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"Nuclear terrorism is still a preventable catastrophe and it is our duty to stop nuclear trafficking and reaffirm the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons." – From the "World at Risk" report published by Congress' Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism this week
Once again, as if the current times are not bleak enough, comes an intelligence report predicting a major terrorist strike – one using weapons of mass destruction (WMD) – within the next four years. Not exactly good tidings for the holiday season, now is it?
A congressionally appointed commission given the unwieldy name of "The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism" says it is report, "World at Risk," that the international community – including the U.S. – remains vulnerable to an WMD terrorist attack and that we must address the proliferation of two WMDs that pose the greatest peril: nuclear and biological weapons.
"Ours remains a world at risk and our margin of safety is shrinking, not growing," noted former Sen. Bob Graham, the commission's chairman, in the report. "The Commission believes that unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is likely that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013."
Graham noted his group reached what he called this "sobering conclusion" following six months of deliberations, site visits and interviews with more than 250 government officials and nongovernmental experts in the U.S. and abroad.
"The report covers a lot of important ground but probably the most important is its assessment: the risk is growing, not because we're making no progress but because the enemy is adapting and we must constantly anticipate and adapt as well across a broad front," added former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, the Commission's vice chairman.
It's also interesting to note that members of the Commission were on their way to the capital of Pakistan when the hotel they planned to stay at got bombed by terrorists. "Our near miss during the course of our fieldwork for this report served as a reminder of the urgency of our mission and message," noted Graham. "Members of our Commission were en route to Islamabad when a horrific bomb blast destroyed the Islamabad Marriott Hotel, where we were to stay just hours later: more than fifty people died in that terrorist attack. Ours remains a world at risk, but we are convinced that adopting our recommendations will enhance our safety and that of the world."
What does this have to do with truckers in this country? Well, as we all know, to successfully carry out a WMD terrorist attack requires a mode of transportation – and the ubiquitous 53-fott trailers plying our nation's roadways, oblivious to the general public, offers a convenient avenue. It's a reminder that even as the trucking industry continues to struggle with the fallout from a worldwide recession and economic meltdown, the terrorist threat isn't going away. We must remain on guard – a lesson reinforced by the horrific attacks in Mumbai, India.
So where are the major risks right now when it comes to WMDs being deployed by terrorists? The Commission believes a major crossroad of terrorism and proliferation in the poorly governed parts of Pakistan, with the potential erosion of international nuclear security, treaties and norms as we enter a nuclear energy renaissance another grave concern.
The group went on to pose several solutions:
Radically revamp our strategic policy on Pakistan. Conditions in that country pose a serious challenge to America's short-term and medium-term national security interests. Graham said the Commission's recommendation is clear: we must work with Pakistan and other countries in the region to eliminate terrorist safe havens through military, economic and diplomatic means; secure nuclear and biological materials in Pakistan, counter and defeat extremist ideology; and constrain a nascent nuclear arms race in Asia.
Develop a new blueprint to prevent biological weapons proliferation and bioterrorism. Graham noted that terrorists are more likely to unleash an aerosol can filled with pathogens than to strike with a nuclear weapon. With that in mind, he said the U.S. must assess its domestic program to secure and identify the origins of dangerous pathogens; tighten oversight of high-containment laboratories; and improve rapid response to prevent biological attacks from inflicting mass casualties. "On the global stage, we can take the lead in cultivating global measures to develop an action plan for universal adherence to and compliance with the anemic 36- year-old Biological Weapons Convention," he added.
Reinvigorate the nuclear non-proliferation agenda. We must set strong penalties for violators who withdraw from the protective constraints of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and strengthen the International Atomic Energy Agency with more authority and resources, said Graham. We must develop and employ further counter-proliferation efforts, and work with Russia to secure its nuclear materials and forge a global consensus for a nuclear fuel bank.
Most of all, though, the Commission's report calls for a new emphasis on open and honest engagement between government and citizens in safeguarding the U.S., with better methods of distributing knowledge about potential terrorist attacks, coordinated public response mechanisms and improved networks of communications. Trucking can certainly help in that regard.


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The Shepherd in the Valley of the Shadow of Death
What is to become of us when it is the Shepherd's valley of the shadow of death?
In the 23rd Psalm we see ourselves walking through darkness with the Shepherd as our guide. In C.S. Lewis' The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, as Aslan makes his way to the stone table he comes to a point where he does not allow Lucy and Susan to go any further. They are not permitted to make that last leg of the journey with him. It is a path which he must walk alone, into the heart of death and darkness. I say again, "What is to become of us when it is the Shepherd's valley of the shadow of death?"
Perhaps this is the place where our faith is most shaken. Those long hours before the dawn. That silence in which we so often live. You know the silence I speak of. That dead space between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Of course we will beg history (fooling ourselves that it in some way helps). We will say, "I know the rest of the story." But Peter, John and Mary did not have that. They are left with words. "On the third day I will rise again." "I will tear down this temple and in three days raise it up." They are left to contemplate possibility and promise. They are thrust into a crisis of faith.
As Jesus proceeded toward the cross He lamented over the abandonment He would experience by His disciples. Peter however insisted that he would not fail. It is here that Jesus informs him of his triple failure. Three times he would deny the Lord. Strikeout. Yet Jesus intercedes. Jesus said, "Peter, Satan has asked that he might sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for you that your faith fail not. And when you have returned to me strengthen your brothers" (Luke 22:31-32).
What is to become of us when it is the Shepherd's valley of the shadow of death?
Fear not. Christ has prayed for you. He has passed through the valley of the shadow of death for you. We need not fear any evil. Our salvation is not maintained by our fragile faith. But we are kept by the power of God. Our forgiveness is in His shed blood. In your crisis of faith, the long pause the deep breath, do not lose heart for hope flies on the wings of the dawn.
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Chief Setting to address the various "quality of life" crimes that citizens complain about
New Castle County Police Chief Col. Ewin Setting challenged the officers of the agency to find innovative and lasting means to address "quality of life" complaints reported to the police. He wanted to better address the calls from our citizens reporting loud radios, unruly parties and other similar complaints that disturb the tranquility of our neighborhoods. In an effort to utilize the innovation requested by Colonel Setting, the agency realized the "Disorderly Premise" ordinance provided a means of eliminating these nuisance locations.
The Disorderly Premise ordinance (22.02.006) came to the forefront after it was introduced by New Castle County Councilman David Tackett in 2007 and then amended in 2013 when the ordinance was signed by County Executive Thomas Gordon after the law was updated and strengthened by Councilman Tackett followed by a unanimous vote of support by County Council. The ordinance in short states that if any resident or property owner cause or allow a premise to "disrupt the quiet and good order of adjoining and surrounding properties" that they can face criminal prosecution that will be enforced by the New Castle County Police Department. Fines associated with this ordinance range from $100 for the first offense up to $1,000 for subsequent offenses.
An analysis of the Targeted Analytical Policing System (T.A.P.S.) initiative showed double digit decreases in most crime categories in New Castle County in 2013. Further analysis of the T.A.P.S. data discovered that many of the "quality of life" complaints the police received stemmed from specific homes or businesses disrupting a community. Armed with the power of the ordinance, the agency initiated ninety-five "Disorderly Premise" investigations in 2013 which resulted in fifty-one arrests. Furthermore, the data reflected a 1,483% increase in the use of the ordinance from 2012 to 2013. These investigations helped to restore peace to those communities that were impacted by the nuisance property.
