For All The Men, Here Are 13 Ways How To Turn On Women In 10 Minutes
A pair of melons or anything of that sort is all it takes to turn on a guy but for women, it’s a bit more complex than that. Certain critical switches must be triggered before her brain orders the release of that critical chemical, that turn on women. Many men don’t know how to really pleasure a woman sexually. And plain old boring s3x isn’t very enticing to them. If you want to get laid and turn on women in just 10 minutes, hold on guys, it’s not going to be easy but I assure you, it’s going to be totally worth it!
So, all the men out there, we have some incredibly amazing tips and ways for you to turn on women in just 10 minutes. Let’s get started!
1.Take your timeWhen touched, the body of a woman releases oxytocin that’s responsible for the feeling of comfort, relaxation, and love. And that means, the more we’re touched, the more we want to be touched. Of course, it doesn’t mean you jump right onto things, take your time and move slow. So caress, fondle, stroke, and embrace us to get that oxytocin flowing.
2.Pay attention
Pay attention to us be it inside or outside the bedroom. Look us in the eyes and really listen when we share our feelings, thoughts, desires, or just tell you about our day. This really gets us interested and get involved with you.
3.Make use of your tongue
Oral s3x when done right can be a sure fire route to ecstasy for a lot of us. Keep her guessing what you’re going to do next and I bet she won’t want you to stop. Make sure you don’t overdo anything; she’s a woman after all.
5 Sex Positions You Need to Try if Your Partner Is Smaller Than You
Because small packages don't necessarily mean small packages.
If you're getting it on with a relatively small-size partner, or if you happen to be a curvier lady yourself, here are five sexy-ass ways to position yourself for optimal enjoyment.
1.
Lie on your back with your legs spread, knees bent, and feet in the air.
Your partner lies on his side by your butt, perpendicular to you. You
get extra-deep penetration at this new angle, plus tons of room to
supplement your own stimulation via hand or vibrator.
If a belly is preventing "access" where you need it most, try this
workaround. He lies on top, sliding P into V, then he slides over about
45 degrees so you're forming an X. Do the pivot slowly, hold him inside
of you with your hand, and do one hell of a Kegel squeeze to ensure a
smooth transition. Once situated (phew), you can push your legs together
for a tighter squeeze or open wide and tilt your pelvis up for deeper
penetration.
As new climate change summit looms, UN environment efforts still a mess, study says
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| Nov. 21, 2013: U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gestures during an interview during the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw. |
EXCLUSIVE – This month, the United Nations will double down at another climate summit on calls for sweeping and costly global action on a wide array of environmental fronts, as part of a drive for “sustainable development” and a comprehensive new global climate control treaty.
But an important U.N. investigative unit is warning that the world organization’s management of environmental programs and treaties is a chaotic mess that has not improved much in years.
Among other things, the U.N. investigators warn of:
- Large-scale duplication of effort and unnecessary competition between 28 U.N. organizations and the managers of 21 international treaties that deal with vital environmental issues;
- A sense of environmental priorities that focuses on issues “that are often accompanied by mass media attention, such as climate change and green economy,” giving less attention to other important priorities;
- The related lack of “a clear division of labor” among U.N. development organizations and a welter of U.N. treaty bodies that slops over into definitions of the boundaries between “environmental protection and sustainable development;”
- Huge, uncoordinated overall increases in environmental spending—the inspectors report that as of 2012, U.N. spending on environmental issues was increasing faster than its spending on anti-poverty efforts—that also failed to make a distinction between “normative” and “operational” spending, i.e., between generating mandates to protect the environment and various types of actual activity;
- Lack of a “transparent” U.N.-wide framework to track spending “in a manner that would pave the way for more efficient allocation of resources,” not to mention clarifying the distinction between spending on conservation and other actions.
- Evidence of what the report calls a “conflict of interest” by project managers of the United Nations Environment Program, the ostensible flagship of U.N. environmental action, in hiring outside evaluators to examine their own projects.
The updated “review of environmental governance in the United Nations system” was published over the summer by a Geneva-based organization known as the Joint Inspection Unit, or JIU, which is charged with examining management issues across the entire sprawling U.N. system, and submitting findings to the U.N.’s top leadership.
It is a return to an examination that JIU made of the same topic in 2008, when the unit found a lot to be concerned about, much of it linked to the U.N.’s tendency since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to link “sustainable development” with environmental preservation, leading to the same kind of organizational confusion that the JIU still finds today.
In its 2008 report, the JIU made a dozen recommendations on how the U.N. needed to refocus itself on separating environmental conservation from “sustainable development” by giving greater authority to the Nairobi-based United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), separately tracking environmental and development spending, and otherwise clarify the expanding and expensive confounding of development and environmental priorities. Almost all of the recommendations were accepted at the time by the U.N.’s top brass.
Since then, however, the number of U.N. global conferences merging the environment and “sustainable development” has only multiplied, culminating in last year’s 20-year anniversary gathering to commemorate the original Earth Summit—and push the “sustainable development” agenda still further.
When it came to the clarification of tasks and assignments—and subsequent elimination of waste and duplication-- that the JIU suggested, not so much has apparently been done.
According to JIU, the 20th anniversary Rio conference in 2012 “agreed to make a few institutional rearrangements,” including an expansion of the mandate of UNEP that would “empower it” to lead efforts to “formulate United Nations system-wide strategies on the environment,” but not a lot else has taken place in the areas of clarification of the roles of the remainder of the organization.
The 97-page JIU update report contains one lengthy paragraph inserted into its executive summary that lauds a number of vaguely worded changes it describes as “significant improvements” made in the wake of its 2008 review. These include “enhancement of the UNEP coordinating mandate on the environment,” and “better coordination and mainstreaming of environmental and environment-related activities in the field.”
UNEP has produced a dizzying tally of some 285 environmental goals that exist across the U.N. systemThe paragraph is otherwise laden with dense but vague references to “enhanced synergies and efficiency in the management of the secretariats” of various multilateral environmental treaties on hazardous waste disposal and organic pollutants, and “intensified cluster synergies in thematic and sectorial areas.”
But the main body of the report restates a blunt assessment from the 2008 report that “the current framework of international environmental governance is weakened by institutional fragmentation and specialization,” and adds: “The statement is unfortunately still valid six years later.”
