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7/10 Fire & family
You have a guy like Ryan Dempster, who's your bulldog when he comes in. It's his day to pitch and you're excited to see him on the mound. When he has to come out of the game, there's that fire in him that he wants to stay out there and he wants to keep going strong. You have two strong-minded guys, Q and Demp. Q believed in one thing, going with his bullpen. Demp believed he could keep going strong. At the same time, people have to understand you need that. You don't want a passive manager, you don't want a passive starting pitcher. Sometimes you bump heads. We have 7 1/2 months together. It's not all love. Sometimes it's war, even in the locker room. We treat it like a family. What happened yesterday happened, and today you move on and go from there. Maybe Ramon throws six, seven innings and doesn't want to come out and the bullpen is ready and it happens again. At the same time, that's something that will always happen in the game of baseball just because of the competitiveness and the fire between players and staff.
If it had been Zambrano, it would've been blown up and blown out of proportion. The camera stays on Carlos. They're waiting for him to have his next blow up. Dempster's had blow ups, but you just haven't seen them or hear about them. I've had my blow ups and you never hear about them. It happens to everybody. I guess it's a Catch-22. If it's Dempster, he gets a pass. If it's Carlos Zambrano, it gets talked about more because he's Big Z.
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I agree completely & will take it a step further! Contrast Demo's righteous anger with Giants Brian Wilson's last week, after he was taken out of the game. Wilson was completely out of control & out of line, unlike Demp, yesterday!
Regarding Z, I agree with you! People are just waiting to see Carlos "blow up!" Last year's "blow up" by Z was not really a big deal! He was frustrated with veterans like D-Lee, who told him to shut-up in the dugout when Carlos was trying to "rally the troops!" I saw that incident for what it was…..! Not long after that D-Lee(thankfully) was gone to the Braves!
Marlon, glad to see you back! Carrie reported that you were doing push-ups in CF at the end of last night's game? Wish we could have seen that!! You're a skilled, charismatic player who is a joy to watch!
I didn't know you had a blog Marlon? Look forward to reading more from you!!
First off, glad to see you back! Love watching you play.
Second, you are exactly right! Z' sells papers and sportscasters love talking about him. But I think Dempster is so cool and collected, you never expect that out of him. However, he is a competitor. When he gets between the lines, it's all business…..as it should be for any professional athlete. Thank you for setting the record straight.
Good luck the rest of the way!
you are really going to say what a mlb player accepts as good as 'baloney'? don't you think the players know what works? the 'blow ups' are a result of passion and competitiveness…which is a good thing
The last three Hall of Fame Cubs players–Banks, Williams and Sandberg–were self-controlled athletes who showed their fire in their play, not in the dugout or clubhouse. All this talk of fire, where a player loses his composure and forgets that he is a professional, is baloney. The results don't help the club but produce discord and the cultivation of prima donnas.
"Losing one's composure" is subjective, in my humble opinion! Watching Ryne Sandberg manage the Iowa Cubs last year, his "composure" was lost quite a few times! However, in the context of a hotly contested umpire's call & in defense of his team, its appropriate.
In this day & age, there is more intrusion into the dugout, providing more of a window on what goes on there. I'm not a fan of so many cameras & microphones on coaches, managers & players during a game, particularly in the dugout! We don't need to see their every emotion!
good points Marlon, and I agree, things like that happen, and as long as the next hour or even the next day, it is over and forgotten, than it can be a good thing, Demp showed that he wants the ball and Q showed that he was the boss, in the past a player/manager has not worked well…loved reading your thoughts on the Iowa Cub players, sometimes I think a team mate can get a better read on a player than a scout with a stop watch can….
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I'm glad you are back. It is so much fun watching you play. You always look like you are having a good time playing and I love your defense.
It's great you have a blog.
I will take some fire and mouthiness from Dempster anyday compared to a "dead ass team" that the Cubs seemed to be earlier this year. As much as they are losing, I still like watching them because they at least are trying. I credit Quade for not being so insecure that he loses his cool everytime one of his players runs his mouth. You know, if the pitching does straighten out and the defense stabilizes, we could have some fun the second half.
dead-ass team? We must not be watching the same team… they're having a real tough go at it, but this is hardly a team that is dead
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Like many of you on the Bold Progressive's campaign list, I saw an email recruiting new media directors for congressional campaigns. As a close follower of how politicians are adapting to the shifting campaigning landscape, I had a few questions to ask. This interview is with Jason Rosenbaum of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
Organizing 2.0: I hear you are looking for a few good organizers….
Jason: Yes! New media directors, to be precise. [Job details here.]
Organizing 2.0: What's the likely profile of these NMD's? Are these positions that a congressional campaign would fill on its own, or are you supplying something they simply won't have without you?
Jason: We're looking for folks that have both great tech skills, but are also (and more importantly) talented strategic organizers who are motivated to help progressives run and win boldly. These are positions that a campaign might fill on their own, but is often filled with a Washington, DC based consultant or by someone less talented and committed.

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Saturday Night Live star Seth Meyers is preparing to walk down the aisle after proposing to his longtime girlfriend.
The 39-year-old funnyman met Alexi Ashe at a wedding several years ago, and now they are planning their own nuptials.
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Ashland, Oregon, March 31, 2010—WE'RE IN A RUT, you'll say. In any case, it says something about how we feel about other lunch possibilities in this town. Yes, back to Agave today: it's just that good.
I began with a cabbage salad and guacamole; then went on to two tacos: pescado (lightly battered and deep-fried fish) and pato (that delicious duck rillette taco I told you about the other day).
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Southward Fare & Libations combines a rustic chic vibe with Chef Ryan Trimm's Southern fusion cooking.
Too often with new restaurants, service and food don't match up. Not so with Southward Fare & Libations, where over the course of my first perfectly-paced meal even bar manager Chris Ferri stops by to ask how I like my cocktails. A few minutes later he is back with a Midnight Kiss, an off-menu muddle of lime juice, sugar and vodka crowned by a cap of cabernet. When I sip on its diminutive straw, the wine infuses the cocktail with flavor and whimsy.
Open since early August, Chef Ryan Trimm's third restaurant is off to an impressive start, combining Southern hospitality with iconic food from Dixie. Yes, there is cornbread in the basket, but it's spiked with chopped bell peppers, and a chilled medley of oysters on a pretty fish-shaped plate comes with tomatillo cocktail sauce and cherry Pernod mignonette for dipping.
Entrees and desserts duplicate a similar spirit. Sirloin steak shares the spotlight with shrimp risotto, field peas, tomatoes and cucumber chimichurri sauce, and the low-brow banana split dresses urban chic in pecans, Luxardo cherries, strawberry champagne sorbet and two kinds of creamy gelato.
