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The movie Enough came out in 2002 and I remembered it as being decent but reviewing it the second time I wonder what I saw in it the first time. This was a bad movie. Jennifer Lopez's character Slim meets and falls in love with a conniving, two timing, lying abuser. He is a strong willed, charismatic personality that is used to getting his way. The abuse starts when Slim finds out about an affair that he is having and confronts him. He slaps her and when she says You can't hit me, he hits her. She makes plans to leave, and he catches her and beats her worse. Eventually with the help of her friends she makes it out of the house. From there, it is a stalker plot line where he finds out where she is and she's desperate and doesn't know what to. She ends up going to a long lost father who is a powerful something or other and gives her money and a trainer.  Then there is a 10 minute montage of her training in what looks like Krav Maga in anticipation of an upcoming family co...

http://news.msn.com/us/the-gay-advocates-of-gun-rights-1%5C Four years ago, Chris Cheng—a Chinese-Japanese-Cuban-American Google employee—started watching Top Shot, a History Channel reality show where contestants shoot their way through a series of complex competitions. Cheng, who as a kid had sometimes gone shooting with his Navy veteran father, started getting into the show. One day, while watching season two with some of his Google coworkers, Cheng told them: "Hey, everyone, this is gonna sound crazy, but I think I'm going to apply for Top Shot ." He remembers his colleagues thinking he was nuts. "They looked at me like, 'You barely shoot, you don't have any accolades or trophies or awards or anything in the shooting world. What makes you think you'd even stand a chance with some of these lifelong, seasoned professional marksmen?' " But Cheng had a sense of what he could do. He'd been going to the range and hitting...

Not To People Like Us by Susan Weitzman, PhD (290 pages, copyright 2000 ) Although somewhat dated, this book provide a glimpse into the unaddressed segment of domestic abuse in upscale marriages.  In her research the author found rather little research into domestic abuse among women with higher education, wealthy backgrounds and high society circles and decided to tackle the issue. Her pool of people included at least 3 criteria – Income of 100,000 a year, residence in an upscale ranked neighborhood, a self-perception of upper  or upper-middle class and a minimum of a bachelors degree.  Several of the women she interviewed for her research were PhDs, a therapist and physician all who were acquainted with either domestic violence issues or human personality traits that would help them to understand themselves and find motivation and understanding.  Some observations and highlights from the book: -Abusers in upscale marriages exhibit the same kind of traits as any abu...

How to Tell a Sociopath from a Psychopath Understanding important distinctions between criminal sociopaths and psychopaths Published on January 22, 2014 by  Scott A. Bonn, Ph.D.  in  Wicked Deeds Many forensic psychologists and criminologists use the terms sociopathy and  psychopathy  interchangeably. Leading experts disagree on whether there are meaningful differences between the two conditions. I contend that there are significant distinctions between them. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), released by the American Psychiatric  Association in 2013, lists both sociopathy and psychopathy under the heading of Antisocial  Personality Disorders  (ASPD). These disorders share many common behavioral traits which lead to the confusion between them. Key traits that sociopaths and psychopaths share include:  A disregard for laws and social mores A disregard for the rights of others A failure to fe...

http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/police-couple-used-dog-to-lure-2-amish-girls Using animals to draw children in is a common lure by predators. Police: Couple used dog to lure 2 Amish girls AP Photo: St. Lawrence County Sheriff These images provided by the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office shows the booking photo of Stephen Howells II, left, and Nicole Vaisey, who was arraigned late Friday Aug. 15, 2014 on charges they intended to physically harm or sexually abuse two Amish sisters after abducting them from a roadside farm stand. 8/22/14    By  MICHAEL VIRTANEN   of Associated Press SHARE 200 TWEET 17 EMAIL FOWLER, N.Y. (AP) — A northern New York couple used a dog to lure two Amish sisters from their family farm stand with a plan to turn them into slaves, an investigator said Thursday. Nicole Vaisey admitted she and her boyfriend, Stephen Howells Jr., got the girls to their car with an offer to pet the dog and he shoved the 7-year-old and 12-year-old sisters in, S...

Is it a crime to raise a killer? A tragedy in New Jersey raises questions about where parental responsibility ends when a child becomes a murderer   By  Lisa Belkin September 12, 2014 6:35 AM Yahoo News Yahoo The Autumn Pasquale story    Must Watch   1   4:50   The Autumn Pasquale story 2   4:20   How To Dress Well - How To Dress Well 3   1:44   'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' Trailer 4   2:07   How To Give A Good Hug 5   1:23   "Friends" cafe brought to life in New York 6   1:09   Craig Ferguson - The Washington Uh...? 7   1:35   Ariana Grande Behind the Scenes at Her October 2014 Cover Shoot 8   5:07   Bionic Pancreas: A Father’s Mission 9   2:43   First, Greatest, Latest: Liam Neeson 10   2:24   'One Chance' Trailer Load More Anthony Pasquale stops to visit his daughter at the Cedar Green Cemetery every morning, then returns once or twice more during the d...