by Philip Yaffe At first glance mathematics and persuasive communication – writing, and particularly public speaking - would seem to have little in common. After all, mathematics is an objective ...

by Philip Yaffe You may not have thought about it, but newspapers provide the best examples of clear, concise, dense (factual) writing you can find anywhere. Otherwise people wouldn’t read them. ...

Without a doubt, everybody knows the benefits that regular exercise brings to any weight management program. Not only are there benefits to be had when looking to change the overall body composition ...

by Philip Yaffe Recommending that you stop writing press releases and start writing news releases is not a play on words. It is sound advice. In common parlance, “press release” and “news r...

In the late nineteenth century the territory of Ukraine was divided between neighboring states. Most of them belonged to the Russian Empire and its western member of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The ...

by Philip Yaffe “I know that half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The problem is, I don’t know which half.” This succinct resume of the advertiser’s dilemma is often attributed t...

The designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, joined to work in Milan.Their concepts agreed from the outset, while both believed that fashion should be bold and sexy. The company`s first ...

The beginning of the sixteenth century is the most famous period of Italian art.It was the time of Michelangelo, Raphael,Correggio,Leonardo da Vinci and many others. Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 145...

Hi there good folks, I hope you are all doing fine and the only reason you are reading this article is to keep you un to date and on the safe side with what could happen but not necessarily will (and ...

If you are one of those people who like to chill on the beach while sipping on a Margarita, you won’t find yourself being called a ski bum or snow bum but at least you will find out what that means. I...

The world of entertainment has been raised to newer heights with added sophistication through cultivation and experience. In this busy world where everyone are found to have a tight schedule, at some ...

Do you remember the famous adage “Action speaks louder than word?” It is the case with wearing certain clothes that reveals your temperament. Clothing may seem like easy to understand, but in reality...

It is amazing to know that as there was nowhere else to go after school actually apart from the malls therefore the 80s arcades games were the only places where the game enthusiasts of few years back ...

Internet spending is an all time high and set to break new records every year. With the advent of new markets and new opportunities today is the best time to make money online at home with affiliate p...

Thirty year broadcast veteran Barry Michaels, ('Michaels In The Morning') has quite a few stories to tell! His early life was an idyllic one, growing up on picturesque farm land in the southeastern Un...

Find out how you can fight the winter depression. Here are some simple things to boost your mood. Winter is not exactly the most pleasant time of the year. Many people experience winter depressio...

To stop smoking can be a real pain for almost all current smokers. Find out how to quit this habit and make it last. The umber of smokers who want to stop smoking is getting bigger and bigger each ...

Do you like old and pricey stuff? This means that you are into antiques. But how to distinguish between a genuine thing and a fake? There are many people that like to collect stuff from old cars, s...

South Park is just a place in Colorado, US, but for the connoisseurs, South Park is more than that. Find out about the South Park cartoon and the basics about it. Recipe: take a few 8-9 year old k...

Nowadays, frequent flyer miles are a valid currency in air travel, which can be used for free airline tickets, upgrades, special rewards, and elite status. However, an obvious drawback is that you can...

ABCO Technology specializes in providing Computer Training and Consulting for the Information Technology Industry. Computer Training is provided by experienced, certified industry experts that have ye...

Every year on the 14th of February people have the occasion to celebrate love, a thing that never takes into consideration their ages. You have to keep in mind that a gift for Valentine’s Day doesn’t ...

With over 36 years of experience in the world of fashion, designing, and seamstress services, Etelka Vendegh has finally broadened her horizons. Upon venturing out on her own in October of 2006, she ...

Luxury travel is diametrically opposed to traveling on budget. ‘Luxury’ as the term Suggests, is to have the best of everything by paying the maximum for it. If you have money and want to make your va...

Sneezing, itching or a runny nose: these are some major symptoms of the allergies. If you suffer seasonal allergies or different allergies related to all sorts of environmental factors or cats and so ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest tombstone on the list of the Seven Wonders of the Antique World. The Great Pyramid took about 20 years to complete, and several theories are debated by scholars...

