Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage – Infrastructure REPORT – a Black Start

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/NIAC%20Catastrophic%20Power%20Outage%20Study_FINAL.pdf

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Introduction: What the Nation Faces
Across the nation, we experience major threats nearly every year: hurricanes, wildfires, flooding, droughts,
and other serious disasters. For these events, the nation has well-established response processes where the
federal government serves as a backstop for the robust efforts of individuals, businesses, communities, and
states. Even as severe weather increases, the nation has steadily improved its ability to respond to growing
disasters and resulting outages—improving planning and coordination, hardening infrastructure, and
building strong mutual aid agreements.
The risk posed by a catastrophic power outage, however, is not simply a bigger, stronger storm. It is
something that could paralyze entire regions, with grave implications for the nation’s economic and social
well-being. The NIAC was tasked to examine the nation’s ability to withstand a catastrophic power outage
of a magnitude beyond modern experience, exceeding prior events in severity, scale, duration, and
consequence.

REPORT: ATTACK on OUR ELECTRIC GRID – ELECTROMAGNETIC DEFENSE TASK FORCE

https://media.defense.gov/2018/Nov/28/2002067172/-1/-1/0/LP_0002_DEMAIO_ELECTROMAGNETIC_DEFENSE_TASK_FORCE.PDF

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The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) is a broad area of activity characterized by physically observable activities such as visible light and
lasers and unobservable phenomena such as microwaves and electromagnetic energy. EMS manifests through various frequencies and wavelengths
produced by natural sources like solar storms or artificially by hardware such
as radar or nuclear weapons. EMS impacts every domain of warfare.
On 20–22 August 2018, the Electromagnetic Defense Task Force (EDTF)
hosted an inaugural summit in the National Capital Region (NCR). The summit was designed to aid and encourage actions to recover footing where our
technological lead in EMS is being challenged. The summit was also designed
to address direct EMS threats to the United States and its allies. While some
issues have existed since the 1960s, the window of opportunity to mitigate
some electromagnetic threats is closing. Meanwhile, many existing threats
have gained prominence due to almost universal integration of silica-based
technologies into all aspects of modern technology and society

BLUE Raven UnVeiled: AFRL, IBM unveil world’s largest neuromorphic digital synaptic super computer

https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1582310/afrl-ibm-unveil-worlds-largest-neuromorphic-digital-synaptic-super-computer/

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ROME RESEARCH LABS, New York – The Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with IBM, unveiled the world’s largest neuromorphic digital synaptic super computer July 19, dubbed Blue Raven, at AFRL’s Information Directorate Advanced Computing Applications Lab in Rome, New York.

Today, challenges exist in the mobile and autonomous realms due to the limiting factors of size, weight, and power, of computing devices – commonly referred to as SWaP. The experimental Blue Raven, with its end-to-end IBM TrueNorth ecosystem will aim to improve on the state-of-the-art by delivering the equivalent of 64 million neurons and 16 billion synapses of processing power while only consuming 40 watts – equivalent to a household light bulb.

Beyond the orders of magnitude improvement in efficiency, researchers believe that the brain inspired neural network approach to computing will be far more efficient for pattern recognition and integrated sensory processing than systems powered by conventional chips. AFRL is currently investigating applications for the technology.

Space Preservation Act H.R. 2977 – read page 4 . . . .

https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/hr2977/BILLS-107hr2977ih.pdf

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•HR 2977 IH
1 (2)(A) The terms ‘‘weapon’’ and ‘‘weapons sys
2 tem’’ mean a device capable of any of the following:
3 (i) Damaging or destroying an object
4 (whether in outer space, in the atmosphere, or
5 on earth) by—
6 (I) firing one or more projectiles to
7 collide with that object;
8 (II) detonating one or more explosive
9 devices in close proximity to that object;
10 (III) directing a source of energy (in
11 cluding molecular or atomic energy, sub
12 atomic particle beams, electromagnetic ra
13 diation, plasma, or extremely low frequency
14 (ELF) or ultra low frequency (ULF) en
15 ergy radiation) against that object; or
16 (IV) any other unacknowledged or as
17 yet undeveloped means.
18 (ii) Inflicting death or injury on, or dam
19 aging or destroying, a person (or the biological
20 life, bodily health, mental health, or physical
21 and economic well-being of a person)—
22 (I) through the use of any of the
23 means described in clause (i) or subpara24 graph (B);

