Report: United 1 Lyon 0

United may not have been at their flamboyant best, nor even their most devastatingly ruthless, but Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal three minutes from half time was enough to see the Reds through to the Champions League quarter finals.


Ronaldo's 30th of the season gave the Reds a tenth straight Champions League win at Old Trafford. Lyon, solid and tactically tight but, to their detriment, unadventurous, set the tone for this game. But United broke the mould – if only once – in a game of few chances.

It’s always difficult to second-guess Sir Alex’s team selection, especially with the multitude of options available to him. But the Reds boss still managed to spring a surprise by picking a side that did not contain three of his most experienced outfield players. Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves both took up places on the bench, while a calf injury ruled Ryan Giggs out.

At the start of the season, it might have been difficult to picture a midfield trio of Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Anderson playing in such a critical last 16 second leg tie. But, that in itself is a signal of how strong United’s squad is.

Crucially, no player in Sir Alex’s front six had played the full 90 minutes against Fulham on Saturday. It’s a freshness that the United boss has sought in recent weeks. The Reds started brightly enough in the opening minutes. With Sir Alex opting again for a 4-5-1 formation, Ronaldo and Nani pressed forward, Rooney worked tirelessly, while Anderson pushed ahead of Fletcher and Carrick.

Karim Benzema again looked dangerous whengiven space, and Juninho had a few early free-kicks to test United’s rearguard. But the Reds, marshalled by Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, looked solid. More and more the game was played out tactically; Lyon content not to concede, looking for a breakaway; United probing for a way through but not going full pelt with a valuable away goal in their armoury. It was less the clichéd chess match, more who blinked first.

Fortunately for United, it was Lyon. The French side failed to clear Anderson’s shot on 42 minutes, and Ronaldo’s delicate touches eight yards out drew him clear of Francois Clerc, and his shot sneaked inside Gregory Coupet’s near post.

Lyon’s game-plan changed very little in the second half, keeping it tight and hoping to snatch a goal on the counter. United chose a similar tactic, hoping to draw Lyon out. After 65 minutes Nani had a shot that arrowed narrowly over, but other than that United were quiet in front of goal until the final 15 minutes. The introduction of Carlos Tevez, United's scorer in the first leg, in place of Anderson may have seemed a bold attacking move. But he was instructed to drop deep and keep possession, providing an outlet on the break.

United, though in control, were not home and dry. Substitute Kader Keita found space in the Reds’ penalty area and struck the post on 74 minutes. But it was a rare breakthrough. The Reds weren’t without chances to put the game out of reach. Rooney latched onto Hatem Ben Arfa’s mystifying back-pass, but he couldn’t beat Coupet. Then Nani burst down the right channel and elected to cross the ball when he should have shot.

With ten minutes remaining, Lyon boss Alain Perrin brought on Fred and went to a more attacking 4-4-2 formation, but in the end their own negativity had worked against them and time ran out. For United this may not have been a resounding victory, but against well-organised and tactically stubborn opponents, it was a professional job well done.

Team Line-ups

Manchester United: Van der Sar; Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Ronaldo (Hargreaves 90), Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson (Tevez 70), Nani; Rooney.
Subs not used: Kuszczak, Saha, Park, Scholes, O'Shea.
Booked: Evra, Nani

Olympique Lyonnais: Coupet; Clerc, Squillaci, Cris, Grosso; Govou (Keita 68), Juninho Toulalan, Kallstrom (Fred 79), Ben Arfa; Benzema.
Subs not used: Vercoutre, Bodmer, Delgado, Mounier, Boumsong.
Booked: Grosso, Squillaci

Find out who has a link to your home page

Do you wonder who's got links that bring people to your web page? Well, here's an easy way to find out at least some of those referring pages:

* Go to http://www.altavista.com/ or http://www.infoseek.com/

* Type link: for the search text and hit "ENTER"

For example, if your web page is at http://www.chamisplace.com/, type:

link:http://www.chamisplace.com/

As you may have guessed, this method can only reveal referring pages that are registered in AltaVista Search or InfoSeek Search search engines.

Creating new domain names (for personal use)

Did you know that you can easily create your own domain names for your personal use on your computer? The method we're going to describe could come in handy many ways:

* You can map your current home page domain name (at your internet service provider's server) to use your own domain name such as MyCompanyName.com; for fun, or to help you test your HTML pages with your own domain name.
* On a local network (or an intranet) you can use your own domain names to access local and remote resources (web servers, etc.)
* You can create shorter and easier to remember domain names (or aliases) for already existing domain names.
* If your DNS server is slow, you can speedup the access to certain domain names a bit.

