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MS. PSAKI: Hi everyone. Hi, Matt. It's good to see you.
QUESTION: Good to see you.
MS. PSAKI: And everyone else, of course. I just haven't seen him in a while.
I have one item at the top for all of you, and I should also note I have a hard stop at about 1:45, so let's try to get to as many issues as we can.
Secretary Kerry yesterday continued his visit – I should say today – continued his visit to Beijing for the Sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue and the Fifth U.S.-China High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange. The CPE aims to enhance and strengthen ties between the citizens of the United States and China, and has done so over the past four years in the areas of culture, education, science and technology, sports, and women's issues. This year the two sides agreed to add a sixth area of people-to-people exchange: health, and the additional of a health pillar, starting with the 2015 CPE in Washington, D.C. So next year we'll strengthen existing health collaboration, encourage more people-to-people collaboration in this important area.
During sessions at the S&ED, the Secretary continued discussions on the full range of bilateral, regional, and global issues. He reiterated to his Chinese counterparts that we seek a relationship defined not by strategic rivalry but by practical cooperation on common challenges and constructive management of differences where our interests diverge. With regard to human rights, the Secretary raised our concerns in a direct, candid, and constructive way. He also continued our conversations on cybersecurity and cyber threat. And you probably have all seen the press conference he did on the ground earlier this morning our time, so I'd certainly point you to that.
And with that, Matt, let's go to you.
QUESTION: Well, thank you very much. I have a question about the German expulsion of the top U.S. intelligence official there. Chancellor Merkel says that spying on allies is a waste of time and energy and that allies should focus on other things. And does the Administration agree or disagree with that? Is there – and do they believe Germany is overreacting or handling this properly?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I know there are, obviously, recently reports this morning, which I'm sure prompted your question. We've seen those reports, and let me first get out of the way: We don't have any specific comment on that. Our security and intelligence relationship with Germany is a very important one. It's one that helps keep Germans and Americans safe.
I would also say that, as you know, last year the President underwent a review of all of our intelligence gathering. The Secretary was engaged in that, as were Administration officials across the board. There are, of course, a range of factors that are taken into account and were taken into account in that – keeping Americans safe, keeping allies in other countries safe, as well as taking steps to reform and revise some of our systems when needed. And he did just that.
Clearly, we're going to continue to have conversations with a range of our allies and partners around the world. We're certainly open to that, but we'll let those happen through diplomatic channels.
QUESTION: Excuse me. Just a quick follow-up.
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: When you say you have seen the German reports or the media reports saying – what do you mean by that? Are you denying the German allegations about there was a spy operation going on?
MS. PSAKI: All I meant by it was that we've seen the reports, we've read the reports. I'm not going to – I don't have any specific comment on it, given its purported intelligence matter.
QUESTION: So do you think those reports are true?
MS. PSAKI: I'm not going to have anything more to add on that front.
QUESTION: Will you have --
MS. PSAKI: Well, let's finish this topic. Do we have any more on this topic? Go ahead in the back.
QUESTION: So Germany really took an unusual step today. And they've been patient all along and secretly kind of expressing their anger, and this is a more unusual outward expression of their anger. Is the United States going to have any sort of reaction to them or just any signal to send to them?
MS. PSAKI: Well, as you know, we've had a range of discussions with Germany over the course of the last several months, and I expect those will continue. But those will happen through diplomatic channels, and we think those are often – we're better served, our relationship is better served by having those take place through those channels. I would expect that Secretary Kerry and Foreign Minister Steinmeier will have an opportunity to speak sometime in the coming days, and I would just reiterate that our relationship with Germany is extremely important. We have many areas we work together on. We have areas, certainly, where we may disagree, and – but the sign of a strong relationship is being able to work through those disagreements or challenges, and we'll continue to do that through proper channels.
QUESTION: Is the Administration considering* expelling somebody from the German embassy?
MS. PSAKI: I don't have anything more to add on this particular topic.
QUESTION: Jen, how come after the United States Government was caught spying on Chancellor Merkel, the effort was made to clean up the spying, and then this happens? How do you reconcile that?
MS. PSAKI: I'm not going to have anything more to add, Lucas, on this particular topic. I think, as you know, we've spoken to those reports. The White House has spoken to those reports. The President undertook – laid out a series of reforms that we believe should not only give the American people greater confidence that their rights are being protective – protected, but also allowing us to preserve the tools to keep Americans safe and secure. And I would point you to those range of reforms that the President announced earlier this year.
QUESTION: But can this government control its intelligence gathering capability?
MS. PSAKI: Can the United States of America?
QUESTION: Control its spy network.
MS. PSAKI: Well, Lucas, I, again, would point you to the fact that we just underwent just last year an intensive review led by the President, led by the White House, that the Secretary was engaged in to take a look at all of these programs and put in place new principles. And that's exactly what he announced earlier this year.
QUESTION: But the result is more spying and more spying on our allies.
MS. PSAKI: I think I would refute that notion, Lucas. We've – I would point you to the specific details that have already been put out.
Do we have a new topic?
QUESTION: Oh, no. One more. Some German news reports suggest that the Germans may have taken this action now as much for domestic political consumption as well as to express their anger with the U.S. over past infractions, including the tapping of the Chancellor's cellphone. Is there any credence to some of those suggestions, or is this simply a basic concern about how these two countries share intelligence and how they – how much they trust each other?
MS. PSAKI: Well, it's not appropriate for me to speak to motivations or decisions. I would just reiterate that our relationship is vitally important. We'll continue our dialogue through senior officials in the days and the weeks ahead.
QUESTION: Has anyone from the German embassy requested a meeting with anyone here about these latest revelations?
MS. PSAKI: I just don't have anything more to add on this topic.
QUESTION: And how soon do you think the Secretary will speak with the foreign minister?
MS. PSAKI: I don't have any prediction for you, other than to say that they speak regularly, and I'm sure that will happen in the near term.
QUESTION: Do you expect them to meet in Vienna this week?
MS. PSAKI: I don't have anything to announce in terms of the Secretary's planned travel schedule. But again, there are a range of ways to communicate with our allies and foreign ministers – the foreign ministers of our allies, and I'm certain they'll find a way to do just that.
QUESTION: Sorry, Jen. Just to clarify --
MS. PSAKI: Sure.
QUESTION: -- you were referring to this as reports, but the spokesman for Chancellor Merkel said – announced that the government had expelled – had ordered the expulsion of the top U.S. intelligence official from the embassy. So you all, I assume, have that confirmed?
MS. PSAKI: I'm just not going to have anything more to add. I've seen what they've said, but this is a U.S. intelligence matter, so we're not going to have anything more to add from this end.
QUESTION: But what are the Americans willing to do to satisfy the concerns the German Government has about privacy?
MS. PSAKI: Well, as I mentioned, we've had an ongoing dialogue about intelligence gathering, something a range of countries around the world certainly do, not just the United States. The President has put in place a range of reforms that – which we're continuing to implement, and we'll continue that dialogue with German officials through the appropriate channels.
QUESTION: Why is it appropriate to spy on one's allies?
MS. PSAKI: I think I've addressed this question. Let's move on to a new topic.
Said, go ahead.
QUESTION: Palestinian-Israeli --
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: -- fighting? Is it the position of the Government of the United States that Israel is conducting itself in this bombardment, the ongoing bombardment of Gaza, within the constraints and rules of international law for its self-defense?
MS. PSAKI: Well, let me first, Said, just so I don't forget to do this, just update you all that the Secretary spoke with President Abbas this morning. I know I mentioned to all of you that he had planned to do that. He, as you know, had already spoken with Prime Minister Netanyahu just yesterday. During both of those calls, the Secretary reiterated our concern over the escalating tensions and restated his own willingness and the willingness of the United States to engage robustly in helping to stop the rocket fire so we can restore calm as soon as possible.
And Said, to answer your question, that is really what our focus is on, is using all tools at our disposal to bring an end to the rocket fire that is threatening the innocent lives of civilians in Israel and that is certainly posing a threat in the region.
