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While many investors are focussing on the European Central Bank Thursday, there are several ratings changes that have caught our attention. Here are our top picks:
Nokia's new smartphones were unveiled Wednesday to much fanfare, with the Twittersphere going into overdrive on the new handsets which use Microsoft Windows 8 technology. Initial reactions to the phones themselves seemed to be positive — but the shares slumped 13% on Wednesday as investors clearly thought otherwise.
And analysts are digging their claws in, too Deutsche Bank and Société Générale have both cut their recommendations on the Finnish handset maker to sell from hold. Deutsche Bank argues that Windows 8 is no game changer.
"Nokia's new Windows 8 devices will unlikely alter its muted smartphone market share trajectory in an ever more competitive smartphone market." Société Générale said most of the new handset's specifications had been leaked before the meeting and there was little new to excite investors. Additionally, it said, Nokia is releasing these handsets into an extremely competitive market, with several new releases expected this month.
It's not just tough times for Nokia Morgan Stanley has cut L'Oreal to underweight from equalweight, stating that operationally, life is getting tougher. End-markets in luxury are softening while competition is set to harden, which is bad news for key growth drivers and margin progression. "Add in a rich valuation, and we suggest taking profits after the stock's strong run," said the brokerage. On the upside though, Morgan Stanley said the Beauty category's appeal and L'Oreal's record of strong growth should underpin it long term.
Barclayshas been downgraded to neutral from outperform by Credit Suisse. Following the recent management changes at the bank, Credit Suisse has looked at a restructuring scenario where the investment bank is delevered aggressively and there is significant scaling back of other underperforming units. "We conclude that there is no 'easy way out' for Barclays. Whilst we could see moderate incremental value in restructuring…we think market expectations could be too optimistic in that regard."
Exane BNP Paribas has re-assessed its ratings for the European utilities sector Iberdrola and GDF Suez have been cut to underperform from neutral, Fortum has been raised to outperform from underperform and A2A has been upgraded to neutral from underperform. In summary, Exane thinks consensus largely underestimates the hit taken by European gas plants as a result of the surge in renewables and weak trends in electricity consumption.


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The loss snaps the College's eight-match win streak and drops its record to 10-7, 5-3 in the SoCon. With the win, Elon keeps its No. 1 spot in the SoCon with a 7-0 record in conference, 14-5 overall.
The Phoenix started off strong in doubles, winning all three matches to clinch the point for Elon.
Elon kept rolling in singles when the team won its first two matches to put the overall score at 3-0.
CofC responded when sophomore Charlie Ghriskey (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) topped Jordan Kaufman of the Phoenix 6-2, 6-4 on Court 4.
Freshman Zack Lewis (Richmond, Ky.) kept it rolling for the College when he defeated Juan Madrid of Elon 6-4, 6-2 on Court 6.
Junior Crescente Lesser (Santiago, Chile) evened the score at 3-3 when he came back to win via a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 score over Robert Lindgren at the No. 3 line.
Unfortunately, CofC came up just short when No. 45-ranked Cameron Silverman beat junior Brice Allanic (Colombes, France) of the Cougars in a third-set tiebreaker to seal the overall win for the Phoenix.
"Elon did not give up anything today," CofC Head Coach Jay Bruner said. "We had to earn the points we got. We had chances to win the match which was a good sign. It will be a test for us to show up and compete even better tomorrow. This is what we have to go through to improve."
The College will head east across the state to take on East Carolina tomorrow, April 7 at noon (ET) at the River Birch Tennis Center in Greenville, N.C.
April 6, 2013
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Attendance: 103
No. 1 – #45 Cameron Silverman (Elon) def. Brice Allanic (CofC), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(3).
No. 2 – Stefan Fortmann (Elon) def. Sebastian Lopez (CofC), 6-4, 6-1.
No. 3 – Crescente Lesser (CofC) def. Robert Lindgren (Elon), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.
No. 4 – Charlie Ghriskey (CofC) def. Jordan Kaufman (Elon), 6-2, 6-4.
No. 5 – Brian Kowalski (Elon) def. Alon Faiman (CofC), 6-1, 6-1.
No. 6 – Zack Lewis (CofC) def. Juan Madrid (Elon), 6-4, 6-2.
No. 1 – #34 Cameron Silverman-Stefan Fortmann (Elon) def. Brice Allanic-Charlie Ghriskey (CofC), 8-3.
No. 2 – Robert Lindgren-Brian Kowalski (Elon) def. Sebastian Lopez-Crescente Lesser (CofC), 8-6.
No. 3 – Juan Madrid-Jordan Kaufman (Elon) def. Zack Lewis-Alon Faiman (CofC), 8-1.
Doubles: 3, 1, 2
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How to Make Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Chocolate covered pretzels make great gifts and are very tasty. They are also quite easy to make.
- Chocolate of your choice
- Pretzels
- Assorted candy (optional)
- Confectioners sugar (optional)
1Put wax paper on a cookie sheet. Make sure there is storage room in your refrigerator.
2Put the chocolate wafers in a saucepan on the lowest heat setting and stir frequently until melted.
3Take pretzels and dip them in the chocolate using tongs or other suitable tool. Once the pretzel is covered with just one uncovered corner showing in chocolate, take it out. Tap the excess chocolate off.
4Put the finished pretzels on the wax paper. Once the sheet is full put it in the refrigerator or outside until the chocolate is solid.
5If you want, you can put melted chocolate wafers in a bag and snip off a corner.
6Optionally, shave chocolate from a chocolate bar on the pretzels or add sprinkles while they are cooling for a finishing touch.
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- Keep refrigerated.
- Heat chocolate in a double boiler instead of directly on the stove, to avoid overheating. Alternately, use a microwave in 15 second increments, stirring well between each. It should be shiny and smooth and slightly warmer than room temperature. NEVER let the chocolate get HOT or boil - this will cause your chocolate to scorch and become lumpy, dull, and have a burnt taste.
- Put in a plastic seasonal bag, with ribbon or combine with other treats for a good holiday gift.
- For a little pizazz you can add coconut, sprinkles, confectioners sugar, crushed suckers or cinnamon.
- Some candy bars are of the same consistency as the melting wafers; if you're on a budget and Hershey bars are on sale, they work well too. Or plain but holiday-themed Hershey Kisses in the days following the holiday (on clearance).
- For a minty flavor, add a little bit of mint extract.
- If you want, you can add powdered sugar.
- Make sure you or the people receiving are not allergic to any of the ingredients.
- Melted chocolate can be very hot and cause burn injuries. Do not use your finger to dip pretzels into chocolate. Instead use tongs or other suitable tool to hold pretzels and dip into chocolate with.
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Q: What are embryonic stem cells?
A: Early in development, a fertilized egg becomes an embryo. The embryo is made up of stem cells that divide over and over again, until these stem cells develop into the cells and tissues that become a fetus.
During in-vitro fertilization, eggs taken from a woman's body are fertilized with sperm cells. If not implanted in a woman's womb, these embryos are discarded.
