Wednesday, July 7
ATTENTION READERS
BEGINNING MONDAY JULY 12, 2021...
I have decided to combine 3 blogs into one... currently, I am posting daily to the following blogs:
- Journal for Daily Pages
- Bipolar Scorpion
- Cancer Pilgrimage
And... I did this originally because I thought there would be a specific audience for each blog's focus... and, while that is true up to a point, it has resulted in the dilution of my readers.
Therefore, beginning this Monday (the above date) I will only maintain two blogs instead of FOUR. And... those articles that I would have published on Bipolar Scorpion and Cancer Pilgrimage will not be overlooked, they will simply be published here.
The Journal for Daily Pages blog will contain all of my postings except for the poetry that I will continue to publish on Reflections: White Scorpion.
All additional pages that the reader was able to visit either on Bipolar Scorpion or Cancer Pilgrimage have already been transferred.
I am hopeful that this change will be more rewarding and enjoyable for all of us...
Let me know what you think, if you would like...
Childhood Neglect
“Too few researchers are interested in more subtle types of child maltreatment that are as damaging, if not more, than more overt types of child maltreatment,” said study author Noémie Bigras, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Montreal.
“Whether or not the types of violence leave physical marks, they all are relational experiences that are likely to be prompted or reactivated in adulthood once in an intimate relationship or perhaps during sexual activities. Gaining a better understanding of how any type of child maltreatment is at play in adults’ intimate lives is crucial to enhance therapeutic interventions and making a real difference in these survivors’ lives if they ever consult a professional.”
The researchers recruited 374 adults from Canada and Europe, and had them complete an anonymous online survey that assessed childhood neglect, childhood sexual abuse, identity impairment, and sexual disturbances. The survey also collected sociodemographic information such as sex, age, relationship status, sexual orientation, education, occupation, and annual income.
Bigras and her colleagues found that childhood neglect was positively associated with identity impairment, which in turn was positively associated with dysfunctional sexual behaviors.
In other words, participants who reported that one or both of their parents ignored them, seemed not to love them, or did not provide them with basic needs as a child were more likely to also report following the orders of others indiscriminately and having greater difficulty in maintaining a sense of self that was stable across different situations. Those who reported this type of identity impairment, meanwhile, were more likely to report engaging in indiscriminate or potentially harmful sexual behaviors, such as unprotected sex. TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE, CLICK HERE...
Tuesday, July 6
There Is No Power in YES
Today, I was driving down to Knoxville for a medical appointment and like always when I am by myself, I listen to talk radio... On the air was Dan Bongino and while listening to him, he shared a story about an event in Maryland several years ago when he was told by someone he knew and respected the following:
THERE IS NO POWER IN YES...
My first thought when I heard that was how often have females said NO to a male who wanted to have sex? And, while some might have said it for power, others said it because they did not want to for a variety of reasons which is ok, but regardless, the outcome was ALWAYS POWER OVER THE MALE...
Who has told you NO?
- your parents
- your siblings
- your teachers
- your coaches
- your friends
- your bosses - supervisors
- your drill instructors
- your neighbors
- your local governments
- your local law enforcement
- your ministers - priests - pastors
- your spouses
- your grandchildren
R I P T I D E S
As a former surf lifesaver I constantly find myself when I'm at a beach automatically in patrol mode, and I'm always troubled seeing the amount of swimmers that enter the surf straight into a rip zone. This includes, and most worrying of all children. I know a lot of people are kind of aware of what to do if caught in a rip, but it has been brought to my attention recently that a lot of people aren't aware of what a rip actually looks like or where the safest place to swim at the beach is if there is no flagged area.
One person will drown every two to three days this summer... 90% of those fatalities will be rip-related. Here are a few things that will help you and your kids stay safe this summer. I have also put together a few images that show what to look for.
1. The easiest thing to remember is that often the safest/calmest most enticing looking area along a beach is usually a rip. A rip is usually the area devoid of wave activity and appears darker and deceptively calmer. It can sometimes appear milky or turbulent, but it is always pretty much void of wave activity. All that water coming in via waves has to go back out somehow, this is what a rip is. (see pics).
2. Always take 5-10 mins when you get to the beach to observe surf conditions and identify where these areas are.
One person will drown every two to three days this summer... 90% of those fatalities will be rip-related. Here are a few things that will help you and your kids stay safe this summer. I have also put together a few images that show what to look for.
