tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6376167186773705742024-03-05T09:09:20.422-07:00"The Panglossian Curmudgeon"Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.comBlogger468125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-19828743751886993822018-06-02T13:42:00.001-06:002018-06-02T13:52:58.711-06:00"Trump Manages to Make Memorial Day & Everything All About Him!" "AGAIN!!!"-Donald Trump manages to make Memorial Day all about himself! What a Narcissistic Ass!<br />
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<b>Narcissistic Personality Disorder-</b><br />
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Individuals with this disorder exhibit a lack of ability to empathize with others and an inflated sense of self-importance.<br />
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The hallmarks of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) are grandiosity, a lack of empathy for other people, and a need for admiration. People with this condition are frequently described as arrogant, self-centered, manipulative, and demanding. They may also concentrate on grandiose fantasies (e.g. their own success, beauty, brilliance) and may be convinced that they deserve special treatment. These characteristics typically begin in early adulthood and must be consistently evident in multiple contexts, such as at work and in relationships.<br />
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People with narcissistic personality disorder believe they are superior or special, and often try to associate with other people they believe are unique or gifted in some way. This association enhances their self-esteem, which is typically quite fragile underneath the surface. Individuals with NPD seek excessive admiration and attention in order to know that others think highly of them. Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder have difficulty tolerating criticism or defeat and may be left feeling humiliated or empty when they experience an "injury" in the form of criticism or rejection.<br />
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Related Personality Disorders: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Paranoid.<br />
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- A narcissistic personality disorder is indicated by five or more of the following symptoms:<br />
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- Exaggerates own importance<br />
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- Is preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence or ideal romance<br />
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- Believes he or she is special and can only be understood by other special people or institutions<br />
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- Requires constant attention and admiration from others<br />
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- Has unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment<br />
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- Takes advantage of others to reach his or her own goals<br />
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- Disregards the feelings of others, lacks empathy<br />
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- Is often envious of others or believes other people are envious of him or her<br />
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- Shows arrogant behaviors and attitudes<br />
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- 50% to 75% of the people diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder are male. Additionally, it is common for many adolescents to display the characteristics listed above; this does not indicate that they will later develop a narcissistic personality disorder.<br />
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Causes of narcissistic personality disorder are not yet well-understood. Genetic and biological factors, as well as the environment and early life experiences, are all thought to play a role in the development of this condition.<br />
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Treatment for narcissistic personality disorder can be challenging because of people with this condition present with a great deal of grandiosity and defensiveness, which makes it difficult for them to acknowledge problems and vulnerabilities. Individual and group psychotherapy may be useful in helping people with narcissistic personality disorder relate to others in a healthier and more compassionate way.<br />
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Mentalization-based therapy, transference-focused psychotherapy, and schema-focused psychotherapy have all been suggested as effective ways of treating narcissistic personality disorder.<br />
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<br />Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0Sheridan, WY 82801, USA44.7971939 -106.9561790999999944.7070414 -107.11754059999998 44.887346400000006 -106.79481759999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-41183642716840026112017-12-19T13:22:00.000-07:002017-12-19T13:22:28.124-07:00Want to get ahead in business? It helps if you are a psychopath. No, really. Want to get ahead in business? It helps if you are a psychopath. No, really. Look at our Mentally Ill President Donald Trump, he's a perfect example.
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For mental-health professionals, <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/people/donald-trump#intcid=dt-hot-link" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Donald Trump</span></a> is at once easily diagnosed but slightly confounding. “Remarkably narcissistic,” said developmental psychologist <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Howard Gardner,</span> a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. “Textbook narcissistic personality disorder,” echoed clinical psychologist <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Ben Michaelis.</span> “He’s so classic that I’m archiving video clips of him to use in workshops because there’s no better example of his characteristics,” said clinical psychologist <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">George Simon,</span> who conducts lectures and seminars on manipulative behavior. “Otherwise, I would have had to hire actors and write vignettes. He’s like a dream come true.”</div>
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That mental-health professionals are even willing to talk about Trump in the first place may attest to their deep concern about a Trump as our President. As <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Robert Klitzman,</span> a professor of psychiatry and the director of the master’s of bioethics program at Columbia University, pointed out, the American Psychiatric Association declares it unethical for psychiatrists to comment on an individual’s mental state without examining him personally and having the patient’s consent to make such comments. This so-called Goldwater rule arose after the publication of a 1964 <span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Fact</span> magazine article in which psychiatrists were polled about Senator Barry Goldwater’s fitness to be president. Senator Goldwater brought a $2 million suit against the magazine and its publisher; the Supreme Court awarded him $1 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages. </div>
