Having "Me" Time

The world is a great place to live in.  Although it isn't perfect, there are many wonderful initiatives out there created by people who strive to do good for society, for mankind, for this earth.  If only there were more initiatives out there.  On the iPad Alex had downloaded the National Geographic Magazine which has such a wonderful application that I could not stop reading and interacting with it.   One article that really struck me and one that reminded me of a documentary I had watched before, pertained to Svalbard's Global Seed Bank . What is it?  Why do we need a seed bank? What kind of seeds do they hold? You mean seeds, as it those from plants? The Svalbard Global Seed Bank has a mission to be a safety net for the world's accidental lost of diversity in traditional genebanks.  Put simply, it is a place where samples of plant seeds sent from all over the world are stored for safekeeping.  A specially designed vault ...

The past weekend has been one full of tragedies.  All over the world, there were nothing  but news of deaths and sadness. In Thailand, a third helicopter crashed while on a mission to remove the bodies from two previously fallen helicopter missions.  The first fell due to bad weather.  It is presumed that the second one also fell to bad weather while attempting rescue the first.  The third helicopter fell from engine failure.  Lives were lost.  9 in total.  What a tragedy.  My prayers are with them.  A Chinese high speed train crashes. Then Amy Winehouse dies.  Worst yet, a lone man shooting spree occurs in one of the world's most peaceful nations.  Norway. This is the home to the Nobel Peace Prize and has a crime rate so low that policemen remain unarmed.  Most probably have only fired arms in training.  News of the shooting made my heart and soul drop. Literally.  I have to say that it is ...