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You are not special… America… here is ugly truth… you are not special. You are not better than anyone else. There is nothing you can do better than anyone else. Everyone is just like you. You are not faster, smarter, prettier, or more special in the eyes man and God. But somehow you still think so. Check this video out... Depressing huh? This young ladies parents are doing her a huge disservice. By telling her that she is good at what she is doing is actually really, really bad for her. It is a false sense of hubris. I can't...

Are "Baby Boomers" likely to live longer than previous generations? I'm not so sure. Yes, some people are fit, but what about all those that did drugs, smoked, are overweight with diabetes, heart problems, etc., etc. I suspect large numbers of them are going to start dropping like flies. Am I wrong? While we all are waiting for the 2010 Census numbers, here are the survial numbers for men and women bsed on age from the 2000 Census. (These numbers might be easier to see at the link.)

Russia, the world's third wheat exporter, Thursday banned grain exports for the next four-and-a-half months due to a record drought that has destroyed millions of hectares (acres) of its land. Wheat futures shot up to new two-year highs on commodities markets after the sudden announcement from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin raised concerns about global grain supplies

The secret of Jewish survival through the ages and Israel’s independence 61 years ago, are closely intertwined. For 2,000 years Jews prayed for, cried for, hoped for, lived for and died with the wish of returning to Jerusalem. Between never giving up their national aspirations, between being reminded constantly that they were merely accursed Jooz, the possibility of assimilating into the society around them could not be accomplished easily. Even converts were all too often reminded of their roots. Frankly, neither the Europeans nor the rest of the world wanted them even when they tried to blend in and become...

I will survive . . . or at least I'll be delayed Aug. 08, 2004 When I got into journalism, I expected to do many things. None of them involved standing on a colleague's groin. But recently I learned that I might be called upon to do exactly that. I learned this in Fright School, which is known formally as Hostile Environment Training. This is a course, taught by corporate security consultants, that teaches you what to do if you find yourself in a situation involving dangerous elements such as terrorists, kidnappers, robbers, rioters, or fans of the Oakland Raiders....

Texas Woman Falls Overboard, Swims to Safety at Offshore Oil Rig The Associated PressPublished: Oct 10, 2003 PALACIOS, Texas (AP) - Cold, frightened and desperate after 13 hours in the choppy Gulf of Mexico, Melinda Lopez refused to give up. After falling overboard Tuesday from the shrimp boat where she worked, Lopez swam and floated until she reached safety at an oil platform, spray-painted a distress signal and managed to activate an alarm system to summon help. "I just had to stay strong. I didn't want to go like that," the 32-year-old Lopez said in a story in Friday editions...