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| | The May Report: 1/15/2010: Yet again, in praise of Scott McGarvey and Les Stern: It has now come to this: ChicagoBooth marketing roundtable has banned, among others, Todd Allen, Steve Lundin, Ellis Booker, Jeff Jarvis, Brad Spirrison, Andy Sernovitz, Chris Rollyson, Bruce Montgomery, David Dalka, Blagica, Sima Dahl, Barbara Rozgonyi, Beth Rosen, Amy Corin, Jen Knoedl, Leah Jones, Ron May: on top of that, they are now charging $5 admission
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| | January 15, 2010
The May Report: 1/15/2010: Yet again, in praise of Scott McGarvey and Les Stern: It has now come to this: ChicagoBooth marketing roundtable has banned, among others, Todd Allen, Steve Lundin, Ellis Booker, Jeff Jarvis, Brad Spirrison, Andy Sernovitz, Chris Rollyson, Bruce Montgomery, David Dalka, Blagica, Sima Dahl, Barbara Rozgonyi, Beth Rosen, Amy Corin, Jen Knoedl, Leah Jones, Ron May: on top of that, they are now charging $5 admission
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- Briefly noted, by Ron May
-- Argonne partners with Chrysler, Navistar on multi-million dollar vehicle efficient projects
-- Secretary Chu Announces $187 Million to Improve Vehicle Efficiency for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Passenger Vehicles
-- Presidential Science and Engineering Awards
-- FCC ?Net Neutrality? Rules Endanger a Truly Open Internet
-- Lundin's crystal ball [Editor's note: May here. Steve put in print that Rahm would leave on December 23rd (Others, myself included, may have believe it would happen, but Lundin put it in print first, to my knowledge)]
-- Wednesday, January 27: EDC Luncheon: Penicillin? Yes. But What Have You Done For Us Lately?": Paul Sebesta, Center Director, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
-- Rescheduled Training Technology Tasting set for January 21st
-- Monday, January 25: ACG Chicago Lucheon 2010 Outlook on Middle Market M&A and Private Equity
-- Reception for Charity Event Aimed at Future Entrepreneurs: Chicago's business community: a reception for a charity that is expanding into the Chicago area from its headquarters in Houston, Texas. Prepared 4 Life works to prepare kids for life through fun, proactive and experiential programs infused with life skills, character education, and entrepreneurship Informational reception at 5 p.m. on January 20th at the offices of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
-- Thursday January 28, 2010: Seminar at Saper Law: Key Provisions of a Sales Rep Agreement
-- Michael Bolden: Small Business Valuation Specialist and Strategic Planning and Marketing
-- Marty Glotzer (5 messages)
-- Mari Hoashi Franklin
-- grant2223@comcast.net
-- Kate Baker: B2B sales campaigns that work
-- Jeff Cobi: The TMR job center
-- Charles Tillett: Employment
-- Zenah M. Khawaja, CTO, Semiautomatic Semiotics, LLC
-- Happy New Year! From Beyond If Solutions
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-- Rachel Cain: Story idea
-- Allan Cox: His blog
--- Jim Ryan is now following you on Twitter!
-- Dean DeLisle: Good seeing you last night - have a great holiday
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The Scoop section:
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Briefly noted, by Ron May
* More than $10MM has been raised through text messaging. $10 will be charged to your phone if you text "HAITI" to 90999 to The Red Cross. Many more millions have been raised elsewhere, but the texting crowd has typically been younger people.
* Zenah M. Khawaja, CTO, Semiautomatic Semiotics, LLC suggested that we might want to look at this report on patents out of Berkeley http://tinyurl.com/ycfljnr
* In going over my notes from the FCC hearings on the 21st of December, I noticed that Jack Curley was there and why not?
Jack shows up everywhere.
But he is the guy who was rejected by Mssrs. Hoch and Howerton. Terry asked me if I would pay $150K for Jack Curley. Well, as we know, I don't have $150K, but I could see them paying him $75K for part-time work and they would get some traction from that. And $75K, my guess is, is far less than they pay or paid LeAnne or Margaret Plett and it is probably what Sarah Habansky is getting, but that is just a guess.
Charles Wu and Bruce Montgomery and Joe Born and a few other ITA members were there, but nowhere do we see Fred and Terry.
* When it comes to being sick nothing is worse than neither fish nor foul. We have no idea what I have but I still have it. Last night by our rules I should have gone to the ER with a 101.9 fever. Instead I took three Tylenol. I am consistently running low grade fevers. My temp os 100.0 right now at 6:58pm.
The oxygen does help and without it I would surely be in the hospital.
But we still have three big issues.
1. A hemoglobin that keeps dropping and is at 8.3. It should be 11.5 to 13.0.
2. An INR of 7.5 which is now down to 5.59 after they cancelled my warfarin. It should be between 2.0 and 3.0. My blood is way too thin.
3. The recurring fevers.
4. Phosphorus of 1.5 when it should be at least 3.5.
I obviously have an infection but we have no growth from the cultures. So, what gives? The infection could be hidden away and not in the blood stream.
* Here is the upcoming meeting of the ChicagoBooth roundtable on January 27th. I feel sorry for the University of Chicago which continues with such actions and with no clue to violate its core values and I feel even sorrier for Todd Allen, Steve Lundin, Ellis Booker, Jeff Jarvis, Brad Spirrison, Andy Sernovitz, Chris Rollyson, Bruce Montgomery, David Dalka, Blagica, Sima Dahl, Barbara Rozgonyi, Beth Rosen, Amy Corin, Jen Knoedl with the big canoodles, Leah Jones with the big mouth, and Ron May. Who on earth is running that place? Read the special notice in the mailing below. Are these people journalists or press?
You tell me. They purport to be. I would be willing to be that every one of those people has claimed to be press at one time or another to get entrance to an event.
My point is that "no press allowed" is disingenuous and analytically unsound. It is a thinly and not very well disguised attempt to keep me out.
Anyone with a blog who writes about a particular topic is press. Anyone who distributes his or her work as Lundin and Todd Allen do is press. Anyone who purports to be an expert on a topic and distributes his or her work is press.
http://www.chicagobooth.edu/alumni/events/showEvent.aspx?eventId=1730
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This is their mailing.
Topic: Building Brand Trust: A McDonald's Perspective
Speaker: Greg Watson, Vice President of Marketing Strategy, McDonald's USA
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Time: 6:00 Registration
6:30 - 8:00 Program
8:00 - Networking and Cash Bar
Location: Gleacher Center - Room 621
Co-sponsored by the Chicago Booth Alumni Club.
Admission: $5.00 This charge is necessary to defray the cost of room rental.
Special Notice: This presentation is closed to the press.
To RSVP: Register Online
Questions? Please contact Les Stern at les@lsternmktg.com
Session Overview
It is critically important for business leaders to understand how consumers perceive their brand. McDonald's has conducted extensive research on this topic and this knowledge has helped it change consumer perceptions and strengthen its business performance.
This presentation will cover:
· Past consumer perception (GAP) scores
· Strategies put into place to address poor consumer scores
· Consumer and key stakeholder tactics to bring strategies to the marketplace
· Improved consumer perception scores
· Longer-term vision for continuous improvement of McDonald's relationship with its key consumers
This session will:
· Show you how to think beyond basis business metrics to measure business health.
· Highlight the key tactics McDonald's used to improve long held negative perceptions about the brand.
· Demonstrate how to mobilize an enterprise to adopt a philosophy of change that will benefit the organization over the long-term.
About Our Speaker
Greg Watson joined McDonald's Global Marketing in 2005 and is currently Vice President of Marketing Strategy McDonald's USA. He is responsible for stewarding the direction of the brand to ensure long-term profitable growth and the development of an enduring brand equity. Greg is also responsible for leading the evolution of the Dollar Menu brand and making sure McDonald's maintains the best value proposition in the industry.
