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From a former top-level insider - whom the Los Angeles Times has called 'the most influential career lawyer in CIA history' - comes an unprecedented memoir filled with revelatory stories about the US government's intelligence program. In 1975, fresh out of law school and working in a mind-numbing job at the US Treasury, John Rizzo took 'a total shot in the dark' and sent his résumé to the Central Intelligence Agency. He had no notion that, more than 30 years later, he would become a notorious public figure - both a symbol and a victim of the toxic winds swirling in post-9/11 Wa

"Company towns have shaped Canadian culture, but many of such communities have undergone radical transitions to an uncertain post-industrial future. How are these communities dealing with their historic landscapes--especially the residential neighbourhoods threatened by neglect or gentrification, places that some would prefer to forget, others to romanticize, and still others to understand and to re-use. There is much more work to do than put up plaques or pass designation by-laws. There are complex social and financial realities to consider. This book explores what happens, or sometimes what does not happen, when residents and policy-makers try to conserve the fabric or vestiges of communities whose economies have collapsed or places that have been forced to make a major transition to stay alive. But the ability to make a transition has a great deal to do with the DNA of a place. What were its founding moments? What were the early institutions and organizations that forged a spirit of place? How have these shaped the character of the community and made it more or less entrepreneurial when faced with the sometimes urgent need to re-orient the local economy and find new vocations for places. These sorts of economic and social considerations are seeping into the consciousness of those who work on and champion heritage conservation in Canada, and they are the subject of this collection of essays from academics and practitioners widely engaged in a variety of projects hoping to redefine the company town."--

Preliminary Material -- A Mixture of the Strange and the Familiar -- Given Reality Autism - Facts and Figures -- On Stage The Autist, the Author, his Characters and their Props -- Body and Mind Shows The Imagination Deficit, Theory of Mind and Atmospheric Turbulence -- On Words and Clocks The Socialization Deficit and Temporal Ordering in a Community for Young Autists -- With Lacelike Precision The Communication Deficit and Autobiographical Works by Autistic People -- Autistic Company -- Notes.