QUESTION: So his effort would be focused on stopping the rocket fire from Gaza, but not to stop Israeli bombardment of Gaza?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I think it's important to note here that no country should have to live under the constant threat of indiscriminate violence against innocent civilians. That's what we're looking at here. I think it's important context here that Hamas is a terrorist organization. They have been launching indiscriminate number of attacks against Israel. Israel, we – of course, as I had mentioned yesterday, but it's worth repeating, we are – it's clear that civilians have been killed, that – including children. This is deeply tragic and we have been continuing to call on both sides to take steps to protect civilians. I would note that while the Israelis have taken steps to try to prevent civilian casualties by warning – providing warning in advance, that is not what, of course, Hamas is doing, and they have continued their indiscriminate attacks against – including civilian areas in Israel.
QUESTION: So you consider that Israel dropping leaflets of calling – or calling people on the phone and so on to terrify them, basically, to leave their home is a great humanitarian gesture?
MS. PSAKI: I think warning that there may be a response attack to the indiscriminate attacks of Hamas, a terrorist organization, is different and certainly important to point out in comparison with the attacks that are coming into parts of Israel, yes.
QUESTION: So do you believe that the utility of an F-16 to bomb a home and kill five civilians was appropriately done in accordance with the laws governing the transfer of weapons to Israel?
MS. PSAKI: Well, Said, first – and let me just repeat, because it's important to note here, that it's clear that civilians have been killed, and certainly that's of concern to us, and that's one of the reasons that we have been certainly calling for all sides to de-escalate tensions on the ground. It's tragic and our condolences go out to the families, but I would remind you who is at fault here, and that is Hamas and the indiscriminate attacks that they have launched against Israel.
QUESTION: Do you agree with the Secretary General of the United Nations who just called for an immediate ceasefire?
MS. PSAKI: I think our focus, Said, is the – is on using all tools at our disposal to stop rocket fire so that we can restore calm, and that's what we feel that the immediate focus should be on.
QUESTION: Okay. So you are not calling for a ceasefire; you're calling for the rockets to stop from being launched from Gaza, correct?
MS. PSAKI: Well, certainly that would contribute to a reduction in violence.
QUESTION: (Inaudible.)
MS. PSAKI: And let's just keep going. Go ahead.
QUESTION: (Off-mike.)
QUESTION: That's not – let me just – excuse me. Let me just --
MS. PSAKI: Let's just go one at a time. Go ahead next.
QUESTION: -- follow up with that.
MS. PSAKI: So go ahead, Said.
QUESTION: Okay. I want to follow up. So does that also call for the Israelis to stop their immediate – to stop their bombardment of Gaza, or no?
MS. PSAKI: Well, Said, again, as I've stated several times in here from the briefing room in response to your questions, there's a difference between Hamas, a terrorist organization that's indiscriminately attacking innocent civilians in areas where there are innocent civilians in Israel, and the right of Israel to respond and protect their own civilians. And that's what we're seeing on the ground take place.
QUESTION: Are you keeping count of the innocent civilians on both sides that have been lost in this latest (inaudible)?
MS. PSAKI: The death of any innocent civilian is a tragedy, and our hearts and prayers go out to those families. And certainly a reduction of civilian casualties preventing that, ending that, is in everyone's interests.
QUESTION: You said --
MS. PSAKI: Go ahead.
QUESTION: On the same topic, in the same topic, given the complexity of the situation between Israel and Gaza, do you think Egypt could play a role, a mediation role to ease the tension? And as you may know, in the past, Washington reached out to Qatar and –
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: -- Egypt to help the Israelis and the Palestinian ease the tensions between them. Do you think now Egypt can play a role? Would the State Department ask Egypt – the Egyptian Government to do that?
MS. PSAKI: Well, part of the Secretary's effort has been reaching out to countries in the region, including Qatar, including Egypt. I would note, as you know, historically there's a difference between the relationship between the prior government to Hamas and the current government to Hamas. So I will leave that to others to analyze on how we can influence and who is most influential.
QUESTION: Yeah, but the Egyptian military has been always in good relationship with Hamas. So why not now?
MS. PSAKI: Well, again, any country in the region that can play a role in bringing an end to the rocket fire from Hamas we're certainly going to be engaged with. But I think it's important to note the difference between the governments and their relationship with Hamas. And I leave it to others to analyze whether they'll be able to influence them.
QUESTION: What specifically was the Secretary meaning by his willingness to engage? What is the Administration prepared to do to help stop the rocket fire and to perhaps persuade the Israelis not to launch any sort of ground offensive?
MS. PSAKI: Well, he's clearly engaging with both the Israelis and the Palestinians, as evidenced by his calls, but he's also referring to discussions with other countries in the region. And again, I would note that the goals we're looking at here – and the Secretary mentioned this earlier today, so you can certainly quote him, but our focus right now is on saving innocent lives, trying to de-escalate in a way that accomplishes that while allowing Israel to exercise its right of self-defense and protecting as many civilians and, of course, those in the region as best as we can. But engaging with the parties as well as having discussions with countries in the region is something we're already doing, and the Secretary is – was reiterating his commitment to continuing that level of engagement.
QUESTION: What kind of – what did he tell President Abbas specifically? Did he give him advice on how to engage, given that Abbas technically does not have any legal authority over Gaza? I mean, what can he do and what did – what does this Administration believe that Abbas can do given the complex legal situation?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I'm not going to go into greater detail on their discussion, but clearly the discussions that the Secretary is having with any leader in the region is about how we can de-escalate and we are open to discussing and using all avenues to do that. So certainly the Secretary discusses the conversations that he has having with other leaders in the region, as well as what steps can be taken to bring an end to the rocket fire from Gaza.
Go ahead.
QUESTION: Another topic?
MS. PSAKI: Let's just finish this and then we can go to you, Elliot, if that works.
QUESTION: Sure.
MS. PSAKI: Go ahead, Said.
QUESTION: Just a follow-up very quickly --
MS. PSAKI: Okay.
QUESTION: -- because I don't understand. You keep saying, "We want to put an end to the rocket firing." Are you calling for a simultaneous ceasefire that should take place from both sides at the same time? Or do you just want the Palestinians to stop firing their rockets?
MS. PSAKI: Well, let me be clear.
QUESTION: It's very simple.
MS. PSAKI: It's not accurate to say it's quote/unquote "the Palestinians." This is Hamas, a terrorist organization that is launching --
QUESTION: (Off-mike.)
MS. PSAKI: Let me finish – that is launching these rockets. Obviously, if the rockets are – if the rocket fire is brought to an end, I don't think anybody's preference, including the Israelis, is an escalation of this. Nobody wants to see a ground invasion. That's why it's so important for Hamas to stop the rocket fire against Israeli citizens immediately. That step will reduce tension, will de-escalate, and that's why we're having discussions with a range of leaders in the region.
QUESTION: Is the United States counseling against a ground invasion?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I think the Israelis themselves have said that that is not – that they don't want to see a ground invasion. Nobody wants to see that. And so de-escalating and taking steps to de-escalate is certainly what our focus is on.
QUESTION: Nonetheless they are amassing troops around Gaza and getting ready for a land invasion.
MS. PSAKI: Well, I think, Said, as I've mentioned, because of the indiscriminate attacks from Hamas and the rocket fire that's coming in, Israel is exercising its right to self-defense. I think it's in everyone's interest to de-escalate the situation, to prevent a ground invasion or a ground component of this, and to save the lives of innocent civilians. And those are the – that's our focus at this important point in time.
QUESTION: What can Abbas then do to influence Hamas?
MS. PSAKI: Well, again, we're having that discussion with him, and he's the expert on that and what he has the ability to do and not do. But certainly he's an important player in this, and that's one of the reasons the Secretary spoke with him.
QUESTION: Is the – has the Secretary or is it the Administration urging the Israelis against a ground offensive?
MS. PSAKI: Well, they're – we're having a discussion with them on how to de-escalate. And clearly, our focus remains on steps that we can take, steps that other countries can take to influence Hamas and bring an end to the rocket fire, and that's really what we're counseling at this point in time.
QUESTION: And can you say what discussions the U.S. has had with Egypt in particular about trying to de-escalate?
MS. PSAKI: Well, the Secretary has been in touch with the foreign minister, and certainly any country and any leader who can play a role in influencing Hamas and bringing an end to the rocket fire we'll remain engaged with.
QUESTION: Did the Secretary phone the Egyptian foreign minister?
MS. PSAKI: He was in touch with him over the last couple of days, yes.
