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(Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 1, 2011) – EPA today recognized the community of Old North St. Louis, Mo., with the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. Now in its 10th year, the award recognizes effectiveness in creating sustainable communities; a robust public involvement process; and partnerships among public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders.
The Old North St. Louis Restoration Group (ONSLRG) is the not-for-profit neighborhood group that laid the foundation for the community's project. The community of Old North St. Louis used complementary, forward-looking strategies that encourage a mix of land uses, promote walking, rehabilitate vacant buildings, and establish green spaces. Two main blocks of Old North St. Louis have been redeveloped, with new sidewalks, benches, street trees, and streetlights. In addition, nearly 200 homes have been built by renovating abandoned historic buildings rather than demolishing them and by developing on vacant lots.
"The redevelopment of Old North St. Louis is a project the whole community can be proud of," said Karl Brooks, EPA Region 7 Administrator. "The residents of Old North St. Louis rallied together to restore the neighborhood in a way that strengthens the local economy, benefits residents, and protects and sustains the environment."
Smart growth development practices support national environmental goals by preserving parkland and protecting critical habitat, by improving transportation choices, including walking, bicycling, and transit, which reduce emissions from automobiles, by promoting brownfield redevelopment, and by reducing impervious surfaces, which improves water quality.
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Nick, and his wife Kari, were both raised in League City and graduated from Clear Creek High School.
When they decided to start a family, they moved back to League City to raise their children (Sterling and Walker) close to grandparents and in the same wonderful environment that they grew up in.
Nick earned his Bachelor's of Business Administration and Master's of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin McComb's School of Business.
He co-founded a benefits consulting firm that grew to be one of the largest HUB certified firms of its kind in Texas. Long sold the firm to Gallagher Benefits and assumed a role as Vice President in May 2013. He also cofounded and was named Managing Director of a real estate and healthcare investment firm concentrated on investing in Galveston County and South Texas in 2013.
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DoomDogs – Debut Album Is A Stoner & Doom Metal Invasion From Sweden!
DoomDogs – Watch out, look behind you… it's a Stoner & Doom Metal charge coming straight at you… and their name is DoomDogs! Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, these four Metal musicians are crunching and thumping their way into many a Metalhead's heart… including mine. DoomDogs are not fashion conscious about their brand of Metal… it's Doom shaking Metal hands with Stoner – thy Metal will be done. Released on April 20, 2010, on High Roller Records, "DoomDogs" is a must own album this year and I shall tell you why!
"Fight The Greed" is a Doom epic, laced with all the Stoner thickness that I could ever wish for. At over eight minutes long, listening to this song is a lesson in dark, doomified Metal therapy. The tempo trudges along at a Metal snails pace, a sliver hint of some Sludge Metal happening here too. Lead vocalist GG sounds extremely determined, not about to hold out the olive branch to the mainstream either… instead he sounds like he is leading his troops on a journey to take over the continents with DoomDogs Metal gospel. Hey, my Metal front door is open to DoomDogs brand of Doom & Stoner and I'm an eager enlister into their fold.
"Dogs Of Doom" steps up the Metal tempo, with shades of early Motorhead, just as any and all of the press releases have been reporting. My opinion is simple, if you want to have a heavy influence within the framework of your Metal brand in 2010, then Motorhead is one damn good influential choice indeed. "Dogs Of Doom" embellishes a surprisingly melodic flair with its guitar leads and riffs, courtesy of Christer. This is a guitarist that should make living legend Tony Iommi (of Black Sabbath) blush with old school pride.
"Calling" takes no Metal prisoners with its angst ridden vocals from GG, the rhythm section crunches and obliterates any outside white noise that may have the audacity to interfere, while this song is being played loud. "Calling" is fundamentally a thunderous example of just how to establish an onslaught of Doom and Stoner Metal upon one's ears. Patrik on bass plays as if his fingertips are being severed right off… oh, the fabulous sensory sound of quality Doom! Christer invades "Calling" with his blistering guitar licks, making this song all the more lean, dark and mean.
Nanne on drums makes his presence very known throughout DoomDogs debut album, only he sounds much more invigorated on "I'm Sure", where he flourishes with bombastic beats that rhythmically stop my senses in their Metal tracks. The groove infliction that "I'm Sure" delivers is to be blamed on Nanne and Patrik on bass, how dare they play so good?!
"The Game" continues on with DoomDogs mixture of ear shocking Doom riffs and leads from Christer, while the undulation of grooves keep rolling in like runaway wrecking balls down a slick mountain slope. I don't need no Doom doctor! Keep the Metal launching pad clear for DoomDogs… they are striking out once again on "Shout". The old school guitar nod from Christer shall make any 1970's Heavy Metal aficionado overcome with Stoner bliss. Christer is set loose on "Shout" and his guitar solo could very well make your surroundings shake and tremble if this song is played at maximum volume… as it should be played.
There is no time for kidding around when it comes to establishing yourself as a legitimate Metal band, regardless of genre. DoomDogs are NOT kidding around here. If you were to see an enticing wad of cash, without no known ownership attached to it, laying in the street, would you pick it up? Of course you would. DoomDogs is this wad of cash, only they are not laying in the street… they are embarking on making themselves known to the world of Metal, that they have taken ownership of their brand of Doom and Stoner Metal. This is one heavy band that you should "pick up" and get your ears adjusted to very soon… otherwise you just might find yourself being behind the Metal eight ball, in a spell of dizzying embarrassment.
You can pick up the new CD from the DoomDogs at this link.
Rating: Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Fight the Greed (8:41)
2. Dogs of Doom (4:22)
3. The Game (5:55)
4. I'm Sure (6:47)
5. Calling (9:02)
6. Shout (8:32)
Doom Dogs are:
Tomas "GG" Eriksson – Vocals
Christer – Guitars
Patrik – Bass
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After the hacking gang Anonymous took credit for defacing Syria's Ministry of Defense website, a Syrian group today retaliated by posting gruesome photos on Anonymous' embryonic social network.
The defacement of AnonPlus -- the site Anonymous set up last month when it was booted off Google+ -- did not include the name of the group responsible.
The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, based at the Munk School of Global Affairs, however, credited the AnonPlus defacement to the "Syrian Electronic Army" in a message posted to Twitter.
"In response to your hacking to the website of the Syrian Ministry of Defence, the Syrian people have decided to purify the internet of [y]our pathetic website," the defacement read.
The Syrian Electronic Army has been linked to defacements of sites that have posted content critical of the Syrian regime, which has been blasted by the U.S. for its brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.
Today, three Gulf countries -- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait -- recalled their ambassadors to Damascus in protest of President Bashar al-Assad's suppression of the demonstrations.
The defacement of AnonPlus included grisly photographs of burned bodies and claimed that Syrian citizens and military personnel have been killed by demonstrators.