Breakthrough Starshot . . . Initiatives

https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/news/4

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NTERNET INVESTOR AND SCIENCE PHILANTHROPIST YURI MILNER & PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING ANNOUNCE BREAKTHROUGH STARSHOT PROJECT TO DEVELOP 100 MILLION MILE PER HOUR MISSION TO THE STARS WITHIN A GENERATION

$100 million research and engineering program will seek proof of concept for using light beam to propel gram-scale ‘nanocraft’ to 20 percent of light speed. A possible fly-by mission could reach Alpha Centauri within about 20 years of its launch.

Mark Zuckerberg is joining the board.

New York – Tuesday, April 12 – Internet investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner was joined at One World Observatory today by renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking to announce a new Breakthrough Initiative focusing on space exploration and the search for life in the Universe.

Breakthrough Starshot is a $100 million research and engineering program aiming to demonstrate proof of concept for light-propelled nanocrafts. These could fly at 20 percent of light speed and capture images of possible planets and other scientific data in our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, just over 20 years after their launch.

The program will be led by Pete Worden, the former director of NASA AMES Research Center, and advised by a committee of world-class scientists and engineers. The board will consist of Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Ann Druyan, Freeman Dyson, Mae Jemison, Avi Loeb and Pete Worden also participated in the announcement.

Today, on the 55th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering space flight, and nearly half a century after the original ‘moonshot’, Breakthrough Starshot is launching preparations for the next great leap: to the stars.

Breakthrough Starshot – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot

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Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail spacecraft named StarChip,[1] to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.37 light-years away.

A flyby mission has been proposed to Proxima Centauri b, an Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of its host star, Proxima Centauri, in the Alpha Centauri system.[2] At a speed between 15% and 20% of the speed of light,[3][4][5][6] it would take between twenty and thirty years to complete the journey, and approximately four years for a return message from the starship to Earth.

The conceptual principles to enable this interstellar travel project were described in “A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight“, by Philip Lubin of UC Santa Barbara.[7][8]Sending the lightweight spacecraft involves a multi-kilometer phased array of beam-steerable lasers with a combined coherent power output of up to 100 GW.[9]

CUBA – RADAR PULSE ATTACKS: US diplomats in Cuba attacks have inner ear damage: new report | Miami Herald

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article222943585.html

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The Miami doctors who first treated U.S. diplomats in Havana affected by a mysterious ailment after exposure to an unknown energy source have found a “triad” of neurological, cognitive and emotional symptoms unlike the concussions previously reported by another group of physicians.

“Our findings are dramatically different from what concussions look like,” Dr. Michael Hoffer, the lead author of a new study made public Wednesday, said in an exclusive video interview with the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald. The study by physicians at the University of Miami and the University of Pittsburgh was published in Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology journal.

DEPOPULATION CONTROL – Recent Grant Awards | HHS.gov Amount of Grants to Determine TARGET States . ..

Recent Grant Awards

HHS Title X Family Planning Service Grants Award by State

Fiscal Year 2018 Grantees

The awards below are for FY18 Title X family planning service grants. All of these grants will begin on Saturday, September 1, 2018 and will end on Saturday, March 31, 2019.