Empowered by the ordinance and their training on the use of the ordinance, officers are able to make an on scene arrest when they witness a violation, but it also offers an opportunity to provide a warning to the resident and/or landlord in hopes that future incidents do not occur. It was found that many landlords were unaware of the actions of their tenants.
When violations or potential violations of the ordinance are documented by the police, County Attorney Bernard Pepukayi, Esq. and his staff including County Solicitor Darryl Parson, Esq. send certified letters to the property owner requesting a voluntary meeting with County Law and the Police to discuss the incident and a solution that will prevent future disturbances. During the meeting, officers and County attorneys meet with the property owner regarding the potential for future sanctions. The goal of the meeting is to foster a collaborative effort between New Castle County attorneys, police and the owner toward a solid remediation plan that will end the problem once and for all. If the property owner does not respond to the request for a meeting, they are still held accountable for any future violations that may occur during the next 180 days at the property under investigation.
If a violation occurs during the 180 day period, an arrest warrant is normally created charging the resident. In cases where the premise is a rental property, the landlord is also subject to arrest. After arraignment by a Magistrate Judge, the cases are prosecuted by a County attorney at the Justice of the Peace Magistrate Court 11 in New Castle.
In extreme cases where the resident or property owner continues to violate the ordinance, police and County attorneys then work with the Delaware Attorney General's office to have the property deemed a criminal nuisance property. The state of Delaware has a "Criminal Nuisance Abatement Act" which allows the Attorney General to bring action to abate a criminal nuisance under this statute and obtain temporary and permanent abatement relief. This will allow the Attorney General's office to move to "take custody of" of the property. An effective tool that is used as a last resort for individuals refusing to comply with the ruling of the courts and allow the property to continue to be a material annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort to neighboring properties or persons.
New Castle County has conducted an investigation which led to the abatement of a residence located in the unit block of Memorial Drive. Attorney General Biden, Executive Gordon, State Representative Johnson and Councilman Jea Street announced the abatement of the this residence as the owner was arrested six times under the County's Disorderly Premise ordinance and continued to allow his residence to disturb the peace and safety of the Overview Gardens community.
Setting states, "we have seen great successes by utilizing this ordinance that County Council and Executive Gordon has given us. Instead of solely relying on an arrest to attempt to restore tranquility to a community, we can interact directly with the property owner to provide them the chance to avoid future disturbances while still holding them accountable for what happens at their property. The effectiveness of this ordinance is further enhanced due to our strong partnerships with County Law and the Attorney General's office who remain invaluable partners in the Disorderly Premise process."
He continues by stating "we are no longer remaining on the "911 Treadmill" by failing to suppress or prevent these "quality of life" issues. We are utilizing tools from various sources such as the "Disorderly Premise" ordinance to combat the "quality of life" calls for service and make New Castle County an even safer and more peaceful place for citizens to reside."


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PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says he has no evidence that international sanctions against Iran have had any impact on its nuclear program.
Sanctions over the nuclear program have hurt Iran's economy. However, Tehran insists its program is peaceful but many Western nations fear it masks a weapons program.
International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Yukiya Amano says Tuesday the IAEA cannot at this moment judge whether Iran is planning, or will gain a nuclear weapon.
Amano said IAEA monitors "do not see any effect" from the sanctions and noted that Iran is still producing enriched uranium at up to 5-20 percent at "a quite constant pace."
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AMD targets tablets and cloudbooks in Intel showdown
Intel takes on ARM with 'ultrabook'
Computex Devices that combine the power of a notebook with features of a tablet were one of the themes of last week's gadget-fest, Computex 2011 in Taiwan.
Intel is pushing its new "ultrabook" concept, and the stage is set for the mobile PC market to split into three emerging form factors: touchscreen tablets; a new wave of more powerful net-books; and the browser-based thin clients, or cloudbooks, championed by Google with Chrome OS.
These three will have different requirements from their processors. Most traditional mobile players will stick to the tablet for now, though if the cloudbook idea takes off, we could expect to see Qualcomm and others heading that way. For now, Intel is the most aggressive about spanning all the categories, even as it struggles to convince the world that, with its current generation of Atoms, it really can get into smartphones.
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Intel's old rival AMD has been much warier of the mobile market, but the company is becoming a force that can no longer be dismissed. Following the departure of its CEO, Dirk Meyer, in January – with the mobile gap in the roadmap cited as a key reason – AMD is said to be putting together an ambitious new game plan centred on its Fusion integrated apps/graphics processor.
At Computex it discussed chips that could destroy Intel's dominant position in netbooks, just as the flagging form factor looks set for a revival; and its first processor designed specifically for touchscreen tablets.
Speculation continues to swirl that the x86 vendor will embrace ARM for mobile products soon, but for now it is poised to extend Fusion to tablets, making the family suited to all three new mobile PC segments.
According to a corporate presentation leaked to the Android Community site, AMD is working on a tablet Fusion codenamed Desna – but officially to be called Z-Series – which will boost battery life to 10.5 hours, but will still have enough processing horsepower to drive HD video, according to the slides.
Time-scales, and other details, remain vague, and commercial devices are unlikely to appear until 2012. Even when it does, the Z-Series will be an outsider in the tablet world and will need to follow Intel in supporting multiple operating systems (unless AMD does, as some expect, adopt a separate, ARM-based strategy for Android).
Intel's tablet platform, Oak Trail, supports Windows, Android (Froyo and Gingerbread, with Honeycomb in the works), and MeeGo and AMD would need to move beyond Windows to be competitive. It has been reported to be hiring Android engineers, and last year it joined MeeGo working groups despite the web-oriented OS being controlled by Intel.
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The tablet Fusion will be just part of a broader push in the hybrid device territory that sits between smartphones and notebooks. For the netbooks and cloudbooks, the current Fusion models – which run on the mobile Bobcat core – and the upcoming Llano model, are seen by many analysts as strong challengers to Intel.
Fusion consists of the C-Series or Ontario and E-Series or Zacate, the latter being somewhat higher powered, though with shorter battery life. The next addition will be Llano, which will come with a more powerful core, the K10, found in higher end PC chips like Athlon – but will mitigate the impact on battery life with a move to the 32nm process, to reduce power consumption.
This processor, as industry watcher Jason Mick comments on Daily-Tech, has no equivalent in the Intel portfolio. "Atom will be much weaker than Llano. Sandy Bridge will be much more powerful, but will also be more expensive. The lack of a mid-market CPU offering from Intel should help Llano see strong sales when it begins shipping early next month," he says.
Already, Fusion has turned around AMD's fortunes in the netbook and low-end notebook segments. The vendor said it had sold 5 million units in the first five months of the year, a figure which, by Mick's calculations, gave it about one-third of the netbook processor market.
According to Microsoft, that sector had suffered a 40 per cent year-on-year drop in the first quarter, but this is still remarkable progress for AMD, which, pre-Fusion, managed to take only a minor share from Atom in this area. With the stage set for second-generation netbooks, AMD is well placed to cash in second time around – and to push Fusion into cloudbooks and any other mobile PC form factors that gain acceptance.
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It is in the interest of Intel and AMD to see the netbook revived, since this is a more natural home for their processors than the tablet, not just because of technological features, but also the ecosystem. This is why Intel headlined its Computex appearance – despite much talking-up of touchscreen tablet wins – with its own vision for how the reinvented netbook could look.
Although the firm has an impressive roadmap for low-power processors incorporating its new 3D transistor technology, actually getting its Atom range into tablets and smartphones is proving a long process. So it is adopting that time-honoured approach when failing in a product segment – rechristen it.
