Most Often Misspelled English Word
Here's a fun game for all you word geeks: What is the most frequently misspelled word?(And, no, it's not "misspelled," although that would be funny if it were.)
It's "supersede."
That's the word from Collins Dictionaries of Britain, which admittedly has made this pronouncement based only on an estimation. Still, the company says "supersede" is misspelled one out of every 10 times it is used because many other words with phonetically similar endings, such as "intercede" and "precede," are spelled with the letter "c" instead of "s," reports The Daily Telegraph.
Using a software program that analyzed thousands of documents on the Internet, including published books, blogs and news articles, the Collins Dictionaries researchers were able to identify "supersede" as the most misspelled word.
Runners-up are:
* conscience
* indict
* foreign
* mortgage
* phlegm
These are challenging to writers since the spelling of each is different from their phonetic pronunciations.
"The real spelling problems occur when people have (learned) the rules or have a bit of knowledge, but then make mistakes in how they apply this," Ian Brookes, the managing editor of dictionaries at Collins, told the Telegraph.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Does This Open Up Article Ideas?
Can you see any spinoff freelance opportunities in this announcement?
Bill Sunday collection gets new home
January 29th, 2010Stacey Page
Grace College and Theological Seminary announced Thursday that the Billy Sunday Visitor’s Center collection will move to a new home in the Reneker Museum of Winona History, located in Westminster Hall of Grace College.
The building that previously housed the visitor’s center will be occupied by The Remnant Trust, a public educational foundation that archives and preserves rare historical documents. This priceless collection of antiquities is loaned to colleges, universities, and other institutions for display and research by students, faculty, scholars, and the general public.
These archives include significant works, including some of the first copies of the Magna Carta, early printings of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and one of only two existing copies of the ancient Book of Enoch. The Remnant Trust collections will be on public display at select times at Grace and will tour other universities around the country.
Dr. Ron Manahan, president of Grace College and Theological Seminary, said, “We’re thrilled to welcome The Remnant Trust to our community. This organization continues to protect original and first-edition historical documents while making them accessible for research and review. Grace is also proud to continue honoring Billy Sunday’s memory by giving the visitor’s center collection a new home within the Reneker Museum, one that will allow the museum to provide a more complete picture of Winona history.”
Dr. Dane A. Miller, founder and board member of Biomet Inc., serves on the board of directors for The Remnant Trust and echoed Dr. Manahan’s comments. “I am delighted to bring our archives to Winona Lake and look forward to making a significant contribution to the community and the college with our presence.”
Grace expects to reopen the Billy Sunday exhibit by May 2010, and will also continue to provide scheduled tours of the nearby Billy Sunday home, which is still furnished exactly as Sunday’s widow, Helen “Ma” Sunday, left it.
The Remnant Trust plans to complete its move to Winona Lake by September
Bill Sunday collection gets new home
January 29th, 2010Stacey Page
Grace College and Theological Seminary announced Thursday that the Billy Sunday Visitor’s Center collection will move to a new home in the Reneker Museum of Winona History, located in Westminster Hall of Grace College.
The building that previously housed the visitor’s center will be occupied by The Remnant Trust, a public educational foundation that archives and preserves rare historical documents. This priceless collection of antiquities is loaned to colleges, universities, and other institutions for display and research by students, faculty, scholars, and the general public.
These archives include significant works, including some of the first copies of the Magna Carta, early printings of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and one of only two existing copies of the ancient Book of Enoch. The Remnant Trust collections will be on public display at select times at Grace and will tour other universities around the country.
Dr. Ron Manahan, president of Grace College and Theological Seminary, said, “We’re thrilled to welcome The Remnant Trust to our community. This organization continues to protect original and first-edition historical documents while making them accessible for research and review. Grace is also proud to continue honoring Billy Sunday’s memory by giving the visitor’s center collection a new home within the Reneker Museum, one that will allow the museum to provide a more complete picture of Winona history.”
Dr. Dane A. Miller, founder and board member of Biomet Inc., serves on the board of directors for The Remnant Trust and echoed Dr. Manahan’s comments. “I am delighted to bring our archives to Winona Lake and look forward to making a significant contribution to the community and the college with our presence.”
