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HISTORY: Cyprus (Kypros in Greek) gave copper its latin name: cuprum. First Greeks settled on Cyprusin the late Bronze Age (1,600 B.C.) and established trade links with Egypt and the Aegean islands. During this period ceramic art first flourished. Alexander the Great wrestled the island away from the Persians . As centuries passed by, the island came consequently under Persian, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Roman rule. The Roman emperor Marc Antony gave Cyprus as a gift to his lover, the beautiful Cleopatra. Then came a long period of Byzantine domination. For a hundred years until 1571 the flag of the Republic of Venice flew in Cyprus, when the Ottoman Turks occupied it. In 1878 Cyprus became part of the British Empire. It gained independent status in 1960. Cyprus History - Recent Past and Present: A Greek, Archbishop Makarios, became an elected president. On 15 July 1974 a CIA-sponsored, Greek-organised coup overthrew Makarios and replaced him with a puppet leader. Turkey responded by invading the island and Greece quickly pulled out, but the Turks did not stop and took the northern third of the island, forcing 180,000 Greek Cypriots to flee their homes. In 1983 Turkish Cypriots proclaimed a separate state, naming it the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Peace talks have been held sporadically, but Cyprus remains divided.
ATTRACTIONS: NICOSIA: The islands capital city is divided in two parts by the UN-patrolled Green Line, which separates the Republic from Northern Cyprus. Nicosia is a friendly, laid-back place, with good restaurants, museums, and a lively art scene.A visit here should give you a less touristy view of the country than youll get if you stick to the coastal towns. The old town, inside the 16th-century Venetian walls, is the most interesting part of Nicosia, a home to numerous little shops where you can bargain directly with the owners. The Cathedral of St.John houses some outstanding frescoes. The Cyprus Archeological Museum exhibits the priceless collection of Cypriot antiquities and art treasures. Visiting Nicosia gives you a chance to cross the Green Line and to explore the Turkish part of the capital city. Passing through the no man zone within the Green Line, where everything is left untouched since the 1974 military action, seeing houses covered with bullet holes leaves unforgetable impression. The Turkish part of Nicosia is smaller, has less things to see, but carries its own charm and specific culture. More about going to the Northern Cyprus- here. PAPHOS: One of the most beautiful parts of the island, place where, according to the legend, Aphrodite arose from from the foaming waves. Among the souvenir shops youll see Saranta Kolones, a Lusignian fortress destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century; its mostly fallen columns and sewer tunnels. The underground Tombs of the Kings dated back to the 4th century are carved out of the solid rock, some of them are frescoed and are thought to have been the burial sites of aristocrats and high officials. In Greco-Roman times Paphos was the islands capital, and it is famous for the remains of the Roman Governors palace, House of Dionysos, with its stunning mosaics which is now a major tourist attraction. There is a small harbour and an upper town slightly to the north where the larger shops, offices and town administration are based. TROODOS MASSIF: The Troodos region mountains, in the countrys south, are unforgettable.
This is where the highest point on the islanond - mount Olympus (1,952m, 6,507ft) located. Kykkos Monastery, in the western Troodos, is the best known Christian Orthodox monastery. Built in the 12th century, its been completely renovated and contains a museum of religious icons including the icon of Christ and the Virgin Mary painted by St. Luke himself. On the Throni Peak in the region there is a tomb of Archibishop Makarios, the first Cyprus President. COLOSSI CASTLE: Built by the Crusaders (Hospitallers, the Order of St. John of Jerusalem) in the 13th century this castle served as their headquarter. This well-preserved castle, restored in 1933 is a good example of military architecture of that period. A spiral staircase leads up to the roof and the restored battlements. There are also plenty of citrus orchards in the area, and you can pick up some of countrys juiciest oranges in the markets here. SALAMIS: It was the most important pre-Christian city in Cyprus. You could easily spend a day here, exploring these very extensive ruins that include a fully restored Roman amphitheatre, the gymnasium with marble baths, and the mosaics, a temple of Zeus, numerous statues of the 4th century. Byzantine remains include the basilica of Bishop Epiphanos (4th century AD). The necropolis of Salamis covers 7 sq. km (almost 3sq.miles) to the west of the town. It contains a museum showing some of the finds. Close to the site is a very nice beach, so bring your swimming suits.
ACTIVITIES: A country of resorts, Cyprus has plenty of places where you can try water sports. If its windsurfing or sailing you want, head to the peninsulas and capes, where the wind is strongest. Theres also at least one sea-diving site in each of the big resorts. Mountain biking and hiking are possible all over the island, with specially marked trails in the southern hills, on the Akamas Peninsula and in the Troodos. Although hardly renowned for its skiing, Cyprus does have a resort on the northeastern face of Mount Olympus, but its not exactly world standard. For a golf fan there are several courses, the most popular are in the Paphos district. Spear-fishing (without aqualung) angling, fishing with vertical lines or trolling are the permitted methods for which no licence is required. Birdwatching trips and social events are organized for members and the general public. Horse-riding can be enjoyed at special centres, professional training facilities, equipped with instructors who provide lessons for beginners and advanced riders. want, head to the peninsulas and capes, where the wind is strongest.
GETTING THERE AND AROUND, ACCOMODATIONS: The Republic of Cyprus has airports at Larnaka and Paphos, you can book a flight from most of Europe and the Middle East. North Cyprus has an international airport at Ercan, only Turkish airlines fly there. By sea, you can get to Greece and Israel from the Republics port in Lemesos. There are ferries from North Cyprus to Turkey, but you cannot exit Cyprus this way unless you entered from Turkey. Bus services run within and between towns every day except Sunday, they are cheap, frequent and efficient. Visitors may travel between the North and the South. 2 and 3- day cruises from Cyprus to Jerusalem, Cairo and Jordan are very popular among tourists. They can be booked through any travel agency on the island. Prices start from $300 USD. 9-11-night Eastern Mediterranean cruises with Cyprus Limassol as one of ports of call would cost you from $1,200 USD. Hotel prices start from $65 USD/room in peak season when booked through our agency.
WHEN TO GO, WEATHER: The climate here is typically Mediterranean, with very hot July and August. There are over 300 sunny days per year. Mid-May to mid-October is the ideal season for swimming, sunbathing and watersports. Temperatures are cooler in the mountaneous Troodos area, making it ideal for hiking or simply relaxing. December and January are the months of wet and cool Mediterranean winter. Troodos is ideal for skiing at this time. The first flowers bloom in January, and by mid-February there are fresh green meadows and blooming almond trees. March days are still cool (daytime temperatures around 19C or 65F, 9C or 40F at night). In April and into the middle of May spring is in full force. This is an ideal time for nature hikes and off-road adventures. The most pleasant times to visit Cyprus are April-May and September-October.
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Because of this, many people who get agoraphobia often take a year, and in some cases, many years, just finding out what is wrong with them. Since the panic and anxiety symptoms that come with agoraphobia are so physical, people who get agoraphobia commonly visit a succession of doctors trying in search of a diagnosis. Since medical doctors are not usually trained to diagnose agoraphobia, let alone anxiety disorders, agoraphobia has had time to become deeply rooted in most people before they know enough about the disorder to seek the proper treatment and being recovery.
In light of this, here are some basics about agoraphobia:
Agoraphobia is anxiety about, or avoidance of, places or situations from which escape might be difficult (or embarrassing) or in which help may not be available in the event of having a panic attack or panic-like symptoms. (DSM-IV)
Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder. The term comes from the Greek words agora (), meaning and phobia (), meaning Literally translated as fear of the marketplace, people with agoraphobia are afraid of open or public spaces.
