Scent Span

Scent span is a new term to describe how long a fragrance lasts before it fades. Contrary to popular belief, there are some easy things you can do to enhance the scent span of your favorite fragrances.

Dubai Community at Dubizzle

As an international destination for expats these days, the Dubai community has become often strange and segmented, though endearing. With hundreds of nationalities, all with their own cultures and languages and mannerisms, it only makes sense that the Community of Dubai would become a mix and match of these cultures to be able to accommodate everyone.

The Tyranny Of Experts (Part I) - The Limits Of Expertise

Experts can be banal, elitist, authoritarian, biased, ideological, foolish and fallible. We need experts for many things, but we cannot surrender to experts our opportunities - our responsibilities - to engage the world as intelligent, passionate, informed citizens. Indeed, we must break off the tyranny of experts and actively strive to save our corners of the world one idea at a time.

Two Americas

There is a great divide in America and it is creating the need to split America into two countries. Do you think I'm kidding? Please read on.

Paradise Regained, Paradise Lost

This year marks the 26th anniversary of the return of the Sinai by Israel to Egypt - a day of mourning by many of the 2,000 settlers who settled and later were forcibly evacuated by Israeli authorities under the command of today's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, from the seaside city of Yamit on the Mediterranean.

Virgo Enters Its Scientific Production Run

Virgo, the largest European detector (Franco-Italian), comes to join detectors LIGO, in the United States. This ultraperformant network of instruments of observation will have in particular the capacity to observe the coalescence

An Appeal To The Sons And Daughters Of Mother Africa - To Those At Home And Abroad

In the face of the bewildering and escalating dramatic crisis unfolding right before our eyes and shaking the continent, from Cape to Cairo and from Dakar to the Horn of Africa, it is increasingly becoming untenable to continue to dwell on the sidelines of non-involvement while the gloomy destiny of the Continent is once again hanging in a precarious balance.

Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes - PCH

Find out exactly what the Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes is all about. Are they only about giving away money?

Pocket Watches - Standing the Test of Time

A silver pocket watch is something other pieces of jewelry are not: it is timeless. Pocket watches are the very epitome of elegance. They exude quiet wealth and charm, and give their bearer distinction.

The Downfall of the Human Race

Warning: The following material is not suitable for the narrow-minded.

Unless You Play 3D Chess it Matters Not - US Military Does It By Sea - Land And Air

Often enough an foe or enemy believes they can live in the past glory days of an empire that once was. These who stand on the nationalistic pride of their past periods need to understand the world has advanced. Just because a man can beat a computer today, does not mean a man can defeat the net-centric battlespace of the future.

Tea Traditions

Tea, once the beverage of Chinese royals, has spread today to most parts of the world. Along with its spread across the world, the methods of production and brewing have also undergone a sea change. Each part of the world has tea traditions unique to them, may it be the brewing of tea or its production.

Celebrity Biographies - Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton was born on February 17th, 1981. Her parents are Rick and Kathy Hilton. Her grandfather Conrad Hilton, was the founder of the world famous Hilton hotels. The family fortune is an estimated $300 million. Her grandfather was briefly married to actress Elizabeth Taylor. Paris has a younger sister, Nicky, who was born in 1983. They often appear in pictures together.

Paris Hilton - Would She Be So Popular If She Was Poor?

Of course the possibilities are endless but the downright answer to the question, which seems more realistic than living in fantasy land