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| | The May Report: 9/1/2010: Today's the last day for a discount at midVenturssLAUNCH; Deja vu all over again: The Mayor wants to lure tech firms to the city or How do you say a day late and a dollar short?; $2MM in SBA loans to be given out and Who'da thunk it?!: TMR is now studying earthquakes in IL; iPad hits 275 million and Harvard Business Review concludes that gossip can be good -- duh!; and What would we do without that Adcock woman?!
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The May Report: 9/1/2010: Today's the last day for a discount at midVenturssLAUNCH; Deja vu all over again: The Mayor wants to lure tech firms to the city or How do you say a day late and a dollar short?; $2MM in SBA loans to be given out and Who'da thunk it?!: TMR is now studying earthquakes in IL; iPad hits 275 million and Harvard Business Review concludes that gossip can be good -- duh!; and What would we do without that Adcock woman?!
Editor and publisher: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944.
Assistant editor: Melanie Adcock, iPHONE: 312-259-0610, melanie_adcock@msn.com
If you missed an article, go here: http://www.tmronline.com/A55951/tmrarticles.nsf/vwFullNewsletter
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GP Ventures specializes in M&A advisory services for technology companies in a wide range of sectors.
NEW PROJECT: Business Development for Japanese electronics distribution company seeking new products in semiconductors, electronics, new energy, materials, sensors, etc. Please contact GP Ventures if you know of an electronics company seeking to establish or expand their sales network in Japan/Asia.
Other current projects include:
*Acquisition Program for publicly-traded IT Consulting firm, seeking firms in the Data Center, Managed Services, and IT Consulting (SAP, Oracle, etc.) sectors ($10 million to $100 million revenues)
*Acquisition Program for US PC Board Manufacturer seeking US PCB shops ($1 million to $30 million revenues)
*Sell Side Program for 40 million Euro Fiber Optics Company (based in Europe, now preparing materials)
Please contact GP Ventures to discuss sell-side projects, acquisition programs, and "grooming" consulting projects.
Tom Kastner
GP Ventures
847-431-3993
M&A Advisory Services for technology companies in EMS, PCB, Software, Defense, IT Services, Electronics, Distribution
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- We will transfer over $2 million in the next 2 weeks to 5 new small business lenders for Chicago Small Business Owners
-- Stimulus Social Club will be at Market Wednesday, September 1st!
-- One day left to get Early Bird tickets to midVenturesLAUNCH; 8 new workshops announced
-- Today's Crain's --- Daley names panel to lure tech firms here
-- September 16: The 5th annual Smart Bet Charity Poker Tournament is right around the corner
-- Tuesday September 14: Successful Career Re-Booting
-- Tuesday, September 7: BNC Capital Group
-- Saturday, September 11: Tech in the Middle: Group Discount Packages Available
-- Thursday, September 9: Chicago After Work Event
-- Larry Stopa and Charles Stack still at it
-- Dino Pappas on PyroPhase
-- Corrections and miscellaneous notes (4 messages)
-- Lyons Consulting recent projects and successes
-- Earthquake monitoring Equipment and the Technology behind it: The US Geological Survey's website reported a 2.7 magnitude earthquake or possible quarry blast ten miles from Chicago this week. Here is a quick rundown of some of the technology behind earthquake monitoring instruments
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Announcing Early Registration for 3rd Annual Business Innovation Conference October 4-6, 2010
Top-tier Innovation Conference Features Thought Leaders from Business, Government and Academe
WHAT: 3-day business innovation event with 6 high-impact workshops, 18 outstanding speaker presentations, and 5 compelling keynote addresses from a diverse range of industries and domains
WHEN: October 4-6, 2010
WHERE: IIT Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, IL 60189
The 3rd annual Business Innovation Conference is a premier educational and networking event bringing together leading innovation experts and practitioners from business, academia and government to exchange experiences and knowledge about the science of innovation. The conference focuses on the tools we now have to master innovation so that we can become continual thinkers, capable of innovating on demand, and managing innovation teams to predictable outcomes.
Attendees will also make invaluable professional connections and have opportunities to share ideas and experiences with other accomplished innovators from around the US and the world.
For more information, including registration instructions and sponsorship opportunities, please visit http://www.businessinnovationconference.com
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The Scoop section:
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We will transfer over $2 million in the next 2 weeks to 5 new small business lenders for Chicago Small Business Owners
From: "Johnson, Tom" <tom.johnson@cityofchicago.org>
Subject: RE: The May Report: 8/31/2010: Savings for our readers on HR Technology Conference
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:45:50 -0500
To: 'The May Report' <ron@themayreport.com>
Ron
This should be of great interest to a lot of your readers - we will transfer over $2 million in the next 2 weeks to 5 new small business lenders for Chicago Small Business Owners. More to follow.
Thomas Johnson - Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Asst. City Treasurer
Contact: Public Affairs - tjohnson@cityofchicago.org
August HOT for Chicago Small Business Loans
Shortly after announcing an expansion of the Small Business Development Loan Program to include 5 new lending partners, The City Treasurer's Office report for the end of August report is in. It shows pilot partner ACCION Chicago has now generated 25 loans (all are current) totaling over $252,000. (5 loans were closed this month)
Following the successful micro lending pilot with ACCION Chicago, over $2 million in additional capital will soon be transferred to five additional lending partners. Additionally the minimum loan amount has been lowered from $10,000 to $2,000.
The Loan program launched in the fall of 2009 awarded ACCION $750,000 to lend to the underserved small business community. Maintaining and creating new jobs in Chicago was an intended goal.
