How to trade Triangle

Usually, pattern Triangle forming during market consolidation inside a trend and can either indicate the end of the trend or that the trend will continue. 
So, you might already know that there are 3 types of triangle in Forex - descending, ascending and symmetrical, I trade all of them the same way, I always place 2 orders - Stop Buy and Stop Sell.

You can use triangle system on almost all popular pairs. I usually use EUR/USD, but if I see a triangle forming on any other pair I would trade it too.

You can look for triangles on any chart but usually I trade minimum 15M chart and maximum 1H chart, triangles are usually more visible on bigger charts.

Here are the System Rules:

1. Identify main trend.

Example here is - downtrend.

2. Wait for market forming 2 tops and 1 bottom or 2 bottoms and 1 top, draw the trend lines.

Example here, bottom 1 inside the trend touches the trend line; top 1 did not reach opposite trend line, bottom 2 formed, so I draw the trend line through the bottoms 1 and 2 and I draw another parallel line through the  top 1.

3. Wait for the next top or bottom, draw another trend line. Identify, if the pattern looks like a triangle.

Example here, top 2 formed, so I draw another trend line; it looks like a triangle now.

4. There are always should be 2 tops and 2 bottoms touching triangle borders. Next, wait for formation of top or bottom number 3. After that, usually, market would start to brake through triangle lines. If not it would start braking through during formation of 4th top/bottom. These are in my opinion the strongest triangles compare to those which will start to create 5th or 6th top/bottom

 5. Placing the orders:

depends on situation there could be different rules, but usually, I would place Buy stop/ Sell stop 10 pips higher/lower previous top/bottom if the next top/bottom expected to brake. Profit target would be parallel lines of triangle borders, or around main trend lines; usually, I take some profit around 10-20 pips and either move stop loss until market reaches the target or use trailing stop. Stop losses I place at the opposite prices of buy/sell orders (for example - Buy order would be also stop loss for Sell order and the other way around).

Example here - I was waiting for formation of bottom 3, but because bottom 1-2 were around the same level I could already place the order Sell stop from the bottom line of the triangle. After bottom 3 was created and market moved a bit up I placed the order Buy stop, it would have been 10 pips above top 2, but here is difference, because the triangle is so small I had no room so I placed the order 10 pips above little channel which formed slightly below top 2.

Important moments: 

1. Careful during major News events:

а. market can start braking around top/bottom 2, in this case I would not continue with triangle system;

б. market can move one direction take us in trade and than change direction without reaching the target.

So, usually if in trade before the news, better to close some positions and move stop in safe place, and try to do the same after news event if you did not open a position before it; if in doubt avoid trading. 

Example here - perfect triangle during news event, market moved down, I closed some positions and then strong movement up I closed again some positions, it did not reach the top blue line (my target), so I closed the rest positions around green line - resistant level of triangle from top 1. 

2. Market can move outside triangle around it very top where two lines crossing each other and move slowly forming a channel, this usually can happen on 15M chart and during Asian session, or at the closing of the week or at the opening of a new trading week. If that is happening I try to correct lines and see if there is still triangle, if not, I would cancel the system.

3. Pennant is also a triangle, which I trade mostly the same way, except usually pennants are very small and there are no strong tops and bottoms in them, so I would look for a channel inside the pennant and place the orders as usual. Also pennant similar to a flag, so usually it forms after very strong and sharp movement, so the profit target could be the length of that previous movement. 

Usually pennant is a strong signal for trend to continue, like on the example below,  

but never be sure 100% in anything in Forex, after pennant, market can also turn around, like in the example below, this is why I mostly all the time place 2 orders.

Some other examples of triangles:

 

That is all for now, if you have any questions, please leave comments I'll try to respond ASAP.

Miti dhe trashёgimia e JFK - 100 vjetori i lindjes sё JF Kennedy,

SHBA kujton njё ndёr presidentёt, tё cilin ende shumё vetë e adhurojnё, ndonёse ai ishte vetёm njёmijё ditё nё post, nga janari 1961 deri nё ditёn e vrasjes nё nёntor 1963: John F. Kennedy.

Presidenti i 35-tё i SHBA-sё lindi para 100 vjetёsh mё 29.05.1917. Historianёt i vlerёsojnё arritjet e tij nё politikёn e brendёshme dhe tё jashtme si tё nivelit mesatar. Imazhi i tij si njё kre shteti i ri dhe dinamik vazhdon megjithatё tё jetё i pandryshueshёm. Jo vetёm nё kryeqytetin Uashington, edhe nё vendlindjen e tij Boston pёrmes njё sёrё veprimtarish dhe ekspozitash kujtohet i famshmi  JFK.
Kontrast me Trumpin
Ndoshta ёshtё kontrasti me presidentin aktual tё SHBA-sё Donald Trump arsyeja, pёrse tё paktёn Amerika liberale e kujton me kёnaqёsi Kennedyn. Nё memorjen kolektive tё shtetasve tё SHBA-sё, Kennedy ka mbetur presidenti i ri e i pashёm, qё e katapultoi vendin e tij tё viteve pesёdhjetё drejt modernes. Njё frymё euforie si nёn Kennedyn nё fillim tё viteve gjashtёdhjetё ka pasur rrallё nё SHBA. 43 vjeҁari Kennedy rrezatonte shkёlqim intelektual e njёkohёsisht idealizёm, optimizёm dhe shpresё. Njё fjali nga fjalimi i tij i inagurimit si president nё janar 1961 edhe sot e kёsaj dite i skalitur nё gur lexohet nё shumё godina dhe ura, qё mbajnё emrin e Kennedyt: "Mos pyesni ҁ'mund tё bёjё vendi pёr ju, por pyesni ҁ'mund tё bёni ju pёr vendin!".