That retaliatory move followed an earlier defacement of the Syrian Ministry of Defense website by Anonymous, the loosely-organized group that has taken responsibility for defacing Turkish government sites, knocking PayPal offline and hacking law enforcement servers.
As of 2 p.m. ET, the Syrian site remained offline, although a screenshot of the defacement remain on the Internet.
"To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of Basher al-Assad," the defaced site read earlier Monday. "All tyrants will fall, and thanks to your bravery Basher al-Assad is next."
The Syrian Ministry of Defense website is hosted by an ISP in Damascus, according to WHOIS records. Other sites belonging to the Syrian government are also located on the same ISP's servers, including the Ministry of Information, whose website remains online.
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I also have a MM185 with a M-15 gun, my buddy has a MM210 with the M-25 gun. I like my gun better for the small stuff i do where his may be better suited for bigger stuff. I weld thousands of 3/8" sq tube's all the time with 4-5 thousand welds. Somewhere Miller changed the numbers for the guns, we have at work a 110v Miller with a M-10 gun that is dinky compared to the M-10 gun on my buddys Hobart, his is like my M-15 so be careful if adapting a way older M-10 gun...Bob
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The M10 gun from your MM135 will slip right into the MM210 as the backend is the same as the M25 it comes with. I have a M10 gun but just about quit using it as the M25 is fine for most small stuff. As far as thin materials I do 20ga using .030 wire with no problems, I used to use .023 wire but got tired of changing it out. I have done .022-024 guage with .023 wire fairly well without much burn-thru. It's a great machine ...Last edited by Sundown; 11-25-2006, 09:52 PM.
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I've got a MM185 the machine the MM210 replaced, & I love it! It'll easily dial down for the small stuff & the gun is a reasonable size. I'm not sure how much this will apply to the 210, but I think they're very similar.
EVERYBODY that has a MM210 loves it! I think you will too.
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Attn: owners of the MM210...Hi Gang: Please forgive me if this has been posted somewhere before, I couldn't find it if it has. I have a MM135 now and want to upgrade to something a little bigger, perhaps the MM210. I have two concerns, and need your advice.
#1 is the M25 gun physically too large for working small stuff like 1/2 square tubing and 1/2 wide flat bar, small expanded metal, etc??? The M10 gun on the 135 is exactly the right size for what I do and I understand the 210 has a bigger gun...?
#2 as you can gather by the above question, I do a lot of smaller stuff, mixed in with the occasional piece of .120 wall 2x2 square tubing object. Will the 210 dial down low enough to do thin stuff like .065 wall square, .088 sheet, etc. without a lot of TLC to prevent burn out? Having not worked with a 210 before, all I'm going on is peoples recommendation of the 210 as being a great machine. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Remembering Harold Bell, Creator of Woodsy Owl
This past weekend the New York Times reported the passing of Harold Bell on December 4 at age 90. Mr. Bell was one of the creators of Woodsy Owl, the Forest Service's anti-pollution mascot. He was working with agency employees Glenn Kovar, Betty Conrad Hite, and Charles Williams (who gave Woodsy his slogan "Give a Hoot — Don't Pollute!") on the television show "Lassie." Mr. Bell was there in his capacity as a marketing agent, the others as technical advisers (since Lassie "belonged" to Forest Ranger Cory Stuart), when the Forest Service asked them to develop a new mascot to fight pollution. A self-taught cartoonist, Mr. Bell did the first drawings of Woodsy.
It was the late 1960s, when the environmental movement and concern for the earth were taking off. Newspaper editors were technically breaking a law by using Smokey Bear in media campaigns against pollution. (Federal law restricts Smokey to discussing firefighting issues. Woodsy has greater latitude. In addition to advising against littering, he has for several years been encouraging folks to "Lend a hand, care for the land" by planting trees and other activities.) The Forest Service developed Woodsy in part to get involved in the burgeoning environmental movement. Though created in time for the first Earth Day in 1970, he wasn't formally introduced until September 15, 1971. Congress passed legislation protecting Woodsy's image and establishing his licensing requirements in 1974. Funds from licensing agreements went to promoting education about conservation and fighting pollution. As we approach the fortieth birthday of the friendly owl, and given Woodsy's message and the Forest Service's emphasis on land restoration and conservation these days, it seems like the perfect time for Woodsy to make a return to the spotlight.
Because Woodsy was aimed at preschool and grade-school children, Mr. Bell and his creative team quickly settled on a woodland creature found in the wilderness as well as urban forests — the owl. Their owl would not be a wise old owl who might seem to be lecturing kids about pollution, but rather a young one with a kind face who, when in costume, could look children in the eye, which made it easier for them to relate to Woodsy. Within a few years of his introduction, a national survey found that Woodsy and his message were recognized by 90 percent of U.S. households with children and by 70 percent of the general population. Like his older "cousin" Smokey, Woodsy had his own song, appeared in television ads and children's programs, and generated tons of fan mail from children around the country. (As discussed on this blog before, however, neither icon is in the Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame, which is especially criminal in the case of Smokey.)
Woodsy and Smokey had another thing in common — Rudy Wendelin served as the lead artist for both characters. Complementing the materials in the U.S. Forest Service History Collection on Woodsy, which include education kits and a memo from 1988 debating whether to transfer or terminate the Woodsy program, the Wendelin collection has lots of cool Woodsy material. Rudy was brought in fairly early on in the development process to help bring Woodsy to life. Below are just three of the items: original artwork of Woodsy by Rudy, a January 1975 letter from Harold Bell to Rudy requesting Rudy's help in giving Woodsy more "personality" in his face, and a thank-you note to Rudy with a feather from Woodsy.
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NEW YORK -- With a partial power outage, an overly excited quarterback and a game that suddenly turned from snoozer to sizzler, CBS had its hands full in Super Bowl XLVII. The game fell short of setting a viewership record, but it stands as the third most-watched program in U.S. television history.
The Nielsen Co. said an estimated 108.4 million people watched the Baltimore Ravens' 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The most-watched events in U.S. TV history were last year's game, seen by 111.3 million, and the 2010 game, with 111 million viewers.
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"NFL Replay" will re-air the Baltimore Ravens' 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. ET.
CBS had hoped to make it the fourth year in a row that football's ultimate game broke the record for most-watched event in American television history. But pro football ratings in general have been down slightly this year.
When the Ravens' Jacoby Jones returned the opening kickoff of the second half for a touchdown and gave his team a 28-6 lead, CBS' dream of a ratings record surely became even more distant. And then half the lights went out. CBS' ratings immediately dipped by two full ratings points in the overnight measurement of big cities.
When the lights returned, so did the 49ers. They quickly jumped back in the game and CBS' audience, no doubt fueled by social media chatter, came back, too. CBS was blessed with the dream of every network that telecasts the Super Bowl: a game that isn't decided until the final play.
