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Is 3-D TV next? – Not all the news is bad (some of it is just strange): The movie “Avatar” has created a return of 3-D and starting in 2010, ESPN will broadcast some sports events in 3-D. PhysOrg.com quotes Chuck Pagano, ESPN vice president for technology, as saying that the network is preparing for a “3-D tsunami.” But who has a TV that can pick them up? The answer: Major TV manufacturers are creating these new 3-D sets as fast as they can. Maybe this will be the final end of the recession.
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The news isn’t all bad: In her newest diary, Anne Strieber writes about a revelation she had in church that’s a great message for the New Year! If you got our FREE weekly email newsletter, you would have already read this story! To sign up, click here.

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Don’t die early – We may not be able to live forever, but there’s no reason we need to die young. Many US children face a terrible burden of stressors that can harm the development of their brains and nervous systems. These stressors can lead to health problems and diseases throughout their lives, ultimately causing some to die earlier than they would otherwise.

Sometimes people think you’re dead when you’re not: After a car crash in 1983, Rom Houbens seemed to be in a coma, but he was actually paralyzed. He knew about everything going on around him but couldn’t communicate. Over 20 years later, Neuroscientists have discovered that his brain is still functioning normally.
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Sometimes it comes from other kids! – More than one third of those who sexually abuse children are other juveniles, not adults (as one might suspect).

Researchers found that juveniles account for more than one-third of those known to police to have committed sex offenses against minors. And juveniles who commit sex offenses against other children are more likely than adult sex offenders to offend in groups, at schools, and to have more male and younger victims.
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