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But you don’t need to have met Donald Trump to feel like you know him; even the smallest exposure can make you feel like you’ve just crossed a large body of water in a small boat with him. Indeed, though narcissistic personality disorder was removed from the most recent issue of the <span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,</span> for somewhat arcane reasons, the traits that have defined the disorder in the past—grandiosity; an expectation that others will recognize one’s superiority; a lack of empathy—are writ large in Mr. Trump’s behavior. </div>
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“He’s very easy to diagnose,” said psychotherapist <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Charlotte Prozan.</span> “In the first debate, he talked over people and was domineering. He’ll do <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fculture%2F2015%2F11%2Fwolcott-trump-insult-comic&h=ATO6g2ZqYTNMPFK4U_kZkcVvPBI1g0qR7DVG1lntTtww7JZpB44h0s3l8H0uNV5VaTzyIZp3MxGPRbAlKth0qu38wTVNWctyQHbyRPKtPuP2fb72j8l5QHIVn27BluL3EQE6gHc&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">anything to demean others</a>, like tell <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Carly Fiorina</span> <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/09/carly-fiorina-donald-trump-gop-debate" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">he doesn’t like her looks</a>. ‘You’re fired!’ would certainly come under lack of empathy. And he wants to deport immigrants, but [two of] his wives have been immigrants.” Michaelis took a slightly different twist on Trump’s desire to deport immigrants: “This man is known for his golf courses, but, with due respect, who does he think works on these golf courses?” </div>
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Mr. Trump’s bullying nature—taunting Senator <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fpeople%2Fjohn-kasich%23intcid%3Ddt-hot-link&h=ATOfgVTaM9HYFptJsHUAsVO6D9HBvSDO7IW7TZNY2jKkAJZWL8Ln9DPjdKMA5PzowLEbxMe0DtClff-KGlbVepm3oCl94hiaiYSnjFERmudB62_06s9ciooOAjAwYTKKM2l0k0c&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">John McCain</span></a> for being captured in Vietnam, or <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fnews%2F2015%2F09%2Ftrump-bush-gop-debate&h=ATPMHdJMu7FsM227zlDbeRLIVRXABMljvFoeoa51oVMNX5wDFlQBJzavEUCEiIc90QaXYz8Cr9w7416_qyaq1mrGQQDelTzjdfgM_hI7jR1PJqplXv2vhA-PTP6zAZ1JN6pZH0s&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">saying <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Jeb Bush</span> has “low energy”</a>—is in keeping with the narcissistic profile. “In the field we use clusters of personality disorders,” Michaelis said. “Narcissism is in cluster B, which means it has similarities with histrionic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and antisocial personality disorder. There are similarities between them. Regardless of how you feel about John McCain, the man served—and suffered. Narcissism is an extreme defense against one’s own feelings of worthlessness. To degrade people is really part of a cluster-B personality disorder: it’s antisocial and shows a lack of remorse for other people. The way to make it O.K. to attack someone verbally, psychologically, or physically is to lower them. That’s what he’s doing.” </div>
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What of Trump’s tendency to position himself as a possible savior to the economy despite the fact that <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fnews%2F2015%2F06%2Fdonald-trump-companies-bankruptcy-atlantic-city&h=ATNkmS_Qnbt5PzdGNd1NwUSY1HZ_KHM7t9NgtJYUooPLTz-6CrHsWyELM96zozri2ZNUMMjL11GkMXC7GYgQVJ59EFIgkoxs5_zP-RMde_WWZHQTxQ6BCdW9OmMpDGnnCrgVSeQ&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">four of his companies have declared bankruptcy</a>? “It’s mind-boggling to me that that’s not the story,” said Michaelis. “This man has been given more than anyone could ever hope for,” he added, referring to the fact that Trump is not wholly self-made, “yet he’s failed miserably time and time again.” Licensed clinical social worker <span class="_4yxo" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Wendy Terrie Behary,</span> the author of <span class="_4yxp" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed</span>, said, “Narcissists are not necessarily liars, but they are notoriously uncomfortable with the truth. The truth means the potential to feel ashamed. If all they have to show the world as a source of feeling acceptable is their success and performance, be it in business or sports or celebrity, then the risk of people seeing them fail or squander their success is so difficult to their self-esteem that they feel ashamed. We call it the narcissistic injury. They’re uncomfortable with their own limitations. It’s not that they’re cut out to lie, it’s just that they can’t handle what’s real.” </div>
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Indeed, the need to protect or exalt the self is at odds with the job requirements of a president. Michaelis said, “He’s applying for the greatest job in the land, the greatest task of which is to serve, but there’s nothing about the man that is service-oriented. He’s only serving himself.” As Prozan sees it, “He keeps saying he could negotiate with Putin because he’s good at deals. But diplomacy involves a back and forth between equals.” Dr. Klitzman added, “I have never met Donald Trump and so cannot comment on his psychological state. However, I think that, in general, many candidates who run for president are driven in large part by ego. I hope that does not preclude their motivation to govern with the best interests of the public as a whole in mind. Yet for some candidates, that may, alas, be a threat.” </div>
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Asked what, if Mr. Trump were their patient, they would “work on” with him, several of the therapists laughed. “I’d be shocked if he walked in my door,” said Behary. “Most narcissists don’t seek treatment unless there’s someone threatening to take something away from them. There’d have to be some kind of meaningful consequence for him to come in.” Simon concurred but added, “There is help available, but it doesn’t look like the help people are used to. It’s not insight-oriented psychotherapy, because narcissists already have insight. They’re aware; the problem is, they don’t care. They know how you’d like them to act; the problem is, <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/donald-trump-debate-negotiations" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">they’ve got a different set of rules</a>. The kind of approach that can have some impact is confrontational. It confronts distorted thinking and behavior patterns in the here-and-now moment when the narcissists are doing their thing in the session. It’s confronted on the spot; you invite them to do something different, then you reinforce them for doing so.” </div>
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But for at least one mental-health professional, the Trump enigma, or should we say non-enigma, is larger than the bluster of the man whose own Web site calls him “the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence”—to this mind-set, Trump may be a kind of bellwether. Mr. Gardner said, “For me, the compelling question is the psychological state of his supporters. They are unable or unwilling to make a connection between the challenges faced by any president and the knowledge and behavior of Donald Trump. In a democracy, that is disastrous.” BY: Henry Alford</div>
Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0Sheridan, WY 82801, USA44.7971939 -106.9561790999999944.7070414 -107.11754059999998 44.887346400000006 -106.79481759999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-21023301226856585762016-09-10T17:31:00.001-06:002016-09-10T18:04:37.352-06:00"War on Cops? Stats show American Police are Safer than they have ever Been, But...the 'FEAR' Remains STRONG!"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">On Aug. 18, a 29-year-old man named Daniel K. Harris <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/deaf-man-fatally-shot-n-afraid-police-article-1.2764759">was shot and killed</a> by a North Carolina state trooper near Charlotte. Harris, who was unarmed, was also deaf.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">The shooting, which is currently under investigation, is the kind of case that often sparks protests across the nation. Yet the public response has been relatively muted. Could it be that in the wake of the tragedies in Baton Rouge and Dallas this summer—ambushes in which a total of eight police officers were murdered—journalists and activists are beginning to look at policing differently? Despite a wealth of statistics showing that attacks on police <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/09/police-are-safer-under-obama-than-they-have-been-in-decades/">have been steadily decreasing</a> for decades, maybe police are right to be so scared all the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are valid concerns about police safety. But the facts show that there is no national war on cops. That’s hard for me to say—mostly because I’m a cop.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;">A report commissioned in July by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund <a href="http://www.nleomf.org/facts/research-bulletins/">found that</a> firearms-related homicides of police officers are up as compared to the same period last year. According to the FBI, of <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2015-preliminary-statistics-for-law-enforcement-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty">the 41 police officers feloniously murdered</a> in 2015, seven were killed in ambushes or unprovoked attacks. In the first half of 2016, with already 14 already<b> </b>tallied, ambush murders have also spiked as compared to last year.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And yet these numbers don’t tell the full story. <br />
In fact, police officers are safer today then they have ever been. And while ambushes like the ones in Texas and in Louisiana contribute to a large percentage of total police deaths this year, they remain rare. Police officer deaths overall have been <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/09/police-are-safer-under-obama-than-they-have-been-in-decades/">declining since the mid-1970s.</a> When it comes to the most dangerous jobs in America, law enforcers barely ever crack the Top Ten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="pull-quote">The facts show that there is no national war on cops. That’s hard for me to say—mostly because I’m a cop.</span></b></i></span></div>
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Yet everywhere I turn, someone is telling me that I’m being targeted for my uniform, that an attack on my brothers and sisters in blue is an attack on the close to <a href="http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/lpd13ppp.pdf">half a million full-time sworn police officers</a> in the US. After being inundated with the message that anyone, anywhere, and at any time might ambush me (and that these sorts of attacks are on the rise), is it any surprise that I or other police officers might be fearful on the job? Fear is an emotion. It’s primal and instinctual. </div>
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It doesn’t have to be logical or rational. And throughout their careers, police are exposed to all kinds of worse-case scenarios. American police training is a complex venture. In a time-compressed format, the police training takes Joe Citizen and turns him into Joe Cop. His trainers debrief incidents when officers are injured or killed. Joe watches countless dash-cam videos of police officers being murdered in front of their patrol cars. He learns to be skeptical of everyone. Joe participates in scenario drills in which old ladies and young kids ambush him. He is taught to expect the worst </div>
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He will also be trained to shoot to kill, instead of to wound or incapacitate. “Even if an officer shoots [someone] with a lethal firearm, it may not stop a person,” David Klinger, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-trained-shoot-wound-experts/story?id=40402933">told ABC News recently</a>. “When there is a threat to life right now, or serious bodily injury, deadly force is the appropriate response.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="pull-quote"> </span></b></i></span>The idea of a “war on cops” confirms this mindset. Emotional imagery and war stories are more compelling than statistics. Joe Cop becomes even more afraid. He is afraid of people who keep their hands in their pockets; he is wary of people who get too close or videotape him or want to shake hands. Everyone is a potential assailant. When one adds race and unconscious prejudices into the mix, the issues become even more complex. <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/science-of-racism-prejudice">Implicit bias affects</a> both civilians and law enforcement professionals—although civilians are presumably not as emboldened to act upon it in potentially lethal ways.<a href="http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_egalitarian_brain"> As noted by New York University psychologist</a> David Amodio in 2010: “Recent research in social neuroscience has revealed that prejudiced reactions are linked to rapidly activated structures in the brain—parts of the brain associated with fear and disgust, likely developed long ago in our evolutionary history.” The good news is that training <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/us/02police.html?_r=0">has been shown</a> to help counteract these biases. The bad news is that not all officers will get it. Indeed, a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html?action=click&contentCollection=Science&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article">new study conducted</a> by researchers at Harvard University suggests that black men and women are treated differently during police encounters, although the study did not find a significant bias when it came to shootings.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="pull-quote">Cops doesn’t fear the statistical </span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="pull-quote">They fear the finality of the consequences.</span></b></i></span></div>
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All of this information is difficult to parse for the average layman. So it’s not surprising that police, too, would have difficulty navigating all the data and statistics measuring how safe or dangerous his career is. But does it matter? Joe doesn’t fear the statistical improbability of being ambushed. He fears the finality of the consequences: death.</div>