The power outage was an immediate hot topic for quips and questions online. There were an estimated 47.7 million social media posts during the game, according to the company Trendrr TV, which tracks activity on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. That compares with 17 million during last year's game and 3 million in 2010, Trendrr said.
Baltimore had the highest rating of any individual city, according to Nielsen. San Francisco was not among the top 10 cities in ratings.
CBS drew criticism from the Parents Television Council for not editing out a profanity said by Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco shortly after the game. Flacco was caught by microphones describing his team's victory as "(expletive) awesome."
"No one should be surprised that a jubilant quarterback might use profane language while celebrating a career-defining win, but that is precisely the reason why CBS should have taken some precautions," said Tim Winter, president of the lobbying group, asking for the Federal Communications Commission to rebuke CBS.
The network had no immediate comment Monday on the complaint.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) — Riding a wave of state tax revenue, Gov. Jerry Brown released a budget proposal Tuesday that looks much different from the ones Californians have become accustomed to in recent years: It has a surplus.
Brown is proposing a $96.4 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year that starts July 1, funneling more money to K-12 schools but otherwise taking a cautionary approach to spending.
He wants to spend extra money on schools in economically disadvantaged communities, giving California a new narrative from the multibillion dollar deficits that led to teacher layoffs, IOUs for state workers and deep spending cuts for nearly all government programs just a few years ago.
At the same time, the Democratic governor is maintaining his pledge to keep spending under control by resisting demands from within his own party to spend more freely and fully restore the safety net programs cut during the recession.
"This is not the time to break out the champagne," Brown said in revising his budget from January. "It's a call for prudence, not exuberance."
Brown's conservative outlook in revenue in the year ahead is putting him at odds with members of his own party, who are eager to spend the additional revenue to restore health care programs and social services.
He announced a spending plan that is $1.2 billion lower than he projected in January despite the state receiving $4.5 billion more than expected from personal income taxes so far this fiscal year and a surge of revenue from the sales and income taxes voters approved last fall.
The administration is taking a cautious approach in what it estimates the state will have over the next 12 to 18 months. Its forecast for growth of personal income is lower in part because the federal government did not extend a 2 percent payroll tax reduction. The governor projects that personal income growth will be only half that originally forecast this year, falling from 4.3 percent to 2.2 percent.
Brown's spending plan earned him rare praise from Republican lawmakers, who generally called hailed it as common sense approach.
"We have common ground with the governor in a belief that we cannot return to a culture of overspending that drives new budget crises," said Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, said in a statement.
The governor's budget, however, sets up a showdown with his fellow Democrats in the month the Legislature has to pass a state budget.
Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, called the governor's budget pessimistic and suggested that lawmakers will not have to stick with the same revenue forecast. The Legislature's nonpartisan budget analyst is expected to provide its own economic forecast.
Democrats control both houses of the California Legislature and only need a simple majority to send their budget to the governor.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said the governor proposed such a restrained budget that it left no room to restore cuts to courts, welfare, health care and the wide array of safety-net programs that have been reduced since the recession.
Advocates for the poor say California's poverty level has jumped from 6 million to 8.7 million since 2008, with 2.2 million of them children.
"I agree we must aggressively pay down our state's debt and set aside money for a reserve, but there's a disappointing aspect to this proposal," Steinberg said in a statement. "It's important that we also begin making up for some of the damage done to tens of thousands of Californians."
Brown also faces an uphill battle in getting his education funding change through the Legislature, even though he says his plan sends disadvantaged schools an extra 4 cents out of every $1.
The governor is setting aside $1.9 billion to modify the state's K-12 funding formula by giving proportionately more money to schools with high numbers of lower-income students, English-learners and foster children. But Brown's plan has been criticized by lawmakers in his own party because some of the school districts they represent are wealthier and would not see as much extra money.
While backers of Brown's proposal have characterized the proposal as a matter of civil rights, some Democrats suggested that giving disadvantaged students more money would mean that not all students would be treated equally.
"The local control funding formula is an interesting problem because it's not really a partisan issue. It's more of a geographic issue," said Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo, who serves as vice chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. "I think most legislators would like to see some changes in that formula."
The governor said spending more on disadvantaged children is the right thing to do and said Democratic lawmakers "in their heart-of-hearts" want to help them.
"I think the idea in a Democratic Legislature of helping the less advantaged is very persuasive," he said.
In addition to personal income tax revenue running ahead of projections, California voters approved Brown's Proposition 30 last fall to increase the state's sales and income taxes. Under the state's education funding formula, most of the extra money will be sent to public schools.
Overall K-12 spending is projected to rise from $47.3 billion in the 2011-12 fiscal year, Brown's first budget since reclaiming the governor's office, to $66.5 billion in the 2016-17 fiscal year. His budget provides $1,046 more per student in the coming fiscal year.
Brown also is proposing to use $1 billion to help public schools implement more rigorous academic standards.
The governor faced a $25 billion deficit when he took office in January 2011. The plan he released Tuesday maintains a $1.1 billion reserve fund for unanticipated expenses.
Brown's budget proposal now goes to the Legislature, which has a June 15 deadline to pass a spending plan.


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U.S. products took center stage in Guadalajara May 17-19 at Mexico's largest annual food industry trade show. FAS Administrator Daniel Whitley was there to lend his support.
May 18, 2022
U.S. Potatoes Return to Mexico
It looks like U.S. potatoes will soon be back on menus and at markets across Mexico! FAS Administrator Daniel Whitley marked the milestone in Guadalajara on May 17.
As part of USDA's commitment to expanding and diversifying global market opportunities for U.S. agriculture, the Department will sponsor four additional international trade missions in 2022,
Throughout 2021, FAS was proud to support USDA's efforts to create more and better markets for U.S. agriculture, to address the climate crisis, and to promote nutrition and food security.
Secretary Vilsack highlights key USDA accomplishments – including FAS's global leadership – to create more and better markets for U.S. agriculture in 2021.
December 16, 2020
FAS Keeps U.S. Agriculture Connected to the World in 2020
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2020 – Despite the challenges 2020 brought, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) continued to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture's pursuit of global trade opportunities for American agriculture, successfully delivering on...
December 17, 2019
Under Secretary McKinney Discusses 2020 USDA Ag Trade Missions
Seven USDA-led Agricultural Trade Missions are scheduled for next year in continuing efforts to increase export opportunities. USDA Radio's Rod Bain talks to Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney about the 2020 trade...
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Secretary Perdue Leads USDA Trade Mission to Mexico
Washington, D.C., November 5, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will lead a trade mission to Mexico November 6-8 to forge new opportunities with U.S. agriculture's largest bilateral trading partner and second-largest export market...
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On October 5, FAS Administrator Ken Isley joined U.S. Chargé d'Affairs Robin Quinville for the grand opening of the USA Pavilion at the Anuga trade show in Cologne, Germany. Nearly 160 American companies participated in Anuga, the world's largest...