Grace expects to reopen the Billy Sunday exhibit by May 2010, and will also continue to provide scheduled tours of the nearby Billy Sunday home, which is still furnished exactly as Sunday’s widow, Helen “Ma” Sunday, left it.
The Remnant Trust plans to complete its move to Winona Lake by September
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sheckler on NewswithStaceyPage.com
From Newswithstaceypage.com:
Grace student serves as 2010 Senate Majority intern
Grace College and Theological Seminary junior Christian Sheckler has been chosen to serve as a 2010 Senate majority intern in the Indiana General Assembly.
As an intern, Sheckler’s responsibilities include working with full-time press secretaries to create press releases, e-newsletters, radio feeds, videos, and podcasts. He also staffs Senate committee hearings, streaming them live on the Web.
Sheckler, originally from Goshen, is pursuing a double major in journalism and communications and was chosen as an intern following submission of a transcript, writing sample, essay, and personal references. He is a regular contributor to the Sounding Board, Grace’s student newspaper, and is also active in intramural sports.
“My responsibilities at the Senate have [given] me a unique, behind-the-scenes look at state government,” said Sheckler. “Plus, I’ve been able to see the media from a public relations viewpoint, which I think has made me a fairer, more balanced journalist.”
As an intern, Sheckler works alongside students from Purdue, Ball State, Butler, and Indiana Universities.
Following his graduation from Grace, Sheckler plans to pursue a career covering state politics and government for an Indiana newspaper.
Grace student serves as 2010 Senate Majority intern
Grace College and Theological Seminary junior Christian Sheckler has been chosen to serve as a 2010 Senate majority intern in the Indiana General Assembly.
As an intern, Sheckler’s responsibilities include working with full-time press secretaries to create press releases, e-newsletters, radio feeds, videos, and podcasts. He also staffs Senate committee hearings, streaming them live on the Web.
Sheckler, originally from Goshen, is pursuing a double major in journalism and communications and was chosen as an intern following submission of a transcript, writing sample, essay, and personal references. He is a regular contributor to the Sounding Board, Grace’s student newspaper, and is also active in intramural sports.
“My responsibilities at the Senate have [given] me a unique, behind-the-scenes look at state government,” said Sheckler. “Plus, I’ve been able to see the media from a public relations viewpoint, which I think has made me a fairer, more balanced journalist.”
As an intern, Sheckler works alongside students from Purdue, Ball State, Butler, and Indiana Universities.
Following his graduation from Grace, Sheckler plans to pursue a career covering state politics and government for an Indiana newspaper.
Author J. D. Salinger Dead at 91
(CNN) -- J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye" and other books, has died, according to his literary agent, Phyllis Westberg.
The author died Wednesday at age 91 of natural causes at his home in New Hampshire, according to a family statement that Westberg provided Thursday.
"Despite having broken his hip in May, his health had been excellent until a rather sudden decline after the new year," the statement said. "He was not in any pain before or at the time of his death."
Salinger has long been known for his reclusiveness, and "in keeping with his life long, uncompromising desire to protect and defend his privacy there will be no service," the statement said.
"The family asks that people's respect for him, his work, and his privacy be extended to them, individually and collectively, during this time."
The author has written other novels and stories, but "The Catcher in the Rye" is considered one of the great American novels of the 20th century, a classic about a cynical and alienated young man named Holden Caulfield.
"Salinger had remarked that he was in this world but not of it. His body is gone but the family hopes that he is still with those he loves, whether they are religious or historical figures, personal friends or fictional characters," the statement said.
"He will be missed by the few he was close to every bit as much as by the readers who loved reading him."
And the Song Goes On
As you know, I'm fond of stressing the stewardship aspect of writing. What you write, I often say, can continue to minister over long periods of time and over great distances, FAR beyond what you can do with a personal or speaking ministry.
This morning I received the following message from a pastor, referencing a chapter in a book which I wrote back in the early 1990s. Hope this is an encouragement to you--what you write WILL continue to minister over time and over distance. I look forward to your getting notes like this a long time in the future!
A few months ago Alice found a book in the local Thrift Store called "Helping a Neighbor in Crisis." I've used it a couple of times and benefited from its counsel. Today I went to the article "Imprisonment of a Family Member" and was pleasantly surprised to discover that YOU are the author!