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Q&A: Breaking down the Nuggets' depth entering tonight's Game 5
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As a Lakers fan I can't help but be blown away by the Nuggets' depth. They are by far the deepest and most talented team in the entire league. I envy your frontcourt… especially Mozgov and Koufos. Big Al was a huge upgrade at the three spot over Melo. I can't believe you guys are down two games. As long as Mozgov is 100 percent you guys are set to make a comeback.
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Kevin, good to hear from you. Nice game for your Lakers last night. I was watching while on a Frontier flight during the game, and I was so stunned by Kobe's first dunk, I think I woke the woman next to me.
Indeed the Nuggets have amazing depth. They don't have any all-stars, but they have talent two-deep at every position. And George Karl has repeatedly said that Mozzy Mozbourne can be a quality starter in this league, if he continues to develop.
The one problem with having so much depth – and not having them for a full season – is that Karl is still trying to find the right groupings of players. He has struggled matching guys at key times this series. But, at least, he hasn't given extended minutes to guys who were flailing, such as Game 2 with J.R. Smith or Game 4 with Wilson Chandler.
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Vampire Diaries Catchup Part 3: Episodes 14-17 Well this was a convoluted catchup, wasn't it? I mean, I'm talking purely logistically. Olympics and breaks and everything else, it was a long time coming. So maybe it's for that reason that this run of episodes seems like it has really run out of steam. Full Story
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The CW upfronts happened in New York today. And the stars of one of the network's most important shows, The Vampire Diaries, turned up together, but not. It was confirmed last week that Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder have ended their relationship. Needless to say, there were no group shots. Full Story
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ROCHESTER — One seat is up in the Strafford County State Representative District 23 race, with the Republican ballot contested.
Incumbent Republican Julie Brown, 77, serves on the Rochester School Board and has served the New Hampshire legislature for 12 terms. She says she has lived in the Lilac City for 44 years.
"I am running to complete some things that I have begun in the Legislature," she said, making note of restoring funding to the Meals on Wheels program, seeing that young children and elderly are cared for. "God has blessed me in many ways. I simply wish to pay it forward."
Another issues for her is restoring the age of adulthood to 18 years in circumstances of crime.
Brown's opponent Cliff Newton, 55, is serving his third term as a state representative in Rochester and is chairman of the Fish, Game and Marine Resources Committee. He said he was born in Frisbie Memorial Hospital and have lived in the city for all of his life.
Newton said he wishes to continue supporting and representing "those who believe in fiscal accountability" and ensure the Granite State remains income tax and sales tax free.
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Last August, Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado gave a speech at the American Coal Council's Coal Market Strategies Conference. He praised the resource for generating nearly half of America's power and supplying "hundreds of thousands" of jobs and playing a "vital role in our nation's future." "It is reliable and it is cheap and it is ours," Lamborn said.
The U.S. representative also railed against a "war on coal" waged by "naysayers" and "dreamers" ignorant of the hard truths of the modern energy game, who were using "burdensome and onerous regulations" to try to reduce our access to coal's bounty. He urged America's coal industry to fight back with the facts. "Your industry has a great story to tell," Lambert explained, "and I encourage you to tell it."
Last week, Lamborn created a coal story of his own. It began with a West Virginia woman named Maria Gunnoe, an activist and mother of two who came to testify before the House Natural Resources Committee on the impact of coal mining in her home state. She had a presentation containing several photos by award-winning photojournalist Katie Falkenberg, from her series "The Human Toll: Mountaintop Removal Mining," which tells the story of coal's impact on the lives of West Virginians in vivid, heartbreaking detail.
This, it turns out, was not Congressman Lamborn's kind of story. The staff of the House Natural Resources Committee, working under the direction of Lamborn — who is chairman of a subcommittee — ordered Gunnoe to remove one of Falkenberg's pictures from her presentation — a photo of a 5-year-old girl curled up in her bathtub, the water stained brown from arsenic and other chemicals that the girl's parents believe have seeped into their water supply from nearby coal mining operations. ("The coal company that mines the land around their home has never admitted to causing this problem, but they do supply the family with bottled water for drinking and cooking," the caption at Falkenberg's website notes.)
In fact, this story so troubled the House Natural Resources Committee staff that they notified the Capitol Police, who spent an hour interrogating Gunnoe about whether or not she was involved in child pornography. This, evidently, was Lamborn's read on the story told in Katie Falkenberg's photo. He and his staff saw a photo of a little girl sitting naked and innocent in a tea-colored toxic bath, and they worried that it might be pornographic.
Art is a kind of storytelling. At its best, it speaks to humanity's deepest truths. Often, it can reveal things not even its maker and subject had intended.
If you see the ache of human tragedy, a little girl at grave risk of harm from the pollutants in her bathtub, a life denied the most basic human need of clean water — if that's what you see, then you are seeing the bigger picture. You've heard Katie Falkenberg's story clearly. If you see an image that could be construed as titillating, an image that is in any way sexual — or that could be interpreted as such in order to erase this girl's plight — you've taken several very twisted turns, veering sharply away from basic human decency.
There's a face now on the girl's quiet tragedy. Her tormenter has a name, a title: Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado, the coal industry's most shameless shill.
By coincidence, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney happened to be in Lamborn's home state last week, telling his own story about coal. By way of celebrating the bustling local coal mining business, Romney attacked President Obama's record on job creation in the renewable energy sector. "You see he said he was going to create some 5 million green energy jobs," Romney said. "Have you seen those around here anywhere?"
As a reporter for the Colorado Independent noted, those jobs weren't actually scarce in Colorado. In fact, as of 2010 more than 70,000 of the state's residents were working in the green energy sector. And as the New York Times and many others have reported, the coal industry is in steep decline, unable to compete with cut-rate natural gas and increasingly targeted by the EPA and activists for the toll it has taken on human and environmental health.
It's one of those funny things about telling coal's tales: If you want to tell a good-news story, you won't be able to tell too much of the truth. It's also why there's a particularly rich irony to one of the things Congressman Lamborn told his coal-biz cronies:
As to the future, despite the naysayers who oppose the use of coal, even to the detriment of our nation, and the dreamers, who do not understand that energy does not come from simply wishing it to be, coal has a vital role to play in our nation's future.
Because the thing is, while energy might not come from wishing, it does come from willing it to be — just as the renewable energy industry has done in Colorado and far beyond. And no matter how big it gets, its story never ends with little girls in baths laced with arsenic, and congressmen accusing activists of outrageous crimes to try and hide their own.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
This is an indy developer business. It's my first iPad app.
