Beware of redundancies

I edit large manuscripts, which means that in any given week, I probably read about a thousand pages. Eight hundred of those pages can be devoted to work and two hundred to pleasure. I can’t tell you how often I come across sentences that are redundant. Here are some examples of redundant or irrelevant terms: “Jack got home at 4 […]

There’s gold in those banks!

Take heart: “There is gold in those banks!” Sitting in your pews each week is a goldmine of resources waiting to be lovingly mined and put to work for Christ. If your church offering is poor, I assure you it’s not because your people are. They have a lot more money to give than you think. The proof is in […]

Small business ideas with low investment

1. Mobile Store Business – Mobile Store: Today everyone is using mobile phones and there are more opportunities to grow in the future. The way the mobile market is growing, according to the price of opening a mobile store, it’s going to be a very profitable business. You won’t need too much capital for this. Start with a small store […]

Hickatee: The Critically Endangered Turtle

Dermatemys mawii, the Hickatee, a Central American river turtle is an aquatic turtle that spends its entire life in or on water, even sleeping, and yet staying afloat. This fairly large species of tortoise tops out at 25 inches in carapace length and can weigh up to 44 pounds, 50 pounds if the shell or tortoise shell weight is included. […]

Serotrim’s answer to weight problems

For those who are dealing with weight problems, you may want to take a look at the weight loss program created by Dr. Judith and Richard Wurtman called Serotrim. Instead of making use of pills, supplements or tablets, these two doctors made use of their extensive knowledge in nutrition to use carbohydrate-rich drinks to reduce the appetite of users. These […]

German-American Israelites?

Nicholas Kumanoff’s “Born German, Made American” in The Atlantic Times reveals how “to demonstrate their patriotism, immigrants abandoned their old identities.” In the wake of “virulent anti-German sentiment” that spread to several states, German classes were banned from schools, German-language books were burned in the streets, wieners were turned into hot dogs, and sauerkraut was sold. became “cabbage of freedom”. […]