Where are you headed?

<p><font size="3">I haven’t posted in a while. This was done on purpose. I took some time to sit back and ponder on what my purpose is on this journey. I looked through old posts and thought about what I want to achieve. <img alt="Pinned Image" height="601" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/37365871877869352_nysGMtpi_c.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" width="400"></font></p> <p align="right"><font size="1">(source: </font><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/37365871877869352/"><font size="1">pinterest</font></a><font size="1">)</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="3">I’ve decided it will be to my benefit to get back to setting monthly goals to meet my overall goals. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Even though we are well into February I’m still going to set February goals. So without further ado checkout what I’ve aimed for this month!</font></p> <ol> <li><font size="3">workout 4 days/week</font></li> <li><font size="3">attend every WW meeting </font><font size="1">(no excuses)</font></li> <li><font size="3">track daily </font></li> <li><font size="3">limit TV time to 1 hr/day</font></li> <li><font size="3">weigh 174 by 2.29.12 {lose 4lbs}</font></li></ol> <p><font size="3">Tracking is something I struggle with all the time. I’m good for breakfast & lunch (during the work week) and then that’s where it ends. And don’t even talk about the weekends. Zilch for tracking. </font></p> <p><font size="3">Does 1 hour/day for TV seem like a lot? We always watch the news, but besides that I feel like I waste a lot of time sitting on the couch. I want to fill the time with more productive things. ie working out, organizing, house projects, etc</font></p> <p><font size="3">I think my other 2 goals are fairly self explanatory! <font size="3">So those are some pretty big goals, but I have the confidence that I can achieve them! </font></font></p> <p><img height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9O3TWpGDWvHamC8y2Y84vpLqWf6MpURk7Jzzdeu4gFUZIHwBSNGlo7iHYzDeksi_8aE39vLxB5SQyHVNd8jw7J6uSIeJj9sO8NN43OdDveEWpQAFsA61aeamaGRRdNKIkPBE1w2uRaU18/s1600/im-possible-audrey-hepburn-quote-in-gray-and-pink.jpg" style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" width="393"></p> <p align="right"><font size="1">(<a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&biw=1536&bih=697&tbm=isch&tbnid=LQCKzVVzwXIyzM:&imgrefurl=http://shannonkodonnell.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-can-do-anything.html&docid=Di4_A-kUanazTM&imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9O3TWpGDWvHamC8y2Y84vpLqWf6MpURk7Jzzdeu4gFUZIHwBSNGlo7iHYzDeksi_8aE39vLxB5SQyHVNd8jw7J6uSIeJj9sO8NN43OdDveEWpQAFsA61aeamaGRRdNKIkPBE1w2uRaU18/s1600/im-possible-audrey-hepburn-quote-in-gray-and-pink.jpg&w=393&h=500&ei=XIo4T53NJbCrsAK1tJ2BAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1295&vpy=310&dur=880&hovh=253&hovw=199&tx=111&ty=212&sig=111155294236529678024&page=3&tbnh=153&tbnw=138&start=48&ndsp=29&ved=1t:429,r:28,s:48">source</a>)</font></p> <p><font size="3"><strong><em>What goals do you have for this week/month/year?</em></strong></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p>

Where are you headed?

