If the shoe fits, you're not allowing for growth.

This annual event has become the one place in Maryland that the state's leaders in technology, education and government come to meet, network and honor the industry's best. We are one of the fastest growing Tech Councils in the country -- largely due to our members enormous influence in the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond.

What I'm hearing is that this would not just keep scientists in the academic arena here, but it also would be positive for players in this space because of the constant collaboration between industry and researchers.

The story of Sybil is true, not fictional or fraudulent. One early commentator actually suggested that Sybil and Dr. Cornelia Wilbur, her treating psychiatrist, were a case of folie à deux, or shared psychosis (Victor, 1975). Having met Dr. Wilbur, listened to her presentations on multiple personality (now known as dissociative identity disorder), and read the many critiques and reviews of Sybil, I have concluded that Sybil was not iatrogenically created by Dr. Wilbur.

Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.

Private equity funds a substantial amount of new businesses and is the source of capital to rejuvenate failing businesses, which are major drivers of job growth in this economy.