossa discription-hmmmm well impaitent, selfish, money eater. yeah. that's him. i think kovy is a much better player cuz he give the team a chance. kovy is the better player off and on ice.
-sara, i agree.
-i think nhl 10 for the xbox will be wicked!
July 20th, 2009
4:13 pm
Schultz… if Hossa had waited another 24 hours to see Khabibulin take off, and another week for Tallon to be fired, I wonder if he still signs? Chicago had no business signing Hossa with the RFA's they have coming up next year anyway… not to mention John Madden and Kris Versteeg.
If you think Kovalchuk's gonna get a lot of press this year not being signed? Chicago should be just as worse with their cap situation and Kane, Toews and Keith.
July 20th, 2009
4:14 pm
hey go easy on waddell!!! don't beat him up. i will hav to say i would definetly hire dudley over waddell.
July 20th, 2009
4:15 pm
yes, i agree. hossa is just a very impatiant player. he jjust wants to player with big guns and for big money.
July 20th, 2009
4:17 pm
y does atlanta hav to be loserville??
don't get me wrong, i am a die hard hockey fan, but if the thrashers hav another suckish season, i will definetly disapoint me.
July 20th, 2009
4:19 pm
signing kovy is worth payin attention to!!!
July 20th, 2009
4:27 pm
My guess is, Hossa's quest for the Cup has been replaced by the retirement plan courtesy Chicago. If somehow or another the Cup is won along the way, that'd be a bonus, but after this futile Pens-Wings switcheroo, he must be thinking, "Ah, forget it."
July 20th, 2009
4:27 pm
Anyone know when single game tickets will be available?…I get half off ticket price through company
July 20th, 2009
4:36 pm
Yeah, signing for 3 years and $9.5 M per season would really suck!! (insert rolling eyes emoticon here) Please remember that Kovy is only 26 y/o (he just turned 26!) and a 3 year deal worth between $28 – 30 M would still set him up for life.
There is something different about Kovy and my gut is telling me that he wants to be the cornerstone of a franchise that builds a winner from the ground up without having to acquire 5 or 6 mercenaries a la NYR or MTL.
I think he recognizes the potential of players like Bogosian, Little, Enstrom and Armstrong as well as younger guys like Kane, Esposito and Klingberg. He's obviously excited about Antropov and must see Kubina as a definite upgrade for JA's system. If nothing else, he will get to play a style of hockey that suits his game to a tee.
Kovy will only be 29 y/o at the end of a 3 year deal. Obviously it would be in Kovy's best financial interests to sign a LT deal for an average of $9 M if at all possible. But if he's not entirely certain, why not sign a shorter deal?
There are countless players to leave a team via UFA to join the highest bidder only to see that team struggle to make the playoffs or get beyond the first round. I think Ilya understands there are no guarantees when it comes to UFA.
I certainly won't blame him for waiting til next summer and testing the open market. He has earned that right as a 7 year veteran. But he must also realize that his options will be limited to a handful of teams (prolly 5 or 6 including ATL) who can actually afford him without gutting their rosters or changing their complexion to the point of making future prospects almost as uncertain as the Thrashers.
July 20th, 2009
4:48 pm
To be honest, I'd almost prefer constant short term deals as long as this ownership is in charge. I get the feeling that if Kovy agrees long term, they may be apt to ease back into their complacent, non-proactive ways.
July 20th, 2009
4:54 pm
For those scoffing at the idea of a short-term contract, let me make two salient points. One – there is no question (nor do I think there ever has been) that Kovy will get paid bank by the Thrashers. If he wants $10M a year, he'll probably get it, whether it's for 2 years or 12 years. Additionally, I'd be willing to put down money that the Thrashers place higher monetary value on Kovy than any other team in this League would.
Two – Rick Nash made some specific comments about his contract extension this summer – namely that with him not only being the franchise player but also the captain of the team – he didn't want to put his teammates through a bunch of crap next season if his contract status was up in the air. It was a way to send the rest of his team a message that he's committed and he believes in them.
There is no denying what being Captain means to Ilya. And he is absolutely the kind of stand-up guy that would think about how his *not* signing an extension would affect the rest of the team. Doesn't guarantee he will, but that's certainly the kind of thing that could motivate him to sign a short extension.
