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...daughter is still young enough that she trick-or-treats. But it's also a very sacred holiday for my religion. It's the last day of the year. If you're Wiccan, this is like the day before New Year's. But, while my daughter is young enough, we do the candy and everything...
...meat. Or eggs. Or cheese. Or mayonnaise. Or honey. Or whey. Or gelatin. Or anything that comes from or includes an animal. Nor do they use any clothing, accessory or object made from an animal. No leather, no wool, no pearls, no ivory-keyed pianos. The animal-free holiday began in 1994, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vegan Society...
Missouri Governor MATT BLUNT, after a federal judge blocked parts of a state bill requiring sex offenders to remain in their homes on Halloween night and avoid any contact with children related to the holiday...
...some helpful scientific advice: When that IRS agent comes to your office to conduct an audit, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you're sitting down to do your holiday shopping online, make sure you're cradling a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a chilly drink in hand serves as a brake on rash decisions - those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by two Yale-educated psychologists, published last week in Science magazine...
...management at Cornell. Besides being the right thing to do, keeping your promises and living up to the values you espouse are good for the bottom line, he argues. Why? Because deeper employee commitment leads to lower turnover and superior customer service. To test his thesis, Simons studied 76 Holiday Inn franchises and interviewed some 100 successful executives in various fields. Says the author: "The credibility of leaders makes or breaks companies...