CLICK HERE FOR THE REPORT
Meantime, UNEP has produced a dizzying tally of some 285 environmental goals that exist across the U.N. system that the inspectors call “the first step towards the identification of common goals and system-wide planning for results in the environmental area.”
The list includes “goals and objectives drawn from existing international treaties and non-legally binding instruments” and includes everything from promises to monitor and coordinate action against forest fires to “substantially increase the global share of renewable energy resources.”
The list, however, is just that: a list—albeit one that gives some indicator of the staggering array of targets and priorities that have been tucked away in a host of international agreements over the years. As the JIU report sardonically notes, additional progress “cannot be achieved without coordinating responsibilities and efforts.”
CLICK HERE FOR THE EXISTING GOALS
As for UNEP’s increased role in global management of the environment, the JIU noted that its scientific findings were, at times, questionable.
Different divisions of UNEP “sometimes produce separate scientific assessments outside the [UNEP] Office of the Chief Scientist,” the report notes. That office was founded, according to UNEP’s website, “to help strengthen the interface between global environmental science and policy while making the science base of UNEP’s activities stronger.”
Moreover, those outside assessments are used by project managers to assess their projects supported by UNEP’s Environment Fund, which is described on the UNEP website as “is the main source of funding for UNEP to implement its Program of Work and Medium Term Strategy.”
(Current UNEP budgeting calls for “voluntary” contributions to the Environment Fund of $118 million for 2014, and $134 million in 2015. The U.S. contribution in both years is still apparently undefined; in the past, it has ranged between roughly $6.2 million and $6.6 million.)
CLICK HERE FOR ENVIRONMENT FUND FINANCES
In other words, when assessing their own projects, UNEP officials hire their own outsiders to do the job.
The JIU report calls those actions “an issue of conflict of interest, and notes that “despite its competent scientific assessment capability the Office of the Chief Scientist has never been involved in the scientific assessment of those projects.”
Small wonder that the current JIU inspectors acknowledge tepidly that “progress has been made,” in bringing a sense of order and efficiency –as well as objectivity and restraint--to the U.N.’s huge and still-growing menu of environmental ambition, they are much more firm in stating that still, “there is much to be accomplished.”
Gun control fears boost enrollment at Manhattan's only commercial gun range
By: Bajram Hysa Facebook Twitter Google+
People are popping off rounds beneath the busy streets of Manhattan. The stench of burnt gunpowder fills the air. Paper targets twitch from incoming bullets. And shell casings clank with each ear-piercing bang from the shooters in their booths.
It’s just another day at West Side Rifle and Pistol Range, Manhattan’s only commercial gun range and one of the few places where people can practice using firearms legally in the New York City area. Hundreds of clients shoot there, many of them police officers.
Despite the limitations within New York City, owner Darren Leung says fear of the government and the possibility of more gun restrictions is what really helps drive his business.
“We’ve often said that our government is our best gun seller,” he says. “Every time they say something people go crazy and they start running out and buying a lot.”
The range first opened in 1965 in the basement of an otherwise standard Manhattan office building. Leung has since taken the reins and says he has a lot of fun running the business. But he says it’s also about furthering education.
“It really makes us feel good that we can actually entertain and educate the population about enjoying firearms and not being afraid of them and not saying that it’s a bad thing,” he says. “It’s a sport and people should enjoy the sport and people should try to understand it a little bit better.”
In addition to the general public, many of Leung's clients are police officers. “We welcome our friends in law enforcement any time they come down,” Leung says. The NYPD Police Academy is a few blocks away, and Leung says the instructors often tell trainees to the visit range because it’s so close. The recommendations have helped sustain a long-standing relationship with local law enforcement.
Leung says some of his clients have been coming to the range for decades and that many of them are close friends.
“Lifelong friends I would say. Some of these folks have been to my house,” he says. “Because I want them to come and see how it is with me and enjoy my family too we have annual barbecues and have a bunch of people come out.”
And Leung’s family is an important part of the gun range’s future. He says he wants his two young children to eventually take over the business.
People are popping off rounds beneath the busy streets of Manhattan. The stench of burnt gunpowder fills the air. Paper targets twitch from incoming bullets. And shell casings clank with each ear-piercing bang from the shooters in their booths.
It’s just another day at West Side Rifle and Pistol Range, Manhattan’s only commercial gun range and one of the few places where people can practice using firearms legally in the New York City area. Hundreds of clients shoot there, many of them police officers.
Despite the limitations within New York City, owner Darren Leung says fear of the government and the possibility of more gun restrictions is what really helps drive his business.
“We’ve often said that our government is our best gun seller,” he says. “Every time they say something people go crazy and they start running out and buying a lot.”
The range first opened in 1965 in the basement of an otherwise standard Manhattan office building. Leung has since taken the reins and says he has a lot of fun running the business. But he says it’s also about furthering education.
“It really makes us feel good that we can actually entertain and educate the population about enjoying firearms and not being afraid of them and not saying that it’s a bad thing,” he says. “It’s a sport and people should enjoy the sport and people should try to understand it a little bit better.”
In addition to the general public, many of Leung's clients are police officers. “We welcome our friends in law enforcement any time they come down,” Leung says. The NYPD Police Academy is a few blocks away, and Leung says the instructors often tell trainees to the visit range because it’s so close. The recommendations have helped sustain a long-standing relationship with local law enforcement.
Leung says some of his clients have been coming to the range for decades and that many of them are close friends.
“Lifelong friends I would say. Some of these folks have been to my house,” he says. “Because I want them to come and see how it is with me and enjoy my family too we have annual barbecues and have a bunch of people come out.”
And Leung’s family is an important part of the gun range’s future. He says he wants his two young children to eventually take over the business.