Fact is, logic has already been suspended when it comes to Kovy and ATL. He has made it quite clear he would like to remain here – there have even been undercurrents in his comments of being a Thrasher for life – as long as the team is competitive. Think about that phrase Thrasher for life…how many truly elite players would even condescend to play for this franchise much less be willing to commit themselves to it for the duration of their NHL careers? By all rights, this shouldn't even be up for discussion and the only reason it is would be Kovy himself and all the things he personally has said over the last year. So don't be too quick to make assumptions about what he will or will not do because with Kovy, leaps of faith are not out of the realm of possibility.
July 20th, 2009
4:55 pm
Jeremy – that is an excellent observation.
July 20th, 2009
4:56 pm
Kovalchuk needs to look no farther than Hossa and Ovechkin for the best examples of who's better off long-term… salary-wise and organizational-wise.
July 20th, 2009
4:59 pm
Sara… I thought the same thing with Ovechkin in Washington… the team was still pretty horrible when he signed that lifetime contract… it doesn't seem so stupid now.
I hope Kovalchuk will see Atlanta the same way.
July 20th, 2009
5:10 pm
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July 20th, 2009
5:16 pm
Whether Kovalchuk takes some 12-13 year deal now, or waits 2-3 seasons to make a longer term contract, he's going to get paid either way. At 28 or 29, teams are still going to offer $10 million a year, and/or FRONT LOAD that contract for him. No worries there. Barring a total collapse in the level of his play, or an … an … "I" word. Ya know, what happens to players when they appear on the cover of EA Sports games. That. If that happened, then that's a risk, too.
But there's been nothing to indicate Kovalchuk will be anything less than a 40-60 goal man, in any given season. Even on a lackluster Thrashers team, he's put up tremendous numbers. Kovalchuk has not failed the Thrashers. I understand Kovalchuk's frustration.
Imagine, just for a sec, that Kovy actually YEARNS to spend his career here in Atlanta. But he's afraid the ownership will never run the team properly. Imagine how much that must suck for him, personally? "I found where I want to be, but it's governed by ineptitude." Ifffff that's actually Kovalchuk's thought process, how much angrier did you all just get? In other words, Kovalchuk could play ANYWHERE, but his personal choice is Atlanta, GA. But it's just that the ownership is too flawed to be capable enough to know how to run a hockey team. That's infuriating, if true. Infuriating.
July 20th, 2009
5:24 pm
i think kovy is good enough to get a good amount of money anywhere. the thing that makes him so great is he's not a quitter. he's gonna give us one last chance, so we better do somethin good. nice blog shultzy!
July 20th, 2009
5:35 pm
good comments sara, totally agree. kovy is willing to give us our last chance. we better prove he can stay another year.
July 20th, 2009
5:42 pm
***I thought the same thing with Ovechkin in Washington… the team was still pretty horrible when he signed that lifetime contract… it doesn't seem so stupid now.
I hope Kovalchuk will see Atlanta the same way****
The only problem with this is that the owner in washington actually wants to invest in building a winner. Kovy is no idiot, just like Hossa, who knew this team from top to bottom is run and operated poorly and horribly.
July 20th, 2009
6:42 pm
Ever since the Hossa debacle I have been counting down the days to find out who Kovy's new team will be!
My three factors for why Kovy would assuredly be taking off were; inept owners, inept GM and a lack of youth. At this point in the off season I am crossing lack of youth off the list. We actually have a nice pipeline of talent and I am confident JA can coach a couple of them up. I am also going to cross inept GM off the list. I am sitting here waiting for the announcement but even if they short us on that joy I will consider this off season to be the start of the Dudley era. We just are not making moves under DW's modis operandi anymore. So that leaves me, and hopefully Kovy, with only one strike left which is our ownership. They are completely FUBAR but if Grossman is waiving a contract for 10 years and $85m – $90m as a sign of their commitment I would have to think about it for an awfully long time before turning it down. There are not many teams in materially better situations than we are that will be ponying up that kind of dough.
