Resistance. Bradley Manning: a window into the American soul. Liberty consists of government being ruled by law and citizens having control over law.
This was the way our founding fathers set up the US Constitution. It is the Constitution that defines the United States. Every member of the government and the armed forces swears allegiance to the Constitution–not to the government or to the president or to a political party or to an ideology–to defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic. Today the emphasis needs to be on the Constitution’s domestic enemies in “our own” government. America’s foreign enemies are miniscule.
The three branches of our government have united to destroy US civil liberties in the name of a hoax, “the war on terror.” Julian Assange sues US military over secrecy of Bradley Manning trial. Julian Assange (above) and a coalition of activists and journalists filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the military judge overseeing Army Pfc.
Bradley Manning’s trial in a bid to open access to the secretive proceedings. New Toroid. Invention of the day: A bladeless wind turbine. It may look like a giant airplane window strung with Venetian blinds, but this structure, designed by Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo and installed at the Delft University of Technology in March, is a model of a machine that would convert wind to energy without any moving parts.
Any mechanical moving parts, at least: The technology, developed by the Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science faculty at Delft, uses the movement of electrically charged water droplets to generate power. How does this work? Coyote Crossing. Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup; Kills remaining Queens. The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, without providing him with a search warrant and before the court hearing on the matter, reports Prairie Advocate News.
Mushrooms as the Building Material of the Future. ~ Thomas Detras. You might remember that famous scene from The Graduate.
The one where Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) returns from college with his degree in hand and aimlessness on his mind and is approached at his homecoming party with this sage insider advice: “One word, Benjamin. Plastics.” Simply Dump It, Pivoting Wheelbarrow Handles. Integrative Medicine Database Launched. Over 800 peer-reviewed publications on mindfulness, integrative medicine, and approaches are now available.
A new website launched this week by Samueli Institute provides a searchable database of hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles on integrative medicine solutions for pain and stress management. The cache of research includes reports and articles on mindfulness and meditation-based therapies , and integrative medicine use by the U.S. military, including studies on the effectiveness of integrative medicine practices for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Samueli Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) research organization supporting the scientific investigation of healing processes and their role in medicine and health care. “Our database includes research that has been utilized by U.S. military and Veterans Health Administrations and adopted by health care organizations and corporations,” said Wayne B. The Earth-Shatteringly Amazing Speech That’ll Change The Way You Think About Adulthood.
Social Work Today. Magazine for Social Work Students and Recent Graduates. Happiness. Rick Hanson. Christine neff self compassion scale. Welcome to Happify. Mental Health Ministries Spotlight on Trauma - mtsutra - Gmail. Newsletter for 6/4/2013. Buddha Comes Home from War. Buddha Comes Home from War: An Interview with Joe Bobrow Turning Wheel/Mushim: There are Buddhists serving in the U.S. armed forces.
A blog for this community states in their mission statement that they “Recognize and promote honorable military service as in accord with the Eightfold Path’s Right Livelihood.” Since you’ve worked with many vets, what do you think of that statement? Joe Bobrow: Although war is hell and nearly every war I know of was disastrous and avoidable, in itself, military service is honorable and carries its own dignity. The intention of the vast majority of those who volunteer or sign up is benevolent and protective. Dr. thea lobell: organizational development consultant, speaker, & retreat leader. In my work as a university professor teaching graduate students how to be counselors, the single biggest worry of new counselors was “what if I do something wrong.” As I work with more experienced counselors, social workers, child abuse counselors, sexual assault advocates and victim assistance counselors, the single biggest worry is “what if I do something wrong.”
The focus of both novice and experienced counselors is on themselves, often viewing everything as about me, me, me. This is missing the mark. Counselors need to be humble in their communication with the client. Everything needs to be about the counseling client. Advanced Communication Skill: Empathy. Diagnosis. Compulsive no more: Clues to what causes compulsive behavior could improve OCD treatments. June 6, 2013 — By activating a brain circuit that controls compulsive behavior, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can block a compulsive behavior in mice -- a result that could help researchers develop new treatments for diseases such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome.
About 1 percent of U.S. adults suffer from OCD, and patients usually receive antianxiety drugs or antidepressants, behavioral therapy, or a combination of therapy and medication. For those who do not respond to those treatments, a new alternative is deep brain stimulation, which delivers electrical impulses via a pacemaker implanted in the brain. For this study, the MIT team used optogenetics to control neuron activity with light. ACE Study - Adverse Childhood Experiences. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study is one of the largest investigations ever conducted to assess associations between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being.
The study is a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente's Health Appraisal Clinic in San Diego. More than 17,000 Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) members undergoing a comprehensive physical examination chose to provide detailed information about their childhood experience of abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction. DSM IV TR Review. Axis I - Childhood Pervasive Developmental Disorders • severe impairments in various areas, including language, behavior, and other developmentally appropriate areas.
There are several sub types: • Autistic Disorder. Enhancing Motivation for Change. ADHD and gender: are risks and sequela of ADHD the same for boys and girls? - Bauermeister - 2007 - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Drugs. Nevada Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Major Hurdle on Way to Safe Access. Posted by Dankston Hughes on 05/24/2013 in Medical Marijuana Legalization. Gabor Mate on Ayahuasca at MAPS Conference 2013. Photo Credit: By Gabor Gastonyi (Clare Day) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( or GFDL ( via Wikimedia Commons Editor's Note: Gabor Mate says the "unconscious mind" can cause medical afflictions like cancer, addiction and trauma.
In his speech at the Psychedelic Science 2013 conference, Mate rejects the assumption that the human mind and body are separate entities, and points to an inherant connection between psychological/environmental experiences and medical afflictions. He contends that the war on drugs is actually a war on drug addicts, and speaks to the addiction cessation potential of psychedelic substances.
Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal. Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States. Fortunately, we have a real-world example of the actual effects of ending the violent, expensive War on Drugs and replacing it with a system of treatment for problem users and addicts.
Ten years ago, Portugal decriminalized all drugs. One decade after this unprecedented experiment, drug abuse is down by half: Trazodone hangover - Side Effects - It Turned Me into a Newt! A Newt? I Got Better. - CrazyBoards. Posted 22 December 2011 - 10:47 PM. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction — information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe. Chapter 3—Disulfiram - Incorporating Alcohol Pharmacotherapies Into Medical Practice - NCBI Bookshelf.
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