Mourning and a Day of Remembrance

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With an outpouring of support coming from all corners of the world, in the end it’s the small community and it’s citizens who have to come to terms with this dreadful act of insanity. The media should back-off and avoid intrusion into the private lifes of victims, family, friends, neighbours and relatives. Some parents do seek the publicity in their anguish, but with a motive to tell the world community about their beloved child, how special he/she was.

‘Always smiling’: Portraits of Conn. victims

More stories are unfolding of acts of heroism by young teachers who offered their lives to save the children who were under their guardianship. Many heartbreaking moments …

Victoria Soto: A hero’s light shines on

(Stratford Star) – Hundreds gathered at Stratford Town Hall Saturday evening to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of one of their own, 27 year-old Victoria Soto, who was fatally shot protecting the lives of her first grade class yesterday.

Family members, friends and former classmates of Soto began gathering for the candlelight vigil long before the scheduled start time of 7 p.m., many in tears as they shared hugs and reminisced about the woman they fondly recalled.

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Close family of hero teacher Victoria Soto at the vigil (Photo by Ralph Petitti)

Jillian Soto, Victoria’s younger sister, made brief comments to the growing crowd as the vigil began.

“Victoria truly is a hero and I’m very proud to say that she is my sister,” said Jillian atop the steps of Town Hall. “We definitely lost an amazing person who died doing what she loved, protecting the kids that meant the world to her.”

Fighting back tears, she continued. “And they’ll be able to say that they’re here today because she sacrificed her life so that they could live another day.”

Choir singers from Stratford High then began a program of musical selections, beginning with Silent Night and Amazing Grace. Victoria is survived by her parents, Donna and Carlos Soto Sr., two sisters, Jillian and Carlee, and brother, Carlos Jr.

Teacher from Stratford died ‘Protecting Little Ones’

These Are Some of the Heroes from Newtown

(The Atlantic Wire) – As details emerge about what happened inside Sandy Hook Elementary Friday morning, we’re beginning to be able to piece together a narrative, and see who was responsible for preventing any further harm. If it wasn’t for these people — big and small — who reportedly contributed in different ways, the shooting could have been even worse. Some of them survived and some of them didn’t, but what matters is they helped yesterday, and they deserve to be recognized for their contributions:

Dawn Hochsprung, the school’s principal, who was only hired two years ago and was celebrated for her ability to make the school a warm, welcoming place for student and staff alike

More below the fold …

Robbie Parker recalls loving 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, who died in Newtown, Conn. Shooting

This photo posted to the Emilie Parker Fund Facebook page shows Emilie Parker and her father Robbie Parker. Fighting back tears and struggling to catch his breath, Robbie Parker the father of 6-year-old Emile Parker who was gunned down in Friday’s school shooting in Connecticut told the world about a little girl who loved to draw and was always smiling, and he also reserved surprising words of sympathy for the gunman.

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Oui on December 16, 2012 at 1:41 pm

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How sick can society get?

Newtown Church Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Newtown, CT – Worshippers hurriedly left a church Sunday, saying they were told there was a bomb threat not far from the elementary school where 20 kids and six adults were massacred. At least a dozen police in camouflage SWAT gear and carrying guns arrived at the St. Rose of Lima Church. An Associated Press photographer saw police leave carrying something in a red tarp.

Connecticut town seeks solace in church; Obama due

Oui on December 16, 2012 at 2:26 pm

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Guns don’t kill, who are these people who go on a killing spree? Why are they often young white males, intelligent, loners with few friends,
empathy deficient and poor ability to communicate at social level. Intelligence, autism and violence.

Columbine – Aurora – Virginia Tech – Newtown

Classmates say Adam Lanza was ‘very quiet,’ unusually intelligent student

(Ynet News) – Adam Lanza was a shy and unusually intelligent student, two former classmates recall. In Newtown High School, he dressed more formally than other students, often wearing khaki pants, button-down shirts and at times, a pocket protector, said Tim Arnone who first met Lanza at Sandy Hook. The two of them joined the high school’s audio-visual club, also known as a tech club, and spent free periods playing video games at the school’s television station studio.

Lanza was “driven hard” to succeed academically by his parents, particularly his mother. “She pushed him really hard to be smarter and work harder in school,” Arnone said. Lanza was a big fan of Japanese culture, collecting Pokemon cards and playing the PlayStation video game Dynasty Warriors, a weapons-based animated fighting game released in the late 1990s.

Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires confirmed for Feburary 2013 release

Report Ties Traffic Pollution to Autism Risk

Oui on December 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm

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Parental Attention Deficiency (PAD)

A fictional suggestion of mine appears to have been studied at the University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Watching my grandson grow up close-by, a damaging divorce at the age of 14 months, authoritarian dad from the Dutch Reformed Church, I managed to become part of my grandson’s guardianship. His instinct has developed more strongly causing him to be hypersensitive to sources of light, noise and somewhat touch. The child develops in phases where he starts learning his outside world. His comfort zone is closeness, wamth and safety. Watching tv, playing video games, playing games on the Internet or iPad keeps his mindset to himself and blocking out the outside world. A simple question asked or a next step in his daily life like getting dressed, playing outdoors or going to school becomes a struggle and risk of a tantrum.

Therefore the child needs attention, time spent with parent on learning aspects to develop in a social manner. Especially such a child with high sensitivity needs definite limits set on time watching any video screen. The learning pulses has to come from doing things by himself, building with blocks, creative games and outdoor play with other children. Create a healthy environment. My grandson is very social, smart and a very happy kid. I think he will do fine the coming years. Children sometimes need the warmth of a hug and very much a confirmation he is doing well.

