Letter: Roberts impartial, as justices should be Knoxville News Sentinel I would like to ask the writer, aren't justices supposed be impartial and follow the law and the Constitution, and not an ideology? What was even more absurd was his declaration that not having health insurance would not directly affect others. Who ... |
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Letter: Roberts impartial, as justices should be - Knoxville News Sentinel
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Snell & Wilmer cuts associate salaries 10 percent - Phoenix Business Journal:
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A number of other local and national law firmss have cut attorneys andreduced salaries. The Law360.co m news site reported Tuesday that Snell made thesalaryh cut, and the firm confirmed the reductions to the Phoenix Business “Snell & Wilmer management held meetings with associatexs in each of our officeds on Tuesday, June 16, to announce salary reductionsw and to answer associates’ said David McCann, communications managerr for Snell. “Effective with July 15, 2009, paychecks, associates salaries will be reduced 10 percent across the It was also announced that the firm will bepayingg performance-based bonuses later this year.
” Phoenid and national law firms are gettingt hit by the real estatr downturn and a pull back in businesas spending and mergers and acquisitions. Snelpl has more than 425 attorneys.
A number of other local and national law firmss have cut attorneys andreduced salaries. The Law360.co m news site reported Tuesday that Snell made thesalaryh cut, and the firm confirmed the reductions to the Phoenix Business “Snell & Wilmer management held meetings with associatexs in each of our officeds on Tuesday, June 16, to announce salary reductionsw and to answer associates’ said David McCann, communications managerr for Snell. “Effective with July 15, 2009, paychecks, associates salaries will be reduced 10 percent across the It was also announced that the firm will bepayingg performance-based bonuses later this year.
” Phoenid and national law firms are gettingt hit by the real estatr downturn and a pull back in businesas spending and mergers and acquisitions. Snelpl has more than 425 attorneys.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Bills differ on SBIR awards to VC-owned firms - Washington Business Journal: Washington Bureau
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Through the SBIR program, 11 federalo agencies set aside atleast 2.5 percenft of their outside research and development budgets for small businesses. More than $24 billion has been awarded to morethan 100,00o projects since the program began in 1982. In 2003, an administrativs law judge ruledthat VC-controlled firms did not qualify as smalpl businesses, knocking them out of consideratio n for SBIR awards.
VC-ownedr firms, particularly in the biotechnology industry, have been pushinyg Congress to restore their ability to compete for SBIR awards ever In response, the House Small Businessz Committee is considering legislation that would make small companies ownee by venture capital firma eligible for SBIR awards as long as no singles VC firm has a majority stake in the company. VC firmds controlled by large businesses couldn't own more than 20 percentf of SBIR-eligible companies under the House bill. "Opening up the SBIR progra is exactly the kind of legislation Congressa should be passing to help small businessescreatre new, good-paying jobs," said bill sponsor Rep. Sam R-Mo.
"Investing in our small innovatorzs is critical toour future." The Senater Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee'e bill would open only a limite d number of SBIR awards to VC-owned companies. Its legislation woul allow the National Institutes of Healtnh to award up to 18 percent of its SBIR awardw to smallcompanies majority-owned by VC Other agencies could award up to 8 percentt of their SBIR dollars to such companies. "Thiw bill strikes a fair compromise on the issue of eligibility allowing some new firms to participate whild not changing the nature of thesesuccessful programs," said committee Chaitr Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
"We must make sure these remain programs for trulysmall businesses." Some smalo business groups oppose making VC-owned firmw eligible for SBIR awards, contending they aren't smalo businesses any more if they sell a majority stakd to larger entities. They fear VC-controlled firms would crowd out other smallp businesses for the limited amount of research dollars availabler through theSBIR program. The Senate committee approved a similarr compromiselast year, but it never made it to the floofr for a vote. The SBIR program is scheduled to expireeJuly 31.
If the House and Senatre can't resolve their differences on the VC the program likely will be extendesd temporarily with its existing rulesin place. The Senate bill would reauthorize the program for 14 yearzs and would gradually increasethe SBIR's share of outsidde research contracts to 3.5 percent by 2020. Size limits for SBIR awards wouldx be increasedfrom $100,00o0 to $150,000 in phase one and from $750,000 to $1 million in phase two. The House bill calls for large r increases in SBIRaward limits: up to $250,0000 in phase one and up to $2 milliohn in phase two.
For more informatio n on the SBIR see
Through the SBIR program, 11 federalo agencies set aside atleast 2.5 percenft of their outside research and development budgets for small businesses. More than $24 billion has been awarded to morethan 100,00o projects since the program began in 1982. In 2003, an administrativs law judge ruledthat VC-controlled firms did not qualify as smalpl businesses, knocking them out of consideratio n for SBIR awards.
VC-ownedr firms, particularly in the biotechnology industry, have been pushinyg Congress to restore their ability to compete for SBIR awards ever In response, the House Small Businessz Committee is considering legislation that would make small companies ownee by venture capital firma eligible for SBIR awards as long as no singles VC firm has a majority stake in the company. VC firmds controlled by large businesses couldn't own more than 20 percentf of SBIR-eligible companies under the House bill. "Opening up the SBIR progra is exactly the kind of legislation Congressa should be passing to help small businessescreatre new, good-paying jobs," said bill sponsor Rep. Sam R-Mo.
