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“I don’t believe in closing a place just to protest,” says Eduardo.
Instead, he says he’s paying it forward.
Eduardo is asking customers to pay in cash to avoid bank fees from credit card machines.
He says he plans to donate a portion of his proceeds to a nonprofit that focuses on helping immigrants here in the Pacific Northwest.
And he’s calling on other business owners to do the same.
“If we do this together for one week, I want to see the impact we have on this economy at the bank,” says Eduardo.
“We’re supporting him and his efforts and he's paying it forward,” says customer Kim Lawson.
“I think it's important to honor those people who are here and working really hard,” says customer Jill Scollard.
While there is no official list of businesses participating in this protest locally, we drove around Seattle tonight and found a few shops, including one on Capital Hill and one in White Center, with notices on the door saying they were shut down in support of “A day without immigrants”.
“I did think about closing, but my heart told me and my gut instincts said you are wrong,” says Eduardo.
While he knows some may criticize him for staying open, he says he’s doing what he thinks is best for his business and his employees.
“In this industry everybody makes money every day; tips, you stop it’s not just your paycheck, it’s your tips.
Share the wealth instead of stopping and not doing anything work hard and share the wealth,” says Eduardo.
Today, Toyota announced changes in executives’ areas of responsibility, as well as personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level.
The most important change by far is the appointment of Akio Toyoda, the company’s CEO and grandson of founder Kiichiro Toyoda, as President of a new ‘EV Business Planning’ department.
Earlier this month, we reported–admittedly a little tongue-in-cheek–about Toyota announcing the creation of an electric vehicle division and putting only 4 engineers on the project with the goal to bring EVs to market by 2020.
The move seems a lot more serious now that Akio Toyoda is leading the effort, and several other executives, managers, and engineers have been assigned new responsibilities in the electric vehicle planning department, including the chief engineer of the Prius.
At the executive level, the changes will be effective today, while the managers were apparently put on the program throughout the month.
You can see the full list of changes below.
It appears to be a clear sign that Toyota is more serious than ever about electric vehicles and it is not simply investing in fuel cell hydrogen to comply to new fuel consumption standards.
Changes to executives’ areas of responsibility (effective December 1, 2016) Name Current New Akio Toyoda ― President EV Business Planning Dept.
(chief officer) Mitsuhisa Kato Executive Vice President Frontier Research Center (chief officer) Executive Vice President Frontier Research Center (chief officer) EV Business Planning Dept.
(chief officer) Shigeki Terashi Executive Vice President Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (secretary general) Corporate Strategy Div.
(chief officer) Research Div.
(chief officer) Executive Vice President Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (secretary general) EV Business Planning Dept.
(chief officer) Corporate Strategy Div.
(chief officer) Research Div.
(chief officer) Koki Konishi Managing Officer Mid-size Vehicle Company (executive vice president) Managing Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group Changes to executive general managers’ areas of responsibility (effective November 1, 2016) Name Current New Shinichi Yasui Mid-size Vehicle Company ZS (chief officer), ZV (chief officer), ZD (chief officer), ZE (chief officer), ZF (chief officer) Mid-size Vehicle Company ZS (chief officer), ZV (chief officer), ZD (chief officer), ZE (chief officer), ZF (chief officer, concurrent chief engineer) Personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level (effective November 1, 2016) Name Current New Kouji Toyoshima MSZ, Mid-size Vehicle Company (chief engineer) MSZ, Mid-size Vehicle Company (chief engineer) EV Business Planning Dept.
(preliminary organization) (general manager) (effective November 14, 2016) Name Current New Kenichi Komuro Temporary External Transfer from Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. EV Business Planning Dept.
(preliminary organization) (project general manager) (effective December 1, 2016)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
AP Images / Business Insider North Korea attempted to fire a missile Sunday, but it blew up within seconds.
It happened one day after the anniversary of the country's founding.
While North Korea's missile program may be the shadowiest on earth, it's possible that US cyber warriors were the reason for the failed launch.
A recent New York Times report uncovered a secret operation to derail North Korea's nuclear-missile program that has been raging for at least three years.
Essentially, the report attributes North Korea's high rate of failure with Russian-designed missiles to the US meddling in the country's missile software and networks.
Although North Korea's missile infrastructure lacks the competence of Russia's, the Soviet-era missile on which North Korea based its missile had a 13% failure rate, and the North Korean version failed a whopping 88% of the time, according to the report.
While the missile failure on Sunday could have just been due to poor workmanship, US Deputy National Security Adviser K.T.
McFarland seemed to leave room for speculation about espionage, telling Fox News, "We can't talk about secret intelligence and things that might have been done, covert operations, so I really have no comment."
Vice President Mike Pence on Monday visited the demilitarized zone between the Koreas, saying that "all options are on the table to achieve the objectives and ensure the stability of the people of this country," and that "the era of strategic patience" with North Korea "is over."
To those in the know, the campaign against North Korea came as no surprise.