In his role Greg helps set the direction for the brand's future by:
· helping build customer's appreciation for the quality and value of the McDonald's brand
· ensuring the marketing organization's alignment and support of the company's business priorities
· providing guidance for the allocation of McDonald's marketing resources
· defining the future of the brand's value proposition to ensure that McDonald's maintains its competitive value advantage
Prior to joining McDonald's Greg was Vice President of Marketing at Darden Restaurants where he worked on Olive Garden Italian Restaurants and Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill. Prior to working at Darden, Greg worked in marketing at The Quaker Oats Company on several widely-known brands like Chewy Granola Bars and Cap'n Crunch Cereal.
After graduating from college at Southern Illinois University with a BS in Criminal Justice, Greg was commissioned an officer in the United States Marine Corps where he flew helicopters for 6 years and attained the rank of Captain. Upon leaving the military, Greg attended business school and holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Greg has a wife and 2 children and loves running, is active in his church and serves on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chicago.
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Argonne partners with Chrysler, Navistar on multi-million dollar vehicle efficient projects
From: Hardin, Angela Y. ahardin@anl.gov
Subject: Argonne partners with Chrysler, Navistar on multi-million dollar vehicle efficient projects
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:18:46 -0600
To: 'ron@themayreport.com' ron@themayreport.com
Hi Ron,
I wanted to let you know that Argonne National Laboratory will participate in two heavy-duty and passenger vehicle projects that were awarded a combined $51.7 million. (See today's attached announcement) Specifically, Argonne will work with Navistar, Inc. to develop and demonstrate technologies to improve the combustion efficiency and waste heat recovery for Class 8, long haul "super trucks". The lab will also conduct combustion spray research for Chrysler Group LLC on an advanced engine; improved combustion can implemented on large-scale can save large amounts of fuel consumed and thereby reduce emissions. Argonne expects to receive a more than $5 million for both projects over four years. The U.S. Department of Energy will fund the projects on a cost-share basis. Please give me a call if you are interested in learning more.
Best,
Angela Y. Hardin
Media Relations Specialist
Argonne National Laboratory
Building 201, 9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Phone: (630) 252-5501
Mobile: (312) 485-2993
Fax: (630) 252-5274
E-mail: ahardin@anl.gov
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Secretary Chu Announces $187 Million to Improve Vehicle Efficiency for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Passenger Vehicles
From: DOE NEWS DOENews@HQ.DOE.GOV
Sender: DOENEWS - Office of Public Affairs DOENEWS@VM1.HQADMIN.DOE.GOV
Subject: Secretary Chu Announces $187 Million to Improve Vehicle Efficiency for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Passenger Vehicles
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:11:47 -0600
To: "DOENEWS@VM1.HQADMIN.DOE.GOV" DOENEWS@VM1.HQADMIN.DOE.GOV
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
(202) 586-4940 Monday, January 11, 2010
Secretary Chu Announces $187 Million to Improve Vehicle Efficiency for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Passenger Vehicles
Columbus, Ind. ? At an event today in Columbus, Indiana, Secretary Chu announced the selection of nine projects totaling more than $187 million to improve fuel efficiency for heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles. The funding includes more than $100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and with a private cost share of 50 percent, will support nearly $375 million in total research, development and demonstration projects across the country. The nine winners have stated their projects will create over 500 jobs, primarily researchers, engineers, and managers who will develop these new technologies. By 2015, the projects expect to create over 6,000 jobs ? many in manufacturing and assembly.
Currently, the transportation sector accounts for 28 percent of total U.S. energy use. As these vehicle technologies are adopted broadly across the country, they could save more than 100 million gallons of gasoline and diesel per day, and reduce carbon emissions from on-road vehicles by 20 percent by 2030.
?By investing Recovery dollars in next generation fuel efficient trucks here at home, we?re not only creating new job opportunities now, but helping lay a new foundation to keep American auto manufacturers competitive in the 21st century global marketplace,? said Vice President Biden. ?Through strategic public-private investments like these, the Recovery Act is helping lay the groundwork for an expansion of our clean energy economy.?
?Improving the efficiency of our vehicles is critical to reducing America?s dependence on foreign oil and addressing climate change,? said Secretary Chu. ?Today?s awards will help demonstrate the potential benefits for long-haul trucks and passenger vehicles and will play an important role in building a more sustainable transportation system for the country.?
Three projects will focus on cost-effective measures to improve the efficiency of Class 8 long-haul freight trucks by 50 percent. These projects will receive more than $115 million in funding to develop and demonstrate systems-level fuel efficiency technologies by 2015, including improved aerodynamics, reducing engine idling technologies, waste heat recovery to increase engine efficiency, advanced combustion techniques, and powertrain hybridization.
The remaining six projects totaling more than $71 million will support efforts to increase the fuel economy for passenger vehicle engines and powertrain systems. The goal is to develop engine technologies that will improve the fuel economy of passenger vehicles by 25-40 percent by 2015 using an engine-only approach.
The following projects have been selected for awards under two topic areas:
Systems Level Technology Development, Integration, and Demonstration for Efficient Class 8 Trucks (SuperTrucks)
· Cummins Inc. - $38,831,115 ? Columbus, Indiana ? Develop and demonstrate a highly efficient and clean diesel engine, an advanced waste heat recovery system, an aerodynamic Peterbilt tractor and trailer combination, and a fuel cell auxiliary power unit to reduce engine idling.
· Daimler Trucks North America, LLC - $39,559,868 ? Portland, Oregon ? Develop and demonstrate technologies including engine downsizing, electrification of auxiliary systems such as oil and water pumps, waste heat recovery, improved aerodynamics and hybridization.
· Navistar, Inc. - $37,328,933 ? Fort Wayne, Indiana ? Develop and demonstrate technologies to improve truck and trailer aerodynamics, combustion efficiency, waste heat recovery, hybridization, idle reduction, and reduced rolling resistance tires.
Advanced Technology Powertrains for Light-Duty Vehicles (ATP-LD)
· Chrysler Group LLC - $14,458,572 - Auburn Hills, Michigan ? Develop a flexible combustion system for their minivan platform based on a downsized, turbocharged engine that uses direct gasoline injection, recirculation of exhaust gases, and flexible intake air control to reduce emissions.
· Cummins Inc. - $15,000,000 - Columbus, Indiana - Develop a fuel-efficient, low emissions diesel engine that achieves a 40 percent fuel economy improvement over conventional gasoline technology and significantly exceeds 2010 EPA emissions requirements.
· Delphi Automotive Systems LLC - $7,480,572 ? Troy, Michigan ? Develop a novel low-temperature combustion system, coupled with technologies such as continuously variable valve control and engine downspeeding, to improve fuel economy by at least 25 percent.
· Ford Motor Company - $15,000,000 - Dearborn, Michigan ? Achieve a 25 percent fuel economy improvement with a gasoline engine in a 2010 mid- to large-size sedan using technologies including engine downsizing, turbo-charging, direct injection, and a novel exhaust aftertreatment system.
· General Motors Co. - $7,705,862 - Pontiac, Michigan ? Develop an engine that uses lean combustion and active heat management, as well as a novel emissions control system, to improve the fuel economy of a 2010 Malibu demonstration vehicle by 25 percent.
· Robert Bosch - $11,953,786 - Farmington Hills, Michigan ? Demonstrate a high compression, turbo-charged engine based on homogenous charge compression ignition technology (a combustion technology that allows for lower emissions and higher efficiency) to achieve up to 30 percent fuel economy improvement in a gasoline-fueled light-duty vehicle.
The lead applicant on each proposal is listed above. The final details of each award contract will be finalized in negotiations between DOE and the grantee.
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Presidential Science and Engineering Awards
From: Weiss, Rick Rick_Weiss@ostp.eop.gov
Subject: Presidential Science and Engineering Awards
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:32:04 -0500
To: Weiss, Rick Rick_Weiss@ostp.eop.gov
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
New Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20502
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2010
Contact: Rick Weiss
202 456-6037
rweiss@ostp.eop.gov
PRESIDENT HONORS OUTSTANDING EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS
Focuses on Need to Maintain World-Class Science and Engineering Workforce
Today at the White House, President Obama will honor more than 100 outstanding early career scientists - the latest winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The Award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
The President's meeting with the winners builds on the events of last week announcing an expansion of the "Educate to Innovate" campaign (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-expands-educate-innovate-campaign-excellence-science-technology-eng) and showcases his sustained focus on America's need for a world-class science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.
