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Subject: HELLO
To: mark@markelliot.com
Dear Mark Elliot,
I enjoyed your show very much when it was on 800AM (CKLW) and was saddened
by not only your leaving from the show but also the struggles you were going
through at the time.
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THERAPY ON A BUDGET
Grief-stricken New
Yorkers, like these people on the Brooklyn Heights
Promenade, can take advantage of many free counseling
services around town.
- NYP: TAMARA BECKWITH
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By KRISTINA
FELICIANO
October 2, 2001
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NEW Yorkers have a reputation as being
the steely sort who don't scare easily, but even the hardier
among us have needed help coping in the wake of the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks.
At the moment, it's
possible to get that help for free.
Area hospitals,
mental-health-care providers and various other groups have
established hot lines and drop-in centers offering
complimentary counseling and referrals.
More...
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Movie Review:
Good Film, Bad Cop
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"Training Day," a drama directed by
Antoine Fuqua, stars Denzel Washington as a murderous rogue cop. He's
Alonzo Harris, a Los Angeles narcotics detective who dispenses rough
justice with an iron fist inside a steel glove. Ethan Hawke co-stars
as an idealistic rookie, Jake Hoyt. All of the abundant action is
squeezed, improbably, into Jake's first day as Alonzo's new partner.
Sometime around mid-morning comes a moment when the cynical veteran
knows that he's got the overawed rookie firmly in his clutches. "I
will do anything you want to do," Jake declares. Grinning like a
Cheshire tiger, Alonzo purrs contentedly: "My nigger." For the first
time in his career Mr. Washington plays a thoroughly bad guy, and the
results are remarkable to behold. "It's all good," Alonzo likes to
say in a jaunty mantra of reassurance; everything's cool, everything's
under control. Well, several stretches of the movie aren't all that
good -- "Training Day" can be simplistic, formulaic and absurdly
melodramatic -- but Mr. Washington is flat-out great. More... |
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San
Francisco:
EDITORIAL - Save lives before punishing addicts
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THE City is acting responsibly and ethically by
treating heroin addiction primarily as a medical
problem. One San Francisco resident dies every other
day because of a heroin overdose. Whatever we can do
to save lives is better than punishment.
Gov. Gray Davis should sign a proposal that the
Legislature passed two weeks ago providing a framework
for overdose prevention programs. In San Francisco,
this approach has taken the form of the controversial
"Fix With a Friend" citywide campaign. It may not be
an appetizing message for the morality police, but
with the supply of black tar heroin exploding and the
price dropping to $30 a gram from a high of $100 a
decade ago, something has to be done to end the
fatalities.
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Helping addicts help
themselves
Recovery: Statistics show one program's
success through job placement and support
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BALTIMORE MD - GETTING hard-core addicts to
stop using drugs is one thing; getting them to stay off drugs
and lead normal, socially productive lives is often quite
another.
That's what makes statistics from Recovery in Community (RIC)
- a novel substance abuse program in one of Baltimore's most
drug-infested areas - so promising.
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Jury Rules Against Deceased Smoker's Wife
CHICAGO
(Reuters) - A federal jury in Ohio on Friday rejected the
claims for damages sought by the wife of a former smoker who
died in 1996, four years after he contracted lung cancer.
The jury ruled unanimously against Jocelyn Tompkin, in a
lawsuit that alleged that her husband, David, had developed
lung cancer while using cigarettes produced by various tobacco
companies from 1950 to 1965, according to a court clerk.
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U.K. Online drink
counselling service
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The website offers practical help and advice
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A website has been launched
offering advice and help to people who may be worried about the amount
of alcohol they are drinking.
The "Downyourdrink" website, run by the Alcohol Education and Research
Council, claims to be completely confidential and offers advice 24 hours
a day. More...
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Dr Steven R. Miller Ph.D
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Sex sells, and nowhere more boldly than in ads for booze and cigarettes. Match wits with America's leading ad agencies (the same folks who brought you snake oil and lung cancer) as they pull out all the stops in their bid for your addiction dollar, in BabeMatch. |
Today's Thought
Saturday, October 6, 2001
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