The volume and use of computers in the world are so great, they have become difficult to ignore anymore. Computers appear to us in so many ways that many times, we fail to see them as they actually are. People associated with a computer when they purchased their morning coffee at the vending machine. As […]
Barometric Pressure and How It Affects Animals
Barometric pressure has a direct effect on the life around us. The amount of atmospheric pressure is constantly changing and sudden changes can create health issues such as migraines in people to affecting behavior in animals. Barometric pressure is a highly searched criteria reaching around 201,000 times a month on average within the United States […]
Kinetic Typography: A Killer Web Video Marketing Technique
Sometimes business people make things harder than they have to be, take marketing for instance. Marketing is pretty simple when you get right down to it: discover the emotional value inherent in what you sell and present it in a memorable manner that differentiates you from the competition. What can be so hard? Of course […]
The Dragon Has Entered: English to Chinese Translation
The People’s Republic of China is viewed through different lenses even today. Exotic. Mysterious. Aggressive. Fascinating. These are just some of the monikers that are pasted onto this 9.597 million square kilometres that make up the Land of the Dragon. What is China today? How did “Made in China” become the most sighted marking on […]
A Formula of Effective Communication
Why are certain persons more successful than others in their personal lives and in their professional environment? Some are perhaps very successful at their homes, having good relationships with their spouses and children, but having many communication problems in their office: problems with bosses, but good relationships with co-workers or vice versa, good relationship with […]
The History Of Pewter
Pewter has long been a part of our history. Tin, which is the main constituent, was discovered by man sometime in the Bronze Age. It is actually closely related to bronze… bronze is an alloy made of a large portion of copper and a small portion of tin and other ingredients, while pewter is an […]
Fiction Titles – Pick The Perfect Novel Title
Two of my writer-clients recently had the same problem: They chose the perfect title for their book, only to discover it already graces the cover of a published book. What to do? Publisher’s Choice: First, the chances are excellent your proposed title will be changed if a commercial publisher accepts it. Their own marketing people […]
Why Round Robin and Popcorn Reading Are Evil
Every day in thousands of classrooms, students are called upon to read out loud. Some teachers use round robin style, in which every students takes a turn reading a section. Other teachers use popcorn style, in which students call upon each other to read. For many teachers, these strategies are the primary means of working […]
Writing Essays – The Simple Solution to the Newness Problem in Writing
Truth is, the idea of new has always been a problem in talking about writing and in doing actual writing. Why? Because it’s so very vague and, at the same time, it’s such a monstrously large idea. New has simply been a HUGE, black, mysterious box that could hold just about anything and everything in […]
Three Dallas Schools Make Newsweek’s Best 100 High Schools List – TAG High School Is #1!
In their May 8, 2006, issue, Newsweek listed their Best 100 Public Schools across the nation. They ranked the schools using a ratio of the number of Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students within a school, divided by the number of graduating seniors. The 2006 list was based on the […]