Accion Chicago reports that the loans generated so far have helped maintain at least 46 jobs in Chicago while creating an additional 37.
Research from a small business advisory group and feedback from the lending community clearly shows the lower lending limits will greatly benefit Chicago small businesses.
More information about the five new lenders will be available on the City Treasurer's website.
www.chicagocitytreasurer.com
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Stimulus Social Club will be at Market Wednesday, September 1st!
Stimulus Social Club will be at Market Wednesday, September 1st! Check out pictures from last month's SSC event on Facebook - just become friends with Stim Soc. Want to see where your $10 donation goes? Click to watch the SSC video!
http://www.youtube.com/user/SSCChicago#p/a/u/0/xWkDTDE9iHc
Executive Hosts: Kim Lichtenstein, Nadia Wetzel, Betsy Helmkamp, Megan Richards, Monica Canellis, Marissa Rudman, Katy Wilson and Kristen Tischhauser
Guest Hosts: Megan Taylor, Dan Ulbricht, Nicholas Scafiezzo, Patricia Labriola, Suzie Munson, Jeremy Dubin, Lauren Schmier, David Faber, Kameron Jackson & Aimee Trottier
Event Details:
- Complimentary appetizers + 1st round of drinks
- $10 donation at the door (CASH ONLY) - this month's beneficiary: ARFhouse Chicago
- Market is located at 1113 W Randolph
- Event is 5:30 - 9 PM, entry is not guaranteed so we URGE you to get there early
- MUST RSVP rsvp@stimulussocialclub.com (first + last name and number of guests)
- Feel free to forward invite to people we may have missed!
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One day left to get Early Bird tickets to midVenturesLAUNCH; 8 new workshops announced
Subject: FW: One day left to get Early Bird tickets to midVenturesLAUNCH; 8 new workshops announced
Date: 9/1/2010 12:09:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Ron & Melanie,
Just a head's up -- today (Sept. 1) is the last day to get your Early-bird tickets ($30) for midVenturesLAUNCH. See the email below. We'd love if you could send that out to the Report!
Also, we'd be happy to fill you in on the conference details. Here are a few updates:
We're starting to get some great press: http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/08/groupon-co-founder-to-headline-midwests-largest-startup-conference.php. And check out the website, if you haven't taken a look in the last few weeks: http://www.midventureslaunch.com. You can find all current speakers/panelists there.
We also just signed up Ustream as our live streaming partner -- they sought us out to cover the Brad Keywell speech for their site. We've also got Sam Yagan; Chuck Templeton; Jim Dugan of OCA Ventures; Adam Koopersmith of New World Ventures; Zee Kane, Editor-in-Chief of TheNextWeb, who's flying in from London; Brenden Mulligan, CEO of ArtistData, who's flying in from SF; plus we'll be announcing plenty others by the end of the week.
We're really excited about the programming we're finalizing for the first day of the conference, too: We have 8 workshop tracks, on topics including Social Media, Health 2.0, GreenTech, Mobile, and Early-stage Investing. The workshops will be held at The Syncubator, the new startup incubator in the West Loop. http://www.synctechcenter.com.
Also, at least 4 of the Excelerate Labs startups have applied to our COMPETE track; we have over 35 VC, PE and investment firms already signed up to attend; and press from the Chicago Tribune, Crain's, Chicago Sun-Times, Forbes, Gizmodo, TheNextWeb, Mashable, and Fox News Chicago have also signed up. We're working on announcing more by week's end.
-Jonathan
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Jonathan R. Pasky
Principal
PASKY IP LAW LLC
Phone: 1.312.772.3510
Mobile: 1.219.331.1794
jrpasky@paskyip.com
www.paskyip.com
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Today's Crain's --- Daley names panel to lure tech firms here
From: Thomas Bennett <tomrbennett@yahoo.com>
Subject: Today's Crain's --- Daley names panel to lure tech firms here
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:53:27 -0700 (PDT)
To: ronaldmay@aol.com, ron@themayreport.com
Ron:
Did you see the below-artice published in Crain's this Tuesday afternoon?
There is no mention by Greg Hinz of Crain's of the City's failure to recover the $8,000,000 Technology TIF granted to 247 South State Street as exposed in The May Report on August 11, 2010 --- "What the TIF happened?"
I plan on circling back with the Inspector General's Office over the next few days to check-on status of their efforts related to investigating the circumstances involved with the developer's repeated non-compliance as well as City Hall's non-enforcement of the 247 South State Redevelopment Agreement.
I will, in turn, keep you posted and informed.
Keep in touch.
Sláinte,
Tom Bennett 773.658.4830 (mobile)
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Daley names panel to lure tech firms here
Posted by Greg Hinz at 8/31/2010 2:33 PM CDT
Standing in one of Chicago's few successful high-tech incubators, Mayor Richard M. Daley on Tuesday announced that he has formed a panel of industry experts to advise him on how to lure more technology firms here.
Included will be officials from Open Table, Callpod, Google, Navteq and Groupon, the latter of which is based at 600 W. Chicago Ave., the former Montgomery Ward catalog warehouse that was converted to office use several years with the help of $28 million in tax-increment finance funding.
"Our investment has created a home for thousands of new jobs and has helped shine a national spotlight on Chicago as a technology leader," Mr. Daley said. "But there is much more to do."
The committee will look at other locations around Chicago and suggest how to replicate the success of 600 W. Chicago, which also counts the Big Ten TV network among its tenants.
