Wednesday, February 1, 2012

FALLEN WARRIORS

A Fort Bliss soldier who was shot in the head outside a Central El Paso nightclub has died from his injures, police said.The shooting occurred shortly after 2:09 a.m. Jan. 15 outside Fussion Nightclub at 4304 Dyer Street.Preston Brown died at University Medical Center on Monday. Damien Bailey died the night of the shooting. The third victim, Tyrone Head was shot in the upper chest and transported to William Beaumont Army Medical Center. He was released after he received medical treatment. all three soldiers were 21years old.Police arrested Craig Allen Graham, who served in the Marine Corps., on suspicion of murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He now faces the charges of capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.In a Facebook page belonging to Preston Brown's mother, Judi Walker, she wrote the following Tuesday: Don't Tell Me Please don't tell me you know how I feel, Unless you have lost your child too, Please don't tell me my broken heart will heal, Because that is just not true, Please don't tell me my son is in a better place, Though it is true, I want him here with me, Don't tell me someday I'll hear his voice, see his face, Beyond today I cannot see, Don't tell me it is time to move on, Because I cannot, Don't tell me to face the fact he is gone, Because denial is something I can't stop, Don't tell me to be thankful for the time I had, Because I wanted more, Don't tell me when I am my old self you will be glad, I'll never be as I was before, What you can tell me is you will be here for me, That you will listen when I talk of my child, You can share with me my precious memories, You can even cry with me for a while, And please don't hesitate to say his name, Because it is something I long to hear everyday, Friend please realize that I can never be the same, But if you stand by me, you may like the new person I become someday. Arthur: Judi Walker (In Memory of Shane) and now my son Preston Antonio Brown AKA 'Pops Brown' Copyright


Second Fort Bliss soldier dies after Dyer nightclub shooting- A blood spot was all that remained from a Jan. 15 shooting outside Dyer nightclub shooting     COMMAND STATED THAT Fort Bliss soldier's fatal shooting was isolated event. THE Soldier killed at Dyer club fixed copters. Police identify Fort Bliss soldier shot, killed outside Cental El Paso nightclub. Gunfire preceded slaying on Dyer- Man jailed in fatal shooting of Fort Bliss soldier outside Central El Paso nightclub  A second Fort Bliss soldier has died following a shooting outside a nightclub last week, El Paso police said.  Pvt. Preston Brown, 21, died Monday at University Medical Center of El Paso after being shot in the head Jan. 15 outside the Fussion nightclub in the Lower Dyer area, police said.  The shooting also claimed the life of Pvt. Damien W. Bailey and wounded Spc. Tyrone Head, who was released from the hospital after being shot in the torso. Both men are also 21 years old.  Police have arrested Craig Allen Graham, 29, whose charges will be upgraded to capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police officials said.

