JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians remain far apart over terms of any peace deal, officials from both sides made clear on Wednesday, a day after talks resumed in Washington for the first time in nearly three years.
Israel's lead negotiator, Tzipi Livni, said the parties "need to build confidence" after what she called an encouraging start in Washington, and disputed a Palestinian demand to focus first on agreeing the frontiers of an independent state.
"The goal is to end the conflict," Livni said on Israel Radio. "It cannot be ended merely by setting a border."
Yasser Abed Rabbo, who is close to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, forecast "huge difficulties" for the talks begun after intense diplomacy by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Abed Rabbo, speaking on Voice of Palestine radio, cited Israeli settlement construction in the occupied West Bank and said any further building there would scupper the negotiations.
He was alluding to Israeli media reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had cajoled far-right allies to back the talks by pledging to permit more settlement expansion.
Kerry has said the negotiators will reconvene in August, aiming to achieve a "final status" deal within nine months.
Previous peace talks collapsed in 2010 over settlement building in the West Bank, which Palestinians see as grabbing land they want for a state that would include the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, all territories captured by Israel in 1967.
Israel annexed East Jerusalem in a move never recognised internationally. Palestinians want it for their capital.
Abed Rabbo said borders, which the Palestinians say must be based on pre-1967 war lines, were "the first issue that must be resolved", countering Israel's demand that all issues, including refugees and Jerusalem, should be tackled simultaneously.
"Putting all the dishes on the table at once may be an attempt to undermine the process," Abed Rabbo said.
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid defined the ultimate goal of negotiations as the creation of a Palestinian state in "the majority" of the West Bank, but said Israel would keep three large settlement blocs there, as well as East Jerusalem.
The Palestinians might eventually accept this "because they will have no choice", the centrist minister said. "What we are looking for is a fair divorce from the Palestinians, so that we can stand on one side of the border and they on the other."
Decades of peace negotiations sponsored by the United States, Israel's main ally, have failed to resolve the conflict.
(Additional reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza; Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; Editing by Alistair Lyon)
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Facebook Plans To Sell TV-Style Ads For $2.5 Million A Day?(Bloomberg) According to Bloomberg sources, Facebook expects to start offering 15-second spots to advertisers late this year.?While Facebook already allows advertisers to upload videos to their own Facebook page and have them appear on the news feeds of audiences that are connected to the advertiser, the new service would let marketers buy their way directly into a person?s feed with a 15-second pitch.?That's the same length as videos on Facebook-owned Instagram, so it would be a familiar length (and possibly allow advertisers to gain exposure on Instagram in the future too).
Frequency would be capped so users would only see a specific ad no more than three times in a given day. The ads would be priced from $1 million to $2.5 million a day.?The speculation comes shortly after the company's second quarter earnings release when COO Sheryl Sandberg said that "every night, 88-100 million people are actively using Facebook during prime-time TV hours in the United States alone." Read >?
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Chipotle Realizes Huge Gains In Twitter Metrics Thanks To Fake Hack Stunt, But At What Cost? (BI Intelligence)? Chipotle's official Twitter handle @ChipotleTweets experienced a flurry of new followers and engagement when people suspected that its account had been hacked on July 21.?
According to?SimplyMeasured, @ChipotleTweets was mentioned and retweeted 21,187 times on July 21 (a huge lift ??1,836% more than the daily average for the four days leading up to the stunt).?
The next day, as news of the supposed hack spread, Chipotle's Twitter account gained 5,085 new followers (646% more than the four-day average). On July 23, the account still attracted above-average follows, gaining another 1,296 followers.?Read >
Twitter Has A Job Opening For Someone To Help With Its IPO (USA Today)? A recent job listing posted by Twitter is the best evidence to date of the company's intention to file to go public. Read >
Twitter Will Add A 'Report Tweet' Button To Android App And Web (Twitter Blog) In an effort to minimize the amount of verbal abuse on Twitter, the company is rolling out a "Report Tweet" button on its Android app and the Web (the feature is already available on iOS). Read >
Syncapse, Facebook PMD, Files For Bankruptcy (Business Insider)? The social media marketing management company and Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer that works with companies such as Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy. Read >
Facebook Launches Mobile Games Publishing Initiative (VentureBeat)? As Zynga loses its hold on online social gaming, Facebook will begin giving free advertising to select smaller developers and other promotional support so that more games can reach more users on the social network. Read >
[INFOGRAPHIC] Engaging In Conversations Around LinkedIn Influencer Posts Just Got Easier (LinkedIn Blog)? LinkedIn users can now "like" or respond directly to a specific comment on an Influencer post that resonates with him/her. When another members likes a comment you've provided, or mentions you in a comment, you will receive a notification so that you can circle back into the conversation.?
