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COMMERCIALIZING SBIR/STTR Companies
$12 million, 50+ deserving projects
START, a nationally-recognized program, helps high growth companies expand local employment opportunities, promote local manufacturing and commercialization, and stimulate innovation across the Commonwealth.
The SBIR Targeted Technologies (START) program helps growing Massachusetts-based companies commercialize technologies developed under SBIR and STTR contracts. The START program plays an important role in powering Massachusetts' Innovation Economy. Since the program's founding in 2012, START has:
The MassVentures START program was initiated in 2012 to assist Massachusetts-based companies in commercializing technologies developed under SBIR and STTR contracts.
Each year, the programs awards:
A new crop of Stage I candidates every year perpetuates the cycle.
The application and selection process for 2016 START Stage I grants will proceed on the schedule outlined below. The following dates are subject to change at the discretion of MassVentures so applicants are encouraged to check this website frequently for updates.
*Please note changes for May 5 – May 27, 2016*
March 1, 2016: RFP available for Stage I applications
March 16, 2016: Information session for prospective Stage I applicants via conference call
April 4, 2016: Stage I application deadline
May 9, 2016 (originally May 5, 2016): Invitations to present issued to those Stage I applicants selected as finalists
May 17, 2016 (originally May 13, 2016): Deadline for additional diligence materials to be submitted by presenting Stage I finalists
May 24, 2016 (originally May 20, 2016): Stage I finalist presentations to Stage I judging panel
May 27, 2016 (originally May 23, 2016): Preliminary notification of Stage I grant winners (awards subject to completion of diligence and contracts)
Please do not submit any applications until after the 2016 Start Stage I Request For Proposals is issued. Applications submitted before the RFP is issued will not be accepted.
Applications submitted after the application deadline will not be accepted. Applications and all other supporting materials must generally be submitted by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to ensure that a complete application meeting the requirements of the program is submitted to and received by MassVentures prior to the application deadline. MassVentures shall have no liability whatsoever.
The following dates are subject to change at the discretion of MassVentures so applicants are encouraged to check this website frequently for updates.
March 16, 2016: RFP available for Stage II applications
March 30, 2016: Information session for prospective Stage II applicants via conference call
April 18, 2016: Stage II application deadline
May 6, 2016: Stage II presentations and preliminary notification of Stage II grant winners (awards subject to completion of diligence and contracts)
The following dates are subject to change at the discretion of MassVentures so applicants are encouraged to check this website frequently for updates.
April 19, 2016: Invitations emailed to companies to apply for Stage III RFP
May 17, 2016: Deadline for Stage III companies to submit business plans
June 3, 2016: Stage III presentations
Massachusetts companies that have received a Phase II SBIR or STTR are eligible to apply for a Stage I START grant provided the Phase II SBIR/STTR was received within the past four years or alternatively, the company has gained either (i) "meaningful commercial traction" for the technology within the past four years or (ii) the technology otherwise remains commercially viable today. (Please see the FAQ section of the website for information on what constitutes "meaningful commercial traction")
Pharmaceuticals, biologics, therapeutics, and medical devices will generally NOT be eligible for MassVentures' START grants as complementary programs are offered by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.
For further details on these requirements, please visit the FAQ section of the START site. Eligibility rules may be changed by MassVentures in its sole discretion.
For information about the SBIR/STTR program, please go to this website.
The Request for Proposals For MassVentures 2016 START (SBIR TARgeted Technologies) Program Stage I Grants can be found here. Detailed information on the application process can be found below. We are pleased to announce that, for the first time, proposals based on clean energy, alternative energy and other energy technologies are eligible to apply for START.
The START Program Phase I application process is designed to be streamlined and user-friendly. Applicants shall submit the following documents by e-mail to email@example.com, which shall constitute an application for Stage I funding:
Additional program application details and scoring methodology
It would be helpful if applicants consolidated the above-referenced documents into a single PDF file. The file name should be in the following format: companyname_abbreviatedprojecttitle.pdf. This is not required.
Applicants will be evaluated in part based on their ability to follow these instructions. Please follow them carefully.
Following an initial screening of these written materials by external, independent reviewers, a number of companies will then be invited to make a brief presentation to the START review board and answer questions from the board. Preliminary determinations of START Program Stage I grants will be made, and presenters will be notified of the board's decision, within a few days of that meeting.
In order to receive any funds under the program, those companies selected on a preliminary basis to receive a Stage I grant will need to:
The following materials must be submitted by all applicants selected to make a presentation to the Stage I selection committee:
Companies selected to receive a Stage I grant will also be required to submit the following materials as a precondition to receipt of any funds:
All materials submitted that the company considers to be trade secrets must be clearly labeled as such by the company prior to submission.
START is a program funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to assist Massachusetts companies that have previously secured SBIR Phase II funding in turning their technologies into promising commercialized solutions. The program was created to assist high-growth companies that will grow employment opportunities, promote manufacturing and commercialization, and stimulate innovation across the Commonwealth. The primary objective of the program is to provide funding to commercialization-ready technology companies that have received at least the equivalent of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") or Small Business Technology Transfer ("STTR") grant from federal agencies such as the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, or the National Science Foundation, to name three.
The START program is managed by MassVentures. The program is overseen by the President of MassVentures and is managed by a Program Manager, John Fitzpatrick.
Any Massachusetts applicant whose application to the program is not based on a life sciences and has received a Phase II SBIR within the last four years (or, alternatively, has either gained 'meaningful commercial traction" as defined below, within the past four years or the technology otherwise remains commercially viable today). It is expected that the qualifying Phase II SBIR would have been awarded by the Department of Defense or a federal agency other than the National Institutes of Health. A "Massachusetts company" is one that conducts its research, development, manufacturing and commercialization primarily in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and for the purposes of this program commits to continuing to do so. It is expected that START funds will be spent primarily in Massachusetts. MassVentures reserves the right to amend eligibility criteria in its discretion.
The program requires that each recipient company be committed to remaining in Massachusetts at the time it receives START funds. Its plans must show that the proceeds from START shall be substantially spent within Massachusetts, using Massachusetts' service providers. A company that does not comply with this provision will be ineligible for subsequent stages.
