Suicide rates in US are comparable to countries like Japan, Austria. World leaders in suicide rates are Russia, Lithuania, and Hungry.

LV increases suicide risk by 60% for residence and100% for visitors (25-30 visitors commit suicide yearly) Leaving LV decreases risk by 20%

Does LV cause or attract suicides? Probably both: Suicide is an available option for LV residents, and LV is suicide destination for others

More Reasons Women Need to Negotiate Their Salaries #Article #HBR #Date 6/29/2015 #URL bit.ly/1GIv1KR #Author Margaret Neale

Men have higher expectations and higher tendency to negotiate than women, which is why women are offered less salaries than men.

For example, women were willing to forgo as much as $1353 (for men, it was $666) to avoid the “pain” of negotiating when buying a car.

When 150 managers were told their employees could not negotiate, they gave male and female employees equal raises!

When they were told they might have to explain the raise to workers and negotiate, they gave raises nearly 2.5 times larger to men.

What should women do? Raise expectations; negotiate the package, not one issue at a time; and offer alternatives to avoid looking greedy.

Faking It #Podcast #Freakonomics 4 #Date 4/13/2010 #URL bit.ly/1KqtkJc #Book "Game Change" by John Heilemann "Faking It" by William Miller

We fake it all the time in every realm Faking it is a coping mechanism It isn't only part of our socialization,it's part of our civilization

We use “I’m sorry” as an instrumental word we give insincere complements and we fake to get out of social situations with our dignity intact

Why do we fake? We have no choice! We just can’t be 100% authentic at any one time.

In DC, people say “nice to see u” when introduced to someone, rather than “nice to meet u” in case u have met them before and not remembered

An interesting story on faking: In March, 2008, Barack Obama said that Jeremiah Wright was his pastor, preacher and like an uncle to him.

Wright was taped saying that America deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and blacks should say "God Damn America" not "God Bless America".

After the videotapes surfaced, Obama had to face the big question: How did u sit in church all those years and listen to these sermons?

Truth was Obama only went to church on rare occasions, but admitting he'd faked it all along would hurt Obama's image as a devout Christian

The campaign decided not to give the honest answer, since Obama has put faith so central to the campaign and reason for being in public life

#TEDTalks Why gender equality is good for everyone, even men. youtube.com/watch?v=7n9IOH…