I already have some iPhone apps, including one that allows a user to edit the location of an image taken with the iPhone.
This app will mostly be targeted to professional photographers who are on a light travel with just camera and iPad or need to upload quickly their JPG shots.
I need an icon that purveys the idea of data and the idea of a picture taken from a camera. I want something that appeals to professional photographers, doesn't get in the way but is easy to use.
The icon must reflect that. It must be cold and somewhat serious.
Please don't use the usual viewfinder or lens effect except in a very appropriate way. There are too many icons using that already. The design should't overplay the uploading part of the user story as this is less important than iptc fields and exif modification.
I want the icon preferably in a vector format, as I must be able to have it at sizes 512 pixels for the Store, and 72 pixels for the iPad at least (other formats may be used).
If you use Opacity, I will be happy to receive files in that format.
You can look at the icons of my other apps on the itunes Store under the brand ecomposite http://itunes.apple.com/fr/artist/e…d288728122
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The evolution of chain guides continues! The all new G2 SL and Mini G2 SL are stronger, easier to set up, and 30% lighter than their predecessors. From the top to the bottom, they have been redesigned. A more compact, lower profile upper guide reduces noise from chain slap while improving fit on bikes that have tight clearance tolerances with frame members. The lower guide is more compact, lighter and stronger than previous models. Our patented skid is tapered and relieved in multiple areas to provide the lightest, most durable, and best fitting bash guard possible. In short, there is material where needed, and not much where it is not. The backplate has been redesigned to reduce weight and add stiffness. It also features laser etching to aid in setup and identify which mounting standard you are holding in your hands.
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• G2 SL for 36-40 tooth capacity
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2012 Volvo XC60
The Volvo XC60 is the smallest of the Volvo crossover family, which includes the XC70 and XC90. A compact SUV about the size of a Honda CR-V, the Volvo XC60 competes favorably with the Acura MDX, Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Mercedes-Benz GLK.
The 2012 Volvo XC60 R-Design gets boosted by Volvo's high-performance partner, Polestar, raising horsepower and torque through software. Otherwise, the XC60 carries over to the 2012 model year unchanged. XC60 was launched as a 2010 model. For 2011, the R-Design model was added.
The XC60 seats four quite comfortably, five with a bit of coziness, and it offers more cargo space than nearly all its competitors. The XC60 looks like a smaller version of the XC90, and it doesn't shout family-mobile.
The standard 3.2-liter six-cylinder engine easily meets the demands of daily driving, offering 240 horsepower and an EPA-estimated 19/25 mpg City/Highway with front-wheel drive.
For those who value quick acceleration, a 325-horsepower turbocharged engine is available that adds excitement and thrill. For 2012, the new XC60 Polestar offers an increase of 25 horsepower and 29 foot-pounds of torque. We tested the Polestar XC60, and it's hot. It's rated 17/23 mpg with all-wheel drive.
The XC60 is not the sportiest among the compact SUVs, but we found it handles well on city streets and highways. We ran it hard on curvy remote roads in Arizona, and it responded well. It's easy to park, particularly with the optional rearview camera. The XC60 rides comfortably, its brakes are superb, and its 6-speed automatic transmission is well tuned.
Volvo's fulltime all-wheel-drive system works smoothly in the daily grind without a huge penalty in fuel economy (18/24 mpg), and it's truly welcome when the weather gets foul or on gravel or even in bumpy corners. Yet buyers who don't really need all-wheel-drive capability can choose an XC60 with front-wheel drive (19/25 mpg).
With all-wheel drive and 9.1 inches of ground clearance, the Volvo XC60 offers as much off-highway capability as most sport-utility buyers will ever need. It can handle backcountry trails, and the computer-managed Hill Descent Control makes creeping down steep inclines secure. The XC60 can tow 3300 pounds: a trailer full of snowmobiles or a small boat.
Inside, the Volvo XC60 is attractively finished and pleasingly understated. Its knobs and buttons are easy to use, which you can't say about many of the XC60's competitors. The seating arrangement is flexible, and the cargo compartment has tie-downs and other useful accessories. It offers nearly all the features you'd expect in a luxury vehicle, including heated rear seats, rear-seat video and superb surround audio.
Volvo devotes significant resources to research aimed at improving occupant protection, and its reputation for safety engineering is deserved. The XC60 offers the full array of active and passive safety features, including standard City Safety. This braking package is programmed to stop the car independent of the driver when it senses an impending encounter with a car in front at speeds up to 18 miles per hour, mitigating crash impact or avoiding a rear-ender altogether. The XC60 is available with a full array of blind-spot, lane-departure and driver alertness warning systems.
For those who want flexibility in cargo and people hauling without the bulk of a big SUV, the XC60 makes a lot of sense. Plus, the XC60 offers the safety engineering of a Volvo.
Model Lineup
The 2012 Volvo XC60 comes in three models: XC60 3.2, XC60 T6, and XC60 T6 R-Design. Four trim levels are available, including Premier, Premier Plus, and Platinum. All come with all-wheel drive except the 3.2, which is available with front-wheel drive.
The Volvo XC60 3.2 is powered by a 3.2-liter inline-6 generating 240 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque, and using a 6-speed automatic transmission. XC60 3.2 comes with front-wheel drive ($33,300) or all-wheel drive ($35,300).
XC60 3.2 comes standard with cloth upholstery, aluminum interior trim, driver-seat memory, dual-zone automatic climate control, a full complement of power features and 17-inch alloy wheels. The standard stereo delivers 165 watts through eight speakers with single CD/DVD player, HD and Sirius satellite radio, Bluetooth connection and USB input. Premier ($2,500) upgrades to leather seating surfaces, panoramic roof, tinted rear windows, silver roofrails, power passenger seat, power sunshade. Premier Plus ($4,250) upgrades further with front and rear park assist, power liftgate, 12-volt power outlet in cargo area, HomeLink, compass, cargo cover, and power rear headrests. Platinum ($6,950) upgrades further with navigation, rearview camera, and a premium sound system.
XC60 T6 AWD ($39,450) comes with all-wheel drive and is powered by a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 making 300 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque. The T6 uses a 6-speed automatic. The Dynamic Package ($1,500) includes the 4C chassis with three settings, speed-sensitive steering, and xenon HID headlights. The T6 AWD is equipped like 3.2 Premier, but comes with 18-inch alloy wheels. Premier Plus ($4,250) and Platinum ($4,450) add the same things as with the XC60 3.2.
