Ukrainian plane, Iranian Brain and Canadian Pain 🇮🇷 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇮🇷
We must worry about the future of Iran if the Flight PS752 passengers constitute a representative sample of the brains Iran is losing.
Hearing sad stories about home is nothing unusual for Iranian immigrants. We grow up with fear, tension, uncertainty, and conspiracy theories. Many of us migrate for peace, but no matter how far we get, how long we have been away, and how many passports we carry, we still care about the country we call home, even if we are not welcomed there.
In the Middle East, every day can involve surprises and may be the start of a new chapter of our lives. We have seen wars, lies, corruption, inflation, currency crashes, chaos, controversial elections, assassinations, terrorist attacks, and innocent civilians getting shot or dying in demonstrations, earthquakes, floods, fires and stampedes. We have had classmates getting beaten for their political views and friends imprisoned for mysterious reasons. And we have lost many friends and family members in tragic road accidents.
Plane crashes are not new in Iran either. In the U.S., “97 percent of aviation fatalities occur in general aviation (not commercial flights)”, killing the rich and famous. But in the country under U.S. sanctions, flight accidents take the lives of ordinary Iranians flying commercial planes in an aviation industry that for decades has struggled purchasing new aircrafts and spare parts for its old fleet.
So, the news of a plane crash right after the death of 78 people in a funeral stampede and an earthquake near the Iranian nuclear plants in Bushehr when our country is at the edge of a war with the U.S. under Donald Trump should not technically bother us much. Yet, this story of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crash is different for me.
Unlike other plane crashes in Iran, the aircraft in this incident was neither old, nor owned by Iran. The operating company was not under American sanctions and the plane was not shot down by the Americans as the Iran Air Flight 655. The crashed jet was not the fatal Boeing 737–MAX either. So, one cannot immediately blame the U.S. for intentional and direct involvement in this fatal accident.
The Flight PS752 had 176 people on board, including its 9 Ukrainian crew members. The lives of all these innocent people must matter to the world and the cause of their death must be determined immediately through a fair, apolitical, and thorough investigation. As everyone else, I want justice for them but have no power to reverse the loss of their families.
So, as the politicians and media are playing their typical post-crisis games of accusations, I have been trying to investigate about the Flight PS752 passengers. Who were they and why were they on board?
Where were the passengers from?
The Flight PS752 passengers were from five countries. The passengers’ nationalities were not as diverse as most international flights around the world.
The information released by the Iranians on the nationalities of the passengers must have been based on the passports they used for entering and leaving Iran, reflecting the original nationality of the passengers. Iranian dual citizens must use their Iranian passports to enter and exit Iran. So, they are registered as Iranians at check in. Based on the Iranian media, the flight had 150 (90%) Iranian passengers. The flight had also had 10 Afghan passenger and majority of them dual nationals.
The remaining passengers included: two Ukrainians; three Swedes (the husband and two children of one Iranian-Swedish passenger, Raheleh Lindberg (37)); and two Canadians accompanying their Iranian-Canadian religious pilgrimage tour leader, Asghar Dhirani (74) — the oldest passenger of the flight.
The statistics reported by the international media are different and must be based on the passports the dual-citizens on this flight were planning to use at their final destination. Based on the available information, at least 71 passengers of this flight were dual nationals, among them at least 61 Canadians,
We must worry about the future of Iran if the Flight PS752 passengers constitute a representative sample of the brains Iran is losing.
Hearing sad stories about home is nothing unusual for Iranian immigrants. We grow up with fear, tension, uncertainty, and conspiracy theories. Many of us migrate for peace, but no matter how far we get, how long we have been away, and how many passports we carry, we still care about the country we call home, even if we are not welcomed there.
