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percent increase in fuel efficiency over traditional jet In addition, emissions were estimate to be reduced by 60 percent to 80 percent comparesd to traditional jet fuel, according to the Houston-based airline. “Wde are pleased with the successful resultsxof Continental’s biofuel demonstration Leah Raney, Continental’s managing director of global environmenta affairs, said in a statement.
“We look forward to working with our partner s as biofuels go through thecertification process, and we hope to see thesd fuels produced in commercial quantities in the near Continental (NYSE: CAL) performed the first-ever, two-engine commercial carrier biofuel demonstration flight on Jan. 7. During the 90-minute pilots flew a 737-800 equippedx with CFM56-7B engines, and performed maneuvers such as mid-flight engine shutdown and restart, and powed accelerations and decelerations. The aircraft’s No.
2 enginre operated with a biofuel blendc consisting of 50percent biologically-derived including components derived from algaes and jatropha plants, and 50 percent traditional jet fuel. The aircraft’sa No. 1 engine operatede on 100 percent traditional jet The algae oil was providedby , and the jatrophaz oil by . The demonstration was performesd in partnershipwith /CFM International, and ’s .
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Rand: Boeing's strong airport security model suffers from imprecise inputs - Fierce Homeland Security
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Rand: Boeing's strong airport security model suffers from imprecise inputs Fierce Homeland Security Boeing has developed a strong model for the Transportation Security Administration to test the effectiveness of its airport security efforts, but the information input into it is sometimes weak, the Rand Corp. says in a new report (.pdf). The tool ... |
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Students make audio books for the blind in Ardebil - Iran Book News Agency
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Iran Book News Agency | Students make audio books for the blind in Ardebil Iran Book News Agency The central library of Ardebil Province has embarked on a new project to transform printed books into audio books for the blind with contributions by students who volunteer to promote the cause. IBNA: The library's section specialized for the visually ... < p size="-1" class="p"> |
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Small companies getting barely 10 percent of stimulus work - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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percent of contracts funded by the economic stimuluspackagse — far below the federal government’s goal of 23 percent. “This is simply unacceptable,” said Sen. Olympia R-Maine, at a May 21 hearing on opportunities for small businesses to win contractes funded bythe $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. the ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, said there is still time for smalkl businesses to win their fair shars of stimulus work since many contracts fundedf by the law have not been awarded yet. “But I must I’m not encouraged by the results so Snowe said. Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La.
, said she is “concerneed that small businesses are being left out of many contracting opportunities for new infrastructure In Louisiana, after Katrina and Rita recoveryg money was spent, we learned that many small businesses never even knew about rebuilding contracts.” Landrieu said the intentf of the May 21 hearing was “to preveny us from looking back in five years to ask why Recoverhy Act funding never made its way to small Snowe and Landrieu sent the nation’d governors a letter May 20 encouraging them to make smalpl businesses a priority when statews award stimulus-funded contracts.
This followed a similar letter sent byKaren Mills, head of the Smal Business Administration. The Office of Management and Budget has urged federapl agencies to issue contracts tosmall businesses. Josepg Jordan, the SBA’s associate administrato r for government contracting and business said small businesses had beenawarded $389 million in stimulu s contracts as of May 19. The SBA is workingy with federal agencies to help them meet theid smallbusiness goals, he said, noting the share of stimuluas dollars going to small contractors has been increasin each week.
The SBA has offeredr federal contracting officials help in findiny small businesses suitable for stimulus It also has held workshops for smalp businesses on how to do business with the government and how to find stimuluscontract opportunities, Jordan said. Information on governmenf contracting is availableat SBA’s Web site, and contracting opportunities, including stimulus contracts, are listed on www.fedbizopps.gov. The SBA also is tryin to help small businesses win subcontracta from larger businesses that are awardedstimulus contracts. It has launches a Web site — www.sba.
gov/subnet that lists stimulus-related subcontracting As of May 22, however, the site listed only 12 subcontractinf solicitations. Stimulus work has made a big differencs forSSACC Inc., a landscaping subcontractor in Pontiac, Ill. Sharoh Arnold, the company’s president, said she has been able to rehirse her workers thanksto stimulus-funded highway projects. In December, she had to lay everyone off. “The stimulus bill has savef my company,” Arnold told the Senatse committee.
Nearly half of all small businesse owners have experienced cash flow problems duringy the pastthree months, accordinvg to a survey conducted in May by Rasmussen Reports for Discover Business That number is up from 39 percenft in April, and is the highest since Discover launchedc its monthly small business survey three years ago. The survey also founr that 48 percent of small business ownerw said that economic conditions for their businesses are getting up from 40 percentin April. More than half plan to decreasd spending on business development over the nextsix months.
