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“I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Disability Rights Montana
ikuw
- Parents plead for easier route to help mentally ill kids
"It shouldn't take horrible things for people to get the help they need."
- 'I am Adam Lanza's mother'
I am sharing this story because I am Adam Lanza's mother. I am Dylan Klebold's and Eric Harris' mothers. I am James Holmes' mother. I am Jared Loughner's mother. I am Seung-Hui Cho's mother. And these boys - and their mothers - need help. In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it's easy to talk about guns. But it's time to talk about mental illness.
Montana Department of Commerce
- Bozeman-based ikuw Solutions announces it plans to move its headquarters to Missoula
Once the local office is opened, ikuw (pronounced "I Q") also intends to expand into software development, with two projects already planned, according to company vice president Kevin McManus - who, together with his wife (and company president) Leeanne, will move to Missoula permanently.
Great Falls Development Authority
- The Montana Department of Commerce is pleased to announce a new feature to its website, the "Funded Project Search Utility" button.
The link will take you to a public database of Montana Department of Commerce, Business Resources Division funded projects.
Inteneo Systems
- Great Falls area poised to grow Great Falls Development Authority's Doney, Thayer cite progress on several fronts
The success of the Great Falls Airport Authority and Chamber of Commerce in recruiting discount Frontier Airlines is in lowered fares by all airlines that will draw more passengers and in Frontier's decision to come back next spring.
Come Home Montana
- Entertaining Guesses vs. Models of Prediction
Outside the rigorous context of science, prediction is often confused with informed guess or opinion.
- Health law may boost tech firms' revenue - Montana Health Cooperative gets OK from state, will manage insurance exchange
Most states hire companies to crunch the data because they lack technology or expertise.
- Embrace technology and employees to build a better 2013
Unlock the power of your data: Every company is awash in data, spanning from traditional transactional data stored in billing, ecommerce and CRM systems to unstructured data found in social media and videos. In 2013, more companies will expand their big data frameworks to tap into this disparate information and unlock business value about their customers.
The Burton K. Wheeler Center
- Dr. Leroy Hood awarded with the National Medal of Science
Dr. Leroy Hood was born in Missoula, Montana.
Idaho Business
- Burton K. Wheeler of Montana
Few members of the United States Senate had as colorful or stormy a career as Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana.
North Dakota Business and Economic Development
- Idaho National Laboratory contractor to cut at least 300 jobs
An official with Battelle Energy Alliance says the company has started efforts to eliminate 300 jobs at the Idaho National Laboratory http://www.inl.gov in eastern Idaho and could eventually eliminate 450 jobs.
- E. Idaho call center closes, 100 workers lose jobs
The company also closed a call center in Arizona last week, putting about 150 people out of work.
- State invites Idaho businesses to participate in governor's 2013 trade mission to Asia
The trade delegation will visit Seoul, Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City from April 19 to 27. Locations were chosen from a survey of Idaho companies' top export destinations, according to the Idaho Department of Commerce.
Regional Business
- North Dakota Enjoys Oil Boom--But Girds for Slowdown
"Everyone in North Dakota is concerned about getting overextended and having some kind of a--even if it is not a bust--just a slowdown in the oil production," Gov. Jack Dalrymple said in an interview.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- So-called 'sharing economy' comes under regulatory scrutiny
While the new companies say they are creating jobs by disrupting legacy industries that have fallen behind the technological curve, established industries -- from hotels to taxi cabs -- complain the newcomers are taking unfair competitive advantage and in some cases endangering the public by sidestepping safety, tax and labor rules.
Education
- Pilot effort aims to help Idaho students escape 'cradle to prison pipeline'
If you think it's tough being a kid these days, try being a kid with a parent in prison.
- Goodbye to heavy backpacks?: Hello, e-textbooks
Schools could save $250 per student each year by making the move to digital texts, according to the Federal Communications Commission, and the interactive e-books can be updated continuously instead of being replaced.
- ACT program targets students' thinking habits
In the past several years, school test scores have increased steadily, even in years when state scores declined
Montana Education Excellence
- Wyoming native Nick Sarnicola wants to give away $1 million to train young entreprenuers
Sarnicola and his wife, Ashley, have put $1 million into his Sarnicola Foundation with the stated intention of funding education and scholarship programs that expose 13- to19-year-olds to entrepreneurship.
- Competency-based education has fans, detractors - Western Governors among schools offering programs
Competency-based education, according to WGU's model, allows students to complete courses as fast as they want and to take as many courses as they want per semester -- all for the same per-semester fee. Students earn credit only if they pass an end-of-course assessment.
Community
- The University of Montana Foundation Newsletter Winter- 2012
Debby McWhinney '77, COO of Citi Enterprise Payments, has made American Banker magazine's list of the "25 Most Powerful Women in Banking" based on her global success and leadership, a notable achievement.
- MSU Online undergraduate courses now open for spring
Courses can be taken individually or as part of MSU's new online degree completion program, which is designed for students who have at least two years of college credits but do not yet have a four-year degree.
- UM Peace Corps Prep Program Contributes To Missoula's Volunteer-Per-Capita Ranking
UM has produced 780 Peace Corps volunteers since 1961. At the end of September, Montana had 48 volunteers serving worldwide in the Corps, of those, 32 volunteers are UM alums.
- MSU worker, student data left open on network
The information affected includes names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers.
Funding and Building your BusinessEnergy and Climate Change
- How to make a website: a tactical guide for marketers
Most people who are responsible for websites are amateurs. This is my best take on how the goal-oriented non-professional can do a good job.
- E-commerce is so last year.
This holiday season, nearly one in five holiday shoppers played Santa on a new device -- their phones.
- Delta Airlines - Can customer service get any worse than this?
To call this disgusting incident "bad service" is to trivialize it.
Connectivity & Communications
- Scientists Report Faster Warming in Antarctica
West Antarctica has warmed much more than scientists had thought over the last half century, new research suggests, an ominous finding given that the huge ice sheet there may be vulnerable to long-term collapse, with potentially drastic effects on sea levels.
Non-Profit News
- Doctors Move to Webcams
Virtual doctor visit services are moving into the mainstream. Anna Wilde Mathews discusses the growing trend of connecting patients from their homes with physicians whom they meet via online video or phone.
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- Montana's Computers 4 Kids second annual Christmas giveaway donates 100 computers
Computers 4 Kids and Rimrock GMC Cadillac joined forces to make those wishes come true Saturday afternoon for nearly 80 children and families.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- 10 of our favorite viral videos of 2012
Let's put a giant button in the middle of a town square and tell people to push it. Enough said.
HACKING AND VIRUS ALERTS
- Telepresence robots let employees 'beam' into work
These remote-controlled machines are equipped with video cameras, speakers, microphones and wheels that allow users to see, hear, talk and "walk" in faraway locations.
- 4D transistor: The future of computers?
Researchers from Purdue and Harvard universities created the transistor, which is made from a material that could replace silicon within a decade.
Transportation
- Cosmo, the Hacker 'God' Who Fell to Earth
His arsenal of tricks held clever-yet-idiot-proof ways of getting into accounts on Amazon, Apple, AOL, PayPal, Best Buy, Buy.com, Live.com (think: Hotmail, Outlook, Xbox) and more. He can hijack phone numbers from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and your local telco.
- Make Way for Kilowatts: A Growing-Up Year for Plug-Ins
Within a generation hybrids will be ubiquitous and E.V.'s common, on American roads.
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