White House: Not pushing 2-state solution | World Israel News

White House: Not pushing 2-state solution | World Israel News: "Peace is the goal, whether that comes in the form of a two-state solution if that’s what the parties want, or something else if that’s what the parties want,” he said. “A two-state solution that doesn’t bring peace is not a goal that anybody wants to achieve.”

For decades, the US position has been that Israelis and Palestinians must work through direct negotiations to establish two states living side by side. All negotiations until now have assumed that the two-state solution was the basis for future peace.

State Department officials on Tuesday expressed surprise at the comments, saying they were unaware of any policy shift in this regard. Three officials, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Department was seeking clarification on the White House’s comments, which came as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was having dinner with Netanyahu."



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The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying | Collective-Evolution

The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying | Collective-Evolution: "5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

 ”This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions"

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Jane Fonda: I Will Go to My Grave with 'Unforgivable Mistake'

Jane Fonda: I Will Go to My Grave with 'Unforgivable Mistake': "Fonda said she knew immediately that she had made a mistake and has apologized repeatedly, both privately and publicly.

She told OWN program “Oprah’s Master Class” that the event happened on the last day of her visit. She was tired, she said, and didn’t want to attend.

"I don't know if I was set up or not,” she said. “I was an adult. I take responsibility for my actions."

The soldiers sang a song and Fonda joined in with her “feeble Vietnamese.”

As everyone was laughing and singing, Fonda was led to a gun site, where she sat down.

“And I was laughing and clapping, and there were pictures taken."

As she walked away, Fonda says she suddenly realized that the pictures would be seen in the United States — and they would not look good."

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Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "PACER was charging 8 cents per page for information that Carl Malamud, who founded the nonprofit group Public.resource.org, contended should be free, because government-produced documents are not covered by copyright.[39][40] The fees were "...plowed back to the courts to finance technology, but the system [ran] a budget surplus of some $150 million, according to court reports," reported the New York Times.[39] PACER used technology that was "...designed in the bygone days of screechy telephone modems... put[ting] the nation’s legal system behind a wall of cash and kludge."[39] Malamud appealed to fellow activists, urging them to visit one of 17 libraries conducting a free trial of the PACER system, download court documents, and send them to him for public distribution.[39][40]"

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Hurricane Sandy vs. Katrina Infographic Examines Destruction From Both Storms

Hurricane Sandy vs. Katrina Infographic Examines Destruction From Both Storms: "Over 100 people have died in the U.S. alone so far from Hurricane Sandy, and concerns are mounting that with hundreds of thousands still without power in frigid temperatures, the death toll will continue to climb. As the East Coast examines the destruction, comparisons have been made to other catastrophic storms."

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FactCheck.org : Paul, Santorum Stretch Truth on Iran

FactCheck.org : Paul, Santorum Stretch Truth on Iran: "IAEA, Nov. 8: Since 2002, the Agency has become increasingly concerned about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed nuclear related activities involving military related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile, about which the Agency has regularly received new information.

And on page 8, the report states that Iran has carried out several activities relevant to developing a nuclear explosive device, including “acquisition of nuclear weapons development information and documentation from a clandestine nuclear supply network” and work on “development of an indigenous design of a nuclear weapon including the testing of components.”"

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Social Tropism

Social Tropism: "quotes Obama saying that Iran is a "tiny" country that "doesn’t pose a serious threat." It implies that he fails to see Iran’s threat to Israel.

The picture changes dramatically when Obama’s full quotes are considered:

Obama actually said of Iran, Cuba and Venezuela: "These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union" (emphasis ours).
Likewise, he said those countries don’t pose a serious threat to the United States "the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us."""

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Destroying Precious Land to Drill for Gas - NYTimes.com

Destroying Precious Land to Drill for Gas - NYTimes.com: "Gas produced this way is not climate- friendly. Within the first 20 years, methane escaping from within and around the wells, pipelines and compressor stations is 105 times more powerful a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. With more than a tiny amount of methane leakage, this gas is as bad as coal is for the climate; and since over half the wells leak eventually, it is not a small amount. Even more important, shale gas contains one of the earth’s largest carbon reserves, many times more than our atmosphere can absorb"

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Carbon Neutral Program | World Resources Projects

Carbon Neutral Program | World Resources Projects: "
South Korea: Carbon Neutral Program

Carbon Neutral Program, which has been going on in the countries like the US and the UK, will begin in Korea in order to cope with the climate change. The concept of ‘carbon neutral’ was introduced by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) in Feb. 2008. ‘Carbon Neutral’ is a campaign that makes the emissions to zero through the reduction of carbon dioxide by calculating emissions in everyday life, buying an authorized credit, investing in new and renewable energy and planting trees. State- run organizations will have emissions targets starting this year."

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US oil report seen supporting Ir... JPost - Iranian Threat - News

US oil report seen supporting Ir... JPost - Iranian Threat - News: "The sanctions aim to choke funding to Tehran's nuclear program by stopping oil transactions with Iran's Central Bank. The West contends Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon, while Tehran says the program is strictly for civilian purposes.