In summary I am coming full circle on this one and predicting that Kovy is signed to a blockbuster "Thrasher for Life" deal this off season. I think he wants to be the franchise guy and I do think he will consider his team mates in not wanting to have ambiguity cloud the entire season. If he plans to stay he wont let it drag into the season.
July 20th, 2009
6:43 pm
The Thrashers need to re-sign Kovy (period). They have cap-space. So the question, in my mind, becomes: "Have the Thrashers "moved (significantly) in the right direction" with their other signings?"
If you go back to how strong they finished last season, adding Kubina & Antrovpov, and draft a hard nosed, talented kid,…..is that enough for Ilya? Don't know. What more could we do while maintaining cap space for resigning? How about picking up a few more Russian players? Ilya seems to be a bit nationalistic,…playing for Russa,…and settling supposed Rusisan player feuds (presumably to keep team Russian 2010 Olympic as good as it can be).
Would signing Zubov, or Zerdov to short contracts be to our best interest. I'm defining "best interest" as in the team's,not Kovy's, best interest. How far can you go in the team's best interest to resign Kovy? Are there any other talented Russian players to be had? Any KHL free agents (if they have such a thing)? Might Nikulan want to come here next year?
Can you build a cup contender with Russian players? Anyone remember the 97 Red Wings? I've got think Kovy would be the man to lead such a team.
July 20th, 2009
7:14 pm
If they don't sign him, the franchise is toast in these parts.
July 20th, 2009
7:44 pm
I don't think Kovy is for all things Russian at all. He did not express any desire to play in Russia and he does not seem to be too crazy to play for Russian coaches, at least for some of them. But one thing is clear enough: there are quite a few Russian, Canadian and even American players out there that are better than Crosby.
July 20th, 2009
8:28 pm
Still cracking on Hosea? Well you do like beating dead horses… Waddell must have had some saintly parents, he sent Y-O-U an email? I just put a spam filter on your address when you sent me that McCarthy mail that time… New economy, new Kovy, new contract!!!
July 20th, 2009
9:07 pm
C'mon. There's life after Kovalchuk, for hockey, in Atlanta. "Alex, I'll take "Fandom 101," for $800. "This is said to cure empty seat blues?" Bzzt. "What are wins?" "Correct." "Okay, I'll clear out the category … give me Fandom 101, for $1,000." "Name a strategy that would work, in a small market, without a Superstar?" Bzzt! "What is rolling 4 lines, with near equal ice time, such that each forward is paid $2-3 million apiece, and each scores around 20 goals, while making the goaltender the highest paid player on the team." Alex Tribec consults with the staff, "Yes, that is correct."
July 20th, 2009
10:09 pm
what Brendan said . . .
but i think kovy stays


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We're almost there sports fans (and people who just really dig those commercials). The Super Bowl start time is a day away! Hopefully you've got the chili simmering and your beer chilling, but do you have the really important things under control?
I'm talking about all the game day info that will ensure your party goes off without a hitch, folks. And we've got it all here, so you can go back to worrying about the over/under and set up your bets for the New York Giants and the New England Patriots face-off.
Where to Watch: NBC is the official TV home of the Super Bowl, and this year, for the first time ever, they will also be streaming it online live from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
What Time is Kickoff: The 46th annual football championship gets going at 6:30 ET/5:30 CST on Sunday, February 5.
What's the Deal With the Halftime Show: Madonna will take the field after the second quarter, and she'll be joined by Nicki Minaj and MIA.
When Does Pre-Game Coverage Get Under Way: NBC will flip over to all-football at noon EST on Sunday with Bob Costas doing a live report from Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis. Online coverage will begin at 2 p.m. EST.
I Hate The Half-Time Show, How Long Can I Disappear Into Another Room: The game will return after 29 minutes.
How Long Do We Have to Wait to See a Half-Naked David Beckham: Golden Balls' underwear ad for his new line with H&M is slated for some time in the second quarter.
Can I Just Avoid All This: Sure! The Eighth Annual Puppy Bowl is going on over on Animal Planet!
So there you have it folks! Are you ready for some football?