Mr. Daley said Chicago already is home to 199 of Inc. Magazine's 5,000 fastest-growing companies. But industry officials have said for years that Chicago still markedly lags the East and West coasts when it comes to providing what start-up entrepreneurs need.
Others on the panel include officials from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Lightbank and Infinium Capital Management.
The tech council is reminiscent of a similar group the city formed a decade ago. It had some success until the industry nationally hit huge bumps in the late 1990s and local tech gurus like Flip Filipowski moved on.
http://tinyurl.com/23zhnvo
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September 16: The 5th annual Smart Bet Charity Poker Tournament is right around the corner
The 5th annual Smart Bet Charity Poker Tournament is right around the corner! I invite you to join us.
The annual Smart Bet Charity Poker Tournament (www.smartbet.org) raises funds to support educational organizations who serve underprivileged students in Chicago. The tournament brings together the Chicago technology community and supporters of education for an evening of poker, networking and fundraising to strengthen urban education in technology.
The proceeds of Smart Bet are donated to local technology education organizations, who are dedicated to improving the technology education of the future workers, leaders and entrepreneurs in the city of Chicago. The 2010 beneficiaries include Chicago Academy of Advanced Technology (CAAT), Future Founders, and i.c.stars.
Smart Bet features a no limit texas hold 'em' tournament, complete with food, open bar, and a professional staff of dealers. Held in the Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center, it is a beautiful setting to celebrate Chicago, technology, and give back, all at the same time. The event will be held on Thursday, September 16, 2010.
No experience is necessary - we'll show you the ropes and I promise you'll have a great time as you meet all sorts of new people.
I hope you'll join me in supporting Chicago's future.
Just register online at www.smartbet.org and we'll reserve your seat.
We are shooting to beat our $100,000+ raised last year, so spread the word and come out for a fun evening.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Best,
Fred
Fred Hoch, President
Illinois Technology Association (ITA)
+1.312.924.1062 | fred.hoch@illinoistech.org
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Tuesday September 14: Successful Career Re-Booting
First Tuesday @ ING DIRECT Café : Successful Career Re-Booting
Starts: Tuesday September 14, 2010, 07:30AM CDT
Ends: Tuesday September 14, 2010, 09:00AM CDT
Event Type: Networking/Meetup
Location: ING DIRECT Café
21 E Chestnut St (Wabash and Chestnut)
Chicago, IN 60610 US
Price: $10.00 for non-members register online
Website: http://www.witi.com/chicago/meeting.php?id=2426
Industry:
Keywords: Successful Career Re-Booting, First Tuesday @ ING DIRECT Café, networking, business, professional, information technology, reinvention, WITI
Intended For:
Organization: WITI (Women In Technology International)
WITI Chicago invites you to join in the conversation at First Tuesday @ ING DIRECT Café for an informal discussion and meeting. We are very fortunate to have Kathleen Ameche share her insights on successfully career re-booting and re-invention. She is a first class professional and an excellent example for us all.
Informal networking starts at 7:30am. Our meeting topic starts promptly at 8:00am. For your convenience ING DIRECT Café does offer morning beverages and pastries
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Tuesday, September 7: BNC Capital Group
Business Network Chicago Venture Capital Group
Starts: Tuesday September 07, 2010, 05:00PM CDT
Ends: Tuesday September 07, 2010, 08:00PM CDT
Event Type: Networking/Meetup
Location: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
111 S Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60606 US
Price: http://conceptequity.com/BNCVCGroup.htm
Website: http://conceptequity.com/BNCVCGroup.htm
Industry: financial services
Keywords: startup entrepreneur angel investor vc venture capital private equity early stage
Intended For: angel, investor, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, inventor, partner, CEO, capital finder, banker, lawyer
Organization: Business Network Chicago
The BNC Venture Capital Group introduces exciting investment opportunities to professional investors (angels, early stage venture capitalists, and private equity firms seeking add-ons) and fosters the growth of entrepreneurial activity.
Len Bland, CEO of Concept Equity, and David Carman, CEO of Business Network Chicago, lead the BNC Venture Capital Group.
We will review three entrepreneurial opportunities. Each presentation lasts 10 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q&A.
Effective presentations answer 4 questions:
·What is the product or service? -Why will customers buy it? ·Why is this management team the best one to run the business? ·How will the investor make money?
5:00 PM - Networking 5:30 PM - Introductions 5:45 PM - Presenter 6:15 PM - Presenter 6:45 PM - Break 7:00 PM - Presenter 7:30 PM - Results
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell 111 South Wacker Drive, 41st Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606
Sign up at 123Signup - Event cost $25 Evening Meeting includes food and beverages
Call Len Bland at 847-317-0656 or write len_bland@conceptequity.com with questions or if you have any difficulty registering. Other investors welcome.
If you have a scheduling conflict, please join us for the next meeting set for 10/5/2010.
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Saturday, September 11: Tech in the Middle: Group Discount Packages Available
Subject: Tech in the Middle Group Discount Packages Available
Date: 8/28/2010 2:20:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Hi Ron, I am registered to attend this event. -Melanie
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:53:35 -0400
From: gabe@techinthemiddle.com
To: melanie_adcock@msn.com
Subject: Group Discount Packages Available
Mobile and cloud computing are evolving faster than ever. If you want to get up to speed on the latest trends and techniques, then you should seriously consider sending your development team to Tech in the Middle 2010 (www.techinthemiddle.com), the Midwest's largest mobile and cloud computing conference.
We understand that it can be expensive to send your entire technology team to educational conference, so we have created a variety of group discount packages for this single-day event on Saturday, Sept. 11. Your team will learn from the builders and visionaries that power innovation at Amazon, Google and PayPal, to name a few.
