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MR. SENOR: Good afternoon. I just have a couple of quick announcements.
General Kimmitt has an opening briefing and then we will be happy to take your
Ambassador Bremer earlier today did his weekly interview on Al- Iraqiyah. Two
issues that came up in the interview that I just want to bring to your
One relates to discussion he had about a proposal we are looking at with the
Iraqis to set up a special commission to compensate the victims of the previous
regime. This is something we are going to flesh out in the days ahead, but I
just wanted to give you a general sense of the proposal we are considering,
working on.
Under the old regime many lost jobs or were imprisoned or were executed because
they opposed the regime or refused to join the Ba'ath party, or simply were
related to someone considered by the previous regime as an opponent. The
problems are complex and involve many thousands of people.
The responsibility for judgments about how justice is to be done should be taken
by Iraqis. However, the coalition will help by establishing a commission and
setting aside initial funding to begin the process of correcting these
injustices of the past, again, primarily targeted at those who survived crimes
of the former regime, but were either imprisoned under the former regime
unjustly or lost jobs.
The coalition, as Ambassador Bremer said, will set aside funding. The amount
will be substantial. We are still working on that detail as well, but it will be
used to compensate. And it will be -- the commission would be run and
implemented by Iraqis.
Secondly, another issue -- related issue that came up was related to the
dismissal of teachers under the former regime. According to the Ministry of
Education, approximately 20,000 teachers were fired by the former regime for
political reasons. The ministry has a program of rehiring them and about 9,800
have been put back on the ministry payroll over the past year.
The ministry estimates that there are now approximately 20,000 teachers who were
fired by Saddam's regime, as I said, including the rejection -- and for
political reasons, including the rejection of Ba'athist ideology. They were
often forced to teach Ba'athist ideology and if they did not they were fired. In
many cases, however, they were fired not because of what they did themselves but
in retribution for actions allegedly taken by members of their family. And we
are working with the Ministry of Education right now on a way to address those.
You know in Ambassador Bremer's address to the nation last week he talked about
what we are doing to reinstate jobs for teachers who were Ba'athist in name only
but were not participants in the crimes of the regime, and ways in which we
could reintegrate them not only into their employment but back into Iraqi
society. The same applies with the same diligence and discipline focused on
those teachers who were unjustly dismissed under the former regime, who were not
only not participants in the crimes, but were also not even Ba'athist in name
only; they had no connection to Ba'athist ideology, and in many cases that's why
they were released, or because they were tied to family members targeted for
retribution by the former regime.
The minister of education, in my understanding, is holding a press conference
tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. Look out for details on it. But it will address a number
of these issues.
General Kimmitt.
GEN. KIMMITT: Thank you.
Before I give the operational briefing, a brief announcement. Today a visit
between Saddam Hussein and authorized members of the International Committee for
the Red Cross occurred at an undisclosed location. The visit occurred upon
request of the ICRC under the Geneva Convention's rule of visitation with enemy
prisoners of war. A visit between Saddam Hussein and authorized members of the
ICRC last occurred on February 21st.
Coalition forces welcome the crucial role of the ICRC in the advocacy of enemy
prisoner-of-war rights. The coalition will continue to work with the ICRC in
order to uphold our obligations under international law to include provisions
for ICRC visitation with enemy prisoners of war.
I wanted to take a couple of minutes and give a map overview of the current
situation. I haven't done it for about a week, thought it would be helpful to
get an impression of where we see current operations.
Pretty quiet in the north. The area around Mosul had a couple of incidents the
other day with some indirect fire attacks on a hotel, on a mosque, on a
coalition base, but generally speaking, the area around Mosul has been quiet, as
well as the area of north-central -- the zone of operations. We continue to see
most of the activity up and down the Baqubah-Samarra-Tikrit-Baiji-Kirkuk area,
but in general the province remains fairly quiet. Same with the western zone of
Of course, all of us still are watching the situation around Fallujah. Fallujah
was very quiet today. The negotiations, the discussions, in the minds of the
Marine commanders, continue to proceed even though we did not see a tremendous
number of weapons turned in today. In fact, I'm not certain that any weapons
were turned in today. There's felt to be some intangible progress along with the
negotiating teams in order to push the process forward.
Many of you saw last night on the television set the operations in Fallujah, the
engagement between the Marines and the enemy that were firing from the location
of the mosque. What I wanted to demonstrate, what I wanted to show you was a
picture of the "before and after" of that engagement. Again, we very reluctantly
go after holy sites, but when those holy sites are used to store weapons, to
fire weapons, we must take action if our Marines are pinned down. In this case,
as you remember, they went into the mosque one time, after being attacked early
in the morning. They went into the minaret, found a significant amount of
ammunition shell casings, left at about 1200, returned to their position. That
afternoon they started taking more gunfire from the minaret, and as a
consequence of that, being pinned down, they had to call in some precision
strikes in order to stop that source of fire.
As you can see, the minaret is no longer standing, but the entire remainder of
the mosque are is -- remained -- remains intact. That's the value of precision
weapons: that on those few occasions when we must attack a holy site, when it
has lost its protected status under the Geneva Convention, we've used the
minimum amount of force necessary to protect our Marines.
Continuing on throughout the area of operations, one of the roads going out to
Fallujah, approximately 10 miles north of Baghdad, out to Fallujah, is closed --
one of our supply routes. It is closed for repairs. It's closed because of the
security situation. And part of the supply route that we call ASR Jackson, south
of Baghdad, is closed for repair as well.
There is, as you know, the alternate route that goes up into Baghdad. So we
don't think that that will have a measurable effect either on military nor
civilian logistics resupply.
Within Baghdad, the only problem area remains a number of engagements that
happen on a daily basis. In the vicinity of Sadr City and just south of Sadr
City, we unfortunately lost one of our soldiers today and another soldier
wounded, who was -- who were conducting a joint patrol with the Iraqi Civil
Defense Corps.
Further down, we all know the situation around Karbala and An Najaf. But for the
rest of the country, by and large, the security situation is at a point where we
are able to continue with the restoration of the infrastructure, revitalization
of the economy and transfer of governance.
Next slide, please.
I wanted to talk about some of the actions east of Kufa that we've seen some
reports on. First of all, it's very important to understand this area. This is
the Euphrates River that runs along here. This is the town of Najaf, the holy
shrine, the Imam Ali Shrine down here in Najaf, the Kufa mosque, the Euphrates
River, the Kufa Bridge.
All of the operations have been mischaracterized today as somehow either inside
Najaf, just outside Najaf, inside Kufa. In fact, all the operations over the
last 24 hours have been on the east side of the Euphrates, starting yesterday at
1300, when one of our patrols came under small-arms attack. And after that
small-arms attack, I believe there was something on the order of seven enemy
killed, a number of enemy wounded, no coalition casualties.
Last night, after 2100, we had at 2112 an M-1 tank on the eastern side of the
Euphrates attacked with RPGs. During that operation, it was also identified that
there was a ZPU gun, a 14.5 single-barrel antiaircraft gun that was in this
vicinity. That was engaged by some aircraft, and as a result of that engagement
and the enemy surrounding that there were somewhere on the order of 57 enemy
killed in that vicinity, assessed to be Mahdi Army, Sadr militia. Again, all of
this happened on the far side of the Euphrates. No coalition forces have
conducted military operations either inside the Kufa area or inside the main
town of Najaf.
With that, let's go ahead and turn it over to questions and answers.
MR. SENOR: Yes, sir.
Q (Through interpreter.) Hassam Munaf (ph) from Iraq For All News. Frankly
speaking, we hope that today there have been some of the patrols, joint patrols
of coalition with the Iraqi police and the ICDC in Fallujah. Can you just
clarify, give us an explanation why they haven't resumed these patrols today?
