Survivors Club

Surviving Divorce: 7 Dos and Don'ts; an Addendum

Sari Eckler Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Divorce, Safer Sex, Affairs, Forgiveness, Survivors Club, Sexuality, Dating After 50, Tiger Woods Affair, Janis Abrahms Spring, Single Parents, Romance, Dating After Divorce, Dating, Sexual Consent, Valentine's Day, Dating Tips, Divorce News

In an effort to provide readers with a fuller list of tips in their post-divorce single life, Sari Cooper, relationship and sex therapist, adds some t...

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Rock Stars: How the Story of the 33 Chilean Miners Breaks All the Rules

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Justin Bieber, Survivors Club, Chile, Elvis Presley, Sully Sullenberger, Survivor, Miracle of San Jose, US Air 1549, Chilean Miners, Kim Kardashian, World News

The saga of Los 33 is by far the most exceptional and unusual story that I've encountered in my extensive research on who lives (and who dies) in extreme situations.

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Falling Man: How a New Yorker Plunges 39 Stories and Survives

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas-Magill, Survival Story, Survivor Story, Falling Man, Suicice, Free Falling, Human Impact Tolerances, Thomas-Magill-Survives, Survivors Club, Free Fall, New York News

Magill's story may sound like one in a million but it's not especially surprising if you delve into the obscure world of free falling. It turns out that people tumble from great heights all the time and survive.

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The Great Wait: Survival Secrets of the 33 Miners Trapped in Chile

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andes Plane Crash, Survivors Club, Chile, San Jose Mine, Los 33, Miracle of San Jose, Miners, Mine Collapse, Survivors, Chilean Miners, The Survivors Club, Mine Disaster, World News

The miners call it Hell. The only thing missing is the fire and brimstone. Half a mile underground in northern Chile, 33 men are trapped in a cramped shelter where the temperature is a constant 85 degrees.

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Miracle Boy: How a 4-Year-Old Boy Survives Falling from a Miami High-Rise

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Survivors Club, Miracle Boy, Joey Williams, Free-Falling, Miami High-Rise, Survival, 911, Healthy Living News

A disturbing number of children are seriously injured or killed every year in falls, but in the world of free-falling, it turns out that small children, especially babies, are surprisingly well-equipped to survive.

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Sole Survivor: How Often Does Only One Person Survive a Plane Crash?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Survivors Club, Afriqiyah Flight 771, Afriqiyah 771, Libyan Plane Crash, How to Survive a Plane Crash, Libyan Airlines, Plane Crash, Airplane Crash, Afriqiyah #771, Tripoli Plane Crash, Sole Survivor, Tripoli, World News

An eight year old Dutch boy appears to have been the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash this morning at Tripoli Airport in Libya. How often is there a sole survivor?

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Buried Alive: How Long Can You Live without Food or Water?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Earthquake, Survival Tips, Survival School, Survivors Club, Survival, Search and Rescue, Survival Guide, U.S. Air Force, Rule of 3, Home News

It's the hardest question for rescue and recovery teams: When to stop searching after a natural disaster and let the bulldozers go to work. In Haiti,...

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The Sky Is Falling: How Safe Is Flying in the US vs. Abroad?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aviation Safety, Plane Crash, Survivors Club, Fear of Flying, Survivorship, World News

Your safety depends largely where you're flying. In other words, commercial jet travel in the domestic United States is safer than most places on earth, especially the developing world.

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Swine Flu Smackdown: How to Avoid Infection (and a Fistfight)

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Survivors Club, H1n1 Symptoms, H1N1 Vaccine, Swine Flu Vaccine, H1n1, Swine Flu Symptoms, Surgical Mask, Swine Flu, Healthy Living News

It may not sound like much, but the best defense against the swine flu involves some very simple steps: Every sneeze should be covered and every hand should be washed.

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"Miracle" Plane Crash Survivor: Six Questions and Answers About Your Next Flight

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yemen Crash, Arnold Barnett, Yemenia Flight 626, Safest Seat on a Plane, Plane Crash, Aviation Safety, Bahia Bakari, Survivors Club, Julianne Koepcke, Sole Survivor, Black List, Healthy Living News

Which is the safest seat on an airplane? One study concluded that Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive a crash than those in the first few rows up front.

