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The importance of fairy tales in the life of a child Wisdom from The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim As a child I spent many delightful hours reading fairy tales. Even today, many of the stories I devoured ring clear in my head, even though I haven’t read them in perhaps forty years. Stories …

There must be a good reason why you’re looking soundproof curtains. Sound deadening curtains or soundproof curtains are basically like regular curtains, except they are made of thick, heavy fabric or plastic that deadens sound. Are you the parent of a budding musician who is delighted that his child plays a musical instrument or sings, …

THE PENNSYLVANIA MURDER CLASSIFICATION STATUTE After our Independence from the United States, several of the new states initiated legislative reforms to codify the crime of murder. One of the first states to do so was Pennsylvania. In 1794, that state enacted a murder degree statute that divided murder into first-degree capital murder and second-degree murder. …

Like it or not, we’re moving into a more automated era in both business and home life, with technology like Amazon’s “Alexa” Echo already becoming part of daily routines. As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to shape and accelerate the way we handle information and process data, this advancement is also leading to increased business efficiency. …

It comes in the mail in a plain envelope with nothing more than your name and a return address; from the outside it looks like any other junk mail. However, inside the envelope, he sees a sinister looking letter from a collection agency and they are demanding money. What should you do? Do you call …

This is an era of fashion and fashion is very influential in our lives. In fact, it adds diversity to our lives by offering an aspect of enthusiasm to strive for something new and different, otherwise it would be a monotonous life if we are supposed to dress and act in the same way. Fashion …

You’ve probably noticed, but there are a growing number of people with “problems” with food. It can be a food intolerance, a food sensitivity, or even a very serious and life-threatening food allergy. I am one of them. Maybe you are too. But maybe you’re not. And maybe you’re now exposed daily to people talking …

First published in Exchange, the journal of the Brigham Young University School of Business, the following twelve categories were developed to cover the root cause of most ethical business dilemmas one may encounter in their work. I have summarized them to be short and simple. 1. Taking things that do not belong to you Everything …

By the time I was in law school, I was already a well-known consultant, very busy professionally, and often asked myself, especially when hitting the books, “Why am I putting myself in this misery?” It was then that I was reminded of a saying I first heard from a client: “Five by centimeter is a …

Many nonprofit groups are upset that they are allowed to hold fundraisers for car washes in some California cities. It’s not that government officials are against their groups raising money, it’s that they’re worried about where the dirty, soapy water goes. It’s a problem and it might be good if he understood some of the …