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Put the thanks back in Thanksgiving!
So for the past few years we have heard "Put the Christ back in Christmas!" Well I want to start a campaign to 'Put the Thanks Back in Thanksgiving." I love this holiday. I love the food. I love that it is a day off with the parades and football on television and the smells of pumpkin pie and turkey in the kitchen. Family and friends gather to eat and share the harvest just like Plymouth back almost 400 years ago. This year however, there is a big debate about more stores staying open on Thanksgiving. It was bad enough that many stores decided to open earlier for Black Friday Shoppers. It used to be 5am Friday morning for the insane sale seekers but now it has been rolled back to 5pm on Thanksgiving. So forget about enjoying a nap after eating your turkey when the tryptophan sets in. But now the stores want to be open all day. ALL DAY! I do not understand why anyone has to shop on Thanksgiving. In fact I would love to bring back the Blue laws which restrict certain activities on Sunday. Yes, stay home! Bond with your family. Enjoy a meal. And for GOD's sake try to remember what is important in life! I am sure the retailers want to make more money. But the sales they offer on Thanksgiving and Black Friday are not their best deals. It is such a scam. And if you do any research about it you will see. They throw out a couple of sale items to drag people in. There are already women on line now waiting for Black Friday doors to open. How stupid. How shallow! I would rather have a great meal and stay home all day with my family than get a new television to begin with. And I would rather pay a bit more and allow my family as well as other families to be home on Thanksgiving to enjoy their day. We are losing our family structure. We are losing our morals. The almighty dollar is running everything in America and it is a total shame. The housewives of America hold all of the power. We buy all of the food, household items, and we have the power to stop any purchase from our household budget. The retailers know this. We need to save Thanksgiving. We need to let the retailers know that we want to save our day with our families. Thanksgiving is more than turkey, it is a day to be thankful for our country and give a day of gratitude for all that we have. So help me, please pass on this sentiment, Put The Thanks Back in Thanksgiving.
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Know Your Poets: Anwar Masood
Many people think about Pakistani poet and singer, Anwar Masood as a very humorous poet and I must admit the first poem of his I heard, "Lassi te Cha," I initially thought was really funny, but he so skillfully weaved the poem to be about very deep and dark societal issues of caste and privilege.
Punjabi Poetry E-Book: Diva Bale Samundron Paar (Hindi, Shahmukhi and Gurmukhi Script)
This is my very first poetry book that covers a range of subjects and topics I have written poems and sung about for many decades. I have made this available for free download in Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi, and Hindi script.
Free Audio Download: Heer-Ranjha Leaves Takhat Hazara
Waris Shah's Heer is a tragic love story. Listen and download my interpretation of a very poignant moment in the doomed love story of Heer-Ranjha, when Ranjha makes the difficult decision to leave his ancestral home in Takhat Hazara.
Free Audio Download: Awaaz te Parvaaz Album
This is my first audio compilation of my album "Avaaz Te Parvaaz." It contains many Punjabi poems I have written over many decades on a vast number of subjects dear to my heart. Please have a listen.
Music Slideshow: Pag Di Saanjh (A Tribute to the Sikh Turban)
As many of you know, November 2010 was designated Sikh Awareness Month. I wrote and sang "Pag Di Saanjh: A Tribute to the Sikh Turban" as an homage to the rich and colorful history of what a turban represents to a Sikh. This has English subtitles.
Music Slideshow: Dheeaan – Daughters
A slideshow with English translation in response to Noor Jahan's beautiful rendition of the popular Pakistani war song "Eh Puttar Hattan te Nahi Wikde" meaning "Our sons cannot be bought in the marketplace." If sons cannot be bought at the marketplace, what is being implied about daughters?
Music Slideshow: Umber Di Shehzadi (To the Princess of the Skies)
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Is the Earth Just Old And In The Way? Maybe It's Time to Move to Mars!
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is all over the news, from the BBC, to the New York Times, and of course, every major newspaper and media outlet in India. It has broken many well deserved groundbreaking records:
- The first first Asian country to accomplish this feat
- It is the ONLY to accomplish this on its first attempt
- It is TEN times cheaper than the U.S. mission to Mars.
On September 30, 2014, an agreement was drawn in Toronto between India and America, to launch a joint Earth-observing satellite mission and establish a pathway for future joint missions. India, it seems, has joined the elite superpowers, and this partnership between two large yet vastly differing democracies with economic models on earth symbolizes a strange common thread: the hurry to abandon Earth and ignore talk of Human Rights, Climate Change, or environmental issues, and simply find a new planet to inhabit.
The idea of people abandoning Earth and colonizing Mars might seem far fetched and in the land of science fiction, but not according to many businessmen, such as British Billionaire Richard Branson, who bought the world's first commercial space line several years ago, Virgin Galactic, in hopes of populating Mars by 2024.
"In my lifetime, I'm determined to be a part of starting a population on Mars. I think its absolutely realistic. It will happen," he said.
If you have the financial resources, you can even book your flight to Mars when it becomes available at the Virgin Galactic website.
The MOM mission being so cheap is the talk of the industry and the world. Responding to this someone however, quickly expressed his wonderment by writing that Indian government can swing mission to Mars on time and under budget, yet fails to accurately forecast electricity needed for most of the states, every year. According to this CNN article, it claims that a huge part of the reason for it being so cheap is the labor: "For example, highly-skilled aerospace engineers in India might receive a salary of $1,000 per month, a fraction of what they could earn in Europe or the U.S." During the media frenzy over MOM, I read an interesting article in a local newspaper published here in California:
"The 57 year old writer argued that living to be 75 years of age was long enough for anyone. After 75, we are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic." Conveniently forgetting, how our present lives would be poorer if we take away history's 75 year olds, it goes on to say that aging is more costlier than youth,. Not surprisingly, this argument was to attack the Medicare bills of Obama Care. Although, I wouldn't agree with any of this, nor would I expect anyone else with no axe to grind would believe this, yet I found a relevance here of some sort. Read this:
According to a United Nations Report freshly launched this week, population will reach 9.6 billion. The already exhausted and over taxed Earth will run out of food by 2050. Food prices will inevitably spike with a rising demand for protein foods such as meat, milk, fish and eggs. Growing shortages of fresh water are already adding to the catastrophe. The two major food baskets of the world namely: California in America and Punjab in the Indian sub continent, are already half empty because of the seasons being out of gear and due to Climate Change/ Global Warming. Subjected to continued exploitation and pollution over the years, both are at the verge of an environmental disaster.