The best way to protect nature: Let markets, not government, do the work
By: Bajram Hysa Facebook Twitter Google+
Last week I said the Environmental Protection Agency has become a monster that does more harm than good. But logical people say, “What else we got?” It’s natural to assume greedy capitalists will run amok and destroy the Earth unless stopped by regulation. These critics don’t understand the real power of private ownership, says Terry Anderson of the Property and Environment Research Center. “Long before the EPA was a glint in anyone’s eye,” said Anderson on my TV show, “property rights were dealing with pollution issues.” Contrary to what environmentalists often assume, it’s really property rights that encourage good stewardship. The worst pollution often happens on land owned by “the people” -- by government. Since no one person derives direct benefit from this property, it’s often treated carelessly. Some of the worst environmental damage happens on military bases and government research facilities, such as the nuclear research site in Hanford, Washington. Worse things may happen when government indifference combines with the greed of unrestrained businesspeople, like when the U.S. Forest Service lets logging companies cut trees on public land. Private forest owners are careful to replant and take steps to prevent forest fires. Government-owned forests are not as well managed. They are much more likely to burn. When it’s government land -- or any commonly held resource -- the incentive is to get in and take what you can, while you can. It’s called the “tragedy of the commons.” “No one washes a rental car,” says Anderson, but “when people own things, they take care of them. And when they have private property rights that they can enforce, other people can’t dump gunk onto the property.” That’s why, contrary to what environmentalists often assume, it’s really property rights that encourage good stewardship. If you pollute, it’s your neighbors who are most likely to complain, not lazy bureaucrats at the EPA. “Here in Montana, for example, the Anaconda Mining Company, a copper and mining company, ruled the state,” says Anderson. “And yet when it was discovered that their tailings piles (the heaps left over after removing the valuable material by mining) had caused pollution on ranches that neighbored them, local property owners took them to court. (Anaconda Mining) had to cease and desist and pay for damages. … They quickly took care of that problem.” They also restored some of the land they had mined. Property rights and a simple, honest court system -- institutions that can exist without big government -- solve problems that would be fought about for years by politicians, environmental bureaucrats and the corporations who lobby them. In fact, it’s harder to assess the benefits and damages in environmental disputes when these decisions are taken out of the marketplace and made by bureaucracies that have few objective ways to measure costs. Markets even solve environmental problems in places where environmentalists assume they cannot, such as oceans and other property that can’t be carved up into private parcels. Environmental bureaucrats usually say, to make sure fishermen don’t overfish and destroy the stock of fish, we will set a quota for every season. That command-and-control approach has been the standard policy. So bureaucrats regulate the fishing season. They limit the number of boats, their size and how long they may fish. The result: fishing is now America’s most dangerous job. Fishermen race out in all kinds of weather to get as many fish as they can in the narrow time window allowed by regulators. They try to game the system to make more money. Sometimes they still deplete the fish stock. But Anderson points out that there is an alternative. “In places like New Zealand and Iceland … we’ve created individual fishing quotas, which are tradable, which are bankable, which give people an incentive to invest in their fisheries.” Because the fisherman “owns” his fishing quota, he is careful to preserve it. He doesn’t overfish because he wants “his” fish to be there next year. The moral of the story: when possible, let markets and property protect nature. That avoids the tragedy of the commons.
Last week I said the Environmental Protection Agency has become a monster that does more harm than good. But logical people say, “What else we got?” It’s natural to assume greedy capitalists will run amok and destroy the Earth unless stopped by regulation. These critics don’t understand the real power of private ownership, says Terry Anderson of the Property and Environment Research Center. “Long before the EPA was a glint in anyone’s eye,” said Anderson on my TV show, “property rights were dealing with pollution issues.” Contrary to what environmentalists often assume, it’s really property rights that encourage good stewardship. The worst pollution often happens on land owned by “the people” -- by government. Since no one person derives direct benefit from this property, it’s often treated carelessly. Some of the worst environmental damage happens on military bases and government research facilities, such as the nuclear research site in Hanford, Washington. Worse things may happen when government indifference combines with the greed of unrestrained businesspeople, like when the U.S. Forest Service lets logging companies cut trees on public land. Private forest owners are careful to replant and take steps to prevent forest fires. Government-owned forests are not as well managed. They are much more likely to burn. When it’s government land -- or any commonly held resource -- the incentive is to get in and take what you can, while you can. It’s called the “tragedy of the commons.” “No one washes a rental car,” says Anderson, but “when people own things, they take care of them. And when they have private property rights that they can enforce, other people can’t dump gunk onto the property.” That’s why, contrary to what environmentalists often assume, it’s really property rights that encourage good stewardship. If you pollute, it’s your neighbors who are most likely to complain, not lazy bureaucrats at the EPA. “Here in Montana, for example, the Anaconda Mining Company, a copper and mining company, ruled the state,” says Anderson. “And yet when it was discovered that their tailings piles (the heaps left over after removing the valuable material by mining) had caused pollution on ranches that neighbored them, local property owners took them to court. (Anaconda Mining) had to cease and desist and pay for damages. … They quickly took care of that problem.” They also restored some of the land they had mined. Property rights and a simple, honest court system -- institutions that can exist without big government -- solve problems that would be fought about for years by politicians, environmental bureaucrats and the corporations who lobby them. In fact, it’s harder to assess the benefits and damages in environmental disputes when these decisions are taken out of the marketplace and made by bureaucracies that have few objective ways to measure costs. Markets even solve environmental problems in places where environmentalists assume they cannot, such as oceans and other property that can’t be carved up into private parcels. Environmental bureaucrats usually say, to make sure fishermen don’t overfish and destroy the stock of fish, we will set a quota for every season. That command-and-control approach has been the standard policy. So bureaucrats regulate the fishing season. They limit the number of boats, their size and how long they may fish. The result: fishing is now America’s most dangerous job. Fishermen race out in all kinds of weather to get as many fish as they can in the narrow time window allowed by regulators. They try to game the system to make more money. Sometimes they still deplete the fish stock. But Anderson points out that there is an alternative. “In places like New Zealand and Iceland … we’ve created individual fishing quotas, which are tradable, which are bankable, which give people an incentive to invest in their fisheries.” Because the fisherman “owns” his fishing quota, he is careful to preserve it. He doesn’t overfish because he wants “his” fish to be there next year. The moral of the story: when possible, let markets and property protect nature. That avoids the tragedy of the commons.
T-shirts with rival player's mug shot take high school soccer rivalry too far, relatives claim
By: Bajram Hysa Facebook Twitter Google+
Relatives of an Indiana high school student whose mug shot appeared on T-shirts at a soccer game between rival schools reportedly claim spirited fans went a bit too far.
The student’s father told Book Newss his son previously played soccer for Marion High School but transferred to a rival school following legal issues and threatening comments on social media websites. But when the two schools met for a game last Wednesday, relatives saw the unidentified student’s face emblazoned on T-shirts featuring his mug shot.
