February, 16, 2010
Today, my writing has been extended to yet another outlet, Associated Content. It is an exciting new market. I simply love to write an being able to share it with others is important. More on this later.
Check out my recently published content on AC:
Medicare's History Puts Present Struggles in Perspective
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
What headlines say or don't say
January, 25,2010
Some writers and copy editors have a fantastic way of writing headlines. They manage to say in a few well chosen words what their article is all about. Unfortunately, not everyone has this skill, or seems to care. Read my opinion on the subject below.
http://www.helium.com/items/1722282-the-importance-of-a-good-headline
Some writers and copy editors have a fantastic way of writing headlines. They manage to say in a few well chosen words what their article is all about. Unfortunately, not everyone has this skill, or seems to care. Read my opinion on the subject below.
http://www.helium.com/items/1722282-the-importance-of-a-good-headline
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Prayers for Haiti
January 21, 2010
When there is nothing else to do for Haiti, you've donated what money you can spare and you are here not there, what else can you do? You can pray for them. Prayers are good thoughts and every action has a reaction and the action of prayer is good.
I signed on for Twitter once again after the earthquake thinking somehow to make a difference. So far, a few tweets and that's it. Yet I will persist and will find a way of gleaning some good out of my Twitter experience. Once before I was on there, simply wanted to know what all the commotion was about. Found it too time consuming and quit. This is my second venture into tweeting. Maybe I will start tweeting prayers.
And speaking of doing good for Haiti, check out some facts about Haiti from Helium. Their "Write for Haiti" is for their Haiti fund. Each article written they donate two dollars to Haiti. Also, the winners of the contest don't get the money, the Haiti fund does. So far I have written about three articles. Plan on doing another sometime today.
See you here tomorrow...
When there is nothing else to do for Haiti, you've donated what money you can spare and you are here not there, what else can you do? You can pray for them. Prayers are good thoughts and every action has a reaction and the action of prayer is good.
I signed on for Twitter once again after the earthquake thinking somehow to make a difference. So far, a few tweets and that's it. Yet I will persist and will find a way of gleaning some good out of my Twitter experience. Once before I was on there, simply wanted to know what all the commotion was about. Found it too time consuming and quit. This is my second venture into tweeting. Maybe I will start tweeting prayers.
And speaking of doing good for Haiti, check out some facts about Haiti from Helium. Their "Write for Haiti" is for their Haiti fund. Each article written they donate two dollars to Haiti. Also, the winners of the contest don't get the money, the Haiti fund does. So far I have written about three articles. Plan on doing another sometime today.
See you here tomorrow...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
New Year's resoulutions
January 19, 2010
No new years resolutions were made, but nineteen days later I have decided to make blogging my first resolutions. The second is to be more faithful in observance of my daily prayer life. In other words, to take a few extra minutes each morning and pray and reflect upon what it is I should be doing on this day. And possibly a comment or two on my thoughts. We will see how well I carry that out.I will start that by a prayer that I found online.
"Look over me Lord. Make me deserving of the faith that I need to get near you. Forgive my shortage and light my way to the right path. Endow me with the gift of humility and courage to confront the temptations of this world. Please father never live my side and give me a shield to protect against envy from others and my own self pity.
Amen "
As a writer, I am conscious of words. In fact I love them. I was amazed though to learn that others, even those who pray, are as lacking in their skills as I am. Some prayerful soul uploaded that prayer to Catholic. org without spell checking. I am often guilty of that. The two words above I edited were humility and temptation. I also added a comma, or thought to, after "please father". I then decided to leave well enough alone. Thanks to whomever.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Thoughts on influenza
Swine flu update (5/15/09
Reading AP notes originating from WHO (World Health Organization)I learned that the flu, although being dowplayed to avoid hysteria and anxiety, is still very much with us. The cases aren't enormous and the disease does seem to be somewhat milder and the death rate is not alarming, but it still thrives.
The ongoing meeting of the scientific minds is about the flu vaccine for this fall's flu season. In a few weeks the vaccine manufacturers will begin to work on producing their quota. At present the makeup of the vaccine and what strains of the flu virus will be targeted is in the planning stage. To learn more...
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If I were not writing about the present flu scare worldwide, I would not be so concerned about its possible impact later on. As it is, my research into how the flu virus keeps changing and re-assorting itself keeps me wondering what is it up to now.
One concern is how it will play out in Australia and New Zealand now that their annual flu season is only now beginning. Their winter is our summer. We, in the Northern hemisphere, is at the the end of our usual flu and theirs are only beginning.
Usually, flu is flu no matter where you but what makes the swine flu so different, is that each new case is almost always tracked back to Mexico where it originated. To read more of what I have written for Helium concerning Swine Flu, check out the following articles:
A look at the ways the CDC can fight an epidemic outbreak
How to prevent swine flu in children
Genetics of the swine flu outbreak
Differences between swine flu and avian flu
The pandemic and epidemic in the 20th century
How to prevent swine flu infection
How to contain the spread of swine flu
How to treat swine flu
An overview of the influenza sequencing
project
The difference between 1976 and 2009
swine flu outbreak
The origins of the 2009 swine flu outbreak
Reading AP notes originating from WHO (World Health Organization)I learned that the flu, although being dowplayed to avoid hysteria and anxiety, is still very much with us. The cases aren't enormous and the disease does seem to be somewhat milder and the death rate is not alarming, but it still thrives.
The ongoing meeting of the scientific minds is about the flu vaccine for this fall's flu season. In a few weeks the vaccine manufacturers will begin to work on producing their quota. At present the makeup of the vaccine and what strains of the flu virus will be targeted is in the planning stage. To learn more...
~~~
If I were not writing about the present flu scare worldwide, I would not be so concerned about its possible impact later on. As it is, my research into how the flu virus keeps changing and re-assorting itself keeps me wondering what is it up to now.
One concern is how it will play out in Australia and New Zealand now that their annual flu season is only now beginning. Their winter is our summer. We, in the Northern hemisphere, is at the the end of our usual flu and theirs are only beginning.
Usually, flu is flu no matter where you but what makes the swine flu so different, is that each new case is almost always tracked back to Mexico where it originated. To read more of what I have written for Helium concerning Swine Flu, check out the following articles:
A look at the ways the CDC can fight an epidemic outbreak
How to prevent swine flu in children
Genetics of the swine flu outbreak
Differences between swine flu and avian flu
The pandemic and epidemic in the 20th century
How to prevent swine flu infection
How to contain the spread of swine flu
How to treat swine flu
An overview of the influenza sequencing
project
The difference between 1976 and 2009
swine flu outbreak
The origins of the 2009 swine flu outbreak
Friday, May 8, 2009
The Last Word
The Last Word today will be old tomorrow and I will have to start out new. That is the way is should be, it keeps writers aware of what's important and what is not so important. More on that thought tomorrow.
West Virginia Fifty-Five
May, 8, 2009
Most recently I have been writing about West Virginia. Why not, it is where I live. This is a diversion from my regular writing each day. A diversion from keeping tract and learning about the swine flu virus. The site I am working on at Helium is a work in progress, actually. to view check it out!
Most recently I have been writing about West Virginia. Why not, it is where I live. This is a diversion from my regular writing each day. A diversion from keeping tract and learning about the swine flu virus. The site I am working on at Helium is a work in progress, actually. to view check it out!
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