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With all the flaunting of credentials and pseudo-credentials around the Internet by way of establishing Authority, ought I to start flaunting my own?

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Style & Beauty > Fashion Trends & Styles Why so many people are interested in fashion: 4 of 4
High fashion is the antithesis of practicality, and thus a visual measure of one's social standing. Business suits and thin belly shirts cannot support knapsacks or any significant attach cases: heavier items kept with the person in transit are stored instead in the automobile ... which implies the existence of a personal au... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The world's worth: 4 of 4
This New Science egg: the substance of being equals, and is alike, and is the same as man; coiled around His mortal existence squared neatly into an eight foot box More..
Religion & Spirituality > Pagan & Earth-Based Religions Symbols used today that came from Ancient Greece and Rome: 3 of 3
Many symbols still widely used today originated in the associations fostered in ancient Greece or Rome. Greek fraternal societies flourish upon campuses. Seals of different medical societies still bear upon them the snakes of Asklepios or the serpents of Hermes. We stare up at the stars, and still find in them the great hunt... More..
Education > Learning Styles & Skills Transitioning from math facts to problem-solving skills in grade school: 3 of 3
In mathematics education, an artificial line is commonly drawn between rote memorisation and application. Yet mathematics shares many of the same properties as language, which we have never thought to teach by isolating memory work from practical meaning. The basic symbols and concepts and rules of mathematical grammar must ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Cultural phenomenons: Reasons people rant: 3 of 3
What is the point of a rant? Almost invariably the rant is not directed at the persons responsible for creating the situation in question, nor is it directed at other persons who might be able to do something directly about the situation: so it accomplishes nothing at all in actually alleviating the objective situation. I us... More..
Autos > Buying Cars (Other) How dealer holdback incentives still ensure a profit: 3 of 3
A dealer holdback is a specific percentage of the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) which is credited to the dealer by the car manufacturer. This dealer incentive is over and above any gross profit derived by selling the car for more than its wholesale cost. For nearly all car manufacturers, it runs between two an... More..
Sports & Recreation > Winter Sports (Other) Why dog sleds are a popular means of transportation in Alaska: 3 of 3
From before the first migration across the Bering ice bridge, the sled dog has been the lifeline of the north. Among the Alaskan Inuit, the ancient partnership between man and dog has made the difference which allowed human survival at all within such a pitiless, beautiful land. The new settlers who came with early Russian e... More..
Autos > Fuel Economy How biohydrogen is produced: 3 of 3
Biohydrogen is simply hydrogen that has a biological source. The challenge in widespread use of hydrogen as a clean fuel has always been the energy cost of its production. The most energy-efficient ways of producing hydrogen involve fossil fuels, which is somewhat counterproductive. Hydrogen can also be obtained through the ... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) The history of the dreidel: 3 of 3
A dreidel is a four-sided wooden top with a long upper handle, which is spun between the palms to get the top started. It can be a game in itself or used in place of dice. The word "dreidel" is a Yiddish word, deriving from the German verb drehen ("to turn"). In modern Hebrew, the equivalent word is "s'vivon" or "sivivon", d... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Pagan & Earth-Based Religions How to make a shield knot: 3 of 3
Although the modern shield knot is most strongly associated with Norse and Celtic traditions, this talisman of protection and warding is as old as human civilisation and can be found everywhere from India to Ireland, from Norway to the Mediterranean. In ancient Babylon it invoked the protection of the gods of the four corner... More..