Though some of them are playing international friendly matches, the pressure is off for the 27 national soccer teams already flipping through phonebooks looking for a place to stay during next summer’s World Cup in Germany. But it will be anything but a restful week for Spain, Slovakia, Norway, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay …
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Maybe the Superbowl Winner Should be the Called the Champions of the Universe!
When I was about 6 years old my family lived in a little African country that was way down on the pointy end of the continent. It has not existed for about 10 years but that’s a different story altogether, but I remember that one fine day my dad came home from a business trip …
10 Things Donald Trump Can Teach You About Success
Donald Trump. The name is nearly synonymous with wealth, power, and fortune. Whether you love him or hate him, you have to agree that what he has accomplished in his life is something to respect. You simply can’t hate him just because he is rich, nor can you love him just because he is rich.For …
World Cup Finalists Emerge
The calculations alone are enough to boggle the mind but the consequences of failing to reach the World Cup in this week’s final qualification round games are too horrible to even think about. It’s crunch time in the race for Germany 2006 and some countries are dragging themselves to the finish line. The World Cup …
Chelsea Football Club – The Story Of The Blues
Stamford BridgeMost soccer teams have an emotional link to their home stadium, but the history of few teams and stadiums are as intertwined as that of Chelsea FC and Stamford Bridge, their London home. Built in 1877, Stamford Bridge was an athletics track until 1905 when two brothers (HA and JT Mears) purchased it with …
Cricket: The Global Development of Cricket
Cricket is a sport of English origin, which has become increasingly influenced by international interest. As commercial opportunities have arisen, the sport has made itself more appealing to its followers.There is evidence to suggest cricket was played, in some form as long ago as the 11th century, but it was not until 1646 when the …
Microsoft: We were railroaded in Massachusetts on ODF
Warning. If you read any further, you will find yourself at ground 0.0 of the biggest battle the computer industry has ever seen. It is where the biggest warriors from the proprietary software world, the open standards world, and the open source world are engaged in hand-to-hand combat. At least for the moment, the open source and open standards …
CRUSADER Vs. CALIPHATE…Bush Doctrine: Destroy the Heretics of Islam
THE GREEN CURTAINFrom the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic to the Indonesia Archipelago in the Pacific, a vile and putrid Green Curtain threatens its descent to enshroud and enslave a vast swath of earth’s inhabitants. An Islamic Empire, the resurrection of the Moslem Caliphate, envelopes “with greater economic and military and political power . …
How Europe Missed The Transistor
In late 1948, shortly after Bell Telephone Laboratories had announced the invention of the transistor, surprising reports began coming in from Europe. Two physicists from the German radar program, Herbert Mataré and Heinrich Welker, claimed to have invented a strikingly similar semiconductor device, which they called the transistron, while working at a Westinghouse subsidiary in …
NFL Week 2 Power Rankings + Free NFL Pick
My Power Rankings are based somewhat on performance thus far, but still factors in overall potential and how I think they’ll do this season. I want to avoid wild swings in where I have teams ranked, but it may be inevitable. Here is one man’s view of Week 2:New England (-3) at Carolina, 1 p.m. …