A company may receive a Stage I grant of up to $100,000 for each successful application and, based upon progress demonstrated over the first year, an additional Stage II grant of up to $200,000.
If the company is then selected in Stage III, up to an additional $500,000 in the form of an equity or "equity-like" investment by MassVentures in the company or its SBIR-based spinout. Therefore, the most successful START applicants may thereby receive a total of up to $800,000. If a company is not selected for Stage II or Stage III, it is under no further obligation to MassVentures and may seek alternative funding. However, if selected for Stage III, the company will be obligated to either include MassVentures as a seed stage equity investor in the SBIR-based entity under terms and conditions acceptable to the company and all participating investors, or reach another form of arm's-length commercial deal with MassVentures.
An "equity-like" investment in Stage III will be one designed to produce a commercial return on MassVentures' invested risk capital. Possible structures for such an investment include, for example, a purchase of common or preferred stock, a loan with warrants to purchase stock, or royalties on products that include technology supported by MassVentures' investment. An equity investment from a syndicate that includes MassVentures is another desirable outcome.
No. START will make all initial awards as Stage I grants. However, if a company achieves all of its Stage I goals in less than a year from the date of the Stage I grant, it may use any remaining funds to begin Stage II, thereby increasing its chances of being selected for a Stage II award. If Stage I or Stage II goals are achieved in less than a year from the applicable grant, MassVentures may in its discretion seek to accelerate funding for Stage III or "promote" a company directly from Stage I to Stage III, but will be under no obligation to do so.
At the end of Stage I or Stage II, the company owes MassVentures nothing, except a right to participate in certain future fundings. If not selected for Stage II or Stage III, the company may seek alternative funding or license or sell its technology to others. Only if selected for Stage III is the company obligated to negotiate in good faith an "equity-like" investment by MassVentures in the SBIR-based venture on terms designed to provide MassVentures with a commercial return. The specific terms of such a commercial arrangement, should it occur, will be determined at the time of the negotiation.
First, check the application process page for program updates. You can sign up for email notifications of program updates. On that site you will be able to access a formal request for proposals. At that time, you will have sufficient opportunity to contact the START program with any additional questions before the deadline for submitting your application. If you have had more than one SBIR Phase II that you believe should be considered, please submit a separate application for each. The application will consist of basic information about the company and its officers, the name of the proposed project manager, and the proposed uses of funds. A two page Executive Summary and accompanying Quad Chart (see next question for a description) must be submitted. No more than two pages plus the Quad Chart will be read, so do not submit additional information, brochures or other material for review.
The basic format of a Quad Chart for this program is as follows:
|Upper Left Quadrant
|Graphical depiction of the product or service in its ultimate, commercial form.
|Upper Right Quadrant
|What is the market need for this product and why is this technology the enabling innovation?
|Lower Left Quadrant
|What is the current status of the technology and product development under or since Phase II?
|Lower Right Quadrant
|What are the milestones to be achieved in the next 12 months and how will START funding be used?
More details can be found here.
Typically, over 200 SBIR Phase IIs are awarded each year to Massachusetts companies. Assuming at least half of these deal with technologies that are eligible for START funding, the past four years of SBIR Phase II recipients should yield approximately 400 candidate technologies. However, only those technologies that have real commercial potential will be considered for START, so the realistic universe of applicants will be somewhat smaller.
The evaluation factors will be published in the request for proposal. All START applications will be reviewed and scored by approximately 5 experts. 15-20 applicants will be selected for a brief presentation, using their Quad Charts and other materials, to the judging panel. Stage I awards will be made by this panel with the concurrence of MassVentures. It is anticipated that 10 applications will be initially selected, along with two or three alternates.
Once selected for a START Stage I, each company will enter into an agreement with MassVentures that will describe the commercialization goals of the Stage I effort and metrics for evaluation of the company's progress in meeting these goals. While MassVentures will not direct the company to any specific vendor, it reserves the right to approve the vendor choices made by the company.
Qualifying expenses are those expenses directly related to the commercialization of the technology that are pre-approved by MassVentures. Such expenses will include but are not limited to:
In order to be eligible for the START program, the first SBIR Phase II funding for the technology that is the subject of the START application must have been received after March 1, 2012.
Alternatively, if the first SBIR Phase II funding for the technology was received before March 1, 2012, the technology is still eligible for the START program if it has either (A) attained "meaningful commercial traction" within the last four years or (B) otherwise remains commercially viable today.
What constitutes "meaningful commercial traction or continuing commercial viability" will be determined by MassVentures on a case-by-case basis in its discretion. Examples of events that might constitute "meaningful commercial traction" include, but are not necessarily limited to:
START applicants whose technology received an initial SBIR Phase II funding prior to March 1, 2012 should specifically note this fact in the application and describe the "meaningful commercial traction" that has occurred more recently or the reasons for its continuing commercial viability.
If the commercial product based on the technology requires FDA approval to be sold to consumers, that technology is generally not eligible for the START program. Programs supporting such technologies are available through the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. If you received your SBIR Phase II award from NIH, but the commercial product based on that technology does not require FDA approval, you are eligible for the START program.
Yes, applying for and receiving a START Stage I grant does not obligate a recipient to apply for later stages of the START program.
The START program is interested in creating high-growth commercial companies that will have a significant impact on the Massachusetts economy. Provided that an applicant has a well-designed plan to achieve this goal without a START Stage III funding, a lack of interest in such a funding would not necessarily disadvantage the applicant in Stages I and II.
Yes, provided the technology would otherwise qualify for the START program and so continue to have the requisite potential to have a positive impact on the Massachusetts economy, the fact that the company was since acquired does not necessarily disqualify the applicant.
No. The proposed agreement will be issued after the application deadline. However, like the START application process itself, the agreement will be designed to be as simple and "user-friendly" as possible. Submitting an application for the START program does not obligate a company to enter into an agreement with MassVentures.
