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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Less nudity for 'Hung' pimp Creskoff - Philadelphia Inquirer
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PopMatters | Less nudity for 'Hung' pimp Creskoff Philadelphia Inquirer THERE'S GOOD AND BAD news for fans of HBO's "Hung." There is even more nudity and sex in the upcoming season, which premieres next Sunday, but it does not feature Elkins Park native Rebecca Creskoff. "I am probably the one with my clothes ... HBO's 'Hung' Returns, Looking A Little Flaccid Hung, Tuesday, 10.30pm, Seven/GWN7 Things F » |
Saturday, September 24, 2011
NASA satellite safely crashes into the Earth (somewhere) - The Inquisitr
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The Inquisitr | NASA satellite safely crashes into the Earth (somewhere) The Inquisitr NASA suspects that most of the 12500-pound satellite burned up in the atmosphere before it crash-landed somewhere, but it's possible that a fairly big chunk of it is floating about somewhere in the Pacific Ocean รข€" or resting comfortably in a crater in ... Nasa satellite coming down - somewhere Satellite to Land, Somewhere The satellite has landed (in bits) |
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Obama picks venture capitalist to head SBA Advocacy Office - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Winslow Sargeant, a managing directorf in the technology practiceof Madison, Wis.-based Venturee Investors, is Obama’s choice. The Advocacy Office is an independent entith inside the SBA that ensures federal agencies considet the impact of their regulations on small The office also conducts researchon small-business Sargeant, who earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsinat Madison, worked as a seniord engineer at several large corporations before co-founding a fabless semiconductor company that later was acquiredx by PMC-Sierra.
From 2001 to 2005, he serves as program manager for the Small Business Innovation Research program at the NationalScience Foundation’sd engineering directorate. He is the secons venture capitalist to be selectesd for a top SBA Karen Mills worked as a principall at private equity and venture capita l firms for 26 years before she became the SBA administratortin April. Sargeant’s lack of legall training means he will have to rely heavily on the attorneys at the Officeof Advocacy.
Much of the office’ws work involves analyzing whether government agencies follow federao laws that require them to analyze the potential economic impactt of proposed rules on small The office also makes sure regulators hear small businesses’ opinions about regulations. In fiscal 2008, this input saved smalll businessesabout $11 billion in possible regulatory according to the office. The office’s actingg counsel, Shawne Carter McGibbon, joines the office in 1994, during the Bill Clinton administration. She previousluy worked for a Democratic member of Congrese and has been an attorney for20 years.
An unnamedr Obama administration official characterized McGibbon to reporters asa “Bush holdover” during a controversy over an interagencuy review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouser gas emissions pose a public health hazard. The Officee of Advocacy concluded that regulatinv carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act likelt wouldhave “serious economic on small businesses and other regulatec entities. Several press accounts quotedx anonymous administration officials who said theAdvocacy Office’xs criticism of the EPA finding came from an office “still stocked with Bush in the words of the Los Angeles Times.
This dismissalk of the office’s opinion upset Rep. Darrell Issa of the ranking Republican on the HouseOversighf & Government Reform Committee. “There are hundreds of civil servantsa serving in a similar capacity throughout the federapl government who could also be characterizexas ‘Bush holdovers,’” Issa wrote in a May 14 letter to “I sincerely hope that their professional advicr and decisions will not be discounte d merely because they also worked for the federa government under President George W. Bush.” For .
Microloans up, big loans down for smallp businesses this year Lending data collectec bythe SBA’s Office of Advocacy confirmsd the importance of businessz credit cards to small companies. A new report founc that the total valueof small-business loans outstandintg increased by 4 percent in the 12 monthds that ended in June 2008, down from the previouse year’s increase of 8 percent. Thesde numbers are for all small-business loans, not just SBA The number of business loans of lessthan $100,000 jumpex by nearly 16 percentr as large lenders concentrated on credit cards, according to the In contrast, the number of business loans in the $100,000o to $1 million range fell by more than 23 The report used call reports submitted by bank s as well as Community Reinvestment Act Business loans of less than $1 milliob were considered to be small-business loans.