COMBAT AVAIATION BDE FOR 1ST ARMORED DIVISION

‘Iron Eagle has landed’: 1st AD CAB activates, marking momentous occasion

From left, Col. Lonnie G. Hibbard, Combat Aviation Brigade commander; Lt. Col. Christopher M. Barnwell, commander of the 4th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment; and Command Sgt. Maj. Steven Odom, battalion command sergeant major, uncase the battalion colors during the colors-uncasing and activation ceremony of the 1st AD CAB Sept. 20. Photo by Spc. Jeanita C. Pisachubbe, 1st AD CAB Public Affairs.
Sgt. Brandon Anderson,
1st AD CAB Public Affairs:
Sept. 20 marked a momentous occasion for the 1st Armored Division.
After being separated from its Combat Aviation Brigade for the last five years, the “Iron” Soldiers of the 1st Armored Division and the “Iron Eagles” of the division’s Combat Aviation Brigade reunited during the brigade’s colors-uncasing ceremony here.
“The brigade is the first combat aviation brigade ever here at Fort Bliss, and will serve as the only one in the 1st Armored Division,” said Maj. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, commanding general of 1st AD and Fort Bliss. “The Iron Eagles certainly play a critical role as Fort Bliss becomes a premier power projection platform.
“With the outstanding leadership of Colonel Lonnie Hibbard and Command Sergeant Major Donald Rose, this brigade will make an incredible contribution to the 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, the Army and the nation,” said Pittard. “This team is without a doubt the right team to build this unit and to lead them into battle.”
Several weeks ago, the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade cased its colors at Fort Hood, Texas. The Soldiers of the 4th CAB became the nucleus of this unit that moved more than 1,000 Soldiers and family members to what is now the 1st AD CAB under the Base Realignment and Closure process.
“A unit’s colors represent its people, and behind the colors on the ramp today stand the dedicated Soldiers of the Iron Eagles Brigade,” said Hibbard. “These Soldiers have excelled day after day, meeting and exceeding mission requirements in garrison and combat.”
Soldiers of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, stand together as a newly re-activated aviation brigade during their colors-uncasing ceremony Sept. 20. Photo by Spc. Jeanita C. Pisachubbe, 1st AD CAB Public Affairs.
Throughout the past several months, hundreds of Soldiers and their family members have been arriving at Fort Bliss to become part of the brigade.
“Many of these Soldiers have only been home for 70 days and, instead of enjoying block leave, we asked them to pack up their personal belongings, their units and their families and moved them here to Fort Bliss,” said Hibbard. “The dedication of today’s Soldier is amazing, but more amazing are the families that support them.
Hibbard thanked the numerous men and women who have worked tirelessly to provide the state-of-the-art facilities that the Soldiers of the 1st AD CAB will occupy.
In Hibbard’s closing address to his Soldiers, he thanked them for their service and sacrifices.
“It’s not an easy time to be a Soldier or family member of a Soldier, and you should know that your sacrifices do not go unnoticed,” said Hibbard. “Your service is what allows all of us to live in freedom.”

Truth Or Consequences

http://azdailysun.com/lifestyles/recreation/hiking/outdoors-a-devil-of-a-canyon/article_602bb274-4b5b-11e1-9922-001871e3ce6c.html

God Bless Fallen Warrior Private Damien W Bailey & Family

September 04, 1990 - January 15, 2012
Delta Company, 4-501 Aviation regiment

Blessings to all his family and friends and gratitude for the gifts he left behind for everyone who knew him.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_19750315?source=most_viewed

Support Arizona Workers

http://ed.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10282856-arizona-worse-than-wisconsin 

David Shapira AZ (D) has set up a website designed to support Arizona teachers, firemen, police etc from Gov Brewer's dark mission to dismantle all their unions and bargaining power!
 
ABOUT DAVID

Representative David Schapira is a native Arizonan. He is a small business owner and educator whose career has been rooted in improving his community.

David has represented Tempe and South Scottsdale since his election in 2006. In addition to his service at the Legislature, he is a member of the Political Science faculty at ASU. David and his wife own a small business in Tempe. DevilDash.com is a care package delivery service that caters to students in the ASU area.

David previously served as a public high school teacher in the Valley, as an aide to US Senator Tom Daschle in Washington, DC and as manager of Terry Goddard's 2002 campaign for Arizona Attorney General. David, a cancer survivor, has also worked with the American Cancer Society both as staff and as a volunteer.

David’s focus at the Legislature is the education of Arizona’s children. As a former public school teacher, he knows the future of education in Arizona depends on investing in student learning, reducing class sizes, paying teachers reasonable wages and working to make sure our state’s universities are leaders in higher education and research. He has served for the last two years as the ranking member of the House Education Committee.

David has been recognized as a top legislator by the Arizona Student Association, American Cancer Society, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Arizona Technology Council. He was also named one of six "Lawmakers Who Made a Difference" and one of five "Emerging Leaders Worth Watching" by the Arizona Republic.

A product of Arizona public schools, David also attended Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University before receiving his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

David, his wife Rosemary and their daughter reside in Tempe.

Gov. Jan Brewer uses ALEC keynote address to declare war on the civil service merit selection system

Posted by azBlueMeanie:

I have been warning you about this ALEC initiative for months. During the last legislative session there was Frank Antenori's secret plan to end civil service merit selection system for county employees, HB 2650, which singled out the state of Maricopa for exclusion from its provisions, clearly unconstitutional on equal protection grounds.

Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed the bill, not because she disagreed but because Jan Brewer wants to be the Scott Walker of the West:

The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) has more. Brewer pitches personnel plan to lawmakers, but there may not be time:

Lawmakers have been briefed about a plan by Gov. Jan Brewer to remove state employees from the state’s merit system.

