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Dios no lo permita (Basado en la teoría de Jc Rosenberg y lecturas relacionadas) – La guerra en noviembre de 2008
Guerra en noviembre? – Confrontación militar con Irán podría estar acercándose rápidamente.
nubes de la guerra seguir construyendo en el epicentro. Mes pasado en Roma, el presidente iraní Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prometió que los Estados Unidos Estados e Israel pronto será "aniquilado", lenguaje que no había usado explícitamente desde octubre de 2005, cuando se comprometió a borrar a Israel "del mapa" e instó a los musulmanes a "la visión un mundo sin los Estados Unidos. "Esta semana, su gobierno autorizó una nueva ronda de juegos de guerra de Irán. Ordenó la excavación de 320.000 tumbas para enterrar a los enemigos del Islam. Hace un llamamiento a la unificación del mundo islámico política y económica, incluyendo la creación de una moneda única.
Por otra parte, la televisión iraní se está ejecutando una serie de documentales nueva película anti-semita, "El Secreto de Armagedón." Preparar el terreno para una próxima guerra que marcará el comienzo de apocalíptica Mesías islámico conocido como el Mahdi o el "XII Imán", la serie se centra en una serie de profecías bíblicas que informar a judíos y cristianos de finalización teología Times. Aunque la presentación es muy distorsionados, algunos datos emergen. Erudito iraní Dr. Ismail Shafe'i Sarustani, por ejemplo, dijo a los televidentes que la palabra "Armagedón" es ", originalmente de la palabra Hebreo "y" es una región geográfica real, situada al sur de Haifa ", señalando que" el lugar fue bombardeado por Hezbolá durante la guerra de 33 días [julio 2006]. "Historiador iraní Mohammad-Taqi Taqipour señala que" estos [los cristianos evangélicos], con los Judios, creen que la guerra de los últimos días se llevará a cabo en el desierto de Megiddo, en Palestina. Ellos creen que Jesús volverá, y entonces no habrá un milenio de felicidad. "
La serie, sin embargo, acusa a los Judios que fueron víctimas de genocidio – en el mismo Ahmadinejad niega el Holocausto sucedió – De hecho la planificación para cometer genocidio. "Hay un plan genocida sionista judío por el genocidio de la humanidad en manos de los sionistas Judio-boys "Como dijo un investigador iraní entrevistados para el programa." El discurso sionista Judio-los niños acerca de un "Gran Israel" – desde el Eufrates hasta el Nilo -. pero su verdadero objetivo es dominar el mundo "En un momento dado, Investigador iraní Shams Al-Din Rahmani sostiene que" el objetivo de los sionistas es la total destrucción del Islam. "
Durante el episodio 07 de junio, el narrador adopta las teorías de conspiración antisemita y productos en un intento de justificar Irán propios planes de guerra. "Hoy en día, hay muchos indicios de que la" mano oculta "del sionismo mundial estuvieron involucrados en el ataque 11.09 terroristas. De acuerdo con un nutrido grupo de intelectuales occidentales, los sionistas son los verdaderos líderes de los Estados Unidos. De acuerdo con documentos irrefutables publicados por los medios de comunicación independientes de América, los sionistas utilizan los agentes de inteligencia y espías, con la plena cooperación de los organismos de un país a llevar a cabo esta operación terrorista a la vista del mundo, para preparar el terreno para apoyar a Afganistán e Irak, y hacer realidad el sueño de una Gran Israel. "
Altos funcionarios de inteligencia israelíes, por su parte, cada vez más convencidos de que el tiempo se acaba. Ellos creen que Irán podría tener un arma nuclear dentro de un año y un ex jefe del Mossad instó a dirigentes de su país para poner en marcha una serie de ataques aéreos masivos contra las nucleares instalaciones militares iraníes y otros antes de que sea demasiado tarde. En la Fuerza Aérea de Israel acaba de completar un ensayo de una misión de bombardeo.
John Bolton, ex embajador de EE.UU. ante la ONU, dijo que cree que Israel podría atacar a Irán en el otoño de o principios de invierno, después de las elecciones de EE.UU. en noviembre, pero antes de la inauguración del próximo presidente de los EE.UU. el 20 de enero. Uno de Altos funcionarios del Pentágono dijo al Washington Post hace unos días, le preocupa el mismo escenario – una sorpresa en noviembre – provocando que tanto el presidente Bush y el presidente de la Junta de Jefes de hacer declaraciones públicas advirtiendo a los israelíes de no tomar dichas medidas. Hasta hace unos pocos semanas, se creía ampliamente que las nuevas elecciones parlamentarias se celebrarán en Israel en noviembre. Pero en el último momento, el ministro de Defensa Ehud Barak se retiró su amenaza de votar para derrocar al gobierno de Olmert por unos cuantos meses, llevando a algunos a especular que Barak se puede calcular que los israelíes no puede ser completamente sumergido en una campaña electoral y una campaña de bombardeos, al mismo tiempo.
Los Estados Unidos no quieren que Israel a la huelga. Después de todo, el impacto de una guerra con Irán sería de carácter mundial. Israel se enfrentaría a decenas de miles de misiles no sólo Irán, pero probablemente de Siria, Hezbolá en el Líbano y Hamas en Gaza y, posiblemente, la Ribera Occidental. Algunos de estos misiles podría haber ojivas químicas y / o biológicos, incluso si las ojivas nucleares en Irán no está listo todavía. misiles balísticos es probable que también se basa en Irán en los campos de petróleo en Arabia Saudita y los Estados del Golfo, a los petroleros en el Golfo Pérsico y el estrecho de Ormuz, y las bases de EE.UU. y las fuerzas en Irak. Decenas de miles de bombarderos de suicidio celular puede ser activado en la región – particularmente en Irak e Israel – y quizás incluso en Europa Occidental y los Estados Unidos y Canadá. los esfuerzos iraníes para derrocar al rey de Jordania Abdullah II y / o el presidente egipcio, Hosni Mubarak, en favor de los planes los radicales islámicos apoyados Teherán también se pudo mover. Los precios del petróleo podría disparar desde 140 dólares el barril a 300 dólares barril o más. Los precios del gas en los Estados Unidos alcanzaría su pico en $ 7 – $ 10 o más, el horrible impacto económico nacional y mundial.
No es de extrañar que Washington no quiere la guerra con Irán. N quiere una guerra. Yo ciertamente no lo hizo, y ni los israelíes. Sin embargo, los EE.UU. han no un plan convincente para detener el programa iraní de armas nucleares a través del tiempo. Ni la ONU ni la diplomacia de la UE no funciona. Las sanciones económicas se impusieron en Irán desde 1979 hasta poco efecto estratégico. Por desgracia, las palabras del senador John McCain continuará resonando en mi cabeza esta semana. En abril de 2006, el mayor McCain apareció en la NBC Meet the Press. Él dijo, "sólo hay Lo peor que con la opción de una acción militar, y es que los iraníes adquieran armas nucleares. "Porque si Irán obtiene la bomba, dijo, "Creo que podría haber Armagedón."
Irán prueba más misiles que EE.UU. votos para defender a los aliados
– Por Alistair Lyon
TEHERAN (Reuters) – Irán probó más misiles en el Golfo, los medios estatales el jueves dijo, y los Estados Unidos reiteró que Teherán estaba dispuesto a defender a sus aliados.
Washington, que acusa a Teherán de buscar armas nucleares, dijo después de que Irán realizó pruebas y nueve misiles el miércoles que no debe haber prueba más, como si Irán quería que la confianza del mundo.
líderes de los EE.UU. no han descartado opciones militares si la diplomacia no logra disipar los temores sobre Irán programa nuclear, que Teherán dice es para generar electricidad.
