abdul kalam
December 2008 
Stats & Truth about Freedom, Cancer, Terrorism...
Joy Bringer
First the good bad news about Cancer from CNN.
Note before reading the catchy headline and excerpt from the article below that in our instantaneous digital age this report is based on data about years 2003-04 when we are ... 2007. Also according to American Cancer Society and Lance Armstrong Foundation an average of 1500 people die of cancer every day. Statistics from the National Institutes of Health show another 3,400 are diagnosed with the disease every day in the US alone.
Cancer deaths drop for second year
POSTED: January 17, 2007 Story Highlights:• Second straight year of declines, Cancer Society says
• Early detection and improved treatment credited for drop
(AP) -- Cancer deaths in the United States have dropped for a second
straight year, confirming that a corner has been turned in the war on
cancer.
After a decline of 369 deaths from 2002 to 2003, the
decrease from 2003 to 2004 was 3,014 -- or more than eight times
greater, according to a review of U.S. death certificates by the
American Cancer Society.
The drop from 2002 to 2003 was the first
annual decrease in total cancer deaths since 1930. But the decline was
slight, and experts were hesitant to say whether it was a cause for
celebration or just a statistical fluke.
The trend seems to be real, Cancer Society officials said..."
The rest is here. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press
A recent report by FreedomHouse.org about worldwide freedom has interesting stats.
"The number of countries judged by the report as free in 2006 stood
at 90, representing 46 percent of the world's 193 polities; and
3,004,990,000 people were free, 46 percent of the global population.
The number of free countries increased by one since the 2005 survey.
The number of countries qualifying as partly free stood at 58, or 30
percent of all countries assessed by the survey. Forty-five countries
were judged not free, representing 23 percent of the total.
The most important positive development in the Asia-Pacific region,
the report said, was the end of direct rule by King Gyanendra of Nepal,
the return of parliament and improvements in the rule of law."
More about the report. Freedom House: http://www.freedomhouse.org
Last, but not least, feel free to answer and explore the amazing Yahoo answers to the question of the Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam:What should we do to free our planet from terrorism?
"Human society, from origin until now, has always been at war within and
between groups and has led to two World Wars. Presently, terrorism and
low intensity warfare are affecting many parts if the world.
As the current global population of 6 billion increases to 8 billion by
2025, national and international conflicts will continue to be a source
of concern for humanity. When evil minds combine, good minds have to
work together and combat. In this context, what are the out-of-the-box
solutions to free the planet earth from terrorism?
Your answers when processed and implemented can lead to a peaceful, happy and safe planet earth. " You can see the video here - http://in.promos.yahoo.com/atp/
Feel free to share your answer/s, feedback, experience, anything... Be free as you are!
You can experience the animation of the World Peace image created by Michael Ingram here.
Access: Public
I found Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's answer to the terrorism question more than worth sharing…
“To free our planet from terrorism we have to really go into the root cause of terrorism
The first cause of terrorism I see is the tension and stress.
Stress and tension in the minds of men and women turn into violence and that violence then comes up in life as domestic violence, societal violence, then it becomes the violence between communities and countries. So basically stress and tension in a person is to be managed.
The second cause of terrorism I see, is narrow ideology, narrow mindedness. Lack of sense of belongingness with the human race. Lack of sense of belongingness with the people of all different religions and cultures and racial backgrounds.
So we need to expand the vision of our young people. The young minds need to have a sense of belongingness with people of all different cultures and religions.
One way to achieve this is to educate a child in a multi cultural, multi religious discipline so that the child knows little bit about the wisdom in all various different cultures. This is what I would call as globalizing wisdom. Glosbalising widom would help and more and more interaction with people who are different than ourselves. Usually you know, there is a proverb that says Birds of the same feather flock together.
So we don’t need to be birds, we can be human beings; we can flock with people of different feathers, different colours and different beliefs and faith systems.
If you could achieve that then the world would be a better place to live.
A person identifies himself to belong to a particular religion. If his identity with the religion is above his identity of being a human being then, there is a problem.
First and foremost everyone’s identity should connect oneself with the fact that they are part of one divinity and one humanity.
And the third fourth fifth place of course, the other identities will stay on. They belong to this religion, this culture this language, this country, this nationality, they all should be there.
You can’t deny someone’s identity at all. Identities are good to have. They have their purpose but they should not super cede or overshadow the basic identity that we all have, that we are human beings.
If this basic identity that we are human beings is over shadowded then people are ready to give up their lives for identities sake. For being a Muslim or a Hindu or a Christian or a Jewish. People are giving the life for their identity!
So that shift has to happen. For that we need to globalize wisdom and a sense of belongingness with all the wisdom. All the religions of the world has to dawn in their minds.”
Thanks. I needed your comment to grasp the value of this blog.
Joy Bringer, while I appreciate your overall intent in posting three subjects in one blog, needing to go elsewhere to understand the real message has me skip the conversation. I have only so much time so I just don't go to most links in blogs.
Blessed Is,
Jeremiah
Mea culpa Jeremiah. I realize now that it is a lot for one posting indeed, but the link b/n the stories prompted me to do so…
I will try to be more aware and resonant to what you've shared for which I thank you.
Blessed are we to be free and more,
D a r i n a :)