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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A largely disciplined performance by England still ended in defeat. So where did they go wrong? 1 Discipline A vast improvement on last season with only six penalties conceded. Australia gave away the first seven infringements of the match as they came under particular pressure at the breakdown from Lewis Moody and David Wilson. Moody may not have been involved last season, but he is known for a penalty-costing...
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Savage Popcorn (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
It looks like the latest blockbuster fad is going to toys to film. Filmstalker noted , a couple of days ago, that Sony have acquired the film rights to Risk - yes, that's Risk the board game. Also on the way, as noted by CHUD , is a Micronauts movie and JJ Abrams is in talks to produce it. The most interesting part of this is the information that Hasbro - the owners of Micronauts - include "saw...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Nature and nurture - and all the dark and unexpected places in between. Some - Duke Bluebeard's cellar - you may never want to return to; others might invoke smiles, even laughter. English National Opera's audacious double-bill turns expectation on its head and springs so many surprises that to write about it at all - and it isn't an easy event to capture in words - runs the risk of giving the entire...
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Pokerati | Texas hold'em blog (Free subscription) | 25 minutes ago
The day is here. The players are hidden away in some back corner of the Rio going through their pre-game routines while the fans wait patiently in line for a chance to witness poker history. Or at least grab a glimpse of Phil Ivey. With almost two hours until the cards fly, the line in the [...]
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Everything Has A Limit (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Well, getting up at 3am is not something that I would like to do every day of the week, even if I had got five hours' sleep. The journey was relatively smooth. The N47 bus arrived on time; the train left London Bridge on time (although I noted that the next train, the 5.05am, was cancelled, so it's clearly best to allow the extra time that early in the morning) and Gatwick was relatively civilized....
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Robert Pearson's Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
My previous "Memorable Games" posted here were memorable for me in that they were some of my best games. This game is memorable because I forget a little thing called "development" and my whole king side stays at home for an entire game , just like in some of those 1850's clashes "Anderssen-NN" or "Morphy-Allies." Also, one of the few times in my career that...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Nancy Pelosi had hoped to bring the legislation to the floor today, but that's not going to happen. It appears the caucus is down about 10 votes, which is about 5% and way to high. As we mentioned yesterday, there will be no 676 vote. In addition, Anthony Weiner has dropped his insistence on a vote for any single payer system. Pair this with the fact that Harry Reid won't even look at a floor vote...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Morozevich, A (2750) - Kramnik, V (2772) [E32] Tal Memorial (3), 07.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6 9.Bf4 Ba6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.e4 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 c5 13.Bd6 Re8 14.e5 Nd5 15.h4 cxd4 16.Ng5 f5 17.Qc4 Qc8 18.Qxd4 Nc5 19.Rd1 Nb3 20.Qd3 Nc1 21.Qb5 Qc2 22.Rxd5 a6 23.Qxb6 Black is better but this game is wild. I expect 23...Qc4+ 24. Kg1 Qxd5 or 24...exd5...
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Pokerati | Texas hold'em blog (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
I went to Bellagio yesterday for free danish a little poker suit ho-down to learn more about the PartyGaming-World Poker Tour merger/acquisition/absorption … and was thinking how this meeting that included outgoing WPT president Steve Lipscomb and incoming new boss Adam Pliska might be kinda like George W. Bush handing the keys to the White [...]
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FreeBetting (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In just five minutes Inter went from hell to heaven in Kyiv having overturned the deficit and won the game. It looks as though it was a deserved win since they created better chances than the opponents in the second period. That was the first Champions League win after more than a year and at least everything depends on them now as they only need one win from two remaining games to go through. Roma...
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The Closet Grandmaster (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
There's a new system doing the rounds of blitz games in Sydney. It's called the "Filipino Defence", so named because its main exponent is, of course, a Pinoy ("Johny from Manila"). The big idea is apparently to win games on time, especially when the position is hopelessly lost. Anyway, one group of Pinoys who might have made use of this new system is the RP team in the Asian Indoor...
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Bruins Nation (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Let's start with CRN's perspective to set up this game day: "Our guys are dying to win," Neuheisel said. "A week or so ago I talked about you can't get in that comfort zone or that protective cocoon of, `I'm not going to let this pain get to me. It's OK. I'm just going to keep doing my best.' We have to let it go and believe that everything is going to go exactly as we hoped. But you...
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SBS - The Business of The NFL (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
“FRO’s Favorite Five” Frankie’s Favorite Fantasy Picks Week 9 By Frankie Underwood, Senior Fantasy Writer at www.footballreportersonline.com Email questions and comments to Frankie@footballreportersonline.com Matt Hasselbeck of the Seattle Seahawks gets to face the woeful Detroit Lions this weekend. The Lions just lost at home to the Rams. Now they have to travel across the...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Anand, V (2788) - Svidler, P (2754) [D85] Tal Memorial (3), 07.11.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 0–0 8.h3 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qe7 12.Qe3 Nc6 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.Rc1 Be6 15.b3 a6 16.Be2 Nc6 17.0–0 f6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Bf1 Bf7 20.Nh2 Be6 21.f4 Nd4 22.f5 Bf7 23.Ng4 gxf5 24.Nh6+ Kh8 25.Qf2 fxe4 26.Rxe4 Qd6 27.Rd1 c5 28.Nxf7+ Rxf7 29.b4 f5 30.bxc5...
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Boardgame News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
I’ve played a few games that debuted at Spiel in late October 2009 at least twice, so I thought I’d offer early impressions, with more detailed reviews to follow once I’ve played them a sufficient number of times. Here goes: • Tobago – Bruce Allen has created a fun deduction-style game that contains no deduction. On an island with different types of terrain and landmarks,...
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slotsngames | 21/10/2009
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pentnews.com | 17/09/2009
Ladbrokes has won a case against the Swedish state monopoly for betting Swedish Games (Svenska Spel) . Svenska Spel filed a law suit against Ladbrokes in 2008 for breach of trademark laws in connection with the Ladbrokes advertising campaign "Swedish games with English odds". Svenska Spel claimed that Ladbrokes had misused the Svenska Spel trademark and that only the state monopoly can use the term
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