Ghostzapper to return in 2005; Azeri might retire after two more ...
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There is no question in trainer Bobby Frankelâs mind who will claim Horse of the Year honors when the Eclipse Awards are handed out in January.
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Takuma Sato will return with BAR-Honda in 2005. The team confirmed the Japanese driver&#39;s return on Tuesday ahead of this weekend&#39;s Japanese Grand Prix.
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Chris Shiflett has posted his look back at this year's Zend/PHP Conference & Expo on his blog today.   It has been more than two weeks since ZendCon, yet I can't seem to manage to find the time to recap the event. (Work has been keeping me busy.) This will be brief.   In the post, he talks about the attendees, his security talk, the community deck of cards, Wez Furlong's talk, and more. Check out his post for more info on the conference and what all went on.
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A Swedish Canon executive said announcements are planned for January. My guesses include sequels to two SLRs, the Rebel XTi and 5D.
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Analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring on 12 December  The independent Azeri TV and radio station ANS resumed broadcasting on 12 December, almost three weeks after being taken off the air, ostensibly because its broadcasting licence had expired.
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Ziff Davis - Executives with the Redmond software vendor vow they will deliver the 'R2' Windows Server release in 2005. But to do so, they are pushing back some features.
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NBA Ending speculation that Larry Brown would again coach the 76ers, president Billy King said last night that Maurice Cheeks will return for a third season. King said he told Cheeks this week that he would return. "I almost didn't really feel like I needed to, because we were always talking about this summer and planning like we normally have," ...
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With the announcement of a proposed 2005 start date, the big question circulating about &quot;Terminator 4&quot; seems to be whether or not the Terminator himself, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will return to the franchise.
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Plus: Hot gadget preview at CES 2005 Awards. [News.com Extra]
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By Tamara Chuang, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Feb. 20--The first time Michael K. Wilson came out of retirement, it was  to help his old friend Pierre Omidyar on a little startup called eBay. Wilson  was its fourth employee. He retired again in 2001.
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Also: Microsoft plans new BizTalk release for this year. [News.com Extra]
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Given the current state of the National Hockey League, it's a giant long shot if the game comes back for any part of the 2004-05 season. What the product will look like when it does resume remains to be seen. Will the 82-game season be shortened? It certainly should be. Will they find a way to legislate the trap out ...
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Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of legendary rock group Led Zeppelin are due to get back together.
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Gabe: I had planned on making a couple posts last week but I ended up getting some kind of devil virus. It was the sort of sick where you don't really sleep. You just curl up in the bathroom and hallucinate that wolves are encircling you. I'm feeling better now though.I had wanted to talk about some stuff but I forgot almost all of it during my spirit quest. Let me see if I can remember anything. Sorry if this is sort of scattershot.I did go to the Pokemon Tournament and I ended up taking fourth. It was my first tourney and I was using a pretty crazy deck I'd built just a few days prior. Kiko also went and he took fifth even though we had the same win loss record during the day. They used some special Pokemon math to push me in to the final four and give him fifth. I pretty proud of both of us. It was a new level of competition that we'd never seen before and I think we played really well.If you're a fan of Transformers I highly recommend the new animated series on Cartoon Network. Some people might be turned off by the look but I think it's incredible. It's got a very Teen Titans look which makes sense seeing as it's by the same people. Even in vehicle mode these transformers are expressive and full of character. I read Amulet over the weekend (don't believe the date on his site, it is already in stores) and if you are a fan of comics I suggest you do the same. I don't want to say too much about it. I think that Kazu is one of the most talented individuals working in comics today. With Amulet he has created something timeless. I've collected all your Dickerdoodle pictures and there's some pretty great stuff in there. Give me some time to sort through them and I'll start posting my favorites soon. I'll get Tycho to help me pick a winner and we'll find something cool here in the office as a prize.-Gabe out
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Gabe: I just have some random stuff to share here.***UPDATE***Looks like we got bumped to 2/12 because of a Magic tournament.Pokemon League night is next Tuesday at the Comic Stop. Matches start at six pm, but you can show up a little early if you'd like to trade cards. As always new players are welcome, just bring a starter deck. It's also a good idea to register at Go-Pokemon.com and bring your POP ID. A reader wrote in today to tell me that he was doing the New York Sun crossword puzzle for January 30th and noticed this clue for 12 down:  "Tycho's pal in the webcomic 'Penny Arcade' (4 letters)." That's totally awesome. I'm sure the Force Unleashed will be fine. The time period around the original trilogy is just getting so crowded. Now Vader has a secret apprentice? I mean, it makes sense canonically to me. The Emperor had Mara Jade out there doing his dirty work. It's not unreasonable to think Vader had a similar arrangement. Also the very nature of Sith rule makes covering your ass a necessity. The hook for the game is fine and I don't mind the 3rd person action stuff. There are a few games I'd much rather see them make though. The fact that they have not made a sequel to Republic Commando is fucking criminal. That's not a joke either. I mean that someone over there should be put in jail for the rest of their life. RepCom was an incredible squad based shooter, and unlike most games in that genre it was packed with awesome characters. This games deserves a next gen sequel. The other game that needs a next gen installment is Tie Fighter. Seriously that game came out in 1994 and it's one of the best space shooters ever. And for fucks sake stop setting things during the movies. There's nearly sixty years worth of incredible content (minus the dark nest series) extending out past Return of the Jedi. You don't have to keep trying to cram stories into the same 20 year period. They're milking so much content out of that period that eventually we'll be playing a game as Luke where the goal is to repair vaporators on the south ridge. Hurry up you've only got 'till mid day!Rez is available on Xbox Live now. It's one of the best games ever made.   The most popular piece of clothing we've ever made, AKA The Black Mantle is back in stock. It's joined by its polar opposite, the Luminous Vestments. I have a feeling both will be sold out before I finish typing this.   -Gabe out
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Ghostzapper had one thing going for him Saturday in the $4 million Breeders&#39; Cup Classic: He is a very fast race horse. But he had never run a mile and a quarter
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Former Horse of the Year Azeri has retired from racing. The six-year-old mare was voted Horse of the Year in 2002.