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there is no official service happening. they don't intend to have one through tonight. but they say they' had many people come through and they are trying to be one of the many places where people in the community can go and heal. police are talking to everyone who knew the shooter. also police say they're going to talk to the one adult who was injured in the shooting in the sdool. they use the words instrumental to describe what she might be able to provide. they're piecing together now what happened.
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>> police believe the shooter came here after the mother's murder, carrying weapons like these. what happened then? let's look at the time line based on police reports and eyewitnesss. 9:30 in the morning, that's when we believe he emerged from his car and headed into the school here. we don't know that there is his character but they've paid an awful lot of attention to this vehicle over the past few days. here's also where he encountered his first pabarricade because there was a security system on the door. put in by the principal.
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police later found that the glass here had been shot out or broken out by some fashion. that seems to be how he entered the school. so what happened after that. well, the first call to the police that said there was a problem came at 9:36. the first call saying that there was gun fire inside the school. obviously people in the school knew it because they could either hear it directly or because they heard it over the school's p.a. system. all the shooting took place in .a very small area, up in this part of the school. so it was important that everybody else have some idea that this was going on, so that they could try to be safe in these circumstances. beyond that, what happened? at 9:38, police were saying already they were hearing reports that the shooting was over. an incredibly short period of time. 2, 2 1/2 minutes maybe where the mulling, bulk if not all of the shooting took place. the next phase, 9:40, police at
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the school said we need some emergency medical services here. that's the first call for ambulances. it's for two ambulances to begin with. and then as they realized they had many more victims in a matter of minutes, there was a call for many, many more emergency medical technicians and ambulances to come to the school. and then surprisingly, by 9:50 in the morning, we just put this because the times have been a little bit loose, by 9:50, police were essentially saying that they had a suspect who was down, meaning one suspect who was dead. they had secured the building to some degree. they cleared the building is the language they used and a lot of the kids were being led away. this is the picture from the "newton bee" of the kids being led away. in any event, this is a short period of time, 17 to 20 minutes that this went from nothing happening to all of these events happening that have changed the lives so many people. and police will continue going over and over and over again, the details of the movement of
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this shooter and his victims to try to get a better understanding of precisely how it all happened. of. >> tom foreman with a look at the time line for us tonight. let's go right back to don lemon. don? >> all right, soledad. that's what happened inside the school. we have some new developments to tell you about from here in newtown. the president, president barack obama will be here tomorrow. the white house says the president will meet with the family of the victims, the 20 children and the six adults killed in their elementary school yesterday. also, we have reaction this evening from peter lanza, the father of the 20-year-old police say killed those people and then killed himself. the father says, quote, our family is grooeing along with all those who have been affected by this enormous tragedy. no words can truly express how heart broken we are. now, let me show you this picture that was just obtained by cnn. it shows adam lanza, back in
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2005. he would be about 13 years old in this picture. and we have word tonight from police who are trying to learn why this young man would commit such an horrific act. they say they have found very good evidence in adam lanza's home that is helping them put together the puzzle pieces in that investigation. that home is also a crime scene now. investigators say lanza's mother was killed in that house before the deadly rampage at the school. soledad, so many more details to emerge about this story. and this is just the beginning of it. >> no question about that, don. we want to talk a little bit more about one of the more remarkable testimonials that we heard today. it came from a man named robbie parker. and he was speaking about his daughter emilie. and while he was emotional and just absolutely devastated, the compassion that he was able to show was stunning.
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kim la was there while he was talking to reporters and has more for us. kyung, tell us more. >> one of the things he wanted to say was thank you. one of the reasons he called reporters to this church here, a church heifer only belonged to for ate months because he moved here to take a job at the hospital to take care of newborn children. taking care of children then having to lose his child. he called reporters here. hen't wanted to say thank you because so many people had reached out to his family to say we are so sorry, we are so horrifie horrified. you know, you can imagine how this man feels. he lost his child, but he wanted to take that moment and then express that he wanted to make sure that people understood that society should not be defined by this moment. here's a little bit of what have
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he said. >> i was leaving to work and she woke up before i left and, i've actually been teaching her portuguese. and so our last conversation was in portuguese. she told me good morning and asked how i was doing. i said that i was doing well. she said that she loved me. and i gave her a kiss and i was out the door. as the deep pain begins to settle into our hearts we find comfort reflecting on the incredible person that emilie was and how many lives she was able to touch in her short time here on earth. emilie was bright, creative and very loving. my daughter emilie would be one of the first ones to be standing and giving her love and support to all those victims, because that cease the type of person
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sha th that she is. not because of any parenting that my wife and i could have done, but because those are the gifts that were given to her by her heavenly father. >> reporter: and what he wanted to share is that he wanted to be like his daughter, that he was not angry, that he wanted to help other people. he says he now belongs to this group of parents, 20 sets of parents who now know exactly how it feels to lose your child in such a horrible way. but he also wanted to make sure that parents around the country and around the world understood that you can not take your children for granted, and you really, truly have to cherish them whenever you can. soledad? >> kyung lah, reporting that story for us. thank you. it was interesting to hear him talk about his family's faith and the degree to which that was helping his family cope at this time. and to also see reporters who had surrounded him to, you know,
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take pictures or record that interview, crying as he spoke because he was so emotional. we wanted to play a little bit more of what robbie parker had to say, as he remembered his daughter emilie in the most heart felt and touching ways. listen. >> i would really like to offer our deepest condolences to all the families who are directly affected by this shooting. it's an horrific tragedy and we want everyone to know that our hearts and our prayers go out to them. this includes the family of the shooter. i can't imagine how hard this experience must be for you. and i want you to know that our family and our love and our support goes out to you as well. my daughter emilie would be one of the first ones to be standing and giving her love and support
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to all those victims, because that's the type of person that she is. not because of any parenting that my wife and i could have done, but because those were the gifts that were given to her by her heavenly father. i have two really good friends at home who have set up a facebook page to help raise money for emilie. and when i've gotten on that and just seen the number of people who have expressed their condolences, it's been quite overwhelming. as the deep pain sets into our hearts, we find comfort on the incredible person that emilie was and how many lives she was able to touch in her short time here on earth. emilie was bright, creative and very loving. emilie was always willing to try new thing, other than food. she loved to use her talents to touch the lives of everyone that she came into contact with she
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was an exceptional artist, and she always carried around her markers and pencils so that she never missed an opportunity to draw a picture of make a card for those around her. i can't count the number of times emilie noticed someone feeling sad or frustrated and would rush to find a piece of paper to draw them a picture or to write them an encouraging note. emilie's card making was expressed beautifulfully this last october when she placed a very special card that she had made into the casket with her grandpa who also just recently died of a tragic accident. emilie was a mentor to her two little sisters delighting in teaching them how to read, dance and find the simple joys in life. emilie's laughter was infectious, and all those who had the pleasure to meet her would agree that this world is a better place because she has been in it. she was their best friend. they were all born within three
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years of each other, so by law they're very close. she was teaching my middle daughter to read. she would help my youngest daughter learn how to make things, show her how to do crafts. they looked up to her. and they looked to her when they needed comfort. usually that's same for a mom and a dad, but it was really sweet to see a time when one of them would fall or get their feelings hurt, how they would run to emilie to get support and hugs and kisses. she was the type of person who could just light up a room. she always had something kind to say about anybody. and her love and the strength that she gave us and the example that she showed us is remarkable.
