| Turf war: How Britain's playing fields became a battleground
It's 1-1 with five minutes to go at the Nursery Road playing fields in Merton,awealthy district of southwest London. Two teams of nine-year-old boys are battling it out in a closely fought football match. On opposite sides of the pitch, about 20 parents have gathered to cheer on their sons from the touchline. As the referee's watch ticks towards full time, an attacker from the visiting team sprints gamely down the wing towards the penalty area, only for a defender to take him out with a crunching (and illegal) late tackle. The away supporters emit a collective groan as the boy crumples theatrically to the ground. Back on his feet, the felled youngster inspects a grazed knee, and the game resumes with a free kick. But the player’s mother is incensed.
Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham area news in brief
Hampton Beach n KNITTING FOR PEACE, a group that knits projects and donates them to diverse charities will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25 at Coffee Break Cafe on the corner of "P" St., Hampton Beach. Bring your yarn and needles. Patterns and instructions will be provided. 929-3850.
SATURDAY, JAN. 26Exeter n SEA VIEW TECHNOLOGIES will be sponsoring Exeter Area High School 2008 Project Prom/Graduation Electronics Recycling Drive on Saturday, Jan. 26 in downtown Exeter. Businesses and members of the community are encouraged to bring their electronics downtown and for a fee, dispose of them in an environmentally responsible manner. Items that will be collected are computer towers, laptops, monitors, mice, printers, DVDs, VCRs and TVs. 436-3733, e-mail: sgregoire@seaviewtech.com.
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EDDIE MURPHY EARNS MULTIPLE RAZZIE NODS: "Norbit" singled out by annual celebration of year's worst films and performances. *Eddie Murphy has joined Halle Berry in the rare class of actors who have received nominations for both an Academy Award, honoring the best in film, and a Razzie Award, which "rewards" the year's worst.
Berry was a winner at both ceremonies – earning a best actress Oscar for "Monster's Ball" in 2002 and a worst actress Razzie three years later for "Catwoman."
While Murphy was unable to bag the supporting actor Oscar for "Dreamgirls" last year, chances are good that he'll take home at least one of eight Razzie nominations for his 2007 fiasco "Norbit."
Murphy alone received five Razzie nods, more than anyone has ever gotten in a single year. Besides worst picture, "Norbit" had nominations for Murphy as worst actor in the title role, supporting actress as Norbit's morbidly-obese wife, supporting actor as an Asian man and worst screen couple for Norbit opposite either of Murphy's other characters.
Tag: phishing
Security companies have discovered that computers infected by the year-old Storm worm are being used to host phishing sites. 2007: How was it for security? Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one. NAB floats denial-of-service threats to the cloud Thanks to bots and the rise of financially-driven cybercrime, the menace of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are too real to ignore -- defending against such attacks however is driving collaboration between ISPs and top tier telcos to push security to the cloud. SMS two-factor authentication dead in 3 years: NAB SMS-delivered two-factor authentication will be dead in three years, according to National Australia Bank's general manager of technology, risk and security, Gary Blair.
More than 50 arrested in separate incidents prior to UEFA Cup matches
LONDON (AP) -More than 50 people were arrested in separate incidents of fan violence prior to UEFA Cup matches in Austria and the Netherlands on Thursday. At least 13 were arrested when about 150 Rapid Vienna and Anderlecht fans clashed at the Westbahnhof train station in Vienna. No injuries were immediately reported, but police said brawling fans blocked two tramway lines and that broken glass was strewn across one of Vienna's main shopping avenues. Police said witnesses reported seeing some fans vandalize small outdoor drinking establishments and smash car mirrors. Rowdy groups of 20-30 bare-chested fans were seen drinking beer Thursday morning, and there was a heavy police presence around Hanappi Stadium. Police said fans of the two rivals had clashed last month in Belgium, and that hooligans were expected to stage a rematch in Vienna.
Category: Amazon
Between the Lines Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives eBay CEO Whitman eyes exit amid auction worries Posted in: Web Technology eBay Amazon E-commerce eBay CEO Meg Whitman is reportedly pondering retirement as the online auction giant struggles with slowing growth. Makes you wonder about those fourth quarter results eh? The Wall Street Journal reports that Whitman is seriously thinking about retirement after a decade at the helm. That's a lifetime among Internet companies. For instance, Yahoo has been through three CEOs in the last decade. John Donahoe, who leads eBay's auction unit, is the front runner to succeed Whitman. What's Whitman's departure mean? Big changes are coming. A few hints of how big these changes are will come Wednesday when eBay reports its fourth quarter earnings.
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