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The parade participants will be staging in the residential area near Lakeshore Middle School at 900 S. Cutler, beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday. All streets within a 2-block radius will be closed to accommodate the staging area. In addition, no traffic will be allowed west of Eighth Street, on Washington, Franklin, Clinton and Pennoyer streets.?
At 10:30 a.m. the entire parade route will be closed and traffic will not be allowed in the parade route or the roadways immediately adjacent to the parade route. Public Safety officials are urging those residents on or near the parade route that are expecting guests, to have them arrive prior to 9 a.m. Once officers close the route (at 10:30 a.m.), no vehicles except parade participants and emergency vehicles will be allowed on the parade route.?
Harbor Avenue from First to Sherman, and all streets west of Fourth Street from Jackson to Franklin will be closed to traffic at approximately 6 p.m. to accommodate the expected crowds for the fireworks finale. Franklin and Columbus will become one-way for eastbound traffic to assist in relieving the vehicular traffic from the downtown area at the culmination of the fireworks. Franklin will also be the designated emergency vehicle route. One lane of traffic will be blocked off for emergency vehicle use only from U.S. 31 to First Street, from 6 p.m.-midnight.?
Finally, Third Street from Washington to Coho and all of Coho Drive from U.S. 31 will be closed to through traffic from Third Street to U.S. 31 for the Harbor Transit Park & Ride. This closure will take place from 9 a.m. Saturday through 2 a.m. Sunday.?
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The city of San Diego sued its embattled mayor on Tuesday, seeking to recover from him any damages it might face in a lawsuit filed by his former press secretary, one of eight women to publicly accuse him of unwanted sexual advances.
The legal action against Mayor Bob Filner, approved by a unanimous vote of the city council earlier in the day, marked the latest blow against the 70-year-old Democrat as he faces mounting pressure to step down.
Despite calls from across the city and from powerful members of his own party to resign, Filner, a former congressman elected mayor just last year, has said that he would instead stay in office while undergoing two weeks of behavioral therapy starting August 5.
Filner's former communications director, Irene McCormack Jackson, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the mayor and the city on July 22, alleging he asked her to work without panties, demanded kisses, told her he wanted to see her naked and held her in a head lock while whispering in her ear.
Since then, seven other women, including a retired U.S. Navy admiral and a college dean, have publicly accused Filner of groping and other inappropriate behavior.
The latest individual to come forward, Lisa Curtin, said in an interview aired on Tuesday by San Diego station KPBS that Filner suggested during a private meeting that they date one another, stroked the wedding band on her finger and reached over to kiss her.
"I turned my head at that moment and on the side of my face, I got a very wet, saliva-filled kiss including feeling his tongue on my cheek," she told the station.
The city filed its lawsuit as a cross-complaint to Jackson's, seeking to recover from Filner any damages it might be ordered to pay, along with court costs and attorneys fees.
"If Bob Filner engaged in unlawful conduct and the city is held liable, he will have to reimburse us every penny the city pays and its attorney fees," City Attorney Jan Goldsmith, who had clashed with the mayor before the scandal emerged this month, said in a written statement.
Seven of nine members of the City Council, including Council President Todd Gloria who is a Democrat, have called on Filner to resign; two recall campaigns have been launched against him.
A spokeswoman for the mayor could not be reached for comment on Tuesday afternoon.
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Hours after the city's lawsuit was filed, council members voted unanimously to deny a request from Filner's private attorney, Harvey Berger, to authorize the city to assume the mayor's legal defense costs in the case. City attorney Goldsmith already has declined to defend the mayor.
"The mayor has no right to expect a blank check from San Diego taxpayers to cover for his bad acts," Gloria said after the vote.
University of California, San Diego, political science professor Steven Erie said that it was rare for a city to refuse to pay for the legal defense of a municipal official in a sexual harassment lawsuit.
"It tells you just how bad mayor-council relationships have become" in San Diego, Erie said.
In the face of opposition from the City Council, Filner could establish a legal defense fund and raise donations to pay for his own attorney, Erie said, though he added: "The question is how much and how many and whether they want their names to be made public."
On Sunday, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California became the latest prominent Democrat to call for Filner's resignation during an interview on CNN. U.S. Representatives Susan Davis and Scott Peters, whose districts include parts of San Diego, previously called for him to step down.