Israel, larga supone que su propio arsenal atómico, ha jurado evitar que Irán se convierta en una potencia nuclear. El mes pasado, se organizó un ejercicio de fuerza Aire alimentó las especulaciones sobre un posible ataque contra sitios nucleares iraníes.
El ministro de Defensa, Ehud Barak, dijo el jueves que favoreció el uso de presión diplomática y las sanciones, pero agregó: "Israel es el país más fuerte en la región y ha demostrado en el pasado él no tiene miedo de actuar cuando sus intereses de seguridad vitales están en juego. "
Irán se ha comprometido a tomar represalias en Tel Aviv y que los intereses de los Estados Unidos y el envío, en caso de ataque, afirmando que los misiles disparados durante los juegos de guerra en curso Golfo incluidos los que podría alcanzar Israel y las bases de EE.UU. en la región.
EE.UU. Secretario de Estado Condoleezza Rice , dijo durante una visita a la ex república soviética de Georgia que nadie debe confundirse sobre el compromiso de Washington para proteger a sus aliados. "También estamos enviando un mensaje a Irán de que defenderemos los intereses estadounidenses y … intereses nuestros aliados ", dijo tras reunirse con el presidente georgiano Mikheil Saakashvili.
Rice dijo que un escudo de defensa de misiles de EE.UU. que se prevé con base en la República Checa y Polonia, sofocar cualquier amenaza de un ataque contra Irán. Rusia se opone al proyecto.
"También somos capaces de mirar hacia el futuro de un sistema de defensa antimisiles que más difícil para Irán para amenazar (y) y ser belicosos y decir cosas terribles porque sus misiles no funcionará ", dijo Rice.
La televisión estatal iraní y la radio dijo que la Guardia Revolucionaria – el ala ideológica de las fuerzas armadas de Irán – había disparado tierra-mar una superficie a los misiles y el aire del mar durante la noche. misiles de largo alcance se pusieron en marcha también.
China llama a la moderación:
"… La medida lleva el poder de la República Islámica del Irán y es una lección para los enemigos", comandante de la Guardia, Mohammad Ali Jafari fue según el diario.
Irán ha amenazado con cerrar el Estrecho de Ormuz, una ruta vital para las exportaciones de petróleo del Golfo si es atacado. Jueves y ejercicios de buzos en los barcos, y el lanzamiento de un torpedo de alta velocidad llamado Hout, informaron medios estatales.
Comentando en las maniobras de Irán del Golfo, Kuwait dijo que esperaba que la sabiduría prevalece en todos los lados. "La región ha harto de las continuas guerras, "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Kuwait Según Khaled Jarallah fue citado por la agencia de noticias KUNA del Estado según el diario.
Sobre las amenazas de Irán de cerrar el Estrecho de Ormuz, dijo: "Esperamos no llegar a eso."
El misil pruebas sacudió a los mercados mundiales del petróleo, haciendo subir los precios del petróleo. Los precios del crudo se han desplomado en los últimos días, pero han llegado a una serie de los registros de este año en parte de las tensiones en Irán.
China instó a la moderación en la disputa por los planes nucleares de Irán, pero no echo reprende occidental durante los lanzamientos de misiles.
"Expresamos nuestra preocupación por estos acontecimientos," Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores chino, Liu Jianchao, dijo que las pruebas.
Dio la bienvenida a la perspectiva de nuevas negociaciones sobre el programa nuclear continúa con Irán, el mayor productor mundial de petróleo y el cuarto de la tercera más grande de China proveedor de crudo.
La Rusia de los Estados Unidos, Gran Bretaña, Francia, Alemania y China han ofrecido incentivos a Irán a detener su programa nuclear. Teherán rechaza su demanda de que suspenda el enriquecimiento de uranio.
La Unión Europea, jefe de Política Exterior, Javier Solana, en calidad de las seis grandes potencias se reunirán funcionarios iraníes para conversar sobre el paquete, pero no hay tiempo o lugar se ha anunciado.
China y Rusia está construyendo Irán en primer lugar, y hasta ahora única, la energía nuclear, se había resistido a las llamadas a EE.UU. ha llevado a la expansión de sanciones de la ONU en la República Islámica.
Las sanciones han hecho que las empresas occidentales cada vez más reacios para invertir. Francia 's Total anunció el jueves que no iba a invertir por ahora en un acuerdo de gas importante por el riesgo político.
Irán se ha cepillado el impacto del conservadurismo en Occidente dicen que tiene una gran pila suficiente dinero en efectivo de los ingresos petroleros pendientes para completar el propio proyecto o encontrar otras partes interesadas.
"Este es nuestro mensaje. Vamos con el desarrollo, con o sin ellos," Ministro Petróleo iraní, Gholamhossein Nozari, dijo a los periodistas al ser consultado sobre los recientes comentarios del total.
Irán Los Estados son misiles en plataformas de lanzamiento y listo para los bomberos
– Por Willard Payne
Night Watch: TEHERAN – "Nuestros misiles están listos para disparar en cualquier lugar y en cualquier momento, con rapidez y precisión. El enemigo no debe repetir sus errores. Los objetivos enemigos están bajo vigilancia. "Fue ominosa declaración ofensiva por el comandante de la revolución islámica en Irán Cuerpo de la Guardia (Guardianes de la Revolución), la Fuerza Aérea brigadier general Hossein Salami de los nueve ensayos misiles a Irán tuvo lugar ayer en el marco de sus maniobras El Gran Profeta III actualmente en curso en el Estrecho de Ormuz. ANF informó de una versión mejorar Shahab-3 fue probada con su oferta de 1.240 millas (2.000 km) y el rango promedio Zelzal 240 millas (400 km) y el Fateh 102 millas (170 km). Teherán ha dicho previamente que el Shahab-3 se lanzará en Israel si Jerusalén primeros ataques, pero los misiles de corto alcance es probable que se centran en Gran Bretaña y EE.UU. bases en Irak y cuando comienza la guerra regional en su conjunto que se utilizarán para apoyar el Ejército del Mahdi y otras milicias islamistas en Irak. [PAF]
Guardianes de la Revolución Comandante Naval Morteza Saffari dijo uno de los conceptos estratégicos que participan en las maniobras es mostrar, "Las maniobras establece también un mensaje tranquilizador a los países de la región que juntos podamos asegurar el Golfo Pérsico y el Estrecho de Ormuz, sin la presencia de fuerzas extranjeras. "Este mensaje resuena muy favorablemente con los gobiernos en el Golfo Pérsico, no sólo por la desastrosa situación de los Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido ha provocado la ocupación de Irak, pero ya no creen que la brecha debe ser un base para los ejércitos occidentales. Probablemente vieron insistencia de Occidente de que las bases se mantendrá como condescendiente y paternalista. Saffari También se ha añadido las maniobras de misiles también se muestra una variedad de otros misiles, cohetes y torpedos. buques militares y misiles tierra-mar fueron probados y todos los que Irán utilice el Golfo Pérsico, el estrecho de Ormuz antes.
