Clinton Calls Israeli Concessions Unprecedented

Clinton Calls Israeli Concessions Unprecedented :U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making “unprecedented” concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view

Clinton Calls Israeli Concessions Unprecedented:U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making “unprecedented” concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.

Palestinian leaders have said they will not return to peace talks with Israel unless it halts all settlement building on lands they claim for a future state, and they believe Israel has blatantly defied a U.S. demand for a settlement freeze.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, Clinton said Israel is putting significant limits on settlement activity.

“What the prime minister has offered in specifics on restraints on a policy of settlements … is unprecedented,” she said.

The issue of settlements has become the biggest sticking point in getting Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Clinton made it clear that she wasn’t pleased with Israeli settlement construction but that it was no reason to hold up talks.

“There are always demands made in any negotiation that are not going to be fully realized,” she said.

Clinton also agreed with a statement by Netanyahu that Palestinians had never demanded a settlement freeze in the past as a condition for sitting down with Israel.

Her comments appeared to represent a significant departure in tone from her previous statements demanding a total Israeli settlement freeze without exception. Israel has been resisting that demand for months, and has given no indication it would be willing to call a total freeze.

Clinton’s main aim during her one-day visit to Israel was to resuscitate the Obama administration’s flagging Mideast peace push by persuading the two sides to return to talks.yahoo news

When Do We Set Our Clocks Back 2009,Daylight Savings 2009

When Do We Set Our Clocks Back 2009,Daylight Savings 2009: Daylight savings ends November 2nd and it’s time again to move your clocks backward one hour.  You’ve heard that every six months when you “fall backwards”, it’s a good time to change the batteries in your smoke or carbon monoxide detectors, flip your mattresses and replace screens with storms windows. Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m.

When Do We Set Our Clocks Back 2009,Daylight Savings 2009:Daylight savings ends November 2nd and it’s time again to move your clocks backward one hour.  You’ve heard that every six months when you “fall backwards”, it’s a good time to change the batteries in your smoke or carbon monoxide detectors, flip your mattresses and replace screens with storms windows.

Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On the second Sunday in March, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time. On the first Sunday in November, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. These dates were established by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005).

Not all places in the U.S. observe daylight time. In particular, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use it. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006.

In 2006, daylight time begins on April 2 and ends on October 29.
In 2007, daylight time begins on March 11 and ends on November 4. [New law goes into effect.]
In 2008, daylight time begins on March 9 and ends on November 2.
In 2009, daylight time begins on March 8 and ends on November 1.
Many other countries observe some form of “summer time”, but they do not necessarily change their clocks on the same dates as the U.S.

Daylight time and time zones in the U.S. are defined in the U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX – Standard Time.

History of Daylight Time in the U.S.
Although standard time in time zones was instituted in the U.S. and Canada by the railroads in 1883, it was not established in U.S. law until the Act of March 19, 1918, sometimes called the Standard Time Act. The act also established daylight saving time, a contentious idea then. Daylight saving time was repealed in 1919, but standard time in time zones remained in law. Daylight time became a local matter. It was re-established nationally early in World War II, and was continuously observed from 9 February 1942 to 30 September 1945. After the war its use varied among states and localities. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 provided standardization in the dates of beginning and end of daylight time in the U.S. but allowed for local exemptions from its observance. The act provided that daylight time begin on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October, with the changeover to occur at 2 a.m. local time.

During the “energy crisis” years, Congress enacted earlier starting dates for daylight time. In 1974, daylight time began on 6 January and in 1975 it began on 23 February. After those two years the starting date reverted back to the last Sunday in April. In 1986, a law was passed that shifted the starting date of daylight time to the first Sunday in April, beginning in 1987. The ending date of daylight time was not subject to such changes, and remained the last Sunday in October. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 changed both the starting and ending dates. Beginning in 2007, daylight time starts on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

For a very readable account of the history of standard and daylight time in the U.S., see

Ian R. Bartky and Elizabeth Harrison: “Standard and Daylight-saving Time”, Scientific American, May 1979 (Vol. 240, No. 5), pp. 46-53.

Jeremiah Masoli

Jeremiah Masoli: Born Jeremiah Taeatafa Masoli on August 24, 1988 in San Francisco, Calif. Parents: Kennedy and Linda Masoli. Family: Two brothers, one sister

Jeremiah Masoli:Born Jeremiah Taeatafa Masoli on August 24, 1988 in San Francisco, Calif. Parents: Kennedy and Linda Masoli. Family: Two brothers, one sister. High School: St. Louis (Hawaii) 2006. Junior College (Head Coach): City College of San Francisco (George Rush) 2008. Major: Undeclared.

Returned from brief hiatus, which forced him to miss the win at UCLA, to run for pair of touchdowns and throw for a third in win over Washington . . . His 54 rushing yards vs. the Huskies was surpassed only by his season-high 84 yards against Purdue . . . Has run for touchdowns in five of six games in which he played, and has thrown for scores in all three of his Pac-10 appearances . . . Turned in his most impressive showing of the year and one of his best of his young Oregon career, completing 84 percent of his passes for three touchdowns and no interceptions against California . . . Successful on 21 of 25 passes for 253 yards one week after completing only four of 16 attempts for 95 yards and one interception vs. Utah . . . Completed 14 of 18 passes for 116 yards and one score in less than a half vs. Washington State . . . Witnessed his string of consecutive games running for at least one touchdown snapped at six against the Golden Bears, yet still has done so 11 of his last 13 games . . . Has been victimized by interceptions only twice in 129 attempts this year, with his unblemished string extending to 65 attempts . . . Rushed for 47 yards and two scores vs. Utah – the third time in his career he has run for more than one score in the same game . . . His 27 pass attempts in a losing effort at Boise State in the season opener was third only to his 32 aerials in 2008 Holiday Bowl win over Oklahoma State and 29 at USC . . . Ranked eighth in the Pac-10 in total offense (196.2 ypg) and sixth in the league in passing efficiency, while also standing fifth in points accounted for (12.0 avg.). more info

USC vs Oregon 2009

USC vs Oregon 2009, is issuing a warning College Football at 10:20 PM EST on Friday, 30 October 2009 for the confrontation between the 10 PAC vs. USC, Oregon. The opening of the college football  had the USC Trojans -4 points (-110 odds) against the Oregon Ducks. Currently, the best odds for betting college football for the Trojans is , you can get USC -3 points (-105 odds). Best bets for college football bet on the duck is on Bodog.com, Oregon you can get +3 points (-105 odds).

Oregon vs USC College Football Odds Alert “The crowd is a factor when you are doing well,” USC coach Pete Carroll said of the upcoming game against Oregon. “When the other team is doing very well, the audience goes crazy. We have to play at a level that does not allow that kind of emotion, and hope to be able to do that. Once that is on fire, though, may be a factor. We have done well over the years. We have had close games and played solidly and ended well, and hope we’ll be able to do it again. ”

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“We have a couple of leaders,” tight end Ed Dickson said. “They can not be veterans, but we have a couple of leaders, and his voice is stronger. They just keep everybody focused, and there are guys buy in”

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