A couple of years ago Computex was full of chatter about Qualcomm's and Freescale's alternative take on the tablet, the "smartbook". This year, the show sees the announcement of the "ultrabook", which follows a string of Intel attempts to name and define the product space between handsets and notebooks.
"Ultra-mobile PC" and other labels achieved none of the impact of the tablet, as epitomised by the iPad, but Intel still believes there is room for a highly mobile product that is smaller than a netbook, and has the battery life of a tablet, but with a keyboard. If this form factor gains traction, it will be a far more natural fit for Atom – and Fusion – than the tablets, which have been dominated by ARM-based chips from firms like Nvidia.
The new ultrabooks will be less than an inch thick, offer several days of battery life on standby, start up in seconds, and be priced under $1,000, according to Intel's EVP Sean Maloney, who launched the initiative in his keynote address at Computex – and is forging ties with the Taiwanese electronics ecosystem, as he takes on a new role as head of Intel China.
Maloney has set an ambitious target of converting 40 per cent of consumer laptop users to the new form factor by the end of 2012. He said in an interview before the start of the show that previous ultra-mobile PC designs had not performed well because they were overpriced and chips were insufficiently powerful (apparently forgetting the 2008 Computex, when netbooks were the most high profile category at the show, sparking a sales rush that was only slowed by the advent of the tablet).
"We want to find new ways to propel the PC forward," Maloney told Bloomberg. "With what has happened in the tablet space, there is a 'hurry-up' to the PC industry." However, Intel does expect to have Atom in 35 tablets by the end of the year, and has promised to demonstrate 10 of these at Computex.
There will be significant competition to define the next generation mobile device. As well as new generation tablets from Apple and the Android crowd, the Taiwan show featured hybrid tablet/phones from vendors like Asus and Acer; "netvertibles", which offer touchscreen and netbook modes; and even the first "cloudbooks", a new breed of thin client gadgets with a browser-based operating system and user interface, as pushed by Google with its Chrome OS.
The first partner officially to adopt the "ultrabook" definition is Asustek, whose chairman Jonney Shih will join Maloney on stage. Asus has also launched its Padfone, an Android smartphone which can fit into the back of a tablet to drive that product's OS. However, few details have yet emerged of the much rumored twin device.
Which thin client form factor will win out?
All these variations on a theme – only a few of which will really gain permanent critical mass – show how the hybrids segment is a work in progress, and currently in significant flux. Therefore, as Intel believes, the netbook is almost certain to get a second lease of life, especially for business users, but the precise way in which it evolves is less clear-cut.
It is likely to be split between ultra-light, but otherwise conventional, mobile PCs, and the more radical cloudbooks, which will look like netbooks in many cases, but have very limited local storage, relying mainly on web services and cloud content.
Their operating system and user interface will be based on the browser, as with Chrome OS or HP's webOS, though in another twist, the latter firm believes many of these devices will actually run two modes – a stripped-down, web-based OS for long battery life and always-on connectivity, plus Windows or even Android for processing.
The idea of the thin client has been around since Oracle and Sun proclaimed the death of the PC more than a decade ago. Their "network computer" concept did help shift thinking, but was scuppered in the early days by the lack of ubiquitous broadband connecivity.
The idea has been revived multiple times since, each time with greater impact as that always-on broadband inched towards reality, and with that, the notion that the cloud could actually work.
The netbook was the most serious attempt in form factor terms, conceived as a thin client, with long battery life, high portability and constant connection to the web, but limited local storage and no hard disk. In reality, there were technical flaws in the plan, namely:
- The scarcity of reliable multi-Mbps 3G
- Teething problems with translating the ARM/Linux combination of the smartphone to a larger device
- The entrenched position of Windows in the netbook's business base
- The lack of a really workable Linux choice, with Android still immature and geared to small screens.
So most netbooks were, in reality, low cost and low power Wintel mini-notebooks with hard drives – useful enough for their portability, but not a radical departure, and strictly a companion product rather than a PC killer.
Microsoft had won again, but the more mobile the cloud becomes, the weaker its advantages are in the evolution of the client. So now we see the NC/netbook concept reinvented again, this time as the cloudbook, which along with tablets could create a two-pronged attack on the traditional PC.
Microsoft may belatedly adapt to that change and bring Windows more convincingly to the thin client, or even bring out a new browser-based OS. It is just as vital that Intel and AMD make the shift, tapping into their entrenched positions in PCs, while refusing to be dragged down by the legacy.
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It was a chilly day in September when a small team of bloggers—myself included—strode into the White House up in Montreal. Okay, so it wasn't the real White House, but the makers of this "Die Hard at the White House" movie defy you to notice the difference as they barrel audiences through their high-octane action-adventure White House Down. Director Roland Emmerich is notorious for destroying this particular historical landmark. "(In Independence Day,) he blew it up," Emmerich's longtime producer and composer Harald Kloser offered, "In 2012, we had an aircraft carrier crash into it. And, now, this is actually the best movie for the White House, because it survives." Still, a tour of the sets and a fascinating conversation with production designer Kirk Petruccelli—another frequent Emmerich collaborator—revealed 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will see plenty of damage.
White House Down stars Channing Tatum as Officer John Cale, a character whose name, profession, and preference for white tank tops are just a few of the allusions to his inspiration, Die Hard's John McClane. Like McClane, Cale is a cop trapped in a David vs. Goliath scenario, in his case single-handedly protecting the President of the United States when Washington D.C. and the White House are under attack by a mysterious mercenary force. Jamie Foxx stars as POTUS, while Jason Clarke plays the leader of this invading enemy.
You can see some of the insane action this premise entails in the film's first trailer. But perhaps more extraordinary than its plotline is White House Down's lightning fast path from script to screen in a span of just 14 months! Kloser understandably compared the production's demanding schedule to a race, while producer Brad Fischer says the short lead-time is "a testament to (James Vanderbilt's) script. It's a testament to Sony's desire to work with Roland again, and Channing. It's come together in a great way." But it wasn't just a question of enthusiasm. Pulling the project together this fast was a necessity to score the casting coup that is Tatum, who at the time he was cast was already poised to be Hollywood's newest A-lister.
Sony exec Amy Pascal was the one who contacted Tatum's producing partner Reid Carolin about White House Down. At the time, Magic Mike was in post-production, and Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects (then called Bitter Pill) was close to wrapping. Carolin explains, "(Amy) said, 'Would Channing be interested in meeting Roland?' And I said, 'Yeah, of course!' Roland was literally on his way to the airport to fly to Germany…we're making all these calls so that he could divert his flight, land in New York, meet Channing in like seven in the morning for a coffee at his hotel, and see if they liked each other, and then get back on the plane and keeping going to Germany." The two men hit it off, and then it was up to White House Down's producers to figure out a shooting schedule that could fit into Tatum's fast-filling dance card.
White House Down was eying a shoot in late October, early November. But then Tatum's next project, the Bennett Miller drama Foxcatcher shifted its dates, forcing producers to make a tough decision. In order to make their pre-ordained 2014 release date, they'd either have to dump Tatum or push production forward by seven weeks. That cut the prep time for Petruccelli and his army of craftsman nearly in half! With almost 100% of the production shot on stages, this is herculean task called for Petrucelli's team to build 65% of the White House residence, the South Lawn, pool, West and East Wings, the Kennedy Gardens, a greenhouse, the secretive Presidential Emergency Operations Center, as well as sets for The Capitol, The Pentagon, and two the Oval Offices in just eight weeks. Fischer declared Petruccelli "the hero of our film for being able to pull all these sets together as quickly and well as he did."