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Britain and Argentina

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMKvSBSHN7NYdRrUo_FPECSjt8cK0JVVPNXS8fnpNelCnqmMbpn_6SRpyatrFKB_iqqwxb35v_werk-2S_eQcejTZnG_432rGpWtbncCjW4KN3BjY7yUG45TdQypvUquKSeNtTJvWiJZS/s1600/fisheries_boat_banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMKvSBSHN7NYdRrUo_FPECSjt8cK0JVVPNXS8fnpNelCnqmMbpn_6SRpyatrFKB_iqqwxb35v_werk-2S_eQcejTZnG_432rGpWtbncCjW4KN3BjY7yUG45TdQypvUquKSeNtTJvWiJZS/s400/fisheries_boat_banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SO TELL ME, PART OF MALVINAS – FALKLAND SABER RATTLING BY THE BRITISH IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING THE UK</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">’S</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> FISHING INDUSTRY </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Falkland Islands have a GDP of $105 million, and a per capita GDP of $35,400 (2002 estimate) placing the islands on a par with the United Kingdom (GDP per capita of $35,200 – 2009 estimate). The contributors to the GDP by sector are: </span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fisheries – 52.5%</span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Government (including health and education) – 14.0%</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Communications, Finance and Business services – 11.4%</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hospitality & Transport – 7.7%</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Construction – 6.6%</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Housing and other services – 3.2%</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mining. Quarrying & Manufacturing – 2.1%</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Agriculture – 1.6%</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Utilities – 0.9% </span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">BRITISH MEDIA OFFENSIVE</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">British newspaper The Telegraph writes in its Monday the 13^th of February online edition:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Via <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Telegraph</i><b>:</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24pt;">Argentina starts 'squid war' against Falkland Islands </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuZy74lLpFvt7hmzqkceUiSKzHnJ3ilbg90pHKkod6rpA6ht-2M9wNEWbCPPgQrpe12G6YX-24QEUeIzmMXRYMD4divrauCydGXobNUiBWTp1iyaU0ysXHafGDwK7dYwm16KGn4Ifjyhi/s1600/article-0-0F6855BD00000578-499_468x286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuZy74lLpFvt7hmzqkceUiSKzHnJ3ilbg90pHKkod6rpA6ht-2M9wNEWbCPPgQrpe12G6YX-24QEUeIzmMXRYMD4divrauCydGXobNUiBWTp1iyaU0ysXHafGDwK7dYwm16KGn4Ifjyhi/s320/article-0-0F6855BD00000578-499_468x286.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Argentina has reportedly started a "squid war" against the Falkland Islands, telling fishermen to catch the creatures before they reach the waters around the British territory. </span></b></div>Argentina reportedly hopes the orders will deal a blow to the Falkland Islands' fishing industry, which is worth up to £45 million a year – half of which comes from catches of Illex squid <br />Illex squid start their one-year lives off the River Plate, which marks the border of Argentina and Uruguay, in September and move southwards as they grow. <br />Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary William Hague warned South American nations not to collude with Argentina's ban on allowing ships from the Falkland Islands to dock in their ports. <br />Britain has ruled the Falklands, 290 miles (460 kilometres) east of Argentina's coast, for more than 180 years. However, Argentina also claims sovereignty, losing a brief war over the islands in 1982. Offshore oil exploration in the area has encouraged new waves of nationalism on both sides. <br />Last month, Argentina persuaded Brazil, Uruguay and Chile to join a Mercosur trade group resolution to turn away any ship flying the Falklands' flag, which shows a sheep and a ship along with the United Kingdom's red, white and blue Union Jack. <br /><br /><div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>MEDIA INSULT</b></span></div><div style="color: blue;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">British media offensive against Argentina last week reached its climax when the Falkland Island Newspaper “The Penguin News” referred to the Argentine President as a “Bitch”.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrIy5ww0OmauwegN-WF2zMoAObHyQSmLV5LhnxrQ2wOyIewy_PJVUgrLy7kUUOuLY6qGokMI-XhfvWgOBid17580TC42fLFtO2fvdrWTNJ9oPuXIM4e-JN2XcyZu64kH37trjZQ6KcFy3/s1600/penguin-news.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrIy5ww0OmauwegN-WF2zMoAObHyQSmLV5LhnxrQ2wOyIewy_PJVUgrLy7kUUOuLY6qGokMI-XhfvWgOBid17580TC42fLFtO2fvdrWTNJ9oPuXIM4e-JN2XcyZu64kH37trjZQ6KcFy3/s640/penguin-news.