When they swipe your credit card at the supermarket or when you book tickets to a concert by phone, do you ever wonder what makes such transactions possible? With payment volumes skyrocketing, billi...

Take a virtual tour of Barcelona, not the capital city of Spain, but a rich and marvelous city that is worthwhile visiting. Who said the New York is the city that never sleeps, has forgotten about ...

What if you could have a 500% plus return for very dollar that you invested in your employees? What would that mean for your business? Possibly right now you are thinking that this is not possible and...

General notion prevails that sex only provided pleasure and that’s all. But there are so many other advantageous things related to sex have been proved by the researchers. It is now proved that sex ...

Is February a dull month? Well, the weather is not that great and you probably have run out of patience in waiting for the summer, but the events in this month compensate for everything. The Oscars Aw...

Atonement is a film released in 2007 which features Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, being presented in the opening of the Venice Film Festival in 2007. The story of Atonement is based on a novel by ...

A new year always means a chance for a new start. You and yours can begin this New Year by making some travel resolutions together, regardless of your time and budget restraints. Put aside those old t...

The process of being a chiropractor started in 1895 when D.D. Palmer of the United States created the practice. It was on a September day in that year that D.D. Palmer gave the first chiropractor adju...

For best buys in annual travel insurance worldwide you need first only travel as far as your Internet connection. Annual travel insurance for worldwide travel is the best buy, as compared with single ...

The simplest form of creative job hunting is the speculative application. Altitude Recruitment specialises in servicing the creative community in the north east and beyond. Altitude Recruitment Hi...

COMPUTERS AND HALLOWEEN, DO THEY MIX? Computer backup is so important to your computer that to ignore it is to risk its damnation. Computers require care and feeding. They require that you att...

by Philip Yaffe I recently did an Internet search for “clear writing” and frequently came up with the same list of “10 principles of clear writing”. Each one is a piece of very good advice; howev...

Writing a business plan can be a lot of hard work or it can be great fun. An effective plan can help your company to greatness. A poor one can lead you out of business. No plan is like asking to fail ...

Sailors had it for years. Great explorers had it as well. If you go on an expedition to an ancient Aztec mound, more than likely the archaeologist will have one too - so, why shouldn't you own one? ...

A two man show that stars two major names in the film business: Michael Cane and Jude Law- this is Sleuth in just a few words. The 2007 Sleuth is an outstanding film- play that is worth 87 minutes of ...

Nintendo Wii is becoming the hottest gaming console due to its affordable price and appealing nature but one of the worst things about the Nintendo Wii is that they are in short supply. It is really r...

Use this comprehensive checklist to plan each step of your new business and transform your dream of entrepreneurship into reality. These steps may not necessarily be completed in the order listed; how...

Time is on its way, Welcome 2008, very hot July here. Many people who starts home business just in January earning big bucks, my kids every time asking me, MOM this year no trip. Relatives brother...s...

In the course of my home business coaching activities, I have often found that people head into the startup of their online home based businesses with a wildly unrealistic mindset. Many have b...

"If you are looking for a lucrative Bahamian investment opportunity, insurance is one of the fastest growing Bahamas financial servicesavailable. As one of the world’s leading offshore financial ce...

If you have failed to watch the Oscar Awards in 2008 yesterday, you have missed one great show. However, the winners are important, so here you are. And the 80th Academy Awards are through for thi...

On a scale of one to ten, having a good business strategy rates about a fifteen! No matter what kind of business you have -- whether you sell products or a service, as the saying goes, "if you fai...

UK National lottery, the most famous gambling game popular among the people in United Kingdom who have tendency to take risk and desire to get rich or have inherent desire to seek fun out of adventure...

Cremation (body incineration) is one of the oldest custom of the bury. It was known in Neolith. In 1000 year B.C. ancient Greeks took over this custom from unknown pople, who lived not far away from n...

After a week of deadly shootings across the country, including at least six-high profile rampages that killed 24 people, Americans are asking what made these mass murderers snap. A man guns down fiv...

