Suicide Rates, this is an excerpt from the CDC report taken this week, June 2013

I know these weapons and the capability of them, they can drive anyone ,,ANYONE TO SUICIDE. Frequencies that can create rage, confusion, depression, intense anger, with triggers added to make sure the scene is set and is carried off. I know these devices can force someone to be a Manchurian Candidate and it is an easy task for these devices. I wonder how many of these suicides are Targeted Individuals.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?s_cid=mm6217a1_w

Editorial Note

Suicide rates among both men and women aged 35–64 years increased substantially from 1999 and 2010. This finding is consistent with a previous study that showed a notable increase in the overall suicide rate among middle-aged adults relative to a small increase in suicide rates among younger persons and a small decline in older persons during a similar period (2). The increases were geographically widespread and occurred in states with high, as well as average and low suicide rates. By race/ethnicity, the increases were highest and statistically significant only among whites and American Indian/Alaska Natives, widening the racial/ethnic gap in suicide rates (3).

Prevalence of mechanisms of suicide changed from 1999 to 2010. Whereas firearm and poisoning suicide rates increased significantly, suffocation (predominantly hanging) suicide rates increased the most among men and women aged 35–64 years. This increasing trend is particularly troubling because a large proportion of suicide attempts by suffocation result in death, suggesting a need for increased public awareness of suicide risk factors and research of potential suicide prevention strategies to reduce suffocation deaths (2).

Possible contributing factors for the rise in suicide rates among middle-aged adults include the recent economic downturn (historically, suicide rates tend to correlate with business cycles, with higher rates observed during times of economic hardship) (6,7); a cohort effect, based on evidence that the "baby boomer" generation had unusually high suicide rates during their adolescent years (8); and a rise in intentional overdoses associated with the increase in availability of prescription opioids (1,2). Additional research is needed to understand the cause of the increase in age-adjusted suicide rates and why the extent of the increase varies across racial/ethnic populations.

The findings in this report are subject to at least four limitations. First, the findings are subject to variation among state coroners/medical examiners regarding determination of manner of death, especially for poisoning, as recorded on the death certificate (9). Second, suicide rates likely are an underestimate of the actual prevalence because suicides might be undercounted in NVSS (9). Third, NVSS lacks information about factors such as physical and mental health history at the time of suicide and recent stressors that might have contributed to risk for suicide. The National Violent Death Reporting System collects more comprehensive information on suicide circumstances but the system currently is limited to 18 states.§ Finally, suicide rates might be affected by death certificate race/ethnicity misclassification, particularly for AI/ANs.¶

Most suicide research and prevention efforts have focused on youths and older adults. Although the analysis in this report does not explain why suicide rates are increasing so substantially among middle-aged adults, the results underscore the importance of prevention strategies that address the needs of persons aged 35–64 years, which includes the baby boomer cohort. Prevention efforts are particularly important for this cohort because of its size, history of elevated suicide rates, and movement toward older adulthood, the period of life that has traditionally been associated with the highest suicide rates (3,8).

The 2012 Surgeon General's National Strategy for Suicide Prevention describes salient risk factors, prevention opportunities, and existing resources to help those at increased risk for suicide (10). Suicide prevention strategies such as those that enhance social support, community connectedness, and access to mental health and preventive services, as well as efforts to reduce stigma and barriers associated with seeking help, are important for addressing suicide risk across the lifespan. Other strategies are likely to be particularly critical for addressing the needs of middle-aged adults, such as those that help persons overcome risk factors, which include economic challenges, job loss, intimate partner problems or violence, the stress of caregiver responsibilities (often for children and aging parents), substance abuse, and declining health or chronic health problems (7,8,10).

Acknowledgments

Nimesh Patel, MS, Scott Kegler, PhD, Div of Analysis, Research, and Practice Integration, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC.

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2. Baker SP, Hu G, Wilcox HC, Baker TD. Increase in suicide by hanging/suffocation in the U.S., 2000–2010. Am J Prev Med 2013;44:146–9.
3. CDC. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). Available at http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html.
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10. US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. National strategy for suicide prevention: goals and objectives for action. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service; 2012. Available at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/national-strategy-suicide-prevention/full_report-rev.pdf .

The Muslims and some thoughts on them

I am an atheist, so from the beginning I am enemy to the Muslim world. I have tried to read about their culture and beliefs to better understand them as I did with all religions.In order to become an Atheist one must first study religion in order to refute it, religion in this country is a big part of our lives and to step outside of that general pattern is and was difficult, I went against all I was taught and supposedly to believe and to refuse that, well it took much study, this is why I have found many Atheists to be highly intelligent people and know more about religion than most blind emotional believers.