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Thank you, Jeanne... I was actually thinking about this stuff this morning. We're not having a huge get-together, just our family, but I hadn't really done any research. Now I don't have to! And even though I've seen it, I'm totally glued to the TV during the second quarter...
Why on earth is the game on Sunday when most people have work the next day - and many show up w/hangovers? The kids want to see the commercials but they have school. Whose idea was this?
Thank you for this article! I could have sworn the game started at 4 for some reason.
I'll be enjoying a jog an dthen the mall.....aaaaallllll to myself!! There's never a car on the road or a person to be seen except the clerks!
and @Venae - Here's a wild idea, DONT'T BE AN IDIOT AND GET DRUNK WATCHING A STUPID, MEANINGLESS GAME! Also, the commercials will be online Monday for the kids!


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This morning's arrest of a General accused of abductions and torture in the Philippines is an encouraging sign that the authorities are finally tackling a culture of impunity for serious human rights violations by the security forces, Amnesty International said.
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The families of thousands of Afghan civilians killed by US/NATO forces in Afghanistan have been left without justice, Amnesty International said in a new report released today.
8 August 2014
Murder and abduction attempts, intimidation and attacks, as well as ongoing daily discrimination, are among the litany of abuses Indigenous Peoples across the Americas face simply for defending their human rights.
7 August 2014
An immediate investigation is needed into mounting evidence that the Israel Defense Forces launched apparently deliberate attacks against hospitals and health professionals in Gaza, which have left six medics dead.
The ECCC, known as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, has delivered the verdict sentencing Nuon Chea, 88, and Khieu Samphan, 83, to life imprisonment.
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Can't comment on the tartine, but I used the tomato salad recipe to spotlight some particularly wonderful cherokee purples and yellow tomatoes that we were getting at the farmers market. This is the essence of simplicity for a tomato salad but it is still exquisite. I'd assume this would be good with almost any good, dynamic tomato with strong flavor. Really, if you're looking for an easy side dish that makes great use of top-notch fresh tomatoes then this is a winner.
Ham and Cheese Tartines with Cherokee Purple Tomato Salad
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jdedzany Posted: 05/03/11
couldn't find serrano so used leftover proscuitto. delicious and so easy. Dinner was on the table in literally five minutes. didn't make the salad. served instead with browned butter asparagus also from CL. Now I know how to use up my extra proscuitto! Would be good on sourdough too if you don't have ciabatta.
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Solving the Mystery of the Richest Americans' Missing Wealth
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The United States has been regularly counting people, via the Census, since 1790. But the federal government didn't start counting the dollars in people's pockets, with any regularity, until 1983 when the Federal Reserve began conducting a "Survey of Consumer Finances."
This Fed survey, now conducted every three years, tallies just how much family wealth sits in the United States and who holds it. The Fed delivers all this info in a neat little summary report that makes comparing the wealth of America's poor, average, and affluent families a relatively easy undertaking.
But this Fed report doesn't tell us much about America's truly rich. These rich remain fairly invisible, lost in a broad "top 10 percent" category that includes plenty of families few Americans would consider exceptionally wealthy. In the Fed's most recent Survey of Consumer Finances wrap-up, released in February, this top 10 percent extends down to families that make $140,000 a year.
To the rescue comes Arthur Kennickell, the chief of the Fed's survey unit. Over recent years, Kennickell has been producing an analysis of the Survey of Consumer Finances data that isolates out the wealth of the top 1 percent, a group most all Americans would define as rich. His latest analysis has just become available online.
In 2007, the year the new Survey of Consumer Finances data cover, a family needed to sport a net worth of at least $8.3 million to enter the nation's richest 1 percent. Together, these top 1 percent families held a collective net worth of $21.9 trillion, $3.5 trillion more than the net worth of all the families in the nation's bottom 90 percent combined.
These numbers actually understate the wealth of America's top 1 percenters. Each Fed Survey of Consumer Finances, as Kennickell notes, "specifically excludes" from the survey sample any of the people wealthy enough to make the most recent Forbes 400 list of America's richest. In 2007, the Forbes 400 held a collective net worth of $1.5 trillion.
But in 2007, even without the fortunes of the Forbes 400, the top 1 percent still held a whopping 33.8 percent of America's total family wealth. Families in the bottom 90, all together, only held 28.5 percent.