Thank you.
GEN. KIMMITT: Yeah. Frankly speaking, we would have had -- we would have liked
to have seen those joint patrols happen today as well. But as you can imagine,
the commanders on the ground took an assessment of the training status of the
Iraqi police service as well as the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps personnel, looked
at how they were operating along with the coalition forces, made the judgment
that those forces weren't ready to operate together to go in something as
significant as the types of joint patrols that we're looking for. We would
expect that the commander on the ground will look at this happening over the
next couple of days; probably not tomorrow, possibly the next day. But we're
going to let the commander on the ground use his judgment on when that happens.
Nonetheless, the negotiations, in the minds of the commanders on the ground, are
continuing to go well. There doesn't seem to be any significant backsliding on
the part of the enemy. There were, for example, only three violations of the
cease-fire over the past 24 hours. Now that's not to commend the insurgents
inside Fallujah because they yet continue to fail to produce the weapons, fail
to produce the fighters, fail to produce those that have been responsible for
some of the heinous acts inside of Fallujah. Nonetheless, the sensing of the
commanders on the ground is that they believe that the intangible benefits that
are continuing with the negotiations are sufficient to keep the process moving.
MR. SENOR: Yes, ma'am?
Q (Through interpreter.) Dana Barata (sp), German Radio. Is there a deadline for
conducting these patrols? Is there a deadline for the subject for conducting
these joint patrols by the Iraqi forces -- Iraqi ICDC and the coalition forces?
GEN. KIMMITT: At this point we don't think that putting deadlines, ultimatums on
the table are very helpful. The deadline is going to be when the commander on
the ground feels that the conditions are right with both the situation in the
city, as well as conditions are right with regards to the level of training of
the Iraqi police and the ICDC and their ability to interoperate with the
coalition forces.
MR. SENOR: Yes?
Q Gene Chu (sp), NBC News. General Kimmitt, the forces that are coming in to
replace the Spanish troops inside this base -- could you tell us where they're
from and who they are, what units they are?
GEN. KIMMITT: We have elements of the 1st Armored Division operating in the
Multinational Division Central-South area of operations. Those forces were moved
a couple of weeks ago in a response to some of the operations around al Kut and
in the vicinity of Najaf; they were forces that formerly were in Baghdad. As you
know, the 1st Cavalry Division has assumed responsibility for Baghdad, so the
1st Cavalry -- so the 1st Armored Division is the major subordinate unit that's
operating in that area.
MR. SENOR: Patrick?
Q Two questions.
First for Dan. There have been some reports that significant portions of the
transitional administrative law have been scrapped. Wondering if there's any
truth to that.
And General Kimmitt, could you clarify, when exactly are the troops moving in --
when exactly are they replacing the Spanish troops and moving into the Spanish
base? And is that the Spanish base inside Najaf, kind of on the border between
Kufa -- or Najaf, or is it the Spanish base that's kind of outside of town, the
former Spanish base?
MR. SENOR: Pat, on your first question, I saw the same report. It is factually
incorrect, flat out factually incorrect. We remain firmly committed to the
Transitional Administrative Law. And it is our understanding that the Governing
Council does, too. In fact, the Governing Council signed this document several
months ago after much negotiating and a very elaborate and robust process that
was outlined in the November 15th agreement, and the agreement as well, the
November 15th agreement was agreed to between -- by the coalition and the
Governing Council.
The coalition remains firmly committed to the Transitional Administrative Law,
all elements of it. We think it is critical that there be a legal framework
going forward for Iraq as it begins its political transition, as it forms its
interim government, a legal structure to govern the interim government and
protect Iraqi rights. Individual liberties alone protected in the Transitional
Administrative Law are unprecedented for Iraq and unprecedented in this part of
the world. Due process rights. Principles like federalism, civilian control of
the military, separation of powers. These principles that are enshrined in the
Transitional Administrative Law are essential to Iraq's path forward to
democracy. And we also believe those are principles that we hope will be
enshrined not only in the Transitional Administrative Law but in Iraq's
permanent constitution.
GEN. KIMMITT: Patrick, for obvious reasons, I don't want to specify which bases
they're in, but they're generally in this area right between the town of Najaf
and Kufa, outside of both the Medina area of Najaf, the holy portion of Najaf,
as well as Najaf proper. If you were to walk in that area, you'd sort of expect
it was sort of in the outer suburbs of that area.
Q So are they in one of the former Spanish bases, or are they just starting --
GEN. KIMMITT: We have some of our forces moving into the former Spanish bases.
MR. SENOR: Christine.
Q (In Arabic) --
MR. SENOR: No; Christine, right behind you.
Q I'm sorry.
MR. SENOR: Najim, I'll come to you after. Go ahead.
Q This question is a little bit off. I want to understand that -- the American
troops went into Najaf -- sorry, went into Fallujah because of the four
contractors who were killed and mutilated. I just wonder if there has been a
follow-up on the three coalition people who were killed in Hillah in what was a
pretty bad killing, if you will, and why was there no response to that. And can
you follow up on what information is known about the killers of Fern Holland and
the other two coalition employees?
GEN. KIMMITT: Certainly the reason we went into Fallujah included the killing of
the four contractors, but Fallujah was not a garden paradise before then. You
know as well as we do that Fallujah has been a problem, a significant problem
for the coalition and for Iraqi security forces for many, many months. You could
almost say that the four contractors killed were sort of the end of the series
of reasons to reestablish control, not the beginning.
With regards to the killing of the -- the horrible killing of the CPA employees,
I know there's an investigation going on. We have not been informed that there
have been any significant breaks in that investigation, and we still conduct the
investigation until and will keep the investigation over until we find the
persons responsible.
MR. SENOR: Christine, I would just add, just to pivot off General Kimmitt's
first point, I think there's a real sense on the political process side that, as
Iraq transitions to a democracy and Iraq assumes its sovereignty, it would be
irresponsible of us to ignore areas where we know there are bastions of former
Fedayeen Saddam, of former Mukhabarat, Special Republican Guard, of Mr. Zarqawi
and the al Qaeda affiliates operating in and out of Iraq. When we know there are
areas where these dangerous elements are concentrated, we have a responsibility
to address it in one way or another; to get those elements removed out of the
area and take action in some way -- in one way or another against them because
if we ignore it, Iraq's path to democracy will be that much more bumpy.
And it looks like you have a follow-up question.
Q If I could just follow --
MR. SENOR: I'm not surprised.
Q Okay. If I could just follow up. The time of those three killings of the CPA
employees, it was said that they were police -- people wearing police uniforms,
and then you came to the discovery it probably was police. It seems to me that
that's as much of a threat to security in Iraq in a prominent city in Iraq as
finding out the Fedayeen is in Fallujah, and -- if Karbala you can't or Hillah
you can't trust the police.
MR. SENOR: I would just -- General Kimmitt, if you want to add -- I would just
say, Christine, without commenting on the Hillah situation, which is not
necessarily with regard to whether or not police were involved, we're not
certain that that is necessarily a problem that's symptomatic of the entire
police force or a problem that's symptomatic of the entire region.
Certainly in Fallujah, though, we have a much different scenario. And General
Kimmitt can speak to the numbers, but when we have a substantial number of
individuals and organizations who are either tied to the former regime or who
have come to this country to wreak havoc and slaughter -- and in some cases
mutilate -- Americans, coalition forces, Iraqis, and as I said all that is
concentrated in a certain area, that's a much different problem and one that
really needs to be addressed.
(To Gen. Kimmitt.) I don't know if --
GEN. KIMMITT: (Off mike.)