Not specifically. Applications to the START program will be reviewed by external, independent reviewers. Also, MassVentures is unable to enter into confidentiality agreements with applicants. If the terms of your SBIR award would not allow you to submit a START application under these circumstances, please do not do so.
Yes. The policy of requiring that START funds be spent with MassVentures-approved firms is designed to ensure that START funds are spent appropriately consistent with program goals. If a successful applicant desires to spend START funds on particular service providers, MassVentures will consider such requests.
Yes. As indicated above, MassVentures is concerned with ensuring that START funds are spent appropriately consistent with program goals. If an applicant feels that a particular piece of work (for example, product prototyping) is most appropriately done in-house, MassVentures will consider such requests. The START program policy for reimbursement of overheads will be consistent with the SBIR policy on that subject.
My company received a qualifying SBIR Phase II funding within but the company is no longer a "small business," so it is no longer eligible for new grants from the SBIR program. However, the technology that previously received SBIR funding would otherwise qualify for the START program. Are we eligible?
Yes, provided the technology would otherwise qualify for the START program and so continue to have the requisite potential to have a positive impact on the Massachusetts economy, the fact that the company is no longer a "small business" does not necessarily disqualify the applicant.
Because the START program is focused on commercialization, your application should cover only what is necessary for the external reviewers to understand the commercial potential of the technology. You should not disclose any trade secrets or valuable proprietary processes in your application.
If you are selected to make a presentation to the START review board, you will need to submit to us your full SBIR Phase II contract. If the terms of your SBIR award would not allow you to submit a START application under the processes MassVentures has outlined, please do not do so.
Overheads will be reimbursable at standard SBIR rates for in-house projects.
Yes. In order to be eligible for the START program, the first SBIR Phase II funding for the technology that is the subject of the START application must have been received after March 1, 2012 or, alternatively, the technology must have attained "meaningful commercial traction" within the past four year or otherwise remains commercially viable today.
No. The START program is focused on creating high-growth commercial companies that will have a significant impact on the Massachusetts economy. If the technology has the potential to fulfill that goal and it is otherwise eligible under the criteria for the program, it is a good candidate for this program.


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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Where in the world is Osama?
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Carter's Mulligan 2008
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"I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel" President Carter July 15, 1979.
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK." Obama May, 2008.
( This guy think he will be the President of the world ? Screw the other countries. )
Profiles In Leadership
So at that time increasing domestic production was a proposed solution to the energy crisis.
I recall this comedic speech with Carter trying to act resolute and failing miserably. I was building new oil drilling equipment at the time and business was booming. I recall that I, along with many others, believed that 'America would always need America's oil' and this speech didn't discourge investment despite raging inflation with 18-21% interests rates.
We had a running contract with Noble Drilling, we built maybe a dozen drilling rig 'cadillacs' for Golden Eagle heading for the North Slope and a huge contract with a firm out of Houston to build 26 'million pounder' triples ( capable of racking 3 stands of pipe and dead lifting 1 million pounds.). Manufacturing these required tons of steel, 3 desiel engines, welders, machinists, electricians and over 30 tractor trailers to transport.
There was a shortage of labor and wages were high. At this time you could walk off your job and be working the next day. The old man that owned the company was an semi-literate Canjun that had worked the North Slope when drilling started. He had made a deal to be paid partially in the company's stock. Within a few years he cashed in and a multi-millionaire was made. He got tired of semi-retirement and started our company, eventually putting over 300 people to work. The South was rising again. The TV series 'Dallas', framed Hollywood's vision of the excesses of 'BigOil'. And for the Americans sitting out there waiting to be told what to think 'Big Oil' was stigmatized.
At the same time, manufacturing was taking a hit in the upper Midwest. Because of the inflation wages could not keep up. Workers in these states, being unionized, were striking all of the time for more money. The iron workers went on strike and we suddenly found ourselves without a reliable source of steel. We were forced to start buying Korean steel. It was cheaper, higher quality and very reliably delivered. We never bought American steel again. In the years following that workers from Michigan to Minnesota started showing up in the oil company's hiring offices.
Then, after encouraging an increase in domestic production Carter signs off on the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Act in 1980. The impression had been made that oil companies were making obscene profits and were the cause of the people's woes as a result of inflation. The reality is that compared to the big league nature of the oil industry most other industries were in the whiffle-ball league. Lots of zeroes on those oil dollars. In fact the oil industry's profits were less than many of these whiffle-ball leaguers. Carter and the Democrat Congress were taking a populist view of the oil industry in hopes of staying in power which is, in fact, the only calculation in a populist's decision process.
The election of 1980 was the people's answer to the malaise of the Carter years. It would be appropriate to call it the Ejection of 1980. People needed CHANGE they could believe in, HOPE for a better life and a leader with the AUDACITY to face the self-inflicted issues before us. Ronald Reagan was that leader.
By then the windfall profits tax had taken billions out of investment and diverted it to the US Treasury. One of the first sectors of the oil industry to decline was orders for new equipment. The boom was coming to an end. There were also poor business decisions made as company's tried to find ways to survive. We adjusted by moving into the maintenance of existing equipment but in short order we were looking outside of the industry for something to manufacture. Sometime in 1982 I received my last check from an oil related business. Now that happened when domestic production was robust. Imagine what will happen now when it is nearly non-existent.
The Democrats Pelosi and Durbin have made the point that we cannot drill ourselves out of this mess. In the short term they are correct. But it is a mess they have taken part in creating and have learned nothing in decades. In a long term consideration that is the equivalent of saying we can't grow crops and eat out way out of starvation. Had they allowed exploration in Anwar ten years ago we would not be in this mess. Maybe we would not have had to expend our blood and resources maintaining our society's access to energy from unstable regions of the world.
I have heard no discussion whatsoever of the stimulus to our economy that putting the steel workers, electricians, millwrights, welders, engineers from all disciplines, truck drivers, thousands of general laborers back to work would have.
But the most important consideration to people like Pelosi and Durbin, who could change this all in a single vote, find it more important that the same people that created this mess continue to stay in power. The rest of us be damned.
We cannot afford a second Carter term. Been there, done that, only an simpleton would want to go through it again.
