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World Suicide Prevention Day… September 10, 2008
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.The World Health Organization estimates that one million people each year die by suicide. Every minute there are two more deaths by suicide across the globe. In developed countries, suicide is the 2nd or 3rd leading cause of death among teenagers and young adults and the 13th leading cause of death worldwide for people of all ages. In addition to those who die by suicide, many millions make non-fatal suicide attempts each year.&
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Giving thanks with Eric and O. Henry
“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.” - O. Henry Hi everybody, Eric here! Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, that O. Henry quote sums it up for me… we have a lot to be thankful for this year, and I wanted to take a minute to personally tell you […]
“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”
- O. Henry
Hi everybody, Eric here!
Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, that O. Henry quote sums it up for me… we have a lot to be thankful for this year, and I wanted to take a minute to personally tell you and all the "News To Me" viewers thanks for making a guy’s dream come true by watching and supporting the show.
I want to list a few people and things I am specifically thankful for (in no order), and you feel free to join in with your comments at the end of this blog…
1. My friends
2. Soldiers serving and those who have served…take a moment and thank them this week.
3. My co-workers…yes, they need to be thanked, they try hard to make me look good.
4. J.B. – the man who made me…. thanks Josh.
5. Dana Carvey and Garth Brooks…. thanks.
6. Nicole Lapin, a talented person.
7. Mike, Aaron, Charles, Grayson, Corey.
8. Thanks Teague.
9. Thanks DH.
10. Our President, like him or not, a tough job.
11. Facebook, I recently discovered it, wow… we all have gotten older.
12. Trout, because I love to catch em…
13. Baldness being accepted.
14. R.E.M.
15. My friend, Dave Aguar… R.I.P. I miss you daily man… hope you are making God smile.
16. Being single.
17. Robert Redford, good advice, thanks.
18. The ability to walk, and run…
19. My health.
20. Wine.
21. My bike.
22. Humor, I guess I got this instead of looks… but man I am still thankful to be able to make people laugh.
23. Golf courses, because I love to play the game.
24. Non-profits, good work you are doing…
25. Al Gore, for the Internet — it keeps me out of the malls.
26. Believe it or not, the stock market, kept my wallet full this year, thanks…
And last but not least:
27. My family. Thanksgiving has had some wonderful memories, but also some very weird, weird times in the Lanford household… mostly involving me and my brother and the law… (please don’t hold this against me, just keeping it real)… no need for details… suffice it to say that my poor parents… they did raise us right, we just put ourselves in some weird situations. This year… let’s hope no jail time for us… just good times and great company.
Now, you have a great one tomorrow and whatever you are thankful for, make it known.
Eric
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Hotlinks for 11/15 & 11/16
Associate Producer Grayson This post is for all of you who watch TV with your computer on your lap. Just like me. I need to be able to quickly see if my favorite "Top Chef" contestant has a Facebook profile. I need to be able to Google image search the unflattering celebrity photograph […]
Associate Producer Grayson
This post is for all of you who watch TV with your computer on your lap. Just like me. I need to be able to quickly see if my favorite "Top Chef" contestant has a Facebook profile. I need to be able to Google image search the unflattering celebrity photograph Chelsea Handler just made fun of during the round-table. I absolutely have to play along with the Morning Express Challenge (even though as an employee I'm not allowed to win… whatta crock). Yes, if you are like me, watching TV and surfing the net are no longer mutually exclusive pursuits.
That's why I write these "Hotlinks" posts… it's where we put the links to the raw video from everything you saw on "News To Me" this weekend. Need to know more about Dom Mee? Look below. Hate your significant other's addiction to fantasy sports? Look below. Want to loose 20 pounds quickly and easily without diet or exercise? Can't help you. But, if you want to check out "The Resident's" internet talk show, look below. Lets go:
Lost At Sea:
To watch the full video found in the wreckage of Dom Mee's abandoned boat and to learn more about his adventures as a maritime explorer, visit his website: DomMee.co.uk.
"The Resident on Wall Street:
Get to the heart of the financial crisis with The Resident.
CNN.com Most Popular:
- Chihuahua's ears make weird noises
- Man punches shark to protect pup
- Bull stampede
Breaking and entering and acting weird:
LiveLeak has the full clip of our curious criminal: Home surveillance camera captures laptop thief.
