Links: More Naval Yard development, the science of football and More

DEFINITE READS

• City, bloggers talk taxes over drinks [Inquirer] — Among the dozen or so on hand to talk about the recent blowup around business licensing was Indy Hall co-founder Geoff DiMasi.
• Data center opens at Philadelphia Navy Yard [Philadelphia Business Journal] The making of the Technology Park deal [PBJ] — The data center deal shouldn’t be confused with the energy innovation hub due for the Naval Yard too.
• How Philadelphia’s Navy Yard will become mini-city of energy innovation [Inquirer]
• Gaining on death, cooling therapy catches on slowly [Reuters] — The University of Pennsylvania is leading the trend in “therapeutic hypothermia” to battle the effects of cardiac arrest.

Below, why big companies matter in job creation, the science of football and more.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• Why Big Companies Matter in Job Creation [New York Times] — It’s not small businesses that offer the real job growth, it’s startups and their directions are affected most by big corporations, they say.
• Can we move beyond tax cuts to overhaul the tax system? [Inqy columnist Mike Armstrong’s PhillyInc] — On recommendations for the federal tax code.
• The Struggle for What We Already Have [The New York Times] — On the continued net neutrality battle

GIVE A GLANCE

• UPenn Named 2nd Most Dangerous Ivy League College [Philebrity]
• Social Media Savvy Cities: The 17 Most ‘Social’ Cities Ranked By NetProspex [Huffington Post] — Philly is ranked on 14th.
• Now live: NBC, NSF, and the NFL present: Science of NFL Football series [Science Cheerleader]
• Nanotechnology Institute awards funding company/university partnerships [PBJ]

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