Detroit
area nonprofits' online challenge starts Tuesday You may be wondering why
you're getting e-mails from charities and nonprofits you've never seen
use the Web for giving before. It's probably part of the Community Foundation
Challenge - Arts and Culture, a new campaign of the Community Foundation
for Southeast Michigan. The community foundation has pledged to match
50 cents for every dollar that 75 participating arts and cultural nonprofits
raise online, up to $1 million. That's the catch -- the organizations
have to raise the money online. Many of them had little or no experience
with using the Web to raise money before the challenge, said Mariam
Noland, the community foundation's president. More.
Rep.
Levin proposes doubling hybrid truck tax credit U.S.
Rep. Sander Levin proposed doubling the federal tax credit for hybrid
medium- and heavy-duty trucks Monday during a visit to Eaton Corp.'s
"Innovation Center" in Southfield. The current credits of
$1,500 to $12,000 are set to expire Dec. 31. Levin is proposing to double
them to $3,000 to $24,000 through 2011. The amount of the credit depends
on the size of the vehicle -- bigger trucks get bigger credits -- and
the percentage fuel economy increase the hybrids achieve -- better fuel
economy gets bigger credits. More.
NanoBio
to present more good news on vaccine technology
Ann Arbor-based NanoBio Corp. announced
Monday that it is giving an oral presentation at the 2009 Immunotherapeutics
& Vaccine Summit in Providence, R.I. It will include preclinical
data demonstrating that its intranasal nanoemulsion adjuvant technology
significantly enhances the immune response to influenza vaccines. The
oral presentation Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 10:30 a.m. is titled "W805EC,
a Novel Nanoemulsion Adjuvant, Enhances the Immune Response to Commercial
Influenza Vaccines Following Nasal Administration in Ferrets."
More.
FEV to develop
new hybrid battery pack in Auburn Hills FEV Inc. said Monday that
its North American Technical Center in Auburn Hills will develop a 21
kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack for hybrid electric vehicles.
The battery pack will use advanced cells from Energy Innovation Group
Ltd. of Santa Clara, Calif. for a Range-Extended Electric Vehicle project.
The cooperation will enable joint development of solutions to the automotive
electrification challenges of both FEV and EIG customers. The battery
pack is expected to be demonstrated in a ReEV concept Dodge Caliber
that was shown by FEV at the 2009 SAE World Congress. More.
Wayne
State to help train Michigan's hybrid work force Wayne State
University and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic
Growth are partnering to train hybrid electric vehicle engineers as
the state’s automotive industry transitions to manufacturing more
advanced, fuel-efficient vehicles. Graduate-level courses in advanced
battery systems for HEVs will be offered at the WSU College of Engineering
this fall and spring of 2010. The courses target employed automotive
engineers as well as displaced workers who meet the prerequisites. More.
GM donates
three hybrids to Michigan Tech
General Motors Corp. has donated
two Saturn Vue hybrids and a Chevrolet Malibu hybrid -- the Chevy that
a top GM executive drove to Washington, D.C., last spring to meet with
.Congress -- to Michigan Technological University. The Houghton school
will use the vehicles for research and education. “The donation
of these vehicles from GM will enable us to further our research in
reducing fuel consumption and emissions, including enabling near-zero
emissions for biofueled vehicles,” said Jeff Naber, a professor
of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics at Michigan Tech and
a lead researcher and director of the Advanced Internal Combustion Laboratories
at Michigan Tech. More.
Guardian
rolls out new parabolic solar mirrors The Auburn Hills-based glass
manufacturer Guardian Industries announced Monday an expansion of its
solar glass products -- EcoGuard Solar Boost-LP, laminated parabolic
mirrors for concentrated solar power applications. Guardian said the
mirrors are designed to provide best-in-class solar reflectivity, concentrating
efficiency and durability. More.
Domestic
auto satisfaction surges to match Asian rivals Taxpayers are getting a
first hint of potential returns on their investment in the American
automobile industry. Detroit is doing a much better job satisfying their
customers, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. After
having trailed competition for a long time, domestic automakers posted
a large gain in ACSI. Rising contentment with the automobile industry
leads the way for an increase in the overall Index, particularly among
the American brands, which now equal Asian vehicles for the first time
in a decade. More.