Ken Geers, a cybersecurity expert for Comodo with experience in the National Security Agency, told Business Insider that cyber operations like the one against North Korea were the norm.
While the US hacking another country's missile program may be shocking to some, "within military intelligence spaces, this is what they do," Geers said.
"If you think that war is possible with a given state, you're going to be trying to prepare the battle space for conflict.
In the internet age, that means hacking."
Reuters North Korea's internal networks are fiercely insulated and not connected to the internet, however, which poses a challenge for hackers in the US.
But Geers said it was "absolutely not the case" that hacking requires computers connected to the internet.
A recent report in The New Yorker on Russian hacking detailed one case in which Russia gained access to a NATO computer network in 1996 by providing bugged thumb drives to shops near a NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan.
NATO operators bought the thumb drives, used them on the network, and just like that, the Russians were in.
"That's where SIGINT (signals intelligence) or COMINT (communications intelligence) comes into collaboration with HUMINT (human intelligence)," Geers said.
He described the present moment as the "golden age of espionage," as cyberwarfare remains nonlethal, unattributable, and almost completely unpunished.
But a recent missile salvo from North Korea suggests that even a prolonged, sophisticated cyberattack can't fully derail its nuclear-missile program.
"Imagine you're the president.
North Korea is a human-rights abuser and an exporter of dangerous technology," Geers said.
"Responsible governments really need to think about ways to handle North Korea, and one of the options is regime change."
The test fire of Pukguksong-2 in February.
KCNA/Handout via Reuters Further, Geers said, because of the limited number of servers and access points to North Korea's very restricted internet, "if it ever came to cyberwar between the US and North Korea, it would be an overwhelming victory for the West."
"North Korea can do a Sony attack or attack the White House, but that's because that's the nature of cyberspace," Geers said.
"But if war came, you'd see Cyber Command wipe out most other countries' pretty quickly."
We’ve always pictured Scandinavia as the home of grisly crime fiction, weird pop music and IKEA.
But it looks like there’s a growing custom scene too.
Shops like the Wrenchmonkees and Unique Custom Cycles need no introduction.
But straight after last week’s Norwegian Yamaha GTS comes this radical Honda tracker from Marcus Moto Design of Sweden.
It has no seat, it’s painted in a vivid Arctic White, and it’s the custom equivalent of an ice-cold shot of Aquavit.
The builder is Marcus Carlsson, a 41-year-old engineer who lives just outside Stockholm.
“Bikes that are unique or a bit ‘weird’ are what get me going,” he says.
“Too many custom bikes look the same nowadays.” Five years ago, Marcus caused an internet meltdown with his stunning Ducati F1 Tracker.
He then started work on an Aprilia SXV 550, but killed that project after deciding he didn’t like the look of the frame.
(“I move slowly on my bike builds,” he admits.)
That’s fair enough—he builds his bikes in a small one-car garage, and has a full time job managing a team of 15 people for Ericsson.
When his wife and 7-year-old twins are asleep at night, he sneaks into the garage to build.
“I go in for a couple hours, and I basically just sleep less than them,” he says.
After the hiatus with the Aprilia, Marcus found a 2006-model Honda CRF450 that lived near his family’s summerhouse, out in the country.
It was a much better base for his vision of the ultimate street tracker.
“Ultimate in my mind means minimal bodywork, centralized weight distribution, lightweight carbon fiber and a ‘concept motorcycle’ feel,” he says.
And with a modern aluminum motocross frame and a powerful four-stroke thumper engine, the CRF fitted the bill.
Marcus might work slowly, but he does everything himself—even the paint.
So he welded and modified the FMF exhaust, welded on the aluminum sub frame, and made the foam bases for the new bodywork.
The gas tank, belly pan and remaining body panels were then hand-shaped with carbon fiber.
Various other parts were designed in the CAD program NX, before being 3D printed.
The weight loss program is extreme: There’s no seat.
“Every surface has been questioned,” says Marcus.
“Is it needed or not?
Seats are for touring bikes!” Marcus has lowered the forks for road use, but the frame and swing arm are stock: Honda motocross components are top quality.
But everything else has been modified or simply removed, and the aluminum subframe does double duty as the mounting point for the gas tank.
The license plate is Japanese, from a Tokyo moped market.
“I’ll replace it with a Swedish one to reduce interest from traffic cops,” says Marcus.
“They will probably have some opinions on the bike anyway…” Indeed.
We’re pretty sure the lighting will be inspected closely, for starters.
At the front is an LED ring mounted on a 3D-printed bracket; further down is a tiny battery, hidden underneath the lower yoke.
We’re pretty sure that’s another first in the custom world.
The tiny covers on either side of the front axle are also 3D printed, and there’s a matching aluminum cover for the rear brake caliper.
Both are designed to add a touch of sleekness and a ‘concept bike’ vibe.
The modified FMF exhaust system has a shortened silencer, itself partially shielded from view.
It’s tucked in underneath the engine, but the header length is standard to maximize power.
An aftermarket radiator keeps the engine cool, hooked up with red Samco silicone hoses.
To slow things down, there’s an oversized front brake—and the rear brake has been treated to a Fasst Co. spring kit for a smooth, easily modulated feel—ideal for road use.
Those gorgeous wheels are one-off numbers from Warp 9, shod with Goldentyre flat track rubber.
Yes, this is a barely street legal racer, right down to the battery-powered lights.
It’s perfect for short stints on the curvy village roads outside Stockholm.