Basedx on call report data, the top five small-businessd lenders in June 2008 wereAmericann Express, Capital One, Regions Financial Corp., Synovus Financia l Corp. and First Citizen Bancshares Inc. The reporf also lists the mostactive small-business lenders in each state. “Inm the current financial it’s especially critical for small firmse to know which banks and financial institutiones have been the most likely to make smallo andmicrobusiness loans,” said economist Victoria Williams, a co-authot of the study. For more: .
Winslow Sargeant, a managing directorf in the technology practiceof Madison, Wis.-based Venturee Investors, is Obama’s choice. The Advocacy Office is an independent entith inside the SBA that ensures federal agencies considet the impact of their regulations on small The office also conducts researchon small-business Sargeant, who earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsinat Madison, worked as a seniord engineer at several large corporations before co-founding a fabless semiconductor company that later was acquiredx by PMC-Sierra.
From 2001 to 2005, he serves as program manager for the Small Business Innovation Research program at the NationalScience Foundation’sd engineering directorate. He is the secons venture capitalist to be selectesd for a top SBA Karen Mills worked as a principall at private equity and venture capita l firms for 26 years before she became the SBA administratortin April. Sargeant’s lack of legall training means he will have to rely heavily on the attorneys at the Officeof Advocacy.
Much of the office’ws work involves analyzing whether government agencies follow federao laws that require them to analyze the potential economic impactt of proposed rules on small The office also makes sure regulators hear small businesses’ opinions about regulations. In fiscal 2008, this input saved smalll businessesabout $11 billion in possible regulatory according to the office. The office’s actingg counsel, Shawne Carter McGibbon, joines the office in 1994, during the Bill Clinton administration. She previousluy worked for a Democratic member of Congrese and has been an attorney for20 years.
An unnamedr Obama administration official characterized McGibbon to reporters asa “Bush holdover” during a controversy over an interagencuy review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouser gas emissions pose a public health hazard. The Officee of Advocacy concluded that regulatinv carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act likelt wouldhave “serious economic on small businesses and other regulatec entities. Several press accounts quotedx anonymous administration officials who said theAdvocacy Office’xs criticism of the EPA finding came from an office “still stocked with Bush in the words of the Los Angeles Times.
This dismissalk of the office’s opinion upset Rep. Darrell Issa of the ranking Republican on the HouseOversighf & Government Reform Committee. “There are hundreds of civil servantsa serving in a similar capacity throughout the federapl government who could also be characterizexas ‘Bush holdovers,’” Issa wrote in a May 14 letter to “I sincerely hope that their professional advicr and decisions will not be discounte d merely because they also worked for the federa government under President George W. Bush.” For .
Microloans up, big loans down for smallp businesses this year Lending data collectec bythe SBA’s Office of Advocacy confirmsd the importance of businessz credit cards to small companies. A new report founc that the total valueof small-business loans outstandintg increased by 4 percent in the 12 monthds that ended in June 2008, down from the previouse year’s increase of 8 percent. Thesde numbers are for all small-business loans, not just SBA The number of business loans of lessthan $100,000 jumpex by nearly 16 percentr as large lenders concentrated on credit cards, according to the In contrast, the number of business loans in the $100,000o to $1 million range fell by more than 23 The report used call reports submitted by bank s as well as Community Reinvestment Act Business loans of less than $1 milliob were considered to be small-business loans.
Basedx on call report data, the top five small-businessd lenders in June 2008 wereAmericann Express, Capital One, Regions Financial Corp., Synovus Financia l Corp. and First Citizen Bancshares Inc. The reporf also lists the mostactive small-business lenders in each state. “Inm the current financial it’s especially critical for small firmse to know which banks and financial institutiones have been the most likely to make smallo andmicrobusiness loans,” said economist Victoria Williams, a co-authot of the study. For more: .