In California, the Central Valley agricultural landscape for instance, is already changing for the worse. In a prolonged drought and due to the shortage of irrigation water, thousands of acres of farmed land are left as fallow and hundreds of acres of mature almond orchards have been abandoned and left to die. The environmentalists and the farmers are already fighting each other for their rights to water and the government is caught in the middle of it all. Situation in Punjab wanting to be California so to speak, is even worse, since they don't seem to be aware of its coming or where they are going. In many studies, a recurring hypothetical is regarding potential wars involving more than 50 countries on five continents all over water rights, unless something is done to control how to share reservoirs, rivers, etc.
Rather than look towards the skies for a new planet to colonize, our focus should be on helping to make this one livable. In the late 1960s, I watched Neil Armstrong taking those momentous steps on the moon, and I remember the same feelings of amazement mingled with sadness and fear for this planet. Our home. I wrote my poem, "Umber di Shehzadi de Naa," (To the Princess of the Skies) in 1969. I imagined the Earth and Moon as two sisters. Man has taken all he wanted from Earth and is now knocking on the Moon's door, intent on doing the same to Moon. Earth writes a letter to her estranged sister, warning her not to open the door. To read more about the story behind this poem, read my Kavita di Kahani.
Please listen to my poem and I would love to know your thoughts in the comments, either here, or on my Facebook Page.
Sufi singer, Mamta Joshi, also sung a beautiful rendition of my poem, which you can listen to below:
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Fighting Our Own Battles: Using Technology to Educate People on The Sikhs!
It always pleases me when I see organizations like SALDEF (Sikh American Legal Fund) stepping up to actively educate people about the the Sikh turban. It seems like it's an ongoing series of battles, even though we have been living here in America for over a century!
Caused primarily by ignorance and misunderstanding, several community activists and Sikh American organizations are actively engaged to overcome this bias by spreading awareness and educate our fellow American brothers and sisters. They are working with the legislators, educators and other community leaders and organizations. Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, SALDEF has launched a historic new media initiative on behalf of Sikh Americans, with first ever PSA (Public Service Announcement) by a Sikh American – Waris Ahluwalia, an actor, writer, and designer. Please take a moment to view it above and you can read more about the initiative HERE
Under different circumstances and in a different land, the Sikh turban has a long history representing a revolutionary voice against oppression, ever since Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion donned it the first time more than 500 years ago. Below is a video slide show of my Punjabi poem "ਪੱਗ ਦੀ ਸਾਂਝ," (Pag di Saanjh with English subtitles): a Tribute to the Sikh Turban that I sang to add to this dialogue and hopefully instill pride, respect, and understanding in its history and all it represents.
The importance of not only educating others, but educating ourselves on the history of the Sikh turban and contextualizing it is especially important today when it has become almost a standard part of a Sikh boy's educational experience to be called "Osama," or "terrorist," simply because people don't know who the Sikhs are or what the turban represents.
Sikhs have been in the United States for over a century. It's about time our fellow Americans knew!
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This Father's Day, Read a Book: "ਬਿਰਖ ਦਾਤਾ "
Happy Father's Day!
Recently, my grandson was featured on Huffington Post's article: 15 Reasons Why You Should Celebrate Father's Day With A Book (he is number 15!) and it was wonderful to see so many dads and grandfathers actively reading. There is a social media movement called #DadsRead (Read about it HERE) that encourages all Dads to read to their children and grandfathers too. It occurred to me that there isn't much written in Punjabi about this topic. So I have written this blog post in Punjabi, dedicated especially to fathers and grandfathers of Punjab.
ਪਿਛਲੇ ਸਾਲ ਫਰਿਜ਼ਨੋ ਕੈਲੇਫੋਰਨੀਆ ਵਿਚ ਨੌਜਵਾਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਬਣੀ ਸੰਸਥਾ "ਜੈਕਾਰਾ" ਵਲੋਂ ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਉਲੀਕੇ ਗਏ ਸਨ | ਇਕ ਅਜੇਹੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਵਲੋਂ ਸ਼ੈਲ ਸਿਲਵਰਸਟਾਈਨ ਦੀ ਅੰਗ੍ਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਵਿਚ ਲਿਖੀ ਹੋਈ ਕਹਾਣੀ " The Giving Tree" ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਰੂਪ ਪੇਸ਼ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ | ਆਪਣੀ ਇਸ ਬਲੌਗ ਉਤੇ ਪਾਠਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਓਹ ਰੂਪ ਪੋਸਟ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਹਾਂ :
ਉਸ ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੂੰ ਓਹ ਬਿਰਖ ਬੜਾ ਈ ਚੰਗਾ ਚੰਗਾ ਲਗਦਾ ਸੀ | ਤੇ ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੂੰ ਖੁਸ਼ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਹੋਰ ਵੀ ਖੁਸ਼ ਹੁੰਦਾ !