“I don’t believe in closing a place just to protest,” says Eduardo.

Instead, he says he’s paying it forward.

Eduardo is asking customers to pay in cash to avoid bank fees from credit card machines.

He says he plans to donate a portion of his proceeds to a nonprofit that focuses on helping immigrants here in the Pacific Northwest.

And he’s calling on other business owners to do the same.

“If we do this together for one week, I want to see the impact we have on this economy at the bank,” says Eduardo.

“We’re supporting him and his efforts and he's paying it forward,” says customer Kim Lawson.

“I think it's important to honor those people who are here and working really hard,” says customer Jill Scollard.

While there is no official list of businesses participating in this protest locally, we drove around Seattle tonight and found a few shops, including one on Capital Hill and one in White Center, with notices on the door saying they were shut down in support of “A day without immigrants”.

“I did think about closing, but my heart told me and my gut instincts said you are wrong,” says Eduardo.

While he knows some may criticize him for staying open, he says he’s doing what he thinks is best for his business and his employees.

“In this industry everybody makes money every day; tips, you stop it’s not just your paycheck, it’s your tips.

Share the wealth instead of stopping and not doing anything work hard and share the wealth,” says Eduardo.

Today, Toyota announced changes in executives’ areas of responsibility, as well as personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level.

The most important change by far is the appointment of Akio Toyoda, the company’s CEO and grandson of founder Kiichiro Toyoda, as President of a new ‘EV Business Planning’ department.

Earlier this month, we reported–admittedly a little tongue-in-cheek–about Toyota announcing the creation of an electric vehicle division and putting only 4 engineers on the project with the goal to bring EVs to market by 2020.

The move seems a lot more serious now that Akio Toyoda is leading the effort, and several other executives, managers, and engineers have been assigned new responsibilities in the electric vehicle planning department, including the chief engineer of the Prius.

At the executive level, the changes will be effective today, while the managers were apparently put on the program throughout the month.

You can see the full list of changes below.

It appears to be a clear sign that Toyota is more serious than ever about electric vehicles and it is not simply investing in fuel cell hydrogen to comply to new fuel consumption standards.