The Presidential Early Career Awards embody the high priority the Administration places on producing outstanding scientists and engineers to advance the nation's goals and contribute to all sectors of the economy. Nine Federal departments and agencies join together annually to nominate the most meritorious young scientists and engineers-researchers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for strengthening America's leadership in science and technology and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions.
"You have been selected for this honor not only because of your innovative research, but also for your demonstrated commitment to community service and public outreach," President Obama said in a letter to the winners to be delivered during a ceremony today. "Your achievements as scientists, engineers, and engaged citizens are exemplary, and the value of your work is amplified by the inspiration you provide to others."
The awards, established by President Clinton in February 1996, are coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President. Awardees are selected on the basis of two criteria: Pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and a commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education, or community outreach. Winning scientists and engineers receive up to a five-year research grant to further their study in support of critical government missions.
This year's recipients are:
Department of Agriculture
David H. McNear Jr., University of Kentucky and USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Dean E. Pearson, USDA, Forest Service Erica Spackman, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Department of Commerce
Craig Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Michael C. Coniglio NOAA, , National Severe Storms Laboratory
Dana H. Hanselman, NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Pamela L. Heinselman, NOAA, National Severe Storms Laboratory
Dean DeLongchamp, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Till P. Rosenband, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Department of Defense
David P. Arnold, University of Florida
Seth R. Bank, The University of Texas, Austin
Christopher W. Bielawski, The University of Texas, Austin
Elizabeth Boon, Stony Brook University
Markus J. Buehler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scott A. Craver, Binghamton University
John O. Dabiri, California Institute of Technology
Chris L. Dwyer, Duke University
Gregory S. Engel, University of Chicago
Thomas H. Epps III, University of Delaware
Gregory A. Fiete, University of Texas, Austin
Oliver Fringer, Stanford University
Anthony Grbic, University of Michigan
Carlos E. Guestrin, Carnegie Mellon University
Michael A. Hickner, The Pennsylvania State University
Michael J. Hochberg, University of Washington
Yu Huang, University of California, Los Angeles
Gregory H. Huff, Texas A&M University
Jacob L. Jones, University of Florida
Sanjay Kumar, University of California, Berkeley
Xiaoqin Li, University of Texas, Austin
Mathew M. Maye, Syracuse University
Leigh S. McCue-Weil, Virginia Polytechnic University
Beverley J. McKeon, California Institute of Technology
Anastasia H. Muliana, Texas A&M University
Ryan P. O'Hayre, Colorado School of Mines
Jiwoong Park, Cornell University
Susan E. Parks, The Pennsylvania State University
Jason R. Petta, Princeton University
Justin K. Romberg, Georgia Institute of Technology
Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts, Duke University
Benjamin R. tenOever, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Joel A. Tropp, California Institute of Technology
Derek H. Warner, Cornell University
Sharon M. Weiss, Vanderbilt University
Patrick J. Wolfe, Harvard University
Robert J. Wood, Harvard University
Tanya Zelevinsky, Columbia University
Jianglong Zhang, University of North Dakota
Xiaolin Zheng, Stanford University
Rashid Zia, Brown University
Department of Education
Nonie K. Lesaux, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Katherine A. Rawson, Kent State University
Department of Energy
Cecilia R. Aragon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gary A. Baker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Joshua A. Breslau, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Gianluigi Ciovati, Thomas Jefferson Lab National Accelerator Facility
Stefan P. Gerhardt, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Lynford L. Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jason Graetz, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jeffrey B. Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thao D. Nguyen, Johns Hopkins University
Paul Sorensen, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Alexandre M. Tartakovsky, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ivan Vitev, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Melina R. Kibbe, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and Northwestern University
Alexander H. Sox-Harris, VA Palo Alto Health Care System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Benjamin E. Smith, University of Washington
Joshua K. Willis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
Thomas P. Cappola, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Pablo A. Celnik, Johns Hopkins University
Felicia D. Goodrum, University of Arizona
Bruce J. Hinds III, University of Kentucky
Helen H. Lu, Columbia University
Ulrike Peters, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Jeremy F. Reiter, University of California, San Francisco
Marisa Roberto, The Scripps Research Institute
Erica O. Saphire, The Scripps Research Institute
Oscar E. Suman, Shriner's Hospital for Children and The University of Texas Medical Branch
Kristin V. Tarbell, The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Gonzalo E. Torres, University of Pittsburgh
National Science Foundation
Maria M. Calbi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Amy B. Cerato, University of Oklahoma
Ioannis Chasiotis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Monica F. Cox, Purdue University
Cameron R. Currie, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joel L. Dawson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jimmy de la Torre, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Roland G. Fryer Jr., Harvard University
Sean Hallgren, The Pennsylvania State University
John M. Herbert, The Ohio State University
Steven D. Jacobsen, Northwestern University
Charles R. Keeton II, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Chun Ning Lau, University of California, Riverside
Hao Lin, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Harmit S. Malik, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Rada F. Mihalcea, University of North Texas
Scott R. Sheffield, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zuzanna S. Siwy, University of California, Irvine
Adam D. Smith, The Pennsylvania State University
Joy K. Ward, University of Kansas
Note to regional reporters: For more information about, or interviews with, local winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, please contact the awardees' home institution or agency.
OSTP was created by Congress in 1976 to serve as a source of scientific and technological analysis and judgment for the President with respect to major policies, plans, and programs of the federal government. Specifically, OSTP is authorized to:
Advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the impacts of science and technology on domestic and international affairs
Lead interagency efforts to develop and implement sound science and technology policies and budgets
Work with the private sector to ensure that federal investments in science and technology contribute to economic prosperity, environmental quality, and national security
Build strong partnerships among the federal government; state and local governments; other countries; and the scientific community
Evaluate the scale, quality, and effectiveness of the federal effort in science and technology.
For more information on OSTP, visit www.ostp.gov
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Rick Weiss
Director of Strategic Communications
and Senior Science and Technology Policy Analyst
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
202 456 6037
rweiss@ostp.eop.gov
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FCC "Net Neutrality" Rules Endanger a Truly Open Internet
From: Christine Hall chall@cei.org
Subject: FCC ?Net Neutrality? Rules Endanger a Truly Open Internet
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:53:22 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com
Contact:
Christine Hall, 202-331-2258
FCC 'Net Neutrality' Rules Endanger a Truly Open Internet
Watchdog Group Warns Against Internet Regulation, Urges "Agency Neutrality" in FCC Filing
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2010 - The Federal Communications Commission is planning new rules to dictate how Internet providers can manage the information that flows over their private networks. These rules would foreclose the evolution of innovative, pro-competitive network and business models and, worse, would inject politics into the governance of Internet networks, the Competitive Enterprise Institute warned in a public comment submitted to the FCC today.
"America's challenge is not for FCC to 'do something' in the communications and Internet realm, but rather to dismantle and move beyond earlier regulatory impediments that have limited our creative freedoms in expanding infrastructure and content access," explained Wayne Crews, CEI Vice President for Policy.
The FCC's proposed net neutrality rules rest on the fallacy that government action is needed to ensure a vibrant, innovative Internet. In reality, today's Internet is as free and innovative as ever, while consumer choice among broadband providers is at an all time high. Net neutrality rules, announced late last year by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, would empower a heavily politicized federal agency to dictate the outcomes of otherwise-private disputes over network access and pricing, and will also likely extend to the content sectors now advocating the rules.
"Banning proprietary business models is just the opposite of true 'openness,'" said Crews. "The FCC seems to be forgetting that not every network has been built yet, and tomorrow's networks and business models need not resemble those that prevail today. The FCC is wrong to assume that today's politicians and regulators know what's best for companies not yet created, networks not yet deployed, and business plans not yet formulated."
Key Points to the FCC:
The "Agency Neutrality" proposed here would mean regulators must not be allowed to "discriminate" and choose sides (content over infrastructure) in any market confrontation.
