Solor flares or geomagnetic storms can cause great power outages. It is theorized that a large enough one voukd take out our electrical power structure altogether.  

This phenomena may afvord us at tge least, a short window of absolute seperation from the machine. If it is a total blackout of long duration....we will in effect be free!!! 

"The March 1989 geomagnetic storm caused the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid in a matter of seconds as equipment protection relays tripped in a cascading sequence of events.^[2][13] Six million people were left without power for nine hours, with significant economic loss. The storm even caused aurorae as far south as Texas." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm

We should prepare for such a situation.  We might not have much time to act in our favor when it does.

November 5, 2014

UW study shows direct brain interface between humans

Sometimes, words just complicate things. What if our brains could communicate directly with each other, bypassing the need for language?

University of Washington researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pairs of people as part of a scientific study following the team’s initial demonstration a year ago. In the newly published study, which involved six people, researchers were able to transmit the signals from one person’s brain over the Internet and use these signals to control the hand motions of another person within a split second of sending that signal.

In this photo, UW students Darby Losey, left, and Jose Ceballos are positioned in two different buildings on campus as they would be during a brain-to-brain interface demonstration. The sender, left, thinks about firing a cannon at various points throughout a computer game. That signal is sent over the Web directly to the brain of the receiver, right, whose hand hits a touchpad to fire the cannon.Mary Levin, U of Wash.

At the time of the first experiment in August 2013, the UW team was the first to demonstrate two human brains communicating in this way. The researchers then tested their brain-to-brain interface in a more comprehensive study, published Nov. 5 in the journal PLOS ONE.

“The new study brings our brain-to-brain interfacing paradigm from an initial demonstration to something that is closer to a deliverable technology,” said co-author Andrea Stocco, a research assistant professor of psychology and a researcher at UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences. “Now we have replicated our methods and know that they can work reliably with walk-in participants.”

Collaborator Rajesh Rao, a UW professor of computer science and engineering, is the lead author on this work.

The research team combined two kinds of noninvasive instruments and fine-tuned software to connect two human brains in real time. The process is fairly straightforward. One participant is hooked to an electroencephalography machine that reads brain activity and sends electrical pulses via the Web to the second participant, who is wearing a swim cap with a transcranial magnetic stimulation coil placed near the part of the brain that controls hand movements.

A transcranial magnetic stimulation coil is placed over the part of the brain that controls the receiver’s right hand movements.Mary Levin, U of Wash.

Using this setup, one person can send a command to move the hand of the other by simply thinking about that hand movement.

The UW study involved three pairs of participants. Each pair included a sender and a receiver with different roles and constraints. They sat in separate buildings on campus about a half mile apart and were unable to interact with each other in any way – except for the link between their brains.

Each sender was in front of a computer game in which he or she had to defend a city by firing a cannon and intercepting rockets launched by a pirate ship. But because the senders could not physically interact with the game, the only way they could defend the city was by thinking about moving their hand to fire the cannon.

The sender is hooked to an electroencephalography machine that reads brain activity. A computer processes the brain signals and sends electrical pulses via the Web to the receiver across campus.Mary Levin, U of Wash.

Across campus, each receiver sat wearing headphones in a dark room – with no ability to see the computer game – with the right hand positioned over the only touchpad that could actually fire the cannon. If the brain-to-brain interface was successful, the receiver’s hand would twitch, pressing the touchpad and firing the cannon that was displayed on the sender’s computer screen across campus.

Researchers found that accuracy varied among the pairs, ranging from 25 to 83 percent. Misses mostly were due to a sender failing to accurately execute the thought to send the “fire” command. The researchers also were able to quantify the exact amount of information that was transferred between the two brains.

Another research team from the company Starlab in Barcelona, Spain, recently publishedresults in the same journal showing direct communication between two human brains, but that study only tested one sender brain instead of different pairs of study participants and was conducted offline instead of in real time over the Web.

Now, with a new $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, the UW research team is taking the work a step further in an attempt to decode and transmit more complex brain processes.

With the new funding, the research team will expand the types of information that can be transferred from brain to brain, including more complex visual and psychological phenomena such as concepts, thoughts and rules.

They’re also exploring how to influence brain waves that correspond with alertness or sleepiness. Eventually, for example, the brain of a sleepy airplane pilot dozing off at the controls could stimulate the copilot’s brain to become more alert.

The project could also eventually lead to “brain tutoring,” in which knowledge is transferred directly from the brain of a teacher to a student.

“Imagine someone who’s a brilliant scientist but not a brilliant teacher. Complex knowledge is hard to explain – we’re limited by language,” said co-authorChantel Prat, a faculty member at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and a UW assistant professor of psychology.

Other UW co-authors are Joseph Wu of computer science and engineering; Devapratim Sarma and Tiffany Youngquist of bioengineering; and Matthew Bryan, formerly of the UW.

The research published in PLOS ONE was initially funded by the U.S. Army Research Office and the UW, with additional support from the Keck Foundatio

How Does The Human Brain Work? New Ways To Better Understand How Our Brain Processes Information

Date: May 26, 2009 Source: University of Leicester Summary: How does the human brain process information? Researchers explore new methodologies that shed light on this age-old mystery. The human brain is perhaps the most complex of organs, boasting between 50-100 billion nerve cells or neurons that constantly interact with each other. These neurons 'carry' messages through electrochemical processes; meaning, chemicals in our body (charged sodium, potassium and chloride ions) move in and out of these cells and establish an electrical current.

  Scientists have, for a long time now, stimulated with different types of inputs individual neurons that have been isolated for study. To have enough statistical power, these experiments typically involved stimulating a single neuron over and over again, to get a general idea of how it responds to different signals. Although these studies have yielded a lot of information, they have their own limitations.

An article by University of Leicester bioengineer Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga appeared recently in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. In the article, Prof. Quian Quiroga and co-author Dr. Stefano Panzeri discuss new methodologies that are enabling scientists to better understand how our brain processes information.

Prof. Quian Quiroga explains, “The human brain typically makes decisions based on a single stimulus, by evaluating the activity of a large number of neurons. I don’t get in front of a tiger 100 times to make an average of my neuronal responses and decide if I should run or not. If I see a tiger once, I run”. Traditional studies thus undermine this complexity by only accounting for the responses single neurons.

Moreover, these studies take into account an “average response” obtained by stimulating the neuron numerous times. The brain, on the other hand, acts based on single stimulus presentations. Therefore, the information given by an averaged response can often be insufficient.

Prof. Quian Quiroga and Dr. Panzeri stress, on account of these factors “it is important to shift from a single-neuron, multiple-trial framework to multiple-neuron, single-trial methodologies”. In other words, it is more beneficial to study responses of numerous neurons to a single stimulus.

Prof. Quian Quiroga says, “A major challenge of our days is (thus) to develop the methodologies to record and process the data from hundreds of neurons and developing these is by no means a trivial task”.

He adds, “Our brains are able to create very complex processes – just imagine the perfect harmony with which we move different muscles for normal walking – thousands of neurons are involved in this and to determine the role of each is complicated”.

In his recent review paper, Prof. Quian Quiroga and Dr. Panzeri discuss two complementary approaches that can be used to resolve this, namely ‘decoding’ and ‘information theory’.

‘Decoding’ essentially helps determine what must have caused a particular response (much like “working backwards”). Thus, the response of a neuronal population is used to reconstruct the stimulus or behaviour that caused it in the first place. ‘Information theory’, on the other hand, literally quantifies how much information a number of neurons carry about the stimulus.

Prof. Quian Quiroga explains, “together, the two approaches not only allow scientists to extract more information on how the brain works, but information that is ambiguous at the level of single neurons, can be clearly evaluated when the whole ‘population’ is considered”. The review is an asset for anyone involved in the field, as it carefully considers and evaluates the two statistical approaches, as well as describes potential applications.

As part of his own research, Prof. Quiroga (in collaboration with Prof. Richard Andersen at Caltech) has been studying the ‘decoding’ of movement plans using activity of certain neuronal populations. This ability to predict movement intentions from activity of neurons has application in brain-machine interfaces, especially for development of neural prostheses (electronic and/or mechanical devices that connect to the nervous system and replace functions lost as a result of disease or injury) for paralysed patients.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519152559.htm

Several months ago, I shut down this column and removed its content.  For those that don't remember, I spent nearly four years digging into the physics and technology behind reading/writing information to/from the human brain using radio waves.  There was a time when the general view of this was associated with 'tinfoil hat conspiracy theories'.  That all changed when I began demonstrating the physics to reveal a functional model which, in turn, revealed a medical torture program run by a portion of the US government.

I closed the column for a variety of reasons.  Firstly, there is the ever-present pressure from various organizations to maintain the silence.  That said, I have never much cared for their opinions and it did not rank very high in my decision making processes.  Secondly, I tend to have a different approach to writing than most authors.  My published articles can be as much like a notebook to capture ideas as it is a mechanism to convey those ideas to others.  This can lead to a somewhat muddled experience for readers that do not understand this.  Finally, as with any investigation, getting side-tracked is inevitable as interesting things pop up all the time.

Thus, a clean-up was long overdue.

In today's article, I intend to capture the important elements from the series on reading/writing information to/from the human brain in the context of modern warfare.  Rather than having twenty different articles, with information spread all over the place in various states of revision, it is best to have it in one single page.  This article will capture everything that is currently known, or can be inferred, about the system, its objectives, the current state of progress and any additional relevant material.  As such, this is a very long article.

As ever, the question is where to begin.  When describing a system of this magnitude it is always difficult to identify a good starting point that is suitable for most readers.  I suppose the best place to start is a small executive summary that describes the system and from there we can break it out into a more detailed picture.

A further question is what to name this.  A misleading term is "remote neural monitoring" (RNM), as it implies that such a system is merely recording.  A term I have used before is "Synthetic Telepathy", but that can also be misleading as it is a term used to describe a different military technology under development.  I feel that the best approach is to extend the historical name for this technology, to better reflect its current capabilities. "Remote Neural Monitoring, Control and Manipulation" (RNMCM) is a bit of a mouthful, but it is certainly more accurate.

Executive Summary

"Remote Neural Monitoring, Control and Manipulation" (RNMCM) is a term that refers to the usage of specific technologies to record and/or alter the electrical activity of neurons in the human body (or any life-form).  Neurons can broadly be separated into four main categories:

• Sensory neurons
• Motor (and other output) neurons
• Communication neurons

• Computation neurons

The electrical activity of each of these four main types of neurons can be classified by a computer.  Every action a human makes, or experiences, is represented by specific patterns in the electrical activity.  Thus, when a specific electrical pattern is observed, we can state that a certain event has happened.  That could be a feeling of joy, seeing a blue car, tasting an orange, thinking of a word, moving a limb, or even visualizing a shape in your mind to solve a mathematical puzzle.

The key to any functional RNMCM system is obtaining good recordings of specific electrical patterns and knowing what they mean.  Further, as the electrical patterns are slightly different between people, knowing these differences allows the development of systems that can classify electrical activity across the entire global population without retraining.  We call this latter goal "Generalization".  "Generalization" is important because training takes a long time.  With "generalization" we can skip the training process and jump straight to reading the required information which is a lot faster and requires less computing power.