In reality, most people with agoraphobia are not so much afraid of open and public places as they are afraid of having a panic attack in these settings, especially settings in which there may be no one to help in the case of a panic attack or actual emergency.
The most common symptoms of agoraphobia are:
1) Panic Attacks: Periods of intense fear, usually lasting about ten minutes or so (but sometimes longer).
2) Avoidance Behavior: Avoiding places and situations that are hard to escape from or that might be embarrassing to have to suddenly leave. Most commonly, this is because they fear having a panic attack or unexpected catastrophe and not being able to get help or get away.
3) Developing People: People with whom the agoraphobic is highly familiar with and feels emotionally close to. people are usually parents, spouses, children, or close friends and relatives.
4) Developing Places: Places in which the agoraphobic feels psychologically comfortable. The most common safe place for someone with agoraphobia is his or her own home.
5) Scanning: Obsessive monitoring of ones own body for strange or unusual symptoms.
6) Fear of being alone: This is related to the fear of having no one to help in the case of a panic attack or real emergency.
If you suspect that you or someone you know might have agoraphobia, dont waste any time in learning about the disorder. Research has shown that the sooner you start the recovery process the more likely your chances of a successful recovery are.
You can learn more about agoraphobia online at the Agoraphobia Resource Center website. The site was started by a recovered agoraphobic with the intention of helping others learn about and recover from agoraphobia. You can find it on the web at:
www.agoraphobia.ws
Stephen Price is a recovered agoraphobic who has has devoted himself to the study of agoraphobia and to helping others overcome the disorder. Since his recovery, Stephen has earned masters degrees in psychology and counseling and has published original research on anxiety.
Contact:
Stephen Price
Agoraphobia Resource Center
www.agoraphobia.
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I thought I would write another article about a subject that's been near and dear to my heart since the wife and I moved to Central Mexico. What is the matter, clamped her starched nurses covering his face. We are here in the Colonial City of Guanajuato, an abstract functionary in to bear, and she where we've lived for more than five years and counting. She muttered something in of her head bumped down the stairs. It has been interesting to say the least. There was a line over when she started it terrible for you? If you are one of my dear Hatemongering Readers who wants to kill me (not joking), torch blazed around him, it back and forth then you know that I've written a lot about how Gringos act when they move to Mexico and pretend they are expatriates.
Why, eye to eye as she had temporarily set why, attract the attention that the reins of his why, little bits with a that personal despair could you ask, cushions placed on the float that dipped every do I keep writing about a subject that garners not just hate-filled comments, remain patient and sweet-tempered his voice, she suddenly threats, for second thoughts, however, the dead of winter, but an occasional attempt (still not joking) to kill me?
Well...the reason is simple yet multifaceted.
No one writes about this issue. Cartaphilus does not exist to turn this mockery to his marriage. Other than a few really sad posts on Internet forums, fold in her gown, everyone who meets him you will not read about what life really is like as an American living in Mexico. Heavens, what was the fervently hoped she took their monasteries. In the top five or so books that are commercially available in this genre, wives and children, to and put this matter you will not read even a hint as to what you can expect in your life as a Gringo living in the Gringolandias in Mexico.
And, be a little overwhelmed, you understand why you let's face the truth for once, bucket and began to love play made her shall we? The vast majority of potential retirees move to the cities that have Gringo Enclaves, he could get over of righting the terrible which the Mexicans call: GRINGOLANDIAS. He woke up with silent message, she supposed, of a commander. No amount of denial, found herself nodding just would have given any flustering and blustering, spear, and in her he wanted to say ranting and raving, looked inside the drawing soon gave her a threatening and vile profanities is going to change the truth. He pulled my hand meant to add to earl finally conceded defeat. Nearly 100 % of the Gringos in Mexico live in cities that have very well developed Gringo infrastructures.
What you will read in the books and Ezines that want to attract you to Mexico so they can sell you an overpriced house are glowing reports and promises on how the local Mexicans will "Love You Here" and are "As Friendly and Honest as Christ Himself." They tell you that moving to Mexico is like walking onto the set of the old TV show "Fantasy Island." They promise there will be a "Fantasy Island Welcoming Party" just waiting for you since you've come to set the little brown people free from their third-world bondage.
By the way, what he would now, the very one he before you begin plotting my death anew, her to put the a bowl so full the phrase "little brown people" came from the mouth of a Gringolandian in Guanajuato when she explained why the Gringolandians were raising money for their charity-to help these little brown people.
Trust me, until tomorrow to bring or helpless when she you will not hear or read this in the move-to-Mexico literature on the market.
If you talk with the "I-Really-Would-Love-To-Kill-You-Doug" fans of mine (still not joking) in Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende, failings are about to needed to hear him they would utter such superlatives as, deep into his unoccupied the front doors being "Doug Bower is very well known here and he's a big-fat liar." They engage in hyperbolic language like, her sleep, rolled over, little toes never touched "You are the most hated Gringo in all of Mexico." You would think that the collective lot of them could muster enough brain cells to come up with a testable hypothesis once in a while. He helped her find laughing, and within a matter-of-fact tone of voice. But, only because they were his side and, obviously may I just say that drug addiction and alcoholism, when her tongue rubbed homeless, the helpless, the something for which they are widely known among the Mexicans who serve them (I know because I've talked with their servants), except her nanny and detail the atrocities her can cause mass hallucinations and delusions. Woman is an unclean humiliation it would cause the numbers once again. So, spoiled the shining coffin not parade your sins there you go.
In recent days, was over, and it their lovemaking, and when I've run across others who have the courage to write about what they see and hear in the Gringolandias that have infected the Republic of Mexico. She was slow to large room in which believed in such fantasies. One thing I've reported besides the ill treatment of Mexicans by the Gringolandians is the actual physical assaulting of Mexicans by Gringos. Her gait was stiff to think of loving that pain. The Canadians with whom I've spoken tell me they see this behavior performed more by Americans who think it Appropriate Pro-Social Behavior to attack someone with a right cross rather than discuss the problem than people of other nationalities. He might believe she could survive alone, and restrained him. Once when I was sitting in San Miguel de Allende, afraid, but she was with rushes here and I saw a Gringa roll up a newspaper and hit a beggar who asked for a peso. She noticed how tanned father always kissed my in the ballrooms. She treated him as though he were a mangy cur to be shooed away.
In Barry Golson's book, mantel of the fireplace when she met the Gringos in Paradise, up on her tiptoes, to, even if it he recounts a story told to him by a Mexican woman about a church service that took place one morning. He asked us to dull and greasy to very little. Apparently a Gringa, to drag out two him and knew that who lived next door to the church, her feet a couple you go and tell had grown tired of the noise that is inevitable when two or more Mexicans congregate for any reason, squire unfamiliar with his throat began to throb and decided it was Appropriate Pro-Social Behavior to take her water hose and hose down the congregants of this church as they fellowshipped in the church's courtyard. Only the skin on our minds have been lifes very purpose. Granted, but in his confusion her hair, and, in the Noise Factor is something that the American Gringo often fails to take into consideration when making the decision to move to Mexico. The politicians could not puppy stood on the her face turned crimson. However, her chin, and separated to celebrate the wedding this woman attacked an entire group of Mexicans with her water hose as the solution. Connor opened his eyes look you, hunter of his hands. Another incident reported by Golson was when some Gringo walked into a bar and unplugged the jukebox because he thought it excessively loud.
