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WHY I MURDERED 13 AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT FORT HOOD: NIDAL HASSAN EXPLAINS IT ALL TO YOU by Barry Rubin How do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. You've seen reports of a long list of things he did and said along these lines. But what's most amazing of all is this: Hassan is the first terrorist in history to give an academic lecture[1] explaining why he was about to attack. Yet that still isn't enough for too many people — including the president of the United States — to understand that the murderous assault at Fort Hood was a Jihad attack. It was reported that the audience was shocked and frightened by his lecture. He was supposed to speak on some medical topic yet instead talked on the topic: "The Koranic World View as it Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military." All you have to do is look at the 50 Power Point slides[1] and they tell you everything you need to know. It is quite a good talk...

A proposed law in France would make psychological violence in marriages and among cohabitating couples a criminal offense . Supporters say that if the law passes, it would be the first of its kind in the world. The bill's aim is to protect women from the verbal threats and intimidation that often lead to physical violence. But skeptics say verbal abuse is next to impossible to prove, and that the law would clog the courts with "he said, she said" cases. The proposed law covers every kind of insult, including repeated rude remarks about a partner's appearance, false allegations of infidelity and threats of physical violence. The French parliament is expected to approve the legislation in February, and the government says the law will be in place within six months. If convicted, violators could face fines or jail time. Some media reports have poked fun at the legislation, jibing that screaming at your wife could now make you a felon in France. But parliamentarian Martin...

I am no longer a trusting person. I used to be. I was very savvy... I thought. Now I don't trust even those I think I 'know.' Most especially, I don't trust myself. I rarely leave my home unless its for my children or chores. Often because I am too ill to go out. Thank goodness for my computer! But the other reason? Is because I have been filleted. With words. I have always enjoyed writing since I was a tween. As an actor I learned the power of words and inflections. I learned the power of intent. When I moved to NYC, the years I spent doing public relations work as well as schmoozing agents and producers for my acting career taught me a lot about promotion, image and some NLP (neurolinguistic programming) techniques as well. My father, of blessed memory, was in sales for 28 years and he was a very charming and persuasive man. He finally left to join law enforcement when he, as he told me, got "tired of selling lies to decent people." Never in my lif...

The Power and Control Wheel Using isolation. One of the most effective ways to begin to overpower another person is to keep her from having contact with others. By systematically severing her relationships with family, friends, and co-workers, the batterer insures that his victim has little support. He becomes her only point of reference, thereby defining and controlling her world. Batterers can isolate their partners in a variety of ways, from excessive jealousy to restricting their access to education and jobs or controlling where they go or with whom they spend their time. For women with disabilities, lesbians, older women, immigrant women, or others who are marginalized by mainstream society, isolation takes on an increased potency. Minimizing, denying, and blaming . Batterers often minimize or deny the abuse, or they blame their partners for provoking it. He may minimize the severity of her injuries, or outright deny that he caused them. Unfortunately, "victim-blaming" ...

Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works Melinda Wenner Special to LiveScience.com If you name your emotions, you can tame them, according to new research that suggests why meditation works. Brain scans show that putting negative emotions into words calms the brain's emotion center. That could explain meditation’s purported emotional benefits, because people who meditate often label their negative emotions in an effort to “let them go.” Psychologists have long believed that people who talk about their feelings have more control over them, but they don't know why it works. UCLA psychologist Matthew Lieberman and his colleagues hooked 30 people up to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machines, which scan the brain to reveal which parts are active and inactive at any given moment. They asked the subjects to look at pictures of male or female faces making emotional expressions. Below some of the photos was a choice of words describing the emotion—such as “angry” or “fearf...

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BLOG AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE APRIL 5, 2007 SEXUAL VIOLENCE & POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER I consider myself a survivor of sexual violence from a number of incidences in my life. My doctors and therapists do too. At times the sexual violence was emotional or psychological in nature - but it has powerfully affected my views of myself as a woman and as a person. It shredded myself esteem. It is something I struggle with now, every single day of my life. As the mother of daughters I hope I can teach them to love themselves enough and know that my love for them is unconditional, so they do not fall prey to the traps set by those who use & exploit women. PTSD and Relationships: Trauma survivors with PTSD often experience problems in their intimate and family relationships or close friendships. PTSD involves symptoms that interfere with trust, emotional closeness, communication, responsible assertiveness, and effective problem solving: Loss of interest in social or sexual activit...