Volvo XC60 T6 AWD R-Design ($43,700) increases the horsepower to 325 and torque to 354 pound-feet, also raising the redline to 6500 rpm from 5600 rpm. It uses 20-inch wheels with 255/45R20 tires, and a sport-tuned suspension with stiffer springs and struts, and bigger front and rear anti-roll bars. The R-Design is equipped like Premier, with Premier Plus and Platinum the same as the T6.
A rear-seat entertainment system ($1,800) is available, port-installed, for all models.
Safety features standard on all models start with dual-stage front-impact airbags, front passenger side-protection airbags, curtain-type head protection airbags with rollover deployment for outside seats and whiplash-mitigating front headrests. The XC60 gets the highest possible scores in various government and insurance industry (IIHS) crash tests. All XC60s come standard with a collision prevention/mitigation system called City Safety, which can automatically apply the brakes in a pending low-speed collision. Other active safety features include advanced anti-lock brakes (ABS) and electronic stability control. Safety-related extra-cost options include the park assist and rearview camera, the Blind Spot Information System, and a pair of two-stage child booster seats with adaptive seatbelts for the outboard rear seats.
The Volvo XC60 is about the same size as compact sport-utilities or crossovers from other European luxury brands, including the Audi Q5, BMW X3, and Mercedes-Benz GLK. Yet the XC60 has at least 17 percent more cargo volume than any of those competitors.
At an overall length of 182.2 inches, the XC60 is sized comparably to the Honda CR-V and Ford Escape, with similar cargo capacity. With 9.1 inches of ground clearance, and skid plates that actually protect some of its underpinnings, all-wheel-drive versions of the XC60 offer a bit more legitimate off-road capability than other vehicles in this class.
The XC60 has the rugged, adventurous, substantial look buyers might expect in an SUV, but it's also very clearly a Volvo, even without the badges. The XC60 bears a close resemblance to its elder and larger stalemate, the XC90. The XC60 continues the Volvo design trend away from sharp angles and square corners and toward softer and more rounded lines. It's less severe, more relaxed, than the Volvos of yore. (Unless you go even further back to when they were rounded.)
The front end wears a softened version of the trademark trapezoidal grille, with egg crate mesh behind an angular slash emblazoned with the Volvo logo, braced by swoopy headlight housings embedded in swept-back fenders. A secondary air intake fills the lower center portion of the bumper, with fog lights tucked into the corners. The outlines of the openings, all V-like in overall shape, flow into each other, giving the fascia an of-a-piece look. The resulting head-on view is pleasing, while substantial and a little tall.
Side perspective presents mild confusion between a sportier, almost coupe-like hood slope and roofline and a wedgy beltline that rises in a straight line from the front wheel well to the rear door handle, leaving a bulbous mass of a rear quarter panel. This unbalanced look leaves a relatively hunkered down front end attached to a high, bustle-like rear end. Granted, this allows that class-leading cargo capacity of almost 70 cubic feet, but it leaves the XC60 with a stubby, chopped-off posterior.
The rear view shows broad shoulders capped by a tapered glasshouse, with LED taillights climbing up the sides of the glass on the one-piece liftgate. The rear bumper cups the bottom edge of the liftgate, with widely spaced exhaust tips peeking out just inboard of each rear tire. The body mass also minimizes the visual effect of the XC60's height, giving the rear perspective a more planted presence than the front.
The XC60 R-Design treatment has a bolder look. It starts with 20-inch alloy wheels and color-matched lower body moldings. The bright metal mirrors, window trim and tailpipes have a matte, almost silky finish, and the grille is imbedded with a prominent R logo, so everyone knows what the operator is driving.
Interior Features
The Volvo XC60 seats five.
The cabin is Scandinavian in style, and elegantly understated. The interior is as true as the exterior to Volvo's contemporary styling idioms. The materials and finish are very good, and functionality rates almost as high, despite some Volvo-specific quirks. It's easy to master the XC60's multitude of controls, which are simpler and more efficient than those in its luxury brand competitors. The seating arrangement is flexible and the cargo compartment is expansive.
The cuts and stitching on the XC60's seats and floor mats and the brushed aluminum trim on its door panels and center stack add a smart, cosmopolitan look. The optional Nordic Light Oak veneer on the center stack is real wood, and it emphasizes the Scandinavian-furniture feel. R-Design models are more metal-heavy in their finish, with more aluminum trim and inserts. Volvo steering wheels have some of the chubbiest rims in the business, and they're so thick that drivers with small hands might find them a bit too hefty.
The front seats offer all the expected comfort for the everyday driver and passengers on the everyday drive, be it around town or between towns. They're modestly bolstered but no less comfortable for being so. Interior dimensions in the XC60 rank in the middle of its competitive set. Nevertheless, in perceived roominess, this Volvo fares well, feeling as or more spacious than most competitors.
Visibility from the driver's seat is good all around. The rear headrests, large in the Volvo fashion for safety, fill a lot of the space in the rearview mirror, but the power-folding option allows the driver to lower those headrests with the touch of a switch when in the back seat isn't occupied.
The optional rearview video camera is especially appreciated for its assistance when parking. The video display bends a set of superimposed guidelines to reflect the car's path based on the position of the steering wheel.
Controls are concentrated in one of two spots: on easy-to-use stalks flanking the steering wheel, or in the flat-panel center stack rising from the console. Here you'll find some of those Volvo traits that are just a bit different than the convention in most cars.
The climate controls for airflow, for example, are fashioned with a large icon that looks like a seated person. Point to the feet and all air flows through the floor vents; choose the head, and air flows toward the windshield. The audio controls are different, too, with a twisting knob that cycles through menus and a keypad that looks like telephone buttons. They all work quite well, once a user gains some familiarity, and nearly all are large and easy to locate, even at night.
The premium audio system is superb, with crisp highs and booming lows. Auxiliary jacks and USB ports provide access to personal MP3 players and the like to keep passengers entertained.
The optional panorama sunroof is essentially the roof, in two pieces of glass, with a front section that retracts up and over the back section. This produces a neat skylight effect, which also benefits rear-seat occupants. The sunroof does, however, exact a cost, chopping a full inch out of front-seat headroom and nigh onto an inch and a half over the rear seat.
Bins molded into front and rear door panels and pouches sewn into the back sides of the front seat backs provide more than adequate occasional storage. The lighted glove box is deep and tall enough to hold quite a bit more than the leather-bound owner's manual portfolio.
The rear seat is more bench than bucket, but properly so, as it's intended to accommodate three average adults, which it does, if somewhat snugly. The XC60 makes an excellent vehicle for families with two children growing into their teens. And for families with toddler, there are optional built-in child safety seats with optimized belts.