QUESTION: Okay. Thank you.
MS. PSAKI: Oh.
QUESTION: Asia?
MS. PSAKI: Sure. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Just a couple – one on Indonesian elections. I wanted to get your take on what you think of the opposing sides declaring victory based on unofficial quick-vote counts?
MS. PSAKI: Sure, Elliot. Give me one moment.
Well, let me first say, just since I haven't had the opportunity, that we congratulate the Indonesian people for, again, demonstrating their commitment to strengthening their democracy through free and fair elections. As the world's second and largest – the second and third largest democracies, we remain committed to close relations based on common interests and values, and we expect that will continue.
As you know, Elliot, and I'm sure others know, the official vote count continues. The Indonesian General Election Commission is expected to announce the official winner by July 22nd. We look forward to that official result and we'll wait for the official announcement, and we'd certainly encourage others to do so as well.
QUESTION: So you are not – you are discouraging any candidates from prematurely declaring victory before that happens?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I think it's in everyone's interests to wait until the official announcement or official vote tally is completed.
QUESTION: Okay. And then unless anyone else has something on this, I wanted to go to China, if I may.
MS. PSAKI: Okay.
MS. PSAKI: Indonesia, or no?
QUESTION: Iraq.
MS. PSAKI: Okay. Let's just go to China and then we'll go to Iraq.
QUESTION: Yeah.
MS. PSAKI: Does that work?
QUESTION: Yeah. That's fine.
QUESTION: On this report that a hacking attack penetrated OPM databases, I was wondering if you have any confirmation that any State Department employees' records may have been stolen.
MS. PSAKI: Well, let me first say – not that I'm aware of, Elliot. Let me first say that OPM and, of course, DHS are the lead regarding this incident, as you know. As soon as they learned of the possible intrusion, they took steps to assess and mitigate it. We have no reason to believe that any personally identifiable information was compromised from anywhere, so to answer that specific question.
QUESTION: Are you seeking clarification from the Chinese side on whether there was any government involvement in this attack? Because at the moment, it seems that's unclear.
MS. PSAKI: Well, as you know, we routinely raise cyber security issues. But DHS is in the lead, so I'd point you to them for any specific questions about this.
QUESTION: But it hasn't come up with Secretary Kerry's – as far as you know – his discussions?
MS. PSAKI: I think he said earlier today that he just learned about it right before the press conference or right before the meeting, so it wasn't raised today.
QUESTION: Okay.
MS. PSAKI: Go ahead.
QUESTION: Follow-up on this. Given the timing of this story broke out, do you think it will help your conversation with Chinese and put more pressure on them on this cyber intrusion issue?
MS. PSAKI: Well, as you know, we are eager to reengage through the Cyber Working Group that we have recently established with the Chinese, and that's been long the case before today and before opening any newspapers. And we hope that that is something that we can reconvene in the near future.
QUESTION: But it seems to me it's odd, because it's second day of S&ED, and this incident actually happened – took place in March. So I just wonder, do you have any thought on the timing of this story?
MS. PSAKI: I would point you to The New York Times for their decision to put a relevant news story in the news during the S&ED.
QUESTION: But this – do you think it's helpful to help your stance in --
MS. PSAKI: I really don't have any analysis on that. I would just reiterate to you that the cyber issues and cyber security came up during the discussion, as you've seen from reporting on the ground. It's a big priority for us; it's a priority for the Chinese, and that's why we're – we'd really like re-engage through the working group.
QUESTION: But as you mentioned, the working group has been suspended.
MS. PSAKI: You're right.
QUESTION: So what are other channels? And --
MS. PSAKI: Well, the other channels are it can be raised through a range of levels. And it was obviously raised over the last couple of days, even though the working group was not a part of what took place at the S&ED.
QUESTION: So that didn't bother you, getting --
MS. PSAKI: I think we expressed our preference that that issue and that working group would be a part of the S&ED. But we still took the opportunity to raise the issues during the last couple of days.
QUESTION: Do you blame the Chinese in this particular instance of spying on the OPM?
MS. PSAKI: I'm not going to – we're not going to discuss attribution. And again, the State Department is not the lead on this particular case.
QUESTION: I want to go to Iraq if I can.
MS. PSAKI: Sure.
QUESTION: ISIS recently said that it has acquired a chemical weapons facility and 2,500 degraded weapons. Does the State Department have a comment on that, and what is the potential fallout over acquiring those weapons and this chemical facility?
MS. PSAKI: Sure. I do have something on this. Give me one moment.
Well, first, let me note that there was a copy of a letter – and I know you're aware of this, but just so everybody is aware – of a letter that the Iraqi permanent representative to the United Nations sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon which was circulated yesterday to members of the Security Council, which outlined this. The purpose of the letter was to notify the international community of the seizure of University of Mosul facilities containing nuclear materials in June and to request international assistance.
In typical fashion, these requests are sent just directly to the IAEA and they look into them. And that is, of course, the natural process at this point. I would point you to the comments and the statement made by the IAEA today, that they believe the material involved to be low-grade and not presenting a significant safety, security, or nuclear proliferation risk. Of course, they're the appropriate identity to make any decision about whether there is a risk or concern, but it doesn't seem that is the case at this point in time.
QUESTION: But what do you say that – if you see the letter – in that it says that – from the Iraqis – that "threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad." So how – what do the Iraqis say about it?
MS. PSAKI: Well, they sent the letter that was referenced and the – they took responsible action by informing the UN Secretary General and the international community and it's been referred, of course, to the IAEA. They, of course, made initial comments. I would leave it to them if they have more to say about it. I would point out that the letter also notes that this is material used for scientific and medical purposes, which is an important contextual point on our level of concern or their level of concern.
Go ahead.
QUESTION: So --
MS. PSAKI: Oh. Go ahead.
QUESTION: So are you worried that some other kind of materials that – weapons that can go into these hands. And they were also – in the letter they say it can be used in Iraq or it can be taken abroad. So --
MS. PSAKI: Well, again, I would just highlight the fact that the Iraqi Government and the United States Government are not the experts like the IAEA is on this type of material and what risk it may or may not pose. So it's in their hands. They've made an initial statement. I would point you to that and I would refer to them if there's more they plan to say on this.
Go ahead.
QUESTION: Is there any update on cutting off funding for ISIS or maybe working with Twitter to get ISIS's Twitter handles cut off?
MS. PSAKI: Sure. I think that is not at this moment in the works, to my knowledge. But I do have a little bit of an update from what you asked about yesterday, which was interesting to learn about, to be frank. One moment.
So you asked yesterday about our plans to counter ISIS's social media presence. And the Department for – the Department Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications specifically and aggressively counters ISIL propaganda in social media on a daily basis, working closely with other bureaus and offices here in the Department, as well as interagency partners. For the most part, this campaign is conducted in Arabic, as most ISIL social media efforts are in that language. But broadly speaking, they also conduct social media engagement in a range of languages in order to reach a range of audiences. And they've been doing this messaging for some time now, but it has increased over the past month or so as it's also increased from ISIL.
QUESTION: Do you know which platforms this messaging is being done?
MS. PSAKI: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, a range of social media platforms is where they engage.
QUESTION: Yes, please. From what I understand from your answer is that you are debating with them or you are arguing with what they are saying, or you are blocking it?
MS. PSAKI: Not exactly, but let me try to explain a little bit better. I think the question Lucas asked yesterday was about – there's a – the broad engagement of ISIL on social media. And I did a little research and talked to our team and learned a little bit more about what we do here. And what we do here, it may be engagement, but it may be just putting out information or a different kind of propaganda that combats the messages that are be put – that are put out, because nowadays, there's so much focus on social media and it's an international tool of communicating.
QUESTION: But the reason I'm asking because that the – I'm just not sure what the – what pushed Lucas to ask this question. Because there is a concern about using the social media as a tool of terrorism, anyway, or a message of terrorism. And in order to confront it, there are some suggestions that to block it or at least to follow it instead of putting in a debate. Because in social media, as you know, is like those who – they are following something, they don't follow the other thing.
MS. PSAKI: That's true. And the truth is we're not targeting the hardliners through this messaging. It's targeting more of the folks in the middle, so to speak. So – but an interesting thing to note about the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications is that it was created by an executive order just a couple of years ago. It's only about three years old. And their mandate is countering actively violent extremist propaganda across multiple countries and regions.