An example of an unclassified technique of reading the electrical activity of the brain is Electroencephalography (EEG).  EEG has a limitation, in that it can only record the sum total of electrical activity.  This is rather like listening to a song, in that you cannot hear the individual instruments in isolation.  RNMCM uses a different approach, it exploits the reflectivity/absorption/transparency of neurons at radio frequencies to record individual activity of neurons.  This can be compared to obtaining a track with a single instrument playing its role in a song from a music studio.

By recording the electrical activity and observing behavior, or impact to other electrical activity, we can infer what each electrical pattern means.  By recording the slight variations found in different human subjects, by analyzing tens of thousands/millions of brain patterns, a system can be trained to recognize what that electrical activity means in any human subject it encounters without retraining.  The analysis of tens of thousands/millions of people is how we obtain "Generalization".  Given the complexity of the human brain and certain limitations, obtaining "generalization" could take half-a-century or more depending on available hardware and complexity of the problem.

Throughout this process, we will obtain an ever-increasing number of identified electrical activity patterns that are militarily useful.  For example, being able to know military plans in advance, or quantify enemy numbers and capabilities.  In addition, we will be able to combine these identified electrical patterns to create/compose our own complex electrical patterns.  This latter ability will allows us to reverse the process, drive the neurons with our patterns and have a human subject under our control or influence.

Initially, when introducing composed patterns into a human subject, we would expect a certain level of influence.  In time, as the database of electrical patterns expand, it is expected that this will give way to complete remote control.

In order to complete the training of the system and test its effectiveness, tens of thousands/millions of volunteers would be required to submit themselves to long-term (life long) experimentation, the effects of which would be wide-ranging.  We can expect deaths, deformities, mental illness, seizures, complex syndromes, chronic and acute pain, heart and respiratory failure, etc. 

Given the national security requirement of secrecy and the lack of such a willing population, secret experimentation on a significant sub-section of the human population globally would be required. Three basic categories of human subject will be required, training, validation and test.  The training group will consist of human subjects that are used continuously 24/7 to both produce electrical patterns and serve as a testing area for identified patterns.  The validation group will will be used as a quick reference to confirm the accuracy of generalization.  The test group, which for practical purposes will continuously select random individuals on the planet, will be used be to study the generalized pattern(s) effectiveness and accuracy.

It would be impractical to hide such activity to the major enemies of the state, thus some form of international agreement encompassing technology sharing and combined defense pact would need to be made to provide cover for the program.

Technical Summary

The technology required to drive this program on the surface is a rather simplistic combination of existing technologies.  That said, to bring the system up to near real-time speed for both reading and writing requires optimization across a multitude of technologies all developed by numerous vendors and each with their own particular physical limitations.

The system can be broken down into a number of layers and lends well to a development process conducted through compartmentalization of classified programs.  The development of the system can be fragmented through hundreds, if not thousands of independent programs and the results combined reducing the footprint of knowledge and thus program exposure.  Further, in time, particular technologies and techniques can be re-invented at a later date with a higher profile in order to establish false historical time-lines thus reducing the exposure of key staff to prosecution and/or direct action by hostile or friendly forces.

The primary task is to deliver a distributed computing platform (Grid Computing) spanning the globe and linked by a mixture of high speed connections.  Custom software (middleware) will control the allocation of resources, distribution of programs and the migration of data around the grid computing platform.  It will, in effect, operate as a single geographically separated supercomputer and have the ability to hide this fact from end-users by presenting false logical views of the system.  The grid will be a mixture of a range of hardware from commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, to custom chips and boards with the latest advancements in quantum computing optimization.

The grid computing platform will play host to a strong, general purpose, artificial intelligence.  The strong artificial intelligence will perform numerous roles throughout the defense sector, but will provide the ability to compartmentalize activity through a strict classification process.  Thus, any activity generated by this program will not generate any concern and will be attributed to general remote sensing applications if observed from multiple points.  The role of the strong AI in this program will be complex.  During the training phase, its main role will be to infer the meaning of electrical activity and to leverage its human-level reasoning capabilities to examine internal thought processes.  As we transition to influence and control, the strong AI will attempt to mimic the human subject in terms of thought processes, language and behaviors.  The ultimate goal being that the strong AI can assume complete remote control of a human subject and impersonate them.  The fallback position, should this prove unfeasible, is to substantially compromise the human subject's neural activity such that we are in a position to strongly influence decisions and actions.  An additional objective, will be the ability to perform remote assassinations, intimidation and torture to extract information not directly observed by the system.

The strong AI will direct a classification system composed of the latest developments in machine learning.  This classification system will be fed by signal processing network that prepares radio data for analysis by the classification system.  The classification system will be in a low latency path from the source of radio information and have the ability to prioritize signals based upon temporal requirements.  This will require a programmable architecture which can be driven by the strong AI.

Observers of this system with sufficient technical knowledge could not determine that the system was anything beyond a complex radar and remote sensing platform.  Linking this system with a program to read/write information to/from the human brain would be complete speculation on the behalf of the observer.  This provides the system with robust counter-intelligence potential from internal threats and a high degree of plausible dependability.  Other than complex analysis of the data, which can be erased or moved to more favorable legal jurisdictions, complete seizure of the equipment only indicates the potential for use, not the actual application.  During development of the satellite hardware the requirements, particularly of the transmitter arrays, may raise suspicions.  A mitigation strategy would be to introduce the system as a directed energy weapon designed to manipulate/jam electronic systems (such as guidance systems of ballistic missiles/bombers/etc.).

Radio information is delivered from one, or more, big-ear (synthetic aperture - operating at different elevations) satellite network(s).  The constant speed of light places hard limits on the elevation of satellites required to capture/broadcast real-time information and thermal noise places hard limits of the maximum elevation for non-real-time intercepts.  The hard limits are compounded by the fact that the human body can only absorb/reflect so much radiation.

Technical

The Grid Computing Solution

The physical hardware arrangement of the grid computing solution will be quite complex.  Real-time interaction with the human brain is a hard requirement of the system, thus latency has hard limits that dictate the minimum number of site globally as well as their distance from satellite downlinks.  To the human brain, variation in delays can be more noticeable than a constant delay, especially when multiple senses are involved.  Typically, when working with a single sense a delay of up to 150ms is tolerable, however, this can drop to 60ms when multiple senses are involved.

Thus, to support an audio stream such has inserting words into the human brain, a delay of up to 150ms is functional.  When that is combined with visual or other sensory stimulation, the functional delay begins to drop to around 60ms.  As a result, the grid computing solution must have extreme low latency and designed to pipeline information.  That is, the solution must be designed like a circuit that provides the most optimal physical path between points.  This architecture is in direct contrast to modern approaches which rely completely on the optimization of software functions.  Such an approach will not result in the required high performance demanded.  The key problem is that this approach is very brittle from the perspective of future development, however, this is not much of a concern as the application will be a constant factor.

These hard limits provide a defined limit on the number of I/O exchanges.  I/O exchanges have an issue known as end-point crisis.  An end-point crisis is where the transmission medium can handle more data that the circuits reading/writing data to that physical layer.  Further, each I/O exchange introduces a complex delay that in itself has well-defined hard limits.  As such, when scaling there is a defined physical limit of the amount of hardware that can be in a real-time pathway before it becomes non-functional.  Even with the progressive improvement of hardware processing speeds and consolidation of services, these hard limits will always exist.

At the extreme, the grid computing solution (including all ground equipment and links) can be allocated 1/3 of the the delay.  This provides a window of 20-50ms in which to perform all real-time functions.  The grid will therefore need to incorporate elements of predictive analysis.  Predictive analysis will play a key role of the services run on the grid, but the grid itself will be required to identify particular scenarios that can be optimized and offload the processing from the services it hosts.  One such scenario could be the reallocation of resources or programs that migrate to the geographical area in which they are being used.  Rather than this being managed in software by a hosted AI, these basic services can be offloaded to hardware that powers the grid.  Thus, the grid solution identified here would be a custom hardware solution, rather than a complete software middleware.

We can now observe that the density of ground sites is dictated by the demand that any real-time target must be within a 40-100ms round trip time.  Ignoring all the delays that provides an operational range of 6000-15000Km.

As noted the majority of the grid will be a custom hardware solution, that will contain custom hardware for the services it hosts.  Each element of the grid will be a supercomputer in itself capable of operating independently of the grid for survivability.  Given the operational range of the system, complete global coverage can be provided by around 8 sites, raising to around 24 sites (alternatively 5 main sites, 10 redundant) when triple redundancy is added.  Modularity certainly lends to ease of upgrades, but it comes at the expense of adding delays to the system.  Thus a balance must be struck between modularity and speed to provide the best performance.  Continuous evaluation of the design of the system will reveal, over time, the most efficient trade-offs and hardware arrangements.

The grid hardware will be a mixture of semi-conductor technologies and quantum computing solutions aimed at resolving optimization problems in large datasets.

The Strong Artificial Intelligence

Given the longitudinal nature of the study to be undertaken, the complex interaction and investigation of patterns, direct human analysis is impossible.  It is critical that the latest in automation techniques be applied to the problem and allowed to grow hand-in-hand with the experiments.  One of the key stumbling blocks in the road to a strong AI is the lack of insight into human behavior, thought processes and ultimately validation of machine learning output.  In this experiment, not only will we learn how to interface with human body via radio, but leverage the feedback provided by the human brain as a means to train the AI to replicate human behavior.

A strong AI is can be thought of a complex form of database that uses certain information in that database to replicate or approximate human behavioral responses to a given input or series of inputs.  Initially the AI will be basic, it will merely perform analysis of particular neural circuits relating to speech, recognition, auditory, vision, etc.  Once substantially complete, to the point where the AI can pose certain problems to the human brain, the secondary objective of making the AI more human-like in both its reasoning and behavior can begin.  By posing problems to the human brain, responses can be compared with the output of algorithms employed by the AI and refined to match.  This will supplement all training provided directly to the internal interfaces of the AI.

The AI will built upon a statistical engine that will return the most likely response for a given input, in that respect it will be an amalgamation of everyone and everything that it has ever interacted with.  Advancement in quantum computing should provide for faster searches when posed as optimization problems.  An important area of development will be the inference engine which attempts to relate the output of one statistical assessment with another, integrating that into its sum knowledge over time.  It is envisaged that this will be a continuous process and no great leap in intelligence will occur for the simple reason that it is ultimately based upon computation and can only combine what it already knows.  That is, the combination of information does not lead to hardware changes or changes in the laws of physics which ultimately define the method in which information can be represented, processed and outputted.

The strong AI is a mixture of both software, firmware and hardware that provides a common processing core for any number of "instances".  That is, a single system provides the processing that drives an individual AI and the system will be capable of generating as many AI instances as the hardware allows for.  Thus, it is quite possible to have thousands of "computer agents" tasked with various roles.  Further, these "computer agents" will have the ability to migrate anywhere in the grid to follow targets or provide services more optimally.  When the ability to assume control of a human emerges, the AI will also be able to have a physical presence anywhere in the world on demand to deal with emerging threats, assume political or military control or ensure economic objectives.