Researchers have learned to take embryonic stem cells from unused in-vitro fertilizations and, in laboratory culture, to get them to make more embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are not taken from fertilized eggs or embryos that have been in a woman's womb.
While embryonic stem cells can become any kind of cell in the body, it's unlikely they would be used directly as treatments. Because they have the ability to divide over and over again, they can become rapidly growing tumors. And because they are in such an early stage of development, they take a long time to become functional adult cells.
However, researchers are learning to coax embryonic stem cells to become more mature stem cells. One clinical trial, for example, matures embryonic stem cells into nerve stem cells. These nerve stem cells are being explored as a treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease.
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The House approves a bill that would give judges the authority to hand down a 99-year prison sentence if convicted for a second time on heroin distribution charges. The Black Caucus opposed the legislation. Baton Rouge Representative Ted James pointed out that you could do more time for dealing heroin than if you are convicted of manslaughter.
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By mcraig on Aug 22, 2009
The OpenDS server on my laptop is using a self-signed cert. This entry briefly describes using StartTLS to avoid sending passwords over the network in clear text, despite having a certificate that does not check out, because like a CA cert it is self-signed (and free as in beer).
This is certainly not for production. Instead here is a workaround for testing with the self-signed cert. Thanks to pataisjsu for posting this link, http://marc.info/?l=php-windows&m=116127873321748&w=2, on the PHP ldap_start_tls() function page.
You set up an ldap.conf file to let StartTLS proceed even if the server certificate does not check out with the client application.
- Set up an environment variable that points to ldap.conf.
C:\\>echo %LDAPCONF% C:\\openldap\\sysconf\\ldap.conf
- Add one line to the ldap.conf file for the use PHP makes of OpenLDAP to indicate that the client not request or verify the server certificate:
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- Add new code -- in auth.php and lookup.php if you downloaded the example -- just after the call to ldap_connect() to use StartTLS.
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The core purpose of our school systems is to educated the children of our parishes.
To do that, the children must be in class. And for that to happen, there must be enough school-bus drivers to pick up the students in the morning and drop them off in the afternoon.
There are some perks involved in being a bus driver. For instance, the work is only about five hours per day and the school year is only about 180 days.
On the other hand, carrying children is an enormous responsibility one that carries with it a great need for training and preparation for prospective drivers.
Unfortunately, the money drivers make doesnt compete with what they can make in the private sector with the training they receive from the school systems.
So the schools are in the terrible position of having to train a number of drivers who might never even drive buses. Or, they train drivers who work for the school systems for a short time then enter the private sector.
The end result is that both Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are experiencing what they call severe shortages of drivers.
Bus drivers are an essential part of the education system, and the local boards must do what they can to ensure that there are enough drivers to do the job.
No system has a blank check to offer ever-higher salaries, but there are some steps the local systems could take to get a handle on this problem.
For instance, school boards could require prospective drivers to sign contracts when they enter the training program, promising to work for the system for a set period of time in exchange for the valuable training.
Or, they could leave the training to the private sector and pay more handsomely for already-trained drivers.
Clearly, what they are doing is not allowing the school boards to keep up with private industry in attracting and keeping these workers.
So we must rethink what we are doing.
Although driving a school bus has some pluses, it is also a tremendously burdensome job. The five hours a day are split up, making it much more difficult to
have a second job.
And, the responsibility is immense.
We urge the Terrebonne and Lafourche school boards to get together and ponder possible regional approaches to the problem.
We dont know what those answers might be, but this is a problem that needs some attention before it gets even worse.
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STOCKTON – Four people were injured, one seriously, in a two-car collision around 8 p.m. Thursday on Waterloo Road/Highway 88 just east of Highway 99 that resulted in the arrest of one of the drivers, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Sonya Mijin Ordez, 21, of Stockton, driving a 2004 Chevrolet eastbound on Waterloo west of Budiselich Road, came up too fast behind a 2001 Chevrolet being driven by Jennie Rillamas, 42, of Stockton, rear-ending her and forcing her off the road into a tree. Ordez's vehicle ended up in a field southeast of the intersection, the CHP reported.
As a result of the collision into the tree, Rillamas was transported to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with moderate injuries. One of her passengers, Samantha Gayla, 18, of Stockton was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital with major injuries. Another passenger, a juvenile, was also transported to UC Davis Medical Center with minor injuries, according to the CHP.
Ordez, who received minor injuries and was treated at San Joaquin General, was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs causing injury and misdemeanor driving without a license. She was being held in San Joaquin County Jail with bail set at more than $1 million.
The CHP reported in its preliminary investigation that it was unknown if cellular phone use occurred during the collision.
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Two Michigan State police lieutenants are charged with racketeering in the theft of property and money seized during drug investigations.
Attorney General Bill Schuette announced charges Wednesday against 48-year-old Luke Davis and 42-year-old Emmanuel Riopelle that include conducting a criminal enterprise, embezzlement and misconduct in office.
Lawrence Dusseau of Monroe County also is charged with racketeering, embezzlement and tax violations. Arraignments were expected later Wednesday.
Schuette and State Police Director Kriste Kibbey Etue say the operation was run out of the narcotics investigation office in Monroe.
A suspect said in 2008 that property was stolen from his home.
Authorities found the stolen items, drugs, jewelry and other items in Davis's home.
Davis and Riopelle were arraigned Wednesday in Monroe. The Associated Press couldn't immediately learn if they have lawyers.


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Arum: Lomachenko could face Salido-Cruz winner
Ukrainian Olympian Vasyl Lomachenko is apparently being considered for a title fight if he can win his professional debut against Jonathan Oquendo on Oct. 12.
Ukrainian Olympian Vasyl Lomachenko is apparently being considered for a title fight if he can win his professional debut against Jonathan Oquendo on Oct. 12.
Today's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera press conference will be streamed live at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT.
HBO will broadcast a tripleheader on Sept. 28 featuring former and current titleholders in three marquee divisions fighting in three different countries.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. says Freddie Roach will be an assistant to Vladimir Baldenebro for his Sept. 28 super middleweight fight with Brian Vera.
Unbeaten featherweight Gary Russell says he'd planned on facing Abner Mares later this year, but after Saturday's result he's targeting the man who took Mares' title by first-round knockout.
Former welterweight titleholder Joshua Clottey has signed with Star Boxing and could return to the ring as a middleweight.
Abel Sanchez doesn't think his middleweight Gennady Golovkin will ever get a shot at RING champ Sergio Martinez: "I think that they've made a comment about fighting Gennady Golovkin in about September of 2014. That's like saying that he doesn't want to fight him."
Unbeaten prospects Gilberto Ramirez and Jesse Magdaleno will appear on the same UniMas card on Saturday night, Top Rank has announced.
The postponed Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera fight has been moved to Sept. 28 as part of a split-site HBO doubleheader paired with a defense by RING light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson against Tavoris Cloud.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s decision to not to face Brian Vera after suffering a cut during sparring was apparently motivated in part by his father's 1996 bout against Oscar De La Hoya, which he lost by fourth-round knockout after a sparring wound over his left eye opened early and bled profusely.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. apparently suffered a cut over his right eye during sparring, which will force the postponement of his Sept. 7 super middleweight bout with Brian Vera.
