Telephone Scams. Scams are all coming at us from all directions these days. Scams designed for the purpose of stealing your personal information, and ultimately your hard-earned money. Today, many of these dirty tricks happen through the Internet, but there are still...
YouTube, the world’s largest video sharing site is no stranger to copyright controversies, including lawsuits. This is not surprising considering that approximately 82 million videos have been uploaded to the site since its inception in 2005. Realizing that copyright...
“Happy Birthday to You”. Copyright. It would surprise very few people that “Happy Birthday to You” is one of the best-known songs in the world, sung and played millions of times by millions of people. People sing it in their homes. They sing it in restaurants and at...
2014 California Ban Foie Gras, which means fatty liver in French, is a delicacy consisting of “fattened” liver from a duck or goose. The liver becomes artificially fattened through force-feeding, a method that is very controversal and staunchly opposed by animal...
Stay focused on the goal. Self-esteem comes from staying focused on your goals, and focus is the key to making something happen. It's about being attentive to the goals, about keeping the end in mind. I learned from a wise person many years ago, that where I place my...
The Italian film The Bicycle Thieves (The Bicycle Thief, English version), was first released in 1948 to critical acclaim. The movie’s plot is centered around a man searching for his stolen bicycle in post-war Rome in order to save his job and support his young...
Snobby Cities: Mill Valley, Palo Alto... The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a snob as one, who “tends to criticize, reject, or ignore people who come from a lower social class, have less education, are less pretty, have fewer degrees, etc.” It's a chosen state of...
Contracts. Contract. Agreements. When you sign a contract to go into business with someone or purchase something, do you really know who you are contracting with? Well, you better because as they say “the devil is in the details." Not understanding these details and...
Choices. Right and Wrong Choices. On any given day we make decisions about everything from what time we wake up in the morning to what time we go to bed at night; from who we will spend our time with, to what we will spend our time doing; from how we will be treated,...