State Grantee Fiscal Year 2018 Award
Alabama Alabama Department of Public Health  $    3,811,000
Alaska Alaska Department of Health and Social Services  $       422,000
Alaska Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands  $       753,000
Arizona Arizona Department of Health Services  $       906,000
Arizona Arizona Family Health Partnership  $    2,718,000
Arizona – Navajo Arizona Family Health Partnership  $       332,000
Arkansas Arkansas Department of Health  $    2,884,000
California Essential Access Health  $  14,360,000
Colorado Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment  $    2,589,000
Connecticut Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation  $       219,000
Connecticut Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc.  $    1,563,000
Delaware Executive Office of the Governor of Delaware/Division of Public Health  $       810,000
District of Columbia Unity Health Care, Inc.  $       911,000
Florida Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc.  $       209,000
Florida Florida Department of Health  $    7,290,000
Georgia The Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc.  $    5,528,000
Georgia Neighborhood Improvement Project, Inc.  $       209,000
Hawaii State of Hawaii Department of Health  $    1,000,000
Hawaii Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands  $       588,000
Idaho Idaho Department of Health and Welfare  $    1,122,000
Idaho Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands  $       139,000
Illinois Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center, Inc.  $       452,000
Illinois Planned Parenthood of Illinois  $    2,451,000
Illinois Illinois Department of Public Health  $    2,777,000
Indiana Indiana Family Health Council, Inc.  $    3,520,000
Iowa Iowa Department of Public Health  $       925,000
Iowa Family Planning Council of Iowa  $    1,964,000
Kansas Kansas Department of Health and Environment  $    1,816,000
Kentucky Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services  $    3,893,000
Louisiana Louisiana Department of Health  $    3,275,000
Maine Family Planning Association of Maine  $    1,414,000
Maryland CCI Health and Wellness Services  $       560,000
Maryland Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene  $    2,296,000
Massachusetts Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.  $    1,251,000
Massachusetts Health Imperatives, Inc.  $       921,000
Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Public Health  $    2,110,000
Michigan Michigan Department of Health and Human Services  $    5,285,000
Minnesota Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota  $    1,865,000
Minnesota Ramsey County  $       394,000
Mississippi Mississippi State Department of Health  $    3,261,000
Missouri Missouri Family Health Council, Inc.  $    3,494,000
Montana Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services  $    1,453,000
Nebraska Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services  $    1,494,000
Nevada City of Carson City  $       244,000
Nevada Nevada Department of Health and Human Services  $       140,000
Nevada Nevada Health Centers, Inc.  $       132,000
Nevada Nevada Primary Care Association  $       695,000
Nevada Southern Nevada Health District  $       903,000
Nevada Washoe County Health District  $       521,000
New Hampshire Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Inc.  $       469,000
New Hampshire New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services  $       591,000
New Jersey New Jersey Family Planning League, Inc.  $    6,481,000
New Mexico New Mexico Department of Health  $    2,295,000
New York Beacon Christian Community Health Center  $       700,000
New York New York State Department of Health  $    5,798,000
New York Public Health Solutions  $    3,125,000
New York The Floating Hospital, Inc.  $       400,000
North Carolina North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services  $    3,800,000
North Carolina Planned Parenthood South Atlantic  $    1,424,000
North Dakota North Dakota Department of Health  $       738,000
Ohio Ohio Department of Health  $    2,295,000
Ohio Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio  $    2,847,000
Ohio Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region  $    1,042,000
Oklahoma Oklahoma State Department of Health  $    2,431,000
Oklahoma Caring Hands Healthcare Centers, Inc.  $       212,000
Oklahoma Community Health Connection, Inc.  $       452,000
Oregon Oregon Heath Authority  $    2,179,000
Pennsylvania AccessMatters  $    3,881,000
Pennsylvania Adagio Health Inc.  $    2,628,000
Pennsylvania Family Health Council of Central PA., Inc.  $    1,944,000
Pennsylvania Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc.  $    1,233,000
Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Health  $       835,000
South Carolina South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control  $    4,065,000
South Dakota South Dakota Department of Health  $       753,000
Tennessee Tennessee Department of Health  $    4,824,000
Texas Your Health Clinic dba Callie Clinic  $       188,000
Texas Women’s Health and Family Planning Association of Texas  $  10,000,000
Utah Planned Parenthood Association of Utah  $    1,410,000
Vermont Vermont Agency of Human Services  $       554,000
Virginia Virginia Department of Health  $    2,635,000
Virginia Planned Parenthood South Atlantic  $       504,000
Washington Washington State Department of Health  $    2,783,000
West Virginia Adagio Health Inc.  $       278,000
West Virginia West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources  $    1,385,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Health Services  $    1,000,000
Wisconsin Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc.  $    2,100,000
Wyoming Wyoming Health Council  $       616,000
American Samoa Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center  $       200,000
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation  $       134,000
Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia  $       240,000
Guam Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services  $       210,000
Palau Palau Ministry of Health  $       103,000
Puerto Rico University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus  $    2,000,000
Puerto Rico Family Planning Association of Puerto Rico  $       560,000
Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Health in the Republic of the Marshall Islands  $         94,000
U.S. Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Department of Health  $       609,000