How Israel Gets Away With Torturing Palestinians to Death

By Charlotte Silver, Al Jazeera, Feb. 25, 2013 Six days after Arafat Jaradat was arrested by the Israeli army and the Shin Bet, he was dead. Between the date of his arrest—February 18—and the day of his death—February 23—his lawyer Kamil Sabbagh met with Arafat only once: in front of a military judge at the Shin Bet’s Kishon interrogation facility.Sabbagh...

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Israeli Oscar contenders force citizens to confront uncomfortable questions

By Chelsea Sheasley, CS Monitor, February 23, 2013Jerusalem—A former spy chief is making gripping statements about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but at Jerusalem’s chic Cinamatheque, two university students can’t keep their eyes on the screen. One sends text messages and checks Facebook; the other shifts uneasily.“I felt uncomfortable in my chair,”...

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How Mexico Got Back in the Game

By Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times, February 23, 2013MONTERREY, Mexico—IN India, people ask you about China, and, in China, people ask you about India: Which country will become the more dominant economic power in the 21st century? I now have the answer: Mexico.Impossible, you say? Well, yes, Mexico with only about 110 million people could never rival...

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Don’t Worry About It

By David Brandt BergDownload Audio (11.3MB)There’s one thing for sure in this life, and that is change.In times of change, this has always been my favorite passage to read—the 11th chapter of Hebrews. “Faith is the substance”—the title deed—“of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”Verse 8 says: “By faith Abraham, when he was called to...

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The Benefits of Exercising Outdoors

By Gretchen Reynolds, NY Times, February 21, 2013While the allure of the gym—climate-controlled, convenient and predictable—is obvious, especially in winter, emerging science suggests there are benefits to exercising outdoors that can’t be replicated on a treadmill, a recumbent bicycle or a track.You stride differently when running outdoors, for one...

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'I'm a monster': Veterans 'alone' in their guilt

By Pauline Jelinek, AP, Feb 22, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP)—A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo thinks of himself as a killer—and he carries the guilt every day. “I can’t forgive myself,” he says. “And the people who can forgive me are dead.” With American troops at war for more than a decade, there’s been an...

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'Sharon was about to leave two-thirds of the West Bank'

By Elhanan Miller, Times of Israel, February 19, 2013US President Barack Obama is due to arrive in Israel for his first presidential visit in March, and speculation abounds surrounding the true intent of his trip. Rafi Eitan, a former high-ranking Mossad official and government minister under Ehud Olmert—banned from the US since the capture of his...

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9 Secrets From A 73-year Marriage

By Holly Corbett, REDBOOK, Feb. 2013After 73 years of marriage, 94-year old Barbara Cooper knows how to get through matrimony’s rough patches. The author of Fall in Love for Life shares her hard-earned wisdom.On making time to make love. “I don’t understand couples who say they are too busy or too tired to sleep together. Unless they are building roads...

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Interview with 'God's Smuggler'

By Michelle A. Vu, Christian Post, February 19, 2013Brother Andrew has a natural kindness to him that makes those around him—even people meeting him for the first time—feel at ease and as if they’ve known him for years. Perhaps this gift is part of the reason why the Open Doors founder has been so successful in befriending Hamas, Taliban, and other...

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Alguns Benefícios da Oração Pessoal

Uma compilaçãoUm dos frutos da oração, além dos resultados e das respostas visíveis é o efeito e o fruto na sua vida e no seu espírito. O ato de derramar o coração para Mim o mantém próximo de Mim, fervoroso, no Meu Espírito, e o protege de influências negativas. A oração é uma das suas maiores proteções, e contribui para manter limpos o seu coração...

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As Melhores Coisas na Vida Tomam Tempo

Jesus, falando em profeciaFiz com que a maioria das realizações na vida fosse fruto de trabalho constante e confiança em Mim para o resultado. Raramente realiza-se algo grandioso da noite para o dia. Quando isto acontece, geralmente ou é o ponta pé inicial de um projeto ou a coroação de um longo período de paciência.Olhe só a Igreja Primitiva. Derramei...

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Love Is a Do Thing

A compilationDownload Audio (9.2MB)Love is a do thing. It’s an energy that has to be dissipated.—Bob Goff1*We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.—Howard Zinn*Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary....

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Better TV Habits Can Lead to Better Behavior Among Children

By Bonnie Rochman, TIME, Feb. 18, 2013If parents can’t limit their children’s TV time, then they can at least try to improve what youngsters are watching.That’s the if-you-can’t-beat-them-join-them approach that researchers in Seattle took in trying to address the issue of how much TV children, including toddlers, watch every day. Despite admonitions...

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It Rots the Senses in the Head! ---TV of course!

“The most important thing we've learned, So far as children are concerned, Is never, NEVER, NEVER let Them near your television set -- Or better still, just don't install The idiotic thing at all. In almost every house we've been, We've watched them gaping at the screen. They loll & slop & lounge about, And stare until their eyes pop out. (Last...

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Confessions of an Economic Hitman- John Perkins

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For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

By Mike Dash, Smithsonian.com, January 29, 2013,Siberian summers do not last long. The snows linger into May, and the cold weather returns again during September, freezing the taiga into a still life awesome in its desolation: endless miles of straggly pine and...

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