The EIA may have given a preview of Friday's report earlier this month in a weekly paper that said new global outages have emerged even though some outages in the first two months of the year have eased.

An outage in Iraq caused by a dispute between the Kurdish regional government and Baghdad has pushed production down about 100,000 bpd, and the worsening situation in Sudan has cut output deeper there in the past two months."

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Paul Krugman Thinks Obama’s Still Screwing Up | TPMDC

Paul Krugman Thinks Obama’s Still Screwing Up | TPMDC: " Romney can go around saying, ‘The economy is still lousy,’ which is true,” Krugman said. “And the fact that Obama has never made a really clear case for his own economic leadership hurts. Now, I still think Obama will probably win, because there are other issues, but they have created a trap for themselves on the economic policy front by allowing themselves to own a weak economy in a way that they shouldn’t, because a lot of the problem has been tortured opposition from the Republicans.”

The White House’s narrative developed amid strong political headwinds. Pressure not only from Republicans but many Democrats and even administration officials, along with a broad establishment consensus, compelled Obama to pivot to deficit-reduction, after the Democrats’ 2010 congressional losses and in the face of an exploding national debt."

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Common Ground: Dialogue between the NTD and WASH sectors, for World Water Day and beyond » End the Neglect

Common Ground: Dialogue between the NTD and WASH sectors, for World Water Day and beyond » End the Neglect: "rom the point of view of an advocate for the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) sector.

This opportunity is the result of a new partnership between Emory University’s Center for Global Safe Water, Children Without Worms (CWW) and the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI). These three organizations have committed to a partnership that will encourage actionable dialogue and increased coordination between the NTD and WASH sectors. In my role as WASH/NTD consultant, my objective is to find ways to bridge the gap between these two sectors and identify opportunities for collaboration.

The London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases in January provided an important catalyst for dialogue. The Declaration solidified a global public-private partnership to eliminate or control 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. By calling for the development of sustainable control programs for these diseases, the NTD sector has effectively pledged commitment to work towards elimination or control of 10 NTDS."

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VALUE DOMAIN:バリュードメイン

VALUE DOMAIN:バリュードメイン: "2012.02.01
　[CORESERVER] 初期費用無料キャンペーン延長について
▼2012.02.01"

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VALUE DOMAIN:バリュードメイン

VALUE DOMAIN:バリュードメイン: "ローマ字.jp 2990円 1年
ローマ字.co.jp/or.jp 3990円 / 延長:3990円 1年
日本語.jp 1290円 / 660円 *2"

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Chavez running for seat on top UN rights body at View from Geneva

Chavez running for seat on top UN rights body at View from Geneva: "The governments of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Pakistan are slated to run unopposed for seats on the UN’s 47-nation Human Rights Council this year, reported the independent monitoring group UN Watch, citing sources close to the UN.

“It’s an outrage,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based UN Watch, who announced the formation of an international coalition of parliamentarians and human rights groups to block both candidacies, “due to their poor records on human rights protection at home and on human rights promotion at the UN.”"

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Sun-tzu Quotes - The Quotations Page

Sun-tzu Quotes - The Quotations Page: "Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Emptiness and Fullness
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting."

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Domain Names - Picking The Low Hanging Fruit | Domaining365

Domain Names - Picking The Low Hanging Fruit | Domaining365: "Like any industry or business in its infancy, domaining was jump-started by people and companies picking, selling and developing the low hanging fruit, those most obvious domain opportunities that people now consider legends of a bygone golden era, when supposedly all you had to do is reach up and pluck. Of course we say “obvious” now, but it is far too easy to blow off those early innovators as simply being in the right place at the right time and not credit them as creative geniuses with the moxie that it took to get this ball rolling."

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Expired Domains Available For Registration - May 4, 2011 | Domaining365

Expired Domains Available For Registration - May 4, 2011 | Domaining365: "TeachersCoupons.com
Many companies and organizations offer discounts for teachers, educators and coaches. Develop TeachersCoupons.com into a site that earns affiliate commissions by presenting teachers with coupons and discounts they already qualify for.
DallasCyclist.com
Perfect domain for a Dallas focused cyclist blog. Bike riding, street cycling, and trail riding is huge in the Dallas area as anyone who has ever been to White Rock Lake or visited DORBA.org knows very well.
BathLawyer.com"

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Rabbi's Home Firebombed

Rabbi's Home Firebombed: "Molotov cocktails were thrown into the second-floor bedroom window. The rabbi's bed and rug burst into flames. He burned his hands putting the fire out. Then he got his wife, five children, and his parents out of the house, "

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Automatic Writing and the Problem of Ideas.

Automatic Writing and the Problem of Ideas.: "Perhaps the simplest and most obvious of these, actually gives a great deal of credit to the entire human race:

If the idea was any good, someone would have already thought of it.
The objection seemingly has some substance however if anyone really believed that this single idea is true, then one would have to simply wonder how did people ever come up with: Television, digital photography, and helicopters. The simple answer is sure, when the first guy said I am going to build a machine that flies, the answer from the naysayer of the day would have been, “If man were meant to fly, he would have wings."

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