Is Your Keyboard Making You Sick?
October 30, 2007
Okay, I admit I have thought about this before. I spend a lot of time at my keyboard, even eat at it sometimes (I’m ashamed to say), and I have wondered how many germs might be on my keyboard. I use a damp cloth on it occasionally and even give it a blast of that […]
Read the story »New Man, SpiritLed Woman Now Web Only
October 22, 2007
The November/December 2007 issue of New Man magazine and the December/January 2008 issue of SpiritLed Woman magazine will be the final issues in print, publisher Stephen Strang said in a statement.
New Man peaked with a circulation of 250,000 in the late 1990s, and today has a paid circulation of about 80,000. “The men’s movement isn’t what […]
Elijah Lovejoy, Crusading Journalist
October 21, 2007
Elijah Parish Lovejoy was an important American writer, editor and publisher. He was born in Albion, Maine in 1802 and decided to seek his fortune “out West” after his graduation from college. Even though he had no money, he had a tenacious spirit and walked the 1200 miles to St. Louis, Missouri where he eventually became […]
Read the story »Pronouncing Words Correctly
October 20, 2007
I was talking with a friend the other day, and he mentioned a woman who always dressed in a very “chick” way. He wasn’t trying to suggest that she was dressing in a womanly way, but that she was dressing in a fashionable way. Of course, he was referring the word word “chic,” which seems […]
Read the story »Nelson Publishers Post Best Quarter in 209 Years
October 11, 2007
Thomas Nelson Publishers announced that the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2007 was the largest in its 209-year history.
Nelson recently consolidated its various divisions into a “one company” focus in order to meet consumer needs. Company CEO Michael Hyatt credits to the reorganization as the reason for increased profits.
On a consolidated basis, Nelson’s net revenues were […]
Bye-Bye Hyphens
October 10, 2007
The English language is in a constant state of change. The grammar you learned in high school or college becomes increasing obsolete each day. The main reasons for the accelerated rate of change? The Internet and text messaging.
Nothing demonstrates the change more than the fact that the publishers of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary has […]
Is Wikipedia a Reliable Research Tool?
October 3, 2007
Wikipedia often comes up near the top when you do a Google topic search. It is used by millions of people as a research tool, but is it a reliable source of information? Increasingly, Wikipedia is coming under scrutiny for providing biased and inaccurate information. There are three main issues:
1. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, conceived […]