Hobnobbing takes a look back at the week's happenings, from Jennifer Lawrence's heroics to Johanna Mason contenders.
By Amy Wilkinson
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WASHINGTON?(BUSINESS WIRE)?The Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program (VR&E) will host several workshops aimed at helping Veterans understand the many benefits and programs that promote Veteran employment during the VA for Vets Hiring fair being held in Detroit June 26-28.
?Our VR&E program is committed to assisting Veterans find meaningful careers, whether in the federal government or in the private sector.?
as part of the Veteran Open House, VA will educate Veterans on vocational rehabilitation and employment services, register them for VA?s online employment toolkit, VetSuccess.gov, and provide tools that help Veterans find meaningful careers, receive accommodations for disabilities at their place of employment, and start a small business.
?At VA, we know the skills and characteristics Veterans bring with them to a new career can only benefit an organization,? said Under Secretary for Benefits Allison a. Hickey. ?Our VR&E program is committed to assisting Veterans find meaningful careers, whether in the federal government or in the private sector.?
VA is hosting three major events at Detroit?s Cobo Center June 26-29: the VA for Vets Hiring fair, the Veterans Open House, and the National Veterans Small Business Conference and Expo. the events are expected to attract thousands of Veterans, business owners and federal employees, with an economic impact estimated at $11 million for the city.
more than 24,000 federal and private-sector job openings across the country will be available at the free Veteran Hiring fair June 26-28. VA will bring together partners like the First Lady?s ?Joining Forces? initiative and Hiring Our Heroes, along with private sector companies, during the fair. not only will the fair provide Veterans an opportunity to showcase their skills to potential employers, it will also assist Veterans with resume preparation, interview techniques and career coaching to help Veteran attendees become career ready. VA hosted a similar event Jan. 18 in Washington, D.C., which attracted over 4,100 Veterans and resulted in over 2,600 on-the-spot interviews and more than 500 tentative job offers.
the Open House gives Veterans and their families the chance to find out about the wide range of financial and health-care benefits, services and resources that are available from federal, state and community agencies. Veterans can conveniently enroll in VA care, sign up for eBenefits and MyHealtheVet, and get their questions answered face to face.
the National Veterans Small Business Conference and Expo is the premier government event for Veteran-owned businesses. last year?s conference in New Orleans drew almost 5,000 attendees, and more than 6,000 participants are expected this year. VA will provide Veteran-owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned businesses with a wide range of information to help them maximize opportunities in the federal workplace.
known historically as the world?s capital for the transportation industry, the Detroit metro area is reinventing itself with six booming industries: medical research, defense, entertainment, green tech, urban farming, and aeronautics. About 330,000 Veterans are served by the city?s VA medical center, and more than 704,000 Veterans live in Michigan.
VA invites all interested persons and businesses to attend. more information about the small business conference is available at?nationalveteransconference.com. Information and registration for the hiring fair is available at VAforVets.VA.Gov/Detroit.
Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Hosts Workshops during Detroit VA for Vets Hiring Fair
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ? The last thing Bobby Kersee wants to do is burden his sprinters with controversy going into qualifying for the 200 meters on Thursday.
The longtime coach is trying to keep his two athletes focused on the race at hand, not one that's possibly waiting down the road.
So Kersee hinted that an answer just might come sooner rather than later on how to resolve a third-place tie between Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh, who finished in a dead heat in the 100-meter final at last weekend's Olympic trials.
The sprinters technically have until Sunday, when the trials end, to decide if they want a runoff ? a winner-take-all race to break the tie ? or a coin flip to determine who gets the last spot on the London-bound team in the event. One of them can simply bow out, too.
"It's a unique situation and we still have plenty of time to figure it out," Kersee told The Associated Press late Tuesday night. "Anytime you have a situation like that, you have to come up with different solutions. We're all talking, the athletes are talking, USA Track and Field is talking, in terms of coming up with a solution.
"It's just so the athletes can step on the track Thursday knowing they can focus on the 200 meters, and then deal with what we have to deal with after that."
This has turned into quite a hot topic.
Justin Gatlin would pick a runoff, reluctantly. So would Maurice Greene, who would do a coin toss as a last resort.
Everybody has an opinion ? even Olympic gold medalists ? about USA Track and Field's hastily unveiled options for breaking the third-place tie.
The organization has come under scrutiny for not having a plan in place for handling a tie, like they have in swimming, gymnastics and other sports.
"I honestly can't tell you why a protocol wasn't in place," USATF President Stephanie Hightower said. "No one ever thought through it. The likelihood of it happening didn't cross anybody's minds."
Surprising, since this has happened before ? to Hightower, no less.
At the 1984 Olympic trials, she finished in a three-way tie for second place in the hurdles. A grainy photo was used to break the tie and she was the odd person out, failing to earn a spot.
