Change Starts Within Us

To all, I know you have your presidential bet, but please weigh your choices. Vote for whoever values life first as well as justice, country and democracy. Don't vote because of absolute promises with unknown future results.

The Road To 2016

January 01, 2016 is the first page of a 365 days year. It is perhaps necessary to look at the year ahead and anticipate all the ways and possibilities 2016 can go. It might also be helpful to remind ourselves that in the middle of ups and downs, the future is also being made.

Year-End Post 2015

Happy New Year to all of my friends, family and to all my brothers, to us and those like us!

The Day After Christmas

The day after Christmas is called Boxing Day, is a secular holiday that is traditionally celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas. 26 December is also St. Stephen's Day, a religious holiday. But for me and some, it is a day that we lost a good man.

TechnoZombies: Devolution

From the original post of TechnoZombies comes the second installment with the same title and with the description of Devolution. As technology made everything easy for man, from hard labor to a push of a button and from face to face conversation to online conversations. Yet, with the advancement of technology and man being dependent on its advantages, the mind takes the toll from those advantages being abused.

The North Face Founder Douglas Rainsford Tompkins Passed Away At 72

His revolutionary dome type designed tent which eliminates the use of a centered pole of a classic A-type was widely copied up to this day, Douglas Tompkins was an innovator and a pioneer of commercial outdoor gears.

TechnoZombies

Image from Deepanshu Saini

Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. ~ Wikipedia

A Dead Man's Wish

A death row inmate awaiting execution, asked as a last wish a pencil and paper. After writing for several minutes, the convict called the prison guard and asked that this letter be handed over to his biological mother.

The letter said ...

The Encyclopediot

Talking about uniqueness falls short on which type of uniqueness a person has. Uniqueness could be either an advantage or usefulness or it could be just plain abnormal which makes one standout among the rest of the crowd. With the vast examples that could be possibly used, let's take for instance knowledge or intellect. You may have encountered people who seem to know everything regardless whatever topic there is or could just be plainly repeating what other people just said like a parrot or a recording machine on auto playback. Looks smart eh? Nah, there's a word that fits such people.

Leader VS Boss

For an organization/entity/team to be great, it must have great leadership. Leaders are people that are responsible for inspiring, guiding and leading a group of people on a path for a common cause. Leaders have vision and willing followers. They look beyond the here and now to see the vast potential of their organization. Leaders accomplish their goals in ways different from bosses.

Semper Latte

A salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect. Salutes are primarily associated with armed forces, but other organizations and civilians also use salutes. The salute is “the most important of all military courtesies,” says a manual, titled “Customs and Courtesies,” for Marine Corps officer candidates. “In general, do not salute when… carrying articles with both hands or being otherwise so occupied as to make saluting impractical,” the manual says.

Morale, Welfare and Recreation

This does not concern the uniformed service or any government agency/office/company for that matter. This is just about the daily lives of contractors and civilian employees outside working hours and during their free time. How they manage to keep themselves happy or occupied is none of my business but this post is just a summary observation from a third person point of view. Whatever words written in this post are in general or at least and does not point to specific person nor intend to imply anything aside from the subject matter. Some uniformed service readers may find similarities in their situation but the author emphasizes this is in no way related to them in any way.

Leap Of Faith

A leap of faith, in its most commonly used meaning, is the act of believing in or accepting something intangible or unprovable, or without empirical evidence. It is an act commonly associated with performing and or executing a planned task with no clear result but expects or hopes for the outcome to be in favor of the person who performs the act. It is also an act commonly associated with religious belief as many religions consider faith to be an essential element of piety. But let's not get into the aspect of religion since faith equals many religions and beliefs.

Dedication

Dedication can be defined depending on one's mindset and purpose. Regardless of the medium or form used to show it, defining it would depend on an individual alone. Sure there are a lot of ways to show it but there are a lot of thing to consider and weigh in taking it to one’s own self. Dedication is influenced by the condition of the mind, body, environment, emotion and values one embodies not to mention the obstacles that lay on the way.

Unannounced

What breaks your daily routine, expectations, and plans would always come in a surprise. You can be caught with your pants down or bare-footed and your initial reaction would be either frozen during that time, disbelief, shocked or simply awed like hearing the sound of a big bang or an empty glass or breakable household wares falling to the ground followed by a deafening silence.

Eating The Young

What's the best way to teach people about skills, values, knowledge, self dicipline and responsibility than at a young age. But its a bit different in teaching adults from that of the kids. Yes, most of us maybe raised by loving parents, schooled in universities, well educated and has a degree in the field of our choice. That having been said, would anyone care to accept things he/she finds new and outside of the norm one has been used to. From rules to interaction with the things and people around you to anything that might test your knowledge, values and capabilities as a human, as a professional and as an individual.

Security

Life has alot to offer and to prepare for. Preparing for the security of every aspect you can think of from basic needs, family, financials, business, home to so much more. Security is the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm. It applies to any vulnerable and valuable asset, such as a person, dwelling, community, nation, or organization.

Inventories Of War: Soldiers' Kit from 1066 to 2014

On a winter’s day in 1915 the family of one Capt. Charles Sorley – athlete, soldier and poet – received a package. It was his kit bag, sent home by his regiment from the Western Front, where Sorley had been killed, aged 20, at the Battle of Loos. Out of this bag came a life abridged: personal effects, items of uniform and a bundle of papers, from which emerged his now famous sonnet When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead. A new photographic survey of military kits now illustrates that curious combination. The photographer Thom Atkinson has recorded 13 military kits for his ‘Soldiers Inventories’ series.

Reflexes of Seven Kittens

Seven cute kittens at the Triskel Maine Coon cattery in Quebec were lined up for a group photo on June 14.

Florence Salles, a breeder at the cattery, then decided to record a video while waving an object in front of the kittens. Each and every one showed the curiosity and reflexes that cats are famous for.

The video shows them all move their heads in perfect unison and attempting to bat the object with their paws.


Credits: Triskel Maine Coon.