Newcastle Jets vs Melbourne Victory: Round 16 Preview

Seeded on Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:09 PM EST ()

The Newcastle Jets will attempt to inject pride (and a small dose of hope) into their cascading A-League campaign tonight, as they meet second-placed Melbourne Victory. But it's a critical game for the visitors, who are a point behind Adelaide and need a win to regain the lead.

sports, melbourne-victory, newcastle-jets, a-league, football, soccer, australia

Adelaide United vs Melbourne Victory: A-League Round 10 Preview

Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:24 PM EDT (MVFC Blog)

The Melbourne Victory have their backs up against the wall as they prepare to play current front-runner Adelaide United in Hindmarsh Stadium tomorrow night.

sports, melbourne-victory, adelaide-united, hindmarsh-stadium, a-league, football, soccer

FFA Bans Eureka Flag at Melbourne Victory Games

Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:14 PM EDT (MVFC Blog)

At the Melbourne Victory - Sydney FC match on Saturday night, which drew the season 's largest attendance so far, Victory supporters were told they would be kicked out of the Telstra Dome if they flew the Eureka Flag.

sports, eureka-flag, ffa, australia, melbourne-victory, football, soccer, aleague, sydney-fc

Solar Energy Could Power U.S. Many Times Over

Seeded on Mon May 12, 2008 11:43 PM EDT (ecolizer.com)

If the U.S. moved aggressively to start harnessing the solar power it receives daily, it could generate enough clean energy to meet the country's needs many times over.

science, solar-power, alternative-energy, clean-energy, coal, usa

How bad is not sorting your plastics for recycling?

Seeded on Wed May 7, 2008 11:38 PM EDT (Slate)

I've been tossing my used yogurt cups in the recycling bin for years. So imagine my horror when I recently got around to reading the fine print on my city's sanitation guidelines—yogurt cups, it turns out, are supposed to go in the regular trash.

science, recycling, environment, landfill

7 Bizarre Tours You'd Actually Sign Up for … Maybe

Seeded on Wed May 7, 2008 11:36 PM EDT (vagabondish.com)

Illegal border crossings, vampires, sewers... the attraction on your next holiday?

travel, tours

Epic Road Trip: New Zealand to New York

Seeded on Wed May 7, 2008 1:26 AM EDT (travelblogs.com)

An interview with a guy who is on a 2-year road trip across the world.

travel, road-trip, cars

10 Green Social Networks You Should Know « Earth2Tech

Seeded on Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:29 AM EDT (earth2tech.com)

What's going to be the viral element that gets us to cut down on our collective carbon emissions? If we knew for sure, we'd be off building it, but these 10 web sites think they have the key ingredients to motivate their users to fight global warming and cut carbon.

technology, global-warming, environment, green, blogging, internet

The world's 50 most powerful blogs | Technology | The Observer

Seeded on Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:27 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

From Prince Harry in Afghanistan to Tom Cruise ranting about Scientology and footage from the Burmese uprising, blogging has never been bigger. It can help elect presidents and take down attorney generals while simultaneously celebrating the minutiae of our everyday obsessions.

technology, blogging, internet

Online slave labour?

Seeded on Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:44 AM EDT (laurencarter.ca)

Is blogging for $3 an hour "slave labour"?

technology, blogging, internet, writing

Rudd confronts China on human rights - National - theage.com.au

Seeded on Wed Apr 9, 2008 11:01 PM EDT (theage.com.au)

Australian PM Kevin Rudd, has defied official protests from Beijing, and used the first day of his China trip to highlight human rights abuses in Tibet - and to vow to pursue the issue with Chinese leaders.

world-news, china, human-rights, kevin-rudd, australia, tibet

Travel Guide to Machu Picchu

Seeded on Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:42 AM EDT (travellerspoint.com)

Machu Picchu is one of the most famous sites in South America, let alone Peru, but it remained unknown by the outside world until about 100 years ago. Hiram Bingham, a United States senator and explorer, rediscovered the Incan ruins in 1911.

travel, machu-picchu, peru, incas

Zimbabwe on razor's edge

Seeded on Mon Apr 7, 2008 1:04 AM EDT (theage.com.au)

Zimbabweans voted to have Robert Mugabe replaced by new leadership, but the old president won't step down.

world-news, zimbabwe, mugabe

Every Country in the World in 5 Years

Seeded on Tue Apr 1, 2008 10:27 PM EDT (travelblogs.com)

One man's dream to visit every country in the world in the next 5 years.

travel

Costa Rica call up Carlos

Seeded on Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:34 PM EST (foxsports.com.au)

MELBOURNE Victory's Carlos Hernandez has been called up to play for Costa Rica in a pair of friendly internationals.

sports, melbourne-victory, carlos-hernandez, costa-rica, soccer, football

7 Dream Destinations Picked by Travellers

Seeded on Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:47 AM EST (blog.travellerspoint.com)

Hundreds of travellers have picked their dream destinations for 2008. Here's who topped the list.

travel

New Galaxy on the Horizon

Seeded on Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:58 AM EST (foxsports.com.au)

FOOTBALL is set to trump the Australian Football League in the hotly contested Gold Coast market with club officials launching their proposal to Football Federation Australia for admission into the A-League.

sports, a-league, gold-coat

The Problem with the Asian Champions League

Tue Jan 8, 2008 2:12 AM EST

In the Hyundai A-League, Australia's national football competition, last year's grand finalists are dangerously close to getting knocked out of contention for the finals.

Continue reading this entry ...

sports, asian-champions-league, melbourne-victory, soccer, football, adelaide-united, indonesian-football

The Perpetual Wanderer: Interview with Craig Heimburger

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 8:11 PM EST (travelblogs.com)

In 2005, Craig Heimburger left his native United States behind to become a "perpetual wanderer". Here he talks about why he left the United States and the experience of travelling around Southeast Asia with his pregnant girlfriend.

travel, pregnancy, peru

Around the world in 65 days on green sea-monster

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 6:32 PM EST (gadling.com)

The world's first 100% bio-diesel power boat is going to circumnavigate the world early next year.

travel, earthrace

Euro 2008 games not in fix probe

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 6:23 PM EST (BBC News)

Uefa has revealed that none of the 15 matches under suspicion of match-fixing were Euro 2008 qualifiers.

sports, soccer, euro-2008

Van Basten to step down

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 6:04 PM EST (theworldgame.com.au)

Dutch coach Marco van Basten has announced that he will step down after Euro 2008.

sports, marco-van-basten, netherlands, soccer, euro-2008

Merrick's Vale of mystery

Seeded on Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:43 PM EST (theworldgame.com.au)

In one of the most bizarre A-League tales of the year, championship-winning Melbourne Victory coach Ernie Merrick has failed to land a job he never applied for at a club he has never heard of.

sports, ernie-merrick, port-vale, melbourne-victory

Goal.com - Asia - Asian Player Of 2007: Good Choice, Bad System

Seeded on Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:35 PM EST (goal.com)

Yasser Al-Qahtani has been named by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as the best Asian player of 2007 but while the player is a good choice, the system that gave him the prize is all wrong.

sports, asian-cup, afc-champions-league, yasser-al-qahtani

Pan-Pacific Championship in February: A Consolation Prize?

Seeded on Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:36 PM EST (mvfcblog.com)

The MLS, J-League and A-League have joined forces to create the Pan-Pacific Championship. But thanks to a scheduling mix-up, the Australian team competing won't be the A-League champion.

sports, soccer, pan-pacific-championship, mls, j-league, a-league

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