Here's how to...

* Locate or create a file named HOSTS
If you're using Windows 95, this file should be in the Windows directory ("C:\WINDOWS" for example).
If you're using Windows NT, HOSTS file should be in the "%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc" directory ("C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc" for example).
* Use your favorite text editor (Notepad for example) to add entries to the HOSTS file. All entries to the HOSTS file should be in the following format:



For example, let's say you want to create a domain name [alias] for a known domain name -- "www.chamisplace.com" for example. First, find out the IP address of the "known" (or already existing domain name) by typing the following command at the "DOS or Command Prompt:"

PING

or according to our example:

PING www.chamisplace.com

Record the IP address for that domain -- 206.105.42.1 for example.

Now, decide what your new domain name for www.chamisplace.com should be -- let's say you want to call it "tipssite.com" (something easier to remember).

All you have to do to map tipssite.com to www.chamisplace.com is to add the following line to your HOSTS file:

206.105.42.1 tipssite.com

Now you can access www.chamisplace.com by using tipssite.com instead -- http://tipssite.com/ for example.

Let your visitors choose colors for your pages

Maybe you enjoy using bright pink backgrounds for your web pages. Are you sure your visitors can appreciate it? Why not let them choose the background color, or any other document color, for your pages?

The basic idea here is to use JavaScript to change the background color using the following command ("#FFFFFF" being the hex representation of the color we want):

document.bgColor = '#FFFFFF';

If you like the idea, you can have what you see in the above example simply by inserting the following tags in to your page:

<form name="test" method="post"><br /><br /> <input type="button"<br /> OnClick="document.bgColor = '#FFFFFF';"<br /> value="White"><br /><br /> <input type="button"<br /> OnClick="document.bgColor = '#00FFFF';"<br /> value="Cyan"><br /><br /> <input type="button"<br /> OnClick="document.bgColor = '#FF00FF';"<br /> value="Purple"><br /><br /> <input type="button"<br /> OnClick="document.bgColor = '#FFFF00';"<br /> value="Yellow"><br /><br /></form><br />

To change the color of the text instead, replace bgColor with fgColor. Using linkColor will make the above script change the color of the links and vlinkColor will change the color of the visited links.

You can find the hex representation of all web safe colors in this

How to get a list of people on the IRC who are using your ISP

You can use the "WHO" command with wild cards to find out if anyone using your Internet Service Provider is online (using IRC -- Internet Relay Chat).

* Connect to the Internet and then connect to your IRC server.
* Type

/WHO

followed by a space, *. (star and a period), and the domain name of your ISP. For example, if your ISP's domain name is gulf.net, type:

/WHO *.gulf.net
* Press ENTER.

Where you have to enter the "WHO" command (and other IRC commands) will depend on the IRC client you're using. If you're using MIRC for example, you can enter the "/WHO" command at any prompt.

Redirecting your visitors to the preferred form of your URL using JavaScript

Do you have multiple entrances to your site and looking for a client-side solution that can redirect your visitors to the preferred entrance?

For example, you may have multiple domain names pointing to the same site -- domain_a.com, domain_b.com and domain_c.com. Although you want to keep all of your domains either because you want to reserve those names, because your marketing department convinced you that having multiple names pointing to the same site will attract more visitors or some other reason, you may prefer that the visitors end up at the same domain. You may want to redirect visitors from domain_b.com and domain_c.com to domain_a.com for example.

Following is a client-side solution to redirecting visitors to your preferred domain. Simply copy and paste it on to your home page just below the tag.

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"><br /><!-- <br />if( -1 == location.href.<br /> toLowerCase().<br /> indexOf('domain_a.com') )<br />{<br /> location.href = 'http://domain_a.com';<br />}<br />// --><br /></script>

Above code will check if domain_a.com is a part of the current URL. If not, it will automatically redirect the visitor to http://domain_a.com. One of the advantages is that this code will work even if you have a single version of your home page that has multiple domain names pointing to it.

Of course you can modify the same code to redirect to a specific page URL as well.

NOTE: Be sure to use only the required portion of your URL and to enter it in lowercase inside the function "indexOf()". If your complete URL is http://www.mycompany.com/mypage.html, but you can get to the same page using just mycompany.com/mypage.html, use the latter version of the URL. On the other hand, use the full URL for location.href.

