Rose Harr was raised in Michigan. Her father worked third shift for GM. She launched her IT company, BlueWare, in 1993 and chose Cadillac as its headquarters. So now that BlueWare needs to hire 190 more workers, Harr is moving her company to Florida. She needs to go where the talent can be found.

hlovy · 1 month

Hi, everyone. I wrote the article. The Engineered Machined Products executive I talked to for the story mentioned MTU and LSSU specifically when he talked about who his employees are. He did not mention NMU. Might be an oversight on his part, but that's what he told me. He also mentioned University of Michigan, but I left that out since I was writing this for UP Second Wave. I'm sure there are other schools, too, but those are the ones that he thought it was important to point out.

hlovy · 1 month

You are correct. This is simply one more data point. The Small Business Association of Michigan recognizes that and I included it in the article. I think the primary purpose is for SBAM to remind the state of the impact of small businesses in the overall job market and recognize it. The same argument can be made during the rare times when big businesses come to the state and there are ribbon-cuttings and hoopla over the jobs created. Somewhere in the state, others are losing their jobs. Look at A123 Systems and the jobs created at the new battery plant. Lots of self-congratulations when the state created incentives for them to locate in Livonia. Now, apparently A123 batteries are exploding at GM plants. Something tells me that some people might lose their jobs at A123. It's a few steps forward, a few steps back. SBAM's point is that we shouldn't forget about small businesses' contributions to moving a few steps forward.

hlovy · 5 months

For some reason, the URL changed on that story. It can be found here now: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20111221/FREE/111229966

hlovy · 5 months

Now, the dental firm is further harassing the victim through its lawyers. Here's an update: http://detlegalservices.com/blog3/2011/12/21/legal-experts-allege-further-harassment-by-hiv-positive-employee%E2%80%99s-former-employer/

hlovy · 5 months

The EEOC investigated the claim over the course of three years and recently concluded that the "organization subjected him to discriminatory discipline," denied him reasonable accommodation and that the dental-care franchise lied when they claimed they dismissed him for nondiscriminatory reasons.

hlovy · 5 months

More than 35,000 people have now signed the petition. The Huffington Post has an update: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/james-white-detroit-hiv-job-discrimination_n_1163114.html

hlovy · 5 months

Well, my point was more a rhetorical one. It was meant to highlight -- for a general, nontechnical audience -- the fact that there is more than one path toward true advanced nanotechnology. And, in fact, DNA is more feasible in the short term because you avoid the problem of individual atoms not going exactly where you want them to go due to various factors too technical to go into here. If you want to talk about life, though, it is a combination of analog and digital -- although it depends on how small you want to go, since electrons can be both particle and wave. So, at its core, nothing can be sliced into its "smallest bits."

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