In the Middle East, every day can involve surprises and may be the start of a new chapter of our lives. We have seen wars, lies, corruption, inflation, currency crashes, chaos, controversial elections, assassinations, terrorist attacks, and innocent civilians getting shot or dying in demonstrations, earthquakes, floods, fires and stampedes. We have had classmates getting beaten for their political views and friends imprisoned for mysterious reasons. And we have lost many friends and family members in tragic road accidents.
Plane crashes are not new in Iran either. In the U.S., “97 percent of aviation fatalities occur in general aviation (not commercial flights)”, killing the rich and famous. But in the country under U.S. sanctions, flight accidents take the lives of ordinary Iranians flying commercial planes in an aviation industry that for decades has struggled purchasing new aircrafts and spare parts for its old fleet.
So, the news of a plane crash right after the death of 78 people in a funeral stampede and an earthquake near the Iranian nuclear plants in Bushehr when our country is at the edge of a war with the U.S. under Donald Trump should not technically bother us much. Yet, this story of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crash is different for me.
Unlike other plane crashes in Iran, the aircraft in this incident was neither old, nor owned by Iran. The operating company was not under American sanctions and the plane was not shot down by the Americans as the Iran Air Flight 655. The crashed jet was not the fatal Boeing 737–MAX either. So, one cannot immediately blame the U.S. for intentional and direct involvement in this fatal accident.
The Flight PS752 had 176 people on board, including its 9 Ukrainian crew members. The lives of all these innocent people must matter to the world and the cause of their death must be determined immediately through a fair, apolitical, and thorough investigation. As everyone else, I want justice for them but have no power to reverse the loss of their families.
So, as the politicians and media are playing their typical post-crisis games of accusations, I have been trying to investigate about the Flight PS752 passengers. Who were they and why were they on board?
Where were the passengers from?
The Flight PS752 passengers were from five countries. The passengers’ nationalities were not as diverse as most international flights around the world.
The information released by the Iranians on the nationalities of the passengers must have been based on the passports they used for entering and leaving Iran, reflecting the original nationality of the passengers. Iranian dual citizens must use their Iranian passports to enter and exit Iran. So, they are registered as Iranians at check in. Based on the Iranian media, the flight had 150 (90%) Iranian passengers. The flight had also had 10 Afghan passenger and majority of them dual nationals.
The remaining passengers included: two Ukrainians; three Swedes (the husband and two children of one Iranian-Swedish passenger, Raheleh Lindberg (37)); and two Canadians accompanying their Iranian-Canadian religious pilgrimage tour leader, Asghar Dhirani (74) — the oldest passenger of the flight.
The statistics reported by the international media are different and must be based on the passports the dual-citizens on this flight were planning to use at their final destination. Based on the available information, at least 71 passengers of this flight were dual nationals, among them at least 61 Canadians,
seven Swedes, and three Britons.
Where were they going?
Flight PS752 was a connecting flight for most passengers, returning to their residence from the new year’s holidays. More than 80 percent of the passengers (138 people) were en route to Canada. The rest were headed to other European destination, including Sweden (at least 17) and the UK (at least 4).
How much do we know about the Iranians on board?