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Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Prof. Nancy N. Chen
Intended Audience:
Open to Public
Ecological practices of daily life have taken on new urgency and approaches as consumer citizens increasingly voice awareness of environmental sustainability in China. This lecture will focus on "everyday ecologies"--personal engagement with social and material worlds to negotiate well-being.
Prof. Nancy Chen is Chair of the Anthropology Department and an affiliate of East Asian Studies and Feminist Studies at UC/Santa Cruz. Her research interests include Chinese biotechnology, food and medicine, and alternative healing practices. She is author or editor of six books, including China Urban.
Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the UK Confucius Institute.
Nancy Chen Lecture September 15th.pdf (9.23 MB)


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Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones is in trouble with the law again.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol told WCPO in Cincinnati that Jones was cited for disorderly conduct after a car he was a passenger in was pulled over at about 2:30 a.m.
The driver of the car was stopped for speeding and ended up charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence after refusing a field sobriety test.
Jones was then arrested for the disorderly conduct charge, a misdemeanor. He was released on his own recognizance.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, this is at least the eighth time Jones has been arrested since he was drafted in 2005.
When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell began cracking down on players who misbehave off the field, Jones was the poster boy for NFL troublemakers, and off-field issues nearly derailed his career, causing him to miss the entire 2007 season, part of the 2008 season and the entire 2009 season. More recently Jones has said he has changed his ways and learned to avoid off-field trouble, although this is his second arrest of the year. He was previously arrested for hitting a woman at a Cincinnati bar, and he is scheduled for trial on October 7 on that charge.


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Mayor de Blasio honors Konatsotis
[City Hall]
Mayor Bill de Blasio: Well, we have a really wonderful line-up of folks here today. And this is a joyous moment for our city when we get to celebrate people who work for the city of New York, who serve the city of New York, and do something as extraordinary as these two gentlemen did. First I want to acknowledge our great Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. I want to acknowledge Chief James Secreto of Manhattan North, Commanding Officer of Patrol in Manhattan North, and Deputy Inspector Ruel Stephenson, the Commanding Officer for the 3-0 Precinct, from which these fine gentlemen hail. I also want to acknowledge and welcome Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. A good friend, but also someone who is happy to participate whenever New York's finest are being celebrated, because for 22 years, he was a member of New York's finest. So we welcome your involvement today. You're going to hear the story again in a moment of Officer Michael – I'm going to say it right – Konatsotis.
Officer Michael Konatsotis: Perfect.
Mayor: And Officer – even if it wasn't right – Officer David Roussine. This is an amazing story, and something – I met with the two officers before we came out, and I said from my heart, there's very few of us who are able to say we saved a life with certainty. We saved an individual's life, and know for the rest of our days, that that was something we did here on this earth. And these two gentlemen did that, and they did it under extraordinary circumstances. When you could have not blamed them if they'd said it was too late, but they just didn't believe it was too late. They believed that they were here to save that baby's life, and they did it. And it's really an honor to be here with them, I'm just going to make a couple of comments before we hear from the Commissioner and we hear from these two heroes. After we talk about this extraordinary moment, we'll be happy to take any questions you have for the officers or for any of us. Then we'll continue on with the other subject today, which is our after school report.
But these two gentlemen are the epitome of what public servants are meant to be. They saved this life, they showed courage, they showed creativity, they showed willingness to keep fighting. It's an extraordinary story and remember, this is the reality of the NYPD. You could be going about your day, it could seem to be a routine day and then suddenly everything could change. And what we ask of our men and women of the NYPD is to be able to deal with that moment of crisis. With no preparation at that time, no warning, just to deal with it with everything they've got from their training, from their instincts, from their talent, and that's what happened here. And they saved a life because they had that level of training and commitment. These officers showed their skill, showed their ability, showed the speed of their response.
You know, they're an interesting partnership here. I'm not going to say the odd couple. You've got two guys: one, a sixteen-year veteran of the NYPD, the other, just been on the force about a year and a half. They just recently became partners. And they weren't even in their regular precinct. They weren't in the 3-0, they were assigned over to the 1-9 just for this day. They were on streets that they weren't so familiar with on the Upper East Side. When they got that dispatch call, it didn't matter if they came from different time frames – in terms of their time of service – it didn't matter that they were fairly new partners, it didn't matter that they were in a precinct they weren't used to. They answered that call urgently and immediately. They went to an apartment building on East 74 Street, and what they found was two frantic parents and a baby who was unconscious. And only – they knew immediately – only seconds to save that baby. What they did, in my view, was brilliant. They managed to get to the site quickly and safely. They managed to take this infant, Norah Schechter, 15-months-old, from the arms of her father Jason, immediately started reviving the baby while driving at high speed to the hospital. They brought the parents along with them. They did everything right, under a duress that the rest of us can only imagine.
It helps that Officer Konatsotis has a background as an EMT, and he certainly used that background to full effect. But it's also important for us to point out that all NYPD officers are trained in CPR, because it's just for these kinds of occasions – when they're the difference between life and death – that training is so important. It took them about 70 seconds, I'm told, to get from the point from where they took the baby to the hospital. So speed mattered so much. And they had revived the baby, and turned the baby over to the emergency department in the hospital, and from there the hospital was able to take over, and continue to stabilize the baby. And it's extraordinary to say that this baby is now home safe with her parents, when she was just seconds away from losing her life – but for the heroic efforts of these officers.
So I'll say to Officer Konatsotis and Officer Roussine, on behalf of the people of New York City, we just can't thank you enough. There are no words to express the appreciation and the honor we feel for you for what you've done. You have shown once again why the NYPD is called New York's finest. You've acted in a manner of the highest principles of public service, and you've literally saved a life. I'd like to have Commissioner Bratton come forward and say a few words. And then we'd like to present you with some citations, and then have a chance for you to tell the people of New York City a little more about yourselves and what you did in this extraordinary moment. Commissioner Bratton.
Commissioner Bill Bratton, Police: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for the acknowledgement of the work that you've just described on behalf of these two officers. This is the third time now in the last week – the last brief week – that I've had the opportunity to acknowledge the work – often dangerous work – of members of the NYPD. Last week you covered the events of the shoot-out involving two young officers, one of them being wounded, during an attempted arrest situation. Last night, I was at the hospital visiting an officer who had attempted to stop the manic activities of one of these characters on one of these four-wheel ATVs, who during the course of that incident severely injured the officer as he was going about his duties. And today, to publicly acknowledge – along with the Mayor – the activities of these two officers and the professional skills that they exhibited, working as a team. Looking at the two of them I'm somewhat reminded almost of the little wedding quote: something old – seventeen years, something new – one and a half years, something borrowed in that they've been borrowed to the 1-9 Precinct from the 3-0, and something certainly blue – our officers in blue.