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As a police officer myself, I understand how hard it can be to see my job as a calculable risk management problem, where frequency and importance are weighed objectively. And to be fair, much of policing is subjective. There are few instances in which binary decisions can be applied.</div>
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Simply out, police training in America is in dire need of an overhaul. Too many departments still ignore emotional intelligence and behavioral analysis aspects of threat recognition. We need implicit bias training and community outreach. Our training spends too much time and effort on the “exceptions,” and not enough on the “rules.” Police training should emphasize slow-down strategies and tactics that allow for police officers’ critical thinking skills to complement, and, if necessary, override, emotions like fear or prejudice. Above all, we need to adopt evidence-based risk </div>
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management modeling that will appropriately train our officers to be aware, prepared, and ready, instead of using biased, anecdotal war-storytelling methods that–unintentionally or not–create an <br />
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The 'Hustlers' of VRC-30 DET ONE completed the longest scheduled deployment since Vietnam between 2014 and 2015. This video demonstrates combat logistics at its finest. From cargo and passengers to the occasional distinguished visitor; COD guys and gals move it all with the workhorse of the fleet, the C-2A Greyhound, ensuring victory at sea through logistics. Thanks for watching!Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0Sheridan, WY 82801, USA44.7971939 -106.9561790999999944.7070414 -107.11754059999998 44.887346400000006 -106.79481759999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-12987217504170174672016-07-01T11:49:00.001-06:002016-07-01T11:56:48.875-06:00Powerful US B-52 Bomber Escorted by Massive Formation Flight : Eurofigh...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b4eV8eNCRPU" width="560"></iframe>
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FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV> <DIV style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 0px; OVERFLOW: hidden; MAX-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: #fff; DISPLAY: none; LINE-HEIGHT: 0px; MAX-HEIGHT: 0px; opacity: 0">ell Exxon to come clean and leave ALEC!</SPAN> </DIV> <P><A title=Denial href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=1&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="is the biggest threat to bold action on climate change." src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/1ex.png" width=600 height=317></A></P> <P><A title="But where does it come from?" href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=2&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="Stork with bundle of Exxon money" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/Screen_Shot_2016-05-18_at_3.12.45_PM.png" width=600 height=321></A></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">Exxon and other oil companies pay the <STRONG>same PR firms and right wing front groups</STRONG> that helped tobacco companies lie about the risks of smoking.</SPAN></P> <P><A title="" href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=3&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="Tobacco and oil lobbyist are one and the same." src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/3ex.png" width=600 height=230></A></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px" dir=ltr><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporting shows that Exxon has known that burning oil and gas causes catastrophic climate change as far back as 1977.<STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></P> <P><A title="Exxon has known about climate change since 1977" href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=4&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="...man has a time window of five to ten years before the need for hard decisions regarding changes in energy strategies might become critical." src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/5ex.png" width=600 height=365></A></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva"><BR></SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">But by the 1990s, Exxon had instead started <STRONG>funding climate disinformation </STRONG>at a massive scale.</SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva"><BR></SPAN></P> <P><A title="Exxon funds climate denial and disinformation." href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=5&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/7ex.png" width=600 height=378></A></P> <P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva"><BR></SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">All designed to <STRONG>spread confusion about the urgency of climate change</STRONG> and keep their profits high.</SPAN></P> <P><A title="" href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=6&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/9ex.png" width=600 height=294></A></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">Three states (and counting) are investigating Exxon for misleading shareholders about the risks of climate change.</SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">So now Exxon acknowledges human-caused climate change and even claims to support a carbon tax."</SPAN></P> <P><A title="" href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=7&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="In the Los Angeles Times, Exxon wrote that they support a carbon tax." src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/11ex.png" width=600 height=181></A></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">But in reality, Exxon is quietly blocking progress. <STRONG>The company remains a major funder of denial-promoting groups, including the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">ALEC opposes a carbon tax and misinforms state lawmakers about climate change. But without Exxon's funding, ALEC would lose influence fast.</SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva"><BR></SPAN></P> <P><A title="Tell EXXON:" href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=8&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="Come clean and leave ALEC." src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/13exa.png" width=600 height=128></A></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva"><BR></SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">Producing carbon emissions is dangerous. <STRONG>But Exxon is producing something else just as dangerous: climate change denial.</STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">Denial is slowing our transition to cleaner energy and harming vulnerable communities.</SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">Exxon continues to spend <STRONG>$27 million a year</STRONG> to spread denial and block climate action.</SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">All eyes will be on Exxon at its annual shareholder meeting in Dallas on May 25, so we need to act fast.</SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva"><STRONG><A href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=9&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj" target=_blank>Tell Exxon to come clean and leave the denial-promoting American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).