By Petruccelli's count, that is 45 sets, constructed by an international crew of 32 designers, and hundreds of craftsmen, who sought to recreate what is known of the White House's interior and exterior down to the finest detail. This army of craftsmen and designers worked around the clock seven days a week, building sets from scratch, then scrapping them and building a new set in its place again as soon as a location was wrapped. Wandering from one stage space to the next, I was astonished as we moved from the roof of the White House, past the remnants of the South Lawn, through the buzz of saws and flurry of sawdust to an in-construction Oval Office. Realizing this is as close to the hallowed room as I'd ever be, my jaw dropped in complete awe to Petrucelli's apparent delight.


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President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have vastly different strategies on how to regulate the newfound U.S. oil and natural gas bounty and the development of alternative energy sources.
Ahead of Tuesday night's debate, advanced car battery maker A123 Systems filed for bankruptcy protection. The company was awarded a $249 million grant through Obama's 2009 stimulus program.
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Romney's campaign quickly seized on the bankruptcy, saying it was another failure of Obama's "disastrous" energy policy.
The Obama administration defended its investment in advanced battery companies, pointing out that more than 30 new or retooled plants are operating thanks to the funding.
The following is a rundown of how Obama and Romney stand on the top energy issues ahead of the November 6 presidential election:
Romney: Opposes government spending on clean energy companies, but calls for research and development to promote energy innovation.
Uses failure of government-backed solar company Solyndra LLC to illustrate argument against government trying to pick winners in the energy sector. In his first debate with Obama, he said about half of the clean energy companies in the $90 billion stimulus program went bankrupt, a claim that was not accurate.
Of the $90 billion in the stimulus that was scheduled to go to clean energy and efficiency programs, at least $813 million went to companies that have now gone bankrupt.
Opposes renewal of production tax credit, worth about $1 billion a year to wind power producers.
Obama: Included $90 billion in 2009 economic stimulus package for energy projects including solar and wind power, energy efficiency, high speed rail and bolstering the electric grid.
Defends the $16 billion in loan guarantees for 26 clean energy projects as necessary given lack of private financing and competition from China.
Supports renewal of the 20-year-old production tax credit for wind power.
Romney: Vowed to make North America energy independent by 2020 by expanding oil and gas drilling, allowing more state oversight of energy projects, streamlining regulations and working with Canada and Mexico. Would also approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
Opposes Obama's new fuel efficiency standards for vehicles as "extreme."
Obama: Wants to cut U.S. oil imports in half by 2020 by supporting more production of fossil fuels. His "all-of-the-above" energy strategy promotes oil drilling and includes incentives for nuclear as well as wind and solar power.
Finalized fuel efficiency rules to cut U.S. oil use by more than 2 million barrels a day by 2025.
Romney: Supports expanding offshore drilling beyond Obama's five-year plan. Would open areas off the coast of Virginia and the Carolinas to oil and gas development.
Would leave oversight of onshore energy development, including shale oil and gas, to state governments.
Obama: Highlights that U.S. oil production has risen every year he has been in office, with output hitting a 17-year high in early October. But most of the gains have come on private lands, over which Obama has little control.
Supports fracking for natural gas, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under his administration has also issued some of the first regulations on the industry.
Romney: Often blasts the EPA on the campaign trail, arguing that "excessive" environmental regulation has hampered U.S. economic growth.
Emphasizes his support for coal. Vows to eliminate "anti-carbon" regulations and ensure the EPA considers the costs of regulations it imposes. Would also give energy companies more time to comply with government regulations.
Obama: After the climate bill died in the Senate in 2010, his EPA proposed the first-ever rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Climate rules on oil refineries have been delayed.
The EPA also issued rules on toxic emissions from coal plants, many of which were in the making before Obama became president, and some of which face court challenges. Some older coal plants have been pushed to close, partly because of cost of upgrades required in the regulations, but also because of record low prices for natural gas.
Romney: Promised to approve the Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline on the first day of his administration to create jobs and help reduce U.S. oil imports from the Middle East and Venezuela.
Wants to establish new "fast-track" regulatory approval processes for other cross-border pipelines.
Obama: Delayed the Keystone XL pipeline citing environmental concerns in Nebraska. Backed the building of the pipeline's southern section.
Has not said whether he will eventually approve the entire project after the election. Government continues to study environmental risks including spills and carbon emissions from oil sands.
(Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe and Timothy Gardner; Editing by M.D. Golan)


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UNDP empowers low-income countries to find way through climate finance maze
New York, 2 June 2011 —The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a guidebook on "Catalysing Climate Finance", advising decision makers in developing countries how to tap into growing environmental finance markets.
The guidebook draws on UNDP's experience managing one-thousand multimillion dollar climate projects in 140 countries during the last two decades. It contains a step-by-step guidance for identification and implementation of an optimal mix of public policies and funding instruments to raise climate finance.
The report is being offered at a critical moment, when new sources of public finance, such as a Green Climate Fund, are being established or becoming available.
"In the absence of effective capacity building and appropriate advisory services, there's a significant risk that only a few emerging economies will fully benefit from these positive developments," said Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator. "By some estimates around 90 percent of investments in clean energy go to G20 countries and the remaining 10 percent go to the rest of the world."
Between 2009 and 2010, clean energy sector investments worldwide grew 30 percent to a record US$243 billion. Only about one tenth of investments went into developing economies, which could benefit from greener, less carbon-intensive growth.
Most governments lack the knowledge and capacity to enter the complex and highly technical climate finance landscape where more than 6,000 equity funds and scores of international public funds and carbon markets are active.
"UNDP's global presence, expertise in capacity building, and extensive development finance experience allow us to help countries in this process, by supporting them to develop capacities to attract and drive investments towards sustainable human development," said Rebeca Grynspan.
The governments of developing countries face three major challenges when planning a green, low-emission and climate resilient future: gaining access to new and innovative climate finance sources; creating links between climate change strategies and national development objectives; and identifying how to use limited public finance resources to attract private capital.
"Without doubt public funding is a key element in this equation, alone it will be insufficient to transform economies," said Rebeca Grynspan. "It needs to play a critical role in creating an environment conducive to catalysing larger scale investment."
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My kitchen is finished! Well, almost.. it is so finished that I smile every time I walk into the room. There are only two things to do before it is completely done and they are so small I still smile.
My built in microwave is above the new stove and the cabinet that was there had to be cut down to accommodate the microwave. Now they have to make the two doors smaller and that will be brought down on Tuesday of next week.
Also the backsplash is so awesome and has stainless steel in it. When they began returning the switch and plug plates back the old white plastic things were terrible and I went to Home Depot and bought stainless steel ones. There were none there for one plug that has a switch and plug and for the telephone cover so I ordered them and they are shipping them to me. Then it will be totally finished.
All I can say it it is an awesome room and I am excited.
My friend Linda Edson passed away last week and as I think I told you I inherited all of her many cookbooks. Now I have lots of new recipes to try out and a beautiful kitchen to work in. It doesn't get much better than that. We now are working on other rooms in the house and soon with that and new siding I will basically have a new home.
One of the cookbooks I inherited is called Sassafras and it is filled with great recipes. One I tried this week:
Hikers ham-wiches
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons horseradish mustard
2 tablespoons chopped onion
2 tablespoons poppy seed
6 ounces thinly sliced ham
6 ounces sliced Swiss cheese
6 sandwich buns
Mix butter, mustard, onion and poppy seed. Spread mixture on both haves of each bun; layer a slice of Swiss cheese and several ham slices between halves. Wrap each sandwich in foil and grill or bake at 350 degrees 20 minutes. Serve warm.