Gran Profeta III – El enlace de vídeo France24 nuevos ensayos de misiles de televisión Al-Alam. Por favor, tenga en cuenta los sistemas de orientación misiles de todo tipo y todas las escalas son muy frágiles y propensos a fallos de funcionamiento. Nada funciona, así como la publicidad. Algunos no, otros echaremos de menos, algún curso de trabajo. A pesar de todas las mejoras y modernización de las industrias militares nunca alcanzará la perfección. [France24]
Teherán – Este enlace contiene varias pantallas France24 otros equipos militares y las advertencias a Irán. [France24]
Knesset – Mientras Teherán se prepara para un posible ataque por el gabinete de seguridad entre EE.UU. e Israel en la reunión del miércoles presidida por el primer ministro israelí, Ehud Olmert, que se refiere Hezbolá en el Líbano. DCI se dijo que los ministros serán informados sobre la campaña de rearme masivo por parte de Hezbolá ha mantenido un flujo constante de armas procedentes Líbano por Siria. Nunca ha sido un secreto desde la guerra de 2006 que Hezbollah inició sus suministros después de que terminó la guerra y en violación directa de las Naciones Unidas contra incendios resolución que nunca ha sido aplicada por los 13.000 tropas europeas a la FPNUL en el sur de Líbano. Recientemente, el ministro italiano De Asuntos Exteriores, visitó Israel y el Líbano-Israel frente también ha puesto en contacto con Francia ministro de Relaciones Exteriores sospecho para informar tanto a la ofensiva prevista en Israel. Es muy posible que uno de los principales motivos de Israel que no han llevado a cabo su ofensiva en Gaza contra militantes palestinos, porque siempre supo que su mayor amenaza está en su lado de la frontera el norte de Siria del Líbano y el norte. La gran mayoría de los misiles lanzados contra Israel vendrá de estos dos lugares y el gabinete de seguridad examinó las diferentes cómo detener el contrabando de armas. [INN]
Jerusalén es constantemente en la FPNUL mente es impotente y la diplomacia es una mentira lo que las operaciones Los miembros están siendo proyectadas, que es totalmente coherente con la doctrina de la seguridad de Israel que permite a los ataques preventivos de perturbar, no sólo preparación de un enemigo, pero incluso puesta en escena de una invasión, puro y simple como en junio de 1967. Sabían que la invasión conduciría a la guerra y los militares defensa (IDF) tuvieron tanto éxito que la guerra duró seis días. Los ministros fueron informados de Hezbollah ahora tres veces el número de misiles, cohetes que tenían hace dos años y creo que también fue informado el ministro de Defensa, Ehud Barak, debe viajará a Washington la próxima semana. Sospecho que cuando Pentágono jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto, almirante Michael Mullen, visitó Israel recientemente Siria pudo haber sido discutido, incluso más que Irán, especialmente desde la Fuerza Aérea Israelí (IAF) en septiembre de última incursión en Siria instalación nuclear no destruyó toda Siria 's la producción de combustible nuclear. Ayer, el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel Tzipi Livni, ha hecho declaraciones muy fuertes contra Damasco fueron un poco menos que una declaración de guerra.
Jerusalén, parece estar convencido de que necesitan para renovar su iniciativa de 1967 que mantuvo al enemigo fuera de balance y el fortalecimiento de la seguridad de Israel y sólo el por lo que puede hacer es no esperar a Hezbolá a atacar primero. Ese fue el error de Jerusalén en 2006 y la respuesta de FDI no fue lo suficientemente agresivo porque no reocupar el sur de Líbano que han causado miles de cohetes Katyusha de Hezbolá completamente ineficaz. Gabinete De Seguridad fue informado de un periódico en Kuwait publicó un informe en el que menciona Hezbolá tiene la intención de la posición misiles antiaéreos en los picos montañas de Líbano, que es una amenaza directa para los vuelos de vigilancia de la FAI y la única manera de Israel fue capaz de controlar la red de Hezbolá-Siria-Irán el apoyo de los armamentos. Washington siempre ha dicho que no estaba en contra de cualquier ofensiva militar de las IDF que sólo quería que se le informe por adelantado, así que supongo que la historia visitará Barak en Washington la próxima semana. Seguro que habrá más armas en agosto de 2008 2006.
El frente del Líbano y Siria se han convertido en una y la misma. Por lo tanto, Teherán no entrar en la guerra para apoyar militantes palestinos en Gaza, pero en apoyo de Hezbolá y Siria. Israel también advirtió a Damasco, cuando los ataques de las FDI Hezbolá, Siria también específicas. Esta es la única manera de que Israel para que detenga el flujo de armas hacia el Líbano. Tal vez no sea tanto la lucha en Gaza como yo Realmente esperamos que Teherán decepcionó. Irán ha estado años en la planificación de su magnánimo gesto militar en apoyo del pueblo palestino pero Irán puede estar desesperado para fortalecer el frente sirio-libanesa.
Barak advierte a Irán que dude no actuar "
El ministro de Defensa cuestiones severa advertencia a Teherán, dijo: "Israel es el país más fuerte la región y ha demostrado en el pasado que no tiene miedo de actuar cuando sus intereses vitales están amenazados. "
Con Irán sigue a flexionar sus músculos militares con las pruebas el miércoles contra misiles balísticos, el ministro de Defensa, Ehud Barak, emitió una advertencia en cuanto a fuertes en la noche del jueves, una advertencia a Teherán que Israel no dudaría en recurrir a la acción militar.
"Es un desafío no sólo para Israel sino para el mundo. La atención se centra ahora en las sanciones y la acción diplomática. Israel el país más fuerte en la región y ha demostrado en el pasado que no tiene miedo de actuar cuando sus intereses vitales están en peligro " Barak dijo en un discurso en la sede del Partido del Trabajo Tel Aviv.
El Ministro de Defensa ha pedido, sin embargo, por precaución. "El las respuestas de nuestros adversarios deben tenerse en cuenta a Hamas y Hezbolá y los sirios y los iraníes -. Hay una actividad que nos rodea. Y existe la posibilidad de confrontación ", dijo.
"Por otro lado, también es posible que los acuerdos, en particular con los palestinos y los sirios. Nosotros tienen la responsabilidad moral de aprovechar al máximo cualquier posibilidad de llegar a un acuerdo con nuestros vecinos. Sin embargo, las consideraciones son muy complejas, y necesidad de ver antes, para evitar los obstáculos para garantizar la seguridad de Israel. "
"Tenemos que trabajar en un acuerdo – pero si no, entonces tenemos que encontrar nuestro enemigo cuando es necesario. "
"Nuestro deber moral a los presos de origen
Barak también discutió el acuerdo de intercambio de prisioneros con Hezbolá. "Esperamos que la línea de meta en nuestra lucha para traer a casa Udi y Eldad, "dijo, refiriéndose a los soldados de las FDI secuestrados Ehud Goldwasser y Eldad Regev.
"Tenemos una obligación moral comandantes a los soldados a casa en una misión en el nombre del país. Es nuestro deber de decir la verdad a la opinión pública y las familias si se hace evidente que los niños fueron asesinados, es nuestro deber decirlo. Concepto – su regreso no debe demorarse por estratagemas de Hezbolá. "
El ministro de Defensa advirtió que Hezbolá continúa creciendo. "Hay una erosión constante de (CSNU) de la Resolución 1701. En los últimos dos años, que se han duplicado y triplicado su arsenal de cohetes, y cubren todo el país ", dijo, y agregó que Hezbolá se ha convertido en mucho más estrechos vínculos con Siria.
En cuanto a las negociaciones en curso para la liberación de Gilad Shalit, Ehud Barak, dijo: "Hay una ventana oportunidad ahora, creada por el alto el fuego. Es importante para nosotros para aprovechar esta ventana, y es importante que las decisiones son difíciles de celebrado en Jerusalén y no en Gaza.
jefe de la OPEP advierte ilimitado "los precios del petróleo 'si Irán es atacado
– Por James Kanter
VIENA: El jefe de la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo advirtió el jueves que los precios del petróleo ver un "ilimitado" aumento en el caso de un conflicto militar con Irán debido a que el grupo sería incapaz de proporcionar una producción perdió.
"No podemos reemplazar la producción de Irán – que no es posible reemplazarlo", Abdalla Salem El-Badri, secretario General de la OPEP, dijo en una entrevista.
Irán, el segundo más grande de los países productores de la OPEP, después de Arabia Saudita, produce alrededor de cuatro millones de barriles de petróleo por día en la producción diaria mundial de casi 87 millones de barriles.
