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Biomimicry Institute at Arizona State University :
ASU has become the newest member of the Biomimicry Affiliate Program of the Montana-based Biomimicry Institute http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org/. ASU is the only US institution to be awarded this status.
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IBM, Microsoft Help Create Montana Supercomputer:
Montana’s “Big Sky” supercomputer, powered by technology from IBM, Microsoft, NextIO and Nice, is aimed at revitalizing the Rocky Mountain region by attracting business and jobs to the area. Officials ...
Employers, plan now for Mental Health Parity rules:
Large employers need to start planning, if they haven’t already, to meet new regulations issued under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. New rules around the act were published ...
The Gero-Economy Revs Up :
Green jobs? Great. Gray jobs? Maybe an even better bet for the new jobs bill. If there is a single graphic that everyone concerned with the nation’s future should have tattooed on their eyeballs, my vote ...
'Future of Work' predicts jobs and home life will merge more:
The line between work and home is disappearing, says former Financial Times columnist Richard Donkin in his new book.
"We don't stop living when we go to work and, very often today, we don't stop ...
9 Quick Tips Learned While Raising $33 Million In Venture Capital:
As the market improves, my guess is that many of you will likely be thinking about raising funding for your company. With my latest startup, I’m now a venture-backed startup founder (I’ve raised $33 ...
Don't Take Angel Investments From VCs:
The guys over at Venturehacks have come up with an excellent idea to create a curated list of tech-focused angel investors. While I fully support the project, I did notice that the list of “angels” ...
Startups Create Jobs:
Back in the ‘70s, David Birch of MIT startled the world by reporting that US government data showed the predominance of new jobs in the US were created by startup companies. Most mainstream economists ...
“The Funding Cliff.” - With Federal Stimulus Money Gone, Many Schools Face Budget Gaps:
Federal stimulus money has helped avoid drastic cuts at public schools in most parts of the nation, at least so far. But with the federal money running out, many of the nation’s schools are approaching ...
How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo:
UC Davis aims to turn more of its tech into business:
From biofuels to pharmaceuticals, Sacramento-area inventors have created scores of promising scientific breakthroughs, many of them in the well-funded laboratories of UC Davis.
Turning those inventions ...
Broadband cuts wide swath through Montana:
Geoff Feiss, general manager of the Montana Telecommunications Association http://www.telecomassn.org/ , gets annoyed when he hears assumptions that small Montana towns couldn't possibly have Internet ...
Montana Career Opportunity - CFO - Community Health Center:
Chief Financial Officer(CFO) position at a federally qualified community health center with administration office located in Butte, Montana, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
Must have experience ...
Missoula business looks for strategies to cut airfares; Syracuse, N.Y., provides one answer:
Fighting for the survival of his Missoula-based production company, John Barrett is taking on Goliath.
Barrett, whose 40 employees regularly fly around the country to get video footage and compelling ...
Yellowstone River Lodge in Montana provides peaceful river retreat:
The Yellowstone River Lodge Cabins and B&B http://yellowstoneriverlodgemt.com/ is only half an hour from Billings and barely half a mile, as the crow flies, from Interstate 90. But it’s a world away from ...
Internet 'driver's license'? Microsoft's Mundie wants it:
A type of "driver's license" for the Internet. Yeah. That's what Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, proposed this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
OK, ...
U.S. Scientists Given Access to Cloud Computing:
The National Science Foundation and the Microsoft Corporation have agreed to offer American scientific researchers free access to the company’s new cloud computing service.
By JOHN MARKOFF
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Washington among states weighing sale of liquor business:
"To me this isn't a core function of government. It's a retail operation. Private companies can do it as good or better."
Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor ...
Montana Career Opportunity - General Manager - Port of Montana:
The Board of Directors of the Port of Montana http://www.portofmontana.org are accepting applications for a General Manager to perform administrative, professional and supervisory duties relative to the ...
Glenn Michael - Highway 12 Ventures:
One of the unique characteristics of Highway 12 Ventures is the very diverse backgrounds of our four partners. We’ve all had very different career paths that intersected here and we bring very different ...
Get Rid of DSL and Go Wireless:
When it comes to gadgets, there's only one hard and fast rule: If it has a wire today, it won't have that wire tomorrow.
Even things you wouldn't expect -- yes, someone actually is working on wireless ...
WARREN MILLER’S WORLD: Are You Knitting My Nose Together?:
I’m sitting in my husband’s hospital room and he asks me, “Are you knitting my nose together?” (Yes, I’m knitting to pass the time as he sleeps and drools. I’m old, so I’m allowed to knit!)
Do ...
Montana Tech offers video design class:
When it comes to designing a video game, the sky's the limit.
That's what drew Dustin Gibson, a senior at Montana Tech http://www.mtech.edu/ , to a new class that focuses on the medium so wildly ...
Portland mayor promises $500k for small bizs & startups:
In today's State of the City address, Portland Mayor Sam Adams said the city will be putting up $500,000 to help get small businesses and startups launched.
By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian
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School administrators’ pay among highest in county:
Commerce Secretary pledges to help states seek export markets:
Washington » Few states can match Utah's rapid increase in exports in recent years -- and during this recession, no state has better maintained its trade with foreign nations.
But for the Obama ...
Telecom's Internet Crisis:
In Part 1 of a two-part series, Elizabeth Paffenbarger discusses the paradigm shift VoIPs are causing in the telecommunication industry.
In today’s multi-tasking global world, telecommunication has ...
Biotech Chiefs Slam U.S. Report on Gene Patents:
Anticipating a series of federal recommendations on gene patents coming out tomorrow, a former Senator and four executives at biotech companies and biotech trade groups criticized the Department ...
President Obama Outlines Latest in a Series of New Small Business Proposals - Successful SBA programs expanded to increase working capital, help businesses refinance:
Today in Lanham, Maryland, President Obama proposed the expansion of two critical Small Business Administration (SBA) lending programs, aimed at allowing small businesses to refinance and increasing ...
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