This tholos tomb with stone dome, the largest known, was plundered in antiquity. An access passage (dromos), bordered by a peudo-isodome wall, leads to a façade 10.5 metres (34 feet) high. The door op...

This article is a complete guide to Greece, Greece Tour guide, travel and a Greece Hotels guide. It proposes travel information too many areas/islands and also hotels and other sort of accommodation...

When someone mentions business planning we have been conditioned to think about writing a business plan. There are hundreds of books and articles, tons of software, an army of consultants, and a multi...

“I think it is what you say about how to swing the arms correctly that has caused a real improvement in my golf swing. I've been playing golf for 18 years and I have never before managed to quite mast...

Everyday, thousands of people the world over join the ranks of internet entrepreneurs, wanting to start and build a successful internet home business. Starting an internet home business is pretty e...

ABCO Technology specializes in providing Computer Training and Consulting for the Information Technology Industry. Computer Training is provided by experienced, certified industry experts that have ye...

The cantaloupe is over 90% water, but it is a very valuable plant for the health and it has almost no calories at all. The cantaloupe, also spelled ‘cantaloup’ is a type of melon, which has a lot ...

Having long hair requires a lot of extra care, and sometimes you end up hating your long hair. For this reason, you can opt for short hair styles that are trendy this year. Short hair styles have a...

Money can be an issue at times. Learn how to save money and not to worry about money anymore. Money always comes and goes, and many times you find yourself lacking a certain amount. However, you h...

Here are some banana facts, so that you know what you are eating next time you peel a banana and how healthy that snack is. A banana is a tasty fruit that is highly nutrient and are often consumed ...

The Pineapple – the Ananas comosus in Latin, is among the most flavored tropical fruits. The name of pineapple used to replace the term of pine cone in the past, but the term refers today to the tropi...

Do you dig Ashlee Simpson? What is about this attractive young girl that you like? It may be her music or it might as well be her looks. However, Ashlee Simpson has recently done improvements in her l...

Do you imagine spending your life, or at least parts of it sitting on a toilet? For some people, it may sound impossible, but for a 35-year old woman in Kansas, the toilet has been her home for two ye...

Candy and healthy teeth simply do not fight in the same front. Candy is known to be the worst enemy of healthy teeth, causing the annoying cavities. However, an UCLA scientist says that there may be c...

As if the Britney Spears gossip did not get to a record height. Now, some hospital employees are threatened to be fired because they have peeked into Britney Spear’s confidential records, and who know...

The Olympic torch was chosen to burn on top of the Everest this year as the 2008 summer Olympics will be held in Beijing. However, the authorities have decided to close the access to the peak because ...

CRM Software - Easy & Simple to use CRM Software in Outlook. Prophet is an easy and simple to use Business Contact Manager in Outlook... Prophet 5 provides the features you need from a CRM inside O...

Microsoft Corp. was recently rejected on the bid of buying out Yahoo Inc., the Yahoo reps considering the bid too stumpy. During a Beijing conference in March 2008, the Google C.E.O., Eric Schmidt sta...

Finally, winter is gone, long live the spring! The spring is announced by the spring equinox. This year the spring equinox date is on the 20th March. Spring means joy for all those that are tired o...

It is quite natural for anyone to take aback reading the header “Gun Work Like Anti-Depressant!” Yes, it is true, despite several controversies psychiatrists too have now come to the conclusion that s...

Water is already a problem in many countries, but by the year 2025, it will be a real issue for all of us: the United Nation announces before the World Water Day that one in three people won’t have pu...

Indeed, E-bay is today's most sought-after shopping portal in the Internet. It has created in itself a worldwide phenomenon that people get inflicted with. The joy and the thrill of bidding online cre...

Have you just quit smoking? Well done! However, there are some stop smoking side effects that you should be probably aware of. Once you stop smoking there are many benefits to your health and your...

If you are among those people who enjoy nudist living, skinny dipping, meeting nudists, dating nudists and celebrating the nudist lifestyle then you need to be vigilant. You will come across several l...