Finding out what caused the crash definitely matters. But What’s striking to me and deserves extra attention is the number of educated Iranians on this plane, including:
Three university professors and instructors: Mojgan Daneshmand (43), Pedram Mousavi (47), and Razgar Rahimi (38);
Six medical doctors and students: Mohammad Asadi Lari (23), Shekoufeh Choupannejad (56), Mohammad Amin Jebelli (29), Firouzeh Madani (54), Naser Pourshaban Oshibi (53), and Neda Sadighi (50);
Three dentists: Parisa Eghbalian (42), Sharieh Faghihi (58), and Farhad Niknam (44);
Twenty-eight PhD students and graduates: Mojtaba Abbasnezhad (26), Mehran Abtahi (37), Iman Aghabali (28), Fareed Arasteh (32), Amir Ashrafi Habibabadi (28), Ghanimat Azdahri (36), Mohammad Amin Beiruti (29), Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani (29), Mehdi Eshaghian (24), Aida Farzaneh (38), Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan (37), Milad Ghasemi Ariani (32), Hadis Hayatdavoudi (37), Pedram Jadidi (28), Saeed Kadkhodazadeh Kashani (29), Forough Khadem (38), Siavash Maghsoudlou Estarabad (43), Arvin Morattab (35), Elnaz Nabiyi (30), Zahra Naghibi (32), Milad Nahavandi (24), Ghazal Nourian (26), Alma Oladi (27), Sara Saadat (23), Amir Hossein Saeedinia (25), Hamidreza Setareh Kokab (31), Mohammad Salehe (32), and Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi (35);
One doctor of veterinary medicine (Samira Bashiri (29); and
Twenty-five master’s students and graduates: Negar Borghei (30), Niloofar Ebrahim (34), Mohammad Mahdi Elyasi (28), Faraz Falsafi (31), Parinaz Ghaderpanah (33), Siavash Ghafouri-Azar (35), Amirhossein Ghassemi (32), Masoumeh (Masi) Ghavi (30), Pouneh Gorji (25), Shadi Jamshidi (31), Bahareh Karami Moghadam (33), Fatemeh Mahmoodi (30), Maryam Malek (40), Sara Mamani (36), Amir Hossein Ovaysi (41), Arash Pourzarabi (26), Shahab Raana (36), Nasim Rahmanifar (25), Kasra Saati (47), Alvand Sadeghi (29), Mahdi Sadeghi (43), Sahand Sadeghi (39), Mohsen Salahi (31), Sajedeh Saraeian (26), and Sam Zokaei (42).
Only a few of these young, talented Iranians had done their K-12 and undergraduate education out of Iran. Among them were two science olympiad medalists and 16 graduates of Sharif University of Technology — Iran’s best engineering school. Out of the 66 victims mentioned here, one PhD student was headed to Switzerland, one PhD student was headed to the U.S., and one PhD student and two master’s degree holders were going to the U.K.. The rest had all chosen Canada as their home, many of them non-dual citizens, living in Canada on student visas.
Iran’s brain drain and Canada’s human capital gain
The brain drain problem of Iran is no secret. The country continues to lose its talents to Europe and North America. Most of the people who leave Iran for work or graduate studies never return. Even the Donald Trump’s visa ban has not stopped the flow of Iranian graduate students to the United States. Yet, migrating to the U.S. is not as easy as the days of Barack Obama, when U.S. was believed to be the number one destination of top Iranian students.
The 66 victims named above are only the people who had pursued studies beyond the bachelor’s level and their education background was available online. The crashed plane also included Iranian undergraduate and high school students as well as successful professionals, entrepreneurs, and teachers making valuable contributions to their new land.
These people were only the passengers of one international flight out of Iran we got to know about after they were killed. What worries me is what we don’t know about Iran’s lost human resources through other international flights that don’t crash! If the passengers of PS752 are a representative sample of the people I
Where were they going?
Flight PS752 was a connecting flight for most passengers, returning to their residence from the new year’s holidays. More than 80 percent of the passengers (138 people) were en route to Canada. The rest were headed to other European destination, including Sweden (at least 17) and the UK (at least 4).
How much do we know about the Iranians on board?
