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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." – Ambrose Redmoon - You are Courage Michael. - Message to all: Have you scheduled your next colonoscopy yet?
Great Falls, Montana in Bloomberg Mayors Challenge to get funding for creative problem solving. What other Montana communities are participating? http://www.matr.net/ar ... .html
Northwestern Energy
PFL
- Montana's regulators are putting public at risk of high energy prices, NorthWestern says
NorthWestern said a new law requiring the PSC to adhere to judicial standards should be considered the next time Montana's Legislature meets.
Big Sky Code Academy
- PFL Announces Speaker Lineup for the Second Annual Big Sky: Big Ideas Summit on October 5 in Bozeman, Montana
"We decided the Livingston/Bozeman area was the perfect place to bring together the best minds in business and technology to create a brighter future for ourselves, our customers and our broader community," says PFL Chief Evangelist Marne Reed.
- Don't Miss Big Sky: Big Ideas! Early Bird ticket deadline is Aug 16
Be part of the dialogue shaping how we grow in a customer-first environment, how we make customer interactions magical, and how to prepare the next generation of leaders to thrive in this new era.
- PFL Newsletter: August - Are you set up for marketing success?
Our PFL newsletter provides tips and tricks to maximize your marketing efforts with ease.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Big Sky Code Academy looks to train data scientists to fill workforce shortage
Devin Holmes, founder of Big Sky Code Academy and chairman of the workforce development committee at the Missoula Chamber of Commerce, said data scientists are in high demand.
- Stuck in A Career You Don't Love? Let's Change That.
Both job opportunities are paid and all graduates who complete our bootcamps in good standing are eligible.
Visit Montana
- Why STEM should be spelled STEAM. - Where All the School's a Stage, and the List of Success Stories Is Long - Why all parents should care about arts education
At his school, which is 47 percent African-American, 50 percent of ninth graders arrive at below grade level, he said. By the end of senior year, 97 to 100 percent graduate on time and are college bound. This year's 90 graduates were offered a total of $14 million in scholarships, and many are headed to top-tier colleges, including Juilliard, University of Chicago, Vassar, Middlebury and the Royal Academy of Music in London.
- Learning to Learn: You, Too, Can Rewire Your Brain
The course provides practical advice on tackling daunting subjects and on beating procrastination, and the lessons engagingly blend neuroscience and common sense.
Energy and Climate Change
- Mountain Goats on Your Trail in Glacier National Park? They Like You, and Your Urine
Where there were people, there were fewer predators. Also where there were people, there was pee.
Come Home Montana
- Here's what the first Tesla solar roofs look like in the wild
Photos of the first two installations were included in a letter to Tesla shareholders yesterday--and they look pretty good.
- Montana must develop climate change policy
It is true that climate change is adversely affecting Montana, and indeed, the entire planet.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunities - Program Manager, Site Director, Team Supervisor and more... - FCR
Whether you are just getting started in your career or looking to continue to enhance your skills and expand your horizons, FCR has a wide variety of career opportunities for you.
- Montana Career Opp pour tunities: Sales & Marketing Manager, Graphic Designer, Manufacturing Sales Engineer - Headframe Spirits
Headframe Spirits seeks to employ outgoing, driven, talented individuals who will help us continue to build excellence into everything we do.
Careers
- First Call Resolution (FCR) customer service call center in Great Falls, Montana celebrates fun workplace and customer service - Is your next career opportunity here?
Great Falls is the first center that FCR has opened outside of its home base of Oregon. The company provides an enhanced level of customer service for a variety of innovative companies in the health, tech, and financial industries.
- Rivertop Renewables, Missoula's brightest startup, is going dark
Whether the company will be around to see October 2017 is an open question.
- Cowboy Cricket Farms - Business hopping at Montana's sole cricket farm
They're crunchy and taste like barbecue. They're also healthy, and easier on the environment.
- Lack of seed money hinders new businesses in Montana
The challenge we've faced is we'd have to spend thousands in time, labor and restructuring just to apply for a loan or grant. We'd have to be big enough to afford applying for help.
- EverLog™ Systems Newsletter - Wildfire Season 2017 - Don't you wish your log cabin was made out of concrete logs?
Let us know if EverLog Systems can assist in building your next Firewise home.
Next Generation Broadband in Montana
- Half of the high-paying jobs in America now require this skill
If terms like SQL, Python and JavaScript aren't on your radar, employers may not be interested in hiring you.
Rural Communities
- Montana public K-12 schools can now apply for funding to boost access to high-speed broadband
This fund will enable schools to upgrade their broadband to facilitate digital learning in the classroom.
