| Yahoo and video platform Maven Networks formally tie the knot
The acquisition of a new and surging startup in the video services field demonstrates that Yahoo intends to pursue its restructuring strategy, just as though February 1 never happened. Two weeks ago might have been the dawn of Yahoo's next step in moving its multimedia platform strategy forward, had it not been for Microsoft stealing its thunder that week. Today, however, Yahoo went forward with its formal announcement that it is purchasing video and advertising platform producer Maven Networks for $160 million. .
Broadband for Brookfield?
Standing room only at Brookfield Elementary School as people packed the cafeteria for Town Meeting Day. "This is a yearly spring vacation to come out and see what's going on in the town," said resident George Buck. Among the usual questions of tax rates, road construction and purchasing a new fire truck a question never before considered. Should these voters support an effort to bring broadband Internet service to their town? A non-profit group called EC Fiber wants to model the effort of two year-old Burlington Telecom. Two dozen communities in east central Vermont are considering that question this Town Meeting Day. "From a personal standpoint I would be thrilled to have broadband because dial up is just not doing it for us anymore," said Linda Runnion.
Rudd acts to ease home burden
If you choose to overspend on your credit cards, buy new cars, TVs, gadgets when you don't need it, it should be those rates that go up. But one proviso. Houses or income from rentals cannot be used as collateral for obtaining credit where it does not benefit the upkeep or improvement of the property. Any gains must be ploughed back into the mortgage (the banks will hate that). Why should mortgage holders pay for masses of irresponsible idiots that just cannot stop spending on credit? Do that, Ruddy and I may change my opinion of you. Anything else and it is merely more media tarting on your behalf. Posted by: Mark B of Brisbane 12:25pm March 03, 2008 Comment 129 of 225 .
Altadeña students take morning announcements to the next level
Each morning the broadcast club at Altadea Middle School meets 45 minutes before school starts to prepare for their daily morning announcements, broadcasted live into each classroom during first period. And they couldn’t be more thrilled. "Sometimes I have to boot out some students because I don’t want them to burn out," multimedia teacher Glenn Nienabor said. "I’d rather have them here for all three years then quit when they’re in sixth grade." Nienabor worked as sports reporter for the Mesa Tribune for seven years before he began his teaching career at Kyrene de la Colina Elementary School. It was at Colina where the broadcast club originated, and when he was asked to transfer to Altadea four years ago he had no intent of giving it up. "One of my conditions, so to speak, was that I could continue doing the morning announcements and the broadcast club," he said.
Obama is the new JFK says Kennedy's daughter
If a similar foul-up were to take place in an American general election that would be a loss of 4,000,000 votes. Thats like having every single voter in the state of Georgia disenfranchised. Not even the harshest or most misinformed critic of the American electoral system accuses the US of such a massive foul up, intentional or not. In view of this, it seems that the time and thought you so generously gave to our election might be better spent tending to your own knitting. .
Not just a building, but a joy to behold. Ken Livingstone must hate St ...
Camden council demanded that the only reuse be as a railwaymen's hostel. Even the heritage lobby gazed at the mighty pile and despaired. For years the fate of St Pancras rested with one man - BR's environment director, Bernard Kaukas, who battled to win £3m from his board to prevent the collapse of the roof. His love of the place, again unsung, almost certainly saved St Pancras from demolition. A developer, Trevor Osborne, was the first to seek to restore the hotel, which had been closed in 1935. Architects pondered about how to fit bathrooms into a Grade-I listed hotel. I even booked the "bridal suite" for some putative opening night. But St Pancras seemed to honour JB Priestley's quip that "Pancrastination is the thief of time", and the Frenchman's "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la gare".
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