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Sen. John Cornyn Doesn't Support Our Vets

2009-01-08T03:29:20Z

Health care. Mental health benefits. Adequate body armor and armored vehicles. A college education. These are just some of the necessities all of our service members deserve. But clearly, Senator John Cornyn doesn't think so.

Cornyn's rhetoric belies his appalling record in the Senate. The fact that Cornyn has stood with President Bush 95 percent of the time and has opposed our service members on more than 20 key issues proves he doesn't support our troops or veterans. It's a fact every Texan needs to know, now.

Every Texan must see this video. Send this to ten friends and get them to pass it along to ten more. Post this video on your blogs and spread it on sites like Digg -- some of the most effective ways to reach those outside the choir.

Let's make sure everyone knows John Cornyn is not giving our veterans and troops the respect they deserve.

People in the film:

Lawrence G. Romo (Cold War Vet) - Lieutenant Colonel (Ret), US Air Force
Jason Cisneroz (War in Afghanistan Vet) - Staff Sergeant, US Army Reserve
Ruben Dominguez (Vietnam War Vet) - Sergeant 1st Class (Ret), US Army
Benito Guerrero (Vietnam War Vet) - Sergeant Major (Ret), US Army

(Read Cornyn's votes against vets after the flip.)

Tim Evans - Do you want some?

2008-11-25T06:47:18Z

Poem delivered by Tim at event organised by Steam Control as part of London's Boundless Festival

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Maintaining Memory through Old Age - Emma Shulman

2008-11-29T10:17:19Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Emma Shulman, a 95-year-old lecturer and Senior Family Counselor at NYU's Silberstein Institute, discusses how to maximize memory skills as the brain ages.

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NYU's Silberstein Institute (the Aging and Dementia Clinical and Research institute at NYU Langone Medical Center) presents an interview with Emma Shulman, LCSW, MPH with David Hittson of the Silberstein Institute.

Shulman answers questions concerning aging and memory changes. A 95-year-old vibrant speaker in high demand around New York, she has many years of experience working with older people.

After 27 years of service to NYU's William and Sylvia Silberstein Institute for Aging and Dementia, Emma Shulman, L.S.W.,M.P.H., its Senior Family Counselor, has retired at the age of 95 to pursue an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, her fifth master's degree.
Shulman came to the institute as a 68-year-old volunteer to study aging and add an advanced degree in gerontology to those she had earned in social work, business, and psychology.

In 1980 she joined the staff as research coordinator of an NIA-supported longitudinal study of aging and Alzheimer's disease is still the largest and longest of its kind in the world and co-leader of two caregiver support groups that she and her colleague, Gertrude Steinberg, began at NYU's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center . She also helped launch the New York City chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

Shulman, who was featured in Business Week 2005 cover story on productive aging, will continue to serve the institute as a part-time consultant. She hasn't decided where she'll enroll for her next degree, but says NYU is a strong possibility. The most important thing to me, as she explains, is that it's a progressive program.

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Living With Multiple Personality Disorder - Herschell Walker

2008-10-27T21:29:41Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Former star NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker discusses his experiences with Dissociative Identity Disorder, otherwise know as multiple personality disorder.

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Herschel Walker in conversation at the Oxonian Society in New York City.

Herschel Walker is a former American football player who played at The University of Georgia in college and professionally in the United States Football League and the National Football League. Walker is widely regarded as one of the greatest college football players ever.

Herschel Walker played professional football for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, and Minnesota Vikings. He now owns a number of businesses, including a food service company, under the name Renaissance Man International. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

He is the author of the book, Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

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Psychiatrists Challenged Goldwater

2009-01-08T02:26:06Z

A group of psychiatrists challenged Barry Goldwater's mental health. Goldwater sued and won. Since then psychiatrists have been counseled not to speak out publicly on the mental health of public persons.

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Americans in Good Mental Shape

2008-11-21T02:46:50Z

A majority of Americans say they are in excellent or good mental health. Men, Republicans, and those who are married are most likely to report they are in excellent mental health.

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