The upcoming bouts in October veaturing Juan Manuel Marquez versus Tim Bradley and Mike Alvarado against Ruslan Provodnikov, followed by the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight in November, could lead to a round robin between the welterweights and 140 pounders.
Demetrius Andrade on fellow unbeaten 154-pound contender Vanes Martirosyan, who he fights on Sept. 7: "I was a 2008 Olympian and he made it in 2004. I will show him that if I was around in 2003 and 2004, he would not have made the team."
Junior middleweights Vanes Martirosyan and Demetrius Andrade, both undefeated, will fight for the WBO's vacant title underneath the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera main event in Los Angeles.
Former WBC middleweight beltholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return to the ring as a super middleweight against Brian Vera on Sept. 7 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Sergio Martinez won't make his pick of the middleweight divison's litter until September.
Andre Ward on his relationship with promoter Dan Goossen: "If we don't have an understanding, which it looks like we don't right now, then we have a major problem."
Promoter Bob Arum on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s fine reduction: "I'm not happy with it. I don't think that there should have been any fine at all. I don't think that there should be any penalty for smoking marijuana or using marijuana 10 days before a fight. I don't think that's a crime."
Gennady Golovkin will be after his 14th straight stoppage victory against Matthew Macklin, who many believe is the toughest opponent the WBA middleweight titleholder has faced to day, when they fight on Saturday in Mashantucket, Conn.
Bob Arum said Julio Cesar Chavez could fight Brian Vera next, and eventually, Andre Ward.


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Spring Hill College to offer Summer Colloquium on Biblical Spirituality
MOBILE, Ala. — Spring Hill College's Summer Institute of Christian
Spirituality will offer a new program for continuing education or
personal enrichment in June. The Colloquium on Biblical Spirituality is
designed for participants to engage a topic in depth with no prior
academic experience, assigned readings or reflection papers. As a
non-credit program, the Colloquium is designed for anyone seeking a
deeper understanding of biblical spirituality but who are not able to
spend a whole week of reading and studying. The Colloquium on Biblical
Spirituality is set for June 5-7, 6:30- 9:30 p.m. Moorer Hall on
campus. The cost is $75 for any or all of the sessions.
Dr. Timothy R. Carmody, professor of theology and director of graduate theology at Spring Hill, will present "Sons and Servants; Kings and Highwaymen: Jesus' Parables of the Other." The Parables of Jesus are intended to transform the hearers, to bring about a change of mind and heart. Many of the parables are about relationships that emphasize differences – differences of wealth, social position, authority, religion and age. The twists in the relationships of the parable characters challenge our own assumptions about authority, social position, wealth and "otherness."
Parables to be discussed include the parable of the Prodigal Son, the Lost Sheep, the Two Sons, the Good Samaritan, the Unforgiving Servant, the Workers in the Vineyard, and the Great Feast.
Carmody is a graduate of the Catholic University of America and a longtime member of the Catholic Biblical Association where he is co-chair of the Task Force on Miracles. Paulist Press published his first book, "Reading the Bible," in 2004. His second book, "Mark, Question by Question," is near completion. Carmody is also a popular speaker around the region, giving lectures on topics such as "The Dead Sea Scrolls," "The DaVinci Code," and "Pompeii."
Rooted in its Catholic heritage and continuing the 450-year-old Jesuit tradition of educational excellence, Spring Hill College offers programs of theological studies at four locations in the Southeastern U.S.: Mobile, Atlanta, Birmingham and Jackson, Miss.
For more information, visit www.shc.edu/theology, or call 1- 800-524-8957.


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The Lake Isle of Innisfree
by William Butler Yeats
The Lake Isle of Innisfree Isolation Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, (1)
The speaker is really making his move, and although we don't know right away that he's going alone, it soon becomes clear. Plus, there's no we here. His first goal is a solitary one.
Quote #2
And live alone in the bee-loud glade. (4)
There you have it. If you have opposable thumbs and the ability to communicate through language, you're not invited.


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Thursday in The Zone we were joined in studio again by Phil Elson. From Sporting Life
In this next segment Evin sticks around to talk about the predictions he got from former Arkansas Razorback Quarterbacks. He interviewed 11 former players who predict how the team will do this year.
From ESPN.com we talk with blogger Edward Aschoff about the Razorbacks and the rest of the SEC. We will be checking in with Edward weekly throughout the season.
Next up in studio was Krissy from Youth Home. She was in to talk about the Youth Home Steak and Eggs breakfast at Butcher Shop. It is a fundraiser to raise money and school supplies for the kids at Youth Home and if you would like to donate anything you can see a list of the stuff they need HERE.
She sticks around with us for our next segment. In the Zone segment of the day, we find out just how expensive it can be to raise an ankle biter.
Coming up Friday, Bill Vickery will be in and we will talk to Jon Cooper from Saturday Down South. We will also talk to Robbie Neiswanger and Bryan Smith from the Arkansas Baggo League. We will have the Zone Rewind and the Matty T. minute as well. Thanks for listening to The Zone weekdays from 10 to 1 with Justin Acri.


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The Driffield Show, Yorkshire's largest one-day agricultural show will once again combine the winning formula of celebrating the finest of East Yorkshire's agricultural heritage whilst embracing new developments.
Driffield Show continues to attract a high calibre of livestock exhibits, including cattle, sheep, goats, pigs as well as crowd favourites, the dog show and the heavy horses. The main ring will also feature entertainment from the Bolddog Ling FMX Display Team. Their show features the UK's top ranking freestyle motocross riders, incorporating the latest heart stopping tricks as usually only see on TV.
If you've been to the Driffield Show we are sure you will want to come again. If you haven't been before, come along for a fantastic, good value, traditional day out – we are confident you will not be disappointed.
The show offers fantastic value for money, especially when you travel by train or bus. Save £1 of the shows admission price, when you show a valid rail or bus ticket at the showground entrance.*
A free East Yorkshire shuttle bus is available between Driffield train station and the showground, departing every 20 minutes.**
* Saving based on buying an adult Driffield Show ticket in advance (£13) with a rail ticket from any staffed station, versus buying an adult Driffield Show ticket on the gate (£16). £1 on the gate discount is only available if you use service 45, 46, 121, 136 or the train direct to the show. Bus passholders please show your concessionary pass. No discount if you only use the free shuttle bus.
** Shuttle bus operates between 9.15am and 5.35pm (last departure from showground).
The showground is one mile from Driffield railway station.
Why not stay longer and discover what the area has to offer! www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com for details of accommodation.
Travelling by train
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Is Rick Perry insisting on highway funding anymore?
What a pickle. The House kicked away a good plan to raise new highway money, facing a veto threat from Gov. Rick Perry. The deal-breaker was $15 a year — or $1.25 a month — in higher vehicle registration fees.
I know we should stand by our principles, and "no new taxes" is inscribed on Perry's forehead. But jeez, a buck-twenty-five a month? It shouldn't qualify as a stumbling block.
