long table caption + table and figure side-by-side

[Nirmal Govind]

Hi.. I have a long caption for a table and the overflow from the 
first line of the caption is not centered on the second line.. any 
way to center the second line of the caption also?

Secondly, this table is alongside a figure using the table and 
figure side-by-side tip on Herbert's page where the table and figure 
are within minipages and the two minipages are within a table float 
environment. I'm unable to get the table and the figure to align at 
the top... the table's caption is at the top and the figure's 
caption is at the bottom so actually, I'm not sure what the best way 
is to align these (I'm guessing the answer is top alignment with the 
table caption's first line being aligned with the figure's top??).. 
please let me know if you have any experience with this...

Thanks,
nirmal