“I was shocked first, then I thought, ‘How did they get this picture?’ Because I never even seen the picture,” father Kevin Rittenhouse told the website.
Marion High School spokeswoman Patricia Gibson said district officials were “disappointed” by the incident and made students remove them.
“In addition, school administrators took a proactive stance at the time of the games, turning people who were wearing the shirts away at the gate,” Gibson said in a statement. “No one was allowed into the stadium with one of the shirts visible.”
Kelly Chastain, the student’s aunt, said district officials should have alerted relatives that the T-shirts were appearing at school earlier in the day.
“They could’ve easily made a phone call and said, ‘Hey, here’s what’s going on. We don’t condone it, here are the steps we’re taking to resolve it,’” Chastain told the website.
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| Marion High School spokeswoman Patricia Gibson said district officials were “disappointed” by the incident and made students remove them. |
Relatives of an Indiana high school student whose mug shot appeared on T-shirts at a soccer game between rival schools reportedly claim spirited fans went a bit too far.
The student’s father told Book Newss his son previously played soccer for Marion High School but transferred to a rival school following legal issues and threatening comments on social media websites. But when the two schools met for a game last Wednesday, relatives saw the unidentified student’s face emblazoned on T-shirts featuring his mug shot.
“I was shocked first, then I thought, ‘How did they get this picture?’ Because I never even seen the picture,” father Kevin Rittenhouse told the website.
Marion High School spokeswoman Patricia Gibson said district officials were “disappointed” by the incident and made students remove them.
“In addition, school administrators took a proactive stance at the time of the games, turning people who were wearing the shirts away at the gate,” Gibson said in a statement. “No one was allowed into the stadium with one of the shirts visible.”
Kelly Chastain, the student’s aunt, said district officials should have alerted relatives that the T-shirts were appearing at school earlier in the day.
“They could’ve easily made a phone call and said, ‘Hey, here’s what’s going on. We don’t condone it, here are the steps we’re taking to resolve it,’” Chastain told the website.
Special Operations Chief Wants More Training with Conventional Units
By: Bajram Hysa Facebook Twitter Google+
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command mapped out the Pentagon's plan to keep SOF and conventional combat units working side-by-side long after U.S. forces leave Afghanistan.
Over the past decade of war, elite SOF units and conventional combat units have had to learn to work together on joint missions.
"It did not happen overnight; it happened over multiple deployments through lessons learned on the battlefield and developing relationships," Army Gen. Joseph Votel told Army infantry and armor soldiers today at the 2014 Maneuver Conference at Fort Benning, Ga. "Prior to 9/11, SOF participation in conventional forces training events, to be frank, was a little bit disjointed. Neither side took the time to understand what the other could provide."
Votel, who recently assumed command of USSOCOM, vowed to work with service chiefs from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to ensure that tension between SOF and conventional forces does not return.
"Now and for the foreseeable future, SOF and conventional forces are collocated on battlefields in the same countries," he said. "We need to learn how to compliment and operate with one another for the greatest effects possible. … We can't have a SOF part of the battlefield and a conventional part of the battlefield. It's a ridiculous way to operate."
Combat training centers have already embraced the new mindset and have made changes, Votel said.
The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, recently developed its own unconventional warfare program, "investing heavily to ensure the training is as realistic as possible," Votel said. Last month, NTC completed its first unconventional warfare event which expanded off the post and across southern California.
Also, the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Center in Germany has increased SOF involvement with each of its brigade combat team rotations. A recent example included Marine Special Operations Forces and Army conventional forces from Fort Hood, Texas, Votel said. The units trained for special reconnaissance, direct-action and personnel recovery missions.
In less than a week, the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, will conduct a decisive action rotation that will include forced-entry operations by the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment, with other special operations forces participating as well, Votel said.
"These exercises and many like them provide SOF and conventional forces the opportunity to work out the kinks, if you will, and build that muscle memory of understanding and being comfortable with each other so that when employed we can hit the ground running all moving at the same direction," Votel said.
Another part of the plan involves exchanging liaison officers.
"There is nothing better than having a man or woman on the inside," he said, describing how liaisons continue to educate their host commanders on the capabilities and mission sets their home organizations can provide long after the training exercise has concluded.
"This includes translation because even though it says U.S. across all of our uniforms, we somehow manage to confuse ourselves by using different lingo to describe the same thing.
"I have personally seen operational situations where our inability to communicate and use common language and not intimidate one another with our various acronyms have led to operational failure and setbacks for our joint forces commanders. So challenge that; don't allow it to occur out there. We are better than that."
There are still many conventional commanders and staffs that still don't understand how to employ SOF, Votel said. Similarly, there are many SOF leaders that have fewer and fewer experiences working with a variety of conventional forces.
This gap will widen as time passes after we depart Afghanistan, Votel maintains.
These joint exercises, and the relationships that they create, are not exclusive to Army conventional and Army SOF units, Votel said, stressing that this needs to happen across the services and SOF components.
"I want you to have the same level of interoperability and interdependence with Marine Raiders, Navy SEALS and Air Force commandos that you have with Green Berets and Rangers," Votel said. "Good relationships build trust and confidence, and they can't be immediately developed in times of crisis."
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command mapped out the Pentagon's plan to keep SOF and conventional combat units working side-by-side long after U.S. forces leave Afghanistan.
Over the past decade of war, elite SOF units and conventional combat units have had to learn to work together on joint missions.
"It did not happen overnight; it happened over multiple deployments through lessons learned on the battlefield and developing relationships," Army Gen. Joseph Votel told Army infantry and armor soldiers today at the 2014 Maneuver Conference at Fort Benning, Ga. "Prior to 9/11, SOF participation in conventional forces training events, to be frank, was a little bit disjointed. Neither side took the time to understand what the other could provide."
Votel, who recently assumed command of USSOCOM, vowed to work with service chiefs from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to ensure that tension between SOF and conventional forces does not return.
"Now and for the foreseeable future, SOF and conventional forces are collocated on battlefields in the same countries," he said. "We need to learn how to compliment and operate with one another for the greatest effects possible. … We can't have a SOF part of the battlefield and a conventional part of the battlefield. It's a ridiculous way to operate."
Combat training centers have already embraced the new mindset and have made changes, Votel said.