JFK nё vitin 1943 nё shёrbim ushtarak nё flotёn e paqёsorit

Trashёgimia e Peace Corps
Njё trashёgimi qё ka mbetur edhe sot e Kennedyt ёshtё Peace Corps. Qё prej themelimit nё vitin 1961, 200.000 tё rinj amerikanё kanё kontribuuar vullnetarisht pёr ndihmёn e zhvillimit kryesisht nё vendet e Jugut tё varfёr. Kennedy tёrhoqi kokat mё tё mira dhe mё tё menҁura tё Amerikёs nё qeverinё e tij. Asokohё gjithҁka dukej e mundur. Pak pas marrjes sё postit, Kennedy deklaroi me ambicie: "Ky komb i ka vёnё qёllim vetes, qё deri nё fund tё dekadёs tё dёrgojё njё njeri nё Hёnё dhe ta kthejё atё tё sigurtё nё Tokё."
Vizionet e Kennedyt dhe vendosmёria e tij kanё efekt joshёsh. Njё citat i tij pёr pёrjetёsinё: "Ne kemi vendosur tё fluturojmё nё Hёnё dhe tё arrijmё edhe gjёra tё tjera - jo sepse kjo ёshtё lehtё, por sepse kjo do tё jetё e vёshtirё."
Pёrballja me sfida tё vёshtira
Edhe nё politikёn e jashtme Kennedy nё njёmijё ditё nё post u pёrball me sfida tё vёshtira. Kur nё verёn e vitit 1961 muri i Berlinit ndante Gjermaninё Lindore nga ajo Perёndimore, lufta e ftohtё kёrcёnonte tё pёrshkallёzohej. Shumё berlinezë perёndimorё kishin frikё qё Perёndimi do tё lihej nё baltё. Kennedy vizitoi qytetin e ndaoё dhe u siguroi berlinezo-perёndimorёve mbёshtetjen e Amerikёs: "Nё botёn e lirё nuk ka sot njё shprehje mё krenare, se sa: Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Mesazhe paqёsore me pasoja fatale
Njё vit para kёsaj gjatё krizёs sё Kubёs dy superfuqitё Rusia dhe SHBA-ja ndodheshin nё prag tё njё lufte bёrthamore. Kur Bashkimi Sovjetik i tёrhoqi raketat bёrthamore nga Kuba, Kennedy krjoi njё linjё speciale telefonike krize me Moskёn: "Telefoni i kuq" ekziston edhe sot. Kennedy paralajmёronte prej marrёzisё sё garёs sё armatimit atomik:
"Ne tё gjithё jetojmё nё kёtё planet tё vogёl. Ne tё gjithё thithim tё njёjtin ajёr. Pёr ne tё gjithё ёshtё e rёndёsishme e ardhmja e fёmijёve tanё. Dhe ne tё gjithё jemi tё vdekshёm."
Pak muaj mё vonё, mё 22 nёntor 1963, Kennedyn e vranё nё Dallas tё Teksasit në makinën e hapur. Ende edhe sot e kësaj dite  qarkullojnё teori komploti. lidhur me atë se kush qëndron pas atentatit. Ato e kthyen JFK nё njё mit.

Ceremonia e varimit nё Uashington pas atentatit nё Dallas mё 22 nёntor 1963

Kujtim me nostalgji
Nё listёn e presidentёve mё tё mirё tё SHBA-sё, historianёt e SHBA-sё e rendisin Kennedy nё vendin e dhjetё. Sespse ai nisi luftёn e Vietnamit dhe tё tjera nisma qё ai i inicioi i ҁoi deri nё fund pasardhёsi i tij Lyndon B. Johnson, p.sh. mё shumё tё drejta pёr afro-amerikanёt. Sidoqoftё nё 100 vjetorin e lindjes sё Kennedyt shumё amerikanё nё SHBA e kujtojnё me nostalgji kohёn, nё tё cilёn vendi ishte mё pak i pёrҁarё dhe dukej mё pak cinik se sot.

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About Religion,

Religion and Philosophy are words of repute that man resorts to for answers on God and life. Their authenticity is never questioned nor their real meaning understood. Man takes it for granted that they provide answers for what they stand for. But a gentle glance would suggest that answers have not been found as yet because men, more than anything else, are still angry with each other and with themselves too. Religion makes man believe he is a saint while philosophy fills him with pride. The question he needs to answer is whether religion and philosophy have brought him peace or drafted him into war. The present state of the world would suggest the latter is true.

