On the anniversary of the Aurora shooting, a gun rights organization is planning a "counter-rally."
Reported by Politico 6 hours ago.
Gun group to rally at Aurora event
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Aurora theater ceremony, pro-gun rally collide at state park Friday
Two groups will meet at noon Friday at Cherry Creek State Park to mark the first anniversary of the Aurora movie theater massacre — one will remember those killed by guns, the other will rally to support the Second Amendment.
Reported by Denver Post 4 hours ago.
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Strong voices, prayer lift up Aurora one year after theater shooting
Stefan Moton, a 20-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down after being shot in an Aurora movie theater a year ago, flashed his smile Wednesday night — a smile that his pastor, Chris Hill, says "rivals the sun."
Reported by Denver Post 1 hour ago.
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Daniel Beaty: 11 Ways to Transform Your Grief to Action and Respond Powerfully to the Verdict
*1) See the Possibility and Not Just the Pain:* Could this be the birth of a movement? There is an absolute urgency of issues facing our young people and our nation. How can the life of Trayvon and all the young people we have lost from Harlem to Newtown to Chicago to Aurora truly matter? How can we mobilize around issues of gun control, violence in our urban centers, America's need for healing around race past and present, the prison industrial complex, stop and frisk, poverty, homeless, and so on and so on? The movement we are embarking on is a Humans Rights Movement -- all people regardless of race, sex, class, or sexuality must have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
*2) March and Take A Young Person with You:* around the country peaceful protests are emerging. Help our young people to understand the connection between our past and our present. We march to make our presence known and our voices heard.
*3) Volunteer for a Youth Empowering Organization in Your Community: * the harvest is plenty but the laborers are few. Right in your neighborhood there are organizations working to serve youth who can benefit from your time and talent.
*4) Text JUSTICE to 62227* to demand the Department of Justice addresses this tragedy by filing a civil rights violation against Zimmerman or sign the petition at moveon.org
*5) Support Media that Positively Displays the Humanity of Black Men and Boys:* the perception of black men and boys as violent and angry without context or full humanity is at the root of so much of this conversation. Immediate Action Step: Go see Fruitvale Station - it is powerful and painful film. Sometimes there is power in pain if it mobilizes us to ACT.
*6) Mentor a Young Person:* make a commitment to be a present, empowering adult in the life of a young person in your community. A loving and consistent adult can be a lifesaver -- literally.
*7) Make Heroes Out of the Powerful, Loving, Present Black Men and Boys in Your Lives:* rather he is a janitor or a doctor or a student or a teacher affirm and love a black man or boy in your life. Media does a great job making heroes out of athletes, movie stars, and rappers. How can we begin to make heroes out of the everyday, loving, present, achieving black men and boys in our communities?
*8) Turn Off the BS:* Stop watching and listening to media that downgrades us and participates in our own destruction. Each time we watch a TV program or support a recording "artist" that perpetuates the lowest, basest aspects of our dysfunction we co-sign to the limiting perception others have of us and too many of us have of ourselves.
*9) Make a Renewed Commitment to Your Purpose:* what dream have you been suffocating with your doubts, fears, and insecurities? It is time to give your purpose breath. When you live fully in your purpose you inspire purpose in others.
*10) Vote:* we must change laws like Stand Your Ground and Stop & Frisk that do not serve us. We must vote out politicians that BS and do not represent our interest, and support those who will get the work done. Research and learn what your representatives are standing for and what the laws truly mean.
*11) Know and Affirm the Truth of Who Are Young People Are:* too often in churches, at conferences, or at the dinner table, we speak about this generation of young people with such disparaging, harsh words. We have dropped them. We have failed to tell the story of our history and set appropriate boundaries. Now we must do the heavy lifting of helping to pick them up and tell them the truth of who we are -- and of who they are. Our young people are not lost. They are more beautiful and powerful then they can even imagine. We must help them to know this truth. Reported by Huffington Post 3 days ago.
