Timing is Everything
I read an article this morning and was wondering when I should post about. Then the blackout happened. I can't help but think how coincidental this was....From Government Technology:
L.A. County Office of Emergency Management to Utilize Satellite NetworkingHmmm. What kind of interruption were they referring to...
Sep 12, 2005
By News Staff
The Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management and Network Innovation Associates Inc. are installing a LinkStar satellite private network from ViaSat Inc. for the County's first responder network.
The Emergency Satellite Communications Network (ESCN) is designed to be the backbone for the Emergency Management Information System (EMIS) that L.A. County fire, law enforcement, health, and safety agencies rely on for communications in the event of a disaster. The three-year contract, valued at approximately $1.5 million, includes networking equipment for 137 locations, plus network services through the ViaSat Customer Care Center.
All 88 cities within Los Angeles County rely on the EMIS network to connect to critical resources from medical, police, sheriff, fire and City Hall agencies in an emergency. Designated operators communicate through the network when the Office of Emergency Management activates the system. LinkStar satellite modems, connected to EMIS terminals, will be able to provide two-way communications with a dedicated hub server at the L.A. County Emergency Operations Center (LAEOC), creating a secure, emergency response intranet across the county. By the end of 2005 the agency is expected to complete a mirror site in Denver, Colorado that will serve as a backup hub for the network.
"When we start sending information over the EMIS network, we'd really rather send it through the ESCN because it's more secure," said Rob Sawyer, who designed the network and now is chief of Communications for the LA County Fire Department. "Even though the primary network is still terrestrial, most likely the network operators are going to use the satellite network when they have a choice."
All the attributes of satellite communication make it a natural fit for emergency operations. Disasters often cut or create gaps in terrestrial service, but, by virtue of its wireless nature and wide area coverage, satellite networks are immune to interruptions on the ground.
Posted by Anonymous @ 9/12/2005 04:51:00 PM
16 Comments:
Hmmmmmmmm now what kind of raise was the average DWP worker gonna get over the next few years????
2 million peeps in the dark by one maintenance employee??????????
ZILCH, ZERO, NADA
Jimmy Hahn kept the lights on all 4 years during some of the worst rolling black/brownouts in the history of the state.
Impo-Tony can't keep the juice flowing for 90 days.
LULAC Education Commission condemns mayor. . .
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Education Commission has issued a condemnation of the actions of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
According to the Commission, Mayor Villaraigosa has failed to
initiate valid attempts to reform the Los Angeles Unified School
District, a campaign promise. The commission also claims that
Villaraigosa is preventing victims of alleged misconduct by school
district personnel from participating in his "education Committee".
The Commission has called on California LULAC to likewise condemn
Villaraigosa and to demand equitable treatment and representation
for victims of misconduct.
In another case, the Commission has exonerated a school
superintendent accused by a LULAC council of being "arrogant"
toward Latinos.
The San Benito County LULAC council alleged that Hollister School
District Superintendent Ron Crates has also been unresponsive to
Latin American teachers and parents in a previous assignment.
It was the opinion of the Commission that the allegations were
ambiguous and that the complainants failed to offer any evidence of
misconduct or unprofessional behavior.
END
For additional information, contact:
Carlos L’Dera
(661) 242-2533
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Condemnation of actions of Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Be it known that it is the opinion of the LULAC Education
Commission that:
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa campaigned partially on the
need to reform the Los Angeles Unified School District; and
Mayor Villaraigosa has subsequently failed to initiate any valid
attempts to accomplish the above; and
Mayor Villaraigosa has willfully failed to communicate with, or in
any other way allow, input from victims of misconduct perpetrated
by personnel of the Los Angeles Unified School District either to
his office or to his "education committee", while simultaneously
allowing participation by those culpable in the deterioration of
the LAUSD and those who have contributed to the aforementioned
misconduct; and
By the actions described above, Mayor Villaraigosa has continued
the policy of politicization of children; and
By said actions, Mayor Villaraigosa has demonstrated an
unwillingness to act in good faith to resolve discrepancies that
negatively impact students, parents, teachers and communities of
the Los Angeles Unified School District.
THEREFORE, the California LULAC Education Commission strongly
condemns the above specified actions and practices of Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and calls for California LULAC to
likewise condemn said actions and practices and to call for Mayor
Villaraigosa to allow participation of impacted parties in the
Mayor’s "Education Committee" and to otherwise afford equitable
treatment and representation of said impacted parties. Further, the
California LULAC Education Commission calls for California LULAC to
abide by LULAC Resolution CA 5, 6 Condemning current Violations of
Education Code Statues.
Adopted this 3rd day of September 2005.
Carlos L’Dera
Chairman
Good for you LULAC. Call this vendido out for breaking his promises, nobody else will. But you should probably boiler plate this resolution, Tony is not through breaking promises.
FBI Intel Analyst Charged With Spying
(Not Related to The Topic) Have you guys visited this other blog?
http://lynwoodwatch.blogspot.com
Los Angeles, CA. Was it legal for the Los Angeles Unified School District to issue $1 Billion plus in non-voter approved bonds in semi-secret meetings over the past several years? And, who advised them to do so? Did anyone challenge the LAUSD actions?
http://i-newswire.com/pr46131.html
What schools in LAUSD did the state take over?
Roosevelt?
Belvedere?
Caprice Young, the CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, previously held the position of president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. With a background in higher education, business and government, the Yale- and USC-educated Young now oversees an organization that assists more than 500 charter schools statewide.
Charter schools raising the ante
The charter school movement in the United States, launched in 1992, today is made up of some 3,500 schools in 40 states. It has been controversial since the beginning, with major disputes on their effectiveness in improving the achievement of their students, their financing, which critics say weakens traditional public school systems, and criticism in some states of the profit-making companies that manage a great many of the charters.
The numbers differ from state to state. For example, charter schools in California get an average of $4,800 per student in federal, state and local taxpayer dollars, while the traditional schools receive $7,000 for each student.
Feds Award CA Charter Schools $10 Million to Build Charters in Under-Served Communities; Credit Enhancement Grant Will Address Critical Facilities Challenges, Create Opportunities for 9,000 Students in High-Quality Charter Schools
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050819005341&newsLang=en
Forty states now have laws establishing charter schools; California leads the way with 533 of the schools, and Arizona is next with 509.
In just two short years the Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School has produced superior test results according to the 2004-05 Academic Performance Index (API).
According to API results the De La Hoya High School scored 28% higher than it’s peers serving the Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles areas, and will be one of the highest ranked in similar schools ranking within California.
Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School is a part of the Green Dot Public network. Green Dot is the only organization with a proven track record of successfully serving secondary students; the highest need student population of Los Angeles. All five-charter schools are successfully serving students who have traditionally struggled in the public school system and are achieving far greater results than comparable schools on all key metrics.
Desperate for Change, but What Kind?
Don't look now, but it's that time again. Time to take another dip in the morass of competing interests and ever-higher hurdles that stand in the way of good schools.
The traditional school year is about to begin, a new set of standardized test scores has cemented California's standing as a national model for mediocrity, and a nonprofit group is attempting to commandeer a South Los Angeles high school where 1% of the 3,815 students tested proficient at math.
You read correctly. Just 1% of the students at Jefferson High, scene of three racially motivated skirmishes in recent months, passed muster.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-lopez17aug17,1,3695486.column?coll=la-news-state
8:51
Also Wilson High School in El Sereno. So much for Huizar's leadership. The two high schools that he represented in the 14th District are now run by the state due to incompetence.
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