You'll Love That Cat, Well..

                                                            


Finally something lighthearted for Pussy Cat lovers! Yes, from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

In the article below we learn, what many of us already know, that cats are not only cool, but are awesome.

Read on and enjoy, or be bored. Feed your gecko or even type up a blog just as I do right now.

 Perhaps open that can of good quality cat food for your little pet while your affordable toast is burning in the toaster.

http://www.cbc.ca/life/pets/science-proves-that-cats-are-even-more-awesome-than-we-thought-1.4129520

Loyal employees and loyal employers should be matched up - If you find them

                                                        
Unscientific and professional polls today are dime a dozen. Many people just yawn when hear the result of this or that poll.

Just look at the polls predicting the certain victory for Hillary Clinton to become the President of the United States. It was not  accurate.

According to many employers and others, today, young people are more concerned with themselves than with the fortunes of their workplace.

There is a strong feeling out there that these days far too many people are not as dedicated to their jobs as in the days in the past. To put at bluntly, they not as loyal to the employer as expected.

Of course, little is said about the fact that many employers in our days show little loyalty toward the loyal employee, who for years, even for decades represented the employer's interests, put up with explanations for not receiving a pay increase because of the tough times the company had to endure, etc.

At the same time top executives enjoyed lucrative bonuses for their contribution that in some cases led the company on to a slippery slope toward bankruptcy.

As for the assumed attitude of young people toward their job?  

Don't blame them.   -  The chickens came home to roost. For years young people were taught that you have all the rights and entitlements in the world with little or no emphasis on responsibilities and you only focus on what you like to do. Disappointingly, real life is not like that.

Following school they enter the workplace, where the race for optimum profits overrides everything else. Many people are battered by companies who have sacked them, forced them to take unpaid leave, work split shifts, slashed pensions and medical benefits.

In an environment like this motivating employees is quite a challenge, even in workplaces where the job is relatively secure and the pay is well above minimum wage.

One reason is that many employees receive promotions into management positions for the first time. The majority of these new managers have little or no experience managing and motivating employees.

 Quicky courses will not equip the newly promoted manager with the required skills to lead and to motivate. In fact, often they do more damage to the morale and erode the little loyalty many employees feel toward their employer.

Today, people in their 20s often change jobs every two years. This frustrates employers who say," Why should I hire train someone who is going to leave?"

The young employee look at the work they are given, at the pay and the conditions involved in doing the work and say, "How can I spend my days doing work that doesn't mean anything to me?"

No matter what, young employees must feel they are valued as potential long - term resources, instead of an easily disposable commodity, like yesterday's news.

Proposed legislation: Making the politicians actually responsible to the electorate

A timely idea floated by one of Ontario's political parties is the introduction of a recall legislation, similar to legislation is some U.S. states and in the Province of British Columbia.

Giving the citizen the power to recall, incompetent, lying and corrupt representatives will boost  the feeling of being a participator in shaping the future of democracy.

Had there been such legislation on the books in Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty would have thought twice before breaking his avowed promises to the ones who believed in him regarding no additional taxes.

The idea of sending unsuitable elected representatives packing may catch on the Federal and Municipal level too.

Apparently the credibility of politicians is at all time low. People feel that no matter what they do on election day, their lot is not improving.

As a matter of fact a cloud of gloom and a sense of helplessness is what many people feel. - Politicians please take notice!

The Good News About Cougars

There is a virile movement on the visible horizon, called The Cougar revolution!

In this context, a Cougar is an "older woman" who is out to explore the hidden pleasures of age gap relationships with younger men, according to the literature on the phenomenon.

Evidently, forty something cougars would be attracted to men in their 20s, and fifty something cougars would quest after men in their 30s and so on.

Some cougars are less interested in a relationship than a sexual conquest, perhaps enjoying the fact that they are physically attractive to men who are considered to be in the prime of their virility.

Let's face it, women live longer than men. Chances are, that women who marry older men likely to remain alone in their Golden Years. Ergo, the case is building for the purr of the Cougar. And so be it.

The only question that has not been resolved up to now, is this: At what age do some women stop calling young males "boy toys" and start calling them " dirty old men, loaded predators" for preying on younger women?

No Kidding, We Are Going To Stop Climate Change ?

 By now just about everybody heard that Fossil Fuels, coal, oil and, natural gas are major contributors to climate change, responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions.

We have learned about the mess, pollution created by coal burning power plants and the toxic sludge produced every year by these plants and others.

No need to mention the exhaust released by our vehicles. To top this up, now we learn that our pets, mostly dogs and cats create a significant carbon foot print. Then, methane emission from cows is quite a pollutant, since the liberated clouds of methane warms the atmosphere.

The problem for the self styled saviours of Terra is to convince the supposedly intelligent inhabitants of the planet that we can  somehow stop the climate change.

This is a tough nut to crack. For some reason many people are not willing to except the notion that if they pay up, climate change will stop.

Take the issue of carbon type taxes. There are many stubborn voters that for whatever reason believe that the collected moneys are pumped into the vaults of general revenue and is used by politicians to finance initiatives that will service potential new voters that will ensure the politicians' reelection.

Then, the problem of cooperation among nations on the project is required.

Right now, wherever we look, we see conflicts, disagreements. In parts of the world people already leaving their ancestral lands by the millions, heading to places that eventually will have a hard time absorbing the incoming mass of humanity.

We can't even get together to clean up the oceans from the tremendous amount of floating plastic.

Yet, we are told to believe! Believe, if we just only pay up, somehow the ongoing climate change will be slowed and even stopped.

As a final concern, we need reassurance that the rapidly growing mass of humanity's carbon foot print will not  exacerbate an already serious situation. -- Perhaps this is not a major factor as there are not too many celebrities jetting around the planet
lecturing about this prospect of the future.


 

Celebrity Endorsed Products Not Necessarily Sell As Expected

Apparently, celebrities losing their pizzazz in influencing consumers. Had the age of social media and consumer control ushered in a new consumer that is not that easily won over by a famous face? Based on my impressions there is something in this. Often, the so-called celebrity brands are a source of aggravation for many. Well, nobody is perfect.

Let me explain. Why would one heed an overpowering urge to shell out a small fortune for a wrist-watch, just because the name on the watch is that of a one time model?

Is that watch a better timekeeper than if the watch carries the name, Rolex, Omega, or even Timex? 

Oh, of course, if one  circulate within the snobby crowds of specialty coffee houses and pumped up with overpriced,  or in some art-gallery frequented by the artzie gang and wannabe artists, then perhaps the designer watch bearing a celebrity's John Henry may just the calling card needed for acceptance among the ranks of the "distinguished".

The same goes for clothing and other items carrying the name of this or that one time model or celebrity.

And last but not least. Why would a 'celebrity' actress, singer, male or female, store nude pictures of themselves on so-called cloud servers? Don't they know that these days nothing is safe from hackers?

If one is blessed with real talent, why would one need nudies of themselves stocked away?

Is that a sort of last stand in case the talent sleeps away? They have something still to "show" to their diminishing audience?  - I would not know. but many people think they have the answer.

 Today's consumer is informed, time-compressed, and difficult to impress. They are only influenced by ads that are germane and furnish selective information. They don't want to have products pushed at them, even from a celebrity of by gone days.

Now, would you consider buying carrots endorsed by Bugs-Bunny? I would not. Bugs is O.K., but I hate carrots.😀