This recipe makes six sandwiches so cutting it in half would be three and can be reheated the next day.
Old fashioned apple salad
2 large apples (Delicious or Granny Smith) unpeeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup pecan pieces
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
2 tablespoons sugar
Dash salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon
In a large bowl, combine apples, raisins and pecans. Thoroughly mix mayonnaise, mustard, sugar, salt and lemon juice until sugar is dissolved. Pour over apple mixture and toss to coat. Serve immediately. Serves 4 to 6.
When I went to the funeral services for my friend on Friday I went early and stopped by my "Grouchy Bear's" gravesite. That Veterans Cemetery at Higginsville is so beautiful and peaceful. I am proud he is buried there but he was not there when I visited. Guess he went fishing.
See you next week.
Dixie Ryan lives in Odessa and has enjoyed sharing her cooking talents and secrets with readers for many years.


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The study provides comprehensive information on anti-trafficking efforts to combat child trafficking in Greece. It specifies information on ratification and implementation of international instruments, National Action Plans and measures taken to assistance child trafficking victims. The country report constitutes summaries from which the FRA report "Child trafficking in the EU - Challenges, perspectives and good practices" has been compiled.


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|MLB Career Stats
|Chi Cubs
|July 15, 2015
|Sacramento River Cats released CF Brett Jackson.
|June 16, 2015
|Sacramento River Cats activated CF Brett Jackson from the 7-day disabled list.
|May 29, 2015
|Sacramento River Cats placed CF Brett Jackson on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to May 28, 2015.
|May 6, 2015
|Sacramento River Cats activated CF Brett Jackson from the 7-day disabled list.
|April 24, 2015
|Sacramento River Cats placed CF Brett Jackson on the 7-day disabled list. Strained oblique.
|March 8, 2015
|CF Brett Jackson assigned to San Francisco Giants.
|December 11, 2014
|Sacramento River Cats claimed CF Brett Jackson off waivers from Reno Aces.
|October 7, 2014
|Arizona Diamondbacks sent CF Brett Jackson outright to Reno Aces.
|September 12, 2014
|Arizona Diamondbacks recalled CF Brett Jackson from Reno Aces.
|August 15, 2014
|Chicago Cubs traded CF Brett Jackson to Arizona Diamondbacks for RHP Blake Cooper.
|August 15, 2014
|Arizona Diamondbacks optioned CF Brett Jackson to Reno Aces.
|May 3, 2014
|Iowa Cubs activated RF Brett Jackson from the 7-day disabled list.
|April 17, 2014
|Iowa Cubs placed CF Brett Jackson on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to April 16, 2014.
|March 18, 2014
|Chicago Cubs optioned CF Brett Jackson to Iowa Cubs.
|September 30, 2013
|Chicago Cubs recalled Brett Jackson from Tennessee Smokies.
|July 29, 2013
|Brett Jackson assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Iowa Cubs.
|July 25, 2013
|Iowa Cubs sent CF Brett Jackson on a rehab assignment to AZL Cubs.
|June 22, 2013
|Brett Jackson roster status changed by Iowa Cubs.
|May 9, 2013
|Iowa Cubs activated CF Brett Jackson from the 7-day disabled list.
|May 4, 2013
|Iowa Cubs placed CF Brett Jackson on the 7-day disabled list.
|March 31, 2013
|Chicago Cubs optioned CF Brett Jackson to Iowa Cubs.
|August 5, 2012
|Chicago Cubs selected the contract of Brett Jackson from Iowa Cubs.
|January 30, 2012
|Chicago Cubs invited non-roster CF Brett Jackson to spring training.
|July 13, 2011
|Brett Jackson assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies.
|May 30, 2011
|Brett Jackson roster status changed by Tennessee Smokies.
|May 12, 2011
|Tennessee Smokies placed CF Brett Jackson on the 7-day disabled list.
|January 27, 2011
|Chicago Cubs invited non-roster CF Brett Jackson to spring training.
|June 27, 2010
|CF Brett Jackson assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs.
|April 5, 2010
|Brett Jackson assigned to Daytona Cubs from Peoria Chiefs.
|January 13, 2010
|Chicago Cubs invited non-roster CF Brett Jackson to spring training.
|September 16, 2009
|Brett Jackson roster status changed by Peoria Chiefs.
|September 7, 2009
|Peoria Chiefs placed CF Brett Jackson on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to September 4, 2009. Right hand injury.
|September 2, 2009
|Peoria Chiefs activated CF Brett Jackson from the 7-day disabled list.
|August 28, 2009
|Peoria Chiefs placed CF Brett Jackson on the 7-day disabled list.
|July 31, 2009
|CF Brett Jackson assigned to Peoria Chiefs from Boise Hawks.
|July 4, 2009
|Brett Jackson assigned to Boise Hawks from AZL Cubs.
|July 1, 2009
|Brett Jackson assigned to AZL Cubs from Chicago Cubs.
|June 22, 2009
|Chicago Cubs signed OF Brett Jackson.
Brett begins his sixth pro season with Chicago after he was selected in the first round (31st overall) of the 2009 draft … has spent time at every level in the Cubs organization, including a 44-game appearance at the major league level during the 2012 campaign... Went 21-for-120 (.175) with six doubles, one triple, four home runs and nine RBI in 44 games with the major league club in 2012... Owns a .270 batting average (503-for-1,864) with 338 runs, 94 doubles, 39 triples, 61 home runs and 234 RBI in 497 career minor league games... Recorded 12 triples in 2012, becoming the first Cub to lead the Pacific Coast League in triples since Ross Gload in 2001... Was named by Baseball America as the organization's fifth-best prospect heading into 2013... The publication named him the second-best prospect in the organization heading into the 2010 and 2011 seasons … was named the top prospect entering 2012... Played for the USA Baseball Pan American Qualifying Team in the 2010 COP ABE Pan American Qualifying Tournament... Was a member of Team USA in the 2010 MLB All-Star Futures Game in Los Angeles, Calif... Attended the University of California Berkeley … in three season with the Bears, batted .303 (146-for-481) with 91 runs scored, 25 doubles, 11 triples, 12 home runs and 85 RBI in 152 games... Graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif... Participated in the 2010 and 2012 Cubs Caravans.2013
Spent time at three levels, batting .210 (68-for-324) with 35 runs scored, 11 doubles, five triples, six home runs and 27 RBI in 95 games ... missed significant time, landing on the minor league disabled list due to a right foot contusion (May 1-9) and a left knee sprain (June 22-July 29)... Began the season with Triple-A Iowa, and appeared in 61 games, posting a .223 batting average (48-for-215) with seven doubles, three triples, six home runs and 23 RBI... Appeared in four games with Rookie League Mesa as part of a rehab assignment, July 25-29 … went 1-for-14 (.071) with a run scored... Hit .256 (34-for-133) against Triple-A right-handed pitchers compared to a .171 mark (14-for-82) against southpaws... Recorded at least one RBI in four-straight games, June 1-4 (six total)... Twice homered in consecutive games, April 28-29 and June 9-11... Activated from the disabled list for a second time, July 29, and optioned to Double-A Tennessee... Batted .200 (19-for-95) with four doubles, two triples and four RBI in 30 games with the Smokies.2012 Brett was promoted to his first major league roster, August 5, and went on to appear in 44 games for Chicago ... he batted .175 (21-for-120) with six doubles, four home runs and nine RBI. ...His .303 on-base percentage was 128 points higher than his .175 batting average, thanks in part to 22 walks ... struck out 59 times in 120 at-bats. ...Batted .208 (16-for-77) in 24 August games ... hit .117 (5-for-43) in 20 games starting September 1. ...Played 39 games (38 starts) in