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Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Why we care so much about celebrities: 32 of 130
What a great question!It's not that we actually care for celebrities it's more that we waste so much time reading about them and watching all their doings - that's the big issue here. Because most celebrities are just ordinary people doing a bunch of stupid stuff to catch everybody elses attention. Already at the school yard ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Should Saddam Hussein be put to death?: 13 of 27
It would be so easy to say "yes" to this question but hanging Saddam will not help much in the conflict in Iraq. This will just give the extremists another reason for killing innocent people - an eye for an eye I think they will say. This statement is not about saying he is innocent himself. I too believe that he has been a c... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ancient History The Macedonian Empire: A short history: 1 of 1
In 336 B.C. Alexander the Great (336323) succeeded to the Macedonian throne and immediately invaded Illyria and Thrace. The following year inspired by a rumor that Alexander had died while on campaign, Thebes, Athens, Arcadia, Elis, and Aetolia revolted against Macedonian hegemony. Alexander swiftly moved south, took Thebes, ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Origins & Firsts in History A history of the zipper: 1 of 1
In 1851 the inventor of the sewing machine, Elias Howe, patented something he called an Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure. This was in fact the first zipper but for unknown reasons Howe never marketed his device and therefore he was never recognised as the inventor of the zip.It was not until Whitcomb Judson forty-four y... More..
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging How to increase traffic to your blog: 7 of 13
The answer depends on what kind of traffic you need. If you just need more page views but without actually having any interested visitors then you can use Smileytraffic or any other kind of free traffic generating service. At Smileytraffic.com you earn traffic by surfing but you can surf automatically so just start it up and ... More..
Health & Fitness > Healthy Cooking & Meal Planning Making smart food choices during a diet: 10 of 14
Making the smart choice of food during a diet depends on the kind of diet. The only diet that I know of that accomplishes both loosing weight and that you actually stay healthy is something called the weight watcher program. In this program you are certain to get all the nutrition you need to stay healthy and you can even eat... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ancient History Biography: Julius Caesar: 6 of 7
Around the year 102-101 BC Gaius Julius Caesar was born into a noble family with links to leading politicians of the day. His aunt Julia was the wife of Gaius Marius, leader of the Popular faction in Rome. At the age of 15 Julius Caesar lost his father and soon after he got married for the first time. This did not last long a... More..
Arts & Humanities > Awareness & Reality How do we know that we exist?: 78 of 78
This is indeed a great question, but absolutely not a new one. Though, it keeps on being a question that puzzles us. And it is not just philosophers who have been occupied by this question. Matrix (the movie) has it's grounding in this question. Are we just brains in a vat? Being fed all our thoughts and experiences from a co... More..
Arts & Humanities > Schools of Thought Theology: the study of God: 12 of 12
"Theology: the study of God". Having placed this title under the category of Philosophy is very interesting. You can take it as a question wether theology is the study of God or a science considering God. And then you can take it as a statement saying: Theology is the study of God.In this article I understand the title as bot... More..
Arts & Humanities > Ancient History Identifying the seven wonders of the ancient world: 7 of 7
We probably all know about something called the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World while it is less likely that we all know what the list contains. Underneath the Seven Wonders are listed. It is a list that was originally compiled around the second century BC. The first reference to the idea is found in History of Herodotus a... More..