Jacksonville man charged in Kinston arsons
By: WNCT STAFF
Published: July 14, 2012
KINSTON, N.C. - A Jacksonville man is behind bars, accused of setting fire to three buildings in Kinston.
Officers with the Kinston Department of Public Safety along with Agents with the ATF and SBI made the arrest Friday.
48-year-old William Elliot is facing four separate charges of burning certain buildings and one charge of first degree arson. He had a first court appearance Monday morning at 9 a.m.
Camp Lejeune's Public Affairs Office says Elliot is a retired marine who served from June 1982 to September 2011. He was a Master Gunnery Sergeant who won several awards, including a Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and a National Defense Service Medal.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Media hyped what Holmes Mom said
Holmes Family Stands Behind Son, Disputes Media Reports
An attorney for the family of suspected Colorado Massacre gunman James Holmes says they stand behind their son.
By Shauntel Lowe
July 23, 2012
The mother of the suspected Colorado Massacre gunman was referring to herself—not her son—when she told a reporter he had the "right person" when asked about the shooting last week, the Holmes family attorney said Monday, adding that the parents stand behind their son.
An attorney for the family of suspected Colorado Massacre gunman James Holmes says they stand behind their son.
By Shauntel Lowe
July 23, 2012
The mother of the suspected Colorado Massacre gunman was referring to herself—not her son—when she told a reporter he had the "right person" when asked about the shooting last week, the Holmes family attorney said Monday, adding that the parents stand behind their son.
"I did not know anything about a shooting in Aurora at that time. He asked if I was Arlene Holmes and if my son was James Holmes who lives in Aurora, Colorado. I answered, 'Yes, you have the right person.' I was referring to myself.
I asked him to tell me why he was calling. He told me, 'About a shooting in Aurora.' He asked for a comment. I told him I could not comment because I did not know that the person he was talking about was my son and I would need to find out."
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New age babble, ancient healing
I was stunned by what was missed in this article. Meditation has worked for centuries to teach a body to calm down. The "whole" of the person begins to work in harmony again, mind, body and spirit. It is not the answer to all of "whole" of a person with PTSD, especially Combat PTSD.
Meditation helps a veteran re-teach his/her body to calm down again. After training to get the body to go into high alert, experiencing the events of combat and months of not really resting, the body needs help to put things back in balance again. Meditation is vital but so is talk therapy, spiritual healing and often medication.
If meditation is not your thing, then some are helped by doing something as simple as taking long walks with calming music to trap out thoughts that can agitate the body going "on guard" again instead of relaxing. Some find martial arts work. Others find yoga helps, or playing a musical instrument, reading a good book or writing. Anything of natural order helps different people as long as it is calming and not numbing.
I talked to some veterans telling me that drinking does the trick and helps them calm down. They are confused between calming and numbing. Some say they drink to fall asleep but have confused falling asleep with passing out. If you're thinking about drinking instead of doing something listed above, it is not a good idea at all. It will only make PTSD stronger, your wallet leaner, your lawyer richer when you are caught drunk driving and leave you with a hangover.
It could also lead to something like this.
Break Out of the Prison of Your Past
Lilian Cheung, D.Sc., R.D.
Co-Author, 'Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life'
Posted: 07/24/2012
"You are free to be here." -- Thich Nhat Hanh
This simple idea opens a world of relief. We can unburden ourselves of past suffering by realizing that however painful experiences were, they are not happening to us in the present moment. The suffering from the past is a shadow that we allow to haunt us.
The application of mindfulness, the state of being fully present in the here and now, has proved so useful in transforming past pain in to peace that prisons, detention centers and psychotherapists treating veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are increasingly implementing mindfulness-based programs. The results for individuals who participate, and their communities, have been promising.
The Mind Body Awareness Project, a nonprofit organization that offers meditation courses to at-risk youth in prisons and detention centers, conducted a two-year pilot study, which concluded in 2007. Ninety-five percent of participants in their mindfulness programs reported feeling physically better after coming to class. Ninety-three percent reported feeling less stressed, 85 percent felt better about themselves and 78 percent reported sleeping better.
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Meditation helps a veteran re-teach his/her body to calm down again. After training to get the body to go into high alert, experiencing the events of combat and months of not really resting, the body needs help to put things back in balance again. Meditation is vital but so is talk therapy, spiritual healing and often medication.
If meditation is not your thing, then some are helped by doing something as simple as taking long walks with calming music to trap out thoughts that can agitate the body going "on guard" again instead of relaxing. Some find martial arts work. Others find yoga helps, or playing a musical instrument, reading a good book or writing. Anything of natural order helps different people as long as it is calming and not numbing.
I talked to some veterans telling me that drinking does the trick and helps them calm down. They are confused between calming and numbing. Some say they drink to fall asleep but have confused falling asleep with passing out. If you're thinking about drinking instead of doing something listed above, it is not a good idea at all. It will only make PTSD stronger, your wallet leaner, your lawyer richer when you are caught drunk driving and leave you with a hangover.
It could also lead to something like this.
