| Candidates reveal differences at forum
The town candidates were asked to give two-minute response to such questions as: How would you address violence in Taos? How would you make Taos a sustainable community? Did you agree with term limits? How would you improve tourism? How would you increase lodger’s tax revenue? What would you do to stop the bickering on the town council?Incumbent Councilors Erlinda Gonzales and Melitón Struck opposed term limits, but the remaining candidates all suggested councilors be limited to two four-year terms.Candidate Amy Quintana, however, pointed out that a change in state law might be required to allow term limits for councilors.Eugene Sánchez vowed that he would work with legislators to change the law.But the candidates for two open seats in the March 4 election revealed more differences in their direct response to comments from their challengers.Gonzales and Struck expressed their objection to the proposed SmartCode, which would provide a Master Plan to guide the town’s land use regulations.Struck said the proposed SmartCode would not protect the historic district in Taos and Gonzales said she opposed the recommendation in the preliminary plan allowing three-story buildings in the downtown area.The other candidates saw the SmartCode as a way to resolve conflicts in the town’s land use ordinances and Amy Quintana pointed to the failure of the town manager to fill the planning director position for more than a year as an obstruction to the town’s ability to plan for the future, especially in regard to approving the SmartCode.Julia Valerma said the SmartCode encompasses most the Vision 20/20 plan touted by Struck and Gonzales over the SmartCode, but said it would define the current and immediate needs of the community.The Vision 20/20 Plan, which was created by extensive grassroots input in 1999, was never formally adopted by the town council.
Google takes a swipe at OOXML
Updated Google has slammed Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) format as being "insufficient and unnecessary". The internet giant's open source programs manager Zaheda Bhorat said yesterday on Google's official blog that Redmond's attempts to convince the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) to adopt OOXML as the international format should be ignored. .
Colorado-based firm buys Citynet wholesale division
A Colorado-based company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the wholesale division of communications provider Citynet. Zayo Group, headquartered in Louisville, Colo., said Citynet Fiber Network - the wholesale division of Citynet - will become a part of Zayo Bandwidth, Zayo Group's fiber-based bandwidth business unit. Zayo said the purchase is expected to close in early 2008. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. Entrepreneurs Paul Helmick and Mark Burdette established Citynet in Charleston in 1994 as an Internet service provider. In 1998 the company merged with MarCom, a Fairmont Web site designer. City Holding Co., the corporate parent of City National Bank, bought Citynet in 1998. City Holding sold the company in 2001 to James Martin, who had headed the company when it was a unit of the bank holding company.
Oracle OpenWorld(R) 2007 to Deliver Enhanced Partner Experience
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giving Oracle Partners enhanced opportunities to make their Oracle OpenWorld(R) experience more valuable this year, Oracle today announced it will provide specific activities to enable Oracle Partners to better build, market and sell Oracle-based solutions and services. "Oracle Partners are a vital component to the continued success of Oracle. This year, Oracle OpenWorld is especially designed with partners in mind, giving them valuable tools and resources that help them maximize their investment to become a part of Oracle's ecosystem," said Oracle senior vice president, Worldwide Alliances and Channels, Doug Kennedy. "Every year we reevaluate how to improve the OpenWorld experience for partners and this year we are proud to offer enhanced programming to help them make the most of the conference." Oracle PartnerNetwork Forum On Sunday, Nov.
AIT Domains VR Program Generates Unrivaled Profits
In the years since AITDomains.com introduced its Virtual Domain Registrar program, it has become a cash cow for hundreds of Internet entrepreneurs and resellers.
Fayetteville, NC, March 05,2008--In the years since AITDomains.com introduced its Virtual Domain Registrar program (http://aitdomains.com/vrprogram/?pdkw=pr-domainsvr-prp-03042008), it has become a cash cow for hundreds of Internet entrepreneurs and resellers. Many have used it to register, renew, or transfer hundreds of domains, and some enterprising customers have more than 5,000 domains under their accounts. The user creates the pricing structure, controls the registration process, and owns the customer in every substantive way, says Jamie Moore, Product Manager for the program. The program is white-labeled, so AITDomains.com is invisible to the end user, though there is a support system for virtual registrars.