El país ha sido bloqueado en una larga disputa con las naciones occidentales por sus ambiciones nucleares.
En las últimas semanas, los precios del petróleo subieron en la especulación más Israel podría estar preparándose para lanzar un ataque contra las instalaciones nucleares del país. Las bravatas se intensificó esta semana con las pruebas de misiles por Irán.
También ha sacudido los mercados del petróleo debido a preocupaciones de que cualquier conflicto con Irán podría interrumpir Los suministros de petróleo del Golfo.
"Los precios son ilimitados", dijo el Badri, durante la entrevista, refiriéndose al impacto un conflicto militar. "No puedo dar un número."
Teherán ha insistido en que su programa nuclear sólo para fines pacíficos.
Badri, un ex ejecutivo petrolero que llevó a la industria del petróleo en Libia y se desempeñó como primer ministro en funciones ese país, pidió una solución pacífica, y dejó entrever que más conflictos en el Oriente Medio fuera del conflicto actual en Irak es grave y a largo plazo.
"Si algo pasó allí, nadie sería capaz de resolverlo", dijo, refiriéndose una guerra con Irán.
Dijo que las actuales tensiones geopolíticas fueron algunas de las razones principales por las que los precios del petróleo eran tan altas. Dijo que un déficit en la capacidad de refino y la debilidad del dólar fueron otros factores, pero reiteró posición de la OPEP de que la especulación en los mercados del petróleo probablemente fue el más importante.
Insistió en que las reservas de petróleo eran abundantes y que se preocupa por la escasez estaban fuera de lugar.
Los suministros procedentes de Rusia y Noruega y otros países no OPEP, fuera de los 13 miembros de la OPEP seguirá creciendo, con la ayuda de tecnologías tales como convertir carbón en gas y combustible aceite líquido y la extracción de arenas alquitranadas y esquistos.
Aún así, él también trató de disipar las preocupaciones acerca de un shock de oferta, diciendo que miembros de la OPEP ya estaban invirtiendo $ 160 millones en nuevas capacidades de producción hasta 2012.
Pero él dijo que la inversión adicional en la capacidad de producción en el futuro podría ser congelados, lo que puede agudizar una disputa con los países consumidores si se toman medidas suficientes para satisfacer la demanda durante la próxima década.
Las medidas adoptadas por la Unión Europea y EE.UU. para reducir la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles significa que la OPEP no tenía más remedio que adoptar un enfoque cauteloso antes de seguir adelante con sus planes de invertir hasta $ 540 000 000 000 en la producción de petróleo en 2020.
"Si no vemos la solicitud, no vamos a invertir", dijo Badri, y agregó que existe una duda sustancial sobre el nivel del país el dinero invertido la OPEP después de 2012.
países de la OPEP "no quiere gastar su dinero en algo que no puede utilizar" dijo.
países de la OPEP representan alrededor del 40 por ciento de la producción mundial diaria.
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Federer was on fire in the Australia Open and finished in the position of thousands a number points ahead of the rest. Poor results from its level in Indian Wells and Miami, terrible season on the ground beaten in Rome, in particular, lost to Hewitt in Halle! bad form followed by a Wimbledon quarter-final exit at Wimbledon on his favorite surface! What does it hurt? And when the decision or is this the end of the great Federal Reserve put it? Do not get me wrong, I know that Nadal is playing great tennis, but no one else is standing, who lost to players who normally flog!
Why what is bad losing to Hewitt in the lawn? Hewitt has won more games than he grass. "He lost to players who normally flog." * Sighs * This Once your arrogance of their fans who cause trouble.
It would be very unfair, especially in the face Current anti-Semitic propaganda and anti-Israel in the international community, to write about issues of civil rights Israel without presenting a factual context. The State of Israel, contrary to popular opinion, not the opponent to all human rights and citizens in the Middle East, not far away.
Israel is not way associated with the executions of child offenders in Iran, or the horrible practice of female circumcision is practiced in Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Jordan and the Emirates Arab Emirates, or the ruthless campaign of terror Iran to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The recent genocide in Sudan and the fighting between Yemen and Saudi Arabia has no absolutely nothing to do with Israel. Similarly, the war of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the war between Egypt and Yemen, where the Egyptians used chemical weapons and the use of Saddam Hussein's poison gas against its Kurdish citizens have absolutely no connection with Israel. Indeed, Hussein tried to conquer Kuwait because of Israel. In fact, genocide and ethnic cleansing in recent years in Algeria, the cruel murder of thousands of El Hamma in Syria by their own government, diversion and destruction of Libya Pan Am flight a few decades ago, none of these horrible abuses of human rights have nothing to do with Israel whatsoever.
The main problem in our region, which includes 22 countries, from Afghanistan to Somalia, Morocco and Turkey, radical Islam, which actually began more than 300 million Muslims back in the Middle Ages. Throughout the region, with an area larger than the United States, and massive oil and natural resources, has a GDP lower than the nation of Italy. The differences between those with and those without, in this sad reality, are simply stunning. Status of women rights is deplorable. Millions of children are exploited, abused and brainwashed by hate activist. Minority religions such as Christianity and Judaism are tolerated, but have virtually no rights, public performance, background and freedom to share their faith. In the heart of this terribly dysfunctional region, a small fledgling democracy called Israel has somehow managed to not only survive, in fact, is booming.
The fact that there are more Israeli companies traded on the NASDAQ that all of Europe combined, more than India, China, Korea and Japan combined, and that Israel has the fastest growing economy business amid economic crisis global international is pretty impressive. But that is nothing short of a miracle that this tiny Jewish nation, located in the center of most chaotic regions the world, managed to build a strong and democratic society, which places the highest value the sanctity of life, human freedom and religious freedom.
We're not saying that Israel is a utopia. If it were, there would be no need for the defense of civil rights organizations such as the Jerusalem Institute of Justice. Anyone who has lived in this country, even for a relatively short amount of time, Israel knows that, like any other nation, has serious weaknesses and struggles.
In our opinion, the Civil Rights in Israel challenges have developed as a result of three important phenomena in society. Phenomenon is the prevalence and even deepen, a collective mentality forged by the universities of Israel as a "siege mentality." The second phenomenon has more to do with the development organic history of political realities, namely the disproportionate political power granted to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector in Israel, despite their numbers relatively small society in general. The third phenomenon, which is not a challenge to be exclusively by Israel, is underway, unconventional attempt ethics and frankly evil radical Islamic elements in the area to infiltrate, undermine and ultimately destroy the fabric of the equality of all Western democracies. We very briefly on how each of the above phenomena has been developed and coalition, and how their combination has created a situation of systematic discrimination in some cases illegal in Israel.
Site mentality
A siege mentality is a common factor in groups of people who have a collective history of persecution and constant existential threats. It would be superfluous to list all attempts to eradicate the Jewish nation, from the pharaohs ancient Egypt, the Roman emperors, popes, the Inquisition and the leaders of the Third Reich nation after nation, people after people leader after leader persecuted, harassed, persecuted and brutally murdered countless Jews spread over several millennia.
The fact that this historical reality left in the collective mentality of a group of people is the sense they are under constant siege. This mentality is unfortunately reinforced by the Israel's current reality. Undoubtedly, genocidal tyrants still find a platform for the international community to show their anger against anti-Semitism, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, corona current list.
The siege mentality is so strong in Israeli society, which on several occasions the flow of new or unusual within Judaism, not movements or speak foreign companies are perceived as an existential threat, a "time bomb", or try to extinguish the Jewish people. There are organizations in Israeli society developed in the introduction and expansion of the siege mentality.
