Smart Pro News Issue #50
Happy Halloween!
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Issue 48
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October 31, 2010 |
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Dr. John F. Murray is a licensed clinical and sports psychologist in Florida who provides individual counseling, executive coaching, and mental skills training or coaching from his Palm Beach office and by phone. He is also available for corporate and sports speaking engagements and seminars. He will help you or your group with any mental training, executive coaching or clinical psychology needs.
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Welcome to the 50th edition of Smart Pro News!
In this edition: Insightful Articles, Radio, and More ...
Are the Miami Hurricanes Spooked?
Jim
Martz
writes about
Miami Hurricanes football, letting down after big wins, and the difference between artificial and genuine enthusiasm after chatting with Dr. John F. Murray.
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Radio Interview with Dr. John F Murray on 740 The Fan About Coaching
Your Top 25 Articles By Traffic 2009-2010
The Top 3 Articles From Above:
(1) The Field and Science of Sports Psychology
(2) Offsides Beyond the Game: The Pre-Game Speeches
(3) Earl Morrall Shares Wisdom with Sports Psychologist
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Interesting Facts about Halloween:
from Aariana Adams at doityourself.com
An October 2008 CNN Poll showed:
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A majority of us, 48 percent, believe in ghosts.
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Twenty-two percent of Americans say they’ve
seen or felt a ghost.
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Women are more likely to say they believe in
ghosts than are men.
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More than half of younger Americans aged 18
to 45 believe in ghosts.
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A whopping 78 percent of us believe in life
after death.
• The next full moon on Halloween night will be
October 31, 2020
• Many historic events have happened on
Halloween Day – among them:
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834: The first Halloween (All Hallows Eve) is celebrated
1876: A cyclone hits Bengal, killing about 200,000
1918: Spanish flu kills 21,00 people in the U.S. in one week
1922: Mussolini becomes the Premier of Italy
1926: Harry Houdini dies in Detroit
1941: Mount Rushmore is completed
1952:The first thermonuclear bomb was detonated
1968: President Johnson issued a “cease all bombing” order in North Vietnam
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• Adults love Halloween, too. It
is estimated that one-third of all adults don costumes and join-in the
“spookiest- night” festivities.
• One of the "most filmed" movie characters (if not the most filmed) is Dracula.
• What are the "most thrilling" movies of all time?
The
American Film Institute polled 1,500 members of the film industry.
Their Top 5 are: (1) Psycho, (2) Jaws, (3) The Exorcist, (4) North by
Northwest, (5) The Silence of the Lambs.
• Moviegoers consistently vote for Silence of the Lambs, Psycho and The Exorcist as the scariest movies of all time.
• The Salem Witch trials of 1692 are known for burning so-called witches at the stake.
Actually, not one witch died by burning; most were put to death by
hanging. One unfortunate witch was “pressed” to death and several died
in prison of natural causes.
• A new Guinness world record was set October 1, 2005 for the "Biggest Pumpkin."
Larry Checkon of North Cambria, Pennsylvania is the grower of this
1,469 lb. giant. Checkon’s pumpkin outweighed the 2004 winner by about
23 lbs.
• The first "Jack-O-Lanterns" were not pumpkins - they were hollowed-out turnips and originated in Ireland.
• We love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups - so says
ExtremeChocolate.com’s survey of our "favorite Halloween candy." The
clear winner is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups with 20.8 percent of the
vote.
• According to ExtremeChocolate.com: “Chocolate is much better than hard candy for you and your child’s teeth. Chocolate
contains tannins, which slow down the formation of plaque on the
teeth....Further, chocolate usually stays in the mouth a shorter time
than hard candy, which is another dental benefit.”
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John F. Murray, Ph.D., Clinical and Sports Psychologist, 139 North County Road Suite 18C, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Telephone: 561-596-9898, Telefax: 561-805-8662, Email: johnfmurray@mindspring.com
Web: http://www.JohnFMurray.com
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