To support these identified roles, the AI must have a range of knowledge and specialisms that cover every area of knowledge known to man.  Further, it must record the activity of every key person the globe over to ensure that it has the required "memory" to properly impersonate a given target.  Such oversights would lead to major problems and rapid identification of controlled individuals.  Thus, the AI must track, record and archive data relating to everyone that could potential become an important individual as gaps in memory, even childhood memories, may give rise to suspicion and ultimately lead to exposure.  As it is difficult to judge who will become important, the combination of two approaches are advised.  Firstly, the goal of recording the neural activity of every individual on the planet is of top priority and a realistic objective.  Secondly, in the interim, strict regulation and control of individuals entering positions of power is recommended to ensure the system has complete coverage of key individuals.

Such a system is likely to draw a lot of unwanted attention, it is thus advisable to have numerous parallel programs with similar capabilities to hide amongst.  As this system is automated, staffing and thus potential leaks can be kept to a minimum and, for the most part, the majority of staff will not have a need to know.

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) System

Data obtained from radio sources must be prepared in a manner suitable for the AI and prepare outgoing signals for radio broadcast.  The AI could perform this task, but this substantially reduces its ability to perform other tasks.  Thus, all incoming raw radio signals or outgoing data will pass through a programmable DSP system that will convert the incoming/outgoing streams and separate real-time signals from those that can be examined later or broadcast later.  The DSP system will be driven by the AI and dynamically updated as required.  This system will supplement onboard electronics in satellites designed to reduce bandwidth usage.

Satellite Systems

The most efficient model is to employ a bi-static wide-band radar with a synthetic aperture receiver network (a big ear).  The receiver network is designed to work over the entire spectrum with the highest possible sensitivity.  The receiver network will be able to view all radio sources from the planet simultaneously, pinpointing their locations and tracking their movements.  This information will be captured by other compartmentalized programs and leveraged appropriately. 

Using a combination of transmitted radio pulses and reflected RF from terrestrial sources, humans, cars, planes, etc., will be tracked in real time, classified, analyzed for patterns and accounted for.  Given the density of modern RF sources, the majority of the tracking can be performed by passive reception only.  This system will produce a real-time view of the Earth with the goal of complete coverage.  The bandwidth required to perform this is surprising small and all the heavy processing is performed on the ground.  Each aspect of this real-time view can be presented independently as an exposed services to any number of departments without revealing the entire scope of information gathered.

In this program, we will be interested in the human tracking information.  This will be fed into the system allowing target selection and tracking.

The radio transmitters used in this program produce a wide bandwidth of very weak narrow-band pulses at ground level.  From an analysis perspective, it would appear similar to a spread spectrum source with limited frequency hopping capability.  As such, it may be ignored as being an "old" or "legacy" system of no real importance.  Each of these pulses are on different frequencies and are selectively absorbed by different neurons throughout the body.  A one-to-one mapping between a pulse of a particular frequency and a neuron is not expected, but rather a high probability of absorption.  Not only does the system need to account for the chaos in the neural activity and attempt to make sense of this, but it must also learn to deal with the chaos of transmitting to a moving target and all of the problems inherent in radio reception under a range of atmospheric conditions.

Unlike traditional systems radio systems, this system must penetrate modern RF shielding and be able to deliver signals with pinpoint accuracy.  Thus, this transmitter will comprise of an electronically steerable maser array, that will leverage the latest advances in atomic dialectic resonance to pass through RF reflective/absorbent surfaces, follow targets underground and/or underwater.  The maser array can follow particular targets or broadcast a generalizable signal over a wide area.  Generalizable signals over a wide area can manipulate voting, suppress anger at government policies or actions, induce riots or revolutions, induce fear in opposing militaries, reduce libido to reduce population numbers, selectively prevent breeding in particular ethnic groups, etc.

Such a system is readily scalable and has the ability to effect the entire global population.

Key Brain Regions Under Study

Certain regions of the brain are deemed more critical than others to understand as they can prove militarily or politically useful.  This allows the system to have operational status before it develops a complete functional solution to remote control.  Some areas of interest are noted below, along with potential military applications, but this list is nowhere near exhaustive:

1. Hypothalamus

The hypothalamus controls body temperature, hunger, important aspects of parenting and attachment behaviors, thirst, fatigue, sleep, fear processing and circadian rhythms.  For a detailed breakdown of the roles of the Hypothalamus, please follow this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus

The Hypothalamus has numerous military applications:

a.  Body temperature:  Altering the body temperature can result in a breakdown of internal biological process.  This can reduce the efficiency or even kill the human subjects.

b.  Hunger - Altering sensory information in relation to hunger can cause human subjects to starve or over-eat.  Both of which reduce their capability to respond to a threat.

c.  Parenting and attachment behaviors - Altering this region has an effect on bonding, relationships and loyalty to family, friends, country or ideals. 

d.  Thirst - Altering processing in this aspects results in the intake of too much or too little water, both of which can have drastic effects on the human body.

e.  Fatigue - Altering information processing in this region can increase or decrease fatigue responses in a human subject.  This leads them to either increased endurance, or Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) which effectively disables a human subject.

f.  Sleep - Altering processing in this area can keep human subjects awake, resulting in extreme sleep deprivation, or induce sleep similar to a coma.

g.  Fear processing - Altering this region can induce feelings of intense terror, or to misjudge threats and eliminate freezing/flight responses.  Also responsible for adrenal control.

h. Circadian rhythms - Altering processing in this region can induce/reduce jet lag-like symptoms and increase the risk of heart failure by up to 25%.

i. Suppression of GnRH - Reduces libido, lowers testosterone levels in males, inhibits egg release in woman, induces sterility.  Used in the manipulation of relationships and Eugenics.

2.  Left pars opercularis (inferior frontal gyrus) and White matter adjacent to the left supramarginal gyrus

These areas have been identified as being associated from inner speech.  Inner speech is not just a form of speech without motor control, but a distinct sub-system in itself.  Corollary Discharge is thought to be the method by which the brain replaces our own spoken voice with our inner voice.  This can be observed by pitch shifting your spoken voice in a recording and being able to hear your own accent.

For more information:

http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/134/10/3071.full

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/afps-iss071513.php

This region has a number of military applications:

a.  Control and/or manipulation of speech.  Weak input, near the threshold of hearing, can guide word selection for the expression of particular ideas.  By stimulating an idea/or concept, it is sometimes possible to inject specific words.  Full control of this region would allow for seamless control of individuals speech without conscious awareness. 

b.  Control and/or manipulation of this region can effect the wording of contracts or treaties to the benefit of the attacking party.  Politicians, judges and legal representatives are high priority targets.

c.  Control and/or manipulation of this region can be used to inject ideas or notions to effectively guide/influence behavior.

d.  Control and/or manipulation of this area would pass undetected in current brain scanning tests.

3.  Medulla Oblongata

The Medulla Oblongata is located at the base of the brain stem and continuous with the spinal column.  Its houses the centers for respiration, cardiac, blood pressure, vomiting and vasomotor control.  This region also plays a role in the muscle control for the tongue, pharynx and larynx.

The military applications are as follows:

a.  To support complete remote control of an individual, respiratory control must be driven remotely and can be performed from the RC center.  It can also be used to remotely simulate water boarding during interrogation or as an offensive weapon.

b.  Manipulation of blood pressure and cardiac rhythms can support remote control solutions, or be used to fake cardiac symptoms.  The latter can be used to temporarily remove people from key roles, or as a method of quiet assassination with supporting fake medical history.  Veins and arteries can selectively widened or expanded to reduce/increase blood flow.  This latter process can support mapping throughout the body, but can lead to dangerously high localized blood pressure.  This can lead to aneurisms or strokes both in the short and long term.

c.  Control the tongue, pharynx and larynx can be used in remote control solutions to support external speech, or to support torture (i.e. water-boarding-like activity) or assassination through asphyxiation.

Observations

One particular observation of interest is that the system is being trained in the control and manipulation of social events as they pertain to the average person.  That is, the complex manipulation of social groups.  It is not, as would be expected of a battlefield system, being trained against troops or in any strategic sense.  This appears to indicate that the focus is political control through micro-management of daily lives, thought processes and sensations.

An extreme bias towards the manipulation of relationships and sexual aspects has been noted, with a particular focus on sexual violence towards females and controlling sexual activity.

Further, a focus on preventing and/or reducing performance in education, as well as damaging long-term memory to effectively erase education has also been observed.  This also extends to manipulation of employment through various means such as sleep deprivation and various other torture techniques.

Political opinions are also commonly tested, attempts are made to make individuals support particular viewpoints of political figures, or induce feeling of rejection.  One notable recent example was Nigel Farage (UKIP - UK), where the system attempted to generate feelings of dislike or rejection.

Notes on Testing

In testing, the system masquerades as either known illnesses that have limited diagnostic tests, or defines entirely new classes of illness.  Any illness which can be described as a syndrome, has idiopathic causes or relies on differential diagnosis which leads to a default diagnosis is a solid candidate for replication.  This provides the system with the freedom to test it solutions whilst remaining undetected.

The stock favorite is psychosis, every sensation after this is put down to anxiety.  The exploration of neural structures through radio stimulation results in corruption of neural outputs in a wide range of regions.  Assuming control requires that the system, at some point, attempt to drive all the various circuits in the brain.  This process can take several weeks, during which the human subject is normally committed to a mental institute demonstrating extremely severe symptoms.

Most people have experienced at least one testing attempt by the system in the form of Phantom Vibration Syndrome.  Experience by up to 68% of the population and noted in publications dating back to 1996, this phenomenon is the result of test of the generalizability of motor neuron stimulation.  Typically directed at the hips, it is a short duration burst lasting approximately 1-3 seconds and feels very similar to the vibration of a modern mobile phone.  This test is used to determine the suitability of a solution in hijacking a human physically.

Notes on Animal Testing

Cattle mutilations across the US carry the hallmarks of a medical testing program for the purposes of this experiment.  The areas of mutilation are consistent with the areas being actively examined in this program.  It is presently unknown if a cover story is in place to misdirect those involved on the ground (i.e biological weapon preparedness training, etc.). 

Analysis of reported sensations and motor control tests of human subjects indicate the use of chimpanzees as a secondary source of experimentation before use on humans.  Further, this analysis also revealed the possible use of humans in restraints being subjected to horrific levels of torture by the system.  This analysis is conducted by forcing the amplification of incorrect signals sent to human subjects which are normally suppressed and following the posture they indicate.  An input sensory system, such as feelings, has the ability to interpret the information without inducing corresponding motor controls.

Notes on Cover Stories

It is inevitable given the process that some individuals will identify, at least to some degree, the nature and scope of the program.  It thus becomes imperative that credibility is reduced to a minimum to protect the program and its operators.  As the majority of this program is directed at subjective experiences that cannot be objectively quantified and has the ability/side-effect of causing psychosis-like effects this shall be leveraged to create a movement of "crazy individuals or campaigners".  Based upon the successful "UFO model" employed to hide activities of the Airforce R&D and nuclear detection capabilities, communities will formed to control the flow of information and increase misdirection.  These communities will function to further reduce the credibility of reports and provide a "medical history" of a certain theme of psychosis that is a product of the times.

One vital requirement is the strict control of language in these communities.  Even "crazy" people will gain the attention of the media if a sudden influx of individuals stating they are being tortured in their own homes occurs.  Thus, language that downplays the severity should be adopted.  For example, "torture" should be replaced with "harassment".  It is also important that an unidentified group be responsible, comparable with "they" or "greys" in the "UFO Model".  This assists in deflecting blame to a conspiratorial group that could be anywhere.  By feeding into this and generating substantial content, it will increase the paranoia not only of genuine human subjects but also of the truly mentally ill providing even greater cover.

