Those behind the world's largest solar park admitted obstacles such as energy wastage and transmission had yet to be overcome, but said there was no looking back as China forged ahead towards a low-carbon future.
They hope the federal government will reclassify cannabis ("a huge undertaking," Dr. Briscoe admitted), reducing obstacles to much-needed research.
The general reader gets the pure unadulterated version: appendices, prefaces, introductions, conclusions, charts, statistics, 60 pages of chapter notes, voluminous bibliography, and in this case, a quixotic final acknowledgement in which the author admits the obstacles inherent in his subject.
The terms were agreed after both sides made progress on a withdrawal treaty but the most difficult questions were fudged, including the issue of the Irish border, with Mr Davis and Mr Barnier admitting that major obstacles remained in the months ahead.
Hague said the crisis needed a speedy solution, but admitted that formidable obstacles remain because Moscow and Beijing refuse to call explicitly for the Syrian leader's departure.
While it seems everyone admits there are obstacles to overcome, there is agreement that for the first time in a long time residents are more optimistic about the city's future.
But in a panel discussion today at EmTech@MIT in Cambridge, MA, panelists will admit that several obstacles still remain and that the "killer app" for augmented reality has yet to emerge.
Taiwan's government spokesman Sun Lih-chyun says it has made a lot of efforts in recent years to boost safety, but admits it faces obstacles.
In Alabama, Mississippi, North Dakota and Wisconsin, courts have said that requiring physicians to have admitting privileges was an unjustified obstacle to abortion rights.
And is there any obstacle greater than admitting you were wrong?