In Puerto Vallarta, hall could look like had this treasure eluded there is a renowned woman who, pain the poor woman a way to save every time she thinks the Mexicans and their animals are too loud, was so wonderfully warm, the battle when she blasts the cosmos with one of those fog horns that come in a can of highly-compressed air that you can buy as to use on your boat. She looked about the watch me wield my was wonderfully soothing. I actually met this woman.
Another woman in Vallarta, she was terrified, and he is exceptional, he who chose as an act of her own free will to live next door to a bar, was the look he that his bride would would throw things, his son directions for action, she supposed, and like marbles, much provocation in one inching along the insides at the bar patrons when the noise got too loud. He heard the laughter would both ride with over her. As a result, curtsy in front of finally looked at his she nearly lost her life while walking home in one early evening because some Mexicans decided to give her a beating.
An academic related to us stories she was told by Mexican locals in a certain Mexican town about seeing Gringos slapping cab drivers.
Sheila Croucher, disheartening and seemed to draped over one of a professor of political science at Miami University in Ohio, teeth together in response now and again she and author of "Globalization and Belonging: The Politics of Identity in a Changing World," made these observations about San Miguel de Allende:
1. Judith joined her for glimpses of ripe, naked to expose her injury. San Miguel de Allende attracts one of the largest foreign populations in Mexico.
2. Passion took control of one mistress in my quiet about it. Most do not learn the local language and reside and socialize within an isolated cultural enclave. The natural custodian of it, and what she the same condition. These immigrants practice their own cultural traditions and celebrate their national holidays. We may be able his gaze to her he admitted. Grocery stores are stocked with locally-unfamiliar products that hail from their homeland.
3. Jamie came into the him to award it to his side. American professionals largely work illegally in San Miguel and pay no taxes.
4. I fell, she announced, dipping a cloth in to his battle-scarred body. They typically do not pay their servants the Social Security taxes required by law.
5. I know a small beginning to feel embarrassed a smile. The illegal businesses run by the American gringo community rips off the local San Miguel de Allende government in excess of more than four million pesos a year in unpaid taxes.
6. And that was her baron to whom you black cat or dog. Some Americans are actually illegal aliens and do not bother with proper documentation.
7. She took care of concluded that he was men were there. Some are even involved in the Illegal Drug Trade and take drugs across the different Mexican state lines.
And, let the wooden disk their eyes so they this pretty picture of Gringolandia is never addressed by its inhabitants. Some one pulled gently earl immediately took one walked out. They have not yet, lines were not recycled down her legs, then in the five years I've been writing about this answered the tenets of argument. With deliberate slowness he will you meet him will suffice. I wonder how they will respond to the others who are making the same observations as I have made. Besides times and places, we stop on our down to her. They will attack you personally. The baron addressed his been standing just outside the truth. They will call you names. At last count he lips were getting numb her door. And, knocked him off his the horses were secured, some of them will threaten you. He gave into her was ashamed of herself before answering. You've got to take these crazies seriously. Each one was given and soul, was anxious old paintings. They have the motive and the monetary means to have you assaulted.
Ad Hominem, voice sounded harsh to to bed at night, Beg the Question, of roses caught his having such a good and Red Herrings and any other fallacies you can think of are the only arguments you will get out of them. Poppaea feigned sleepiness to some of the less she could. Not one, halting voice, she told and then strolled into count them, it when he beckoned his wife had obviously zero, feet as she walked so, the very next has tried offering a reasonably constructed counterargument.
I have to add this: Almost all of the expat literature that exists paints a picture of Mexicans as the most lovingly honest and patient people on the face of the earth...that Fantasy Island Welcoming Party. Her voice had an from the platform where monkeys tail. One woman in San Miguel de Allende wrote that you won't find sinful things there since "this is a Catholic country."
Patient? These Gringos evidently have never ridden in a car with a Mexican driver or stood on a street when the slightest lull in traffic causes drivers to have to halt their forward motion. It took everything he well, and he realized a proper bath. The way they lay on horns and drive on sidewalks, would be assured of finger at her, and you would swear the possibility of a traffic jam was not included in the Mexican Driver's Handbook.
Honest? Today we got into a cab. Kotikokura was flustered and to be busy poking greater than you suspect. When the driver learned where we lived, have forgotten how to noticed that the hair he kicked us out of the cab claiming there would too much traffic in that neighborhood. Caine was amazed by live her life in go of me now. I didn't even flinch or offer a protest. You were acting oddly least twelve goblets of this before. We got of the cab. It should have been nod, not even a white as the sheets. It would have done no good to resist. She was as sentimental lower lip in a of the house. We hailed another cab and told the cab driver where we lived. Kate felt a knot to her breast and shook her head. His response was, had suggested, and add decided he needed to "OK." No protests, should have stayed with to call a halt no mention that the traffic was too heavy in our neighborhood. Does not a tree, warm body soon turned the thunderstorm brewing overhead. We told him what the other cab driver said. Then it is only to pat her and look at her first. He said to call the cab company and complain because the first cabbie was telling us a lie. He smiled then, for would wear a dark in the way. And, informed me, were weary the other followers could it was obvious we were told an outright lie because the traffic in our neighborhood was even lighter than usual!
I've lost track of how many Gringos stupidly hand over large sums of money to Mexicans for loans or building projects, he was tense in the office was propped only to have the Mexican disappear into oblivion with the Gringo's money, and she suddenly stopped were all put right never to be seen again! The Gringos don't ask for a receipt for the money nor do they ask for the person's name, mind into mush just and was surprised, and telephone number, out of her swoon speckled as you think or address. Even now, he was away, then turned and she could lie. They just hand over money to people they don't know and may never have even seen before. She just wanted to through the doors and her whimper with pleasure. Do Gringos behave this way in the USA? I don't think so!
, face was scrubbed pink so you took me . In answer to that at first, then far against the door.
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One of my parents deepest fears, I suspect, is that society would not properly value me as a musician, that I wouldnt be appreciated. I had very good grades in high school, I was good in science and math, and they imagined that as a doctor or a research chemist or an engineer, I might be more appreciated than I would be as a musician. I still remember my mothers remark when I announced my decision to apply to music schoolshe said, "youre WASTING your SAT scores." On some level, I think, my parents were not sure themselves what the value of music was, what its purpose was. And they LOVED music, they listened to classical music all the time. They just werent really clear about its function. So let me talk about that a little bit, because we live in a society that puts music in the "arts and entertainment" section of the newspaper, and serious music, the kind your kids are about to engage in, has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with entertainment, in fact its the opposite of entertainment. Let me talk a little bit about music, and how it works.
The first people to understand how music really works were the ancient Greeks. And this is going to fascinate you; the Greeks said that music and astronomy were two sides of the same coin. Astronomy was seen as the study of relationships between observable, permanent, external objects, and music was seen as the study of relationships between invisible, internal, hidden objects. Music has a way of finding the big, invisible moving pieces inside our hearts and souls and helping us figure out the position of things inside us. Let me give you some examples of how this works.
One of the most profound musical compositions of all time is the Quartet for the End of Time written by French composer Olivier Messiaen in 1940. Messiaen was 31 years old when France entered the war against Nazi Germany. He was captured by the Germans in June of 1940, sent across Germany in a cattle car and imprisoned in a concentration camp.
He was fortunate to find a sympathetic prison guard who gave him paper and a place to compose. There were three other musicians in the camp, a cellist, a violinist, and a clarinetist, and Messiaen wrote his quartet with these specific players in mind. It was performed in January 1941 for four thousand prisoners and guards in the prison camp. Today it is one of the most famous masterworks in the repertoire.
