Space. The great beyond. Are we alone in the galaxy? Researchers at the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, have pondered the question for years. Drawing on high-powered radio telescopes, SETI has been scanning the stars for years, searching for answers to the questions that our existence poses. While the search has relied upon private funding and dedicated researchers for years and years, they've created an opportunity to help the search from the courtesy of ...

It is always fun to discover who are our grandparents, great grandparents, etc, especially if they were popular and smart people in their times. If you want to satisfy your curiosity about your ancestors, these are the steps you can follow. Reveal all the secrets you want to know about your family by: 1. Getting Started in Genealogy Do you know that there?s a study of family history? Yes, it?s called genealogy. It will unlock the door to what your family has lived th...

If you're new to a town, or looking to change your life by bringing new people into it, there's a website that can really help your struggle. Located at http://www.meetin.org, MettIn is a website that provides ample opportunity for social exchanges completely free of charge. Completely staffed by volunteers, there are separate MeetIn pages for a host of cities across the USA and abroad. Members can communicate with each other, post events, and RSVP for events that they plan o...

It is no secret that the American society is advanced in many ways. As a whole, we are a wealthy country. We are a democratic country. We are a free country. The citizens of American society have rights that citizens of many other countries have never known. Yet, despite all our wealth and all our rights, many Americans are without proper health care coverage. The people of American society have various reasons for not having health insurance, but the main reason from whic...

Cory Lidle and Tyler Stanger, his flight instructor crashed into a high rise apartment building this week. What does his death teach us about good solid decision making in our own lives. First of all, accidents resulting in death in private plane accidents are fairly common, and certainly much more common than you would normally believe. First you need to know some of the facts in the Cory Lidle story. The Yankee pitcher was flying north along the narrow East River. As you...

The word "society" refers to a group of people who occupy a certain territory and possess a distinct culture, characteristics and institutions. Oftentimes, societies are also held together by a system of shared beliefs or common goals. There are four types of human societies based on means of subsistence. These are the hunter-gatherer societies, nomadic pastoral societies, horticulturalist or simple farming societies and intensive agricultural societies (civilizations). So...

The Internet is full of unscrupulous businesses of all kinds, and discount contacts stores and outlets are no exception. It may seem like a tough proposition to find one store among the rabble that can be trusted to deliver quality discount contacts. The consequence of failure is to end up dealing with a scam business looking for customers to cheat, or perhaps a poor-quality company that ships the wrong prescription, the wrong contact lenses, or an otherwise defective product...

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ? Benjamin Franklin Are you sick and tired of being treated like a doormat and having people walk all over you? If you answered yes, read on... It?s time you learn to assert yourself by respecting and honoring your personal and professional boundaries. It is important that you do so because if you can?t look out for yourself, nobody else will. We have all...

What will happen to Australian identity? Can it transform, will new identities emerge,? Some of Australia's best and brightest convened at Melbourne Business School for a two day workshop (February 14-15) on the futures of Australian identity, as a lead up to the Australia Davos Future Summit. Organized by Paul Hameister of the Future Summit, hosted by Dr. Robert Burke of Mt Eliza Centre for Executive Education and facilitated by Professor Sohail Inayatullah, the worksh...

The SEQ 2026 plan intends to: "protect biodiversity, contain urban development, build and maintain community identity, make travel more efficient, and support a prosperous economy. At the same time, the Regional Plan proposes that communities be built and managed using the most up-to-date and effective measures to conserve water and energy and for the design and siting of buildings to take advantage of the subtropical climate." This is certainly a step in the right directi...