</A></STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva"><BR></SPAN></P> <P style="PADDING-LEFT: 60px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: x-large; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, geneva">Truthfully yours,</SPAN></P> <P><A title="Brandy, Brant, Amanda" href="http://act.climatetruth.org/sign/Exxon_ALEC_petition/?t=10&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"><IMG style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle" alt="Elizabeth, and Emily" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.climatetruth.org/images/15ex.png" width=600 height=205></A></P> <P dir=ltr>MORE INFORMATION</P> <P dir=ltr>"Exxon: The Road Not Taken," <EM>InsideClimate News,</EM> 09-16-2015<BR><A href="http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1149?t=11&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj" target=_blank>http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1149?t=12&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj</A></P> <P dir=ltr>"CMD Submits Evidence of Exxon Mobil Funding ALEC's Climate Change Denial to New York Attorney General," <EM>Center for Media and Democracy,</EM> 11-17-2015<BR><A href="http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1220?t=13&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj" target=_blank>http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1220?t=14&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj</A></P> <P dir=ltr>"Despite what divestment activists say, ExxonMobil is searching for climate solutions," <EM>Los Angeles Times,</EM> 03-14-2016<BR><A href="http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1221?t=15&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj" target=_blank>http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1221?t=16&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj</A></P> <P dir=ltr>"Climate Lobbying by the Fossil Fuel Sector," InfluenceMap.org<EM>,</EM> April 2016<BR><A href="http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1222?t=17&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj" target=_blank>http://act.climatetruth.org/go/1222?t=18&akid=3274.29222.v5atVj</A></P><!-- ak.wysiwyg=code --><IMG src="http://act.climatetruth.org/o.gif?akid=3274.29222.v5atVj"> <IMG style="BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px !important; HEIGHT: 1px !important; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px !important; WIDTH: 1px !important; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px !important; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px !important; PADDING-TOP: 0px !important; PADDING-LEFT: 0px !important; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px !important; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px !important" border=0 alt="" src="http://list.one.org/wf/open?upn=uCUFpGLUoBzd6VlLevGlNxW1evlIkZjFRacFq6Vo1BFLnOYdeBlllthUIE6TwSVc0a0R-2FJWO5jVZqbmxgWrC2e10-2FX3yM0xRI6QERYrGKvgUb-2FSMR30vlZfBC5NEJmKVgY0EDHUD1VDHF7FAqb9kc-2Fl9ynYwe-2BpdBk8OPB3XSjATaYrOqKlg46xd62Fm2K1mhl8V68YPgaLPKDlSSqIUVZUBpNRWlrWmfP-2B9nR8EMeSN94Df7Hev9LRH5t0iO2ba0DQSv1Ka3KxSSs5eQ0wLAf48xf136Y1qyXZClW9f5uyvaRjsTuvZWf-2F8SMJ6Id6q" width=1 height=1> <HR> <P><EM>ClimateTruth.org fights the denial, distortion and disinformation that block bold action on climate change. 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Well, it's 3 days after Christmas, of which we all know the true meaning, and I'm at 9.16% of the way toward the Goal! 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A new report reveals that the G20 spent an average of $452 billion each year in 2013 and 2014 to support fossil fuel production, despite pledging to eliminate inefficient fossil fuel subsidies every year since 2009.<br />
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This is the 1st visit for Thor to the vet since he rescued me from Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue - http://sheridancatrescue.org/ which is a great organization that saves all kinds of abandoned kittens, cats and rescued cats. They have done veterinary care with Thor previously over the years,(Thor is 5 years old now) but this was my first time taking him for his shots and exam. It was an adventure, and I was going to film it, but forgot to. He did well, got his shots, and the doc says he's in good shape, which is good news. <br /><br />
So, if you live in the Sheridan, WY area, come visit Second Chance, and get a rescued cat or kitten or 2, and if you can't do that, help out with some cat food or many other needs they have as a non-profit. Check out the website and do a monthly donation of just $5 to save all these love cats and kittens, so if you can help, please help, as it will be greatly appreciated. Thor will thank you for it.<br />
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Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-53118758468959829022015-10-11T15:57:00.001-06:002015-10-11T15:57:37.801-06:00Billions in Change Official Trailer (2015) - Manoj Bhargava<br /><br />
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The world is facing some huge problems. There’s a lot of talk about how to solve them. But talk doesn’t reduce pollution, or grow food, or heal the sick. That takes doing. This film is the story about a group of doers, the elegantly simple inventions they have made to change the lives of billions of people, and the unconventional billionaire spearheading the project.Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-10604117617272746632015-09-14T16:47:00.001-06:002015-09-14T16:57:21.435-06:00"Miss Colorado skips the song & dance, and instead, talks about Nursing!"<br />
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Miss America 2016 - While other contestants sang, danced or played instruments for the talent competition on the second night of preliminaries in Atlantic City, Kelley Johnson, Miss Colorado, delivered a unique monologue about experience as a nurse.<br />
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Nurses are the ones who make the most <a href="http://www.littlethings.com/american-nurse-trailer/" target="_blank">direct contact with the patient</a>. They’re the advocates, the planners, and the glue that holds it all together. Regardless of whether Kelley wins the Miss America crown this year, she’s already made her mark in a wonderful way.<br />
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Follow on Twitter! http://twitter.com/badlipreadingRube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-75843214943857193542015-05-14T17:19:00.001-06:002015-05-14T17:19:50.080-06:00The USAF Honor Guard by Jim Harry, MFA, Lincoln Memorial University<br /><br />
