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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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Autos > Driving & Safety Driver safety: How to drive through a hydroplane: 1 of 7
I was heading down a steady hill, just after a warm rainstorm. The road was wet but not extremely so. There was no traffic around me but I was in no rush, driving comfortably at normal city speeds. When the light at the bottom of the hill changed, I stepped on the brake with plenty of room to spare and discovered that I had ... More..
Food & Drink > Coffee The beneficial effects of caffeine to fight skin cancer: 1 of 7
Good news, but take with a grain of salt ... or sugar! Under certain circumstances, caffeine has been found to inhibit the growth of squamous cell skin tumours in mice. In most cases, it is not a cup of coffee or tea the scientists are talking about. Rather, most of the studies examined heavy doses of caffeine and caffeine s... More..
Health & Fitness > Vitamins & Dietary Supplements Benefits of taking vitamins with food: 3 of 20
Since the human body has a complex endocrine system which, among other functions, best enables it to absorb nutrients when primed for active digestion, vitamins are best absorbed into the body when taken with food. Several vitamins and minerals show enhanced absorption when directly interacting, such as vitamin D and calcium... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Intimacy: 7 of 42
snow frosting fir tips aching rasp of breath against sun a slant, dust motes dancing in your eyes sea-ice depths of yearning diamond crystal shimmering in light slippery surface so easy to slip under forgetting forever More..
Food & Drink > Dining Etiquette How to gracefully pick up the dinner tab: 3 of 18
The bill arrives. A wincing laughter ensues, and three people reach simultaneously for the bill. "My turn!" you say. "You get it next week." Taking turns among a tight group of friends who dine out together regularly is by far the easiest way to determine who pays the tab, and when. However, more complex social and business ... More..
Food & Drink > Coffee The history of Starbucks: 2 of 12
From its first store, opened in Seattle in 1971, to its current 7,521 self-operated and 5,647 licensed stores, almost one-third of which are in countries other than the United States, Starbucks has established itself as one of the major corporate success stories of the late 20th century. From the very beginning it was Starbu... More..
Sciences > Sciences (Other) Problems with confirmational bias in modern science: 1 of 6
At its best, science seeks to constantly to revise itself with new insights and new discoveries. Hypotheses fitting the observed data are tested and revised and tested again, always seeking better understanding, a more accurate model. We can learn as much or more from a completely contradictory experimental result as we migh... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Biography: Gene Roddenberry: 1 of 6
When Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921 in El Paso, Texas, no one had any idea then that another Texan city would one day become the headquarters to send his ashes into outer space; let alone that his creative dreams would become a major catalyst for the creation of that space program. Space seemed a long ... More..
Sciences > Astronomy The facts about cosmic rays: 1 of 6
Cosmic rays are high-energy particles which originate outside the earth's atmosphere. Almost 90 percent of all cosmic rays consist of single protons (ionised hydrogen atoms), 9 percent consist of helium nuclei (alpha rays), and the remaining one percent consist entirely of electrons (beta minus rays). Thus all cosmic rays ca... More..
Hobbies & Games > Board Games How to win at Pictionary: 1 of 6
Pictionary is a fun team game which tests your ability to evoke a word with a quickly drawn sketch. Thus, to play it well, one member of your team needs a basic level of artistic ability - very basic, stick figures can work better than more developed ones! - but, more importantly, the drawer should have the flexibility to in... More..