The term sound money, also known as honest, strong, or hard currency relates to its value in terms of the world’s standards.  For example, when you visit a foreign country, you may be compelled to exchange your U.S. dollars for the coin of the realm if you wish to purchase goods, pay the fee to [...]

In this cutthroat economy, companies are tripping all over themselves in attempts to woo new customers and retain existing accounts.  They research, plan, and launch strategic marketing campaigns designed to edge out the competition through high impact websites and traditional media  But, in analyzing statistics and trends, they forget the one, key rule of advertising. [...]

Long gone are the days when physicians served solely as diagnosticians and healers.  In today’s highly competitive business environment, physicians require the managerial and communication skills essential to their career growth and indeed, the growth of the institutions with which they are affiliated.  Oxford Medical, a leading, highly reputable provider of continuing education, understands this [...]

In the 1958 sci-fi cult classic Queen of Outer Space, four astronauts crash land on the planet Venus, a planet that they discover is populated entirely by hot babes in revealing costumes.  Captured, they soon learn that the planet is ruled by a cruel, masked Queen who has banished men from the planet.  Imprisoned in [...]

When God created Planet Earth, He placed upon it a rich bounty of food products designed to nourish mankind and enhance his health.  As man progressed, he began to understand the healthful properties of certain foods, many of which warded off disease.  In capitalizing upon this knowledge, medical science was born. The more that man [...]

“One picture paints a thousand words.” While that statement is generally accepted as factual, it also hints at the symbiotic and yet distinctive relationships between art forms.  As time-honored representational art bowed to Expressionism, photography began to emerge as an artistic genre in its own right.  Since its inception and throughout its evolution, photography has [...]

Thirty-eight Books of the Bible make reference to psychic ability as a gift from the Holy Spirit.  And yet, many Christians, in particular, pooh-pooh clairvoyance as the subterfuge of demons.   Perhaps that is why they are more open to accepting signs or omens from forces they attribute as external, such as angels. For the uninitiated, [...]

In the days before we’d inherited a mortgage, the hubby and I enjoyed traveling overseas.  Our first foray, buoyed on the pages of Tom Fowler’s The Magus, was to Greece. Our arrival in the Athens airport was not auspicious; two weeks earlier, terrorists had targeted that airport.  Too late to secure a refund, we assumed [...]

This year, the 93rd annual remembrance of Veterans Day falls on November 11th, 2011, a date otherwise written as 11/11/11.  The recurring elevens are more than historically correct; they are poignant.  They mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, when the guns of World War I fell silent, for that [...]

In an environment in which technology changes and improves seemingly overnight, consumers are often left holding the bag … the bag containing their outdated technological devices, that is.   The conundrum is what to do with those devices.  The most ecologically sound solution is to recycle the technology, particularly mobile phones, which represent an enormous chunk [...]

The holidays are barreling down upon us like Santa and his reindeer hot on the trail of good little boys and girls.  We’re dashing not through snow but through crowded malls.  We’re trimming our trees, wrapping presents, scribbling Christmas cards, and slapping together home-baked cookies for the class Christmas party that Junior forgot to tell [...]

This is one of my favorite classic 80′s video games.  Use your left and right arrow keys to move from side to side and your space bar to shoot the invaders.  Good luck.  This game is truly addictive.   Play Free Games Online     See Our Complete Listing of Free Online Games