Although Messianic Judaism, for example, is currently less than 0.2 percent of the Israeli population, are not called "anti-missionary organizations that raise tens of millions of dollars a year to" mission combat. "These organizations play in the constant siege mentality exaggerate the size of the Messianic Jewish movement and the presentation of its members as deviant individuals for the sole purpose of converting Jews as possible in a foreign religion: a clear and present danger to the extent in question.
The political power of ultra-religious
Disproportionate political power ultra-religious Jewish factions in Israeli politics is direct result of the structure of our coalition Government-system.
Israeli democracy is both fascinating and admirable. It never ceases to amaze students political science to see how these heterogeneous democratic system still works. After an election, usually have between ten and thirteen parties represented in Parliament. They may be right-wing parties, the Left parties, parties of Russian immigrants, Arab communist parties, the ultra-religious parties, the national-religious parties, and the parties with the sole purpose of separating religion and state.
In fact, there are Arab members of Israel's parliament who do not believe in the legitimacy of the existence of State of Israel. However, these members are allowed to express this opinion in State Parliament as to undermine. In this sense, Israel is probably the most democratic world.
After each election, a coalition government is formed by creating a political settlement of various parties representing at least 61 of 120 seats in parliament. Traditionally, the political map is divided into three political blocs, blocking a large block on the left, a large block on the right, and relatively small ultra-religious.
For the past three decades, it was impossible to block the right or the left block to take enough seats to create a coalition government on their own. In the 2009 elections, for example, the line was an impressive victory, but there was still about 7 places to reach a majority of 61 seats, hence the need to integrate ultra-religious parties in the coalition government. Without them there would any government, and for this reason they are commonly called the "swing vote", a term used to describe the relatively large amount of force.
The ultra-religious parties in general, to join government right or left, provided you can get more money for their schools and maintain control key ministries in the government, including the Ministry of Interior, a position he had most of the past 30 years.
The Ministry of Interior Israel is responsible for the administration of many basic civil rights, which affect the lives of all citizens from the moment of birth when they die, ie birth registration, the granting of citizenship, address registration and voting areas, recognition of religious conversions, the allocation funds to religious institutions, licensing of firearms and the recognition of marriages, burial rights management and registration of death.
To complicate matters further, even if Israel Declaration of Independence his code of laws and previous court upholding the right to freedom of religion, most civil rights in Israel are managed based solely on religious affiliation. These rights include the granting of citizenship, recognition of conversions religious, allocating funds to institutions recognition of religious marriage, and administration of human burial. You can see why the ultra-religious parties prefer to keep this portfolio.
Just outlined all the citizens belonging to a particular religion, a representative may grant or deny These rights of a citizen's civil rights. Therefore, the vexed question of "Who is a Jew" goes beyond theological discourse in Israel and has profound implications the life of every Israeli citizen. Maintaining its position within the Department of Interior, ultra-religious parties actually keeps a monopoly in Israel, in addition to deciding who is a Jew in all respects.
Without going into too much detail, suffice it to say that this reality is not only civil of religious minorities in Israel flows. If we take the issue of marriage as a particular case, there are approximately 350,000 Israeli citizens who can not marry in Israel, as they fall within the definition of being Jewish orthodox (ie, the strict maternal inheritance) and does not fall within the definition of religion or any other (Eg, one having a Jewish father and Christian mother.) For this reason, about 11,000 Israeli citizen per year to fly abroad, including Cyprus, to married, so after his return, his own government does not recognize their marriage.
Security threats unconventional
It is reasonable to say that in recent times Israel and most of the security threats in the Western world have become unconventional in every sense of the word. Identity Theft sophisticated suicide attacks, the abuse of freedom of expression, freedom of press and freedom of religion for activists, intentional against civilians, soldiers dressed as civilians hiding in the houses of worship and hospitals, to massive amounts of weapons smuggling merchant ships, the radical Islamic expansion Gross has made a mockery of the conventional rules of participation.
The most difference between Israel and most Western countries, however, Proximity difference. This nation of about 6,000,000 Jews is surrounded by some 300 million Muslims, millions of whom live within their own borders. This situation, obviously has not helped distribute or moderate mentality existing security of Israel.
sophisticated war requires sophisticated defense mechanisms, and Israel, pragmatic reasons, is far from the international community to adapt to this new reality. By using advanced intelligence tactics, and administrative references Israel is able to monitor suspect poses a threat to security and prevent reeked havoc in Israeli society.
Unfortunately, no system advanced profiles, surveillance and prevention, no matter how sophisticated, can be 100% of the time, and a small percentage of innocent civilians are condemned to suffer from time to time. It is a disadvantage in all of us by questionable methods practiced by Islamic terrorists in our modern societies.
The case in question
Excellent illustration of the problems of civil rights caused by the convergence of these phenomena is the question of refusal of the Ministry of Interior Service Regulations (DSR). DSR, which has been condemned by the Supreme Court in 2004 and is still in practice today, was created to protect Israeli security threats both inside and outside its borders.
If, for example, an Arab woman who is a resident of Jerusalem This is married to a Jordanian suspected by the security forces of Israel to be a terrorist Defence Ministry may notify the Secretary of the Interior on their suspicions. According to the RSD, the Home Office must make public the records of the above and to retain the services until such time that the file is deleted by the department Legal Interior Ministry in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence.
This method, in theory, may prevent suspected terrorists from infiltrating in Israel to obtain citizenship through marriage. Unfortunately, the Jerusalem Institute of Justice has handled many cases that was used against the DER innocent citizens in Israel in recent years simply because of their religious affiliation.
In most cases, against "the so-called" missionary organizations "Have written letters to employees in the Ministry of Interior, who were appointed by the ultra-religious factions over this office, accusing some Jewish citizens Messianic be a "threat to the existence of the Jewish state" due to missionary activity. Regardless of the fact that Messianic Jew in history the State of Israel has never been charged, tried, or convicted of illegal missionary activities (which in Israel is actively proselytize a minor under 18 years or bribe someone to change their religion), regardless of whether the employees are not authorized to apply the RSD based notifications from non-governmental sources, the inevitable result is still occurring.
Many Messianic Jewish citizens were denied basic services of the Interior Department, to deny entry country, to refuse to register a newborn child, by refusing to renew a passport, denied citizenship to a spouse (and, unfortunately, the list goes on and on) because his record has been characterized prescribed by a denotation to the terrorists.
The Secretary of the Interior Ministry, like the vast majority of society Israel, in general, suffer from a siege mentality, and see their position as an opportunity to protect the nation of Israel of "others." No matter how well intentioned they are, are susceptible to the propaganda of the ultra-religious extremists that create phobias in increased perception of threat to Jewish existence. They made the same report to the representatives of the ultra-religious parties that appointed them to their posts, and always looking for ways to encourage citizens to comply with its narrow definition and distorts what who is a Jew and deny those basic rights that do not fit inside. To complicate matters, these same ultra-Orthodox parties have at their disposal very sophisticated systems to be created for the profile, monitor and prevent the infiltration of radical Islamic terrorists in Israel.
Civil Rights Defence
The good news, as mentioned in the beginning of this article is that Israel is a strong democracy. We have an excellent independent judicial system that respects the rule of law, and a free and independent press. This means that the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, and other civil rights groups in Israel, has all the tools necessary to achieve justice in cases of discrimination.
Thank tools at our disposal, we have successfully managed over 350 cases of discrimination in past 5 years, including 15 victories in the High Court of Justice. We fought the unequal enforcement of immigration laws, prevented the termination of parental rights citizenship and residence, freedom of religion protected and prevented from unfair dismissal on grounds of religious affiliation.
Our goal is to make Israel a stronger democracy. There is a war between Western democracy, where the values of life and human dignity, and radical Islamic fundamentalism, which thrives of oppression and terror. Israel is at the forefront of this war and no matter where you live, your success as the only democracy in the Middle East have a profound impact on peace and security of you and your children.