*2) March and Take A Young Person with You:* around the country peaceful protests are emerging. Help our young people to understand the connection between our past and our present. We march to make our presence known and our voices heard.
*3) Volunteer for a Youth Empowering Organization in Your Community: * the harvest is plenty but the laborers are few. Right in your neighborhood there are organizations working to serve youth who can benefit from your time and talent.
*4) Text JUSTICE to 62227* to demand the Department of Justice addresses this tragedy by filing a civil rights violation against Zimmerman or sign the petition at moveon.org
*5) Support Media that Positively Displays the Humanity of Black Men and Boys:* the perception of black men and boys as violent and angry without context or full humanity is at the root of so much of this conversation. Immediate Action Step: Go see Fruitvale Station - it is powerful and painful film. Sometimes there is power in pain if it mobilizes us to ACT.
*6) Mentor a Young Person:* make a commitment to be a present, empowering adult in the life of a young person in your community. A loving and consistent adult can be a lifesaver -- literally.
*7) Make Heroes Out of the Powerful, Loving, Present Black Men and Boys in Your Lives:* rather he is a janitor or a doctor or a student or a teacher affirm and love a black man or boy in your life. Media does a great job making heroes out of athletes, movie stars, and rappers. How can we begin to make heroes out of the everyday, loving, present, achieving black men and boys in our communities?
*8) Turn Off the BS:* Stop watching and listening to media that downgrades us and participates in our own destruction. Each time we watch a TV program or support a recording "artist" that perpetuates the lowest, basest aspects of our dysfunction we co-sign to the limiting perception others have of us and too many of us have of ourselves.
*9) Make a Renewed Commitment to Your Purpose:* what dream have you been suffocating with your doubts, fears, and insecurities? It is time to give your purpose breath. When you live fully in your purpose you inspire purpose in others.
*10) Vote:* we must change laws like Stand Your Ground and Stop & Frisk that do not serve us. We must vote out politicians that BS and do not represent our interest, and support those who will get the work done. Research and learn what your representatives are standing for and what the laws truly mean.
*11) Know and Affirm the Truth of Who Are Young People Are:* too often in churches, at conferences, or at the dinner table, we speak about this generation of young people with such disparaging, harsh words. We have dropped them. We have failed to tell the story of our history and set appropriate boundaries. Now we must do the heavy lifting of helping to pick them up and tell them the truth of who we are -- and of who they are. Our young people are not lost. They are more beautiful and powerful then they can even imagine. We must help them to know this truth. Reported by Huffington Post 3 days ago.
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Floor And Decor Outlets Of America, Inc. Opens Third Chicagoland Store This Summer
ATLANTA, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc., a leading specialty retailer of hard surface flooring and accessories, will open its third Chicagoland store on Thursday, August 22, 2013. The newest Floor and Decor, located in the Aurora/Naperville area...
Reported by PR Newswire 3 days ago.
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The numbers tell it: Screen violence still popular
(AP) - Screen violence remains a big hit with the public, despite calls for the entertainment industry to tone it down in the aftermath of the mass shootings at Aurora, Colo., Newtown, Conn, and elsewhere in the U.S.
Reported by MyNorthwest.com 3 days ago.
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Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. Wins 8 Aurora Awards and 1 Grand Aurora
Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. won eight Aurora Awards and one Grand Aurora at the 2013 Southeast Building Conference on July 13. The Aurora Awards take place annually and are open to builders, architects, interior designers, remodelers, landscape architects and merchandisers and other disciples who have projects located within the 12-state southeastern region and Eastern Caribbean.
Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) July 18, 2013
Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. won eight Aurora Awards and one Grand Aurora at the 2013 Southeast Building Conference on July 13. The Aurora Awards take place annually and are open to builders, architects, interior designers, remodelers, landscape architects and merchandisers and other disciples who have projects located within the 12-state southeastern region and Eastern Caribbean. The Aurora Awards are the regions most recognized and prestigious awards program.
Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. was deemed an Aurora Award winner for the following categories: Kitchen $1,000,001-$2,000,000, Kitchen over $3,000,001, Bath $1,000,001-$2,000,000, Interior Merchandising $1,500,000-$2,000,000, Interior Merchandising over $3,000,001, Interior Detailing $1,000,001-$2,000,000, Interior Detailing over $2,000,001 and Remodeling, Rehabilitation or Historical Restoration of a Commercial Space. Marc-Michaels took home the prestigious Grand Aurora Award in the Kitchen over $3,000,001 category.
The Aurora Awards program is affiliated with the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) and the Southeast Building Conference (SEBC), one of two regional trade shows recognized by and affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The winners of the Aurora Awards are honored at a gala held at the Rosen Centre Hotel.
Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. has a very talented award-winning design staff, whose collective experiences span decades. The firm is known for creating a highly differentiated product that’s artistic and beautiful interiors are sure to please.
The firm takes on a wide variety of projects including private residences, commercial buildings, model merchandising, condominiums, motor coaches, jets and mega yacht interiors. Offices are located in Winter Park and Boca Raton, Fla. For more information, visit http://www.marc-michaels.com. Reported by PRWeb 15 hours ago.
Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) July 18, 2013
Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. won eight Aurora Awards and one Grand Aurora at the 2013 Southeast Building Conference on July 13. The Aurora Awards take place annually and are open to builders, architects, interior designers, remodelers, landscape architects and merchandisers and other disciples who have projects located within the 12-state southeastern region and Eastern Caribbean. The Aurora Awards are the regions most recognized and prestigious awards program.
Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. was deemed an Aurora Award winner for the following categories: Kitchen $1,000,001-$2,000,000, Kitchen over $3,000,001, Bath $1,000,001-$2,000,000, Interior Merchandising $1,500,000-$2,000,000, Interior Merchandising over $3,000,001, Interior Detailing $1,000,001-$2,000,000, Interior Detailing over $2,000,001 and Remodeling, Rehabilitation or Historical Restoration of a Commercial Space. Marc-Michaels took home the prestigious Grand Aurora Award in the Kitchen over $3,000,001 category.
The Aurora Awards program is affiliated with the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) and the Southeast Building Conference (SEBC), one of two regional trade shows recognized by and affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The winners of the Aurora Awards are honored at a gala held at the Rosen Centre Hotel.
Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. has a very talented award-winning design staff, whose collective experiences span decades. The firm is known for creating a highly differentiated product that’s artistic and beautiful interiors are sure to please.
The firm takes on a wide variety of projects including private residences, commercial buildings, model merchandising, condominiums, motor coaches, jets and mega yacht interiors. Offices are located in Winter Park and Boca Raton, Fla. For more information, visit http://www.marc-michaels.com. Reported by PRWeb 15 hours ago.
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Updated: Survivors of Aurora Theater Massacre, Families Of Victims, Newtown Families, And Faith Leaders to Hold Remembrance Event in Aurora Marking One-Year Anniversary Of Shooting
Participants to Read Names of Thousands of Americans Killed By Gun Violence, Hold Moment of Silence for Aurora Victims at 12:38 a.m. When Shooting Occurred Event is Part of "No More Names: National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence" Bus Tour; www.NoMoreNames.org ***MEDIA AND EVENT...
Reported by PR Newswire 15 hours ago.
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Alex Teves' Parents Challenge The Media To Stop Using Shooter's Name
Nearly one year after the Aurora shooting, the parents of one of the 12 who were killed during the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" say they're challenging the media to stop using the shooter's name and image.
They're calling it "The Alex Teves Challenge," and the goal is to start the end of the glorification of mass murderers.
"The whole premise of the challenge was to take the notoriety away from people who commit acts of violence, to not give them an outlet that maybe they seek," Alex's mother, Caren Teves told 9News.
"You guys needs to be responsible for what you do," said Tom Teves. "You guys could change overnight. All you have to do is have the courage to stop."