Finding out what caused the crash definitely matters. But What’s striking to me and deserves extra attention is the number of educated Iranians on this plane, including:
Three university professors and instructors: Mojgan Daneshmand (43), Pedram Mousavi (47), and Razgar Rahimi (38);
Six medical doctors and students: Mohammad Asadi Lari (23), Shekoufeh Choupannejad (56), Mohammad Amin Jebelli (29), Firouzeh Madani (54), Naser Pourshaban Oshibi (53), and Neda Sadighi (50);
Three dentists: Parisa Eghbalian (42), Sharieh Faghihi (58), and Farhad Niknam (44);
Twenty-eight PhD students and graduates: Mojtaba Abbasnezhad (26), Mehran Abtahi (37), Iman Aghabali (28), Fareed Arasteh (32), Amir Ashrafi Habibabadi (28), Ghanimat Azdahri (36), Mohammad Amin Beiruti (29), Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani (29), Mehdi Eshaghian (24), Aida Farzaneh (38), Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan (37), Milad Ghasemi Ariani (32), Hadis Hayatdavoudi (37), Pedram Jadidi (28), Saeed Kadkhodazadeh Kashani (29), Forough Khadem (38), Siavash Maghsoudlou Estarabad (43), Arvin Morattab (35), Elnaz Nabiyi (30), Zahra Naghibi (32), Milad Nahavandi (24), Ghazal Nourian (26), Alma Oladi (27), Sara Saadat (23), Amir Hossein Saeedinia (25), Hamidreza Setareh Kokab (31), Mohammad Salehe (32), and Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi (35);
One doctor of veterinary medicine (Samira Bashiri (29); and
Twenty-five master’s students and graduates: Negar Borghei (30), Niloofar Ebrahim (34), Mohammad Mahdi Elyasi (28), Faraz Falsafi (31), Parinaz Ghaderpanah (33), Siavash Ghafouri-Azar (35), Amirhossein Ghassemi (32), Masoumeh (Masi) Ghavi (30), Pouneh Gorji (25), Shadi Jamshidi (31), Bahareh Karami Moghadam (33), Fatemeh Mahmoodi (30), Maryam Malek (40), Sara Mamani (36), Amir Hossein Ovaysi (41), Arash Pourzarabi (26), Shahab Raana (36), Nasim Rahmanifar (25), Kasra Saati (47), Alvand Sadeghi (29), Mahdi Sadeghi (43), Sahand Sadeghi (39), Mohsen Salahi (31), Sajedeh Saraeian (26), and Sam Zokaei (42).
Only a few of these young, talented Iranians had done their K-12 and undergraduate education out of Iran. Among them were two science olympiad medalists and 16 graduates of Sharif University of Technology — Iran’s best engineering school. Out of the 66 victims mentioned here, one PhD student was headed to Switzerland, one PhD student was headed to the U.S., and one PhD student and two master’s degree holders were going to the U.K.. The rest had all chosen Canada as their home, many of them non-dual citizens, living in Canada on student visas.
Iran’s brain drain and Canada’s human capital gain
The brain drain problem of Iran is no secret. The country continues to lose its talents to Europe and North America. Most of the people who leave Iran for work or graduate studies never return. Even the Donald Trump’s visa ban has not stopped the flow of Iranian graduate students to the United States. Yet, migrating to the U.S. is not as easy as the days of Barack Obama, when U.S. was believed to be the number one destination of top Iranian students.
The 66 victims named above are only the people who had pursued studies beyond the bachelor’s level and their education background was available online. The crashed plane also included Iranian undergraduate and high school students as well as successful professionals, entrepreneurs, and teachers making valuable contributions to their new land.
These people were only the passengers of one international flight out of Iran we got to know about after they were killed. What worries me is what we don’t know about Iran’s lost human resources through other international flights that don’t crash! If the passengers of PS752 are a representative sample of the people I
If the passengers of PS752 are a representative sample of the people Iran is losing on a daily basis or even at the beginning of each academic semester, the country is suffering from a catastrophic human capital loss, despite the recent claims of some of its government officials.
Fifty-five percent of the Iranian passengers of Flight PS752 were between 21 to 40 years old and 71% of them were between 21 to 50 years old. Nearly half of the nine Iranian passengers the 51–60 age group were medical doctors and dentists. These people who had mostly left Iran for Canada after their undergraduate or first graduate degrees had an above-average education level in Canada and were actively contributing to the Canadian science, engineering, health, economy, and society.