So I understand what you're saying, but there also is an effort that is only a couple years old that this Department has a prominent role in to combat these messages and communicate our own messages.
QUESTION: New topic?
MS. PSAKI: Sure.
QUESTION: Benghazi?
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: Does the State Department have a reaction to recently released testimony from retired General Carter Ham, the AFRICOM commander?
MS. PSAKI: Is there a specific question you have about it?
QUESTION: Yeah. He said yesterday that – written in this transcript – that the assault was probably the work of a new team of militants, the attack on the annex is part of a third wave, the attack was not spontaneous, the mortar crew was well-trained, they probably had an observer.
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: Does this kind of go against this notion of a spontaneous attack or attacks?
MS. PSAKI: Well, Lucas, first let me say that obviously, the release of these transcripts is an additional effort to be as transparent as possible in this ongoing investigation. The investigation is ongoing. There's a range of information. I would caution anyone from taking just one sliver from an interview at one point to determine a final outcome. It's been clear all along that the second phase of the attack was more sophisticated with the use of mortars, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's January 2014 report concluded that it remains unclear if any person or group exercised overall command and control of the attacks.
But again, because this is an ongoing investigation, we're going to let that conclude before we draw any conclusions.
QUESTION: But I thought the ARB investigated this attack.
MS. PSAKI: Well, the ARB certainly did, but there's also a separate investigation, as you know. The ARB looked into a range of questions, but there's also a separate investigation that's led by the FBI.
QUESTION: But how come a year and a half after the attacks, we're still hearing about reports? And this wasn't testimony to Congress, this wasn't General Ham being interviewed by members of the State Department or members of the Administration.
MS. PSAKI: Well, these were interviews that were released that were closed-door interviews. But just like any different reports or different individual accounts, you have to take those as one of many. And obviously, assessments are made about – through investigations and through an overall review about what actually happened, but it's ongoing.
QUESTION: Are you ready to finally acknowledge that the attacks were not spontaneous?
MS. PSAKI: Well, Lucas, I think we've been pretty clear or we've stated many times and very consistently that we believe it was an opportunistic attack on our mission that did not involve significant preplanning. It still doesn't change the fact that at the time, there were known protests all around the region dominating the news at the time. There were a range of reports on those that probably every outlet in this room reported on. So we're not in a position to make any conclusive confirmation today of anything. We'll let the investigation conclude.
QUESTION: And I noticed you didn't mention the video this time. Have you guys dropped that one?
MS. PSAKI: I think we've referred to the video before. Nothing has changed on that particular point.
More on this or a new topic?
QUESTION: A new topic.
MS. PSAKI: New topic, okay.
QUESTION: Afghanistan?
MS. PSAKI: Can we go to the back and then we'll go to you. Go ahead.
QUESTION: So James Dobbins said yesterday that a winner-take-all system in Afghanistan is not workable, and he called for a government of national unity that includes all elements. Is that the view of the U.S. State Department?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I think there's no question that the United States Government wants to see a unified Afghanistan and wants to bring unity to the people of Afghanistan. It's for the next president of Afghanistan to determine the composition of the government, which will need to be broad-based and inclusive to lead to a unified Afghanistan. Obviously, we're encouraging a range of steps in the process so we can get closer to that conclusion.
QUESTION: So is it – so he was calling for something specific, a government of national unity. So is this – is it the State Department's view that it's something more general than that?
MS. PSAKI: Well, national unity, I would say, means unified – leading a united Afghanistan. Right now, what we're – what we don't want to see is a divided Afghanistan. We don't want to see any candidate or entity in Afghanistan continue down any path that would lead to a divided Afghanistan. So I think it's – he was making the point about the contrast to that.
QUESTION: But should it be a coalition government or is it up to the president?
MS. PSAKI: It's up to the president to determine the composition of his government. But certainly – I know there's a lot of use of "unified," "unity," and what that all means, but I think what we're focused on as the United States Government is continuing to encourage all candidates and entities in Afghanistan to work towards bringing unity to the country and to the Afghan people.
QUESTION: Sticking with Afghanistan --
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: -- I wanted to ask – VICE News recently put out three different investigations that were looking into interpreters being denied visas into the United States. Is the State Department working on that? And what kind of steps are they taking in order to help these people that helped the U.S. who are now being potentially attacked by the Taliban get out of a hostile situation?
MS. PSAKI: Well, SIVs and our effort to address that and to improve and increase the review of that has been a priority of the Secretary's. Deputy Secretary Heather Higginbottom has been running point on this issue, and there have been significant increases and improvements over the last several months, and I'm sure we can get that directly to you and anyone else who is interested in that.
Obviously, each of these cases is considered on a case by case basis. We don't speak to that as a matter of policy, but we can get you some more information and statistics on that if that's helpful.
I just have time for a couple more here. Let's go to Scott.
QUESTION: Several times this week you've spoken of the need for Afghan candidates to refrain from counter-production – counterproductive efforts in declaring victory.
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: Is it your assessment that Afghan politicians are following that advice?
MS. PSAKI: Well, we've expressed concern a couple of days ago about some of the comments that we had seen happen on the ground, including rumors of calls for parallel governments and declaration of victory. You can tell me or you all can tell me if there have been new calls for that, but obviously we're continuing to communicate our concerns about any candidate or party going down that path. And to be very crystal clear about it – and we've talked this a little bit in here – but any extra constitutional actions which would impact the unity of Afghanistan would result in the immediate end of U.S. assistance to Afghanistan. That's not our preference. That's not what we want to do, but that has certainly been communicated to the candidates.
MS. PSAKI: Okay, let's just go to the back and then we can go to you, Goyal.
Go ahead.
QUESTION: Secretary Kerry said in Beijing that he discussed the importance of enforcing sanctions on North Korea, and China has a huge role to play in this regard, and China understands this obligation. Does this mean that China has agreed to carry out those sanctions more vigorously than before?
MS. PSAKI: Well, China has been an important partner in the implementation of sanctions, and even as recently as last year they took a number of important steps. I will leave it to them to announce whether there are additional steps that they plan on taking. But I think the Secretary was just referring to the important role they play and the relationship that they have with North Korea.
QUESTION: India?
MS. PSAKI: India? Sure, go ahead.
QUESTION: How do you address the fears that are raised in the Indian subcontinent about the Pakistani nuclear weapons after this Iraq incident?
MS. PSAKI: After the Iraq incident?
QUESTION: Yes, the insurgents --
MS. PSAKI: Can you play this out a little bit more for me? What are the --
QUESTION: Yeah. You just answered that the Iraqi insurgents took the nuclear material, but that was not --
MS. PSAKI: We don't have any confirmation of who the source of taking the material was.
QUESTION: Yeah, but in Pakistan, there – which is nearly a failed state, are you confident of the security of their nuclear weapons?
MS. PSAKI: We've obviously been – we have a range of dialogues with Pakistan. We work closely with them on counterterrorism issues and a range of issues. I'm not aware of any new concern in this case.
Matt, do you have anything else? Okay. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Just two quick questions. One, just follow on Pakistan. How much concern this building has as far as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered the military throughout Pakistan in major cities, say, this is something to maybe do with Afghanistan also?
MS. PSAKI: I'm not familiar with what you're referring to, but maybe we can connect you with the right person after to get more details.
QUESTION: And finally just another subject. What is the future of, madam, 80-year old Import – Export-Import Bank, which is they are trying to close down? And it's supposed to help the small businesses, including it was playing a great role between the U.S. and India trade and business and other economic issues.
MS. PSAKI: Sure. Well, it's a little out of my lane, but I will certainly say that the Export-Import Bank plays an important role in not just partnering with foreign governments and countries and working with them on business development and economic growth, but it plays an important role in economic growth in the United States and job creation in the United States. And in fact, a little known fact is that it turns a profit every year. Can't say that about many entities.
QUESTION: And you do not want – and you do not want to close this down?
MS. PSAKI: I don't think anyone in the United States Government wants to see the Export-Import Bank close down.
Thanks, everyone.
QUESTION: Thank you, madam.


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"I'm not quite sure about my mechanics. I just know I have to swing hard," said Prince Fielder after winning Monday's Home Run Derby.