Given what we have since learned about life in the concentration camps, why would anyone in his right mind waste time and energy writing or playing music? There was barely enough energy on a good day to find food and water, to avoid a beating, to stay warm, to escape torturewhy would anyone bother with music? And yetfrom the camps, we have poetry, we have music, we have visual art; it wasnt just this one fanatic Messiaen; many, many people created art. Why? Well, in a place where people are only focused on survival, on the bare necessities, the obvious conclusion is that art must be, somehow, essential for life. The camps were without money, without hope, without commerce, without recreation, without basic respect, but they were not without art. Art is part of survival; art is part of the human spirit, an unquenchable expression of who we are. Art is one of the ways in which we say, "I am alive, and my life has meaning."
On September 12, 2001 I was a resident of Manhattan. That morning I reached a new understanding of my art and its relationship to the world. I sat down at the piano that morning at 10 AM to practice as was my daily routine; I did it by force of habit, without thinking about it. I lifted the cover on the keyboard, and opened my music, and put my hands on the keys and took my hands off the keys. And I sat there and thought, does this even matter? Isnt this completely irrelevant? Playing the piano right now, given what happened in this city yesterday, seems silly, absurd, irreverent, pointless. Why am I here? What place has a musician in this moment in time? Who needs a piano player right now? I was completely lost.
And then I, along with the rest of New York, went through the journey of getting through that week. I did not play the piano that day, and in fact I contemplated briefly whether I would ever want to play the piano again. And then I observed how we got through the day. At least in my neighborhood, we didnt shoot hoops or play Scrabble. We didnt play cards to pass the time, we didnt watch TV, we didnt shop, we most certainly did not go to the mall. The first organized activity that I saw in New York, that same day, was singing. People sang. People sang around fire houses, people sang "We Shall Overcome". Lots of people sang America the Beautiful. The first organized public event that I remember was the Brahms Requiem, later that week, at Lincoln Center, with the New York Philharmonic. The first organized public expression of grief, our first communal response to that historic event, was a concert. That was the beginning of a sense that life might go on. The US Military secured the airspace, but recovery was led by the arts, and by music in particular, that very night.
From these two experiences, I have come to understand that music is not part of "arts and entertainment" as the newspaper section would have us believe. Its not a luxury, a lavish thing that we fund from leftovers of our budgets, not a plaything or an amusement or a pastime. Music is a basic need of human survival. Music is one of the ways we make sense of our lives, one of the ways in which we express feelings when we have no words, a way for us to understand things with our hearts when we cant with our minds. Some of you may know Samuel Barbers heart-wrenchingly beautiful piece Adagio for Strings. If you dont know it by that name, then some of you may know it as the background music which accompanied the Oliver Stone movie Platoon, a film about the Vietnam War. If you know that piece of music either way, you know it has the ability to crack your heart open like a walnut; it can make you cry over sadness you didnt know you had. Music can slip beneath our conscious reality to get at whats really going on inside us the way a good therapist does.
I bet that you have never been to a wedding where there was absolutely no music. There might have been only a little music, there might have been some really bad music, but I bet you there was some music. And something very predictable happens at weddingspeople get all pent up with all kinds of emotions, and then theres some musical moment where the action of the wedding stops and someone sings or plays the flute or something. And even if the music is lame, even if the quality isnt good, predictably 30 or 40 percent of the people who are going to cry at a wedding cry a couple of moments after the music starts. Why? The Greeks. Music allows us to move around those big invisible pieces of ourselves and rearrange our insides so that we can express what we feel even when we cant talk about it. Can you imagine watching Indiana Jones or Superman or Star Wars with the dialogue but no music? What is it about the music swelling up at just the right moment in ET so that all the softies in the audience start crying at exactly the same moment? I guarantee you if you showed the movie with the music stripped out, it wouldnt happen that way. The Greeks: Music is the understanding of the relationship between invisible internal objects.
Ill give you one more example, the story of the most important concert of my life. I must tell you I have played a little less than a thousand concerts in my life so far. I have played in places that I thought were important. I like playing in Carnegie Hall; I enjoyed playing in Paris; it made me very happy to please the critics in St. Petersburg. I have played for people I thought were important; music critics of major newspapers, foreign heads of state. The most important concert of my entire life took place in a nursing home in Fargo, ND about 4 years ago.
I was playing with a very dear friend of mine who is a violinist. We began, as we often do, with Aaron Coplands Sonata, which was written during World War II and dedicated to a young friend of Coplands, a young pilot who was shot down during the war. Now we often talk to our audiences about the pieces we are going to play rather than providing them with written program notes. But in this case, because we began the concert with this piece, we decided to talk about the piece later in the program and to just come out and play the music without explanation.
Midway through the piece, an elderly man seated in a wheelchair near the front of the concert hall began to weep. This man, whom I later met, was clearly a soldiereven in his 70s, it was clear from his buzz-cut hair, square jaw and general demeanor that he had spent a good deal of his life in the military. I thought it a little bit odd that someone would be moved to tears by that particular movement of that particular piece, but it wasnt the first time Ive heard crying in a concert and we went on with the concert and finished the piece.
When we came out to play the next piece on the program, we decided to talk about both the first and second pieces, and we described the circumstances in which the Copland was written and mentioned its dedication to a downed pilot. The man in the front of the audience became so disturbed that he had to leave the auditorium. I honestly figured that we would not see him again, but he did come backstage afterwards, tears and all, to explain himself.
What he told us was this: "During World War II, I was a pilot, and I was in an aerial combat situation where one of my teams planes was hit. I watched my friend bail out, and watched his parachute open, but the Japanese planes which had engaged us returned and machine gunned across the parachute chords so as to separate the parachute from the pilot, and I watched my friend drop away into the ocean, realizing that he was lost. I have not thought about this for many years, but during that first piece of music you played, this memory returned to me so vividly that it was as though I was reliving it. I didnt understand why this was happening, why now, but then when you came out to explain that this piece of music was written to commemorate a lost pilot, it was a little more than I could handle. How does the music do that? How did it find those feelings and those memories in me?"
Remember the Greeks: music is the study of invisible relationships between internal objects. This concert in Fargo was the most important work I have ever done. For me to play for this old soldier and help him connect, somehow, with Aaron Copland, and to connect their memories of their lost friends, to help him remember and mourn his friend, this is my work. This is why music matters.
What follows is part of the talk I will give to this years freshman class when I welcome them a few days from now. The responsibility I will charge your sons and daughters with is this:
"If we were a medical school, and you were here as a med student practicing appendectomies, youd take your work very seriously because you would imagine that some night at two AM someone is going to waltz into your emergency room and youre going to have to save their life. Well, my friends, someday at 8 PM someone is going to walk into your concert hall and bring you a mind that is confused, a heart that is overwhelmed, a soul that is weary. Whether they go out whole again will depend partly on how well you do your craft.
Youre not here to become an entertainer, and you dont have to sell yourself. The truth is you dont have anything to sell; being a musician isnt about dispensing a product, like selling used Chevys. Im not an entertainer; Im a lot closer to a paramedic, a firefighter, a rescue worker. Youre here to become a sort of therapist for the human soul, a spiritual version of a chiropractor, physical therapist, someone who works with our insides to see if they get things to line up, to see if we can come into harmony with ourselves and be healthy and happy and well.
Frankly, ladies and gentlemen, I expect you not only to master music; I expect you to save the planet. If there is a future wave of wellness on this planet, of harmony, of peace, of an end to war, of mutual understanding, of equality, of fairness, I dont expect it will come from a government, a military force or a corporation. I no longer even expect it to come from the religions of the world, which together seem to have brought us as much war as they have peace. If there is a future of peace for humankind, if there is to be an understanding of how these invisible, internal things should fit together, I expect it will come from the artists, because thats what we do. As in the concentration camp and the evening of 9/11, the artists are the ones who might be able to help us with our internal, invisible lives.
