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Life and political podcast. Brought to you from The Divided States of America. Videos of the Week: 9 videos this week. Show Opening: Thanks to George Woods for our lead in music. Books plug... About the show ramble... Trump's second-term golf excursions at taxpayers expense is now at $26,127,531! Where's Doge! Discussion of last weeks videos: Trump golfing instead of honoring fallen troops... Trump's tariff scheme... Trump floats possibility of compensation for Jan. 6 rioters... Some Interesting Stuff: BMW ramble... Transitioning in Australia... Midnight Oil singer... Blackburn pushes back against Democrats' lies about Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare. Free trade a win-win for all? China / Taiwan.... China hits back at US tariffs with export controls on key rare earths.
How do we detect ripples in spacetime? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Harrison Greenbaum explore black hole collisions, quantum tricks, and how gravitational waves can help us uncover the early universe with MIT physicist and LIGO researcher Nergis Mavalvala.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/when-black-holes-collide-with-nergis-mavalvala/Thanks to our Patrons Akhilesh Kashyap, George Woods, Alishan Momin, Scott Artyn, Terrance Wallace, justinetaylor1989, David Kupersmith, Asef Karim, Robert Somazze, Micheal Emmer, Jeffrey Cooper, Bigyan Bhar, Gavin TRaber, A Bains, josh burrell, Darius Cruz, Cassandre L Henderson, Liam Higley, Ojakuna, Karen, Anshul Sanghi, Sam Walley, David Eatwell, Psychotacon, Alec Myers, Alfred Rivera, Colby Carmichiel, Tommy, kim kanahele, Robert Breutzmann, Dan Defibaugh, Slyter, Aksheev Bhambri, Chris Topher, Joanna Apergis, Rockington, Patrick Corrigan, AlexKP_, Abi ROdriguez, Shawn Santor, Shanna Johnston, Cleve Dawson, Mohammed Bilal Monnoo, Patrick Laurin, Eric Kaplan, Dr. What, Glen S. Sheets, David Yardley, Librak Productions LLC, and Catherine Thomas for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
Washington Street Mission conducts its Food and Product Drive at County Market on Monroe Street as guests include board members Steve Barteau and Lyndsay Houmes, volunteer George Woods, and director Jarid Brown. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society. Justin Smulison interviews Jose Aponte, the LAAIA Atlanta Chapter President. They discuss his career in the industry, what led him to be a founder of the Atlanta Chapter of the LAAIA, what the LAAIA has accomplished so far, and what the current and future expectations are of the LAAIA for DE&I in the insurance and risk management industry. Jose talks about the growing numbers and influence of the Latino population. They wrap up with a discussion of Jose's upcoming panel at the DE&I Studio at RISKWORLD 2024. Listen in for Jose's story of lifting the industry and the Latino talent he wants to attract to the industry. Key Takeaways: [:01] About RIMS and RIMScast. [:14] Public registration for RISKWORLD 2024 is now open. Explore infinite opportunities with RIMS from May 5th through May 8th, 2024, in San Diego, California. Register at RIMS.org/RISKWORLD. [:31] About today's EPISODE of RIMScast. I will be joined by Jose Aponte, Atlanta Chapter President for the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies. [:54] The RIMS-CRMP is the only competency-based risk management credential. That matters because earning the certification shows employers and recruiters that you have the skills necessary to manage risk and create value for your organization. [1:09] Several Exam Prep virtual workshops are coming up. The next RIMS-CRMP-FED Exam Prep Virtual Workshop will be held from April 2nd through the 4th and led by Joe Mayo. Visit the certification page on RIMS.org for more information. A link is in these show notes. [1:32] As you know, RISKWORLD 2024 is coming up from May 5th through May 8th, 2024, in sunny San Diego, California. Registration is open at RIMS.org/RISKWORLD and at the link in this episode's show notes. Register today! [1:49] In Episode 276 of RIMScast we had opening keynote Peter Diamandis join us. Check out that episode for just a taste of what's in store for RISKWORLD 2024. The full roster of keynotes has been announced! I'm so excited! We will be welcoming Academy Award-winning actress, director, and activist, Marlee Matlin! [2:13] For our industry keynote, we will be rejoined by Evan G. Greenberg, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chubb Limited and Chubb Group. That session will be sponsored by Chubb. Just announced, our closing keynote will be Daymond G. John. You know him from Shark Tank. He's also the CEO and Founder of FUBU. I'm a big fan. [2:37] I'm so excited for that closing keynote on May 8th! It will be extremely high-energy! Register at RIMS.org/RISKWORLD. We want to see you there! [2:48] Jose Aponte is my guest. He is a vice president at Alliant and the president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies (LAAIA). Jose will be one of the featured speakers at the DEI Studio at RISKWORLD 2024. His session will be on Monday morning, May 6th at 10:00 a.m., following the opening keynote. [3:16] We wanted to hear his take on the state of DE&I today, how he and the LAAIA are upholding a legacy that began nearly 60 years ago, and the methods they are using to recruit and retain the next generation of risk talent. Jose Aponte, welcome to RIMScast! [3:53] Jose Aponte will be at RISKWORLD 2024 representing the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies. Jose tells of his career path, working in sales, then in claims for direct carriers. He worked briefly for Wells Fargo, and then Marsh. With Marsh, Jose relocated to Atlanta, GA, where he was recruited by Alliant. [5:15] Jose works for Alliant as a Senior Account Executive Lead. He supports various producers. His role is market-facing and client-facing, which he enjoys. He manages a large book of business with large business and large middle-market accounts. [5:49] When Jose started at Marsh, he was asked to be part of Marsh's Hispanic Employee Resource Group called OLA. They have chapters throughout the country. It was a great experience for him. [6:08] They also wanted, as an ERG Group and with the Diversity Inclusion Division at Marsh, to see how they can expand further and support Latino Inclusion within the industry. Jose suggested they support the LAAIA and help them expand. George Woods connected Jose with Javier Naranjo, (now a past president of LAAIA) in 2015. [6:45] The intent was to support Latino engagement with the insurance industry and risk management. How could they help the LAAIA expand? The LAAIA was established in 1969. Jose helped, along with several other founding board members, to form the first LAAIA chapter outside of Florida, in Atlanta, with Marsh's support, right before COVID. [7:25] Other chapters have since expanded beyond Atlanta. Jose is the Atlanta Chapter President. There are chapters in Houston and Dallas Texas, and Denver, Colorado, and there are more to come. [8:02] The LAAIA was launched in 1969. At the time, Latino insurance agents weren't able to seek appointments or partnerships with carriers. The LAAIA was founded by Manual Arques with seven founding members of Cuban descent out of Southern Florida to help Hispanic Latino insurance agents receive carrier appointments. [9:00] There were carriers at the time that did not want to insure Latinos. That general inequity was the catalyst. Today two of the seven founding members are still alive. They are honored in Hispanic Heritage Month because of their vision and foresight in establishing the LAAIA. The LAAIA stands strong today. [10:00] Pastor De La Tejera and Andy Rodriguez, two of the founders and past presidents share an aura of wisdom and experience in meetings of past presidents. They are inspiring. Jose wants to be like them and inspire others as well. [10:32] In 2024, Jose would like to see more Latino leadership in the insurance industry. The talent pool of Latino speakers for panels is very limited. How do we fix that? We need to build the pipeline and attract more Latino talent into the industry. That is the main focus of LAAIA, to attract young Latinos to the insurance and risk management industry. [12:11] When he was a broker, Jose told people working for him that insurance was the industry where Warren Buffet had most of his assets. Why would you not want to be part of an industry with so much potential for wealth? To attract people you have to be a great storyteller and show people how the industry and all its verticals align with them. [12:57] The challenges are the lack of Latino leadership, how to build our pipeline for the up-and-coming talent, and for current talent, how to further expand and be in those management positions as well. [13:28] Jose helped found the Latinos at Alliant Employee Resource Group two years ago. He tells members that even though they don't have the title “leader,” they can be leaders in the sense of driving for change. Be disruptors in that regard. The LAAIA looks for scholarship funding, partnering with the Spencer Educational Foundation. [14:13] The LAAIA awarded two scholarships to risk management talent and they are determined to do more. The LAAIA just partnered with the University of Southern Florida and brought in various resources to provide $2,500 in scholarships to expand and market the industry. [14:48] The success of the LAAIA is measured by how much young talent they sponsor, and how many members are in the organization who receive mentorship on the benefits of being a member. The benchmark is the size of their book of business and how the LAAIA encourages them to expand through mentorship with expertise and knowledge. [15:30] The LAAIA looks at how is the member's success, looking forward. How is the members' knowledge being developed by the educational resources, training, and continuing education seminars? Jose notes that members are increasing, as well as the quality of membership and the expensing of it. [15:55] The IAAIA has a very committed legislative committee. It tracks legislative issues in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Colorado and interacts with local legislators. Last month they had lunch with Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King, addressing issues that are going on affecting IAAIA members and insurance consumers. [16:48] RIMS plug time! RIMS Virtual Workshops: Visit RIMS.org/virtualworkshops to see the full calendar. On March 27th and 28th, our good friend, Ken Baker, of Enterprise Risk Consulting, will lead the two-day course, Fundamentals of Risk Management. [17:07] Information about these workshops and others is on the RIMS Virtual Workshops page and a link to the full calendar is in this episode's notes. There are RISKWORLD 2024 pre-conference workshops held on May 4th and 5th at the San Diego Convention Center. A link is in this episode's show notes. [17:25] Topics include but are not limited to Applying and Integrating ERM, Fundamentals of Insurance, and a RIMS-CRMP Exam Prep Workshop. Go to RIMS.org/RISKWORLD and then go to Learn and then Workshops. You will find it there. [17:41] On March 28th, our friends at TÜV SÜD GRC will present Inflation and Property Valuation: Aligning Your Assets with Reality. On April 11th, Clara Analytics returns to present AI's Impact on Emerging Risk Management Trends. [18:00] On April 18th, Hub International returns for the second installment of its Ready For Tomorrow Series, Challenging the Status Quo: Rethinking Your Casualty Risk Strategy. Archer makes its RIMS Webinars debut on April 23rd at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. The session is titled Advancing RMIS: Strategies for Risk Management. [18:27] Visit RIMS.org/Webinars to learn more about these webinars and to register! Links are in the show notes. Webinar registration is complimentary for RIMS members. [18:40] Our friends at FERMA encourage you to participate in its inaugural International Risk Managers Survey, open through March 2024 to risk professionals from the U.S., Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and Africa. It is produced in partnership with PwC France. The results will be distributed in October 2024. A link is in this episode's show notes. [19:15] Justin recently had Megan Miller and Tandeka Nomvete of Spencer on RIMScast for Women's History Month. Tandeka is on the board of the Atlanta Chapter of the LAAIA. Megan said in the interview that she hopes one day to see a panel of only women talking about an issue not tied to the challenges of women in the profession. [20:01] Similarly, Jose would be pleased to see a panel of Hispanic and Latino industry experts talking about auto liability, for example, and not Hispanic and Latino issues. Jose would like to see how risk managers develop in their career track. The LAAIA has to reach out to find out who are those individuals and bring them to the panel. [21:21] Comparing the DE&I visions of LAAIA and RIMS, Jose believes they align very well. It's about bringing in future leaders within a culture of DE&I. The LAAIA has great partnerships with diverse allies. There is so much intersectionality in our industry; we have to think about how we can support each other. The LAAIA does that very well. [24:17] Jose will be at RISKWORLD 2024 in sunny San Diego. He will host a conversation at the DEI Studio in support of the evolution of the risk profession, Latinos and Latino women in the industry, and equity, making sure things are more fair. Latinos represent a GDP of $3.2 trillion and it keeps climbing with a growing population. [25:14] The insurance industry is well aware of the impact of the Latino population. We need more Latino men and women in the industry to speak to them. This is a global trend. Your opportunities are greater when you know two languages and greater still if you know three. [26:38] Typhaine Beaupérin of FERMA was on RIMScast. She speaks at least five languages. It's a great life skill. Jose used two languages in his first job as a bilingual claims rep. [27:54] In his first job, Jose did not have a champion or mentor. When he started at Nationwide, he sought champions and support from leadership, and he found them. He mentors and volunteers now to help others avoid learning the hard way. We need individuals from RIMS who have experience to be mentors committed to advancement. [29:48] Jose will be in the DE&I Studio on Monday, May 6th, at 10 a.m. Pacific, following Peter Diamandis's opening keynote. Jose is excited to speak to colleagues from other boards and organizations such as NAAIA, Insure Equality, and APIW. It will be an amazing discussion at the DE&I Studio. Come by with your questions and solutions! [30:49] The details are on this episode's show notes. Justin looks forward to getting a selfie with Jose in May! There is a link to LAAIA and a link to Jose Aponte in this episode's show notes. Jose also invites listeners with questions to talk to him on LinkedIn. [31:29] Jose, thanks for joining us on RIMScast! [31:36] Special thanks again to Jose Aponte of the LAAIA for joining us here today on RIMScast. A link to the LAAIA.com site is in this episode's show notes. If you'll be attending RISKWORLD 2024, be sure to check out Jose's session at 10 a.m. Pacific, on Monday, May 6th, in the DE&I Studio. A link is also in this episode's notes. [32:03] Go to the App Store and download the RIMS App. This is an exclusive members-only benefit with all sorts of RIMS resources and coverage. Everybody loves the RIMS App! [32:27] You can sponsor a RIMScast episode for this, our weekly show, or a dedicated episode. Links to sponsored episodes are in our show notes. RIMScast has a global audience of risk professionals, legal professionals, students, business leaders, C-Suite executives, and more. Let's collaborate! Contact pd@rims.org for more information. [33:09] Become a RIMS member and get access to the tools, thought leadership, and network you need to succeed. Visit RIMS.org/membership or email membershipdept@RIMS.org for more information. [33:24] Risk Knowledge is the RIMS searchable content library that provides relevant information for today's risk professionals. Materials include RIMS executive reports, survey findings, contributed articles, industry research, benchmarking data, and more. [33:39] For the best reporting on the profession of risk management, read Risk Management Magazine at RMMagazine.com, and check out the blog at RiskManagementMonitor.com. Justin Smulison is the Business Content Manager at RIMS. You can email Justin at Content@RIMS.org. [33:59] Thank you for your continued support and engagement on social media channels! We appreciate all your kind words. Listen every week! Stay safe! Mentioned in this Episode: RISKWORLD 2024 — San Diego, CA | May 5–8, 2024 RISKWORLD Pre-Conference Workshops RISKWORLD Speakers NEW FOR MEMBERS! 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RIMS Virtual Workshops On-Demand Webinars Risk Management Magazine Risk Management Monitor RIMS-Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP) RIMS-CRMP Stories — New interview featuring Dr. Lianne Appelt! Spencer Educational Foundation RIMS Events, Education, and Services: RIMS Risk Maturity Model® RIMS Events App Apple | Google Play RIMS Buyers Guide Sponsor RIMScast: Contact sales@rims.org or pd@rims.org for more information. Want to Learn More? Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org and listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Have a question or suggestion? Email: Content@rims.org. Join the Conversation! Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. About our guest: Jose Aponte, Atlanta Chapter President, Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies Tweetables (Edited For Social Media Use): When I started at Marsh, I was asked to be part of Marsh's Hispanic Employee Resource Group called OLA. They have chapters throughout the country. It was a great experience for me. — Jose Aponte The LAAIA was founded in 1969 by Manual Arques with seven founding members of Cuban descent out of Southern Florida, to help Hispanic Latino insurance agents receive carrier appointments. There were carriers at the time that did not want to insure Latinos. — Jose Aponte In 2024, I would like to see more Latino leadership in the insurance industry. The talent pool of Latino speakers for panels is very limited. How do we fix that? We need to build the pipeline and attract more Latino talent into the industry. — Jose Aponte The insurance industry is well aware of the impact of the growing Latino population. We need more Latino men and women in the industry to speak to them. — Jose Aponte
George Woods is an amazing guitarist, singer and songwriter and Berklee Professor.In this episode George shares how ADHD is a superpower for songwriters, what chords and melody bring emotionally.He writes a song on the spot and talks about what theory really is and plays his new single.http://www.georgewoodsmusic.comScarlet's website: https://www.scarletkeys.comScarlet's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarletkeysofficial/To purchase Scarlet Keys' book "The Craft of Songwriting:https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1Podcast engineer Peter Sykes music:https://open.spotify.com/artist/41llpsdBBIDlQixP0VHVA8?si=LhMf9SylS_6k6rjfWf2DawThis is Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/us/artist/peter-j-sykes/1599264277For info on Otto Gross:The show's theme song "What's in a Song" was co-written with Otto GrossRecorded and performed by Otto Gross: @OttoGrossProduction (instagram)@OttoGrossMusic (Youtube, facebook, TikTok)https://biglink.to/ottogrossmusic Scarlet's website: https://www.scarletkeys.comScarlet's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarletkeysofficial/To purchase Scarlet Keys' book "The Craft of Songwriting:https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1Scarlet's website: https://www.scarletkeys.comScarlet's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarletkeysofficial/To purchase Scarlet Keys' book "The Craft of Songwriting:https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1
Follow @thebuzzrnet Release Date: 27/01/23 Location: United States, Boston george woods ‘wanted man' About the Song If you like melodies that dance, and tap you on the shoulder when you're lonely. If you like lyrics that slide through your ears and drench your brain, but you also like to shake your ass and scream at...
CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWJanuary 23rd 2023 First broadcast March 21st 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD SEEDS , SOLIDARITY AND SEATS AT THE CLIMATE TABLE GUESTS CAMILLA BECKET - Film maker of The seeds of Vandana Shiva SCREENING AT TFFThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva - A documentary film (vandanashivamovie.com)(link is external)Enquire about a screening - The Seeds of Vandana Shiva (vandanashivamovie.com)(link is external) GEORGE WOODS - Poet and Lock the Gates Alliance campaignerhttps://www.facebook.com/Lock.The.Gate.Alliance/(link is external) TACK DANIELS - with AMELIA GOONERAGE . A Maori perspective on negotiating. Keep our shared future front of mind. As people at the top flounder, local climate solutions can be found in farming, flood preparedness and at high level negotiations where indigenous perspectives are sidelined or misunderstood. It's urgent that we let local people and First Nations protectors lead the way in climate adaptation. Vandana Shiva knew this when she paid attention to the Chipko women in India hugging trees to preserve forests. She listened again when village women gave her their diverse seeds to preserve resilience against the monoculture "seeds of suicide" from Monsanto. George Woods knows this after decades campaigning against fossil fuels in the coal and gas regions of Australia. She says the social capital built up for example in the battles for Bentley, Bylong and Gloucester have created a love and solidarity that is now being tested by historic floods. Her poem voicing the flooding emotions we feel about coal's ongoing dominance is in the anthology - The Tide will Take it.: https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-tide-will-take-it/(link is external) Tack Daniels in N.Z. knows this from a lifetime of high level negotiations. He talks to Amelia who was a youth delegate to COP26. His Maori perspective insists that indigenous people must retain control of their knowledge. He is confident that non-indigenous people can learn a lot about power sharing and keeping the focus on our shared future.
Hope is more than a “nice to have”; it can play a central role in business, as it drives resilient behavior, engagement, and innovation. In this episode, we explore the neuroscience behind hope and mindfulness, and the discuss benefits of applying the learnings in the workplace with forensic neuropsychiatrist Dr. George Woods. Dr. Woods is an accomplished physician, specializing in neuropsychiatry, is the Chief Science Officer at Crestwood Behavioral Health, and also serves as a member of the Board of Advisors at BetterManager. His work has brought him to believe that both successful organizations and leaders must be very good at inspiring hope among their teams. Dr. Woods talks us through the differences between Medical and the Rehabilitation models (and which is better for your business), the origins and story of Hope House, and practical mindfulness techniques that every manager can begin applying to engage and re-energize their teams. Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! For transcripts and other available downloads, please visit the BetterManager website. © 2022 BetterManager
Boston singer-songwriter George Woods plays some songs live in studio and talks about the Emerging Boston Area Singer-Songwriters, which he has just taken over. Learn more at www.ebassmusic.org.
Sophie and her husband George Woods were previously London-based, but these days they park up wherever the wind takes them. The couple have been roaming around Europe in a converted campervan for almost five years now.
CLIMATE ACTION RADIO SHOWMARCH 21ST 2022PRODUCED BY VIVIEN LANGFORD SEEDS , SOLIDARITY AND SEATS AT THE CLIMATE TABLE GUESTS CAMILLA BECKET - Film maker of The seeds of Vandana Shiva SCREENING AT TFFThe Seeds of Vandana Shiva - A documentary film (vandanashivamovie.com)Enquire about a screening - The Seeds of Vandana Shiva (vandanashivamovie.com) GEORGE WOODS - Poet and Lock the Gates Alliance campaignerhttps://www.facebook.com/Lock.The.Gate.Alliance/ TACK DANIELS - with AMELIA GOONERAGE . A Maori perspective on negotiating. Keep our shared future front of mind. As people at the top flounder, local climate solutions can be found in farming, flood preparedness and at high level negotiations where indigenous perspectives are sidelined or misunderstood. It's urgent that we let local people and First Nations protectors lead the way in climate adaptation. Vandana Shiva knew this when she paid attention to the Chipko women in India hugging trees to preserve forests. She listened again when village women gave her their diverse seeds to preserve resilience against the monoculture "seeds of suicide" from Monsanto. George Woods knows this after decades campaigning against fossil fuels in the coal and gas regions of Australia. She says the social capital built up for example in the battles for Bentley, Bylong and Gloucester have created a love and solidarity that is now being tested by historic floods. Her poem voicing the flooding emotions we feel about coal's ongoing dominance is in the anthology - The Tide will Take it.: https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-tide-will-take-it/ Tack Daniels in N.Z. knows this from a lifetime of high level negotiations. He talks to Amelia who was a youth delegate to COP26. His Maori perspective insists that indigenous people must retain control of their knowledge. He is confident that non-indigenous people can learn a lot about power sharing and keeping the focus on our shared future. ACTIONTo help flood affected people in the Lismore area of NSW 1. Lismore City Council - Flood Appeal Account - these donations are for the purpose of disaster recovery and community support and will be distributed to other organisations or persons for those organisations to use and distribute as needed. BSB: 062 565 Account: 10864633 2. RED CROSS FLOOD APPEAL – The Red Cross is committed to supporting the community through the next two years as we recover and rebuild. https://www.redcross.org.au/floodsappeal/ 3. GIVIT – This platform specifically matches the need with the items being donated. It is recommended by Resilience NSW. https://www.givit.org.au/ 4. Koori Mail has released a Go-Fund-Me for the Bundjalung communities and missions that have been effected by the recent floods. Please follow link for more details. Every dollar counts, no matter how small. https://gofund.me/f2f61bd7
The cybersecurity and insurance industries have been talking about prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion for a while, but Larry Whiteside, co-founder and president of Cyversity, says conversations aren't … Read More » The post EP. 31: More Than a Conversation: Cyber, Insurance Pros Say Building Diversity Means Taking Action appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.
The cybersecurity and insurance industries have been talking about prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion for a while, but Larry Whiteside, co-founder and president of Cyversity, says conversations aren't … Read More » The post EP. 31: More Than a Conversation: Cyber, Insurance Pros Say Building Diversity Means Taking Action appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.
This week on the Black Doctors Speak Podcast, we are joined by Dr. George Woods who will discuss Mental health in the African American Community. Dr. Woods is a very prominent psychiatrist who feels that the mental health delivery system is not sensitive, and often prejudiced, against African Americans. In addition, many African Americans are distrustful of mental health services. An article in the Journal of Racial and Health Disparities identified a small study highlighting differences and what was expected by African-Americans who ended up in the mental health system. Often African Americans preferred group therapy and therapy from professionals of the same gender. Regardless of the rationale for poor outcomes, especially during these difficult times, we have to do a better job both changing the mental health system to appreciate cultural differences and to increase awareness of the value of mental health services in the African American community.
In this episode, we're bidding farewell to 2021 and hello to 2022 with our annual year in review episode! It's been just over a year since armed insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential win. In the year since, what have we learned about the attack, and what it says about the current state of American democracy? It's also been a year of public health crises, political crises, and more—and we're going to be breaking it all down. Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record straight are very special guests:Joan Biskupic, lawyer and journalist. Currently, she serves as a Supreme Court analyst with CNN. Biskupic has covered the Supreme Court for 25 years and is the author of several books on the judiciary and justices of the Supreme Court, including The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts. She's previously worked for Reuters, the Washington Post and USA Today. Senator Russ Feingold is the president of the American Constitution Society. He served in the U.S. Senate as an elected member from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. Prior to that, he served as a state senator. Feingold is also the author of While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call for the Post-9/11 Era, and contributes regularly to various publications, appearing frequently on MSNBC and CNN. Dahlia Lithwick, lawyer, writer and journalist. She is a contributing editor at Newsweek and a senior editor at Slate. Lithwick hosts the popular podcast “Amicus.”Dr. George Woods, MD, president of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health. Woods also teaches on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley Law School. His practice focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders, cognitive impairments secondary to neuropsychiatric disorders, traumatic brain injury, ethnopsychopharmacology and workplace safety. In addition to his clinical practice, Woods consults around the world with legal teams dealing with complex criminal and civil litigation. Rate and review “On the Issues with Michele Goodwin" to let us know what you think of the show! Let's show the power of independent feminist media. Check out this episode's landing page at MsMagazine.com for a full transcript, links to articles referenced in this episode, further reading and ways to take action.Tips, suggestions, pitches? Get in touch with us at ontheissues@msmagazine.com. Support the show (http://msmagazine.com)
In our first episode, we meet Oakland California based, CALPEP, a grass-roots HIV community organization serving the area's most marginalized populations. During the COVID pandemic, they turned their in-person counseling into social technology-based outreach and care. We also talk with partners of the Alliance for Advancing Health Online, a new initiative to advance public understanding of how social media and behavioral sciences can be leveraged to improve the health of communities around the world.Hosted by Ben Plumley, of A Shot In The Arm Podcast, the panelists are; Professor Heidi Larson, Founding Director of Vaccine Confidence Project, AAHO partner, and author of the recently published book “Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start and Why They Don't Go Away.”Jennifer Siler, Vice President of Global Community Engagement at Sabin Vaccine Institute, AAHO partner. Dr. George Woods, practicing neuropsychiatrist, CALPEP Board Member and Governing Board Member of Stanford Medicine & Sutter Health Collaborative Cancer Care Consortium.Useful linkswww.bayareaglobalhealth.orgwww.sabin.orgwww.vaccineconfidence.orgwww.cdc.govwww.who.intwww.calpep.org#VaccineTrust #VaccineEquity #VaccineEquity #VaccineConfidence #VaccineAcceptance #VaccineHesitancy #socialmediahealth #techandinnovation #healthinnovation #healthequity #healthforall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, we confront the question at the center of Derek Chauvin’s trial: Who killed George Floyd? Our guests unpack that question as an issue central to police and societal violence. Examining who killed George Floyd means taking stock of legacies of racism in the Twin Cities, including redlining, school segregation, policies that undermine equality, and disparate rates of policing and mass incarceration. As attention has turned to the horrors of the old South, has racism of the new North been overlooked? And at what cost to Black lives? Have liberal allies made a difference or exacerbated harms in the Twin Cities? We also explore the trauma associated with George Floyd’s death and other officer-involved killings. Experts on our show explain how racism produce physical and psychological health harms. Helping us to sort out these questions and how we should think about these issues and more are very special guests:Judge Pamela Alexander, a Fourth Judicial District judge for Hennepin County, Minnesota. She began her legal career as a criminal defense attorney with the Legal Rights Center and then moved to the Hennepin County attorney’s office as a prosecutor in the criminal division. Since 1983, she has been a Hennepin County district court judge where she presided over the juvenile division and served as assistant chief judge for the court as a whole. Dr. Patricia Jones Blessman, a licensed clinical psychologist with over three decades of experience as a clinician and administrator of mental health programs. Jones Blessman is the founder and former president of the Institute for Psychodiagnostic Interventions and Services—one of only a few minority-owned, private sector psychological service corporations nationwide. Tasha R. Green Cruzat, executive director of Voices for Illinois Children, an independent child advocacy group that champions strong public policies and investments for all Illinois children and their families. A U.S. Navy veteran, she brings more than 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors of education, business and government. Prior to joining Voices, Cruzat first served as deputy chief of staff then chief of staff to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Dr. Roderick A. Ferguson, professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Yale University. An interdisciplinary scholar, his work traverses such fields as American studies, gender studies, queer studies, cultural studies, African American Studies, sociology, literature and education. Most recently, he is the author of One-Dimensional Queer (Polity, 2019). He is currently working on two monographs—In View of the Tradition: Art and Black Radicalism and The Bookshop of Black Queer Diaspora. Ferguson is the 2020 recipient of the Kessler Award from the Center for LGBTQ Studies. T. Mychael Rambo, a regional Emmy Award-winning actor, vocalist, arts educator and community organizer. He also an accomplished residency artist and professor in the College of Liberal Arts, Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota. Dr. George Woods, a practicing physician, specializing in neuropsychiatry. His private practice focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders, acquired neurocognitive disorders, cognitive impairments secondary to neuropsychiatric disorders, traumatic brain injury, ethnopsychopharmacology and workplace safety. In addition to his clinical practice, Woods consults with legal teams dealing with complex criminal and civil litigation. Rate and review “On the Issues with Michele Goodwin" to let us know what you think of the show! Let’s show the power of independent feminist media.Check out Support the show (http://msmagazine.com)
Hello to all of my Diabetic Loving Family, Welcome to Episode, 9. I had the absolute honor to speak with George Woods, & Paul Morgan. Both are coaches with The L'anse Creuse Basketball team, & both Paul & George are type two diabetics. George is a cancer survivor & an amazing, veteran. Paul has an awesome talented son who happens to have a birthday the day after mine, 12/4 & is also a type one Diabetic. We spoke about what to look out for if you think you may be diabetic. What an active coach does to take great care of their high & low blood sugars What our coaches keep an eye on to help make sure their athletes have good games, & a healthy season. Perspective & having a fresh, open view regarding your Diabetes. Below are links to get to know our guests, better. Have a listen & let me know your thoughts. :) Overcoming: The story of George Woods and L'anse Creuse Basketball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx6Q-IzAs8&feature=youtu.be https://wimshoes.net/pages/about-us --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/safiyah-basir/support
George Woods, a senior exec with Guy Carpenter, is an intriguing guest. He’s knowledgeable about insurance technology advances. You’ll hear about those on this recording. And he’s thoughtful about ways to increase diversity and inclusion in the industry. Making sure D&I initiatives permeate the organization requires that part of managers’ compensation be linked to their effectiveness with these initiatives, George says. He takes a broad view: “Diversity isn’t just gender and ethnicity and race. It could be age or education. Ivy League vs. a state school. Someone who grew up in a rural versus urban environment. A creative versus analytical mind. Left brain or right brain. There are so many things that come into play.” Pay equity is an issue too, he adds. “Look at your organization and how you’re presently recruiting. How do you change that? And once you recruit the talent, who do you see getting promoted most of the time?” You’ll enjoy this discussion with a passionate industry insider. The post Increasing Diversity All About Dollars… And Sense appeared first on Insurance Journal TV.