Fielder has no need to apologize for failing to articulate the science of the home run. Even Yale University's Robert Adair, who held the singular job title of official physicist for Major League Baseball in the 1990s, has a tough time explaining it in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.
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A Scrutiny Draws A Quick Rise
Tom Scocca: I wish the Times did have the composure and self-assurance it pretends to have.
Choire Sicha: Ah. The whole "black man has been in jail!" thing.
Tom: It's just like the McCain-and-lobbyist story.
Tom: I am not even using her name, because she didn't have an affair with John McCain as far as I could tell.
Tom: But it is the same deal. The Times becomes, through its strenuous efforts not to appear irresponsible, exactly as irresponsible as it is accused of having been.
Tom: It gets mau-maued into reporting that it doesn't have good evidence of the claims that people were criticizing it for reporting on.
Tom: John McCain's campaign staff had concerns about the appearance of possible closeness to a lobbyist.
Tom: David Paterson has a favorite aide who has a not obviously alarming amount of documented trouble with the law.
Choire: Here's what seems unelaborated to me.
Choire: "And several current and former administration officials said that Mr. Johnson's dressing down of the governor's Washington office in September contributed to the departure of several seasoned people from the office."
Choire: 1. Several?
Choire: 2. Who!
Choire: 3. Where are they?
Tom: That clause there sounds like a minor but interesting news story about the Paterson administration.
Choire: Doesn't it? What sort of dressing down? Also… how big IS the governor's Washington office???
Tom: I would gladly read 850 words that answered all the questions that are not answered in that sentence.
Tom: What happened, to whom did it happen, where did it happen, why did it happen, and how did it happen?
Tom: It seems possible to me that a crisply reported account of this incident, one that answered these questions, would help a reader decide whether David Paterson is presiding over a bumbling, incompetent administration or not.
Tom: That would be, happily enough, a subject of interest to the voters.
Choire: I would be interested in such.
Choire: Because, unfortunately, I already know that the United States puts more than 1/3rd of black men in state or federal prison at some time in their lives.
Tom: But Choire–this particular black man is "6-foot-7, with a booming voice." So you see, right there, people have something to worry about.
Choire: According to data from the late 60s to the late 70s, 51% of all non-white men can expect to be arrested for a felony in their lives. When you cross-reference that by "extremely large black men," I assume that percentage rockets up to something like 70%?
Tom: Look at you, worrying about identifiable action by the criminal-justice system.
Tom: "She said she did not file a formal report, but said she had filed an earlier domestic violence complaint to the police about Mr. Johnson. She declined to offer evidence of that."
Choire: I assume that is a different incident than the Halloween-costume-ripping incident??
Tom: Yeah, that's a different one.
Choire: It is hard to keep this relatively complicated personal life clear!
Tom: It is. And the Times is too busy smudging the dots to connect them.
Tom: It's pretty amazing when you get to the end and see the additional-reporting-by tag, which brings the total number of reporters on the story to six.
Tom: Maybe the story would have come out better with only one reporter on it.
Choire: Maybe? I wonder how Danny Hakim's meeting with Paterson was. I can't quite really picture it!
Tom: I can't picture anything in this story.
Tom: It's all shadow puppets.
Tom: The trouble here is that the Times is so annoyed and confused by having had its scruples questioned, it descends into this parody of scrupulousness.
Tom: The headline that loads above the browser bar says it all: "Paterson's Ex-Driver, David W. Johnson, Is a Top Confidant."
Tom: So this is just a profile?
Choire: That seems to indicate that the story is a profile of a person.
Tom: Yet the headline on the text itself is "Paterson Aide's Quick Rise Draws Scrutiny."
Tom: So it is a story about controversy. Or is it a profile? Perhaps the New York Times should have made up its mind before publishing it.
Tom: What's irritating about these botched takedowns, this and the McCain thing and all the other awful campaign stories, is that the Times pretends that it doesn't have a responsibility to decide what the stories are about. We're just reporting objective facts!
Choire: Why these facts and not others? What about the price of granite and stuff?
Tom: Remember that story about how Biden used official funds for landscaping at his house? And the landscaper had no idea whether or not the landscaping was in preparation for official events there? Facts! Here are some facts for the reader. We report! You… decide?
Choire: Actually I don't really remember that story, it turns out.
Tom: You may have forgotten it, because it said nothing. Like this story.
Choire: I have read this story a few times now. And in the end I came away with conflicting "icky" and "sympathetic" feelings? On the one hand, I think, "Hey, this guy is like me, he used to run into trouble all the time and now he's got a job and working hard." And on the other hand, I think, "What is this dude's problems with women? Jesus Christ!"
Choire: And then I don't know anything, so I finally decide IT IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS.
Tom: Yep.
Tom: "Draws scrutiny." From whom? From the New York Times, seems like.
Choire: From some quitters down in D.C.?
Tom: Well, yes.
Tom: The Times suffers from a fundamental confusion about how to do scandal stories.
Tom: The Times is not a passive observer of these things. This kind of reporting is a prosecutorial activity. That doesn't mean the paper is out to get someone. It means that the paper has, through reporting, come to a particular factual conclusion, and it needs to prove that conclusion to the reader.
Tom: It's a very scrupulous kind of prosecutor.
Choire: That is a useful act.
Tom: The thing about a prosecutorial approach is, it assumes a vigorous defense.
Tom: Is the evidence you're obtained solid and persuasive, or can someone contest the facts? Are there gaps in your logic that would allow someone to reject your conclusions? Is there exculpatory evidence that you're overlooking? Would your piece survive the most skeptical and uncharitable reading it could get?
Choire: You mean, basically, someone asking over and over again: why are you writing this?
Tom: Yes. Why are you writing this, and how do you know you're right?
Tom: That is what the editors' job is.
Tom: But what the editing at the Times does is it fudges the indictment.
Tom: "We ain't sayin' nothin', we're just sayin'…"
Tom: They try to hide behind Teaching the Controversy.
Choire: This is complicated because it's not a controversy that we would know unless we worked in Albany.
Choire: Which, however, IS their job!
Choire: I do want them to enlighten me on what people are actually talking about!
Tom: Here's the controversy: a bunch of people who are losing influence in the Paterson administration, or who are otherwise hostile or self-interested, are running around saying, "Paterson talks about how bad domestic violence is, and his No. 1 confidant is a straight ghetto drug-dealing thug who beats up women all the time."
Tom: See also: infighting McCain campaign staff.
Tom: So there is good reason to approach these rumor-stories with caution. People have agendas.
Choire: Sure! And I do think that Times reporters are pretty sensitive to disgruntlement and motivation.
Tom: But you can't just pick up the accusations with a long pair of tongs and wave them around at the reader.
Tom: The disgruntled people are making substantive claims. Is John McCain fucking a lobbyist? Is Paterson's right-hand man beating up women?
Choire: And is he doing this ten years ago or now?
Choire: And is that related to his "sudden rise"?
Tom: The Times thinks it's OK to answer these substantive questions through innuendo, hearsay and discussion of appearances.
Tom: "She said she did not file a formal report, but said she had filed an earlier domestic violence complaint to the police about Mr. Johnson. She declined to offer evidence of that."
Tom: She declined to offer evidence?
Choire: I mean, listen, I believe Anita Hill and all. But what?
Tom: Is there paper, or is there not fucking paper?
Tom: You have six reporters on this story, and you are just asking the woman to offer evidence herself? Get the fucking paper, or shut the fuck up.
Choire: I'd like to think a parenthetical was cut by the editors there about shoddy police record-expunging.
Tom: I'd like to think I've got a homemade ice cream sandwich right here, but I don't.


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No injuries were reported when a 55-year-old Amarillo pilot was forced to ditch his homemade, single-engine plane south of the city after its engine went dead early Sunday evening.
David Robb said he left Tradewinds Airport in the Vans RV6 he built four years ago for a test flight.
He was flying at about 2,000 feet at approximately 5:15 p.m. when he got to Palo Duro Canyon and turned back toward Amarillo.
"It was doing great, then it went silent," Robb said.
He said he saw a strip of clear land about a half-mile east of Whitaker Road and a quarter-mile south of Farm-to-Market Road 1151 that appeared to offer a safe place to put down the craft.
He was able to land the plane, but it struck a large puddle and nearly flipped, Robb said.