Further, proponents of the failed proposal, HB 3664, pointed out that there has not be a general increase in vehicle registration since 1985, when some members of the Legislature were not even born. You could argue that "no new taxes" goes out the window if you've got "past-due taxes." I'd say the state is overdue in keeping pace with the cost of of basics.
Perry's opposition to the small stuff made me wonder if he is even insisting anymore that this Legislature find a way to fund transportation before members pack up at the end of the month.
Look at the record. In his address to lawmakers to open the session in January, Perry said this:
"We must deal with infrastructure needs in water, energy and transportation, both for now and stretching into the future."
On Wednesday, asked by reporters on his imperatives for the session, he said:
"Send me a balanced budget that has no fee increases for transportation and $2 billion for infrastructure for water, and everyone can go home and enjoy their summer."
He was talking about transportation in terms of what he doesn't want, not what he wants. Apparently a buck-twenty-five is what he doesn't want. But nowhere here did he repeat transportation as an imperative that would merit a special-session call if lawmakers failed to deliver.
I called the governor's office this afternoon for an explanation, and I got this statement from spokesman Josh Havens:
"Gov. Perry has been crystal clear that his priorities this session include significant tax relief, water and transportation infrastructure funding (without fee increases) and a balanced budget. There is still plenty of time left in the session for the legislature to address the governor's priorities and meet the needs of Texans."
So Perry says he still wants road funding. Then where to from here?
In debate over HB 3664 yesterday, supporters challenged opponents of higher registration fees to come up with alternatives. Perry's own transportation director, Phil Wilson, has estimated the shortfall for highways at $4 billion a year.
No one is attacking that number. No one is mentioning more debt schemes to scrape together road money. Tolls go only so far, and metro areas are getting toll weary. Even so, toll projects mean adding to the overall transportation debt.
The motor-fuels tax is a non-starter, because of those words written on Perry's forehead.
Some opponents of higher registration fees say they like the idea of shifting to the motor-vehicle sales tax as a long-term solution.
Perry, in fact, endorsed using the MVST last month. An amendment to tap a portion of that tax's future growth was added to HB 3664 by a comfortable margin, 106-30.
So here's what I don't get about the governor's position: The art of governing is the art of compromise. Accepting the $15-a-year fee increase would have been the political cost of migrating transportation costs gradually over to the MVST.
Perry wouldn't have gotten everything he wanted, but few officials do in a legislative session. Nearly everybody goes home with a half a loaf, or less, then finds a way to call it victory. It's the art of governing and the art of leadership.
As for Perry's statement that there's still time this session, that ignores the Senate's stance that any revenue measure has to come from the House. And the House is past deadline for reporting out its bills.
There is always Sen. Tommy Williams' SJR 1, but Speaker Joe Straus called it something like "California governing" and dismissed its chances of coming to a vote.
In any event, SJR 1, by shifting some rainy day money to a new transportation fund, would not provide a long-term, sustainable revenue stream that would grow with road usage and adjust for inflation. Water advocates seem OK with SJR 1 for what it would do for their projects; transportation advocates don't see it as a long-term fix — more like a one-off.
So yes, there are a few days left in the session, but the list of options has been whacked back to next to nothing. If there's a good one left, no one mentioned it in the House before too many members deemed $1.25 a month too high a price to pay for modern roads.


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Steven Spielberg has been named Jury President for the 66th annual Festival de Cannes, running this year from May 15th to May 26th.
The announcement was made today that the Lincoln filmmaker will take over the reigns from Italian director Nanni Moretti.
The two time Oscar winning legend's relationship with the prestigious festival goes all the way back to his first theatrical film Sugarland Express, which won Best Screenplay at the 1974 Festival de Cannes. Though the key release in Spielberg's appointment as Jury President this year stems from when he was at the height of his first creative peak with the release of E.T. - the tear-jerking classic which closed the 1982 festival and was the very last Festival screening shown in the former Palais Croisette theatre. This also happened to be the Cannes debut of Thierry Fremaux, the Chief Delegate of the festival and his memory of that world premiere has led to this appointment.
Spielberg said in a press release;
My admiration for the steadfast mission of the Festival to champion the international language of movies is second to none. The most prestigious of its kind, the festival has always established the motion picture as a cross cultural and generational medium.Gilles Jacob, President of the Festival de Cannes said;
As they say across the Atlantic, Steven Spielberg is a Cannes regular: Sugarland Express, Color Purple. But it was with E.T. that I screened as a world premiere in 82 that ties were made of the type you never forget. Ever since, Ive often asked Steven to be Jury President, but hes always been shooting a film. So when this year I was told E.T., phone home, I understood and immediately replied: At last!Thierry Fremaux, General Delegate of the Festival said;
Steven Spielberg accepted in principle two years ago. He was able to make himself available this year to be the new Jury President and when meeting him these last few weeks it has been obvious hes excited about the job. Because of his films, and the many causes he holds dear, hes year-in year-out the equal of the very greatest Hollywood filmmakers. We are very proud to count him among us.You can read the whole press release HERE.
The memory of my first Cannes Film Festival, nearly 31 years ago with the debut of E.T., is still one of the most vibrant memories of my career, Spielberg goes on. For over six decades, Cannes has served as a platform for extraordinary films to be discovered and introduced to the world for the first time. It is an honor and a privilege to preside over the jury of a festival that proves, again and again, that cinema is the language of the world.
In case you missed the announcement earlier, Jane Campion is head of this year's Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury.
Click "next" below to read our early predictions for what movies, in many ways we hope, could play at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.See more from Matt


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That is awesome! I'm terribly impressed with you guys.
Apparently, Kristen Chenoweth was pretty excited that she won Ogle Madness II. In fact, she was so excited that she flew to Oklahoma to accept this special Ogle Madness Championship Certificate at the News 9 studios. The certificate was presented by Honorary Ogle Randy Cassimus. According to Toby Rowland, Randy illegally cast 847 votes for Kristin in the tournament. That's an Ogle Madness record.
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Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies XI+' started by King Daniel Beyond, Jan 20, 2013.
I don't.
Isn't 'eugenics' a bit of an outdated concept?
The whole reason they renamed them "Augments" was probably to prevent DC comics getting grumpy over use of "Supermen."
They used Archer and beagle from ENT. Their word for genetically-enhanced humans is as good as any, and it has the virtue of being unique to Trek, AFAIK.
There was a time, back in the '90s, I think, when I considered the possibility of "Augmen" (as in "augmented" plus "-men") as a name for a group of genetically enhanced superhumans in an SF or comic-book context. I gave up on it because I realized it was a pretty ugly and awkward word. (And what would the singular have been? An Augman? And what about Augwomen? It wasn't a very good wordplay because it only worked in one possible form of the word.) But "Augments" actually works pretty well, and I like it partly because of its similarity to (and improvement on) one of my ideas.
Something that is... augmented?
It's also a buzz word. Augmented Reality anyone?