And they did what was expected of them. And also pleased that Eric Adams, who I had the privilege of working with in the early 1990's in the transit police, that he is here because we actually have a meeting set up very shortly, to discuss the issue of CPR training for our officers. The CPR covers a wide category of issues, because how you treat an individual is as critically important as what you're treating them for. We have asthma attacks, we have choking incidents, we have heart issues, and each of them requires a certain type of skill and a certain type of response. We were certainly very fortunate in this instance that the EMT training that this officer had was certainly of invaluable assistance. And it really did save this young child's life. So we will honor them certainly in a department awards ceremony, as we normally would, in the course of advancement. And I thank the mayor very much for this special honor that he's presenting with them today: exposing them to you, as well as the acknowledgment that he will be making as the mayor for the city of New York. A job well done, and it also reinforces some of the changes that the mayor and I are seeking to make with our police department, in the sense of teaming up newer officers with our older officers. This is an experience that both of them going forward will never forget. But the idea is to, as much as possible and within reason with the size of our force, to try to give these young kids coming on the job more opportunity to work with the older officers. And this is certainly an extraordinary incident but it does reinforce, from my perspective, the idea – the direction that we're going to team up the more seasoned officers with the younger officers as part of their learning experience. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor: Thank you, Commissioner. I just wanted to note that the Commissioner does not need a speechwriter. He came up with the 'something old, something new, something blue'. It was very impressive, I have to say. It worked beautifully for the occasion. Let's first give these gentlemen a certificate, and let me just read the statement of this certificate on behalf of the people of this city, presented to each of the officers for your heroic efforts to save the life of Norah Schechter. Thanks to your quick thinking, training, and years of experience as an NYPD Officer and EMT – so this is one tailor made for you, Officer – you were able to resuscitate Norah and ensure she received the medical attention she needed. I am proud to recognize your bravery and heroism and I applaud your unwavering dedication to protecting the safety of all New Yorkers.
[Mayor presents certificate to Officer Konatsotis; hugs Konatsotis]
Commissioner Bratton: Are you sure you don't have a little Italian in you?
Mayor: It's a Mediterranean thing.
Mayor: And Officer Roussine, for your heroic efforts to save the life of Norah Schechter. Thanks to your quick thinking and skilled emergency response, you and Officer Konatsotis were able to get Norah the help she needed as fast as possible. I join with all New Yorkers in commending your bravery and heroism, and I applaud your unwavering dedication to protecting our city.
[Mayor presents certificate to Officer Roussine, Mayor hugs Officer]
Mayor: Good, good. Officer Konatsotis, please. The floor is yours.
Officer Michael Konatsotis: Thank you very much, Your Honor and thank you, Commissioner Bratton. I just want to say I'm proud to be a NYPD police officer. I'm with the best police department in the world – in the city – and I can say one thing. My mother, who was a single parent, instilled in my brother and I as young kids in Queens, New York: make sure you treat every individual, any person you come with who needs help. And she told me when I graduated the Academy in 1997 that she was so proud, and to make sure that you instill what I've taught you and what I've learned. And I just can say, if it wasn't for Dave and myself, we really – it was just instinct, training from this greatest police department in the world, and being a resident of the greatest city – it was just we were at the right place at the right time. And I take pride in what I do each day, each year that passes by, and I'm proud to call myself a first responder like anybody. Any first responder we have in this city, the 911 dispatcher was phenomenal. And also the fact that we knew it was a dire emergency, and we knew we had to act, and our training kicked in. The parents took the great effort and they entrusted us with their young child. And they knew, and we knew that time was of the essence. So thank you very much, Your Honor, and thank you, Commissioner. Thank you.
Mayor: Officer Roussine.
Officer David Roussine: Good afternoon. You know, everybody's calling our actions heroic, and me and Mike realized that we were just in the right place at the right time that day. And that we were lucky enough and fortunate enough that it worked out, and anybody in our position wearing this uniform would have done the same thing. That day, someone was watching over all of us, because we were meant to be there. And I just want to thank Mike, he's been an excellent mentor as I've been riding along with him these last few months, and everybody on this job who has taken me in as the new guy, and teaching me to do the right thing, the right way – and always looking out for us, so thank you.
Mayor: I just want to note that all the residents of Queens should be very proud today. We have two fine Queens boys who stood up and did the right thing. You live now – and again?
Officer Konatsotis: Bayside.
Mayor: And you're in Jackson Heights?
[Officer Roussine nods]
Mayor: So a proud day for Queens in particular. We welcome your questions on this extraordinary moment of bravery. Welcome any questions you have for any of us on this.
Question: [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: It was on a Saturday, this past Saturday. Dave, what was the date?
Officer Roussine: The first.
Officer Konatsotis: It was the first, March first. And it happened around 2:20 p.m., approximately around that time. And we received a radio run for an unconscious, difficulty breathing baby. And we advised the dispatcher immediately to roll an EMS, which she did. But we got to the scene – rather expedient – and we took action because we were flagged down by concerned people in the – in front of the building, in front of the residence. And then, from there we acted upon the emergency.
Question: [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: Don't know. The first thing is assessment. We assess the scene as we got our training in the Academy, in anything as far as tactics. But we saw the – once I saw the condition of the child and, Dave and I saw the condition of the child, we knew the child was unconscious. And the child was not breathing at that point, so we had to take action and swift action.
Question: [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: We did rescue breathing.
Mayor: Yes?
Question: For the Commissioner please. What does an episode like this mean for the size of the police force? Is there a need to increase the ranks or increase the numbers of police on the street?
Commissioner Bratton: I'm sorry – the last half of that question?
Question: Is there a need to increase the number of police officers in the force?
Commissioner Bratton: This issue here was nothing about the size of the police department. There was a 911 call, they happened to be – thank God – right in the immediate vicinity and were right there. And more importantly – more important than the numbers is the quality of training and their ability to act. And I think, as both officers have indicated, that the training kicked in. And fortunately in the case of our old man here, that he had the EMT background.
Commissioner Bratton: Although at my age, they're all kids, no matter what their age is.
Mayor: Marcia?
Question: After you assessed the situation, can you just recount for us the actions that you took? What you did, and what you thought?
Officer Konatsotis: At that point we exited the car. I grabbed the child from the father, and at that point, Dave and I looked at each other and said 'let's go'. Got the parents into the back of the patrol car, and at that point, I took the child with me in the front of the police car, the RP. And at that point we radioed ahead to the 911 dispatcher at Central to let them know the condition of the child, and that we're going to the hospital – which was New York Hospital.
Question: [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: Yes I – yes. I started rescue breathing inside the police car in the front seat and the parents were in the back. And Gabe was an excellent pilot behind that wheel. And –
Commissioner Bratton: I think also the issue [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: Yes we were. We actually had an incident earlier in the morning that was – that made us familiar with the – with the location of the hospital. And so we were there earlier in the morning. And it just kind of. It just was like – our training kicked in and we knew, listen, we've got to get – Dave and I looked at each other and I said, 'Get to New York Hospital right away.' And we put that over dispatch and – You know, we acted swiftly and we did – it was a good feeling, you know, to see this young child – you know, breathing.