He said the plane was damaged and unable to fly.
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Rowdy Gaines - LIMU's World Class Olympic Gold Medalist
and there is only one route. One lap of the pool at a time, over and over and over until you've swam so many, you've lost all track of time and distance. And still you're not there. There are more laps and endless kicks and strokes and breaths and turns. So you keep swimming, and swimming, and swimming, because you know that one day you will arrive in Moscow, and you will climb the podium.
For four years, Rowdy trained for that podium. Six hours a day, six days a week, 52 weeks a year. At the end of one year, he had trained 312 days. Two thousand hours. At the end of four years, he had trained 1248 days, 7500 hours and fourteen thousand miles. He could see the end of the road, and it was Moscow. At the end of that road was vindication for the pain of every start, every stroke, every breath and every turn. Moscow was the pinnacle. But there was no Moscow.
He started over. The road was the same, and this time he knew exactly how long it would be. But, at the end was redemption, and it was in Los Angeles. It was there he climbed the podium. It was there he found gold.
The journey had just begun. A competitor never stops competing; a winner never stops winning. He said he would swim through another eight years and another boycott to feel what he felt again. And so he continued to climb podiums, and he climbs them still. There is one goal: winning.
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Rowdy Gaines and TEAM BLU FROG are all set to break new world records all over again at the 3rd Annual Rowdy Gaines Classic this year, having grown the team from 50 to 100+ nationwide in the past 12 months. Here's a look of all that was last year, care of our friends at Growing Bolder.
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Gold-medal Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines works for the dietary-supplement company Limu.
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From Techcrunch:
Imagine a small device that you wear on a necklace that takes photos every few seconds of whatever is around you, and records sound all day long. It has GPS and the ability to wirelessly upload the data to the cloud, where everything is date/time and geo stamped and the sound files are automatically transcribed and indexed. Photos of people, of course, would be automatically identified and tagged as well.
Imagine an entire lifetime recorded and searchable. Imagine if you could scroll and search through the lives of your ancestors.
- Phase 1
Simple audio recorder via earbuds and mic on Android phone. Records all audio during the day. Press of a button on the app will dump the audio to a file on a network PC drive. Desktop app will then analyse the audio first transcribing into text. Text is then saved to a file and/or emailed to the user for later searching etc.
- Phase 2
Add more intelligence to desktop app so that after transcribing into text it will search for key words like "remind me to" or "remember this person" or just plain "remember this". This will then do things like add appointments to your google calendar, add a contact to your address book, or just send an email to yourself with a note. Make sure to create this part so it's easy for others to add key words and how the app will handle them.
- Phase 3
Add an automatic dump feature that senses the "home" wifi SSID and looks for the network drive previously set up. If found it will automatically dump the day's audio to the home PC and begin analysis without any input from the user. Perhaps adding a setting/option to auto dump at home arrival with or without a voice prompt "I see you're home now. Would you like me to save today's audio now?".
- Phase 4
Add a keyword for "go privacy mode" which tells the desktop app to ignore all audio from that point on until you say something like "go public mode" or similar.
- Phase 5
Add the ability to upload the day's audio remotely from a strange Wifi or cellular data connection.
- Phase 6
Add the ability to take pictures of people and things and associate them to the recorded audio. This way you can take a picture of someone and say the "remember this person" keyword followed by their name and number and address etc. and it will use the date/time stamp of the photo to associate to that person's contact info in your address book.
- Phase N
Add GPS info that will associate with the audio keywords and perhaps track your daily movements. Could be used to remember/add places to your address book. Add any other option I haven't thought of yet!


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Then, push both ends of the cord into either side of the the inner part of the pull (the part with two prongs with teeth on the inside); you'll have to pry the prongs open a bit with your fingers as you slide the cord ends in - pushing the cords in from the sides is easier than trying to shove them in from the opening of the prongs.
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Republican poised to win only open seat; Lightner in a battle
At a glance
Term: Four years, with a two-term limit
Pay: $75,000 with an optional car allowance of $9,600 per year
Political control of the San Diego City Council will likely shift after Tuesday's primary as Republican Scott Sherman was poised to win a majority vote and bring the count of Democrats and Republicans to a four-four split heading into the November general election.
Four Democrats and three Republicans were virtually assured of seats on the nine-member council come December 2012, after incumbent Democrat Todd Gloria ran unopposed, current Councilwoman Marti Emerald ran against a fellow Democrat and newcomer Republican Mark Kersey ran unopposed to represent District 5.
In District 7, Sherman had more than 50 percent of the vote Tuesday night — enough to win outright if the pattern holds. His Democratic opponent, Mat Kostrinsky, had less than 40 percent.
The district featured the only truly open seat in Tuesday's election, with four candidates battling for the opportunity to represent the area including Allied Gardens, Mission Valley, Tierrasanta and San Carlos.
Rik Hauptfeld, who was running as an independent, received less than 10 percent of the votes, and Nathan Johnson, an elusive figure who has not attended any public forums, had less than 5 percent.
The City Council has skewed Democratic for the past decade, but that could change if Sherman is elected and Republican Ray Ellis can pull off a win in the November election for District 1.
Democratic Councilwoman Sherri Lightner is fighting to retain her seat in the district that includes La Jolla, Carmel Valley, Del Mar Heights and University City. Both Ellis and Lightner had more than 40 percent of the vote, but Ellis led by a few percentage points.
If no candidate wins more than 50 percent, the top two vote-getters will face each other on the November ballot.
An incumbent hasn't lost a San Diego City Council race in 20 years, but Ellis and the Republican Party believe they can break that streak against Lightner.
The councilwoman has often been a swing vote on issues divided along party lines, such as adopting a trash fee and siding with Republicans against forcing big-box retailers to conduct economic analyses, which has cost her support among some Democrats.
Environmental attorney and Democrat Bryan Pease moved to District 1 specifically so residents there could vote for what he described as a "real" Democratic candidate. He received less than 10 percent of the early votes.
The race between Emerald and Mateo Camarillo to represent District 9, an area including Kensington, City Heights, Mountain View and Southcrest, was all but locked up with Emerald receiving more than 70 percent of the votes.


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I can tell I am not getting enough to eat. When I look at calories consumed, I am getting about 2,000 per day. Riding long rides on the weekends, and trying to get at least 20 in the morning (long commute route), my recovery time is taking longer than before. Several days longer.
The problem is that I am not hungry. I have to drink water constantly to stay hydrated. Not only do I sweat rivers when exercising, my teaching has me talking all day long. Some days I am just starving and eat constantly, but more and more often, I am simply not hungry. Or I get filled up very quickly (1 PBJ or a small portion for dinner).
Anyone have this issue? I don't want to eat when I'm not hungry, but I need enough to recover and be effective on the road. Suggestions?


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Last week, a red band trailer emerged for 20th Century Fox's The Sitter, but already the studio has released a cleaner, green band version that will be safer to enjoy at work when you should be working.
Jonah Hill stars as a college student who gets suspended, moves back in with mother, and is forced into babysitting the obnoxious kids next-door. But Hill really gets in trouble when he takes the kids with him in an attempt to hook up with the girl he likes (Ari Graynor). The R-rated comedy is an obvious throw-back to the comedies of the 1980s, something director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) admitted was the reason he wanted to direct the movie. "It reminds me a lot of Risky Business and a lot of those types of movies I liked when I was a kid," Green said earlier this year.
Written by newcomer screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, The Sitter co-stars Sam Rockwell, D.W. Moffett, and J.B. Smoove.


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Robert Griffin III was not scheduled to speak to the media earlier this week but the Redskins quarterback stepped to the podium after practice to clarify the comments he made on Monday regarding the team's plan for his recovery.
"I just needed to address something that was said, or something that's been going along in the media since I had my press conference yesterday," Griffin began. "I just want everybody to know if there's any questions about if there's a rift between me and Coach [Mike Shanahan], or if there's a conflict, there is no conflict. Coach is Coach, I'm the player. Coach has a plan and I'm abiding by that plan."
Griffin continued: "I'm doing everything to coaches are asking me to do. I trust those guys. They want me to have a long career. And that's what part of this plan is about. Yesterday, I voiced my opinion about it because I was asked about it. And that's been twisted and turned and tried to put against this team, and that's not what we want. Like I said, Coach is Coach. …That being said, I'm excited about tomorrow."