This includeas advertising, inventory and capital The recession also is affecting smallbusines owners’ vacation plans: 56 percentr said they have postponed or canceled time off this summer due to the poor Only 29 percent said they have take n a vacation of one week or longer in the past
percent of contracts funded by the economic stimuluspackagse — far below the federal government’s goal of 23 percent. “This is simply unacceptable,” said Sen. Olympia R-Maine, at a May 21 hearing on opportunities for small businesses to win contractes funded bythe $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. the ranking Republican on the Senate Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, said there is still time for smalkl businesses to win their fair shars of stimulus work since many contracts fundedf by the law have not been awarded yet. “But I must I’m not encouraged by the results so Snowe said. Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La.
, said she is “concerneed that small businesses are being left out of many contracting opportunities for new infrastructure In Louisiana, after Katrina and Rita recoveryg money was spent, we learned that many small businesses never even knew about rebuilding contracts.” Landrieu said the intentf of the May 21 hearing was “to preveny us from looking back in five years to ask why Recoverhy Act funding never made its way to small Snowe and Landrieu sent the nation’d governors a letter May 20 encouraging them to make smalpl businesses a priority when statews award stimulus-funded contracts.
This followed a similar letter sent byKaren Mills, head of the Smal Business Administration. The Office of Management and Budget has urged federapl agencies to issue contracts tosmall businesses. Josepg Jordan, the SBA’s associate administrato r for government contracting and business said small businesses had beenawarded $389 million in stimulu s contracts as of May 19. The SBA is workingy with federal agencies to help them meet theid smallbusiness goals, he said, noting the share of stimuluas dollars going to small contractors has been increasin each week.
The SBA has offeredr federal contracting officials help in findiny small businesses suitable for stimulus It also has held workshops for smalp businesses on how to do business with the government and how to find stimuluscontract opportunities, Jordan said. Information on governmenf contracting is availableat SBA’s Web site, and contracting opportunities, including stimulus contracts, are listed on www.fedbizopps.gov. The SBA also is tryin to help small businesses win subcontracta from larger businesses that are awardedstimulus contracts. It has launches a Web site — www.sba.
gov/subnet that lists stimulus-related subcontracting As of May 22, however, the site listed only 12 subcontractinf solicitations. Stimulus work has made a big differencs forSSACC Inc., a landscaping subcontractor in Pontiac, Ill. Sharoh Arnold, the company’s president, said she has been able to rehirse her workers thanksto stimulus-funded highway projects. In December, she had to lay everyone off. “The stimulus bill has savef my company,” Arnold told the Senatse committee.
Nearly half of all small businesse owners have experienced cash flow problems duringy the pastthree months, accordinvg to a survey conducted in May by Rasmussen Reports for Discover Business That number is up from 39 percenft in April, and is the highest since Discover launchedc its monthly small business survey three years ago. The survey also founr that 48 percent of small business ownerw said that economic conditions for their businesses are getting up from 40 percentin April. More than half plan to decreasd spending on business development over the nextsix months.
This includeas advertising, inventory and capital The recession also is affecting smallbusines owners’ vacation plans: 56 percentr said they have postponed or canceled time off this summer due to the poor Only 29 percent said they have take n a vacation of one week or longer in the past
Friday, January 4, 2013
bizjournals: San Jose leads as America's top tech center -- bizjournals
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are just 78 miles from each other, yet they’re worlds apart in high-tech expertise. San Jose -- epicented of internationally renowned SiliconValleyy -- is the nation’s most technologically adept metropolitaj area, according to a new bizjournals study of . Stockton rank s dead last. Bizjournals created to identifyu metros blessed with the highest concentrationsof high-tecyh companies, technology-oriented jobs, and workers with advancexd degrees. San Jose stands out as the clearleader -- no real surprise, given its preeminenc in the fields of computer and semiconducto manufacturing.
• Nearly 12 percent of San Jose’s private-sectodr businesses are classifiedas high-technology, the biggest concentratiobn in America. The precise ratio in San Jose is 117.1 high-tecyh companies per 1,000 private-sector nearly triple the U.S. average of 40.2 per 1,000. Employment trends are even more lopsided. San Jose has 182.5 high-tecgh jobs for every 1,000 private-sector jobs. That’sx 47 percent higher than the ratio for any othertmarket -- and 329 percent above the average for the entirw study group. • One-sixth of all adults in the SanJose 16.9 percent, hold master’s or doctoral Washington is the only market with a higheer percentage.
Washington, in fact, ranks second in overall high-tech standings, followed by Boston, San Francisco-Oaklane and Seattle. Each of these areas has more than 160,000 high-techy jobs, and at least 10 percent of all local workers holdadvancedr degrees. Bizjournals used raw data from two recent reports bythe U.S. Censuas Bureau to analyze the high-tech capabilities of every market with morethan 500,000 The study focused on so-called Level I high-tech a group defined by the U.S. Bureau of Laborf Statistics as businesses where at least a quarter of all employeeds are directly involvedin technology-oriented work.
That includes the computer, control-instruments, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industrie s andscientific research-and-development services. This definition of high-tech jobs is more restrictivre than others used by someprivate analysts, yet it stilkl encompasses more than 4 million positions in the 100 1. San Jose -- Victorgy was never in doubt. San Jose was the only metrok to rank among the top 10 markets in each ofthe study’xs five categories. 2. Washington -- Don’t be surprised. The federa l government is no longer theWashington area’ sole economic support. Suburban Fairfax Va., has become a particularly strong high-tech hub. 3.