"There's no question that everyone was caught off guard," Hightower said. "At least this gives us the motivation to look at our bylaws and competition rules to see if there are any other gaping holes we need to shore up before the next big championship or Olympic trials."
That doesn't exactly help Felix and Tarmoh. They will compete in the 200 meters and after Saturday's final, if both make it, decide what to do next. The trials went on a two-day break Tuesday and will resume Thursday.
So far, the women have been pretty much mum on the matter. Their teammates have not.
"As an athlete, this worries me," said Gatlin, who won the 100 at trials, but will skip the 200. "Because no one knew about this loophole in the system.
"To run the 100-meter final at the Olympic trials and for it to be decided on a coin toss? It blows my mind."
So does a runoff.
"Your coach trains you for three rounds, for six rounds if you run the 100 and 200, and not an extra round. That's looked at as more of a sideshow," Gatlin said. "These ladies should have the respect for someone to say to them, 'Hey, you know what? There should've been a better (system) in place.'"
If left to Greene, an Olympic gold medalist in 2000, he would pick the runoff. Maybe.
"That's why you have a coach," he said. "If he said (coin flip), I would have to do that."
As it is, both are eligible to be selected to the Olympic 400-meter relay team. So are Carmelita Jeter, who won the 100, and runner-up Tianna Madison.
"This (the result of the 100) will not affect relay pool at all," women's Olympic coach Amy Deem said. "We'll still turn in the same four names and two alternates."
There has been some scuttle that perhaps Felix is waiting to see how she fares in her signature event, the 200, before reaching any decision. Should she earn a spot in the 200 and Tarmoh doesn't, Felix might just surrender the 100 spot to her training partner.
"It's noble, but I'm not giving anything up," Greene said. "I fight for everything. Nothing in life is given to you. You have to take everything you want and you have to work for it."
He has a solution ? a made-for-TV special. No other events, just these two women on the track.
"Tell NBC to give them $2 million and have a runoff," Greene said. "Then they'll do it for sure. If they have a runoff, do you realize how much money there's going to be?"
Maybe that would work if they weren't already coming off a grueling competition schedule. Kersee is concerned about the possibility of injury, since there's really no rest for either athlete.
The Olympics, after all, are on the line.
"You've come this far. I would gut it out," Gatlin said. "I would run. ... It would bring more excitement to track and field, to have a runoff."
In every other sport, there's some sort of carefully spelled-out tiebreaker in place.
In swimming, deadlocks are settled with swim-offs between the two opponents.
Gymnastics released its revamped tiebreak procedures so it doesn't have a repeat of the debacle in Beijing, where it practically took a NASA physicist to decipher the complicated formula that settled the gold medal on uneven bars. Now the execution mark will be the big deciding factor, and there is the possibility of sharing medals.
Odds of that happening are rare.
Still, it's a plan.
"You're always going to have your haters and your critics," Hightower said. "That goes with the territory. I think we've been responsible, responsive and we've been thoughtful. If this is a way to educate people about our sport, I'll take good with bad."
In a society that craves everything in an instant, the 100 is the ideal race.
Sprinters blaze down the track, lean at the finish line and look up at the giant scoreboard, where the times and places instantly pop up.
Even high-tech cameras couldn't break Saturday night's dead heat in a sport that's long relied on technology. Unlike baseball, which is slowly turning to video replay, track uses images to help sort things out.
But in this case, the image from the outside camera was inconclusive for determining the finish because both runners' arms obscured their torsos ? a key consideration in determining the finish.
The image from the inside camera, shot at 3,000 frames per second, was analyzed by timers and referees, who declared the tie.
"We might even look at where we put cameras in the future," Hightower said. "Now that we've had this incident, it will give us the motivation, for us to do our due diligence to look at things.
"I want to make sure that both (Felix and Tarmoh) walk away from this knowing that there was a fair process in place and they had input into it. They can walk away and feel like we haven't done anything to harm them and their ability long term."
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AP National Writer Nancy Armour contributed.
Nationally recognized expert to present in Reno and in Las Vegas on obtaining federal grants and more
RENO, Nev. ? Scientists and engineers often come up with innovations for development and want to use them to build their own companies. However, more often than not, they don?t have the knowledge they need for converting a technological idea into a thriving business. The Nevada Small Business Development Center at the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business has scheduled a nationally recognized expert in guiding companies through technology development into commercialization to present in Reno and Las Vegas next month.
Fred Patterson, president and CEO, The Commercialization Funding Coach, Inc. will be giving workshops in Reno July 19 and in Las Vegas July 20. Contact the NSBDC at 775-813-7407 for more information.