Canada has been a popular choice for those educated and skilled Iranians who leave Iran in pursuit of a better life quality. Iran’s bad management of its economy and human capital is one side of coin. On the other side of the coin, one must credit Canada’s determination, desire, commitment, and capacity to welcome and take advantage of brains. The level of reaction of Canadian people, officials, and media to this tragic story of the Ukrainian plane crash reflects how well the Iranian immigrants were integrated into the Canadian society and how much they mattered to their government.
The Iranian passengers of Tehran-Kiev Flight PS752 were only a tiny portion of the brains Iran has been losing to the rest of the world. Iran’s deteriorating economy and environment, human rights violations, and nuclear, military, and political adventures are always featured by the international media. But you hear less about how the young Iranian talents who grew up and got educated in iran are contributing to their new societies, trying to make the world a better place for all, regardless of the disturbing political flights between their new and old homes.
Iranians get banned from traveling to the U.S.. Many of them, get “randomly” stopped at international borders and are interrogated by police officers, who seem to know nothing about Iran, even after becoming dual nationals. Despite these difficulties, most of the young people who have the chance to leave Iran, decide to do so. While successful in their new homes, these people have no role in Iran’s today and future. Even if they want to help, they are not allowed to do so, as was experienced in my case. Having left the country at the age of 22 and with the experience of a failed attempt to return , I understand why the young, educated Iranians decide to migrate and respect their decision. Though, I’m extremely worried about Iran.
I feel very connected to the passengers of Flight PS752. I had mutual friends with many of them who are now devastated at the tremendous loss of so many young and bright Iranians. All I can do is going through their social media accounts and Google Scholar profile to learn more about them. I know I can’t bring them back but I want to know who they were, what they were doing, and why they were on that doomed plane.
The flight was Ukrainian but except for its nine Ukrainian crew members, two Ukrainian passengers, and the Ukraine flag and signs on its jet body, there was nothing Ukrainian about it. The aircraft was an American Boeing 737–800 and the passengers were mostly Iranian by birth and Canadian by choice. This is a joint loss for Iran and Canada — two countries whose people once more proved to be interlinked and inseparable even though their politicians have chosen to be officially disconnected.
https://medium.com/@kavehmadani/the-ukrainian-plane-iranian-brian-and-canadian-pain-7ec63dc9eb1a
Fifty-five percent of the Iranian passengers of Flight PS752 were between 21 to 40 years old and 71% of them were between 21 to 50 years old. Nearly half of the nine Iranian passengers the 51–60 age group were medical doctors and dentists. These people who had mostly left Iran for Canada after their undergraduate or first graduate degrees had an above-average education level in Canada and were actively contributing to the Canadian science, engineering, health, economy, and society.
Canada has been a popular choice for those educated and skilled Iranians who leave Iran in pursuit of a better life quality. Iran’s bad management of its economy and human capital is one side of coin. On the other side of the coin, one must credit Canada’s determination, desire, commitment, and capacity to welcome and take advantage of brains. The level of reaction of Canadian people, officials, and media to this tragic story of the Ukrainian plane crash reflects how well the Iranian immigrants were integrated into the Canadian society and how much they mattered to their government.
The Iranian passengers of Tehran-Kiev Flight PS752 were only a tiny portion of the brains Iran has been losing to the rest of the world. Iran’s deteriorating economy and environment, human rights violations, and nuclear, military, and political adventures are always featured by the international media. But you hear less about how the young Iranian talents who grew up and got educated in iran are contributing to their new societies, trying to make the world a better place for all, regardless of the disturbing political flights between their new and old homes.
Iranians get banned from traveling to the U.S.. Many of them, get “randomly” stopped at international borders and are interrogated by police officers, who seem to know nothing about Iran, even after becoming dual nationals. Despite these difficulties, most of the young people who have the chance to leave Iran, decide to do so. While successful in their new homes, these people have no role in Iran’s today and future. Even if they want to help, they are not allowed to do so, as was experienced in my case. Having left the country at the age of 22 and with the experience of a failed attempt to return , I understand why the young, educated Iranians decide to migrate and respect their decision. Though, I’m extremely worried about Iran.
