Hot work safety

Working safely while welding, burning, or shredding doesn’t have to set your business on fire. Follow these simple tips to stay safe and on budget. I read on the news lately that an apartment building had caught fire due to a fire started by contractors using a torch in the basement. Many people were kicked out of a place to […]

Why do men like rings

Men are naturally conditioned not to wear too many accessories, but when it comes to their type of jewelry, few are common to all men. Among these are rings, watches, earrings, bracelets, pendants and cufflinks among others. Each of these pieces of jewelry has some kind of meaning for the user in addition to complementing the appearance of the man. […]

Mindset: a summary

Dr. Carol S. Dweck was challenged by her student to write a book on the results of years of her research study. Dr. Carol S. Dweck seized the opportunity and wrote this book, “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success and How We Can Learn to Reach Our Potential” in the hope that it will help the common human to understand […]

Jeff Greenfield’s ‘When Gore Beat Bush’ is gripping because it’s so plausible

Academics use a wonderful term: “counterfactuals” to describe “what if” situations, useful exercises for strategizing and developing credible responses to possible military and political scenarios. Your tax dollars fund hundreds of these exercises each year at the Pentagon. In fact, there is a branch of long-term planning called “scenario analysis”, which is based on the development of complete chains of […]