"ਮੇਰੀ ਉਮਰ ਹੁਣ ਬਿਰਖ ਤੇ ਚੜ੍ਹਨ ਤੇ ਖੇਡਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹੀ | ਮੈਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਵਾਂ | ਮੈਂ ਹੁਣ ਕੋਈ ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਵਸਤਾਂ ਖਰੀਦਣੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਮਜ਼ੇ ਲੁੱਟਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਵਾਂ | ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕੁਝ ਪੈਸੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਨੇ | ਤੂੰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਕੁਝ ਪੈਸੇ ਦੇ ਸਕਦਾ ਏਂ "? ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ |
"ਬਈ ਮੁੰਡਿਆ ਇਹ ਤੇ ਬੜੀ ਮਾੜੀ ਗੱਲ ਹੋਈ | ਮੈਂ ਤੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਰਖਦਾ ਈ ਨੀਂ ; ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਤੇ ਪੱਤੇ ਈ ਨੇ ਤੇ ਜਾਂ ਫਿਰ ਫਲ ! ਤੂੰ ਇੰਜ ਕਰ ਬਈ ਮੇਰੇ ਫਲ ਲੈ ਜਾ, ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਵੇਚ ਲਵੀਂ, ਪੈਸੇ ਵੱਟੀਂ, ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਵਸਤਾਂ ਖਰੀਦੀੰ ਤੇ ਮੌਜਾਂ ਕਰੀਂ," ਬਿਰਖ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ |
ਬਿਰਖ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣਕੇ ਮੁੰਡਾ ਬਿਰਖ ਤੇ ਚੜ੍ਹ ਗਿਆ, ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਫਲ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਤੇ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ | ਮੁੰਡੇ ਦੀ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਵੇਖਕੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਵੀ ਖੁਸ਼ ਸੀ |
ਪਰ ਹੁਣ ਮੁੰਡਾ ਬੜਾ ਚਿਰ ਮੁੜਕੇ ਨਾ ਆਇਆ | ਰੁਖ ਉਦਾਸ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ | ਇੱਕ ਦਿਨ ਕੀ ਹੋਇਆ ਬਈ ਓਹ ਮੁੰਡਾ ਫਿਰ ਆ ਗਿਆ | ਓਹਨੂੰ ਦੂਰੋਂ ਈ ਆਉਂਦਿਆਂ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਵਿਚ ਝੂਮ ਉਠਿਆ ਤੇ ਚਾਅ ਨਾਲ ਅਖਣ ਲੱਗਾ ," ਆ ਜਾ ਆ ਜਾ ਮੁੰਡਿਆ ਆ ਜਾ | ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਪਰ ਚੜ੍ਹ ਜਾ ਤੇ ਮੇਰੀਆਂ ਟਾਹਣੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਝੂਟ | ਫਲ ਖਾ, ਮੇਰੀ ਛਾਂਵੇਂ ਬੈਠ, ਹੱਸ ਖੇਡ ਤੇ ਮਜ਼ੇ ਕਰ |
"ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਹੁਣ ਖੇਡਣ ਦੀ ਵੇਹਲ ਕਿਥੇ ? ਮੈਨੂੰ ਵਹੁਟੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਆ, ਬੱਚੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਨੇ, ਮੀਂਹ ਹਨੇਰੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਣ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਖ-ਆਰਾਮ ਲਈ ਘਰ ਚਾਹੀਦੈ ? ਕੀ ਤੂੰ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਘਰ ਦੇ ਸਕਦੈਂ "? ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ |
"ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਘਰ ਹੈ ਨਹੀਂ | ਮੇਰਾ ਤੇ ਜੰਗਲ ਈ ਘਰ ਆ," ਬਿਰਖ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ | "ਪਰ ਤੂੰ ਇੰਜ ਕਰ ਮੇਰੇ ਟਾਹਣ ਈ ਵਢ ਕੇ ਲੈ ਜਾ, ਜਾ ਕੇ ਘਰ ਬਣਾ ਲਵੀਂ ਤੇ ਮੌਜਾਂ ਕਰੀਂ, ਖੁਸ਼ ਰਵ੍ਹੀਂ "|
ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਦੇ ਟਾਹਣ ਵਢ ਲਏ ਤੇ ਲਿਜਾ ਕੇ ਘਰ ਬਣਾ ਲਿਆ | ਮੁੰਡੇ ਦੀ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਵੀ ਖੁਸ਼ ਸੀ |
ਪਰ ਹੁਣ ਫੇਰ ਮੁੰਡਾ ਕਈ ਚਿਰ ਮੁੜ ਕੇ ਨਾ ਆਇਆ | ਬਿਰਖ ਫਿਰ ਉਦਾਸ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ |
ਬੜੀ ਦੇਰ ਬਾਅਦ ਜਦੋਂ ਬਿਰਖ ਨੇ ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੂੰ ਆਉਂਦਿਆਂ ਵੇਖਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਵਿਚ ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਬੋਲਿਆ ਹੀ ਨਾ ਜਾਏ | " ਆ ਬਈ ਮੁੰਡਿਆ ਆ ਜਾ | ਆ ਜਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਤੇ ਖੇਡ-ਮਲ੍ਹ," ਬੜੀ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਿਲ ਨਾਲ ਬੜੀ ਹੌਲੀ ਜਿਹੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਵਿਚ ਬਿਰਖ ਨੇ ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੂੰ ਆਖਿਆ |
"ਹੁਣ ਤੇ ਮੇਰੀ ਖੇਡ੍ਹਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਉਮਰ ਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹੀ," ਮੁੰਡਾ ਅਖਣ ਲੱਗਾ | "ਹੁਣ ਤੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਏ ਇੱਕ ਬੇੜੀ, ਜਿਹਦੇ ਉੱਪਰ ਤੈਰ ਕੇ ਮੈ ਕਿਤੇ ਦੂਰ ਜਾ ਸਕਾਂ "| ਕੀ ਤੂੰ ਮੈਨੂ ਬੇੜੀ ਦੇ ਸਕੇਂਗਾ ?
" ਤੂੰ ਇੰਜ ਕਰ ਬਈ ਮੇਰਾ ਇਹ ਮੋਟਾ ਤਣਾ ਈ ਵਢ ਲੈ ਤੇ ਬੇੜੀ ਬਣਾ ਲੈ," ਬਿਰਖ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ | "ਫਿਰ ਤੂੰ ਬੇੜੀ ਨਾਲ ਪਾਣੀ ਤੇ ਜਿਧਰ ਮਰਜ਼ੀ ਸਫਰ ਕਰੀਂ ਤੇ ਖੁਸ਼ ਰਵ੍ਹੀਂ "[
ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਦਾ ਮੋਟਾ ਤਣਾ ਵੀ ਕੱਟ ਲਿਆ ਤੇ ਬੇੜੀ ਬਣਾ ਕੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਤੇ ਸਫਰ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ ਓਥੋਂ ਦੂਰ ਚਲੇ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ ਠਿੱਲ ਪਿਆ |
ਪਰ ਬੱਚਿਓ ਬਿਰਖ ਭਲਾ ਹੁਣ ਅੰਦਰੋਂ ਖੁਸ਼ ਸੀ ? ਨਹੀਂ ਨਾ. . . !