Friday, June 13, 2008
TIm Russert: Dead at 58
A sad day.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
The Agonizing Descent Into Social Madness
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Inconsistencies ?
Friday, June 06, 2008
Not So Bright Future
Then and Now
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Sunday, June 01, 2008
Life Lessons from The Real World: Conflict
The avoidance of conflict does not necessarily mean that conflict will be avoided.
Conflict Avoidance: The Fight Response.
It is imperative to first give careful thought before attempting to employ the fight response.
Conflict Avoidance: Deterence by projection of power.
One method of conflict avoidance is to leave no doubt in an adversary's mind the most likely outcome of a conflict.
Conflict Avoidance: Deterence by projecting power in numbers.
One, maybe.. two, possibly.. three.. no way.

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In the week since Osama bin Laden was killed, there has been a lot of talk about the location of the compound and its proximity to the "West Point of Pakistan." While I agree that this definitely raises some serious questions and demands further investigation, I would like to remind everyone of one very important point:
The President and others close to this mission have been aware of the location of this compound since August of 2010.
So the shock you're experiencing now, is nine months old to the President. We all applaud the astounding skill of those involved in the mission to find, track, and eventually kill OBL. Do you not suppose that any of these bright individuals has not also thought to look into the ties that may or may not have existed between the multiple people who lived in the compound and those outside it?
Nine months people! The US government has been watching this place for nine months! So everyone just calm down. I am fully confident that if the CIA was able to locate OBL miles from the Pakistani capital, then they certainly had the foresight to follow that courier every time he took a breath outside the compound, much less paused to ask the local military officer "for directions."
So Congress can do its little dance where they act outraged and "demand answers" to questions regarding what the Pakistani government and military did or did not know. But I've got a pretty good feeling that the CIA already has a pretty good base of evidence to tell us what the truth of the situation is.
The thing is, there's a lot of that information that we're never gonna' know about. So people, next time there's an election, take it seriously. Because these are the people who decide what to do with that information. Make sure you're electing someone that you're confident will make the right decisions in the situations that you'll never know about.


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As I get to know them, I truly can not believe they ever begged, dug in the trash for food, sniffed "rugby" from plastic bags and bottles or slept in public places in the day time while wandering most of the night.
They are CHILDREN just like yours and mine.
|Haircut Day for Mercy House!
But they have borne heavy burdens in their young lives and there are scars.
And it was a bumpy transition.
They fought and argued with one another over EVERYTHING from who got the "red cup" to who took the first shower. They had absolutely no idea how to play with toys. They simply hoarded, sat on and hid the things they liked and did not play but protected the items fiercely.
They over ate at every meal.
They stood stiffly when hugged and did not come to us for affection or help with anything.
One of our boys, who has a history of using inhalants to get high had a very challenging experience when our handymen were here. One of them brought with him "vulcaseal", the very item our boy used to inhale to get high when he was living on the streets. One of our older sons saw this young boy staring at the can of vulcaseal and said to him "what are you staring at?".
Our new boy began to cry hysterically and say in his language, "I don't want any! I wasn't going to get any!" over and over as he ran to the other side of the yard, sunk down and sobbed.
I did not understand his reaction then and, to be honest, I don't understand it now.
Most of the kids who inhale "rugby" here do it because the high over rides the hunger pains.
Maybe our boy was just having a flashback to what it was like to be hungry. Maybe he was missing the streets. Maybe he was thinking of the friends and siblings he left behind from those days. We may never know. He didn't want to say. And that's alright.
Just this week, this very boy has started to open up. He shared with me some of what he endured on the streets. He talked about the abuse his sister suffered at the hands of a drunk relative- abuse that he witnessed.
He has started to hug me first.
He let me hold him when he was crying and he came to me with a scraped foot!
And I am trying to figure out how to draw lines and boundaries with these children. Our hope for all of them is that there is a capable, loving relative who can care for them in the future. We are meant to be more permanent than the shelter where the police bring the children but still temporary. If they are declared legally abandoned in court and then become available for adoption, we will work with a partner agency that is licensed to place.
Two of the children at Mercy House have started to call us "Mommy" and "Daddy". I know, this is not good. I didn't like the idea of any of my adopted children calling their former caregivers those names. I should correct these two. But they hear my other children calling us these names and I feel cruel saying they are not allowed to do the same. But it seems confusing to let them.
What if nobody ever comes for them . . . ?
What if somebody does . . . ?
But my mother's heart is struggling not to make promises or declarations.
I love these kids. Is it okay to tell them that? I hope so. I already did.
|Zeke and Ky with 5 of the MH kids
"what would Jesus do?".
Then it becomes more clear.
He would love with reckless abandon. He would say "I love you" to the hurting child. He already has and He's using me to do it, too.
He would let them call Him "daddy". Because we already do. And we have earthly fathers and there's no confusion there as to who is whom. He would assure them that they are safe in His care. We know WE are. He would remind them how beautiful and valuable and pleasing they are to Him, even when they stray. He tells me that in His word.
So I pray my Mother's Heart for the street child is in keeping with His heart for me. As flawed and imperfect as I am, I am asking Him to love the street child through us. To show us what that looks like on a practical, day-to-day level and to keep the boundaries in place.
We are learning but this is no pilot program.
These are lives, real and precious.