Linda
McFarland is founder, president
and CEO Classic Computer Recovery Inc. and co-founder of Paragon
Green in Garden City. The company reuses and recycles all types
of computers, laptops, monitors, fax machines, copiers, cell
phones, POS technology, and UNIX-based equipment. McFarland
spent her early career in the wholesale computer industry and
today seeks to divert e-waste from curbside disposal and responsibly
convert electronic products into reusable commodities. Since
founding CCR in 2002, McFarland has expanded the company’s
core goal of providing low-cost asset recovery for businesses
and large corporations to also serving municipal solid waste
agencies, recycling authorities, and public works departments
and school districts in Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana. CCR’s
award-winning Go Green Community Recycle Project program provides
opportunities for high school students to earn academic credit
while learning the value of community service. Under McFarland’s
direction, her female- and minority-owned business has made
significant progress in making e-waste recycling accessible
to the residential market as well. Read
more.
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a business, professional or community leader whom you think
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Kettering leads in entrepreneurship
training among faculty
Kettering
University in Flint is leading the country in training faculty members
to employ “Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum” in their
classes.
“We’ve developed the intellectual
and practical capacity to be the national leader in the preparation
of innovators who have exceptional technical and scientific knowledge,”
said Dr. Michael Harris, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs
at Kettering.
Hear what Dr. Harris (pictured below) has
to say about innovation in a special WWJ News video interview at
this link.
The first faculty cohort at Kettering completed
an eight-week forum/workshop on “Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum”
this spring. Kettering’s efforts have advanced to a second cohort
of faculty members now in training. It includes:
Dr.
Jennifer Aurandt, Chemistry/Biochemistry; Dr. Gianfranco DiGiuseppe,
Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Raghu Echempati, Mechanical Engineering;
Dr. Leszek Gawarecki, Mathematics; Dr. John Geske, Computer Science;
Dr. Ruben Hayrapetyan, Mathematics; Dr. Craig Hoff, Mechanical Engineering;
Dr. Eugene Hynes, Liberal Studies; Dr. Ilya Kudish, Mathematics; Dr.
Cherng-Tarng Lin, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Dr. Terri
Lynch-Caris, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Dr. Bassem Ramadan,
Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Stacy Seeley, Chemistry/Biochemistry; Dr.
Girma Tewolde, Computer Engineering; Dr. Mohammad Torfeh-Isfahani, Electrical
Engineering and Dr. Benaiah Yongo-Bure, Liberal Studies.
"Kettering developed, designed and
implemented a program that is current and relevant in the professional
development of our faculty who are teaching 'Entrepreneurship Across
the Curriculum,'” Harris added.
Kettering’s innovative approach is
supported by a $225,000 grant from the Kern Family Foundation.
Note: Today's
Blue Box was sponsored by Kettering University. For
information on how you can sponsor content in the Blue Box, contact
Jeff Lasser at (248) 455-7319 or
jeff.lasser@cbsradio.com.
THE WORLD IN TECH
Mass.
giving transit data to software developers Massachusetts is planning
to "democratize the data" behind its public transportation
network. It's providing software developers with all the coding and
background data they will need to develop iPhone applications and other
high-tech aids incorporating MBTA subway, bus, train and regional transit
information. A restaurant owner, for example, could easily add official
government data about the location and details of transit stops or bus
schedules into a Web site about his business. It builds off an earlier
initiative helping Google Maps incorporate the same information into
driving and walking directions requested by its users. More.
Prosecutors
say Miami man stole 130 million credit card numbers
Federal prosecutors on Monday charged
a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft
ever in the United States, accusing the one-time government informant
of swiping 130 million accounts on top of 40 million he stole previously.
Albert Gonzalez, 28, broke his own record for identity theft by hacking
into retail networks, according to prosecutors, though they say his
illicit computer exploits ended when he went to jail on charges stemming
from an earlier case. Gonzalez is a former informant for the U.S. Secret
Service who helped the agency hunt hackers, authorities say. The agency
later found out that he had also been working with criminals and feeding
them information on ongoing investigations, even warning off at least
one individual. Gonzalez, who is already in jail awaiting trial in a
hacking case, was indicted Monday in New Jersey and charged with conspiring
with two other unnamed suspects to steal the private information. How
much of the data was sold and then used to make fraudulent charges is
unclear. Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the
new charges. More.
China
to appeal WTO ruling on book, movie imports China will appeal a World
Trade Organization ruling that ordered it to ease restrictions on imports
of movies, music and books in a case brought by Washington, a Commerce
Ministry spokesman said Monday. "We are actively preparing the
documents to appeal," spokesman Yao Jian said at a news conference.
Yao gave no details of the grounds for appeal but the government last
week denied that it obstructed imports. The appeal will be filed within
two months in line with WTO rules, Yao said. A WTO panel concluded Wednesday
that Beijing is violating its free-trade commitments by forcing imported
media products to be routed through Chinese state-owned companies. The
WTO said Beijing should allow foreign companies to import and distribute
master copies of books, magazines and newspapers and to receive the
same conditions and charges as Chinese companies for distributing reading
materials. More.