Every child and adult is given a religion to follow and adhere to so that he or she may lead a happy life - a certain investment to reach heaven. Its importance is emphasized to philosophical proportions. Religion and, thereby, God, if followed to the letter, is believed to ward off evil and protect man from harm. But is he free from hate or anger while he prays or when he is in a place of worship? Is he free of all that is unholy when he does not pray or is not in a place of worship? If God is the creator of the world, who could possibly be creating evil or wrong besides God? It is unthinkable that God would be the creator of good and bad, right and wrong as a reality. It has to be illusory for God is compassionate and loving. So, has religion and philosophy failed to deliver its promises and will it ever succeed? Who can tell?

But what do these words really mean and what is man's understanding of them? To most, religion means subtle or profound knowledge about God and His messages, which are beliefs or a system of faith and worship. The word religion is derived from the Latin word 'religio', meaning obligation or reverence to life under monastic vows. Philosophy, on the other hand, means a love of wisdom. But, on close observation, man is neither godly nor wise, and religion and philosophy have been around for quite some time. Religion and philosophy are both ancient and historical. Man came to know religion first and later, as his mind sophisticated, philosophy appeared. Primitive man was alive and lived without the need of religion or philosophy.

The mind became active within man slowly and steadily and sophisticated to form religion and philosophy. Information about God happened to him and he did not bring it about. Thinking happened to man and he did not make it happen. If he had, he would have made it happen all at once and not progressively, as is the case, and, given the chance, he would see to it that everyone thought the same way, but they do not. If he did make thinking happen, he would have just one religion and philosophy and not many, as is the case.

Nature was religion to primitive man. The lightning in the skies and the thunder that followed was man's knowledge about a power above him. Light and sound were God to primitive man. The moment he looked up into the skies in fear was the moment of birth of God or a power much superior to him in his mind. As vocabulary increased within man's mind and concepts began to form, so did religion and knowledge about God as the almighty.

If religion were real, there could only be one and that would be the first one that appeared within man's mind. Real means that which does not change and is eternal. This means that even the first religion cannot be real. How could it be real for not only has the first religion changed, but there are five more major religions alongside it? This change contradicts the meaning of real. This can only mean that the first religion and the rest that have followed have to be illusory and not real.

Religion is illusory for it exists only in the waking state, but it does not exist during the sleeping state, and man is alive during sleep as much as he is during the waking state. If religion were real, primitive man should have religion without the presence of thoughts. This only means that religion is nothing but thoughts in the mind, as is everything else.

If God has created the world, every religion must be His creation too. If they are, they cannot be separate from Him. The world is energy and nothing can be separate within energy, and so, if they were separate from him or from each other, they would not exist. If God has created the world, He will be energy too because the source of energy has to and will be energy only. In this case, God cannot be a He or a She but just energy, as is every man and woman. If God is energy, it can only mean that anything and everything is a reflection of energy, including man. If energy is God, it can only mean that every speck of this manifestation has to be God, and it is so and cannot be otherwise.

If God were the creator, would not every religion be His creation too, including the first? They certainly would be, and surely He would not create any religion that is wrong. The same applies to philosophy too. The presence of variety in every aspect of life, including religion and philosophy, makes it impossible for man to decide which could be true. This is the intelligence of life that makes anything and everything in life relative and not absolute. It is important to understand that every recognizable thought requires another of its kind for it to exist. Therefore, every religion exists because of the presence of the other. This is why God or life has manifested many religions and philosophies so that a concept of religion and philosophy could exist. They exist in such a manner that man may understand that their existence is illusory and not real. They only appear real.

Religion is temporary because it changes and requires time to exist, where there is none. It exists only as thoughts because it disappears in the sleeping state. These are the hallmarks of an illusion. An illusion does not mean it is absent; it is present, but not in the manner the mind says it is. There are many scriptures related to every religion. When the religion is illusory, will not the scriptures be illusory too? In that case every scripture is no better than the other. Truth cannot be known for the known is always dual, and truth cannot be dual for duality is relative and never absolute. If a certain belief of a religion is not found within the confines of another religious scripture, the belief cannot be concluded to be invalid or false.

Every belief does not have to be found in every religious scripture; there is no point in repeating the same belief in every religion. God is very intelligent for, if beliefs were the same in every religion, then different religions would not exist: diversity is required for religion to exist. If all religions contained the same beliefs, then there would only be one religion. Before the scriptures were written, they existed in the mind as thoughts. This means that truth, no matter how illusory, cannot be just what is written, and that which is not written can also be the truth, for the written once existed as thoughts in the mind. Therefore, man may speak the truth and it cannot be brushed aside as untruth just because it cannot be found within scriptures. All religions put together are one religion.

Duality is the spice of mental life. Diversity is maintained by duality. Diversity makes life not only magnanimous but also projects the illusory as the real. Diversified religion exists so that God may exist. If only one religion existed it would be real and God would not be remembered at all. God would not be remembered because, for God to exist and to be remembered as well, another God would be needed, and the various religions do just that: they provide many Gods. It is fascinating to see that every religion is not content with itself, and it should be if it is real. The constant arguments between religions suggest that every man doubts the religion he belongs to. Knowledge about religion only indicates the capacity of the mind to store information and reproduce it, akin to a computer or a library. A scholar does not signify anything other than this.