At stake is less today's ground-level dispute, but, rather, the principle of proprietary control vs. the principle of collective control in the creation and management of infrastructure and communications wealth, decades hence.
When liberalizing a heavily regulated segment of a mixed economy, the gauge of the impending reform's appropriateness is simple: The body of private activity subject to regulation must decline rather than increase.
It is important to appreciate the significance of the fact that the FCC is unwilling to even affirm that it will leave "managed" and "specialized services" alone.
The deliberate conflation of competition with government-defined openness and a penchant for compulsory access (and the attendant government role in price and entry regulation) colors the entire proceeding.
Pricing and access freedom would result in a constant escalation in the basic capabilities of the network, an intensification of the "background hum" of the Internet as a whole, much as we've already witnessed without neutrality mandates interrupting the process over the past decade.
The principle of neutrality should be replaced by a new principle, that of fostering competition in the creation of networks. Today's task is one of lowering transactions costs of building infrastructure.
>View the CEI comment to the FCC
For more info on broadband policy go to cei.org/Tech and Telecom
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CEI is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest group that studies the intersection of regulation, risk, and markets. For more information about CEI, please visit our website at www.cei.org and blog, openmarket.org. Follow our twitter updates at twitter.com/ceidotorg
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Lundin's crystal ball [Editor's note: May here. Steve put in print that Rahm would leave on December 23rd (Others, myself included, may have believe it would happen, but Lundin put it in print first, to my knowledge)]
From: Big Frontier slundin@bigfrontier.org
Subject: BIGfrontier 2010 predictions: Sweet Home St. Louis for Mr. May? CEC Holiday video: must-see TV; Lundin and Booker on Marketing Nightmares: Three whole parts - Happy Holidays
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:01:37 -0600
To: claire@themayreport.com
Wednesday , December 23, 2009 Volume 10, Issue 15
Marketing Nightmares: A BIGfrontier and BtoB magazine presentation
BIGfrontier & BtoB magazine present Marketing Nightmares, a Loyola University IMC course. Pt 1
BIGfrontier's Steve Lundin and BtoB Magazine's Ellis Booker tackle the no-man's land of marketing: failure. Part one of this series covers such gaffe's as the fallout from hiring Tiger and O.J. and the debacle of New Coke. Presented at professor Sandra Kumorowski's IMC class.
BIGfrontier & BtoB magazine present Marketing Nightmares, a Loyola University IMC course. Pt 2
BIGfrontier's Steve Lundin and BtoB Magazine's Ellis Booker tackle the no-man's land of marketing: failure. Part two of this series covers Edelman's Walmarting Across America FLOG, Cartoon Network's Boston massacre, Burger King, McDonald's and George Bush's famous Mission Accomplished! What more could you ask for in a ten minute video??? Presented at professor Sandra Kumorowski's IMC class.
BIGfrontier & BtoB magazine present Marketing Nightmares, a Loyola University IMC course. Pt. 3
BIGfrontier's Steve Lundin and BtoB Magazine's Ellis Booker tackle the no-man's land of marketing: failure. Part three of this series wraps up all the lessons and presents some predictions of marketing nightmares to come. More laughs at the expense of other companies and advertising agencies can be found on the series closer Presented at professor Sandra Kumorowski's IMC class.
BIGfrontier event coverage
BIGfrontier's weekly selected event coverage wraps up the year with the CEC holiday party. We attended TechCocktail - but between the overly loud homegrown music and dim lighting the video was more annoying than interesting. We'll be checking back in with Chicago's tech community for coverage of January events. For more videos check out the BIGfrontier YouTube channel. Interested in having your event covered? Contact BIGfrontier.
BIGfrontier coverage of the 2009 Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Holiday Party
What did you miss at the 2009 CEC party? No idea - but at least we can show you what Jerry Roper and the rest of the CEC staff were up to! Check it out - video coverage of all the festivities.
BIGfrontier 2010 (Chicago) Predictions
Too much reality, man!!! Between Octomom, Jon and Kate and the heinous Heenes, could reality TV get any lower? Of course it can - how about focusing on people who actually matter. Look for this winner on Channel 9: Back in Chatham: Rolling with Roland.
The continued banning of The May Distort. Having been banned by a slew of organizations that are clearly sending Ron a Howard Beale inspired message: "we're as mad as Hell, and we're not going to take you anymore," what does 2010 hold for the town gossip? While new orgs that he hasn't yet burned still welcome him (e-factor and J. Willy's Social networking pinochle club), the remainder of the old guard may soon join the party. The tech pariah may find the welcome mat rolled up at Tech Cocktail MITef and finally, the MEF. Next stop: sweet home St. Louis?
A confederacy of gurus: What happens when several local social networking gurus get together to form a consultancy? Maybe we'll find out - but they may have a hard time convincing potential clients that real time reporting on sports, beer farts, errands and breakfast will translate into business.
PR people will begin teaching reporters how to write: As more journalists join the ranks of the unemployed they'll begin to reinvent themselves as PR people - with the conviction that they can write press releases better than those they dissed for years. Unfortunately most won't realize that PR these days involves more than just press releases, until it's too late. The next logical stop? Teaching PR.
And speaking of PR: Edelman will repeat its Walmarting across America fake blog (FLOG) debacle - only this time on Twitter, giving rise to a new term: FWEET, or fake tweet. Here's the story from BusinessWeek (nice media placement, Dick!).
The Obama administration will start shedding some of its Chicago skin: In a Summer cleaning rush prior to the midterm elections the Obama administration will toss the wild cards for a new hand. Some early casualties: Desiree Rogers and Valerie Jarrett. To jettison when the aircraft is too heavy for takeoff: Rahm Emanuel.
Oprah leaves town early: To take Rahm's job. The new Oprah & Obama show launches on Channel 9, right after Rolling with Roland.
From BLOGfrontier.org
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Wednesday, January 27: EDC Luncheon: Penicillin? Yes. But What Have You Done For Us Lately?": Paul Sebesta, Center Director, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
From: "EDC Chicago" edcchicago@ameritech.net
Subject: EDC January 27 Luncheon
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:47:59 -0600
To: "EDC Chicago" edcchicago@ameritech.net
2010 Luncheon Series - January 27th Luncheon
"Penicillin? Yes. But What Have You Done For Us Lately?"
Paul Sebesta,
Center Director
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Noon
The Tower Club, 20 North Wacker Drive, 39th Floor
Chicago, Illinois
Please join the Economic Development Council for "Penicillin? Yes. But What Have You Done For Us Lately?" A luncheon presentation by Paul Sebesta, Center Director, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
Although the discovery of penicillin and the recognition of its therapeutic potential occurred in England, did you know that the discovery of how to mass-produce the drug happened in the US - at a laboratory in Peoria, Illinois? Did you know that nearly every bottle of salad dressing contains a product developed at this same lab? How about key discoveries in the Biofuels industry?
Would you like to know more about what is going on at this local laboratory? Then please join us for our first luncheon of the New Year with Dr. Paul Sebesta, Center Director of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR).
Located in Peoria, IL, NCAUR's 36 current research (CRIS) projects are mission-driven, reflecting the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) National Research Programs. More than 250 research personnel from nearly a dozen scientific disciplines are divided into nine teams. Their charge is to use basic and applied science techniques to create ideas, knowledge and solutions for high priority national research problems
With approximately 270,000 sq. ft., NCAUR is the largest of the USDA-ARS research centers. The world renowned ARS Microbial Culture Collection is maintained at this facility. Extensive renovation, state-of-the-art instrumentation, and a modular pilot plant to facilitate commercialization ensure that NCAUR's researchers are provided with the necessary resources to fulfill the mission with which they have been charged.
Paul Sebesta earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Oklahoma State University. He began his tenure with ARS in June of 2005 and served as the director of the USDA-ARS Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center in Weslaco, Texas from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 Dr. Sebesta assumed his current position as the Director of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, IL.