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she is an incredible person and i'm so blessed to be her dad. i was leaving to work and she woke up before i left and i've actually being teaching her portuguese and so our last conversation was in portuguese. and she told me good morning and asked how i was doing. and i said that i was doing well. she said that she loved me and i gave her a kiss and i was out the door. free agency is given to all of us to act and choose whatever we want and god can't take that away from us. i know that's something he was given and that's something he chose to do with it. and i know god can't take that away. i'm not mad because i have my agency to make sure i use this event to do what i can, to do whatever i can. to want to make sure that my family and my wife and my
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daughters are taken care of and that if there's anything that i can do to help anybody at anytime, anywhere, that i would be willing to do that. as we move on from what happened here, what happened to so many people, let it not turn into something that defines us. but something that inspires us to be better, to be more compassionate, and more humble people. >> comments from the father of 6-year-old emilie parker who was one of 20 children who were killed inside the school that day. the roars who were watching his remarks and people at home crying as they heard what he had to say. and what a selfless thing to talk about how he wanted to be in a position to help other people even with his own daughter gone. let's go right back to don. >> it is so heart breaking.
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it's almost too much to take. i can't imagine how he is standing, soledad. little emilie was just one of 20 children, all of them either 6 or 7 years old. most of them girls. they were shot dead in their school yesterday along with six teachers and staff before the killer shot himself. and cnn's susan candiotti is also here in newtown. she's got the latest on what progress the police are making. >> reporter: investigators are learning more each day that may explain what led 20-year-old adam lanza to launch a vicious attack on young children and adults at an elementary school. >> our investigators at the crime scene, the school, and secondarily at the secondary crime scene that was discussed did produce some very -- a very good evidence in this investigation. that our investigators will be able to use in hopefully painting a complete picture as to how and more importantly, why this occurred. >> reporter: police won't say what that evidence is, however,
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investigators have been checking out gun ranges and sporting good stores. they followed a lead the shooter tried to buy a gun tuesday at this location. >> there's no information that substantiated that he tried to acquire guns recently. >> federal guns also said they collected weapons at the home. three more guns were found. these three rifle models, all older. they're being traced. at least one has been connected to the mother. three more weapons were discovered with the shooter in a classroom where he took his own life. according to law enforcement officials, the two handguns and semiautomatic long gun called a bushmaster were bought legally by his mother. the chief medical examiner says that long gun was used to kill several victims.
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>> i only did seven of the autopsies. the victims i had ranged from three to 11 woubds a piece and i only saw two of them with close-range shooting. all of them i know were caused by the long weapon. >> reporter: one relative describes the shooter as being a very bright young man who at times was home schooled by his mother. a law enforcement official tells us that his older brother says that his younger brother was autistic, but so far nothing adds up to a motive. susan candiotti, cnn, newtown, connecticut. >> all right, susan. thank you very much. and undoubtedly, there's some progress, but some questions will never be answered in this investigation. and let's not forget, though, the first victim of this tragedy. the mother of the shooter. next more about her and the weapons that ended up in the hands of her troubled son. questions?
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>> welcome back to cnn's coverage. i'm don lemon along with soledad o'brien. with within just the past few hours in this investigation, we've learned the names and the ages of the victims in yesterday's shooting here in newtown. six women and 20 students died at sandy hook elementary school. now, that number includes 12 girls and 8 boys. 16 of the kids were only 6 years old. the others had turned 7 in just the last few months. the father of the alleged shooter released a statement tonight. peter lanza says words cannot express his family's heart break. he says his family is in a, quote, state of disbelief. we also learned that president barack obama will be coming here in newtown tomorrow to meet with the familieses of those killed. and soledad, remember just a few months ago, the president having to meet with a family of the victims in colorado and now he's having to do it all over again here in connecticut.
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>> don, we're getting a little more details about the president's schedule. he'll meet with those families who lost loved ones. then he'll meet with first responders. but their actions, especially in the face of what they must have seen inside that school. so incredibly heroic. then he'll continue on with this interfaith meeting happening here. want to remember the first victim, that would be nancy lanza. she is the mother of the shooter. we now know she was killed by one of her own weapons. apparently she was a gun enthusiast. but there are have been few details beyond that that we know of her. david, what more do we know about this first victim? . >> well, essentially, that's what we came to this affluent neighborhood in newtown to find out. sort of the recurring theme that we seem to get is she was just a
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very pleasant person to be around. she was a big fan of gardening. often landscaping in her backyard and often took to a game of dice that the community in this area would often have a few times a month. really described as very much a tight-knit community. that image of this woman who moved with her family in 1998, eventually divorcing her husband years later, but raised her two boys in this very pick chturesq new england town is countered by this person who collected guns. in the only guns, but a bushmaster, a very high powered weapon, a glock, these are weapons that some consider high powered. some are just sort of your run of the mill weapons, but nonetheless, a collection of weapons here that at times can seem somewhat at odds with this gardener who used to play in parlor games with ladies night a few times a month with this very affluent community here. and it's hard to get a sense of it now, but many of these houses
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here, two and three-story homes, quite an affluent community. many people move to this area because of the school districts. that seems to be some of the recurring themes with the family members and other members of the neighborhood. they flock to this neighborhood because of the value of the school systems. so as tragic as this is, it hits a special note here in newtown because of the draw, because of the school systems. >> let me ask you a question, david. was there any indication -- we know she was a gun enthusiast -- was there any indication that's something she shared with her sons. >> i'm sorry, i couldn't quite hear that. >> i wanted to know if she in any way shared her enthusiasm for weapons and in some cases high powered weapons with either of her sons, one that we now know is the alleged shootner this case. >> you know, that's an
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interesting question. we have been getting conflicting reports about that. we're talking to the federal agencies here in the area. there are a number of gun ranges in this area. we've spoken to sop of the directors at some of those places. we do know that we do know this was an area that her son had shot at. but one of the individuals that i had spoken to earlier in the day said that she did show her brand-new rifle. from what this individual said, she took them to target shooting. that's contradicted by what some of these authorities are saying from the atf, from the fbi. so it's a bit of a muddled picture exactly how she used these weapons, whether they were just simply collector items that sat in her house or whether she was out there using them on abfrequent basis. regardless, there were six weapons that potentially could have been used by the shooter.