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><b><i>The Guardian</i></b> online edition wrote:<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Falkland Islands newspaper calls Cristina Fernández de Kirchner a bitch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thousands of complaints after insult that followed Fernández accusing Britain of militarising south Atlantic islands</span></div>The Falkland Island newspaper the Penguin News has triggered uproar on Argentinian social networks by calling President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner a bitch.<br /><br />The newspaper's website uploaded a photo of Fernández briefly using the insult as a file name on Wednesday, a day after she accused Britain of militarizing the south Atlantic islands.<br /><br />The word triggered an immediate avalanche of complaints and abuse from Argentinians, reflecting heightened sensitivity towards the archipelago in the runup to the 30th anniversary of the war with Britain. <br />The Buenos Aires daily La Nacion said the word, "perra" in Spanish, was a strong "anglo-saxon term ... signifying disrespect". Within hours more than 2,000 readers responded with comments, many vitriolic. <br />The Penguin News, which is printed weekly and online updated daily, usually has a tiny readership – the islands have a population of 3,000 – but the escalating diplomatic row between London and Buenos Aires has in recent weeks attracted many readers in Argentina which calls the islands Las Malvinas and asserts ownership.<br /><br />To illustrate a story about Fernández's speech on Tuesday it uploaded a photograph of the president with the offending word. Those who saved the image found that the default file name was "bitch". <br />Challenged by an Argentinian on her Twitter feed the editor, Lisa Watson, replied: "emmm oops – not now you'll find." The word was removed. Watson referred to colleagues' "dry humour". By then however the page had been saved and posted on multiple websites, prompting online fury. <br />The editor's Twitter feed reflected angry and often vicious hate messages. Penguin staff did not reply to emails or phone calls last night but last week, before the controversy, Watson told the Guardian she had been receiving abusive messages for weeks.<br /><br />"I receive threats and insults via our work email address and on Twitter. The threats I try not to take seriously, particularly as the individuals tend to sign their name and even offer 'besos' (kisses) after claiming they are coming to the Falklands and their first task will be to kill me. Mainly I am referred to as a prostitute, liar, thief and pirate, other words I really wouldn't like to mention." <br />She did not keep such emails, she said. "I read and delete immediately because it's not something you want to keep as a souvenir, but one said 'Die you decadence whore', others say things like 'I am coming to the Malvinas so walk softly because I will find you.'"<br /><br />She did not take them seriously. "I assume it is simply people momentarily angry because they have read something in their newspaper about the islands – I suppose we all feel like that sometimes but threatening to kill me seems a little extreme." <br />Watson said she was more upset about random calls to islanders. "It's intimidating to be woken in the night to someone shouting at you in Spanish."<br /><br />Nevertheless she said it was important to have dialogue. "I have no objection to chatting and debating with Argentines. My reason for doing so is in the hope they will see us as a people with our own culture and our own thoughts. I live in hope that they will understand we are not 'British imperialists' but a population that has struggled to develop this little country and deserve to be allowed to live in peace. <br />"I should say that I also receive many messages of support from Argentines or messages from people who do not agree with my point of view but want to offer kind thoughts anyway."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuqZSNsu1Dxp3lpfUM_899ZwSNzxcqP8xajNQOaG_JbJOiYZju13cZIDUPPJVYFkIVjAeIlJ7I9bIv6ldO1tg0TV4BURJOZiXQKM1Q4LO35SshqjKkLqcSNyMU7ed4gqzH_-rhsLiFC3c/s1600/falkland-islands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuqZSNsu1Dxp3lpfUM_899ZwSNzxcqP8xajNQOaG_JbJOiYZju13cZIDUPPJVYFkIVjAeIlJ7I9bIv6ldO1tg0TV4BURJOZiXQKM1Q4LO35SshqjKkLqcSNyMU7ed4gqzH_-rhsLiFC3c/s320/falkland-islands.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaJ9OCdlX4I31fZzIpN-XRNpobhvszsyy3s6fpOvpVvmyXjERnIu-5pvCKFTQWFUFZX3s65ZqjKtKOJ-yywACuTr8eC77IH9q2SCjrjadCUy6WFY_-qfghh7f6gk7V9-MqXki4RfUjehm/s1600/IMG_3081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaJ9OCdlX4I31fZzIpN-XRNpobhvszsyy3s6fpOvpVvmyXjERnIu-5pvCKFTQWFUFZX3s65ZqjKtKOJ-yywACuTr8eC77IH9q2SCjrjadCUy6WFY_-qfghh7f6gk7V9-MqXki4RfUjehm/s320/IMG_3081.JPG" width="320" /></a> <br /><br />

Britain and Argentina

SO TELL ME, PART OF MALVINAS – FALKLAND SABER RATTLING BY THE BRITISH IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING THE UK ’S FISHING INDUSTRY  The Falkland Isla...