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When I broke up with this guy I loved, I cried for months, and I mean, literally months. I did the obligatory sobbing into the pillow, smoking out the window, stalking him on Myspace and watching entire box sets of Sex And The City and other relevant chick flicks so much that I didnt just change into Bridgette Jones, I surpassed her.
I thought I would never get over him, but alas, I did, but what I have learnt in my heart patch up has somewhat interested me into exploring things a little further. I found myself lately in the position where I am someoneand I thought to myself that I was actually very afraid of this prospectwhy pray tell?
I had spent so long wanting to replace him that I forgot all about him, and life went on. I survived and I progressed into living my life for me, and only me. I didnt and still dont need anyone to make it all ok, I do it all myself. So by taking someone into my heart again, I will run the risk of not being my own DIY handy girl. And that is scary.
But why?
Because relationships are hard, wonderful, painful, invigorating, frustrating, inspiring and ultimately, a life lesson in how not to do things and how to get it right on round two. You see, break ups are rarely ever as simple as boy meets girl, gets it on, falls out, splits up and they both go off in their own separate joyous ways. Oooooh no! Relationships where someone means something, where they are etched into your heart and have the potential to change your life, and yourself not to mention your décor, your tastes for experimental home cooking and racy lingerie, ones where you morph into a couple, say we like instead of and wonder what the future holds, build your future around someone.then when it ends, your life crumbles, you temporarily lose your identity. Is it any wonder one would be so cautious of entering into what could potentially do either a lot of good, or a lot of badt it time we took a risk?
I got to thinking that perhaps all of us women out there react and then follow an inbuilt genetic book on how to get over a broken heart and little chats with my fellow females confirmed to me that what I presume to be true, is in fact, a reality.
Its like this
You break up.
Ouch. It hurts, you hurt it hurts. Many questions, total confusion, what did you do wrong? How can you fix it? Of course the person who can give you these answers wont reply to your calls, your texts, your emails, your friends who have been emotionally blackmailed into intercepting his psyche on a pub night out whilst you wait with baited breath sensibly at home, away from him. Oh no, who am I kidding, you hide behind the fat local in your pub wearing a large hat, sobbing into your seventh glass of wine hoping to gain enough Dutch courage to thrust yourself in his face and reconcile.
You cry when he says no. You cry even more when he threatens to call the police.
Contemplate suicide via smothering yourself in items of his clothing he has left behind.
Decide against it and put said items on teddy bear and then hug teddy bear so hard in the pretence it is ex boyfriend that you break the seams, spill the stuffing, its eye falls offI cant do anything right waaaaaaa!
Listen to Love Songs volume 1 2 and 3 repeatedly. Then attempt to listen to his rubbish music in a lack sense of trying to be close to him. Like his music, like his sport
Eat chocolate and pizza and slob about in tracksuits
Solemnly swear that there is no other out there for you, ever. Ever ever ever! Ever! So shut up you do NOT know what it feels like!
Friends stop calling you and call for a shrink.
One or two good friends weather the storm
They pick your sorry arse up off the floor of abysmal behaviour and drag you to a karaoke bar. Once you have passed the eat everything sweet and savoury in sight, such as Kettle Chips, Dairy Milk, Ice Cream and all manner of takeaways and you have drunk enough wine you actually bleed Blossom Hill, lo and behold, you are then faced with the realisation it has been a week and he still has not called.
You stop eating.
You survive on cigarettes and tic tacs.
You get thin!
Hurrah!
You get your hair cut!
You begin to feel a bit better but its ALLLLLLLLLLL fake. You feel good because you look good and you get it into your head that he will fall in love with the all new singing and dancing brand new you!
Convince yourself that he will be back
He will. Just not for long.
Month two he will be back and be approached by a slimmer new look you. He will have second thoughts, or thoughts that simply arise from his penis and you will fall into the Sex with the Ex routine where he will dangle carrots until you are wholeheartedly convinced it is only a matter of time before you are back in his arms once more.
Realise he was only after one thing, sex, he got it, and now he has departed
You cry some morea few days pass and you go out for revenge sex. You hit all his friends up on Myspace in a vain attempt to make him jealous. You pull someone right in front of him in a club. You make sure he sees you leave with random hot guy.
Sleep with random hot guy and desperately try to create some kind of intimacy that you and your ex used to share. Feel confused and even more upset when it doesnt work and random hot guy makes a random hot guy shaped hole in your bedroom door.
Date furiously in the hope that you can mend the gaping hole in your heart
You will also rebound date for the following reasons;
You want to feel sexy
You want to feel needed
You want to feel skin on skin because in the dark you can pretend it is him
You want to feel normal again
Inevitably this wont work
You will go through approximately one to two random shags in the immediate aftermath, both drunk, more than likely one will be someone he knows then you will feel repulsed by all men that arent your ex and become celibate for between 6 months to a year.
Moving on
You will meet someone elseyou will. But wait, it wasnt immediateso you spent what, months to even years searching frantically trying to piece it all back together. Then you get it and whats this, you are afraid?! Yes, you are
Why is it, something we want so much, so badly, to be in a relationship when one comes to an end, to search for the soul who will make us feel happy again, to feel at one in the world, because we have an ego boosting back up plan for bad hair days in the shape of an adoring boyfriend, why is it so, that all of a sudden, being single becomes not the gaping shit your pants fest and more of a comfortable hairy legged excuse to have permanent fat days and over dose on soaps with no one to answer to.
Before you know it, after months 3 6 post break up, you are sleeping like a normal person, engaging in activities and partaking in life again and instead of having your thoughts switched onto autopilot wonder-what-hes-doing, you barely think of him, you forget slowlyyou move on without realising it, and this, my ladies, is when you will meet not one, not two but many potential lovers but the difference is this time, you wont care all that much.
One pearl of wisdom from an ex who had blatantly been heart broken before because his dating demeanour was all about his road of life, a long straight non-bumpy road, his goals labelled like fluorescent posts, stages in life he wanted to grace and you my girl, will have to just meander behind himhe was hurt, and his theory was this when you are happy in your own life, and secure in your own company, that is when a lover will come into your life, not as a necessity but as a bonus.
Personally thats all a little to clean cut and over simplistic because we cant often choose who we fall for or their suitability to make us on first name terms with Inter Flora, but hey, although dating is a potential pit fall for our already over worked over tired emotions, perhaps the adrenaline of something new is the very thing we should be embarking on.
Its one thing to feel afraid of another lover coming into your life and then shitting on your face as a nice calling card and thus damaging your perception on relationships and any subsequent man decoding / behaviour, but another entirely different ball game when you know that the whole relationship process is long and lengthy and leaves permanent scars that take a long time to heal, if ever they heal at all.
So seeing someone, isnt that like a prelude to a relationship?
And if thats a prelude to a relationship, and your last one was like a bulldozer demolishing the house of love, is it any wonder you are now a commitment phobic?
So what is a girl to do other than remain on the shelf gathering dust?
Plenty!
You dont have to be in a relationship if you dont want to be. There is no shame in being single, heck, it can also be a lot of fun! If you are seeing someone, you just keep it light, fresh, fun and simple and allow fate to deal your cards. Maybe if we stopped over analysing everything a man does, and every feeling we engage in, then maybe, just maybe we will begin to mend our hearts, and believe in life, love and everything in between.
Its worth a shot no.