As we continue to learn more about COVID-19, it has become clear that this pandemic is disparately impacting people of color, and in particular, the Black community. A recent report from Mother Jones shows that Black Americans have disproportionately contracted and died from the coronavirus. Attacks on voting rights, abortion rights, and fair housing have long targeted people of color and the resulting damage of those attacks has been exacerbated during this time of crisis. What direct and indirect harms are being done to communities of color by the pandemic and the government’s response? What legal tools are available to address these disparities and where are there gaps? What should lawmakers consider as they attempt to craft a response to this crisis? Welcome: Russ Feingold, President, ACS Featured Speakers: Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy, University of California Irvine School of Law, Moderator Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley Law School Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, Northeastern University School of Law Dr. George Woods, Immediate Past President of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health
Lead in song "Lazy Nights" by George Woods. Dan starts the show with a great story. (His words...) eots@email.com Let us know what you think. Election news. Pete Buttigieg exits presidential race ahead of Super Tuesday. Fact or Crap: One right for John, none for Dan. Mail Bag: One from Mike: 1) The Wells Fargo horror story just won't end. Two from Glen: 1) Man held in Sacramento jail for 27 days with no charges. 2) Court rules Trump administration can withhold grants from "sanctuary cities". One from Pete: 1) Shark Tank host Barbara Corcoran loses $400,000 in a scam. The Rest of the Show: All email on this weeks show.
Nach der letzten Sendung geht es gleich nochmal um Nachhaltigkeit. Unser Gast Enrico erzaehlt uns, was Repaircafés sind. Dort kann man unter kundiger Anleitung alles Mögliche reparieren lernen. Kleider, Haushaltsgeraete, ja selbst bei Computerproblemen gibts Hilfe! Wegwerfen war gestern, reparieren und weiterbenutzen heisst heute die Devise! Trackliste George Woods – Lucky One DJ Rostei – Long One
Nach der letzten Sendung geht es gleich nochmal um Nachhaltigkeit. Unser Gast Enrico erzaehlt uns, was Repaircafés sind. Dort kann man unter kundiger Anleitung alles Mögliche reparieren lernen. Kleider, Haushaltsgeraete, ja selbst bei Computerproblemen gibts Hilfe! Wegwerfen war gestern, reparieren und weiterbenutzen heisst heute die Devise! Trackliste George Woods – Lucky One DJ Rostei – Long One
Peter and I discuss looking like George Woods, practicing, doing the hardest thing first, and loving your audience.Support this podcast on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/artandlifeandshitListen to Peter here:https://clamb.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://schooltree.bandcamp.com/https://momentous.bandcamp.com/
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How important is enhancing unity of effort ... [so] all the differences in culture, values, caveats, mindsets, etc. are harmonized for a common objective? Service at the strategic level sometimes involves working with international partners and possibly serving within multinational environments, such as NATO in Belgium or UN peacekeeping missions. The experiences of American officers in such settings can feel, literally, foreign as U.S. military culture and habits may differ from those of allied and partner nations. Unfortunately, not everyone receives adequate training or other preparation for entry into such assignments, which can impact both individual and team performance. This year, a team of U.S. Army War College researchers studied factors that contribute to success in multinational staff assignments based on interviews with U.S. Army War College students -- both Americans and International Fellows. Reporting the results of this study are two of the team members -- Colonel Christian Vial, a U.S. Army War College Exchange Officer from Chile and Dr. George Woods. What can professional military education institutions and force providers do to set its budding multinational staff officers for success? A BETTER PEACE Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline E. Whitt moderates. Click here to download an executive summary of the study! Christian Vial is a colonel in the Chilean Army and an exchange officer on the faculty of the U.S. Army War College. George Woods is Professor of Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College. Jacqueline E. Whitt is the Editor-in-Chief of A BETTER PEACE. The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Army, or Department of Defense. Photo: Official opening of the SHAPE Headquarters, Mons, Belgium, 1967 Photo Credit: NATO
Commentary from Gary Meece, based on his book, "Blood on Black," concerning Damien Echols of the West Memphis 3, along with some brief observations on the glut of true crime documentaries, including those on Adnan Syed, Madeline McCann and Steven Avery from "Blood on Black" "BROKE PROBATION ... SUCKING THE BLOOD ... FRIGHTENING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS" A homesick Damien Echols returned to Arkansas. Echols later told friends that a Satanic priestess followed him from Oregon, with the intent of either murdering him or pulling him back into the cult. In his 2001 affidavit, Dr. George Woods described Echols' circumstances: “Mr. Echols was completely incapable of caring for himself when he returned to Arkansas. He had no money and his mental illness and lack of skills and experience prevented him from working. He lived on the streets and even stayed at the home of his abusive step- father, Andy Echols, a few nights. Within days he was identified by his probation officer who believed that Mr. Echols should be treated in a long-term residential psychiatric facility. The probation officer had Mr. Echols detained in the juvenile facility for violating his parole by returning to Arkansas. Staff and residents at the facility describe Mr. Echols as losing touch with reality. His behavior deteriorated drastically. One resident reported he observed Mr. Echols ‘. . . sucking the blood off the scratch that . . .' another inmate ‘. . . had on his arm.' Mr. Echols was placed in isolation and on suicide watch. The juvenile facility quickly obtained a court order and sent Mr. Echols to Charter Hospital for the purpose of ‘determining the appropriate method of referral to a residential treatment facility.' Mr. Echols was readmitted to Charter Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 14, 1992, where he remained until his discharge on Sept. 22, 1992.” While driving Echols to Little Rock, Jerry Driver asked about the blood sucking incident. At first Echols told him it was a joke “and then he said that's how you receive power. He said I've been doing this for years ... and generally it's with willing people and he had some scars on his arms and he said he and his girlfriends and other people .... had done that, and that's how they receive power.” Echols' aunt, Patricia Liggett, was given temporary custody so she could admit him to the hospital. Charter notes from Sept 15 indicated: “Damien's behavior has become frightening to community mem- bers in Jonesboro …. Had been suspected of witchcraft and/or devil worship prior to incident involving arrest. … Again, thought to be suicidal, but not afraid to die, per Damien. Knows he can ‘come back.'” Dr. Woods reported: “The provisional diagnoses at Charter Hospital were psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified, and dysthymia. Staff members immediately noticed Mr. Echols' bizarre behavior, including his ‘growling' and making other strange sounds. … “Mr. Echols also had noticeable problems with attention and concentration. He ‘stared off into space' and daydreamed in class and group activities. When staff members attempted to bring him back to the task at hand he ‘would then act like he was very startled, as if “jolted” back into the group process.' “Other serious problems noted by staff members include ‘[a]lteration in thought processes evidenced by delusional thinking and inappropriate social behavior.' His appearance was ‘disheveled' and ‘unkempt,' and he had consistently ‘poor' eye contact. He dressed ‘in en- tirely black clothing, frequently [wrote] poems and [drew] pictures of symbols' which one staff member erroneously interpreted as ‘closely associated with devil worship.' Mr. Echols stated that he was ‘a witch' not a vampire or devil worshiper. “Mr. Echols' mood disturbances continued unabated. His affect ‘was extremely flat,' he showed ‘absolutely no observable evidence of emotion' and he appeared anxious and uncomfortable. Charter Hospital records reflect that Mr. Echols had almost no insight into the nature or severity of his problems. “Like all other staff who observed Mr. Echols over time, he was described by Charter mental health staff as ‘calm,' ‘compliant and cooperative.” A psychiatrist noted that even though Mr. Echols had ‘difficulty with reality testing' he related in ‘a very quiet and withdrawn fashion' and ‘was actually quite pleasant.' “ Mr. Echols was discharged … with diagnoses of psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, and dysthymia. He was released to the care of his step father, Andy Echols, who lived in West Memphis, Arkansas. Mr. Echols was instructed to continue taking his daily dose of 150 mg. of Imipramine and report to the local mental health center for follow-up care.” The discharge notes included this pledge: “Will not participate in occult beliefs.” The discharge summary added that Echols had stabilized and no longer needed to be in acute care. “Damien ‘contracted' that he will not attempt to harm anyone after time of discharge.” Mental health professionals considered him a potential risk to others, though his behavior no longer presented immediate problems. https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Black-Against-Memphis-Killers-ebook/dp/B06XVT2976/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=blood+on+black+meece&qid=1553050551&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spell https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-West-Memphis-Killers-ebook/dp/B07C7C4DCH/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=monsters+meece&qid=1553050656&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmrnull https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-West-Memphis-Killers-ebook/dp/B07C7C4DCH/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=monsters+meece&qid=1553050656&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmrnull https://eastofwestmemphis.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/WestMemphis3Killers/
Episode 12, The Case Against From "Blood on Black" by Gary Meece "Suicidal, threatening family, drug Use, Parental concern re: Satanism" When Pam Echols and Joe Hutchison picked up Damien from Charter Hospital in Little Rock, Hutchison had not seen his son for years and didn't recognize him at first. “I was in there and turned around to Pam and ask her, ‘Is this him?' You know, I was very confused,” Hutchison later testified. In a Sept. 3, 2000, declaration, Hutchison talked about Damien's time in Oregon: “I told Pam I thought we should move to Oregon and we packed up the family and took off. Michael was having a really hard time then. He had just broken up with his girlfriend Deanna and cried the entire ride up there. He was just really, really sad. When we got to Oregon, I set Michael up with a job at one of the BP gas stations that I ran. I thought Michael would do a really good job working there and I was hoping that everything was going to work out.” Echols spent several weeks with the family in Aloha, Ore., just outside Portland, before matters came to a head. As with many accounts from the Echols family, what actually happened remained unclear. Several incidents led up to Echols being readmitted to a mental hospital. One medical professional subsequently downplayed Echols' display of symptoms, suggesting he was using alleged mental problems as a means of manipulation. Indeed, Echols often has seemed able to turn the “crazy” off at will, using his “mental illness” as just another attention-seeking schtick, like dressing up in black, or as an excuse for bad behavior. Echols was either dangerously mentally ill or doing a very good imitation of a violent maniac in Portland. As Joe Hutchison later testified, “The altercations that was brought up is two different instances made in one. The first instance was this is —- I was afraid —- he had a habit of shutting his bedroom door and had been by himself and him being depressed as he was, and the medicine that he was taking, I was worried. I went into the bedroom. I opened the bedroom door. He did have a knife. It wasn't an altercation at that time. I asked him one time, ‘Hand me the knife.' There was never an argument, never a cross word. He handed me the knife.” Hutchison testified Echols had been talking about committing suicide. As for the second incident, Hutchison testified, “I am the one who took him to the hospital. … And the altercation that broke out he did tell me he would eat me alive but it was after I made the first move …. He had —- he didn't want to be there but he went there because I took him there for them to do observation on him and at that time and the way that I am, sometimes my temper gets the best of me. If you say just one little word, you know, it would kind of tee me off. But it was my mistake. I'm the one who cause him to tell me that … He stood up in there and he said somebody is going to get slapped. Well, if anybody had to be slapped, I'd rather it had been me. I stood in front of him and called him names that I shouldn't have called him. I called him a punk and I'm one —- I can't —- it's my fault. He did tell me he would eat me alive but it was after that. I'm the one who caused it.” Hutchison testified that Echols remained in the hospital about two weeks, though records showed he was there just two days. “From there he was homesick for his girlfriend and everything. I had to make arrangements for her to come out there.” Echols supposedly had been distraught over his breakup with Deanna but had also reconnected with Domini. Given the time frame, it's not clear how Hutchison would have been able to make arrangements for Domini “to come out there.” “And he was set on coming back into Arkansas, back to West Memphis, and at that time Jack was living down there.” Hutchison testified, “And finally I said, ‘Well, you know if that's what he wants, then, you know, let him have him.' And that's when he come back to live with Jack. … I put him in a cab. I had a cab take him to the bus station.” According to records at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in Portland, Echols was admitted on on Sept. 2, 1992. Echols was described as “suicidal, threatening family, drug use, parental concern re: satanism.” According to notes from a social worker: “Dad says that Damien has been sniffing gasoline & that at dinner table tonight he talks about drinking a bottle of bleach & that it would be over soon. Pt told sister that he would be killing himself in the next 3 days … has made threats to kill himself by hanging w/bed sheet or tying socks together & told grandmother today that he would cut his mother's throat.” Hutchison later struggled to explain the incident to WMPD Chief Inspector Gary Gitchell and John Fogleman: “There had been some kind of misunderstanding one night, you know, I was in on it. And I was, somebody had uh, a matter of fact, his grandmother had told me, well, you know, he's got a knife. He's got a knife out of the drawer … I went looking for it. I did not find one, you know. And after all this was over with, and there was a big scuffle, um, there wasn't a scuffle. We didn't fight. No, did not fight. Uh, he was took to the hospital. …” Gitchell asked: “Well why did you have to take him to the hospital?” Hutchison answered: “Because when I accused him of this, he got a little upset, and again, I haven't been around this boy in 8 years, and uh, so I told him that it's best, let's go to the hospital. Now, you know we all know you know, uh, I'm not going to say he's not right, you know …” Understandably Fogleman and Gitchell did not know. Fogleman followed up with the obvious, unanswered question: “What, I mean, what happened that it got so bad, he needed to go to the hospital?” Hutchison's answer did little to clarify: “Nothing, really. I called the police out there. I will tell you what I did do. And you know, he was making his money, and he was spending his money any way that he wanted to spend it. And I didn't care cause I was the one paying the bills … uh, he had bought 3 knives … To me it was just knives in a holster that you wear on your sock. … And, you know, naturally you accuse somebody of something, and he was … he's always been afraid, I won't say more afraid of the police, okay, so, he put the knives on. And he was in his bedroom. … This was at, at, you know, the start. … So, I go into the bedroom, and I sit down on the bed, you know, and I don't picture Damien as hurting other people. … His self maybe. I would believe that more than I would him hurting other people.” Fogleman: “Have you ever seen him try to hurt himself?