Another thing that came to mind in going over the issue was: if "April's Enterprise" was decommissioned 2 years before and April has been presumed dead for 20 years, could Pike have been Captain of that Enterprise as well?
In thinking about it, Pike, Spock and crew could have gone to Rigel and Talos IV already in this universe as well!
It could have been all Marcus.
Or first Marcus and then Pike for a few years.
Issue #3 out today! Some interesting reveals:
Spoiler: issue #3
Mudd is the daughter of a "disreputable businessman" -- Harcourt Fenton Mudd, no doubt (though he is not named, April clearly knows him and understands his love of money)
April is in a proxy war with the Klingons, who are supplying the opposite side with weapons (rehashing "A Private Little War" plot)
April takes over Kirk's Enterprise using a sleeper program he inserted in the old Enterprise
Last frame has April saying "It's good to be back in the chair!", looking suspiciously like Harrison does in the scene where he's sitting "in the chair"
So, we'll likely see the old Enterprise in the movie. And clearly April is involved, and has it in for the Klingons... just as does Harrison.
So all this happens in the 5 page preview? I thought issue #3 was not suppose to be in stores until next week or the week after.
Can you please post the link.
If it is to be published every four weeks, it should be released next week.
Part 2 was published February 13th, so Part 3 should have been out yesterday. And I'm sure I read something about a March 13th release date earlier.
can someone post the link of the preview
It's not available via the Star Trek Comics app. The only thing showing available under the 3/13 date is Volume 2 of the Dr. Who/TNG crossover.
Memory Alpha says the 20th.
IDW's extended forecast on Comic List says Countdwon to Darkness #3's release date is "TBD." You'll have to scroll down pretty far to see.
EDIT: But their list for March 20th does have it listed.
Since I read all 28 pages last night, I'm pretty sure it was released yesterday and not the 20th.
I meant the last issue, #2.
I stand corrected.
But every other comic website and Trek site is saying March 20th, and you seem to be the only person in this thread who has read it. How'd you luck out?
I bought it through iTunes / iBooks.
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A Town-Sized Shrine to Taiwan's Past
As we walk into the bowels of Kinmen's Zhaishan Tunnel, a man-sized capillary carved through granite, fluorescent path markers flicker on and off.
Farther along, we pass an A-shaped waterway that was used by Taiwan's nationalist Kuomintangforces to shelter themselves from Chinese artillery rounds as they delivered supplies from Taiwan proper. Near the end, a rectangle of searing white punches through the dark.
It's a fitting metaphor for Kinmen itself: An oft forgot, and formerly battle-hardened province of Taiwan, that is starting to see the light.
Our guide, Lee Ting-ting, a shaggy-haired, 41-year-old live wire, says the tunnels, which crisscross this island just a few miles off China's Fujian coast, have long been abandoned by the military and are now exclusively the domain of the tourist with a serious military or Cold War bent.
"I'm not sure if it's that interesting for foreigners. It's probably just a tunnel," says Mrs. Lee. "But for Taiwanese and Chinese tourists, they mark the last time we were actually fighting following the split in 1949."
In the mid-'50s, Kinmen, or Quemoy as it was known in the West, played host to one of the strangest chapters of the Cold War. The two sides shelled each other on alternate days (with Sundays off), and the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended the use of a nuclear response against China should it invade. President Dwight D. Eisenhower concurred, saying such weapons could be used "as you would a bullet."
This turbulent past fuels the island's war memorials, shrines, museums, temples and tours. But its years of military control, which stifled its economic development, have also allowed for its cultural preservation. With its smattering of 17th-century saddleback Fujianese villages, turn-of-the-century European-style mansions and pockets of Japanese colonial housing, Kinmen is an architectural timepiece.
Surrounded by the Taiwan Strait to the east and the Pacific to the west, Kinmen — founded sometime around 800 A.D. as a Qing Dynasty naval garrison — is rich with history. In the tiny village of Shueitou, Chang Ying-chih, a local hotelier, leads us through one of the Fujian-style compounds that she has, with government assistance, turned into a guesthouse.
"Because of martial law and building restrictions, most of these compounds were well-preserved, and the government recognizes what an important cultural heritage they are," she says. "You can't find anything like this in Taiwan."
The former bastions of wealthy traders or Mandarin officials, the compounds were built following the principles of feng shui. They are each divided into three wings. The first houses an ancestral temple replete in vibrant red and gold motifs, depicting historical and religious themes. (Because of their island location, most Kinmen homes pay homage to Matsu, the Chinese goddess of the sea.) The two other wings are reserved for residential and guest quarters, and are built from brick, stone and wood imported from across the Taiwan Strait.
But the richness is in the details. Window frames are adorned with the five Chinese elements of gold, earth, fire, water and wood. The communal courtyards, dining and living areas are paved with Guangzhou granite, and art pieces and antiques, from both Kinmen and the "mainland," compete for attention with the cobalt, emerald and fiery hues of the carvings along the walls.
"The hardest parts of the restoration were the ceramics, plaster and woodwork. But once they were sorted out, everything fell into place," says Ms. Chang, who abandoned an information-technology career for island life. "It's a shame that Taiwan isn't part of the U.N. — otherwise these villages would most likely be Unescoheritage sites."
Inside, rooms have been restored and outfitted in Western-style comfort, if not luxury. But the kicker is the price. Rooms typically cost $40 to $60 a night, with the most expensive stay, at guesthouse Piano Piano, running $120.
Kinmen's low costs extend to the quiet dining scene on Mofan Street. For about $2 at any one of its mom-and-pop restaurants, you can try the island's offering to Chinese cuisine: a rock-oyster omelet bathed in a spicy chili sauce.
Wash it down with Kaoliang, Kinmen's most famous product and until recently the source of most of its tax revenues. A brutally strong rice wine, the locals are not only proud of it but are more than happy to down a few glasses with an out-of-town passersby.
"There are two things to remember," one of them, Ma Yi-jin, suggests. "Drink as much as you can, and always offer to pay the bill."
Where to Stay: Piano Piano Bed & Breakfast Price: $40-$120 Tel: +886 82 372 866
Kinmen Guest House Price: $40-$90 Tel: +886 82 352 058
Shanhou No. 45 Guesthouse Price: $30-$60 Tel: +886 82 375 242


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The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cooksey). Under the Speaker's announced policy of January 7, 1997, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Weldon] is recognized for 30 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.
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Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I take out this final special order today before we adjourn for the weekend to call attention to a piece of legislation that I introduced today along with 104 of our colleagues. H.R. 2786, known as Impact '97, is the Iranian Missile Protection Act of 1997, a very important piece of legislation not just for the security of Americans, but for the security of our American allies, for the security of Israel, for the security of 25,000, at least 25,000 of our troops who are currently serving around Iran in various theaters including the Balkans.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is strongly bipartisan. In fact, it has 85 Republicans and 20 Democrats. Out of the Committee on National Security's membership, the bill has 29 Republicans who have cosponsored it and 15 Democrats. The cosponsors include the chairman of the Committee on National Security, chairman of the Committee on International Relations, chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence. It includes members of the leadership. It includes key Democrats who are critical on defense issues, like the ranking Democrat of the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National Security, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Murtha] and the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks]. These Members share the same concerns as I and that is that we have a threat that is emerging that could cause serious problems not just for our troops, but for our allies and friends approximately 12 months from now.