Griffin is scheduled to take his first 11 on 11 snaps Wednesday during practice.
When Shanahan addressed reporters following Griffin, he said he did not know that RG3 had just made an impromptu statement. Griffin did not take any questions from the assembled media.
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Have been having contractions since 8pm last night, but not frequent enough for hospital to let me go in. The only Tens machine they have is already out.
So OH said to check Argos. Found a Tens machine for £20 so sent him off to go get it.
Great, he came straight back with it. When I was reading the back it says "Warning - not to be used in pregnancy or Labour".
It didn't say anything of the sort on the online description, and apparently it's exempt from the 30 day money back guarantee.
How ridiculous is that. Well they can forget it - I WILL be taking it back. So now OH has been sent to town to look in Boots and Mothercare. But he has to call into work so won't be back until after 1 and I am sat here on my own.
Perhaps I should have been more prepared and got one upfront!
Contractions are so painful, but about 8 mins apart. Feeling like I need to go to the loo everytime, along with feeling sick.
Just want it over with now, but they make you feel like you are wasting their time when you ring hospital. Won't tell you to come in until you are screaming in pain. I have a high pain threshold and am quite reserved when it comes to showing I am in pain.
Last time when I insisted I come in they were saying "we will probably just check you and send you home". When they examined me I was 4cm and they couldn't believe it. So it shows they can't always gauge it from your voice.
Grrr xxxx
I was told not to go into hospital until contractions were 3 mins apart as they had no beds. When I did go in they told me to go have some lunch as there were no beds still...I weren't hungry surprise, by the time I got a bed I was 10 cms!! I missed out on any pain relief apart from my Tens.
If your not the sort of person to put up a fuss I think they forget you've been in pain or just don't believe you even when he was almost hanging out.
Good luck x
Amazon sell the same "Elle tens" machine as Mothercare but cheaper! And it works :-)
I know what you mean about midwives not believing you- I was 4cm when they first examined me and got to fully dilated in 2.5 hours- no way could they judge that from my voice!!!
Also tell your OH to look in Lloyds pharmacy if you have one in town- we have them here and they sell the proper TENS machines. I was lucky that there was one in the homebirth kit as I was caught by surprise!


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Sunday, March 29, 2009. (AP) -- Jimmie Johnson nudged Denny Hamlin aside in the third and fourth turns with 15 laps to go and gave team owner Rick Hendrick a perfect place to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first victory in NASCAR's premier series: Victory Lane.
Johnson, dubbed "Mr. Martinsville" by Jeff Gordon, lived up to his moniker, winning for the fifth time in the last six races on the smallest, trickiest track in the series. It was his sixth victory at the 0.526-mile oval, second only to Gordon's seven among active drivers.
Hamlin, the defending race champion, never challenged Johnson after he slid high into the banking after the bump and pass, and his winless streak extended to 32 races.
Hamlin finished second, followed by Tony Stewart, Gordon and Clint Bowyer.
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I am sooooooooo happy to see this post because i've been having crazy sex dreams the past 2 weeks and they are with a guy that i hooked up with for years and years and NOT my husband. i wake up feeling really guilty. and the weirdest part about it all is that i've been feeling so crappy (i'm 10w4d) that i never actually want to have sex when i'm awake. so relieved to see that i'm not alone!
hahaha i lve this post! i was starting to psycho analyze myself because of these dreams but i remembered hearing somewhere that it's totally normal hehe so glad it is! cuz those random dreams with my ex husband really throw me through a loop (figuratively of course). what i don't mind is these random new positions i dream up, totes ready to try some out 8D
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Pros: well built easy to program
Cons: the timer clock on my unit was noticeably inaccurate after running home air conditioner
This unit replaces two now ancient (by sprinkler timer standards) 6 valve timers from different companies and eras. And that is one reason for the replacement. It is much easier to program one unit than to remember how two from different decades are programmed. And this is a good unit for easy programming. Basically, once it was wired, I programmed it without instructions.
Out of the box the Orbit easy set 12 station sprinkler timer is a hefty solidly built timer. Of course it has been a few years since I had to purchase a timer. The ones I have experience with are light weights compared to this. It comes designed to be mounted either outside or inside and has a lockable exterior door to keep others (hopefully) from gaining access to programs if that is something you need. I plan to leave mine unlocked, but it is nice to know I can lock it if I decide to.
The unit has a built in transformer with plug, but this also can be hard wired to existing 120 AC if desired. The transformer can be accessed through opening the swing out display panel. Once you open the door, you also have access to the wiring panel for up to 12 sprinklers, a pump start/master valve and optional (rain sensor purchased separately) rain sensor connection. The connections are by insertion of the wires directly, and they can be disconnected by easy insertion of a small screw driver on a plastic tab.
Program selections are seen on an easily visible LCD screen. Programming can include 3 separate programs of up to 12 sprinklers with up to 12 start times of up to 240 minutes run-time. Programming can be done with a large rotary dial to select individual functions and several "plus" and "minus" and "continue" buttons to advance to next station, or add to or decrease watering times or days, etc. Individual days of the week can be selected for each program selected, or you can select even or odd days, or every other day. Programming has so many variations, I am sure I never will utilize as many as are included. Like I said, I originally programmed mine without directions, but the directions are easy to use also, and include an easy start sheet to post near installation site for reference if anything goes wrong.
Unit also has an extra "Budget" program selection so you can add to, or decrease all watering times without resetting individual time entries. For example, if you have a time set for 60 minutes at default 100% entry and it is spring you can decrease the time to 30 minutes by entering 50% in budget selection. Range is 10% to 200% in increments of 10%.
Rain delays can be set for 12, 36, or 72 hours. If you need more time than that in rain delay, timer can be turned OFF. Or if you use the optional rain sensor, it would track all of that for you. All stations can be run manually, or you can choose any one station in any program to run manually. But, if you do this, remember to return unit to automatic running afterward. If not, it will stay on the last manual setting. This is one thing I would change. It would be nice if it returned to auto on its own after a manual run.
Unit has a battery back up to maintain program settings only. This is an easily obtainable (CR2032) lithium battery that has been used for years in many devices. You may have them already for watches or remote controls. They suggest replacement every year to avoid loss of programming. But, if unit loses program, it should return to a default setting of daily ten minute watering of each station until reprogramming is completed.
Warrantee is for six years from date of purchase.
Since writing this, I have had to return my Orbit sprinkler timer. It may be that I just got a bad one, or it could be that it was just too sensitive to my fluctuating line voltage from use of my home air conditioner. Either way, after periods of running my home AC, I noticed that the time clock on the timer was off by 15 minutes over two days. This is not good, so I am tring a different brand that may be a bit more stable for my installation.


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In which position should i sleep???
One of my doctors told me to sleep right side and my other doctor told me to sleep left side... who´s ok? they told e that i cant sleep upwards!!! who knows?
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All the books and doctors recommend that you sleep on your left side because it allows the best circulation of blood to get to the baby. Apparently, the right side puts slight stress on your aorta. They say don't sleep on your back passed 16 weeks because that decreases the oxygen to the baby, and the uterus puts pressure on your organs. I slept on my stomach until almost 7 months and then it became uncomfortable. Although I knew it was best to sleep on my left side, it was more comfortable for me to sleep on my right side. So, I'd start off on my left side, but end up on my right. My baby is now 5 weeks old and very healthy; so, the belly and right side sleeping didn't hurt:-)posted 10/11/2007 by newmom2be2007
I've heard left side is safest; i recently asked my ob & she said i can sleep however is most comfortable. For me it's on my back or as much on my stomach as possible. I'm only 5 & a half months along so when baby gets bigger i won't risk bak sleeping anymore. (All the pressure of baby can put to much pressure on your organs)posted 10/05/2007 by noelansmom
Most of the time i sleep on my left side and i think during my deep sleep i give pressure on my tummy .I am tensed and would like to know is there any harm for my baby ....is it true that the giving pressure on my tummy will make my baby hand or leg curve. Please reply thank you.posted 07/02/2010 by januilu
i seem to try sleep on my left side as much as possible but i always end up sleeping on my back and im 8 months pregnant. id love to know whats the big hazards of sleeping on my back? my right side is a never thing for me even on tummy straight from the start of my pregnancyposted 01/14/2013 by sparklingeyes
U should sleep on ur left side it is more comfortable and make ur baby healthy!!!!!posted 06/22/2011 by kokhengly
you should sleep which ever way is comfortable for you.but as you get bigger you shouldnt sleep on your back because the baby pushes down on your veins and personally it hurts to lay on your backposted 07/10/2010 by shawnteese
same as the other comments, i heard its more better on your left side to keep circulation going good.posted 06/14/2010 by amberlysmom10
My doctor told me I should sleep on my left side because it's a better blood flow to your baby,But sometimes I sleep on my right. Never on my back!!!posted 05/30/2011 by tracynelson12
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Mustafa Ceric, the former head of the Islamic Community of Bosnia, was appointed president of the World Bosniak Congress on December 29.