Question: Commissioner [inaudible] two fine officers, will they get a promotion?
Mayor: What, so you're a lobbyist?
Commissioner Bratton: They will get a lot of accolades. As I mentioned, the department has its own ceremonial events that are further down the line. So once the paperwork goes through that – the mayor has the ability to do things a little more quickly over here. We have the bureaucracy that will move them up but – promotion no, but certainly acknowledgement, yes.
Question: [inaudible] call [inaudible] did you have to run up some stairs? Did you have to take an elevator? Where was the kid and –
Officer Konatsotis: No and again, Officer Racine was the operator. I was the – we call it the recorder. I'm in the passenger seat. And we were flagged – we were going to the call with lights – I turned on lights and sirens. And then at that point, Dave turned the corner and we were being flagged down by the – by concerned citizens that – we [inaudible] in front of the building. And at that point, we knew we had something – we had an emergency that needed to be tended to. We got out of the car, and Dave and I acted. And so they were in front of the building, they weren't inside the apartment.
Question: [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: The parents of the child. Dave, do you want to elaborate?
Officer Roussine: The child was – it was – it went like Mike said earlier. And she was turning blue in the face. Her eyes were open but unresponsive. And that's when Mike and I – like we said – we just looked at each other and knew and – to get there as fast as possible. And you know, Midtown can be difficult, so we had to be very careful, even with lights and sirens. And we were just happy with the end result and how fast we were able to get there. And again, the excellent response from Cornell – New York Hospital. The staff was –
Question: What age and were you actually breathing into her mouth?
Officer Konatsotis: She was 15 months old and yes, Mike was giving her rescue breath in the front seat as I was driving the car towards the hospital.
Question: [inaudible]
Mayor: Okay, right there.
Question: Yes, could you explain – you were giving her breathe and then [inaudible] start crying? [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: Well at that point I was giving her rescue breaths. I was – I did mouth to mouth resuscitation. And she – I had her cradled in my arms, knowing that it was a good airway. So I gave her rescue breathes and at that point, I put her on my chest and gave her back thrusts because at that point, it was – in my assessment, it was a respiratory arrest and that the beat – that the child wasn't breathing and the child was unconscious. As soon as we were getting close to the emergency room, we notified the – we notified the dispatcher to have them notified and have them – have them ready for us to come. And at that point, Officer Racine safely pulled up there with the parents. And as soon as I gave the last rescue breath, the baby burped. And it was the greatest sound, you know, that I'd heard. And I know my wife doesn't, but when I burp but –
Officer Konatsotis: I'm sorry [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: Mr. Mayor, I'm sorry. But, you know, it was the greatest sound. And so Dave and I – and the parents in tow. And I have to say one thing, the parents are heroes too because they did the right thing by calling 911. And again, when we acted [inaudible] it was the greatest feeling to see her crying inside the emergency room. And Commissioner, I just want to let you know, at that point I think I needed a bed at the hospital. But Dave and I – you know, we're very proud. And they followed us and again, they entrusted us with their child. And as being first responders and being New York City police officers, it's really a great – a great experience. I can say this – you know we do this job day in, day out. And like Dave said, you know, we're human. And we saw this child that was out there and I would – any police officer at this point would act in the way we did. And just to say under this administration, we're just so proud to be acknowledged. But we did what we were trained to do, so it was great.
Question: [inaudible] age?
Officer Konatsotis: Do I have to give you my real age? Forty-five.
Question: Do you have children of your own?
Officer Konatsotis: I have three, yes. Yeah.
Question: How long did it take you [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: Dave – Officer Racine could give you the exact numbers.
Officer Roussine: I think from the moment we arrived at the scene initially to the time we got to the hospital, it was around a minute and 20 seconds. We were moving quick. From the moment we got the job in the car and radioed ahead that we were taking it to the hospital, it was just under a minute. So – we were going fast, just the urgency of the situation. And like I said earlier, someone was just looking out for us and we got there safely. And I don't know if we hit the lights or not, but we had every siren in that car going
Officer Roussine: So people heard us and saw us coming.
Question: And how old are you, officer?
Officer Roussine: I'm 25.
Question: And your first name is Dave?
Officer Roussine: David.
Question: [inaudible] spell your last name, please?
Officer Konatsotis: Sure. K-O-N-A, T as in tom, S-O-T-I-S.
Mayor: Any other – yes?
Question: Could you describe the reaction [inaudible] what were they like after [inaudible]?
Officer Roussine: I mean, it was very emotional in there. You know, they thanked us. We didn't get to engage in conversation just because the – you know, how emotional it was in there. And they were tending to their child. So – I mean Mike, I think, spoke a little more. So –
Officer Konatsotis: I just want to say, you know, we were two Harlem cops – and one veteran and one – I wouldn't say rookie because he's got a year and a half, but – we're proud to work in Manhattan North as we did all these years. And it was very emotional. I took over my collar brass from the 3-0 and I – we told the parents that we were just here for the day, and just to let you know that when Dora gets a little older, she can wear our NYPD collar brass. And I – and we handed it to her. And that was it. It was a job. We handled it as a job and we were proud. We were all – I was very emotional and so was Dave. And the parents were emotional, but they were so thankful. And we're glad Nora is okay.
Question: [inaudible]
Officer Konatsotis: Yes , [inaudible]
Question: [inaudible] collar brass?
Officer Konatsotis: The collar brass – each – yeah, this is our precinct. So this is the 3-0 precinct. We were covering the 19th, but we still wear our precinct brass.
Question: So you gave them the 3-0 precinct?
Officer Konatsotis: Yes, absolutely. We said – I had told the mother and the father and – we told them when Nora's ready, when she understands she can come up and visit us up in West Harlem, the 3-0 precinct. So she can remember – maybe she'll come and remember us one day so –
Mayor: Anything else on this? Well let me just say that we are in the presence of true heroes and I think they deserve our applause.


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This is a story about one of the best days of my life. I'll put it up there with the arrival of Joby, my wedding, the Panic trip to Hawaii, and playing Super Mario 64.
We worked with the gang at Pacific Helm on a rare and interesting side project, and as weird payment for their time, we took them (and our collective friends) on a trip to Disneyland, one of my favorite places on the planet.
Thanks to the one-of-a-kind Louie Mantia and a mysterious benefactor, our crew wound up at Club 33.
Club 33, if you don't know, is the "secret" restaurant at Disneyland, discreetly tucked away in New Orleans Square, requiring paid membership (and long waiting list) to enter, and offering very fancy and delicious food (as well as the only booze in the park). It has a beautiful balcony that overlooks New Orleans square. It was wonderful and relaxing, a total oasis in a whirlwind of a place.