What is that threat, Mr. Speaker? Why do we need this legislation? Why must it be put on a fast track? Mr. Speaker, we have been told by this administration repeatedly that in the intelligence briefings that have been provided to us in the Congress we have no reason to worry about the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, especially those involving medium and long-range missiles.
The intelligence community, just a year ago, issued an upgraded intelligence estimate that basically told Members of Congress and the public that we have no reason to fear a threat for our safety for at least 15 years. That intelligence estimate which we soundly criticized a year ago has now been recognized to have had political overtones placed upon it. We were also told, Mr. Speaker, that we would have no regional threats to the security of our troops in the foreseeable future and that we would, in fact, be able to put into place systems that would be able to respond to those threats that we saw emerging in the near term.
All of that changed, Mr. Speaker, this past summer. It changed because the Israeli intelligence community was able to gain information that documented that factions in Russia, the Russian space agency and several Russian constitutes and scientists had, in fact, been working cooperatively with Iranian scientists and technologies to give Iran a missile technology that they can now deploy anywhere beyond 12 months from this date. Which means that even though the intelligence community was telling Members of Congress that we did not expect to see a threat emerge for 4 or 5 or perhaps 10 or 15 years, Israel was able to examine through their intelligence community actually they have copies of contracts that were signed between key Iranian agencies and key Russian agencies that now have indicated to us that Iran can deploy a system within 1 year.
Now let us look at what that means in terms of the region, Mr. Speaker. Iran is the red area in the center of this map, which covers all of Europe and most of Asia and part of Africa. Iran currently does not now have a missile system except for the type that was used in Desert Storm, the SCUD missile system. This technology is considered primitive at best, even though it was the cause of the largest loss of life in Desert Storm when that Iraqi SCUD went into that barracks where young Americans were sleeping, killing a number of our young military personnel. That is the sophistication that Iraq and Iran have had up until now in terms of missile technology. And even though it is rather crude and does not have sophisticated guidance systems built into it, it still kills people.
The largest loss of life involving American troops was caused by a SCUD missile coming into those barracks because we did not have technology to shoot that missile down during Desert Storm when our backs were against the wall. And when the Israeli people were very fearful of the threats and the missiles that were being lobbed into their country, we deployed a variation of the Patriot system. The Patriot system was not designed to take out the missiles. In fact, it was designed to shoot down aircraft. But because we had no system to put into place, we had to use a varying of the Patriot, put systems in Israel and into countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to try to give us some limited protection against the SCUD missiles that Iraq would launch.
We put those systems in place, Mr. Speaker. But as the record shows, the Patriot systems were only partially effective. In fact, some estimations show that the Patriot was only 40 or 50 percent effective in taking out SCUD missiles. So many of those SCUD's got through.
But we are not talking about the SCUD missile now, Mr. Speaker. We are talking about a system that Iran has developed or is developing with the cooperation from Russia. Russia has very sophisticated missile systems: long-range, medium-range systems with very capable guidance mechanisms built in. The intelligence data that we now have, which has been declassified because it is being reported in the media in a widespread way and which I am going to refer to. I am not referring to any classified briefings. I am only referring to what is being reported in the media.
The intelligence community, as reported by the media now, shows that within 12 months Iran will have a system that will initially have a capability of approximately 800 miles and eventually will have a capacity to go as far as 1,200 miles around Iran in terms of hitting its target. When we look at these areas that are colored in blue and green, we get a sense of the potential impact of these medium-range missiles, which we expect Iran will have as early as 1 year from this date.
That means, Mr. Speaker, that parts of Europe now become threatened by Iran. That means now that at least 25,000 of our troops who are stationed in this area now become potential targets of Iranian missiles. That now means that all of our allies in this region in the Middle East and beyond now can become threatened by Iranian medium-range missiles.
Why is this so significant, Mr. Speaker? Because having Iran have this kind of capability could potentially upset the balance of power in the Middle East. If Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and the other Arab nations who are not our friends think that Iran has a capability that we cannot shoot down, that could upset the balance.
Now, how sophisticated are these missiles that Iran is going to be developing? Well, the Russian SS-4 system, which is the technology being transferred to Iran and has been under transfer for the past several years, is a very capable medium-range missile.
Now the question becomes, is it accurate? Can it hit the spot where it is intended to go? The point is, it really does not matter. If you are shooting off missiles, it does not matter if you hit this part of the city or that part of the city, you are still going to kill people. But let us look at whether or not the Iranians also have sophistication in terms of guidance.
Mr. Speaker, in front of the American people today I hold up two devices. These were manufactured in Russia. These were not manufactured in the United States. This is a gyroscope, Mr. Speaker. And this is an accelerometer. These two devices, which look to be brand new, were taken off of an SS-N-18, which is a very capable missile, medium- to long-range missile, that Russia has thousands of that had been aimed for years at American cities and carried on board their submarines.
Where did I get these two devices with the Russian markings on them indicating where they were built and what missile they were taken from? Mr. Speaker, these devices were intercepted by intelligence officials from Israel and Jordan as they were being transferred from Russia to Iraq. These devices were intercepted 2 years ago.
I was there January the month after the Washington Post ran the story about the transfer of these guidance systems. Because together they are the guidance system for missiles. They make missiles extremely accurate so they can pinpoint the most populated areas of cities and can do the most destruction when they are launched. When I was in Moscow, I met with our Ambassador, Ambassador Pickering. I said to him a month after the Washington Post story ran, `Mr. Ambassador, what was the response of Russia when you asked them about the accelerometers and the gyroscopes?' He said, `Congressman Weldon, I have not asked them yet.' I said, `Why? This happened 6 months ago.' He said, `That has to come from Washington.'
I came back to Washington, Mr. Speaker. And at the end of January, I wrote President Clinton and I said, `Mr. President, why have you not personally asked the Russians about the transfer of these devices? Because that is illegal. It is a violation of an arms control agreement, an agreement called the Missile Technology Control Regime.' The President wrote back to me in April, Mr. Speaker. And guess what he said. He said, `Congressman Weldon, we don't have enough evidence that this transfer of technology took place.'
Mr. Speaker, these are the devices. We knew about
their existence. We saw their existence. In fact, Mr. Speaker, there were 120 sets of these devices, each of them manufactured in Russia, and all of them transferred into this particular place, to Iraq.
Now, the question is not whether they were transferred legally or whether they were transferred illegally. Arms control agreements do not make a difference. A country that is a signatory to an arms control agreement certifies to the other nations in that agreement that they will prevent the transfer of technology.
So, in this case, the transfer of these devices was clearly and blatantly a violation of an international arms control agreement. In fact, Mr. Speaker, this was the seventh time Russia violated the missile technology control regime. In each of the seven instances, similar to the transfer of these devices to Iraq, this administration imposed no sanctions on Russia. They either said, we did not have enough information, we could not fully verify it, or we chose not to impose sanctions.
