Napoleon once said, "Ability is nothing without opportunity". He also said, "Victory belongs to the most persevering". Chris Tucker has proven the first statement wrong and the second statement right. He has hardly made 3 or 4 films in the last 10 years. However, with Rush Hour 3, he has proven that he is one of the best actors in his class at a hefty $25 million.

If there is talent and perseverance, nobody can stop you. A city on a mountain cannot be hidden for long.

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What do dreams really mean ? Why do we get those strange dreams that have no meaning, which can never happen in real life ? How does our mind start becoming so creative, creating impossible situations, new faces which we have never seen before ?

I had a strange dream(s ?) today: To put it simple: I was playing with liquid nitrogen and freezing water in a small cup using it. I don’t remember exactly, but I was competing with somebody: Who does it faster ? Who was it, I don’t know! Then, the next moment, I was at a local store buying some chewing gum!

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What a Mechanic In A Hot Spring Taught Me About The New Economy - Information unlocks capital - or why this debt-burdened economy keeps going strong.
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Probabilitism - Life According To The Odds - A principle of good poker play used as a life philosophy.
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Cheap Housing Ideas - Inflatable houses and other interesting ideas.
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Inventions For The American Inventor TV Show - And ideas on how to get those three "yes" votes for your invention.
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The Meaning Of Life - A Dangerous Idea - Why there may be better questions.
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Why I Hate Hate Crime Laws - The dangers of laws that punish ideas and opinions.
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Thinking Outside The Box - Want to start thinking outside the box? What is the box, and how do you get outside of it with your thinking? Start with...
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Survival Of The Fittest - A confused idea perpetuated even by the most scientific minds. It's easy to say that that a giraffe has a long neck for the purpose of reaching the leaves higher up, but the truth is...
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Ciphers or Cyphers?

Ciphers, also spelled "cyphers," are the same as "codes" in common usage. However, there is a technical distinction used by cryptographers. A code is something that works at the level of meaning. In a coded message, for example, "big daddy" might refer to a person or a boat, or anything else. An otherwise meaningless string of letters or numbers, like "wwx23" could represent a word or a whole phrase, such as, "Meet me at the usual place." (Because of this, codes can actually shrink the length of a message, or the space and time needed to create it.)

A cipher (or cypher), on the other hand, works at the level of individual letters or at least small groups of letters, or even bits of information in the case of modern computer encryption. A simple substitution cipher, for example, might replace each letter with a two-digit number (a=11, b=47, etc). Using both ciphers and codes in the same system makes messages even harder to decipher.

The problem with codes is that...

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A Sense Of Humor And Brainpower

Does a sense of humor make for a more powerful mind? Perhaps. There are certainly many creative and intelligent people who also like to have a good laugh. Consider the following two examples.

American physicist Richard Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, for his work on quantum electrodynamics. He is credited with the concept and early exploration of quantum computing. He also had a very well developed sense of humor.

Here is how he is described in Wikipedia: "As well as being an inspirational lecturer, bongo player, notorious practical joker, and decipherer of Maya hieroglyphs, Richard Feynman was regarded as an eccentric and a free spirit. He liked to pursue multiple seemingly independent paths, such as biology, art, percussion, and lock picking." An unusual character, to say the least.

Another example of the combination of a very creative mind with a sense of humor is found in Albert Einstein. You may have seen one of the more famous photos of him, in which he is...

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Drug Research Lies

Do you think that the drug research done by pharmaceutical companies is honest? Think again. The Guardian newspaper recently reported on many systematic reviews which demonstrate that pharmaceutical industry studies show positive results far more often than those funded by independent sources. Coincidence? They just happen to get more of the results that they want? Not Likely.

It is also unlikely that drug companies directly tamper with clinical drug trials in any criminal way. They aren't likely to change the reported results afterwards either. This kind of dishonesty is probably very rare in drug research, because it isn't necessary. There are more subtle ways to get the results you want.

First, a company can design a study in a biased way. For example, even if a study is theoretically double-blind, a company could create procedures which let doctors...

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Good Luck Test

Are you a lucky person? Answer the following questions as honestly as you can, and then tally your score according to the simple directions at the bottom of the test.
In general, do good things happen to you?

1. Almost never
2. Sometimes
3. Often
4. Very often

Are you doing something you enjoy for a living?

1. No
2. Sort of
3. Yes

Are you generally happy with the relationships you have?
1. No
2. Not sure
3. Yes

How often do you say...

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Rational Opinions?

Most of us think that we have rational opinions about the things we take a stand on. We like to think that it is just evidence and logic that rules us. We feel that we are immune to the persuasion techniques of politicians and others.

The truth is that most of our opinions are created from a variety of unidentified forces. We then defend them after the fact, with "reasoning," which is really just rationalization. The following example shows how unaware we are of the influences that shape our "thinking."

A Look At "Rational Opinions"

Gary Wells and Richard E. Petty coauthored a little known paper in the journal "Basic And Applied Social Psychology" back in 1980. It was titled "The Effects Of Overt Head Movement On Persuasion," and it reported on a study done with a large group of university students.

The students were told they were participating in a study to test the quality of headphones for an electronics manufacturer. Specifically, the company wanted (they were told) to test how well the headphones worked when the body was in motion. All of the students who participated listened to the same set of songs, followed by a radio editorial which argued that the basic tuition at the college should be raised from $587 to $750.

The students were in three groups. The first was told to keep nodding their heads up and down during the entire time of the test. The second was instructed to shake their heads back and forth. The third group was the control group, and these students were told to just keep their heads still.

After the test, the students were questioned. They...

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