Then we spotted the harpsichord.
You have to understand that I hate playing music in front of people. I'm still traumatized by a moment in Japan, where there was a piano and a room full of business associates chanting my name to play something. I froze in terror. I couldn't do it. It's one of those memories that spark an involuntary lemon-sucking face when it springs into my mind.
But 2013 is all about change, if you hadn't heard. And Disney music is a huge part of my life, especially the theme park music. And the guys came back with some news: "We asked. You can play the harpsichord."
I'd always wanted to go to Club 33.
I'd always wanted to play a harpsichord.
I'd always wanted to play Disney music in Disneyland.
So yeah I had to make this happen.
My playing isn't great, and I'm obviously insanely nervous, and I tried to avoid looking up to see if anyone was paying attention, but with the support of nice people, I did it:
It felt like my whole life had led to this wonky ragtime rendition of Grim Grinning Ghosts. I could literally not have been happier.
(There's more. A bonus duet of Baroque Hoedown ("Main Street Electrical Parade") with Adam Lisagor? Icing on the already delicious cake. And naturally I couldn't resist a little bit of Pirates, perfect for the harpsichord.)
Once the buzz wore off, I hit Wikipedia:
A harpsichord which was rumored to have been an antique was in fact custom-built for Lillian Disney specifically for use in Club 33. The underside of the lid features a Renaissance-style art piece that was hand-painted by Disney artists. Elton John and Paul McCartney have each played this harpsichord.
That's it. Close up shop. We're done here. Life, you can be pretty great.
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Newfoundland and Labrador. That most eastern province of Canada, made up of the mainland chunk bordering Quebec's northeast (for thousands of miles) and that North Atlantic island, is my home. The scenery is as varied as the imagination. The rugged Atlantic coastline is a magical sensory experience. Ocean spray and crashing waves, sea birds, and rocks, moss and grass under your feet. I measure my progress as a photographer against how well I've captured my love of Newfoundland in pictures.Read More


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My friend Ben Horowitz and I debated the tech bubble in The Economist. An abridged version of this post was the "closing" statement to Ben's rebuttal comments. Part 1 is here and Part 2 here. The full version is below.
It's been fun debating the question, "Are we in a tech bubble?" with my colleague Ben Horowitz. Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet) are the definition of Smart Money. Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz, has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. They understood the ubiquity, pervasiveness and ultimate profitability of these startups and doubled-down on their investments.
My closing arguments are below. I've followed them with a few observations about the Internet that may help frame the scope of the debate.
Are we in the beginnings of a tech bubble – yes.
Prices for both private and public tech valuations exceed any rational valuation to their current worth. In 5 to 10 years most of them will be worth a fraction of their IPO price. A few will be worth much, much more.
Is this tech bubble as broad as the 1995-2000 dot.com bubble – no.
While labeled the "dot.com" bubble, valuations went crazy across a wide range of technology sectors including telecommunications, enterprise software and biotech, not just the Internet.
Are tech bubbles necessarily bad – no.
A bubble is simply the redistribution of wealth from Marks to the Smart Money and Promoters. I hypothesize that unlike bubbles in other sectors – tulips, Florida land prices, housing, financial – tech bubbles create lasting value. They finance companies that invest in new technologies, new ideas and new products. And it appears that at least in Silicon Valley, a larger percentage of money made in the last tech bubble is recirculated back into investments into the next generation of tech startups.
While most of the social networks, cloud computing, web and mobile app companies we see today will fail, a few will literally remake our lives.
Here are two views how.
The Internet May Liberate Us
In the last year, we've seen Social Networks enable new forms of peaceful revolution. To date, the results of Twitter and Facebook are more visible on the Arab Street than Wall Street.
One of the most effective weapons in the Cold War was the mimeograph machine and the VCR. The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union.
In the 21st century, authoritarian governments still fear their own people talking to each other and asking questions. When governments shut down Google, Twitter, Facebook, et al, they are building the 21st century equivalent of the Berlin Wall. They are admitting to the world that the forces of oppression can't stand up to 140 characters of the truth.
When these governments build "homegrown" versions of these apps, the Orwellian prophecy of the Ministry of the Truth lives in each distorted or missing search result. Absent war, these regimes eventually collapse under their own weight. We can help accelerate their demise by building tools which allow people in these denied areas access to the truth.
Yet the same set of tools that will free hundreds of millions of people may end their lives in minutes.
The Internet May Kill Us
The next war will more than likely occur via the Internet. It may be over in minutes. We may be watching the first skirmishes.
In the 20th century, the economies of first-world countries became dependent on a reliable supply of food, water, electricity, transportation and telephone. Part of waging war was destroying that physical infrastructure. (The Combined Bomber Offensive of Germany and occupied Europe during WWII was designed to do just that.)
In the last few years, most first world countries have become dependent on the Internet as one of those critical parts of our infrastructure. We use the net in four different ways: 1) to control the physical infrastructure we built in the 20th century (food, water, electricity, transportation and communications); 2) as the network for our military interconnecting all our warfighting assets, from the mundane of logistics to command and control systems, weapons systems and targeting systems; 3) as commercial assets that exist or can operate only if the net exists including communication tools (email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and corporate infrastructure (Cloud storage and apps); 4) for our banking and financial systems.
Every day hackers demonstrate how weak the security of our corporate and government resources are. Stealing millions of credit cards occurs on a regular basis. Yet all of these are simply crimes not acts of war.
The ultimate in asymmetric warfare
In the 20th century, the United States was continually unprepared for an adversary using asymmetric warfare — the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Soviet Anthrax warheads on their ICBMs during the cold war, Vietnam and guerilla warfare, and the 9/11 attacks.
While hacker attacks against banks and commercial institutions make good press, the most troubling portents of the next war were the Stuxnet attack on the Iranian centrifuge facilities, the compromise of the RSA security system and the penetration of American defense contractors. These weren't Lulz or Anonymous hackers, these were attacks by government military projects with thousands of programmers coordinating their efforts. All had a single goal in mind: to prepare to use the internet to destroy a country without physically killing its people.
Our financial systems (banks, stock market, credit cards, mortgages, etc.) exist as bits. Your net worth and mine exists because there are financial records that tell us how many "dollars" (or Euros, Yen, etc.) we own. We don't physically have all that money. It's simply the sum of the bits in a variety of institutions.
An attack on the United States could begin with the destruction of all those financial records. (A financial institution that can't stop criminal hackers would have no chance against a military attack to destroy the customer data in their systems. Because security is expensive, hard, and at times not user friendly, the financial services companies have fought any attempt to mandate hardened systems.) Logic bombs planted on those systems will delete all the backups once they're brought on-line. All of it gone. Forever.
At the same time, all cloud-based assets, all companies applications and customer data will be attacked and deleted. All of it gone. Forever.