Now, we wonder why Iran and Iraq are getting the capability to kill our troops and to kill and injure our friends. It is because of the policy direction of this administration and not being tough enough in enforcing arms control agreements.
Mr. Speaker, besides these devices, there were two other transfers of accelerometers and gyroscopes from Russia to Iraq. Iraq tried to hide them in the Tigris River Basin. They were found. And they are a part of the 120 sets that we know now were attempted to be transferred that we, in fact, have physically in the hands of people who are our allies and friends.
The point is, Mr. Speaker, if Iraq was able to get these kinds of very sophisticated guidance devices, we can bet our bottom dollar Iran has the same capability. Because, unlike Iraq, we have evidence that Russia and Iran have been cooperating on this new medium-range missile that they are going to deploy 12 to 18 months from now.
So that means, Mr. Speaker, that these missiles which will now be able to hit any city in any part of Israel, which now will be able to take out any of the installations where our 25,000 troops are stationed that any of our allies in this region are currently located, that this missile will be able to cause severe destruction.
The problem, Mr. Speaker, is a simple one. We will not have a system in place to take out this missile. I repeat, Mr. Speaker. As the chairman of the House National Security Research Committee, which oversees all the funding for defensive systems to protect against this threat, we will have no system to take out these missiles, not 12 months from now and probably not 18 or even 24 months from now.
The American people are justified in asking the question: Why, if we are spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on offensive and defensive military programs, why then 12 months from now will we not have a system that can shoot down these Iranian missiles that were built with Russian and Chinese technology?
The answer is, Mr. Speaker, that this administration, while basically putting forth a good public story about its commitment to theater missile defense, has not in fact been aggressive in pushing for deployment of these systems.
We have a number of options. We have a Navy option called the Navy upper and lower tier systems, which are under development with Navy and Army, called THAAD, theater high altitude area defense system, under development. We have another system, a variation of the Patriot, called PAC-3, which has more capability than the earlier version of the Patriot that was used in Desert Storm.
Israel, likewise, is working on a system entitled the Arrow. The Arrow system is similar to the Patriot and will have a capability but not quite the capability to take out the speed and the length in terms of distance of the Iranian missile that we expect to be deployed as early as 12 months from now.
So unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, as we look to meet this threat, the fact is that we will not have a system ready to be deployed 12 months from now. So if Iran does what the media reports that in fact they will be able to do, and that is deploy this system, we will have a window of vulnerability. That window of vulnerability could last 6 months. It could last 12 months. It could last 2 years. We will have a period of time, beginning sometime in late 1998, where Iran will be capable of deploying a system that we will not be able to take out if in fact they should use that system.
Now, let us remember back to the largest loss of life in Desert Storm. It was that SCUD missile that Saddam used against our troops in Saudi Arabia, the largest loss of life in Desert Storm. Iran has threatened to use both offensive chemical and biological weapons, as well as nuclear weapons on both Israel and on America. One year from now, under a current estimate that has been established in terms of Iran's program, they could have a medium-range missile that could hit Israel, any of our troops in that theater, or our allies. The problem, Mr. Speaker, is that it could well contain either a biological or a chemical weapon and quite possibly, and we have not yet determined this, quite possibly a nuclear weapon.
Mr. Speaker, this administration has not done enough. What our bill does is it says that this is a priority that this country has to address today, not 12 months from now, not 16 months from now, but today. If we are going to be prepared to deal with the threat that we see emerging 1 year from now, then the development and deployment has to begin in 1997.
What does our bill do? Our bill, Mr. Speaker, takes assets that we now have and increases funding in ways that can give us enhancements and improvements. Let me give my colleagues an example. Our bill takes the Patriot system, which has very serious limitations on what it can defend against.
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The Patriot system initially in Desert Storm could only impact an area the size of this small green circle, very limited. I cannot give the distance in terms of miles because that is classified, but I can give the approximate detail percentagewise of the impact area. The Patriot itself was very limited in what it could defend against, which is why it was not really successful in Desert Storm. By putting into place immediately additional radar systems, additional early warning systems, and by putting additional batteries and early sensors for the PAC-3 system, we can expand the coverage area by the area in the blue.
So that Members can see, Mr. Speaker, that we can take a system that we have available today and we can enhance it and improve its capability significantly, both in terms of distance and in terms of circumference, by putting in additional enhancements now. Our bill provides the dollars to do just that, to allow us to put into place additional radar, additional coordination of interoperability, additional C3I in terms of interactive communications in command and control of these systems, and in doing so we get an enhanced capability that 12 months from now we can deploy.
In addition to the Patriot system, we provide additional funding for the THAAD program. Mr. Speaker, THAAD is a system that has still not been proven. It is being developed by the Army. The premise of THAAD is that it is a land-based unit that the Army can take wherever it goes and it can protect those troops in that theater. So if our troops are assigned in the Middle East, we can put a THAAD battery there and it will provide areawide protection for all of our troops so that we never have another barracks loss of life like we had in Saudi Arabia.
The problem with THAAD is it is good technology, but we have not yet had an intercept in our test program. We are hoping that this first intercept will take place in the first quarter of 1998. In the bill that I have introduced today, Mr. Speaker, we set aside additional funding so that if and when we have that successful intercept for the THAAD program that we immediately make money available to not just buy one test unit but to buy two demonstration test units. One of the units would be tested here in the United States, as is currently planned. The second battery would be deployed to the Middle East to be a direct support system for our troops that are stationed in that area. So we would have two test batteries of the THAAD system deployed where it in fact in several years could take out an Iranian missile or any other missile fired at our troops.
The third option, Mr. Speaker, is called Navy Upper Tier. The Navy Upper Tier system uses our existing Aegis technology, our most sophisticated systems, on our submarines. This technology is several years away from being fully deployed. But by putting additional dollars into radar systems and enhancements, we think we can speed up the deployment of the Navy Upper Tier system by perhaps as much as 1 year, so that by the turn of the century or slightly thereafter, we will be able to use Navy Upper Tier as a major defensive program.
The fourth major system that benefits from our bill to provide us additional protection against the Iranian capability is what the Israelis are working on. Israel has been working with our missile defense organization on a program called Arrow. Arrow is a system developed in Israel with American technology help. This system will ultimately give Israel very capable protection against lower level missiles that are not fired from long distances. The problem is that if Iran develops a capability for this medium-range system, as we currently think it is doing, then this Arrow system will not be able to cover all of Israel to take out those missiles if, in fact, they are used. What we want to do, Mr. Speaker, in this legislation is provide additional funds so that Israel can both look at enhancing the Arrow Program as well as providing additional Arrow missiles for test purposes.
In this legislation, Mr. Speaker, Impact 97, we have four very specific actions that we take to give us a capability within 12 to 18 months to deal with the threat that we think is going to be in place, a threat that jeopardizes not just our friends but also American troops and American citizens. Now, the President has said repeatedly and the administration has said repeatedly that theater missile defense is its top priority. If that be the case, Mr. Speaker, then we should have no problem in getting the administration to work with us in these systems. Unfortunately, that has not been the case.