The challenge comes with six major points asking the media to write about mass tragedies more responsibly:
· By witholding the name and images of the suspect
· Acknowledging "that the prospect of infamy" could inspire others to commit similar crimes
· Focusing coverage on "specific details of the act, alleged assailant’s background, and possible motivations" rather than the assailant's image or name, which the Teves argue is irrelevant
· Raising awareness of the cause of the act as a preventative measure
· To only publish the assailant's name and image if they are still at large, and to stop upon his or her capture
· And to "agree to promote data and analysis from experts in mental health, public safety, and other relevant professions, where this will support further steps in the elimination of this type of criminal behavior."
Alex Teves was the Teves' oldest son, and he reportedly loved the superhero genre highlighting good vs. evil.
"If you want to describe Alex in one word, he was just good," his father, Tom Teves told CNN.
And he also liked a good Colorado craft beer, his parents say.
On Saturday night, the one-year anniversary of the shooting, the Copper Kettle Brewery -- along with 11 other area breweries, 4 food trucks and 2 bands -- will host "A Night To Remember" for $40, with all proceeds benefiting the Alexander C. Teves (ACT) Foundation and Phoenix 999, a group created by survivors of the Columbine shooting in the wake of the Aurora shooting. Teves was Brew Club member No. 28 of the Copper Kettle's 50-person mug club, and an image of him raising that mug hangs permanently in the Copper Kettle. Reported by Huffington Post 15 hours ago.
They're calling it "The Alex Teves Challenge," and the goal is to start the end of the glorification of mass murderers.
"The whole premise of the challenge was to take the notoriety away from people who commit acts of violence, to not give them an outlet that maybe they seek," Alex's mother, Caren Teves told 9News.
"You guys needs to be responsible for what you do," said Tom Teves. "You guys could change overnight. All you have to do is have the courage to stop."
The challenge comes with six major points asking the media to write about mass tragedies more responsibly:
· By witholding the name and images of the suspect
· Acknowledging "that the prospect of infamy" could inspire others to commit similar crimes
· Focusing coverage on "specific details of the act, alleged assailant’s background, and possible motivations" rather than the assailant's image or name, which the Teves argue is irrelevant
· Raising awareness of the cause of the act as a preventative measure
· To only publish the assailant's name and image if they are still at large, and to stop upon his or her capture
· And to "agree to promote data and analysis from experts in mental health, public safety, and other relevant professions, where this will support further steps in the elimination of this type of criminal behavior."
Alex Teves was the Teves' oldest son, and he reportedly loved the superhero genre highlighting good vs. evil.
"If you want to describe Alex in one word, he was just good," his father, Tom Teves told CNN.
And he also liked a good Colorado craft beer, his parents say.
On Saturday night, the one-year anniversary of the shooting, the Copper Kettle Brewery -- along with 11 other area breweries, 4 food trucks and 2 bands -- will host "A Night To Remember" for $40, with all proceeds benefiting the Alexander C. Teves (ACT) Foundation and Phoenix 999, a group created by survivors of the Columbine shooting in the wake of the Aurora shooting. Teves was Brew Club member No. 28 of the Copper Kettle's 50-person mug club, and an image of him raising that mug hangs permanently in the Copper Kettle. Reported by Huffington Post 15 hours ago.
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Gun Group to Hold Rally in Aurora on Anniversary of Theater Shooting
A Colorado gun group is planning a rally in Aurora on the first anniversary of the theater shooting which killed 12 people and injured 70 more.Executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Dudley Brown says the event is a counter-rally in opposition to the Mayors Against Illegal Guns event being held this Friday – at the same time, in the same park.
"We'll be answering Mayor Bloomberg," Brown said.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which includes New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, is holding an event in remembrance of those killed on July 20, 2012, as a screening of “The Dark Night Rises.” Survivors and families of those who died will address the attendees. They will read the names of victims and then hold a moment of silence at 12:38 a.m. Saturday, when the gunman opened fire at the Century Aurora 16.
"It's an opportunity for the community to come together and remember the 12 who were killed and 70 others injured," Mayors Against Illegal Guns outreach and policy associate Stephen Barton told the Denver Post.