Robert Frank, the Wall Street Journal reporter who covers the paper's wealth beat, finds these numbers deeply troubling — and not just for the obvious reason that they reveal a staggeringly unequal America. For Frank, the Fed numbers on the top 1 percent's wealth just don't make sense statistically.
Here's why. According to the Fed, the nation's top 1 percent in 2007 held roughly the same share of the nation's family wealth as the top 1 percent held in 1995. Indeed, the 2007 share for top 1 percent — 33.8 percent — runs a bit under the 34.6 percent top 1 percent share in 1995.
The Fed's numbers on income, curiously, show a quite different dynamic. Since the mid 1990s, the share of the nation's family income going to America's top 1 percent of wealth-holders has risen substantially, from 11.5 percent of total family income in 1994 to 16.4 percent in 2006.
How can this be? How can the nation's wealthiest be grabbing an ever greater share of America's income and not show an ever greater share of America's wealth?
The answer could be a statistical quirk. Maybe the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances just isn't uncovering all the wealth the wealthy hold.
That's possible. The IRS, after all, can send people to jail if they don't honestly report all the income they're making. Fed researchers, to collect wealth data, have no such power. These Fed researchers have to rely on the families they survey to respond to questionnaires, and, as Kennickell points out, "nonresponse in surveys often appears to be higher among wealthy families."
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It's a scary situation for officers when guns are involved. They say they never want to take a life, but sometimes that's their only choice.
Police say they don't shoot to kill, but rather to stop the person's actions; they try to give as many warnings as possible prior to firing their weapon; but, when an officer is faced with a dangerous situation time becomes critical.
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(Virtual) Virtual Worlds Symposium: The Future of Retail in Virtual Worlds and Web 3D
My good friend John Eyles is an educator, philanthropist and activist, and also leads research and alliance efforts at Telecom New Zealand. He is organizing this symposium to explore possibilities for retail endeavors in virtual worlds (ideally imagining possibilities beyond the usual brick and mortar simulacra). I am doing a session on mobile gaming and virtual worlds (a la Parallel Kingdom, which launches Oct 31st), and he is also looking for some more contributors for other sessions that might be of interest, or inspire some new thinking in this area.
It's Oct. 29th - 31st, running for 30 hours so people world-wide can participate.
More information at http://www.futuretelco.net. Schedule, etc. is forthcoming.
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The price of corporate social responsibility: the case of black economic empowerment transactions in South Africa
AbstractSince the demise of apartheid in South Africa, corporations have been encouraged to participate in the governmental goal of increasing corporate ownership by the black majority population. One vehicle that has arisen to help facilitate an increase in corporate ownership has been black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions. BEE transactions are essentially private placements of equity. Firms that have taken this socially activist position of selling portions of their equity, usually at a substantial discount, to black empowerment groups have received positive media attention in the name of "good corporate citizenship." ; This study investigates the market performance of these BEE transactions, specifically addressing three questions. The first question is whether BEE transactions create or destroy wealth. To address this question we use an event study methodology to calculate the cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) associated with public announcements of BEE transactions. The second question is whether specific types of BEE transactions did better or worse than others. We address this question by analyzing the cross-sectional variation in the CARs associated with public announcements of BEE transactions. The third question is whether firms that engage in BEE transactions experience negative post-announcement price performance. This last question is motivated by popular press accounts of the exploitation of black empowerment groups by white-owned South African corporations. To address this question, we test whether BEE transactions have benefited white corporate South Africa at the expense of the participating black empowerment groups.
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Earlier in the month, as I reported in 'Who are your important living mathematicians?', The Times' Eureka magazine celebrated science with a list of "the 100 most important people in British science and engineering".
I asked the question: where are the mathematicians? Andrew Wiles is top, at #41. Simon Donaldson is #75. Marcus du Sautoy is #76. (Further details.)
So, I wondered, why so few mathematicians? Mark Henderson asked: Who are the mathematicians that are missing? And I asked you:
If you were asked for examples of "important" (set your own criteria) living UK mathematicians, who would you offer?