The XC60 is a benchmark for cargo volume. There's nearly 31 cubic feet of storage with the rear seat in place, and 67.4 cubic feet with the rear seat folded. That's seven cubic feet more than the Acura RDX, 10 more than the Audi Q5, 11 more than the BMW X3 and 13 more than the Mercedes GLK. Moreover, the XC60 is configured to maximize flexibility.
The rear seatbacks fold easily to a truly flat surface. The middle section, representing the 20 in 40/20/40, works like the pass-through in vehicles with a trunk, allowing longer items like fishing poles to be carried inside the XC60 with full space for two rear passengers. The front passenger seatback also folds forward and flat, creating room for much wider and longer items than fit in the typical small SUV/crossover.
Carpet covers all surfaces in the rear cargo area, and the removable floor panel extends rearward enough to be secured beneath an overlap from the closed liftgate. The cargo cover works great, too, but owners will have to spring for the Convenience Package to get it. The package also adds a power liftgate, grocery bag holder and cargo-area power point, which come standard on some competitors.
Driving Impressions
The Volvo XC60 defines the appeal of the so-called crossover vehicle. It's a fabulous compromise between what people want in a true, truck-based sport-utility and what they need for daily transportation. Beyond its flexible seating/cargo configurations, the XC60 is generally a comfortable, pleasant vehicle to drive. It's compact and easy to park, and it isn't mundane in a people-mover, family wagon fashion.
The XC60 is tuned more for cruising comfortably on the highway or through town than for flinging around on back roads, or for travel where no graded roads exist. That said, it won't scare its driver, land-barge style, when he or she is trying to keep with the flow on a curving canyon or river road. It provides moderate off-pavement capability, and not just the look that goes with a tall body or ride height raised an inch or two. Its 3300-pound tow rating is substantial in this class, and the standard Trailer Stability Assist (TSA) electronics help maintain stability while pulling a trailer.
The upgrade turbocharged engine delivers refreshingly linear acceleration, not necessarily what you'd expect with a turbocharged engine. It also adds a bit of verve the base, non-turbo engine lacks. Regardless, the base six-cylinder is torquey enough for everyday use in traffic-heavy cities, and we wouldn't hesitate recommending it. Its slight mileage advantage, though, is more a function of its fitment in front-drive XC60s, rather than inherently better fuel efficiency than the turbo, which is only offered with all-wheel-drive.
We liked the 6-speed automatic transmission best in Sport mode. Its well-executed sport setting re-assigns shift points to maximize the engine's power curve and extends the transmission's stay in each gear. Sport mode uses more fuel, but it suppresses unwanted hunting among gears when climbing or descending grades. Additionally, it suppresses the engine's tendency to surge unexpectedly as it acclimates to each gear change. The sport setting also allows a driver to choose a specific gear when desired, overriding the electronic brain's preferred selection, although the system will not hold a gear either to redline or to an engine-lugging rpm. The automatic reasserts its own control to shift up or down a gear at pre-determined engine speeds. In full Auto mode, when the XC60 is driven casually, shifts are smooth, if not invisible.
The all-wheel-drive system operates seamlessly, and the driver will almost never know when it's working. The all-wheel drive works full time; the driver does not need to switch it on. In normal, good-traction conditions, 95 percent of the engine's power goes to the front wheels, just 5 percent to the rear. If the front wheels lose traction, a multi-plate clutch begins routing power to the rear, to a maximum split of 65 percent to the rear wheels. This front-drive bias leaves the XC60 with a default understeer handling characteristic, like most cars. When driven past the grip limit of the tires, this push is much easier to handle than a skittish rear end, because a driver's natural instinct is to slow down, and that basically solves the problem.
All-wheel drive on the Volvo is more an advantage for safe, secure forward progress in lousy weather than a true off-road tool. Still, with 9.1 inches of ground clearance, this crossover can traverse terrain that would be impossible in a conventional sedan, or in some other crossovers. Hill Descent Control adds some reassuring braking assist when navigating the way back down that dirt track that an hour earlier looked so benign.
The Volvo XC60 is lighter (and smaller) than the XC70 and XC90 crossover SUVs, but it has relatively high center of gravity combined with minimally bolstered seats and a largish steering wheel, both seemingly designed more for comfort than speed. These traits establish the XC60 more as an all-weather, long-distance cruiser than a canyon carver.
The suspension does a decent job taming different types and conditions of tarmac. Ride quality is a bit rough at times, more so with the more stiffly suspended R-Design models, but the unsprung weight of the all-wheel drive mechanicals bears more of the responsibility for this than any design or structural deficiency. Travel on rough pavement produces some head toss, which is not uncommon in the class. Nonetheless, the Infiniti EX35 delivers a quieter ride than the XC60, and the BMW X3 and Acura RDX offer better steering feel.
We got good seat time in an XC60 R-Design, driving hard into the Arizona mountains. Volvo's performance partner, Polestar Motorsport, pumps up the horsepower to 325 hp and torque to 354 pound-feet. The R-Design's stiffer suspension and 20-inch wheels with low-profile tires make the ride considerably rougher. We charged a lot of corners, and the handling was good but it'll never feel like a sports car or be one, so maybe the stiff ride isn't worth it.
The hotter acceleration, and the wider and bigger torque, is sure worth it, though. The 6-speed automatic transmission doesn't have to do much kicking down, with all the power and torque at hand. The R-Design accelerates from 0 to 60 in 6.6 seconds, which is .3 seconds quicker than the XC60 AWD.
The brakes on the XC60 work very well, resisting fade, consistently and confidently slowing it from high double-digit speeds for slow corners. Most of its optional lane departure and other proximity warning systems can be suppressed or turned off, squelching the associated irritating and distracting beeps and buzzes when the driver decides they're not needed.
The standard City Safety feature is intended to help avoid rear-ending the car ahead, or at least to minimize the damage. This system works at speeds 2-18 mph. Up to 9 mph, it can stop the car before it hits a car in front. From that speed up to 18 mph, it can reduce significantly the force of the impact. Tested at just under 9 mph in a parking lot, it worked, surprisingly sharply, jolting driver and front seat passenger smartly into abruptly snugged-up seatbelts. We were glad it worked.