For more information on the Institute of Jerusalem of Justice, Civil Rights in Israel and how it can help strengthen democracy in Israel, please visit our website: href = "http://www.jij.org.il/"> www.jij.org.il.
If you or someone you know, face to an issue of civil rights in Israel, you are welcome to turn the Jerusalem Institute of Justice Assistance: counsel@jij.org.il .
About the Author
Calev Myers works as a partner at Yehuda Raveh & Co. Law Offices. The firm was established in the 1940’s by Mr. Gideon Hausner who served as the Attorney-General of Israel and as a cabinet minister. Today, the firm has grown into one of the leading law firms in Israel which benefits from over 60 years of experience in the areas of civil and commercial law.
Myers serves as General Counsel to over 60 non-profit organizations in Israel focusing upon education, humanitarian needs, social justice and civil rights, and grants ongoing representation to significant high-tech, telecommunications and media companies. He has served as Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Knesset Social Welfare Lobby, and works together with Knesset Members and Government Ministers to carry out humanitarian projects for impoverished sectors of the Israeli society.
Myers currently serves as Founder and Chief Counsel of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, a non-profit organization which advances civil rights, freedom of religion, the protection of refugees and victims of human trafficking, and carries out significant humanitarian projects on behalf of the weakest sectors of the Israeli society.
He also serves as the Co-Founder of the Israel Now initiative, a movement which mobilizes Judeo-Christian partners around the world to advance the public relations of Israel, and moral clarity in the international community with regards to issues in the Middle East.
Rome Total War Online Battle #1696: Macedon vs Rome
There are palaces, universities, and basilicas. Modern Rome is also home to movie studios, a film and television studio second only to Hollywood complex. When it comes to music, Rome has the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, a music conservatory of international renown. Visitors who love museums should consider the National Museum of Rome at its four locations. Besides the museum, visitors should not miss in Rome the Vatican.
The National Museum of Rome.
The Roma National Museum is divided into four main sites. The sites are: Crypt, the Palazzo Altemps, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Baths of Diocletian. Crypt The site has three floors. The basement is composed of archaeological remains, and can only be seen with a guide. The ground floor shows the archeology and history of an urban landscape. The first floor shows the evolution of Rome from the V century to the tenth century (AD).
Palazzo Altemps homes many statues and works of art, including sculptures of the deities of the East. There is also a private theater, which now houses special exhibits. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme houses a sarcophagus and the mummy, including objects amber jewelry found with the mummy. There are also sculptures and ancient coins in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. The baths of Diocletian Baths includes sculptures, an old chapel and a garden of the sixteenth century.
Vatican City "A Nation in Rome, Italy
Vatican City is the smallest nation the world, occupying slightly less than half a square mile of real estate in Rome. In addition to hosting the Pope, the Vatican contains perhaps the most famous house of prayer of all time. Sistine Chapel, located in the Apostolic Palace, the site is the art of Michelangelo. The Sistine Chapel ceiling, depicting scenes from the Bible, from nine-story the book of Genesis in the top of the chapel. Perhaps the best scene said the chapel is the image of God creating Adam. On the walls, Botticelli painted three scenes, scenes from the life of Moses, The Temptation of Christ and The Punishment of Korah.
Visitors to the Sistine Chapel can enjoy the stunning art work 9:00 to 19:00 9:00 to 18:00 in winter and summer. Visitors should bear in mind that the place is considered a sacred place, and therefore, there is a dress code. Visitors should wear pants or skirts, short skirts or shorts no. In addition, these shirts without sleeves, which cover not welcome in the chapel.
Another tourist attraction is the Vatican Museum. There is a cafeteria at the Vatican Museum, but the restaurants are limited within the Vatican City. Similarly, no accommodation for visitors, will have to return to the city of Rome for the organization of sleep.
I tried Google maps and does not appear two places at international level. Try to Columbus Ohio and Rome in Italy and that just does not work. How I can display two items on the map from Google that are in different countries??
Google Maps does not display flight paths. A plane does not follow a straight line from one city to another. You may be able to try to download Google Earth. You can see the real effective flight path took a flight through the airline and flight number flightaware.com 's flight tracker
Remember it’s not just your money you’re spending but also your time. Is this job a way to spend my time that I am actually happy with? Do spend it in worthy fashion, don’t waste or squander your time or money. This is another reason to look at other territories, you may want to spent time elsewhere. Not that we want to over dramatize that need for focus but applied brainpower tends to lead to more ideas on the issue than if you totally and roundly ignore it.
Make believe you’re on your own payroll. What would you pay yourself per hour, per idea, per each task?
You lose your job. You need to find another seaway. But sometimes we might lose our grasp of what actually happened and take that label and paste it on more than the specific situation. I seem to also put that same label on my intelligence when I didn’t lose any of it in the transaction. If we are going to use labels, just keep them in the specific situation and paste it on to what it applies to only. Watch out for labels that become all encompassing. For example, the word divorce becomes a label. This is a divorced person. But any person has been divorced from any number of situations. It applied to a specific situation, but yet every form a person might fill out asks if they are divorced as per marital status. Yet although we continually choose to divorce ourselves from situations, this label regarding marital status becomes a label, which seems to attach itself to more than the specific situation. If we use the labels, just paste these labels to the specific items that they apply to.
It would be like a store that runs specific sales on some items for 50 percent off, but they make up too many labels and end up with labels on almost all items in the store for 50 percent off.
We tend to stay in labels. We put a label on the day, saying it was a bad day. We keep the label on for the next day. By staying with labels, we are not moving further down the coast. And even if we keep the labels, they may weigh down our ship as we travel further. It might be better to travel lighter without the heavy weight of the label. We might just want to discard the label outright and throw it overboard.
You deserve this. In moving further down the coast, I might try to at times find ways in which I can feel worthy and deserving, even in small ways. I had been working on a commercial shoot in New York City on 5th avenue all day from early in the morning at about 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. where I was one of many depicting marathon runners for the commercial shoot on 5th avenue which was partially closed off for the commercial. After this, I started to walk downtown in the beautiful evening, going further down the coast of that day, to see a movie at the Tribeca film festival downtown. On my way, I purchased a Mango, coconut smoothie for 6 dollars, which is an extravagant purchase for a drink. However, it was quite cold and quite flavorable. As I continued to walk, enjoying the smoothie, I saw some other people at a juice bar. I thought, here are other people at a juice bar, but they probably didn’t run almost all day, at times in the hot sun, and if they deserve a smoothie then I can say I do too, especially since I did all that running for the prime time commercial. For that moment, I felt worthy of having that smoothie in my hand as I continued to walk downtown.
Take an inventory on your interests. What are you currently interested in at this point? For example, you may have lost interest in a job. Where is that going to bring you? I visited a friend in Kansas, and a storm approached with such speed and gigantic clouds that I more believed tornado scene in the Wizard of Oz movie. A bigger storm, bigger clouds will bring more rain. Bigger interests will get you going further in the future that something you have fizzled on in terms of interests.
You might say I am interested in the concept of this or that. More broadly if I am not interested in this, even as a concept, then what am I doing here?
Even the successful model doesn’t contain all that I have. If I decamp into any one model of success, I may have a lot more going for me than that particular model holds. Even if I label myself as success and I am a success, it doesn’t mean that I don’t have other territories I could consider, more coastline to travel.