Lord, make us your hands and feet and keep us from doing any harm.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Press release from the issuing companySeattle and Portland, February 24, 2003 -- The first Printing Industries of the Pacific (PPI) Print Buyers' conferences, set for Tuesday, May 6 at the West Coast Grand Hotel, Seattle and Thursday, May 8 at the Doubletree Hotel Lloyd Center, Portland are gearing up to be lively times. With the theme "Spice Up Your Business" for these Mardi Gras in May events, the days promise both worthwhile programming for participants and an opportunity for local printers and graphic arts vendors to meet and greet customers and prospects. The first in this series in San Francisco in February this year was an unqualified success with over 91 exhibitors and 1,200 participants. The six 2003 seminars are listed below and will be repeated at each location. Richard Gorelick will tackle the tough issues in printer/buyer interactions. Lonn Lorenz from Adobe Systems and Lorraine Donegan, a professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, will explore three of the hottest topics in graphic arts production today. While these seminars are aimed at buyers and designers, the topics are relevant to printing company personnel as well. 12:45 p.m.–2 p.m. - How to Select A Printer – Richard Gorelick - PDF For Print Production – Lonn Lorenz, Adobe Systems 2:15-3:30 p.m. - Most Common Disputes With Printers and How to Prevent Them – Richard Gorelick - InDesign 2 – Making Print Happen – Lonn Lorenz, Adobe Systems 4-5:15 p.m. - Effectively Communicating Both Your Job Specifications & Your Expectations – Richard Gorelick - Digital Design and Production for Multiple Media–Lorraine Donegan, Cal Poly Invitations will be mailed to the PPI graphic arts community in all the six states that PPI represents: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Hawaii. A single seminar is $30, two for $50, and any three for $60. Any seminar includes the evening reception and tabletop exhibits. Tabletop exhibits only, $10. For up to the minute details or to register, check PPI's website (www.pacprinting.org). While exhibit space is moving fast, there still are some openings. PPI members are encouraged to use this opportunity to spice up their businesses with this excellent marketing opportunity. For information contact Jim Frey (877-762-7742) or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Savage Girl takes a unique look
at the current state of consumer culture.
We are taken behind the scenes where trends are orchestrated, and the public
is manipulated through marketing techniques.
Ursula Van
Urden is the main character in this novel.
Shes an artist who moves to the city where her younger sister had
become a famous model. Ivy, her sister,
had a breakdown and is diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Ursula goes to the city to care for her, as well as to find out
what it was about the city that pushed her over the edge. To do so, she gets a job working for the man
Ivy was dating prior to her mental collapse.
His company is appropriately named Tomorrow inc. where he is a trend
spotter, selling his ideas to companies.
Ursula is
trained in the art of spotting the next big fad. She basically sits on park benches, rollerblades through the
city, and even watches people at the supermarket; all of this while she is
lectured by Ivys ex Chas, and Javier another trend spotter. They seek to enlighten her with philosophies
rooted in fashion that in their eyes will change the world. Its quite absurd, and at the same time
makes you wonder if there are really people like this. Ones who seemingly blend into society, yet
are watching everything and everyone hoping to stumble upon a profitable trend.
journey with Tomorrow inc., and with her mentally ill sister reveal the darker
sides of human nature- those rooted in greed.
Ursulass big find a homeless, rodent eating, savage girl sparks a new
trend that in the end turns disastrous.
From cryogenically frozen trend spotters to schizophrenic watching web
cams this book is full of surprises. Perhaps after reading it you will think twice about the products
you buy, or who is watching you buy them.
All in all this is a very interesting and thought out satire of our
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Limerick's Fr Liam Ryan is gone but not forgotten
AT THE 2010 launch of As Time Goes By - A Photographic Record of Cappamore, the late Fr Liam Ryan quoted the son of Christopher Wren, architect of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
"There's no statue to him, there's no monument to him, there's only a simple Latin description given by his son: 'Si Monumentum um requires circumspice - if you want a monument look around you'," said Fr Ryan.
At an event to celebrate the life of the professor emeritus in Maynooth University this December all the attendees had to do to see the achievements of Fr Liam Ryan was look around them. Family, friends and members of Cappamore Historical Society travelled to Meath for the evening, one which they will never forget.
Fr Liam, who passed away in May aged 79, had many gifts - a hurler [the youngest ever winning captain of a Munster senior hurling championship team] songwriter, historian, sociologist, author, storyteller to name but a few. Many stories about him were retold in Maynooth.
Eilis Duggan, a great friend and fellow Cappamore Historical Society member, said Fr Liam was "simply an amazing man". She said the occasion in Maynooth was "absolutely beautiful". A booklet of people's recollections and stories of Fr Liam was spec-ially printed.
"There was a display at one end of the room of photos, books, articles and memor-abilia of his life. There was a massive screen continually playing photographs. Mary P Corcoran, professor of sociology, opened it. It was done in Quaker style - anyone who wanted could go to the podium and speak which was really lovely.
"Most of the people had submitted articles for the booklet. They shared their recollections, it was fascinating.
"It could have gone on forever but it went on from 6pm until 8pm," said Eilis. Cappamore parish priest Fr Dick Browne sang John Hayes of Cappamore, composed by Fr Liam. Bernard Kennedy treated the audience to the Fair of Cappamore.
Fr Liam spent nearly all of his working life in Maynooth, teaching and advising generations of students. The group from Cappamore didn't know that Fr Liam had instigated a number of departments including social sciences, anthropology, adult and continuing education.
"We knew he was head of sociology and he brought that into the modern era but he also started all these other departments. We weren't aware of that. His sister Enda said, 'We thought we knew our brother' and the historical society would say the same. We knew Liam but we never knew him fully," said Eilis. He was such a modest man that he never spoke of his countless achievements.
It all goes back Fr Liam's own quote about if you want a monument look around you – and that was there for all to see in Maynooth.


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Ben Weasel apologizes for SXSW altercation
With the videos going viral and punk message boards and Twittering fans almost universally condemning him for the fracas that ended Screeching Weasel's show at South by Southwest on Friday, frequently omitting the messy context as presented in this blog and the Los Angeles Times, Chicago native Ben "Weasel" Foster finally has broken his silence and issued an apology via the Weasel Manor Web site.
The short but seemingly heartfelt statement follows.
I want to apologize to both the club owner and audience member involved for my actions during our show at SXSW on Friday night. While their actions were outside of my control, my regretful reaction is wholly my responsibility. Whatever my feelings are about fans crossing the line like that, I wish I could have that moment back and deal with it in the same spirit as I did the preceding 60 minutes. Since I can't, an apology is all I've got and I sincerely hope those people will accept it. Up front, I wish to say that I am sorry to the fan and any others who were involved. As a husband, father, and a musician on the public stage, I understand that it is my duty to always take responsibility for my actions in a socially acceptable way, and most especially in the face of confrontation.