The Volvo XC60 packs a lot of space into a stylish, compact SUV that seats five. It's maneuverable and pleasant on freeways and city streets. It offers more cargo capability than its competitors, with great cargo/seating flexibility, and it's loaded with Volvo's trademark safety technology. With good ground clearance and optional all-wheel drive, the XC60 offers light off-pavement capability. The upgrade turbocharged engine is appealing and more invigorating, but the base 3.2-liter six-cylinder is more than adequate for most drivers and it delivers better value.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Tom Lankard reported from northern California, with J.P. Vettraino reporting from Detroit, and Sam Moses reporting from Arizona.
|Model Line Overview
|Model lineup:
|Volvo XC60 3.2 ($33,300), 3.2 Premier ($35,800), 3.2 Premier Plus ($37,550), 3.2 Platinum ($40,250), T6 AWD ($39,450) T6 AWD Premier Plus ($41,200), T6 AWD Platinum ($ 43,900), T6 AWD R-Design ($43,700) R-Design Premier Plus ($45,550), R-Design Platinum ($48,150)
|240-hp 3.2-liter inline-6; 300-hp or 325-hp 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6
|6-speed automatic
|Safety equipment (standard):
|dual-stage front-impact airbags, front passenger seat-mounted side impact airbags, head-protection curtains with rollover deployment for all outboard seats, front seat whiplash protection system, City Safety low-speed collision prevention/mitigation system, electronic stability control, anti-lock brakes (ABS) with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), ready-alert and fading-brake support systems; tire pressure monitor
|Safety equipment (optional):
|dual rear child safety booster seats two-stage; blind spot warning system; Technology Package with collision warning with full auto brake, distance alert, driver alert control and lane departure warning; all-wheel drive; rearview camera
|Basic warranty:
|4 years/50,000 miles
|Assembled in:
|Ghent, Belgium
|Specifications As Tested
|Model tested (MSPR):
|Volvo XC60 T6 R-Design AWD ($43,700)
|Standard equipment:
|leather seating surfaces, panoramic roof, tinted rear windows, silver roofrails, leather steering wheel, power passenger seat. Brushed aluminum interior trim, driver-seat memory, dual-zone automatic climate control, full power, 165-watt 8-speaker sound system, CD/DVD player, HD and Sirius satellite radio, Bluetooth connection and USB input. Also 20-inch alloy wheels with low profile tires, sport-tuned suspension.
|Options as tested (MSPR):
|Platinum Package ($4450) includes navigation system voice-activated, rearview camera, front and rear Park Assist, premium sound system, digital compass, electric folding rear headrests, grocery bag holder, 12V power outlet in cargo area, HomeLink integrated garage door opener, map care, power tailgate, cargo cover, personal car communicator with keyless drive; Technology Package ($2100) with Adaptive Cruise Control, Collision Warning, Distance Alert, Driver Alert Control, Full Auto Brake, Lane Departure Warning, Pedestrian Detection Queue Assist; Climate Package ($1000) includes headlamp washers, heated front seats, heated rear seats, heated windshield washer nozzles, Interior Air Quality System, rain sensor; metallic paint ($675)
|Destination charge:
|Gas guzzler tax:
|Price as tested (MSPR):
|all-wheel drive
|3.0-liter dohc 24v turbocharged inline-6
|Horsepower (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|325 @ 5400-6500
|Torque (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|354 @ 3000-3600
|6-speed automatic with Geartronic manual-shift feature
|EPA fuel economy, city/hwy:
|17/22 mpg
|109.2 in.
|182.2/74.4/67.4 in.
|Track, f/r:
|64.3/62.4 in.
|Turning circle:
|38.4 ft.
|Seating Capacity:
|Head/hip/leg room, f:
|38/54.2/41.2 in.
|Head/hip/leg room, m:
|Head/hip/leg room, r:
|38.1/53.8/36.4 in.
|Cargo volume:
|67.4 cu. ft.
|Towing capacity:
|3300 Lbs.
|Suspension, f:
|independent, Macpherson strut, stabilizer bar
|Suspension, r:
|independent, multi-link with coil springs, gas-pressurized shocks, stabilizer bar
|Ground clearance:
|9.1 in.
|Curb weigth:
|4225 lbs.
|Brakes, f/r:
|vented disc/disc with ABS, Brake Assist
|Fuel capacity:
|18.5 gal.
|Unless otherwise indicated, specifications refer to test vehicle. All prices are manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSPR) effective as of April 22, 2012.Prices do not include manufacturer's destination and delivery charges. N/A: Information not available or not applicable. Manufacturer Info Sources: 800-550-5658 - www.volvocars.us.com
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Roundabout phobics, brace yourself for the newest traffic innovation: the diverging-diamond interchange.
Construction on a DDI, as its fans call it, has begun at Interstate 494 and 34th Avenue in Bloomington. The interchange, the third of its kind under construction in Minnesota and the first in the Twin Cities area, will open in the fall.
Diverging-diamond interchanges are designed to eliminate left turns in front of oncoming traffic, smoothing and speeding traffic flow. Traffic is controlled by signals, and right turns work just as they do at a conventional interchange.
But what works smoothly in practice looks like a nightmare on paper, with a tangle of spaghetti-like lanes weaving back and forth. Some traffic veers to the left, so drivers may get the vague feeling that they're driving on the wrong side of the road.
Fear not, engineers say. Drivers should just follow the lanes, which will be marked with small stripes to direct the unsure. Navigating a diverging-diamond interchange is much simpler in person than trying to figure it all out from a diagram, said Claudia Dumont, Minnesota Department of Transportation project manager for one being built near St. Cloud.
"Conflicts are eliminated, and you end up with more ramp-like movement," she said. "They have really good safety records and are very efficient."
For evidence, she points to a dashboard-level video of a car going through the U.S.'s first diverging-diamond interchange in Missouri. Traffic winds smoothly through the interchange with no trouble.
In addition to the St. Cloud-Sartell diverging-diamond interchange, one is being built near Rochester and more are expected. The interchanges, which were first used in France, take up less land than conventional interchanges and are cheaper to build.
Dumont said French studies show that traffic delays are reduced up to 60 percent because the waiting associated with left turns is eliminated and signal cycles are shorter.
In Bloomington, the $7.5 million interchange is a joint project of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), MnDOT and the city of Bloomington. The I-494-34th Avenue interchange needed to be updated because heavy traffic on some ramps has been backing up onto the freeway, said Allen Dye, airport project manager for MAC. About 70 percent of the 48,000 vehicles going through the interchange are getting on or off I-494.
The DDI design was chosen for the site partly because it avoids the problem of having to build over or under the light-rail line that runs under I-494, said Jim Gates, Bloomington's deputy director of public works. The DDI's smaller footprint made it the cheapest option, too.
"Loops would have cost more because of the right-of-way, and we can't go into the [Fort Snelling National] Cemetery," Gates said. "It was the most cost-effective."
