| Civic center ‘beginning to jeopardize park'
The Benton Community Park District has its back to the wall in its efforts to manage the Benton Civic Center.The group has been managing the aging facility for nearly two years. The civic center is in need of a new heat/air-conditioning system and new carpeting. Also, the gravel parking lot is in poor repair and needs to be asphalted.The problem is money - or a lack thereof. .
I Was a Progression Requirement Pusher
Students must obtain a cumulative grade-point average of 2.0 to graduate from my university. Sort of. In reality most students have to obtain a higher GPA for admission into a particular major. This second admissions hurdle is as important as gaining entrance into the university. Known often as a "progression requirement," it is one of the dirty little secrets in academe. .
Gizmo geeks find nirvana
It's here that the latest in bleeding-edge technology, gadgets and software gets its public coming-out party, spread across a mind-blowing 167,000 sq. metres of exhibit space in two massive convention centres. And what a party it is. Seeing everything that's on display at CES is nigh-on impossible, even over the show's four days. Still, we got to witness some pretty cool stuff before CES wrapped up yesterday, and it's too much to cram into just one gadgets page. So here's Part One of our roundup of some of the niftiest, craziest and otherwise memorable technology straight outta Vegas. Extracurricular activities not included. --- MICROSOFT SURFACE This wasn't the first time Microsoft's upcoming tabletop display technology was shown to the public, but it was definitely the first time we saw just how amazing Surface might be when it starts to arrive this year in hotels, retail stores and the like.
Kroger plans mega store in Bonsack area
A giant in the grocery business plans to spread its footprint into a growing area of Roanoke County. Kroger officials said Friday that the company will build its largest Roanoke Valley store on a 22.8-acre site at the corner of Valley Gateway Boulevard and U.S. 460 in the Bonsack area. The 84,000-square-foot store will offer a gas station, as do some other Kroger stores. The Cincinnati-based chain is pumping $22.4 million into the development of this grassy site, which is near Integrity Windows, a large manufacturer of windows and doors that opened several years ago. Other retails shops and restaurants are planned adjacent to the new store. Four additional outparcels, for lease or for sale, would front U.S. 460. Kroger will own the retail center, having purchased the land from Fralin & Waldron, a Roanoke real estate company.
Why Is Adobe Trying To Add DRM To Flash?
Whether DRM works or not, there are a great many content providers that will not in any way shape or form let their content be used online, in a format that doesnt include DRM. It doesnt make sense really, seeing as how anyone can rip or re-encode anything that is playable, in some way or another. But lack of DRM is probably keeping Flash out of a lot of businesses out there. The ability to lock out other 3rd party flash software is probably just a bonus (reply to this comment) (link to this comment) by Overcast on Feb 20th, 2008 @ 8:51pm New Hassle - migrate to new solution. (reply to this comment) (link to this comment) Silverlight? by korrupt9187 on Feb 20th, 2008 @ 9:29pm This may be the opening Microsoft needs to get silverlight off the ground.
Hominy warms to Mexican cuisine
On a hot Sunday afternoon toward the end of summer, a Jeep SUV was parked on Main Street with the doors unlocked and the engine running.
In Tulsa, you'd be kind of brave -- or maybe kind of dumb -- to leave your keys in the ignition. But in Hominy, Alex Galvan and her father don't think twice about walking down the street for a snow cone to give the air conditioner time to work.
"Crime?" her father says. "In Hominy? Don't worry about it."
Javier Galvan used to run an authentic Mexican restaurant in east Tulsa, where he attracted loyal customers and earned a positive review from the World's food critic. But crime was a constant worry.
"Stealing. Shooting. Robbing," he says. "Too much goes on there."
A year and a half ago, when he heard about an old burger joint going out of business in downtown Hominy, Javier jumped in his Jeep to have a look around.
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