The luncheon is at noon at the Tower Club, 39th floor, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago. The cost of the lunch and program is $40 for EDC members and $65 for non-members. There is no charge for EDC Corporate and Sustaining Members.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Noon
Tower Club, 20 N. Wacker Drive, 39th Floor, Chicago
Fee: M $40, NM $65
Reservations are mandatory and are made by replying to this email (edcchicago@ameritech.net), by calling our office at 773-279-8787 or prepaying online. To prepay online visit our website www.edcchicago.org or click one of the links below.
EDC MEMBERS click here to buy a ticket
http://www.edcchicago.org/ecom/2010/buy012710MEM.html
NON-MEMBERS click here to buy a ticket
http://www.edcchicago.org/ecom/2010/buy012710NON.html
This program is sponsored by K&L Gates LLP
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Rescheduled Training Technology Tasting set for January 21st
From: "Nancy Munro" nancy@knowledgeshift.net
Subject: Rescheduled Training Technology Tasting
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:32:59 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com
Ron:
We wanted to get the word out that the Training Technology Tasting event that was scheduled in December has been rescheduled for Thurs. January 21st. Here are the details below
Training Technology Tasting event, come sample some of Chicago areas most innovative training technologies paired up with a tasting beverage from Two Brothers Brewery. This event is limited to 30 people so be sure to register soon!
Featured Technologies
Mobile applications
Re-purpose your existing content for web 2.0, mobile and social networking
Technology to create customized role-playing & simulations
3D-Internet simulations and virtual worlds
New templates & tools for collaborative development teams
Why attend this event?
Exposure to new learning technologies
See real examples of how to apply new technology to business performance
Sample some Two Brothers microbrew beer (and some wine for non-beer drinkers)
When: January 21st
Time: 5:30-7:30
Where: CourseAvenue Inc. Office
3S721 West Ave
Suite 600
Warrenville, IL 60555
Contact us for more details 630-221-8759
Fee: $25 - each attendee receives $25 coupon that you can apply towards a future purchase.
Registration Link http://knowledgeshift.x-shops.com/store/home.php?cat=323
Nancy Munro, CEO
630-221-8759 office
630-747-4048 cell
http://www.knowledgeshift.net
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Monday, January 25: ACG Chicago Lucheon 2010 Outlook on Middle Market M&A and Private Equity
From: Networking networking@acgchicago.com
Sender: "Networking" networking@acgchicago.com
Subject: ACG Chicago Jan 25 Lucheon 2010 Outlook on Middle Market M&A and Private Equity
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:59:36 -0600
The response has been outstanding for this program, in just days of announcing it over 175 have already registered, so if you haven't registered yet be sure to do so ASAP for this great program and networking opportunity! Also don't forget to register for our February 24th Awards Gala - for more information on the Gala please visit our website www.ACGChicago.com
2010 Outlook
on
Middle Market M&A
and
Private Equity
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010
(note date is a Monday)
Place: The Standard Club
320 S. Plymouth Ct.
Chicago
Time: 11:30 am - 1:15 pm
Speaker
David R. Casper
Executive Managing Director & Co-Head of Investment & Corporate Banking
BMO Capital Markets
As we move out of one of the most challenging years ever for M&A and into 2010, Dave will provide his perspective on what the New Year may hold from a middle-market M&A and Private Equity standpoint. With the Dow and S&P up significantly from the lows last March, investors in both public and private equity are poised to deploy capital after spending much of 2009 focused on their existing portfolio companies. Though the economy seems to be on the road to a slow recovery, questions remain:
What impact will the vast sums of committed yet uninvested private equity capital have on PE return expectations?
How much "L" will continue to exist in LBO?
What role will continued tight credit have on M&A activity? Could it impact private equity investment exits?
Which industry sectors remain active?
What opportunities may emerge due to economic pressures?
Dave is an Executive Managing Director with BMO Capital Markets, and Co-Head of Investment & Corporate Banking. Dave joined BMO Capital Markets in 1997 with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions, private and public capital raising and general advisory services. Between 1999 and 2006 he was Co-Head of the firm's U.S. Financial Sponsors coverage efforts. Prior to joining BMO, Dave was an Executive Vice-President at Harris N.A., with responsibilities for managing corporate and investment banking in the Midwest.
A Wisconsin native and long-time Chicago resident, Dave is a graduate of Dartmouth College and obtained his Masters of Management degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Registration Fees
Upcoming Events
Members: $40.00 registered by Jan. 21st, $50.00 after Jan. 21st.
Non-Members: $55.00 - registered by Jan. 21st, $65.00 after Jan. 21st.
Register on line at www.ACGChicago.com
Cancellation Policy: All cancellations received in writing to networking@ACGChicago.com by 5pm, 1/21 will receive full credit.
Questions call 877-ACG-NETWORK (877-224-6389)
or email networking@ACGChicago.com
February 24, 2010
Award Gala Dinner
April 13, 2010
Health Care Conference - Finding Growth Opportunities in the Changing Landscape
October 19, 2010
Midwest ACG Capital Connection
Sponsors
Diamond Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
BDO Seidman, LLP
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
BMO Capital Markets
Corinthian Capital Group, LLC
Crowe Horwath
Getzler Henrich and Associates LLC
Golub Capital
Gould & Ratner LLP
Silver Sponsors
AccuVal Associates, Incorporated
Amherst Partners, LLC
Austin McGregor
Burke Warren
Huron Consulting Group
The Jordan Company
Kensington International, Inc.
Mesirow Financial
Plante & Moran, PLLP
Vedder, Price P.C.
Wells Fargo Business Credit
West Monroe Partners
Winston & Strawn LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Moglia Advisors
Tatum LLC
UHY LLP
Warady & Davis LLP
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Reception for Charity Event Aimed at Future Entrepreneurs: Chicago's business community: a reception for a charity that is expanding into the Chicago area from its headquarters in Houston, Texas. Prepared 4 Life works to prepare kids for life through fun, proactive and experiential programs infused with life skills, character education, and entrepreneurship Informational reception at 5 p.m. on January 20th at the offices of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Subject: Reception for Charity Event Aimed at Future Entrepreneurs
Date: 1/13/2010 3:35:44 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: MFurton@lockelord.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
I am writing to encourage you to tell everyone in Chicago's business community about a reception for a charity that is expanding into the Chicago area from its headquarters in Houston, Texas. Prepared 4 Life works to prepare kids for life through fun, proactive and experiential programs infused with life skills, character education, and entrepreneurship. As described in the materials attached to this email, Prepared 4 Life has designed and implemented a program called Lemonade Day that teaches children how to start, own and operate their own business - a lemonade stand, an iconic American symbol of entrepreneurship. It provides an opportunity for families, businesses, faith-based community organizations and schools to come together for a common purpose - to train the next generation of entrepreneurs through an engaging, hands-on activity that develops several different skills.
Lemonade Day has been a phenomenal success in the Houston area, where over 25,000 disadvantaged students participated in a city-wide event in 2009. To replicate this success in the Chicago area, we need leadership from the business community. We will need business leaders willing to help source corporate sponsorships, make connections to local government, and link the program to the urban schools and community organizations that will actually execute on the plan. If you have been looking for an opportunity to get involved in a charitable organization with an education and economic development mission, please join us for an informational reception at 5 p.m. on January 20th at the offices of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, 111 South Wacker Drive, 41st Floor, Chicago, IL 60606. Those who attend will meet the founders and hear more about the program so that they can decide whether to become involved.
To learn more about Lemonade Day, please visit: www.LemonadeDay.org. Hope to see you on January 20th.
//Matt
Matthew T. Furton
Partner
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
111 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
312.443.0445 Direct
312.896.6445 Fax
mfurton@lockelord.com
www.lockelord.com
Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles,
New Orleans, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, Washington DC
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Thursday January 28, 2010: Seminar at Saper Law: Key Provisions of a Sales Rep Agreement
From: Daliah Saper admin@saperlaw.com
Sender: "Daliah Saper" admin=saperlaw.com@mcsv153.net
Subject: January Seminar at Saper Law: Key Provisions of a Sales Rep Agreement
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:38:08 -0500
To: "Ron" ron@themayreport.com
Mark your Calendars!
Dear Ron ,
Register now for January's Seminar at Saper Law: Key Provisions in a Sales Rep. Agreement
Does your company manufacture, distribute, or sell products and/or services by utilizing a sales force?