Man is born without a religion and he obtains the religion that exists in the family. Religion is, therefore, more familial than real. Life is energy and energy alone. Energy has no religion, yet man has a religion: how real could it be? Words and meanings are an auditory illusion of sound and so every religion is illusory rather than real. Religion has driven man away from God rather than bringing him to God, and this is exactly what it is meant to do so that religion and philosophy may exist. If men were made to realize that only God exists and not man, religion would collapse.

Religion is just knowledge about God in a particular language. Knowledge is dead because it is in the mind as memory. Since the mind is in the past, religion too is in the past. The mind is not in life, which is the timeless 'now', and this means that religion is not in life but in the mind. The mind requires time to exist and science has proved that time does not exist as a physical entity in life. The smallest unit of time measured is 'atto second', which is one billionth of a billionth of a second. Life's occurrences, however, happen in units of time much smaller than an atto second, which is the timeless 'now'. Religion really means to be united with self. It has not really achieved this but, in fact, has created disunity between humans. This is life's intelligence to maintain its illusory nature so that man may understand the real meaning of religion.

Every religious man defends vigorously that his God is the only one. Now, God is not a matter of yours or mine. God is simply God. Scientifically, God is synonymous with energy, light or just intelligence. God is a philosophical word, but very intelligent nevertheless. The world is varied and so are religion, philosophy and even God. Life merely demonstrates that if anything and everything is varied, even God is varied, and this is why God is who He is imagined to be. Therefore, it is inevitable that God will appear differently in some religions and as many in others. Life also demonstrates that God is nobody or nothing, but also anything and everything. This is evident in some religions in which He is revered as being formless, which is true, and in others as having forms made of any kind of matter: food to indicate taste, incenses to indicate smell, bells to indicate sound and fire to indicate light, which are also true.

It is difficult to determine whose God is real and is the first and only one. Every religion defends that their God fits that bill. If any one of the Gods that appeared after the first was real, He would have been the one who would have created the first religion and maintained it until the present day. If the first religion was false, He would have destroyed it, and the reason it cannot be destroyed is because life is energy and energy cannot be destroyed or created. This is proof that God too is energy and anything and everything is merely a reflection of this energy, which appears in the morning and disappears in the night, including religion and philosophy.

The world is a manifestation of God or energy and not a creation. No man could have seen the creation to vouch for it, but surely he can understand that the world is and has be a reflection, since it is energy. Therefore, the world and God included has to be peaceful and harmonious. The mind of man is not peaceful, and this restlessness is an auditory illusion of sound, as only light and sound exists in life and not words and meanings. Man merely makes sounds, which appear as language in the mind. Words and meanings cannot exist in life, as time is absent in life.

Man or messenger of God, who has a mind, will always be restless because of duality, which is the hallmark of the mind, and to wish him peace will only be wishful thinking. A true messenger of God, if at all there is one, is an enlightened being, for he lives and realizes that the mind is illusory, so too every religion and philosophy. An enlightened being is always at peace with himself and the world, without knowing that he is. Peace is his nature for it is the nature of nature, and an enlightened being realizes that man is part and parcel of nature and not separated from it. There would be no need to wish him or her peace, for he is peace itself.

Peace is the nature of the world, and it has to be if it is energy, no matter in what state it is. So there would no point in fearing it or God. Fear, if observed, is non-existent in the timeless 'now'. It is always in the mind and, therefore, has to be illusory as is any word. In fear man can never reach God; he would be rotating in his mind hoping to reach God. Fear has been employed by the religious to bring man to God - how ironical. It is ironical that it is the religious who keep man away from God with a promise of bringing him to God. Only God is and man is merely a reflection of God.

Philosophy came much later than religion. It was the product of a sophisticated mind. It made its appearance once life expressed logic and reasoning. Philosophy is similar to religion in that there are as many philosophies as there are languages, either rudimentary or sophisticated. If wisdom was real, and it needs to be real if it is wisdom, there would be just one system of philosophy and not such divergence as there is found to be.

Many philosophies are needed so that a concept of philosophy may exist. The scenario is the same as with religion. Man would not remember philosophy if there were just one. A contrast provided by a particular philosophy is needed for the existence of another. Hence, philosophy means the love of thinking and not the love of wisdom, as is thought. Every man is a philosopher for thinking happens to him. A true philosopher is he who realises that thinking happens to him and man does not think. He realizes that an action or an experience can exist only in time, and time does not exist in life. He realizes that the mind would be needed to recognize an action or an experience in life, and mind, like time, does not exist in life.

A true philosopher is he who realizes that the world, man and mind are a continuous and spontaneous transformation-process of energy which is uncontrollable and unpredictable. He realizes that life is timeless and thoughtless and a manifestation of light and sound, and the experienced world and the experience itself is a world of thoughts - religion and philosophy included. A truly religious man is he who realizes that everything is an expression of God the almighty - religion and philosophy included.

© Copyright V.S. Shankar 2008

Dr Vijai S. Shankar, an Indian sage, was born in the late 1940's. He has amassed an impressive list of educational, research, medical, writing and teaching credentials in his lifetime. He is most notably known for his teachings on Non-dualism, Advaita Vedanta, and Jnana yoga. These teachings are accessible to the public through his books, CDs and DVDs, his satsangs and on the website of the Academy of Absolute Understanding, which Dr. Shankar founded in 2009. Dr. Shankar's most recent book, Evolution of Mind, published in January 2010, offers man the most penetrating and insightful understanding of mind to date, a mind which for generations, has been conditioned by its beliefs and limited to the world of relativity and fiction.