Last week U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Filner should seek private counseling and compared his behavior to the conduct of another ex-congressman engulfed in a sex scandal since he turned to mayoral politics, Democrat Anthony Weiner of New York.
Weiner faces calls to withdraw from the New York City mayor's race after admitting he sent lewd online messages to women since he resigned from Capitol Hill over such behavior two years ago.
(Writing by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Steve Gorman and Philip Barbara)
Green Bay - The National Football League, in an attempt to resuscitate the practically unwatchable Pro Bowl, has decided to change the format for picking teams.
The league finalized what a number of media outlets had reported earlier would be a "fantasy football" format in which there will be no AFC vs. NFC, but rather two all-star teams voted on in the traditional manner and then divvied up through a fantasy-style draft.
Selection to the Pro Bowl will still come through a process in which?fans, coaches and players will vote and account for one-third each of the final tally. However, the top players at each position, regardless of conference, will be selected to the Pro Bowl pool.
For example, six quarterbacks were named in the past, three from each conference. Now, the top six overall will make up the Pro Bowl quarterback class.
Once the?players are chosen, two leading vote getters along with two NFL.com fantasy football champions will draft the teams. In addition,?Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders will serve as alumni team captains, assisting the two sides in the draft process.
The idea for the new format came from the NFL Players Association and its president Dominique Foxworth and has been endorsed by commissioner Roger Goodell.
?We were very receptive to the ideas that Domonique and the players put forth,? Goodell ?said in a press release. ?From there, our office worked closely with him in developing the concept. The players made it clear that they wanted to continue the Pro Bowl and were committed to making it better than ever. We think these changes will enhance the game for both fans and players.?
The Pro Bowl player draft will air on NFL Network on January 22 and the game will take place Sunday, January 26 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The NFL also listed these changes in the playing rules for the Pro Bowl game:
Game within the Game ? A two-minute warning will be added to the first and third quarters and the ball will change hands after each quarter. This will increase the opportunities for quarterbacks to direct ?two-minute drills,? which are especially exciting for fans.
No Kickoffs ? The coin toss will determine which team is awarded possession first. The ball will be placed on the 25-yard line at the start of each quarter and after scoring plays.
Rosters ? The rosters will continue to consist of 43 players per squad. The kick return specialist will be replaced by an additional defensive back.
Cover Two and Press Coverage ? The defense will be permitted to play ?cover two? and ?press? coverage. In previous years, only ?man? coverage was permitted, except for goal line situations.
Stopping of the Game Clock ? Beginning at the two-minute mark of every quarter, if the offense does not gain at least one yard, the clock will stop as if the play were an incomplete pass. This rule will make the team with the ball attempt to gain yardage toward the end of each quarter.
Game Timing ? The game clock will start after an incomplete pass on the signal of the referee, except inside the last two minutes of the first half and the last five minutes of the second half.
Play Clock ? A 35-second/25-second play clock will be adopted instead of the typical 40-second/25-second clock.
Sacks ? The game clock will not stop on quarterback sacks outside of the final two minutes of the game. Currently, the game clock stops in these situations outside of two minutes of the second and fourth quarters. ?
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When Android 4.3 was released, those who root their phones updated and quickly rooted with the only Superuser app that was working at the time. The next thing many of those same people probably did was try to restore their apps using Titanium Backup, only to be greeted with a blank list of backed up applications.
Thankfully, Titanium Backup's fame is only exceeded by it's update frequency. A new update has been pushed to the Play Store, adding initial support for Android 4.3. Further compatibility will likely come soon in subsequent updates.
Along with the added Android 4.3 support, a few new features were added, and a few bugs have been fixed. Read past the break for the change log, and follow the Play Store button above to update or download.
The Gaming Racing & Wagering Australia (GRWA), in conjunction with the Australasian Gaming Expo, is the premier event for the region and its all taking place in a land down under.? High profile companies such as Australian Football League, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bet365, Betfair, ClubsACT, Echo Entertainment, JP Morgan, Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group are planning to attend.? ?The schedule includes trend and innovation as the focus for Day One, social media, SEO and social gaming as the focus for Day Two and sportsbetting as the focus for Day Three.
Conference organizer Ros Wade of Beacon Events told CalvinAyre.com, ?GRWA is the most comprehensive event for the gaming industry in the Australasian region?Anyone who wants to gain the upper hand in shaping their product and marketing strategies should be there. ?The event is conveniently being held alongside the region?s largest trade show for gaming, the Australasian Gaming Expo, ensuring that all the top executives will be there at that time?.