"ਮੈਨੂੰ ਅਫਸੋਸ ਹੈ ਮੁੰਡਿਆ" ਮੁੰਡੇ ਵਲ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਬਿਰਖ ਨੇ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਨਾਲ ਆਖਿਆ | "ਹੁਣ ਤੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਬਾਕੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਿਹਾ | ਮੇਰੇ ਤੇ ਫਲ ਵੀ ਹੁਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹੇ"|
"ਮੇਰੇ ਵੀ ਦੰਦ ਹੁਣ ਹਿਲ ਗਏ ਨੇ , ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਫਲ ਖਾਣ ਜੋਗਾ ਹੁਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹਿ ਗਿਆ" ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ |
"ਮੇਰੀ ਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਟਾਹਣੀ ਵੀ ਬਾਕੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਹਿ ਗਈ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਤੂੰ ਝੂਟ ਸਕੇਂ " ਬਿਰਖ ਬੋਲਿਆ |
"ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ ਵਾਂ ਹੁਣ ਟਾਹਣੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਝੂਟ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਕਾਂਗਾ" ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ | "ਮੇਰਾ ਤੇ ਮੋਟਾ ਤਣਾ ਵੀ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਲਗਾ ਜਿਸ 'ਤੇ ਤੂੰ ਚੜ੍ਹ ਸਕਦੋਂ ," ਬਿਰਖ ਕਹਿਣ ਲੱਗਾ |
"ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਏਨਾ ਥੱਕ ਗਿਆ ਵਾਂ ਬਈ ਤਣੇ ਤੇ ਚੜ੍ਹ ਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਸਕਣਾ" ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ | "ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਡਾਢਾ ਦੁੱਖ ਹੈ," ਬਿਰਖ ਨੇ ਹੌਕਾ ਲੈਂਦਿਆਂ ਆਖਿਆ | "ਮੈਂ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਸਾਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਕੁਝ ਦੇ ਸਕਦਾ, ਪਰ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ ਕੁਝ ਬਚਿਆ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ | ਹੁਣ ਤਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਇੱਕ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਮੁਢ਼ ਹੀ ਰਹਿ ਗਿਆ ਵਾਂ ," ਬਿਰਖ ਨੂੰ ਬੜਾ ਹਿਰਖ ਸੀ |
"ਮੈਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਥੋੜ੍ਹੀ ਬੈਠਣ ਲਈ ਥਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਹੁਣ ਹੋਰ ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਚਾਹਿਦਾ | ਮੈਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਥੱਕ ਗਿਆ ਵਾਂ | ਆਰਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਰਤਾ ਬੈਠਣਾ ਹੀ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ," ਮੁੰਡੇ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ |
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Happy International Women's Day From Madera, California with the American Association of University Women and my Punjabi Poem with English subtitles: "Daughters"
On Friday and Saturday, I celebrated International Women's Day locally in Madera California with the American Association of University Women (AAUW), where I was kindly invited to introduce my poem, "Dhean," or "Daughters." Both events were organized by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), which has been empowering women since 1881! It was a matter of great privilege for me to have been invited for both these occasions. The Galloway Hall at the Madera Public library and the conference room at the Methodist church were filled by women and children of all ages. There were 17 other speakers, along with some wonderful children's dance groups.
I was the only male speaker present and it was humbling to hear the very personal stories other speakers shared. Ileana Herera shared her story of suffering domestic violence and overcoming it. She was married and pregnant at 18. She endured beatings during her pregnancy by her husband, and is now a survivor, bravely sharing her experience to educate and give hope to victims of domestic violence. Offering her advice she said," if you don't do anything, your hope is false. You can't rely on someone changing their ways. You must act."
There are many areas that need improvement, but there is also much to celebrate of the progress made in women's rights. But it was not always like this. Women's rights groups have been pivotal in the strides made, and should be commended for this.
In Western countries, when we think of inequality of human rights, gender based violence or the most horrific acts of violence against women around the world, such as acid attacks, female genital mutilation, sex slavery, child marriage, honor killings, feticide, to name a few, we tend to assume these are things that only happen in "Third World" countries, far away from us, or places that don't have democratic governments or are ruled by religious zealots. But the reality is that it happens everywhere, including right here in the United States. Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Former Secretary of State called gender-based violence "an issue of international human rights and national security."
Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion understood it as no easy task to change people's age old mindset. He declared it in no uncertain terms 500 years ago in the poetic verse from the Guru Granth Sahib – the Sikh Holy Scripture, on page 473: "ਭੰਡਿ ਜੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਨਿੰਮੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਮੰਗਣ ਵੀਅਹੁ ॥ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਚਲੈ ਰਾਹੁ ॥ ਭੰਡੁ ਮੁਆ ਭੰਡੁ ਭਾਲੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਬੰਧਾਨ ॥ ਸੋ ਕਿਉਂ ਮੰਦਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਰਾਜਾਨ ॥
This roughly translates in English to: "She is the one to whom we are born. In her womb develops life. She is the one who makes friendships, becomes a lover, a wife and a partner in procreation and it is through her we make relations with others. It is from the woman the creation goes round. If someone loses his wife he looks for another one. After all she is the one who gave birth to the bravest of the brave and king of kings. So don't say she is a lesser person than a man."
When I first wrote my poem, I imagined a very small number of people would be interested in it, not just because it was written in Punjabi, but because the subject matter is one that is not often addressed: daughters. My son, Navdeep, convinced me to write an English translation, and soon after that we created a moving image slideshow set to my voice, which we uploaded to youtube. It was wonderful to be able to share this particular poem with the AAUW.
I wrote this poem as a father, brother, husband and as a grandfather. Although I completed the poem recently when the news of feticide and dowry related violence started to get worse in India, I had been thinking about it for some time. I had first listened to the famous singer Noor Jahan's rendition of a Punjabi song a while ago.
Here is the original video by Noor Jehan:
Starting with the lyrics, "Eh Puttar Hattan te Nahi Wikde, Aven na Takkran Mar Kure" roughly translated in English, meaning: "our sons cannot be bought in the market place, they are a gift from god." How so very much I loved the tune and the very melodious voice of Noor Jehan, the lopsided message of what was left unsung in this song always irked me. If sons cannot be bought at the marketplace, what is being implied about daughters? Are they not a gift from god? Are they expendable or replaceable? Praising only sons, I thought the lyrics of this song knowingly or unwittingly further reinforce the age old stereotype. Read the full Kavita di Kahani (Story behind the poem).
- Through this poem, I wanted to tell that, daughters are an equally a precious blessing.
- I wanted to draw attention to the frightening statistics of feticide as well as to the curse of dowry in India.
- I also wanted to make this poem stand out as a tribute to 'daughters of the world' and make it accessible to those who do not speak Punjabi by adding English sub-titles.
- But more importantly, I wanted to slowly make people think and change the age old mindset.
