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but also the typical female.
I believe he's 7'6".
On July 17, 1955, Las Vegas woke before dawn. The neon signs still glowed faintly as the desert sky began to pale. At the Desert Inn pool, the air smelled of chlorine and coffee. A handful of early swimmers balanced on diving boards, chatting lazily. Then, at precisely 5:30 a.m., the horizon erupted.
A white flash split the desert sky — and seconds later, a giant mushroom cloud began to climb, a ghostly pillar of fire and ash visible from sixty-five miles away. It was Operation Teapot, one of the Nevada Test Site’s many nuclear detonations.
Instead of panic, applause. Tourists sipped cocktails, children floated on pool rings, and couples leaned over balcony rails to watch the atomic dawn. The explosion had become a form of entertainment — a symbol of America’s unshakable confidence in its own power.
In that eerie stillness, Las Vegas embodied the contradictions of the Atomic Age: optimism mingled with oblivion, spectacle masking peril. The city sold postcards of mushroom clouds and “atomic breakfast” specials at the Sands Hotel. Beneath the glamour, a silent rain of fallout drifted eastward.
That morning, for a brief and blinding moment, leisure and annihilation shared the same horizon.
A white flash split the desert sky — and seconds later, a giant mushroom cloud began to climb, a ghostly pillar of fire and ash visible from sixty-five miles away. It was Operation Teapot, one of the Nevada Test Site’s many nuclear detonations.
Instead of panic, applause. Tourists sipped cocktails, children floated on pool rings, and couples leaned over balcony rails to watch the atomic dawn. The explosion had become a form of entertainment — a symbol of America’s unshakable confidence in its own power.
In that eerie stillness, Las Vegas embodied the contradictions of the Atomic Age: optimism mingled with oblivion, spectacle masking peril. The city sold postcards of mushroom clouds and “atomic breakfast” specials at the Sands Hotel. Beneath the glamour, a silent rain of fallout drifted eastward.
That morning, for a brief and blinding moment, leisure and annihilation shared the same horizon.
Discipline will conquer that flaw.
We are all steered by our emotions. We do not have to be.
Only a self-discipline, AKA SPOCK LOGIC, will keep our decisions safely within reason.
Sigma's have this advantage.
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Klein1014
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Its a matter of how the brain works. The Limbic System cant understand words, the Prefrontal cortex only understands words. The PFC is where rational thought occurs. The LS sends an emotional message up to the LS which must correctly interoperate it. That ability is called coherence. Some have high, some low, and others none. The good news is we can learn to increase coherence. It takes more than discipline. You must learn to understand what your emotions are trying to tell you. These two brain systems are not equal in power. The LS is all powerful. There are interventions in therapy that can im[prove coherence and there are ways you can do it yourself. Pick an important memory idea or experience. Express it as art in a picture or writing. Then talk about it see what emotions rise up. Art reached into the LS which words cant do. Then you talk about the art and that makes verbal connection
Klein1014
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He was very heavy drinker and its possible that he developed Wernicke's Korsakoff's Syndrome. That lead to his suicide. Sad
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a neurological disorder caused by a severe deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1). It is typically associated with chronic alcoholism, but can also occur in other conditions that cause thiamine deficiency.
Symptoms:
- Confusion and disorientation
- Eye movement abnormalities (e.g., nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia)
- Ataxia (uncoordinated movements)
- Memory loss, especially for recent events
- Confabulation (making up false memories)
- Hallucinations