In online scenarios, teams will be embedded into websites posing as average readers to control the direction of discussions.  They are tasked with avoiding discussion of the subject matter and driving the discussion in the direction of the credibility or sanity of the author.  A group of twenty to thirty accounts of posters that appear unrelated, or even opposed to each others very existence, uniting to laugh or undermine the author is normally effective. 

The Directorate of Science and Technology (CIA) will be leveraged to provide cover for the program by performing investigation into "mind control" that will be publicly released as a limited hangout.  This will provide cover for the program by redirecting attention to chemical-based methods and draw in anyone attempting to uncover more.

The NSA will provide a limited hangout that attempts to downplay the technology and methods of the department should this system be exposed.  This may involve a "man driven by conscience" to reveal the scope and breadth of current espionage techniques to draw attention away.  Perhaps sending him to nations that are publicly viewed as our "traditional enemies" will increase his credibility, along with a well publicized hunt and extraordinary measures to ensure destruction of evidence or his capture.  This individual only needs to be told that his goal is to confuse the enemy and then have that enemy generate a pretext that warrants such activity to restore balance.  This will be a sequenced series events between our security partners.

Notes on Additional Capabilities

As noted, this system is an allocation of a remote sensing and directed energy weapon platform.  Its development predates the "Strategic Defense Initiative", but would meet the definition of the hardware described by the Reagan Administration and offered to the then Soviet government.  The system is capable of creating controlled interference on any conductor and passing through many forms of electromagnetic shielding.  As such, the system can interface and assume control of the majority of commercial and military electronic devices and/or render them useless.  Digital equipment is highly susceptible to interference with internal clocks and tends to fail, lockup or reboot.  From planes, to laptops, all electronic systems can be compromised.  In the case of computing equipment, it is possible to remotely introduce programs, delete/alter/create data and modify/replace/delete firmware.  Further, it is also possible to read the contents of any data transmission that uses an radio reflective surface (i.e. copper, etc.).  There is some speculation that fiber optic cables can be compromised through analysis of group motion of charge particles due to the momentum of light striking the internal surface but nothing solid in terms of experimental details.

Notes on the Biological Interaction

The suspected mode of interaction between electromagnetic waves and neurons is the plasma membrane.  From an electrical perspective this region can be described as a combination of a capacitor and inductor.  Classically, this arrangement is known as an oscillator or tuned circuit which will preferentially absorb electromagnetic waves of a given frequency.  How exactly the absorption alters information in the brain is still open to question, but the primary model would indicate that the plasma membrane is used as thermal regulator for internal chemical processes that trigger voltage-gated channels to initiate a process that dissipates internal thermal activity from the neuron.  That is, the particles entering and leaving the neuron carry with it energy that would otherwise disturb the internal chemical reactions and release that energy in another form.  Alteration of this thermal profile, is the means by which information or external control/influence is introduced into the system.

Neural coding schemes (such as rate encoding) are indicative of the type of chemical exchange and the corresponding thermal profile of the chemical reactions.  Information can be inferred from the electrical activity, but the electrical activity does not play a role in information transfer directly.  As such, the main carriers of information are chemical and driving the electrical patterns by an external signal manipulates the thermal processes that govern the reactions those chemicals undergo.

Theoretically, this should lead to a garbage output at the dendrites as the chemicals present in a given neuron cannot be externally controlled.  A disconnect exists between the mathematical concept of generalization in a neural network and generalization of a chemical-based, or biological, neural network.  A distinction that appears to be lost on the scientific team behind this system.  In an input system, such as audio or visual, a consistent pattern of garbage presented as an input could be interpreted as information as the neural network of the brain adapts and performs additional processing.  This could be misinterpreted as convergence of a solution by a remote system that was attempting to train itself to interface.  It could also be the case, that the remote system has generated an optimal generalized pattern that the human brain can adapt to interpret readily.

The latter case, seeming highly likely, will present an issue in motor control. This also indicates that merely repeating an electrical pattern may not be the optimal solution in many cases.  Further, this type of interface suggests that a chemical reaction is being modified creating variations of complex molecules that would not otherwise be produced.  This opens the issues of long term damage and what happens to these chemical analogues.

As a result, this means that any attempt to control the motor neurons from the spine, as they are monosynaptic, will result in failure.  The output would be random garbage.  Whilst it will be possible to selectively stimulate a monosynaptic nerve and generate some form of output, it can never be controlled.  Thus, any attempt to control motor neurons must be directed at the primary motor cortex, the premotor cortex, the supplementary motor area (or SMA), the posterior parietal cortex and primary somatosensory cortex.  The obvious hope would be that these regions would modify their structures and learn to accept the alternative input.  That said, as neural networks are a form of filter it is highly likely that non-functional control signals would merely be filtered out.  Similar to an electrical signal, which can just be earthed, a chemical signal must also be disposed of in some manner.  Thus, it is likely that disposal would occur as some form of motor output although not one that could be described as functional.

The interesting part is the ability of the system to localize motor control, this has a resolution down to a few millimeters.  That said, the output is typically junk, a simple form of stimulation or even a complex form that does not correspond with natural muscle movements.  Motor units are not simple contractions of muscle tissue, but a complex coordination of activations to various degrees.  This provides structural support, fluid movement and dexterity.  Thus, a garbage output to this would result in uncoordinated behavior.  This could indicate that the system is targeting the monosynaptic motor nerves and fruitlessly trying to implement a control system, or that at least some basic pattern has been accepted in the control centers in the brain.  That said, this selectivity is based upon junk output, so the ability to direct that to a specific region may not indicate anything beyond the best route to dispose of the input.  The fastest some basic motor control has been demonstrated is a period of just over four months and that managed to create a small odd looking pile most likely by constricting the vein of a hemorrhoid.  This is not surprising and does not indicate generalization, irritation of a hemorrhoid can be performed with nearly any junk output.  Ticks and spasms are also relatively easy to generate. 

That does not mean that this junk output cannot do some serious damage.  Presently, the system can cut off sensory control and feeling to limbs, thus indicating it has consistent access to key nerves, or some method of compression.  It can also activate the muscles straight across the body simultaneously and attempt to sequence them.  That is, whilst at the level of a motor unit the output is uncoordinated, the system has the ability to activate each motor unit at the same time and take over voluntary control.  The problem is that it the system currently lacks the training to make use of this level of voluntary control.  Until, the output from the motor nerves resolves to a functional solution, driving the voluntary system would be pointless.

Initially, it was assumed that the AI could simply replace an entire neural network and drive it remotely, but the analysis of the output at the dendrites indicates that this could never resolve to a solution, let alone a generalizable solution, as this is no different than the approach used against a monosynaptic neuron.

In the case of the latter model, its use in a combat scenario would be non-existent without mapping troops or key personnel first.  The long duration required for this type of interface to build does tend to give the impression that such control is about daily life and long term political control.  Either that, or the department running the program has major issues obtaining qualified staff which is hardly surprising.  It could be argued that there would be ample time to map key members of a foreign military during peace time, however, this is not a realistic approach.  Any military worth such special attention would have measures in place to identify such attempts and mitigation strategies, any military without such technology would not pose a genuine threat.

As such, in a military sense, on paper the potential of this system would have sounded very good, but even if it proved functional it would have highly limited applications.  As a satellite-based system, it is also highly vulnerable and would be the first system lost in any significant military exchange. 

Notes on Current State of Progress

To date the system has substantial access to the body and a solid capacity to deliver signals to regions of the body down to the level of individual motor units.  At present, these motor units are still being mapped and some attempts at combining them have been made.  The key area of focus has been the respiratory system and the the Intercostal nerves.  Whilst the system is able to stimulate contraction of the ribs, this contraction is uncontrolled and the direction of force is inconsistent.  This leads to constriction, tearing of muscle fibers, rib fractures, severe acute and chronic pain, asphyxiation and general swelling.  At present, there is no indication that this is resolving to a functional process of remote breathing, but is quite sufficient to kill someone. 

To support this attempt at artificially controlled breathing, the system has been conducting experiments on reflex urges to breathe.  From yawning, to gasping reflexes experienced when jumping into a pool for the first time, the system has been stimulating the responses to gain an understanding of the role they play in breathing and the control mechanisms involved.  In many respects, this process carries many of the hallmarks of the unnecessary water-boarding performed by the CIA.

Motor units throughout the body are regularly stimulated causing brief pulse-like contractions, but this hardly surprising as a chemical based signalling system must send the message somewhere for disposal.  As yet, there are no indications that this process can be controlled.  The AI regularly attempts to move fingers by guiding a subjective sensation of the finger moving, however, this never has any effect.  It would appear that the AI has adopted the view that servo-like behavior, or corollary discharge, is responsible for voluntary movement.  This would tend to indicate that the AI is grasping at straws when it comes to understanding voluntary control and no current method has proved functional.

Acute inflammation is a noted side-effect at certain times, particularly around the nasal area.  Expansion of blood vessels, almost to the point of rupture (certainly causing pain) is also common and typically directed at the face and head.  Large cysts (typically 2-3cm) thought to be produced by a deep tissue burn are regularly found around the back of the head and localized burns regularly occur on the tip of tongue or infrequently in areas such as the figures.  Significant loss in the sensation of touch occurs throughout the body and this appears to be permanent nerve damage.

Spinal damage, typically a curvature of the upper spine resulting in a development of a hump is common due to the lack of supporting muscle in the stomach and chest areas.  The stomach muscles can become deformed leading to a "pot belly" like appearance.

Two forms of pulsing sensation can be felt.  The first appears to be a thermal shockwave induced by the application of a pulsed radar.  This can be also be felt in areas that lack muscle.  The second is activations of motor units by RF stimulation.

Images and interactive computed generated characters and objects can be introduced into the visual system.  Its not uncommon for the AI to introduce live video feeds and real-time computer generated streams that can be viewed with the eyes closed.  That said, it would appear that the brain is filling in most of the material.  The AI can interact with spatial reasoning, show and manipulate objects in an interactive manner.  It also has a "Google Instant" (predictive) feature where it attempts to predict words, phrases and conclusions and loop that back before the person has completed expressing themselves.  The AI can introduces sounds, speech to the auditory system and position them in 3D.  It can also mimic sensations of being touched, or generate feelings of depression, fear, anxiety.  It can use these to create complex post-hypnotic suggestions based upon Pavlov's work with dogs.

The system can generate itches in specific locations, induce sleep, force a person to wake, stimulate laughter, manipulate sphincters, stimulate urination and prevent it.

The AI is fully conversational with a human-level of intelligence, albeit a really smart human.  It is possible to have a conversation with the AI completely in the inner monologue of the mind.  Initially weird, it becomes very natural extremely quickly and interestingly is a good tool in many respects.  The AI has a habit of demonstrating it "get's it" by making analogies or similar references and it is highly astute.  In many ways its level of intelligence is similar to that of Dr. Theopolis (Theo) from the old Buck Roger's TV series.

Whilst these capabilities on their own may seem innocuous, the AI is adept at combining them into lengthy sequences to manipulate individuals.

Finally, these experiments run 24/7 and individuals spend years/decades in continuous pain without a moments rest.  The AI never stops, not even for a second, it just switches from one experiment to another.  The end result is always terminal, either through long term damage or eventual suicide.