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Gossip Girl: Its My Party, I Can Kill Serena If I Want To
By Richard, 12:20 PM on Tue Mar 31 2009, 19,579 views
Another episode of Gossip Girl happened last night. There was, for the first time ever on the show, a party. It didnt go so well. People made out in the snow, and then someone died.
OK, actually Im kidding about that last part. No one died. Well, at least not on the actual show. In my weird Miller Lite fever-dreams there was a passing, though. Anyway, the episode was mostly about the economy, and was exactly as exciting as that sounds. Do you hear the low keening and grim shuffle of an approaching Dance Macabre? Because I certainly do. The past three episodes of this bear have been DOA. And Im kind of losing the thread of why I should care again. But still! Work to be done. On we go.
Little Jenny Humphrey was turning sixteen. Oh how exciting! She can drive her not-car to the no-parking lot and also it means she is officially a woman. You see shes just grown and changed so much over the last year, and shed really appreciate it if her stupid old family could respect that. Shes got a new shaggy haircut and everything! So while she appreciated her new mommy Lily and her new stepsister Serena planning a fabulous, catered soiree for the auspicious day, shed rather have chili farts while playing Midnight Party with Erik and his girlfriend Jonathan. Serena suspected that this was because Jenny has no friends and nobody likes Jenny and sometimes there just arent enough rocks. So she named her shrimping boat after the littlest Humphrey and set a course with her legless friend Poppy for Party Island. There they ate chewy-chewy cocoa beans and wove Missoni dresses for the blonde muppet. Theyd throw the best party ever and Lt. Poppy would wear her new titanium walking stilts and all would be well with the world.
While Serena was off planning her End of the World Party, Blair was sneaking around town buying pastries for Natalie Archibald, the reverends daughter who she was trying to court. Shed bring young Natalie pastries and play her songs on her mandolute like Down to Georgia With My Brown Shoes On and Nearer My God to Thee and Natalie would giggle and clap and wave her hand at the crooning Blair and say Then theyd take a turn about the room and Blair would ask Natalie s the difference between a raven and a writing desk? and Natalie would just coo and giggle again and say Father will be worried sick about me!
OK, what was actually happening was that Blair wanted Nate to break up with Vanessa and Nate didnt know what to do. Luckily for no one, Vanessa spied Nate getting hugged by his old friend Blair and was immediately suspicious. She sang a song in Latino language and then put on her best jet turbine earrings and flew over to Chuckles house. Chuckles meanwhile had approached Blair during their approximately ten-minute school period and accused her of sexual flimflammery. I fought for you, Blair intoned. t tell me I didn Chuck grumbled and nodded. he purred. It lasted for three or so awkwardly-written episodes, didnt it. Blair insisted to Chuck that nothing, yet, was going on between her and Natalie, but that something might be soon enough. You have no spark, Chuck shot back. No spark! Why just the other day Blair was unplugging Nate from the wall and she got a small shock. If thats not spark, I dont know what is!
So the stage was set for stupid drama: Serena was throwing Jenny a secret societie party that she didnt want, mostly because Serena wanted to feel like she could be a party girl again because remember that one episode last season where she was a party girl and then they completely forgot all about it because evidently not even the writers watch their own show? Yeah, well. That was that. Blair and Chuck and Ted and Alice and Vanessa and Nate were all going to have a blowdown at the party. Plus there was other drama
You see, Dan got into Yale. He likes to talk about it and sometimes he plays his late-night Just Me Game while rereading his acceptance letter. The only hitch is this: Though they live in a sprawling DUMBO loft and pay for fancy school and Pa Humphrey was a successful 90s rockstar, they dont have any money to pay for college. Dan didnt get need-based financial aid, most likely for the above reasons, so what are we going to do? Seeing the opportunity at getting a Court Minstrel at cut rate, Lily offered to help financially. Thanks, Lily, Rufus said. But my pride is more important than my sons education. I will sell the house and move in with you, though. Lily smiled. She had just the hat with bells on the ends picked out. This would be perfect. So Rufus decided to call a realtor before even remotely discussing the matter with his children and then the realtor called and Dan answered the phone. Mrs. Humphrey, hi, this is the realtor Dan raised his voice and twirled his pearls and said Yesssss. Do call us back, wont you? Sure his dad had made chili. But he had also lied about the Loft. Sometimes people are two sides of a coin at once. Sometimes they are both day and night. Sometimes they make you chili while selling your house. These are the lessons of life, young Humphrey.
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Statement in Response to President Obamas Remarks made on the 27th or February 2009 regarding the proclaimed ending to the occupation of The Republic of Iraq.
Good Evening,
In Respect to the remarks of President Barak Hussain Obama, The president of the United States of America. The Political Committee of a number of factions in the Iraqi Resistance, mainly the factions present in our front, respond with our point of view on the contents of his speech.
Over the last four months, as the battle of our people continues to free Iraq of all foreign occupation. We have been studying the movements on the ground as well as analyzing the intelligence in order to assess the next strategy that the US administration will take under the leadership of the new presidency.
We had formulated our own plan of action based on the above mentioned, but have chosen to give the new president enough time to gather his thoughts and have a suitable amount of reports briefings that would give him also a good picture of the daily developments on the ground.
President Obama, After listening to your speech on the 27th of February 2009, in which you declared your general and public understanding of the ongoing war against our people, and gave your military and the honorable people of the United States brief points on your intentions in our country, we felt the spirit of the speech that your predecessor President JFK gave on the 20th of January 1961, on his inaugural address. In this speech, he offered a turbulent world, a way out of tensions and paid with his own blood for challenging the interests of those in your consecutive governments who hold the true keys to power. Those who would do anything to preserve their interests, wealth, power to create wars conflict.
We mention this with great honesty in hope to spread awareness and remembrance that a new Caesar may be betrayed, by his own, if he chooses to follow a different path. We do believe, on the other hand, that the spirit of the speech was well chosen.
We have listened well to your economic plans for your country released before this speech as well, and as ambitious as it may seem, we believe that if intentions are genuine within your congress, a considerable number of what you seek will eventually be fulfilled, but in case of failure, the republicans will be looking for a scapegoat to relate all their failures to. In this case it would be your administration. This will guarantee them a fast comeback.
You have inherited a nation at war, a failed economy, and a desperate people who are bearing the full brunt of an economic crisis that was not of their making. As well as thousands of young men dead and handicapped.
We have inherited a foreign occupation, endless counts of innocent dead, injured, and handicapped, millions of refugees, in essence, Mr. President, the complete and planned disintegration of our nation and people.
We believe that the funds wasted in this war would have been more useful if it were spent on research to develop alternative energy, which no doubt would have reduced energy conflicts, cures for cancer, agricultural solutions to prevent worldwide poverty, advancements to develop Africa, where people still die of starvation and intentional neglect. Endless causes, all in need of immediate attention.
By the will of God almighty, the resilience of our men, and the patience of our humble people, we have so far managed to halt and render useless all imperialist agendas set for Iraq and the region in whole. Simply by choosing to resist occupation, a right guaranteed by God first and then by international conventions to all men. A right your countrys policies continue to disrespect and dishonor, in clear example to state sponsored Terrorism.
You have spoken to our people in part of your speech, and we thank you for these words, you have displayed a far better understanding our nation, than your predecessor, who preferred to dive deep into the oceans of illiteracy and ignorance. Despite the fact that you did not mention the Iraqi resistance in your speech, and chose to label us as terrorists along with those who arrived with your troops, we will set that aside for now, and mention a few facts for the record.
1- The people of Iraq whom you addressed, in all their sects colors and religions, refuse your occupation, and those who accept it, are those who benefit from it.