It’s better to sturdy your legs. Stay in your own shoes. We can bring this to another context. It doesn’t have to be monkey see, monkey do. Don’t put on a false front because it is you yourself that you are bringing into the new territories. There can be some advertising and we don’t have to get into false advertising but at the same time we don’t have to advertise your weakest points to move authentically. People might drum up their weak points in trying to be honest but they overshadow or mask good points. Paint a truer picture. The popular comedian Jerry Seinfeld has written a lot of his own stuff and he can consult himself for further material. He can go back to the original owner and has a circle he can complete. The new territories are there, are you up for it? If you are standing on your own legs you might be more likely to want more of the same if it happens to be good for you. Copycat yourself into a better version. If the new version doesn’t work out, you can always go back to the old. You can steady those horizons with your own eyes.
What do I have with and what do I have without. We can make a separate list. What do I have with this and without this? I have intermingling of interests and investments. A big problem for many is they have gone looking for what they already have. People lose on thing and they think they lost everything. They lose a job or something like that and they think they lost everything including their intelligence when they still have the same intelligence they started with. I can go further down the coast in the same boat. But say for the good athlete who loses the game. Did he or she also forfeit their athletic ability? It’s good to be aware of what you still have so you don’t spend time, energy, and effort looking for it. How many people have looked here and there for a lost wallet only to find it in their pockets? People have even looked for glasses that they were wearing the whole time. But more importantly you may be looking for traits or qualities you already are already in the possession of. Ultimately, all you will arrive at is an unnecessary duplication.
People look for example at a sport, which has competive overtones and just look at scores and final results. The scores themselves may act as a label that mask about the scene that they do really enjoy. If you peel away what does form into labels, you may still find something that is intristically likeable and exciting about this pursuit.
Put the idea in there that I have done enough or that I have enough as a point where you can breath a little even if it isn’t really 100 percent true and even if you really want to do more.
You lose one thing and you go looking for ten things. You only lost the one thing. I lose my hat and I go looking for my hat, my coat, my wallet. I still have my coat and wallet so why am I looking for those things?
I might be a quality type within that venue. Even though this venue might not be what I am primarily familiar with, or what I have actually developed more fully, it is very possible that I am a quality type for this as well.
The basic question is, are you interested in this or not? Should you be interested in this? You can test your level of interest. If you are interested then you are interested. From this be more positive toward what are your actual interests.
Then my interests might be rotating a bit, like crops are rotated. For example, I am interested in reading but I might also want to read more fiction than I have previously. I might want to shift the emphasis based on somewhat of a shift in my interests.
Trees have multiple branches and the same if true of your time and your interests. You can branch out without losing the whole tree. Trust your real interests with your time. You can nurture your true interests with the flowing waters of time. We could still have many branches, all good.
We can expand our definition of richness, which might also bring us into new territories. Some people put a high value on music and will pay a lot for a concert. They will get to that concert because they anticipate a rich experience. Barbara Streisand had sold seats to her concerts for over one thousand dollars. Maybe we are also putting a value on the event. I have to have a ticket.
Another metaphor that applies is when I am on dry land and the territory I’m in is a bit arid. I’m in the desert in terms of the way I’m experiencing the territory, and it might be an upgrade to get into territories that are less arid for me. Not that we are going from dry land to the wetlands or far from the desert to the oasis on every territorial move, but as a coming to terms I can have a recognition and realization that what I’m experiencing in this territory that I’m in constitutes a feel of a desert experience for me. Negative feelings, emotions, and thoughts would tend to keep us in that desert. We can start to realize the different facets that are pulling us back into the desert and the different facets that are pulling us away from the desert. If I am walking any road, I can examine which turns are bringing me back into the desert and which turns are bringing me into more fertile, refreshing and crescent ground for me. I can get to a place where I can cast myself into a new light. Maybe you had the wrong part for you.
It’s not that I’m helpless in the desert or in any immediate danger. The longer I am in the desert the wider the gulf or divide might seem to that oasis. But that gulf might not be wider. It might be a stretch or it might not be a stretch. I can’t be sure.
At least examine for us the forces that are involved. What is pulling us in one direction or another and whether by subjecting ourselves to some of these forces we are going into territories that aren’t going to be the best. We are drawing little or no water from the well so to speak.
The absolute key then is to look for the good pull and recognize it as such.
So we can use the metaphor of the desert in terms of movement into different types of territories. Maybe it was you that turned off the faucets of your own interest.
Do remember no matter what territory you’re in or you move into, there is one person you need to put up with and you know what that is. You say you will like yourself when you get to those new territories, when you get those mansions. But what you want to do is start to practice doing that now. A little practice doesn’t hurt in the long run.
This way if you also get those things you want and you can find the territories you want where you can like yourself for say those accomplishments, you all of the sudden will not have to begin to like yourself to get the full benefits of your newly minted situation. The advantage of trying to like yourself even when you’re downtrodden is it gives you the practice for the good times if and when they finally roll in. Even if you can’t find enough good reasons to like yourself now, you still need the practice of liking yourself in case your fortunes change or in case even the opportunities you seek do arise. Do make the extra effort to find those reasons to like yourself. Have a fondness for yourself just in case, preparing not for the worst case scenario but for the better case scenario. It should help you go further. If the worst case scenarios continue, then you can still have to travel those roads and you can be better company for yourself if you like yourself. If you don’t like yourself, you tend to discourage onlookers that might be gatekeepers towards new lush territories.
If the search for security is that elusive, why bother? Why look for that safe haven anyway when the coastline is so long? You’re chasing a rushing river you can’t keep up with. Why not just go with the particular flow where you can still have a chance and you can still get some of your ideas to wash forward. Get into the territories that can count for you. That adds up to some personal meaning for you. As we ratchet down the coastline we have to deal with each stretch of coast as we come across it.
Or the opportunity comes rushing past you or you rush past the opportunity. And no one wins.
The group America has a song called You Can Do Magic. Focus on the words “you can”. One of the lyrics of the song was that you could have anything your heart desires. This probably isn’t true but at least you can still do a lot more than you think you can. There are all sorts of probabilities surrounding us. The probabilities are from 0 to 100 and let’s not always assign a false zero as an excuse not to. Acknowledge the probabilities even if they are low.
We can also think of new territories as something we can actually look forward to potentially. Or then why am I going full steam ahead to a place I don’t want to go to? Maybe the territories we are in now do not offer us the luxury as much. We feel like we are in a cage in that there isn’t much to look forward to. Trust your first instincts. If you think you’re in a trap, you might be. The best thing to do might be to walk away. For example, you go to a movie and your immediate instincts tell you to walk out. Then you stay and realize you should have walked out.
By the way, what are you looking at now? Are you looking through the window of opportunity? Is the sun still peeking over that landscape?
Just because you ran out of daylight on the idea doesn’t mean it was not a good one and the idea couldn’t have held water. Remember that the negative thought can just be the equivalent of the excuse thought. Furnish yourself with a train of positive thoughts. Positive thoughts are those birds of a different stripe, feathers of a different color. You can think negative but you have the permission to move on, or do you? You have to climb off the poles of negativity first and get back on the ground and climb that positive pole, because you can’t make the jump from opposite poles. When you constantly think negative it’s like supporting the opposition. The only good use of negativity is to see things how they are. If you can see negativity, name it as such, you have a right to examine the territory you are on or might be on later. It is difficult to move out of the negative because you might have lost your positive bearings within the negative. If you find weeds, pull them out, accept them, or move on.
Negativity can also distract you from good opportunities and spreading out in new directions. It serves as a decoy or diversion but not in a good way. Even the questions we ask have different connotations. For example, I ask how can I get through this, which isn’t the most positive question. Or I can ask, how can I most enjoy this?
It’s hard to begin to mix and meld, to get that unique blend you want on the new territory. It is somewhat difficult to mix the negative and positive and try to get the entire positive you want. The disparity might remain and that duo that forms isn’t what you wanted. Even mixing the positive and the positive isn’t always easy. For example, if you have a job that is negative and you want to have positive personal relationships, you might encounter some difficulties. The negative tends to predominate or might be a limiting force towards all that’s out there for you. You can mix and meld, but realize that is where the difficulties might be at in the source of this mix. Negativity is not equivalent to the positive and if you try and match the two you aren’t going to that nice equilibrium to the positive situation that you want. You are dealing with separate fronts that don’t always blend well. It’s like the storm meeting the sunshine.
