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Jordan unfazed by Korea DPR test
Although their fairy tale last-eight finish in England 1966 represented the undoubted high-point of their largely unremarkable football history, Korea DPR remain a mysterious force in Asia that none of their continental rivals dare underestimate. For Jordan, however, who play host to the North Koreans in Amman on 6 February in the sides' opening fixture in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, their visitors hold no fears. There is a historical basis for such confidence, with memories still fresh of an emphatic 3-0 victory over the Koreans in an AFC Asian Cup qualifier in 2003, a result that proved crucial in helping the Jordanians progress to their first-ever continental finals, in which they reached the quarter-finals. More important to morale than this fond memory, however, has been the series of impressive recent friendly results racked up by Nelo Vingada's team, whose declared target is to qualify for the final stage of Asian qualify by emerging from a section that also includes Korea Republic and Turkmenistan.
Gwen Knapp Archive
Andrew Walter made a lot of mistakes, many of them understandable, in his first NFL start Sunday, but his biggest error came after the game, when he defended Randy Moss' weak afternoon. "I think Jerry Rice dropped a couple of balls,'' he said. "We can't get on a guy for that. He's going to make more plays than not.'' Where do we start? First, dropped passes weren't the problem. Moss halfway gave up on one ball, and didn't fight a defensive back on two more. He sauntered to the huddle several times, with all the enthusiasm of a shift worker punching a clock. He did drop a pass once, when he had to wait for a late throw from Walter and, as a result, absorbed a big hit from Browns free safety Brian Russell. It would be terribly unfair to blame that drop entirely on Moss ...
Naked Britney swears, spits at boutique salesperson
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Add naked ranting and raving in public to Britney Spears' growing list of outrageous, less-than-motherly behavior now that the miscreant pop singer stands accused of nude and lascivious acts in a Betsy Johnson, boutique, reports Life & Style. Spears and sex-toy photographer, Adnan Ghalib, dropped by the Sherman Oaks, California, store Sunday for some fashion fun. But an employee tells L&S, after taking loads of clothes to the fitting room Spears walked out baring her body for all to see. "I was blown away. Britney's private parts were right in front of me," the stunned sales associate revealed. "I grabbed a dress to cover her and she screamed,Get away from me! Don't you f---ing come near me! Then she disappeared in the dressing room with Adnan for 45 minutes." What were Britney and Ghalib up to? The employee couldn't say for certain, but it isn't hard to imagine.
Leaders for today and tomorrow
With this issue, Internet Retailer introduces its Hot 100 online retailing web sites100 sites that in the opinion of the editors reflect the best of whats happening in retail on the web. The Hot 100 for 2008 represent the range of online retailing, from small to large, well known and not so well known, and include chains, catalogers, online-only merchants and brand name manufacturers. They have in common the willingness to innovate and set the standards in online retailing. This years sites range in size from Amazon.com and Dell.com, which set the pace of innovation while finding ways to build customer relationships and sales, to such smaller sites as RomanicosChocolate.com, which has used the Internet to build a national following for its delicacies. This is the ninth year we have recognized the best retail web sites.
Chad to investigate new 'kidnap' claims
The reports come on the heels of Chad's kidnapping charges against six French workers with the group Zoe's Ark who are accused of trying to take 103 other children out of Chad to France. The group said the children were orphans from Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region, but the French Foreign Ministry and others have cast doubt on the claims. The Zoe's Ark affair has infuriated Chadians, but it is not known if the group was involved in the alleged transport of the 74 children whose cases have now come to light, said Masngarel Kagah of the public prosecutor's department. The Network of Human Rights Associations in Chad wrote to the public prosecutor's department with details about the 74, who were said to have been flown to a military airport outside Paris on Sept.
Broadband Internet
Scaling the network is also known as "Node Grooming" and Optus says it carries out node grooms regularly. Once the cable is installed, you'll need a cable modem to get connected. This connects at one end to the cable, and at the other end to your PC, either through an Ethernet or a USB connection. Cable modems can reach theoretical download speeds of up to 30Mbps. However, because cable is a shared medium with many other users on the same line, performance varies with the amount of subscribers using that particular stretch of bandwidth, as well as the usage patterns. Most cable modems use Ethernet connections, and the cable company will be happy to sell you a network card as part of the installation if you don't already have one. (In fact, they prefer you to use the card they sell you, because they know it works well with the modem, even though -- in theory -- the modem should work with any card.) When the cable connection is installed, the technician will also load the required software on your PC.
Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters
Opening up The New York Times last week, I stumbled across an article that outraged me. "Colleges Chase as Cheats Shift to Higher Tech" detailed the struggle of some academics against new, high-tech forms of "cheating" that are based in Internet use, iPods, cellphones, and PocketPCs. The tone of the article was one of dismay at the collapse of morality in education. As I watched the article climb the "most e-mailed list" on the Times Web site through the day, my outrage increased. .
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