The doctrine of pre-emptive strike is a little contradictory, because it is always justified depending on who executes it first. A pre-emptive strike from the United States to a country considered as enemy could avoid many future deaths, but seen from the other part, to attack the United States preventively could be also advisable. However, it is clear that a preventive attack to the United States from another country would cause a long war. Therefore, the pre-emptive strike is apparently effective if it is the strongest who executes it and I don't find this very ethical.
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How much petroleum remains in the world?
Submitted by Elpidio on October 6, 2006 - 8:50am. oil | petroleumAccording to diverse studies, in 2002 there were in the world between 990 thousand millions and 1.1 trillion barrels of oil to extract. This means that to the current rhythm of world consumption these reservations would be drained by the year 2043, but it could be earlier if the energy consumption increase, as is expected to happens on the developing countries. However, these forecasts don't include the discovery of new wells or the possibility of extracting petroleum on areas that nowadays are considered as natural reservations and therefore, non exploitable.
How many stars are in the universe?
Submitted by Elpidio on October 6, 2006 - 8:49am. stars | universeAstronomers gathered at the Conference of the Astronomical International Union, in Sydney, Australia, consider that there is more stars in the sky than grains of sand in all the beaches and deserts of the whole world.
And the figure to which they arrived is astronomical!
There are 70 sextillions of stars. In other words: the number seven followed by 22 zeros.
This means that the number of stars in the visible universe is much bigger that the quantity of grains of sand in the whole planet Earth. And this is just taking into account the actual reach of modern telescopes. Doctor Simon Drive from the Australian National University pointed out that the real number can be even bigger.
Why do we have bad breath when we get up?
Submitted by Elpidio on October 6, 2006 - 8:47am. bad breath | mouth | teethBad breath is usually caused by certain foods or ingested substances as garlic, alcohol, and because of cavities or other dental illnesses. Also because of food fermentation in the mouth. This last one is favored at night, since the production of saliva dramatically decreases while we sleep. Certain germs take advantage of this circumstance to augment the dental plaque that forms the tartar when solidifying.
Finally an easy way to earn some cash and it seems to work!
Submitted by Elpidio on April 18, 2006 - 11:34am. earn | email | moneyYesterday I was reading a blog in which the author reminded the fact that almost everybody around here was motivated at the beginning by the possibility to earn some cash and as time pass that seems to disappear.
Is it better to be weak instead of forceful?
Submitted by Elpidio on April 12, 2006 - 10:07am. personal values | Psychology | self independenceWe need to learn how to operate from a position of strength. My question is: Do you behave typically from positions of weakness, or from positions of strength?
Dealing with subordinates
Submitted by Elpidio on April 11, 2006 - 11:47am. personal values | Psychology | self independenceAn area in which you can frequently be manipulated is when dealing with employees or subordinates. If you have the power of observation, you’ll have perceived through the simple description of the tasks they carry out, that frequently they only exist to subjugate you by means of a number of processes without end.
Fighting bureaucracy
Submitted by Elpidio on April 11, 2006 - 10:10am. personal values | Psychology | self independenceBureaucracy is an area where people usually surrender against manipulation.
Self Independence - Dealing with authorities or professionals
Submitted by Elpidio on April 10, 2006 - 2:49pm. personal values | Psychology | self independenceAn area in which you can be a victim of manipulation is when facing authorities and professionals. Those people who have ostentatious titles or have authority positions, often think that because of that they can outrage us.
Self Independence - The workplace
Submitted by Elpidio on April 10, 2006 - 2:17pm. personal values | Psychology | self independenceThe workplace is another typical area where we can feel enslaved, manipulated or controlled. Bosses and employers usually believe that people under their control lose all their rights automatically to transform into objects. If this is your case, it is possible that you feel manipulated at work or even intimidated by supervisors or due to ordinances and internal regulations.
Self Independence - Dealing with the family
Submitted by Elpidio on April 10, 2006 - 10:59am. personal values | Psychology | self independenceOnce we have accommodated our perspectives in such a way that fit with our real attitudes, we’ll have to proceed with those persons who try to subject us and are willing to impede us to complete our objectives.
Self Independence - The social attitudes
Submitted by Elpidio on April 7, 2006 - 11:57am. personal values | Psychology | self independenceThe social attitudes are extremely important and it is another area where we allow us to be manipulated. If you are considered little self-secure, if you consider yourself a clumsy person, unable to express well, shy, introverted, etc. you’ll have before you a quite bad experience in the social field and to this feeling a socially faulty behavior will follow.
Self Independence - The emotional attitudes
Submitted by Elpidio on April 7, 2006 - 11:43am. personal values | Psychology | self independenceAnalyzing the areas where we can have ended up underestimating ourselves and developing negative attitudes, we will treat the area of the emotional attitudes.
Self Independence - The intellectual capacity
Submitted by Elpidio on April 7, 2006 - 11:05am. personal values | Psychology | self independenceIn this analysis on the areas in that it is possible that we have ended up underestimating our potential, we will talk now about our intellectual capacity.
How to avoid anxiety (2)
Submitted by Elpidio on April 5, 2006 - 7:02am. personal values | Psychology | self improvementHow can we overcome the habits of using patterns of distorted thoughts?
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