Women against fantasy sports:
Meet the WAFS and find out how they are trying to come between you and your fake football team: womenagainstfantasysports.com.
Madonna takes a fall on stage:
We led up to Madonna's fall with a few other notable nosedives…
Beyonce: metacafe.com
Miss America: YouTube.com and again the next year: YouTube.com
A member of Destiny's Child: jokeroo.com
And the one you have been waiting for - Madge: YouTube.com
Noel Gallagher bum rushed on stage:
There are a few clips on YouTube from this incident. Start with this one (the hit is at about 1:30) and then check the related clips for other angles.
Exploding windmill:
Snopes.com turned us on to this amazing video.
Thanks for watching! See you next weekend when Eric will introduce you to a girl who found love and lost her thumb in the circus!
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Army suicide rate is climbing rapidly
I saw this the other night and thought it useful to repost it so that more can understand the magnitude of the problem. The article is titled "Army suicide rate could top nation's this year", and it appears on the CNN website. Essentially, conditions in the American military are so bad right now for soldiers, mental health-wise (as a consequence of post-traumatic stress (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), the fatiguing effect of multiple repeated tours of duty, financ
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Psychologists decide it is never ethical to assist torture
American psychologists work in a lot of settings, and one of them is in the military. As part of their role in the military, some psychologists have been asked in recent years to participate in the interrogations of prisoners. And some of those interrogations have involved interventions which a non-doublespeaking person would call torture. I don't believe that these military psychologists were actually involved in doing the work of the torture process, but they were involved in aiding that p
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Is my life boring or what?
Coordinating Producer Mike Inside Kate's circus train compartment. Our feature story this week started with an unremarkable photo uploaded to iReport.com about “living in small spaces”. Kate Meinhardt sent in a picture of her tiny, cramped room aboard a circus railway car. It wasn’t the photo that caught my attention so much as it was […]
Coordinating Producer Mike
Inside Kate's circus train compartment.
Our feature story this week started with an unremarkable photo uploaded to iReport.com about “living in small spaces”. Kate Meinhardt sent in a picture of her tiny, cramped room aboard a circus railway car. It wasn’t the photo that caught my attention so much as it was the idea of living in a glorified shoebox while riding the rails with a circus. A few more mouse clicks and I stumbled on Kate’s big top blog. I dialed her up and got the rest of the story.
Fresh out of college and frustrated with a fruitless job, Kate threw caution to the wind and ran off with the Ringling Brothers. Yes, it was a once in a lifetime adventure, but Kate had her eyes on a bigger prize: career advancement. Her gig with the circus opened the door to her current job as a Zookeeper. However, that success came at a price. Kate suffered a terrible, life-changing injury during her circus stint; but it ultimately made her a stronger person and her attitude and optimism amazed us all.
We were lucky to stumble across Kate’s story, and it serves as a good reminder that every person you meet, every stranger you see in the street, on the subway, at the store, in church, has a story worth telling. What’s yours? We’d love to hear it.
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Press "D" for Depression Therapy
A new study published in this month's issue of the journal Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice suggests that phone therapy for depression may be an effective alternative to traditional face-to-face psychotherapy The current study was a meta-analysis, which is basically a scientific procedure where the results of several different studies are collapsed into one statistical analysis. Researchers use meta-analysis procedures to compare data across several different research projects
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Pursue a New You Through True Self Value
One of the most important questions in personal growth is how does a person develop self-value? So many people are left with scars from their childhood from how little value they have. More scars develop as people get older and experience more pain. Some people end up with the beliefs that they only have value if they are a good parent, provider, employee, etc. The common thread is that a person’s value either doesn't exist or exists outside of them. When your value is external, what
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation device for treatment-resistant Major Depression just approved by the FDA
According to a press release dated October 8, 2008, the FDA has cleared a Pennsylvania company, Neuronetics, Inc. to sell its NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation system for use as a treatment for treatment-resistant Major Depression. This is, to my knowledge, the first time that this technology has been available for use by regular psychiatrists for use in treating regular depressed patients. This is potentially a great thing for patients suffering with severe depressions that aren'
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