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In new york. [inaudible] as most shes a good writer, articles appear regulate in the near times, the wall street journal, the newsweek and many other publications. Her book was published on the cnn website as a source of authoritative information on current Political Developments in russia. Fortunately, or rather unfortunate because [inaudible] the publication of this book is timely. Because of this conflict we are witnessing propaganda. How our government justifies its action in ukraine [inaudible] and how typical russian when people tend to believe, is being criticized. This book explains why all that happen. And guides to russian peoples minds which are still not free from any kind of invisible internal [inaudible] so please welcome to the stage with nina khrushcheva. [applause] thank you very much. The introduction is certainly very much better than much more than i deserve, but thank you. Thank you, all of you, for being here. Is an incredible honor. I was talking to somebody toda
And more dearly paid his father, my birth great grandfather, because suddenly in the story the redric of russia today and the reason Nikita Khrushchev, which i think the greatest thing he did was deannounce stallin during the secret speech and later on wi. It is no longer seen as an act of brave. Instead it is dismissed as a simple act of political revenge. And then the story goes because russians love literature and they are great at inventing stories. That is why they are so good at propaganda because all that is is inventing stories. As the story goes today, if it were not my grandfather or family i would say that is a great invention and reads like a good detective novel. And the story goes today that when stalin discovered that khrushchev was a trader and he already died and they are dockments he died an march 11, 1943. And stalin discovered instead of him dying he was actually defective to the nazis. He was a Fighter Pilot and flew soviet fighter jet. So the story goes, the new s
University addressing high profile cyberattacks, including the hack on Sony Pictures. [video clip] the cyber threat is becoming more diverse, more sophisticated, and more dangerous. That is why we are here. We were at a transformational moment in the evolution of the cyber threat area the actions we take today, those that we fail to take, will determine whether cyberspace remains a realm of opportunity and assets or one that facilitates bold new ideas or whether it becomes a vulnerability. Unless we take action to strengthen our partnerships, most importantly between the government and the private sector, and unless we develop a resilient set of defenses, i worry that a tax like the ones against Sony Pictures entertainment could become the norm. It is not all doom and gloom. You will hear later today from president obama. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. We have ideas and a pass and a plan to address these threats. There is a framework to get this right. We know what we need
I have presented about innovation in education. With the help of technology and other kinds of approaches to Student Centers and i wanted to direct this to kind of book for education with children at about a proposal for the kind of book to talk about projectbased learning and social and Emotional Learning and blended learning. And the proposal just wasnt that convincing the i talked to my agent about why and i said 915 kids go to Public Schools and what i meant is that thats is not a lot of room for innovation in Public Schools these days because our schools are being held accountable for the outcomes of these very weak and limited standardized tests and test scores dont capture what teachers are trying to accomplish with these are the sorts of experiences and models. And so thats what it feels like not break in fencing innovation story here. My agent said youve got to write about that. Youve got to write about the gorilla in the room which is the standardized testing. So i set out br