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• 15 Minutes Of Fame For A Lifetime Of Shame  By : Patrick Omari
  Reality TV and the pop-culture phenomenon that has gripped the world over the last 10 years has brought us such celebrity superstars as Bubble, Chico and the unique Jade Goody. Has celebrity lost all its credibility and did it ever have any?
• A Brief History of Distance Education  By : David Madison
  An interesting article detailing the history of distance education and online learning.
• Deciphering the Meaning of Chinese Numbers  By : Timothy Green
  Specific digits have an entirely different meaning to Chinese than they do to westerners.
• Disaster in the Soviet Union The Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown  By : Cameron Martel
  In the Western region of the former Soviet Union, at that time the only Superpower in the world other than the United States, disaster struck the sleepy Ukraine town of Pripyat.
• Housing in Japan  By : Hans Veeti
  Housing in Japan includes modern and traditional styles. Two patterns of residences are predominant in contemporary Japan: the single-family detached house and the multiple-unit building, either owned by an individual or corporation and rented as apartments to tenants, or owned by occupants as condominiums. Additional kinds of housing, especially for unmarried people, include boarding houses (which are popular among college students), dormitories (common in companies), and barracks (for members of the Self-Defense Forces, police and some other public employees).
• Importance of a Best Friend for Relationships  By : Joshua Uebergang
  Having best friends has been defined in our society because of the need to make connections to other people on deeper levels. When something goes wrong in your life, you can turn to a best friend first in order to get things straight again. No matter what is happening, a best friend becomes important because of their ability to reach you on levels that others may not have been able to.
• Mass Media And Its Influence  By : Gabriel Rise
  The importance of journalism in society is well recognised.
• Psychological Self-improvement: Ways To Overcome Fear  By : Daniel Alan
  Outlines how to improve yourself psychologically and talks about how healthy it can be for you.
• Psychological Self-improvement: Ways To Overcome Fear  By : Daniel Alan
  Outlines how to improve yourself psychologically and talks about how healthy it can be for you.
• Rejection Degrades Thinking and Performance  By : Brian Walsh
  Everyday thinking and performance involves communicating, making decisions, and staying current with relevant business and social activities. Here is a little-known occurrence that can easily derail our normal functioning.
• Schizophrenia affected teens  By : Nivea David
  Schizophrenia is one of the most complexes of all mental illness. It involves a severe, chronic, and disabling disturbance of the brain.
• Should You Quit Your Job To Raise Your Family?  By :
  In the olden times, women never had to work to put food on the table. Of course, they took care of the household and the children as well as other chores like the washing and the cleaning. The duty of earning money to buy food and to pay for expenses though rested solely on the father of the family.
• The Difference Between A Constructive Life And A Destructive Life  By : Michael Hehn
  You have the choice how to live your life. It could be a constructive life or a destructive life.
• The Power of Open Communication  By : James Stinson
  A relationship without open communication will inevitably give way to deception. There is no grey area. It is better to hurt another with open communication than to betray with deception.
• Traits and Characteristics of a Serial Killer - Part Two  By : Barney Garcia
  Unorganized serial killers, share a slightly different profile. These types of serial killers tend to have below average intelligent levels and are considered to be socially inadequate; often living alone and someone who does not date.
• What is an Inferiority Complex in Conversations?  By : Joshua Uebergang
  In 1912, a psychologist by the name of Alfred Alder wrote a book titled The Neurotic Character. His research in this book founded a popular area of psychology known as the inferiority complex which is a term used to describe a sense of inferiority an individual feels about oneself towards other people. Read on to learn more.
• You Can Concentrate But Will You?  By : Sean Cash
  Why You Need to Harness Your Thoughts