“Rocky Mountain Gun Owners is attending this event to show Bloomberg that his radical east coast anti-gun agenda is not supported by Coloradans,” said Danielle Thompson, a spokeswoman for the National Association for Gun Rights, who also helps the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners group with media.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns has supports gun control measures, including limiting the capacity of magazines and outlawing semi-automatic weapons.
The lone suspect in the Aurora shooting, James Eagan Holmes, pleaded not guilty in March to 24 counts of first-degree murder, 116 counts of attempted murder, possession of explosive devices, and inciting violence. The motive for the shooting is unclear.
Ten movie-goers were killed at the scene, and two later died in local hospitals. The oldest victim was 32; the youngest, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was just six years old.
Sources: Denver Post, Politico Reported by Opposing Views 14 hours ago.
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Udall recalls Aurora theater shooting in Senate speech
The names of the victims of the Aurora theater shooting were read on the floor of the U.
Reported by Denver Post 13 hours ago.
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Back to Court For Man Charged in Electronics Burglary at Aurora
Patch Fox Point-Bayside, WI --A Milwaukee man charged with stealing six 70-inch TVs and other electronics from Aurora Health Care in Fox Point is back in court Tuesday.
DNA linked Michael George Jones, 31, to the scene of the November 2011 break-in, according to a crimi Reported by Patch 10 hours ago.
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Video: Baby helps Aurora shooting victim heal
Caleb Medley was shot in the head in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting and was in a coma when his son was born four days later. Caleb's wife Katie believes their son, Hugo, has helped her husband heal. John Blackstone reports.
Reported by CBS News 5 hours ago.
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Couple to marry a year to the day after Colorado theater rampage
There is little about the horror that unfolded in a dark Aurora, Colorado, movie theater that Eugene Han and Kirstin Davis can forget.
Reported by CNN.com 49 minutes ago.
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Aurora, Newtown Survivors Honor Theater Victims
Aurora, Newtown survivors honor those killed in movie shooting; pro-gun group rallies nearby
Reported by ABCNews.com 23 hours ago.
Reported by ABCNews.com 23 hours ago.
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Aurora Survivor Recalls Terror on Anniversary Eve
One of the survivors of the shooting in Aurora, Colorado, tells her story for the first time in public.
Reported by ABCNews.com 21 hours ago.
Reported by ABCNews.com 21 hours ago.
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Competing demonstrations held in Colorado ahead of Aurora theater shooting anniversary
By Keith Coffman AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) – Gun control activists staged a vigil in a Colorado park on Friday to remember those killed a year ago in a shooting rampage in a suburban Denver theater, as a gun rights group rallied nearby to protest what they called the exploitation of the tragedy for political gain. The competing demonstrations on either side of the gun control debate took place about a quarter-mile apart in the suburb [...]
Reported by Raw Story 21 hours ago.
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Video: What did hospitals learn from Aurora movie theater massacre?
Following the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., one year ago, the University of Colorado Hospital learned to keep the trauma team on speed dial and stock more supplies. Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital applied what they learned from Aurora to its response to the Boston Marathon bombings. Barry Petersen reports.
Reported by CBS News 19 hours ago.
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Colorado hotels move to block Aurora Gaylord project
A consortium of hotels and the Denver and Colorado hotel and lodging associations are formally petitioning the Colorado Economic Development Commission to reconsider Aurora’s application for a tax subsidy aimed at building a massive hotel-convention center and resort complex near DIA. In a letter sent Friday to Ken Lund, executive director of the commission, the hotels argue that the Aurora project has materially changed since the commission approved an $85 million grant for state tax subsidies…
Reported by bizjournals 18 hours ago.
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Aurora victims honored, gun groups stage protest
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Survivors of mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut gathered with dozens of supporters Friday in a suburban Denver park to honor those killed in the massacre at an Aurora movie theater almost a year to the day after the attack.
Reported by Boston.com 13 hours ago.
Reported by Boston.com 13 hours ago.
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