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This is the second version of this film. It was produced by Jim Harry, a former USAF Honor Guard and a Assistant Professor at Lincoln Memorial University. I would appreciate any comments you may have about this film and it's possible use.Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-33620056663726693682015-05-04T19:09:00.001-06:002015-05-04T19:09:10.502-06:00An update to Fixin & Replacing Bill's Knees Fund<table bgcolor="#EFF1EA" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="background:#EFF1EA;"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="30"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:#cccccc; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:14px; text-align:center;"> Stay involved and help William reach their goal by sharing the campaign. </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="17"> </td> </tr> <!-- NARROW BOX --> <tr> <td align="center"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="300" style=" border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; border-top-width: 8px; border-top-color: #83AC25; -webkit-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; -ms-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px; border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td height="30"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="center"> <img src="http://5f1429b9e1e83b83ac5e-3721cc30b0d63259b2211381d1431a50.r60.cf1.rackcdn.com/gfm-logo.gif" alt="GoFundMe" style="border:none;"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td height="20"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20"> </td> <td align="center"> <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="260" style="border:none; table-layout:fixed;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:#666666; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-weight:bold; line-height:32px;"> Hi there! </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="10"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:#999999; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; line-height:19px;"> A new update has been posted to </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="9"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:#666666; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-weight:bold; line-height:28px;"> Fixin & Replacing Bill's Knees Fund </tr> <tr> <td height="25"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="http://link.email.dynect.net/link.php?H=WpfRqTFmqv45GbmvFQgMtLB7mdAR2keMec7qjqKstHGvWHyKtUmpLzUWINacFkJwvTGlnjUvLBugMvD0mUJWrVAnwlhktIm22K35dj8Zx2hNBURCA%2BJltIpKUnZyQwlz&G=21&R=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gofundme.com%2Ffixingbillsknees%3Futm_source%3Dinternal%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_content%3Dbody_photo%26utm_campaign%3Dupd_n&I=20150505010909.0B68A007F702%40mail6-03-ewr.dyndns.com&X=MHw3NzY2NjI6VEVNUElEXzExMTE7MXw3NzY2NjM6UVVFVUVJRF8yNDIyNjg1MTY7" style="border:none;"> <img src="https://2dbdd5116ffa30a49aa8-c03f075f8191fb4e60e74b907071aee8.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/1625132_1420999943.5144.jpg" style="border:none; -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; -ms-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; -o-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px; width:260px;"> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="25"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="260" style="color:#999999; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; line-height:20px; word-wrap:break-word; width:260px;"> <div class="width:260px; word-wrap:break-word;"> I'm still plugging along here, fighting both the VA and societies obsession with freak-show money making ploys, like raising money for a concert for a guy who was fat-shame... </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="25"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="46" bgcolor="#F4A42B" align="center" valign="middle" style=" border-bottom-width:3px; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-color:#E09527; border-radius:5px 5px 5px 5px;"> <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/fixingbillsknees?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta_button&utm_campaign=upd_n" style=" color:#fffffe; display:block; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-weight:bold; font-size:20px; line-height:48px; height:100%; text-decoration:none;"><font color="#fffffe">Continue Reading</font></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td width="20"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td height="29"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="60"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- FOOTER BAR --> <table bgcolor="#F6F5F2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#F6F5F2; border-top-width:7px; border-top-color:#83AC25; border-top-style:solid;"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="17"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <table width="340" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border:none; display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle;" valign="top"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="8" width="20"> </td> <td colspan="3" height="40"> </td> <td rowspan="8" width="20"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="title" align="left" colspan="3" style="color:#666666; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold;"> Why GoFundMe? 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(And we still need Night-vision Optics)<br />
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Ukraine is independent for nearly 24 years. Throughout 23 years corrupt officials have disorganized Ukrainian army, generals have sold arsenals inherited from Soviet Union. As a result, Ukraine entered the war almost without an army, and was forced to create it from the scratch.<br />
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While Ministry of Defence of Ukraine implements reforms, ordinary people give help to Ukrainian soldier. “Come back alive” is a foundation that raises funds to purchase modern military electronics. Each thermal imaging camera, night vision device, range finder bought by us helps to save life of Ukrainian soldier.<br />
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Agency: NII (http://bit.ly/niiii)<br />
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Creative Director: Oleksii Novikov (NII)<br />
Art Director: Vladyslav Voitsekhovski (Publicis Visage)<br />
Copywriter: Anna Launets (NII)<br />
Agency producer: Andrey Svetilnikov (FILMO)<br />
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Director: Aleksey Say<br />
Operator: Dmitriy Maksimenko<br />
Composer: Aleksandr Kohanovskiy<br />
Editing: Dmitriy Toloshnyy<br />
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Production: Lime Lite Studio<br />
General Producer: Vladimir Yatsenko<br />
Executive Producer: Nataliya Romanyuk<br />
Group Director: Maks Matveev<br />
Location manager: Vladimir Gumenchuk<br />
Casting Director: Pavel Makarchenko<br />
Makeup artist: Mariya Pilunskaya<br />
Production designer: Aleksey Velichko<br />
Stylist: Anita Zhirgalova<br />
Rental: Patriot<br />
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Post-production: Mental Drive<br />
Recording studio: Baker Street<br />
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Come back Alive: Vitaliy DeynegaRube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0Kyiv, Ukraine50.4501 30.52340000000003849.8023485 29.232506500000039 51.0978515 31.814293500000037tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-35862214905860333402015-04-26T16:38:00.001-06:002015-04-26T16:38:38.623-06:00"Treat the Earth well"<DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'></DIV> <DIV style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'> <CENTER> <TABLE id=bodyTable style="HEIGHT: 100% !important; WIDTH: 100% !important; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; COLOR: #000000; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; -MS-TEXT-SIZE-ADJUST: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; 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Life is not lived right move<br />