A woman said her ex-boyfriend was sitting on her roof texting her nonstop and had tried to break into her home. Sheriff's deputies took the suspect – a drunken Marine – to Camp Pendleton.
Marines Call Me Maybe video causes controversy
Dancin’ Marines
By MARK THOMPSON
July 23, 2012
These days, when troops get bored in the war zone – and there’s plenty of time for that to happen – they make music videos. Here’s the latest from the Marines (and some soldiers) at Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan, lip-syncing to what Battleland is told is Carly Rae Jepson’s summer hit “Call Me Maybe.”
Posts a self-described Marine sergeant:
By MARK THOMPSON
July 23, 2012
These days, when troops get bored in the war zone – and there’s plenty of time for that to happen – they make music videos. Here’s the latest from the Marines (and some soldiers) at Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan, lip-syncing to what Battleland is told is Carly Rae Jepson’s summer hit “Call Me Maybe.”
Posts a self-described Marine sergeant:
Well thats great that these POG’s [Persons Other than Grunts] are making music videos while me and other real Marines are fighting a war. I lost my leg in Afghan last August which I am glad to have done my duty for 9 years untill i was wounded but the fact of the matter is we like so many other combat arms Marines were on a PB [patrol base] with no power no a/c no running water because logistics could not get proper equiptment to us…… But these Marines are the ones that could get it to us and there making a stupid music video what a joke. And these Marines are the one that will be the ones telling war stories in the bar.
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Dr. Drew says after trauma, don't isolate!
Dr. Drew was talking about the mass murder at the movie theater in Aurora Colorado making a very clear case about the dangers of isolating after an event like this.
Drew talked about faith in your higher power, talking to other people and not shutting yourself off.
Isn't it great advice? That's what the civilian world does with traumatic events.
While we see hundreds of reporters show up after something like this, there is also an army of crisis responders rushing out to help. The goal, get people to talk about it so they can begin to heal. Have a conversation with someone that will not judge them so they can talk it out.
Traumatic events are not part of a "normal" life. People are not trained to cope with it especially when it is something like this. Something like this is not personal yet somehow they wonder if it is because of them. Well meaning "friends" will come out with something totally stupid like "God never gives us more than we can handle." as if God not only made them go to that movie, at that time, in that theater and then sent the gunman in to punish them or test them.
God didn't send the murder in. This was not personal. He opened fire on kids, teens, young adults and everyone else he thought may be easy to hit.
Mass murder is not personal. It wasn't personal on 9-11 anymore than it was in Colorado. That may be the hardest thing to overcome. The randomness of the suffering makes people feel very unsafe from that moment on. People will go to the movies and remember what happened just as millions of people around this country went to work in large buildings thinking about the planes that took down other buildings.
With help, the right kind of help, days of normal-ness will take the fear away.
Psychologist say that after trauma there is a 30 day window. If the aftereffects do not get weaker as time passes, then they need to get more help to overcome it. That does not mean that everything inside will "get over it" but just means the trauma won't win. If you need help go for it. Don't listen to anyone saying anything that makes you feel worse afterwards.
Drew talked about faith in your higher power, talking to other people and not shutting yourself off.
Dr. Drew: 'Trauma changes our brains'
By Dr. Drew staff
updated 7:04 AM EDT, Tue July 24, 2012
NEED TO KNOW
'If you isolate and sit with your fears … you increase your risk for psychiatric/psychological problems later,' Dr. Drew says
Aurora is bracing for another emotional week as families begin making funeral arrangements for the loves ones they lost in the horrific Colorado theater shooting.
On Monday night, HLN’s Dr. Drew dedicated his entire show to helping people understand how to overcome such distress.
“Trauma changes our brains,” he said. “It changes our brains permanently and that is why we have to have professional intervention. There's healing, but it’s about re-wiring and changing how the brain functions.”
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Isn't it great advice? That's what the civilian world does with traumatic events.
While we see hundreds of reporters show up after something like this, there is also an army of crisis responders rushing out to help. The goal, get people to talk about it so they can begin to heal. Have a conversation with someone that will not judge them so they can talk it out.
Traumatic events are not part of a "normal" life. People are not trained to cope with it especially when it is something like this. Something like this is not personal yet somehow they wonder if it is because of them. Well meaning "friends" will come out with something totally stupid like "God never gives us more than we can handle." as if God not only made them go to that movie, at that time, in that theater and then sent the gunman in to punish them or test them.
God didn't send the murder in. This was not personal. He opened fire on kids, teens, young adults and everyone else he thought may be easy to hit.
Mass murder is not personal. It wasn't personal on 9-11 anymore than it was in Colorado. That may be the hardest thing to overcome. The randomness of the suffering makes people feel very unsafe from that moment on. People will go to the movies and remember what happened just as millions of people around this country went to work in large buildings thinking about the planes that took down other buildings.
With help, the right kind of help, days of normal-ness will take the fear away.
Psychologist say that after trauma there is a 30 day window. If the aftereffects do not get weaker as time passes, then they need to get more help to overcome it. That does not mean that everything inside will "get over it" but just means the trauma won't win. If you need help go for it. Don't listen to anyone saying anything that makes you feel worse afterwards.
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