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2011 NHL Playoffs: San Jose Sharks advance over Detroit Red Wings

The seven-game series is a war of attrition for evenly-matched teams, and there was no series in NHL history as close as the San Jose Sharks vs. Detroit Red Wings. Six of the seven games were decided by one goal (two in overtime), and the other game was a two-goal win, but only because of an empty-net goal.

What makes the NHL playoffs special is that by the end of a seven-game series and the end of a four-round marathon, it comes down to who has more will and endurance. Coming into the seventh game of this series, everyone thought they knew the answer to that question.

He was not named a star for the game, but Thornton was outstanding tonight. He won 9 of his 15 face-ffs and had 22:03 in ice time, plus would not come off the ice over the final few minutes to make sure the Sharks were able to bring the series win home. He now has 11 points in the last 11 playoff games (2-9-11).

In the eight playoff wins over the Detroit Red Wings during the last two Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Sharks have won each game by one goal.

Boyle leads all defenseman in points in the postseason (2-9-11).

For the second consecutive season, Marleau scores the series clinching goal against Detroit.

San Jose is in the Western Conference Finals for the second straight season and third time in franchise history.

San Jose is 5-2 all-time in Game 7's and 2-0 at home; the Sharks are 2-0 all-time in Game 7's against the Red Wings.

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Manchester United FC secured a Wembley date with FC Barcelona on 28 May

Manchester United FC 4-1 FC Schalke 04 (agg: 6-1)
Anderson scored twice as Sir Alex Ferguson's side completed a comfortable aggregate victory to set up a repeat of the 2009 final in London on 28 May.

Manchester United FC secured a Wembley date with FC Barcelona on 28 May, their fifth appearance in European football's showpiece game, with a comprehensive victory against FC Schalke 04.

Antonio Valencia and Darron Gibson scored inside the opening third to turn Schalke's already herculean task into a mission impossible. Although José Manuel Jurado replied before the break, Anderson's second-half double sealed a 6-1 aggregate triumph and Sir Alex Ferguson can now start devising a plan to avenge United's 2009 UEFA Champions League final loss to Barcelona.

United will be going back to the future in their quest for a fourth European crown. It was at the old Wembley in 1968 that they first held aloft the European Champion Clubs' Cup. The presence of Barcelona also provides a rematch of not just Rome 2009 but also the 1991 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in Rotterdam that brought Sir Alex his first European trophy as United manager.

Whatever Wembley brings, one certainty is the watching Josep Guardiola will face a very different United lineup. Sir Alex, mindful of Sunday's potentially decisive Premier League meeting with Chelsea FC, included just two of the players who had started the first leg – Edwin van der Sar and Valencia – and it was the latter who took them a step closer to the final after 26 minutes.

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The era of capped broadband begins on May 2 and ATT Is now lying about Users Wanted Caps, Overages. Yeah Right.

Well the End is here.?? There are rumors that att may delay their dreaded data caps until may 12th. The Real Truth here is until ATT stops being greedy and Abolish these total gay data caps or I make the switch to comcast business class internet. I will soon be sign off from slsk.

With that, AT&T, the nation's second-largest ISP, joins Comcast, the nation's top ISP, with capped broadband services. AT&T's DSL customers will have a cap of 150GB a month, while its premium U-Verse customers will have a cap of 250GB a month, the same size as Comcast's cap.

It's effectively the end of home unlimited broadband, with both No. 1 and No. 2 ISPs now enforcing caps, and its only a matter of time before wireless carriers join in across the board, as well. The caps come at a time when content providers (Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, etc.) are trying to get consumers to use more bandwidth, only to see the door closing slowly on how much they can use without penalty.

250GB, or even 150GB, seems like a lot. It all depends on the use, however. We have currently opted into a backup plan in the cloud for our important data, while at the same time keeping multiple copies locally. If we did not throttle the upload, it would have exceeded our 250GB limit in a month (via Comcast) as we had over 500GB of data to upload.

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And Now DSL Reporting today. ATT Is now lying about Users Wanted Caps, Overages. Yeah Right.

"Our approach is based on customers' feedback," said Mark Siegel, spokesman for AT&T. "They told us that the people who use the most should pay more, and they also told us we should make it easy for them to track their usage. We think our approach addresses these concerns." Siegel called the caps "generous," and said that AT&T's DSL customers use just 18 GB per month on average.

Siegel's distortion here is arrogant and fairly epic, as you'd be hard pressed to find any AT&T subscriber who was clamoring to have their service capped and metered in the age of Netflix streaming and high-definition video. In fact, subscribers have time and time again stated they prefer the simplicity of flat-rate pricing. Overall, the CNN article itself is surprisingly coherent in an age where many journalists unquestioningly buy into ISP arguments that huge unjustified markups on bandwidth are about fairness. Siegel's silliness is countered by quotes like this

 

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SJ Sharks wins Game 2 2-1 Over Detroit And Leads the Series 2-0!

SJ Sharks wins Game 2 2-1 Over Detroit And Leads the Series 2-0! And Are you happy yet Chuck?? Of Course you are!

It’s been five years in the making, but Niclas Wallin’s goal at 1:39 in the third period couldn’t be any sweeter.

The goal gave the Sharks all they would need as they withstood a late rally to take control of the semifinal series. Many experts, fans, and pundits thought that this series would be much different than the second-round series a from a year ago.

Coming into Game 2, the Central division winning Detroit Red Wings had revenge on their mind. There are 2010 postseason exit to the Sharks was their worst performance since 2006, and they came out blazing in the first period.

As San Jose has done all postseason however, they dominated the second period and attacked in waves before Wallin put the Sharks ahead for good.

While it may be a new year and a new team, it might not be any different of an outcome for the Detroit Red Wings.

San Jose now has the luxury of earning the split in Detroit, giving them a chance to close on home ice. Jimmy Howard was again superhuman, but will need his best effort at home to prevent the Sharks from taking a chokehold home.

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