MR. SENOR: Okay.
Yes, ma'am.
Q (Through interpreter.) Mr. Dan Senor --
MR. SENOR: Najim, we'll come to you right after. I apologize.
Go ahead, ma'am. I'm sorry.
Q (Through interpreter.) Mr. Dan Senor, you have mentioned that Ambassador
Bremer has decided to compensate the victims of the previous regime. So how do
you plan to compensate the very large number of these victims?
MR. SENOR: Did she ask you that?
Q (Through interpreter.) Second question is for General Kimmitt. Sorry. The
second question is for General Kimmitt.
MR. SENOR: In many countries where a totalitarian regime or an authoritarian
regime that has oppressed the masses is succeeded by a free democracy, it is
often the case that commissions -- some sort of commission is set up to
compensate those who suffered under the former regime.
It is never possible, I believe, to fully compensate victims or the families of
victims for the pain and suffering that became associated with the regime that
governed. Certainly in this country the regime was in power for over three
decades, three times as long as Hitler was in power, for instance, in Germany.
Now -- but that said, we still think it's important to provide some sort of
compensation, some sort of financial compensation, to those individuals who may
have lost jobs, who may have been imprisoned. And we have been talking to a
number of Iraqis about that, and they agree this is especially important.
And as we move forward to a period of reconciliation and a period of healing --
and I've been talking to a lot of Iraqis about the fact that Iraq cannot move
forward until it deals with its past -- we think this is a part of that. And
that's why we're looking forward to announcing soon a formal commission that
will be led by Iraqis, to deal with this issue.
You have a second question or no? No?
GEN. KIMMITT: Go ahead, translators.
Q I need to ask --
STAFF: (Off mike.)
INTERPRETER: Okay. Can she repeat the second question, please?
Q (Through interpreter.) Regarding the first question, I just meant the victims
of your attacks. Do you have any details regarding the people who have attacked
the hotel in Mosul? Can you just tell us whether they were elements of al Qaeda,
or which kind of attack was that and by whom it was conducted?
GEN. KIMMITT: The attacks in Mosul two days ago were primarily indirect fire
attacks. They -- some were conducted with mortars. In the afternoon attack
against the Iraqi Media Network, we believe that there -- 122-millimeter rockets
were used. We don't have any group that has claimed responsibility. But again,
when you start seeing simultaneous operations -- there were three or four
attacks in the space of 15 minutes -- using military gear, such as mortars and
rockets, our first direction that we would look at is former military units,
former military personnel that may have retained some of that equipment. So
that's where our first direction is heading, and we'll see where the
investigation takes us.
MR. SENOR: Najim, I owe you a question.
Q (Through interpreter.) Najim Rubaie from Distor newspaper. My question for
both of you: Today we have heard that the coalition forces have bombed one of
the mosques in Fallujah. And you have announced before that the holy sites and
the holy shrines are protected, according to the Geneva Convention. But you say
that the armed people inside Fallujah are the terrorists. So could the
terrorists drag you to attack these holy shrines and holy places in Fallujah and
in some of these sites? Because this is considered as a violation to Islam. And
the Muslims in Fallujah have denied or they have condemned -- condemned -- the
fact -- well, especially the fact of killing those Americans and the mutilation
of the bodies. They condemned this attack, and they were not the people
responsible for these attacks. So why are you revenging upon those people?
GEN. KIMMITT: You bring up a very good point. It may not be the residents of
Fallujah that are inside the minarets. It may not be Iraqis that are inside
those minarets, shooting down at the coalition forces. It may be that those
terrorists, some of those foreign fighters are trying to drag not only the
people of Fallujah but the infrastructure of Fallujah, the holy sites of
Fallujah, into this fight precisely to create a wedge and animosity between the
coalition and the people of Iraq.
And that's why it's very, very important for everyone to take a stand against
these people, to not let them use minarets, to not allow them to use mosques, to
not allow them to use places of worship from which to store weapons, to fire
weapons, to execute military operations. We can't passively sit by, whether we
are the coalition forces, whether we are the Iraqi security forces, whether
we're the people of Iraq; we cannot allow these people to drive a wedge between
what we collectively are trying to do as this country moves to sovereignty and
democracy, and those who try to derail the process.
Q (Through interpreter.) Sorry for interrupting. If they are foreign fighters,
but I am, as Iraqi, even if there were people from Israel, they were Jewish; but
since they are inside the holy shrines, this is a violation. So you can cordon
and search these sites and you have the ability to bomb them and you have the
air force and you have so many different tactics. So you could use any of these
means or tactics, but not bombing these holy shrines and holy places. So even if
they were Jewish.
GEN. KIMMITT: You're exactly right that, before we use those types of weapons on
holy sites, we try to use the minimum amount of force necessary. We talked about
yesterday, the first thing we did when taking fire from the mosques and the
minarets was actually call through the psychological operations, loudspeakers,
to get the people to come out. We did cordon it. We did go into it. We did
search it, exactly as you say. When we got to the top of the minaret, there were
shell casings scattered all about. The soldiers then returned to their position
without doing any damage to that minaret.
It was only in a second engagement where the Marines were pinned down to the
point where a cordon was not sufficient, where return fire was not sufficient
from their small arms, they gradually responded more and more in an attempt to
take out the enemy, to kill the enemy before they had to go to the last
prospect, which is to make that choice: am I going to let my fellow Marines die
or am I going to recognize that that minaret, which has lost its protected
status under international law as soon as it's being used as a firing platform,
needs to go away? The choice was made to save their fellow Marines. That's the
right choice, and it was done with full consideration for what that minaret
meant and, as you took a look at that picture, with the minimum amount of
collateral damage done to any other part of that mosque. And I have absolutely
no doubt in the weeks and months ahead, when this whole situation -- instability
in Fallujah -- is set behind us and we move forward side by side with the Iraqis
inside Fallujah, that you will see the coalition soldiers participating in the
process of rebuilding that minaret.
Sewell. Welcome back.
Q Thank you. Sewell Chan with The Washington Post. I have a few questions for
Mr. Senor relating to the commission for compensation of victims from the former
MR. SENOR: A few questions. All right.
Q First, has Ambassador Bremer formally signed an order creating this commission
and setting up its process? Why is this commission being established now, a year
after the fall of the regime and before the inception of the interim government?
Has it been decided how the members of the commission will be appointed and how
many there will be? And finally, what is the source of the funding for the
MR. SENOR: I said at the beginning that this was at the embryonic stages of the
drafting of the proposal. In the days ahead, we'll have more information.
Why in terms of the timing? I think as Iraq begins to prepare for sovereignty,
as we begin the process for establishing an interim government, this is a body
that should be administered by Iraqis, this is a process that should be run by
Iraqis, and it is something that should be -- oversight should be led,
supervised by the interim government. So it's more a process that's
forward-looking vis-a-vis sovereignty. There has been nobody named yet to run
the commission. The structure of the commission -- our details we're finalizing
right now. The source of the funding is something we are working out now. This
is a concept that we are finalizing, and Ambassador Bremer previewed it today on
Iraqi television. And in days ahead, we will have details, particularly as we
talk to more Iraqis about who the right individuals would be to lead the
Q (Through interpreter.) (Name inaudible) -- from IWPR (?). General Kimmitt,
revenge is -- it is an uncivilized thing. As you said, we have lost a lot -- you
said that you have lost a lot of the Marines. Aren't you keen on the lives of
your soldiers? Don't you think that it is possible or it is preferable to resort
to peaceful solutions rather than conducting offensive operations? In fact, the
people of Fallujah, they refused the entrance of the coalition forces inside the
country. This is a tribal decision, and this cannot be over passed. So can't you
just resort to the peaceful solution so that you can minimize the casualties of
both sides?
