Derek Miller

Software Licensing and Piracy – you can serve time for it!

In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generat... Read >

Hiroshima: It's more than a mushroom cloud

The name "Hiroshima" usually conjures up a picture of the mushroom cloud that rose from the devastated city on August 6, 1945. It was the first time an atomic bomb had been employed over a populated area, and it hastened the end of World War II. But toda... Read >

Table Manners in Romania

Planning a trip to Romania and wondered about the correct way to eat when visiting friends/relatives or just staying in the hotel? Well, let's take a look at how the people of Romania set up their dinner tables and enjoy each others company once seated ar... Read >

Mount Fuji, the sleeping volcano.

Mount Fuji or Fujisan is Japan's highest mountain. The peak lies at 3776 meters which translates to 12,388ft. Its conical form, often snow-capped can be seen from both Tokyo and Yokohama providing of course the weather is clear. The shape is the clue, bec... Read >

Differing Asian Styles of Acupuncture.

The great doctors of acupuncture, through the course of Chinese history, have often varied from great healers to quacks in the minds of the people and government. From China, undisputedly the originator of this healing process, it spread to the other part... Read >

Understanding the Stock Market – Bull and Bear Markets

Whether you are a devotee or not, the world's stock markets are a vital and worthy part of every investors portfolio. Bull & Bear Markets Simply put, bull markets are movements in the stock market in which prices are rising and the consensus is that... Read >

Exposing a Crime. U.S. Auto Industries Deception of America

Going back to the 1920's, the U.S. automakers began to break away from Henry Ford's philosophy of sticking with the same model, in the same color, at the same price. Instead, manufactures like General Motors changed models every year, to give the impressi... Read >

Tricks and Tips for an Effective Business Card

A business card is said to be much like a traveling billboard. But you much have the right information to get people to stop and read it. Some effective information to have on a business card is a tag line, address, telephone number, and company name.... Read >

An ever-increasing issue in the corporate world is corporate social responsibility.

With the increasing number of scandals occurring in the U.S., companies are trying to establish trust with their stockholders and customers through corporate social responsibility. In the history of corporate social responsibility, there have been many mo... Read >

One Solution to Bad Credit – how to beat the Credit Bureaus at their own game.

There's only one sure way of freeing yourself from the shackles of bad credit. Create a new credit file within the credit bureau's computer system! The credit bureau has many identities entering their system for the first time or leaving permanently be... Read >

Mexico: the land of Romantic Beaches

Mexico is a diverse country and a millennial culture with the Olmecan tribe being the first civilization that appeared around 1500 years BC. Mexico is rich in traditions, history, art and religion offering a complete tourist infrastructure that guarantees... Read >

Why travel with a group?

Traveling abroad can be an exciting adventure that will be remembered forever. Unfortunately it can also be a disaster when the unforeseen arises. Have you ever gotten off the 12 hour plane ride to discover that "sorry, there isn't a bus to your hotel... Read >

Positions Open: Beach Bum

Are you looking for a new job? Are you tired of taking crap from your boss, wife/husband, and/or significant other? Do you long to work out of doors? Well, here's something that might be just what you've been looking for, beach bum. The characteristics o... Read >

Anchorage, Alaska's Principal City:

Anchorage, the largest city in America's 49th State, was founded in 1914 to provide the railhead for the Pacific Railway to, Fairbanks. With a population of approximately 260,000 it houses 42% of Alaska's population. This expansive city nestles at the bas... Read >