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and unfortunately he did get his hands on some of them and made use of them. >> incomplete portrait of nancy lanza to report to folks. thanks for that update. let's get back to don lemon. >> all right, thank you very much. the debate over gun control, and the second amendment to the constitution, most people think that they know what it says, but here's the actual text. we'll put it up. you decide for yourself what right it guarantees. a well regulated militia. there it is. a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state. the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. you know, this tragedy will once again fuel the debate over our right to bear arms in this country. and just how much regulation should there be regarding the accessibility of guns. i want to bring in now a former police officer, and he's now the director of the lead
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intelligence and protections a new york-based company. no one is talking about removing the right to bear arms. when you look at this, it says a well regulated militia, being necessary for the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. that does not mean that you can go out and buy as many weapons as possible and go out and be able to shoot people. it's talking about if the government becomes a tyranny, is that not correct? >> that's part of the theory. i mean, to be able to keep the citizens free if the climate or mentality of the government changes. but these are weapons by people who are not stable. i support the second amendment. the problem is we're having people acquire firearms in our country today who are having me
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motionally. the vetting process for us in law enforcement includes psychological screening before they give us a handgun. that same standard does not apply to other people in the united states. we can just walk in with a driver's license, not know you from a hole in the ground and in two days, as in wisconsin, acquire a handgun. this is the problem. >> we have to evolve with the times. this was a different america when we wrote this amendment to the constitution. and i think we need to hid a chord of sensibility and decency and understand that we need to be pliable and come to compromise. that applies to both extremes here, the nra, whose philosophy is if you can see lightning and hear thunder you should get a gun and a liberal who thinks we're going to get rid of 300 million guns. >> during the colorado shooting, the theatre massacre. i went, in 20 minutes was able to buy an ar-15 and all the ammunition that went along with
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it by just showing a driver's license and feeling out a paper work. >> that's not the problem, a symptom of the problem. americans are scared today, too. when you turn on the tv and every other minute we're listening to shootings in movie theatres, you're wondering can you bring your children to a movie theatre. christmas time you think your family and children are safe at malls. school, texas a&m, virginia tech. now in grammar school. what's happening is we're affecting the psyche of the average american. and what they're doing is nay ear knee-jerk reacting by going out and acquiring this tool that they think is going to keep them safe, which in theory it will with proper training, which very few people are receiving except us in law enforcement. >> and there are two different schools of thought here, there's two different realities. the cultural violence for people who do not have respect for guns. then there are people like you who go out, they learn about guns, they handle them and
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they're very knowledgeable about guns. so the disconnect here is what? >> education. you see, we become educated in how to handle and manage these things. kind of like this issue about safeguarding them. this is the second shooting in a week that we've had someone acquire a gun because of someone failing to properly safeguard these weapons. >> what about the responsibility of people who own the guns. >> absolutely. in law enforcement it's impressed upon us the need to safeguard our weapons and there's a severe penalty if you lose one. if you think putting it in the top dresser drawer in your home is safeguarding it. when someone breaks in and takes it, the penalty is extreme. >> in colorado, i think gun ownership and applicationshave gone up by 40% within just the last year or so? >> gun sales in general are going through the roof. especially since the president was elected. you know, this is the dynamic that's going on in america.
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soo. >> that reminds me of the thing, he's coming to get your guns. no one has proposed any legislation on any said side and this president has not come to get anybody's guns. >> i always heard this president very intelligently make a remark when lefs challenged about reinstating the 1994 clinton assault rifle ban, he said the following -- we're going to focus on enforcement. that's the key. but there's a problem inherent to that, because you need resources to do that, don. you've got to have personnel and you've got to have money to support that. and all these things we're experiencing like gun shows where you can walk in, walk out requires an enforcement mechanism. you've got to have money and you've got to have personnel to enforce that. it's a complicated problem. but i have to say this to you, don. even if we reinstitute the clinton assault rifle ban in 1994, i don't think it's going to change things. there's so much ignorance in the way we develop these laws and a lack of familiarity on how to go toward with it, you can choke on it. >> and it's so plitized.
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when people talk about taking a look at gun laws in this country, no one is saying take away your right to bear arms. this is not a left or right -- well, it is. it's actually a left and right issue and in between. it's an intelligent argument or conversation that we should be having, not one about which side of the political aisle you're on. >> the thing i will say to you is all i want stood is know a little bit more about you other than the fact that you haven't been arrested. i think that's reasonable. and i would debate this with the nra until the cows came home. and on the other side of the fence, the extreme left liberal people that think they're going to wave a magic wand and make 300 million weapons you're aware of go away. >> you're going to create a black market. >> new york has the most restrictive gun laws in the united states. we have very good gun laws. we now have the biggest black market for them also. they filter in from georgia, virginia, arizona. you know, we know where they're coming from. i go back and say what i've said before, uh yo eve got to have
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resources to go in and arrest that problem and we don't have it. >> and the president says we need to have meaningful changes in this country when it comes to gun laws and a meaningful conversation. and that means not politicizing it in washington. >> we need compromise. >> thank you. >> my pleasure as always. >> most of us can't even imagine what the people here in newtown are going through right now. but tin we spoke to some people didn't have to imagine it. years ago. columbine survivors talk about how they got through their tragedy in 1999. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894,
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w45 can you tell us about the people whose loss is being felt in the community. >> they really emply fied what newtown and sandy hook and sandy hook school mean to us. san dpi hook, all three of my children wept there. and it is a very special school. it won a vanguard award a few years ago for innovation. i knew the former principal and my youngest child was there when -- i'm sorry. when this principle worked there. she was unlike a lot of administrators. she didn't have a formality to her. she had a big, beautiful smile that you can see in those
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pictures. i think she really proved on friday that she had the children's best interest at heart. what happens next in this community? i don't think anybody anywhere could imagine this sort of tragedy happening. how do you heal from that? >> we band together as a community. this town is 300 years old and it's been, you know, it's going to go on. we will support each other as we always have done. we'll be here for the families and we'll pull together. i think there's a lot of all of that in this town and we'll be okay. >> thank you for talking with us.
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thanks for coming out to talk to us. this is a very common theme from many of the families that we've had a chance to talk to today, don. the church over my shoulder, people have been streaming in all night. they don't have a formal service this evening. people sit and can be together. not just here but at many churches in the area have really opened up their doors and they're trying to spiritual live bring this community together. don, back to you. president barack obama will be here tomorrow. the white house says the president wants to meet the family of the 20 kids and six adults who were killed in their school yesterday.
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as for the man who allegedly killed all those people, police say they're making progress, piecing together what may have driven adam lanza to such an horrific act. they've been to his home where he allegedly killed his mother. every victim was hit by more than one shot. some of them were shot more than 10 times. police found three guns besides the suspect's body. how victims of the columbine shooting are mourning.
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the columbine massacre, 14 years ago, some are now parents themselves. >> you lose the sense that things could never happen to you. so many parents would say, this would never happen to my child's school. well, for me as a parent of a child, i believe this could easily happen at my child's school. that's because it has happened to me before. i would hope that the people involved will walk beside these children and the families for years to come. they have years and years of healing that they're going to be chasing. i hope we can come beside them and encourage them and focus positively on the lives of the ones that were lost.
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i want you to meet shawn graves. he was shot six times. he ended up in a wheelchair and to this day, he has pain because of it. i spoke with him about how the news of connecticut was affecting him. >> i live with pain physically on a daily basis because of injuries i sustained. but looking back then, i try not to think about it. but when something like this happens, that's the first thing you do, you begin to relive it. turning on the news and just watching the coverage loif from this point of view versus where i was then. it will take you through an emotional toll, that's for sure. a lot were reaching out to families after mass shootings. and they were just among the many around the world who are mourning in the wake of this tragedy.
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>> one of those reaching out is a survivor of the columbine massacre and is also a filmmaker. the film that he's made is called "columbine wounded minds." he's with us. it's nice to talk to you. when you first saw this unfolding loov, we heard from a young man who said it all came back to him. it's just horrifying to see it unfold. i have to imagine for anybody who survives something similar, it must be the very same thing for you, that you sort of flash back to that moment at columbine. is that true? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, it's completely numbing, you know, right off the bat. sort of -- at first, when i turned on the tv and i saw it, it was a feeling of denial. i didn't really believe that it was happening again. and then, you know, you start getting the texts and the e-mails, phone calls and it just sort of sinks in and i start reliving all those moments all
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over again. >> tell me about the film that you made. i think there are lessons in that film that could be helpful to the people who are here in newtown. what's the film about? >> i'm making a film project that basically helps the future look better for those who survive through these kinds of tragedies. because what i want through for come lum bien, i was a junior at the time and i was in the cafeteria. i lost a bunch of friends. i went through some pretty horrific things, i didn't think there was something wrong with me. i felt it was 10 years before i felt there was anything i needed to have worked on. you know, i went back to reach out to my community and to see what kind of help there was still there for us. it dried up many, many, many
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years ago. so this is to try and find some sort of solution for those long-term healing effects for large communities. because it's really hard to get individual help for this amount of people. what i'm finding is all these communities are really the answer to all these things. so this is what that film is about, finding those communities and finding the answers to this long-term healing. >> it seems looic a message for those who try to decide, do do they get counseling, do they take advantage of the counseling that's here and now. you would say yes because, you know, all those years down the read, it may not be there. and you will be dealing with some serious challenges. >> absolutely. counseling for me right off the bat, it was difficult. i was in a room i wasn't really familiar with and i wasn't comfortable sharing me the most.