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The mark of a successful company can be seen in its track record. SFI is now in its 18th year, with millions of dollars in annual sales and millions paid in commissions to thousands of affiliates around the world. SFI's parent company, Carson Services, Inc., is now in its 29th year of business and is registered with Dun and Bradstreet. SFI affiliates operate with the peace of mind brought about by associating with a proven, debt-free organization with a long, successful history.

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New Year's Eve in Sydney

 CELEBRATE

A breathtaking light parade in Sydney Harbour? Check. Spectacular fireworks? Check. More than a million people gathered to be among the first to usher in the New Year? Double check. For an unforgettable front row seat to the fireworks, grab tickets for one of the city's best events with a view — we suggest the Royal Botanic Gardens or the La Bohème gala at the Opera House.

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EAT/DRINK

The Sydney Cove Oyster Bar: Enjoy a special six-course degustation menu that always sells out early amid unparalleled harbor-front views of the Sydney Bridge.

Aria: Delight in drinks and a four-course tasting menu with matching wines — all with stunning harbor and fireworks views.

LuMi Bar & Dining: The restaurant will be serving a five-course degustation menu with wine and beer pairings. Located close to the water near Pyrmont Bay Park, LuMi is a great place to view the fireworks barges before the midnight show.

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SLEEP

Glenferrie Lodge: This 19th-century guesthouse charms visitors with its lush garden and excellent views of Sydney Harbour. Best of all, you don't have to leave your cat or dog behind this holiday — the hotel is pet-friendly!

Cremorne Point Manor: This boutique hotel is intimate and cozy with just 29 bedrooms, and overlooks the Opera House, Royal Botanic Gardens and Harbour Bridge.

Park Hyatt Sydney: A private boardwalk right on the harbor and an unforgettable rooftop cocktail party with an endless flow of Veuve Clicquot.

Get the latest information at the Sydney New Year's Eve official website

Fin24

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has chosen to reflect on the silver lining in South Africa’s dark economic cloud for his end-of-year message.
Zuma said much progress had been made in addressing the objectives of the nine-point plan he introduced at his 2015 State of the Nation Address.
Zuma’s statement follows a turbulent two weeks in the history of the South African economy after he fired the respected finance minister Nhlanhla Nene and replaced him with the relatively unknown ANC MP David van Rooyen.

The rand hit a record low of 16.00 to the dollar before its recent recovery to around R15.00 against the greenback after Zuma did a U-turn to reappoint the more experienced Pravin Gordhan.
Zuma said the country’s automotive sector had grown thanks to the work of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Automotive Production and Development Programme.
"The APDP has leveraged private-sector investment of over R25.7bn over the last 5 years," he said in his end of the year statement of almost 5 000 words.
Zuma also singled out companies who had "affirmed South Africa as a regional manufacturing hub and have retained and expanded their investments in new plants".
"Unilever has invested R4bn in South Africa in new plants and expansions across the country," he said. He also mentioning multinationals Nestle, Samsung, and Hisense.
He said South Africa was also becoming a frontier for new sectors of Foreign Direct Investment, such as the green economy, oil and gas, shipbuilding and the ocean economy.
"Our Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme has become world renown and a policy blueprint for other countries and has attracted R190bn in investment in the four rounds of bids," he said.
Zuma said the clothing and textiles sector was successfully stabilised, was steadily regaining domestic market share and was beginning to grow exports.
The steel industry came under a lot of pressure in 2015, Zuma said, adding that the government intervened to save the industry under global steel glut conditions.
He said the jobs fund established in 2012 had, to date, created 60 675 new permanent jobs and had additionally placed 30 358 people in vacant positions on a permanent basis.

Rama: 90% e shqiptarëve nuk besojnë në drejtësi

Në një pritje të diplomatëve për festat e fundvitit, kryeministri Edi Rama u shpreh se Shqipëria po punon pa reshtur për paqen kolektive dhe se është një faktor paqeje dhe stabiliteti në rajon.
Rama pohoi ndër të tjera se drejtësia në vend është e korruptuar dhe se, "në Shqipëri s'ka drejtësi, pasi korrupsioni përcakton vendimet e drejtësisë":
"Jemi të vetëdijshëm se pa çuar tërmetin nën këmbët e drejtësisë s'do mund të hedhim themelet e shtetit demokratik që dita ditës po përpiqemi të ndërtojmë”, tha Rama.
Kryeministri nuk la pa nënvizuar edhe synimin e qeverisë së tij për shtetndërtimin e Shqipërisë para se të aderojë në familjen e përbashkët europiane.  Në këtë drejtim ai e vuri theksin tek nevoja për ndryshimin e sistemit të drejtësisë, si një nga themelet kryesore të çdo shteti.
"90% e shqiptarëve besojnë se në Shqipëri nuk ka drejtësi. Mbi 80 % janë ata që pohojnë me plot gojën se sistemi i drejtësisë është i korruptuar, ndërkohë që këtu në sallë jemi 100% dakord që në Shqipëri as drejtësi nuk ka dhe nga ana tjetër, korrupsioni përcakton vendimet e drejtësisë.
Prandaj jam dhe besoj jemi të gjithë të vetëdijshëm, se pa i çuar rrathët e tërmetit të reformave nën këmbët e sistemit të drejtësisë, nuk do të garantojmë dot, themelet e ngrehinës moderne të shtetit demokratik që po përpiqemi dita-ditës të ndërtojmë, të cilat pa këtë reformë do të mbeteshin kështjella rëre që dallga e parë e rrëmbyer, i kthen në hiç", u shpreh Rama.
Kryeministri, në fjalën e tij tha se, vendi ynë nuk përkulet nga referencat dhe përkatësitë evropiane. Rama vlerësoi si një tjetër faktor të rëndësishëm interesin e shprehur në vitet e fundit nga Kina në Ballkan.
"Kina e mundësive, na hapi derën e bashkëpunimit për shumë projekte", tha kryeministri duke theksuar edhe kontributin e saj në luftën kundër terrorizmit.