The more people you send, the more incredible the discount. Full-price tickets are $49.95, so I encourage you to take advantage of the offer below.
Group Discount Packages:
Group of 3 - $84 ($28 per ticket)
Group of 5 - $100 ($20 per ticket)
Group of 7 - $105 ($15 per ticket)
You can purchase individual tickets or the group packages at www.techinthemiddle.com/register.
Hope to see you and your team at Tech in the Middle!
Sincerely,
Gabe Garms
Tech in the Middle
773.698.7391
www.techinthemiddle.com
Twitter: @techinthemiddle
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Thursday, September 9: Chicago After Work Event
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:53:57 -0700
From: groups-noreply@linkedin.com
To: melanie_adcock@msn.com
Subject: Chicago After Work Event Anouncement: You are Invited to Network at The Spy Bar September 9th from 6-9pm.
LinkedIn Groups
Group: Chicago After Work-Networking Events for Chicago Professionals
Subject: Chicago After Work Event Anouncement: You are Invited to Network at The Spy Bar September 9th from 6-9pm.
Join Chicago After Work on Thursday September 9th at Spy Bar (646 N. Franklin). This event will bring together some of Chicago's top professionals to create new connections and develop existing connections at one Chicago's best nightlife destinations. Learn how to conduct the perfect interview with interview coach John Jameson. The first ten minutes of an interview can make or break your chances of interviewing success. "Tell me about yourself" is the hardest "easy" question to answer. Learn to masterfully answer this question from Interview Coach, John Jameson of Connecting Insights on September 9 at Spybar. Email John (john@connectinginsights.net) a time that you would like to meet during the event and visit www.connectinginsights for more information. Also don't forget to visit the You Swoop table to win some great Raffle prizes. We will provide early entry to everyone who pays in advance, starting at 5:30pm.
To RSVP visit:
http://chicagoafterwork.com
or
http://events.linkedin.com/Network-Lounge-Spybar/pub/398845
Admission Includes:
1.Complimentary Absolut Cocktails from 6-7pm
2.Mastering the "Tell Me about yourself question" Consultation from Connecting Insights
3.Hand Massages from Halo Spa
4.Raffle Prizes from You Swoop
5.$10 Gift Certificate to Bull & Bear (prepay by Sept 2nd)
About Spy Bar:
Spybar's opulence aims to establish a new standard in Chicago and provide a heightened sense of luxury among the nightlife destinations. Spybar can assist guests with concierge service in order to ensure a complete expereience. Wheter it's accmmodating dining at one of Chicago's premiere resturants, arranging luxury transportation, or furnishing private bottle and table service at the club. Spybar is committed to providing you with an outstanding evening.
Posted By James Miller
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Larry Stopa and Charles Stack still at it
From: "Larry Stopa" <larry@epowermark.com>
Subject: RE: The May Report: 8/30/2010: Drink Deck's launch party reviewed by Melanie Adcock along with some new TMR YouTube videos; John Aiello looks good on TV; Are Groupon users primarily variety seekers and bargain hunters -- not loyal --and not a good fit for
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:23:23 -0500
To: "'The May Report'" <ron@themayreport.com>
Re: Charles Stack's characterizing WattsUpWithThat as a "science blog"
Charles Stack's examples of articles on WattsUpWithThat demonstrate that it is a political blog, not a science blog. The articles discuss the business of cap and trade, not the scientific validity of carbon emissions causing the Earth to warm.
The science of man-made global warming is solid. Consequently, those who oppose taking mitigation to lessen the impact of climate change need to politicize science. Ironically on the same day the May Report published my concerns about WattsUpWithThat, Ron posted the New Yorker article about the Koch oil tycoons who have actively financed disinformation surrounding the science of man-made global warming.
Anthony Watts has published no peer-reviewed scientific research. His blog lacks links to peer reviewed science.
Quite simply, calling WattsUpWithThat a "science blog" is inaccurate.
Thank you,
Larry
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Larry Stopa, President
E-Power Marketing Inc.
http://www.epowermark.com
larry@epowermark.com
Phone: 920.303.1244 ext 10
Fax: 920.303.1344
Continuing Saga of Search Engine Marketing Blog
http://blog.epowermark.com/
E-Power Marketing on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/EPowerMarketing
Follow E-Power on Twitter
http://twitter.com/EPowerMarketing
From: "Charles Stack, MPH" <cstack@2ci.com>
Sender: "Charles Stack, MPH" <cstack@2ci.com>
Subject: Reply to Mr. Stopa regarding blog "Watts Up With That?"
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:42:11 -0500
To: "ron@themayreport.com" <ron@themayreport.com>
Hi Ron! Thanks for posting my email to you about the blog "Watts Up With
That?" (WUWT) and their upgrade in service provider.
I shared Mr. Stopa's reply to my email with Anthony Watts, and he replied:
"REPLY: gee, all that from a simple announcement on an upgrade to
wordpress.com features I made? Anthony"
My original email was to bring the existence of Layered Technologies Chicago
operations to the attention of your readers. I was not aware of this B2B
facility and found the news facinating.
Mr. Stopa's reaction to the blog WUWT seems quite typical of reactions I
perceive regarding climate change, i.e. You are either "for" or "against."
I've studied climate change at University of Illinois since 1979, attached
is a Jack Mabley article discussing my research in alternative energy.
Mabley's article actually made page 1, column 1 of the Trib morning edition.