center field ... recorded a .979 fielding percentage (2 E/96 TC). ...Was selected from Triple-A Iowa, August 5, and made his major debut at Dodger Stadium, going 2-for-4 with a walk and a run while getting the start in center field. ...Belted his first-career home run in the second inning of August 18's nightcap at the Reds, a solo shot off Todd Redmond. ...Hit .368 (7-for-19) with three doubles, three home runs, six RBI and eight walks in seven games from August 24-30. ...Went deep in consecutive games, August 24-25 vs. Colorado. ...Made September 14's start in center field (0-for-4), his first appearance since he exited September 7's game in Pittsburgh with a bruised right knee after making a highlight reel catch against the outfield wall to end the sixth inning. ...Began the season with Triple-A Iowa and batted .256 (104-for-407) with 22 doubles, 12 triples, 15 home runs, 27 stolen bases, 66 runs scored and 47 RBI in 106 games. ...Posted a .338 on-base percentage and a .479 slugging percentage to contribute to an .817 OPS with Iowa. ...Led the Pacific Coast League with 12 triples and 158 strikeouts ... was the first Iowa Cub to lead the PCL in triples since Ross Gload in 2001 ... the previous I-Cub to lead the league in strikeouts was Joe Carter in 1983. ...Connected on four lead-off homers for Iowa: May 6 vs. New Orleans, June 1 at Omaha, June 23 vs. Round Rock and July 20 at Albuquerque. 2011 Brett began the year with Double-A Tennessee, but was promoted to the Triple-A level for the first time in his career...he batted .297 (55-for-185) with 13 doubles, two triples, 10 homers and 26 RBI in 48 games for Iowa...Combined to hit .274 (118-for-431) with 84 runs, 23 doubles, five triples and 20 home runs in 115 games between Tennessee and Iowa. His 20 homers matched his total from his first two seasons, combined...Landed on the seven-day disabled list, May 12-30, with a sprained pinky finger on his left hand...Named a Southern League mid-season All-Star, batting .273 (47-for-172) with seven long balls and 27 RBI for Tennessee in the first half...Promoted to Iowa, July 13...Posted a .351 batting average (40-for-114) with six homers, 19 RBI and a 1.023 OPS in 28 August contests...Was 38-for-124 (.306) against right-handed pitching at the Triple-A level...hit .279 (17-for-61) against southpaws. 2010 In his first full professional season, Brett combined to hit .297 (146-for-491) with 32 doubles, 14 triples, 12 home runs and 66 RBI in 128 games between Single-A Daytona and Double-A Tennessee...Began the season with Daytona, hitting .316 (83-for-263) with 19 doubles, eight triples, six homers and 38 RBI in 67 contests...While with the Cubs, owned a .344 average (33-for-96) with three homers and 15 RBI off southpaws compared to a .299 mark (50-for- 167) with three homers and 23 RBI off right-handed pitching...Hit .469 (23-for-49) with 16 runs, nine doubles, three triples, three homers, 12 RBI, a .518 on-base percentage, a .959 slugging percentage and a 1.477 OPS after the All-Star break at the Single-A level...Rode a 10-game hitting streak, April 11-20, batting .415 (17-for-41) during the stretch...Hit for the cycle, June 14 vs. Lakeland, including a two-run walk-off homer in the 11th inning...Posted a .378 average (34-for-90) with 11 doubles, four triples, four homers and 22 RBI in 22 June contests ... led to his June 27 promotion to Tennessee...In 61 games with the Smokies, batted .276 (63-for-228) with 47 runs, 13 doubles, six triples, six homers and 28 RBI...Opened his time with Tennessee with four-straight multi-hit affairs, going 9-for-19 (.474) with six runs, two doubles, two homers and five RBI...Posted a season-high 12-game hitting streak, June 18-30, between Daytona and Tennessee ... combined to hit .462 (24-for-52) with 19 runs, eight doubles, two triples, four homers and 11 RBI during the run...With the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League, went 3-for-12 (.250) with three runs, one double and five RBI in four contests. 2009 Compiled a .318 batting average (67-for-211) with six doubles, three triples, eight homers and 36 RBI in 53 games between Rookie-League Mesa, Single-A Boise and Single-A Peoria...Batted .321 off southpaws compared to a .316 clip off right-handed pitchers...Made his professional debut July 1 with Mesa, going 1-for-2 with three runs, two walks and a RBI...In three games with the Mesa Cubs, went 5-for-11 (.455) with six runs, three walks, a triple and four RBI...Selected by Single-A Boise July 4, batting .330 (29-for-88) with 14 runs, 17 walks, 15 RBI and a .443 on-base percentage in 24 games with the Hawks...Appeared in 26 games for Peoria after his promotion July 31 ... hit at a .295 clip (33-for-112) with 30 runs, five doubles, seven homers, 17 RBI and a .927 OPS with the Chiefs...Collected a career-high four knocks August 16, going 4-for-6 with three runs, a double, a homer and three RBI in the Chiefs' 15-0 blanking of Quad Cities...Finished the season riding a season-high nine-game hitting streak, went 15-for-39 (.385) with a seven runs, a double and four RBI during the span...Was named third-best prospect in the Northwest League by Baseball America following the 2009 season.


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The company offers the world's largest marketplace for software testing services with more than 60,000 professional testers from more than 190 countries.
Size can matter. Southborough-based uTest offers the world's largest marketplace for software testing services with more than 60,000 professional testers from more than 190 countries.
This vast community of testers allows the company to provide customers the opportunity to ensure their applications work "in the wild," in other words, in real time in real-world conditions.
Located at 153 Cordaville Road, the company was founded in 2007 by Doron Reuveni and Roy Solomon. Reuveni is its CEO and Solomon its vice president of product management.
Reuveni, a Hopkinton resident, recently discussed uTest with Daily News staff writer Bob Tremblay.
QUESTION: Why was the business started?
ANSWER: The original idea for uTest came after many years leading the software development and testing efforts for global enterprises.
No matter how much testing teams did, bugs and defects continually made it through into new versions of software applications. After trying to optimize my testing efforts through training, outsourcing and automation, I thought that there simply had to be a better way.
And then an idea occurred to me: what if there were a global community of professional testers that companies could contract with on an on-demand basis? And with that question in mind, uTest was born and we brought crowdsourcing to the software testing industry.
Q: Why did you choose your current locale?
A: MetroWest offered us the chance to be part of a vibrant, technology-savvy and friendly community at an affordable rate and with easy access to Boston, Cambridge and other areas important to our business.
Q: Has your business moved?
A: For a very short time, uTests early members gathered in Ashland. Soon thereafter, we moved the company to its current building in Southborough, where we have expanded from one to three floors.
Given the rate at which we're growing, we're looking at new properties. However, we plan to stay in MetroWest.
We also expanded throughout the United States in 2011 by establishing offices in Silicon Valley, Seattle and New York City to serve customers in those regions. We also have international offices in Tel Aviv and the United Kingdom.
Q: What did you do before you started this business?
A: I was in software development and testing for more than 25 years. I also focused much of my time on entrepreneurship and startup funding.
Q: Is this your first business?