Changes to executives’ areas of responsibility (effective December 1, 2016) Name Current New Akio Toyoda ― President EV Business Planning Dept.

(chief officer) Mitsuhisa Kato Executive Vice President Frontier Research Center (chief officer) Executive Vice President Frontier Research Center (chief officer) EV Business Planning Dept.

(chief officer) Shigeki Terashi Executive Vice President Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (secretary general) Corporate Strategy Div.

(chief officer) Research Div.

(chief officer) Executive Vice President Strategic Top Executive Meeting Office (secretary general) EV Business Planning Dept.

(chief officer) Corporate Strategy Div.

(chief officer) Research Div.

(chief officer) Koki Konishi Managing Officer Mid-size Vehicle Company (executive vice president) Managing Officer General Administration & Human Resources Group Changes to executive general managers’ areas of responsibility (effective November 1, 2016) Name Current New Shinichi Yasui Mid-size Vehicle Company ZS (chief officer), ZV (chief officer), ZD (chief officer), ZE (chief officer), ZF (chief officer) Mid-size Vehicle Company ZS (chief officer), ZV (chief officer), ZD (chief officer), ZE (chief officer), ZF (chief officer, concurrent chief engineer) Personnel changes at the sub-executive managerial level (effective November 1, 2016) Name Current New Kouji Toyoshima MSZ, Mid-size Vehicle Company (chief engineer) MSZ, Mid-size Vehicle Company (chief engineer) EV Business Planning Dept.

(preliminary organization) (general manager) (effective November 14, 2016) Name Current New Kenichi Komuro Temporary External Transfer from Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. EV Business Planning Dept.

(preliminary organization) (project general manager) (effective December 1, 2016)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

AP Images / Business Insider North Korea attempted to fire a missile Sunday, but it blew up within seconds.

It happened one day after the anniversary of the country's founding.

While North Korea's missile program may be the shadowiest on earth, it's possible that US cyber warriors were the reason for the failed launch.

A recent New York Times report uncovered a secret operation to derail North Korea's nuclear-missile program that has been raging for at least three years.

Essentially, the report attributes North Korea's high rate of failure with Russian-designed missiles to the US meddling in the country's missile software and networks.

Although North Korea's missile infrastructure lacks the competence of Russia's, the Soviet-era missile on which North Korea based its missile had a 13% failure rate, and the North Korean version failed a whopping 88% of the time, according to the report.

While the missile failure on Sunday could have just been due to poor workmanship, US Deputy National Security Adviser K.T.

McFarland seemed to leave room for speculation about espionage, telling Fox News, "We can't talk about secret intelligence and things that might have been done, covert operations, so I really have no comment."

Vice President Mike Pence on Monday visited the demilitarized zone between the Koreas, saying that "all options are on the table to achieve the objectives and ensure the stability of the people of this country," and that "the era of strategic patience" with North Korea "is over."

To those in the know, the campaign against North Korea came as no surprise.

Ken Geers, a cybersecurity expert for Comodo with experience in the National Security Agency, told Business Insider that cyber operations like the one against North Korea were the norm.

While the US hacking another country's missile program may be shocking to some, "within military intelligence spaces, this is what they do," Geers said.

"If you think that war is possible with a given state, you're going to be trying to prepare the battle space for conflict.

In the internet age, that means hacking."

Reuters North Korea's internal networks are fiercely insulated and not connected to the internet, however, which poses a challenge for hackers in the US.

But Geers said it was "absolutely not the case" that hacking requires computers connected to the internet.

A recent report in The New Yorker on Russian hacking detailed one case in which Russia gained access to a NATO computer network in 1996 by providing bugged thumb drives to shops near a NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan.

NATO operators bought the thumb drives, used them on the network, and just like that, the Russians were in.

"That's where SIGINT (signals intelligence) or COMINT (communications intelligence) comes into collaboration with HUMINT (human intelligence)," Geers said.

He described the present moment as the "golden age of espionage," as cyberwarfare remains nonlethal, unattributable, and almost completely unpunished.

But a recent missile salvo from North Korea suggests that even a prolonged, sophisticated cyberattack can't fully derail its nuclear-missile program.

"Imagine you're the president.

