January 12, 2010

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Scoop section:

— Adams Street Partners mourns the sudden passing of our friend and colleague,
David S. Timson, at the age of 56
— Tuesday, Jan. 12: LES, Prof. Rod Shrader
University of Illinois at Chicago
MMPe Technologies- Winner of the 2009 C2V Competition
— Joe Zingher: Credit Card Act 2009
— Wednesday, Jan. 13th: Luncheon Briefing on Energy Efficiency Goals for the
Greater Chicago Area
— Argonne Scientist Ron Shepard Named AAAS Fellow

[Editor's note: May here. I am late for dialysis and they will be ticked, but
that LES meeting sounds interesting and I wanted to get the notice out. Groupon
had a one year anniversary party last Thursday night which drew 400 at
Carnivale on Randolph. More on that in the next report.]
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The Scoop section:
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Adams Street Partners mourns the sudden passing of our friend and colleague,
David S. Timson, at the age of 56

From: Diehl, Jeffrey JDiehl@AdamsStreetPartners.com
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:29:35 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com ron@themayreport.com

Adams Street Partners mourns the sudden passing of our friend and colleague,
David S. Timson, at the age of 56. We will cherish the fond memories from
Dave’s 24 years of service with our organization. In addition to being a loving
husband and devoted father, he was a valued partner and a savvy investor with
an uncanny knack for adding levity to any situation. It is a privilege to have
been associated with a man of Dave’s caliber. We will miss him dearly.

www.adamsstreetpartners.com/people/timson.aspx

Ron – Please pass the above along to your readers.
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Tuesday, Jan. 12: LES, Prof. Rod Shrader
University of Illinois at Chicago
MMPe Technologies- Winner of the 2009 C2V Competition

From: “LES Chicago Chapter”
Sender: “LES Chicago Chapter”
Subject: Jan 12 LES Chapter Meeting: Online Registration Ends Today
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:41:07 -0500
To: “Ron” ron@themayreport.com

LES Chicago Chapter Meeting

DATE & TIME
Tuesday, January 12
11:45 AM

SPEAKER
Professor Rod Shrader
University of Illinois at Chicago
MMPe Technologies- Winner of the 2009 C2V Competition

MMPe Technologies’ biologically controlled drug delivery system
releases chemotherapy directly to tumor sites.

DESCRIPTION
The first Chicago Chapter meeting of the New Year will be a presentation by
Professor Rod Shrader, Director of the Concept 2Venture(r) program at the
University of Illinois at Chicago and the winners of the 2009 C2V competition.
This nationally recognized business plan program includes many aspects of
licensing as an integral component of a business plan.

LOCATION
Maggiano’s Little Italy
(Banquet Facilities)
111 W. Grand Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
(312) 644-7700

Click here for detailed information and online registration

January 12 Chicago Chapter Meeting

DATE & TIME
Tuesday, January 12
11:45 AM

SPEAKER
Professor Rod Shrader
University of Illinois at Chicago
MMPe Technologies- Winner of the 2009 C2V Competition

MMPe Technologies’ biologically controlled drug delivery system
releases chemotherapy directly to tumor sites.

DESCRIPTION
The first Chicago Chapter meeting of the New Year will be a presentation by
Professor Rod Shrader, Director of the Concept 2Venture(r) program at the
University of Illinois at Chicago and the winners of the 2009 C2V competition.
This nationally recognized business plan program includes many aspects of
licensing as an
integral component of a business plan.

LOCATION
Maggiano’s Little Italy
(Banquet Facilities)
111 W. Grand Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
(312) 644-7700

REGISTRATION
$40: Online by January 11
$45: On-site
$20: Student (online & on-site)

Online Registration Deadline: January 11, 4 PM
On-site Registration Available

CANCELLATION POLICY
No refunds after January 11
Substitutions are permitted

EVENT CONTACT
Priscilla Gallagher
LES Chicago Chapter Chair
(312) 775-8121
www.lesusacanada.org/chicago/jan
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Joe Zingher: Credit Card Act 2009

From: Joe Zingher jpzingher@gmail.com
Subject: Credit Card Act 2009
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:59:31 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com

Section 508 of the Credit Card Act of 2009,
www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-627, directs
the Federal Trade Commission, the Attorney General and the Secret
Service to do a report on violent ATM crimes, emergency PINs and panic
buttons. That report is due out no later than Februay 21st. I was
recently interviewed by the FTC for this report. This report will be
different. In the past, whenever a report was done on the problem,
they all reported that violent ATM crimes are not tracked by the
police, but should be. Over the last year, police departments all
over the country have made a slight change in their methodology that
exposes not only recent ATM crimes, but crimes going back as far as
the start of the ATM industry. Here’s how. By overlaying a master
list of ATM addresses against the crime codes for murder, abduction,
robbery, carjacking, home invasion, rape and missing persons where
foul play is suspected, any crime statistician can go back through the
files and pull up every violent crime where an ATM is involved. It
looks like 400 confirmed murder cases each year for the last 15 years,
but for every confirmed murder, two people permanently disappear,
under suspicious circumstances and the last clue to their whereabouts
is a series of ATM withdrawals leading out of the area. It appears
that the banking lobby was overreaching because of their misplaced
confidence that they could always keep the problem hidden. Obviously,
the business premises liability issues will predominate in this
matter. A great deal of misinformation has been spread about Zi Cubed
and the ATM SafetyPIN System and I predict that this misinformation
will now end up being revisited, e.g.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4086277/ and
www.obre.state.il.us/agency/news/atmrpt.htm

