Protected: M*** M***; 4 Year Old Autistic Son Fractured Skull and TBI March 4, 2014
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: Celeste, childcare, daycare, Park City, Safe, Silly, Supervised
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5th Grade “Teacher” Nicole Mcvey Teases Autistic Boy Stuck in Chair February 26, 2014
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: ASD, aspergers, autism, goodrich, michael ellis, nicole mcvey, oakwood, principal, tasered, teacher
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As the parent of an Autistic child this story makes me angry beyond description. A 5th Grade “Teacher” (Nicole Mcvey) and “principal” (now former principal) Michael Ellis, at Oaktree Elementary School in Goodrich, Michigan RECORDED Themselves teasing an Autistic 10 year old boy who got stuck in a chair. They did NOT try to help and the principal asked the child if he wanted to be “tasered”? Shamefully, community members came to the board of education meeting to speak in support of the teacher..Really? I guess she only hurt and taunted one child so that is OK? Not only did they record over 10 minutes of video of this child trapped in the chair and being teased, they shared it with faculty and friends.
I would like to invite Mr. Michael Ellis to contact me about being ‘tasered’. I will gladly go into a room with him and his ‘taser’ if I can record what happens and distribute. I suspect he doesn’t have much interest in my own offer because I can tell you he will think it is a hell of a lot less funny than what happened to that poor child.
Here is the school’s address and phone number. You can contact the current principal Mr. Jason Wilcox and explain your feelings jwilcox@goodrichschools.org Given the format of their email, you can likely contact Ms. Mcvey: nmcvey@goodrichschools.org.
Goodrich, MI 48438
Chris Mark in AT&T Network Exchange Blog February 20, 2014
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: AT&T, Chris Mark, cybersecurity, DSS, Exchange Blog, information, PCI, security
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As the AT&T PCI National Practice Director, I write and blog on numerous topics that I hope are of interest to those who have to protect data. Aside from the GlobalRiskInfo blog here I also publish some blog posts on the AT&T Network Exchange Blog. Please take a spin through. Also, there are a very large number of great writers on the AT&T Network Exchange Blog. Take some time and look through the other authors…
CyberEspionage (Again)…The Counter Terrorist Magazine February 19, 2014
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: AT&T, Chris Mark, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, PCI DSS, risk management, security
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In light of the continuing attacks against companies by Eastern European organized criminal groups, I thought it appropriate to remind everyone that state sponsored attacks are still a major issue. Here is a link to an article I wrote in The Counter Terrorist Magazine on the topic of CyberEspionage. “The economics of cyber-theft is simple: Stealing technology is far easier and cheaper than doing original research and development. It is also far less risky to the spy than historic cloak and dagger economic espionage.”
DARPA Counter Sniper Technology – 1996 “Bullet Ears”- Saving lives today… February 18, 2014
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: AT&T, BBN, Boomerage, Chris Mark, DARPA, Force, Marine, Reconnaissance, Scout Sniper, Steve Reichert, USMC
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While I was serving as a Reconnaissance Marine in 1996, I was asked if I was interested in an opportunity to work with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) on some counter sniper technology that was being developed? Since I was also a Marine Scout/Sniper with combat experience as a sniper, I was told I was a good fit. I jumped at the opportunity to make some per diem, and screw around at Ft. Benning during the Summer Olympics, which were being held in Atltanta (about an hour away).
There were numerous systems and we spent our days shooting, trying to beat the 
systems, writing reports on our findings, and talking trash with all of the bearded PhD engineers who built the cool toys that we could break. It was immensely fun. In 1996, the technology was in its infancy and the computer processing power was not yet well enough defined to make the systems very effective. There was one system that we evaluated that struck a chord with the snipers. It was based upon a series of sensors that ‘heard’ the supersonic crack of the bullet as it passed between the sensors. It would use basic time differences and triangulate the position of the shot and, using basic trigonometry, it could calculate where the shot originated, the caliber, and other factors. Ultimately we gave it good reviews and the DARPA representative code named it “Bullet Ears” (yeah..I am not making this up)..
Today I was reading an article by Steve Reichert (the Marine Sniper with the Mile long shot and three kills with one shot) titled DARPA’s XM3 Sniper Rifle. In the article, it references a sniper detection system named ‘Boomerange’ by Raytheon’s BBN Systems. Imagine my surprise when I checked out the system and realized it was the actual finished version of “Bullet Ears” we had tested almost 20 years ago!…It has been deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan…Wow. To think it has actually saved lives. That is very cool to think that a technology we tested in 1996 is saving lives in 2014…
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