10 Consequences Of Our Modern World

Things are changing gradually around us, often in a dramatic way too. Question is, how do we now deal with them to establish personal security and confidence in our lives?

Are News Magazines on the Decline?

Many industry insiders point to the internet as the reason behind all of this; the growth of online news has eroded some of magazines' reader and revenue bases. The public is moving towards the internet for their news.

Get Over It - You're Embarassing Us

Many West Australians have been quibbling and squabbling intensely over the past few months, in the press, on television and getting involved in heated debates all over the state

Amarpali of Vaishali (Bihar)

Little information is available about Amarpali. Most of them are folklore, remixes and misinterpretation of events. Here is a true account of Amarpali.

Our Struggles

More and more people are taking to the streets in cities like Chicago to try earn a living by asking for financial help. Could this be the sign of a rapidly shrinking middle class?

Britney Spears' Famous Locks

According to a recent BBC report in February, 2007, it said that the hair studio owned by an Esther Tognozzi, has now set up a website to auction off Ms Britney's famous locks...

Orkut Users Beware - Google Might Disclose Your Home Location Or Your Computer Location To Police

Orkut, Google's online community has been in the news since the Anti-Shivaji and Anti-Ambedkar communities came into existence. These irrelevant and speculative communities have ruined the goodwill of Orkut and the lovers/followers

Common Truths for Uncommon Times, Part III

What truths should we live by? What are your truths?

A World Of Tobaccos, Flavors And Aromas To Be Enjoyed

Just as with microbreweries and other explosive growth fields the interest in custom-made cigarettes with premium tobaccos and incredible aromas and flavors is poised to explode. Today's consumers are finding that with today's simple new equipment and internationally derived blends of the finest premium tobaccos they can rediscover wonderful flavors and aromas while smoking far fewer cigarettes.

March Madness Who Got Snubbed This Year?

Every March they have The NCAA Basketball championship series. In this Tournament 65 of the Top Teams in Division I basketball competes to see who the best in the land is in a single elimination last team standing format. Every year schools are left out of the NCCA Tournament by the selection committee leaving fans sportswriters and students to debate why their team should have been in the tournament.

Haiti - Root Cause Of Poverty

The present high level of poverty of the common people in Haiti today has its roots in the turbulent history of the first Black Republic in the...

Haiti - The Language Question - French or Creole

The two official languages of Haiti today are Creole and French. It has not always been so. For over a century after independence, Creole which is the only language of communication among the vast majority of Haitians, was relegated to the background; and was not officially recognized in formal official transactions.

Disharmonious Movement In Turkey - Migration

The new economic, geographical and social conditions change the distribution of population over Turkey, hence a new problem becomes to surface which is called migration from village to urban areas can be traced to these three type of problems: Economical, Social and Local. This article supplies an overview the reasons.

To Spank Or Not Spank - What The Experts Say

The debate to spank or no spank rages on and on-in spite of a plethora of experts who have studied and reported, as far back as ancient, Rome the overwhelming, profound and dire negative consequences. -Quintilian, circa 40-118 A.D., Institutes of Oratory, Ancient Rome

September 11, 2001 Dissected

What really happened on September 11, 2001? Many people who were witness and victim to the tragedy agree that, without help from both Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, the official theory fails to explain the catastrophic events of that day. But, connect the dots, and the picture that most clearly takes shape is an inside job that exploited a genuine terrorist plot.