Mustafa Ceric, the new president of the World Bosniak Congress, said Bosniaks were a nation that merited respect along with other nations.
All Bosniaks should share same goals, and the Bosniak question in the Balkans was not about religion but nationality, he added.
"Bosniaks have to protect themselves... and to achieve that, they have to have an organized, responsible and powerful state," Ceric continued.
"We come with our heads up, with no fear and no apologies or excuses to anyone," Ceric concluded.
The Congress chose as its flag the former flag of Bosnia, the white flag with six lillies.
Most Bosniaks are Bosnian Muslims who speak Bosnian. However, some Muslims in the region, in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, who not necessarily speak Bosnian, also consider themselves Bosniaks.
Muamer Zukorlic, Mufti of the Islamic Community in Serbia, who was chosen as head of the World Bosniak Congress's assembly, said the Congress would freely comment on political issues that had a bearing on issues of nationality.
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Ex-F1 man provides extra Gass for Audi
19 April 2013
Audi will tackle the 2013 season with an optimised organisational structure, having appointed former F1 engineer Dieter Gass as its new 'head of DTM'.
Gass, who worked with Toyota and the Lotus/Caterham squads during his time in the top flight, will be responsible for the eight Audi RS5s racing this season, while Christopher Reinke assumes the corresponding role for the marque's Le Mans Prototypes. Both men will report directly to head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich.
"With the new structure at Audi Sport, we react to the growing demands and the increasingly tough competition in the DTM and in the FIA World Endurance Championship," technical development board member Wolfgang Dürheimer commented, "Both programmes are of great importance for our company and this forward-looking arrangement will be the base for future motorsport projects."
The appointment marks a return to Audi for 50-year old Gass, who was a technician at Audi Sport between November 1994 and March 2001. He then worked in F1 for ten years before rejoining Audi Sport as 'head of racing commitments' in January 2012.
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It is rare for me to be shocked in today's world. I can honestly say, however, that when I heard the news about Steve Jobs I was shocked. It's difficult for me to even contemplate what the man meant to me (I've had a lifelong love/hate affair with Apple products), but more importantly what he meant to my industry.
I can honestly say that my job might not be around if it weren't for Steve. He made owning a computer cool. Before him, they were just tools for productivity. And the same is true of smartphones. Blackberry's were around before iPhone, but they were for business people. The average person didn't need a smartphone. What Steve brilliantly did, however, is convince the world that they needed the newest and best technology in their hands right now.
One of the things I love about our digital world is being able to see unfiltered reactions to big news stories right when they break. So, I hopped onto my Twitter stream (which was in fact down for a while due to the massive overload of posts) and favorited what I considered to be some of the most insightful 140 character obituaries. You'll see responses from some of my personal friends, some celebrities (like Neil Patrick Harris and even Bill Gates) and even one from our own One Social Media family.
Thank you, Steve, for having a huge part in creating the world I live in.
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The Green Challenge guide to the holidays.
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• Wrapping paper—usually made from virgin materials—is a large part of the holiday-waste stream. And if it's shiny or sparkly, it can't even be recycled. If every household wrapped three gifts in recycled materials (reused maps or cloth make great trimmings), we'd save reams and reams of paper. (Here's one calculation.) Other alternatives include buying gift-wrap made from recycled paper or hemp and flax. While you're at it, try Sellotape, which is made from biodegradable plant cellulose.
• Every year, 2.65 billion holiday cards are sold in the United States. If you're buying, choose cards made from recycled paper and avoid the shiny can't-recycle kind. Even better is to send e-cards. And recycle the nonshiny cards you receive.
• A deluge of catalogs has probably already descended upon your mailbox. It takes 14 million trees to produce the mail-order books we receive annually. And along with direct mailings, catalogs account for more than 4 million tons of CO2-emitting landfill mass. Encourage the catalogs you like to use recycled paper and get off the mailing lists of those you don't want. Read this to find out how.
• Christmas trees are a topic of much environmentalist debate. Fake trees are reusable but are made from petroleum-derived sources and often shipped from abroad. Real trees, for their part, are typically sprayed with lots of pesticides. And new research shows that pine-tree farms capture less CO2 than the hardwood species they're displacing in some parts of the country. Organic Christmas trees are tough to come by. Plus, of the 33 million real Christmas trees sold in North America every year, many end up in a landfill, emitting carbon dioxide as they rot. If you opt for a real tree, be sure to bring it to a local recycling center, where it can be chipped for mulch or used whole to stabilize wetlands. A better choice may be to purchase a live, potted tree, which can be planted outside after the holidays. Evergreen varieties such as pine, spruce, and fir work well in many regions.
• Replace conventional incandescent holiday string lights with their light-emitting diode counterparts. These energy-efficient strings use up to 95 percent less electricity, last up to 10 times longer, and are safer since they produce very little heat. LED lights are more expensive, but you'll shave a few dollars off your electricity bill and pounds off your carbon weight. And unlike conventional light strings, if one bulb goes bad on an LED string, the rest will still work. No matter what type of lights you use, limit yourself to keeping them on for four or five hours a day, and turn them off at night.
• Skip the tinsel and other decorations made from fossil-fuel-intensive plastics.
• If you're decorating with candles, choose the ones made from soy wax or beeswax. Both are renewable resources, as opposed to regular paraffin candles, which are made from petroleum.
• For holiday parties, rent real plates, glasses, and silverware (or use your own) instead of using the disposable kind.
• Consider staying close to home rather than blowing your CO2 budget on high-emissions travel to faraway places.
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(Title of Crime/Incident) 211 PC [Robbery], 459 PC [Burglary], 136.1(c)(1) PC [Preventing Victim from Notifying Law Enforcement], 273.6 PC [Violation of an Emergency Protective Order]
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|211 PC [Robbery], 459 PC [Burglary], 136.1(c)(1) PC [Preventing Victim from Notifying Law Enforcement], 273.6 PC [Violation of an Emergency Protective Order]
|15000 Block of Cypress Lane, Caspar Ca.
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|On 02-07-2014 at approximately 10:36 PM, Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Deputies received a radio call for service regarding an unwanted subject at a residence located within the 15000 block of Cypress Lane in Caspar, California.
Upon arrival, Deputies learned that Holly Petersen had been in verbal argument with her son, Bradley Spencer. During the argument, Spencer damaged Petersens front door and shoved Petersen to the ground.
Spencer was ultimately arrested pursuant to a private persons arrest for misdemeanor battery and vandalism. Spencer was ultimately served with an Emergency Protective Order obtained by Deputies from an on-call Judge and released at the scene on a written promise to appear. The Emergency Protective Order restrained Spencer from returning to the residence and/or having any contact with Petersen.
On 02-08-2014 at approximately 2:10 AM, Deputies were called back to the above location with information that Spencer returned, forced entry inside Petersens residence, and then stole several items of personal property belonging to Petersen before leaving the location. During that time frame, Spencer damaged Petersens telephone outlet cable in order to prevent her from summoning law enforcement.
At approximately 2:18 AM, Deputies located Spencers vehicle driving southbound on North Highway 1. Deputies initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle at Lansing Street and North Highway 1 in the area of Mendocino, California.
Spencer, who was driving the vehicle, was ultimately arrested and found in possession of Petersens stolen property during a search conducted incident to that arrest.
Spencer was transported and booked into the Mendocino County Jail. Deputies contacted the on-call Judge for a bail increase based on the described events which resulted in a $400,000.00 bail.
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