If you like this poem, please share this post with others, and I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments below, or on my Facebook fan page.
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My Visit to the Historical City of Sultanpur Lodhi, a Hidden Jewel in Punjab
I have just returned from a wonderful visit to India, and as usual I spent most of my time in Punjab visiting family and friends, with a day or two in Delhi. The main reason for my visit this time was to attend my nephew's wedding in Gurdaspur, and then there was a very interesting Parvassi Samelan in Punjab during this month.
Since my time is very limited, I don't usually venture outside what is familiar. Aside from visiting various historical Gurduaras in Punjab and of course Jallianwallah Bagh in Amritsar, I wasn't even aware of historical places in Punjab, and even less of a movement to preserve it. I was delighted to have been invited to visit the Sultanpur Lodhi Fort, apparently built in 1 A.D. I am not a scholar or academic with any in-depth knowledge about the history, but it is a place that I am glad some people are taking the initiative to preserve before it is bulldozed to the ground and a mall comes in its place in the name of "progress."
Bhai Baldeep Singh invited me to visit this historic place for a deeply moving experience. He is the chairman and Founder at the Anad Foundation, which aims to preserve the history and also the artistic culture of that history, especially Punjab's musical traditions, like the dying art of the Rabab, and artistic traditions like calligraphy. He is also a very talented musician. To find more details of the history of the fort, check out this link and definitely check out the Anad Foundation.
At first, I thought my ignorance that this historic fort even exists was because I live thousands of miles from Punjab, but many of my relatives or friends in Punjab, who lived in the vicinity of it,didn't know of its existence or significance either. So there is certainly something else going on and the major reason is that Sultanpur Lodhi is not being treated with respect as it deserves as a place of historical significance for Indians, Punjabis, and especially an important part of Sikh history. A similar effort one hears is underway to preserve historic sites in other places in India, so I fully encourage this to take place in the Punjab.
The audience in attendance of the seminar Bhai Baldeep Singh invited me to were calligraphers, painters of Gurbani Ragas, poets, and those with an interest in preserving this important part of our history as Punjabis and Indians, but especially for those who are Sikh. I felt greatly honored to be amongst them and found the entire event utterly engaging and thought provoking.
My son-in-law's family live in Kapurthala next door to Sultanpur Lodhi, and they insisted I should come visit them first, and then they will take me to Sultanpur Lodhi. I quickly accepted the twin invitation. I never say no to kind hospitality, good food, and great conversation! The road from Chandigarh was in a thick fog and I almost felt like I was back in the Central Valley of California! The fog blanketed the roads and wouldn't lift for the entire day, which really raised expectations of what this historic site would be like. Even back in California, I try not to drive anywhere when weather conditions aren't good, but this was completely worth the hazardous road conditions, although I would strongly recommend waiting for the fog to lift before driving!
Just a few miles from Sultanpur Lodhi, I attended Khalsa College in Amritsar. My wife grew up just a few miles in the other direction in Tarn Taran, yet neither of us had ever stopped to see a treasure in the form of a historical place at Sultanpur Lodhi for all Indians, Punjabis, and especially Sikhs. Growing up in Bhakna a few miles away in the west, I heard stories from the Janam Sakhis of Guru Nanak Dev Ji returning from his meditative trance and declaring what would become the foundation of the Sikh religion and resonated with the ideology of the Ghadrites who really tried to put in practice: "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim," a call to the end of discrimination and a fight for human rights, a fight that continues today.
One often worries and complains about the destroyed history due to ignorance as the marble has replaced our humble yet proud heritage up and down the country over the years. But what about the landmarks still standing by the mere stroke of luck or their sheer resilience and are in the state of complete neglect and encroachment only waiting to be replaced or come down on their own? One such monument of the greatest importance for the Sikhs is the Nawab's fort at Sultanpur Lodhi! Many people believe that the mosque still standing within the compounds of this fort (Quila) is the same mosque where the Nawab Daulat Khan had invited Guru Nanak to participate in that much talked about namaz or Muslim prayer. Next to the mosque, there remains that ancient narrow brick lined well which is now covered by an iron grill.
All of the photographs you see in this blog post were taken by an incredibly gifted young Punjabi photographer, Anhad Khinda, my son-in-law's nephew, and I am very happy he takes such care with this art form. Follow him on instagram @anhad_khinda. Below are some more images he took of Sultanpur Lodhi Fort and the last one is just outside it:
Have you visited Sultanpur Lodhi? Leave a comment and tell me about your experience.
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Which is Better: Acappella (voice only) or with Musical Accompaniment?
A few years ago when I published my first collection of poetry, Diva Bale Samundron Paar, I also had the opportunity to work with some wonderful musicians and a recording studio in Chandigarh. On my upcoming trip to India, I am going to take some of my poems and collaborate with more traditional musicians, like tabla and dilruba players. I will post that on here when it is ready in February! In the meantime, check out both versions of my previous album – with musical accompaniment and without. Let me know what you think!
Awaaz te Parvaaz (a cappella – my voice only, without musical accompaniment)
Awaaz te Parvaaz (with musical accompaniment)
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New Album: Toon Sathon Mukh Na Morhin (a-cappella)
As many of you know, I usually sing my poems a-cappella (without musical accompaniment). My son, Navdeep, helped to setup a recording studio in my home so that I can do more a-cappella recordings, which is more familiar and comfortable to me, but I am interested in experimenting!
Have a listen to my latest album and let me know what you think:

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Sol y Sombra: Spanish Dance Company presents Los Immigrantes
Friday, November 14 at 7PM
The Prodell Middle School Auditorium, 100 Randall Road, Shoreham, N.Y. 11786
A fun filled evening of Salsa, Merengue, Argentine Tango and Flamenco as Sol y Sombra pays tribute in dance to the immigrant communities of the United States, Argentina and Spain who gave birth to these passionate and exciting Latin dance styles.
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Friday, November 14 at 7:00 PM
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a musical ensemble, as the Sheridan Trio prepares for their upcoming Saturday concert. Learn how a chamber music group rehearses, ask questions about the process, and get a sneak peek of the music that will be performed.
Play/Talk with The Sheridan Trio
Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 PM
Ludwig van Beethoven's Trio in B-flat, op. 97 is one of the most beloved pieces in the chamber music repertoire. The Sheridan Trio will both perform this trio and speak about the qualities that make this particular piece great.