Are you a sales professional, selling for a company on either a base salary plus commission basis or as an independent contractor?
Not sure what terms you should be negotiating in your sales representative agreements?
Concerned that your agreement is not comprehensive enough in case there is a dispute?
January's seminar at Saper Law focuses on the topic of Sales Representative Agreements. Daliah Saper, Principal Attorney at Saper Law, will lead the presentation using case studies and sample contracts. Her discussion will address payment and commission structures, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, territorial and geographical boundaries, intellectual property ownership, as well as the Illinois Sales Representative Act.
Details:
Thursday January 28, 2010
Saper Law Offices, LLC
500 N. Dearborn, Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60654
Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Cost $15 with online registration: http://salesrep.eventbrite.com
$25 at the door
$5.00 to watch the live webcast
Lunch will be provided
January's seminar at Saper Law is a must-attend for any company or individual involved in sales. Sign up today before space runs out!
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Michael Bolden: Small Business Valuation Specialist and Strategic Planning and Marketing
From: Michael Bolden mbolden@chathamchicago.com
Subject: [Fwd: Consultant Who Spoke With You Yesterday Via Phone]
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:59:19 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Consultant Who Spoke With You Yesterday Via Phone
From: "Michael Bolden" <mbolden@chathamchicago.com>
Date: Thu, January 14, 2010 11:48 am
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Ron,
Thanks for taking the time out to talk with me yesterday. I enjoyed
speaking with you. As we discussed, here are the two descriptions of the
two services that I want to put in the May Report.
1. Small Business Valuation Specialist - My team performs valuations for
small businesses which allows them to understand their true value in a
concrete dollar amount. This allows a business receive top dollar when
ownership wants to exit (sell), and to operate more effectively if
continuing in the business. It allows the owner to allocate resources to
particular projects more efficiently and to understand growth effectively.
2. Strategic Planning and Marketing - My team helps companies use
effective strategies to plan for increasing revenue and differentiating
product or service offerings. We help companies develop off-line and
on-line marketing strategies and implement the tactics with them to reach
and grow customer bases.
Ron, please give me a time when I can call you to talk about the best way
raise awareness of my services.
Thanks,
Michael
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Marty Glotzer (5 messages)
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#1: From: mglotz@aol.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/12/2010: A very quick report: Adams Street Partners mou...
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:14:26 EST
To: ron@themayreport.com
Martin Glotzer is speaking at Walgreens annual shareholder meeting Navy Pier 2:00 on wed 13th
In a message dated 1/12/2010 6:17:51 A.M. Central Standard Time, ron@themayreport.com writes:
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#2: From: mglotz@aol.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/12/2010: A very quick report: Adams Street Partners mou...
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:13:19 EST
To: ron@themayreport.com
what about Evanston Tec FTF annual on wed. the 13th are you going to be there""???? martin glotzer
In a message dated 1/12/2010 6:17:51 A.M. Central Standard Time, ron@themayreport.com writes:
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#3: From: MGlotz@aol.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/08/2010: Ophir Frieder, star comp. sci. prof. at IIT, b...
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 08:04:55 EST
To: ron@themayreport.com
Walgreens annual share meeting Navy Pier Jan 13th 2:00 get your annual vitimins
In a message dated 1/8/2010 7:23:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, ron@themayreport.com writes:
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#4: From: MGlotz@aol.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/08/2010: Ophir Frieder, star comp. sci. prof. at IIT, b...
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 08:03:40 EST
To: ron@themayreport.com
there is NO END to your report. Annual Evanston Tec FTF event at Harris Bank Evanston on Jan 13th Martin Glotzer of the Fred Smart Connectivity Group plans to attend with Fred Smart, thanks bring the CANE
In a message dated 1/8/2010 7:23:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, ron@themayreport.com writes:
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#5: From: mglotz@aol.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 12/14/2009: Six events last week, too many stories: Bettr...
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:53:38 EST
To: ron@themayreport.com
Ron May Martin Glotzer of the Fred Smart Connectivity group says your BIGGER than ITA keep going
In a message dated 12/14/2009 12:46:29 P.M. Central Standard Time, ron@themayreport.com writes:
To view this email as a web page, go here.
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Mari Hoashi Franklin
From: Mari Hoashi Franklin mari@lumatila.com
Subject: RE: The May Report: 1/12/2010: Advanced Equities faces its greatest challenge to date; Groupon has one year anniversary party at Carnivale which draws 400; In praise of oxygen or what a difference a day makes!
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:38:10 -0600
To: 'The May Report' ron@themayreport.com
Welcome home, Ron! I'm glad that you are feeling better and pray for your continued vim and vigor!
Mari Hoashi Franklin
Principal
Lumatila LLC: Lighting Your Technology Way
25725 N Oak Creek Circle, Barrington, IL 60010
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grant2223@comcast.net
From: grant2223@comcast.net
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/12/2010: Advanced Equities faces its greatest challenge to date; Groupon has one year anniversary party at Carnivale which draws 400; In praise of oxygen or what a difference a day makes!
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:13:14 +0000 (UTC)
To: The May Report ron@themayreport.com
God Bless Ron!
----- Original Message -----
From: "The May Report" <ron@themayreport.com>
To: grant2223@comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:44:42 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: The May Report: 1/12/2010: Advanced Equities faces its greatest challenge to date; Groupon has one year anniversary party at Carnivale which draws 400; In praise of oxygen or what a difference a day makes!
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Kate Baker: B2B sales campaigns that work
From: Kate Baker kate@newscenery.com
Subject: re: The May Report
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:20:47 -0700
To: Ron@themayreport.com
Mr. May,
Our B2B clients like The May Report are starting off the New Year with resolutions. If you want to join them--in resolving to increase ROI on the sales function, while accelerating the sales cycle and gaining new customers--we can help.
In today's market, New Scenery's experienced sales teams are producing, and our clients are meeting their revenue goals.
Our direct sales campaigns are performance-paid, and our results are guaranteed.
To learn about B2B sales campaigns that work, read more at http://www.newscenery.com/direct_sales.php. These all-inclusive, no-strings sales projects can be customized to meet The May Report's current sales requirements--in less than three weeks.
Send me an email to schedule a 15 minute conversation--or just give me a call at 505-265-9786.
I'd be happy to discuss what New Scenery can do for The May Report.
Regards,
Kate
Kate Baker, CEO
New Scenery, LLC
505-265-9786 direct
kate@newscenery.com
PS- I pride myself on reaching out personally to good prospects. However, if you are not interested in discussing your business, and would never want to do business with New Scenery in the future, that's perfectly fine. Please help us to be effective by telling me that you want to be taken off our list--I'll be happy to take your name out of my address book.
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Jeff Cobi: The TMR job center
From: Jeff Cobi jeff.cobi@gmail.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/12/2010: Advanced Equities faces its greatest challenge to date; Groupon has one year anniversary party at Carnivale which draws 400; In praise of oxygen or what a difference a day makes!
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:52:35 -0600
To: The May Report <ron@themayreport.com>
Hi Ron,
After clicking on the Job Center tab on your web page, I was prompted by a password box. How do I go about acquiring a password so that I may post my resume?
--
Best,
Jeff C.
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Charles Tillett: Employment
From: Charles Tillettchastill@gmail.com
Subject: Employment
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:39:11 -0800
To: <ron@themayreport.com>
I am looking for legitimate,honest work online on my computer at home. I have about 10 years experience on the internet and i am computer literate. Im a recently retired Federal Employee of 24 years. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Please no pay for work or scams. Resume furnished on request or will apply online.
Thank You
Charles Tillett
Slidell,La. 70458
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Zenah M. Khawaja, CTO, Semiautomatic Semiotics, LLC
From: Zenah M. Khawaja zkhawaja@comcast.net
Subject: I'm not unsubscribing... & Fwd: Berkeley Patent Survey
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:36:24 +0000 (UTC)
To: Ron May <ron@themayreport.com>
...entirely. I am currently getting duplicates so was removing the "extra" email address from your list.
On another note, the following message & corresponding attachment may be of interest to you & your readership.