Watt's blog WUWT is fascinating for its diversity of contributors and its
focus upon the business side of climate change. These are not routinely
discussed in the blogosphere or conventional media. As a consultant to
greenhouse mitigation firms in the US, Canada and Europe, I've witnessed the
utter collapse of European cap and trade and carbon trading systems, which
does not augur well for the USA if we choose this path.
I found this posting about the Chicago Climate Exchange quite interesting:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/08/13/chicago-climate-exchange-still-flatlin
ing-employee-cuts/
Another story on WUWT pertains to John Deere:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/08/25/nothing-runs-like-a-deere-company-bail
s-on-cap-and-trade/
Anyway, please know that you have a fellow "skunk in the room" in Anthony
Watts! All the best, Chuck
Charles R. Stack, MPH
Vice President
Constant Compliance Inc.
140 South Dearborn Street
Suite 411
Chicago, Illinois 60603 USA
Cell phone (630) 841-8706
Fax (312) 782-0936
Website: http://www.2Ci.com/
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Larry Stopa, President
E-Power Marketing Inc.
http://www.epowermark.com
larry@epowermark.com
Phone: 920.303.1244 ext 10
Fax: 920.303.1344
Continuing Saga of Search Engine Marketing Blog
http://blog.epowermark.com/
E-Power Marketing on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/EPowerMarketing
Follow E-Power on Twitter
http://twitter.com/EPowerMarketing
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Dino Pappas on PyroPhase
From: "c. dino pappas" <c.dinopappas@usa.net>
Subject: PyroPhase
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:15:11 -0500
To: <ron@themayreport.com>, <ronaldmay@aol.com>
The story of PyroPhase will be of historic proportions, it is the center
of what should be American energy policy for the next 100 + years.
Here is what PyroPhase can do for America: 7,000,000 new jobs,
save the USA from sending 100's of billions of USDs abroad every years, so far I am only speaking about helping the economy.
The reserves that we can produce with this technology are mostly on
Government properties, thereby producing royalties in addition to the vast amounts new tax revenues resulting from 7,000,000 new jobs.
We are estimating that the sum total benefits to the Federal Government could reach $180+ billion per year of new taxes resulting from 7,000,000 new jobs. (By the way why does the Federal Government own so very much of the Western United States?)
PyroPhase turns out to be renewable energy sources greatest friend.
The Shales and Tar Sands require heating before they can be extracted. This heating can be sporadic or intermittent as large amounts of earth provide excellent insulation. Thus allowing for the use of energy sources that are by their very nature are sporadic and intermittent. Voila the perfect marrying together of renewables with hydrocarbons.
The hydrocarbons act as a super large storage system (PyroStorage) for the renewable energy, which is then transformed into use-able upon demand energy.
PyroPhase is GREEN and very environmentally friendly. All of the
PyroPhase activities happen underground, using no or very little water, which is a very important issue in the Western United States. In the Eastern States PyroPhase protects the drinking water because it does NOT require water to FRAC (?PyroFracing?). Hydraulic Fracing is facing strong challenges in the Eastern United States, in states like New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan for starts.
PyroPhase can get the very same results using heat to open channels by dissolving organic material instead of using hydro-fracing to push open formations. PyroPhase calls it "Frac with Heat", trade name ?PyroFrac?.
When the last pages are written on this story we will see that PyroPhase is Indeed the hero. PyroPhase saves millions of Americans from the desperation of long term unemployment, stops the sending of US Dollars abroad thereby making America's economy strong once again.
PyroPhase is a friend to the environment, we tie together renewables and hydrocarbons which stabilizes the grid. I almost forgot about the ?PyroPhase Electric Grid Stabilization System? which I might add is patented.
So the question is why has this not already happened?
C. DINO PAPPAS
Vice President for Development @ PyroPhase, Inc.
The Future of U.S. Energy........
&
President of P.S. Consultants, Ltd.
Technology Transfer and Licensing
Insurance, Pensions and Finance //:\\
MAIL: POB 652, SKOKIE, IL. 60076-0652
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SUITE 1, SKOKIE, IL. 60076
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c.dinopappas@usa.net // c_dinopappas@yahoo.com
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Corrections and miscellaneous notes (4 messages)
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#1: Subject: Re: The cabs are PEDI not petty
Date: 8/30/2010 9:57:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: avrom.goldstein@prudential.com
To: melanie_adcock@msn.com, ronaldmay@aol.com
I can assure you that ron all ready knew this!
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Sent: 08/31/2010 01:55 AM GMT
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Subject: FW: The cabs are PEDI not petty
Avrom- Hey there, thank you so much for the correction. Anything to make the report better is good.
Ron- This nice person sent in a correction. Perhaps we can print in the next report?
Thanks, Melanie
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I got it and it looks good. Your voicemail box is full btw. I think we exploded your phone, LOL! I can always come over and make dinner some evening. What do you like to eat? I'm guessing pizza and beer is out of the question, but I'm sure we can figure out something. :) -Melanie
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Lyons Consulting recent projects and successes
Subject: Re: Please send release in plain text in the body of the email, no attachments.
Date: 8/31/2010 10:04:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time
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On 8/31/10 9:36 PM, "RONALDMAY@aol.com" <RONALDMAY@aol.com> wrote:
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Subject: Earthquake monitoring Equipment and the Technology behind it
Date: 9/1/2010 4:08:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Earthquake monitoring Equipment and the Technology behind it
The US Geological Survey's website reported a 2.7 magnitude earthquake or possible quarry blast ten miles from Chicago this week. Here is a quick rundown of some of the technology behind earthquake monitoring instruments, and- yes, there are even earthquake apps. I've been in communication with the USGS to probe further about the technology involved in measuring this particular tremor and will share it as soon as it becomes available.