A: Before uTest, I was the CEO and owner of Re.D Consulting, where I advised enterprise firms on their go-to-market strategies, company direction and product road maps. I also assisted early stage startups in raising capital, and provided counsel to venture capitalists for portfolio companies' market direction, technology and management evaluation.
Q: What does your company do?
A: uTest provides in-the-wild testing services that span the entire software development lifecycle, including functional, security, load, localization and usability testing.
Our community puts Web, mobile and desktop applications through their paces by testing on real devices under real-world conditions.
Thousands of companies from startups to global brands such as Netflix, Hasbro, Google, LinkedIn and Facebook rely on uTests services as a critical component of their quality assurance (QA) processes for fast, reliable, and cost-effective testing results.
Over the last year, we more than doubled our number of customers from 550 to more than 1,000.
Q: What makes you different from the competition?
A: While there are other testing methodologies available in the market, uTest provides a unique service: in-the-wild testing. This means we test companies mobile and Web apps with real people, testing on real devices under real conditions around the world. This ensures that apps perform to the same high standards in the hands of users as they do in the lab.
We often work directly with companies' QA professionals, as our testing services are meant to complement not compete with their in-house services.
We're not an outsourcing company. Rather, we provide a reliable, affordable, on-demand alternative that enables companies to produce high-quality apps.
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Former CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers Friday that the agency had secretly assessed that al Qaida-linked gunmen attacked the U.S. consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, but that classified references to the terrorist group were cut from talking points on which U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice relied for television interviews.
Petraeus testified in closed hearings of the House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees a week after his startling admission to adultery and his resignation from the CIA roiled official Washington, igniting a scandal that grew to ensnare the Marine general who commands U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.
Speaking after the back-to-back sessions, lawmakers said that Petraeus, a retired four-star Army general who once commanded the U.S.-led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, apologized for his affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. But the issue didn't figure at all in his testimony or their questions, they said.
"The general did not address any specifics of the affair, of that issue. What he did say in his opening statement was that he regrets the circumstances that led to his resignation," said Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.
Petraeus was kept hidden from the news media as he was escorted in and out of the hearings, which the committees held as they conduct two of four congressional investigations into the Benghazi attacks, which killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, another State Department staffer and two CIA contract security officers.
Republican lawmakers have led a political outcry over the tragedy. They've targeted Rice with charges that in five TV shows five days after the assaults, she cast the attacks as stemming from a spontaneous protest against an anti-Islam video and not as a terrorist operation, in a deliberate bid to protect President Barack Obama's record on terrorism in the closing weeks of his re-election campaign.
Several senior Republican senators, including John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said earlier this week that they'd oppose Rice if Obama nominates her to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who's made it clear that she doesn't want to stay on for the second term.
Petraeus, lawmakers said, told the committees that from the beginning the CIA had assessed that members of al Qaida affiliates were involved in the assaults.
But the references to al Qaida were struck from the final version of unclassified talking points that the intelligence community originally approved for public use by House Intelligence Committee members and then provided to Rice for her television appearances, they said.
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King quoted Petraeus as saying he didn't know who made the revisions during a "long, interagency process."
A senior U.S. official who's familiar with the matter said the al Qaida references were struck from the unclassified version because they came from secret sources. Moreover, the network's links to the attacks were tenuous, and making them public at that time could have skewed further intelligence-gathering and tainted an FBI criminal investigation into the attacks, the official said.
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It remained unclear, however, why the CIA and the administration said there was a protest outside the consulate when Libya's interim president and local witnesses were saying none had taken place, and administration officials said at first that they couldn't confirm there was one.
Administration officials eventually conceded there was no protest and that the assaults appeared to involve militants from a local Islamist group, Ansar al Shariah , and others linked to al Qaida's North Africa affiliate, al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Article: How to Prevent the Aspie Ramble
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The strange thing is that nobody understands why we don't want to play sports against people who are experts in body control, movement and the practical application of the rules of the game in real time.
- August 19, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Saja said...
Gavin, excellent points.
I am also against the idea of letting someone else win - even my kids. (I do let toddlers and preschoolers win occasionally, but I do that by playing games that are mostly luck-of-the-draw, like Candyland.) I am against it on principle: I want my kids to know how to lose gracefully, AND to understand that they are not god's gift to the universe because they miraculously win the game all the time. It'll be a lot easier for them later if they've learned as children that the point of a game is the playing, and winning is nice, but the reason you play is because you like playing.
Though I suppose maybe NTs play for the social aspects, and then balanced winning is more sociable? That's a very odd idea.
- August 19, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- aspieteach said...
Certainly you shouldn't have to let them win! That's insulting for everyone and they can figure it out anyways. But when you beat them handily you can offer to teach them some tricks...I guess that would keep some interaction.
I suppose the caution with the "ramble" is to make sure you're not losing the other person, so if you involve them somehow it might go over better. And they might be able to talk to you about it, too. Sorry I gave you the impression we just had to "go away"!
- August 19, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- Rachel said...
Well said, Gavin.
One of the reasons I wear my noise-reduction headset everywhere is that I cannot listen to people talking about absolutely nothing anymore. I hear all the social chatter, and because I'm completely incapable of prioritizing what I hear, I pay attention to EVERYTHING. Then, I try to follow it. Good luck. I have to work hard just to follow and comprehend *any* speech. Following and comprehending speech that's essentially meaningless just kills off grey matter I could use for something more pleasant.
I understand, of course (because I've read books), that oftentimes, the unspoken subtext of all the chatter is "Hi, I recognize your existence and mean you no harm," but why can't people just SAY THAT? I mean, it would be SO MUCH EASIER for us Aspies if people would just SAY WHAT THEY MEAN.
But they don't. In fact, in all of my Internet travels over the course of my adulthood, I haven't seen a single article entitled "How to Avoid Meaningless Neuro-typical Yacking," or "How to Speak in Such a Way that Autistic People Will Find You Pleasant." Until I do, I'm going to ramble on a bit. Fair is fair.
- August 19, 2009 at 11:01 PM
I personally don't like to play games that I win all the time, such as Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble -- there's no challenge.
As for the "Aspie Ramble", I tend to warn people that they don't want to get me started on certain subjects. I usually don't have to warn them more than once. ;-)
- August 20, 2009 at 3:04 AM
- Hartley said...
I love this post! I have to comment because recently we were at an event with *mostly* children on the spectrum, and this one father, who I am *assuming* had Aspergers was playing Air Hockey against my 7 year old.
My husband, not Aspie, was offended that this other man was just kicking our son's ass in Air Hockey. This man was so intent on winning, regardless of my son's age, that we were put off by it. It seemed that the winning was the only part that mattered to him.
My husband's concern was simply that winning agianst someone that is not your equal (in this case, physically being able to hit the puck MUCH harder than my son was an advantage) is different than playing someone that would be your peer. That apparently is the "social norm" for guys and sports--beating someone smaller/younger/less experienced as you is not seen as a big deal. It would almost be as if it is expected and hence the adult in this case should "act" as if it is no big thing--not act all excited that he won. I hope that makes sense. (I often laugh at myself explaining these things to my son because really, they don't make sense at all!)
That said, the game was interesting, especially watching my son who had never seen an *adult* act the SAME way he does while playing a game--overall it was a great lesson.
And although I hate to say it, you are welcome to bring your Star Wars cards and play Trivial Pursuit with us any day! My husband would be THRILLED to have someone as knowledgable he is and my boys would revere you as a god. LOL
As always, thanks for sharing!
- August 20, 2009 at 5:05 AM
- Becca said...
