Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Open Toed Opaque Tights

IF THIS IS HISTORIC


drawer The question is: "We will do everything he preaches?. A change of mentality does not happen from one day to another.





Alberto Armendariz
To THE NATION

NEW YORK.? In an interview with one of the major television networks in the Middle East, the first granted to a foreign media since he took over the White House, President Barack Obama sought the Muslim world last night sent a message of respect and reconciliation. Said the United States is not enemy of Islam, which will make every effort to achieve a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, and even extended his hand to Iran.
"My work with the Muslim world is to inform you that Americans are not your enemy. Sometimes we make mistakes, we have not been perfect. But America was not born as a colonial power and there is no reason not to restore the same respect and the same U.S. collaboration with the Muslim world was as recently as 20 or 30 years, "the president said the channel Al-Arabiya, based in Dubai. The interview marked a sharp change in tone and style from the relationship he had his predecessor, George W. Bush, with nations Islamic.


Noting that he lived in a Muslim country? Spent his childhood in Indonesia, where he was the second husband of his mother? and who has relatives followers of Mohammed, said Obama also has pledged to change the image of Islam in America.
"The Muslim world is full of extraordinary people who just want to live their lives and see their children live better lives," he said. "In all my travels through the Islamic world have understood that beyond your faith, and America is a country of Muslims, Jews, Christians and nonbelievers, people have certain common hopes and dreams," he added.


The interview, which was taped at the White House coincided with the arrival in Egypt of the new Middle East envoy appointed by Obama last week, former Sen. George Mitchell, a veteran diplomat who was instrumental in ending the armed conflict in Northern Ireland. Mitchell, who spend a week in the region, will also visit Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, before making a stop in France and Britain.


The flamboyant president explained that Mitchell instructed to listen carefully to each of the sides and then include their views on any proposal the formulation.
"Many times the United States begins dictate what to do instead of listening. So now we will hear soon. We can not say to the Israelis or the Palestinians what is best for them. They have to make decisions" she said. But I think that it is time for both sides to realize that the way in which they are not conducive to the prosperity and security for their people. On the contrary, it is time to return to the negotiating table. "
He further stated that their diplomatic efforts, Washington will remain a strong ally of Israel, whose security is a sine qua non for any agreement. And any solution to the conflict Middle East must include a contiguous Palestinian state, to allow free movement of its citizens, and can trade with other countries.
"There are Israelis who recognize the importance of peace. They are willing to make sacrifices if the timing is right and there is a serious cooperation from the other party," he said and then praise the peace plan presented by King Abdullah Saudi Arabia, which implies recognition of Israel by Arab countries in return for Israeli withdrawal to the borders it had until 1967.
and stressing the need for a peace agreement for future generations, said: "At the end of the day, what counts is whether a child in the territories Palestinians will be better, have the possibility of a better future, and if a child in Israel can be confident of their safety. If we can concentrate on improving their lives, look forward and not just think of the conflicts and tragedies of the past, I think we have the opportunity to make real progress. "
On the other hand, dismissed the recent threats of terrorist network Qaeda, that Obama has not shown more who are nervous about the prospect of change.
"What that tells me is that their ideas are bankrupt," remarked "I can not respect .Yo terrorist organizations that are willing to kill innocent civilians, the pursue. But for the rest of the Islamic world what we offer is a hand of friendship. "Message to Iran


and stressed that it is impossible to think alone in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the solution should include relations with neighbors such as Syria, Lebanon and Iran and even take into account what happens in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In this sense, used his dialogue to send a goodwill message to the government of Iran, whom the Bush administration termed the "axis of evil" for its surreptitious nuclear activities. According to the former government in Washington, the process of Iranian uranium enrichment is aimed at producing nuclear weapons, while Tehran insists is for energy and peaceful.

"As I said in my inaugural address, if countries like Iran open their fists, you will find our hand out. It is important for us to be willing to talk to Iran, to express very clearly what our differences, but also where there are ways potential breakthrough, "he said.