Best regards,
Zenah
Zenah M. Khawaja, CTO
Semiautomatic Semiotics, LLC
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Happy New Year! From Beyond If Solutions
From: Terry Doheny terry@beyondifsolutions.com
Sender: "Terry Doheny" <terry@beyondifsolutions.com>
Subject: Happy New Year! From Beyond If Solutions.
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:30:38 -0600
To: "'Terry Doheny'" terry@beyondifsolutions.com
http://www.templatezone.com/App/HIE4/US-English/images/New_Years_Cheer_Gree
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Wishing you a happy, healthy
and prosperous 2010!
Beyond If Solutions
http://www.beyondifsolutions.com> www.beyondifsolutions.com
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Happy Holidays and a Happy and Prosperous Year from abcNetSolutions!
From: Ken Chirica kencc@abcnetsolutions.com
Subject: Happy Holidays and a Happy and Prosperous Year from abcNetSolutions!
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:08:43 -0600
Wishing you Happy Holidays
and a Happy and Prosperous Year 2010!
May all your wishes come true!
Regards,
Ken Chirica
abcNetSolutions
data management solutions
for small businesses
www.abcNetSolutions.com
Office: 888.268.0265 ext. 2
Fax: 847.748.8242
Cell: 847.609.2228
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Rachel Cain: Story idea
From: Rachael Cain onehouseinc@me.com
Subject: Story Idea
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:28:35 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com
Dear Ron,
I met you at our forum for Youth Communication Chicago. I am Board President at the organization.
I would like to speak to you about an intellectual property issue, for electronic music distribution that is involved in an unfortunate fraud, and racketeering. When is a good time to have a conversation?
Thanks,
Rachael Cain
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Allan Cox: His blog
From: allan@allancox.com allan@allancox.com
Subject: my blog
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:23:31 -0600
To: Allan Cox <allan@allancox.com>
Greetings@Christmas,
Lo and behold, while going to Google for something else, I ran into an academic review published last year on Your Inner CEO. Given the title of my blog, I thought it appropriate to publish it there and that you might enjoy seeing it.
Here?s the link: http://yourinnerceo.blogspot.com
While you?re there, take in a poem or book review or tweet or two. No ordinary business blog this! Of course, I?d love for you to subscribe if it intrigues you at all.
Let me take this opportunity to wish you and those you love the most joyous of holiday seasons.
Allan
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-Jim Ryan is now following you on Twitter!
From: Twitter twitter-follow-ron=themayreport.com@postmaster.twitter.com
Subject: Jim Ryan is now following you on Twitter!
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:01:48 +0000
To: ron@themayreport.com
Hi, Ron May.
Jim Ryan (JimRyan2010) is now following your tweets on Twitter.
A little information about Jim Ryan:
406 followers
287 tweets
following 493 people
You may follow Jim Ryan as well by clicking on the "follow" button on their profile.If you believe Jim Ryan is engaging in abusive behavior on Twitter, you may report Jim Ryan for spam.
Jim Ryan may not appear in your follower list. Jim Ryan may have decided to stop following you, or the account may have been suspended for a Terms of Service violation.
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Dean DeLisle: Good seeing you last night - have a great holiday
From: Dean DeLisle dean@forwardprogress.net
Subject: good seeing you last night - have a great holiday
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:28:47 -0600
To: Ron May ron@themayreport.com
Ron,
Glad to see your health is better - hope you have a great holiday season!
And.....get a blog up soon - you have some great stuff!
Dean
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Dean DeLisle, RCC
Forward Progress, Inc.
"Growing Your Business Beyond the Vision"
Phone (219) 365-0366
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Burr Ridge Medical Center Under Construction
From: Biondo, Frank fbiondo@rejournals.com
Subject: Burr Ridge Medical Center Under Construction; Ryan Companies US, Inc. Constructing MOB for Sterling Bay Companies; Loyola University Health System to Serve as Anchor Tenant
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:23:18 -0600
To: Millar, Michael mmillar@rejournals.com
Cc: "Millar, Michael" mmillar@rejournals.com
Please see attached press release announcing Burr Ridge Medical Center Under Construction; Ryan Companies US, Inc. Constructing MOB for Sterling Bay Companies; Loyola University Health System to Serve as Anchor Tenant.
Frank E. Biondo
415 N. State St.?Chicago, IL 60654
P: 312-644-7168 F: 312-416-1864
fbiondo@rejournals.com
www.rejournals.com
FOR RELEASE
Burr Ridge Medical Center Under Construction;
Ryan Companies US, Inc. Constructing MOB for Sterling Bay Companies;
Loyola University Health System to Serve as Anchor Tenant
Naperville, Ill. (January 12, 2010)-Ground was broken and construction has begun on the three-story Burr Ridge Medical Center at 6800 North Frontage Road in west suburban Burr Ridge. The Chicago office of Ryan Companies US, Inc., located in Naperville, is building the 105,575-square-foot medical office building at Interstate 55 and County Line Road on behalf of the developer, Sterling Bay Companies. The lead tenant in the building will be Loyola University Health System.
The official groundbreaking ceremony for Burr Ridge Medical Center was Thursday, Jan. 7. The core and shell of the building will be completed by September 2010. Loyola University Health System will take occupancy of its space on the first two floors of the building in February 2011.
Burr Ridge Medical Center sits on a site of +/- 7.0 acres. The building will feature a dramatic three-story atrium with a grand staircase and floor plates of 33,700 square feet. It is being constructed of architectural pre-cast and curtain wall glazing. Included on the site is parking for 416 automobiles.
"This is an exciting project for Ryan Companies and continues to showcase our abilities in the construction of medical office buildings and related projects," Robert Wehner, team leader, Ryan Companies US, Inc., said. "It demonstrates the continued viability of well-located, well-conceived medical office projects like Sterling Bay's Burr Ridge Medical Center."
In addition to Ryan Companies, which is serving as the project manager and constructing the building, and Sterling Bay Companies, the developer, the development team consists of Proteus Group, architect and mechanical and electrical engineer; Lindsay & Associates, Inc., structural engineer; Jacob & Hefner Associates, Inc., civil engineer; and David R. McCallum Associates, Inc., landscape architect.
Sterling Bay's project team includes Scott Goodman and Andy Gloor, principals, and Patrick O'Connor, project manager. Ryan's team consists of Robert Wehner, team leader, and Eric Abrams, project manager.
Burr Ridge Medical Center-Add One
In the last five years, Ryan's Chicago office has been involved in the development and construction of 500,000 square feet of medical office and related projects across the country, including notable projects in Wisconsin and Iowa. One of the most notable projects in the area completed by Ryan is the three-building, 140,000-square-foot Community Memorial Medical Campus complex in Menomonee Falls, Wisc., a suburb of Milwaukee.
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About Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Ryan Companies US, Inc., a nationally recognized design-builder, developer and real estate manager, has specialized in providing fully integrated solutions for more than 70 years. Ryan is currently ranked 76th in Engineering News-Record's (ENR's) list of Top 400 Contractors. In its first 10 years of operation, Ryan's Midwest Division (based in Chicago) has completed over $1 Billion in projects for customers such as Deere & Company, Isle of Capri, Target Corporation, Dominick's, C. H. Robinson and Froedtert & Community Health. In addition to its Chicago office, Ryan has offices in Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa, Phoenix and Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa.
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Escape to Paradise with Execulife at Trader Vic's, Thursday, January 21st from 6:00PM-8:30PM
From: Mary McFarlin mary.mcfarlin@gmail.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/12/2010: A very quick report: Adams Street Partners mourns the sudden passing of our friend and colleague, David S. Timson, at the age of 56; Credit Card Act 2009; Argonne Scientist Ron Shepard Named AAAS Fellow
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:41:21 -0600
To: The May Report ron@themayreport.com
Hi Ron
Would you add this to your list?