GEN. KIMMITT: I couldn't agree more. A peaceful solution is what we seek inside
Fallujah. We have laid out in our discussions with the people of Fallujah a
series of benchmarks by which we can move towards peace. The Marines, when I
talk to them, are no longer thinking about the here and now on Fallujah, what
they're saying is what do we want Fallujah to look like six, 12 weeks from now.
They're already looking to the long term of the rebuilding; the rebuilding of
the health clinics, the rebuilding of the schools, the rebuilding of the
They have now conducted a unilateral suspension of offensive operations for
almost 17 days. They have sat there in their positions in a cordon, peacefully
waiting until a resolution has been established with the people of Fallujah to
end this hostage situation in Fallujah by the foreign fighters, by the
terrorists, by the people of Fallujah, some who are brainwashed by some of these
organizations to think that somehow this is a great act of resistance.
It is the coalition that has chosen the political track. It is the coalition
that is seeking peace. It is the foreign fighters and the belligerents inside
Fallujah that continue to conduct cease-fire violations on a daily basis that we
are adequately and carefully recording. It is the coalition that seeks peace.
Now, given that, it must be clearly understood that we are looking to achieve a
goal in six to eight weeks of starting a significant amount of rebuilding in
Fallujah. We hope we get to that end point in six to eight weeks peacefully. We
are prepared to use force and we have more than sufficient force to be able to
conduct that through force of arms. That should be clearly understood. It is the
military coalition forces that are choosing the path of peace and using their
weapons only when fired upon. We would ask the belligerents to do the same.
Q General Kimmitt, sorry. (Through interpreter.) The coalition that you have
just put -- this condition that you have just said for the people of Fallujah,
why do you suggest to go inside Fallujah together with the Iraqis for police
forces? The people -- the tribal people in Fallujah they do not accept the fact
-- why do you -- they do not accept the fact to enter Fallujah. This is a tribal
MR. SENOR: John (sp), go ahead.
Q General Kimmitt, a simple question for you and a slightly more difficult one
for Dan.
Can you tell us, was it a tank shell or was it a helicopter gunship that brought
the minaret down?
And for Dan, I get the impression, and these things are difficult to measure,
that when you're talking about once again more forward- looking things that
you're breathing a little bit more easily now than you were, shall we say, 10
days, two weeks ago, when all the talk was of a kind of terminal crisis here and
of the entire American enterprise being threatened -- the talk in the media in
any event.
Can you just give us your reflections on that? Do you think that you're
beginning to emerge -- this would be as much for General Kimmitt as for you. Do
you think you're beginning to emerge from the moment of worst crisis for the
American enterprise in Iraq, or do you see more nightmares ahead?
GEN. KIMMITT: Well, on the first question, it was a tank round that brought down
the minaret, not a helicopter round.
MR. SENOR: John, I will say that it wasn't us who was characterizing the
situation the way you described it. I think it was perhaps some of you and your
colleagues who were characterizing it as such. There's no doubt that a few weeks
ago we suffered some setbacks. And it is very likely in the weeks and months
ahead we will suffer more setbacks. We have said all along, from last May, when
Ambassador Bremer arrived, there will be really good days here in the
reconstruction and there will be some really bad days. And a few weeks ago we
had some really bad days, and we may have some really bad days ahead.
I think our approach all along, however, is to be as steadfast in moving forward
on our political process, on the economic reconstruction, on the infrastructure
reconstruction as we are on the military effort that General Kimmitt talks of.
We say regularly that our strategy is two-tracked. On the one hand, it is to
have the military take the lead on hunting down the terrorists, the extremists,
the former Saddamists, capturing or killing them, and is to also simultaneously
conduct a political and economic reconstruction effort that will, we believe,
not only help Iraq build the democracy that is self-sustaining, but also isolate
the terrorists and the Saddamists, because if we provide economic empowerment
and political empowerment, it will do as much to isolate the Zarqawis in Iraq as
the military force being used against them. And that's been our strategy all
along. And I will say -- and the fact that one got more attention than the other
over the past few weeks didn't mean that both weren't moving forward
Let me also say, with regard to some of the initiatives I think you're referring
to in terms of things I talked about earlier, we believe that the economic
reconstruction and the infrastructure reconstruction, the physical
infrastructure reconstruction are critical, but we hear over and over from
Iraqis about the psychological reconstruction of this country; that after over
three decades of brutality under Saddam Hussein, reconstructing from that horror
doesn't happen overnight, and yet the Iraqi people reconstructing themselves, if
you will, from that horror is something that is fundamental to Iraq moving
forward on a path to a sovereign democracy. And that is why we are working with
Iraqis to expedite that process to the extent that we can and to the extent that
the Iraqi people are ready for it. And it is always the fine balance, trying to
figure out exactly when is right to do what. But we have been hearing more and
more from Iraqis that they want more and more in this regard, and we've done a
lot and will continue to do more.
And finally, I will say that I do think, John, what we are seeing in recent
days, which is very encouraging, is a number of Iraqis speaking out publicly on
one issue or the other, whether it's on the issue in Fallujah, whether it's on
the issue in the south. And it varies on which side of the issue they come out,
but the fact is is I think below the radar screen, perhaps, of some of the
press, some of the Western press, I think there is a real discussion going on.
There is a real debate among Iraqis, and more and more Iraqi leaders are
beginning to emerge and speaking out about which direction this country should
go in light of the events that have occurred here over the past few weeks, and
we think that that is a positive sign.
Q Can I just ask one supplementary to that? The --
MR. SENOR: The preface to your question started saying I was going to be the top
one, and now you want --
Q It's really to General Kimmitt.
MR. SENOR: Okay.
Q You talk about Iraqis speaking out. We understand there's a group calling
itself the Thulfiqar Army who has begun to speak out in a particularly dramatic
way about Muqtada al-Sadr's army in Najaf, that there have been killings
committed against Sadr's militiamen in the wake of the distribution of leaflets
in that city complaining about the lawlessness. Do you know about this, and what
is your position on it?
GEN. KIMMITT: I don't know the particular organization that you're talking
about. There is anecdotal evidence and anecdotal reports that are coming in
about that type of activity. We don't assess it to be a very large activity at
this point.
Coalition control will return to Najaf. Iraqi security forces will return to
Najaf. There will be a time when Najaf, like the rest of this country, is under
the direct control of the Iraqi government. And when that time comes, there will
be a time to decide what happened inside that city when it was not under
coalition control.
MR. SENOR: Thank you, everybody.
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This Thursday, 1-800-Flowers.com (FLWS) reports Fiscal 1Q 2011 results before market open. Admittedly, we're not really sure what to expect given the ongoing weak consumer environment and cautious management commentary back in August (no guidance). We hope to see margin improvement -- even if the top-line remains challenged -- particularly in the Consumer Floral segment. That said, we think the company's current market valuation already reflects the difficult operating environment and significantly undervalues the company's cash generating assets.
In our Saturday 8/21 post, Double Dip? Check "Selfish" Discretionary Spending versus "Gifting" Discretionary Activity, we shared some surprisingly strong retail figures from a variety of discretionary retailers. Following lackluster results from 1-800-Flowers.com two days prior, we reached the following conclusion: what we'll call "selfish" discretionary retail segments are clearly outperforming "gifting" discretionary segments. We added that this current trend is negative for our 1-800-Flowers.com and makes life more difficult for a company with low historic margins and seasonality.
Well, that Monday a large institutional investor seemingly threw in the towel and shares plunged 11% on 17 times average trading volume (versus an approximately flat day for the S&P 500 index):
Of course, someone is always on the other side of any trade and, thus, someone accumulated a large number of 1-800-Flowers.com shares that day. Why would a buyer step in following disappointing results and a still weak, hyper-competitive consumer environment?