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FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, THE PERSIAN GULF, THE SOUTH ATLANTIC TO ANTARCTICA, IT’S ALL ABOUT NATURAL RESOURCES

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQZWbanWvb-VchcIZlgOkPUZcB3P9Z5lhdut14EGy21uHR-rW8pVqWz4mXfvHY80OKB0Ma6gXz4eWpRZAUQkN6eS2eGHD_1y1JxvJeRUIKvan8SNmdflE1-4aQgSSX8rjyrqBn9jOCwSv/s1600/NSF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQZWbanWvb-VchcIZlgOkPUZcB3P9Z5lhdut14EGy21uHR-rW8pVqWz4mXfvHY80OKB0Ma6gXz4eWpRZAUQkN6eS2eGHD_1y1JxvJeRUIKvan8SNmdflE1-4aQgSSX8rjyrqBn9jOCwSv/s400/NSF.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Antarctica</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">BRITISH INCREASED PRESENCE ON THE MALVINAS – FALKLAND ISLANDS IS PRIMARILY ABOUT FAST ACCESS TO THE ANTARCTICA, OIL EXTRACTION AND FISHERY INDUSTRY INTERESTS </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">IT’S ABOUT  ANTARCTICA</span> </span></b></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps">Se trata de la</span><span class="shorttext"> </span><span class="hps">ANTÁRTIDA</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps">Recientes</span> actitudes belicistas alrededor de <span class="hps"><span> </span>las Islas Malvinas</span><span>  </span><span class="hps">entre Gran Bretaña</span> <span class="hps">y ARGENTINA</span>, en vísperas <span class="hps">del 30 aniversario</span><span class="hps">de la guerra</span> <span class="hps">de Malvinas</span>, no <span class="hps">tienen que ver con</span> <span class="hps">la defensa</span> <span class="hps">de los isleños</span> <span class="hps">y el</span> <span class="hps">resto de la</span> <span class="hps">retórica de Gran Bretaña</span> <span class="hps">de confrontación</span> que <span class="hps">utiliza</span> <span class="hps">para justificar sus acciones</span> <span class="hps">recientes. Se trata de </span><span> </span><span class="hps">los descubrimientos de petróleo</span>, los intereses <span class="hps">de la industria pesquera</span> <span class="hps">y</span> <span class="hps">para asegurar un</span> <span class="hps">fuerte militar</span> <span class="hps">en el Cono Sur</span> <span class="hps">con el fin de</span> <span class="hps">tener acceso rápido a</span> <span class="hps">la Antártida</span> <span class="hps">el momento que el</span> <span class="hps">Tratado Antártico</span> <span class="hps">se convertirá en nulo</span> <span class="hps">y una carrera</span> <span class="hps">para la explotación</span> <span class="hps">de los recursos naturales</span> <span class="hps">y la extracción</span> <span class="hps">resultará en</span> <span class="hps">guerra </span><span> </span><span class="hps">"entre los países</span> <span class="hps">que reclaman</span> <span class="hps">el territorio</span> <span class="hps">en el continente.</span><span class="shorttext"> </span><span class="hps">Esto conducirá</span> <span class="hps">muy probablemente a</span> <span class="hps">los enfrentamientos armados</span> <span class="hps">y</span> <span class="hps">por lo tanto,</span> <span class="hps">Gran Bretaña, con</span> <span class="hps">sus</span> <span> </span><span class="hps">bases en <span> </span>MALVINAS</span> <span> </span><span class="hps">tendrá una ventaja</span> <span class="hps">militar para proteger a</span> <span class="hps">la fuerza</span> <span class="hps">sus intereses nacionales.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmurySGPn9_Qe6ZXxK5z6cDEWYge9GJdh0hbwZRfCVHSp0qPqOaaLM2VXTfpmGgDHmScgk5Ur1ziVF1s6FV-nxmV1btZVbgJSNvt5-PRmutupIovWK1uAzdIF0PQ3KT927alh_6iMP_xUS/s1600/IMG_3081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmurySGPn9_Qe6ZXxK5z6cDEWYge9GJdh0hbwZRfCVHSp0qPqOaaLM2VXTfpmGgDHmScgk5Ur1ziVF1s6FV-nxmV1btZVbgJSNvt5-PRmutupIovWK1uAzdIF0PQ3KT927alh_6iMP_xUS/s200/IMG_3081.