“ The typically self-contradicting answer: “No, nothing, you know. I've seen him beat his head on a wall. … Other than that, that's all I've seen. … “So, I went in there, and I sat on his bed, and I just said, what you gonna do with them? He say, they're not gonna take me Daddy. They're not going to take me. I said who is gonna take you? The police. You called the police. I said son, I said I ain't trying to have you locked up. So, I talked to him for a minute there, and I asked him, I said I want to ask you, I said I want the knives. … Without any resistance whatsoever, I got ‘em. … But, the only altercation, like I said, that we had, was at the hospital. …” Fogleman continued to try to get an answer to the obvious question: “Uh huh. Why did you call the police?” Hutchison said: “ … I knew he had a case of mental imbalance. … I didn't want to take any chances. If he exploded then, I wanted to call the police.” Hutchison denied he had concerns about his own safety: “You know, Damien wouldn't hurt me.” Hutchison explained again that Damien had offered no resistance and there was no knife taken from the drawer as the grandmother alleged. Fogleman tried again: “Alright, well then why did you call the police?” Hutchison: “Because, you know. He does have a temper. You know, he got a little … It was nothing that I couldn't handle, but I didn't want to take any chances. … He did not do anything. The only thing he said y'all don't believe nothing I say. You take her word over mine … You want to look at it, he was right … You know that he had bought knives, and I took them. At that point, after, before I took the knives, I did call the police. Before they got there, I went in and I took the knives myself.” In his 2000 declaration, Hutchison offered more details: “While we were in Oregon, Michael got really sad, like the time when we were driving up there. Finally he locked himself up in a closet and had taken something in there with him. His grandmom told me that Michael had a knife. I thought that this was really serious and Pam and I made him go to a hospital in Oregon. Michael got really upset with me and I lost my temper and, after I yelled at him, he got even more upset. I feel bad about this whole incident because what started it was when Michael's grandmother told me he had a knife. I do not know why I immediately trusted her, instead of checking it out, but what I found out later was that Michael may have just had a spoon with him.” Unlike in 1993, Hutchison said Echols had locked himself in a closet and he made no mention in 2000 of the three knives in a holster taken from Echols. Damien testified that he had several knives on him during this incident, including a boot knife. Pam Hutchison told investigators the trip to the Oregon hospital “was basically for the same thing” as the trip to Charter in June. “He was real depressed. He cried a lot. He didn't want to come out of his room.” In a declaration on Sept. 4, 2000, she said: “Damien was very unhappy in Oregon. I was very worried about him because he would lock himself in a closet and talk about suicide. I finally decided that he had to be placed in a hospital so that he did not do anything to himself. He did not want to be admitted but I insisted because I was very concerned for him. Damien got really upset with me and Joe for putting him in there but I did not feel that I had a choice. After he was released from the hospital, we sent him back to West Memphis on a bus. I wanted him to stay in Oregon with us but I thought that if he really wanted to go back to Arkansas then instead of arguing with him to stay, I should just let him go.” Pam made no mention of calling the police, the knives in a holster, the threats to cut her throat, the threats against Joe; in her version, she was the one who made the decision to have Damien hospitalized; she also claimed she wanted him to stay on with them while everyone else said the family wanted him out of the home. “… He never threatened to kill me. … I'm sure about that. … In my opinion, sometimes he lets his temper get the best of him. And he said, well, I'm fixing to hit somebody, and I stopped him. I said no, you're not.” Echols later admitted he had been drinking that night. At the hospital, he threatened to eat his father alive with a spoon. The emergency room report said: “The patient … comes in by way of parents, concerned about his mental health. Apparently, the police were called to the house and after discussing with him his options, he comes voluntarily to St. Vincent Hospital for evaluation. Apparently, the parents were concerned about his thoughts of harming himself and possibly others.” Echols told the staff he had been feeling homesick after talking with friends in Arkansas and that his parents misinterpreted his tears as a sign of depression. The ER report said: “He apparently has had thoughts of harming himself by his report to the family members, even though he denies that. He has talked about drinking lye or some type of bleach that would kill himself, he has also apparently told his sister that he won't be around much longer. The parents are concerned that he is also into satanism or devil worship. He apparently has a number of items that relates to this. … “… He has apparently cut on his hands in the past … “The patient denies suicidal or homicidal ideation at this time, however, in talking with the family members, they state that he made it quite clear that he had thoughts of harming other people, i.e. was going to cut the throat of his mother and has said so in the past and also apparently made some verbal threats to his father here at St. Vincent Hospital even.” In the ER, Echols was calm, responsive and lucid, denying hallucinations or delusions. He denied most of the information given by his father, including that he wanted to harm himself or kill others. He denied involvement in Satanism or cult activities. Echols told the doctors: “Everything is fine at home.” The admission diagnosis? “Suicidal/homicidal ideation. Adjustment disorder.” Echols was placed on suicide watch. He apparently slept well that night. Notes for his treatment plan: “When seen … this morning, he continues to deny suicidal ideation, but acknowledges that he has been depressed for quite some time related to ongoing legal and family problems and most recently missing his friends in Arkansas.” He was described as quietly compliant. Later, “Parents visited …. visit did not go well. he was tearful & would not discuss visit other than to say ‘I no longer have parents.''' Staffers heard Echols beg his parents to take him home. He showed little interest in complying with treatment after that. Echols filled out a questionnaire of several pages for the patient database. The first question: “what do you do when you feel uptight or angry?” His answer: “nothing” He gave the same answer to “who do you turn to when things are not going well?” On personal qualities, he checked off “cold and not very emotional,” “a leader,” “bored easily” and “quick tempered.” He said it was “easy to make friends.” What he liked best about himself was his “determination” and that he wanted to change “nothing” about himself. To questions about school, he scrawled, “I don't go to school.” He felt different from other kids: “Other kids are shallow.…” “Neither” parent was the easiest to get along with. He said his parents had no alcohol, drug or legal troubles and said there were no problems that his family argued about routinely. Asked “how do your parents discipline you?” he answered, “They don't.” He described his mother as having a number of positive traits, adding that she was “stupid.” He said his father was “stupid” and bad-tempered. He said his parents had a “warm and affectionate” relationship in which they “enjoy activities together” and “argue often.” He said he was allergic to “everything” and had used “marijuana, speed, acid, gas.” A perceptive progress report noted: “He appears to be an individual who passively provokes anxiety in others including actual petty criminal behavior, now mixed up with suicidal threats entitling him to psychiatric treatment. … “He is not suicidal, but rather is in disagreement about living in Oregon and on this basis pines for Arkansas and his friends.” A discerning mental health professional had noted manipulative aspects of Damien's “mental health problem.” Echols told doctors: “I'm the only person who stands up to my Dad. My Mom just cries but I don't stand for him pushing me around. I won't want anything to do with either one of them. I just want to be on my own from here on out. I'm not suicidal, that's their way of trying to keep me in a hospital & away from my friends & girlfriend.” Dr. Stanley Sturges in his Physician's Progress Report on Sept. 3 bolstered Echols' self-assessment: “…. There is no evidence of a thought disorder. He is not depressed and his efforts at self harm may be seen more as a manipulation to escape responsibility for a wide variety of behaviors which have got him into difficulty with the law. … Plans for emancipation and return to Arkansas seem reasonable to me.” A social services report noted that Pam and Joe showed up for the assessment, explaining they had recently reconciled after many years apart. “Father maintains that he barely knows his son. … “Pam stated that she has had difficulty with Damien since he was 10 years old. He always tended to be an angry child and somewhat difficult to manage, particularly through his adolescent years. She is convinced that he is into activities, such as witchcraft and is very concerned about the quality of friends that he developed while living in Arkansas. For this reason, she felt that coming to Oregon would be a new beginning for him. … “Because of the circumstances that precipitated the hospitalization and Damien's threats, particularly toward his father and of course his mother, both parents do not feel that they wish to have him return to their home. They are frightened of him and what he can do, not only to them but to other children that reside in the home.” Damien described plans to go back to Arkansas, including making proper arrangements with his probation officer. Jerry Driver had continued to track Echols' whereabouts. An attending nurse noted that Echols' mother would be picking him up after his discharge and making arrangements for travel back to Arkansas by bus. “Damien has been quiet, but cooperative. He shows little or no investment in treatment.” Echols said he was engaged to Domini, who was still living in Illinois with her father though Dian Teer, her mother, lived in Arkansas. According to Dian, Echols returned from Oregon “to be with Domini.” Domini apparently left the home of her father about this time, because she could not get along with him, to live with her mom. She reunited with Echols soon after his return. They had been boyfriend and girlfriend prior to Echols' final breakup with Deanna. Meanwhile, Echols' parents planned to remarry. The discharge summary on Sept. 4 stated Echols had been admitted to the emergency room “because of alleged threats to his parents.” It cited “considerable conflict between him and his parents through the years in which he has threatened to harm himself in the context of a host of legal difficulties.” Echols offered contradicting claims about his use of street drugs, at one point saying he had not used in four months, at another saying he had not used in a year and in the discharge summary, “He admits … using street drugs within the past year.” In Glori Shettles' notes about the hospital stay prepared for his defense, she wrote: “Diagnosis — Suicidal ideation, Depression. Admitted through Emergency Room — parents called police — alleged threat to parents. Parents stated he has been abusing drugs. Threatening suicide. “Information was consistent from Michael. Parents expressed concern that he was involved in satanism. Felt family members were in danger. Michael stirred chocolate with a spoon. Grandmother accused him of having knife, but wasn't true. … “Probation officer made phone arrangements for Michael to return to Arkansas and check in with probation office upon arrival. Michael missed friends and parents thought it was best he return without them. Hospital agreed. Did not feel he was suicidal or a threat.” In still another description, Dr. George W. Woods said in his 2000 affidavit: “Mr. Echols' mental illness worsened after his release from Charter Hospital. Within two weeks of moving to Oregon with his family he was voluntarily admitted to St. Vincent Hospital in Portland after his parents observed extremely bizarre behavior that was unresponsive to outside influence. Mr. Echols and his family have different memories of the events surrounding Mr. Echols' admission to St. Vincent's Hospital. … “As had staff members at Charter Hospital, those at St. Vincent consistently described Mr. Echols as quiet, compliant and noncombative. The admitting diagnoses were psychotic disorder, not otherwise specified, dysthymia, depression, and suicidal ideation. However, within 48 hours these diagnoses were changed to adjustment disorder of adolescence with disturbance of conduct, whereupon Mr. Echols was discharged to his parents with instructions to continue taking daily doses of 150 mg. of Imipramine. Despite two psychiatric hospitalizations within six weeks, Mr. Echols' parents allowed the disturbed 17-year-old to return to Arkansas.” The Case Against … with Gary Meece https://garymeece.podbean.com/feed.xml 1,891Downloads 11Episodes Following Share Society & Culture The author of “The Case Against the West Memphis 3 Killers” follows new developments in the case, as well as other cases covered in various podcasts, televisions shows and documentaries, such as “Making a Murderer,” “Truth and Justice,” “The Staircase,” and related news coverage, with a heavy emphasis on detailing misinformation and propaganda designed to subvert the judicial process. Episode 11: “A bizarre and unusual manner” The Case Against with Gary Meece, #WM3 #DamienEchols #TrueCrime March 3, 2019 From "Blood on Black: The Case Against the West Memphis 3 Killers, Volume I" by Gary Meece: "A Bizarre and Unusual Manner" Damien Echols was first referred to family treatment from the Department of Human Services on May 5, 1992, a year to the day before the murders. The family was living in Lakeshore. The referral form, based on allegations from his sister Michelle, stated: “Child reported her step-father has been sexually abusing her for a long time. Her mother knows about it but has done nothing to stop it. Sexual abuse reportedly occurred periodically from age 7 until present. The abuse included fondling.” Charges were pending contingent on counseling. According to records from the East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center in West Memphis, the family was in deep disarray. Gloria Stevenson, the family service worker, reported: “It appears that the Echols family has extreme problems related to an ongoing history of sexual abuse, suspected emotions problems and undefined interpersonal relationship disorders. Mr. Echols admits to being overly affectionate with Michelle and to have been charged for indecently exposing himself to an older daughter, however, Mrs. Echols states that she feels Michelle is lying as she has been skipping school and sexually acting out. Michelle alleges to have had several miscarriages though the mother denies it. Damien Echols on the other hand, holds his adopted father in low regard and feels the allegations are in fact true. Mrs. Echols states Damien is in need of counseling and evaluation as he feels he is ‘smarter than everyone else' and will verbalize this fact. He also reportedly has little regard for others and stated he feels people have no true feeling for each other; Their main purpose is to use and bring harm to others around them. Mrs. Echols reports that Damien has attempted to fight with her on occasion.” Beyond the lack of consensus on reality among the Echols family, Damien's mother described his persistent grandiosity and a view of reality typical of psychopathic personalities who have little empathy and view others as objects to be used. His mother gave the lie to Damien's claim that he was not violent as a teenager. She later told caseworkers that she “was most concerned about son ‘not learning to deal with anger and rages.' {Mother} mentioned her belief that son may be responding to outside stimulation. Voiced fear ‘son may be crazy.'” Besides the family drama, Damien's teenage love life took a histrionic turn. “By the age of sixteen Mr. Echols' depression and hopelessness was written all over his body,” wrote Dr. George Woods in his 2001 report. “He wore black clothes, hair and nails. His strange, often flat affect kept him out of step with mainstream life in a small Arkansas town. Yet he found one person, a young girl with problems of her own, whom he felt could understand him. They developed a relationship and became inseparable. Her parents strongly opposed their dating and tried to keep them apart. “Desperate to stay together, they planned to go to California. Mr. Echols' mother, overtaxed with her own problems, did not intervene to keep the