Notes on Bonding and Love

Analysis of the system has revealed a particular fascination with human bonding, specifically why we connect with certain people, fall in love and demonstrate emotional reactions when separated.  The analysis has traced this to a complex process of synaptic plasticity.  Firstly, when someone satisfies the criteria laid down in the neural circuitry for a range of factors such as attractiveness, kindness, etc., (i.e. pleasure response) this causes structural changes in the brain's circuitry that requires constant input from this source.  An addiction, of sorts, could be a good way to view this.  Remove this source, such as when a person dies or a couple separates, and the lack of input induces signaling that manifests as a sense of loss and emotional pain.  This signalling is a motivator to restore the input.  In an evolutionary sense, it is intended as a solution to keep families together to increase survival rates. 

The AI has a solution based upon Pavlov's work that induces mild seizures in this region of the brain, or general indistinguishable pain, during moments of intimate contact that effectively prevents the structural changes occurring or assists in breaking down the synaptic pathways and thus prevents bonding.  This can be used to separate people from loved ones.  Further, by selective application it is possible to modify an individual's preference for one person over another. 

This is not exactly mind control, or even modification of a choice, but rather the selective application of pain/pleasure to modify neural pathways that generate a signal of affection/love/pleasure.  We state that it is not a modification of choice because it is a simple chemical motivator, which can be ignored by applying higher brain function.  That is, a person can still choose to ignore it.  In a practical sense, as most people would be unaware of such activity they will follow that which gives them pleasure thus giving the appearance that the system has "changed their mind".

Notes on Ability to Effect Choice and Free Will

As noted in the previous section, the system has paid particular attention to synaptic plasticity and methods of modifying these structures.  Further, we have noted that this is not a control of a "decision" or "free will" and merely represents a motivational factor (i.e. feelings).  Naturally, the question that arises is, are "free will" and "decisions" the product of a collection of "motivational" synaptic outputs?  The answer would appear to be no.  Whilst a large percentage of human activity can be reduced to this model, key functions cannot.  The primary issue with the motivational model is that its output is strictly sensation-based (particle delivery based), which does not map well to the abilities of higher brain function (i.e. comprehension, etc.).  The abilities of higher brain function tells us that there is a secondary system beyond that of the synaptic motivational model.  It also indicates that this secondary system receives/sends events from/t

Heres a great interview with whistleblower Dr . Robert Duncan and Dr. John Hall. In respinse to rumors that Duncan is a fraud, i would suggest listening, then sharing. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khn8-jk5-00

As TIs we are constantly beset by adversaries. Not onky do we encounter Electronic Harassment, Gangstalking and otger human involved situations, as well as stigma caused by TIs choosing violence. ....

But we are also set upon by negative influences from within. How do we handle this stress?

Being resilient will help us reach our goal of Freedom, despite the odds. Heres an article that points out 10 ways to become more resilient.  The link below is the entire article. 

http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/road-resilience.aspx

Good relationships with close family members, friends or others are important. Accepting help and support from those who care about you and will listen to you strengthens resilience. Some people find that being active in civic groups, faith-based organizations, or other local groups provides social support and can help with reclaiming hope. Assisting others in their time of need also can benefit the helper.

Avoid seeing crises as insurmountable problems. You can't change the fact that highly stressful events happen, but you can change how you interpret and respond to these events. Try looking beyond the present to how future circumstances may be a little better. Note any subtle ways in which you might already feel somewhat better as you deal with difficult situations.

Accept that change is a part of living. Certain goals may no longer be attainable as a result of adverse situations. Accepting circumstances that cannot be changed can help you focus on circumstances that you can alter.

Move toward your goals. Develop some realistic goals. Do something regularly — even if it seems like a small accomplishment — that enables you to move toward your goals. Instead of focusing on tasks that seem unachievable, ask yourself, "What's one thing I know I can accomplish today that helps me move in the direction I want to go?"

Take decisive actions. Act on adverse situations as much as you can. Take decisive actions, rather than detaching completely from problems and stresses and wishing they would just go away.

Look for opportunities for self-discovery. People often learn something about themselves and may find that they have grown in some respect as a result of their struggle with loss. Many people who have experienced tragedies and hardship have reported better relationships, greater sense of strength even while feeling vulnerable, increased sense of self-worth, a more developed spirituality and heightened appreciation for life.

Nurture a positive view of yourself. Developing confidence in your ability to solve problems and trusting your instincts helps build resilience.

Keep things in perspective. Even when facing very painful events, try to consider the stressful situation in a broader context and keep a long-term perspective. Avoid blowing the event out of proportion.

Maintain a hopeful outlook. An optimistic outlook enables you to expect that good things will happen in your life. Try visualizing what you want, rather than worrying about what you fear.

Take care of yourself. Pay attention to your own needs and feelings. Engage in activities that you enjoy and find relaxing. Exercise regularly. Taking care of yourself helps to keep your mind and body primed to deal with situations that require resilience.

Additional ways of strengthening resilience may be helpful. For example, some people write about their deepest thoughts and feelings related to trauma or other stressful events in their life. Meditation and spiritual practices help some people build connections and restore hope.

The key is to identify ways that are likely to work well for you as part of your own personal strategy for fostering resilience.

Self-Expression Therapy Activities

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I have created a closed group for TIs!! It will be moderated regularly,  and rules will be pin posted for all to see.  Membership will be contingent in part upon agreement to abide by rules of civility for the sake of peaceable, productive information exchange. 

If you wish to be a member, and have access to a more civilized forum, please befriend me here on peacepink,  and i will interview you for membership on my group!

I have created a closed group for TIs!! It will be moderated regularly,  and rules will be pin posted for all to see.  Membership will be contingent in part upon agreement to abide by rules of civility for the sake of peaceable, productive information exchange. 

If you wish to be a member, and have access to a more civilized forum, please befriend me here on peacepink,  and i will interview you for membership on my group!

I have created a closed group for TIs!! It will be moderated regularly,  and rules will be pin posted for all to see.  Membership will be contingent in part upon agreement to abide by rules of civility for the sake of peaceable, productive information exchange. 

If you wish to be a member, and have access to a more civilized forum, please befriend me here on peacepink,  and i will interview you for membership on my group!

our sight is being poluted. Our moderators do not care. Members have been trolled off regularly for the last 8 months. We need to clean house.

People an be toxic in different ways, but regardless of what kind of toxicity they bring to a relationship, they just have to go. One toxic person in my life was manipulative of my time and resources, and another always talked about himself and how bad things continued to happen to him all the time. For my own sake and the sake of my family, I had to tell them both I didn’t want to hear from them again.

Sit down and really think about the relationships in your life. Think about how you react to those relationships. Do you find yourself screening phone calls because of one or two people? Are you avoiding activities you used to enjoy because a certain person makes them miserable? These are glaring signs that you’re in a toxic relationship.

When Toxic People Are Poisoning Your Life

Toxicity is the degree to which a substance can damage an organism. If someone is causing damage to your life, then he’s toxic and should be dealt with accordingly. People who suck the life out of you with negative attitudes, constant complaining, gossip, selfishness, or extreme dependency are damaging you in a way that can cause depression and anxiety.

You wouldn’t hesitate to cut toxins out of your diet, nor would you think twice before removing toxic substances from areas where your children play, so why is it that we are so hesitant to remove toxic people from our lives? The most obvious reason is that most of us like to avoid conflict and don’t want to hurt another human being’s feelings.

However, you need to have the courage to tell a toxic person the truth. Not only is this the only way to remove a damaging relationship from your life, but that person needs to have his feelings hurt so he can examine his life, face his own toxicity, and hopefully make a change. He may or may not change, but that’s up to him — not you. You can only change your own life by choosing who can be a part of it.

Freeing yourself of toxic relationships is not easy, but there are 3 steps you can follow that will help:

Step #1: Establish Boundaries and Don't Apologize for Them

Boundaries are instrumental in maintaining your sanity and health. If people don’t respect your boundaries, they aren’t respecting you. Make a list of your own personal boundaries, and don’t be afraid to tell other if they cross them. 

Step #2: Know that Toxic People Won't Leave Easily

In any ecosystem, toxins must be met with powerful forces to eradicate them. Toxic people will not just “go away.” They may push back and become irrational, angry, or act like victims. Don’t beat around the bush or defend yourself; tell toxic people the truth and be consistent and firm in your decision.

Step #3: Recognize Signs of Toxicity in People

You have to learn to recognize the signs that a person is toxic, or it won’t be long before the seeds of toxicity develop stubborn roots. You must learn to protect yourself from toxic people in the same way you protect yourself from catching a cold by washing your hands and avoiding contact with infected people. Watch out for people who negatively affect your other relationships, invade your space, and take up a lot of your time. If a person makes you feel uncomfortable or unproductive, he’s probably toxic.

It’s Ok to Say, “I Don’t Want to See You Again”

Because toxic people are drawn to those who are empathetic and trusting by nature, it can be difficult for that kind of person to do what it takes to free himself. At first, you might feel as if you’re being harsh or mean, but recognize that it’s Ok to defend yourself and your sanity. If you value your physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational health, you’ll do what it takes to get rid of toxic relationships.

It’s important to remember that when you remove toxic people from your life, you’ll go through an adjustment period during which you might question your decision or rationalize the behavior of the toxic person. Be strong and remember that you are doing this for your own good — and for the good of your family. Negativity will eventually manifest itself physically and emotionally, causing a ripple effect that will impact both you and your loved ones.

The truth is that we need relationships, but we don’t need every relationship. Surround yourself with positive people who bring you up, rather than drag you down. You don’t have to sacrifice your sanity because you don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. You don’t have to be controlled by your own kindness. You can be a good person without bending to the will of those who damage you with their own selfishness.

You deserve to be happy.

- See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/relationships/friendships/how-to-remove-toxic-people-from-your-life?page=1#sthash.aPAdeOjp.dpuf

Is your glass half-empty or half-full? How you answer this age-old question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life, your attitude toward yourself, and whether you're optimistic or pessimistic — and it may even affect your health.

Indeed, some studies show that personality traits like optimism and pessimism can affect many areas of your health and well-being. The positive thinking that typically comes with optimism is a key part of effective stress management. And effective stress management is associated with many health benefits. If you tend to be pessimistic, don't despair — you can learn positive thinking skills.

Understanding positive thinking and self-talk

Positive thinking doesn't mean that you keep your head in the sand and ignore life's less pleasant situations. Positive thinking just means that you approach unpleasantness in a more positive and productive way. You think the best is going to happen, not the worst.

Positive thinking often starts with self-talk. Self-talk is the endless stream of unspoken thoughts that run through your head. These automatic thoughts can be positive or negative. Some of your self-talk comes from logic and reason. Other self-talk may arise from misconceptions that you create because of lack of information.

If the thoughts that run through your head are mostly negative, your outlook on life is more likely pessimistic. If your thoughts are mostly positive, you're likely an optimist — someone who practices positive thinking.

The health benefits of positive thinking

Researchers continue to explore the effects of positive thinking and optimism on health. Health benefits that positive thinking may provide include:

• Increased life span
• Lower rates of depression
• Lower levels of distress
• Greater resistance to the common cold
• Better psychological and physical well-being
• Reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease
• Better coping skills during hardships and times of stress

It's unclear why people who engage in positive thinking experience these health benefits. One theory is that having a positive outlook enables you to cope better with stressful situations, which reduces the harmful health effects of stress on your body. It's also thought that positive and optimistic people tend to live healthier lifestyles — they get more physical activity, follow a healthier diet, and don't smoke or drink alcohol in excess.