The following code will redirect visitors to http://www.mycompany.com/mypage.html only if mycompany.com/mypage.html is not a part of the URL they typed:

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"><br /><!-- <br />if( -1 == location.href.<br /> toLowerCase().<br /> indexOf('mycompany.com/mypage.html') )<br />{<br /> location.href = <br /> 'http://www.mycompany.com/mypage.html';<br />}<br />// --><br /></script><br />

If you run your own web server, have unique IP addresses for your multiple domains or your web space provider is able to redirect visitors otherwise, you maybe able to implement a server-side solution to redirect visitors instead.

Adding page breaks to your web pages

Almost all printable document types can handle author specified page breaks. Wondering how to add page breaks to your web pages?



Starting with the release of Cascading Style Sheets 2 specification, you can finally suggest to browsers when to break pages when printing your web pages. The bad news is that only Explorer 4.x support this feature at this time. On the other hand, adding page break tags to web pages will not cause any ill effects on other browsers.



To suggest a page break, add &ltP style="page-break-before: always"> before the beginning of a new printed page. For example, if you place the following tags on a HTML page and print it using a compatible browser, you will end-up with three pages with the sample text.

<br /><br /><html> <body>This is the text for page <br /><br />#1.<p style="page-break-before: always">Page <br /><br />#2...<p style="page-break-before: always">Page <br /><br />#3...</body> </html>

Papers: Evra's Euro warning

Patrice in Euro warning
Patrice Evra says it will be a catastrophe if Manchester United fail to beat Lyon in the Champions League last-16 second leg tomorrow. But the France star insists they cannot take for granted a place in the last eight despite snatching a 1-1 draw away from home in the first leg. He said: “If we go out of the Champions League on Tuesday it would be a massive blow for the club — it would be catastrophic. I have a big respect for Lyon because they are a good team. As a Frenchman, I am fully aware of their qualities.
They played very well in the first game and we had to work very hard for a draw. But we are Manchester United and that means we simply have to go through."
Mark Irwin, The Sun

In other news, the Daily Mail claims United have been contacted by the agents of Racing Santander defender Ezequiel Garay. Santander would sell Garay — especially if Gerard Pique is involved in the deal.

The Times report that noses have been put out of joint at the FA with the news that Lord Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 Olympic organising committee, has approached Sir Alex Ferguson to manage the Great Britain football team at the Games.
Round up by Gemma Thompson

Juninho: Don't rule us out

Brazilian playmaker Juninho has warned United: "do not rule us out" of the Champions League last 16 tie, despite the Reds snatching a crucial late goal in the first leg.

The French champions are in Manchester on Tuesday with the tie tipped slightly in United's favour after Carlos Tevez's goal earned a 1-1 draw in Lyon two weeks ago.

Lyon appeared headed for victory after Karim Benzema's excellent opening strike just before the hour mark. But Juninho says the Reds would be ill-advised to think the second leg is cut and dry.

"We were disappointed not to win after taking the lead," he tells United Review. "But we knew that, along with Inter Milan, Manchester United were the best team in Europe and have many players who can do you damage.

"Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez – what an attacking line-up! Against a team like United, you have to play perfectly. We nearly did it – but not quite. But the Lyon squad is still calm. The pressure is on United to progress to the quarter finals."

Lyon have been used to battling against the odds in this season's Champions League. After a terrible start to their group campaign, they pulled out all the stops to progress to the knockout stages, a lesson Juninho says could serve them well at Old Trafford.

"We are still in this tie," he says defiantly. "Do not rule us out yet. You need technique and strong characters to win silverware and we have those. We have proved a number of times our capacity to achieve in big matches at stadiums in Glasgow, Stuttgart and Paris."

Read more from Juninho and United's Patrice Evra in United Review.

How to Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook Express

If you payingly subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail (or MSN Hotmail), you can access your Windows Live Hotmail account with Outlook Express in a very comfortable and highly functional way that provides seemless access to any folder and your Windows Live Hotmail address book, too.

But a subscription is not the only way to access a Windows Live Hotmail account in Outlook Express. There are tools and services that translate between the web-based interface of Windows Live Hotmail and POP, which allows Outlook Express to download messages from Windows Live Hotmail like from any other email account.