troubled teenagers near their parents. Instead, she gave them no more than $10.00 to $15.00 - the only money she had - as a contribution toward expenses.” Echols and Deanna Holcomb, 15, had broken up earlier that spring at the insistence of her parents. Echols' violent reaction brought charges of terroristic threatening. Echols promptly found a new girlfriend, Domini Teer, but continued to pursue Deanna. Finally, Damien and Deanna decided to run away together to California. They didn't get far. The teens were reported as runaways on May 19, 1992. Police found them hiding in the closet of an abandoned mobile home in Lakeshore. The teens were “partially nude from the waist down,” according to the arrest report. Damien and Deanna were both charged initially with burglary and sexual misconduct and taken to the county jail. Juvenile Officer Jerry Driver was contacted, and the teenage lovers were permanently separated. Echols shared a different, infinitely more romantic memory of his final encounter with Deanna in a May 14, 1996, letter to future wife Lorri Davis, as revealed in “Yours for Eternity”: “ … When I was 16, I was very much in love. Her name was Deanna. One day we skipped school together. We walked for miles until we found a place that was absolutely beautiful. There were hills, and the grass was so full and soft and green, the sky was grey and overcast. We spent hours talking, telling each other things that we had never told another living soul, our worst fears, our most wished-for dreams, and we made love several times. I never suspected that that would be the last time that I ever saw her. There's no way that words can ever do this memory justice, but it's a day that has returned to haunt me every day of my life.” This pastoral interlude set amidst the nonexistent hills of Crittenden County was a far cry from the reality of a rainy night in a ramshackle trailer. As he was being held in a police car, Echols later told a psychiatrist, he witnessed his girlfriend's father coming toward her as she waited with officers. Damien “states that he was able to work his fingers loose, moved over and was able to slip the safety off of the police officer's gun which had been left in the police vehicle. Damien freely admitted he had plans to shoot the girlfriend's father if he acted in an aggressive manner toward the girl.” As part of his rich fantasy life, Echols' thoughts often turned to homicide. Sheriff's Department investigators searched the Echols home and confiscated a number of items that would show up at his murder trial, including a dog skull that Echols explained was “a decoration for my room” as well as a “Book of Shadows” detailing his progress on the Wiccan path. “Mr. Echols was taken to a juvenile facility where he attempted to hang himself,” wrote Dr. Woods. “Following their arrests and initial evaluations both youths were placed in psychiatric hospitals.” Echols was sent first to the Craighead County Juvenile Detention Center in Jonesboro and then, after the suicide threat, to East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center. On May 28, 1992, Echols was given a Millon Adolescent Personality (MAPI) test, designed especially for teenagers, which reported “The behavior of this youngster is characterized by impulsive hostility, an apprehensive distrust of others and an edgy defensiveness against criticism. Fearing that others will dominate and possibly brutalize him, he puts forward a socially blunt and aggressive public posture. He fantasizes being all powerful so as to block others from possessing the means to be belittling and harmful. He believes that only alert vigilance and vigorous counteraction can prevent the malice of others. Closeness to others, displaying weakness and a willingness to compromise are seen as fatal concessions. “The desire to gain power and demean others springs from animosity and a wish to vindicate past grievances. Although frequently unsuccessful in these aims, this teenager believes that past degradations may be undone by provoking fear and intimidation in others. He often loses his temper, gets into fights and acts in a daring fashion. He avoids displaying warmth, gentleness and intimacy. Defiance and disobedience are rationalized into virtues. … “Inadequacy and failure are intolerable to him, and blame is quickly projected outward. “Disposed to be headstrong and able to inspire discomfort and anger in others, he may use his position in the family to bully young sibs into submission. … He is rarely able to submerge the memories of past humiliations and this resentment may break though … in impulsive and irrational anger. … “Cool and distant, this youth demonstrates little or no compassion for others, viewing their difficulties as the product of their own weaknesses. He is likely to feel no compunction about ignoring their needs and sensitivities. This lack of empathy may lead this youngster to serve only himself regardless of the consequences for those around him.” Among the statements about himself that Echols designated as “true”: “It is easy for me to take advantage of people. … Punishment never stopped me from doing whatever I wanted. … I have a pretty hot temper.” He was diagnosed as “adjustment disorder with disturbances of conduct.” Among the therapeutic implications: “Teenager may relate to the clinician in a polite, though passive way. … Difficulties will be attributed to others who are claimed to be the source of problems…. Efforts to be what may be called a good and cooperative patient will be exhibited, even when restraining strong and angry feelings.” Dr. Woods reported: “Personnel at East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center described Mr. Echols as very disturbed. He was withdrawn, spoke little, and rarely had eye contact with anyone: ‘he stared at the wall or cast his eyes downward.' He appeared ‘confused,' and dressed strangely -- ‘all in black.' He was preoccupied with his fingernails, which he ‘filed to points.' Concerned about the nature and complexity of his problems Mental Health Center staff recommended that Mr. Echols immediately be involuntarily committed to Charter Hospital in Little Rock for more extensive evaluation and treatment.” A request for service dated June 1 recorded a threat “to hang himself while in custody.” The intake sheet noted that Damien and Deanna had a pact to commit suicide if they could not be together and that Damien was continuing to express suicidal thoughts, voicing plans to use a sheet to hang himself. Damien admitted to the suicide plan: “It would have been necessary if her parents would not have let us see each other.” Driver had Echols admitted to Charter Hospital in Little Rock for a monthlong stay. Admission papers noted: “He has a history of extreme physical aggression toward others.” Criteria for the emergency admission included: “1. Fire setting behavior by history.” “2. Potential danger to property.” “3. Excessive irritability and anger that is potentially dangerous and persistent.” “4. Involvement in bizarre and unusual behavior.” A case file from June 1 reported that Echols “admits to having seen suspended 7X this past semester for inciting fights at school, starting small fires, cussing. States in one fight he almost gouged out the victim's eyes.” A report on June 2 stated: “He has been suspended x7 due to negative behaviors in the classroom. Information does suggest that Damien has set fire to his academic classroom on two occasions, that he has also been truant, engaged in physical confrontations while on school grounds and has, often times, threatened to put ‘hexes' on school instructors.” Echols admitted to being a “practicing warlock” while denying devil worship. He had a “blood brother” with whom he exchanged blood. Damien said he had one friend: “A friend is someone who would die for you — everyone else is only interested in themselves & what they want.” Deanna was also admitted for mental treatment, at Mid-South Mental Health; Echols had been scheduled to go there but because his girlfriend was there, he had been sent to Charter. Concerning allegations about abuse in his family, Damien denied he had been abused, an assertion “strongly questioned.” He denied feeling violent, saying he saw fighting as a release: “Sometimes I have to do this not because of feeling angry — sometimes I'm confused.” On the home front, Jack Echols was gone, and Pam Echols had reunited with Joe Hutchison after little or no contact over the past seven years. Damien admitted to using drugs, including speed “over a month ago.” Glori Shettles' “attorney work project” for the Echols murder defense quoted the Charter records: “Information from detention center — Damien and girlfriend to have baby and sacrifice it. Damien denies this. Says he is involved in witchcraft, not satanism. Alleged to have chased younger child with ax and attempted to set house on fire. Damien denies this. States girlfriend's family wants him in trouble. Admits to violence … Suspensions and disruptive at school. Has heart problems, asthma, bronchitis and migraine headaches.” Damien underwent a psychological evaluation. He also explained his name change. He repeatedly has denied that “Damien” was inspired by the diabolical child in the 1970s hit movie “The Omen,” instead claiming he took the name from a Catholic priest who worked with lepers. The name was shared by one of the main characters in “The Exorcist.” A character in that book explains, “It was the name of a priest who devoted his life to taking care of lepers on the island of Molokai. He finally caught the disease himself.” Among the books found in Echols' room at the time of arrest was a copy of “The Exorcist.” Echols later testified: “… I was very involved in the Catholic church, and we were going over the different names of the saints. St. Michael's was where I went to church at. And we heard about this guy from the Hawaiian Islands, Father Damian, that took care of lepers until he finally caught the disease himself and died.” Echols said that was the reason he chose the name and it had “nothing whatsoever” to do with “horror movies, Satanism, cultism, anything of that nature.” Progress notes at Charter indicated depression and bizarre behavior but that Echols was making progress. Echols was prescribed Imipramine at 50 mg on June 5, increased to 100 mg on June 12. Psychological testing by Lewis F. Bracy, PhD, on June 8 showed that Damien was depressed and did not trust others but was not psychotic. The psychological report revealed Echols had a verbal IQ of 101, a thoroughly average score. Bracy's battery of tests found no evidence of psychosis but the possibility of a thought disorder. “The most prominent finding is that he has a rather strong depression process going on and has real difficulty making contact with people.” The diagnosis: depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. The assessment of his art produced in the psychological testing could be applied to his current projects: “Damien's drawings reflect rather impoverished, empty appearing figures. They lack enrichment, color, life and emotion. They appear to be primarily depressive, helpless and in poor contact with reality. … He appears to be a very concretistic person who is arrested in his imaginative function. He would be expected to see things in a rather simplistic, overly constrictive manner.” Based on a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Disorder (MMPI) exam, Echols was given preliminary diagnoses of schizophrenia, disorganized type (paranoid and catalytic types also possible) and bipolar disorder, manic. It was noted: “These persons spend much time in personal fantasy and daydreaming, often with themes of sex or power.” Dr. Woods' affidavit from 2001 described Echols' first trip to Charter in detail, much of which was echoed in trial records: “Mr. Echols was provisionally diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, single episode and medicated with Imipramine, an anti depressant drug. ... The staff psychiatrist who conducted a mental status exam upon admission described the 17-year old as ‘cooperative and polite' with ‘an odd stare,' and flat affect. ... The psychiatrist had ‘major concerns that this young man was exhibiting disturbed, bizarre and unusual thinking.'” Dr. Woods continued: “Mr. Echols' delusional thinking was evident throughout his hospitalization. He explained that he had ‘no feelings about suicide' because he thought he could ‘be reincarnated.' He indicated to others he thought he possessed special powers. A social worker reported Mr. Echols ‘appeared to be sniffing the air around him as if he were responding to an external stimulus.' He smiled inappropriately and ‘cut his eyes in one direction or the other, as if he were hearing or thinking of something before he spoke.' The social worker concluded he was ‘responding to an outside stimulation' and ‘may have been experiencing auditory hallucinations.' Visual hallucinations also may have been present. Mr. Echols said he thought the furniture in the psychiatric unit ‘was causing blurred vision.' “Mr. Echols exhibited ‘a bizarre and unusual manner' of adjustment to the psychiatric unit that was also reflected in his ‘bizarre and unusual thinking pattern.' He was ‘preoccupied with witchcraft' but consistently denied any involvement with satanic worship. He was observed ‘meditating in his room in a bizarre and unusual fashion,' ‘wrote some very unusual poems,' and remained on ‘the peripheral of the group throughout' his hospitalization. He made unusual and bizarre sounds ‘with his mouth that sound[ed] like a cat purr.' He had ‘trouble making eye contact' and was ‘quite paranoid.' He told staff there were ‘survelance [sic] cameras behind his mirror and under his desk' and cautioned other adolescent patients that staff were ‘constantly watching them.' The hospital staff observed him sitting and ‘rocking methodically back and forth,' daydreaming, and staring into space. When interrupted, he appeared startled. He wanted to ‘calm down' and said he ‘was feeling “jittery'' internally.' Hospital staff noted he showed ‘no aggressive behavior' in the hospital. “Mr. Echols' behavior demonstrated ‘a pervasively depressed mood throughout most of his hospitalization.' He withdrew from family and friends, had a ‘sad facial expression' and ‘spent long intervals alone.' He lost interest in eating, had difficulty going to sleep, and planned ways to commit suicide. He repeatedly thought about wrapping the sheet from his bed around his neck and ‘trying to hang' himself. “Mr. Echols' psychiatric care was interrupted by his parents who removed him from the hospital June 25, 1992, and moved to Oregon. His discharge diagnosis was major depression, single episode, dysthymia and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified. He was instructed to continue taking 150 mg. of Imipramine daily.” Driver was designated to monitor Echols. “Family indicated that they were moving to Denver, Colorado. Prosecuting Attorney was in agreement with Damien leaving State. Not felt to be a danger to himself or to others per doctor.” Echols apparently did not leave the state until weeks later as he was referred again to Charter on July 24 for a screening. That intake report noted: “Dresses all in black — T-shirt slacks & shoes, Wears small gold cross stud” earring in left ear. “Nails are clean & filed to points.” Damien presented himself as intelligent, generally honest, calm and coherent, expressing mostly his desire to be with his girlfriend. He denied feeling angry or depressed, “but appears depressed — voices apathy — blunt affect.” Damien admitted to the suicide pact: “It can go either way now.” “Question of satanic involvement” still lingered. “Extremely dysfunctional family however.” With Damien diagnosed with major depression, dysthymia and a conduct disorder, the preliminary treatment plan was for a resumption of hospitalization due to suicidal thoughts and a range of other issues. But the case was closed because of his parents' plans to move. Woods described Damien's patterns of continued drug use: “Mr. Echols's mental illness did not improve after his hospitalization. He remained in excruciating emotional pain, betrayed by his mind and body. The world was an unsafe, unpredictable maze from which he desperately looked for an escape. He finally found relief in his own form of medication. He instinctively turned to inhalants and began ‘huffing' gasoline; he thought he ‘invented it.' Later he tried marijuana a few times before his arrest, but it did not become a habit. He also used the medication prescribed for his migraine headaches — Midrin — as a means of tolerating stress and fear of attending school. ... Unable to outrun his terror, he withdrew from school in the ninth grade and tried to insulate himself from the external pressures that contributed to his mental illness.” Moving to Oregon would provide no relief. Episode 11: “A bizarre and unusual manner” The Case Against with Gary Meece, #WM3 #DamienEchols #TrueCrime March 3, 2019 From "Blood on Black: The Case Against the West Memphis 3 Killers, Volume I" by Gary Meece: "A Bizarre and Unusual Manner" Damien Echols was first referred to family treatment from the Department of Human Services on May 5, 1992, a year to the day before the