The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, recently developed its own unconventional warfare program, "investing heavily to ensure the training is as realistic as possible," Votel said. Last month, NTC completed its first unconventional warfare event which expanded off the post and across southern California.
Also, the Joint Multinational Readiness Training Center in Germany has increased SOF involvement with each of its brigade combat team rotations. A recent example included Marine Special Operations Forces and Army conventional forces from Fort Hood, Texas, Votel said. The units trained for special reconnaissance, direct-action and personnel recovery missions.
In less than a week, the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, will conduct a decisive action rotation that will include forced-entry operations by the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment, with other special operations forces participating as well, Votel said.
"These exercises and many like them provide SOF and conventional forces the opportunity to work out the kinks, if you will, and build that muscle memory of understanding and being comfortable with each other so that when employed we can hit the ground running all moving at the same direction," Votel said.
Another part of the plan involves exchanging liaison officers.
"There is nothing better than having a man or woman on the inside," he said, describing how liaisons continue to educate their host commanders on the capabilities and mission sets their home organizations can provide long after the training exercise has concluded.
"This includes translation because even though it says U.S. across all of our uniforms, we somehow manage to confuse ourselves by using different lingo to describe the same thing.
"I have personally seen operational situations where our inability to communicate and use common language and not intimidate one another with our various acronyms have led to operational failure and setbacks for our joint forces commanders. So challenge that; don't allow it to occur out there. We are better than that."
There are still many conventional commanders and staffs that still don't understand how to employ SOF, Votel said. Similarly, there are many SOF leaders that have fewer and fewer experiences working with a variety of conventional forces.
This gap will widen as time passes after we depart Afghanistan, Votel maintains.
These joint exercises, and the relationships that they create, are not exclusive to Army conventional and Army SOF units, Votel said, stressing that this needs to happen across the services and SOF components.
"I want you to have the same level of interoperability and interdependence with Marine Raiders, Navy SEALS and Air Force commandos that you have with Green Berets and Rangers," Votel said. "Good relationships build trust and confidence, and they can't be immediately developed in times of crisis."
Thousands of Superstorm Sandy victims could be asked to return FEMA funds
By: Bajram Hysa Facebook Twitter Google+
NEW YORK – Thousands of people who received government aid after Superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast may be forced to give some or all of that money back, nearly two years after the disaster.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is scrutinizing about 4,500 households that it suspects got improper payments, according to program officials and data obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request. As of early September, FEMA had asked around 850 of them to return a collective $5.8 million. The other cases were still under review.
FEMA's campaign to recover overpayments, called "recoupment" in government lingo, involves instances where the agency believes a household got more money than allowed under program rules, but not necessarily through an attempt to cheat the system. Fraud cases are handled separately.
Many people asked to return money were deemed ineligible for aid because their damaged properties were vacation houses or rental properties, not their primary homes. Others had double-dipped into the aid pool, with more than one household member getting payments. Some received FEMA money for things later covered by insurance.
In all, about $53 million in payments are under review. That's just a fraction of the $1.4 billion that storm victims received. But that is no consolation to many homeowners.
As of July 30, the average demanded refund was $6,987, a sum that could be difficult for many people to produce, given the modest income of most aid applicants. Roughly half the households under scrutiny reported an annual gross income of $30,000 or less.
"For most people, the money is long gone and long ago spent on storm recovery," said Ann Dibble, director of the New York Legal Assistance Group's storm response unit, which has been helping about a dozen families fight a FEMA clawback.
The list of people asked to return cash includes Gary Silberman of Lindenhurst, New York, who got a letter last November demanding just under $17,000. The agency said he was ineligible partly because he and his elderly father had both applied for disaster funds even though they were living together.
The Silbermans were also ineligible for some types of aid because they had failed to buy flood insurance after getting $25,000 from FEMA for flood damage during Hurricane Irene a year earlier.
Silberman says he should still qualify for the money because he was a rent-paying tenant in his father's house, not a dependent, but FEMA has so far rejected his appeals.
"I lost my home. I lost everything. I don't have $17,000 to give back," Silberman said.
Sandy was among the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. More than 280 people died in the U.S. and the Caribbean. When the storm struck the New York and New Jersey coastlines, the surging ocean poured into densely populated seaside neighborhoods and turned entire communities into soggy, moldy wrecks.
About 179,000 households in New York and New Jersey received FEMA payments following the storm. The agency is also reviewing payments to some households in Connecticut, Maryland and Rhode Island.
In mobilizing for Sandy, FEMA had hoped to avoid problems that plagued the aid distribution process following Hurricane Katrina's blow to the Gulf Coast in 2005. That destructive storm forced the overwhelmed agency to relax internal controls to speed up relief efforts. That, in turn, led to huge numbers of people getting money they shouldn't have received.
FEMA's attempts to recover hundreds of millions of Katrina-related dollars, often from people who couldn't afford to pay, led to a court fight and a procedural overhaul. By 2011, the agency had mailed out letters to at least 90,000 households asking for refunds. Congress authorized the agency to waive much of that debt.
The agency says it has since gotten better at making sure aid goes to the right people and in proper amounts.
"They have a lot more controls in place," said John Kelly, the Department of Homeland Security's assistant inspector general for emergency management oversight.
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| In this Sept. 5, 2014 photo, Gary Silberman stands for a picture as he guides reporters on a tour of his parent's home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. After Silberman received nearly $17,000 in assistance from FEMA, the agency is demanding a return on the funds. |
NEW YORK – Thousands of people who received government aid after Superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast may be forced to give some or all of that money back, nearly two years after the disaster.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is scrutinizing about 4,500 households that it suspects got improper payments, according to program officials and data obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request. As of early September, FEMA had asked around 850 of them to return a collective $5.8 million. The other cases were still under review.
FEMA's campaign to recover overpayments, called "recoupment" in government lingo, involves instances where the agency believes a household got more money than allowed under program rules, but not necessarily through an attempt to cheat the system. Fraud cases are handled separately.
Many people asked to return money were deemed ineligible for aid because their damaged properties were vacation houses or rental properties, not their primary homes. Others had double-dipped into the aid pool, with more than one household member getting payments. Some received FEMA money for things later covered by insurance.
In all, about $53 million in payments are under review. That's just a fraction of the $1.4 billion that storm victims received. But that is no consolation to many homeowners.