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reaching out to friends and family, those are the people that are going to get you through this in the long run. down the road you're going to focus on the people that you connect with in the beginning. so that's the main thing. go out and get some therapy if you really need it. but the best thing you can do is just be there with the ones you love. >> thank you for talking to us. we appreciate your time. want to go back to don lemon. >> all right, soledad, thank you. there are stories of heroism that come out of the tragedy in newtown. within of those stories is next. [ female announcer ] imagine skin so healthy, it never gets dry again. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula,
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interfaith vigil scheduled for tomorrow evening. police here say they are finding what they call very good evidence in their investigation. they also say a woman who was wounded at the school is providing information and will be, quote, instrumental to the investigation. the father of the shooter has released a statement. peter lanza says words cannot express his family's heart break. he says the family is in what he calls a state of disbelief. peter lanza's ex-wife nancy was the first victim. police believe her son shot her at her home before heading to the elementary school. nancy lanza was a gun collector and the guns used in the shootings belonged to her. let's send it back now to soledad. >> don, thank you. there was a vigil tonight for victoria soto, one of the very first victims that was announced publicly and identified publicly. 27 years old, a first grade teacher. and she was killed, shot and killed in her classroom.
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but she's being hailed today as a hero. kate bolduan spoke to a couple, some parents who say they believe that their son's life may have been saved because of this young teacher. >> robert and diane lakona has two children at that elementary school yesterday, a second-grader and their son in first grade who they say it is a miracle he made it out alive after coming face to face with the shooter. >> that's when they heard noises that they initially thought were hammers falling. then they realized that it was gunshots. and ms. soto, who was aden's teacher, had the presence of mind to move all the children to a distance away from the floor on the side of the room furthest away from the door. that's when the gunman burst in, did not say a word, no facial
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expressions, and proceeded to shoot their teacher. and they basically ran right next to the guy and out the door. >> they ran past the gunman. >> they ran past the guy. he's still standing in the door and they ran past him and ran down the hallway and they're one of the closest rooms to the main entrance. and aden was -- had the presence of mind to hold the door for one of his classmates. there was another one of his classmates that was a little behind. waited for him and they ran out to the main road. >> we know his teacher, victoria, soto, died in that classroom trying to protect her students. he knows his teacher was shot. do you think he knows that she likely did not make it? >> he keeps asking about her. i think he's reassuring himself that she's going to be okay. he really, really cared about his teacher. he was very close with her.
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and she really loved that class. and he keeps saying, i really hope she's okay, i hope it's not her. he knows that she's been hurt but he doesn't know the end result. he knows the kids that he saw getting shot. hep doesn't know the outcome. so i think he's reassuring himself in his 6-year-old mind. i know he's processing it. but i think he's reassuring himself. i think he's telling himself that it's going to be okay. we had to put the sign out in the front today asking people not to ring the doorbell because he still hasn't internalized the fact that this gunman, this bad guy is gone. and he wants to know if there are more bad guys in the world. and i don't know how to answer that question properly and so when someone rings the doorbell, he thinks it's him coming to, coming for him.
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and so he -- so i think our biggest concern now is making sure that we handle his sensitive nature properly and carefully and support him and support our daughter because she again does process things very differently than he does. so that's our job as parents now is to stay close to them, hold them, hug them, love them and let them know that they are safe. >> they did not want their children to be part of the interview. but i did spend time with them this morning. and aden and his sister, they seemed in high spirits. but clearly shaken. and as hard as it has been for this family, they say that their hearts go out to the so many other families who cannot go home and hug their children tonight. >> kate, thank you very much. that family obviously hurting tonight like many others are. the reverend david spencer is a chaplain and a grief counselor and wendy walsh is a human behavioral specialist.
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they both join me now. thanks for joining us on such a really horrific event here. the bottom line, it is hard to think past this tragedy. win wendy, what do you say to people trying to get past this? >> we have to understand that not only those children who witnessed things and the families who lost children with are traumatized by this but we're all traumatized by this. it's sort of secondary posttraumatic stress disorder that can occur from witnessing the story over and over on television. it's important we contain ourselves and our emotions in front of our children but still show compassion and love. let them lead the conversation so we tell them in simple, concrete terms about what happened. we assure them they are protected and safe with us. but more than anything, we watch for kids -- they have very different ways of dealing with trauma. they may regress. your child may want want in bed with you again. your child may wet the bed again
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long after you thought it was dealt with. this is not the time to be critical and not over-parent but understand this is part of the process for some children. >> and reverend spencer, when we were growing up, the schools, our places of worship, they used to be safe havens. one place evil never struck. that has changed. how do you tell children and parents on monday that their school is safe? >> well, i think most important is that we really be honest with your children and we talk about the fact that there is an evil in the world but there's also a good. and then continuing to reassure them that things will be all right and then make sure that we're putting things in place to make sure that they know that things will be well. constantly reminding them that we're there for you and we're supporting you. let them know the people at the school or at church are there to support you through this time. >> and as we look at these pictures you're looking at, this is just down the square from where i'm standing.
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this is a memorial that has been set up. there are 24 candles that you see there -- 26, i should say, in honor of all of the victims in this tragedy. wendy, as we look at that, we have been hearing a lot about gun control and mental health. what's more important in this particular issue? >> you know, it's hard to say. the gun control debate has been going on for so long and nobody can figure out where and how to do the regulation that the second amendment mentions. you mentioned earlier when you read it, the word well-regulated is in there. but we definitely need some mental health reform. unfortunately in america, you are free to be insane, you are free to not take your meds. you are free to be homeless, even. and you are free to kill. but when are we going to put compassion above freedom? and that may mean giving families and doctors more authority than we have been able to to keep people on their medication, so that they can have a better wherewithal to not
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make these choices. and i think that that's part of it is that we need to understand that when an emerging mental health problem -- this young man was 20. remember the arizona shooter was around the same age. this tends to be a time that if you're going to get schizophrenia as a male, the symptomology shows up. we don't know this guy's diagnosis but i wanted to say that. if you're over 18, your parent can't even get you help because it's not their responsibility anymore. you're now a free adult. >> wendy, reverend spencer, thank you both very much. >> thank you so much. >> a little while ago, i took a walk through this town of 27,000 people. all of them still trying to process the horror of what happened just down the road. right behind me, that's the road that leads up to the school where this happened. it has been blocked off. you can see the sign here right across the street on that porch, it says, god bless sandy hook. and right here in the middle of the square, 26 candles for all
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of the victims in this tragedy right here at the time square. and up the street, a church where the victims are being memorialized. this is one of the intimate little squares here in sandy hook. you can see the little quaint stores, beautiful little stores. and then come this way, you can see just the media. and people have taken this square over. when i talk to people here, they say, there's never this many people. there are never this many people who come to this town on a saturday or sunday. to see how intimate and beautiful this town is, look, a creek that runs right through it. the people of this small town probably never dreamed that their town would be tp focus of such pain and anguish and sorrow. this is the newtown methodist church. there's the church behind me. it's been one
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Substance Use Disorder
Some people who are suffering from drug addiction feel their life has become a never-ending cycle of chaos in which the drug is the central cause. What does it mean to be a person who is addicted to alcohol and/or drugs? The word "addiction" comes from the Latin word "a giving over, surrender. The sheer amount of time spent finding, getting, and using the drug is exhausting. They can sometimes feel like the biggest loser on earth, but they just do it over and over and over again.