Government
- The Rural Advantage: Rural Upbringing Raises Kids' Future Earnings, Study Shows
Raj Chetty's massive national study turns conventional wisdom on its head about the best places to grow up.
Incubators and R&D
- Senator Jon Tester Demands Wells Fargo CEO Appear Before His Banking Committee
Senator: It's Time for Wells Fargo to Answer for a Pattern of Deception and Fraud
- Online sales tax amnesty program launched in 13 states, including Utah
"The program is directed at any online retailer that doesn't have a physical presence in the state, but sells into the state," Valentine said. While sellers will be eligible for amnesty, he noted that buyers will still be responsible for reporting their online retail transactions on their income tax returns.
Oregon Business
- Centennial incubator plans coworking office expansion to Illinois, complete with STEM school, housing
The Centennial-based incubator company likes to open hubs in suburban cities often on the outskirts of urban activity
- In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos
The research marks a major milestone and, while a long way from clinical use, it raises the prospect that gene editing may one day protect babies from a variety of hereditary conditions.
Regional Business
- Rush 'hour' is now 6 hours long: Portland's 9 worst highway bottlenecks
Some highways see congestion all afternoon; others no longer have a break in congestion between the morning and afternoon commute.
Washington State Business
- Internet TV could be about to get a lot cheaper--and scarier for cable companies
Internet TV poses an important question: Would you give up a name-brand channel for a version you've never heard of to save money?
- Beware undisclosed influence on local news
This situation brings to mind Big Brother in George Orwell's 1984 telling citizens what to think. We should fear the evolutionary hatching of either a conservative or a progressive Big Brother determined to control the news we receive.
Workforce Development
- WeWork developing co-living space in Seattle with Martin Selig
Twenty-three of those floors will be used for WeLive, its communal housing business, and most of the rest will be WeWork co-working space.
Funding and Building your Business
- Governor Bullock Secures Over $4.6 Million for the Community of Colstrip
Funding will directly train workers for new jobs in a diversified economy
Connectivity & Communications
- Why Leaders Should Write Their Company's Obituary
I believe it is possible for companies to be self-renewing and live indefinitely. This can only happen if leaders are aware of what might kill the company, and have the commitment and persistence to do something about it.
- 3 Most Common Ways to Transition Your Nonprofit to a For-profit Business
It is very easy to go from a for-profit to a nonprofit. Going the other way is not.
- MMEC announces collaboration to assist manufacturing businesses with cybersecurity
MMEC is educating the manufacturing community in Montana about the cybersecurity requirements for DOD suppliers and about the cyberattack risks that other Montana manufacturers face.
Government Technology
- Senators introduce bipartisan bill to bring high speed wireless to rural America
Gardner and Hassan say they believe this will bring increased broadband access to rural areas, whose connectivity coverage rates and speed lag severely compared to urban areas.
- Senators introduce bipartisan bill to bring high speed wireless to rural America
Gardner and Hassan say they believe this will bring increased broadband access to rural areas, whose connectivity coverage rates and speed lag severely compared to urban areas.
Non-Profit News
- How Kansas City, Mo., Is Snuffing Out Potholes Before They Appear
Public works and IT officials use traffic and other data to predict where the next pothole will form -- allowing it to repair or resurface 35 to 45 miles of streets per year versus the previous 20 to 25 miles.
- Great Falls, Montana in Bloomberg Mayors Challenge to get funding for creative problem solving. What other Montana communities are participating?
For the first 300 cities that sign up for the challenge, Bloomberg is sending "innovation experts" to conduct one day city hall training workshops for idea development with community leaders.
The Creative and Cultural Economy
- "Tell Us Something" August Newsletter
Let's catch up.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Kevin Costner series 'Yellowstone' seeks extras in Missoula, Hamilton Aug. 5th and 6th
"It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny -- where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber companies."
Transportation
- Slimy slug inspires non-toxic surgical adhesive
Harvard scientists led by Dr. Jianyu Li have created an adhesive gel that could conceivably be used in the human body, to close up surgical wounds or secure implants in place.
- Japan has discovered a way to make ice-cream that doesn't melt
This is life-changing.
- Can this startup's synthetic wine compete with Napa's best? Ava Winery founders seek to replicate high-end wines in a lab
The founders of Ava Winery spend their days turning water into wine.
Events
- Blockchain-Enabled Electric Car Charging Comes to California
A residential electric-car charger spends most of its time just hanging around unused.
- Leadership Montana Conference - Open To All, 9/21-22, Miles City, Montana
- In The Footsteps Of Norman Maclean Festival, 9/8-10, Missoula And Seeley Lake, Montana
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