As of July 30, the average demanded refund was $6,987, a sum that could be difficult for many people to produce, given the modest income of most aid applicants. Roughly half the households under scrutiny reported an annual gross income of $30,000 or less.
"For most people, the money is long gone and long ago spent on storm recovery," said Ann Dibble, director of the New York Legal Assistance Group's storm response unit, which has been helping about a dozen families fight a FEMA clawback.
The list of people asked to return cash includes Gary Silberman of Lindenhurst, New York, who got a letter last November demanding just under $17,000. The agency said he was ineligible partly because he and his elderly father had both applied for disaster funds even though they were living together.
The Silbermans were also ineligible for some types of aid because they had failed to buy flood insurance after getting $25,000 from FEMA for flood damage during Hurricane Irene a year earlier.
Silberman says he should still qualify for the money because he was a rent-paying tenant in his father's house, not a dependent, but FEMA has so far rejected his appeals.
"I lost my home. I lost everything. I don't have $17,000 to give back," Silberman said.
Sandy was among the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. More than 280 people died in the U.S. and the Caribbean. When the storm struck the New York and New Jersey coastlines, the surging ocean poured into densely populated seaside neighborhoods and turned entire communities into soggy, moldy wrecks.
About 179,000 households in New York and New Jersey received FEMA payments following the storm. The agency is also reviewing payments to some households in Connecticut, Maryland and Rhode Island.
In mobilizing for Sandy, FEMA had hoped to avoid problems that plagued the aid distribution process following Hurricane Katrina's blow to the Gulf Coast in 2005. That destructive storm forced the overwhelmed agency to relax internal controls to speed up relief efforts. That, in turn, led to huge numbers of people getting money they shouldn't have received.
FEMA's attempts to recover hundreds of millions of Katrina-related dollars, often from people who couldn't afford to pay, led to a court fight and a procedural overhaul. By 2011, the agency had mailed out letters to at least 90,000 households asking for refunds. Congress authorized the agency to waive much of that debt.
The agency says it has since gotten better at making sure aid goes to the right people and in proper amounts.
"They have a lot more controls in place," said John Kelly, the Department of Homeland Security's assistant inspector general for emergency management oversight.
Dozens demonstrate in Morocco against racism after Senegalese immigrant is killed
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RABAT, Morocco – Dozens of activists have demonstrated in Morocco's capital in a rare protest against racism following the murder earlier of a Senegalese migrant.
Thursday's protest comes just one year after Morocco announced a new more humane policy designed to deal with the flood of sub-Saharan Africans seeking a new life in Europe.
Charles Ndour was fatally stabbed on Aug. 30 by a mob in Tangiers. Police later arrested and deported more than 20 immigrants protesting his killing.
Lucile Daumas of Atac Maroc, one of the groups organizing the demonstration, said Ndour was the sixth immigrant killed in the last year, amid many such attacks.
"The migrants in Morocco are in real danger," she said.
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| Dozens of activists demonstrate against racism in front of Morocco's parliament in Rabat, Morocco Thursday, Sept 11, 2014. The murder of a Senegalese citizen in Tangiers on Aug. 30 by an angry mob has shocked Moroccans even as the state is attempting to implement more human immigration policies |
RABAT, Morocco – Dozens of activists have demonstrated in Morocco's capital in a rare protest against racism following the murder earlier of a Senegalese migrant.
Thursday's protest comes just one year after Morocco announced a new more humane policy designed to deal with the flood of sub-Saharan Africans seeking a new life in Europe.
Charles Ndour was fatally stabbed on Aug. 30 by a mob in Tangiers. Police later arrested and deported more than 20 immigrants protesting his killing.
Lucile Daumas of Atac Maroc, one of the groups organizing the demonstration, said Ndour was the sixth immigrant killed in the last year, amid many such attacks.
"The migrants in Morocco are in real danger," she said.
US stocks slip in early trading as more people seek US unemployment benefits
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NEW YORK – The stock market is opening lower as shares of energy companies slip.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 69 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,999 as of 9:33 a.m. Eastern time Thursday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index eased seven points, also 0.4 percent, to 1,988. The Nasdaq composite slipped 14 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,572.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.52 percent from 2.54 late Wednesday.
NEW YORK – The stock market is opening lower as shares of energy companies slip.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 69 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,999 as of 9:33 a.m. Eastern time Thursday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index eased seven points, also 0.4 percent, to 1,988. The Nasdaq composite slipped 14 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,572.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.52 percent from 2.54 late Wednesday.
FBI probes attempted firebombing of US Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's office in Kansas City
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Federal investigators are looking into an incident in which two bottles of alcohol with lit paper-towel fuses were thrown at a U.S. congressman's office early Thursday in Kansas City, breaking a window but failing to ignite before falling harmlessly outside the building.
The bottles used in the attempted firebombing — one rum and one Jagermeister — were found on the ground after police were called to Emanuel Cleaver's office around 2:50 a.m., Kansas City Police Sgt. Kari Thompson said.
Paper towels that were stuffed into the necks of the bottles appear to have been lit but went out while still in the air, Thompson said.
"This is the second incident within the last six years," John Jones, Cleaver's chief of staff, said in a statement. "The Kansas City Police have completed their initial survey of the scene and we await their report."
Jones didn't go into detail about the other incident, but Cleaver's press secretary, Mary Petrovic, said there was an incident in October 2011 in which two people threw rocks and broke the windows of the same Kansas City office building. Nobody got hurt and no suspects were ever identified, she said.
Cleaver is in Washington, D.C., and there were no staff members in the building at the time of Thursday's incident, Jones said.
The Kansas City Police Department's bomb and arson squad was called to the scene, and the FBI now has taken over the investigation.
Cleaver said in a statement that he was focused on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks instead of what happened at his office.
"Today, our thoughts should not dwell on a small incident that happened and hurt no one," Cleaver said. "Our thoughts and prayers should be with the families and friends of those killed on September 11, 2001, and all those who suffered in its aftermath."
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| FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2008 file photo Missouri Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver speaks at a rally in Kansas City, Mo. Federal investigators are looking into what appears to have been an early morning attempt Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 to firebomb Cleaver's Missouri office. Police say two bottles, with paper towels sticking out of the necks extinguished during flight, were found shattered inside the office below a broken window. There were no staff members in the building at the time. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) (The Associated Press) |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Federal investigators are looking into an incident in which two bottles of alcohol with lit paper-towel fuses were thrown at a U.S. congressman's office early Thursday in Kansas City, breaking a window but failing to ignite before falling harmlessly outside the building.
