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Money

**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.”

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 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

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

Negative People

People Around You People For You

Relax and have a nice time😉

Informal Contractions Sorta >>> Sort of

Silent 🤫🤫

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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

Mind Your Own Business

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. A truer friend than me you will never find... CASH ONLY, PLEASE!

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