We think the answer is fairly simple: the company isn't going anywhere and generates plenty of excess cash flow (which underpins our core 1-800-Flowers.com long thesis). To illustrate the cash generation as well as capital allocation, let's revisit management commentary from the Q&A portion of the 8/19 conference call - thanks to SeekingAlpha.com:
- Anthony Lebiedzinski – Sidoti and Company: During the year, you guys did a good job of generating free cash flow. I realized that you haven't given guidance for free cash flow. But what would your objective be for free cash flow usage during fiscal '11?
- Jim McCann - Chairman & CEO: Well, I think you have to look historically first to get the best indication. And what we've seen here is, over the last two years – and I'll answer this because Bill is suffering terribly here from a cold.... What we've done with free cash flow is, we've said – we used to say we have three usages for our free cash flow, return it to our shareholders, make strategic investments, or improve our balance sheet and pay down debt.
- Well frankly, in this environment, we're not looking to return it to shareholders. We're looking to maintaining our flexibility, increase our flexibility. So this year, we paid down $32 million in term debt. And over the last two years, it's over $60 million that we paid down our debt. So the evidence, historically, is as we're fortunate enough to generate excess free cash flow, we're using that to strengthen our balance sheet.
- Going forward, we'll continue to strengthen our balance sheet. We'll continue to be prudent in the use of that cash. And generally, we hope to increase our cash generation over time from our operating side of the business and use that to [grow the] business either by improving the flexibility in our balance sheet or perhaps there's something we find that would be a perfect fit with one of our platforms that we already have in place that offers a broader package and leverage in revenue activities we get into.
Here's a look at the top portion of the annual cash flow statement from Yahoo Finance (YHOO) over the past three years (click to enlarge):
SO, while 1-800-Flowers.com has encountered tough fundamentals over the past several years given (1) the weak consumer economy (widely recognized) and (2) aggressive competition from Liberty Media Interactive's (LINTA) ProFlowers.com, cash generation has NOT been a problem. Importantly, capital expenditures remain nominal for the "asset light" business with favorable working capital dynamics. Also, we still believe 1-800-Flowers.com has competitive advantages that should mitigate competitive pressures and support margins over time.
NOW, let's frame the long thesis another way: if someone presented you with the opportunity to purchase a diversified, established business that would give you and your family a 15-20% annual yield (normalized) in perpetuity (assume all FCF is paid to you and your family = the owners), would you take it?
Simple, readily apparent answer: Yes, indeed.... Ah, but wait: what's the catch? No catch - just like the Yahoo opportunity we've detailed, there's absolutely no catch. Only a bumpy economy that requires patience.
Finally, while some of you may like See's Candies, we continue to recommend Fannie May Fine Chocolates, especially Pixies:
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) - The man accused of trying to stab someone with scissors in Downtown Portland on Sunday told officers that Taylor Swift "told me to kill him," a court document states.
Officers were called out just before 11 a.m. on reports of a stabbing at NW 3rd Avenue and Burnside Street.
Witnesses told police that Brent Shannon Thicksten, 43, was acting menacingly toward people in the area. The victim said he feared for his safety and started running away, which is when Thicksten allegedly chased him.
The victim ended up with a cut to his lower back; police say he did not need to go to the hospital for treatment.
A probable cause affidavit states that Thicksten told officers his wife, Taylor Swift, "told me to kill him."
When asked where his wife was, officers said that Thicksten replied "we are one." Based on officer reports, he later stopped answering questions and said he had "top secret clearance."
Thicksten was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail on assault charges, unlawful use of a weapon, trespassing, and menacing. He also violated parole for a third-degree robbery charge he pleaded guilty to this summer.
He was previously arrested in 2014 when he was accused of stealing two different forklifts and causing property damage.
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After watching last night's Modern Family, one moment stood out to me. The father, Phil, shared a book that he titled Phil's-osophy, which was full of quotes to his college-bound daughter, Haley, who never pays attention to her father.
This morning we attended Rachel's Challenge with all of the middle schools in our district. It was an inspiring program about Rachel Scott, who was the first student killed in the Columbine shooting.
The reason I connected these two experiences was that although we might think that teenagers are like Haley from Modern Family, where important quotes, thoughts, and challenges go in one ear and out the other, there are many students who will let a message hit home with them. At the end of the episode Haley realizes the importance of the message because of what it means for her. I had many students do the same. I watched two classes intently write about specific talking points before class discussions today. Rachel's Challenge meant something to them. More than just a sad story that may have drawn tears, it was an opportunity to look inside themselves and decide who they want to be.
Here are some of the quotes or points that stood out to me:
- Why do we forget that expectations will be risen or fallen to?
- You can write about athletics, a job, college, but can you dream big? Will you work towards those goals?
- Don't limit yourself! You are smart enough. You are talented enough.
- Write your goals down and be specific. Who do you want to be?
- I won't be labeled as 'average'
- We have no idea what a person might be thinking about, going through, or dealing with. Treat everyone with respect and with the compassion that they deserve.
- What message do you want to spread?
- You never know what tomorrow brings, what five minutes brings. How will you leave a person feeling when you are gone?
The final challenge of the day was to tell someone how important they are to you, that you love them, and what they mean to you. This doesn't happen nearly enough. What will people remember about you?


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As part of a statewide initiative, Bandera County will join in the reading of the United States Declaration of Independence at noon on the front lawn of Bandera Courthouse lawn, Thursday, June 3. Over 70 cities across the state will participate in the initiative.
"If God smiles on us and we have a large turnout, each person will read one or two lines. If we have only a few, we will all read multiple lines," said an event spokesman.
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Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz share a laugh as they stand on the roof of Hotel Stein on Tuesday (June 15) in Salzburg, Austria.
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Cam and Tom will be premiering the film tomorrow in Sevilla, Spain, but before the screening, a stunt exhibition will be held! Cam will drive a BMW Z4 and Tom will ride a Ducati Hypermotard.
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Well, apparently I live here now—my mom just bought the place. And named it after me, Ashleigh, which was nice. But did she know how cold it is here??
Um, it's a tiny island with not much to do, unless you really like sleigh rides. But I gotta say there are quite a few hot guys on this cold island . . .
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The opium poppy has a long history of cultivation and use in Central Asia and China—described in several recent nonfiction books—and is found primarily in cultivation or escaped from it. The plant grows to 1.5 m (4.5 ft) tall in cultivation, and has smooth or glaucous (waxy-coated) bluish-gray leaves, with coarse lobes or teeth. Leaves grow in a basal rosette; if a flowering stem develops, its (cauline) leaves are alternate. The flowers, which have 4 petals and many stamens, may be white, pink, purple, or red, are large, up to 10 cm (4 in) across, sometimes double. The fruit is a distinctive capsule, spherical or oblong, up to 9 cm (3.5 in) across, with small holes in the top. The capsule, which is green when it is forming and turns brown when mature, contains many seeds, typically black or deep gray seeds, although there is a white-seed cultivar from India.
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The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that commercial production of poppy seeds (for food purposes) was 93,125 metrics tons in 2010, harvested from 142,220 hectares worldwide. Turkey and the Czech Republic were the leading producers, together accounting for 64% of the harvest. Spain, France, and Croatia each contributed another 5% or more of the total.