I want to apologize to the San Antonio fans, also, for having to cancel that show. I hope we can make it up down the road. I've obviously already talked to my band about it but I also want to publicly apologize for putting them in a bad position, as well as my manager, booking agent, label, and the support bands. My actions were unprofessional and unfair to the people I work with.
Dubbed "Weaselfest," Foster is set to perform a two-night stand in Chicago at Reggies on May 27 and 28, with one night's bill topped by Screeching Weasel and the other by his equally influential group the Riverdales (Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day has a Riverdales tattoo). So far, only one band has dropped off the Weaselfest bill.


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Star Wars: A New Hope possible plot hole sparks an incredible Twitter back and forth debate about continuity.
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Valerianic means: Performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.
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Valeridine means: A base, C10H19N, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. It is probably related to the conine alkaloids.
Valerin means: A salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.
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There are a ton of songs out there that inspire us to throw down. For some it's the awesome "Margaritaville," and for others it's the dive-bar proud "Friends in Low Places." But even these songs are lighthearted. They might be about alcohol, but they don't really inspire you to get trashed, too.
But plenty of other songs do. Some tunes come very near to pouring the drinks for you. Because goddammit, there are sorrows to be drowned, loves to be forgotten and one-night stands to erased from our memory banks. If all else fails, there's always something to celebrate. That said, in honor of Fat Tuesday and the upcoming drink-a-thon we all know as St. Paddy's, here are five songs that will lead you into alcoholism. Bottoms up.
5. "Pour Me Another" - Atmosphere
Atmosphere is known for creating alcohol-inspired jams, but this particular fucked-up love song will lead the strongest of men to start drinking over the loss of their special lady friend. Not for a day, a month or a year...more like a lifetime of booze and pain. This one is more for the people already on the cusp of losing their shit -- the people who could go either way, but then that one girl fucks them over, and POW! With lines like "Pour me another cuz I can still see the floor," you'll be inspired to start counting shots down to last call, too.
4. "Alcoholic" - Fishbone
This upbeat, perfect-for-summer, windows-rolled-down jam is sure to make you shake your moneymaker with a bottle in your hand. Ironically, the song itself is actually all about how bad booze is for you, but it's far too fast and upbeat to discourage us alkies from tossing a few dozen more back. A word of warning: Don't actually watch the video while drunk or you will vomit. Come to think of it, maybe that was the point. Eh...who cares?!?! SHOTS!
3. "Red, Red Wine" - UB40
First recorded by Neil Diamond (a fact that's sort of like finding out that Tony Bennett was the first to sing "Baby Got Back"), this song was made wicked famous by UB40. Red, red wine will make you feel fine, friends. We all know that warm, cozy feeling we get when we walk into our favorite pub, and we all know the pain caused by the shittiest day in the universe. Mix those two events together and there's nothing else to do than get shit-faced drunk.
2. "Gin and Juice" - Snoop Dogg
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Is there anyone in the universe that doesn't want to just lie back with a cool drink with their mind on their money and their money on their mind?? This song is, simply, the shiznit. It doesn't matter if you're living in the 'hood or growing up in the suburbs: Snoop Dogg has the innate ability to make us want to drink. He just looks cool with 40s and chronic in his fajizzled hands. And by the way, Snoop? Thank you for introducing us to the most delicious concoction to hit high schools since schnapps.
1. "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" - John Lee Hooker
Can we all just take a moment of silence to praise one of the raddest drinking songs ever? Seriously, bow your goddamn heads. There is no one better to sing about drinking than John Lee Hooker, and if you don't feel inspired to get plowed down to the floor when he sings about getting stoned and drinking, then there's something inherently wrong with you. It's the same story about his missing old lady, but something about the pace of the song makes you feel like a pussy if you don't drink one bourbon, one scotch and one beer...over and over and over.


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Important Tips To Choose The Best Affordable Cookware Sets On Sale
Though the fact is true that the customary dinner parties and barbecues just for socializing quite on a regular basis is out of fashion in the regular society for the simple reason of the human life going highly hectic and scheduled, small get together once in a while on some special occasions are still a part of the society. Now if the custom is still in fashion, the need to buy kitchen cookware sets on sale is also a call of the era. Buying the cheap pots and pans mainly are important to make sure that they have a lasting impression on the guests of the party more than the purpose that they normally serve.
There are few things that should be taken care of before zeroing on the exact pieces of the kitchen cookware sets on sale that you like the most. The points mentioned below might help you get hold of those things:
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The first thing that has to be taken care of is the fact that how are you going to pay for it. All the bases fall when the whole point comes to this particular question, which is why the budget of the one going for buying the kitchen cookware sets on sale have to be made perfectly clear before you go searching for the exact pieces. The fact is that anyone would like to have the best pieces available in the market, but the pocket size of an individual limits it to a lot extent, which is why the search gets extensive, to get the best in what is available.
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The durability of the thing is a very big concern. If the use of these best affordable cookware sets is limited to very rare particular parties and get together, then the expensive delicate pieces would be best to bring out the delicacy of the situation. The cheap iron cooking pots or cheap pots and pans would be best to serve the purpose of regular rough use, that could not afford to use delicate cooking pieces.
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The cleaning is the part where most of the kitchen cookware sets on sale give up to the rash handling. Now, this part should always be kept in mind when you go for buying affordable cookware sets. If you can not afford to clean them on your own all the time and rather would choose to go for a dishwasher, buying cheaper and stronger cookwares would be a lot better option as the expensive delicate pieces might not be able to handle the dishwasher cleaning.
The kitchen cookware sets on sale are most of the times available in a complete range that starts from cheap pots and pans or cheap iron cooking pots to best affordable cookwares. The fact is that one of the most difficult parts of going for a dinnerware shopping is not finding a proper place to buy the sort of best affordable cookware sets on sale, rather is to find the exact piece that could help the host of the party feel like a proud owner of the piece that had its impressions on the whole of the party.
