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If Nevada were a country, it would be the 9th largest producer of geothermal power in the world today, now, according to new facts from the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) compiled in anticipation of their upcoming GEA Geothermal Energy and Utilities, Co-ops and Public Power Workshop in Las Vegas, the growth of the geothermal industry in Nevada could be worth up to US $22.5 billion over the next 30 years.

Nevada could become the leading geothermal energy producer in the coming years if growth and production trends continue on their current trajectories. Nevada’s 86 planned or developing geothermal power plants have the potential add up to 3.68 gigawatts of geothermal power to Nevada’s energy portfolio.

Fourteen geothermal power plants are in latter stages of development in the state. These projects would create an estimated 1,400 construction jobs in Nevada once groundbreaking has occurred. Read full story:

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It is important to know the two Q’s as you build out your network: quality and quantity. But have you considered the importance of having a well-rounded network?

In this job market, having a strong network is critical to your professional survival. There are plenty of tips and articles on where to find people, how and when to connect to them and even what you need to say to attract and maintain your network. This article focuses on who should be in your network. Read full story:

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NSBDC: Business Start-Up Orientation – Las Vegas

Presenter: Larry Vierra

Are you ready to go into business for yourself? Come learn the basics of what it will take to get your business concept off the ground. The NSBDC Las Vegas advisors cover a range of vital business start-up topics such as doing a feasibility assessment, writing a business plan, getting licensed, forms of business ownership, and securing financing. This free and informative class is open to the public and offered monthly at the UNLV Paradise Campus.

July 29, 2010 – July 29, 2010 – 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

UNLV Paradise Campus, 851 E. Tropicana Ave., Building 500, Room 512 – Las Vegas

No charge. Parking fees required.

Registration: Online or Call (702) 895-4270

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Curt Carlson, the president and chief executive of SRI International, has run the research

institute in Silicon Valley for 11 years. SRI was spun out of Stanford University more than 60 years ago to commercialize research. First named Stanford Research Institute and later renamed SRI International, it became independent from Stanford University in 1970 and now has more than 2,200 researchers working on things such as the cool artificial intelligence, speech recognition, natural language processing, and other areas. Carlson sat down for an interview with VentureBeat on his predictions for the future. Read more:

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We are being flooded with digital data. E-mails, videos, social networking and office tasks are all handled through different applications across multiple networks and devices. Your laptop, mobile phone and office computer access this data in different ways and often through different connections and with different applications. 

And workers are being asked to make choices on managing this data that could result in errors, lost information and business disruption. The challenge is to empower workers with technology designed to streamline the acquisition, manipulation and processing of this ever-increasing stream of data. Read full story:

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