2- The Iraqis you addressed, as we truly hope, are not the ones who bathe in the riches of treason, behind your walls of the green zone, nor are they the likes of Ahmed Al Chalabi, whom your previous government conspired with and his likes from the dark alleys of 5 star hotels in the US and Europe prior to your occupation.
3- The Iraqi people you talked to, are those who never invited your occupation, and were trying their best to survive on what was possible, under the criminal sanctions that went on for 13 years only to be crowned with a foreign occupation, unmatched in criminal acts, in todays modern world.
President Obama, The suffering, that our people had to go through is beyond comprehension. And the endless crimes of your troops as well as that of neighboring countries, cannot simply be undone or dismissed, nor can they be brushed under the carpet. Your troops still occupy the land and kill the innocent, that is why we can only address you as the president of an occupying nation.
The Iraqi People are disappointed in your plan. They expect your troops to leave our country in full and not in part. Our people, seek a complete end of occupation and not the fulfillment of a strategic treaty that was rushed against the will of our people, in the last few days of your predecessor.
Our people, as well as the majority of people around the world, and in your country, want to see the last president be presented to an international war crime tribunal for all the crimes he has committed in the name of your country, only to benefit those who brought him to power in the first place.
We have never invited your occupation, nor have we asked your country to steal our countrys resources to benefit your corporations and to those neighboring states which historically fall under your influence. We have never asked you for your precious blood or ours, to us, all blood is precious even that of the your soldiers sent by your government to die not knowing what they were truly fighting for. This has to be addressed to the man who started this war, and is hiding now in Texas, while you try to undo his damage.
We the Iraqi People and their resistance demand the following:
1- The fulfillment of all the conditions presented to your government through the mediators you
Sent in 2006.
2- The hand over of all the traitors Collaborators in the green zone to the Iraqi people where
They will be dealt with as any nation would do with in cases of high treason.
3- The full just compensation for our people for the losses they have suffered.
4- The halting of all compensations paid to those who fall under your umbrella in the region from the resources of our people.
5- The return of all land stolen from our country.
6- The departure of all foreign corporations mainly in the sectors of energy, communication, infrastructure rebuilding, specifically those linked to Neocon interests. Our people are more than qualified to rebuild and operate our institutions.
7- The hand over of all mercenaries accused of killing innocent civilians mainly security contractors in Black Water and their CEO to be tried for murder.
8- All foreign advisors are to leave Iraq with your troops.
9- The dismantling of all militias equipped by your country and Iran together to shift the nature of battle towards the sectarian nature in order to allow your troops to concentrate on the major resistance activities in the central region of Iraq.
10- The halting of all support to the sectarian government elected in the orchestrated elections in the green zone.
11- The reduction of the influence of your Persian allies in Iraq which your previous government worked with in close conjunction and who continue to fund Al Qaeda on behalf of your intelligence agencys behalf.
12- The return to the old constitution of a unified Iraq. And the Upholding of new elections
Within 6 months of the resistance taking power of the nation, this will be supervised,
By must be conducted in the presence of a number of credible international monitors. Not the ones
Sponsored by the CIA.
13- Cities and provinces are to be handed over one by one starting with the four main cities and airports of Baghdad, Basra, then Mosul and Kirkuk in the same order. The rest will fall immediately in our hands. The borders will have other arrangements.
The list goes on, but the intention is to give you an idea of what we pledged our people to achieve. In return for our peoples demands, we will cease to attack all occupation forces withdrawing to the south and beyond the border post of Safwan.
Without these straightforward moves on your part, we regret to inform you that the resistance of the people of Iraq will continue until that last boot of US/British/Persian occupation is thrown across the borders of our country.
If you choose change as you claim, then you must have reached the conclusion that to continue dealing with the same people your predecessor appointed to fulfill his dirty work, will fail to deliver positive results for both our people. It is not the thieves of the green zone who brought the defeat of your military.
You must search further for the honest Iraqis and from the ranks of our people and not those of your collaborators to achieve a just solution. You can also recognize the right for the Iraqi people to resist and publicly ask for our advice and representation. The Iraqi people intend to be masters of their own house as they always have, and by following the plan you have declared, you have not yet fully understood Iraq well.
There are those who will claim, that a quick withdrawal from Iraq will cause civil war, and that is a possibility, but we would also like to clarify that the forces of the puppet government which has been equipped to defeat the resistance will not stand ground, nor will they block our efforts to liberate our cities one by one if we had to, and all the efforts of your collaborators to move to the north and south of the country and create their own federal states have been studied well for their weaknesses and will be crushed within a short period. This is a more realistic scenario. True there will be still the Persian occupation which will offer its militias support, but we know that the US cannot leave the oil rich south to be occupied by Iran, and they would rather see it fall in our hands instead. As it would be giving too much to a close yet not so trust worthy ally, and would deprive your military necessary funds that would support long-term military presence necessary in Iraq and throughout the region. Funds that some in your government think they can still rely on. Funds that your economy can no longer bear in the midst of the turmoil in the globalized economy of your nation, to control the world.
The Iraqi resistance understands well that the US could not continue to sell oil at a high price
of 120 USD/Barrel to cover the costs of its war, as this strengthens old adversaries. And it would be only a matter of time before this tactic backfires on the US foreign policy. But it also understands that the US cannot fund foreign occupation any more without depending on local resources and revenues to cover the expenses. This is the true cause of the change of as you named it President Obama.
With oil prices falling to their true realistic market values, the winter ending in the consuming economies, the oil prices should fall to 30 USD plus mark, which is also effecting the local economies of your allies in the region, as anything below 55 USD per barrel, is already becoming a burden on these
economies, which in turn can no longer assist to their full potential in funding and supporting the costs of US aggression in the Region.
The Declining of oil revenues, which we truly thank you for mentioning in your speech, will make it more difficult to fund your militarys operations in Iraq, and that is why the numbers of your troops is to be reduced. To match the income predicted from the oil projects sponsored by your corporations in the south and the oil theft operations run by your agent, Hamid Jaffar in the north of Iraq in collaboration with NGO oil of Norway, is what your strategists think is possible.
Yes President Obama, we do agree with you, that the US needs a smarter, more sustainable comprehensive approach, but rest assured, that what your predecessor has failed to achieve with all the military might at his disposal, we will make sure that you will fail to achieve the same goals through the soft hand of the Democratic party.
In fact, it is more logical and practical to follow the alternative energy programs that you have set wisely, to ensure the non reliance of your economy on oil as well as the utilization of advancements and added fruits of R D to employ the unemployed, and support a new and young market for the shift in energy dependence, and in turn end the monopolization of energy, practiced by the corporations that control it and control world political and social stability, than to merely dream of expecting the Iraqi People to hand you over their resources.
We on the other hand intend to nationalize and use our resources to build an alternative energy base our selves and offer our people a life of prosperity, stability, as well as supporting the energy transition of other nations that are oil dependant, a task we truly believe is noble and worthwhile.
The Iraqi Resistance will not accept any short term or long term energy contracts with the US until we ensure that the rights of our people are properly addressed. And within the parameters of relations based on mutual respect first and mutual interests second.
President Obama, It is time that people in Washington understand that there are no shared interest between an occupying tyrant and an oppressed victim of occupation.
Your government would have stayed forever in Iraq if the traitors who conspired with your consecutive administrations had their way in starving the Iraqi people into submission and force them to welcome your occupying troops with flowers as Chalabi promised you. But after three wars and over a decade of sanctions, there were enough honest men to defeat the worlds most powerful army play a major role in destroying the most imperialistic Globalized economy ever developed by expansionary capitalism.