As an owner of a dog you are experiencing a lot of great things that your pet brings you, but there are some things that are also not really pleasant: dogs in heat. Find out how to handle these period...

Never out of the spotlight, Britney Spears is a hot target for the paparazzi since her antics make us wonder, just what was she thinking? Deemed not fit enough to take care of her own children wh...

Parenting a three year old is not a piece of cake and you may know it. So, learn the three year old behavior and deal with your baby the right way. The three year old child can still be considered...

Before doing any wedding arrangements, you need to figure out the best wedding months in every possible way. When it comes to best wedding months you will have to take into consideration more issu...

While it's great that you may be taking control of your finances, the stock market is inherently risky and you can end up with some disappointing results. Industry types advise that if you can't stoma...

Movie studios, television networks, video game designers, and software developers have propelled the DVD replication industry to grow at an astonishing pace. If this was not enough, advertising depart...

Prom is a formal dance held for high school students at the end of an academic year. It’s an event all the high school students looked forward to. It’s an important and memorable day in a school-life,...

Digital data can be of any type, such as research and development results, engineering drawings, creative work such as graphics, audio and video clips for entertainment, financial accounts, customer d...

Don’t be disheartened if you have not planned any vacations yet because of budget constraints. You could still go to fabulous places, have the time of your life and come back without having burnt a de...

Even if Valentine’s Day has passed this year, you might be wondering why your partner didn’t like the gift you offered. The reason? It might not have been an original gift. Here is a tip on how to mak...

Very often we are aware of the reasons and practices that lead to gain in weight. Sometimes we plan to change them but find it difficult to execute our plans. In most of the cases, an attempt is made ...

People always ask whether I offer dropshipping of my wholesale silver jewelry. The simple answer is "NO!". But because there is so much interest in this topic I want to offer a bit of dialogue that I ...

Schools, colleges, universities and nurseries are all bound to government budgets as we all know and hear about in the news regularly, whether it is that there is extra money being pushed into the edu...

Imagine…. How would the world be if people stop reading books! It’s really alarming, have a look below at the facts and figures. There’s no reason to think that reading and writing are about to bec...

EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, WHEN THINGS aren't going quite to plan and your computer chooses the worst possible moment to crash, it's easy to feel sorry for yourself. I was doing exactly that last week, wall...

Pakistan is facing a real property crisis. There is an estimated shortage of more than one million houses which is likely to grow by 0.6 million every year. But mercifully the situation is not as bad ...

The word "Belize" brings to mind the images of unbelievably clear turquoise waters with fabulous beaches, lush green jungles, along with the breathtaking Mayan ruins. But this small nation is also pro...

You have finally made the decision to go back to school. But you do not want to waste the time or money to find out that your new "degree" is not worth the paper it is printed on. So how do you insure...

Google posted a considerable growth in the number of searches done in March 2008 over the year, according to the monthly report on search engine shares released by Neilsen-Netratings. Though there is ...

Almost every family has a treasured recipe, handed down through generations, that is not only beloved because it’s delicious, but because it evokes memories of favorite family get-togethers. A fam...

When you think of luxury cars and SUVs, you are very likely to include Mercedes Benz. Mercedes- Benz has a long tradition of production of various models, which are all renowned for their safety, endu...

If you are a dirt bikes fan, but you simply cannot afford it, here you have some tips in getting a bike for less; learn how to find the best used dirt bikes. The dirt bikes are truly a spectacle a...

You needn’t have the talent of Picasso to be able to decorate the walls of your own rooms with imaginative drawings. The paint by number murals can help you accomplishing your master work right at hom...

If you’re highly organized and would like to begin a business that you can easily set up with very little capital, with a large potential for future gain, you can’t go wrong with creating an office cl...

Internet connectivity in India has decreased when compared to the number of PCs in 2006-07. According to Internet and Mobile Association of India and IMRB report, the proportion of PC owners with Inte...

In order to contribute to a greener environment, Mazda Motor Corporation developed its well-known Hydrogen Rotary Engine (RE). The Hydrogen RE combines the company’s trademark and original Zoom-Zoom p...