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Recent warmongering over the MALVINAS - FALKLAND Islands between BRITAIN and ARGENTINA on the eve of the 30^th anniversary of the FALKLAND –MALVINAS war are not about the defense of the Islanders and the rest of confrontational rhetoric’s BRITAIN uses to justify its recent actions. They are  about latest oil discoveries, fishing industry interests and to ensure a military stronghold on the SOUTHERN CONE in order to have quick access to the ANTARCTICA the minute the ANTARCTIC TREATY becomes void and a run for natural resource exploitation and extraction will result in quarrels’ between countries claiming territory on the continent. This will most likely lead to armed confrontations and thus BRITAIN, with its MALVINAS – FALKLAND base will have a military advantage to forcefully protect its national interests. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> 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style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></span><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ARE ANTARCTICA NATURAL RESOURCES WORTH THE QUARREL?</span></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">SON</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">LOS RECURSOS</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">NATURALES</span></span><span class="shorttext"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> ANTARTICOS LO SUFICIENTEMENTE VALIOSOS PARA LA GUERRA?</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Antártida contiene</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">el <b>75%</b></span><b> <span class="hps">del agua dulce del</span> <span class="hps">mundo</span></b>. <span class="hps">Se encuentra</span> <span class="hps">libre de contaminación</span>. <span class="hps">También cuenta con</span> <span class="hps">gran cantidad de</span><span class="hps">recursos naturales como </span>la flora <span class="hps">y la fauna</span>, <b>minerales, petróleo, carbón, etc.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>Se cree que el continente antártico tiene grandes depósitos de minerales, combustibles (aproximadamente 45.000 millones de barriles y ~ 115 billones de pies cúbicos de gas) y carbón (~ 11% del total mundial).</b> Esto se puede comprobar mediante el uso de la técnica moderna y sofisticada para la evaluación de los recursos. A partir de ahora, la minería está prohibida en la Antártida. Los países miembros del Tratado Antártico (1959) han firmado el tratado para la no explotación de los recursos antárticos, y ayuda a mantener el continente libre de conflictos.</span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Sin embargo,</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">debido a la creciente</span> <span class="hps">población humana y</span> <span class="hps">la necesidad de recursos</span> <span class="hps">en el futuro</span>, es obvio <span class="hps">que para el año</span> <span class="hps">2040,</span> <span class="hps">la Antártida se</span> <span class="hps">convierte en el objetivo</span><span class="hps">final para la</span> <span class="hps">explotación</span> <span class="hps">de recursos</span> <span class="hps">diversos</span>.</span></span><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: ES-AR;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ANTARCTICA holds <b>75% of the world’s fresh water</b>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(See <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1639185052">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/water-golden-commodity-of-future.html</a><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/06/water-golden-commodity-of-future.html%29">)</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It is free from pollution. It also has enormous amount of natural resources such as fresh water, flora and fauna, minerals, oil, coal etc. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It is believed that ANTARCTIC continent have large deposits of <b style="color: red;">minerals, oils (~45,000 million barrels and ~115 trillion cubic feet of gas) and coal (~11% of the world’s total).