Published on Aug 4, 2017
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Saturday, August 05, 2017
WikiLeaks Releases DUMBO
Dumbo
Link > https://wikileaks.org/vault7/#Dumbo
RELEASE: CIA project 'Dumbo' to switch off security webcams and corrupt recordings to hide physical intrusions
All processes related to the detected devices (usually recording, monitoring or detection of video/audio/network streams) are also identified and can be stopped by the operator.
Dumbo is run by the field agent directly from an USB stick; it requires administrator privileges to perform its task. It supports 32bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, and newer versions of Windows operating system. 64bit Windows XP, or Windows versions prior to XP are not supported.
Daniel Ellsberg On Leaking In The Age Of Trump (HBO)
1971 Flashback VietNam
Published on Aug 4, 2017
Views: 15,998
VICE News examines the Trump administration's war on leakers, with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
"We're really seeing leaks that are dangerous to the president, embarrassing to the president, by agencies that feel themselves endangered by the president."
Read: "Hero hacker who stopped the WannaCry attack has been arrested" http://bit.ly/2wszyDW
"We're really seeing leaks that are dangerous to the president, embarrassing to the president, by agencies that feel themselves endangered by the president."
Read: "Hero hacker who stopped the WannaCry attack has been arrested" http://bit.ly/2wszyDW
Mayor John Giles Knows Whats What : BLOOMBERGIZE Mesa
https://twitter.com/BigSurfDon
IT Business Partner @CityOfLasVegas; #InnovateVegas proponent; #borges fan; avid #cyclist; autodidact polymath; 20 years Federal govt; 19 Municipal govt
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Mayors to Washington (and Trump): You need to listen to us
"America’s mayors have one message for Washington: you need our help to solve the country’s problems.
“We’re not a special interest group, we’re the best partner that they have to deliver to our identical taxpayers services that are much, much needed,” said Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans and president of The United States Conference of Mayors in an interview with POLITICO.
Landrieu and other members of the conference met with senators and staff during a trip to Washington earlier this week, pushing three priorities that affect urban and suburban Americans: tax reform, infrastructure and health care."
Mesa Mayor John Giles actually got quoted twice: not about tax reform where the city has one of the worst CAFR positives out of the 50 largest cities, not about infrastructure expanding suburban sprawl, and not about healthcare except where the City's biggest job-provider is threatened by huge cuts in federal funds by a Republican regime he help get elected. Furthermore, Giles is not widely considered a collaborator nor has he a good reputation or history of engaging citizens in city government - he has admitted that shortcoming publicly. In his State-of-the-City Speech 2017 he has likewise said he needs ideas... perhaps "getting educated" on-the-job might help. Results so far? Not clear
1. “If you need an aircraft carrier, it is great that we have the federal government. If you need a driver’s license, I’m really glad the state can take care of that,” said John Giles, the mayor of Mesa, Arizona. “Nearly every other service that people receive from government on a daily basis comes by and through the cities.”
2. “I think the answer is we all need to be a little more collaborative,” said Giles. “We need to reject the model that the federal government has kind of fallen into, particularly in the last year or so, of taking a small group of men and sending them into a room and closing the door and thinking that’s the best way to solve the problem.”
2. “I think the answer is we all need to be a little more collaborative,” said Giles. “We need to reject the model that the federal government has kind of fallen into, particularly in the last year or so, of taking a small group of men and sending them into a room and closing the door and thinking that’s the best way to solve the problem.”
The conference pledged to be a continued presence in Washington, pushing lawmakers to work from the bottom up . . .
Mayors said the most effective way to tackle these large problems would be to work in local governments earlier in the process because ultimately, local governments are the ones that interact most with citizens.NOT HERE IN MESA
The conference which met with the offices of the following Senators said
they received no specific promises on legislation on their initiatives.
Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.),
Lamar Alexandar (R-Tenn.),
Bob Corker (R-Tenn.),
Gary Peters (D-Mich.),
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and
Tim Scott (R-S.C.) --
Just checking the official Twitter page for John Giles as Mesa Mayor
John Giles. 40th Mayor of Mesa, Arizona
Mesa, AZ
Met w/ @SenBobCorker & @SenAlexander on infrastructure, tax reform & healthcare. Great items for cities & Congress to partner @usmayors
9:42 AM - 2 Aug 2017
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Mayor John Giles Re-Tweeted
Landrieu and other members of the conference met with senators and staff during a trip to Washington earlier this week, pushing three priorities that affect urban and suburban Americans: tax reform, infrastructure and health care.
“If you need an aircraft carrier, it is great that we have the federal government. If you need a driver’s license, I’m really glad the state can take care of that,” said John Giles, the mayor of Mesa, Arizona. “Nearly every other service that people receive from government on a daily basis comes by and through the cities.”
4:04 AM - 4 Aug 2017
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Leads the @BloombergDotOrg public sector innovation programs. Focused on cities, mayors, civic innovation, and ideas that spread. @BloombergCities
05.15.17
He’s leading the world’s cities toward solutions
What Anderson and his crew at Bloomberg Philanthropies are doing is creating an ecosystem to help mayors become “much more agile, creative, and in partnership mode [with other mayors],” Anderson explains...
Today, most local governments are aware of only 3% of the various interventions being applied around the world, according to Citymart, a public-solutions procurement firm...Anderson’s goal is to “Bloombergize” urban development, as he puts it, empowering municipalities to create models that others might later adopt. “Cities should not have to reinvent the wheel time and time again,” he says. “I am obsessed with the notion that [cities and mayors] can serve as distribution networks for ideas that work.”
Today, most local governments are aware of only 3% of the various interventions being applied around the world, according to Citymart, a public-solutions procurement firm...Anderson’s goal is to “Bloombergize” urban development, as he puts it, empowering municipalities to create models that others might later adopt. “Cities should not have to reinvent the wheel time and time again,” he says. “I am obsessed with the notion that [cities and mayors] can serve as distribution networks for ideas that work.”
Since joining Bloomberg Philanthropies in 2010, Anderson has devised and led ambitious programs that have channeled more than $215 million to urban projects reaching 290 cities across 25 countries. They include the Mayors Challenge, which awards cash prizes to metro areas with the most forward-looking and potentially replicable plans to improve city life, and What Works Cities, which provides smaller cities with data-driven ways to improve services and planning
“One of the things that I learned from Mike Bloomberg is that borrowing ideas is a badge of honor,” says Anderson, a onetime activist with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network who spent eight years working alongside the former mayor of New York City, first as a senior adviser in the homeless division and then as communications director.
Anderson, who has at times held private, closed-door meetings with mayors to answer their most basic questions, is now investing further in their potential. In July, his organization will launch the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a sort of mayoral MBA program for top city officials that will offer free virtual classes and executive coaching sessions developed in tandem with Harvard Business School and its Kennedy School of Government. Jorrit de Jong, who leads Harvard’s government innovation studies and will oversee the program, says that modern city planning without data analysis is like driving a car blindfolded. “It’s really important that the mayor gets it,” de Jong says.
The work these leaders are doing will go toward solving their own issues–and others’ as well. After all, Anderson says, “every elected official needs to produce results.”
Twitter > https://twitter.com/JimOnCities
Began today w/fellow #Mayors speaking to 14 media outlets re federal/local issues impacting #Mesa and all our cities @csmonitor @usmayors
7:54 AM - 2 Aug 2017
Friday, August 04, 2017
Love Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos: The Fundamental Properties of Physics
04.08.2017
Neutrinos Caught In The Act Of Collision
It's a podcast > you have to listen https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments
Neutrinos are known as the “ghost particle.” Even though countless numbers of the subatomic particles rain down from the sun, supernova, and other cosmic sources every second, they are difficult to detect because of their weak interactions with matter. Physicists at the Oak Ridge Laboratory were able to take the first measurement of a neutrino interacting with the nucleus of an atom.Results were published this week in the journal Science.
Segment Guest
Kate Scholberg is a professor of physics at Duke University. She’s based in Durham, North Carolina.
