The Mystery Link

If you recall ever playing with any of those great solid wood toys or furniture in school or daycare, there’s a good chance it was a Guidecraft product. I remember those solid wood kitchens I used to play in and wonder if they were Guidecraft products. storage stool manufacturer Guidecraft, known for their high-quality, finely-crafted educational toys and furniture, is celebrating their 46th year    .. more …

Editor’s note: This is the last in a four-part back-to-school series.Sitting next to a non-rapping rapper Tuesday morning, I surveyed the University of Oregon’s “bookstore corner” – 13th and Kincaid – and imagined the way it was decades ago.I imagined Frog the joke book salesman hawking his stuff – “Do you know my joke books can improve your skateboarding skills?” – and jazz singer Ron Martinez    .. more …

Babies are so much fun to scrapbook! First, it’s hard to take a bad picture of a cute little squishy bundle of joy. Next, babies are just happy things to document. And they also change so much from day to day that you’ll never run out of material as you chronicle each new tooth, new expression, and new “trick.” But don’t get so caught up in the little bits of your baby’s new life that you forget    .. more …

An 81-year-old Chester County man who agreed to become a paid online “mystery shopper” instead became the victim of of an international Internet fraud ring that took his money instead, police said this morning.Tredyffrin Township police outlined the ring’s operation in announcing the arrest of Sheila Oleta Myers, 53, of La Plata, Md.Police said she was extradited to Pennsylvania last week and is    .. more …

Dinner was served, suspects were questioned, clues were dropped and by the end of the evening the murder of Madame Magda, a famous fortune teller, was solved. Magda had predicted the futures of the women including the fact that one of them would die soon. Magda didn’t know that she was the one who would meet that fate.The cast included Mary Ruth Wilson (president of Central Ridge Inc.) as Bertha    .. more …

If you think you have tried everything to lose weight, think again. Have you ever considered self-hypnosis? Many have, and while it might not be for everyone, several swear by the results. The method has some surprising success rates, so don’t be too quick to write it off. Pro: No Special Equipment RequiredUnlike some weight loss programs, with self-hypnosis, all you need is yourself and your    .. more …

You own a mystery shopping company. You have editors who edit shopper reports prior to submitting them to your clients (or you do this yourself.) An editor is in the process of editing a report. They want nothing more than to finish that report and move on to the next one. But… a shopper says something in the report that does not give the information that is needed. While shoppers have a strong    .. more …

In today’s corporate world, it has become increasingly important to derive ways to improve communication and understanding between teams of individuals. This is directly linked to the productivity of employees and hence a company’s well-being in the larger context.Team building exercises are now an important part and parcel of an organization in improving its overall health metrics. Murder mystery    .. more …