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Despite our best efforts, the messages we transmit to each other can be misunderstood. This may be especially true in close relationships when feelings and emotions enter into the picture.

The term poor college student has been an accurate description of the typical young person in pursuit of a higher education. But that is no longer true for a unique subset of college kids. Student athletes, who are highly skilled in a particular sport can now earn millions of dollars annually in exchange for a school and/or businesses compensating them for the use of their name, image and likeness. In particular, popular young student athletes can translate their skill and popularity into vast sums of money to promote some one else’s product or brand. Recent changes to NCAA rules and regulations allow direct payments with no fear of punishment. Institutions with large sums of money are more likely to recruit the bulk of blue chip athletes which may lead to greater athletic disparities between institutions based on the money they have available for payouts. One can expect that youngsters who show unusually high amounts of athletic prowess will be courted vigorously by those who wish to capitalize on their talent or skills in the making. The world invests heavily in sports. Consider the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team will be sold for more than ten billion U.S. dollars.

There are still good things happening in the world. In the future the development of artificial blood will eliminate the need for blood donations worldwide. To amply the fact that medical technology is growing by leaps and bounds, consider that the first successful bladder and kidney transplant was recently completed by a medical team that rehearsed for years to be ready for such an event in anticipation that such an operation would be needed some day.

There are many people who grow up without a father in their lives. Whether caused by death, divorce or other circumstances, such a situation may cause an imbalance in typical family life. Usually, not having a father in the house is seen as a negative life circumstance. However, despite the absence of a two parent household, it is possible to obtain a sense of balance from the efforts of the sole caregiver, usually a female if other positive male role models are somewhere in the picture.

Meet a selfless wingman who saved a life using a bucket, which in turn helped him achieve all that was in his bucket list, before he himself kicked the bucket.