I feel very connected to the passengers of Flight PS752. I had mutual friends with many of them who are now devastated at the tremendous loss of so many young and bright Iranians. All I can do is going through their social media accounts and Google Scholar profile to learn more about them. I know I can’t bring them back but I want to know who they were, what they were doing, and why they were on that doomed plane.
The flight was Ukrainian but except for its nine Ukrainian crew members, two Ukrainian passengers, and the Ukraine flag and signs on its jet body, there was nothing Ukrainian about it. The aircraft was an American Boeing 737–800 and the passengers were mostly Iranian by birth and Canadian by choice. This is a joint loss for Iran and Canada — two countries whose people once more proved to be interlinked and inseparable even though their politicians have chosen to be officially disconnected.
https://medium.com/@kavehmadani/the-ukrainian-plane-iranian-brian-and-canadian-pain-7ec63dc9eb1a
Medium
Ukrainian Plane, Iranian Brain and Canadian Pain
We must worry about the future of Iran if Flight PS752 represents the human capital Iran is losing.
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Money isn't everything
It can buy a house, but not a home.
It can buy a bed, but not sleep.
It can buy a clock, but not time.
It can buy you a book, but not knowledge.
It can buy you a position, but not respect.
It can buy you medicine, but not health.
It can buy you blood, but not life.
It can buy you sex, but not love.
So you see, money isn't everything... I tell you all this because I am your friend, and as your friend I want to take away your pain and suffering...
So send me all your money, and I will suffer for you.
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It can buy a house, but not a home.
It can buy a bed, but not sleep.
It can buy a clock, but not time.
It can buy you a book, but not knowledge.
It can buy you a position, but not respect.
It can buy you medicine, but not health.
It can buy you blood, but not life.
It can buy you sex, but not love.
So you see, money isn't everything... I tell you all this because I am your friend, and as your friend I want to take away your pain and suffering...
So send me all your money, and I will suffer for you.
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MAKING LOW-TECH 'DUMB' CITIES INSTEAD OF 'SMART' ONES
High-tech smart cities promise efficiency by monitoring everything from bins to bridges. But what if we ditched the data and embraced ancient technology instead?
Ever since smartphones hooked us with their limitless possibilities and dopamine hits, mayors and city bureaucrats can’t get enough of the notion of smart-washing their cities. It makes them sound dynamic and attractive to business. What’s not to love about whiz kids streamlining your responsibilities for running services, optimizing efficiency and keeping citizens safe into a bunch of fun apps?
There’s no concrete definition of a smart city, but high-tech versions promise to use cameras and sensors to monitor everyone and everything, from bins to bridges, and use the resulting data to help the city run smoothly. One high-profile proposal by Google’s sister company, Sidewalk Labs, to give 12 acres of Toronto a smart makeover is facing a massive backlash. In September, an independent report called the plans “frustratingly abstract”; in turn US tech investor Roger McNamee warned Google can’t be trusted with such data, calling the project “surveillance capitalism”.
There are practical considerations, too, as Shoshanna Saxe of the University of Toronto has highlighted. Smart cities, she wrote in the New York Times in July, “will be exceedingly complex to manage, with all sorts of unpredictable vulnerabilities”. Tech products age fast: what happens when the sensors fail? And can cities afford expensive new teams of tech staff, as well as keeping the ground workers they’ll still need? “If smart data identifies a road that needs paving,” she writes, “it still needs people to show up with asphalt and a steamroller.”
https://gu.com/p/dv5gq/sbl
High-tech smart cities promise efficiency by monitoring everything from bins to bridges. But what if we ditched the data and embraced ancient technology instead?
