His inability to turn away from this mission has also meant a halt to Disaster Recovery Solutions' contractual work, with Agoglia's personal savings solely funding The First Response Team so far.

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It will be the first time the response team will be established in Jersey.

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The unavoidable first response to Myhrvold and his crew is to think of them as a kind of dream team, but, of course, the fact that they invent as prodigiously and effortlessly as they do is evidence that they are not a dream team at all.

NEWYORKER: In the Air

Even the Obama team finds the response eye-popping. iReport.com: What should Obama do first?

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