What: Gaming, Racing & Wagering Australia 2013
When: 12-14 August, 2013
Where: Sydney, Australia
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While there are three major online gambling affiliate conferences in Europe per year, CBG Affiliate Weekend provides something just a little bit different for the community.
CBG Weekend takes place near Canada?s Niagara Falls, organized by and for online gambling affiliates.? The intent is to create an intimate and relaxed networking atmosphere for both affiliates and affiliate mangers?plus its an expensed trip to Canada, eh?? There will be several speakers covering SEO and regulatory updates throughout the weekend, all free to attend, thanks to affiliate program sponsors such as Betting Partners, Affiliate Edge, Affiliates United, Referback and more.
Some words from sponsors and speakers:
?I attended in 2012 for the first time and was able to meet up with some affiliates that do not travel to the European conferences. It?s a small, intimate conference with a strong emphasis on networking?you are able to spend more quality time with the affiliates that you work with and some that you don?t?yet?. ? Martyn Beacon, Affiliate Program Sponsor, AffiliateEdge.com
These sorts of events are great opportunities for networking and doing new business, for affiliates, operators and service providers like myself.? I?ll be doing more of a series of free workshops for those who want a bit of advice on their online efforts.? I?m expecting mostly SEO related questions, but wont limit questions to that if there?s something else I can help with.?- Mike Litson, SEO Speaker, Blueclaw Media
?CBG has quickly established itself as one of the premier annual affiliate events. It is by no means the biggest, but it generates great networking and discussion opportunities in a small and intimate environment. This year, I?ll be presenting on gaming law developments in Canada and the United States over the past year, with a focus on rules, advertising, and prosecutions that will particularly interest those in the affiliate marketplace?. ? Stuart Hoegner, Regulatory Speaker, Gaming Counsel
When the Rangers went down 3-0 to the Angels, in the top of the 5th inning, it seemed like yet another lost cause game where a Ranger starter had pitched just well enough to lose with the offense refusing do its part. After all, the Rangers hadn't scored a single run in 25 innings up to that point. How were they going to score the four they needed to win?
Maybe spurred on by the thought of having Ron Washington yell at them for another hour behind closed doors, or the possibility of being shipped to Miami for Giancarlo Stanton, the Rangers found their bats just in time to finish off a walk-off 4-3 victory.
For a few innings there, baseball was rad again.
Todd Wills has the Rapid Reaction to the Rangers' much needed 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Angels even though he writes about Matt Garza "finally losing."
T.R. Sullivan recaps a win that compares favorably to August 1, 2012. However, it was also the first Ranger walk-off win via the home run since Josh Hamilton won a game with one swing on May 26 of last season.
Jeff Wilson's game story is all about momentum and the hope that the comeback last night can be parlayed into a long streak of success for a Ranger team that desperately needed something to go right.
Behind the DMN paywall, Gerry Fraley writes that after the Rangers hadn't scored in over 26 innings, and after utilizing small ball to finally get on the board, they turned to their old pal the home run when they needed it the most.
Mac Engel writes that Ron Washington is managing for his job over the next two months but won't go down without a fight. Dave Martinez's beard looks like it has a lot of fight in it. Just saying.
Sullivan provides an update on where things stand a couple of days before the Trade Deadline. It's same ol', same ol', really. The Rangers want to go big for an impact bat but the pickings are slim to nonexistent.
To that point, on the DMN blog, Fraley has quotes from Jon Daniels stating that the Rangers don't anticipate making another move before tomorrow's 3 p.m. deadline.
Sullivan's Notebook covers the corpses of Lance Berkman and Manny Ramirez, the reshuffled lineup, the final word on Tanner Scheppers' Punch-Out!!, and Colby Lewis nearing a return, among other items.
John Henry provides notes on Scheppers' incident in Cleveland, the ascension of Leonys Martin to the leadoff spot, and updates on Lewis and Matt Harrison.
Finally, MLB.com's William Boor previews tonight's contest between Derek Holland and the red hot Rangers versus old pal C.J. Wilson and the hated Anaheim Angels.
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Conference organizer Ros Wade of Beacon Events told CalvinAyre.com, ?GRWA is the most comprehensive event for the gaming industry in the Australasian region?Anyone who wants to gain the upper hand in shaping their product and marketing strategies should be there. ?The event is conveniently being held alongside the region?s largest trade show for gaming, the Australasian Gaming Expo, ensuring that all the top executives will be there at that time?.
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