Even as a child had to hear it<br />
And there is no happiness without trouble,<br />
And wins without a fight, can not be.<br />
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And I go on the field where stood,<br />
Time and no mines no longer walk.<br />
I am not a soldier I sapper,<br />
I'm the one who is treacherous death defang.<br />
Look to the left, look to the right,<br />
You make a mistake, you have no rights.<br />
Observe carefully, for now, life and death in your hands sapper.<br />
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Like a sharp knife Blade<br />
Leads me back the unknown fate.<br />
My metal detector always weigh<br />
In an explosive hazard field.<br />
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Kind of sick of earth I -<br />
The surgeon and scalpel Sapper shovel.<br />
And removing the fuse from the media<br />
I recall the words of his commander.<br />
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/ Chorus / 2p.<br />
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To kolosylysya rye field<br />
To a peaceful streets and squares.<br />
To buzzing explosion earth<br />
They come on a mission warriors engineers.<br />
<br />
They come where no one else will have,<br />
Where only hope they have one.<br />
I know it is not easy and for that,<br />
They are proud of a free Ukraine.<br />
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/ Chorus / 2p.<br />
Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0Sheridan, WY 82801, USA44.7971939 -106.9561790999999944.7070414 -107.11754059999998 44.887346400000006 -106.79481759999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-14316968689665669682015-02-09T17:18:00.001-07:002015-02-09T17:18:28.059-07:00Where is Ukraine?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gk6ePrP0B6E" width="560"></iframe>Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637616718677370574.post-14378914658741820062015-01-26T18:32:00.001-07:002015-01-26T18:32:16.727-07:00The Origins of 8 Nearly Obsolete Phrases!<DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV class=meta> <DIV class="meta-inner clearfix"> <DIV class="field-group-format group_meta field-group-div group-meta speed-fast effect-none"> <DIV class="field field-name-field-enhanced-authors field-type-computed field-label-hidden"> <DIV class=field-items> <H1 class=title><SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM><U>The Origins of 8 Nearly Obsolete Phrases!</U></EM></FONT></SPAN></H1> <DIV class="field-item even"> </DIV> <DIV class="field-item even"><FONT size=4>By: </FONT><A style='href: "http://mentalfloss.com/authors/kara-kovalchik"'><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Kara Kovalchik</FONT></A></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV class="field-group-format group_categories field-group-div group-categories categories speed-none effect-none"> <DIV class="field field-name-field-category-url field-type-computed field-label-hidden"> <DIV class=field-items> <DIV class="field-item even"><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><SPAN class=share-top></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=primary-image><FONT size=4><IMG alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_640x430/public/177539632.png" width=640 height=430><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=node-inline><FONT size=4></FONT></DIV> <DIV class="field-group-format group_image_credit field-group-div group-image-credit speed-fast effect-none"> <DIV class="field field-name-field-image-credit field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"> <DIV class=field-label><FONT size=4><FONT face="Times New Roman">Image credit: </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">ThinkStock</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <DIV class=field-items> <DIV class="field-item even"> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">There are some phrases and clichés that were once common, but are now hopelessly dated thanks to changes in technology. Yet we still hear them somewhat frequently due to the preponderance of nostalgia-based cable TV stations that keep mining those dusty studio vaults for daily content. As a result, a lot of viewers born after the Reagan administration might be able to divine the meaning of these old-school expressions from the context, but they probably don't have an inkling as to why the old folks said them in the first place. As always, <EM>mental_floss</EM> is here to assist!</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">1. The rabbit died -</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Up until the early 1980s, announcing the death of a bunny was the standard method of coyly hinting that a TV or movie character was with child. In the 1920s, way before home pregnancy tests were the norm, a woman who had suddenly started throwing up every morning had to visit her doctor rather than the drugstore to find out whether it was a bundle from heaven or a bad clam that was causing her distress. She would then have to fret for a few anxious days from that initial visit before finding out the results—her doctor had to inject her urine into the ovaries of a female rabbit and then wait 48 hours or more for the telltale changes which signaled the presence of the hCG hormone. Interestingly enough, the phrase "the rabbit died" itself was a misnomer because, as a rule, the bunny was </FONT><A style='href: "http://mentalfloss.com/article/55750/The%20Origins%20of%208%20Nearly%20Obsolete%20Phrases"' target=_blank><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">already deceased</FONT></A><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> prior to its ovaries being removed for testing purposes. (In later incarnations of the test, doctors were able to examine a rabbit's ovaries without killing it first.)</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">2. Drop a dime -</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <DIV id=file-166696--20 class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <DIV class=content><FONT size=4><IMG title="" alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/467612571.jpg" width=620 height=353></FONT></DIV></DIV> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">The phrase "dimed me out" is sometimes used today to indicate that someone has been ratted out or otherwise turned in to the authorities. It's a twist on slang from the 1960s and '70s, when we "dropped a dime" on someone. Prior to the big Ma Bell deregulation in 1984, the cost for a regular, local, standard-issue telephone call was ten cents. If you wanted to make an anonymous, untraceable call—say, to report nefarious activity of some sort to law enforcement personnel—a public telephone (or payphone) was the obvious solution. Phone booths were so ubiquitous that no one would give you a second glance as you inserted a dime into the slot to call the local cops to squeal on a neighborhood kid who was all hopped up on goofballs.