Want to live to be a thousand years old? It’s not far fetched at all if you ask theoretician and geneticist Aubrey de Grey. He believes within the next 25 years there is a 50/50 chance we’ll have the technologies to extend human life indefinitely. I learned of Aubrey and his ideas in 2005 and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Today Show’
Serengeti Highway: Going the Wrong Way
Posted: December 27, 2010 in Africa, Animals, Business, Economy, Endangered Species, Environment, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Photography, Politics, Random Thoughts, Television, TravelTags: Africa, Highway, NBC, Richard Engel, Serengeti, Today Show
A plan by the government of Tanzania to build a road through the pristine Serengeti is so misguided, especially when there are other options for commerce. To put a busy road through one of the last untouched spaces on earth is a crime. Thank you Richard Engel of NBC for exploring the subject and to [...]
Why I Work at the Olympics
Posted: February 12, 2010 in Canada, Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Politics, Random Thoughts, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel, WomenTags: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Broadcasting, Canada, NBC, Olympics, Opening Ceremony, Television, Today Show, Vancouver
My 16 year old son is mad at me. When I call home his anger is palpable. He does not understand why I leave home for extended periods of time every couple of years to work at the Olympics. He won’t listen when I try to explain so I’m putting it out to the world. [...]
Richard Heene: Balloon Boy Incident Not a Hoax
Posted: January 8, 2010 in Children, Colorado, Crime, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Technology, Television, United States of AmericaTags: Balloon Boy, Hoax, Matt Lauer, NBC News, Richard Heene, Today Show
This morning, NBC’s Today Show had an exclusive interview with the Balloon Boy’s dad, Richard Heene. As he prepares for a 90 day jail sentence, Heene, had some choice words about the authorities who he believes have wronged him and his family. NBC’s Matt Lauer grilled him during a fairly contentious interview in which Heene maintains [...]
Blair and the Balloon Boy
Posted: October 22, 2009 in Children, Colorado, Crime, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Technology, Television, Weather, WomenTags: Balloon Boy, Blair Ewalt, brazil, Cirque du Soleil, CNN, Colorado, David Lane, Entertainment Tonight, Falcon Heene, Fort Collins, Fox News, Japan, John Mark Carr, Jonbenet Ramsey, Larimer County Sheriff, Larry King Live, London, Mayumi Heene, NBC, NBC News, Richard Heene, Sheriff Jim Alderden, Take Your Kid to Work Day, Today Show
My 11 year old son, Blair, wanted to go to Cirque du Soleil this year, but because our schedules were so busy, we missed it. Instead he went to the Balloon Boy media circus. Because my husband was traveling and I was a single mom over the weekend I didn’t want to leave him at [...]
Relaxing in New York City
Posted: July 22, 2009 in Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Random Thoughts, Television, TravelTags: Mike Leonard, NBC, New York City, Times Square, Today Show
If you’re looking to chill in New York City head to Times Square. Times Square? Are you kidding? One of the busiest, most chaotic places on Earth. Trust me. We were just there and everyone was relaxing. Mike Leonard of NBC’s Today Show has the story. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/32082122#32082122 For more information on Vicky Collins visit http://teletrendstv.com.
BeadforLife on NBC’s Today Show
Posted: May 6, 2009 in Africa, Colorado, Community Service, Global Poverty, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, WomenTags: BeadforLife, Beads, DeeDee Thomas, Jim Bell, Kerry Sanders, Maryann Zoellner, Meredith Vieira, NBC, Today Show
Thanks so much to my friend, Kerry Sanders, who recognized a good story when he saw one and featured BeadforLife on NBC’s Today Show. Thanks also to Maryann Zoellner, Jim Bell, DeeDee Thomas and Meredith Vieira for their support. Phones are ringing off the hook in Boulder today as more women join the bead circle and get involved [...]
Do The Right Thing
Posted: April 5, 2009 in Business, Economy, Media, NewsTags: ABC, Bollinger Insurance, Burbank, Executive compensation, Jack Windolf, Jeffrey Immelt, Len Berman, NBC, New York, Robert Iger, Spanning the World, Today Show, Walt Disney Company, WNBC
My friend, sportscaster Len Berman, got the news this past week that he was being let go from WNBC. Len is one of the most talented personalities I know. He’s been a fixture in New York sports for decades. He is witty and well respected. I actually stop what I’m doing when his “Spanning the World” segment [...]
