“We remember now some of the victims of the tragedy in
Las Vegas. They
were mothers and fathers, siblings and teachers, veterans and colleagues.
Here
are 12 of the 59 people who died in Sunday’s shooting, and what co-workers,
friends, and loved ones have said about them.”
Puerto Rico, Relief
“Hopefully, the myriad fans about to descend on New York
Comic Con this weekend remembered to install pockets in their costumes:
ReedPOP, the company behind the annual geek expo, along with Keanu Reeves, want
fans to dig deep for Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria relief efforts.
As its name suggests, The Puerto Rico Film Friends Relief
Fund was spearheaded by filmmakers who have worked on the storm-battered
island, including Reeves himself, who shot a movie called Replicas there.
Other recent productions on the American protectorate include Imprisoned with
Reeves' John Wick 2 co-star Laurence Fishburne, and Cigarette,
with John Travolta.
The goal is to raise $200,000 for some of the hardest hit
areas, including Vieques and Culebra, which were devastated by the killer
storm.”
You can find out more -- and donate -- at NYCCPuertoRicoRelief.Cine.org.
New York Comic Con runs October 5-8 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Political
Polarization, Conversations
We Need to Have Conversations That Matter – WNYC Brian Lehrer
Show
“Celeste
Headlee, host of the daily news show "On Second
Thought" on Georgia Public Broadcasting, says social media and devices are
robbing us of the ability to communicate one-on-one. She shares her insights,
talk show host to talk show host.”
“When your job hinges on how well you talk to
people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us
don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for
decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty,
brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk,
she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. "Go out, talk
to people, listen to people," she says. "And, most importantly, be
prepared to be amazed."”
My big takeaway from Headlee’s TED Talk: “Enter
every conversation assuming you have something to learn.”
Health
The disease, which is spread
through contaminated water, kills about 100,000 people every year.
It is the first time governments,
the World Health Organization, aid agencies, and donors have made such a
pledge.
It comes as Yemen continues to
fight one of the worst cholera outbreaks on record.
Cholera has been spreading in the
war-torn country due to deteriorating hygiene and sanitation conditions and
disruptions to the water supply.
More than 770,000 people have
been infected with the disease, which is easily treatable with the right
medical equipment, and 2,000 have died. Many of the victims are children.
These huge outbreaks tend to grab
the headlines, but there are also frequent outbreaks in so-called cholera
"hotspots".”
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