The essential feature of a substance use disorder is a cluster of cognitive, behavioural, and physiological symptoms indicating that an individual continues using a substance despite substance-related problems.
A list of six possible defining characteristics of a substance use disorder includes
- Work problems, a strain on social relationships, family interactions negatively affected directly by a persons substance abuse
- substance abuse increases and frequency of use over extended periods
- increased time obtaining, using and recovering from using
- painfull emotional, physical and psychological symptoms of withdrawals when the drug of choice is stopped or decreased. PAWS painfull acute withdrawal symptoms.
- obsession and craving during withdrawal or reduction
- increased tolerance to the drugs desired effects (the need or more frequent and higher doses)
People with two to three of these characteristics would be considered to have a mild substance disorder, while those with four to five of them would be in the moderate category. Neither of these categories would be considered to be an addiction. A person who meets six of the criteria, however, would be considered to have a severe substance use disorder or what most people would term an addiction.
It is important to note, however, that tolerance to and withdrawal from some medication- such as certain painkiller, antidepressants, and antianxiety medications- can occur even when these medications are taken at appropriately prescribed doses, without the person having a substance use disorder. Many individuals use these drugs without any evidence of misuse or aberrant behaviour.
Alcohol and drugs produce their pleasurable, euphoric effects by directly or indirectly targeting what is known as the brain's reward system, flooding it with dopamine and motivating use again and again. With repeated use, dopamine's impact on the reward system in the brain can become abnormally lowered, so that even heavier and more frequent use results in less pleasure or "high". Other brain systems such as stress response system become overactive and result in unpleasant feelings such as anxiety and depression. As addictions get worse, afflicted people are driven to repeated use more in order to relieve these unpleasant feelings than to seek pleasure. In other words, they use to feel "normal" or "not sick" more than to get high.
Certainly, some people are more prone to addictions than others, depending on their genetic background. Genetic factors are believed to account or between 40 and 60 per cent of a person's vulnerability to addictions. Use of drugs and alcohol at an early age also increases the odds of addiction, as does having a history of childhood trauma. Plus living, working, or going to school in places where alcohol and drug use is common increases the likelihood of addictions. The bottom line is that there's a biological as well as an environmental component to becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol, and the role that each play varies from person to person.
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Addictive substances like alcohol and drugs cause the brain to release high levels of chemicals that are associated with pleasure or reward. Over time, continued release of these chemicals causes changes in the brain systems involved in reward, motivation and memory. Because of this, a person may need the substance to feel normal. These changes in the brain can remain for a long time, even after the person stops using the substance and leave the individual vulnerable to an increased risk of relapse.
Drug abuse is the recurrent use of illegal drugs or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs with negative consequences.

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Those who own Rise of the Tomb Raider on PC will be happy to know that the game's developers, Crystal Dynamics, have released an update for the PC version of the game which brings improvements for various sections of the game and fixes some big issues that were spotted in the game shortly after its release.
You can have a look at the full patch notes of this update, which were originally posted on Steam, below which showcases that the Startup issues, that were faced by many players will be fixed after this update.
- Fixed C++ runtime error showing up on startup preventing some users from running the game.
- Provided work-around for issue where the VC++ redist would not properly get installed, stopping the game from starting at all.
- Solved problem where the game would crash on startup when tools like Bins Taskbar organizer or Spacedesk are installed.
- Independent mouse sensitivity control for aim and regular navigation.
- Mouse and Gamepad X axis inversion
- Option to disable keyboard button prompts.
- Option to disable mouse smoothing (very light mouse smoothing is present otherwise)
Other fixes included in this patch:
- A variety of fixes and improvements to UI including map, basecamps, and Remnant Resistance mode.
- New graphics option 'Specular Reflection Quality' to enhance resolution and reduce aliasing of specular reflections, at some performance cost.
- New graphics option to disable film-grain independently from 'Screen Effects'.
- Improved HBAO+ quality, including better occlusion for distant objects.
- Improved NVIDIA SLI performance.
- (Steam only)Fixed SLI glitches during water/snow effects.
- (Steam only) Resolution Modifier option that allows you to use a lower rendering resolution independent from window size when running in windowed mode.
- Performance optimization for situations where Razer Chroma features are enabled.
- (Steam Only) Improvements to Razer Chroma effects.
- (Steam Only) Fixed an issue that could rarely lead to an error on machines with 16 hardware threads or more.
- Fixed mouse cursor not always being hidden when using gamepad.
- Fixed major stuttering in Endurance mode.
- Fixes for Endurance leaderboards.
- Fixed Remnant Resistance missions occasionally not starting.
- Fixed rendering glitches on some objects on NVIDIA 6×0 and 7×0 hardware.
- Some issue do still happen and we are working with NVIDIA to resolve those in future patches or drivers.
- Warning messages for users turning textures to Very High or enabling SSAA to indicate high-end hardware is required
- A variety of other smaller optimizations, bug-fixes, and tweaks.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a sequel to the 2013 video game, Tomb Raider and was released on November 10, 2015 for Xbox One and Xbox 360, on January 28th for PC, while the PS4 version of the game is set to launch sometime in late 2016. The game is developed by Crystal Dymanics and published by Square Enix.
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Finding a Top Financial Advisor Firm in Memphis, Tennessee
Finding the best financial advisor in your area is no easy task, as it can be difficult to narrow down your options and determine which is best for you. That's where SmartAsset comes in. After gathering the largest firms in the Memphis area, we narrowed it down to the top 10 and highlighted what you need to know about each firm.
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|Legacy Wealth Management Find an Advisor
|$ 1,225,200,390
Minimum Assets
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|Reliant Investment Management Find an Advisor
|$ 927,944,531
Minimum Assets$500,000
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|Telarray Find an Advisor
|$ 808,280,690
Minimum Assets$500,000
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|Waddell & Associates Find an Advisor
|$ 691,456,318
|$500,000; or $5,000 for robo-advising
Minimum Assets$500,000; or $5,000 for robo-advising
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|Private Wealth Management, Inc. Find an Advisor
Minimum Assets$1,000,000
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|Green Square Capital Find an Advisor
|$ 579,838,202
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|Summit Asset Management Find an Advisor
Minimum Assets$500,000
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|Red Door Wealth Management Find an Advisor
|$ 481,029,774
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|Kelman Lazarov Find an Advisor
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|Brandon Financial Planning Find an Advisor
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How We Found the Top Financial Advisor Firms in Memphis, Tennessee
SmartAsset considered all Memphis metro area financial advisor firms registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We limited the list to SEC-registered firms, because these firms have a fiduciary duty to act in their clients' best interest. We examined these firms' SEC filings and eliminated any firms that have disclosures or disciplinary issues. We also eliminated any firms that don't manage individual accounts. We compiled the remaining firms and ordered them by most assets under management (AUM) to least.
Legacy Wealth Management
Legacy Wealth Management has almost $1.23 billion assets under management. It's the first fee-only firm on our list, which means advisors are compensated solely through annual fees, not commissions or fees from selling products or funds. This eliminated any potential conflicts of interest stemming from the sale of certain financial products. This firm has 18 advisors and more than 800 accounts. You'll need at least $500,000 to open an account with Legacy Wealth Management.