murders. The family was living in Lakeshore. The referral form, based on allegations from his sister Michelle, stated: “Child reported her step-father has been sexually abusing her for a long time. Her mother knows about it but has done nothing to stop it. Sexual abuse reportedly occurred periodically from age 7 until present. The abuse included fondling.” Charges were pending contingent on counseling. According to records from the East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center in West Memphis, the family was in deep disarray. Gloria Stevenson, the family service worker, reported: “It appears that the Echols family has extreme problems related to an ongoing history of sexual abuse, suspected emotions problems and undefined interpersonal relationship disorders. Mr. Echols admits to being overly affectionate with Michelle and to have been charged for indecently exposing himself to an older daughter, however, Mrs. Echols states that she feels Michelle is lying as she has been skipping school and sexually acting out. Michelle alleges to have had several miscarriages though the mother denies it. Damien Echols on the other hand, holds his adopted father in low regard and feels the allegations are in fact true. Mrs. Echols states Damien is in need of counseling and evaluation as he feels he is ‘smarter than everyone else' and will verbalize this fact. He also reportedly has little regard for others and stated he feels people have no true feeling for each other; Their main purpose is to use and bring harm to others around them. Mrs. Echols reports that Damien has attempted to fight with her on occasion.” Beyond the lack of consensus on reality among the Echols family, Damien's mother described his persistent grandiosity and a view of reality typical of psychopathic personalities who have little empathy and view others as objects to be used. His mother gave the lie to Damien's claim that he was not violent as a teenager. She later told caseworkers that she “was most concerned about son ‘not learning to deal with anger and rages.' {Mother} mentioned her belief that son may be responding to outside stimulation. Voiced fear ‘son may be crazy.'” Besides the family drama, Damien's teenage love life took a histrionic turn. “By the age of sixteen Mr. Echols' depression and hopelessness was written all over his body,” wrote Dr. George Woods in his 2001 report. “He wore black clothes, hair and nails. His strange, often flat affect kept him out of step with mainstream life in a small Arkansas town. Yet he found one person, a young girl with problems of her own, whom he felt could understand him. They developed a relationship and became inseparable. Her parents strongly opposed their dating and tried to keep them apart. “Desperate to stay together, they planned to go to California. Mr. Echols' mother, overtaxed with her own problems, did not intervene to keep the troubled teenagers near their parents. Instead, she gave them no more than $10.00 to $15.00 - the only money she had - as a contribution toward expenses.” Echols and Deanna Holcomb, 15, had broken up earlier that spring at the insistence of her parents. Echols' violent reaction brought charges of terroristic threatening. Echols promptly found a new girlfriend, Domini Teer, but continued to pursue Deanna. Finally, Damien and Deanna decided to run away together to California. They didn't get far. The teens were reported as runaways on May 19, 1992. Police found them hiding in the closet of an abandoned mobile home in Lakeshore. The teens were “partially nude from the waist down,” according to the arrest report. Damien and Deanna were both charged initially with burglary and sexual misconduct and taken to the county jail. Juvenile Officer Jerry Driver was contacted, and the teenage lovers were permanently separated. Echols shared a different, infinitely more romantic memory of his final encounter with Deanna in a May 14, 1996, letter to future wife Lorri Davis, as revealed in “Yours for Eternity”: “ … When I was 16, I was very much in love. Her name was Deanna. One day we skipped school together. We walked for miles until we found a place that was absolutely beautiful. There were hills, and the grass was so full and soft and green, the sky was grey and overcast. We spent hours talking, telling each other things that we had never told another living soul, our worst fears, our most wished-for dreams, and we made love several times. I never suspected that that would be the last time that I ever saw her. There's no way that words can ever do this memory justice, but it's a day that has returned to haunt me every day of my life.” This pastoral interlude set amidst the nonexistent hills of Crittenden County was a far cry from the reality of a rainy night in a ramshackle trailer. As he was being held in a police car, Echols later told a psychiatrist, he witnessed his girlfriend's father coming toward her as she waited with officers. Damien “states that he was able to work his fingers loose, moved over and was able to slip the safety off of the police officer's gun which had been left in the police vehicle. Damien freely admitted he had plans to shoot the girlfriend's father if he acted in an aggressive manner toward the girl.” As part of his rich fantasy life, Echols' thoughts often turned to homicide. Sheriff's Department investigators searched the Echols home and confiscated a number of items that would show up at his murder trial, including a dog skull that Echols explained was “a decoration for my room” as well as a “Book of Shadows” detailing his progress on the Wiccan path. “Mr. Echols was taken to a juvenile facility where he attempted to hang himself,” wrote Dr. Woods. “Following their arrests and initial evaluations both youths were placed in psychiatric hospitals.” Echols was sent first to the Craighead County Juvenile Detention Center in Jonesboro and then, after the suicide threat, to East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center. On May 28, 1992, Echols was given a Millon Adolescent Personality (MAPI) test, designed especially for teenagers, which reported “The behavior of this youngster is characterized by impulsive hostility, an apprehensive distrust of others and an edgy defensiveness against criticism. Fearing that others will dominate and possibly brutalize him, he puts forward a socially blunt and aggressive public posture. He fantasizes being all powerful so as to block others from possessing the means to be belittling and harmful. He believes that only alert vigilance and vigorous counteraction can prevent the malice of others. Closeness to others, displaying weakness and a willingness to compromise are seen as fatal concessions. “The desire to gain power and demean others springs from animosity and a wish to vindicate past grievances. Although frequently unsuccessful in these aims, this teenager believes that past degradations may be undone by provoking fear and intimidation in others. He often loses his temper, gets into fights and acts in a daring fashion. He avoids displaying warmth, gentleness and intimacy. Defiance and disobedience are rationalized into virtues. … “Inadequacy and failure are intolerable to him, and blame is quickly projected outward. “Disposed to be headstrong and able to inspire discomfort and anger in others, he may use his position in the family to bully young sibs into submission. … He is rarely able to submerge the memories of past humiliations and this resentment may break though … in impulsive and irrational anger. … “Cool and distant, this youth demonstrates little or no compassion for others, viewing their difficulties as the product of their own weaknesses. He is likely to feel no compunction about ignoring their needs and sensitivities. This lack of empathy may lead this youngster to serve only himself regardless of the consequences for those around him.” Among the statements about himself that Echols designated as “true”: “It is easy for me to take advantage of people. … Punishment never stopped me from doing whatever I wanted. … I have a pretty hot temper.” He was diagnosed as “adjustment disorder with disturbances of conduct.” Among the therapeutic implications: “Teenager may relate to the clinician in a polite, though passive way. … Difficulties will be attributed to others who are claimed to be the source of problems…. Efforts to be what may be called a good and cooperative patient will be exhibited, even when restraining strong and angry feelings.” Dr. Woods reported: “Personnel at East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center described Mr. Echols as very disturbed. He was withdrawn, spoke little, and rarely had eye contact with anyone: ‘he stared at the wall or cast his eyes downward.' He appeared ‘confused,' and dressed strangely -- ‘all in black.' He was preoccupied with his fingernails, which he ‘filed to points.' Concerned about the nature and complexity of his problems Mental Health Center staff recommended that Mr. Echols immediately be involuntarily committed to Charter Hospital in Little Rock for more extensive evaluation and treatment.” A request for service dated June 1 recorded a threat “to hang himself while in custody.” The intake sheet noted that Damien and Deanna had a pact to commit suicide if they could not be together and that Damien was continuing to express suicidal thoughts, voicing plans to use a sheet to hang himself. Damien admitted to the suicide plan: “It would have been necessary if her parents would not have let us see each other.” Driver had Echols admitted to Charter Hospital in Little Rock for a monthlong stay. Admission papers noted: “He has a history of extreme physical aggression toward others.” Criteria for the emergency admission included: “1. Fire setting behavior by history.” “2. Potential danger to property.” “3. Excessive irritability and anger that is potentially dangerous and persistent.” “4. Involvement in bizarre and unusual behavior.” A case file from June 1 reported that Echols “admits to having seen suspended 7X this past semester for inciting fights at school, starting small fires, cussing. States in one fight he almost gouged out the victim's eyes.” A report on June 2 stated: “He has been suspended x7 due to negative behaviors in the classroom. Information does suggest that Damien has set fire to his academic classroom on two occasions, that he has also been truant, engaged in physical confrontations while on school grounds and has, often times, threatened to put ‘hexes' on school instructors.” Echols admitted to being a “practicing warlock” while denying devil worship. He had a “blood brother” with whom he exchanged blood. Damien said he had one friend: “A friend is someone who would die for you — everyone else is only interested in themselves & what they want.” Deanna was also admitted for mental treatment, at Mid-South Mental Health; Echols had been scheduled to go there but because his girlfriend was there, he had been sent to Charter. Concerning allegations about abuse in his family, Damien denied he had been abused, an assertion “strongly questioned.” He denied feeling violent, saying he saw fighting as a release: “Sometimes I have to do this not because of feeling angry — sometimes I'm confused.” On the home front, Jack Echols was gone, and Pam Echols had reunited with Joe Hutchison after little or no contact over the past seven years. Damien admitted to using drugs, including speed “over a month ago.” Glori Shettles' “attorney work project” for the Echols murder defense quoted the Charter records: “Information from detention center — Damien and girlfriend to have baby and sacrifice it. Damien denies this. Says he is involved in witchcraft, not satanism. Alleged to have chased younger child with ax and attempted to set house on fire. Damien denies this. States girlfriend's family wants him in trouble. Admits to violence … Suspensions and disruptive at school. Has heart problems, asthma, bronchitis and migraine headaches.” Damien underwent a psychological evaluation. He also explained his name change. He repeatedly has denied that “Damien” was inspired by the diabolical child in the 1970s hit movie “The Omen,” instead claiming he took the name from a Catholic priest who worked with lepers. The name was shared by one of the main characters in “The Exorcist.” A character in that book explains, “It was the name of a priest who devoted his life to taking care of lepers on the island of Molokai. He finally caught the disease himself.” Among the books found in Echols' room at the time of arrest was a copy of “The Exorcist.” Echols later testified: “… I was very involved in the Catholic church, and we were going over the different names of the saints. St. Michael's was where I went to church at. And we heard about this guy from the Hawaiian Islands, Father Damian, that took care of lepers until he finally caught the disease himself and died.” Echols said that was the reason he chose the name and it had “nothing whatsoever” to do with “horror movies, Satanism, cultism, anything of that nature.” Progress notes at Charter indicated depression and bizarre behavior but that Echols was making progress. Echols was prescribed Imipramine at 50 mg on June 5, increased to 100 mg on June 12. Psychological testing by Lewis F. Bracy, PhD, on June 8 showed that Damien was depressed and did not trust others but was not psychotic. The psychological report revealed Echols had a verbal IQ of 101, a thoroughly average score. Bracy's battery of tests found no evidence of psychosis but the possibility of a thought disorder. “The most prominent finding is that he has a rather strong depression process going on and has real difficulty making contact with people.” The diagnosis: depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. The assessment of his art produced in the psychological testing could be applied to his current projects: “Damien's drawings reflect rather impoverished, empty appearing figures. They lack enrichment, color, life and emotion. They appear to be primarily depressive, helpless and in poor contact with reality. … He appears to be a very concretistic person who is arrested in his imaginative function. He would be expected to see things in a rather simplistic, overly constrictive manner.” Based on a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Disorder (MMPI) exam, Echols was given preliminary diagnoses of schizophrenia, disorganized type (paranoid and catalytic types also possible) and bipolar disorder, manic. It was noted: “These persons spend much time in personal fantasy and daydreaming, often with themes of sex or power.” Dr. Woods' affidavit from 2001 described Echols' first trip to Charter in detail, much of which was echoed in trial records: “Mr. Echols was provisionally diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, single episode and medicated with Imipramine, an anti depressant drug. ... The staff psychiatrist who conducted a mental status exam upon admission described the 17-year old as ‘cooperative and polite' with ‘an odd stare,' and flat affect. ... The psychiatrist had ‘major concerns that this young man was exhibiting disturbed, bizarre and unusual thinking.'” Dr. Woods continued: “Mr. Echols' delusional thinking was evident throughout his hospitalization. He explained that he had ‘no feelings about suicide' because he thought he could ‘be reincarnated.' He indicated to others he thought he possessed special powers. A social worker reported Mr. Echols ‘appeared to be sniffing the air around him as if he were responding to an external stimulus.' He smiled inappropriately and ‘cut his eyes in one direction or the other, as if he were hearing or thinking of something before he spoke.' The social worker concluded he was ‘responding to an outside stimulation' and ‘may have been experiencing auditory hallucinations.' Visual hallucinations also may have been present. Mr. Echols said he thought the furniture in the psychiatric unit ‘was causing blurred vision.' “Mr. Echols exhibited ‘a bizarre and unusual manner' of adjustment to the psychiatric unit that was also reflected in his ‘bizarre and unusual thinking pattern.' He was ‘preoccupied with witchcraft' but consistently denied any involvement with satanic worship. He was observed ‘meditating in his room in a bizarre and unusual fashion,' ‘wrote some very unusual poems,' and remained on ‘the peripheral of the group throughout' his hospitalization. He made unusual and bizarre sounds ‘with his mouth that sound[ed] like a cat purr.' He had ‘trouble making eye contact' and was ‘quite paranoid.' He told staff there were ‘survelance [sic] cameras behind his mirror and under his desk' and cautioned other adolescent patients that staff were ‘constantly watching them.' The hospital staff observed him sitting and ‘rocking methodically back and forth,' daydreaming, and staring into space. When interrupted, he appeared startled. He wanted to ‘calm down' and said he ‘was feeling “jittery'' internally.' Hospital staff noted he showed ‘no aggressive behavior' in the hospital. “Mr. Echols' behavior demonstrated ‘a pervasively depressed mood throughout most of his hospitalization.' He withdrew from family and friends, had a ‘sad facial expression' and ‘spent long intervals alone.' He lost interest in eating, had difficulty going to sleep, and planned ways to commit suicide. He repeatedly thought about wrapping the sheet from his bed around his neck and ‘trying to hang' himself. “Mr. Echols' psychiatric care was interrupted by his parents who removed him from the hospital June 25, 1992, and moved to Oregon. His discharge diagnosis was major depression, single episode, dysthymia and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified. He was instructed to continue taking 150 mg. of Imipramine daily.” Driver was designated to monitor Echols. “Family indicated that they were moving to Denver, Colorado. Prosecuting Attorney was in agreement with Damien leaving State. Not felt to be a danger to himself or to others per doctor.” Echols apparently did not leave the state until weeks later as he was referred again to Charter on July 24 for a screening. That intake report noted: “Dresses all in black — T-shirt slacks & shoes, Wears small gold cross stud” earring in left ear. “Nails are clean & filed to points.” Damien presented himself as intelligent, generally honest, calm and coherent, expressing mostly his desire to be with his girlfriend. He denied feeling angry or depressed, “but appears depressed — voices apathy — blunt affect.” Damien admitted to the suicide pact: “It can go either way now.” “Question of satanic involvement” still lingered. “Extremely dysfunctional family however.” With Damien diagnosed with major depression, dysthymia and a conduct disorder, the preliminary treatment plan was for a resumption of hospitalization due to suicidal thoughts and a range of other issues. But the case was closed because of his parents' plans to move. Woods described Damien's patterns of continued drug use: “Mr. Echols's mental illness did not improve after his hospitalization. He remained in excruciating emotional pain, betrayed by his mind and body. The world was an unsafe, unpredictable maze from which he desperately looked for an escape. He finally found relief in his own form of medication. He instinctively turned to inhalants and began ‘huffing' gasoline; he thought he ‘invented it.' 