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Si i pershkruajne amerikanet zakonet dhe sjelljet tona

Fëmijët pa shkollë dhe institucioni i kafenesë. Në dy kabllograme të ndryshme të dërguara mes shkurtit dhe marsit 2008, Ambasada Amerikane i ka kushtuar vëmendje dy fenomeneve shqiptare: Braktisjes së shkollës dhe kulturës së takimeve në kafe.

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“Fëmijët e vegjël i shesin çdo cigare, bajame dhe sende të tjera njerëzve të panjohur në kafet plot diell që ndodhen në rrugët e kryeqytetit shqiptar. Këta fëmijë detyrohen ose inkurajohen nga prindërit ose tutorët që të dalin në rrugë gjatë orëve të mësimit në vend që të ndjekin ligjin për arsimin e detyrueshëm. Familjet e tyre janë zakonisht ndër më të varfrat e Shqipërisë dhe të ardhurat e fëmijëve ndihmojë që të vendosin ushqim në tryezë. Numri i fëmijëve të rrugës rritet çdo vit ndërsa ai i fëmijëve që lënë shkollën mbetet i njëjtë.

Nuk është gjithmonë qejf dhe e rehatshme të ndjekësh shkollën në Shqipëri. Veçanërisht në fshatra ku infrastruktura nuk është e përshtatshme dhe shkollat kanë mungesë energjie elektrike, ngrohjeje, mjetesh mësimore dhe mësuesish të kualifikuar. Fëmijët duhet të ecin për kilometra të tëra për të shkuar në shkollën më të afërt ku do të gjejnë klasa të tejmbushura me nxënës. Pa një ndihmë shtetërore blerja e librave të shkollës është e ndaluar për familjet e varfra…”.

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“Do një kafe? Gjithmonë ka diçka për të thënë për dinamikën e interaktivitetit social dhe rregullat e vendeve në zhvillim. Sasia e besimit që individët kanë tek politikanët, qeveria dhe institucionet e tyre ndryshon në vartësi të historisë. Për një të huaj që vjen të punojë në Shqipëri gjendja aktuale e ndërtesave të institucioneve shtetërore të jep përshtypjen se nuk do të zgjidhësh kurrë gjë aty brenda. Por shumë pak e dinë se institucioni që punon më mirë në Shqipëri është i vetmi vend publik që mund të gjesh: Kafeneja.

Shqiptarët i diskutojnë problemet e tyre në kafene, përfshirë këtu politikanë që diskutojë iniciativa publike, punonjës të qeverisë që diskutojnë politika të ndryshme dhe studentë që diskutojnë provimet ose modën. Në disa raste nevojitet që të kesh një marrëdhënie “ballë për ballë” me një person në mënyrë që të lidhësh një marrëdhënie profesionale.

Të tjerë e gjejnë më të lehtë që të eksplorojnë zgjidhje të problemeve të tyre. Që në kohen kur nepotizmi ishte shumë i përhapur në Shqipëri gjatë periudhës komuniste (ku ti ishe gjithmonë në kërkim të një miku që të të gjente pak më shumë bukë apo qumësht në dyqan), dinamika e marrëdhënieve personale është shumë e fortë dhe kërkojnë shumë kohë e energji.

Ato ndikojnë në vendimet e njerëzve. Në këtë mënyrë kafenetë bëhen institucioni i fundit ku mund të ankohesh, të zgjidhësh problemet apo të argëtohesh në Shqipëri. Kështu, herën tjetër që do të shihni njerëz të ulur në një kafene, mos mendoni se është humbje kohe, por është një institucion social multifunksional për një vend në tranzicion”.

Përtacia dhe ëndrra për t’u pasuruar shpejt

“Shqiptarët janë përtacë të kultivuar ndër shekuj me një ëndërr të madhe për tu pasuruar në një kohë shumë të shkurtër pa bërë asnjë punë”. Në këtë mënyrë përshkruan Ambasada Amerikane në Tiranë gjendjen e Shqipërisë në mes të vitit 2008. Ambasada merr si shembull lulëzimin e pikave të basteve dhe sallave të bixhozit, të cilat mund ti gjesh në çdo cep të vendit dhe gjithmonë janë plot me njerëz.