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Find TDC Or Suffer The Consequences
Like hitchhikers thumbin' their way a short distance to the next town, the cars and trucks featured in Roadkill on the YouTube.com/MotorTrendchannel appear and then bolt from our lives like lightning. It's not because they are particularly fast—the '67 Barracuda and '74 Jaguar proved to be dragstrip slugs in Episodes 2, 13, and 14—it's the breakneck pace of filming 12 episodes a year that sends us onto the next adventure, leaving a line of cars bound for the junkyard, auction block, or coworkers' garages. Although the bulk of the fleet has had a brief tenure, many a Roadkill ride have followed us home like stray dogs, which gives us a chance to get to know them beyond the episodic schedule of filming the show. We still have the Raunchero, the Crusher Camaro, the Macho Grande, the Rumble Bee, and my wife's Elco in addition to several others. Each has its quirks and all have left a trail of various fluids across America during filming. Now we get a breather and a moment or two to fix some of the problems.
The Raunchero is our '69 Ford Ranchero, a car built to mimic the car Ray Brock and Ak Miller built to race the inaugural Mexican 1000, the precursor to the Baja 1000. Those guys won their class in their '68 Ford. We just wanted to get to Alaska in ours. It took two tries, but we finally made it to Big Lake Alaska in 2013 and went ice racing. It was the kind of victory that will stick with us forever—as will the incessant pinging from the engine of the Raunchero during both our attempts to make it to Alaska. The pressure of filming with a schedule that only allowed for food and gas stops meant we couldn't fully investigate why the 363ci Dart engine pinged no matter which way we twisted the distributor. By the time we finished the race, the plugs were oil fouled and the gutless Ford was shipped home, destined to sit in a museum until we drug her out of storage.
Three different timing lights confirmed we were driving with 20–30 degrees of ignition advance. Our balancer had just one set of timing marks, so that wasn't the problem. It wasn't a fuel issue. The pinging persisted even in the warm southern California climate with 91-octane fuel in the tank. In the end, we discovered that whoever built the timing pointer (it was a custom part bolted to the passenger-side of the timing cover) had not verified top dead center (TDC) for the No. 1 cylinder when they installed it. How do we know? We checked. The hard way.
With the engine in the car, there wasn't room for a degree wheel. We didn't have a piston stop on hand, either, so we relied on a bit of common sense and a length of welding rod. By removing the spark plug from the No. 1 hole, we were able to insert the filler rod into the cylinder until it touched the top of the piston. Then we slowly cranked the engine over using a socket on the balancer retaining bolt and a long breaker bar. The 2-foot bar gave us enough control to watch the rod move upward with the piston, dwell at TDC, and then slowly lower with the piston as it proceeded back down the cylinder. After watching the action several times, we were able to stop the piston in approximately the middle of the dwell position (theoretical TDC). Checking the timing pointer in relation to the markings on the balancer revealed that it was upward of 30 degrees off. We thought we drove to Alaska with 30 degrees of ignition advance. Turns out we had 60 degrees. How the engine even cranked over with that much timing is a credit to the Odyssey battery and Powermaster Performance starter.
Although the pinging knocked the tension out of the rings and the 302-based Ford still smokes like a freight train, the engine now revs like it's supposed to and the car is fun to drive again. A rematch at Big Lake is in order. That'll never happen. We are onto the next car and the next adventure.


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No more mac and cheese and hotdogs for dinner. The morning 'treat' for mama that results is an absolutely repulsive way to start the day.
The tile floor of the bathroom this morning was pretty close to freezing, as in 32 degrees. It was clearly colder than normal. Scenario in my head: crap, we let the home warranty expire, this is going to cost a fortune. Oh, and it's 20 outside so today I have to get someone in here to tell us for $200 that we need a new heating unit. Oh, and then go to the store, buy one, have it delivered and installed. Actual scenario: the batteries in the thermostat died. Thank goodness.
Tuck's absolutely full water dish, poured all over the floor. I suppose that will help keep the floor clean.
The Best part? I'm feeling pretty close to 100% and tackled these challenges with the ease, grac,e and class of a true professional (although I unscrewed the front of the thermostat only to learn there's a much simpler way to take the batteries out).


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SWC Named Top Workplaces in 2016 by Chicago Tribune
SWC mid-market firm wins Tribune Top Workplaces award for second consecutive year
SWC Technology Partners has been awarded a 2016 Top Workplaces honor by the Chicago Tribune. This represents back-to-back years the Oak Brook IT consulting firm is named a top workplace by the Chicago Tribune. The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC, a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement. Several aspects of workplace culture were measured, including Alignment, Execution, and Connection.
"The Top Workplaces award is not a popularity contest. And oftentimes, people assume it's all about fancy perks and benefits." says Doug Claffey, CEO of WorkplaceDynamics. "But to be a Top Workplace, organizations must meet our strict standards for organizational health. And who better to ask about work life than the people who live the culture every day—the employees. Time and time again, our research has proven that what's most important to them is a strong belief in where the organization is headed, how it's going to get there, and the feeling that everyone is in it together. Claffey adds, "Without this sense of connection, an organization doesn't have a shot at being named a Top Workplace."
The Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces award is a testament to our approach to hiring the right people for the right reason and remaining committed to retaining and developing the best talent that Chicagoland has to offer. At the end of the day, when you surround yourself with good people that are passionate about the work they do, there is no limit to the amount of success they can achieve.
– Bob Knott, President SWC Technology Partners.
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Headquartered in Exton, PA, WorkplaceDynamics specializes in employee feedback surveys and workplace improvement. This year alone, more than two million employees in over 6,000 organizations will participate in the Top Workplaces™ campaign—a program it conducts in partnership with more than 40 prestigious media partners across the United States. Workplace Dynamics also provides consulting services to improve employee engagement and organizational health. WorkplaceDynamics is a founding B Corporation member, a coalition of organizations that are leading a global movement to redefine success in business by offering a positive vision of a better way to do business.


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Papa suggested they could play a game of Twister on it.
