Are wedding favors going out of style as society gets ever more simple? Not if the gals have anything to do with it! The concept of giving gifts to matrimonial guests may not be the cultural institution it once was, but weddings are still one of the biggest dynamos in any economy. While wedding favors [...]

With a storied heritage going all the way back to the early 19th Century, The Convent of Jesus and Mary Schools are located throughout the world today, whether in Asia or Africa, Europe or the Americas. But even as they receive financial support from the Church itself, local communal backing needs to be present in [...]

It’s a tough exam, but that’s possibly for the best since a lifetime of continuing specialized education awaits the publicly certified accountant. Generally known as CPE for CPAs, these courses ensure that bean-counters stay on top of the newest changes in the law so that last year’s legal loopholes are used if only still applicable! [...]

Just about the most important developments in the field of professional continuing education (CPE) is the relatively recent stress on ethics, leading to the proliferation now of many an ethics CPE course. While certainly a good thing when the professions insist on not just what is legal but what is ethical and, even, moral, it [...]

The greatest thing about On Off Digital World to me is how it evokes a particular time in New York. Well, the eighties, anyway. Back then you still needed a token board the subways, and pizza was a dollar a slice and comic books in the same neighborhood. Back then there was no Neflix and [...]

It isn’t necessary to be an industry insider like Isaac Toussie to know that different jurisdictions can handle real estate matters differently. This is part of what makes real estate law so very interesting, after all – as well as quite a challenge to stay on top of! Take Alabama for an example. In that [...]

Located within one of the richest zip codes in the entire United States, Cornell University’s medical school offers instruction while also engaged in research. It has produced many a notable physician, with famous names like Robert C. Atkins of Atkins Diet fame and Henry Heimlich of Heimlich Maneuver fame. Also well-known are former Surgeon General [...]

DC electric motor repair is typically built for industrial gear such as generator turbines etc, though the most fundamental principles are known to the home hobbyist and his or her electronics science kit. Obviously, in terms of power plants and other large-scale applications, the quantitative difference becomes a qualitative one as well. Yet there is [...]

CPE requirements of late (relatively speaking) has emphasized ethics more and more, especially for lawyers and accountants. Usually, continuing professional education courses consist of self-study, whether online or through the use of traditional materials like workbooks and the like. However, credits may also be gained through attending qualifying seminars, such as those popular talks given [...]

Diversion safes are the stuff of childhood dreams for me, when every book, key, or other typical item could contain a key or treasure map in its hollowed-out core. They seize the imagination like nothing else, for what is a child’s creative imagination but that everyday things ought to be in reality extraordinary? That secretly, [...]