</b> This can be ascertained by using sophisticated modern technique for resource assessment. As of now, mining is banned in ANTARCTICA. The member nations of ANTARCTIC TREATY (1959) have signed the treaty for non-exploitation of ANTARCTIC resources and helps in keeping the continent <b>free of conflicts</b>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="color: blue;">However, due to increasing human population and the need for resources in future, it is obvious that by the</span> <span style="color: blue;">year 2040,</span> <b><span style="color: red;">ANTARCTICA will become the final target for various resources exploitations</span></b>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">BACKGROUND:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ARGENTINA’S foreign minister has accused the UK of deploying nuclear weapons near the disputed MALVINAS - FALKLAND Islands, militarizing the South Atlantic. Hector Timerman voiced the accusations as he lodged a formal protest with the UN. He said ARGENTINA had intelligence that BRITAIN had deployed a Vanguard class submarine in the area.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“Thus far the UK refuses to say whether it is true or not,”</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> he told a journalists in New York. <i>“Are there nuclear weapons or are there not? The information ARGENTINA has is that there are these nuclear weapons.”</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw3zOs-mdBSUvNQ3Dna6E-r8Ilb4aGSYBK95jnWplWrZZU-eRB6TaIgsVjXJz0nDyCjTMYO6r41Jxtjg_xCzls8MpXsRF98MAPVXkG53ChbzjAWZGFpt7MPRG6kQd9nbcMRRzSMTMiSrf/s1600/5326CEEF97B1684660524BAD44352D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw3zOs-mdBSUvNQ3Dna6E-r8Ilb4aGSYBK95jnWplWrZZU-eRB6TaIgsVjXJz0nDyCjTMYO6r41Jxtjg_xCzls8MpXsRF98MAPVXkG53ChbzjAWZGFpt7MPRG6kQd9nbcMRRzSMTMiSrf/s320/5326CEEF97B1684660524BAD44352D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Britain’s ambassador to the UN would not officially comment on disposition of BRITISH submarines, but called ARGENTINEAN allegations of UK’s militarization <i>“manifestly absurd.”</i> UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon said in a statement that he was concerned with the escalating row between ARGENTINA and BRITAIN over the MALVINAS - FALKLAND Islands. Earlier the BRITISH media reported that UK had deployed a Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarine armed only with conventional weapons to the region.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The tension between the two countries has surged in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of the MALVINAS - FALKLANDS War. Back in April 1982, ARGENTINA tried to take control of the islands, and claims as its rightful territory. BRITAIN repelled the attack with military force. More than 900 people were killed in the hostilities.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The current row has been brewing since at least 2010, when BRITISH companies started drilling for oil in the region. Argentina has put diplomatic and commercial pressure on the islands’ administration. Buenos Aires recently convinced LATIN AMERICAN countries no ban ships bearing the MALVINAS -FALKLAND Islands flag from their ports, troubling their supply logistics.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Falkland_Islands"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Falkland_Islands</span></a></div><div class="style7" style="color: red;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikP5wg_7mQj2eWxZugKWnDK5s9_lb4eT1J1w75WL1LCphctsVSiLH7ViRY8C3Bp4oYyFtLWzjUenUYkQhUtC5U3iXl0ZYMoPEtyOSwZbhFOadU3ik03L09T6b1JNwCD_Fg53Gp-SrEeE9h/s1600/cl_20071218_antarctica07_mcmurdo_004_65147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikP5wg_7mQj2eWxZugKWnDK5s9_lb4eT1J1w75WL1LCphctsVSiLH7ViRY8C3Bp4oYyFtLWzjUenUYkQhUtC5U3iXl0ZYMoPEtyOSwZbhFOadU3ik03L09T6b1JNwCD_Fg53Gp-SrEeE9h/s320/cl_20071218_antarctica07_mcmurdo_004_65147.