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Is Success the Path to Happiness?

The answer to that question of whether success will lead to happiness or not will no doubt depend on the individual.  It may even depend on what stage of life one is in.  We often think of young people as...

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Reflections of the Best Websites for 2009

Time Magazine published its list of the 50 best websites for 2009 as linked here. As this is being written on the last day of 2009, it is a good time to reflect on the best websites of the year (according to...

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How Our Brains Makes Decisions using both Reason and Feeling

According to the book "How We Decide" by Jonah Lehrer, the brain makes decisions using a mix of both reason and feeling. Whether decisions are best arrived at via reason or via feeling or a combination of...

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Humans are More Like Chimps Than a Mouse is to a Rat

In the evolutionary tree of life, our closest non-human relatives are the chimpanzees -- the common chimpanzee and bonobo in particular.Evolutionary charts linked here and here shows that besides chimpanzee,...

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Why Dr. Tyson Got Angry Letters From Third-Graders about Pluto's Status

The third-graders were angry that Pluto is no longer considered a planet.  And Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson got blamed for it. Before we can get to the angry third-grader letters, we have to explain that it all...

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President Obama Says That a Living Will is a Good Idea

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama both have living wills. President Obama thinks it is good idea and encourages everyone to get one. He says so in July 2009 AARP's town-hall meeting when...

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What Suze Orman Says About Having a Living Trust

See what Suze Orman says about Living Revocable Trust in the video on the right which is an excerpt from the Suze Orman Show. In addition, you can find an excerpt about wills and trusts from the book "You've...

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To the Brain, the Number Seven is Special

There are seven days of the weeks.   Telephone numbers originally started with seven digits.  There are seven whole musical notes in a octave.  Seven continents.  Seven seas.  Seven wonders of the...

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Health Care Parody of "The Night Before Christmas" on Senate Floor

On the U.S. Senate floor on Tuesday December 22, 2009, Illinois Democrat Senator Roland Burris did a parody of the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas". You can view the video of the Senator Burris on...

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Where to Get the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Vaccination Shot

This 2009 winter, many people are interested in getting flu vaccination shots. In April 2009, a new strain of flu known as the H1N1 or Swine flu appeared. Flu manufacturers produced a new vaccination for...

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