The bottles used in the attempted firebombing — one rum and one Jagermeister — were found on the ground after police were called to Emanuel Cleaver's office around 2:50 a.m., Kansas City Police Sgt. Kari Thompson said.
Paper towels that were stuffed into the necks of the bottles appear to have been lit but went out while still in the air, Thompson said.
"This is the second incident within the last six years," John Jones, Cleaver's chief of staff, said in a statement. "The Kansas City Police have completed their initial survey of the scene and we await their report."
Jones didn't go into detail about the other incident, but Cleaver's press secretary, Mary Petrovic, said there was an incident in October 2011 in which two people threw rocks and broke the windows of the same Kansas City office building. Nobody got hurt and no suspects were ever identified, she said.
Cleaver is in Washington, D.C., and there were no staff members in the building at the time of Thursday's incident, Jones said.
The Kansas City Police Department's bomb and arson squad was called to the scene, and the FBI now has taken over the investigation.
Cleaver said in a statement that he was focused on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks instead of what happened at his office.
"Today, our thoughts should not dwell on a small incident that happened and hurt no one," Cleaver said. "Our thoughts and prayers should be with the families and friends of those killed on September 11, 2001, and all those who suffered in its aftermath."
Police arrest driver who crashed pickup truck through Las Vegas Stratosphere casino doors
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LAS VEGAS – A 40-year-old driver has been accused of intentionally driving a pickup truck through the glass doors of the Stratosphere casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Police say no one was hurt in the Wednesday evening crash and that driver Ryan Brown struggled with security guards before his arrest.
Police say Brown told officers he was wanted to jump off the 1,100-foot Stratosphere tower, which resembles Seattle's Space Needle, and that he was excited to be making news.
Brown's pickup came to a stop amid broken glass, wedged between railings on a wide floor atop a four-step casino stairway.
Brown was being held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas pending initial court appearances on felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor driving under the influence and reckless driving charges.
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| This Sept. 11, 2014 booking photo provided by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ryan Brown, 40, following his arrest on Sept. 10, 2014 at the Stratosphere on the Las Vegas Strip. Police say Brown faces felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor driving under the influence and reckless driving charges after crashing his pickup truck through glass entry doors at the Las Vegas Strip casino. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) (The Associated Press) |
LAS VEGAS – A 40-year-old driver has been accused of intentionally driving a pickup truck through the glass doors of the Stratosphere casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Police say no one was hurt in the Wednesday evening crash and that driver Ryan Brown struggled with security guards before his arrest.
Police say Brown told officers he was wanted to jump off the 1,100-foot Stratosphere tower, which resembles Seattle's Space Needle, and that he was excited to be making news.
Brown's pickup came to a stop amid broken glass, wedged between railings on a wide floor atop a four-step casino stairway.
Brown was being held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas pending initial court appearances on felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor driving under the influence and reckless driving charges.
Scottish independence: Salmond says Scotland is 'on cusp of making history'
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He also called for an inquiry into what he said was the leaking of sensitive market data by the Treasury involving RBS plans to move its headquarters to London if voters choose independence.
Five banks have said they might move operations out of Scotland, while John Lewis and Asda warned prices may rise.
RBS confirmed it would relocate its registered headquarters in the event of a "Yes" vote, insisting that the move would not impact jobs or operations.
Mr Salmond accused the UK government of deliberately leaking the news about RBS to the BBC and other news outlets before the bank made the announcement officially.
The latest You Gov poll suggests the No campaign has gained a narrow lead
He said it was an attempt of scaremongering aimed at damaging
the independence campaign and called for an investigation into civil
servants leaking market sensitive information.
However, former prime minister Gordon Brown was among pro-unionists who questioned Mr Salmond's insistence that the warnings were just scaremongering.
"You can dismiss some of the warnings some of the time, but you can't dismiss all of the warnings all of the time," Mr Brown said.
The SNP leader, Mr Salmond, was speaking to the international media at an event in Edinburgh, which was taking place on the anniversary of the 1997 devolution referendum.
"They have now been caught red-handed of being part of a campaign of scaremongering," Mr Salmond said.
"I'm not making that position against any of the companies concerned but quite clearly if you brief market sensitive information last night to one broadcaster which is meant to be released at 07:00 BST this morning, it puts the Treasury fingerprints all over this story and it provides a spectacular example of the sort of campaign tactics of intimidation and bullying that have served the no campaign so badly."
Sir Jeremy Heywood, head of the civil service, rejected the suggestion. In a letter to the first minister, he said staff had merely "confirmed its understanding of RBS's contingency planning" judging this was important to "maintain financial stability".
He added that he had consulted Prime Minister David Cameron on the issue, who was clear that there had been no breach of the Ministerial Code.
Scotland is on the "cusp of making history" by voting for independence, the country's first minister has said.
Alex Salmond described the referendum as a "process of national empowerment".He also called for an inquiry into what he said was the leaking of sensitive market data by the Treasury involving RBS plans to move its headquarters to London if voters choose independence.
Five banks have said they might move operations out of Scotland, while John Lewis and Asda warned prices may rise.
RBS confirmed it would relocate its registered headquarters in the event of a "Yes" vote, insisting that the move would not impact jobs or operations.
Mr Salmond accused the UK government of deliberately leaking the news about RBS to the BBC and other news outlets before the bank made the announcement officially.
The latest You Gov poll suggests the No campaign has gained a narrow lead
However, former prime minister Gordon Brown was among pro-unionists who questioned Mr Salmond's insistence that the warnings were just scaremongering.
"You can dismiss some of the warnings some of the time, but you can't dismiss all of the warnings all of the time," Mr Brown said.
The SNP leader, Mr Salmond, was speaking to the international media at an event in Edinburgh, which was taking place on the anniversary of the 1997 devolution referendum.
"They have now been caught red-handed of being part of a campaign of scaremongering," Mr Salmond said.
"I'm not making that position against any of the companies concerned but quite clearly if you brief market sensitive information last night to one broadcaster which is meant to be released at 07:00 BST this morning, it puts the Treasury fingerprints all over this story and it provides a spectacular example of the sort of campaign tactics of intimidation and bullying that have served the no campaign so badly."