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Intel to buy Wind River for $884M - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premiu m overWind River's closing pricw on Wednesday of $8. Wind River stock lost more than half its valuse betweena 52-week high of $12.909 last August and a low of $5.61 in The stock closed Thursday at up 47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buying Alameda-based Wind River will help it expand its software into thousands of embedded systems and mobile devices includingsmart in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and defense, energy and thousandws of other uses.
Wind Rivetr will operate as a wholly ownex subsidiary after the deal closes duringgthe summer, reporting to Renee James, head of Intel’s softwar and services group. "Our combination of strengthsa will be of great benefig toWind River’s existing and future customers," said Ken Wind River chairman, president and CEO. Foundedd in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,60 employees and operations in more than 15 During its fiscal yearendexd Jan. 31, Wind River reported $10.7 milliojn in net income on annual revenueof $359.u7 million. The company on Thursday postedd a 21 percent increase in netincomes $561,000, or 1 cent a share, for its firsg quarter despite a 6.
5 percent drop in revenuse to $63.8 million.
Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percent premiu m overWind River's closing pricw on Wednesday of $8. Wind River stock lost more than half its valuse betweena 52-week high of $12.909 last August and a low of $5.61 in The stock closed Thursday at up 47 percent. Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buying Alameda-based Wind River will help it expand its software into thousands of embedded systems and mobile devices includingsmart in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and defense, energy and thousandws of other uses.
Wind Rivetr will operate as a wholly ownex subsidiary after the deal closes duringgthe summer, reporting to Renee James, head of Intel’s softwar and services group. "Our combination of strengthsa will be of great benefig toWind River’s existing and future customers," said Ken Wind River chairman, president and CEO. Foundedd in 1981, Wind River has more than 1,60 employees and operations in more than 15 During its fiscal yearendexd Jan. 31, Wind River reported $10.7 milliojn in net income on annual revenueof $359.u7 million. The company on Thursday postedd a 21 percent increase in netincomes $561,000, or 1 cent a share, for its firsg quarter despite a 6.
5 percent drop in revenuse to $63.8 million.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Tech talk to dominate at company's public-private conference - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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It was that foresightt that led to huge growth for what isnow e.Republic Inc., the chief executive officer'e national media company. The Folsom-based company, establishee in 1984, continues to grow, with plans this year to builcd a video studio and hire as many as10 people. What starte out as a three-persoj marketing and communications company toda isa multimillion-dollar publishing, research and eventr firm focused on informatiobn technology for the state and local government and educatiojn markets.
The company employs more than 150; about 130 in Folsokm and the rest across the Executives expect revenuebetween $25 millio n and $30 million this a 15 percent-plus increase from last The company's revenue has increased every year since chief financial officer Paul Harneg said. The company's recent rapid growth can be attributee in part to the launch of severalk newtrade magazines, including the bimonthly Publicd CIO in 2003; Converge, aimed at tech expertsa in K-12 education; and Emergencgy Management in 2006. The company's publicationz are free to qualified subscribers.
Revenuse is generated by advertisers, such as and , eagerd to reach the state and local government It was 20 years agowhen McKenna's then called Graves McKenna and Wahlquist, decided to host the first Government Technology Conference in Sacramento. Leveragingy contacts the company developed whilr reporting on information technology for its Sacramento Valleyg ComputerNews magazine, the event attractefd almost 5,000 people and 250 companies. McKenna took the profitd and launched a national magazine callesdGovernment Technology.
Today, it's one of the company'sa five trade magazines, and the Sacramento conference is one of threre of the largest intergovernmental conferences in the all hostedby e.Republic. Otherxs are in Albany, N.Y., and Austin, Texas. GTC West in in its 20th year, is set for May 14-18u at the Sacramento Convention Center. The eveny draws as many as 15,000 people, said Patty Cota, director of corporat communications. E.Republic generates revenue from the free events through sponsorship s for trade show booths and evening About halfof e.Republic's overall revenue comes from the more than 100 eventsx it produces each year, company executivesa said.
