The Watch Power

One of the most usual reactions a person has when another asks what time of the day it is, is to look at one's wrist so as to take a look at the small portable clock displaying the time.

The Red Ribbon Story

On February 7, 1985 at 2:00 p.m. the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique (Kiki) Camarena was attacked by five men while opening his truck doors intending to drive and meet his wife for lunch.

Since September 11, America Has Caught a Break

The five year anniversary of September 11 is nearly upon us. The media will ask lots of questions. Are we safer that we were before? Are we closer to smashing our terrorist foes, or have they multiplied so much that they pose a disproportionately larger threat than ever before? In one way, I believe America caught a break, according to Dr. Gary S. Goodman, top speaker, best-selling author, and Fortune 1000 consultant.

911 Attack Smoke Plume an Issue

Currently many scientists are studying the smoke plume, which occurred during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York. You see, not only were due to workers affected by the smoke and debris from the fires and collapse of the buildings.

Gulf of Mexico Earthquake Rocks; Wonder Why?

Fortunately the Gulf of Mexico has seen no major Hurricane this year in the 2006 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season, which is a good thing because those ocean surface temperatures are indeed pretty hot. But now instead of large Hurricanes we have a large Earthquake right off the coast of Tampa Bay, Florida.

Beware of Your Imagination, It May Tell on You

How pictures affect our ethical behavior

9/11: The Psychological Fallout

There are not enough airplanes in the universe to blow up the entire United States. That was never anyone's intent. The goal of terror is to change the enemy through the psychology of threats and fear. Each new step we take to modify our lifestyles and our dreams, because of such attacks, moves us further away from the totally free society we built so long and so painfully, and closer to the cultural imprisonment our enemies seek to impose.

Carwashes and Illegal Immigration; Some Businesses Just Do Not Get It!

Many carwash owners and operators at the International Car Washed Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada this year try to justify the hiring of illegal aliens. The hiring of the legal immigrants in any business in the United States is against the law just like sneaking over the border is against the law.

School Bus Donations

A car donation is a courteous and easy way to contribute to a noble cause. People can sponsor a school bus or donate a used school bus to an organization or any charitable group that works for social services. Organizations either use the car for the society'

Police Car Donations

When people donate a car they are creating a significant difference in the lives of the poor and afflicted. The donations can help and do reach out in places where scarcity, disease or natural disaster has caused widespread desolation.

Disaster Victim Car Donations

Sometimes people wonder about what is done with a car donation, and some people are hesitant to donate a car that they no longer use. They want to make sure that the car is being used for the right cause. Normally when people donate money it goes directly to fund all the programs and services that the non-profit organizations provides. Some non-profit organizations donate cars to disaster relief, homeless assistance and youth services. When people donate a car, they can usually take advantage of a tax deduction, based on the blue book value of the vehicle. There are non-profit charities that handle all the hassles of selling the car, giving the donor the good feeling of being able to help disaster victims.

Car Donation Companies

Car donation involves collecting old cars from donors and donating them to charity institutions that need donations. Car donation companies are basically intermediaries or links between the donors and the people who are ultimately benefited due to these donations. They help in funding public charities. Certain companies help even those organizations, which do not have their own charity programs. The car donation companies can auction the donated car in the market and the money so collected is handed over to charities or the car can be used by the charity organization. Either way the main objective of these companies is to facilitate development programs to meet all material and spiritual needs of the underprivileged.

Car Donation Advice

People always consider donating money a great way to help a worthy cause. Cars that are not being used make good donations, enabling many less fortunate people to have a means of transportation.

Crossing Borders: National Hispanic Heritage Month 2006

As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month, we need to realize that there still are many borders to cross to achieve real success.