The Muslims seem to have one foot in the ancient world and one foot in the modern world and the ancient world seems to control their lives as nothing in the modern world does, making sure you pray  five times a day is one way to keep the carrot/control in front of the eye of the subject at all time, 

They live with death, war is all around them, killing is becoming more normal and so isn't the threat of death.  I feel the radicalization is from the Imams and the holy men for they see their ancient world being erased by the modern world and feel threatened. What does an animal do when threatened he fights when cornered using every method available for his survival. Suicide bombers. This has not changed since we lived on the plains of Africa.  That includes all religions. 

I do not mind the Muslim religion, I mind the complete mind control, the imposition, the  idea that this is the end of the line for religion and her prophets, for I know that to be wrong, that the Muslim religion cannot stand the light of questioning or criticism, I object to Sharia Law, finding it outdated to a modern world and a threat to our freedoms. 

The main motive for the Muslim religion is to take over the world through religion,,, imagine our lives controlled by the Imams,, that would be much worse than anything Hitler could come  up with, we have seen this in other parts of the world where Fundamentalist Muslims live. The religion promotes teams of men who go out in the public making sure the public obeys their laws.  Through force. Whipping an ancient punishment is alive and well in their world.

 I wrote the below paragraph to a friend of mine and thought I would add this here and I will add my thoughts to this as time goes on.

"One other thing it is up to the uncle to kill the niece for the father, for they found that some fathers could not do it they were to close to the child. The brothers are also supposed to carry this out as well. It is a desert culture and the father is to control the marriage, why because love matches did not exist then and seldom now.  The marriage was a way of the tribes to get together and bury the war hatchet. To solidify tribal relations.  Today it is a way of ensuring the young marry within their religions. 

You have to realize that this religion came out of tribal beliefs.  They existed in a harsh atmosphere and survival was day to day reality. I also believe that the clothes they wear, the turban, the burqa, and all their loose clothing has a double use.  For protection from the elements, and now they are used to  say publicly  I am Muslim , I believe the meaning over time has changed and that they wear this head scarf and the beard to show piousness as I said in ancient times I believe the clothing was for survival from the harsh elements. The turban, the head scarf, the beard.  .Now they are informing  the world through dress  where they stand with religion. 

 It was not to long ago when women had to wear a hat in the Catholic Church, we had to have our hair covered, it was stopped when I was a young women.I was glad it was a pain in the ass..

In ancient times marriage was to develop ties between warring groups, the nobility also did this throughout Europe and  marriage for a love match is not something that was  believed in and the Muslims believed in marriage as a survival tool,,,, love matches were rare and had not been  developed.  That is a modern concept. 

A  daughter who refuses the marriage is dishonoring the family and death is the end product for that treachery, back then the marriage was a survival mechanism for the tribe. She by rebelling was jeopardizing the survival of the tribe. Hence she was a traitor and considered enemy. Now things are modern but they still live in ancient times."These honor killings still exist today.

i have a Muslim friend I speak with once in a while and he got married,he went back to Morocco to find a bride,  I asked him why was it so important for his bride to be a virgin, he said if she was not she would be a whore. I thought the term outdated and he also added something that spoke to me of male ego. He said that no matter what, his wife would think him the best lover in the world because she would not have an other man to compare him too. Th

He by the way is not a virgin and his wife is back in Morocco, pregnant due in June and he is having an affair here in the US with an other woman whom I feel he is emotionally involved with. I asked him what he was going to do and he did not know.. 

This is the perfect example of the duplicity of man.  This is why religion is not for me, religion is written by man for man,,nothing for me as a women in there. I think there all assholes. 

I also wonder at the childish nature of some of the traditions, for instance if a Muslim wishes to insult you he will shake you with his left hand, why because this is the hand he wipes his ass with , a tradition still alive in the Mideast among the tribes.  That is why you  must eat with the right hand, I can imagine a Muslim walking away snickering behind his right hand because he just shook hands with you an infidel with his left. Heee hee like a two year old. 
They also consider to show the bottom of the shoe to someone as an insult,, they freak out over shit like this.  The Muslim world is heavy with these cultural traditions from their ancient past, I pity them and I also recommend that they buy some toilet paper and hand wipes, works wonders for hygiene  and maybe they can eat with both hands. What a treat.
 This is the world I live in and some of this male bullshit is alive and well here, in the US. Childish at it's most best. I wonder if this world is ever going to grow up.