Legacy Wealth Management Background
John Ueleke founded the firm in 1982 as one of the first fee-only firms in the area. Although he's no longer part of the company, Legacy Wealth Management still operates on his founding principles. The company states it follows "four Cs": clients, commitment to honesty and integrity, compassion and culture.
Legacy Wealth Management has a significant number of certifications and advanced degrees among its advisory team, with 14 certified financial planners (CFPs), two chartered financial analysts (CFAs), two JDs and nine MBAs.
Legacy Wealth Management Investment Strategy
This firm is proponent of globally diversified portfolios, stating on its website its belief that "a diversified portfolio is a sound portfolio." Most client portfolios are invested in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and ETFs.
Reliant Investment Management
Reliant Investment Management is an advisory firm made up of six advisors. Among them are two chartered financial advisors (CFAs) and two certified financial planners (CFPs). The firm is fee-only, which means it earns income from exclusively management fees.
Reliant requires at least $500,000 to be a client, and it works with individuals, high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, government entities and corporations.
Reliant Investment Management Background
Reliant Investment Management was first organized in 2001. Susan L. Huffman, John R. Huffman and Lon M. Magness are the principal owners of the firm. The firm provides investment management services and investment consulting services.
Reliant Investment Management Investment Philosophy
Reliant Investment Management applies a number of methods when analyzing securities, including fundamental analysis, technical analysis and charting. The firm aims to discern the overall economic health of a company or entity, rather than focusing exclusively on stock price movement.
The firm recommends a range of investments, including but not limited to stocks, bonds, debt securities, option contracts, futures contracts, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and money-market instruments.
Telarray is a fee-only Memphis firm that has $808 million assets under management. The company has 10 advisors managing nearly 600 accounts, and has been in operation since 2005. If you want to engage the firm for investment management services, you'll need at least $500,000 in investable assets.
Prospective clients should be aware that you'll only find limited financial planning here, rather than comprehensive planning services. That means that if you want a wealth manager that offers the full spectrum of financial planning, you might be better served at a different Memphis-based firm.
Telarray Background
Telarray and FSG (its parent company) are owned by John "Cliff" Paessler, Michael "Andy" Shaul and the McGehee family. Paessler is Telarray's president and chief manager. He holds a Series 65 securities license and is a certified public accountant (CPA) and personal finance specialist (PFS).
Shaul, also a CPA and PFS, co-owns Telarray, but does not play an active role in the company. His focus is FSG where he serves as the managing member and has worked since 1999.
Warren Coleman is the chief investment officer and COO of the firm. A former Naval Commander, he has an MA in management from Bowie State University and is a chartered financial analyst.
Telarray employs four more professionals with certifications such as CPA and PFS. There are no certified financial planners (CFPs) on staff, likely because comprehensive financial planning services are provided by its parent company, FSG.
Telarray Investment Strategy
Telarray advisors will primarily use strategic asset allocation to manage your portfolio. This means your advisor will take information gathered in your initial meetings, such as your risk tolerance, cash-flow needs and financial objectives to establish your exposure to asset classes.
According to the firm's SEC-filed brochure, advisors do "not engage in attempting to 'time' financial markets." Speculators have not been successful in this. Telarray will construct your portfolio with long-term gains in mind and will globally diversify your portfolio to maximize the return.
Generally, your portfolio will consist of mutual funds and ETFs which help in exposing it to various asset classes. The firm does not use alternative asset classes such as managed futures, hedge funds, privately held real estate, precious metals or commodities.
Waddell & Associates
This firm is fee-only. You'll pay your advisor a percentage of your assets under management in fees. Your advisor isn't compensated for selling you insurance products or mutual funds, which can happen with a fee-based firm.
Waddell & Associates has almost $692 million in assets under management and imposes a $500,000 account minimum for new clients. The firm has 10 advisors and more than 830 client accounts.
Originally founded in 1986, the firm is the third-oldest on the list. You can find Waddell's headquarters in East Memphis.
Waddell & Associates Background
David Waddell is the president, CEO and director of his namesake firm. He has an MBA from Babson College and is a certified financial planner (CFP). Before working for Waddell, he was part of Charles Schwab & Co. Perry Green serves as the senior vice president. A former tax professional at Ernst & Young, he has CFP, certified public accountant (CPA) and chartered financial analyst (CFA) certifications.
Tara Meeks is the chief compliance officer. She is a chartered retirement planning counselor (CRPC) and former Charles Schwab & Co professional.
Waddell & Associates is owned by Focus Financial Partners. This LLC owns other advisors, broker-dealers, insurance firms and more.
Waddell & Associates Portfolio Management
As a client of the firm, you're likely to have your money managed in a model portfolio. This means the firm has already developed several template portfolios to fit specific financial needs and situations. This differs from some firms that will create your portfolio completely from scratch. The primary investments made at Waddell are no-load mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities, money market funds and CDs, corporate bonds, U.S. treasury bonds and municipal bonds.
For those with less than $500,000, the firm offers access to its robo-advising platform called W&Ai. This is the Schwab Intelligent Portfolio. Trading and rebalancing is determined by an algorithm. Your money is managed digitally without hands-on management, resulting in lower fees and minimums.
Private Wealth Management, Inc.
You'll need at least $1 million in investable assets to become a client at Private Wealth Management. Operating since 2002, this fee-only firm is third-youngest on the list after Telarray and Silverleafe Capital Partners.
Private Wealth Management has four advisors, $590 million assets under management and a client base of almost exclusively high-net-worth individuals, as you might expect given its steep minimum account requirement. This firm doesn't have a website.
Private Wealth Management Background
Private Wealth Management was founded and is jointly owned by Joseph P. Horner and Scott M. Robbins. Robbins is a certified financial planner (CFP), and both Robbins and Horner have law degrees.
The firm provides investment management, financial planning and tax preparation services to its clients. These clients are almost entirely high-net-worth individuals, though the firm also works with a few non-high-net-worth individuals and charitable organizations.
Private Wealth Management Investment Philosophy
For client portfolios, Private Wealth Management typically looks for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that align with each client's investment objectives and risk tolerance. Of course, the firm may invest in a wide range of investment products depending on the wishes or specific circumstances of the client.
Additionally, the firm may select independent money managers to advise clients on some or all of their portfolio. When doing this, the firm examines the manager's historical performance and relationship with risk, as well as his or her investment philosophy and style, making sure these factors align with the client.
Green Square Capital
Green Square Capital, which manages more than $ 579.8 million in client assets. The firm is fee-based and has been in operation since 2001. While company materials state that there's no minimum asset requirement, the great majority of the firm's 145 individual clients are high net worth. That's those with at least $1.5 million in assets by SEC standards.
With that in mind, this firm is ideal for wealthy families. Green Square Capital offers family office services which are tailored to the complex needs of high-net-worth families. The firm has 15 advisors and is located on the eastern side of Memphis.
Green Square Capital Background
Darrell Horn and Steven Samson, former Goldman Sachs senior professionals, founded the firm in 2001 with the goal of being an independent boutique wealth management firm. Horn is the CEO and senior managing director and has over 25 years of financial industry experience.
Samson is the senior managing director and has more than 20 years of experience managing client portfolios. Prior to Green Square and Goldman Sachs, he worked for Merrill Lynch. While the firm has two certified public accountants (CPAs), one chartered financial analyst and plenty of advisors with Series 65 licenses (for investment advisors), it has no employees with the certified financial planner (CFP) designation.
Green Square Services
This financial advisor firm offers services such as wealth advisory, family office and institutional asset management. Wealth advisory clients will have access to web-based reporting, tax reporting and investment commentary as well as portfolio rebalancing.
