ÅLAND'S archipelago is a beautiful place in summer, a
holidaying hotspot and a major attraction for visitors to Finland. You can cycle across the
islands, swim in the Gulf of Bothnia, or stay at any one of numerous campsites in Finland's
autonomous province, but it's safe to say that Atlético Madrid will be doing none of those things
during their visit.
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Alright, so I've picked five winners. The standard of entries was really, really high, and the
judges were all blown away by some of the work displayed. Honourable mentions should go to Venire,
Sylvia, Piip, CF and Leonardo (Veikkausliiga's only Barzilian poet, as far as NFN is aware), who
made the decisions very difficult, but decide we did and we now finally have our winners.
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Tampere United v FC Honka, Sunday 6:30pm
Tampere United have all the finesse, skill, confidence and panache of a bag of used cat litter
right now. Their 1-0 loss to Haka was not an awful performance, but their goalkeeper messes up big
time and they lost. he's a young lad and should be replaced, but now Mikko kaven has a knee
injury.
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Tampere United v VPS, Saturday 6:30pm
The first TamU home game after CEO Sami Salonen and Sporting Director Jarkko Wiss left the club
promises to be an eventful affair. Fans are unhappy at the way both men have been treated, as Wiss
was not just a Sporting Director but TamU's most successful captain of all time.
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Haka v HJK
This is Finland's classico, the game between the historical heavyweights with more titles
between them than they know what to do with. It's also Haka's first home game, Sedu Koskinen's
first chance to bring the magic of a summer of music festivals and family-friendly entertainment to
Tehtaan Kenttä.
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As this opening round of Veikkausliiga has been decimated by pitch related postponements, this
preview is dedicated to the two men who have actually done quite a lot to get playable pitches in
Finland. Harkimo was instrumental in the construction of Finnair Stadium in Töölö, before
selling his stake in the ground andwinding up Jokerit's football club, while Håkans played a
similar role in the construction of Veritas Stadium in Kupittaa.
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Okay, of that group, which one(s) would you put your money on? Citi had a good day and the market
bounced ... meanwhile, Newsweek has put out a great piece outlining the warring amongst the rich -
a greed-fed battle they dub "the war between the estates." In the past two years, since
the market peaked, investors [.
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Well, after slip-sliding down the driveway and dodging the downed trees and getting to the credit
union and the bank and then to work, it turned out that we were closing. I made a few calls,
got a couple of things done (whatever could be done sans network and internet connections) and
headed on home [.
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Wow, wow, wow. Even the Phillies' loss has not dampened my amazement and feeling of great good
fortune. The USWNT is through to the quarterfinals (not too surprising) and has won their group
(pretty darn surprising) and is starting to score some goals (excellent news). To date, five
different people have scored, [.
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I've been checking out the political scene a little bit this morning and come upon the usual fare
from the usual culprits. We've got McCain calling Social Security a disgrace and straight-talking
it right of existence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3RnHR9Dxmo Then we've got the White House
continuing its stonewalling about Sphere: Related ContentSHARETHIS.
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