Major power generating turbines will be attacked the same way Stuxnet worked— over and under-speeding the turbines and rapidly cycling the switching systems until they burn out. A major portion of our electrical generation capacity will be off-line until replacements can be built. (They are currently built in China.)
Our transportation infrastructure– air traffic control systems, airline reservations, package delivery companies– will be hacked and our GPS infrastructure will be taken down (hacked, jammed or physically attacked.)
While some of our own military systems are hardened, attackers will shut down the soft parts of the military logistics and communications systems. Since our defense contractors have been the targets of some of the latest hacks, our newest weapons systems may not work, or worse if used, may have been reprogrammed to destroy our own assets.
An attacker may try to mask its identity by making the attack appear to come from a different source. With our nation in an unprecedented economic collapse, our ability to retaliate militarily against a nuclear-armed opponent claiming innocence and threatening a response while we face them with unreliable weapons systems could make for a bad day. Our attacker might even offer economic assistance as part of the surrender terms.
These scenarios make the question, "Are we in a tech bubble?" seem a bit ironic.
It Doesn't Have to Happen
During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union faced off with an arsenal of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons large enough to directly kill hundreds of millions of people and plunge the planet in a "Nuclear Winter," which could have killed billions more. But we didn't do it. Instead, today the McDonalds in plazas labeled "Revolutionary Square" has been the victory parade for democracy and capitalism.
It may be that we will survive the threat of a Net War like we did the Cold War and that the Internet turns out to be the birth of a new spring for us all.
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Celtics hold on and steal home court advantage
The Magic closed within 3 at the beginning of the 3rd, but the Celtics blew it open and stretched the lead to over 20 by the middle of the quarter. The Magic went on an 8-0 run run in the 4th quarter and closed within 5 with 1:40 left. I was nervous because this would have been a crushing defeat. It reminded me of a lot of games the Celtics played in the regular season.
The JJ Reddick miss was huge because I think the Magic might've won if he had hit that shot. I'm not sure why the Magic waited so long to foul at the end. The Magic missed a ton of shots that could've brought them within striking range. Pierce's two free throws were huge and we got away with a foul on Howard, though chances are he would've missed that free throw anyway. The Nelson put back was crazy and we can't allow those types of plays to happen again.
For the Celtics, Pierce was great with 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. Ray was the star of this game with 25 points. More importantly he hit big shots every time the Magic started making a run. There really aren't many better run stopping shooters than Ray Allen. I am so glad we didn't trade him. Rasheed played excellent defense on Howard and hit some big shots as well. Wallace, dare I say, has played pretty well as of late. Rondo didn't have one of his superstar games, but was still the quarterback on the court and dished out 8 assists. Rashard Lewis was a non-factor and missed several open three pointers. Vince Carter was the only Magic player that really showed up, scoring 23 points.
The Celtics are a better team than the Magic, just like they were a better team than the Cavs. Dwight Howard is a liability on offense and it's crazy to me that he hasn't improved more on that end. This was a huge win for the Celtics. If they can take Game 2 on Tuesday the series will be basically over. Pierce and Ray Allen both played well in the same game for the first time ever. KG was efficient and they got some solid minutes from Tony Allen, Davis, and Rasheed off the bench. I think it was a good thing the game was close. Now Doc can go back and tell the guys that they need to play better. The truth is, the Celtics dominated the Magic for most of the game and the rest of the series is looking really good. We just need to hope Dwight Howard doesn't turn into Hakeem Olajuwon overnight. Let's get another win Tuesday!


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Why doesn't one-laptop-per-child work?
Founder of movement throws dice again, but doubts over scheme remain
Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) movement, closed the American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences annual conference on Sunday night by detailing the not-for-profit organisation's progress to date. He told delegates that the movement aims to produce a £25 laptop by 2011.
During his speech, Mr Negroponte also claimed that half a million XO machines are currently on order, with production now ramped up to 110,000 units a month. Anyone sitting in the front row could easily have been fooled into thinking the OLPC is well on the way to meeting its lofty ambitions.
Slow sales and controversy hamper OLPC vision
However, take a step back, study the figures and the harsh truth is that the OLPC project hasn't taken off as hoped, with sales at best slow and controversy seemingly never far away.
To date, only the governments of Peru and Uruguay have bought any significant quantity of the organisation's bright green XO laptop, with total worldwide orders to date hovering around the 600,000 mark. More countries have expressed an interest though and the recent Give One Get One scheme in the US is believed to have generated a further 150,000 units. But given that the project was launched nearly three years ago, even the brightest OLPC optimist would have to concede that it's slow-going.
Add to that, the recent loss of Intel as a partner in the programme, alongside the high-profile defection of former chief technology officer, Mary Lou Jepson, and things look a lot bleaker for the OLPC than Mr Neogroponte may have cared to let on during his speech.
Hardware issues or flawed business model?
So, what is the main problem with the OLPC project? Is it the business model the not-for-profit organisation operates on, the XO laptop itself, a mixture of the two, or perhaps something even more fundamental?
Certainly the OLPC business model has come under fire, both from the leaders of developing countries and also from similar not-for-profit organisations.
Nigeria's education minister, Dr Igwe Aja-Nwachukuhave, recently told the BBC that laptops for children are a low priority compared to the provision of more basic facilities, a comment that was echoed by his Indian counterpart. Some charities have also questioned whether the cost of a dozen laptops would not be better spent on a more traditional educational aid, such as the creation of a library.
OLPC also faces stiff competition on the hardware front too, meaning there's no guarantee that the governments of developing nations will choose the XO over a rival laptop. While scaled-down laptops like the Asus Eee and Elonex One appear to be geared towards schoolchildren in developed countries, the XO does face stiff competition from similar developing nations-focused products such as Intel's Windows XP compatible Classmate laptop, especially now that Intel is no longer on the OLPC board.
A new OLPC machine on the cards?
Last year, during Intel's short-lived partnership with OLPC, the potential was there for the two organisations to work together. But now that Intel has left the organisation, the OLPC is believed to be looking for other allies – something that Negroponte briefly alluded to in his speech to the AAAS. Could OLPC be about to do a deal with Asus or another scaled-down laptop manufacturer to ramp up production levels and scale down costs even further? Only the next few weeks will tell.
Of course, if OLPC laptops could be offered for free then governments would have to divert funds from elsewhere and the project would almost certainly be falling over itself to keep up with demand. However, given the intense competition between some for-profit technology companies to gain a foothold in the same developing countries the OLPC set out to help, it seems unlikely. And given the highly charged political climate surrounding the movement as well, the chances of finding a workable business model to distribute laptops in developing nations for free seems a very distant proposition.
One thing is for sure, however, Nicholas Negroponte isn't about to give up trying. As the man himself never tires of saying, the OLPC considers itself a learning initiative, not a laptop-giving initiative. It doesn't matter whose computer children learn on, the main thing is that they're learning on something. You can't really argue with sentiment like that.
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