Three weeks ago, I met with Gen. Les Lyles, who heads up the ballistic missile defense organization and who is the point person for the President. He said, `Congressman Weldon, I want to work with you and I want to provide good solid information on which you can base your bill.' Three weeks later, Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to say I have had no concrete data provided from General Lyles' office. Why? Because the Secretary of Defense and the Budget Office of the Department of Defense does not want to cooperate in giving us in the Congress realistic numbers upon which we can make our suggestions for additional dollar allocations to meet this threat. We have had to go to people in a private way, who are in the administration, who do not want to be named, and we have had to go to former directors in the agency to have them give us the dollar amounts and the direction as to where we should put additional resources to meet this threat.
Mr. Speaker, that is just unacceptable. This administration, which has said repeatedly that theater missile defense is our top priority, has again not been supportive of this Congress' attempt in a bipartisan way to deal with the threats that we see emerging. In spite of their lack of cooperation, we have put together a bill that we think is fairly realistic.
On Wednesday of next week, Mr. Speaker, I will chair a congressional hearing that will focus on the Iranian threat, that will focus on what Iran is now doing, that will focus on Iran's capabilities but will also look at what our response will be; namely, Impact 97, our bill to protect our people, our troops, and Israel and our friends from the threat of medium-range missiles and the potential devastation that they can cause on America and our friends and our allies.
Mr. Speaker, it is my hope that in this process, we will convince the administration to join with us, since this President has said repeatedly that this is, in fact, his highest priority. But unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, time and time again this administration has said one thing while doing the opposite.
It was this administration and this President who pounded his fist on the table in front of APAC's national convention and told the Israeli supporters that he was for a program called THEL. What he failed to tell those people was he tried to zero out funding for the testing for THEL for 3 consecutive years. It was the Congress, Democrats and Republicans in the Congress, who kept that program alive.
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Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. I yield to the gentleman from California.
Mr. DREIER. I thank my friend for yielding. I would simply like to rise as, I think, the most recent cosponsor of the gentleman's legislation to congratulate him. I believe this will go a long way toward addressing a number of our concerns. Technology transfer, as he and I were discussing earlier, is a very important way of stepping up our national ballistic missile defense system. I would simply like to congratulate my friend and encourage him wholeheartedly to proceed.
Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. I thank my good friend and colleague from California [Mr. Dreier] for stopping by and sharing his thoughts and thank him for his support. He was the 104th cosponsor, we now have 105. One hundred and five Democrats and Republicans, Mr. Speaker, have challenged this administration on their top priority, theater missile defense, in 1 week. I started this bill on Monday. Today I introduced the bill with 105 cosponsors, 20 Democrats, 85 Republicans, who are as concerned as the Israeli Minister of Defense, who this week is in Washington, Minister Mordecai, who has said publicly that if the United States does not respond Israel will have to take preemptive action to protect its people.
Is that what we are getting to now, Mr. Speaker? We have to rely on our allies coming to our defense because we do not want to put the systems in place to protect the loss of life of our troops? Is that what we have degenerated into? A second-rate nation that is going to allow our kids to be killed first and then say we should do something? That is what happened, Mr. Speaker. When we lost those kids in Desert Storm, it was because we did not apply the resources where the need was greatest. This bill will prevent that from happening again. It will allow us to put the resources, very small resources, on the threat that is here and very nearly will be deployed by a nation that everyone in the world considers to be a rogue operative and that has threatened to annihilate the American people and our troops on a consistent and regular basis.
Mr. Speaker, let me just say in closing that the reason why I think we are where we are today is a threefold reason. First of all, this administration has not enforced arms control agreements. I have given instances, seven times now with the MTCR, no sanctions imposed. With the case of China, accelerometers and gyroscopes going to Pakistan, no sanctions imposed. In the case of China, chemical and biological materials going to Iran, no sanctions imposed. What good are arms control agreements if we are not going to enforce them?
The second problem, Mr. Speaker, is the President has used the bully pulpit to lull the American people into a false sense of complacency. As I said on this floor many times before, this President 140 times has given speeches all over America, 3 times from this pulpit in the State of the Union Address where he has looked at the camera and said, `You can sleep well tonight because for the first time in 50 years, Russian missiles are no longer pointed at America's children.' As the Commander in Chief, he knows he cannot prove that, because Russia will not give us access to their targeting practices. He further knows that if he could prove that, you can retarget an ICBM in 30 seconds. But by saying that over and over again, 140 times on college campuses, in the well of the Congress, around the world, you create the feeling in America that we have nothing to worry about, there are no longer any threats, use of the bully pulpit in an extreme way just as wrong as some of my colleagues wanting to recreate Russia as an evil empire, which I do not believe.
The third reason why we are where we are today with Iran, Mr. Speaker, is because this administration has deliberately politicized and sanitized intelligence data. That is a pretty harsh statement. Can I back that up? Mr. Speaker, I will cite, not today with the lack of time, but I will cite for anyone who wants the information five specific instances where I can prove that this administration has deliberately taken intelligence data that is intent on giving the Congress an understanding of an emerging threat and this administration has either cut off the head of the messenger or has sanitized that information. Most recently last week we saw the announced early resignation and retirement of the director of our CIA Non-Proliferation Center, an outstanding professional who has given his life to allowing this country to understand emerging threats from proliferation activities of countries like North Korea, China, and Russia. Because of pressure that was felt on this individual and his job because of briefings he has given to Members of Congress and where he has given us information about technology transfer about China and Russia giving technology to rogue nations, he was basically put in such a terrible position that he took early retirement rather than face the prospect of having to fight his superiors in the White House and the State Department.
The second example. I heard about a briefing from a Russian expert at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 2 years ago called Silver Bullets about emerging Russian technology. As the chairman of the House research committee on defense, I asked for that briefing. For 6 months, I was denied the briefing. During the 6 months, I got an anonymous letter in my office which I have kept. The anonymous letter was addressed to me, no return address, no signature. It said, `Congressman Weldon, please continue to ask for this brief.'
Mr. Speaker, we should never have to have the intelligence community anonymously ask us to be briefed on an issue as important as emerging technologies. Another example of this administration choking the information that we need to make intelligence decisions about the threats that are emerging around the world. Mr. Speaker, we need to understand that intelligence is designed to keep us informed on emerging threats.
A third example was the direct removal of Jay Stewart from his position as the person in charge of security for the Department of Energy intelligence operation monitoring Russian nuclear material. That case has been documented. Jay Stewart has been before my committee. Jay Stewart was removed from his position because he was saying things that people in the White House did not want to listen to. This is not America, Mr. Speaker. That is why we are where we are today. That is why Iran has a capability that is going to threaten America, threaten our troops and threaten our allies. I would encourage our colleagues to cosponsor Impact 97 so that we have the protection we need 12 months from now to defeat Iran in its effort to destabilize the entire world community.
Mr. Speaker, I thank you, and I thank the staff for bearing with me during this special order.
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