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...left him sitting there. He waved to us, a weak, indifferent, limp-wristed gesture. Goodbye, like he didn't care...
Malley and Agha have some blunt advice for Obama. Achieving success "won't be done by repackaging the peace process of years past. It won't be done by strengthening those leaders viewed by their own people as at best weak, incompetent and feckless, at worst irresponsible, careless and reckless. It won't be done by perpetuating the bogus and unhelpful distinction between extremists and moderates, by isolating the former, reaching out to the latter, and ending up disconnected from the region's most relevant actors. It won't be done by trying to perform better what was performed before...
Surgical masks by themselves may not do much to prevent transmission within the community in part because they are loose fitting, offering a weak barrier between infected and uninfected people - hence, the government's better advice to wash hands and cover up sneezes and coughs - and masks must be changed frequently to avoid contamination. Respirator masks, which have a tighter fit, filter 95% of airborne particles to give wearers better protection, so long as they wear them consistently - which most people generally fail...
...rise in violence is also a quandary for Iraq's neighbors, which play reluctant host to the refugees. The exact number of refugees is hard to gauge, but the Iraqi government estimates there are 2 million. The majority of them live in Syria and Jordan, which are struggling with weak economies and mounting joblessness among their own populations. Government officials in Damascus and Amman have been counting on the improving security environment in Iraq to persuade many refugees to go home. Aid workers in both countries say many refugees are being pressured to leave. (See pictures of the recent revival...
...wrote that cap-and-trade policies at any level would “undermine the ethic we should be trying to foster on the environment.” Many of Sandel’s claims in the piece regarding the economic infeasibility of a cap-and-trade scheme are weak, but the argument that cap and trade could hinder the needed spirit of collective responsibility is no joke...