Holiday Lights of Brooklyn
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Award winning novelist Clevidence has written a powerful novel set in 1938 Long Island. With a hurricane on the horizon, a fireworks factory explodes in a quiet coastal town. A vivid tale that shines a light into one family's life in the hurricane's aftermath, and also illuminates a vanishing era. Please join us as Professor Dan Giancola of SCCC moderates.
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Booker Prize Nominee Joyce has crafted a sentimental, poignant novel of Harold Fry, a sad, lonely man who is shaken out of his monotonous life into a voyage of self discovery. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Bill Pike of SCCC.
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…and I'm sure that Morris Panner is very upset that his political party – the Democrats – are so determined to make life a living Hell for people starting up
…and I'm sure that Morris Panner is very upset that his political party – the Democrats – are so determined to make life a living Hell for people starting up
Oh, did we steal his thunder? Did he want to admit to his loss on his own terms? Yeah, I'm really broke up about that. Congratulations, Rep.-elect Renee Elmers.
'Pornoscanners' is what Boing Boing (courtesy of AoSHQ Headlines) calls them, and that name works for me. Anyway, it would seem that Michael Chertoff had his hand in the cookie
E.J. Dionne's turn at MiniTrue: apparently old W. was/is compassionately conservative, multicultural, diverse, tolerant, and a bunch of other nice things that E.J. Dionne doesn't think that those mean icky
And, for the record: you can have my Irish coffee when you pull it from my cold, dead hands. Executive summary: the FDA has informed four companies that caffeine is
So. It's a few years from now. You're driving in your car (with a passenger); it's night, and it's snowing. You're out in the middle of nowhere. One of your
One wonders why they bothered. One, it's PBS; two, Fey's comments were in receiving one of those awards that apparently exist solely to give neurotic artists a little external self-confidence;
OK. I need to apologize in advance for this video footage, given that it ends with some pretty foul things said about the wife of the Israeli Prime Minister. While
Oh, Davey. I know that it's all mean and stuff that his man-god is going to have to run as a mere mortal in '12, but that doesn't excuse amateur
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Yes, "steal." Rep. Charles Rangel was not allowed to use money from his leadership PAC to pay his legal bills, it beggars belief that he did not know that he
I'm not… appalled: this is minority-party business, and as such is not likely to interfere with the real business of the House anyway. But… wow. Just… wow. They're going to
Reversing the fiscal insanity that's been unleashed upon us by the Democratic party would be a good thing, even if it means that some politicians lose their jobs. I am
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…in Michigan. This is shameful, but Snyder probably did stand a good chance of losing his reelection if he hadn't supported it.
Fighting The Left's Fire With FIRE
Instapundit has some ideas for dealing with the war on college men:
You could add some street-theater when prospective freshmen tour the campus by putting up posters and passing out leaflets telling them that the campus is a "rights-free zone" for men or some such, too. And maybe demand that the admissions people warn admitted men that they won't have due process, and then making a big stink when they won't.
Yes, time to take back the campuses. Make all those administrators earn their money.
A New Space Race
A fictional one, from Fox. We'll see how realistic it is.
It's just the latest example of the Left's Kulturkampf. Fortunately, this time, it seems to be a fail.
Hispanics Converting To Islam
Sorry, but I think these people are fools. When I see a women in a hijab, I don't "respect them first." I pity them.
[Update a few minutes later]
What Sam Harris gets wrong about Islam.
I would note that I'd bet a lot of money that the people shooting up Ottawa right now aren't Lutherans.
The Detroit Lions
…come to London. It's kind of amusing to think about British Lions fans, but then, that is the national symbol.
South California
Last but far from least, we conclude our tour of the new Californias with the one furthest south, shown as orange on the map.
Regenerating Spinal Cords
A cell transplant has allowed a paralyzed man to walk again.
Faster, please.
The Welfare State Of West California
Moving on in our examination of Tim Draper's six Californias, from Nuevo Colorado (aka Central California), we come to the new state of West California. It's ironic that it's shown as green on the map, considering that it will be born into pension and welfare poverty.
Why The CDC Is Failing
It's forgotten and diffused its mission:
…as the impact of communicable diseases has lessened, public-health medicine—which concerns itself with community-wide solutions to health problems—began to look more intensely at treating and preventing conditions that don't originate with germs. The focus of researchers and doctors turned especially to conditions thought to underlie cardiovascular disease. But unlike battles against germs, isolating the key cause of such problems has proved elusive, because multiple factors—from genetics to diet to personal habits, like smoking—are all potentially contribute.
Advocates like Frieden have plunged ahead anyway, sometimes proposing simplistic solutions to complex problems, often without much data to back up their claims. As New York City's health commissioner, Frieden engineered a law requiring food chains to post calorie counts on menus, though there was no evidence that the availability of such information has any effect on eating habits. Frieden also led a campaign to cut salt consumption despite studies that had shown, in fact, that some individuals fared poorly on a salt-restricted diet. Frieden's campaign led one world-renown hypertension expert to proclaim that New York was attempting to engineer a giant uncontrolled experiment. As time passed, Frieden's practice of recommending sometimes outrageous solutions to health problems based on few facts grew more disconcerting. In 2007, he even proposed a campaign to persuade uncircumcised adult men in New York to get circumcised to reduce their risk to HIV; a study in Africa had concluded that the practice helped lower infections there. But Frieden's proposal was widely derided and quickly dismissed because of the vast differences between the two populations and the preliminary nature of the research.
Read the whole thing. This is a microcosm of the more general problem of government getting involved with things that it both has no business doing, and at which it is monumentally incompetent. A small step to fix it would be to can Frieden, and explain why, and refocus the CDC on germs, but that's far beyond this president's ideology or ken.
[Update a while later]
Will ebola be good for the CDC?
Public health experts were, in a way, too successful; they beat back our infectious disease load to the point where most of us have never had anything more serious than Human papillomavirus or a bad case of the flu. This left them without that much to do. So they reinvented themselves as the overseers of everything that might make us unhealthy, from French Fries to work stress.
As with the steel mills, these problems are not necessarily amenable to the organizational tools used to tackle tuberculosis. The more the public and private health system are focused on these problems, the less optimized they will be for fighting the war against infectious disease. It is less surprising to find that they didn't know how to respond to a novel infectious disease than it would have been to discover that they botched a new campaign against texting and driving.