Bloomington already has a page on the city website devoted to information about the DDI. Construction will proceed at once corner of the interchange at a time, so there will be detours in the area into fall. Gates said the light-rail line may have to close in that area on some weekends, but buses will bridge the gaps for riders.
Gates and Dye believe drivers will not find the DDI all that complicated. "I think a lot of people will go through it and say, 'Oh, it's not that bad,'" Dye said.
In St. Cloud, Dumont is taking no chances. MnDOT has been on a "PR blitz," she said, publishing construction fliers to show the stages of the project, how to drive the diverging-diamond interchange, and promoting video links that show how the interchanges work. Dumont has even talked to instructors who teach road safety classes to older drivers, showing them the videos so they can talk about diverging-diamond interchanges to their classes.
In a double whammy for timid drivers, the St. Cloud DDI is on the same corridor as roundabouts, Dumont said.
"There was a little learning curve with those, but people are getting used to them," she said. "I think [diverging-diamond interchanges] are more intuitive than roundabouts. You drive through it and you don't realize anything is different until you get through it."
MnDOT is paying 65 percent of the interchange project's $7.5 million cost, with Bloomington and MAC splitting the remainder.


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A great Hollywood movie has an interesting
beginning, a thrilling middle and a satisfying
conclusion. The WWE's adventure in Hollywood got the
first two parts right Sunday night with a Gone With
the Wind performance at WrestleMania 21 but unfortunately bombed like Ishtar in the third act.
The changing of the guard that many people
expected came with a whimper instead of a bang. In a
total reversal from last year's show -- where a largely
mundane card was saved by the emotional title
victories of Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero -- this
year's elevation of rising stars John Cena and Dave
Batista had no such drama. Unable to live up to the
high standards set by the Undertaker-Randy Orton and
Shawn Michaels-Kurt Angle bouts, the "main events"
offered the worst kind of anticlimax and would have
been right at home buried in the middle of the card.
Cena prevailed over John Bradshaw Layfield in a
match that could have easily been on free TV. The WWE
Champ beat on Cena for the first seven minutes of the
match, almost finishing him off with a superplex.
After kicking out of the pin, Cena caught JBL flying
off the top turnbuckle and scoop slammed him. The
challenger broke out the five-knuckle shuffle, and
then whipped JBL into the corner. The champ exploded
back with the Clothesline from Hell, but Cena ducked
it and countered with the F-U. Cena covered for the
pin and his first WWE Championship title.
Batista's long-awaited showdown with former mentor
Triple H was longer but not necessarily better.
Motorhead was on hand to perform a live rendition of
The Game's entrance music, though it was the
challenger who seized control in the early going. A
high knee sent Batista out to the floor around the
four minute mark, where the steel steps and Ric Flair
both did some damage.
Unable to get a three count with a spinebuster or
a neckbreaker, the world champ went for a Pedigree
that was reversed into a back body drop. A second
Pedigree attempt on the steps outside the ring also
got countered, this time with a catapult that sent
Triple H flying into the ringpost and busted him open
in the process. Bloodied but not beaten, The Game
tried to use a steel chair but was halted by the
Flair brought the world title belt into the fray
but got planted by a Batista spinebuster, leaving
Triple H to hit the belt shot himself. Neither that or
a low blow were enough to stop Batista, who hoisted
the champ on his back and fell straight back to
neutralize yet another Pedigree. Big Dave gave the
thumbs down sign and hit the Batista Bomb to make good
on his vow to take home the world heavyweight title.
Like every good movie, WWE did provide a surprise
twist. Unfortunately, like most movies, the surprise
was ruined before the product hit the screen. On most
Internet sites, it was no secret that Hulk Hogan was
going to face Muhammad Hassan, and he did -- just not in
a sanctioned match. Hassan interrupted a very joyful
(and nearly fully recovered, we hope) Eugene, as he
reminisced about Wrestlemanias past. After berating
Eugene with his prejudiced rhetoric, Hassan assaulted
the wrestling savant, slapping on the camel clutch.
Seconds later, Real American blasted over the
speakers, and Hogan made his entrance in all his
yellow and red glory. The Hulkster tossed Hassan from
the ring and even shook off a chair shot from Daivari.
Hogan then posed for the crowd in what we can only
hope is his swan song. He's a Hall of Famer now and
The next WWE Pay-Per-View is Backlash on May
A new WM 21 trailer spoof aired with Steve Austin
as Russell Crowe's character in Gladiator. Good stuff.
- Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio
WWE picks a great match the kick off the show.
Early on Mysterio takes to the air, hitting a
corkscrew plancha over the top rope. Rey Rey then
follows up with a springboard seated senton. Eddie
gets in his shots too. Latino Heat nails the Three
Amigos, but is unable to connect with the frog splash.
After a drop toehold, Mysterio finally connects with
the 619, but has the West Coast Pop countered into a
pin. Rey kicks out, and picks up the win after turning
a hurricanrana into a pin. After the match, the tag
team partners shake hands in the ring.
Winner ... Rey Mysterio at 12 minutes and 39
Match Rating: 7.5/10
Backstage, the two champs run into each other and
exchange words. Too bad they're both going to lose.
Elsewhere, we learn that the WWE has brought in some
actual Hollywood stars in the form of Adam Sandler and
Rob Schneider. No word on whether or not they were
paid to be there.
- Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Christian w/
Tyson Tomko, Shelton Benjamin, Edge, and Kane - Six-man
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
It's been a while since we've seen a match like
this, and the high spots are almost too many to name.
Jericho, Christian, Benjamin and Kane all fly out to
the floor to take out multiple opponents. At one
point, three ladders are set up simultaneously and
everyone except Kane (the victim of a Christian and
Edge ladder sandwich) is fighting at the top. Benjamin
almost steals the show by t-boning Edge off one ladder
and using another like a ramp to run up and drop
Jericho with a clothesline. Benoit, who looks like he
may have injured his left arm, launches a diving
headbutt from the top of a ladder. He also uses
repeated headbutts to knock Kane to the ground, but is
dropped in turn by a chair shot from Edge. The bitter
Canadian grabs the briefcase to win a world title shot
any time during the next year. I have to catch my
breath now.