The USGS has installed over 6,000 new earthquake monitoring instruments in the US in the last 3 years. GTSM Technologies located in Queensland Australia, is a company that built some of the USGS's strainmeters, one of several tools used in earthquake monitoring. Strainmeters take ten months to build and three months to test. GTSM Technologies builds about 4 strainmeters per year. Luckily they have some finished ones in stock according to their website. http://www.gtsmtechnologies.com
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010aqby.php#details
2010 August 31 18:00:30 UTC
Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Possible Quarry Blast
Magnitude 2.7
Date-Time Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 18:00:30 UTC
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 01:00:30 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 41.800°N, 87.856°W
Depth 0 km (~0 mile) set by location program
Region ILLINOIS
Distances 2 km (1 miles) ESE (121°) from La Grange, IL
2 km (1 miles) W (275°) from McCook, IL
3 km (2 miles) NNE (32°) from Countryside, IL
10 km (6 miles) E (86°) from Westmont, IL
15 km (10 miles) WSW (253°) from Chicago, IL
Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 3, Nph= 3, Dmin=170.5 km, Rmss=0 sec, Gp=212°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=A
Source Macroseismic location
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/
The USGS is working to improve its earthquake monitoring and reporting capabilities through the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS). http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/ In the past three years the USGS has installed approximately 300 new earthquake monitoring instruments in the San Francisco, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Anchorage, Reno, Las Vegas, and Memphis areas. Full implementation of ANSS will result in 6000 new instruments on the ground and in structures in at-risk urban areas, as well as a backbone of modern seismic instruments for the entire Nation. Once in place, the ANSS will provide emergency response personnel with real-time (within 5-10 minutes of an event) information on the intensity and distribution of ground shaking that can be used to guide emergency response efforts. Similarly, information on building "shaking" will equip engineers with the data they need to improve building designs in the future.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/deformation/data/instruments.php
Monitoring Instruments
The USGS maintains a variety of fault and volcano monitoring instruments around the western United States, including Hawaii. The data from all instruments are transmitted in real time to the USGS in Menlo Park using satellite, radio and telphone telemetry.
Creepmeters
A creepmeter measures fault slip by recording the displacement between 2 piers or monuments located on opposite sides of the fault. Typically, an invar wire is anchored to one pier and is stretched across the fault. Its displacement relative to the second pier is measured electronically and checked periodically with a mechanical measurement. Using the angle of the wire from the strike of the fault, the change in distance between the two piers is directly proportionally to fault slip.
Because the piers are anchored to about 2 meters depth, they are subject to the influence of seasonal (winter) rainfall. Many of the creepmeters show an annual cycle due to the wetting and drying of the near-surface materials within the fault zone. In addition, creep is influenced by large rainfall events and nearby earthquakes.
Magnetometers
Magnetometers measure changes in local magnetic fields resulting from a combination of mean crustal stress change, fluid flow associated with earthquakes, fault slip, and a number of processes related to volcanic activity. To isolate these local magnetic fields, the magnetic data must be corrected for normal geomagnetic field variations, magnetic storms and other disturbances including those generated by cultural activity. Ultra-precise, absolute instruments with a precision of 0.2 nanotesla are used. Higher frequency disturbances are monitored using fluxgate or coil magnetometers. The monitoring sensors are carefully located in regions where the local magnetic field gradient is less than 1 nanotesla/meter to avoid spurious signals being generated during ground movement generated by earthquake shaking and volcanic eruptions. Because proton magnetometer measurements are absolute, data from any particular year can be compared with that from yesterday or 20 years ago or longer. Thus, long term changes related to plate movements can be isolated in the data. Rapid correction for most non-tectonic disturbances can be achieved by simple differences between data from two nearby magnetometers.
Pore Pressure Monitors
These instruments record fluid pressure changes in deep boreholes that may be driven by fault activity. Measurements can be made to better than 0.1 millibar.
Strainmeters
Strainmeters for continuous crustal strain monitoring are highly sensitive instruments with precision of less than 1 part per billion (i.e. less than 1 inch in 16,000 miles). They are usually installed in boreholes where surface noise is greatly reduced. These instruments monitor the change in crustal strain near active faults and volcanoes associated with fault slip, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. Currently, numerous instruments have been installed by the USGS along the San Andreas fault, in the Long Valley Caldera, and by other institutions near active faults and volcanoes in the US, Japan, China, Iceland, Italy, and Taiwan.
The Sacks-Evertson dilational borehole strainmeter consists of a stainless-steel cylinder with an annulus filled with silicone oil. Changes in volumetric strain in the ground are detected by small movements of the walls of the borehole and are measured relative to the borehole diameter. This is translated into displacement and voltage by an expansion bellows attached to a linear voltage displacement transducer. The instrument is cemented into the ground at a depth of about 200 meters.The Sacks-Evertson tensor strainmeter is similar in principle but the annulus is divided into three independent segments, 120 degrees apart. Strain is determinied in these three directions.
Borehole tensor strain is also measured with a GTSM strainmeter built by GTSM Technologies in Queensland, Australia. These instruments measure strain in three directions, 120 degrees apart (a fourth redundant component is also included) with a differential capacitance displacement transducer.
For near-surface strainmeters, we measure linear strain by detecting the relative movement of deep anchor points about 10 meters apart and about 2 meters deep in three directions 120 degrees apart with differential capacitance displacement transducers.