Why did I go to this article? The local pastors found out yesterday that a halfway house is opening soon here in Flora. There is a duplex very near the center of town that is being converted to hold eight female offenders. It hasn't been publicized at all, which is probably just as well because the residents of this town will pitch a hissy fit once they find out.
I'm looking at it as a possible ministry opportunity. I cannot imagine any church in Flora willing to accept these women into their churches. But after 20 yrs in the USAF and 1 1/2 yrs with the IDOC I am not afraid of them.
Thanks for ministering to me through your writings.
JimF
This morning I received the following message from a pastor, referencing a chapter in a book which I wrote back in the early 1990s. Hope this is an encouragement to you--what you write WILL continue to minister over time and over distance. I look forward to your getting notes like this a long time in the future!
A few months ago Alice found a book in the local Thrift Store called "Helping a Neighbor in Crisis." I've used it a couple of times and benefited from its counsel. Today I went to the article "Imprisonment of a Family Member" and was pleasantly surprised to discover that YOU are the author!
Why did I go to this article? The local pastors found out yesterday that a halfway house is opening soon here in Flora. There is a duplex very near the center of town that is being converted to hold eight female offenders. It hasn't been publicized at all, which is probably just as well because the residents of this town will pitch a hissy fit once they find out.
I'm looking at it as a possible ministry opportunity. I cannot imagine any church in Flora willing to accept these women into their churches. But after 20 yrs in the USAF and 1 1/2 yrs with the IDOC I am not afraid of them.
Thanks for ministering to me through your writings.
JimF
EPA Cause of the Year Opportunity
EPA'S 2010 CAUSE OF THE YEAR (OPPORTUNITY)
Adoption expert talks about American evangelicals adopting traumatized orphans from Haiti (and elsewhere overseas)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Colorado Springs, CO) -- In recent days, the horrific scenes of the devastation Haiti have captured the focus of news organizations all around the world. Our minds struggle to grasp the reality of catastrophic numbers of dead and injured. And now, another reality surfaces to the top, a reality that pierces the heart. A country already overwhelmed to care for over 380,000 orphans now faces the insurmountable task of caring for even more children orphaned by the earthquake.
The cry of the heart of these orphans comes from deep trauma and suffering.
Not just from the earthquake, but — as EPA's 2010 Cause of the Year so clearly addresses -- from abandonment, poverty, exploitation, trafficking, slavery, sexual abuse, and worse.
Thankfully, the American Church has been challenged by the cry of Haiti's orphans. Evangelical Christians are responding to this unprecedented need in phenomenal numbers.
Yet, how can parents prepare to receive these traumatized orphans into their families and hearts?
If they're not careful, they can enter into adopting with high expectations for their child and for themselves, only to be broadsided by shattered assumptions.
Providentially, there's a brand-new tool to help adoptive parents, Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families (NavPress, January 29, 2010). Evangelical award-winning author Jayne E. Schooler, and coauthors Betsy Keefer Smalley and Dr. Timothy J. Callahan, each with more than twenty years experience in the adoption field.
In their new book, Schooler and her coauthors address the reality of expectations and offer validation and solutions for the challenges of parenting deeply traumatized and emotionally disturbed children.
Who are trauma competent parents? They are parents who know that the life events their child survived changed him at the core of who he is. They are parents who recognize that children who live through layers of trauma see the world differently then children without such life altering challenges.
They may feel differently, they may behave differently; they may experience the closeness of family far differently than other children.
Trauma competent parents also know that their child's story will have an impact on them as they repeatedly listen to, hear, and feel the child's story.
In the word, trauma competent parents are parents who have hope.
What can adoptive parents do to equip themselves for their adoptive journey and infuse their hearts with hope?
* Reality-based training that leads to experiential understanding prior to the arrival of their child.
* Post-adoption support, resources, and training, designed to help parents with unfolding needs.
* Connections with experienced adoptive parents who can act as mentors and coaches.
* Connections with safe people who understand the unique challenges of parenting wounded, traumatized children.