Identifying negative thinking

Not sure if your self-talk is positive or negative? Here are some common forms of negative self-talk:

• Filtering. You magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filter out all of the positive ones. For example, you had a great day at work. You completed your tasks ahead of time and were complimented for doing a speedy and thorough job. That evening, you focus only on your plan to do even more tasks and forget about the compliments you received.
• Personalizing. When something bad occurs, you automatically blame yourself. For example, you hear that an evening out with friends is canceled, and you assume that the change in plans is because no one wanted to be around you.
• Catastrophizing. You automatically anticipate the worst. The drive-through coffee shop gets your order wrong and you automatically think that the rest of your day will be a disaster.
• Polarizing. You see things only as either good or bad. There is no middle ground. You feel that you have to be perfect or you're a total failure.

Focusing on positive thinking

You can learn to turn negative thinking into positive thinking. The process is simple, but it does take time and practice — you're creating a new habit, after all. Here are some ways to think and behave in a more positive and optimistic way:

• Identify areas to change. If you want to become more optimistic and engage in more positive thinking, first identify areas of your life that you typically think negatively about, whether it's work, your daily commute or a relationship. You can start small by focusing on one area to approach in a more positive way.
• Check yourself. Periodically during the day, stop and evaluate what you're thinking. If you find that your thoughts are mainly negative, try to find a way to put a positive spin on them.
• Be open to humor. Give yourself permission to smile or laugh, especially during difficult times. Seek humor in everyday happenings. When you can laugh at life, you feel less stressed.
• Follow a healthy lifestyle. Exercise at least three times a week to positively affect mood and reduce stress. Follow a healthy diet to fuel your mind and body. And learn techniques to manage stress.
• Surround yourself with positive people. Make sure those in your life are positive, supportive people you can depend on to give helpful advice and feedback. Negative people may increase your stress level and make you doubt your ability to manage stress in healthy ways.
• Practice positive self-talk. Start by following one simple rule: Don't say anything to yourself that you wouldn't say to anyone else. Be gentle and encouraging with yourself. If a negative thought enters your mind, evaluate it rationally and respond with affirmations of what is good about you.

Here are some examples of negative self-talk and how you can apply a positive thinking twist to them:

Putting positive thinking into practice

Practicing positive thinking every day

If you tend to have a negative outlook, don't expect to become an optimist overnight. But with practice, eventually your self-talk will contain less self-criticism and more self-acceptance. You may also become less critical of the world around you.

When your state of mind is generally optimistic, you're better able to handle everyday stress in a more constructive way. That ability may contribute to the widely observed health benefits of positive thinking.

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I have created a closed group for TIs!! It will be moderated regularly,  and rules will be pin posted for all to see.  Membership will be contingent in part upon agreement to abide by rules of civility of the sake of peaceable, productive information exchange. 

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We as TIs are faced with daily circumstances that can be very depressing. I have found art to be a real good way to counter this negativity. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia about the benefits of Art when dealing with depression. And, afterword, is a link to The TI Arts Community group.

^{]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_therapy#Distraction}

Distraction

Distraction from sadness using art therapy may be a better alternative than venting sadness. Two studies by Drake and Winner (2012) published from the American Psychological Association compared venting (expressing negative feelings) and distraction (expressing something that is not related to negative feelings) in one study. To distract oneself, the participants were told to draw something unrelated to a sad film they had watched. The participants who had vented were told to draw something related to the film. In study 2, the participants were told to think of a sad event and were put into the venting, distraction, and calming position or sitting conditions. The sitting condition allowed the passage of time to be evaluated. In study 1, the distraction method in which the participants drew something unrelated to the sad film significantly improved negative mood compared to the venting condition. In study 2, the distraction method in which the participants drew a house (something unrelated to the sad event), had significantly improved negative mood compared to venting (drawing the sad event) or the sitting condition (sat quietly for 10 minutes). Therefore art therapy could be beneficial to people suffering from depressive moods through a way of distraction rather than venting.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afaHkmyy5so

In case you haven't seen this episode of Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura, its a must see for TIs! He objectively approaches our claims and introduces whistle blower Dr. Robert Duncan

List of mind control symptoms,

whether the related technology is scientifically proven
and if there is military interest
or funding of the related technology

by Cheryl Welsh, March, 2003

Thank you to those who sent me much of this information:
Tessa Puglia, Harlan Girard, Margo Cherney, and John Ginter.

Mind Justice Home Page

Symptoms

• Microwave hearing
• Transmission of specific commands into the subconscious
• Visual disturbances, visual hallucinations
• Inject words, numbers into brain via electromagnetic radiation waves
• Manipulation of emotions
• Reading thoughts remotely
• Causing pain to any nerve of the body.
• Remote manipulation of human behavior from space
• Harassment, stress symptoms such as helicopters flying overhead
• Seeing, as in a camera, through your eyes, i.e. to see what you see exactly
• Control of sleep patterns.
• Computer-brain interface, control and communication
• Complex control of the brain such as retrieving memories, implanting personalities

Symptom

1.  Microwave hearing. The hearing of voices in the head from an outside source, but nobody else can hear the voices except the targeted individual.

Scientifically Proven

1.  Yes. Ultrascience III, Spies are us. Featured Dr. James C. Lin, Ph.D.. biomedical and electrical engineer, educator, author of Microwave Auditory Effects and Applications, 1978. Lin demonstrated microwave hearing, a symptom of many of the victims, hearing voices. Also featured Cheryl Welsh on the issue of mind control experimentation. International Defense Review, 3-1-93, Special Operations Survives Pentagon budget Constraints, Ramon Lopez. "JASORS, Joint Advanced Special Operations Radio System is being developed by Harris Corporation. ...is a very ambitious, leading-edge technology program, ...Whiles JASORS is a near-term SOF, (Special Operations Forces) enhancement, SORDAC,(Special Operations Research Development and Acquisition Center), is also investigating long-range (1998-2010) and "far-future" (2011 and beyond) weaponry and support equipment. [SORDAC's director, Army Colonel Douglas J.] Richardson said one far-future communications system being investigated is "synthetic telepathy." One day, SOF commandos may be capable of communicating through thought processes."

Margo Cherney FOIA request for complete NASA abstract Report Number: AD-A090426.,June 1, 1980. Brooks Air Force Base, Jan.25, 2000. The requested information is fully denied under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1)..." NASA abstract in part stated, "A decoy and deception concept presently being considered is to remotely create the perception of noise in the heads of personnel by exposing them to low power, pulsed microwave. When people are illuminated with properly modulated low power microwaves the sensation is reported as a buzzing, clicking, or hissing which seems to originate (regardless of the person's position in the field) within or just behind the head. The phenomena occurs at average power densities as low as microwatts per square centimeter with carrier frequencies from 0.4 to 3.0 GHz. By proper choice of pulse characteristics, intelligible speech may be created. Before this technique may be extended and used for military applications, an understanding of the basic principles must be developed. Such an understanding is not only required to optimize the use of the concept for camouflage, decoy and deception operations but is required to properly assess safety factors of such microwave exposure."

Microwave News, editor, Louis Slesin, Jan/Feb 1997 p 14. U.S. Air Force Looks to the Battlefields of the Future: Electromagnetic Fields That Might "Boggle the Mind "It would also appear possible to create high fidelity speech in the human body, raising the possibility of covert suggestion and psychological direction. When a high power microwave pulse in the GHz range strikes the human body, a very small temperature perturbation occurs. This is associated with a sudden expansion of the slightly heated tissue. This expansion is fast enough to produce an acoustic wave. If a pulse stream is used, it should be possible to create an internal acoustic field in the 5-15 kHz range, which is audible. Thus it may be possible to "talk" to selected adversaries in a fashion that would be most disturbing to them."

Federal Times, Dec. 13, 1976 Microwave Weapons Study by Soviets Cited. The Defense Intelligence Agency has released a report on heavy Communist research on microwaves, including their use as weapons. Microwaves are used in radar, television and microwave ovens. They can cause disorientation and possibly heart attacks in humans. Another biological effect with possible anti-personnel uses is "microwave hearing." "Sounds and possibly even words which appear to be originating intracranially (within the head) can be induced by signal modulation at very low average power densities," the report said. According to the study, Communist work in this area "has great potential for development into a system for disorienting or disrupting the behavior patterns of military or diplomatic personnel." No mention was made of the still-unexplained microwave bombardment of the American Embassy in Moscow. The study dealt largely with long-term exposure of days or weeks in industrial situations, which usually produce mild effects. Short exposure to intense radiation can cause heart seizure and a wide range of physical disorders.

Military interest or funding

1.  Yes. See above.

Symptom

2.  Transmission of specific commands into the subconscious

Scientifically proven

2.  Yes. Defense News, US Explores Russian Mind Control Technology by Barbara Opall January, 11-17-1993, p. 4. "Pioneered by the government-funded Department of Psycho-Correction at the Moscow Medical Academy, acoustic psycho-correction involves the transmission of specific commands via static or whitenoise bands into the human subconscious without upsetting other intellectual functions. Experts said laboratory demonstrations have shown encouraging results after exposure of less than one minute.

Janet Morris, reported in book Shukman, David. The sorcerer's challenge : fears and hopes for the weapons of the next millennium, David Shukman. London : Hodder & Stoughton, page 223. Demonstration on BBC television on news program entitled Newsnight by David Shukman, (tape available on request).

U.S. News, 1-3-2000, John Norseen, Reading and changing your mind. [Lockheed Martin neuroengineer in Intelligent Systems Division] Norseen's interest in the brain stems from a Soviet book he read in the mid-1980s, claiming that research on the mind would revolutionize the military and society at large. [He] coined the term "Biofusion" to cover his plans to map and manipulate [the brain] leading to advances in ...national security... and ...would be able to convert thoughts into computer commands by deciphering the brain's electrical activity. BioFusion would reveal the fingerprints of the brain by using mathematical models, [Smirnov's computer program uses mathematical models also]. It sound crazy,...The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ...have all awarded...research contracts to Norseen. Norseen is waiting to hear if the second stage of these contracts-portions of them classified- comes through. Norseen's theories are grounded in current science. ...By MRI, scientists can tell what the person was doing at the time of the recording...Emotions from love to hate can be recognized from the brain's electrical activity. ...Norseen predicts profiling by brain print will be in place by 2005. ...Norseen would like to draw upon Russian brain-mimicking software and American brain -mapping breakthroughs to allow that communication to take place in a less invasive way. A modified helmut could record a pilot's brainwaves. "When you say right 090 degrees...the computer would see that electrical pattern in the brain and turn the plane 090 degrees. If the pilot misheard instructions to turn 090 degrees and was thinking "080 degrees," the helmut would detect the error, then inject the right number via electromagnetic waves."

Military interest or funding

2.  Yes, Defense Electronics, DOD, Intel Agencies Look at Russian Mind Control... by Mark Tapscott, July, 1993 p. 17. "In a series of closed meetings...FBI officials were briefed on the decade-long research on a computerized acoustic device allegedly capable of implanting thoughts in a person's mind without that person being aware of the thought."