The only massacre ever in the Netherlands that shocked the nation: a white young male, intelligent, well-to-do family, access to weapons and belonging to the Dutch Reformed Church.

Oui on December 17, 2012 at 4:57 am

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Genius of the past da Vinci, Galileo, multidiscipline, inquisitive, curiosity, science Nobel prize winners. Perhaps some of these men were … autistic in some sense.
From article in Scientific American by Dean Keith Simonton :

“Genius can share certain potentially negative traits with the mentally ill, but when these traits are
combined with specific positive attributes, the result is creativity rather than psychopathology.”

Children are raised in a disturbed world of violence, Hollywood films, video games, cut throat capitalism, demand is high to survive, small family size, loneliness, parents pursuing a career outside the home, how well have we as parents managed to cope, attentiion deficit to children, loss of empathy, individualistic, narcisstic, body needs to be perfect, burden of not meeting the standards set by society, how did this change through the decades or centuries, challenges are immense, how well do we care for our children. How do we treat the less bright, socially ackward, bullying, psychological hurt, withdrawel from society, obsession, video games, bomb bursts, violence, revenge , escape, suicide.

In the Netherlands, we don’t have a gun culture – see charts. How do kids cope with bullying at school or on social media? Solution to problem: they jump. How very sad!

Excellent posts and discussion on Booman’s fp story – Keep Your Mentally Ill Son Away from Guns.

Oui on December 16, 2012 at 1:41 pm
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How sick can society get?

Newtown Church Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Newtown, CT – Worshippers hurriedly left a church Sunday, saying they were told there was a bomb threat not far from the elementary school where 20 kids and six adults were massacred. At least a dozen police in camouflage SWAT gear and carrying guns arrived at the St. Rose of Lima Church. An Associated Press photographer saw police leave carrying something in a red tarp.
- Connecticut town seeks solace in church; Obama due
Oui on December 16, 2012 at 2:26 pm
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Guns don’t kill, who are these people who go on a killing spree? Why are they often young white males, intelligent, loners with few friends,
empathy deficient and poor ability to communicate at social level. Intelligence, autism and violence.

Columbine – Aurora – Virginia Tech – Newtown

Classmates say Adam Lanza was ‘very quiet,’ unusually intelligent student

(Ynet News) – Adam Lanza was a shy and unusually intelligent student, two former classmates recall. In Newtown High School, he dressed more formally than other students, often wearing khaki pants, button-down shirts and at times, a pocket protector, said Tim Arnone who first met Lanza at Sandy Hook. The two of them joined the high school’s audio-visual club, also known as a tech club, and spent free periods playing video games at the school’s television station studio.

Lanza was “driven hard” to succeed academically by his parents, particularly his mother. “She pushed him really hard to be smarter and work harder in school,” Arnone said. Lanza was a big fan of Japanese culture, collecting Pokemon cards and playing the PlayStation video game Dynasty Warriors, a weapons-based animated fighting game released in the late 1990s.

Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires confirmed for Feburary 2013 release
- Report Ties Traffic Pollution to Autism Risk
- Oui on December 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm
  
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  Parental Attention Deficiency (PAD)
  
  A fictional suggestion of mine appears to have been studied at the University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Watching my grandson grow up close-by, a damaging divorce at the age of 14 months, authoritarian dad from the Dutch Reformed Church, I managed to become part of my grandson’s guardianship. His instinct has developed more strongly causing him to be hypersensitive to sources of light, noise and somewhat touch. The child develops in phases where he starts learning his outside world. His comfort zone is closeness, wamth and safety. Watching tv, playing video games, playing games on the Internet or iPad keeps his mindset to himself and blocking out the outside world. A simple question asked or a next step in his daily life like getting dressed, playing outdoors or going to school becomes a struggle and risk of a tantrum.
  
  Therefore the child needs attention, time spent with parent on learning aspects to develop in a social manner. Especially such a child with high sensitivity needs definite limits set on time watching any video screen. The learning pulses has to come from doing things by himself, building with blocks, creative games and outdoor play with other children. Create a healthy environment. My grandson is very social, smart and a very happy kid. I think he will do fine the coming years. Children sometimes need the warmth of a hug and very much a confirmation he is doing well.
  
  The only massacre ever in the Netherlands that shocked the nation: a white young male, intelligent, well-to-do family, access to weapons and belonging to the Dutch Reformed Church.
Oui on December 17, 2012 at 4:57 am
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Genius of the past da Vinci, Galileo, multidiscipline, inquisitive, curiosity, science Nobel prize winners. Perhaps some of these men were … autistic in some sense.
From article in Scientific American by Dean Keith Simonton :
Children are raised in a disturbed world of violence, Hollywood films, video games, cut throat capitalism, demand is high to survive, small family size, loneliness, parents pursuing a career outside the home, how well have we as parents managed to cope, attentiion deficit to children, loss of empathy, individualistic, narcisstic, body needs to be perfect, burden of not meeting the standards set by society, how did this change through the decades or centuries, challenges are immense, how well do we care for our children. How do we treat the less bright, socially ackward, bullying, psychological hurt, withdrawel from society, obsession, video games, bomb bursts, violence, revenge , escape, suicide.

In the Netherlands, we don’t have a gun culture – see charts. How do kids cope with bullying at school or on social media? Solution to problem: they jump. How very sad!

Excellent posts and discussion on Booman’s fp story – Keep Your Mentally Ill Son Away from Guns.

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