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  Recommended reading list 4-1-21 The Gift of Fear - Gavin DeBecker - foundational book on listening to your intuition and pre incident indicators.  Why does he do that by Bancroft - domestic violence I never called it Rape -  sexual assault Her wits about her - inspiring true life writings from women who defended themselves. Without Conscience by Hare - criminal psychology Inside the Criminal Mind by Samenow - Criminal psychology Mindhunter by Douglas - FBI Forensic Profiling  Journey into Darkness by Douglas - forensic profiling  STreet Smarts by Glover - general selfdefense Tough Target by Bittenbinder - general selfdefense Deadly Force Encounters - law enforcement  The Unthinkable: who survives when disaster strikes by Ripley - great book on mental preparedness Musings on Violence by Christensen - combat psychology Meditations on violence by Miller - combat psychology On Killing by Grossman - combat psychology On Combat by Grossman - combat psychology T...

 Recommended Websites 4-1-21 Firearms, gun ownership and general information http://www.a-human-right.com/introduction.html  Training, both in person and online https://oftllc.us/  Onsight Firearms Training 

Kitestring is a SMS-based service. Sign up online, then ask it via text message to check up on you in, say, 25 minutes when you are supposed to arrive in your destination. After 25 minutes, Kitestring will send you a text, checking to see if you made it. You reply via text or check-in online. If you don't (and you haven't extended the time or checked in early), it will send a message you created to your emergency contact, letting them know to give you a call. If your phone dies, you lose it, or something happens to you, it will send the message anyway -- it doesn't need your phone to be serviceable. Of course, this wouldn't be something I would use every time I leave my house, but knowing the technology is available is the important part, and it's good to know it could be use at particularly important or dangerous times. There's also the possibility of missing the message and creating a false emergency. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/can-tech-help-prevent-v...

‘Sexy’ clothes don’t excuse sexual violence Carol Costello Updated 8:27 AM EDT, Thu October 9, 2014 01:29 - Source: CNN 'Sexy' clothes don't justify violence Editor’s Note:  Carol Costello  anchors the 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET edition of CNN’s “Newsroom” each weekday. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. (CNN) —   Silly girls. If you didn’t show-off your lady parts, you wouldn’t be as remotely prone to sexual harassment as you are now. Or worse – rape. I’m told there are far too many young men with uncontrollable urges. When they feast their eyes upon your barely covered naughty bits, the Neanderthal inside comes roaring to the surface. They just can’t help it. The latest volley in the war over so-called slut shaming comes from radio host and ABC contributor, Laura Ingraham. She  celebrated  a Utah high school for denying girls their homecoming dance because of their “immodest dress.” “These are still girls,” Ingra...

As she recalled, according to  People  magazine, “I was sitting in the hospital, Nessie clinging to my chest, and I was asking over and over to anybody who would listen, ‘What am I supposed to do tomorrow? How do I do this? What do we do?’ The hospital workers looked at me with a blank stare. A few days later, Kevin and I met some of the top psychiatrists in New York City, and they didn’t have a reassuring answer for us either.” https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/familys-amazing-resilience-after-tragedy-102026988857.html

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12-year-old’s online life brings an abductor to her doorstep Untangling a Baltimore girl's abduction and rape. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/11/12-year-olds-online-life-brings-an-abductor-to-her-doorstep/