In my husband and my relationship we are lucky that he has the Aspie ramble, but I have the just talks too much ramble. I figure I just don't shut up enough, so his rambling doesn't get to me since I know I have my own issues.
As far as the playing a quiz game thing, I'm not sure. It makes sense to show off your smartness and win, although it does annoy me how much my Aspie spouse and son know every fact known to mankind and so I have no choice, but I know it's important to them to be able to show off their talents and so I don't mind so much. Should you let others win? I don't think you should go that far, but maybe help them answer a few questions or give them some hints? Hard to say.
I also agree about the sports comment. It makes a lot of sense to me how upset my son gets when asked to play sports.
My husband and I do have little cues we give each other when we have talked a little too much for any social setting outside our own home. I say still talk and go for it. I'm not an Aspie, but I don't get out much, so when I have a chance to talk I go overboard in the same sense that my husband doesn't feel comfortable talking, but when he does, let him go for it too. Just be yourself. If the world doesn't like it then they have something to lose. Not you.
- August 20, 2009 at 5:39 AM
- Gavin Bollard said...
My main point was really that we shouldn't feel the need to change ourselves simply to reduce the degree we annoy our neurotypical partners and friends - not without it working both ways in any case.
(ie: They could change many of their behaviours to annoy us less too).
I think the whole gaming aspect bears a closer look though.
If I'm playing a sports game (which I generally hate), I'll usually play properly unless it's against very small children. This is mainly because my ball skills and co-ordination are about the same as the average twelve year old.
If I'm playing quiz games, I'll often play dumb on some questions, and it frequently costs me the game. I've done that for years in many aspects of game or life. I reduce my individual satisfaction in order to keep the other party interested.
Occasionally, I'll be allowed to play again but usually, the NT is bored enough by playing a game that any chance I get is a "one-shot" anyway.
I'm just not sure that I'm doing anyone any favours when I play "dumb".
- August 20, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- These 4 parts of me said...
Well Rachel, trouble with "if people would just SAY WHAT THEY MEAN." is that they would then have to mean what they say.
I came from a family that played lots of board and card games, too poor to do much else! We did discover you don't want to play against me and my mother on the same side at Pictionary - when playing on opposite sides we drew Identical pictures during All Play!
Last city wife and I lived in I played historical miniatures games with a group ranging from grandparents to grandkids - don't underestimate the grade schoolers.
- August 21, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- damo74 said...
A nice topic. To talk whilst not talking. Upon reading more of my books, the conversation shifts. When it does and I haven't got to make my point or corrected the misnomer I whither inside. But ikonw the conversation has moved on and such are the laws of life.
You're playing in the world of grey.
- August 22, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Hi Gavin:
I've just started reading your Blog and quite enjoy it. I was wondering though - has anyone else mentioned that they find the light text on dark background a little hard to read, or is it just me?
- August 22, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Eponine said...
I have to agree with this post. Not everybody thinks our ramblings are an annoyance, though - just today an hour-long ramble was solicited from me by another person, and I was prompted to continue every time I thought I should stop. So just because some people think it's something we need to fix, I think it's an important part of who I am, and some people do find value in it.The difference in me from trying to socialize "normally" to getting to talk about a special interest is like night and day - why take that away from us?
I hope you don't mind, I linked to your post in my most recent post because it just fits in so well with what I was saying http://theaspielife.blogspot.com/2009/08/welcomed-monologue.html
- August 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- Gavin Bollard said...
Hi Paul,
My apologies for the light text on a dark background. It looked cool when I first built the site but I do understand.
My problem at the moment is that if I change it, a whole lot of other sections of the blog will need fixing. I need to save that bit of maintenance for a week when I've got plenty of time.
- August 24, 2009 at 9:38 PM
- Sue-Anne said...
Hi Gavin,
I'm an NT. My husband showed me your site.
I find it thoroughly satisfying (in a good way) when I can beat my husband at word games. He's brilliant at it. He works hard to win... and I like that, because it pushes me to try my best.
When he talks about his special interest, I let him ramble. It makes him happy... which makes me happy.
And, I hate talk without a purpose, too. I LOVE Aspies!! It's a privilege knowing that my husband wants to work with me (even though it hurts on many levels for both of us).
Thank you for such a great site. My husband likes reading your posts... and it helps me to understand Aspies.
- August 30, 2009 at 8:03 PM
The more I read here, the more I think my friend has Aspergers. He won't let children win games if he can. He's so competetive. He does other things that tip me off as well, but when I read this, I thought wow that's him. We all think it's quite endearing though.
- November 3, 2009 at 2:49 AM
...I thought the article was very good, but I don't have aspergers, so I can't really relate on that level.
However my cousin does, and it's things like this that are really helping, she hasn't told me about purses for an hour in a couple years now.
Which is great, especially since when aspie's are on a ramble it's difficult for someone else to end it without coming off as rude, in particular when you already have to worry about whether or not they'll get your jokes.
I've inadvertently offended a few aspies because I didn't realize they had aspergers and I am an extremely, sarcastic, teasing, joking, sort of person. I can't count the amount of times I've had to explain that I am very rarely if at all literal about things.
- June 7, 2011 at 4:20 AM
My 15 year-old son is the Aspie in the family, and his special interest is animals and all things related to nature and conservation.
In order to limit his Aspie rambling, I've told him that as a general rule when the subject of animals arises in conversations, he should limit himself to 2 sentences regarding the subject. If the other person wishes to know more, he/she will ask for more information or make a reciprocal comment indicating an interest in continuing the topic. After that, another 2 sentences is permitted, and it goes on. I've told him that when he gets older and goes to university, he will meet more people with similar interests because they would be choosing to study courses relating to ecology and the like, so things will become better for him.
So far, this seems to have worked for him, so all's good :-)
- February 1, 2012 at 11:05 AM
I'm not Aspie. I believe my husband is.
I never play to lose. Even with young children. But I tone down my competitiveness. I'm a bit of a trivia master so I just play down my knowledge, but I give the right answer if I have it. I don't gloat. I agree with another commenter that games of luck are great to play with little kids because it's all pretty even. But they are a bit dull.
But onto the RAMBLE.
As aspies, I get why you say you shouldn't have to change. But at the same time, I shouldn't have to be an unwilling and uncomfortable audience for your monologue. My husband does this and doesn't understand when I've had enough. I try to be subtle (well, you can guess how that goes) and I try to be direct (he gets angry that I'm not paying attention to this VERY IMPORTANT subject.)
For a while his mania was race differences in IQ. In his relentless search for more info, he started reading some very disturbing and racist sources. I BEGGED him to stop talking to me about it because it made me so uncomfortable, but he seemed to feel it was my duty to listen. Any attempt to move away from the conversation and I was accused of succumbing to PC forces or undermining him and not wanting to hear 'the truth'.
From my perspective the monologue is also rude because you're not valuing the contribution of the other member of the 'conversation' equally. I'm a smart and learned woman, so it makes me feel like crap when I'm treated as if I have nothing to contribute to a topic.
- August 30, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Preventing the Aspie Ramble is out of politeness and consideration to other people. Many aspies that I've encountered get upset if someone tries to interrupt, change the subject, or leave.
So basically, the aspie is holding the other person hostage about something they don't care about. It's rude af and not cool.
Besides, rambling is very one-sided. Talking about it WITH someone is cool because then the other person is engaged, too. But do you want to sit and listen to someone talk about some random thing you hate for 45 minutes? Of course not, it's boring and terrible. But having a two-way conversation is engaging and socially stimulating.
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