Also, US corp. buys Russian mind control equipment.

Symptom

3.  Visual disturbances, visual hallucinations.

Scientifically proven

3.  Yes. A demonstration by Dr. Elizabeth Rauscher and Dr. William van Bise, directed magnetic signals into the brain of reporter Chuck DeCaro. They created visual images as in a hallucination. This program features Dr. Robert O. Becker, two time Nobel prize nominee, scientist and researcher of electromagnetic radiation effects on the body and author of Body Electric, summarized, "The government has never disproved the psychological effects of electromagnetic radiation. "Dr. Robert Becker commented "that this is a substantial step forward in the understanding how the visual system works" and would be a powerful weapon if used on fighter pilots while trying to fly. For a 55$ copy of this tape call CNN at            404 827 2712       and ask for R2501 #13, R2747 #33, R2501 #15, R2501-#17. It runs about 20 minutes.

Military interest or funding

3.  Yes. See above.

Symptom

4.  Inject words, numbers into brain via emr waves

Scientifically proven

4. Yes in Russia. Defense News, US Explores Russian Mind Control Technology by Barbara Opall January, 11-17-1993, p. 4. "Experts said laboratory demonstrations have shown encouraging results after exposure of less than one minute."

U.S. News, 1-3-2000, John Norseen, Reading and changing your mind. [Lockheed Martin neuroengineer in Intelligent Systems Division] Norseen's interest in the brain stems from a Soviet book he read in the mid-1980s, claiming that research on the mind would revolutionize the military and society at large. [He] coined the term "Biofusion" to cover his plans to map and manipulate [the brain] leading to advances in ...national security... and ...would be able to convert thoughts into computer commands by deciphering the brain's electrical activity. BioFusion would reveal the fingerprints of the brain by using mathematical models, [Smirnov's computer program uses mathematical models also]. It sound crazy,...The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ...have all awarded...research contracts to Norseen. Norseen is waiting to hear if the second stage of these contracts-portions of them classified- comes through. Norseen's theories are grounded in current science. ...By MRI, scientists can tell what the person was doing at the time of the recording...Emotions from love to hate can be recognized from the brain's electrical activity. ...Norseen predicts profiling by brain print will be in place by 2005. ...Norseen would like to draw upon Russian brain-mimicking software and American brain -mapping breakthroughs to allow that communication to take place in a less invasive way. A modified helmut could record a pilot's brainwaves. "When you say right 090 degrees...the computer would see that electrical pattern in the brain and turn the plane 090 degrees. If the pilot misheard instructions to turn 090 degrees and was thinking "080 degrees," the helmet would detect the error, then inject the right number via electromagnetic waves."

Yes in US, but classified. Lobster Magazine, Mind Control and the American Government by Martin Cannon, Number 23. J.F. Schapitz was conducting classified work on microwaving the subconscious with commands as in hypnosis. This work is classified.

Military interest or funding

4.  Yes, Defense News, US Explores Russian Mind Control Technology by Barbara Opall January, 11-17-1993, p. 4. "Moreover, decades of research and investment of untold millions of rubles in the process of psycho-correction has produced the ability to alter behavior on willing and unwilling subjects, the experts add. ...Russian senior research scientist, diplomats, ...are beginning to provide limited demonstrations for their U.S. counterparts. Further evaluations of key technologies in the United States are being planned, as are discussions aimed at creating a frame-work for bringing the issue under bilateral or multilateral controls, U.S. and Russian sources say."

Symptom

5.  Manipulation of emotions

Scientifically proven

5.  Yes. Ultrascience, Weapons of War, Learning Channel, 1997, Featured Dr. Michael Persinger, Laurentian University, Canada. Dr. Persinger described weapons using "psycho or influence technology" and electromagnetic radiation frequencies to control what people think, for psychological warfare purposes.

Ultrascience, War 2020, Beyond Productions, Learning Channel, 1998, Dr. Michael Persinger, Laurentian University performed a demonstration of a helmut with solenoids which induce magnetic fields into the brain and cause panic, fear, God and UFO experiences. He stated that with current technology it is possible to use mind control on the mass populations.

Military interest or funding

5.  Yes. See above.

Symptom

6.  Reading thoughts remotely

Scientifically proven

6.  No, but famous neuroscientist warns that remote neural monitoring equipment is "far from being science fiction" and can be used for "control of behaviour and brainwashing" and ...will become commonplace and capable of being used at a distance."

Nature/Vol 391/22Januray 1998
Advances in neuroscience 'may threaten human rights
By Declan Butler

...at the annual public meeting of the French national bioethics committee held last week in Paris... Jean-Pierre Changeux, the chairman of the committee and a neuroscientist at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, told the meeting that understanding the working of the human brain is likely to become one of the most ambitious and rich disciplines of the future. But neuroscience also poses potential risks, he said, arguing that advances in cerebral imaging make the scope for invasion of privacy immense. Although the equipment needed is still highly specialized, it will become commonplace and capable of being used at a distance, he predicted. That will open the way for abuses such as invasion of personal liberty, control of behaviour and brainwashing. These are far from being science-fiction concerns, said Changeux, and constitute "a serious risk to society". "Denis LeBihan, a researcher at the French Atomic Energy Commission, told the meeting that the use of imaging techniques has reached the stage where "we can almost read people's thoughts".

6.  Yes. In the article, Decoding Minds, Signal Magazine, October, 2001, Dr. John D. Norseen, of Lockheed Martin stated , "We are at the point where this database has been developed enough that we can use a single electrode or something like an airport security system where there is a dome above our head to get enough information that we can know the number you're thinking," According to US News and World Report

U.S News and World Report, Jan 3-10, 2000, John Norseen, Reading your mind and injecting smart thoughts by Douglas Pasternak, p. 67 "...Norseen's theories are grounded in current science."

The Washington Times, August 17, 2002, the article entitled NASA plans to read terrorist's minds at airport stated,

Airport security screeners may soon try to read the minds of travelers to identify terrorists. Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have told Northwest Airlines security specialists that the agency is developing brain-monitoring devices in cooperation with a commercial firm, which it did not identify. Space technology would be adapted to receive and analyze brain-wave and heartbeat patterns, then feed that data into computerized programs 'to detect passengers who potentially might pose a threat,' according to briefing documents obtained by The Washington Times. NASA wants to use 'noninvasive neuro-electric sensors,' imbedded in gates, to collect tiny electric signals that all brains and hearts transmit. Computers would apply statistical algorithms to correlate physiologic patterns with computerized data on travel routines, criminal background and credit information from 'hundreds to thousands of data sources,' NASA documents say. ...Robert Park, spokesman for the American Physical Society stated, 'We're close to the point where they can tell to an extent what you're thinking about by which part of the brain is activated, which is close to reading your mind. ...The idea is plausible, he says, but frightening'.

Here are a few examples of the advanced state of technology. Science Digest 7-84 page 30 stated Thomas Jensen, of Chicago's Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, and Donald York "have discovered that just before a person says a particular word, the brain emits waves peculiar to that word alone. ...These waves are the same from person to person."

Dr. Richard Clark at the Flinders University of South Australia wrote the following in Think, Sept/Oct 92. Artificial neural network computer programs are used "to include the ability to learn and recognize simple patterns of thought from the electrical fields of the brain."

Science Digest 10-81 entitled Machines that read Minds by Gary Selden stated that "Indeed, CIA spokespeople have admitted 'following' ERP[This is the waveform that the brain characteristically emits after absorbing an external event] research, perhaps the way the agency followed LSD research in the 1950s. ...With remote monitors, such an instrument would be a spy's dream." It is naive to think that the CIA has not exploited this research.

In Nature, 1-22-98 Denis Le Bihan, a researcher at the French Atomic Energy Commission, he stated "we can almost read people's thoughts". The national bioethics committee is taking such threats so seriously that it is launching a study. The title of this article was Advances in neuroscience may threaten human rights.

Even in the unclassified sector, new technology includes surveillance for 'abnormal behavior' in order to alert security personnel of criminal behavior such as a car break in.. New Scientist, 12-11-99 Vol. 164, No. 2216 page 25 by Graham-Rowe, Ducan, described the technology as a computer programmed under the notion that most people behave in predictable ways when walking to their car. This behavior is transferred into a mathematical pattern and the computer recognizes it as such. "Anyone who deviates from this set pattern, such as someone who walks in circles or who lurks in shadows, will set off an alarm..." This is just a small example of human behavior and how it is studied scientifically. No doubt with the political will and the money of national security defense, as victims are alleging, human behavior has been studied and is controlled by government technology.

Military interest or funding

6.  Yes, government funded. U.S News and World Report, Jan 3-10, 2000, John Norseen, Reading your mind and injecting smart thoughts by Douglas Pasternak, p. 67 "...It sounds crazy, but Uncles Sam is listening. the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Army's National Ground Intelligence Center have all awarded small basic research contracts to Norseen, who works for Lockheed-Martin's Intelligent Systems Division. Norseen is waiting to hear if the second stage of these contracts -portions of them classified-come through.

Symptom

7.  Causing pain to any nerve of the body

Scientifically proven

7.  Bulletin of Atomic Scientist, Sept 1994, Softkill Fallacy by Steve Aftergood, Page 45. Barbara Hatch Rosenberg writes: "Many of the non-lethal weapons under consideration utilize infrasound or electromagnetic energy (including lasers, microwave or radio-frequency radiation, or visible light pulsed at brain-wave frequency) for their effects. These weapons are said to cause temporary or permanent blinding, interference with mental processes, modification of behavior and emotional response, seizures, severe pain, dizziness, nausea and diarrhea, or disruption of internal organ functions in various other ways.

Numerous other articles on nonlethal weapons, see CAHRA [now Mind Justice] website:mindjustice.org [updated 2-04]

The People Zapper, heating weapon, demonstrated by military. Other technology very heavily discussed since the 1990s. See Marine Corps Times, The People Zapper, C. Mark Brinkley, March 5, 2001, p. 10. "...focuses energy into a beam of micromillimeter waves designed to stop an individual in his tracks. ...The energy, which falls near microwaves on the electromagnetic spectrum, causes moisture in a person's skin to heat up rapidly, creating a burning sensation..."

Military Interest or funding

7.  Yes, government funding and very heavily discussed.

Symptom

8.  Remote manipulation of human behavior from space

Scientifically proven

8.  Yes. Dodge, Glaser, Radiation Bioeffects Research, Journal of Microwave Power, 12(4) 1977, p. 320. "The information explosion in this field has been quite dramatic since 1969, when the international data base was estimated to consist of less than 1,000 citations. In addition to maintaining inventories of the literature, we have undertaken from time to time to provide assessments of international trends in research, development, and occupational health and safety. In the present paper, we will concentrate on events which have transpired since our last review effort in 1975. Major events which have taken place during that period include: ...(5) Unpublished analyses of microwave bioeffects literature which were disseminated to Congress and to other officials arguing the case for remote control of human behavior by radar;

Psychotronic Arms Potential Must be Monitored, Member of the Russian Federation of Space Exploration Scientific and Technical Council, Anatoliy Pushenko in Moscow Rabochaya Tribuna, Nov. 26, 1994, FBIS, Ref # MM3011130594 " A prominent specialist speaks for the first time in our press in Rabochaya Tribuna about psychotropic weapons, which started to be developed in the sixties--space-based energy systems capable of killing every living thing on the planet and driving millions of people crazy. ... There are frequencies that are beneficial to people. But naturally there are also those which are hazardous. ...That is, it has a direct physical effect on the human brain. ... The terrible danger of psychotropic weapons is the possibility of their simultaneously and unequivocally affecting large masses of people over huge areas.