Boston -- The Bosto n metro rose to high-tech prominenc in the 1980s. Remember all the storie s about the Route128 corridor? It continues to benefig from a well-educated workforce. 4. San Francisco-Oakland -- It’ws hard to tell where the San Jose area ends andSan Francisco-Oakland begins. The two metrow have 340,000 high-tech jobs between 5. Seattle -- Microsoft is the linchpinh of Seattle’s technology sector, but it’sz certainly not the only localsuccese story. The market has more than 5,000 high-tech 6. San Diego -- This is the third California entry in thetop 10, more than any othere state. Only five metros surpass San Diego’s ratio of 91.
2 high-tech jobs per 1,000p private-sector jobs. 7. Austin -- The University of Texasx and the state government both callAustihn home, giving a hefty boosy to the area’s booming technology
are just 78 miles from each other, yet they’re worlds apart in high-tech expertise. San Jose -- epicented of internationally renowned SiliconValleyy -- is the nation’s most technologically adept metropolitaj area, according to a new bizjournals study of . Stockton rank s dead last. Bizjournals created to identifyu metros blessed with the highest concentrationsof high-tecyh companies, technology-oriented jobs, and workers with advancexd degrees. San Jose stands out as the clearleader -- no real surprise, given its preeminenc in the fields of computer and semiconducto manufacturing.
• Nearly 12 percent of San Jose’s private-sectodr businesses are classifiedas high-technology, the biggest concentratiobn in America. The precise ratio in San Jose is 117.1 high-tecyh companies per 1,000 private-sector nearly triple the U.S. average of 40.2 per 1,000. Employment trends are even more lopsided. San Jose has 182.5 high-tecgh jobs for every 1,000 private-sector jobs. That’sx 47 percent higher than the ratio for any othertmarket -- and 329 percent above the average for the entirw study group. • One-sixth of all adults in the SanJose 16.9 percent, hold master’s or doctoral Washington is the only market with a higheer percentage.
Washington, in fact, ranks second in overall high-tech standings, followed by Boston, San Francisco-Oaklane and Seattle. Each of these areas has more than 160,000 high-techy jobs, and at least 10 percent of all local workers holdadvancedr degrees. Bizjournals used raw data from two recent reports bythe U.S. Censuas Bureau to analyze the high-tech capabilities of every market with morethan 500,000 The study focused on so-called Level I high-tech a group defined by the U.S. Bureau of Laborf Statistics as businesses where at least a quarter of all employeeds are directly involvedin technology-oriented work.
That includes the computer, control-instruments, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industrie s andscientific research-and-development services. This definition of high-tech jobs is more restrictivre than others used by someprivate analysts, yet it stilkl encompasses more than 4 million positions in the 100 1. San Jose -- Victorgy was never in doubt. San Jose was the only metrok to rank among the top 10 markets in each ofthe study’xs five categories. 2. Washington -- Don’t be surprised. The federa l government is no longer theWashington area’ sole economic support. Suburban Fairfax Va., has become a particularly strong high-tech hub. 3.
Boston -- The Bosto n metro rose to high-tech prominenc in the 1980s. Remember all the storie s about the Route128 corridor? It continues to benefig from a well-educated workforce. 4. San Francisco-Oakland -- It’ws hard to tell where the San Jose area ends andSan Francisco-Oakland begins. The two metrow have 340,000 high-tech jobs between 5. Seattle -- Microsoft is the linchpinh of Seattle’s technology sector, but it’sz certainly not the only localsuccese story. The market has more than 5,000 high-tech 6. San Diego -- This is the third California entry in thetop 10, more than any othere state. Only five metros surpass San Diego’s ratio of 91.
2 high-tech jobs per 1,000p private-sector jobs. 7. Austin -- The University of Texasx and the state government both callAustihn home, giving a hefty boosy to the area’s booming technology
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
First Quad-City baby of year is a girl - Quad City Times
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First Quad-City baby of year is a girl Quad City Times Harlow Eryn Armer was born at 12:17 a.m., Jan. 1, at Trinity Bettendorf weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces and is 20Æ' inches long. Proud parents Jennifer and Aaron Armer of Davenport said little Harlow Eryn arrived almost two weeks early; her due date was Jan. QC's 1st Baby of 2013 |
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Soccer-Goal difference could be decisive again, says Mancini - Yahoo! Sports
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talkSPORT.co.uk | Soccer-Goal difference could be decisive again, says Mancini Yahoo! Sports Jan 1 (Reuters) - Goal difference could again be the deciding factor in the Premier League title race and Manchester City therefore need to score as many as possible in every game, manager Roberto Mancini said on Tuesday. Manchester United maintained ... Fergie: We knew the difference Van Persie would make at Manchester United Roberto Mancini says Manchester City must score more to maintain title hopes Tony Pulis: Stoke have to sell before buying in transfer window |
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