For many people, philanthropy is something that other people engage in – people such as billionaires. After all, who else has the money to fund entire schools or hospitals?
Yet in the Jewish tradition, no matter the branch or denomination, the concept of tzedakah, literally “justice,” is commanded of all, including the poor. For [...]
China, China, China – what’s the big deal?
Why is every person going on and on about China on a regular basis?
Okay, so they own billions (or is that trillions) in American securities, currency, whatever.
And they make lotsa stuff.
Like NFL beach towels and stuff.
Yeah.
Okay.
It’s not like most people want to work [...]
You’re a web Marketer so you recognize just how much work should be done to make sure that your business is successful. In addition to building merchandise, you need to market those products and solutions and build buzz for those products. You must track the income you make, the e-mail addresses you receive and your [...]
AC electric motor repair is frequently done these days, typically for generator turbines and stuff like that, whether for power plants or ship and aircraft engines.
Nothing unusual about any of that.
But at one time, just a little over a century ago, AC, or alternating current, and DC, or direct current, were quite controversial [...]
When I was a personal fitness trainer, I wasn’t too delighted with the idea of a whole certification process just in order to help people exercise.
But that was nothing compared to my shock that certification had to be maintained via online CPE courses as well!
Now obviously the purpose of certification is to be [...]
Affiliate marketing is a superb way for the tech-savvy hobbyist to make some money on the side.
For a select few who have been able to put their finger on the Zeitgeist, however, it means full financial independence, with income in the tens of thousands per month!
Just about the most celebrated cases of affiliate marketing [...]
Wind chimes are not just pretty decorations to hang up around the house or garden which happen to make noise every now and then.
They have actually been used in real music, from high-brow modern music to popular everyday fare such as videogame soundtracks.
The French composer Oliver Messiaen has written for glass, wood, and [...]
Tax continuing education is essential for accountants as tax laws change all the time and with every Republican victory at the polls comes a new group of corporate giveaways.
With a tax code that spans some sixty thousand pages, somebody’s got to keep an eye on it all!
And those somebodies have a lot on [...]
The recent Japanese catastrophe has shone a spotlight on the country’s relatively unique social structure.
Unlike many other instances of natural disaster elsewhere, no looting or rioting has followed to compound the misfortune — and this has greatly impressed many a non-Japanese observer.
From the patient orderly lines to the return of valuables, “yamoto-damashii,” or [...]
Many Blu Ray releases are but the most recent example of the observation in the famous French proverb that notes how “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” As with the case of DVD ten years before, many releases failed to live up to what is possible with the Blu-ray format. [...]