These tools include the free FreePOPs, which is available for a range of operating systems, and IzyMail, which turns Windows Live Hotmail into an IMAP service.
Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook Express with IzyMail

To set up IMAP access to your Windows Live Hotmail service using IzyMail:

* Make sure your Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail account is registered with IzyMail.
* Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Outlook Express.
* Click Add.
* Choose Mail....
* Enter your name.
* Click Next.
* Enter your Windows Live Hotmail address ("user@hotmail.com", for example).
* Click Next.
* Make sure IMAP is selected under My incoming mail server is a __ server.
* Type "in.izymail.com" in the Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server: field.
* Enter "out.izymail.com" under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:.
* Click Next >.
* Type your full Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail address under Account name: (e.g. * "user@hotmail.com").
* Enter your Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail password under Password:.
* Click Next >.
* Click Finish.
* Highlight in.izymail.com in the Internet Accounts window.
* Click Properties.
* Go to the Servers tab.
* Make sure My server requires authentication is checked under Outgoing Mail Server.
* Go to the IMAP tab.
* Make sure Store special folders on IMAP server is not checked.
* Click OK.
* Click Close in the Internet Accounts window.
* Now, select Yes to download the list of Windows Live Hotmail folders to Outlook Express.
* Click OK.

Access Free Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook Express with FreePOPs

To access a free Windows Live Hotmail account in Outlook Express using the local FreePOPs tool:

* ›› Step by Step Screenshot Walkthrough

* Install FreePOPs.
* Select All Programs | FreePOPs | FreePOPs from the Start menu.
* Start Outlook Express.
* Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Outlook Express.
* Click Add and select Mail....
* Type your name.
* Click Next >.
* Enter your Windows Live Hotmail address ("hmmzl34@hotmail.com", for example).
* Click Next > again.
* Make sure POP3 is selected under My incoming mail server is a ___ server..
* Enter "localhost" under Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server:.
* Type your ISP's mail server under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:.
o Typically, you will use the same server you use for your other non-Windows Live Hotmail email account.
* Click Next >.
* Type your full Windows Live Hotmail address under Account name:.
* Enter your Windows Live Hotmail password under Password:.
* Click Next >.
* Click Finish.
* Highlight the newly created Windows Live Hotmail account in the Internet Accounts list.
* Click Properties.
* Go to the Advanced tab.
* Enter "2000" under Server Port Numbers | Incoming mail (POP3):.
* Click OK.
* Now click Close.


To access a Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail account in your email program or mobile device using POP or IMAP and IzyMail:

* Visit http://v3.izymail.com/register.aspx.
* Enter your full Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail address under eMail address:.
* Type your Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail password under Password:.
* Now type the numbers from the Validation code: CAPTCHA under Validation code:.
* Click FREE Registration ».
* Optionally, tweak settings under IzyMail Retrieval Options and sign up for a paid IzyMail subscription.

Set Up Your Email Program for IzyMail Windows Live Hotmail Access

Now you're ready to set up a new Windows Live Hotmail account in your email program or mobile device.
here is setting if your account not in the list.
Incoming mail (POP and IMAP):

* Account type: IMAP or POP.
o With IMAP, you can access all your Windows Live Hotmail folders. POP, however, is often faster. Try IMAP first if you can.

* For IMAP:
o IMAP server: in.izymail.com.
o IMAP port: 143.
o Require SSL: No.
o User name: your entire Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail email address.
+ Make sure you include "@hotmail.com". If your Windows Live Hotmail log-in name is "qwerty", for example, use "qwerty@hotmail.com" as the user name for IzyMail.
o Password: your Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail password.

* For POP:
o POP server: in.izymail.com.
o POP port: 110.
o Require SSL: No.
o User name: your full Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail address.
+ Make sure the user name includes the "@hotmail.com" part of your address. If your Windows Live Hotmail account name is "qwerty", for example, use "qwerty@hotmail.com" as the user name.
o Password: your Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail password.

Outgoing mail (SMTP):

* SMTP server: out.izymail.com.
* SMTP port: 25.
o Try port 587 if you run into problems sending mail with port 25.
* Require SSL: No.
* Require SMTP authentication: Yes.
* User name: Your full Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail address.
o Again, make sure you do include "@hotmail.com".
* Password: Your Windows Live Hotmail or MSN Hotmail password.

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Enable Right Click On Sites That Disable It

These days lots of websites disable right clicking function of the mouse button. It's really, really annoying. This is done so that you don't steal (via right-click->save picture) their photos or images or any other goodies. Unfortunately, it disables all right-click functionality: copy, paste, open in new window.

But here's a trick to bypass that. But sadly it only works in Internet Explorer:
Follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to "Tools"->"Internet Options".
3. Click on the "Security" tab.
4. Then click on "Custom Level".
5. Scroll down to the "Scripting" section.
6. Now set "Active Scripting" to "Disable".
7. Now a dialog box will appear. Click yes to confirm the change.
8. Click "OK" and close the tools window.

Note: If this tweak causes some problem while surfing some sites, you'll have to turn that setting back to "Enable". This is because generally javascripts enhances a website.