Some may remember a plot that was foiled when 6 foreign-born Muslims were arrested for planning to kill US soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey, back in May of 2007. The 6 men were arrested and accused of plotting to attack the Army's Fort Dix and massacre scores of U.S. soldiers and the men even took a video of themselves firing assault weapons to a store to have the footage put onto a DVD. At the time, J.P. Weis, a FBI said, "Today we dodged a bullet. In fact, when you look at the type of weap
Tough love is an expression used when someone treats another person harshly or sternly with the intent to help them in the long run. In most uses, there must be some actual love or feeling of affection behind the harsh or stern treatment to be defined as tough love. For example, genuinely concerned parents refusing to support their drug-addicted child financially until he or she enters drug rehabilitation would be said to be practicing tough love. The rise in numbers of death of teenagers
6,000 TROOP DEATHS YEARLY THE CHENEY/BUSH REGIME DON’T COUNT! By kerry 6,000 WAR VETERANS COMMIT SUICIDE YEARLYWritten by CORKSPHERE on document.write(localTime(’Mar 2, 2008 20:52 GMT’)) Mar-2-08 12:52pm The Veterans Health Administration estimated in a May 2007 report that 1,000 suicides occurred per year among veterans who received care within the VHA and as many as 5,000 per year among all veterans. At the same time, the number of returning veterans with post-traumatic stress disord
Monday, March 31, 2008 - 11:38 posted by BlogMeister Anxiety, Addiction and Depression TreatmentsStudy Links PTSD to Hospitalizations Using Urban Sample Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder have been found more likely to use hospital services or be hospitalized, but most studies on this subject have used samples of veterans or the female victims of sexual assault. In a recent study from the Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, a team of researchers sought t
permalink | comments (0) For Visual Learners Only Video on the Web is huge these days. Ever been to YouTube? I thought so! The good news is there are a lot of helpful videos available now on health topics too. And you don't have to look for them. I have links to some great videos here: How Inhalers Work – Understand what your medicine does for your airways What Are Antihistamines – Controlling allergies can help control allergic asthma too How Lungs Function – Find out how your airways work W
I have been quiet for a while. And then I was quiet longer, in recovery from post traumatic stress disorder. I just completed a couple weeks ago an activity known simply as "The Process." It was nine months long, painful, time consuming and expensive, and finally reached resolution only after a great deal of pain. Sounds like pregnancy, yes? No. I was finding a kindergarten for my daughter in San Francisco. San Francisco, for all of its beauty, cultural attractions, and highly educa
Welcome to the second annual Opening Day Live Blog... Last year we did this about 3 blocks from Yankee Stadium in the heart of the Lion's Den. This year, work has in Texas for opening day. The good news is the temp is about 80 and I just came back in from the pool. The bad news is people around here care more about the UT spring game this past Saturday. So hit the link below to follow along and feel free to throw comments or poop at me in the comments section.... CLICK HERE FOR LIVE GAME BLOG
Personal Information Nationality Brazilian Birthday 12071977 Gender Male Marital Status Married Profile Mechanical Engineer, 5 years of engineering development experience in mechanicalaerospace industry. Experience in Satellite Subsystems projects management. Since 1998, taking part of Laboratory of Combustion and Thermal Systems Engineering LabCET staff in different researches with papers published at international and national conferences. Areas of Interest Multibodies Dynamics, Vibration and
This video on the Tribune site from this weekend’s Wrestlemania is entertaining, but it still has nothing on Heavy Metal Parking Lot, which is apparently out on DVD now. To the powers-that-be: make it your business to re-release The Decline of Western Civilization, Part II: The Metal Years. I have a six of Old Style on ice in eager anticipation. Here are five things to do today. Parrrrrtaaaaaay! COMEDY - The Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience and Hootenanny This weekly show is very much a w
attack and robbery, has been closed for lack of evidence. And this less than two months after the incident. This is not the sort of thing that inspires any confidence in the police or the authorities’ ability to do anything about the rampant crime that plagues all of us in this benighted country. Which brings me to another rant – as of yesterday we are faced with rolling power cuts which will last throughout winter – oh joy, what timing. I guess I will have to buy in a huge stash of fire wood a