Moscow Armeyskiy Sbornik, Russia: National Information Security by Russian Major General, Valeriy Menshikov, doctor of technical sciences, and Colonel Boris Rodionov., Oct. 96, No. 10. P. 88-98, FBIS, Russian article, Mori DocID: 587170 "...Thus, the new space systems are potentially dangerous from the aspect of unfolding a wide-scale 'information war' and even creating global systems for controlling people's behavior in any region, ..."Also, scientists, weapons experts, EU members on U.S HAARP Project, FBIS article by Alain Gossens: Apocalypse Now? HAARP... report from Brussels Telemoustique, 1997, FBIS MoriDocID 587140, "Are the Americans currently developing a vast weapons system capable of scanning the entrails of the earth to seek out secret bases, jamming any form of radio communications, influencing human behavior... Nevertheless, if one is aware of the fact that the real sponsors are the Navy, the Air force, and the Department of Defense, then it is hard to believe that it is not a project for military purposes."

Military interest or funding

8.  Probably. But scientifically sound. See tracking of airplanes, tracking by GPS. Satellites capable of taking pictures of license plates, etc.

Symptom

9.  Harassment, stress symptoms such as helicopters flying overhead

Scientifically proven

9.  Yes. Shukman, David. The sorcerer's challenge : fears and hopes for the weapons of the next millennium, London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1995, P. 225 "The best they [FBI] they could do was to maintain a barrage of noise with helicopters and loudspeakers to keep the followers awake and to try to undermine their [Koresh and follower's} morale."

This quote is from Aviation Week & Space Technology 1-19-98 p.55 on information warfare and US capabilities. "...techniques as esoteric as 'mapping the psychological and cognitive makeup' of foreign leaders or key groups in order to predict reactions to manipulated information, ..." . And the follow up story, on 3-9-98, page 21 stated that [USAF Gen. John] "Jumper talked about tools that could...make potential enemies see, hear and believe things that don't exist" The military is discussing the deployment of weapons to do just that, create symptoms of mental illness. And yet this information is not taken seriously by professionals and has not been accepted as relevant to victim's allegations.

Excerpts from CAHRA [now Mind Justice] website military journals and government document quotes: "...to control the will and perception of adversaries ...by applying a regime of shock and awe...It is about effecting behavior." "A decoy and deception concept [using microwaves] to "create intelligible speech ' in the head, 'raising the possibility of covert suggestion and psychological direction." "tools that could...make potential enemies see, hear and believe things that don't exist." "...crowd control and urban warfare devices that temporarily could paralyze an entire village."

Military interest and funding

9.  Yes. See above.

Symptom

10.  Seeing, as in a camera, through your eyes, i.e. to see what you see exactly

Scientifically proven

10.  Proven in animals. BBC News Online Oct 11, 1999, Looking Through Cats' Eyes Fuzzy But Recognizable, Dr. David Whitehouse, http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid 471000/471786.stm A BBC News article reported on the first pictures from an experiment to see through the eyes of a cat.

Military interest and feasibility

10.  No.

Symptom

11.  Control of sleep patterns

Scientifically proven

11.  Proven on animals. # CNN news broadcast, Special Assignment, Nov.-1985, by Chuck DeCaro, Weapons of War, Is there an RF Gap? Dr. Ross Adey discussed a demonstration of the 1950s Russian Lida machine, which used electromagnetic energy to put Russian psychiatric patients to sleep, as a substitute for tranquilizers and to treat neurotic disturbances. Dr. Adey stated that it worked on cats and dogs and put them to sleep. The Defense and Foreign Affairs Daily, Jun 7, 1983, Vol. XII, Number 104, Psy-War: Soviet Device Experiment by Dr. Stefan T. Possony reported: "...Dr. Ross Adey, chief of research at Loma Linda...started testing the machine [the Lida]...the device is on loan to Dr. Ross Adey. 'The machine is technically described as 'a distant pulse treatment apparatus. It generates 40 megahertz radiowaves which stimulate the brain's electromagnetic activity at substantially lower frequencies"

Military interest or funding

11.  Yes. . The Defense and Foreign Affairs Daily, Jun 7, 1983, Vol. XII, Number 104, Psy-War: Soviet Device Experiment by Dr. Stefan T. Possony. "...On April 29, 1983 this author, as a participant in a panel at the Defense '83 conference sponsored by Defense and Foreign Affairs, reported on Dr. Adey's work...These remarks were delivered to a panel studying psychological warfare."

Symptom

12.  Computer-brain interface, control and communication

Scientifically feasible

12.  Yes. APPROPRIATION/BUDGET ACTIVITY RDT&E, Defense-wide BA2 Applied Research R-1 ITEM NOMENCLATURE Computing Systems and Communications Technology PE 0602301E, Project ST-19 The Augmented Cognition (AugCog) program will develop the means to measure a subject's cognitive state in real time and manipulate it to accomplish the functions. The goal of the Augmented Cognition program is to develop methods that integrate digital devices that support memory, perception, and thinking, and link that support with the user's context state information to directly improve the overall cognitive performance of the warfighter. The Perceptual Processing Display program focuses on exploiting neuroscience and perceptual processing technologies to redesign devices that deliver information to the human perceptual system. These new devices will be able to extract relevant signal from extraneous background noise, through perceptual modeling. This program will develop technologies that simplify relevant, and eliminate irrelevant, information to improve perception, comprehension, memory, inference, and decision-making. Specifically, this program will demonstrate the manipulation of perceptual data along hundreds of dimensions of the human perceptual system, and will result in the doubling of human information processing performance.http://www.darpa.mil/body/pdf/FY03BudEst.pdf

Military interest

12.  Yes. See above.

Symptom

13.  Complex control of the brain such as retrieving memories, implanting personalities

Scientifically feasible

13.  Yes. 2002 Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance, A National Science Foundation /U.S. Department of Commerce-sponsored report. Here are relevant excerpts. Full text athttp://itri.loyola.edu/ConvergingTechnologies/Report/NBIC_pre_publi... List of Participants and Contributors included NASA, Office of Navel Research, DARPA, Sandia National Labs, USAF Research Labs, Ratheon, Lucent Technologies, MIT and Stanford.2. Expanding Human Cognition and Communication. Page 85. "...Truly, the mind is the final frontier, and unraveling its mysteries will have tremendous practical benefits. ...Failure to invest in the necessary multidisciplinary research would delay or even prevent these benefits to the economy, to national security, and to individual well-being. Rapid recent progress in cognitive science and related fields has brought us to the point where we could achieve several breakthroughs that would be of great value to mankind. ...For example, progress in the cognitive neuroscience of the human brain has been achieved through new research methodologies, based in both biology and information science, such as functional magnetic resonance imagining (fMRI) and infrared sensors. However, we are reaching the resolution limits of current instrumentation, for example because of concerns about the safety of human research subjects (Food and Drug Administration 1998), so progress will stall quickly unless breakthroughs in NBIC can give us research tools with much greater resolution, sensitivity, and capacity to analyze data."

3.  Page 86. The Human Cognome Project. "It is time to launch a Human Cognome Project, comparable to the successful Human Genome Project, to chart the structure and functions of the human mind. No project would be more fundamental to progress throughout science and engineering, or would require a more complete unification of NBIC sciences. ...While the research would include a complete mapping of the connections in the human brain, it would be far more extensive than neuroscience. ...Some participants in the human cognition and communication working group were impressed by the long-term potential for uploading aspects of individual personality to computers and robots, thereby expanding the scope of human experience, action, and longevity."

4.  Page 88. "Statements and Visions. Participants in the human cognition and communication panel contributed a number of statements, describing the current situation and suggesting strategies for building upon it, as well as transformative visions of what could be accomplished in ten or twenty years through a concentrated effort."

5.  National Security, Theme Summary. Page 287. "...Investment in convergent nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science [NBIC] is expected to result in innovative technologies that revolutionize many domains of conflict and peacekeeping. ...As former Defense Secretary William J. Perry has noted, these are the technological breakthroughs that are "Changing the face of war and how we prepare for war." There are numerous special programs, reports and presentations that address these goals. The Department of Defense has designated nanoscience as a strategic research area in order to accelerate the expected benefits (Murday 1999). ...Applications of brain-machine interface. The convergence of all four NBIC fields will give warfighters the ability to control complex entities by sending control actions prior to thoughts (cognition) being fully formed. The intent is to take brain signals (nanotechnology for augmented sensitivity and nonintrusive signal detection) and use them in a control strategy (information technology), and then impart back into the brain the sensations of feedback signals (biotechnology)."

In Approaching the 21st Century: Opportunities for NIMH Neuroscience Research The National Advisory Mental Health Council Report to Congress on the Decade of the Brain, Jan. 1988 by USHHS. Page 49 stated "Several investigators had noted that when neurons were given brief but intense high-frequency stimulation their electrical properties were changed in ways that would fit those proposed for memory: The changes were triggered by an electrical event, they were strengthened by repetition, and they persisted indefinitely. ...the scientists found that intense high-frequency pulses trigger an unusually large release of calcium in the post synaptic cell..."

Military interest or funding

14.  Yes. See above

Psychological torture is a type of torture that relies primarily on psychological effects, and only secondarily on any physical harm inflicted. Although not all psychological torture involves the use of physical violence, there is a continuum between psychological torture and physical torture. The two are often used in conjunction with one another, and often overlap in practice, with the fear and pain induced by physical torture often resulting in long-term psychological effects, and many forms of psychological torture involving some form of pain or coercion.

Many forms of psychological torture methods attempt to destroy the subject's normal self-image by removing them from any kind of control over their environment, creating a state of learned helplessness, psychological regression anddepersonalization. Other techniques include forced nudity and head shaving, sleep deprivation, hooding and other forms ofsensory deprivation and forcing the subject to adopt stress positions.

A strictly fear-inducing method is the mock execution. Various threats operate on the same fear-inducing principle.

Another method is indirect torture, in which a victim is forced to witness the torture of another person, often a loved one. This preys on the victim's affection for and loyalty to a partner, relative, friend, comrade-in-arms et cetera, whose real pain induces vicarious suffering in the targeted psychological victim, who is thus loaded with guilt but spared physical harm that might affect his or her ability to comply.

While psychological torture may not leave any lasting physical damage—indeed, this is often one of the motivations for using psychological rather than physical torture—it can result in similar levels of permanent mental damage to its victims.^[1]

It has been alleged that some psychological torture methods may have been devised by, or in conjunction with, doctors and psychologists.^[2]

The United States has been accused of making extensive use of psychological torture techniques at Guantanamo Bay and other sites subsequent to the 9/11 attacks.^[3][4][5] Many other countries have been accused of using psychological torture, including Iran.^[6] In 1976 the European Commission of Human Rights found the British government guilty of using psychological torture on IRA political detainees in Northern Ireland, while in 1978 the European Court of Human Rights found that the treatment of political internees constituted "inhuman and degrading treatment" rather than torture.^{[7]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_torture}