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The governor was scheduled to be in Peoria the last week in March to take credit for the $5 million of taxpayers money to fund a larger taxpayer funded museum that is destined to be another "white elephant" on the Riverfront. Koehler and Leitch had ALREADY taken credit for this bringing back $5 million out of the $10 million they already helped take from taxpayers. $.50 cents out of every dollar taken in taxes ever makes it's way back to the taxpayer and often in the form of "boondoogles" that cannot support themselves later on) One more "white elephant" much larger and a longer lasting drain on over-taxed area taxpayers. I believe Quinn realized his timing may have been off and cancelled the trip.
But he will be back to take credit due him or not. Maybe he will bring Leitch and Koehler along.
Now today, I read in the JS that Cigna, the company that administers the Quality Health Care program for state employees, owes McDonough Hospital in Macomb, $1.6 million.
Why? Because the state of Illinois owes the money to Cigna and can't pay it.
Hey, you master planners and the "best and the brightest, keep funding with taxpayer dollars everything YOU think is best for the "rest of us" and all this talk about bankruptcy WILL come true. Or you will raise fees and tax us to the grave.
My apologies to all the "well to do" in this community. You can afford it so why don't you just pay for it instead of dumping it back on the taxpayers as you are doing with this museum I plan to visit once, same as most others in the community.
Unfortunately, some of this is going to come true on "my beat". But p;ease read the minutes, hear the facts I am presenting and see how I voted. I'll apologize I made a couple of wrong votes under duress. No more till the end of my term.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
When is Governor Quinn Coming Back to Peoria With More Goodies Funded by the Taxpayers?
Posted by Merle Widmer at 2/17/2010 06:06:00 PM
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Steve J Weibring
writes I agree
your earlier comment about the officals wanted to put a sleeping pill in your drink, watch out they are probably already bought them
no moral support comment from diane, imagine that
- Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:29:00 PM
Rod McKimieson
writes but they made promise to bankrupt the city every last person here, and ruin the school system
were on way baby
oh for diana's life style spend every cent ya got, us women have only have one spending gene and famous bar and bergner's will love u
- Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:13:00 PM
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UN agencies to revamp outdated audit disclosure rules
Three UN agencies are preparing a joint proposal on how to open up access to their internal audits. Current rules permit only member states to view audit reports. The move is prompted by complaints from the Global Fund that it is denied access to UNDP audits, hampering the Fund's ability to monitor grants that are managed by UNDP.Read more >>
Finland stands by Nordic UN think tank, Norway opts out
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Norwegian hydropower actors eye burgeoning Ethiopian market
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Norconsult on trial. Prosecutor wants confidential World Bank report
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Secrecy wins, but discussion continues
Any erosion of the public's right to know, any prohibition on access to evidence that can independently assess the fairness and thoroughness of criminal investigations, is reason for concern. We therefore object to the legislature's decision to approve a blanket prohibition on the release of and access to photos of homicide victims. It is also objectionable that the legislation results from discussions that took place in secret and bypassed the normal committee and public hearing process. It is thick irony that elected leaders, including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, used such backroom dealing to corrode Connecticut's Freedom of Information law.
The legislation is a reaction to the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown by a lone, suicide gunman. Families of the victims have expressed their objections to making photos and other records related to the crime available to the press or public, fearing an invasion of their privacy and exploitation of the images of the victims. While backers of legislation restricting access acknowledge traditional newspaper and TV outlets are unlikely to publish the images, they express fear of their use on the Internet, particularly by fanatical conspiracy theorists.
While those fears are understandable, there is no turning back from the continuing expansion of information technology and it is a dangerous precedent to use that technology as the rationale for eroding First Amendment freedoms.
The votes in favor of the legislation were overwhelming, 33-2 in the Senate, 130-2 in the House. The no votes, cast by Sens. Edward Meyer of Guilford and Anthony Musto of New Britain, and Reps. Stephen Dargan of West Haven and Peter Tercyak of New Britain, all Democrats, were courageous. On such an emotional issue it had to be difficult to stand so alone in defense of open government.
Sen. Meyer was particularly eloquent in describing his reasoning.
"The suppression of horrific crimes committed on public property and recorded by public officials is not consistent with a free and open society," he stated. "Suppression of horrific conduct, as this bill dictates, invites history to repeat itself."
To make his point he used as examples victim photos that have changed public perception and, arguably, history - the killings of students at Kent State University by National Guardsmen during a peaceful protest; a Vietnamese girl running in terror, her clothes burned away by napalm; injuries suffered in the Boston Marathon attack.
The new law also exempts the names of witnesses under 18 from disclosure. Allowing secret witnesses conflicts with the values of an open society. If anonymity is allowed, it should be rarely so and with clear justification, not the result of a complete exemption for an entire age group.
But while we disagree with the legislation, lawmakers and the governor appeared to make the effort to balance privacy rights with the need for public accountability. Pressure by free-press advocates certainly played a role in that.
Earlier discussions about the law called for banning release of audio of 911 calls. As passed, the bill only exempts from release 911 audio describing "the condition of a victim of homicide," a rare occurrence. And in this bill, at least, there was no attempt to block release of death certificates, as earlier proposed.
The law covers all homicides, which is only fair. Prior proposals called for carving out a set of special exemptions for the Newtown tragedy. That would violate the principle of equal protection under the law.
The bill contains a sunset provision on the new 911 rule, expiring May 7, 2014, the end of the next legislative session. In the meantime the legislature is creating a task force "to consider and make recommendations regarding the balance between victim privacy under the Freedom of Information Act and the public's right to know."
Creation of the 17-member task force was the most welcomed development. It will provide the thorough and open analysis this complex topic deserves. The task force will include diverse voices, including elected leaders, the victim advocate, prosecution and defense attorneys, police and constitutional law experts, journalists and open-government proponents.
The Day editorial board meets regularly with political, business and community leaders and convenes weekly to formulate editorial viewpoints. It is composed of President and Publisher Tim Dwyer, Editorial Page Editor Paul Choiniere, Managing Editor Tim Cotter, Staff Writer Julia Bergman and retired deputy managing editor Lisa McGinley. However, only the publisher and editorial page editor are responsible for developing the editorial opinions. The board operates independently from the Day newsroom.
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