His remarks were echoed yesterday in the State Department, where the new head of U.S. diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, Obama's former rival in the Democratic primaries, "suggested to the Iranians to seize the moment to make your first move.

"There is a clear opportunity for the Iranians to show their willingness to engage positively with the international community," said Clinton, who during the campaign had taken a much more iron in relation to Tehran and he even ridicule Obama proposed direct talks with the Iranian authorities.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

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Is your child an investment? Requiem for Mary

That gentleman approached me a chair as she told me what she felt abandoned by the then government. He had several years of life and sacrifice to his work as patrolman and there, under the mountain sun Huanta told me the common plight of men like once he was summoned to the civil struggle against Sendero.
was lunchtime and he had insisted on inviting us to eat. While continuing his narrative a sweet face smiling tanned cheeks approached with a plate of beans, cheese and toasted toast. I was fourteen, but looked eleven. Her name was Lucinda.
is beautiful "I said to my host-
-cooking know-he said immediately
The conversation continued about the man's inability to breed as would all his children. Lucinda told me sadly and three other women were his daughters and would not work well on the farm as their only child.
"Unfortunately I had and miss, but little women than men and it serves my house my wife and the eldest, so I better take her young lady, just give him school. She loves cooking, cleaning know also, here and not long ago, I have and keep.
Logically, the proposal gave me goose bumps, as well as the hypothesis of Journal Trade on teenage pregnancy to become beneficiaries of the program together (*). The similarity is scary, but true: in some places in Peru, a child is an investment. I used to work on the farm and if you get a man, much better, you will pay double. In this logic a daughter is like an action with less value or less return on investment, but Dad government program, regardless of sex, a hundred suns monthly insured.
son The investment concept is also evident in some families living in the capital. Thousands of times I have had to be compared to mothers who had just of losing their children in different circumstances. When they agree to give their testimonies and I try to reflect the maternal pain by the death of a supposedly adored with all my heart (note: I hate the handling, do not force feelings), they seem to mourn over while repeating that he or she was who the financially supported .. "And now who is going to see my" ... add to this variant: "... I'm old" or "I am father and mother to my children" so common in such cases.
A little disturbed by such phrases I've tried more than once cross-examination:
"But also to keep, I guess I would have some qualities ...
And I have met frequently with answers like this:
"Sure, I worked from early in the morning Miss, I always brought gifts, but earn little, always cared for the ride something.
rather, good son = son to his parents happy materially.
hate repeating this, but I think I need: The crying was even more intense when the mother remembered that in the absence of that son or daughter she would be unhappy because "no one to see for myself." The pain did not seem to be based on the absence of being itself, but the loss of what this creature could provide. Chilling example of the son-common investment.
I was surprised about the continued inability of some families to express affection. There are few times when I saw the son returning home after being lost and find parents who do not know how to hug. Instead, I see many parents concerned about raising children who care for them when they are elderly.
But these experiences on concept of child-investment does not belong only to my working life. I well remember the words of a college friend whose socio-economic situation would be described as a B plus for some market researchers: "I keep my parents until I keep my children."
I also remember the case of a friend, whose mother faked a nervous breakdown to prevent his daughter, Trient right place, finally leave the family home to independent living experience necessary. My friend gave to manipulation, he could not bear the burden of conscience that would entail leaving his weeping parent, who repeated a and again that singleness of the child necessarily imply fundamental duty to care for the mother financially and emotionally. The underlying message sounded something like this:
"I had you in my womb for nine months, I grew up, now give me back my investment, stay with me until you leave well married to repeat my fate. Some day your daughters will do the same. "
All these examples help me be a better parent, to emphasize my conviction that my daughter will give him all the best I can while God gives me strength and that it will train them to use their own wings to fly out of the nest and make a truly happy life without feeling pressured to help me or worry about my future, but one hundred per cent focused on yours. My daughter is not my investment is a wonderful creature who learns to be independent very soon.
(*) Program of the Peruvian government to assist with 100 soles a month ( 30 dollars) to families or single mothers living evidencing in extreme poverty.