North Korea is a human-rights abuser and an exporter of dangerous technology," Geers said.

"Responsible governments really need to think about ways to handle North Korea, and one of the options is regime change."

The test fire of Pukguksong-2 in February.

KCNA/Handout via Reuters Further, Geers said, because of the limited number of servers and access points to North Korea's very restricted internet, "if it ever came to cyberwar between the US and North Korea, it would be an overwhelming victory for the West."

"North Korea can do a Sony attack or attack the White House, but that's because that's the nature of cyberspace," Geers said.

"But if war came, you'd see Cyber Command wipe out most other countries' pretty quickly."

We’ve always pictured Scandinavia as the home of grisly crime fiction, weird pop music and IKEA.

But it looks like there’s a growing custom scene too.

Shops like the Wrenchmonkees and Unique Custom Cycles need no introduction.

But straight after last week’s Norwegian Yamaha GTS comes this radical Honda tracker from Marcus Moto Design of Sweden.

It has no seat, it’s painted in a vivid Arctic White, and it’s the custom equivalent of an ice-cold shot of Aquavit.

The builder is Marcus Carlsson, a 41-year-old engineer who lives just outside Stockholm.

“Bikes that are unique or a bit ‘weird’ are what get me going,” he says.

“Too many custom bikes look the same nowadays.” Five years ago, Marcus caused an internet meltdown with his stunning Ducati F1 Tracker.

He then started work on an Aprilia SXV 550, but killed that project after deciding he didn’t like the look of the frame.

(“I move slowly on my bike builds,” he admits.)

That’s fair enough—he builds his bikes in a small one-car garage, and has a full time job managing a team of 15 people for Ericsson.

When his wife and 7-year-old twins are asleep at night, he sneaks into the garage to build.

“I go in for a couple hours, and I basically just sleep less than them,” he says.

After the hiatus with the Aprilia, Marcus found a 2006-model Honda CRF450 that lived near his family’s summerhouse, out in the country.

It was a much better base for his vision of the ultimate street tracker.

“Ultimate in my mind means minimal bodywork, centralized weight distribution, lightweight carbon fiber and a ‘concept motorcycle’ feel,” he says.

And with a modern aluminum motocross frame and a powerful four-stroke thumper engine, the CRF fitted the bill.

Marcus might work slowly, but he does everything himself—even the paint.

So he welded and modified the FMF exhaust, welded on the aluminum sub frame, and made the foam bases for the new bodywork.

The gas tank, belly pan and remaining body panels were then hand-shaped with carbon fiber.

Various other parts were designed in the CAD program NX, before being 3D printed.

The weight loss program is extreme: There’s no seat.

“Every surface has been questioned,” says Marcus.

“Is it needed or not?

Seats are for touring bikes!” Marcus has lowered the forks for road use, but the frame and swing arm are stock: Honda motocross components are top quality.

But everything else has been modified or simply removed, and the aluminum subframe does double duty as the mounting point for the gas tank.

The license plate is Japanese, from a Tokyo moped market.

“I’ll replace it with a Swedish one to reduce interest from traffic cops,” says Marcus.

“They will probably have some opinions on the bike anyway…” Indeed.

We’re pretty sure the lighting will be inspected closely, for starters.

At the front is an LED ring mounted on a 3D-printed bracket; further down is a tiny battery, hidden underneath the lower yoke.

We’re pretty sure that’s another first in the custom world.

The tiny covers on either side of the front axle are also 3D printed, and there’s a matching aluminum cover for the rear brake caliper.

Both are designed to add a touch of sleekness and a ‘concept bike’ vibe.

The modified FMF exhaust system has a shortened silencer, itself partially shielded from view.

It’s tucked in underneath the engine, but the header length is standard to maximize power.

An aftermarket radiator keeps the engine cool, hooked up with red Samco silicone hoses.

To slow things down, there’s an oversized front brake—and the rear brake has been treated to a Fasst Co. spring kit for a smooth, easily modulated feel—ideal for road use.

Those gorgeous wheels are one-off numbers from Warp 9, shod with Goldentyre flat track rubber.

Yes, this is a barely street legal racer, right down to the battery-powered lights.

It’s perfect for short stints on the curvy village roads outside Stockholm.