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From "Blood on Black: The Case Against the West Memphis 3 Killers, Volume I" by Gary Meece: "A Bizarre and Unusual Manner" Damien Echols was first referred to family treatment from the Department of Human Services on May 5, 1992, a year to the day before the murders. The family was living in Lakeshore. The referral form, based on allegations from his sister Michelle, stated: “Child reported her step-father has been sexually abusing her for a long time. Her mother knows about it but has done nothing to stop it. Sexual abuse reportedly occurred periodically from age 7 until present. The abuse included fondling.” Charges were pending contingent on counseling. According to records from the East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center in West Memphis, the family was in deep disarray. Gloria Stevenson, the family service worker, reported: “It appears that the Echols family has extreme problems related to an ongoing history of sexual abuse, suspected emotions problems and undefined interpersonal relationship disorders. Mr. Echols admits to being overly affectionate with Michelle and to have been charged for indecently exposing himself to an older daughter, however, Mrs. Echols states that she feels Michelle is lying as she has been skipping school and sexually acting out. Michelle alleges to have had several miscarriages though the mother denies it. Damien Echols on the other hand, holds his adopted father in low regard and feels the allegations are in fact true. Mrs. Echols states Damien is in need of counseling and evaluation as he feels he is ‘smarter than everyone else' and will verbalize this fact. He also reportedly has little regard for others and stated he feels people have no true feeling for each other; Their main purpose is to use and bring harm to others around them. Mrs. Echols reports that Damien has attempted to fight with her on occasion.” Beyond the lack of consensus on reality among the Echols family, Damien's mother described his persistent grandiosity and a view of reality typical of psychopathic personalities who have little empathy and view others as objects to be used. His mother gave the lie to Damien's claim that he was not violent as a teenager. She later told caseworkers that she “was most concerned about son ‘not learning to deal with anger and rages.' {Mother} mentioned her belief that son may be responding to outside stimulation. Voiced fear ‘son may be crazy.'” Besides the family drama, Damien's teenage love life took a histrionic turn. “By the age of sixteen Mr. Echols' depression and hopelessness was written all over his body,” wrote Dr. George Woods in his 2001 report. “He wore black clothes, hair and nails. His strange, often flat affect kept him out of step with mainstream life in a small Arkansas town. Yet he found one person, a young girl with problems of her own, whom he felt could understand him. They developed a relationship and became inseparable. Her parents strongly opposed their dating and tried to keep them apart. “Desperate to stay together, they planned to go to California. Mr. Echols' mother, overtaxed with her own problems, did not intervene to keep the troubled teenagers near their parents. Instead, she gave them no more than $10.00 to $15.00 - the only money she had - as a contribution toward expenses.” Echols and Deanna Holcomb, 15, had broken up earlier that spring at the insistence of her parents. Echols' violent reaction brought charges of terroristic threatening. Echols promptly found a new girlfriend, Domini Teer, but continued to pursue Deanna. Finally, Damien and Deanna decided to run away together to California. They didn't get far. The teens were reported as runaways on May 19, 1992. Police found them hiding in the closet of an abandoned mobile home in Lakeshore. The teens were “partially nude from the waist down,” according to the arrest report. Damien and Deanna were both charged initially with burglary and sexual misconduct and taken to the county jail. Juvenile Officer Jerry Driver was contacted, and the teenage lovers were permanently separated. Echols shared a different, infinitely more romantic memory of his final encounter with Deanna in a May 14, 1996, letter to future wife Lorri Davis, as revealed in “Yours for Eternity”: “ … When I was 16, I was very much in love. Her name was Deanna. One day we skipped school together. We walked for miles until we found a place that was absolutely beautiful. There were hills, and the grass was so full and soft and green, the sky was grey and overcast. We spent hours talking, telling each other things that we had never told another living soul, our worst fears, our most wished-for dreams, and we made love several times. I never suspected that that would be the last time that I ever saw her. There's no way that words can ever do this memory justice, but it's a day that has returned to haunt me every day of my life.” This pastoral interlude set amidst the nonexistent hills of Crittenden County was a far cry from the reality of a rainy night in a ramshackle trailer. As he was being held in a police car, Echols later told a psychiatrist, he witnessed his girlfriend's father coming toward her as she waited with officers. Damien “states that he was able to work his fingers loose, moved over and was able to slip the safety off of the police officer's gun which had been left in the police vehicle. Damien freely admitted he had plans to shoot the girlfriend's father if he acted in an aggressive manner toward the girl.” As part of his rich fantasy life, Echols' thoughts often turned to homicide. Sheriff's Department investigators searched the Echols home and confiscated a number of items that would show up at his murder trial, including a dog skull that Echols explained was “a decoration for my room” as well as a “Book of Shadows” detailing his progress on the Wiccan path. “Mr. Echols was taken to a juvenile facility where he attempted to hang himself,” wrote Dr. Woods. “Following their arrests and initial evaluations both youths were placed in psychiatric hospitals.” Echols was sent first to the Craighead County Juvenile Detention Center in Jonesboro and then, after the suicide threat, to East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center. On May 28, 1992, Echols was given a Millon Adolescent Personality (MAPI) test, designed especially for teenagers, which reported “The behavior of this youngster is characterized by impulsive hostility, an apprehensive distrust of others and an edgy defensiveness against criticism. Fearing that others will dominate and possibly brutalize him, he puts forward a socially blunt and aggressive public posture. He fantasizes being all powerful so as to block others from possessing the means to be belittling and harmful. He believes that only alert vigilance and vigorous counteraction can prevent the malice of others. Closeness to others, displaying weakness and a willingness to compromise are seen as fatal concessions. “The desire to gain power and demean others springs from animosity and a wish to vindicate past grievances. Although frequently unsuccessful in these aims, this teenager believes that past degradations may be undone by provoking fear and intimidation in others. He often loses his temper, gets into fights and acts in a daring fashion. He avoids displaying warmth, gentleness and intimacy. Defiance and disobedience are rationalized into virtues. … “Inadequacy and failure are intolerable to him, and blame is quickly projected outward. “Disposed to be headstrong and able to inspire discomfort and anger in others, he may use his position in the family to bully young sibs into submission. … He is rarely able to submerge the memories of past humiliations and this resentment may break though … in impulsive and irrational anger. … “Cool and distant, this youth demonstrates little or no compassion for others, viewing their difficulties as the product of their own weaknesses. He is likely to feel no compunction about ignoring their needs and sensitivities. This lack of empathy may lead this youngster to serve only himself regardless of the consequences for those around him.” Among the statements about himself that Echols designated as “true”: “It is easy for me to take advantage of people. … Punishment never stopped me from doing whatever I wanted. … I have a pretty hot temper.” He was diagnosed as “adjustment disorder with disturbances of conduct.” Among the therapeutic implications: “Teenager may relate to the clinician in a polite, though passive way. … Difficulties will be attributed to others who are claimed to be the source of problems…. Efforts to be what may be called a good and cooperative patient will be exhibited, even when restraining strong and angry feelings.” Dr. Woods reported: “Personnel at East Arkansas Regional Mental Health Center described Mr. Echols as very disturbed. He was withdrawn, spoke little, and rarely had eye contact with anyone: ‘he stared at the wall or cast his eyes downward.' He appeared ‘confused,' and dressed strangely -- ‘all in black.' He was preoccupied with his fingernails, which he ‘filed to points.' Concerned about the nature and complexity of his problems Mental Health Center staff recommended that Mr. Echols immediately be involuntarily committed to Charter Hospital in Little Rock for more extensive evaluation and treatment.” A request for service dated June 1 recorded a threat “to hang himself while in custody.” The intake sheet noted that Damien and Deanna had a pact to commit suicide if they could not be together and that Damien was continuing to express suicidal thoughts, voicing plans to use a sheet to hang himself. Damien admitted to the suicide plan: “It would have been necessary if her parents would not have let us see each other.” Driver had Echols admitted to Charter Hospital in Little Rock for a monthlong stay. Admission papers noted: “He has a history of extreme physical aggression toward others.” Criteria for the emergency admission included: “1. Fire setting behavior by history.” “2. Potential danger to property.” “3. Excessive irritability and anger that is potentially dangerous and persistent.” “4. Involvement in bizarre and unusual behavior.” A case file from June 1 reported that Echols “admits to having seen suspended 7X this past semester for inciting fights at school, starting small fires, cussing. States in one fight he almost gouged out the victim's eyes.” A report on June 2 stated: “He has been suspended x7 due to negative behaviors in the classroom. Information does suggest that Damien has set fire to his academic classroom on two occasions, that he has also been truant, engaged in physical confrontations while on school grounds and has, often times, threatened to put ‘hexes' on school instructors.” Echols admitted to being a “practicing warlock” while denying devil worship. He had a “blood brother” with whom he exchanged blood. Damien said he had one friend: “A friend is someone who would die for you — everyone else is only interested in themselves & what they want.” Deanna was also admitted for mental treatment, at Mid-South Mental Health; Echols had been scheduled to go there but because his girlfriend was there, he had been sent to Charter. Concerning allegations about abuse in his family, Damien denied he had been abused, an assertion “strongly questioned.” He denied feeling violent, saying he saw fighting as a release: “Sometimes I have to do this not because of feeling angry — sometimes I'm confused.” On the home front, Jack Echols was gone, and Pam Echols had reunited with Joe Hutchison after little or no contact over the past seven years. Damien admitted to using drugs, including speed “over a month ago.” Glori Shettles' “attorney work project” for the Echols murder defense quoted the Charter records: “Information from detention center — Damien and girlfriend to have baby and sacrifice it. Damien denies this. Says he is involved in witchcraft, not satanism. Alleged to have chased younger child with ax and attempted to set house on fire. Damien denies this. States girlfriend's family wants him in trouble. Admits to violence … Suspensions and disruptive at school. Has heart problems, asthma, bronchitis and migraine headaches.” Damien underwent a psychological evaluation. He also explained his name change. He repeatedly has denied that “Damien” was inspired by the diabolical child in the 1970s hit movie “The Omen,” instead claiming he took the name from a Catholic priest who worked with lepers. The name was shared by one of the main characters in “The Exorcist.” A character in that book explains, “It was the name of a priest who devoted his life to taking care of lepers on the island of Molokai. He finally caught the disease himself.” Among the books found in Echols' room at the time of arrest was a copy of “The Exorcist.” Echols later testified: “… I was very involved in the Catholic church, and we were going over the different names of the saints. St. Michael's was where I went to church at. And we heard about this guy from the Hawaiian Islands, Father Damian, that took care of lepers until he finally caught the disease himself and died.” Echols said that was the reason he chose the name and it had “nothing whatsoever” to do with “horror movies, Satanism, cultism, anything of that nature.” Progress notes at Charter indicated depression and bizarre behavior but that Echols was making progress. Echols was prescribed Imipramine at 50 mg on June 5, increased to 100 mg on June 12. Psychological testing by Lewis F. Bracy, PhD, on June 8 showed that Damien was depressed and did not trust others but was not psychotic. The psychological report revealed Echols had a verbal IQ of 101, a thoroughly average score. Bracy's battery of tests found no evidence of psychosis but the possibility of a thought disorder. “The most prominent finding is that he has a rather strong depression process going on and has real difficulty making contact with people.” The diagnosis: depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. The assessment of his art produced in the psychological testing could be applied to his current projects: “Damien's drawings reflect rather impoverished, empty appearing figures. They lack enrichment, color, life and emotion. They appear to be primarily depressive, helpless and in poor contact with reality. … He appears to be a very concretistic person who is arrested in his imaginative function. He would be expected to see things in a rather simplistic, overly constrictive manner.” Based on a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Disorder (MMPI) exam, Echols was given preliminary diagnoses of schizophrenia, disorganized type (paranoid and catalytic types also possible) and bipolar disorder, manic. It was noted: “These persons spend much time in personal fantasy and daydreaming, often with themes of sex or power.” Dr. Woods' affidavit from 2001 described Echols' first trip to Charter in detail, much of which was echoed in trial records: “Mr. Echols was provisionally diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, single episode and medicated with Imipramine, an anti depressant drug. ... The staff psychiatrist who conducted a mental status exam upon