Well, here are the recommendations I got:
Tim Gowers
Timothy Gowers FRS is Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He received the 1998 Fields Medal for research connecting functional analysis and combinatorics and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1999. He is known for his well read blog, Gowers's Weblog, and for a post 'Is massively collaborative mathematics possible?', which started the polymath project.
Christopher Zeeman
Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS is Honorary Professor at the University of Warwick. Zeeman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1975. As well as work in research on geometric topology and singularity theory, Zeeman is well known in mathematics for presenting the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 1978. This was the first time the lectures were presented on mathematics and they are cited by many mathematicians as their childhood inspiration to study mathematics further and inspired the Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclasses, which reach around 3000 students across the UK annually. He is also known for founding the Mathematics Department at the University of Warwick. The Christopher Zeeman Medal for Communication of Mathematics was named in his honour and first awarded in 2008 to Ian Stewart.
Michael Atiyah
Sir Michael Atiyah OM FRS FRSE is known for research in topology, geometry and analysis and, as a former President of the Royal Society (1990-5) and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005-8), an influential figure in the mathematics community. Among many awards, he won a Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics in 2004.
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. A mathematical physicist, he is well known for work completed with Stephen Hawking, for series of popular books and within mathematics for a set of tiles for non-periodic tiling which carry his name.
Although The Times' was a UK list, I also received recommendations for the following who are based outside of the UK:
John Milnor
Described by @haggisthesheep as a god of topology, John Milnor is Professor of Mathematics and Co-Director of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences at Stony Brook University. He received the Fields Medal in 1962 for work in differential topology. Milnor is also recognised for work bringing mathematics to a wider audience with what his 2004 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition citation called "sublime elegance".
Terence Tao
Terence Tao FRS is Professor of mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, UCLA. Tao has wide ranging interests – his webpage describes his work as "primarily in": harmonic analysis, PDE, geometric combinatorics, arithmetic combinatorics, analytic number theory, compressed sensing, and algebraic combinatorics. An Australian, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007. He keeps a well read blog, 'What's new', on which he discusses his research as well as open problems and other topics in mathematics, and is an administrator of The Polymath Blog, a massively collaborative mathematics initiative.
John Conway
John Conway is an English mathematician living and working in America as von Neumann Professor at Princeton University. Conway works in game theory, geometry, topology, group theory and provocative work in theoretical physics on free will. He has contributed to many branches of recreational mathematics, particularly through interaction with Martin Gardner, and is noted as the inventor of the Game of Life. Conway was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1981 and, as author of several books, was awarded the 2000 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition, the citation for which notes: "his joy in mathematics is clearly evident in all that he writes".
John Baez
John Baez is a Professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside, where his work is in the mathematics of fundamental physics. Currently he is spending two years at the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore where, his website explains, he will "think about technology and the global ecological crisis." From 1993 to 2010 he wrote a well read column "This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics" and now writes the successor, Azimuth, on which he says he plans to talk about topcis from "math to physics to earth science and biology, computer science and the technologies of today and tomorrow – but in general, centered around the theme of what scientists can do to help save a planet in crisis."
Donald Knuth
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Combine are not aliens
They r expeirements that used to be human but are then turned into a Combine Soldier,Guard,etc. for breen but still this was cool
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the planet is called xen not zen ok but its a great game
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Detroit just hosted its 106th North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Started in 1907, and turning international in 1989, it has always been a big deal for all car fans. Which is why over 700,000 awesome people around the globe love to come year after year.
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Bears move up two spots from first day, finish in 15th at the Cowboy Classic
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Despite shooting higher scores in the second and third rounds of the Wyoming Cowboy Classic, the Northern Colorado men's golf team moved up two spots from its first-round standings and finished the tournament in a tie for 15th place.
The Bears' three-round combined score of 883 (+43) put them in a tie with Texas-El Paso and just a couple strokes behind Idaho for 14th.
The team began its second day at Talking Stick Golf Club by finishing its second round, which was suspended from the opening day, with a team score of 293 (+13). Its final round score of 299 (+16) was the Bears' highest of the event.