Senate President Russell Pearce said the Governor’s Office gave a draft of the proposal to lawmakers nearly a month ago. He said the state needs personnel reform, but the plan still needs work, and there may not be time to do it before the legislative session ends.

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Details are scant about the proposal and the Governor’s Office did not release a draft of the plan that was given to lawmakers. But the gist of it is to remove “covered” state personnel from merit protection[.]

“The caucus is supportive of it. The problem is you’re trying to introduce something at the tail end of session,” said Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu City.

* * * *

“Either you play cram down like we saw with the so-called jobs bill,” Gould said. “Or if you call us back into special session to do this you get the same effect.”

Gov. Brewer wants to eliminate the merit system of public employment for state employees, returning to the spoils system of political patronage and cronyism. Public employees would have an incentive to keep working for politicians and their party — as opposed to a system of awarding employment on the basis of some measure of merit independent of political activity. This bill is far worse than the attack on collective bargaining in Wisconsin. Gov. Brewer wants to be the Scott Walker of the West.

On Wednesday, standing before her corporate enablers at the ALEC Summit, Boss Tweed Gov. Brewer declared war on the civil service merit selection system. The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports Brewer prepares ’12 push for personnel reform - Arizona Capitol Times:

Gov. Jan Brewer is getting ready for a 2012 push to revamp the rules governing the hiring and firing of state employees.

The governor announced her intentions Wednesday at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit. She said state personnel reform will be one of her top priorities in the 2012 legislative session and that she will ask lawmakers to pass a package of reforms (.pdf) that will consolidate the state’s personnel systems; improve management of the workforce; restructure the system for filing appeals and grievances; and modify human resources practices.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Exactly

http://youtu.be/eqZYd2UCfI8

Chill Group For Young Adults

 
Ilene Hart Consulting
Ilene Hart, MC, LPC
906 W McDowell Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(253) 279-8146


“Chill Group” Will Significantly Reduce Your Stress Level In Six Weeks

  • Group meets once a week for six weeks for an hour, after school
  • Group will begin in January
  • Facilitated by Ilene Hart, LPC
  • Minimum enrollment 5 people
  • Maximum enrollment 8 people
  • Fee for six week group is $150 per person, payable at first session
  • To enroll please call Ilene (253) 279-8146

Some of the topics we'll cover:

  • How stress operates
  • The difference between a stressor and stress
  • How our thoughts create our moods
  • Cognitive Behavioral tools for identifying, analyzing and replacing negative self talk
  • Creation of your personal negative self talk journal
  • Byron Katie's map for refuting the illogic of a negative belief
  • How to effectively question your “I have to's”
  • Accounting for your time and priorities
  • Healthy selfishness
  • Using the Traditional Medicine Wheel
  • Energy Work
  • Strengthening the whole you: mind, body, heart and spirit
  • Experiential exercises
    • creative visualizing
    • progressive muscle relaxation
    • Donna Eden's 5- minute daily energy balancing routine
    • Emotional freedom technique
    • thought watching
    • healing breath work

Relaxation Group Seeding


Ilene Hart Consulting
Ilene Hart, MC, LPC
906 W McDowell Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(253) 279-8146


Significantly Reduce Your Stress Level In Six Weeks

“Relaxation Group”

  • Group meets for an hour and a half, one evening a week
  • Group will begin the second or third week of January
  • Facilitated by Ilene Hart, LPC
  • Minimum enrollment 5 people
  • Maximum enrollment 8 people
  • Fee for six week “Relaxation Group” is $180 per person, payable at first session


Some of the topics we'll cover:

  • How stress operates
  • The difference between a stressor and stress
  • How our thoughts create our moods
  • Cognitive Behavioral tools for identifying, analyzing and replacing negative self talk
  • Creation of your personal negative self talk journal
  • Byron Katie's map for refuting the illogic of a negative belief
  • How to effectively question your “I have to's”
  • Accounting for your time and priorities
  • Healthy selfishness
  • How to remember to play
  • Strengthening the whole you: mind, body, heart and spirit
  • Experiential exercises
    • creative visualizing
    • progressive muscle relaxation
    • Donna Eden's 5- minute daily energy balancing routine
    • Emotional freedom technique
    • thought watching
    • healing breath work
    • movement and laughter

      Please call me with any questions or to enroll!