To request (1) a review copy of the book Wounded Children, Healing Homes,
(2) an article, or (3) an interview with international adoption educator and author Jayne Schooler -- please contact
Kris Wallen
Director of Author and Public Relations
kris.wallen@navpress.com
719-531-3588
Since its founding in 1975, NavPress has become known as a trusted ministry leader in discipleship and leadership development. The Navigators, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is an interdenominational, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people navigate spiritually.
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Adoption expert talks about American evangelicals adopting traumatized orphans from Haiti (and elsewhere overseas)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Colorado Springs, CO) -- In recent days, the horrific scenes of the devastation Haiti have captured the focus of news organizations all around the world. Our minds struggle to grasp the reality of catastrophic numbers of dead and injured. And now, another reality surfaces to the top, a reality that pierces the heart. A country already overwhelmed to care for over 380,000 orphans now faces the insurmountable task of caring for even more children orphaned by the earthquake.
The cry of the heart of these orphans comes from deep trauma and suffering.
Not just from the earthquake, but — as EPA's 2010 Cause of the Year so clearly addresses -- from abandonment, poverty, exploitation, trafficking, slavery, sexual abuse, and worse.
Thankfully, the American Church has been challenged by the cry of Haiti's orphans. Evangelical Christians are responding to this unprecedented need in phenomenal numbers.
Yet, how can parents prepare to receive these traumatized orphans into their families and hearts?
If they're not careful, they can enter into adopting with high expectations for their child and for themselves, only to be broadsided by shattered assumptions.
Providentially, there's a brand-new tool to help adoptive parents, Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families (NavPress, January 29, 2010). Evangelical award-winning author Jayne E. Schooler, and coauthors Betsy Keefer Smalley and Dr. Timothy J. Callahan, each with more than twenty years experience in the adoption field.
In their new book, Schooler and her coauthors address the reality of expectations and offer validation and solutions for the challenges of parenting deeply traumatized and emotionally disturbed children.
Who are trauma competent parents? They are parents who know that the life events their child survived changed him at the core of who he is. They are parents who recognize that children who live through layers of trauma see the world differently then children without such life altering challenges.
They may feel differently, they may behave differently; they may experience the closeness of family far differently than other children.
Trauma competent parents also know that their child's story will have an impact on them as they repeatedly listen to, hear, and feel the child's story.
In the word, trauma competent parents are parents who have hope.
What can adoptive parents do to equip themselves for their adoptive journey and infuse their hearts with hope?
* Reality-based training that leads to experiential understanding prior to the arrival of their child.
* Post-adoption support, resources, and training, designed to help parents with unfolding needs.
* Connections with experienced adoptive parents who can act as mentors and coaches.
* Connections with safe people who understand the unique challenges of parenting wounded, traumatized children.
To request (1) a review copy of the book Wounded Children, Healing Homes,
(2) an article, or (3) an interview with international adoption educator and author Jayne Schooler -- please contact
Kris Wallen
Director of Author and Public Relations
kris.wallen@navpress.com
719-531-3588
Since its founding in 1975, NavPress has become known as a trusted ministry leader in discipleship and leadership development. The Navigators, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is an interdenominational, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people navigate spiritually.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Cause of the Year Seeking Articles
Reminder to all magazine writers:
2010 Cause of the Year
"Human Trafficking" has been selected as the Evangelical Press Association's "Cause of the Year" for 2010. EPA will present a special "Higher Goals" award for the best article on that general theme published during the 2010 calendar year.
Read more: 2010 Cause of the Year
The EPA has chosen human trafficking as its cause-of-the-year for 2010, and therefore most of the 300 EPA publications will be looking for good material in this area. Could be ripe pickings for a good freelancer who has an interest and is willing to do some work in this area! See more at www.epassoc.org.
2010 Cause of the Year
"Human Trafficking" has been selected as the Evangelical Press Association's "Cause of the Year" for 2010. EPA will present a special "Higher Goals" award for the best article on that general theme published during the 2010 calendar year.
Read more: 2010 Cause of the Year
The EPA has chosen human trafficking as its cause-of-the-year for 2010, and therefore most of the 300 EPA publications will be looking for good material in this area. Could be ripe pickings for a good freelancer who has an interest and is willing to do some work in this area! See more at www.epassoc.org.
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