Ever since smartphones hooked us with their limitless possibilities and dopamine hits, mayors and city bureaucrats can’t get enough of the notion of smart-washing their cities. It makes them sound dynamic and attractive to business. What’s not to love about whiz kids streamlining your responsibilities for running services, optimizing efficiency and keeping citizens safe into a bunch of fun apps?
There’s no concrete definition of a smart city, but high-tech versions promise to use cameras and sensors to monitor everyone and everything, from bins to bridges, and use the resulting data to help the city run smoothly. One high-profile proposal by Google’s sister company, Sidewalk Labs, to give 12 acres of Toronto a smart makeover is facing a massive backlash. In September, an independent report called the plans “frustratingly abstract”; in turn US tech investor Roger McNamee warned Google can’t be trusted with such data, calling the project “surveillance capitalism”.
There are practical considerations, too, as Shoshanna Saxe of the University of Toronto has highlighted. Smart cities, she wrote in the New York Times in July, “will be exceedingly complex to manage, with all sorts of unpredictable vulnerabilities”. Tech products age fast: what happens when the sensors fail? And can cities afford expensive new teams of tech staff, as well as keeping the ground workers they’ll still need? “If smart data identifies a road that needs paving,” she writes, “it still needs people to show up with asphalt and a steamroller.”
https://gu.com/p/dv5gq/sbl
the Guardian
The case for ... making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones
High-tech smart cities promise efficiency by monitoring everything from bins to bridges. But what if we ditched the data and embraced ancient technology instead?
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Now I've been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh, I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Someday it's going to come
'Cause I'm on the edge of darkness
There ride the Peace Train
Oh, Peace Train take this country
Come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately,
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
Something good has begun
Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now Peace Train
Yes, Peace Train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the Peace Train
Come on now, Peace Train
Get your bags together,
Go bring your good friends, too
'Cause it's getting nearer,
It soon will be with you
Now come and join the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTQri3a4Gg
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh, I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Someday it's going to come
'Cause I'm on the edge of darkness
There ride the Peace Train
Oh, Peace Train take this country
Come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately,
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
Something good has begun
Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now Peace Train
Yes, Peace Train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the Peace Train
Come on now, Peace Train
Get your bags together,
Go bring your good friends, too
'Cause it's getting nearer,
It soon will be with you
Now come and join the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkTQri3a4Gg
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Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moon shadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land
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And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry
Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh if I won't have to cry no more
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Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg
Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh if I won't have to walk no more
And if I ever…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L56rAG5aK0
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land
Oh if I ever lose my hands, Oh if I won't have to work no more
And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry
Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh if I won't have to cry no more
Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moon shadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg
Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh if I won't have to walk no more
And if I ever…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L56rAG5aK0
**NASA was interviewing professionals to be sent to Mars. Only one could go,
and he couldn’t return to Earth.
The first applicant, an engineer, was asked how much he wanted to be paid
for going. “A million dollars,” he answered, “because I want to donate it to
M.I.T.”
The next applicant, a doctor, was asked the same question. He asked for two
million dollars. “I want to give a million to my family”, he explained, “and
leave the other million for the advancement of medical research.”
The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he
whispered in the interviewer’s ear, “Three million dollars.”
“Why so much more than the others?” the interviewer asked.
The lawyer replied, “If you give me $3 million, I’ll give you $1 million,
I’ll keep $1 million, and we’ll send the engineer.”
and he couldn’t return to Earth.
The first applicant, an engineer, was asked how much he wanted to be paid
for going. “A million dollars,” he answered, “because I want to donate it to
M.I.T.”
The next applicant, a doctor, was asked the same question. He asked for two
million dollars. “I want to give a million to my family”, he explained, “and
leave the other million for the advancement of medical research.”
The last applicant was a lawyer. When asked how much money he wanted, he
whispered in the interviewer’s ear, “Three million dollars.”
“Why so much more than the others?” the interviewer asked.
The lawyer replied, “If you give me $3 million, I’ll give you $1 million,
I’ll keep $1 million, and we’ll send the engineer.”