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"The power of Open Source is the power of the people. The people rule." ~ Philippe Kahn "Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts." ~ Tim O'Reilly "In open source, we feel strongly that to really do something well, you have to get a lot of people involved." ~ Linus Torvalds "There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of…

Whenever you treat people with dignity and respect, peace happens. Treating others with dignity and respect, fosters and cultivates trust, understanding, harmony, and positive change, leading to a peaceful environment. When we are disrespected, discriminated against, emotionally and physically mistreated like non-citizens, scapegoated, and targeted, it's hard to bring about peace. It is much harder to cultivate peace when, we are disrespected, discriminated, and mistreated. For many individuals, such experiences ignite anger, division, and deep lasting generational resentment. Deep…

Collective punishment through military bombing of targeted infrastructure of a society as a whole is considered unethical. When civilian populations are specifically targeted such military actions are considered against International law, which was established by the Geneva Convention to protect civilians during times of internal and external conflicts and war. The world has watched for over a year now of the collective punishment dealt out by the Israeli military advised and supported by the USA and the European Union. The Israeli military planned the destruction of hospitals, water and…

The scale of the casualties in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, with approximately 43,000 deaths, mostly women, children, and the elderly is atrocious, an absolute historical mass murder of innocent civilians, victims of "collective punishment" as the Israeli military and government describe their mass murder of the Gazan civilians. 43,000 Palestinians killed out of 2.2 million is a staggering comparison to Canada’s population. If we translate this figure to a proportion of Canada’s 40 million population, it would equate to around 750,000 Canadians being killed by bombs! This…

As a new Canadian, starting college can be both exciting and daunting. But with the right support, it's definitely achievable. To make college more accessible, we need to break down barriers and create a more inclusive environment. This means offering programs to help you upgrade your qualifications and meet prerequisites, providing language support, and offering courses to prepare you successfully for academic life. Mentors can guide you through the process, while counselors can offer support for mental health and career planning. By partnering with community organizations, we can…

"History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse." ~ Eric Alterman "At the crash of economic collapse of which the rumblings can already be heard, the sleeping soldiers of the proletariat will awake as at the fanfare of the Last Judgment and the corpses of the victims of the struggle will arise and demand an accounting from those who are loaded down with curses." ~ Karl Liebknecht "The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse,…

"Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex." ~ M. Scott Peck "That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains." ~ Steve Jobs The…

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits. Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges? ~ Khalil Gibran "Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom." ~ Albert Einstein "Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge." ~ Mahatma Gandhi "Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you." ~ Aldous Huxley Elite athletes show that their ability to predict…

One of my good friends said, "Israeli military are so tough, they bombed a mosque and a church where people were praying." Bombing Muslim mosques and Christian churches while people pray is such a tough military. The world should look up to an Israeli regime that killed 43,000 children and women and elderly, in Gaza and now in Lebanon. The Israeli military must be so proud of bombing Muslim mosques and Christian churches that Arabs and other cultures that pray to GOD. When you pray to God, and bombs are falling around you, and on your holy site (synagogue, mosque, church), you know your…

"The biggest problems with Iran in the region are not due to the size of their resources, but due to the fact that they've been more effective in supporting proxies and stirring up dissension and conflict in the region than America or our allies have been in stopping those activities." ~ Barack Obama "Asking Saudi Arabia and Iran to work together, when they can't stand each other and are engaged in a proxy battle right at this moment." ~ Hillary Clinton The United States has a long history of using proxies as a strategic tool in foreign policy, warfare, and diplomacy. By minimizing…

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it. Carl von Clausewitz War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. Carl von Clausewitz War is politics by other means. Carl von Clausewitz War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others. Carl von Clausewitz All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it. Carl von Clausewitz Four elements…

"Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction. A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent." ~ Elie Wiesel "The survivors (of a nuclear war) would envy the dead." ~ Nikita Khrushchev "Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented human catastrophe." ~ Carl Sagan "If there was a war, a big war, a major war on the planet, it would be a nuclear war, and it would destroy all life, human and subhuman, on planet earth." ~ Benjamin Creme Conflict involving Israel vs…

"In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people." ~ Nelson Mandela "True reconciliation is never cheap, for it is based on forgiveness which is costly. Forgiveness in turn depends on repentance, which has to be based on an acknowledgment of what was done wrong, and therefore on disclosure of the truth. You cannot forgive what you do not know." ~ Desmond Tutu "I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and…

If the Canadian Parliament, including the Liberal Party of Canada, hired the world's best economists to plan for eradication of poverty in Canada, with the total funds of 8-10 billion dollars, Canadian inflation would decrease. There would be more jobs for Canadians and there would be much less poverty and homelessness. John Maynard Keynes in the early 20th century devised of a plan that was so different compared to everyone else that eventually all the modern liberal democracies adopted and still have remnants of the Keynesian economic policies. Professor Keynes explained, instead of…

"Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better." ~ Ernest Hemingway "A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it." ~ Edgar Allan Poe "Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald "If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden." ~ Haruki Murakami The hope for his homeland had crumbled around young Yehoshua. Each morning, his eyes met the pale horizon of Gaza, where smoke from the white phosphorus bombs rose like…