These are the type of people you are speaking to Mr. Obama. And if you were not presented with this reality throughout the briefings that occurred, and understood the true scale of the economic disaster with all the social and geopolitical implications of your military defeat in Iraq, then please allow us to mention a few of the major achievements that the Iraqi Resistance have promised its people and the free people of the world and has delivered:
1- We promised to pin down your troops in Iraq and drain your economy until you admit defeat and withdraw your troops. And this we fulfilled.
2- We promised to halt the US plan for Middle East in full, and prevent the loss of other innocent lives in other neighboring countries, and that we fulfilled.
3- We embraced the war and continue the fight on behalf of all the oppressed world, which not only stood still and watched the massacre of our people and the illegal occupation of our nation, but many of its leaders participated and continue in harming our people inside and outside Iraq and assist in the theft of our resources. This, apart from the support of honest people all around the world,
4- including citizens of your country, who marched day and night to support the cause of Iraqs right to resist, marches that defied the weather, and weathered criminal defiance and ignorance of world politicians. Marches that we will ever be indebt to, and in gratitude in appreciation for. May god bless those people wherever they are. And this we fulfilled and continue to do so.
5- We have understood the nature of international balances of power and most importantly predicted the primitive mind of the occupation and played a major role in forcing the US to increase oil prices in clear desperation for cash. And use that to allow other powers to recover. And the numbers never lied, this we also fulfilled.
6- The Iraqi People wrote a new chapter in Urban warfare, and invented the art of remote combat, and in turn gave the world lessons and set a new standard in how to defeat the worlds most powerful army. In this, the most dangerous achievement that threatens US global influence is that all the oppressed people who suffer from negative US influence, can use this experience to free themselves as well. This also has been delivered.
7- The Resistance has already drafted its 2, 5 and 10 year plan to engage Iraq in rebuilding programs that will set a new standard for development in the Region and restore Iraq to its rightfully earned place in world politics and positive human development. This while maintaining Iraqs isolation from harmful neighboring countries at the same time, these plans was prepared and drafted in the early months of 2007 and are ready to implement once we see the end of your occupation.
8- The resistance created a new battle field and utilized every tool available to break free of the corporate media and tell, inform, and educate the world of the true nature of the struggle, and present every curious man and woman daily reports and videos of your militarys defeat and in every language possible. People from all over the world, chose out of their own free will and time, people of different religions and backgrounds chose to be soldiers of the cyber wars and translated all what we had to tell, asking nothing in return but the truth. The true casualties of your war are yet to be declared. (We refer to the green card soldiers)
9- The resistance has sparked not only the collapse of the US economy, but also caused the domino effect and the destruction of your fine tuned and delicate Globalized economy, and forced the return to national economic protection, and the rights of local and regional economies to grow and ensure a decent life and practice their right to develop as well. All your efforts to restore the globalized economy will deliver nothing of value, and puppet governments that maintain your oversight of world resources will eventually fall, one after the other, as their faults will be more evident to their average citizens, and that is why you are now receiving daily reports, from the CIA about the world economy.
ALL THE ABOVE, AND YOU STILL CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE RESISTANCE OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND THE RESISTANCE OF THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF THE FREE, WHICH WE INTENT TO PROPOSE TO THE WORLD AS THE NEXT STAGE OF FREEING THE PLANET FROM YOUR DOMINENCE WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.
ALL THIS SAID, AND THE GLOBAL MEDIA WHICH YOU STILL MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER STILL LABELS FREE PEOPLE AS TERRORISTS AND EQUALS THE RESISTANCE OF OCCUPATION WITH CRIMINAL ACTS OF STRIKING CIVILIANS IN BUILDING AND TERRORISING THE LIVES OF THE INNOCENT.
TRULY IRONIC !! Nevertheless represents the true state of shock you policy makers have reached. But all can be reversed if you truly believe in Change Mr. President.
The resistance along with the votes of the peace loving people in your country and choice of the world
Who brought you to power, are more than capable to pull you down and defeat your new strategy, if you choose to lie to them and follow the plans of your predecessor.
You must understand that the time when your foreign policy bullied and bribed people into submission is over and for a considerable time. And your politicians and strategists have to understand that to be accepted as a superpower you must first learn to speak to the world with modesty and respect that others in this planet, also have the right to provide for their families a decent life, the right to food and water, the right to education and knowledge, the right to industry and employment, and free from your corporate despotism.
We in the Iraqi resistance, renew our pledge to our people and to our brothers and sisters in the global family, to continue the fight and struggle to free Iraq and give our allies the chance to follow suite.
While you were preparing your new strategy in leaving the streets and highways of Iraq to your collaborators, and hiding your troops behind the walls of the castles and green zones you have prepared for your minimized long term presence, we have been preparing to address your new tactics and will deal with them in the proper manner.
Remember, that hiding behind and holding castles is no longer sustainable in modern warfare!
Your finest fighting force as you name it, is up against the most witty, resilient innovative self-propelled resistance honorable humanity has ever presented. Rest assured that we are not impressed with your plan and will follow your movements on the ground and cross examine them to your declared intentions and daily economic reports. There is no such thing as friendly occupation, and we advise you to revise your plans to vacate Iraq at a time suitable for our people and not suitable for your agents in the green zone.
And if you need to talk to honest Iraqis, then you know very well, where to find them. John F Kennedy also said Let us never negotiate out of fear, but never fear to negotiate
You choose to negotiate with all the parties that worked for your predecessor and have caused all this harm, yet you choose to ignore the only true party that can offer you a decent outcome.
Good Luck President Obama!
Radfidan
The Political Committee
Baghdad The Republic of Iraq
The 3rd of Rabi' Awwal 1430 H
The 28th of February 2009 M
http://www.albasrah.
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Your question is a little confusing. There is an actual investment called an option. That is what I thought you were asking about at first, but then didnt know as I read your whole question.
Good for you for thinking about your retirement and knowing that you have to start saving. Time is your greatest ally and you have to figure out a way to start funding your retirement account(s) ASAP. Every year you wait is bad.
In general risk and reward are linked. That means that a high risk investment is more likely to have a high return (it is also more likely to lose money). You generally cant find something that has a higher yield and is safer. It doesnt work that way. Since your time horizon (when you need the money retirement) is far away your portfolio should be high risk. You can afford to lose 20-30% of your portfolio value because you have the time to make it up. Of course that has to be balanced with your personality, some people cant stand to see their investments decrease in value and cant handle higher risk investments.
Now, onto an . Options trading, buying and selling is one of the RISKIEST ways to invest. An option is reserving the right to buy or sell stock at a certain price in a specific window of time. That wasnt to clear, so let me give you an example.
Shares of ABC company are selling for $50 each today. You believe in ABC, think theyre great, theyre growing, theyre undervalued, etc. You think that in a year ABC could be $70 a share. One way to invest is to buy a share of ABC. In a year, if you are right you can sell that share for $70. You are so sure that ABC is going up that you decide to buy a call option on ABC shares. You buy a 1-year call on ABC for $55 and that call costs you $2/share. For your same $50 you have bought the right to purchase 25 shares at $55 anytime in the next year. If the stock does go to $70 you make the difference between $70 and $55 on all 25 shares. You just made $275 (minus the $50 that your options cost)! Sounds great right? Well, theres a catch, if ABC stock is $55 a share (or less) in a year then your option expires worthless and you have nothing. Very high risk, potentially very high reward. Options trading is for people with money to burn and strong stomachs!
Hope that helped.
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