Networks of dilational and tensor strainmeters were initially installed in San Juan Bautista, Parkfield, Southern California and Long Valley in the early 1980's. These networks were later supplemented as increased hazard was identified in Parkfield in the mid-1980's, Long Valley in 1989, and the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1990's. A network of six dilational strainmeters and two tensor strainmeters was initially installed along the Hayward fault in the San Francisco Bay area in 1992 with an additional five DTM tensor strainmeters added through the Bay Area in 2001. Near-surface strainmeters have operated in the Presidio of San Francisco since 1972.
The figure shows a borehole strainmeter being installed to a depth of about 200 meters near the Hayward fault, San Francisco Bay, California. A commercial drill rig is used to drill and case 6" to 8" diamater holes and to core the bottom of these holes until a section of about 10 feet of unfractured rock is obtained. The strainmeter is then installed into a bath of expansive grout within the cored section of the hole. After the grout has set, the instrument detects deformation of the rock. This deformation is converted to ground strain through calibrations obtained from comparing the measured earth tide with the predicted tides in the solid earth corrected for ocean tide loading.
Tiltmeters
Tiltmeters are highly sensitive instruments used to measure ground tilt (rotation) near faults and volcanoes caused by fault slip and volcanic uplift. The precision to which tilt can be measured is less than 1 part per billion (i.e. less than 1 inch in 16,000 miles). For crustal monitoring applications, these instruments are mostly installed in boreholes to avoid spurious ground tilts produced by differential thermal expansion in near-surface materials, rainfall and pumping effects.
Tilt detections systems vary depending on the particular instrument design types used. These design types include simple pendulums (boreholes), liquid level systems (vaults or observatories) or the position of a bubble under concave quartz (similar to a carpenters level). Differential capacitance transducers (DCT's) are usually used to detect the position of pendulums hanging between two capacitor plates within a tube in a borehole. Linear voltage differential transformers (LVDT's) and DCT's are used to determine apparent height changes between the two ends of a liquid level tiltmeter such as the 10 meter mercury-liquid level tiltmeters installed at the Presidio in San Francisco and at Berkeley in the 1960's and more recently, the 500 meter long baseline tiltmeters installed in Long Valley and the Pacific Northwest by R. Bilham of the University of Colorado. A resistance bridge that locates the position of a bubble under a concave quartz lens is used for both shallow and deep borehole tiltmeters. This type of detection system was used in five of the seven tiltmeters installed in the San Francisco Bay area from 1992 to 2001. http://www.geodesy.cwu.edu/
The figure shows borehole strainmeters and tiltmeters being installed at a depth of about 200 meters near the Hayward fault, San Francisco Bay, California. A water-well drill rig is usually used to drill and case these boreholes and to core the bottom of these holes. Tiltmeters are usually cemented well within the casing to avoid tilting from movement on localized cracks and fractures. Tiltmeters are calibrated using theoretical earth tides in the solid earth with ocean loading corrections.
HISTORY of GTSM http://www.gtsmtechnologies.com/index_files/history.htm
The Gladwin Tensor Strain Monitor (GTSM), so named in the USA to distinguish it from other borehole strain systems, measures strain in the earth due to tectonic or engineering stress. The first field instrument was installed in 1972 in an underground ore-body in Queensland.
It was developed as a complementary technology to a direct ultrasonic stress measurement system devised for tectonic studies in 1969 during graduate work.
The GTSM system was the first high precision, high stability multi-component (tensor) system developed for deep boreholes. It allowed direct evaluation of variation of the amplitude and the orientation of the principle components of strain.
In 1977, tests of the system were performed in the Praesidio vault in San Francisco for several months to allow investigation of its potential in tectonic strain measurement.
In 1979, proposals to deploy the system for various applications in mining were initiated, and ultimately systems were deployed in the ore-body to investigate dynamic loads in a crown pillar structure in association with the original stress monitoring system.
In the early 1980's the design was refined for tectonic studies to completely cover a massive observation gap in the frequency domain between seismological measures of earth deformation response and the large scale electronic distance measuring instruments (now replaced by differential GPS systems). The system overlaps both the GPS and seismic bands by a couple of orders of magnitude.
Over the next fifteen years, thirteen (13) systems were installed in tectonic settings to allow extensive analysis of the potential value of this domain of measurement.
In the US, installations occurred as follows:
1983 (2 systems), SJT and PFT
1986 (3 systems), EDT, FLT and DLT
1992 (2 systems), CHT and GAT
1996 (1 system built in 1992), CLT
In Australia, in March 1991, two systems were installed in the Dalton/Gunning area west of Canberra, for the Australian Geological Survey Organization (now Geoscience Australia). The purpose of these units was to evaluate the long term stability of the systems. The region has very low seismicity, and a low long period noise was achieved.
In 1992, three systems were installed to monitor long term long-wall mining induced subsidence beneath the Cataract Reservoir area south of Sydney.
Outcomes of the preliminary studies.
By 1993, the long process of demonstration of the value of GTSM technology to the subject was reasonably advanced and an early stage of general acceptance had begun. Many new observations were documented. These included several slow earthquakes observed at multiple sites, post seismic changes as large as 50% of the seismic event and with similar source dimensions and characteristics, and associations between slow events and surface creep. Details of these studies are included in the publications listing.
The figures below show examples of data representations of event types uniquely monitored by GTSM systems during that period.
The development work was funded in the early seventies by the Australian Research Grants Commission, and since the late seventies by the US National Earthquake Hazard Reduction External Program (NEHRP). The NEHRP funding source is for utilisation of the technology in hazard monitoring via data production and interpretation.