Titulli: Kartolinë nga Shqipëria

Dërguar nga Ambasada e Tiranës më 3.6.2008

Merr Departamenti Amerikan i Shtetit

Firmosur ambasadori Xhon Uidhers

“Sallat e kumarit dhe pikat e basteve janë shfaqur si kërpudha në Tiranën e sotme dhe shtrihen që nga lagjet e shtrenjta deri në qendër të qytetit, si zona e Bllokut, deri tek lagjet me ndërtesa të stilit komunist. Shumë do të ishin dakord se këto nuk përfaqësojnë ndonjë gjë për t’u krenuar, edhe pse disa prej tyre janë të stileve shumë moderne dhe përdorin materiale shumë të kushtueshme dhe teknologji të lartë. Shpesh herë ato janë të ndërthurura me lokale dhe kafene sepse kanë nevojë të përforcojnë njëri-tjetrin në një shoqëri që preferon ti marrë gjërat lehtë dhe të tregojë pasuritë që ka.

Mania e kumarit është një provë e sëmundjes që ka prekur pjesën më të madhe të shqiptarëve: ëndrrën për tu pasuruar brenda natës, mundësisht pa derdhur asnjë pikë djersë.

Kjo ndjesi ka rrënjë shumë thellë në historinë e Shqipërisë. Mund të bazohet në stilin e jetës që kanë zhvilluar gjatë pushtimit Otoman dhe reflekton tradita që kanë mbijetuar që në atë kohë. Femrat vazhdojnë të jetë tmerrësisht të mbingarkuara me punë si në shtëpi, ashtu edhe jashtë saj.

Përtacia zuri vend mirë dhe u shtua gjatë regjimit komunist ku barazia e detyrueshme mes njerëzve dhe kryqëzatat kundër sipërmarrjes private sollën një çinteresim total ndaj punës. Kjo ishte edhe një nga arsyet kryesore përse ai sistem ra. Më pas, iluzioni për tu bërë të pasur që shqiptarët panë në kanalet e huaja nuk i ndihmoi për të vendosur bazat e ekonomisë së tregut të lirë, përfitimin nga puna.

Pavarësisht shpirtit të admirueshëm të sipërmarrësit që kanë treguar disa shqiptarë, ende pas më shumë se 15 vitesh disa ngjarje konfirmojnë ekzistencën e ëndrrës shumë të përhapur për tu pasuruar brenda natës. Pjesëmarrja masive në skemat piramidale në fund të viteve 1990 ishte prova më tragjike. Përfshirja në aktivitete ilegale si trafikimi i njerëzve dhe armëve është një tjetër provë. Ka shumë shembuj të përditshëm nga shoqëria shqiptare, të cilat mund të përmblidhen vetëm në një fjalë: Korrupsion, i cili shkon dorë më dorë së bashku me paratë e lehta.

Është e dukshme që për shqiptarët, vënia në zbatim e rregullave të tregut, mbetet një sfidë e fortë. Përpjekje duhet të zhvillohen në luftën kundër varfërisë, informalitetit në sektorin ekonomik dhe qeverisjen e dobët. Sistemi më i mirë arsimor dhe mundësi më të mëdha për të rinjtë janë shumë thelbësore për të luftuar rrënjët e korrupsionit dhe sjelljet e tjera makute. Shqiptarët kanë kuptuar se kur vjen fjala për këto çështje nuk ka rrugë të shkurtër.

Nga karroca me kalë tek makina luksoze

Zhvillimi i Shqipërisë i parë nga sytë e SHBA-së përmes tregut të makinave. Një analizë historike nga rrugët e boshatisura tek trafiku kaotik i ditëve të sotme. Tregu informal i makinave dhe skema që përdorin pronarët e makinave në Europën Perëndimore për tu bërë të fituar nga siguracioni.

Titulli: Kartolinë nga Shqipëria, makinat dhe kamionët dhe gjërat që ecin

Dërguar nga Ambasada e Tiranës më 15.2.2008

Merr Departamenti Amerikan i Shtetit

Firmosur ambasadori Xhon Uidhers

Gjatë komunizmit shqiptarëve iu hoqën të drejtat bazë dhe liritë, përfshirë këtu edhe pronësinë e makinave. Ato pak makina që lëviznin përpara viteve 1990 (me zor bëheshin 15 mijë) ishin të shtetit ndërsa shqiptarët e zakonshëm përdornin atë pak transport publik si dhe biçikletat. Karrocat me kalë ishin një tjetër mjet tepër i përhapur transporti në zonat rurale dhe ndonjë herë pjesë e skenave normale edhe në Tiranë, kryeqyteti i vendit. 17 vjet më pas situata në rrugë ka ndryshuar krejtësisht nga qetësia e vdekjes tek zhurma e tmerrshme dhe boritë e më shumë se 300 mijë makinave, të reja dhe të vjetra, që lëvizin çdo ditë në trafikun kaotik. Makinat janë më të pastra dhe moderne, por dominimi i tregut informal vazhdon të ofrojë fushë të lirë shitësve jo të paskrupullt të makinave.