Joe Zingher
Gurnee, IL
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Wednesday, Jan. 13th: Luncheon Briefing on Energy Efficiency Goals for the
Greater Chicago Area

From: Richard Sawyers rsawyers@kearnswest.com
Subject: Luncheon Briefing (1/13) on Energy Efficiency Goals for the Greater
Chicago Area
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:13:45 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com

Ronald

As household budgets continue to tighten, the need to take control of
ever-increasing energy bills grows. Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) and the
Institute for Electric Efficiency invite you to attend a luncheon briefing to
learn about ComEd?s new energy efficiency plans and programs, including ComEd?s
smart meter pilot program, now underway in a dozen suburban Chicago communities.

The luncheon briefing will begin at 10:00 am on Wednesday, January 13, in the
Renaissance Room, 5th floor, InterContinental Hotel, 505 N. Michigan Avenue,
Chicago.

Anne Pramaggiore, President and COO of ComEd will be leading a panel discussion
on energy efficiency, featuring electric utility executives from the Midwest
and the Ford Motor Company, which is working alongside utilities to promote
plug-in electric vehicles. The panel discussion will focus on:

? Energy efficiency?s increasingly important role for the nation: creating
jobs, saving energy, reducing bills, and reducing carbon emissions;
? How the electric utility industry?s experience, customer relationships, and
capability to integrate efficiency with other long-term electric planning tools
make utilities uniquely positioned to help the nation achieve ambitious
economic and environmental goals.

Following the panel discussion, you are invited to enjoy lunch in the
technology exhibit area where they will have the opportunity to meet with and
interview utility executives and find out more about their smart meters,
in-home energy displays, and other smart gadgets and utility efficiency
programs.

Seating for the Institute for Electric Efficiency luncheon briefing is limited.
Please respond to this email or call 202-535-7800 to reserve your spot.

Thank you,

Richard

Richard Sawyers
For Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
(202) 535-7800

(The Institute for Electric Efficiency (www.edisonfoundation.net/iee) is
dedicated to advancing energy-efficiency practices and demand response from
electric utilities. Its members represent approximately 70% of the U.S.
electric power industry.)
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Argonne Scientist Ron Shepard Named AAAS Fellow

From: Brock Cooper bcooper@anl.gov
Subject: Argonne Scientist Named AAAS Fellow
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:50:54 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com

Hello Ronald,

Argonne scientist Ron Shepard has been named a fellow of the prestigious
American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Shepard develops methods that describe the quantum mechanical behavior of the
electrons in molecular systems.His computer codes are used to predict chemical
reaction rates, branching ratios, product yields, equilibrium constants,
spectroscopic constants and other properties of chemical interest for
hydrocarbon combustion and atmospheric chemical reactions, particularly those
involving highly reactive radical intermediates.

For photo visit www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2010/news100106.html

For more information,contact me at 630-252-5565 or bcooper@anl.gov.

Brock Cooper

Media Relations Specialist

Argonne National Laboratory

(630) 252-5565

bcooper@anl.gov

Contact: Brock Cooper
(630) 252-5565
bcooper@anl.gov
For immediate release

Argonne researcher named 2009 AAAS Fellow

ARGONNE, Ill. (Jan. 6, 2010) – Ron Shepard of the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a
Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers because of their
scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its
applications.
As part of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division at Argonne, Shepard
was honored for his distinguished contributions in the field of computational
and theoretical chemistry-particularly the development of new ab initio
electronic structure methods.
Shepard develops methods that describe the quantum mechanical behavior of the
electrons in molecular systems.
His computer codes are used to predict chemical reaction rates, branching
ratios, product yields, equilibrium constants, spectroscopic constants and
other properties of chemical interest for hydrocarbon combustion and
atmospheric chemical reactions, particularly those involving highly reactive
radical intermediates.
This year, 531 members have been named Fellows of AAAS. New Fellows will be
presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing
science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on February 20 at the AAAS
Fellows Forum during the 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Diego.

The tradition of AAAS Fellows began in 1874. Currently, members can be
considered for the rank of Fellow if nominated by the steering groups of the
Association’s 24 sections, or by any three Fellows who are current AAAS members
(so long as two of the three sponsors are not affiliated with the nominee’s
institution), or by the AAAS chief executive officer.
Each steering group then reviews the nominations of individuals within its
respective section and a final list is forwarded to the AAAS Council, which
votes on the aggregate list.
The Council is the policymaking body of the association, chaired by the AAAS
president, and consists of the members of the board of directors, the retiring
section chairs, delegates from each electorate and each regional division and
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