Amish newspaper
succeeds the old-fashioned way The
writers' grievances came in the form of angry letters, carried over
bumpy rural roads to the newspaper office serving the Amish community.
In a world where news still travels at a mail carrier's pace, the farmers,
preachers and mechanics responsible for filling The Budget threatened
to go on strike if the 119-year-old Amish weekly went ahead with its
plan to go online. The writers, known as scribes, feared their plainspoken
dispatches would become fodder for entertainment in the "English,"
or non-Amish, world. The editors hastily rescinded the plan shortly
after proposing it in 2006, and today, only local news briefs appear
on The Budget's bare-bones Web site. "My gosh, they spoke in volume,"
said Keith Rathbun, publisher of The Budget, a newspaper mailed to nearly
20,000 subscribers across the U.S. and Canada. "I'd be a fool to
not pay attention to it." More.
Stocks:
Stocks tumble as investors worry about consumers
Investors are finding out what everybody else already
knew: The consumer isn't going to spend the economy into recovery. Major
U.S. stocks indexes tumbled by the biggest amount in six weeks Monday
as investors grew worried that they have been too quick to bet on an
economic rebound during the market's five-month rally. Overseas markets
and commodities plunged, and demand for safe-haven investments sent
the dollar and Treasury prices shooting higher. A shudder in China's
main stock market touched off a wave of selling that spread to Europe
and then the U.S. A slide in quarterly profits at home-improvement retailer
Lowe's Cos. only added to worries that an improvement in the economy
is far off. More.
The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP)
fell 54.68 points or 2.8 percent to 1,930.84. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average ($INDU)
fell 186.06 points or 2 percent to 9,135.34. The Philadelphia Semiconductor
Index ($SOX)
fell 8.73 points or 3 percent to 285.92. The Morgan Stanley High Tech
35 Index (MSH)
fell 14.56 points or 3 percent to 482.26. The NYSE Arca Pharmaceutical
Index (DRG)
fell 1.47 points or 0.5 percent to 275.73. The NYSE Arca Biotech Index
(BTK)
fell 23.76 points or 2.8 percent to 834.8. Finally, the Standard & Poor's
500 (SPX)
fell 24.36 points or 2.4 percent to 979.73.
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U.S.
Rep. Sander Levin proposed doubling the federal tax credit for hybrid
medium- and heavy-duty trucks Monday during a visit to Eaton Corp.'s
"Innovation Center" in Southfield. The current credits of
$1,500 to $12,000 are set to expire Dec. 31. Levin is proposing to double
them to $3,000 to $24,000 through 2011. The amount of the credit depends
on the size of the vehicle -- bigger trucks get bigger credits -- and
the percentage fuel economy increase the hybrids achieve -- better fuel
economy gets bigger credits. .gif)
Dr.
Jennifer Aurandt, Chemistry/Biochemistry; Dr. Gianfranco DiGiuseppe,
Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Raghu Echempati, Mechanical Engineering;
Dr. Leszek Gawarecki, Mathematics; Dr. John Geske, Computer Science;
Dr. Ruben Hayrapetyan, Mathematics; Dr. Craig Hoff, Mechanical Engineering;
Dr. Eugene Hynes, Liberal Studies; Dr. Ilya Kudish, Mathematics; Dr.
Cherng-Tarng Lin, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Dr. Terri
Lynch-Caris, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Dr. Bassem Ramadan,
Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Stacy Seeley, Chemistry/Biochemistry; Dr.
Girma Tewolde, Computer Engineering; Dr. Mohammad Torfeh-Isfahani, Electrical
Engineering and Dr. Benaiah Yongo-Bure, Liberal Studies.
The
writers' grievances came in the form of angry letters, carried over
bumpy rural roads to the newspaper office serving the Amish community.
In a world where news still travels at a mail carrier's pace, the farmers,
preachers and mechanics responsible for filling The Budget threatened
to go on strike if the 119-year-old Amish weekly went ahead with its
plan to go online. The writers, known as scribes, feared their plainspoken
dispatches would become fodder for entertainment in the "English,"
or non-Amish, world. The editors hastily rescinded the plan shortly
after proposing it in 2006, and today, only local news briefs appear
on The Budget's bare-bones Web site. "My gosh, they spoke in volume,"
said Keith Rathbun, publisher of The Budget, a newspaper mailed to nearly
20,000 subscribers across the U.S. and Canada. "I'd be a fool to
not pay attention to it." 