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="style7" style="color: red;"><br /></div><div class="style7" style="color: red;"><br /></div><div class="style7" style="color: red; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>TESTS OF THE ANTARCTIC TREATY </b></span></div><div class="style7"><br /></div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;">The ANTARCTIC TREATY set the base line for peace and security. But the treaty was necessary for a reason. Furthermore, the Treaty has undergone revision in order to maintain peace in an ever-evolving international environment. </div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;">The initial reason for an Antarctic Treaty was the overlapping claims of seven nations, BRITAIN, FRANCE, DENMARK, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CHILE and ARGENTINA to ANTARCTICA. War was inevitable when three countries claimed the same slice of the continent. The unknown value of the territory made the grab for territory even more contentious. </div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span class="style8"><span style="color: red;"></span></span><span style="color: red;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;">The ANTARCTIC TREATY rectified this situation by refuting all territorial claims to ANTARCTICA. However, this possibility still remains. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The seven nations, although all original signatories of the Treaty, still nominally claim their sovereign territories</b>. Furthermore, the UNITED STATES and RUSSIA, should the treaty structure fail, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">reserve the right to acquire territory</b>. Hence, the infrastructure that supports the Treaty, and the additions and allow it to remain flexible become even more important. </div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;">The next test for ANTARCTIC came in 1988, when an addition to the Treaty was proposed to regulate mining in ANTARCTICA. It was believed that oil reserves, as well as natural gas may be trapped underneath the eternal tundra and ice that covers the continent. Plans were made to enforce "safe" mining techniques, and study the environmental impacts mining had on the rare ecosystem. </div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;">International outrage over the proposal was so strong, that many governments began to change their minds over the initiative. FRANCE and AUSTRALIA began to echo calls from other nations to make ANTARCTIC a global park. Nations in the UN argued that the environmental problems that ANTARCTIC would face would eventually face the world. When the initiative came to a vote, it was defeated. Instead, the consultative nations of the ANTARCTIC TREATY decided on the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the ANTARCTIC TREATY, commonly known as the MADRID PROTOCOL, in 1990. The Protocol first and foremost establishes ANTARCTICA as a natural reserve. Furthermore, it prohibits mining, and establishes a system for getting new scientific research approved by the Secretariat for international approval. </div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;">One perpetual problem the Treaty faces is exclusivity. The Treaty precludes from consultative status (or voting status) any nations that do not have an on-going scientific program in ANTARCTICA. Repeated calls in the General Assembly have yet to lead to an opening up of the treaty. Despite the allowance of the UNEP to observe, poorer nations are being secluded from decision making on ANTARCTIC based on their poverty. ANTARCTIC cannot become a "global park" unless the entire globe is allowed to participate. In short, since what happens in ANTARCTICA does not stay in ANTARCTICA, these nations feel it is imperative that they should be allowed a say in the decisions that ultimately affect everyone. It is this dispute that puts the most pressure on the framework of Antarctica, and prevents other areas from being designated as an international territory. </div><div class="style3" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVel-abHZvv2VD6ftLob0QvSI38sOqlKOuhyNUDrWtMYmw0IUPai1jSwBWMaBjoVGg397KSgXd4iwtfdBaNScZpj4YA9nvIvnpmcFnDSstDm3PYm9rYCELnf5Zp7sKo8WwF_zKLvC8KyX/s1600/208377732_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVel-abHZvv2VD6ftLob0QvSI38sOqlKOuhyNUDrWtMYmw0IUPai1jSwBWMaBjoVGg397KSgXd4iwtfdBaNScZpj4YA9nvIvnpmcFnDSstDm3PYm9rYCELnf5Zp7sKo8WwF_zKLvC8KyX/s400/208377732_640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="style3" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

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