Companies targeting the publicd sector IT markethave -- through e.Republic magazines and the company's research and market advisory service -- a wide rangde of ways to reach government buyers who spendx billions of dollars each year on California will spend $5.3 billionm this fiscal year on IT. "jI believe our company createdf this market for state and local saidDon Pearson, executive vice president and group publisher for Government A small number of larges corporations, such as and , owned the market decadea ago, McKenna said. When Government Technologgy launched, businesses had a place to advertiss their products tothat market, he said.
The first few issue s of Government Technology had circulation of morethan Today, monthly circulation is estimated at 80,000. E.Republic also produces custok magazines used as sales tools by tech firms such as Brad marketing program managerfor H-P in Houston, said the corporatee giant works with e.Republicc to produce a quarterly H-P Solutionsw Magazine for state and local IT employees. Dupuy said the 48-pagew magazine is read by mayors, city managerx and IT professionals who are interested in how IT can be appliecdto government. Case studies outline how government uses technologgy to getmore done.
It was that foresightt that led to huge growth for what isnow e.Republic Inc., the chief executive officer'e national media company. The Folsom-based company, establishee in 1984, continues to grow, with plans this year to builcd a video studio and hire as many as10 people. What starte out as a three-persoj marketing and communications company toda isa multimillion-dollar publishing, research and eventr firm focused on informatiobn technology for the state and local government and educatiojn markets.
The company employs more than 150; about 130 in Folsokm and the rest across the Executives expect revenuebetween $25 millio n and $30 million this a 15 percent-plus increase from last The company's revenue has increased every year since chief financial officer Paul Harneg said. The company's recent rapid growth can be attributee in part to the launch of severalk newtrade magazines, including the bimonthly Publicd CIO in 2003; Converge, aimed at tech expertsa in K-12 education; and Emergencgy Management in 2006. The company's publicationz are free to qualified subscribers.
Revenuse is generated by advertisers, such as and , eagerd to reach the state and local government It was 20 years agowhen McKenna's then called Graves McKenna and Wahlquist, decided to host the first Government Technology Conference in Sacramento. Leveragingy contacts the company developed whilr reporting on information technology for its Sacramento Valleyg ComputerNews magazine, the event attractefd almost 5,000 people and 250 companies. McKenna took the profitd and launched a national magazine callesdGovernment Technology.
Today, it's one of the company'sa five trade magazines, and the Sacramento conference is one of threre of the largest intergovernmental conferences in the all hostedby e.Republic. Otherxs are in Albany, N.Y., and Austin, Texas. GTC West in in its 20th year, is set for May 14-18u at the Sacramento Convention Center. The eveny draws as many as 15,000 people, said Patty Cota, director of corporat communications. E.Republic generates revenue from the free events through sponsorship s for trade show booths and evening About halfof e.Republic's overall revenue comes from the more than 100 eventsx it produces each year, company executivesa said.
Companies targeting the publicd sector IT markethave -- through e.Republic magazines and the company's research and market advisory service -- a wide rangde of ways to reach government buyers who spendx billions of dollars each year on California will spend $5.3 billionm this fiscal year on IT. "jI believe our company createdf this market for state and local saidDon Pearson, executive vice president and group publisher for Government A small number of larges corporations, such as and , owned the market decadea ago, McKenna said. When Government Technologgy launched, businesses had a place to advertiss their products tothat market, he said.
The first few issue s of Government Technology had circulation of morethan Today, monthly circulation is estimated at 80,000. E.Republic also produces custok magazines used as sales tools by tech firms such as Brad marketing program managerfor H-P in Houston, said the corporatee giant works with e.Republicc to produce a quarterly H-P Solutionsw Magazine for state and local IT employees. Dupuy said the 48-pagew magazine is read by mayors, city managerx and IT professionals who are interested in how IT can be appliecdto government. Case studies outline how government uses technologgy to getmore done.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Chicago Ideas Week Celebrates Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs - MarketWatch (press release)
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Chicago Ideas Week Celebrates Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs MarketWatch (press release) CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Furthering efforts to recognize and support socially-minded innovators in the Midwest and around the world, Chicago Ideas Week (CIW) and the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation Fellowship (BHSI) ... |
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