Don't get me wrong: Fighting infection is still one of the things that the public health infrastructure does, and though I hope it doesn't come to that, I expect that our system will do a much better job next time. But the CDC did not botch the job because there's something wrong with Barack Obama, or government, or the state of Texas, or private hospitals. They dropped the ball because the public health system no longer needs to work so many miracles, and consequently hasn't had much practice. We shouldn't have let public health give us such an inflated belief in the power of government. But we also shouldn't forget that with the right task and the right tools, government is still capable of doing some wondrous things.
Only if it is focused on what it does well, and the right incentives are in place. That is not the case for much of the current federal government.
Veils And "Circumcision"
I agree with Glenn: "Personally, I favor cultural imperialism. And for immigrants, displays of cultural submission."
Democracy, multi-culturalism, immigration. Pick any two.
It's Not Just Bill Clinton
Apparently Barack Obama sexually assaults women, too. Must be part of that "war on women" I've been hearing so much about.
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
First California, and now some people in south Florida want to split with Tallahassee. The reason is sort of hilariously stupid, though:
Harris told the commission that Tallahassee isn't providing South Florida with proper representation or addressing its concerns when it comes to sea-level rising.
"We have to be able to deal directly with this environmental concern and we can't really get it done in Tallahassee," Harris said. "I don't care what people think — it's not a matter of electing the right people."
Mayor Philip Stoddard agreed with Harris' reasoning, saying he's advocated for secession for the past 15 years but never penned a resolution.
"It's very apparent that the attitude of the northern part of the state is that they would just love to saw the state in half and just let us float off into the Caribbean," Stoddard said. "They've made that abundantly clear every possible opportunity and I would love to give them the opportunity to do that."
If there weren't enough reasons for me to leave Boca, living in a state dominated by south Floridians would seal the deal.
It's coming back to theaters. This is the first time in a generation, at least.
Lockheed Martin's Fusion Plans
Michael Beliore interviews them. No mention of space applications, though.
Bootstrapping A Solar-System Civilization
There was an interesting blog post at OSTP last week:
Have ideas for massless exploration and bootstrapping a Solar System civilization? Send your ideas for how the Administration, the private sector, philanthropists, the research community, and storytellers can further these goals at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Needless to say, I don't expect this to go anywhere with the current Congressional committees.
China's Big Gamble In Space
A brief history of their program, from Joan Johnson-Freese.
I'd note that as long as they follow the Soviets/Russians lead in tech, they won't be doing anything big. Like the voyages of Zheng He, it seems to be more about prestige than expansion. If and when SpaceX starts to reuse their launchers, that will set the new bar for space activity.
The Problem With Ebola
It isn't the virus, it's the incompetence. Not to mention the venality.
[Update late morning]
Amazingly, left-blogger Atrios (aka Duncan Black) agrees:
Ultimately the point is that as of now, Ebola is a small problem in the United States overall, if a very serious problem for the people infected by it, and we have failed to deal with this small problem. The lack of clearly established systematic responses to potential deadly disease outbreaks is extremely worrying. If a genuine epidemic occurs, there's no reason to think the response will be any better.
At least as of now, there's no reason to be frightened of Ebola. Turn off cable news and go about your day. A small number of infected people is not an epidemic. But there is reason to be frightened of the apparent inability of our institutions to deal with an actual epidemic, or true national emergencies of any kind.
Yes. As has been pointed out ad infinitum. when the government (and particularly the federal government) tries to do too many things, it ends of doing none of them well.
In Defence Of Cholesterol
In which a British high-school student is better informed than most doctors.
Did A B-24 Shoot Down A V-2?
Probably not. Also (as noted there), a bomber probably never shot down a V-1.
A History Of SpaceX
There's a good article over at Quartz about the company and Elon. It had a few errors, though.
@qz You don't need to reach escape velocity to get into earth orbit. You only need about 71% of it.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) October 21, 2014
@qz Also, the Merlin isn't the first US liquid rocket engine since the 70s. The RS-68 was developed in the 90s. But good article overall.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) October 21, 2014
@qz Oops, another error. First stage doesn't get it into orbit, it just gives it a head start. Second stage generally needed for orbit.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) October 21, 2014
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The Party Of Lynching
…warns (ignorant) Democrat voters in North Carolina of lynchings if Republicans win.
If they want to play that game, put together a few thirty-second ads with history lessons about the (Democrat) Klan, and the (Democrat) Bull Connor, and the (Democrat) Lester Maddox, and the (Democrat) George Wallace. And a reminder that Lincoln was a Republican, and that the voting-rights act would not have been passed without Republicans.
[Late-morning update]
Oopsie. Senator Pryor's college thesis, called desegregation "an unwilling invasion" (as opposed, I suppose, to a willing one?).
Democrats, once the party of racism, always the party of racism.
Michelle's "Healthy Lunch" Program
It's classist and sexist.
Beyond that, it's not even healthy. Growing kids need fat and protein. Low-fat milk is terrible for them.
Early Voting
I think that early voting is an abomination. Only those who really can't make it to the polls on election day should be allowed to do it.
Space Balls
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Nuevo Colorado
Continuing our tour of the six new Californias proposed by Tim Draper, this new state would be the only one with no Pacific coastline. Nonetheless, it has tremendous potential that is currently being hamstrung by Sacramento (or rather, the coastal voters who dominate the legislature). It would have a population of a little over four million, equivalent to Kentucky, and about a million fewer than Colorado. But as I'll explain, its red depiction on the map below is appropriate, because it could be viewed as another Colorado in the making, except one only a couple-hour drive from the ocean.
The New State Of Silicon Valley
Continuing my series (I now have four states up at Ricochet), the next state is Silicon Valley.
Unlike North California, Silicon Valley would be the new state with the most geographically misleading name. Shown in yellow on the map, it would encompass the current Silicon Valley in Santa Clara County, but it would also include all else on that peninsula, including San Francisco, and the East Bay all the way up to Oakland and Berkeley in Alameda County and the bedroom communities of Contra Costa County, all of which is quite densely populated. And beyond that, it would also extend south, all the way down into the Big Sur coast, to the southern Monterey County line. It would be the third largest of the new states, with a current population of almost seven million, like Arizona, Washington or Massachusetts.
Likely Voters And Congress
They want a Republican one:
Though Democrats carry a 10-point lead among low-interest voters, Republicans carry a 10-point lead among high-interest voters, the poll also found.
For "low-interest," read "low information." Someone has to stop the dictatorial madness in the White House.