Family office clients are those who have complex financial needs. Green Square Capital states that most of its clients "generated their wealth through building and liquidating a privately held family business." With that in mind, the company offers client services including customized reporting, alternative investments and coordination of legal, accounting and insurance needs. Institutional asset management is provided to business or nonprofit owners.
Summit Asset Management
Summit Asset is a six-person, employee-owned firm. Like Legacy Wealth Management and Waddell & Associates, the firm is fee-only. That means advisors don't earn commissions on the sale of financial products. Summit Asset manages more than $571 million and around 450 accounts. It was formed in 1991.
The firm's core services are investment management and financial planning. To engage Summit Asset's services, you'll need at least $500,000, the same minimum as Legacy Wealth Management, Waddell & Associates and Terraray.
Summit Asset Management Background
Samuel "Alex" Thompson is the majority owner of the firm. Part of Summit since 1999, Thompson is a principal financial advisor and serves as chairman and chief compliance officer. Before Summit, he worked for life insurance company The Equitable for more than 20 years. Thompson holds a chartered life underwriter (CLU) and chartered financial consultant (ChFC) designation.
Lance Hollingsworth and John Laughlin own the remaining shares of the firm. Hollingsworth is the senior vice president of trading and operations. He's a certified financial planner (CFP) and has worked in finance since 1993. Laughlin has worked for Summit since 2001 and is also a CFP. His industry experience stretches back to 1997.
The firm employs two additional CFPs but no chartered financial analysts (CFA).
Summit Asset Management Investment Process
As a client of Summit, you'll go through a four-step investment process. The first step is articulating and determining your financial goals and objectives. This includes factors such as your time horizon, risk tolerance, tax bracket and income. Each portfolio's investment mix is tailored to meet your objectives.
Collaborating is the next part of the process. The investment committee is involved with all advisors, ensuring shared knowledge, and advisors work with each other to provide the best mix of services to each client.
Creation and continuity are the two final steps. This is when your advisor constructs your portfolio with investments such as mutual funds, ETFs, stocks and bonds.
Red Door Wealth Management
This fee-only firm doesn't have an account minimum, so you can become a client with any amount of investable assets. Among Red Door Wealth Management's five advisors, there are two certified financial planners (CFPs), two certified public accountants (COAs), one chartered financial analyst (CFA) and one certified plan fiduciary advisor (CPFA).
The firm works with individuals, high-net-worth individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, government entities and corporations.
Red Door Wealth Management Background
Red Door Wealth Management was established in 2010, and its owners are Fred Hiatt, John Phillips V, Doug Wright, Jud Cannon and William Allen. The firm provides investment advisory services, financial planning services, consulting services and retirement plan investment management services.
Red Door Wealth Management Investment Philosophy
When analyzing securities, Red Door Wealth Management uses a mix of technical analysis, fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, which uses asset allocation to optimize a portfolio's returns for a given level of risk tolerance.
The firm recommends a wide range of investments, including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit (CDs), option contracts, government securities, money market funds, real estate, and real estate investment trusts (REITs).
Kelman Lazarov
Kelman Lazarov has around $425 million in assets under management. The firm has five insurance agents on its staff of 11 advisors, which means you can likely expect to be offered insurance products. As a fee-based firm, Kelman Lazarov is likely to earn commission on the sale of such products.
The firm has no stated minimum to start an account. In fact, around two-thirds of the firm's clients are below the high-net-worth threshold of $1.5 million. Kelman Lazarov emphasizes that education and understanding your current financial situation is vital for you to make prudent decision. You can expect a hands-on approach to financial guidance at the firm.
Kelman Lazarov Background
The two namesakes of the firm, president Ron Lazarov, and chairman Marty Kelman, have worked in the financial industry since the late 1970s. Lazarov and Kelman are both certified financial planners (CFPs) and Kelman is also a certified retirement counselor (CRC).
The firm employs four additional CFPs, and there's also a chartered financial analyst (CFA), one additional CRC and two employees with law degrees.
Kelman Lazarov offers investment management and financial planning, as well as retirement planning.
Kelman Lazarov Asset Management
Asset management is provided through three programs at this firm: the Kelman-Lazarov Traditional Asset Management Program, Kelman-Lazarov Wrap Fee Program and Kelman-Lazarov Select Asset Management Program. Each program has a different fee structure.
The traditional program charges a lower annual management fee and you're responsible for paying all the transaction fees that accompany your account. This includes brokerage commissions, clearance and settlement services and more. The wrap fee program has a higher annual fee, but covers the cost of all transaction services. Most clients have at least $200,000 in one of these accounts.
Brandon Financial Planning
This fee-based firm has a long history of financial planning. In 1980, E. Denby Brandon, Jr., founder of Brandon Financial Planning, formerly served as Chairman of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.
While this financial advisor firm has a long history, it has stayed small with just three advisors. It manages more than 200 accounts and has almost $276 million in assets under management. The firm has a minimum fee of $3,000.
Brandon Financial Planning Background
E. Denby Brandon, Jr. co-founded the predecessor to his current firm with his father, E. Denby Brandon, Sr., in 1952. He co-authored the book "The History of Financial Planning: The Transformation of Financial Services" in 2009.
His two sons, E. Denby Brandon, III and Raymond Brandon, are the co-owners of the firm. Naturally, they're both third-generation CFPs. Raymond is also a chartered financial analyst (CFA), chartered life underwriter (CLU) and chartered financial consultant (ChFC). The firm has one additional advisor, Gary Kieffner, also a CFP.
Brandon Financial Planning Family Atmosphere
A family-operated firm, Brandon Financial Planning says that it also sees its clients as family, and also notes on its website that its "personal service is legendary." Brandon Financial Planning serves third- and fourth-generation clients, a legacy established when the firm first opened in 1952. The firm highlights its gentle touch in tough financial and emotional situations such as death, divorce, addiction or illness.
The company uses four tenets to describe its services: save well, live well, give well and sleep well. Each tenet ties to financial planning and the services the firm offers.


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Theater Workshop
Tue, August 20, 2019 2:00 P.M.
Queen Memorial Library
Learn the fundamentals of theater in an ASAP Drama workshop for children, 3rd-6th grade! Imagine, create, improvise, collaborate, and have fun! This program culminates with a performance for friends, family, and the library community. Participants are encouraged to attend the entire week.
Queen Memorial Library
1201 South 23rd Street (Federal St. between 22nd & 23rd)
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Is it December already? Seems like it. In about one and a half weeks, it'll be Christmas time… so it's time for a slew of 'best of' lists. But before we give our opinions on our favourite albums and EP's of the year, as well as music videos for the second half of the year, it's time for top 20 songs of the last quarter. So without further ado, here are 20 songs that are our most favourite of October-December 2018.
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On every top 10 post we have released on 365 Days of Inspiring Media (since I can remember), we have presented to you all a collection of 10 items (be it songs, artists, albums, etc.) that are to be celebrated for that particular week in question. On this particular Top Ten's post however, as 2018 officially begins, I will delve into 10 Christmas albums from 2017 that we never reviewed, yet really wanted to, but didn't because of time and work constraints. While we reviewed Christmas albums/EPs from Marc Martel, Planetshakers, Mallary Hope, For King and Country, TobyMac, Hannah Kerr, Point of Grace and Casting Crowns, and compilation albums WOW Christmas 2017 and the soundtrack of The Star, not to mention singles from Lucy Hale and David Dunn; there were several other reviews of Christmas albums that never eventuated, due to simply because both Josh and I became busy with work. Which albums did we want to review, has we had ample time? Check out these 10 albums below (complete with a projected rating and our favourite song from the album/EP)! Which album were you sad that we didn't review?