Të liruar nga pamundësia për të pasur një pronë private, artikulli i parë në listën e dëshirave të shumë familjeve ishte makina. Të kishe një makinë ishte një shenjë lirie, pasurie dhe prosperiteti. Kërkesa e madhe dhe pamundësia financiare bënë që fillimisht të hyjnë makina të vjetra, modele që ndotin shumë ambientin dhe makina nga tregjet informale të dorës së dytë që veprojnë jashtë kontrollit qeveritar në Europë. Teksa numri i makinave në rrugë lulëzonte me shpejtësi të madhe, rrjeti i vjetër rrugor me rrugët e ngushta dhe të pashtruara mirë, nuk e mbante dot ritmin.

Korrupsioni në marrjen e patentës dhe standardet e ulëta në teste kontribuuan në aftësitë e dobëta për ti dhënë makinës dhe fatalitete të rënda, të cilat vazhdojnë edhe sot. Shpenzimet për mirëmbajtjen u rritën ndjeshëm për pronarët e makinave, të cilët përballen me një përqindje shumë të lartë aksidentesh dhe trotuare të pamjaftueshëm. Për më tepër, makinat e vjetra kontribuuan ndjeshëm në ndotjen e ambientit, veçanërisht në Tiranë, duke e bërë një nga kryeqytetet më të ndotura në Europë.

Trendi ka ndryshuar gjatë viteve të fundit me modele të reja dhe makina më luksoze që hyjnë nga jashtë dhe me rregullimin e rrugëve. Makinat më të reja dhe me të shtrenjta, të papajtueshme me një vend në zhvillim, i cili ka GDP-në pothuajse më të vogël të Europës, janë gjithmonë e më shumë më në dispozicion të shqiptarëve në tregjet informale (makina të importuara në mënyrë të ligjshme, por që kanë të shkuar të dyshimtë) me çerekun e çmimit zyrtar.

Faktorë të tjerë janë rritja e fuqisë blerëse në nivelet e larta të shoqërisë, remitancat për shumë nga shtresa e mesme, rritja e mundësive për kredi, ndalimi i karburantit të keq, ligjet që favorizojnë blerjen e makinave të reja si dhe ato që shqiptarët i quajnë “para të lehta”,- fitime të mëdha të bëra në kohë shumë të shkurtër përmes aktiviteteve të paligjshme.

Edhe pse prezenca e shitësve zyrtarë të makinave po rritet ndjeshëm dhe përfshin rreth 12 marka makinash nga Mercedesi tek Hyundai, biznesi i tyre është i papërfillshëm në krahasim me tregun informal. Në vitin 2007 vetëm 2900 nga 23900 makina ishin shitur në dyqan… këto makina importohen në mënyrë të ligjshme dhe shiten në Shqipëri si pjesa e fundit e një zinxhiri të gjatë të krimit të organizuar që nis në Europën Perëndimore. Një legjendë thotë se pronarët e makinave janë pjesë e skemës dhe përfitojnë sigurimet. Deri më tani zyrtarët publikë që mbajnë makina të vjedhura është një gjë e zakonshme.

Komenti

Biznesi fitimprurës i makinave të vjedhura kontribuon në imazhin negativ të shqiptarëve si pjesë e krimit të organizuar. Në ditët e para pas rënies së komunizmit, ashtu si në trazirat civile të vitit 1997, prodhuan ambient të favorshëm për lulëzimin e tregut të krimit jo vetëm në makina por edhe në trafiqe dhe kontrabandë. Zbatuesit e korruptuar dhe të paaftë të ligjit kanë kontribuuar në këto rrethana. Në dosa fusha, si trafiku dhe kontrabanda ka pasur disa përmirësime”.

Kur Po do të thotë Jo dhe një histori me lekun

Në një prej kabllogrameve të shumta Ambasada Amerikane në Tiranë u shpjegon shtetasve të saj disa nga zakonet shqiptare. Zyrtarët e ambasadës janë fokusuar në dy gjëra, gjestet dhe paratë. Më poshtë pjesë nga kabllogrami me titullin: Jo do të thotë Po dhe Sa kushton?

“Udhëtarët me tru kuptojnë se duhet të dinë disa gjëra të rëndësishme për kulturën përpara se të shkojnë në një vend të huaj. Në mungesë të informacioneve të përgjithshme për Shqipërinë dhe numrin e vogël të guidave turistike, turistët e paktë amerikanë dhe europiano-perëndimorë nuk kanë shumë për të mësuar këtu. Ata mund të habiten kur një shitës tund kokën për të thënë “JO” në përgjigje të pyetjes për një shishe me ujë ose Coca Cola të cilën ti e ke përpara syve. Shumica e shqiptarëve e tundin kokën nga e majta në të djathtë për të thënë “PO” dhe nga lartë poshtë për të thënë “JO”. Kjo të ngatërron paksa.

Një tjetër kuriozitet është ai që ka të bëjë me lekun e ri dhe lekun e vjetër. Shqipëria vlerësoi lekun e saj në vitin 1969 me 100%. Gjithsesi edhe sot shitësit dhe kamerierët mund të të sjellin faturë 100 dollarë për një drekë dhe 10 dollarë për dy bukë. Ata që dinë e kuptojnë menjëherë se nuk po ia bëjnë me hile,- thjesht po ju faturojnë me lekë të vjetra”.