The U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimated that the total area under opium poppy cultivation used in the illegal drug trade was 195,700 hectares in 2010, an increase of 5% from 2009 levels. The area cultivated in Afghanistan was 63% of the global total for both years; other major producers included Myanmar and Mexico. Despite the increase in area cultivated, production of opium declined to 4,860 metric tons (mt) in 2010 (from 7,754 mt in 2009) due to a widespread disease in Afghanistan's poppy plants, but is projected to increase to previous levels. An estimated 460-480 mt of heroin was marketed in 2009, at a value of $68 billion U.S. dollars.
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Freedom of religion is what makes countries diverse and modern. Banning the burka is insulting and limiting to Muslim women. and shouldn't be outlawed anywhere in the world. Many Muslims are decent and hard-working people, and you can't judge all of them say they're all bad because that's not fair to the good Muslims.
To live free means to be able to make a choice. A woman that is forced to wear a burqa is not free. Neither is a woman who is not allowed to wear a burqa if she wants to. A person should have whatever choice they make. There should be some exceptions for public safety, like driver's license photos, if a woman wants to drive.
The debate surrounding banning clothing items like the burqa has been on the rise lately. I do not believe that a country should be able to ban the burqa. By enacting laws to ban a clothing item, a country is violating human rights and a person's rights as an individual. People should be allowed to dress in whatever they feel is right for them without outside influences interfering.
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Classics is the study of the languages, literature, history, philosophy, art and archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.
Latin and Greek language are compulsory elements of the Classics course. Students may opt for the 3 year course if they have A level (or equivalent) in one or both languages, but it is equally possible to study Classics without any previous experience or the languages by opting for the 4 year course.
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Classics (3 year) course
Latin A level (or equivalent) is normally an essential requirement for the Classics (3 year) course. Applicants may also have Greek A level (or equivalent) but many start the 3-year course without having studied Greek at all, or with some limited experience of the language (e.g. to GCSE or equivalent): on arrival, all students are taught at the appropriate level, whatever their background. Further to this, no particular subject combinations are more desirable than others.
The 3 year course gives students an opportunity not only to read a wide range of ancient authors in the original Greek or Latin, but also to experience and specialise in other disciplines including philosophy, art, history and linguistics. The diverse range of linguistic and analytical skills taught through the Classics degree is highly valued in the jobs market and Classics students go on to a very wide variety of successful careers, from the more obvious sectors such as teaching, heritage and law, to less obvious ones such as computing and finance.
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No specific A level (or equivalent) subjects are required for the Classics (4 year) course: many students on this course are beginners in Latin and Greek, although some may have GCSE (or equivalent) in one or both languages. Experience of learning a modern language can be helpful as preparation for studying ancient languages, but is not a requirement. Further to this, no particular subject combinations are more desirable than others. What we are looking for is commitment to, and enthusiasm for, learning about classical culture.
Students on the 4 year course spend their first year focusing on Latin, after which they join students beginning the 3 year course (see further above), learning Greek at the same time. The 4 year course is challenging, but is also extremely rewarding, training students in an enviable range of skills from art appreciation and literary criticism to philosophy and philology. All texts are read in the original language, allowing a better understanding of ancient authors than can be achieved 'second hand' through someone else's translation. Wolfson is particularly open to applications for the 4-year course from students; they are invited, if they wish, to discuss the possibility of doing the course, and the best preparation for it, with the college's Director of Studies, and/or the Faculty's language teaching officers, in advance of making an application.
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Applicants who will, at the time of entry, have already obtained an undergraduate degree from another university can apply to study for the Affiliated BA in Classics. This is a two year course during which a student takes five individual papers offered at Part II of the Classical Tripos, one of which may be replaced by a 10,000 word examined thesis. There is no language requirement for the Affiliated degree. Please see the faculty website for further information.
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Hungarian Vizsla
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ORIGIN: Hungary.
UTILISATION: A versatile gun dog that must be able to work in the field, forest and water, having the following typical qualities: an excellent nose, firmness on the point, excellent retrieves and determination to remain on the scent even when swimming, which he manifestly enjoys. He copes with difficult terrain as well as extreme weather conditions. As he is intended to be an efficient hunting dog, gun and game shyness, unwillingness to point and retrieve, as well as a dislike of water are undesirable. Because of his easy going nature and his adaptability, he can easily be kept as a companion dog in the house.
CLASSIFICATION FCI: Group 7 Pointing Dogs.
Section 1 Continental Pointing Dogs.With working trial (Field and Water Trial)
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: The ancestors of the Hungarian Vizsla came into the Carpathian Basin with the nomadic Hungarian tribes. Written descriptions and graphic illustrations are found in documents of the 14th century already. From the 18th century, his importance as a hunting dog has been increasing steadily.
As early as the end of the 19th century, competitions for pointing dogs were organised in Hungary, in which Hungarian Vizslas (among others) participated with great success.
In those days, other Gundog breeds most likely played an important part in the development of the breed.
The specific modern breeding started in 1920, as a result of which, the Short-Haired Hungarian Vizsla received recognition by the FCI in 1936.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Medium sized, elegant gun dog of noble appearance with short russet gold coat. His rather light, dry, lean structure embodies the harmony of beauty and strength.
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WASHINGTON, May 8 — Key senators said Tuesday that they had agreed on the outlines of a bipartisan bill that would toughen border enforcement and provide a path to legal status for illegal immigrants.
But they remain deeply divided on many details, lawmakers and Congressional aides said, and it remains unclear whether a deal can be reached by Monday, the deadline set by Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, for putting a compromise bill on the floor.
A group of Republican and Democratic senators and senior Bush administration officials have been negotiating intensively for the last several months to see if a bipartisan deal is possible this year on immigration, a politically volatile issue that has exposed fissures between and within the parties. President Bush, eager for a big second-term domestic accomplishment, has been pushing for legislation that he can sign, but his own party has been wary of any compromise that is seen as being too lenient toward the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said negotiators had reached what they called a "grand bargain." It includes a series of triggers, Mr. Specter said, that require new border security measures to be up and running before the start of any programs to give legal status to people in the country illegally.
Points of continuing contention include the severity of penalties that illegal immigrants would have to face to seek legal status; whether temporary guest workers should be allowed an avenue to stay and become citizens; and what family members future immigrant workers should be allowed to bring to the United States, Senate aides and administration officials said.Continue reading the main story
Mr. Specter said there was agreement that illegal immigrants would "have to earn being on the citizenship path," by, at minimum, paying back taxes, showing they had a substantial period of employment in the United States and learning English.
The package also includes expanded temporary worker programs for both low- and high-skilled workers; severe sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants; and new identification methods and verification programs to ensure that immigrants who seek jobs are authorized to work, Mr. Specter and other lawmakers said.
Senator Mel Martinez, Republican of Florida, called it "a pretty good skeleton of a bill." But senators said it was highly unlikely they could complete any bill in the next few days to meet Mr. Reid's deadline. As of Tuesday there was no working draft of what would be a huge measure, they said.
The negotiations to overhaul the nation's foundering immigration system have been surprisingly quiet, substantive and bipartisan, participants say. Almost every day, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff either worked the phones or hunkered down for several hours behind closed doors with lawmakers led by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal Massachusetts Democrat, and Senator Jon Kyl, the conservative Arizona Republican, trying to hammer out what would be the broadest revision of the immigration laws in two decades.
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez also joined in, as did Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, both Republicans, and Senator Ken Salazar, Democrat of Colorado, among half a dozen others. Often staff aides were sent out of the room, leaving only senators and cabinet officials to go head to head over hard points of difference.
"By nature of hours invested, it's hard to conceive of any other piece of legislation during the Bush presidency where they have been more committed and more involved," Mr. Martinez said, referring to the administration.
Staff aides and analysts said the discussions had moved beyond some demands made by conservatives last year, with widespread deportation of illegal immigrants no longer part of the discussion.