Winner ... Edge at 15 minutes and 12
Match Rating: 8/10
- Randy Orton vs. The Undertaker
The Phenom makes his usual grand entrance, complete
with torch-bearing druids. He strikes first with a
legdrop on the apron and the Old School rope walk, but
Orton fights back by dropkicking the Dead Man off the
apron. Both men attempt their finishers but neither is
successful, and referee Earl Hebner takes a bump in
the process. Just before the 12-minute mark, Cowboy
Bob Orton -- who must be the world's slowest healer --
gets in a cast shot and drags Hebner over only to see
'Taker kick out. Bob takes a big boot to the face, so
he probably doesn't see his son hit an incredible
counter to the Last Ride with an RKO. That still won't
keep Undertaker down, so Randy tries a page from his
foe's book and goes for a Tombstone. Appropriately,
Undertaker reverses the move into his own Tombstone
and runs his Mania streak to 13-0. Even more
impressively, he helps young Orton put on the best
match I've seen him in so far.
Winner... Undertaker at 14 minutes and 13
- Christy Hemme(challenger) vs. Trish
Stratus(champion) - Women's Title Match
File this one under "waste of time." The best thing
about this match is the skimpy ring attire. Hemme
shows she's learned a little something with an arsenal
of kicks, and Lita tries to lend a hand. But let's
face it, Hemme is not a wrestler and Stratus deserves
a better opponent for the biggest show of the year. A
Chick Kick sends Christy packing, but it won't help me
forget all the botched spots.
Winner... Trish Stratus at 4 minutes and 41
Match Rating: 1/10
- Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels
The crowd seems to be split about 50-50 for this
one despite Angle's current heel character. The
expected mat wrestling gradually gives way to a more
pro wrestling style, and the pace really picks up
after Michaels misses his big elbow but recovers in
time to counter an Angle Slam with an arm drag. Just
past the 15-minute mark, Angle tries to suplex HBK off
the apron through a table, but soon finds himself on
the table thanks to a low mule kick. Michaels hits a
springboard cross body that doesn't break the table
but does bust up Angle's mouth. Shawn keeps things
rolling with a flurry of offense, but Sweet Chin Music
is countered with an Ankle Lock. HBK escapes twice,
the second time reversing it into a pin attempt of his
own. An Angle Slam only gets a two count, so Kurt goes
up top for a move he hasn't attempted for a while, the
moonsault. Michaels rolls away but isn't as lucky when
Angle meets him up top and hits a top rope Angle Slam.
Kurt yells at his foe in frustration when he kicks out
again, leaving an opening for Sweet Chin Music. Angle
manages to kick out at the very last second and hops
up to put the Ankle Lock on one more time. HBK does
everything humanly possible to escape the hold, coming
an inch away from the ropes several times. But Angle
finally manages to sit down on the hold, and after
several excruciating moments Michaels is forced to tap
out. This is a match of the year candidate if I've
ever seen one.
Winner... Kurt Angle at 27 minutes and 11
Match Rating: 9/10
Piper's Pit
Hot Rod thanks everyone for the Hall of Fame
honor, then gets down to business. Slipping up with a
"WWF" reference and some other choice words, Piper
calls out Stone Cold. Piper sizes Austin up and slaps
him. Stone Cold fires back with a slap of his own.
Piper tells Austin that he has respect for him, but
disagrees with one thing. Hot Rod was ticking off
Vince McMahon a when Austin was just a little redneck.
Carlito Caribbean Cool interrupts Austin's reply. CCC
says neither man is cool, and asks both men to talk a
walk. The fans want to see him. Piper swipes Carlito's
apple and spits back at him. CCC fires back at Piper,
but Austin intervenes and proceeds to stomp a mud hole
in Carlito. After a thumb to the eye from Piper,
Carlito gets his first Stone Cold Stunner. Austin
calls for the beer man, and both he and Piper share a
drink in the ring before Austin hits Piper with a
Stone Cold Stunner.
- Akebono vs. Big Show -- Sumo Match
In what looked like a working-shoot, Akebono
knocked Big Show from the ring to win the bout. WWE
management probably told the Grand Sumo Champion to
make Big Show look good before knocking him out. On
the other hand, Akebono has never faced an opponent of
Show's size, so he may have had some legitimate
trouble. Big Show did manage to pick Akebono up off
his feet, but then the sumo champ knocked Show from
the ring with a swipe to the head.
Winner ... Akebono at 1 minute and 2
Match Rating: 5/10
It is announced that WrestleMania XXII will be in
Chicago. This should make it cheaper for SLAM!
Wrestling to fly us out there to cover it next year.
Hint, hint.
- John Cena (challenger) vs. John Bradshaw
Layfield (champion) - WWE Championship Match
Winner ... and new WWE Champion ... John Cena at 9
minutes and 47 seconds
The new members of the Hall of Fame are trotted
out by the WWE Divas. It's cool to see all of them
together, but ... um, can we please get the Divas back
out on stage? They're a lot easier on the eyes.
- Batista (challenger) vs. Triple
H (champion) ... World Heavyweight Championship Match
Winner... and new World Heavyweight
Champion ... Batista at 21 minutes and 33 seconds
Match Rating: 6/10
Total Event Time: 3 hours and 50
Event Rating: 7/10
Dale Plummer has been writing for SLAM!
Wrestling since 2003, while Nick Tylwalk has been on
the beat since 1998. Nick and Dale like to think they
are on par with Ebert and Roeper as critics, but they
are more Waldorf and Statler, the two old guys from
The Muppet Show.


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An update for Sven Co-op has been released. If you are running a dedicated server please use SteamCmd to update your servers. Those of you that were using the public release candidate can remain to do so, as this branch now matches the standard branch.
Changes are as follows:
Game library
- trigger_copyvalue can now be used to get/set "topcolor" and "bottomcolor" key values.
- Fixed CAdminControl::KickPlayer() and CAdminControl::BanPlayer() methods not working correctly.
Non-playable characters
- Fixed the issue where NPCs were able to revive players over great distances if the player respawned and died again while being revived.
- [HW Grunt] Fixed issue with HWGrunt failing to attack brush-based enemies with its Minigun.
- [Ichthyosaur] Adjusted physics settings for better movement.
- [Ichthyosaur] Modified "On Attack" logic to fix on/off selection issues.
- [Ichthyosaur] Re-exposed use trigger for non-friendly Ichthyosaur.
- [Medic] Fixed NPC medics not healing players.
- [Scientist] Scientists can no longer be used while they are trying to revive a dead player/monster.
- Reduced enemy grenade spam.
- Replaced several M16 grunts with sniper assassins at the first set of balconies.
- Gave shotguns to a few Robo Grunts at end of the map.
They Hunger Episode 3
- [TH EP3 07] Fixed script issue that caused cybernetic Dr. Franklin to not appear during the final boss battle.
- Added Judgement to the map cycle and map vote lists.
Version details
Steam build ID numbers: Game 2007417, dedicated server tool 2007418, SDK tool 2007419.
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