admission described the 17-year old as ‘cooperative and polite' with ‘an odd stare,' and flat affect. ... The psychiatrist had ‘major concerns that this young man was exhibiting disturbed, bizarre and unusual thinking.'” Dr. Woods continued: “Mr. Echols' delusional thinking was evident throughout his hospitalization. He explained that he had ‘no feelings about suicide' because he thought he could ‘be reincarnated.' He indicated to others he thought he possessed special powers. A social worker reported Mr. Echols ‘appeared to be sniffing the air around him as if he were responding to an external stimulus.' He smiled inappropriately and ‘cut his eyes in one direction or the other, as if he were hearing or thinking of something before he spoke.' The social worker concluded he was ‘responding to an outside stimulation' and ‘may have been experiencing auditory hallucinations.' Visual hallucinations also may have been present. Mr. Echols said he thought the furniture in the psychiatric unit ‘was causing blurred vision.' “Mr. Echols exhibited ‘a bizarre and unusual manner' of adjustment to the psychiatric unit that was also reflected in his ‘bizarre and unusual thinking pattern.' He was ‘preoccupied with witchcraft' but consistently denied any involvement with satanic worship. He was observed ‘meditating in his room in a bizarre and unusual fashion,' ‘wrote some very unusual poems,' and remained on ‘the peripheral of the group throughout' his hospitalization. He made unusual and bizarre sounds ‘with his mouth that sound[ed] like a cat purr.' He had ‘trouble making eye contact' and was ‘quite paranoid.' He told staff there were ‘survelance [sic] cameras behind his mirror and under his desk' and cautioned other adolescent patients that staff were ‘constantly watching them.' The hospital staff observed him sitting and ‘rocking methodically back and forth,' daydreaming, and staring into space. When interrupted, he appeared startled. He wanted to ‘calm down' and said he ‘was feeling “jittery'' internally.' Hospital staff noted he showed ‘no aggressive behavior' in the hospital. “Mr. Echols' behavior demonstrated ‘a pervasively depressed mood throughout most of his hospitalization.' He withdrew from family and friends, had a ‘sad facial expression' and ‘spent long intervals alone.' He lost interest in eating, had difficulty going to sleep, and planned ways to commit suicide. He repeatedly thought about wrapping the sheet from his bed around his neck and ‘trying to hang' himself. “Mr. Echols' psychiatric care was interrupted by his parents who removed him from the hospital June 25, 1992, and moved to Oregon. His discharge diagnosis was major depression, single episode, dysthymia and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified. He was instructed to continue taking 150 mg. of Imipramine daily.” Driver was designated to monitor Echols. “Family indicated that they were moving to Denver, Colorado. Prosecuting Attorney was in agreement with Damien leaving State. Not felt to be a danger to himself or to others per doctor.” Echols apparently did not leave the state until weeks later as he was referred again to Charter on July 24 for a screening. That intake report noted: “Dresses all in black — T-shirt slacks & shoes, Wears small gold cross stud” earring in left ear. “Nails are clean & filed to points.” Damien presented himself as intelligent, generally honest, calm and coherent, expressing mostly his desire to be with his girlfriend. He denied feeling angry or depressed, “but appears depressed — voices apathy — blunt affect.” Damien admitted to the suicide pact: “It can go either way now.” “Question of satanic involvement” still lingered. “Extremely dysfunctional family however.” With Damien diagnosed with major depression, dysthymia and a conduct disorder, the preliminary treatment plan was for a resumption of hospitalization due to suicidal thoughts and a range of other issues. But the case was closed because of his parents' plans to move. Woods described Damien's patterns of continued drug use: “Mr. Echols's mental illness did not improve after his hospitalization. He remained in excruciating emotional pain, betrayed by his mind and body. The world was an unsafe, unpredictable maze from which he desperately looked for an escape. He finally found relief in his own form of medication. He instinctively turned to inhalants and began ‘huffing' gasoline; he thought he ‘invented it.' Later he tried marijuana a few times before his arrest, but it did not become a habit. He also used the medication prescribed for his migraine headaches — Midrin — as a means of tolerating stress and fear of attending school. ... Unable to outrun his terror, he withdrew from school in the ninth grade and tried to insulate himself from the external pressures that contributed to his mental illness.” Moving to Oregon would provide no relief. https://eastofwestmemphis.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/WestMemphis3Killers/?epa=SEARCH_BOX https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Black-Against-Memphis-Killers/dp/0692802843/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=gary+meece&qid=1550445054&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Black-Against-Memphis-Killers-ebook/dp/B06XVT2976/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=gary+meece&qid=1550445054&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmrnull https://www.amazon.com/Where-Monsters-Go-Against-Memphis-ebook/dp/B06XVNXCJV/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_3?keywords=gary+meece&qid=1550445054&s=gateway&sr=8-3-fkmrnull https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-West-Memphis-Killers-ebook/dp/B07C7C4DCH/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_4?keywords=gary+meece&qid=1550445054&s=gateway&sr=8-4-fkmrnull https://www.amazon.com/Case-Against-West-Memphis-Killers/dp/B071K8VNBM/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_6?keywords=gary+meece&qid=1550445054&s=gateway&sr=8-6-fkmrnull
Singer-songwriter George Woods stops by WATD to talk about a new video he's about to release, plus he shares some new songs and talks about the stories behind them. Enjoy!
Discussion with George, a natural and successful leader in various key businesses, both in South Africa, and internationally, how the corporate world is adopting change policies, transparency and embracing transformation.For more information visit SolidGoldStudios.co.za/emotioninmotion
Hearthstone Brewery is located in North Vancouver, BC where they have been brewing up some innovative craft beers since opening in 2014. Pairing perfectly with this brewery is their “Tap & Forno” restaurant next door which not only serves their brews fresh on tap but also features some great pizzas made in a custom pizza oven. I first sit down with Darren Hollett for the story behind Hearthstone Brewery, then with brewmaster George Woods about their beers. Hearthstone Brewery Website: http://www.hearthstonebrewery.ca/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hearthstonebeer/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hearthstonebeer Cascadian Beer Podcast Website: http://cascadian.beer Facebook: http://facebook.com/cascadianbeer Twitter: http://twitter.com/cascadianbeer This episode was made possible by The BC Ale Trail Arrive Thirsty, Leave Inspired - http://bcaletrail.ca Podcast created and hosted by: Aaron Johnson Recorded on location at Hearthstone Tap & Farno - North Vancouver, BC Editing & mixing by: Aaron Johnson Theme music by: A:M (Aaron Johnson & Danny Moffat) Support the show.
While on vacation, I was fortunate enough to sit down with Keith Lancaster from Ep 3 and George Woods to discuss Anime Live Action movies, Nintendo, Zelda, The Xbox one X, the expedient release model new consoles are heading toward and a whole bunch more. So get comfy. Its a long one! :)
George Woods live on WATD talking about his album “I Am”
Michael and Aaron are joined on TyskySour by Jane McAlevey and George Woods to discuss how workers can organise and win.
Adi und Michi (Feuermurmel) erklären mir, was es alles für Versionierungssysteme git, und warum eben Git der heisse Scheiss ist und was es alles kann. Axel fehlt in dieser Sendung leider, weil ihm der Arzt wegen Heiserkeit das Reden verboten hat. Und das, obwohl grade UKW-Wochen bei Radio Radius sind! Trackliste FragmentD – Pegadrome Stefan Poiss – Mindkiller (Parsec Soundtrack) Saga Musix – Superwave Rams – Ridiculous Stupid Noise George Woods – Lucky One Git :: Git Git :: Wikipedia über Git Git-GUI :: Grafische Benutzeroberfläche für Git Gitk :: Git Repository Browser GitX :: Grafischer Git Client für MacOS X Fugitive :: Ein Git Wrapper Github :: Github Gists :: Github Gists Git Annex :: Für grosse Dateien in Git Stundenbla :: In Cron geschriebenes Stundensignal auf Schweizerdeutsch Cogito :: Cogito steht zum Verkauf SCCS :: Source Code Control System von 1972 Subversion :: Apache Subversion Bitkeeper :: Kommerzielles Versionierungssystem, einst von Linus Torvalds für den Linuxkernel benutzt GNU CVS :: Concurrent Versions System von Mercurial :: Mercurial SCM File Download (155:54 min / 157 MB)
Adi und Michi (Feuermurmel) erklären mir, was es alles für Versionierungssysteme git, und warum eben Git der heisse Scheiss ist und was es alles kann. Axel fehlt in dieser Sendung leider, weil ihm der Arzt wegen Heiserkeit das Reden verboten hat. Und das, obwohl grade UKW-Wochen bei Radio Radius sind! Trackliste FragmentD – Pegadrome Stefan Poiss – Mindkiller (Parsec Soundtrack) Saga Musix – Superwave Rams – Ridiculous Stupid Noise George Woods – Lucky One Git :: Git Git :: Wikipedia über Git Git-GUI :: Grafische Benutzeroberfläche für Git Gitk :: Git Repository Browser GitX :: Grafischer Git Client für MacOS X Fugitive :: Ein Git Wrapper Github :: Github Gists :: Github Gists Git Annex :: Für grosse Dateien in Git Stundenbla :: In Cron geschriebenes Stundensignal auf Schweizerdeutsch Cogito :: Cogito steht zum Verkauf SCCS :: Source Code Control System von 1972 Subversion :: Apache Subversion Bitkeeper :: Kommerzielles Versionierungssystem, einst von Linus Torvalds für den Linuxkernel benutzt GNU CVS :: Concurrent Versions System von Mercurial :: Mercurial SCM File Download (155:54 min / 157 MB)
On this week's regular edition of the show it's monster in all shapes and sizes. First up genres collide with the blu-ray review of Monster Brawl (courtesy fo Anchor Bay Entertainment) as classic monsters face off in the squared circle starring Jimmy Hart, Kevin Nash, Dave Foley and Lance Henriksen. Then it's my blu-ray review of the documentary Corman's World : Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment) as we look back at the career of the legendary director/producer. Then it is two reviews for the price of one title when I give my audio book and movie review of The Hunger Games for your listening pleasure. I wrap things up with the video game review of The Adventures of Tintin for the PS3 (courtesy of www.gameaccess.ca) as the your adventurer hits your game console. Music for this episode features the songs Just Like a Movie by Digital Grey Orchestra, End Game by George Woods, Only a Game by The Suicide Denial and One World by EL84, they can all be found at www.famemusic.com. Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns (www.mrburnsmusic.com). As always your comments and suggestions are welcome and encouraged.
It's another on the road edition of the show as I return back to the GTA for my Podcamp Toronto 12 that took place on Ryerson University, Feb. 25 & 26, 2012. In addition to gettting my thoughts on the weekend event I catch up with my old friend and fellow podcaster/author Steve Saylor as we talk about writing and his return to This Week in Geek. Music for this episode features the song Travelogue by George Woods, they can all be found at www.famemusic.com. Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns (www.mrburnsmusic.com). As always your comments and suggestions are welcome and encouraged.
Here it is folks my annual trek to Ryerson University in Toronto and my coverage of Podcamp Toronto 2010 that took place on Feb. 20 & 21, 2010. On the show you get my impression of the event and what it was like to do another session. Joining me on the episode is the returning author and occaional co-host of This Week in Geek podcast, Steve Saylor as we talk about his new collection of short stories (www.stevesaylor.net). Then the televixen herself, Melissa Grimonte joins the show. We talk about how vampires are becoming more popular and the tv shows True Blood and LOST(www.thetelevixen.com). I talk with Michael Clarke about his work to bring pre-fab homes to the people of Haiti (http://www.generaldiscovery.ca/). I catch up with session presenter Tod Maffin and we talk about recording techniques when doing your podcast (http://www.casestudiesonline.com) I close things up by catching up with Connie Crosby, one of the orgranizers of the event and get her take at the end of the day.Music for this week features the song End Game by George Woods and can be found at www.podsafeaudio.com along with the intro song Let's Get Ramblin by Dynamo Snackbar. Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns (www.mrburnsmusic.com). As always your comments and suggestions are welcome. You can find my slideshow presentation at Podcamp at http://www.slideshare.net/RusselTH/podcasting-on-a-budget feel free to view it and comment.
This week's show features the uptight english, the non-upright Scooby (yay) and some forthright heroes. First up is my audio book review of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith. Then we journey back to the past as I review Scooby-Doo : The Mystery Begins that just came out on home video. My final review is of the latest incarnation of Marvel heroes for your PS3 with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Music for this week features the songs Study in E Minor by Sean Lane Fuller, Nothing but the Truth by George Woods and Mystery Stare by Gray Martin and can be found at www.podsafeaudio.com along with the intro song Let's Get Ramblin by Dynamo Snackbar. Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns (www.mrburnsmusic.com). As always your comments and suggestions are welcome
Well here it is folks in all it's podcasting glory my journey to Podcamp Toronto '09 that took place at Ryerson University from Feb. 21 - 22. Suffice to say things did not go completely as planned but you still get some great content. I do eventuall catch up to Matt and Natt from the BSGcast.com and we discuss all things cyclon and get caught up on the soon to be departing Battlestar Galactica. Then I have a rather colorful talk about video games and cult movies with Steve and Mike from This Week in Geek podcast that can be found at http://thisweekingeek.net. Then I wrap things up with Jay Moonah and get his perspective on the event, that and skinned knee to boot. You also get a rant on what I think of street art as I close the show. Music for this week features the song Free Train Running by TJR and Travelogue by George Woods , both can be found at www.podsafemusic.com along with the intro music of Lets Get Ramblin' by Dynamo Snackbar. Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns and they can be found at http://mrburns.homestead.com/index.html. As always your comments and suggestions are welcome
Hollywood Be Thy Name - Jeff and Shirley Lawrence take you behind the scenes to learn about breaking into the movies in Hollywood and how they made a career as extras in everything from major feature films to major network TV shows
This week it is another on the road edition of my podcast as I check out the 2nd annual Podcamp Toronto Un-Conference that took place at Ryerson University from Feb. 23 - 24. Along with my take on the event you will also get to hear from Chris Brogan, social media anaylist and great guy as we talk about the growth of podcasting and how networking is changing, Jay Moonah, organizer, podcaster and musician about the coference and Matthew Campagna, from www.bsgcast.com, as we discuss the upcoming season of BattleStar Galactic and what marked the death of network television. Music on this week's show are the songs City Life by Shane Ervin and Another Day in the City by Classic Tragic Hero. Instrumental music is from the track Travelogue by George Woods and tracks from the band Mr. Burns. If you want to check out all of the sessions that were at the event check out http://podcamptoronto.pbwiki.com/MediaArchive2008 where they will all be eventually posted (including mine) for you to look at. As always your comments and suggestions are welcome.
In this week's show we spotlight murder and music. First off it is back to the shores of Paradise Cove as we explore another murder mystery in the audio book review of High Profile by Robert B. Parker as Jesse Stone is once again on the search for a killer. Then it is off to the grocery store as we chat with pianist Anne Meehan who plays music as you shop for food. The music from the early part of the show is from the track NicenSleazy by George Woods to reflect the world that Jesse is plunged into. You can find more of his music by going ot www.podsafeaudio.com . As always your comments and suggestions are welcome.
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