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David Robinson (aka “The Admiral”) was 6′8″ tall when he joined the US Naval Academy and was given a special exemption to fulfill his service obligation. He was 2 inches taller than standard and he would not have been able to serve otherwise - a special dispensation may be available if you were not planning to join the military as a standard “line officer” but in some specialist capacity already having a degree. While it may be impractical for such officers to serve aboard ships in the Navy, there may be exemptions available for those working in technical fields, or for that matter, the many military bands.That said, it is unlikely that an exemption would be granted for someone entering as an enlisted rank, rather than an officer.

Here are a few that stand out:As a Patient“You need to lose 20 pounds.”I was 17 and had just dropped a huge amount of weight. I was down to 135 (the lowest I’ve ever been). I was running 6 miles a day, working the farm, going to school and eating nothing but BLT sandwiches and water. At 3 sandwiches a day I was right at the edge of what I felt like I could manage calorie-wise. This ‘doctor’ did not ask for, or discuss, ANY of this information. He just looked at some stupid weight chart and informed me that I was 20 pounds over weight - and I’d better get working on dropping that fat.Seriously?I briefly considered dropping my food intake down to two sandwiches a day but instead thought ‘screw that’ and increased my food intake. I gained ten pounds and stayed there for 10+ years.2. “I’m not touching that. You sprained your ankle. Get back to work.”Same doctor who told me to lose 20 pounds. I’d busted up my ankle while working on the farm. I was convinced it was broken. It hurt a lot and was swelling. He refused to examine the ankle at all. I was sent home with no assistance and he called my parents to complain about me ‘bothering him.’ I was allowed to rest for two weeks and then had to get back to work. Since then, other medical professionals have examined that ankle and asked when I busted it. I’ve told them what I has told - it was just a bad sprain.3. “But it SAYS, right HERE…”I was forced to work with some intern with an attitude problem. Some other medical ‘professional’ had put data into my chart that was flat out wrong - I don’t know who, why or how. The intern kept opening the chart, showing me the text and saying “but it SAYS, right HERE…” I kept trying to reason with him, explaining that it was WRONG. He proceeded to shout…As Tech Support“I bet all of your kids have weird names too, don’t they?”I pick up the phone, say “This is Adora, how can I help you?” and THAT is the first thing out of the nurse’s mouth.My first thought: &^%@$ do you have any idea what I could do to your machine?But, being the only person in the conversation who was required to maintain a level of professionalism and customer service, I handled the situation appropriately and managed to move us both onto the actual reason for the call.Advice: Do not EVER begin a tech support call by insulting the technician. You might not be as lucky as this woman.2. I am a DOCTOR!I had to call in desk-side support because the man who called for technical support would not listen to or follow directions. All he would say was “You don’t understand, I am a DOCTOR!”What was I asking him to do? Click on the Start menu and launch the application.Yeah. Deskside support had to walk to his desk and do that for this super important DOCTOR.Sheesh.CommentaryIf I really put the time into making a comprehensive list, it would be depressingly long. I strongly suspect I am not the only one. Medical schools need to focus more time and energy on:Empathy (e,g,: the patient is not an idiot or ‘testing/training material’)Communication (e.g.: talking to patients and treating them with the basic respect due to another human being)Troubleshooting through communication with other humans (e.g.: the patient).pretty much in that order.

You have asked an excellent question. Thank you for asking.The Stock Market is in a Bear Market even though the Financial Services Industry would prefer that the average American not know this reality.Below is a chart of the S&P500 which is an index of the largest and most important corporations in the US. There are actually 505 companies issues in this index. It is formulated and averaged so it is not the total price of all of these but a value based on this quantitative formula.This is a Monthly Chart so that you can see that this is indeed a Bear Market and that is is just beginning. The monthly chart provides enough data so that you can see the prior two most recent Bear Markets also. The Bear of 2000–2003 and the Bear of 2007–2009. And at the far right hand side, the current bear of 2020 -______.There were also the SARS epidemic of 2002, and the H1N1 Flu Pandemic of 2009.So all 3 Bears had either had a serious new novel virus develop at some point in the bear cycle.Now, please remember that technical analysis is NOT a predictive tool. It is a graphical tool that uses historical data to study prior market activity to understand the current situation. Every Bear Market is unique but every bear market has similarities to past bear markets. Studying 120 years of bear markets, the average bear loss is 50%. The duration is average 1.9 years depending on the speed of the loss. Slower bear declines last longer, fast steep bears are shorter in duration.The Stock Market LEADS the economy. In other words, the stock market reflects the corporate and business health at growth potential BEFORE the economy goes into a recession AND before the economy begins to recover and later expand.Studying the history of the past two bears we can see that the stock market recovered well ahead of the economy. The recessions lasted longer but the stock market was already bottoming and moving upward as the recessions continued.It is common for Bear Markets to have 3 phases: Denial, Disbelief, and Capitulation.The recent rebound occurred (indexes and components moving up) occurred precisely at a strong technical support level. Technical indicators signaled early that a rebound aka fake rally was likely as the indexes hit that support level.Banks acting as Market Makers supported the major index components which are heavily weighted to specific corporations deemed most important to the economy by the banks, financial industry and government.Then the Financial Services Industry, needing inflows of money to stay in business launched a massive promotion to new investors and inexperienced investors telling them that the recent market crash was an “opportunity to buy stocks at bargain prices!”So many younger investors, or new investors who know nothing about how all of this works as the educational system in the US doesn’t provide education about the financial markets even for college students unless their degree is in financial services.Many new franchises also started recently from the popular neighborhood broker franchises. You see them in the strip malls. These smaller funds managers are new too and trust their corporate statements which tell them how to promote to get more money to place to stay in business.There has been a massive amount of money taken out of the stock market over the past 2 years. Money Market Funds are holding a vast quantity of funds in safety while this bear is still going on. These are the wise, experienced, educated investors who wisely sold during the speculative activity in 2019 to January 2020.The first quarter earnings season starts April 14th. The professional side of the market knows that the earnings reports are going to be the worst since 2008–2009, perhaps worse.The recent runs up are technically very fragile. There is no longer billions of corporate cash to continue buybacks which fueled the 2018 -2020 speculative bubble.Therefore, this bear market is just on pause for the moment. The market is not in a rally. Stocks are not near their previous all time highs. This is just a bear market bounce. These happen periodically during a bear and mislead the average investor into buying stocks into a bear market.Waiting is a wise decision if you are not holding stocks.For more training on this subject visit Stock Market Training by TechniTrader. The Best Training for Traders.