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Welcome to the latest instalment of our most recent blog series Top Tens. Last time, we unveiled 10 Christmas albums from this year that we never reviewed, yet we planned to.
Now, on this new Top Tens post, we will delve into our favourite 10 original Christmas songs from 2016, from artists who released Christmas singles as opposed to Christmas albums. Check out these 10 inspiring holiday themed melodies- which is your favourite?
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Another month (or so) gone, another best of post. Sounds about right? Yeah, I reckon so too. It is nearly towards the end of the year, and while during December, many movies are releasing just in time for Oscar period, albums tend to be winding down releases, in the Christian industry at least. So I guess it's fair to say that my top 30 albums of 2016 probably won't change between now and a month from now…if they do change, I'll just amend it in the comments of this post. Now, without further ado, here's my favourite 30 albums of 2016. May you have many happy hours listening to great music and enjoy the remainder of 2016.
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The year has gone quite fast, hasn't it? It's June already and soon enough, it'll be the end of the year. And as the weeks roll on, there's a constant we can count on- new music releasing each Friday. By the time the year ends, heaps of albums would've released. So when I look back on the 6 months that have been, I probably have a long an exhaustive list of albums that I've listened to an enjoyed throughout these last few months. Nevertheless, this blog series is a top 10s series, so widdling the long list down to just 10 selections can be tricky, yet here below are 10 albums in 2016 that have been standout for me (note- this is in no indication of what will be in my top albums list at the end of the year- albums may move up and down on that list or disappear or reappear all-together).
Yes, I know we as a site just posted a top 10's mere days ago, but this topic has been brewing in me for a while. What does it mean for an album to be influential? Sure you can have your favourite albums of any given year because of great lyrics, music and the technicalities of it all. Yet for an album to be influential in your life is a different story. For an album to mean something to you in a season of our life, the album has to strike a chord with you when no other album has done before. For me during my 26 years on this earth, there has been several that have done that. Maybe we need to stop listing our favourite albums just because, and really delve deep into the heart of the matter- what albums have influenced your life in a positive manner from birth til now? Which albums are impacting for sentimental reasons? Which albums are special, mean a lot to you when others may not like the tracks for whatever reason? Regardless, influential albums are such that shape us and our character as the years go by. What are mine? Read on to find out.
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What a year 2016 has been thus far. In fact, what a decade the 2010s have been in terms of worship music. Earlier on in 2016, I posted my favourite 10 worship songs of the 2000s, featuring songs from Delirious?, Newsboys and Tim Hughes to name a few. Now I have decided to release a follow-up post, this time my favourite 10 worship songs of the 2010s thus far (since this is 2016, I'm sure I'll have a different 10 by the end of 2019. So what are my favourite tracks? Read on to find out.
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2016 has been quite a year for worship music. Songs and albums from artists like Chris Tomlin, Jesus Culture, Meredith Andrews, Matt Redman, Matt Maher, Passion and Bethel have all charted in the last six months, and have all circled around the globe with their songs being sung in churches and Sunday Morning services for some time now. In honour of Austin and Lindsey Adamec's powerful worship EP that released on March 25th, here are 10 songs I reckon that will be popular for the remainder of the year, either on radio or in people's churches and homes.
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If you have concerns that Neil Marshall's Hellboy reboot will be a CG-fest, let the director himself put those fears to rest. Though the project is still in the early stages of pre-production, Marshall recently spoke about his plans for the big-screen adaptation of Mike Mignola's comic book series–to be scripted by Mignola, Andrew Cosby, and Christopher Golden–that will star David Harbour in the title role.
In speaking to Mick Garris (Hocus Pocus) for his "Post Mortem" podcast (via EW), Marshall talked up his penchant for using practical, in-camera effects throughout his filmmaking career and the likelihood that he will continue to do so whenever he can. So you can probably expect Hellboy, his horns, and his red right hand to be done through a combination of make-up and costuming work, with the more outlandish effects left to the computer gurus.
Here are Marshall's full quotes about the use of practical effects in his upcoming film:
"It's definitely going to be as practical as we can possibly make it. I love to do stuff in camera whenever I possibly can, and use CG as the amazing tool that it is, to enhance or expand upon the world, but not to use it to replace reality, when you can do it [for] real."
He also weighed in on the film's aim for an R rating and how freeing that has been for adapting Mignola's work:
"We've been granted permission to do it R-rated, which for me is just like taking the cuffs off. It's like, okay, so now we can just make the movie we want to make. It's not like I'm going to force it to be R-rated, but if it happens to come out that way, just because of my own sensibilities, then fine. And nobody's going to stop us. So, that's the main [difference]. And I'm sure, obviously, the success of things like Deadpool and Logan have not hurt that cause. But, also, when you go back the original material, it is kind of bloody, so I'm going to embrace that."
For more on Hellboy, be sure to take a look at some of our recent write-ups:
- Posters for the 'Hellboy' Reboot, 'Spider-Man: Homecoming', and More from Cannes
- 'Hellboy' Reboot Aims for "Darker, More Gruesome" Take
- R-Rated 'Hellboy' Reboot in the Works with 'Stranger Things' Star David Harbour


text: A compiled list of biases we have, shortcuts we follow, and irrational decisions we made Loss Aversion We are afraid to let go what we think we own even buy sacrificing a big potential gain. Anchoring & Priming Our decisions are affected by something totally irrelevant and trivial in our life. Confirmation Bias We avoid get rejected and wrong answers even at no cost. We are reluctant to false proof an assumption. Endowment effect Ownership affect how we value certain things. We demand much more for things we own than we are willing to pay. Planning fallacy We are too optimistic about the time and resource to complete a task. Money of the House We will prefer bigger risk if we think the money we have is easy money, e.g. win from gambling. Break Even Tendency Given the chance the recover from our previous loss - breakeven - we will tend to make more risky bets Clustering Illusion The tendency to recognise pattern in random evens. Outcome Bias Judge a decision based on the outcome, rather than how the decision was made at that moment. Hindsight Bias "I-knew-it-all-along" effect, the tendency to see past events as being predictable at the time those events happened. Survivorship Bias We usually only see the winners. The losers disappear from the record. The odds are generally hidden Information Bias The tendency to seek information when it does not affect the decision later. Sunk Cost Fallacy We justify increased investment in a decision based on the cumulative investment, despite new evidence suggesting that the decision was probably wrong. Halo Effect The tendency for a person's positive or negative traits to "spill over" from one personality area to another in others' perceptions of them Self-Serving Bias The tendency to claim more responsibility for successes than failures. Authority Bias The tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority figure (unrelated to its content) and be more influenced by that opinion Constrast Effect The enhancement or reduction of a certain perception's stimuli when compared with a recently observed, contrasting object Availability Bias The easier it is to recall the consequences of something, the greater those consequences are often perceived to be


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On the 20th July the 5/6s were fortunate enough to receive a visit from the Returned Services League, or RSL, who told us about the army in World War 1, 2 and the Vietnam War. We were told by Andrew about gear, weapons and roles. These include Jam Tin Bombs, or homemade grenades, periscopes, which you use to peer out the trenches and even the armour, which means that a regular inventory man carries 26 kilos minimum. He also taught us about the weapons such as gas. Gas was one of the deadliest weapons and required special gear such as gas masks and coats.
The best part about the experience was that is was very hands-on, meaning we got to try on hats and wear coats. We are all very grateful for this experience and we hope the RSL will visit again.
Written by Poppy & Timothy.