| A rare bit of Welsh glory for Edinburgh
AN OVERUSED phrase it might be, but Edinburgh's "top drawer performance" against the Blues in last night's Magners League clash at Cardiff Arms Park, was exactly that. A late drop goal from the outstanding Phil Godman, provided Edinburgh with the perfect start to 2008 and, understandably, left coach Andy Robinson purring with satisfaction. On a night that would have been better suited to a spot of bog-snorkling, Edinburgh produced a measured performance to not only secure a morale-boosting victory away from Murrayfield, but to further improve their chances of lifting the Magners League silverware. Robinson warned that idle talk of championships and title silverware would not be wise in the coming weeks despite his side's recent rejuvenation in the competition. However, there is little doubt that, behind closed doors, the coaching staff and players too, will have grand designs on the Celtic title.
Forth Road Bridge hack redirects to smut bazaar
Updated Hackers turned the Forth Road Bridge website into a filth jamboree after breaking into its systems to plant script designed to redirect surfers to a Turkish site hosting malware. According to Scottish security outfit Roundtrip Solutions the website of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (www.feta.gov.uk), which runs the famous suspension bridge in central Scotland, was hacked in order to serve up pop-up ads for porn sites. Roundtrip used AVG's LinkScanner security tool to determine that hackers were taking advantage of the (old and a little obscure) MDAC-RDS ActiveX exploit to launch an iFrame HTML element taken from a website under the control of hackers. .
Wexner snags acts on verge of greatness
Before she became an unlikely iPod spokeswoman, a little-known singer named Leslie Feist was on Chuck Helm's radar. The indie-folk songstress from Canada would make a perfect fit for the arty, in-the-know crowd that frequents the Wexner Center for the Arts, he thought. "I just kind of had a feeling she was breaking at that point," said Helm, director of performing arts at the center. Three months ago, he booked Feist for next Sunday as part of the "Next @ Wex" concert series -- which highlights up-and-coming musical acts. He turned out to be prophetic: Soon after, the Feist song 1234 appeared in an Apple commercial, and the singer performed on Saturday Night Live and catapulted into the musical mainstream. Thanks to mounting buzz for Feist (and the center's intensive marketing efforts in blog, print and TV media), the show is almost sold out.
Rockingham Tweaks Its Redistricting Plans
ELKTON — The Rockingham County School Board will hold yet another hearing on school redistricting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at Montevideo Middle School. This is likely to be more harmonious than earlier hearings, when dozens of parents expressed unhappiness with proposed new district boundaries. Now, under revisions announced at the Feb. 26 meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors, substantial revisions to the original plan have been made, reducing many complaints resulting from parents concerning the original plan. "[Supervisors and the school board] did an outstanding job," said parent Melani Tomasi, a participant in a recent protest group centered on Power Dam Road near McGaheysville. "The new plan reflected the bulk of concerns; they gave the people what they wanted," added Tomasi, whose children would have been shifted from the Montevideo area schools to the new school complex at Elkton, as well as Elkton Middle School.
Art Briefs: Feb. 7-14
Everyone is invited to an artist reception today (Feb. 7) from 5:30-7 p.m. to see Patty Sheehan’s new paintings at the El Prado branch of the First Community Bank. Sheehan has been a teacher, psychotherapist, motivational speaker and author of articles, books and songs for children and adults.After five years in Taos taking classes and painting, Sheehan is creating very colorful still lifes, figures and landscapes primarily in acrylics, although she explores a variety of other media, a press release reads. Her professional life seems to be about finding her own creative voice(s) and helping others do that too. The bank is located at 1520 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, next to the El Prado Post Office. Call (575) 613-5377.Take the ‘Chile Line’ .
How to avoid burning out
Risk of burnout high for managers, owners Consequences can include clinical depression Blog: What holiday? Aussies on call 24-7 ARE you losing interest in your work, lacking energy and not making time to do the things you enjoy in your personal life? You may be experiencing burnout.For small and medium enterprise (SME) owners, who have taken a huge burden upon themselves, the risk of burnout is very real and potentially devastating, both personally and for their businesses. If SME owners fail to act on symptoms stemming from work-based anxieties and demands that are running them down, they are more likely to slip into clinical depression, says business coach Samantha McDonald. "I see so many people with this, and often they don’t understand they are not getting enough balance.
Cairo ICT 2008 ready to kick off its 12th round
The annual four day event held at the Cairo International Conference Center has already filled 90% of the total exhibition space for this year, with expectations to finish sales very shortly. The event is held under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, the support of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and with large multinational and local sponsors lead by Telecom Egypt. 'Multinational exhibitors recognize the importance of attending Cairo ICT, which explains the growth in this sector each year,' said Ossama Kamal, managing director of TradeFairs International, the organizer of Cairo ICT. Delegations from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are participating in the exhibition this year in an initiative to boost cooperation between the ICT community in those countries and Egypt.
The weird, ever-evolving world of ARGs
Dan Hon used to start his day like any other law student at Cambridge University. While getting ready for class, he'd check his e-mail, voice mail, maybe do a little preclass preparation. One day while preparing for his finals, he came across the trailer for Steven Spielberg's movie Artificial Intelligence: A.I. and noticed something peculiar in the credits. "Sentient Machine Therapist Jeanine Salla" was listed in between "Costume Designer Bob Ringwood" and "music by John Williams." Finding a machine therapist an odd occupation, Hon decided to Google her name and came up with a surreal website concerning Salla, her life, and her employers. He researched some more, made phone calls, sent e-mails, and eventually found clues, patterns, a game called The Beast, and information all leading to a struggle for robot rights in the year 2142.
Me.dium Announces Online Festival: Me.Fest
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Me.dium, a social browsing software company, today announced its first annual Me.Fest online festival, a host of events from November 26th through December 2nd that allow users and celebrities to surf together in real time. Me.dium has invited industry leaders from music, sports, politics, lifestyle and Internet TV to join users in discussions and lead fan-focused tours around the Internet. "Coming off the success of events like RockMe., Me.Fest let's Me.dium extend the real-time, online venue concept to a variety of other genres," said David Mandell, co-founder and vice president of marketing for Me.dium. "We're hosting Me.Fest as a platform for our users to connect with industry experts and special guests on a more personalized level than has ever been available before online." As part of the festivities, Me.dium is conducting a "What Is Me.dium?" video contest.
Sun turns to Neil Diamond for Amazon utility 'killer'
Here's Sun Microsystems. Ahead of the curve with utility computing? Check. Interested in gaining the business of today's internet companies? Big check. Full of server-side software skills? Check. Behind Amazon.com of all companies in actually putting these things together as a product or service companies can buy? Yep. Sun's mysterious failure to address the potentially meaty market for renting a web infrastructure to fledgling businesses appears on course for a correction. The company plans to unveil a project code-named Caroline in the next couple of months, offering a "hosting platform for development and delivery of dynamically scalable Internet-based services". .
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