BEHIND THE SCENES > Meet The Producer
About Alexa Lim
Alexa Lim is a producer for Science Friday. Her favorite stories involve space, sound, and strange animal discoveries.
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*This copy was updated on September 18, 2015, to indicate that the team of scientists mapped out manmade neutrinos in addition to geoneutrinos.
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/mapping-out-neutrino-hotspots-here-on-earth/
What Works Mesa? Managing the Essential Link: Affordable Housing & Economic Development
Re:Webinar/Training course http://www.iedconline.org
Managing the Essential Link: Affordable Housing & Economic Development
While often overlooked, affordable housing is a significant contributor to economic development. Well-designed housing programs have the potential to benefit not just the surrounding community, but also the residents of those neighborhoods. However, lack of housing at the right price points and locations may hinder businesses from attracting and retaining the workers they need.
For instance, problems linked to increased transportation costs and reduced disposable income may cause workers to relocate to more affordable areas, decreasing the community’s overall competitiveness.
While economic developers tend to be focused on businesses, housing as a key attribute of your community may need to be addressed in your strategic economic development plan.
Hear about the numerous studies that have associated affordable housing with increased job creation, consumer spending, and sources of revenue streams for state and local governments, and the benefits it may have on a community's business industries.
These factors can lead to a more stabilized, diverse, and satisfied employee-base.
During this webinar, you'll cover:
• The importance of affordable housing in a community's workforce and quality of life
• Collaborative efforts EDOs can champion with local government agencies, nonprofits, and the private sector to address affordable housing and economic development
• Available financing tools for affordable housing.
Date: August 17, 2017
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm ET
Price: $95 for IEDC members, $135 for Nonmembers
Registration Deadline: August 17 at 11:00 am ET
Instructions will be emailed on August 16
Last date to request a refund or cancel registration: Monday, August 7
Questions? Please contact webinar@iedconline.or
Price: $95 for IEDC members, $135 for Nonmembers
Registration Deadline: August 17 at 11:00 am ET
Instructions will be emailed on August 16
Last date to request a refund or cancel registration: Monday, August 7
Questions? Please contact webinar@iedconline.or
SPEAKERS:
Ernestine Garey
Senior Advisor
Atlanta Housing Authority
Atlanta, GA
Senior Advisor
Atlanta Housing Authority
Atlanta, GA
Ernestine W. Garey is currently the Senior Advisor to the CEO at the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA). In this role, she provides leadership for Atlanta’s Choice Neighborhood Project as well as other strategic initiatives of AHA.
Previously, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta’s economic development agency. In her capacity as COO, Ms. Garey managed and directed the day-to-day activities of Invest Atlanta’s operating departments and was the strategic liaison fortifying relationships with the Board of Directors, Atlanta City Council and other governmental and community stakeholders.
She is the President Emeritus of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (NALHFA), the premier advocacy group of affordable housing professionals. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., Atlanta Emerging Markets, Inc. and is Board Chair of the Diabetes Association of Atlanta.
Henrietta Owusu, DM, AICP
Director, Program Policy Division
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, DC
Director, Program Policy Division
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, DC
Henrietta Owusu is the Director of the Program Policy Division in HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs. Henrietta is a professional planner with over two decades of public sector experience in community planning and development, mostly in the development and financing of affordable housing. Prior to coming to HUD, she served as the Acting Director for the Department of Housing and Economic Development and Director of the Division of Housing Production in Trenton, New Jersey. Henrietta has a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and a Doctorate in Management from the University of Maryland University College.
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Attend Web Seminars and Earn Recertification Credits from the Comfort of Your Office
We understand that CEcDs have a constant yearning to grow and improve their knowledge and expertise in economic development. Therefore, the IEDC web seminars have been approved as professional development programs for recertification. The web seminars provide a convenient and cost-effective online environment for economic developers to learn about cutting-edge research, techniques, and tools that are prevalent in the field.
CEcDs participating in a minimum of three (3) web seminars during a three-year recertification cycle can now earn recertification credits. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Marjorie Rose at mrose@iedconline.org.
Thursday, August 03, 2017
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