Reports: Syria Blocks Domestic Access to Facebook
Lebanon's daily As-Safir reported that Facebook was blocked on Nov. 18. It said the authorities took the step because Israelis have been entering Syria-based groups. Human rights groups have regularly criticized Syrian authorities for blocking opposition sites and Internet sites critical of President Bashar Assad's government. .
Heat's Riley to leave team to scout lottery picks
The buck stops with me when we won the championship, it stops with me when I have the worst team in the league," he said.
Considering Kansas State forward Michael Beasley and Memphis point guard Derrick Rose stand at the top of the lottery board, the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, which runs March 13-16, and the Conference USA tournament in Memphis, March 12-15, figure to be on Riley's wish list.
"If I can scoot off and see some of these guys, that's what I'm going to do," he said, declining to name the prospects he would scout because of league rules regarding underclassmen.
Guard Dwyane Wade, the team's most recent lottery pick, said he respected the move.
"No question," he said. "It's no secret we're going to have a lot of balls in the lottery this summer.
After big wins by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama seeks to regain ...
CASPER, Wyo. - Sen. Barack Obama sought to regain lost momentum in Wyoming's caucuses days after rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's nearly clean sweep of major primaries in their tight Democratic presidential race. Twelve national convention delegates are at stake Saturday in caucuses around the state, a small but critical prize in the close race for the party's nod. The epic battle between Clinton and Obama has given the state's Democrats — outnumbered more than 2-to-1 by Republicans — a relevancy they haven't experienced in a presidential race in nearly 50 years. Clinton won victories Tuesday in primaries in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, reviving her candidacy. But Obama has prevailed in 12 of the 15 caucuses, which rely on greater campaign organization and voter commitment than primaries.
Scout talk: Best small-school prospects
Not all NFL players come from schools like Southern California and Miami. Some come from unlikely places. Here are the best small-school prospects by position.
QB—Joe FlaccoDelaware. He has a chance of being the second quarterback taken after Matt Ryan, and could go in the first round.
RB—Xavier Omon, Northwest Missouri State. He dominated in Division II, becoming the first player in NCAA history to rush for 1,500 yards four times.
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The L.A. Times descends into civil war!
Never needs changing. Like a fluorescent bulb! ... 5:48 P.M. Dissing the Disgruntled! Grazer-Gate Update: A summary of the L.A.Times' second-time-farce scandal is here. The most recent at-bats ... Resigned editorial page editor Andres Martinez says the paper's newly-arrived editor and publisher caved to a disgruntled newsroom that is annoyed at [the paper's owners in] Chicago, annoyed at them and annoyed at the autonomy of the opinion pages. The newsroom unrest, Martinez says, is partly "ideological" (the news pages presumably being more conventionally liberal than his editorial page), partly "a matter of bureaucratic culture," and some of it a personnel matter (there are some embittered former editorial board members that Kinsley and Carroll sent off to the newsroom).
YouTube Killers Just Around the Corner? Free Video.Show 1.0 Download
According to the latest statistics from Internet metrics company comScore, "77.6 million viewers watched 3.2 billion videos on YouTube.com (41.6 videos per viewer)" in December 2007 alone, and taking into consideration only U.S. users. This gives Google no less than 32.6% of all the videos served in the last month of the past year, as well as a 43% of all U.S. Internet users. And still, the next YouTube killers might be growing as we speak, courtesy of Microsoft which has made available Video.Show 1.0 as a free download. "Getting started with Video.Show is easy: all you need is a machine with .
TheStar.com | Sports | Grey Cup arrives at city hall
On hand to greet the Cup were a dozen fans, four times as many media and city hall's feral squirrels, which practically crawl up your leg in search of food. Amidst the fear, one was reminded of the words of Steve Coogan, "If it's between me and a crack squirrel, I will take that squirrel down. I will take that squirrel down to Chinatown." After being marched into council chambers by an honour guard, Mayor David Miller took over. The city's first citizen relived his fondest CFL moments and almost managed to make them seem unscripted. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon the praised the city's love for "Canada's national game." In his defence, he was born in Chicago. But in his offence, I was born in Toronto and I don't think America's national pastime is hockey. After that, Miller officially proclaimed this Grey Cup Week, which excited those fans to fits of shouting 'Go (Insert Winnipeg Blue Bombers or Saskatchewan Roughriders here)!' But when Miller finished his remarks with 'Go Riders,' the mood soured slightly.
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