You might need to loosen your thinking to get to the positive especially if your thinking is fitting tightly around a problem. Loosen the wrapping on the problem or just unwrap the problem and see what is presenting. We can still be in the middle, with a dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t position. You are caught between two currents and not catching the flow of either. You are in the catch 22. You might be on neither side of two worlds. Which will it be? How do these worlds differ? Which is going to be your field of dreams? Are you on the field of dreams with Kevin Costner or not? What happens is we think we aren’t in one world but we aren’t in the other world either. I am neither here nor there so I am not getting the benefits of either world. We aren’t being realistic so we land on neither side of the fence.
We can use both ends of the excuse. People use the same excuse not to on both sides of the issue. The age excuse is very convenient. I excuse myself because I’m too young, then further on I excuse myself from this very same thing because I’m now too old. I skirt the coast but I never land on it. Or it’s too hot to go outside, now it’s too cold to go outside. I can use the weather for all seasons of excuses. Or the busy excuse, I am too busy doing something (fill in the blank). Usually I fill in the blank with some acceptable concept relating to a good work ethic. I don’t say I’m busy going to a party. Just be more honest with your excuses to yourselves and others and try to see what the real excuse is. I may be involved with layers of excuses that I need to sift through just to see what the real ones are. Then I can address them if I want. Then of course is the excuse that isn’t sound to the situation. Such as the water is too wet.
So you can’t even get your shoes on the platform. My foundation isn’t going to be rocked because I didn’t have the foundation in the first place. To get from the negative to the positive, there must be some sort of change that you are ready to embrace. Whatever is involved and whoever is involved the element of change must be involved. I can consider the positive possibilities of change. Even standing still involves a change in the dynamics as a positive you still have to maintain as well around or through changing circumstances. But we who have missed out can often cite the change we never made. If I had only made that change, what might have been?
I don’t feel like it anymore. Why should I feel like doing this? What happened to you and what were the negatives that formed into seemingly impervious obstacles that have taken the feel away from you, where you once had it? As Edgar Winter sings, you lost that loving feeling.
If you don’t enjoy anything than maybe there isn’t a whole lot about yourself that you find enjoyable. Or maybe you could and would enjoy yourself more, but you need to get into other territories where you can enjoy these qualities about yourself that you potentially could find enjoyable.
Territory can be important to you. And if the wider boundaries are no good, you might not have a good time. But you can keep widening those boundaries until you find the good times. I need to look further if what I want isn’t here yet.
You can fan out on your interests and widen their scope. Give your interests the wings of a condor. You may have a lot going at the center but you can spread out from there.
Then there is the issue of a web or network of territories that can be highly advantageous or can become a tangle because of their increasing complexities. Look at the traffic jam, each person is in the territory of their vehicle, but the network can be disturbed by one or two vehicles that are disabled on the highway and stop or slow traffic for miles and maybe hours. Then we can have a personal web of interests that can become tangled up, especially if we are trying to be one person in one setting and another person in another setting. Who I really am becomes a matter of conjecture and is confusing to me. Not that we don’t bring forth different qualities in different settings but at least be believable to yourself.
Of course we can have a rich network of interests, friends, contacts, ideas, and the Web itself can be like this.
We need to consider the possibility that we could be looking at several new territories and we could go to each. We have crossed the Atlantic in the Santa Maria and discovered America but where should we land? Should it be further down the coast?
People blame themselves for everything. You go to the beach and it starts to rain heavily. The economy has gone bad. Prices at the pump are through the roof. What did I do now? You can even blame yourself for good fortune. My good fortune is only the setting for the knockdown punch. My luck will just run out sooner.
You don’t have to blame yourself for good fortune. Don’t feel guilty about your good luck or good fortune to the extent that it causes you not to cash in. The beautiful girls buy some makeup as a disguise only on Halloween. You don’t want to hit a home run because you might upset the pitcher. Maybe the pitcher would appreciate playing against the good home run hitter in the long run, and being in a game with quality players, which also reverberates back to him as being a quality player playing in a quality game.
Then lets not try be perfect and flawless in these territories. It is better to aim for the optimum, which still might not be perfect. The territories themselves aren’t flawless. First things first and we want to be in the game. If I expect to be so perfect, I might say that I will not be up to those standards and cannot be meet with them, so I will not play the game. I’m still better at maintaining the illusion of perfection then because in fact I was too perfect to be in the game. At least Dorothy despite her troubles was on a exciting road to Oz. We want to highlight what will get us to move into territories and if we expect a level of engagement that is perfect, we have arrived at a fictional landscape and we may balk at the options and hesitate because we don’t want to fall short of our fictional standards. And then even if we can approach perfection, it is too much of a burden to stay there, and it makes for a longer fall. And the idea of creative exploration might bring me down from there was well as I falsely link the idea of creativity to perfection. Another hindrance is that I might enjoy less than perfect when I only have the right to enjoy perfection. I do have the right to team up with less than perfection. People have found elation is less than perfect situations.
After all I’m not Gigantor or even Speed Racer or his Brother Racer X. We are walking skeletons. How to you get to perfection from there?
Just because we start out on a given territory, doesn’t mean we absolutely have to continue. We have gone a ways down the coast. We may have traveled far enough to be free. Columbus when he finally reached America had a long and wondrous coastline to consider. He had lots of territory to choose from and explore.
You may be at the end in terms of your interests, desires, and feeling towards the territory you are now on. You might be playing out the string on this tune and you just want it to be over.
But don’t dismiss idle territory that we could still go on. Just because nothing has been planted on this farmland doesn’t mean it can’t be fertile land. Hidden coasts might still be good.
Stay one step behind those trailblazers and make sure they aren’t leading in the wrong direction.
We can still drop the ball and play the game. We might not get a touchdown yet. All of which doesn’t make the run at something not worthwhile. Not only has the touchdown brought that great feeling. I enjoy running downfield for its own sake and the touchdown would be a nice bonus.
Finally we might want to hit the territory on the high end. Why not? All roads lead to Rome. You can get right to the best part.
You can hit the territory at different ends, you can put the horse before the cart or the cart before the horse. Today it would be the course before the car or the car before the course. You are still in the territory of the horse and the cart whichever you put first. But why not go to glorious Rome first and see the outer territories later. You can go right to the summit and check out the valley there. We can always go further down the coast.
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Hi! I’m going to Rome!!
Have you heard of the hotels “Milo”, “Parker” or “Kennedy” in Rome, Italy?
If so – which one would you recommend?
If not – which 3-star hotels would you recommend? (Nice, modern, budget and close to the city center)
Thanks guys!!
Here is a list of 3 star hotels in Central Rome http://www.romanlife-romeitaly.com/central-hotel-in-rome.html
it also shows their respective areas.
All hotels on the list have been screened according to reviews. In addition you have the advantage of using HotelsCombined – an accommodation search engine which searches and compares prices of thousand of hotels in Central Rome.
If you are unsure about which central area of Rome you would like to stay in you can familiarize yourself here http://www.romanlife-romeitaly.com./rome-italy-map.html
Kennedy Hotel is on the list so I can recommend it.
Milo and Parker have mediocre reviews.
All three are in proximity of Termini. Is this where you would like to be?
Termini is one of the least authentic areas of Rome, most search here because of its proximity to Termini station.
I would suggest areas like Campo de Fiori, Trastevere, Trevi, Pantheon and Navona for a better experience of Rome.
All the best and enjoy!
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