12570 Mike Kennedy Reviews “Dangerous Waters: The Life of William Bligh” by Nigel Barnes
Book Review: “Dangerous Waters: The Life of William Bligh,” by Nigel Barnes 245 pp. $13.10 Review by 12570 Mike Kennedy In 1962, Metro Goldwyn Mayer released the epic film Mutiny on the Bounty, a spectacular three-hour adaption of the 1932 novel of the same name originally penned by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Produced…
Introduction to Understanding & Recovering from PTSD: A Series
Editor’s Note: The following introductions serve to begin an ongoing series of articles by 10970 Karmin McKay on the subject of post-traumatic stress disorder. The first two articles are available in today’s eVeritas and the remainder will follow over the next month. INTRODUCTION by 5276 JR Digger MacDougall, CD, MEd, MPsych, CHRP President (For Life)…
10970 Karmin McKay: Chasing the Adrenaline Rush (PTSD Series Part 1)
Editor’s Note: This is Part One in an on-going series on dealing with PTSD. For Part Two please see here. For the Introduction to the series please see here. High risk is high adrenaline. Jason Statham High adrenaline is fun when you are not caught or hurt. Karmin McKay The higher your adrenaline rush reaches,…
10970 Karmin McKay: Managing relationships while chasing your adrenaline rush (PTSD Series Part 2)
Editor’s Note: This is Part Two in an on-going series on dealing with PTSD. For Part One please see here. For the Introduction to the series please see here. Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational. Hugh Mackay Assumptions are the termites of relationships. Henry Winkler Truth…
10970 Karmin McKay: “Generals, RSM’s and Troopers are people just like you”
Generals, RSMs and Troopers are people, just like you. Article by 10970 Karmin McKay “A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.” – General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur “We have good corporals and sergeants, and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far…
12570 Mike Kennedy Reviews “Hal Moore on Leadership” by LGen Harold G. Moore and Mike Guardia
Book Review: “Hal Moore on Leadership,” by Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore and Mike Guardia Published by Magnum Books, 155 pp. $19.95 Review by 12570 Mike Kennedy In 1965 many Americans were still only vaguely aware of the fact that their country was fighting a war in Vietnam, but the year would nonetheless prove to be…
6560 Andrew Nellestyn’s Food for Thought: The Impossible Dream
TILTING AT WINDMILLS: THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM OF THE MAN OF LA MANCHA Bernard Shaw: “Sensible people try to adapt to the world. Foolish people try to adapt the world to the things they believe in. It is thanks to foolish people that humanity has evolved.” – AN
12570 Mike Kennedy Reviews “Seconds Out” by Alison Dean
Book Review: “Seconds Out,” by Alison Dean Published by Coach House Books, 268 pp. $21.95 Review by 12570 Mike Kennedy In an article published in the November 1979 edition of The Washingtonian magazine, U.S. Naval Academy graduate James Webb ignited a firestorm of controversy when he unequivocally declared that “Women Can’t Fight”. At the time, the…
6560 Andrew Nellestyn’s Food for Thought: The Rise of Indoor Farming
FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENTCY AND OPPORTUNITY SQUANDERED? “Major investors and governments in Canada haven’t fully bought into the promise of vertical farming, or the technology that enables it.” For more, see the link below. – AN The rise of indoor farming is exploding, but Canada is lagging behind
10970 Karmin McKay: The aim of the thesis
Editor’s Note: This article is the fifth in a series. Future articles will include: Generals and RSMs are people too, What is TDV, you are your own career manager, and several more. Common themes intertwine between them all. I was selected to attend the Royal Military College of Science Technical Staff Course in 1988/89. A…
6560 Andrew Nellestyn’s Food for Thought: Societal Norms are Changing Profoundly
SOCIETAL NORMS ARE CHANGING PROFOUNDLY in the ways people interact with one another. This BBC article is one that has gained much attention. It behooves everyone to read it and understand its dynamics without prejudice. – AN “As definitions of sexuality change and expand, women’s orientations are becoming less rigid than men’s. Why? The way…
10970 Karmin McKay: Secondary Duties Can Either Make You a Temporary Hero or a Permanent Zero
Editor’s Note: This article is the fourth in a series. Future articles will include: Generals and RSMs are people too, What is TDV, you are your own career manager, and several more. Common themes intertwine between them all. Article by 10970 Karmin McKay Secondary duties come in many forms and can cause sleepless nights, stress…