In the Senate, "the debate about amnesty is coming to an end," said Tamar Jacoby, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute, referring to the term Republicans used last year to reject Mr. Bush's plan to grant legal status to illegal immigrants. "The debate has shifted to much more important ground: Are we going to create an immigration system going forward that deals with our labor needs in a legal way?"
There is also new agreement on requiring illegal immigrants to leave the United States, at least briefly, to start obtaining legal status, a step that was rejected by Democrats last year.
Mr. Kennedy does not agree with Republican negotiators on provisions introduced by the White House that would shift the priority of the immigration system to supplying the nation's labor needs, by sharply reducing chances for legal immigrants to bring parents and siblings.
For Mr. Bush, immigration is an issue where his views resonate with centrist Democrats, giving him perhaps his best chance at a major piece of bipartisan legislation in his second term, analysts said. It might also help the Republicans regain some of the ground lost with Latino voters in last year's elections.
"Comprehensive immigration reform means that we've got to be humane about the nearly 11 or 12 million people who are already here," Mr. Bush said last week to Hispanic evangelical pastors here, one of several recent speeches in which he has called for "neither amnesty nor animosity" in dealing with illegal immigrants.
A difference in the talks this year is the leading role played by Mr. Kyl, taking over the role of his fellow Arizona senator, John McCain, who has become less visibly active on the issue as he has campaigned for president, often encountering criticism from Republicans for his proposal to grant legal status to illegal immigrants. Mr. Kyl had been far more skeptical than Mr. McCain of granting legal status to illegal immigrants, and last year he and Mr. Cornyn offered a plan openly countering Mr. Bush's proposals for legalization.
This year Mr. Kyl has taken a flexible, pragmatic approach, aides said. But he insisted that a new temporary worker program should not become a route for immigrants to become permanent residents and citizens, say Congressional aides.
On Tuesday Mr. Kyl said that a bipartisan agreement was within reach. "I think we can get there, so I think we need to keep working at it," he said.
Mr. Reid said he would initiate procedures on Wednesday to bring some form of immigration bill to the floor by Monday. If there is no new bipartisan bill, Democrats said they might re-introduce the one that passed the Senate last year.
Senate Republicans will gather later this week to hear the results of the negotiations so far, and Mr. Kyl said he would like more time for the talks.
In the House, six staunch opponents of any legal status for illegal immigrants, including Representatives Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas, and Steve King, Republican of Iowa, wrote an open letter criticizing the Senate proposals for overhaul. Those measures would "pardon immigrant lawbreakers and reward them with the object of their crimes," Mr. King said at a news conference.Continue reading the main story


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Pedro Cosa is VP Data and Consumer Insights, Turner EMEA.
He oversees the Turner EMEA insights remit including the implementation of a fully cross-platform business intelligence function to support the company's aggressive expansion of kids and GE branded destinations across all parts of the digital ecosystem. Cosa also collaborates closely with the international CNN data insights function to maximise all insights across all of Turner's brands and consumers.
Additionally, Cosa contributes at a Turner International level to data strategy and data management platform development, as consumer and industry insight plays an increasingly central role in how the company innovates across its extensive portfolio, from content development through to marketing and monetisation.
Cosa, who reports in to Giorgio Stock president Turner EMEA, joined Turner in September 2016 from Channel 4, where he was Deputy Head of Viewer Insights and Analytics. Prior to joining Channel 4 in 2012, Cosa's career includes nine years at Vodafone, where he was most recently Global Principal of Consumer Insights and Planning. He holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Valencia as well as a number of higher education business qualifications, most recently a Masters in Business Administration from Henley Management College, UK.
Cosa, a native Spanish speaker, also speaks English, German, Italian and French.
About Turner
Turner, a Time Warner company, is a global entertainment, sports and news company that creates premium content and delivers exceptional experiences to fans whenever and wherever they consume content. These efforts are fueled by data driven insights and industry leading technology. Turner owns and operate some of the most valuable brands in the world including Adult Swim, Bleacher Report, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, CNN, ELEAGUE, FilmStruck, HLN, iStreamPlanet, Super Deluxe, TBS, TCM, TNT, truTV, and Turner Sports. To learn more about Turner visit www.Turner.com.


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The Kings fan base may be relatively small but it sure is fervent.
After the Kings' 3-1 loss to New Jersey on Wednesday evening, 2-year-old Hunter and 4-year-old Ryne showed off their knowledge of their favorite team.
After their father, Alan, said a number, the kids were able to recite which Kings player wears it on his jersey.
They are beyond adorable.
Soon the Kings may justify all of their hard work studying.
The Kings have a 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals and could be on the verge of winning the franchise's first championship in its 45-year history.


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Planar Fourier capture array
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A planar Fourier capture array (PFCA) is a tiny camera that requires no mirror, lens, focal length, or moving parts.[1][2] It is composed of angle-sensitive pixels, which can be manufactured in unmodified CMOS processes.
Angle-sensitive pixels have a sensitivity to light that is sinusoidal in incident angle along the optically-sensitive axis,[3] which can be interpreted as measuring one component of the 2D Fourier transform of the far-away scene. By making them all unique, each sensor of the PFCA relates a distinct component of the 2D Fourier transform of the far-away scene, and together they relate full Fourier information. Original images are reconstructed computationally after acquisition, or if raw Fourier coefficients are more useful for the application at hand, they are used directly.
PFCAs do not perform an exact Fourier transform since outputs are real-valued and are not perfect sinusoidal transforms of the image. The transform is closer to a Hartley transform, but even this correspondence is not exact. Still, the mathematics underlying completeness of the Fourier transform are useful in designing and understanding PFCAs.[2]
Because PFCAs do not require focusing optics or moving parts, they can be made smaller than the smallest focusing camera. Counting only the active portions of the PFCA (and not the structural substrate giving it physical robustness), PFCAs are a factor of 105 smaller than the smallest focusing camera by volume.[1]
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- ^ a b P. R. Gill, C. Lee, D.-G. Lee, A. Wang, and A. Molnar, "A microscale camera using direct fourier-domain scene capture," Opt. Lett., vol. 36, no. 15, pp. 2949–2951, Aug. 2011.
- ^ a b P. R. Gill, C. Lee, S. Sivaramakrishnan, and A. Molnar, "Robustness of planar fourier capture arrays to color changes and lost pixels," Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 7, no. 01, 2012.
- ^ A. Wang, P. Gill, and A. Molnar, "Light field image sensors based on the talbot effect," Applied Optics, vol. 48, no. 31, pp. 5897–5905, 2009.


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Release Date: 09/01/16
Publisher: Blu Savant Press
Cover Designer: Mayhem Cover Creations
Genre: New Adult Romance
Theme: Love Triangles
Two friends. Two lovers.
Dark pasts. Uncertain futures.
Mindless passion. Wondrous pain.
One remarkable love. One powerful friendship on the verge of being torn apart. This is Knox Jackson and Kasha Davies' story about the cost of being number one.
His confession was terrifying, though welcoming all the same. Love wasn't something I embraced because it could be a danger to the soul, even as it crushed the heart.
I tried to keep my head forward; in fact, I remained still with my head tilted downward and hands still clutching at the wheel. Teardrops blurred my vision as they tumbled down one after the other.
"Please leave, Knox," I mumbled in a coarse tone.
"I can't," he replied, placing his palms against my car window. For all the strength he'd shown from day to day, Knox couldn't hide his emotions this once. "I love you more than anything, more than anyone else. I swear to you. Open up. Let me prove it. Open up, Kash." He continued on in this way, while the tears kept soaking up my face and tee shirt.