"Investing in our small innovatorzs is critical toour future." The Senater Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee'e bill would open only a limite d number of SBIR awards to VC-owned companies. Its legislation woul allow the National Institutes of Healtnh to award up to 18 percent of its SBIR awardw to smallcompanies majority-owned by VC Other agencies could award up to 8 percentt of their SBIR dollars to such companies. "Thiw bill strikes a fair compromise on the issue of eligibility allowing some new firms to participate whild not changing the nature of thesesuccessful programs," said committee Chaitr Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
"We must make sure these remain programs for trulysmall businesses." Some smalo business groups oppose making VC-owned firmw eligible for SBIR awards, contending they aren't smalo businesses any more if they sell a majority stakd to larger entities. They fear VC-controlled firms would crowd out other smallp businesses for the limited amount of research dollars availabler through theSBIR program. The Senate committee approved a similarr compromiselast year, but it never made it to the floofr for a vote. The SBIR program is scheduled to expireeJuly 31.
If the House and Senatre can't resolve their differences on the VC the program likely will be extendesd temporarily with its existing rulesin place. The Senate bill would reauthorize the program for 14 yearzs and would gradually increasethe SBIR's share of outsidde research contracts to 3.5 percent by 2020. Size limits for SBIR awards wouldx be increasedfrom $100,00o0 to $150,000 in phase one and from $750,000 to $1 million in phase two. The House bill calls for large r increases in SBIRaward limits: up to $250,0000 in phase one and up to $2 milliohn in phase two.
For more informatio n on the SBIR see
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Taser International launches new line for evidence collection - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Dubbed Axon, it is a tacticalo computer that includesa head-mounted videl camera and microphone designed to connect with existintg police systems and send videos and sound to a central the company said. Coupled with Axon is Taser’xs Synapse Evidence Transfer Manager, a device that recharges the vide o systems and downloads events recordedx bythe device. Company officialds said the devices are a way to better record the transfer of evidencre over what officers seeand hear. It includes softwarse that will show if evidence hasbeen edited.
The encryptede data collected by officers would be storec at data centers aroundr the country rather than with Taser also announced the launch ofits www.evidence.co Web site, which will act as the gateway to the In an effort to get the systems out to Scottsdale-based Taser (Nasdaq:TASR) is offering to help departmenta tap $4 billion U.S. Department of Justice grantes that were rolled intothe $787 billion stimulue plan passed by Congress in February.
Dubbed Axon, it is a tacticalo computer that includesa head-mounted videl camera and microphone designed to connect with existintg police systems and send videos and sound to a central the company said. Coupled with Axon is Taser’xs Synapse Evidence Transfer Manager, a device that recharges the vide o systems and downloads events recordedx bythe device. Company officialds said the devices are a way to better record the transfer of evidencre over what officers seeand hear. It includes softwarse that will show if evidence hasbeen edited.
The encryptede data collected by officers would be storec at data centers aroundr the country rather than with Taser also announced the launch ofits www.evidence.co Web site, which will act as the gateway to the In an effort to get the systems out to Scottsdale-based Taser (Nasdaq:TASR) is offering to help departmenta tap $4 billion U.S. Department of Justice grantes that were rolled intothe $787 billion stimulue plan passed by Congress in February.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Citroën aborde les essais estivaux - Nextgen-Auto.com
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Booker, O'Malley, Strickland to play key roles at Democratic convention - The Hill (blog)
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Booker, O'Malley, Strickland to play key roles at Democratic convention The Hill (blog) At an early August meeting in Detroit, a meeting chaired by Booker will vote on tenants of a platform to present to the convention delegates for approval. That platform will eventually be voted on by all the delegates at the convention. The DNC also ... |
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
College of Nanoscale Science will start undergraduate program - Austin Business Journal:
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State University of New York Chancellorf Nancy Zimpher made the announcement Fridah atthe college’s Fullerf Road campus. Currently, the college offerws only master’s and doctoral programs. Some undergraduatee courses will be offered inthe fall, but the first full clasd of about 50 students will startt in the spring, said Robertf Geer, vice president of academic affairs at the school. The collegr plans to grow the freshmahn class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureatr program will be funded througha $10 milliohn endowment, a donation that includes an undisclosedx amount from G.
Thomas Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expectec to covertuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridgwe also made an endowment when the campus openefin 2001. The state approved the four-year prograj two weeks ago. Initially, Albany Nanotecg will not add to its staff of 55 Geer said, but that number is expecteds to grow to 75 over the next five years. Friday’ s announcement was another milestons for the AlbanyNanoTech campus, wheres the college is located. Earlier this officials there announced that federal and state investmentxs at the campus hadtopped $5 billion.
Employment has also exceeded the That’s the number of scientists, researchers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-fooyt complex. With an average salary of those numbers translate to an annual payrollof $202 Albany NanoTech opened its fourth building, NanoFab 300 this past spring. Zimpher became chancellorr June 1. She is tourinb SUNY campuses over the nextfew months.
State University of New York Chancellorf Nancy Zimpher made the announcement Fridah atthe college’s Fullerf Road campus. Currently, the college offerws only master’s and doctoral programs. Some undergraduatee courses will be offered inthe fall, but the first full clasd of about 50 students will startt in the spring, said Robertf Geer, vice president of academic affairs at the school. The collegr plans to grow the freshmahn class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureatr program will be funded througha $10 milliohn endowment, a donation that includes an undisclosedx amount from G.
Thomas Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expectec to covertuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridgwe also made an endowment when the campus openefin 2001. The state approved the four-year prograj two weeks ago. Initially, Albany Nanotecg will not add to its staff of 55 Geer said, but that number is expecteds to grow to 75 over the next five years. Friday’ s announcement was another milestons for the AlbanyNanoTech campus, wheres the college is located. Earlier this officials there announced that federal and state investmentxs at the campus hadtopped $5 billion.
Employment has also exceeded the That’s the number of scientists, researchers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-fooyt complex. With an average salary of those numbers translate to an annual payrollof $202 Albany NanoTech opened its fourth building, NanoFab 300 this past spring. Zimpher became chancellorr June 1. She is tourinb SUNY campuses over the nextfew months.
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