Sir Jeremy Heywood, head of the civil service, rejected the suggestion. In a letter to the first minister, he said staff had merely "confirmed its understanding of RBS's contingency planning" judging this was important to "maintain financial stability".
He added that he had consulted Prime Minister David Cameron on the issue, who was clear that there had been no breach of the Ministerial Code.
Government publishes MP Recall Bill
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An MP could also be recalled if House of Commons authorities suspend them for at least 21 sitting days.
If one of these conditions is met, and 10% of voters in the MP's constituency sign a recall petition, the seat will become vacant and a by-election held.
Currently, MPs are disqualified from Parliament only if they are jailed for more than 12 months.
The recalled MP will be able to contest the subsequent by-election, under the government's plans.
'Vested interests' In a written statement to Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "The bill puts in place a recall mechanism for MPs which is transparent, robust and fair.
"It strikes a fair balance between holding to account those who do not maintain certain standards of conduct, while giving MPs the freedom to do their job and make difficult decisions where necessary."
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan says Labour supports the recall of MPs.
"However, we don't want a system of recall that is solely in the hands of MPs as this will struggle to have the public's confidence," he said in a statement.
"Nor do we want a system that could give vested interests power to kick out MPs simply because they dislike the way a politician has voted on controversial issues.
"We will therefore be looking closely at the government's bill to see whether it satisfies our major areas of concern and addresses the serious issues raised by recent controversies."
'Clegg fudge' A rival plan has been introduced to Parliament by the Conservative backbencher Zac Goldsmith, which does not require an MP to be proven to have broken any rules.
Under his private member's bill, an MP could be recalled if 5% of voters in a constituency sign a "notice of intent to recall" and 20% of voters then sign a "recall petition".
The Richmond Park and North Kingston MP, writing on his Twitter feed, said his proposed legislation was "a genuine Recall Bill", which had been signed off by a committee of 22 MPs, from seven parties, and was "ready to be used to amend the Clegg fudge".
Mr Goldsmith has said the government's proposed legislation is "virtually meaningless" because it would too difficult, in practice, for voters to recall errant MPs.
New laws to allow voters to "recall" their MP and force a by-election have been published by the government.
Under the plan, an MP could be recalled if they are convicted of an offence and get a sentence of 12 months or less.An MP could also be recalled if House of Commons authorities suspend them for at least 21 sitting days.
If one of these conditions is met, and 10% of voters in the MP's constituency sign a recall petition, the seat will become vacant and a by-election held.
Currently, MPs are disqualified from Parliament only if they are jailed for more than 12 months.
The recalled MP will be able to contest the subsequent by-election, under the government's plans.
'Vested interests' In a written statement to Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "The bill puts in place a recall mechanism for MPs which is transparent, robust and fair.
"It strikes a fair balance between holding to account those who do not maintain certain standards of conduct, while giving MPs the freedom to do their job and make difficult decisions where necessary."
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan says Labour supports the recall of MPs.
"However, we don't want a system of recall that is solely in the hands of MPs as this will struggle to have the public's confidence," he said in a statement.
"Nor do we want a system that could give vested interests power to kick out MPs simply because they dislike the way a politician has voted on controversial issues.
"We will therefore be looking closely at the government's bill to see whether it satisfies our major areas of concern and addresses the serious issues raised by recent controversies."
'Clegg fudge' A rival plan has been introduced to Parliament by the Conservative backbencher Zac Goldsmith, which does not require an MP to be proven to have broken any rules.
Under his private member's bill, an MP could be recalled if 5% of voters in a constituency sign a "notice of intent to recall" and 20% of voters then sign a "recall petition".
The Richmond Park and North Kingston MP, writing on his Twitter feed, said his proposed legislation was "a genuine Recall Bill", which had been signed off by a committee of 22 MPs, from seven parties, and was "ready to be used to amend the Clegg fudge".
Mr Goldsmith has said the government's proposed legislation is "virtually meaningless" because it would too difficult, in practice, for voters to recall errant MPs.
Clacton: Bread's Giles Watling to stand for Conservatives
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He was chosen ahead of fellow local councillor Sue Lissimore following a hustings at Clacton town hall.
The by-election was triggered by the defection of sitting Tory MP Douglas Carswell, who will now stand for UKIP.
The vote will be held on 9 October.
The open primary allowed anyone from Clacton, no matter which party they supported, to take part in the selection.
After his selection, Mr Watling was asked by BBC political correspondent Robin Brant whether an actor could be trusted to serve as an MP.
"'Of course', he responded, adding that actors have "been around for thousands of years."
Conservative Chief Whip Michael Gove was among 30 MPs from the party campaigning in Clacton on Thursday.
Mr Watling became a well-known face because of his role in Bread - a BBC One TV series during the late 1980s and early 1990s about the working class Roman Catholic Boswell family in Liverpool.
He played the character Oswald, a vicar who romanced and eventually married the only Boswell daughter, Aveline. He appeared in a total of 49 episodes and the 1988 edition which saw the couple get married was watched by 21 million viewers.
An actor best-known for sitcom Bread has been chosen as the Conservative candidate in the Clacton by-election.
Giles Watling, who played Oswald in the 1980s show and is now
a Tory councillor, was selected at an open primary in the constituency.
He was chosen ahead of fellow local councillor Sue Lissimore following a hustings at Clacton town hall.
The by-election was triggered by the defection of sitting Tory MP Douglas Carswell, who will now stand for UKIP.
The vote will be held on 9 October.
The open primary allowed anyone from Clacton, no matter which party they supported, to take part in the selection.
After his selection, Mr Watling was asked by BBC political correspondent Robin Brant whether an actor could be trusted to serve as an MP.
"'Of course', he responded, adding that actors have "been around for thousands of years."
Conservative Chief Whip Michael Gove was among 30 MPs from the party campaigning in Clacton on Thursday.
Mr Watling became a well-known face because of his role in Bread - a BBC One TV series during the late 1980s and early 1990s about the working class Roman Catholic Boswell family in Liverpool.
He played the character Oswald, a vicar who romanced and eventually married the only Boswell daughter, Aveline. He appeared in a total of 49 episodes and the 1988 edition which saw the couple get married was watched by 21 million viewers.
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