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Just a Kid: A Ten-Year-Old Battles Breast Cancer

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Breastcancer.org, 10-Year-Old, Breast Cancer Myths, Hannah Powell-Auslam, Survivors Club, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Mastectomy, Breast Cancer, Survivor Story, Healthy Living News

With each new membership in the Survivors Club, there are lessons to be learned. While Hannah's case is extremely rare, it reminds us of some of the myths of breast cancer.

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Lost & Found: How a Three-Year-Old Survived 52 Hours in the Woods (and How You Can Too)

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mark Twain National Forest, Nova Scotia, Three Year Old, Ken Hill, St. Mary's University, Missouri, Survivors Club, Joshua Childers, Lost Person Behavior, Halifax, Woodsproofing, 3 Year Old Found, Lost 3 Year Old, 3 Year Old Lost, 3 Year Old Lost in Woods, Three Year Old Lost in Woods, Healthy Living News

The story of Joshua Childers presents an opportunity to revisit the most important survival rule if you get lost in the woods (or anywhere else for that matter).

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Hogwash Alert: How to Survive the Pandemic of Swine Flu Scams and Swindle

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Better Business Bureau, Survivors Club, Symantec, Salma Hayek, Hogwash, Malware, Scam, Swine Flu, Madonna, Spam, Tamiflu, Snake Oil, Federal Trade Commission, Hollywood, Media News

Long before you'd ever come down with swine flu, you'll be exposed to another kind of virus sweeping the world: A global outbreak of online scams preying on your fears of the so-called aporkalypse.

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Swine Flu Crib Sheet: The Five Things You Need to Know

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, President Obama, Case Fatality Rate, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Crib Sheet, Pandemic, Who, Cdc, Mortality Rate, Hand-Washing, Survivors Club, Virulence, Swine Flu 1918, Spanish Flu 1918, Cdc Swine Flu, Cfr, H1N1 Influenza, H1N1 Influenza, World News

In the weeks ahead, there will be plenty of hysteria (and misinformation) about the swine flu. If you can, try to focus on what you can control: Your hygiene, your contact with others, and your health.

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Waterboarding 101: Inside the Secret School Where US Forces Learn to Survive Torture

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Survivors Club, Sere, Survival Training, Fairchild Air Force Base, New York Times, Waterboarding, POW School, Al-Qaeda, Stress Inoculation, Resistance Lab, World News

No one likes to admit it, but bones and eardrums have been broken in the service of preparing American men and women for the reality of captivity.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day: The Remarkable Strength (and Success) of the Survivors

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Survivors Club, Jews, Nazi Final Solution, Holocaust, Remembrance, William Helmreich, World War II, Survival, Yom Hashoah, World News

On these days of Holocaust remembrance, we honor the memory of millions who perished. We also pay tribute to those who somehow survived a massive and systematic attack on Jewish existence.

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Hold Fast: The 5 Survival Lessons of Capt. Richard Phillips

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Survivors Club, Stockdale Paradox, Fighting Spirit, Merchant Marine, Hold Fast, Navy SEAL, Capt. Richard Phillips, Pirates, Somalia, Survival, Uss Bainbridge, Captain Phillips, World News

The captain's courage is a model for all of us. As we await details of how he made it through his four-day ordeal, it's clear that there was much more to his survival than just bravery.

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Mind Over Muscle: What Really Happened to those NFL Players Lost at Sea?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Nick Schuyler, Rescue, Stockdale Paradox, Optimism, Survival, Corey Smith, Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions, Hypothermia, Coast Guard, Survivors Club, Marquis Cooper, Healthy Living News

How did one man -- not a pro football player -- survive this ordeal while the other three perished? Was it a miracle? Or was it a wrenching case-study of the laws of survival in extreme situations?

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Hug the Monster: 4 Secrets of Surviving the Recession

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sere, Situational Awareness, Bankruptcy, Credit, Unemployment, Survivor IQ, Economy, Survivor, Recession, Foreclosure, Air Force, Survivors Club, Recession Survival Quiz, 401k, Business News

Survival means adapting quickly and forging new plans. Tough times also create opportunities for those who can change their attitudes and actions.

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