Escape to Paradise with Execulife at Trader Vic's
When: Thursday, January 21st from 6:00PM-8:30PM
Where: Trader Vic's (1030 N State Street)
Cost: $20 for Execulife Members / $30 for Non-members ($30 at the door for everyone) - use promo code 'LINC' to receive $5 off the ticket price
Description: Escape to paradise with Execulife at Trader Vic's on Thursday, January 21st. Expect only the very best: enjoy blackjack with Horseshoe Casino, indulge in services provided by local spas/salons, participate in our first class raffle/silent auction and of course, two and a half full hours of OPEN sponsored bar featuring a variety of tropical cocktails, and tasty appetizers. Some of the premium beverages will include PAMA Pomegranite Liqueur, Hpnotiq, FUZE, Burnett's Sweet Tea vodka, Gosling's rum and more. You can always count on Execulife to bring you the best networking at the best venues in Chicago! We look forward to seeing you on January 21st!
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Jeffrey Meredith: Greenwald takes aim at granting anonymity -- You won't be happy to read any of this because it brings your own methods into question
From: Jeffrey Meredith jeffmere@gmail.com
Subject: Greenwald takes aim at granting anonymity -- You won't be happy to read any of this because it brings your own methods into question
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:28:13 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com
The fundamental unreliability of America's media
By Glenn Greenwald
Consider the record of the American media over the last two weeks alone. Justin Elliott of TPM documents how an absolute falsehood about the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing -- that Abdulmutallab purchased a "one-way ticket" to the U.S., when it was actually a round-trip ticket -- has been repeated far and wide by U.S. media outlets as fact. Two weeks ago, Elliott similarly documented how an equally false claim from ABC News -- that two of the Al Qaeda leaders behind that airliner attack had been released from Guantanamo -- became entrenched as fact in media reports (at most, it was one, not two). This week, Dan Froomkin chronicles how completely discredited claims about Guantanamo recidivism rates continue to be uncritically "reported" by The New York Times and then inserted into our debates as fact.
As I documented two weeks ago, government claims about which "top Al Qeada fighters" were killed by our airstrikes turn out to be untrue far more often than not, yet are always mindlessly featured by our media, ensuring little questioning of those actions; and now, at least two of the three Top Terrorists claimed to have been killed by our recent airstrikes in Yemen -- and possibly all three -- are quite likely alive. As Greg Sargent writes, one of the most provocative and inflammatory claims of the trashy Halperin/Heilmann gossip book -- that Bill Clinton told Ted Kennedy that Obama would have been "getting us coffee" just a couple years earlier -- is not only completely unsourced (like virtually every one of their sleazy claims), but also "paraphrased."
Aside from falsity -- and the fact that they become irreversibly lodged in our political culture as fact -- what do all of these deceitful reports have in common? They're all the by-product of granting anonymity to people and then repeating what they claim as fact, with the falsehood-disseminators protected by "journalists" from any and all accountability for their falsehoods. It's exactly the same process that caused our leading media outlets to tell Americans about Iraq's massive WMD program and Al Qaeda connections; Jessica Lynch's heroic firefight with inhumane Iraqi devils and her "rescue" by our Marines; Pat Tillman's death at the hands of Al Qaeda monsters; and government tests that "confirmed" the presence of bentonite in the anthrax used to attack the U.S., which meant it was likely that Saddam was behind the attacks.
Unjustified anonymity -- especially when mindlessly repeating what shielded government sources claim in secret -- is the single greatest enabler of false and deceitful "reporting." Despite (or, really, because of) its unparalelled record of producing lies, it will never stop, because agreeing to it is how "journalists" end up being selected as favored message-carrying servants for the powerful. This falsehood-producing method isn't ancillary to American journalism but central to it; the book which is occupying the attention of America's political and media class is based exclusively on unattributed, shielded sources, and that seems to bother none of them.
None of the falsehoods documented here will ever lead to any accountability, because the identity of the falsehood-producers will be shielded by their loyal journalist-servants, and the journalists themselves will simply claim that they wrote what they did because their hidden sources told them to. That's not only the effect, but the intent, of the central method of American journalism: to disseminate outright falsehoods to the American public and ensure that neither the liars nor their loyal message-carriers ever face any consequences or even reputational loss. Anonymity is so common that "reporters" barely even bother any longer to explain why it's justified, notwithstanding numerous policies of media outlets requiring exactly that explanation. As the use of anonymity has escalated rapidly, so, too, has the pervasiveness of outright falsehoods and the inherent unreliability of much of what the American media "reports." Lying is so much easier -- and thus so much more common -- when you get to do it while remaining hidden.
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Flex | Web Designer | GUI Developer | Remedy | Powerbuilder | SQL BI | DBA | SAN Admin | Qa Lead
From: Sriman N sriman@svksystems.com
Sender: maildelivery@mailsonics.com
Subject: Flex | Web Designer | GUI Developer | Remedy | Powerbuilder | SQL BI | DBA | SAN Admin | Qa Lead
Date: 15 Jan 2010 12:51:36 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com
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Purdue U. students inspire latest in wire-free power
From: Kara Dullea kara@detailsdm.com
Subject: Purdue U. students inspire latest in wire-free power.
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:45:33 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com
LAS VEGAS, (January 6, 2010) -- Thanks to a group of Purdue University students, business travelers, college students and other on-the-go wireless users will soon have a way to charge their laptops, cell phones, Kindles and iPods without the hassle of carrying around individual chargers.
Introduced this week at CES 2010 in Las Vegas, the Power Station© is a 10? x 2? lightweight strip made of ABS plastic that fits easily into a briefcase or backpack. Plug its hidden cord into any standard electrical outlet and it?s ready to charge a laptop, cell phone, iPod or any other wireless device all at once, saving time and energy.
Power Station developer ? WiProwess ? will introduce the concept prototype at CES to a variety of power manufacturers who are eager to feed consumer demand for convenient, portable wire-free power products. The Power Station was conceived from a study conducted earlier this fall among students at Purdue University where students lamented about the lack of power outlets in dorm rooms, campus libraries and other common areas. While they lauded the convenience of the wire-free charging pads and receiving constellations they were testing, most students agreed the set did not have enough portability or the capability to charge a laptop in addition to their other wireless devices. By incorporating WildCharge?s wire-free power, three AC-outlets and three USB ports into a narrow, lightweight charging strip, WiProwess was able to provide convenience, portability and energy savings into one, simple charging unit.
?WiProwess is constantly pursuing new integrations for the fast-growing wire-free power market,? explains WiProwess Principal and CEO, Craig Kinley. ?The Power Station stemmed from such a simple concept yet has the power to revolutionize the market because it?s the first practical, portable device for laptop users.?
At first glance, the Power Station looks much like a power strip. Made with lightweight ABS plastic, the 10?L x 2?H x 2.3?W Power Station has a retractable flat bottom surface that neatly keeps the power cord hidden when not in use. Gently pull the bottom from its base, unwind the power cord and it?s ready to plug in. In its retracted state, the base is sturdy enough to hold the Power Station upright, accommodating oversized power cords. The prototype design model is white with orange piping, although other colors and features can be custom designed.
The Power Station uses WildCharge Technology in the charging strip and receiving constellations. WiProwess is a premier design and integration partner with PureEnergy Solutions, the leaders in wire-free power technology and developers of the WildCharge Technology. PureEnergy will also be showing its newest, award-winning reference designs at the 2010 CES (South Hall #30355).
?PureEnergy is excited to partner with companies like WiProwess that use our WildCharge technology in new and innovative ways,? said Mike Reynolds, vice president of marketing and sales operations for PureEnergy Solutions. ?They are an important licensing partner for us and we support the launch of their product at the 2010 International CES.?
Energy Savings
The Power Station contains one AC-power cord that plugs into any standard wall outlet. Through this single power source, users are able to plug three different electronic items (such as three laptops) into the Power Station via the AC-outlets and also place three smaller mobile devices (such as a cell phone, MP3 player and wireless reader) into the three USB ports or on the charging strip with a WildCharge receiving constellation. This allows for continuous charging of all items while using the energy of just one. It is particularly convenient when used in group settings, such as business meetings or student study groups.
For information on the Power Station and other wire-free power design developments, contact WiProwess Principal/CEO Craig Kinley at (616) 308-9741 or ckinley@wiprowess.com.
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