Individually, Troy Sidabras led the Bears after putting together a pair of 2-over par 72s in the final two round, putting him at a combined score of 217 (+7). Sidabras finished his tournament in a tie for 28th place.
Junior, Steve Bidne finished in a tie for 60th after putting together a 2-over par 72 and a 6-over par 76 in the final rounds, ending his tournament with a combined score of 222 (+12).
Nick Bisogno came in one stroke behind Bidne, shooting a combined score of 223 (+13), after finishing up with a 5-over par 75 and a 3-over par 73 on the final day.
Alberto Dell Anna ended with a final score of 229 (+19), while Rich Lash, who got out to a promising first round, finished his tournament with a 230 (+20).
California State-Northridge (+1) took home the team title, while San Diego (+10), Western Carolina (+14), Oklahoma (+16), and Colorado (+16) all finished in the top-five.
San Diego's Gunner Wiebe (-7), took medalist honors for the event. Jeff Freund (-5), of CSU-Northridge, Oklahoma's Ben Blundell (-2), Air Force's Tom Whitney (+1), and Colorado's Sebastian Heisele (+1) rounded out the top-five individuals.
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"Heh, heh, heh... Oh, Andy Capp. You wife-beating drunk."Andy Capp is a British comic strip set in Hartlepool, created by Reg Smythe in 1957 for the London Daily Mirror. It also was syndicated in the United States by Creators Syndicate, starting in 1963.In its early days, the Andy Capp strip was accused of perpetuating stereotypes about Britain's Northerners, who are seen in other parts of England as chronically unemployed, dividing their time between the living room couch and the neighborhood pub, with a few hours set aside for fistfights at soccer games. Even his name is a perfect phonetic rendition of that region's pronunciation of the word "handicap" (which the cartoonist chose because a handicap is exactly what Andy is to his hard-working wife, Flo). But Smythe, himself a native of that region, had nothing but affection for his good-for-nothing protagonist, a fact which showed in his work. Since the very beginning, Andy has been immensely popular among the people he supposedly skewers. (Maybe the comic should be criticised for glorifying such negative behavior instead.)By the way, Smythe claimed he modeled his main characters after his own parents. But it seems unlikely that his father, who built boats for a living, could possibly have been very much like Andy, or his family would have starved. It's also been suggested that Andy Capp owes something to Ally Sloper, Britain's first successful comics character, also a lovable lowlife.The first British paperback reprints of the strip appeared in 1958, and American reprints started in the early 1960s. In both countries, the volumes now number in the dozens. Andy has also been the star of a minor TV series; its six episodes featured James Bolam in the title role and Paula Tilbrook as Flo, and were aired by ITV in 1988. It's arguable that the series died a death because it was trying to be a three-dimensional comic strip rather than a conventional Sitcom.The strip even had a spin-off of sorts in 1960, Fleetway Publications, which was owned by The Mirror, launched a successful comic book titled Buster, whose main character was supposedly Andy Capp's son (though this family connection was never mentioned in the strip itself and was later forgotten in the comic book as well). Andy was even animated once, when he crossed over with Family Guy in the episode "And the Wiener Is...", which first aired on August 8, 2001.Reg Smythe wrote and drew Andy Capp, both daily and Sunday, until his death in 1998. Since then, the strip has been continued by unnamed successors, though for years, Smythe's signature remained affixed to it. Since November 2004, it's been signed by Roger Mahoney and Roger Kettle. It now appears in over 1,400 newspapers worldwide � not quite in the range of top strips like Peanuts, Blondie, H�gar the Horrible and Garfield, but well ahead of B.C., Dennis The Menace (US), FoxTrot and other very successful comics.And it's translated into 13 different languages, proving that Andy's appeal goes far beyond the minor regional stereotype he supposedly represents.He is also the mascot for a line of snack foods.
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Night Of Worship: Pray Without Ceasing
Thank you for joining us last week for a night centered on prayer and our desire to be people who stay constantly connected to God. In our busy lives, we tend to forget the help and strength that we have in our Heavenly Father. When we find ourselves feeling distant from Him, it is a product of OUR forgetfulness, never His presence. In light of that, we desire to be people OF prayer, not just people who pray. We desire, as 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says, to "pray without ceasing."
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