Malala Yousafzai, Youth advocate for Education, in New York (Photo credit: GlobalPartnership for Education)
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Last night at the TED conference, I wept while listening to Ziauddin Yousafzai speak about his daughter, Malala.
You have have heard of Malala Yousafzai. She is the brave young Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for speaking up on behalf of education for girls.
Her father began his extraordinary speech by saying that in tribal and patriarchal societies, a man is known by his sons. "But I am one of the few fathers who is known by my daughter," he said. "And I am proud of that."
He spoke about how, in rural Pakistan, when a girl is born, it is never cause for celebration, but rather shame. As she grows up, she is taught only one virtue: Obedience.
Yousafzai refused to follow suit. He celebrated his daughter from the day she was born, and wrote her name in the family tree — a 300 year-old document that had never mentioned a female. He put Malala in school — not only so that she could know her own potential through education, but also for the mere political defiance of writing his daughter's name on an enrollment form, thus signaling her very existence as a human being. (He had never seen the names of any of his 5 sisters on any document whatsoever; they simply did not exist within their own country.)
And most of all he said, "I taught her to unlearn the lesson of obedience."
Which was such a shocking transgression that a Taliban gunman shot her for it. (I always think it's particularly telling that she was shot in the head — shot in the MIND. Anything to shut down that female brain.)
She survived, famously, and still fights for education for girls. (She spoke last night to us from a video feed — she couldn't come to the conference because she's in SCHOOL — and she dazzled.)
This girl is extraordinary; this father is extraordinary.
He finished his speech by saying that people always ask him what he did to make Malala into such a strong warrior. He says it's not what he did; it's what he DIDN'T do: "I didn't clip her wings."
I was so honored and emotional to be there last night to hear this, and wanted to share it with you all.
Unlearn your obedience, women.
Teach your girls to unlearn their obedience.
And let a star shine in the crown of this father, and all parents, who guide their daughters to grow strong.
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The inept communication from Enbridge is not surprising. The
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public communication when the public starts out inattentive and
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Climate change is a global problem, and yet each one of us has the power to make a difference. Even small changes in our daily behaviour can help greenhouse gas emissions without affecting our quality of life. In fact, they can help save us money!
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October 28, 2010 at 12:17 pm 
Is it a global problem?
How big of a problem?
Do the things that you may propose to deal with this assumed problem have unintended consequences? For example, will some people be forced back into energy poverty? Will some people be trapped in energy poverty? Is that OK with you as long as you have a good feeling about yourself?
As a scientist who has spent the last decade and half working on renewable energy, I challenge your assertion (in most cases) that proposed CO2 mitigation techniques “help us save money.” Most of them are quite expensive and will remain so into the foreseeable future. Subsidies may make some techniques appear to “help us save money,” but they simply shift the burden somewhere else.
Other than these nagging questions, your comment gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. Thank you.
Best Regards,
ClimateSanity
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October 28, 2010 at 4:32 pm 
Sanctions on Russia:
President Barack Obama on Monday froze the U.S. assets of seven Russians close to President Vladimir Putin. The European Union announced similar sanctions one day after voters in Crimea supported a Russian-backed referendum to secede from Ukraine. “The entire world has got to stand up to Putin. We've got to deal with sanctions,” Sen. Bernie Sanders had said in a television interview last Friday night. He said freezing Russians’ assets was one possible recourse. “There are a number of things that you could do. But this is what you don't do: You don't go to war. You don't sacrifice lives of young people in this country as we did in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Take the poll: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/russia-ukraine
President Barack Obama on Monday froze the U.S. assets of seven Russians close to President Vladimir Putin. The European Union announced similar sanctions one day after voters in Crimea supported a Russian-backed referendum to secede from Ukraine. “The entire world has got to stand up to Putin. We've got to deal with sanctions,” Sen. Bernie Sanders had said in a television interview last Friday night. He said freezing Russians’ assets was one possible recourse. “There are a number of things that you could do. But this is what you don't do: You don't go to war. You don't sacrifice lives of young people in this country as we did in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Take the poll: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/polls/russia-ukraine
Do you think that Russia's actions in Ukraine are or are not a violation of international law?
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