I lost count of how often or how many pleas he made. But he must've known that he had me. His declarations expanded my mind and sped up my heart. Not only had I fallen for an incredible guy, I'd apparently captured his heart over the years. And now, he was totally mesmerizing me with his words. Tiny sobs escaped through my lips. I tried to stop the flow. It was useless. I gripped the steering wheel and unlocked the door. Taking one final breath, I set aside my guard.
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Pimlico: Mary Russ-Tortora wins Lady Legends for the Cure IV
Mary Russ-Tortora won one for her sister Friday at Pimlico Race Course.
Tortora guided Haywired to a half-length victory in the fourth race, the Lady Legends for the Cure IV. The allowance race on the Black-Eyed Susan undercard brought together eight retired female riders to raise money for breast cancer research. Pimlico will match the ontrack amount wagered on Tortora, which was $4,619, to the Komen Affliate Maryland, plus make an additional contribution to the charity.
"This whole breast cancer awareness, it means a lot to me," said Tortora, 59. "My sister died of cancer, breast cancer.
"It's my fourth trip here, and it meant so much to get to win it."
Tortora's sister, Rosemarie, died in her 30s.
Tortora said she has watched friends suffer through breast cancer and is thankful for the medical advances made since she lost Rosemarie.
"I have friends that battled it and survived," she said, "and for God to have given us this technology and knowledge to our doctors to bring this as far as they've brought it, I'm just so grateful."
Tortora rode from 1980 to 1994 and won 520 races. In 1982 she became the first female rider to ever win a Grade 1 race, the Widener at Hialeah Park.
Stacie Clark-Rogers finished second in the Lady Legends on Grain. It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to Patricia Cooksey and Outbacker.
Cooksey said this year's renewal of the Lady Legends was once again a satisfying event.
"This day brings awareness to a horrible disease that one out of three women will get and probably everybody knows somebody who goes through breast cancer," she said. "I'm an 11-year survivor. I talked to a couple of ladies who said, 'Yeah I was 28 but it just came back.' We have to eradicate this disease for women's sake. Maryland Jockey Club, [director of racing] Georgeanne Hale and her staff, Pimlico, I mean, you just can't ask for a better event from any racetrack in the country."
The grandstand was filled with support for the Lady Legends, with crowd members cheering the riders on by name during the race.
"Where did my mom finish," came one inquiry right after the finish. And when the ladies were in the paddock, one enthusiastic observer passed along to a group of strangers that two of her friends were riding, Abigail Fuller and Cooksey. The group went to bet.
Tortora and her husband, Rick, live in Ocala, Fla., where she is an exercise rider at a training center.
"I ride horses in the morning," she said. "My husband and I have a few in training. I work at a deli at night, and I'm so excited to tell them I won, because they were excited I was second last year."
Haywired paid $6.20 to win. The horse is owned by John Davison and trained by Francis Campitelli.


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Life has been reminding me lately how inter-tangled we are with the people around us.
Each interaction has an impact on someone else.
My bad mood can set someone else on a path to a negative day.
My good mood can foster someone else's good mood.
A kind word. A helpful action. A decision to let something go.
Additionally, we can we can choose interactions that will impact our own lives.
Almost three years ago, I bought a cookbook. And signed on to be a part of an online group to cook along with that cookbook on a whim - Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table.
I had absolutely no clue what I was getting in to or the affect that it would have on me.
I expected to cook a few new recipes and maybe learn a few new skills in the kitchen. No biggie.
I would write about it and maybe someone would read what I wrote (besides my mom).
It kind of turned into something a little more than that.
Before long, this not-so-social person was making connections across the interwebs and all over the globe.
"Meeting" new people and making virtual friends.
Learning about new cultures and traditions.
Being inspired by the direction that an alternate perspective can take a recipe.
Opening myself to trying new things - some of which were a hit, some...not so much. Realizing, that its okay not to like everything or agree with everyone's point of view on a dish. There's always something to be gleaned from trying.
Before starting FFwD - I never realized that Maldon salt and Aleppo pepper would become pantry essentials. I also never realized that I would become bereft any time my refrigerator did not have a chunk of Gruyere cheese at the ready. I've also developed a deep love for all things leeky.
In just three short week, a contingent of Doristas (I can't get image of the ladies running with frying pans out of my head every time I see that term- thanks, Trevor) will be converging on Seattle and attending the 2013 International Food Bloggers Conference (IFBC 2013). Now, for this island of a girl that is a bit of a daunting thought.
When I signed up for FFwD almost three years ago, I am pretty darn sure that I didn't realize it would end up with me dragging The Dude all the way to Washington (meaning the state, not the Capitol) so that I could go to a conference just so that I could have a chance to meet a contingent of fellow of FFwD bloggers (of course, the icing on the cake is the opportunity to hear the author the book that started it all give the key note address).
Of course, there are many other things that I am looking forward to about IFBC 2013- good food, amazing speakers, the chance to meet some great sponsors. But the FFwD connection is the one that sealed the deal for me.
I am both excited and nervous... If I can't utter a coherent phrase, please be kind.
Speaking of things I never imagined, this week's French Fridays with Dorie recipe - floating islands - was one that I had never heard of, let alone dreamed of making prior to French Fridays.
Creme Anglaise. Meringue. Chocolate ice cream. Caramel. Hot fudge. All listed as assembly options.
The meringue base kind of scared me, but I wasn't worried about the rest of it.
Somewhere along the way, I decided that the whole chocolate thing just wasn't doing it for me. And...a carton of peaches showed up in my CSA share this week. And The Flavor Bible said that peaches and caramel have an affinity for each other. And I had a partial bottle of Vermouth sitting in the refrigerator.
Directions were followed for the creme Anglaise (heavenly) and meringue (less intimidating than imagined). The caramel recipe was mostly followed - although I did stir in some Maldon sea salt at the end (the caramel is also great on ice cream, in case you have any left over...). The Vermouth & vanilla bean poached peaches were not a part of the original plan - but were a wonderful deviation.
This dessert ended up marking a very special and rare occasion - my siblings, parents and I were all in the same room together! Now that we are all grown and somewhat scattered, it is not often that we are all together. A monumental event like that deserved to be commemorated with a special treat. Don't you think?
Peace out.
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Paint the Town Green
By Asheville
Asheville will soon be the greenest restaurant city in the United States. It's expected that come spring 2012, the city will have more restaurants per capita with an official Green Dining Certification, adding another layer of awesome to the city's vibrant food culture. This is great news for the eco-conscious traveler seeking out businesses that embrace sustainable practices.
Members of the Asheville Independent Restaurant association (AIR) are collaborating on a city-wide initiative. Their goal is to provide the foundation for Asheville to become a Green Dining Destination™ city, a program offered through the Green Restaurant Association (GRA). They'll achieve this goal through increasing their use of renewable energy, improving energy efficiency and promoting energy conservation.
A significant number of AIR restaurants participating in the green restaurant certification, have either completed, or are in midst of, installations of solar panels for hot water usage. The AIR members working toward, or that have completed the GRA certification, are:
- Bouchon
- Burgermeisters
- Fiore's (two locations)
- Frankie Bones
- Homegrown
- Laughing Seed Café
- Jack of the Wood
- Luella's BBQ
- Neo Cantina
- Posana Café
- Rosetta's Kitchen
- The French Broad Chocolate Lounge
- The Corner Kitchen
- The Green Sage (two locations)
- Tupelo Honey Café (two locations)
Posana Café in downtown Asheville, the first certified restaurant in NC, is one of only eight existing GRA certified restaurants in North Carolina. Four of the eight restaurants are in Asheville, Posana Café, Tupelo Honey Café (both downtown and south locations) and The Green Sage, downtown.
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