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| China state TV teaches good manners to golf fans Posted: 26 Nov 2011 12:38 AM PST Omega Mission Hills World Cup in Hainan Island, China. — AFP pic The etiquette campaign tells spectators to stop chatting, taking photos, to switch off their phones and stay within the ropes at the November 23-27 event, staged at the five-star Missions Hills golf complex in south China. "A month prior to this event, we approached the government to shoot a short film showing the golf etiquette expected to be shown by spectators," said Mission Hills vice-chairman Tenniel Chu. "The Government was very supportive. The film has been shown regularly on terrestrial TV channels to teach the Chinese golf fans the do's and don'ts on the golf course ahead of the event," he added. And it seems the master class in manners is working at the World Cup, claims Chu, a son of the late "Chinese father of Golf," Hong Kong tycoon David Chu, who died in August. "We had over 20,000 fans on the first day of the World Cup. I walked a few holes on the first morning and I did not hear one phone go off. It was good to see the sophistication and maturity of the spectators," he said. Chinese fans are notoriously restless and noisy at sporting events. World number three Lee Westwood was annoyed with fans taking photos as he teed off and his caddy tried to wrestle a camera from one fan. And a loud clearing of throat by one fan during a tee off caused world number two Rory McIlroy and his caddy to shake their heads and laugh in disbelief. The Chu family has close influential government ties and is credited with bringing major events to China and helping swell Chinese golf fans from 50,000 in the mid-90s to over 3 million and growing in 2011. Ahead of the Beijing 2008 Games, the Chinese government embarked on massive campaign to brush up the public's behaviour as the world's eyes turned on China. — AFP-Relaxnews Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| ‘Password’ tops the list of worst passwords for 2011 Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:16 PM PST LONDON, Nov 26 — These days there are so many sites and accounts you need to log into that it is hard to think of new, unique passwords. So often, when it comes down to creating a new password people either use the same password over and over again or create easy to remember passwords (or both). According to password management application maker SplashID, some of the most commonly used passwords for 2011 are "password," "123456," "12345678," "qwerty," "abc123" and "monkey."  Keep your online accounts safe by choosing hard-to-guess passwords. — Picture courtesy of shutterstock.com "If you're one of those people who thought it was clever to use "password" as your password, it's time to wisen up and make a change. Switching the "o" to a zero to make it 'passw0rd'? Not much better," advised SplashID. By using simple numerical passwords or short common words as your password, you're making it easy for computers or cybercriminals to break into your accounts. "Hackers can easily break into many accounts just by repeatedly trying common passwords," warned SplashID CEO Morgan Slain. "Even though people are encouraged to select secure, strong passwords, many people continue to choose weak, easy-to-guess ones, placing themselves at risk from fraud and identity theft." Slain added, "[w]hat you don't want is a password that is easily guessable. If you have a password that is short or common or a word in the dictionary, it's like leaving your door open for identity thieves." Microsoft advises that the keys to creating strong passwords are "length and complexity" on its Safety and Security Center website. Lifehacker suggests using multi-word phrases with spaces — which are much easier to remember — to make your passwords more secure (rather than using a more risky six-character-only password). Want to know how long it would take a desktop computer to crack your password? Test it withhttp://howsecureismypassword.net/. SplashID identified the most commonly used passwords list for 2011 by trawling through files "containing millions of stolen passwords" that were posted online by hackers. The top 25 most commonly used passwords for 2011 according to SplashID: 1. password 2. 123456 3. 12345678 4. qwerty 5. abc123 6. monkey 7. 1234567 8. letmein 9. trustno1 10. dragon 11. baseball 12. 111111 13. iloveyou 14. master 15. sunshine 16. ashley 17. bailey 18. passw0rd 19. shadow 20. 123123 21. 654321 22. superman 23. qazwsx 24. michael 25. football — AFP-Relaxnews Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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