Over the next ten years, the GTSM group continued to develop both the scientific observational base (e.g. discovery of slow quakes on the San Andreas) and the interpretation techniques for understanding the new data.
In 1999, a major initiative was proposed by US-NSF (National Science Foundation) for earth sciences.
This was to properly document all fault motions of the San Andreas. The initial proposal based on GPS monitoring was successful in 2002 in a wider context (the Earthscope Program) under the banner of the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) with GTSM instrumentation proposals included as a key component. By December 2002, GTSM had been selected as the borehole strainmeter instrument of choice for the PBO program.
The measurement technique developed for the technology summarized above has a wide range of potential applications. At its core, measurements of borehole diameter are made to a few picometre precision, and a very wide dynamic range with excellent stability has been achieved.
In April, 2002, in preparation for the possible US PBO program, a technical update of the original tectonic system was begun to exploit several newly available integrated circuits to replace component types no longer available, and to enable effective bulk production techniques. The first of these new generation instruments were deployed for Taiwan Geological Survey in 2003.
A contract for the US PBO program was let in October, 2004, and the GTSM commercial production laboratory began construction in late 2004. Production of the first instruments for UNAVCO was completed and shipped to the Pacific North West for installation by June 2005. Further instruments have been fabricated and deployed in Taiwan in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. The production facility now produces up to four instruments per month, which is totally adequate for the achieved rate of worldwide uptake of the technology. Initial contacts for other regional arrays have been made and are being explored.
I'm very skeptical of an app I saw in the iTunes store called, "Earthquake lite," -afterall would you want an app called "911 lite"? I don't think so! Earthquake apps with more promising names are listed below for your reference.
Earthquake Apps for iPhone:
Quakes - Earthquake Notificationsþ
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quakes-earthquake-notifications/id327046574?mt=8
USGSSeismicþ
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/usgsseismic/id333208233?mt=8
iSeismometerþ
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iseismometer/id304190739?mt=8
Earthquake Apps for Android:
Global Earthquake
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-kny-globalearthquake-jCAzC.aspx
Current Quakes
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-currentquakes-jwpnB.aspx
Earthquake Information
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-jptomato-android-earthquakerssreader-qxtC.aspx
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Subject: RE: Response from USGS regarding earthquake monitoring equipment
Date: 9/1/2010 4:49:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Thank you very much to Julia, Paul and Alena from the USGS for helping us share this fascinating insight with readers of The May Report. -Melanie
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CC: pearle@usgs.gov; jdutton@usgs.gov; aleeds@usgs.gov
Subject: RE: Press inquiry regarding Illinois tremor from The May Report
From: aleeds@usgs.gov
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:42:58 -0600
Greetings Melanie -
I can answer some of your questions regarding the type of equipment used to locate the magnitude 2.7 event that occurred August 31, 2010 at 16:00:30 GMT.
What type of equipment was used to measure the 2.7 tremor in Illinois? Three of the four stations used to locate this event are operated by the USGS. The three stations are: HDIL (Hopedale, Illinois), JFWS (Jewell Farm, Wisconsin) and ECSD (Eros Data Center, South Dakota.) These stations are part of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Backbone Network. (See http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/ and http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/backbone.php ). The critical 'detection' component for these monitoring stations is the seismometer. These are ground motion sensors that can detect motion as small as one billionth of a meter. They are designed to detect elastic motion in the earth that results from seismic events that may be very near the instruments as well as those that happen anywhere around the world.
What company built the equipment? The seismometers at most ANSS Backbone Network stations are Streckeisen STS2s. These instruments are now marketed by Kinemetrics, Inc. (See http://www.kinemetrics.com/p-81-STS-2.aspx).
How many earthquake monitoring devices does the USGS have in Illinois and throughout The Midwest? See the ANSS Backbone Network map at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/images/ANSS_Hazmap.pdf to view USGS coverage. There are additional seismic stations that monitor the area, but they are managed by regional network operators at universities and state geological surveys. The data from many of these stations are contributed to the USGS National Earthquake Information Center for event location purposes.
How many of the newly installed 300 devices in the US in the last 3 years were installed in The Midwest? I expect many of these new instruments may be additional regional network stations as well as strong motion sensors. A question could be addressed to the National Strong Motion Program to get details on their installation program.
Regards,
Alena
Alena Leeds
USGS/NEIC
Field Operations and Engineering
Box 25046, DFC, MS 966
Denver, CO 80225
(303)273-8462
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From: Melanie Adcock <melanie_adcock@msn.com>
To: <pearle@usgs.gov>, <aleeds@usgs.gov>
Date: 09/01/2010 12:32 PM
Subject: RE: Press inquiry regarding Illinois tremor from The May Report
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Paul and Alena, Thank you so much for your help. Kind regards, Melanie
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To: aleeds@usgs.gov
CC: melanie_adcock@msn.com
Subject: Fw: Press inquiry regarding Illinois tremor from The May Report
From: pearle@usgs.gov
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:30:15 -0600
Alena,
Can you please answer Melanie's questions. She is hoping to get her story out today but if the answers will take time please get to it when you can.
thanks,
Paul
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To: <pearle@usgs.gov>
Date: 09/01/2010 11:20 AM
Subject: FW: Press inquiry regarding Illinois tremor from The May Report
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Hello Paul,
Hope you're well. I just spoke with Julie about the e-mail I sent her below. She suggested I reach out to you regarding the 4 questions I had below as you would be the best person to ask. I really appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you so much. If you could take a look and e-mail me back or give me a call I would be very grateful.
Best regards,
Melanie
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