</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">3. Don't know [excrement] from Shinola -</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <DIV id=file-166697--20 class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <DIV class=content><FONT size=4><IMG title="" alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/464457773.jpg" width=620 height=413></FONT></DIV></DIV> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Shinola (pronounced shy-no-la) was a brand of wax-based shoe polish that was on the market from 1907 until 1960. The classic phrase that used the product to describe a person's intelligence—or lack thereof—gained popularity during World War II (GIs can always be counted on to coin a colorful phrase or two while dodging enemy fire). Appearance-wise, Shinola didn't look any different than any other shoe polish paste, but somehow "He doesn't know crap from Kiwi" doesn't have the same ring to it.</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">4. You sound like a broken record -</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <DIV id=file-166698--20 class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <DIV class=content><FONT size=4><IMG title="" alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/153483370.jpg" width=620 height=406></FONT></DIV></DIV> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Literally speaking, a broken record would be cracked or fractured so that it was unplayable on a turntable. What the exasperated speaker meant when he called you a broken record was that you were repeating yourself, which is what a record with a deep scratch would do. Such a flaw would not only prevent the needle from progressing, it would also cause it to bounce backward a groove or two on the record and replay the same piece of the song over and over and over, until you lifted the tonearm up and manually advanced it. Bill Withers purposely repeated "I know" 26 times on his 1971 hit </FONT><A style='href: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo"' target=_blank><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">"Ain't No Sunshine,"</FONT></A><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman"> but nevertheless it is a good example of what your mom meant with her "broken record" simile when you asked for the umpteenth time in a row if you could please, please, please go to Mt. Splashmore.</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">5. More ______ than Carter's has liver pills -</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <DIV id=file-166699--20 class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <DIV class=content><FONT size=4><IMG title="" alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/156232548.jpg" width=620 height=413></FONT></DIV></DIV> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell confounded many viewers during his 2013 appearance on <EM>The Rachel Maddow Show</EM> when he stated that in the 1996 election his opponent "had more money than Carter had liver pills." The more senior audience members realized that Mr. Pascrell was referring not to President Jimmy Carter, but rather to a patent medicine originally formulated by one Samuel Carter in 1868. Thanks to saturation advertising campaigns that promoted the tablets as a cure for everything from "overindulging" in liquor consumption to headaches to indigestion to a sallow complexion, Carter's Little Liver Pills were once as common as aspirin in American medicine cabinets. Carter-Wallace stopped hawking their little pills (in which the active ingredient was a laxative) in 1961 after the FTC forced them to remove the word "liver" from the product name, but that didn't stop folks from rolling their eyes during an argument and exclaiming "You've got more excuses than Carter's has liver pills!"</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">6. Don't touch that dial!</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <DIV id=file-166700--20 class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <DIV class=content><FONT size=4><IMG title="" alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/467626415.jpg" width=620 height=462></FONT></DIV></DIV> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">This admonition started out back in the days when radio was the main source of entertainment in U.S. households; in order to change the station, a person needed to turn a dial rather than push a button or type in a station number. So it was common for stations to promote upcoming shows or news broadcasts with great fanfare, warning listeners in stentorian tones, "Don't touch that dial," hinting that if you changed the channel you would miss something of life-altering importance. Once entertainment and news moved from radio to TV, the announcer's warning remained the same, since television sets were likewise equipped with a rotary dial to switch from station to station. That is, of course, until push buttons and digital tuning were developed and slowly became commonplace in the early 1980s.</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">7. Film at eleven -</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <DIV id=file-166704--20 class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <DIV class=content><FONT size=4><IMG title="" alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/454957935.jpg" width=620 height=349></FONT></DIV></DIV> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">Local news stations still regularly use "teasers" in between commercials to entice viewers with breaking stories, but as a rule they accompany those teasers with a snippet of actual video footage of the highlighted event. That wasn't the case before the invention of videotape; prior to that time, camera crews that were on the scene of a major fire or dramatic hostage situation recorded the happenings on 16mm film, which then had to be transported back to the station for developing and editing. Thus, many significant events that occurred during the afternoon—such as earthquakes or riots—were often only talked about during the 6pm broadcast, with film footage of the event not shown until the late night news.</FONT></P> <H4><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">8. One lump or two?</FONT></H4> <P><FONT size=4></FONT></P> <DIV id=file-166703--20 class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <DIV class=content><FONT size=4><IMG title="" alt="" src="http://mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/477825749.jpg" width=620 height=413></FONT></DIV></DIV> <P><FONT size=4 face="Times New Roman">This question, when posited in <EM>Looney Tunes</EM> cartoons or a <EM>Three Stooges</EM> short, always ended in a welt-raising bonk to the head. While still available today, sugar used to be predominantly served in individual compressed cubes, or "lumps." This particular innovation was the brainchild of Jean Louis Chambon, who invented the technique to humidify, dry, and compress the equivalent of one teaspoon of sugar into a convenient lump in 1949. It was far more sanitary and convenient than the use of a communal spoon in a dish of granulated sugar, as had previously been the practice in restaurants and at tea parties and coffee klatches. The person serving coffee or tea would, at the time, graciously inquire as to how much sugar the guest preferred by asking "one lump or two?" and then would place the requested cubes onto the saucer before serving the beverage. Benjamin Eisenstadt invented the sugar packet in 1945 (and 12 years later, he created Sweet 'N Low), making portioned sugar not only easier to distribute around the table but also to discreetly slip into your purse. Not that we'd ever do such a thing.</FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>Rube Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617302769130192903noreply@blogger.com0