Fred Patterson, president and CEO of The Commercialization Funding Coach, Inc., will give tips to engineers and scientists on how to win federal funding and continue on to commercial success. Patterson has been working with businesses to obtain grants and move from product development into commercialization for more than 40 years. He is a cofounder and executive officer of two of Texas? most successful Small Business Innovation Research grant-winning companies (SPEC and Radiant Photonics).
The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs are federally funded programs that support companies pursuing innovative technologies, awarding $2.5 billion annually in grants. Last year, 14 Nevada companies received grants through these programs. However, those involved in economic development in the state believe that more Nevada companies can successfully compete for these grants. The NSBDC wants to help by offering more assistance to those seeking this funding and bringing in more experts, such as Patterson, to work with them.
Patterson has been involved in the execution of more than 150 of these contracts and grants, helping to secure more than $75 million. In addition, he works with several state technology accelerator initiatives, including the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Virginia?s Center for Innovative Technology and international groups such as The Indus Entrepreneurs. He works with many angel, venture capital and private sector investment sources to refine his trademarked ?Funding Readiness Level? index, used to help clients prepare for the challenges of seeking, securing and managing funding for commercialization and growth.
Fritz Grupe is professor emeritus at the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business, who manages the program at the NSBDC to assist Nevada businesses interested in accessing funds through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs. He says that the factors that determine success or failure in moving to commercialization are complex, interrelated and sometimes not intuitive.?
?This workshop will identify the business planning process everyone who takes this path should follow to maximize the likelihood of success,? he said.?
The workshop, ?Business Planning for Scientists and Engineers,? will be offered:
- in Reno, 8:30 a.m. ? 4 p.m. , July 19, at the University of Nevada, Reno Redfield Campus, 1800 Wedge Parkway, Nell J. Redfield Building A, Room 213, and,
- in Las Vegas, 8:30 a.m. ? 4 p.m., July 20, at the Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951 Stella Lake St., Training Room 30.
The cost for the workshop is $50 and includes lunch and refreshments. To register, visit http://nsbdc.org/education-training/business-training-calendar/. For more information, contact Grupe at 775-813-7407 or fritz@unr.edu.
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The Nevada Small Business Development Center is a statewide business-assistance outreach program of the University of Nevada, Reno, College of Business that provides a wide variety of technical assistance to support Nevada business and to help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses in today?s dynamic market.?
Nevada?s land-grant university founded in 1874, the University of Nevada, Reno has an enrollment of 18,000 students and is ranked in the top tier of the nation?s best universities. Part of the Nevada System of Higher Education, the University has the system?s largest research program and is home to the state?s medical school. With outreach and education programs in all Nevada counties and with one of the nation?s largest study-abroad consortiums, the University extends across the state and around the world. For more information, visit www.unr.edu.?
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CHICAGO (CBS) ? It?s summertime and everyone wants to be in shape. You already know losing weight is good for your health, but CBS 2?s Dorothy Tucker reports getting fit can also save you money on life insurance.
Marcus Wright has been pounding the pavement, on a mission to lose weight and improve his health.
?I know that right now my cholesterol is a little elevated. I know that I?ve been battling high blood pressure,? he said. ?I am considered overweight. My doctor just told me that.?
Shedding a few pounds will not only be good for Wright?s health, it will also be good for his wallet. He could save money on a life insurance policy.
?I?d like to buy one for as long as possible, I?d like it to be a 30-year policy, so I want to get the best rate I can get today,? he said.
For the best rate on a $500,000 policy, Marcus would have to lose 25 pounds. Right now, at the age of 43, 5?9? tall, 210 pounds, a non-smoker, with high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and a family history of heart problems, Marcus has to pay $814 a year. If he sheds 25 pounds, his premiums would drop to $549, a significant savings of $265 a year.
?Obesity is a huge problem in our country. It causes so many other health issues,? said MetLife Insurance representative Geoffrey Grossett. ?If we can reduce our weight, maintain that weight, we will probably live longer, and we will reduce our long-term health costs; not just our life insurance policy, but the health costs.?
Other ways to reduce your premiums include improving your lifestyle.
If you smoke, stop. You?ll cut your premiums by 50%.
Exercise on a regular basis, and you?ll get a 20% break.
And Grossett said it?s never too late to cash in on positive changes.
?A year from now, you?ve gone and lost 30 pounds, you?ve worked out, you?ve quit smoking, your blood pressure?s come down ? call your insurance agent, and get another underwriting, and you very, very likely will be able to reduce your premiums.?
The sooner you sign up for life insurance, the less you pay. Younger adults have less health issues, and typically pay 50 to 60 percent less.
If Wright does get his weight down by 25 pounds, his $265 savings on life insurance will bring the total money his family has saved through the ?Survive This Economy? series to $2,932 since November.