The Bioethics Of Mars Settlement
An interesting article over at Slate that raises similar concerns to mine:
If we send heterosexual astronauts, of different sexes and of reproductive age, on extended space missions, then the possibility of pregnancy looms. To ward that off, could it be ethical to demand sterilization for any potentially fertile astronauts in a mixed-sex crew? Radiation exposure may eventually take care of the issue by causing infertility, but some pregnancies could happen before infertility occurs. Is conception even possible in the zero-gravity of space, or in the low-gravity, high-radiation habitats on Mars? If so, would a fetus develop normally?
We don't know, since it would seem patently unethical to even conduct these sorts of experiments today in space or anywhere else, at least with human subjects. Again, the physical and psychological dangers of procreating and living outside of Earth can seem inhumane, especially for involuntary subjects (the children). Yet many plans for space exploration already take it as a foregone conclusion that humans will reproduce in space. For some, it's a crucial part of the business plan, as in the case of Mars One's goal of moving toward a "permanent human settlement."
As I noted:
What I would suggest to the Mars One people, though, is given that they're planning to spend billions on this project, and the long-term goal is to have true human settlement of the planet, which necessarily involves offspring of the settlers, they devote a modest amount of their budget funding research that NASA has completely neglected for decades, but that others have privately proposed, to establish a variable-gravity laboratory in orbit where we can start to understand these issues. The fact that NASA (or Congress) have never given such research any priority whatsoever is eloquent testimony to how unimportant both consider the goal of spreading humanity into the solar system. But until we do, young people who want to go off to barren (at least initially) worlds will have to continue to face the prospect of remaining barren themselves.
Space really isn't important, politically. Just "space" jobs.
[Update a few minutes later]
Meanwhile, Kate Greene says that economics would dictate that a Mars mission consist of all women.
Here's my problem with that. While of course mass is an important consideration, it isn't the only one. I would argue that any Mars mission would have to be based on an affordable mission concept, and that if it is, mass won't matter that much, and if it isn't, no one will go. Beyond that, I think there's a flaw in the logic here, or at least insufficient information:
Week in and week out, the three female crew members expended less than half the calories of the three male crew members. Less than half! We were all exercising roughly the same amount—at least 45 minutes a day for five consecutive days a week—but our metabolic furnaces were calibrated in radically different ways.
During one week, the most metabolically active male burned an average of 3,450 calories per day, while the least metabolically active female expended 1,475 calories per day. It was rare for a woman on crew to burn 2,000 calories in a day and common for male crew members to exceed 3,000.
We were only allowed to exit the habitat if we wore mock spacesuits. So many Martian hassles, so little glory.
The data certainly fit with my other observations. At mealtime, the women took smaller portions than the men, who often went back for seconds. One crew member complained how hard it was to maintain his weight, despite all the calories he was taking in.
She doesn't say, but is it possible that maybe the men were doing more physical work? If so, it might be that if the women had to do all of the heavy lifting, their calorie consumption would increase too. In any event, if you just want to send people to Mars for the sake of sending people to Mars, a female crew would be fine, but if you want to settle the planet, there would be a problem…
[Tuesday-morning update]
There seems to be a lot of off-topic whining in comments about what will be "allowed." I said nothing about government involvement. I simply expressed an opinion that, given current knowledge, it would be unethical to attempt to have children on Mars (or even in weightlessness). I stand by that opinion.
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In the light of the recent Stern report, can carbon offsetting really work?
IT IS being called "the green goldrush." Billions of dollars of investment money is piling into the booming European Union carbon trading market, which is expected to more than double to 22 billion euros this year.
And London, where 80 per cent of the European trade is being conducted, is the new El Dorado. But is all this frenetic activity a business fix to save the planet or the destructive new face of international capitalism?
On the fringes of the talks on the future of the Kyoto Protocol in Nairobi, indigenous people and non-governmental groups have been telling delegates how the investments in developing countries' "clean energy" projects which are now fuelling world carbon markets are exacting a terrible price, with communities being robbed of their land, and livelihoods damaged by projects such as hydro-electric dams and fast-growing tree plantations.
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It is a new international market that is developing rapidly, but critics say it is encouraging destructive development and lining the pockets of the rich.
"We are not only victims of climate change, we are now victims of the carbon market," says Jocelyn Therese, a spokesperson for Coica, the coordinating body of indigenous organisations of the Amazon basin.
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He says a fund run by the World Bank is seeking carbon credits to finish constructing a dam in Sierra Leone that had been 85 per cent complete before it was abandoned during the civil war. How can that possibly be considered additional, asks Mr. McCully.
He is also concerned that criticisms of CDM made by IRN have been ignored. "In every case they've been ignored. The comments go to the validators, who have a vested interest in the projects going forward," he says.
For Larry Lohmann, author of Carbon Trading, carbon credits are just a new instrument for northern energy companies to exploit the developing world. "Added to classic local conflicts over extraction, pollution, and labour abuse are now, increasingly, local conflicts over `carbon offsets' the projects that license and excuse the extraction, the pollution and the abuse," he says.
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"CDM is funny hybrid between a market and a political construct," he says. "It's not a pure market by any stretch and there's a lot of discretion being taken about where people want to spend money [in the developing world]. But it's better than nothing and it's something that can be improved."
But critics say the CDM's premise that carbon can be commodified is false, and that time, money and expertise are being wasted trying to perpetuate that fiction instead of making the structural changes and long-term investments that Sir Nicholas says are needed to save the planet.
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Hubert's estranged son arrives in town, and his anger and scorn threaten to undo Hubert's and Pearl's plans. When all the truth is revealed, will their love be destroyed or refined by fire?
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Publication Date: 2012
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Series: Heartsong Presents
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Pearl Dunnigan is in her September years, well beyond the age when most women fall in love. She married her childhood sweetheart years ago. Now as a widow, she operates the only boardinghouse in Willow Creek, Iowa, and is content with life. . .until Hubert Behr convinces her to dream again. Hubert's estranged son arrives in town, and his anger and scorn threaten to undo Hubert's and Pearl's plans. When all the truth is revealed, will their love be destroyed or refined by fire?
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Connie Stevens lives in north Georgia with her husband of over 35 years, John. She and John are active in a variety of capacities in their home church. One cantankerous kittymisnamed Sweet Peaallows them to live in her home. Some of Connie's favorite pastimes include reading, sewing, browsing antique shops, collecting teddy bears, and gardening. She also enjoys making quilts to send to the Cancer Treatment Center of America.
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