1. The easiest thing to remember is that often the safest/calmest most enticing looking area along a beach is usually a rip. A rip is usually the area devoid of wave activity and appears darker and deceptively calmer. It can sometimes appear milky or turbulent, but it is always pretty much void of wave activity. All that water coming in via waves has to go back out somehow, this is what a rip is. (see pics).
2. Always take 5-10 mins when you get to the beach to observe surf conditions and identify where these areas are.
3. If you are caught in a rip, DO NOT PANIC. Go into floating mode and raise one arm as a distress signal when possible. See which direction the rip is taking you, is it straight out or at an angle? once you have determined this, and if you have the energy, swim to the right or left of the direction of flow, never against. Some rips can move at 3 times the speed of an olympic swimmer, you won't win! If you cannot swim out to either side of the rip, just go with it. Most rips won't take you out very far, and will usually spit you out not long after they take you, so keep calm and save your energy for the swim back to shore.
4. If you have kids, show them these pictures, educate them and make them aware. You can't always be watching them, and it is only a matter of a few metres each way of the point of entry to the water that could mean them being safe, or instantly caught in a rip.
Obviously the safest place to swim is always between the flags on a patrolled beach, but this isn't always practical given the immensity of our coast line and number of beautiful beaches. Of course there are many other factors that can come into play when it comes to beach safety, but rips are the No.1 killer. They are not hard to identify, and 10 mins observation before entering the surf is much easier than body retrieval.
The darker/calmer areas in the pics are rips. The one with purple dye shows rip movement.
Investigating U F O's
In only one case was the report able to deduce an exact nature of what their pilots saw with high confidence—it was a large, deflating balloon. It also concludes that further investigation of the other incidents would likely trace them back to some terrestrial cause, such as airborne debris, natural atmospheric phenomena like ice crystals, or flight vehicles from the US or other countries. But by their very nature, most of the reported cases are difficult to identify.
“The limited amount of high-quality reporting on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) hampers our ability to draw firm conclusions about the nature or intent of UAP,” wrote the authors, using the military’s preferred parlance.
Today’s report follows in the wake of knowledge about a $22 million program known as the Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, set up in 2007, whose existence was made public in a front page story in The New York Times in 2017. Though it contains no indication that any of its incidents could have been caused by things not of this Earth, it will be seen as a major victory by those who have been pushing for increased government disclosures about strange lights in the skies.
“No question, this is the story of the millennium,” says former CIA officer Jim Semivan, who helps run To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences, a company that researches UFOs and other unexplained phenomena. “This is going to reorder our consensus reality.”
His partner at To the Stars, Tom DeLonge (yes, from the punk-pop band Blink-182), agrees. “There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle,” DeLonge says. TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE, CLICK HERE...
Monday, July 5
The USA Likes Losing WARS
The last war that the United States of America won was World War II and they were able to accomplish that feat with the help of several other countries.
However, when we try to fight a war ourselves, we have a tendency to lose... for example:
- We lost the Korean War
- We lost the Vietnam War
- We lost the Iran/Iraq War
- We lost the Afghanistan War
It is interesting to note here that sometimes it is internal politics that keep us from winning, sometimes is global opinions and influence that keep us from winning, and sometimes it is simply the stupidity of our own generals that keep us from winning.
Hard to believe when everyone keeps thinking how great this country is...
MY U S A
- Freedom of Speech & Religion
- The American Flag
- Bill of Rights
- US Constitution
- Rock Music of the 60's & 70's
- Hippies
- Muscle Cars
- Woodstock
- Cheese Burgers & Fries
- Milkshakes
- Vanilla/cherry cokes
- Smoking cigarettes
- Drinking PBR's
- Lying Politicians
- Not trusting management
- Cowboy movies of the 50's & 60's
- Elvis Presley
- The Rat Pack
- President Kennedy
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
NOTE:
My USA no longer exists and my America was never being a member of the WEALTHY... I was always Middle Class or lower... but, we had fun and we enjoyed life as it was or had been presented to us... there was no racial discrimination at our level as we got along with everyone who wanted to be gotten along with... we respected limits and authority up to the point that it made no sense. Playing with the police was fun past-time to see if they could catch us speeding.
We lived for music, fast cars, and fast women and did not give a shit about our future or the color of our skin or if we were WOKE or not... and, all lives mattered to us, especially those we were our friends. We did not believe in WARS or sending young people to fight in wars in another land. We lived in a mental utopia that was virtually destroyed as we turned 21 and could legally drink alcohol anywhere.
My America does not exist anymore...
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