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I wrote like a maniac for Helium at one point and got very little out of it, except exposure. So I don't post anything here anymore and you can find me at my official website.

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Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness Health benefits of popular culinary herbs: 1 of 3
Out of the nine most popular herbs, six (Basil, Mint, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage and Thyme), are from the Family Lamiacea formerly known as Labiatae. More commonly known as the Mint family, which is interesting considering the Mentha Genus only contributes 25 species to the family versus a whopping 900 for the Salvia Genus. But... More..
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Biography: Wole Soyinka: 1 of 3
Wole Soyinka (1934- ) Novelist, playwright, poet, auto-biographer, essayist and political activist. Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Together, his father, a headmaster and Anglican cannon, his mother an esteemed political activist and market stall owner, and his very conventional Egba, Yoruba grandpar... More..
Sciences > Molecular Biology How to harness the power in Biogas: 1 of 3
Large scale human powered Biogas production: A solution whose time has arrived The average human body produces .696 kilograms of solid waste every day, that's 248 kilograms a year and 18,626 kilograms a lifetime (75). The city of Johannesburg in South Africa was home to 3,225,812 people in 2001, which would mean Joburgers on... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The nature of self: 12 of 30
On Manhood I am a man, a modern man, What am I, this modern man? Could it be that I can see, And feel, and breathe. The same air as you my friend. And maybe I don't think, Of sex every two minutes, And want to stick my dick, Into every opportunity. And what if I don't like sports, Consider needless competition foolish, I'm n... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Trends The meaning of domain name extensions: 5 of 12
Domain name extensions or TLD's (Top Level Domains) were originally created primarily to give a human understandable tag to what would normally be a string of numbers e.g. 82.200.101.020. Though the truth is today, these tags are read and resolved by your browser, back into those numbers before even leaving your computer. Th... More..
Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies Popular culinary herbs and their effects upon health: Oregano: 3 of 7
Oregano or Origanum vulgare (European), O. onites (Greece, South West Asia) and O. heracleoticum (Italy, West Asia) aka European oregano, Oregano, Pot marjoram, Wild marjoram, Winter majoram, Wintersweet, Satar Barri, Sathra, Vild Mejram. The Genus name Origanum derives from the Greek Oros-mountain and Ganos-Joy alluding to ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > News Industry Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo journalism: 7 of 16
A Tribute to Hunter S. Thompson Hell's Cartographer "No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax This won't hurt" -Hunter S. Thom... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism An introduction to Buddhism: 12 of 27
To begin with let me state firmly and clearly, Buddhism is not a religion, it is a systematic way of training the body, speech and mind. This is a common misinterpretation of Buddhism, which must be understood as that, a misinterpretation, before a word can be uttered in the teaching of it. I have meditated together with som... More..
Sciences > Genetics Should testing be approved for human genetic engineering?: 8 of 18
Human Genetic Engineering or Gene Therapy is inevitable. Technology is neither evil nor good; it simply is what we use it for. Led by stem cell research and The Human Genome project we have made tremendous medical strides in the understanding of our own genome. More recent milestone discoveries led by the -Wellcome Trust Cas... More..
Sciences > Physics Wormholes and FTL travel: Is science fiction and science edging closer together?: 2 of 4
In 1935 Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen using the General Theory of Relativity as their base united two theories; that of black holes and white holes, together they created a theoretical Einstein-Rosen bridge that linked two parts of space or even two universes through a tunnel. They showed that if one could traverse such a... More..