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Most namers will tell you, as Paola Norambuena puts it, that a "great name can't fix a bad product. A great product can fix a bad name." Accenture was met with derision for reminding people of dentures. Gap was an empty space. Yelp was a dog in pain. The iPad was confused with a tampon. Now these names have no odd connotations at all, thanks to the success of the things they name.
The Weird Science of Naming New Products
When Style Trumps Substance
Most namers will tell you, as Paola Norambuena puts it, that a "great name can't fix a bad product. A great product can fix a bad name." Accenture was met with derision for reminding people of dentures. Gap was an empty space. Yelp was a dog in pain. The iPad was confused with a tampon. Now these names have no odd connotations at all, thanks to the success of the things they name.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, June 21, 2015
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Frame the Conversation
Has Become This
estate tax
death tax
government takeover of healthcare
Department of War
Department of Defense
enhanced interrogation techniques
dolphin fish
mahi mahi
Patagonian toothfish
Chilean sea bass
dried plums
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Saturday, June 20, 2015
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Write for an Audience of One
Second to his investing brilliance, Warren Buffet is known for having a deep-rooted respect for clear communication within companies. His shareholder letters are so well written that they're considered the gold standard for the medium.
Buffet's secret: he writes with one of his sisters in mind. His sister, while highly intelligent, has little experience with investing. If he sees a passage that will confuse her, he knows he hasn't written it properly.
Novelist Stephen King suggests the same approach. He pictures his wife combing through each line. Where would she become bored, laugh, be surprised, or skim? He knew the answer because he knew the reader. John Steinbeck, Kurt Vonnegut, and others have also advocated this approach.
- "Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theater, it doesn't exist. In writing, your audience is one single reader." —John Steinbeck
- "Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia." —Kurt Vonnegut
- "Writing to delight a single person whose tastes you understand is practical; writing to appease a faceless audience whose tastes you will never know is impossible." —Gregory Ciotti
- Christopher Buckley says that he senses William Zinsser perched on his shoulder like a parrot when he sits down to write. The parrot always says to look for needless verbiage.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Wednesday, June 03, 2015
leitmotif. motif
Last week, I emailed Merriam-Webster the following question. Associate Editor Neil Serven replied.
Q: motif means "a dominant idea or central theme." leitmotif means "a dominant recurring theme." So, how do these two words differ?
A: In extended use, "motif" and "leitmotif" have very similar meanings.
"Motif" suggests an idea that recurs like a pattern (as in design or architecture), but there is enough extended use that flattens the word to mean simply "theme":
In retrospect, it is now clear that the alien invasion motif in 1950s science fiction movies reflected the Cold War atmosphere of the period.—Paul A. Cantor, Gilligan Unbound, 2001
Apart from giving us a great deal of new information on the Holloways, Ricketts argues very convincingly for a motif of abandonment in much of Kipling's writing, including the Jungle Books, Kim and Captains Courageous.—Elizabeth Lowry, Times Literary Supplement, 19 Feb 1999
"Leitmotif" is a term originating from opera; it referred to a recurring melody that played along with a character or allusion to a theme whenever one or the other appeared on stage. Its extended use doesn't follow up from the original as fluidly as "motif" does, but it does share with "motif" the meaning of simply "a recurring theme":
Conspiracies are a leitmotif of talk radio, even its organizing principle-the bond that unites millions of voters, each in a separate car, driving and listening and, from time to time, pounding the steering wheel in frustration.—James Ridgeway, Village Voice, 14 June 1994
Ms. Silverthorne suggests in "Sojourner at Cross Creek" that a leitmotif of Rawlings's life was betrayal or the fear of it, an anxiety that developed following the end of her first marriage, in 1933, and lasting the rest of her life.—Jerome Griswold, New York Times Book Review, 20 Nov. 1988
I would say that the two words are practically synonymous, though "leitmotif," due to its origins and particularly its ties to narrative, might be more likely to be found in literary or academic contexts. I think more than a few writers use it as a fancy-sounding substitute for "motif."
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Thursday, April 23, 2015
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Candor Beats Jargon Every Time
Simon Owens points us to this remarkably candid statement from Reddit:
"We know many of you will wonder what happened to /r/politics and /r/atheism and why they were removed from the default set. We could give you a canned corporate answer or a diplomatic answer that is carefully crafted for the situation. But since this is reddit, we're going to try things a bit differently and give you the real answer: they just weren't up to snuff. Now, don't get us wrong, there still are good parts about them. Overall, they just haven't continued to grow and evolve like the other subreddits we've decided to add."
Related: The Candid, Commendable Way to Announce You Were Just Fired
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Wednesday, April 15, 2015
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off of
Rose needles David about the amount of money he reaped off of Seinfeld in syndication.
Rose needles David about the amount of money he reaped off Seinfeld in syndication.
Rose needles David about the amount of money he reaped from Seinfeld in syndication.
Larry David Woefully "Regrets" His Broadway Debut in Fish in the Dark
Addendum (6/10/2015): The Wall Street Journal calls the phrase "off of" grating and substandard.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Wednesday, March 18, 2015
You Are How You Punctuate
"Digital punctuation can carry more weight than traditional writing because it ends up conveying tone, rhythm and attitude rather than grammatical structure."
—Ben Zimmer
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, March 09, 2015
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lectern. podium
lectern: what public speakers stand behind
podium: a raised platform, such as what Olympic medalists stand upon as well as speakers who don't need the protection of a lectern
—Style & Substance
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, February 22, 2015
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Damn Fine Writing
"Leading network news anchor Brian Williams has been placed on double-public probation by NBC News for six months, and won't likely return to his throne. Meanwhile, over on the cable end of the dial, top news-jester Jon Stewart has told Comedy Central he's done with the big chair and wants to do something else. Their coincidentally simultaneous exits have created something akin to a full employment act for the press corps—with endless news coverage from the hard-news guys and reflections and verdicts from members of the commentariat. Even I got two columns out of the Williams affair, and at the urging my editors, here I am on my third!"
—Jack Shafer
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Thursday, February 19, 2015
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Why You Need an Editor
"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." —James Michener
"Writing is one percent inspiration, and 99% inspiration." —Louise Brooks
"The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lighting and the lightning bug." —Mark Twain
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, January 26, 2015
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The Dying Art of Proofreading
Did I Read That Sign Right?
In a Laundromat
In a London Department Store
In an Office
In an Office
Outside a Secondhand Shop
In a Health-Food Shop Window
In a Safari Park
During a Conference
In a Farmer's Field
On a Leaflet
On a Repair-Shop Door
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
How's that possible?
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
Really? Ya think?
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works better than a fair trial!
War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
Enfield [London] Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
Man Struck by Lightning; Faces Battery Charge
He probably is the battery charge!
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw massacre all over again!
Hospitals Are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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Bad Writing Wastes Millions and Millions of Hours
"Thirty students send me attachments named 'psych assignment.doc.' I go to a website for a trusted-traveler program and have to decide whether to click on GOES, Nexus, GlobalEntry, Sentri, Flux or FAST—bureaucratic terms that mean nothing to me. My apartment is cluttered with gadgets that I can never remember how to use because of inscrutable buttons which may have to be held down for one, two or four seconds, sometimes two at a time, and which often do different things depending on invisible 'modes' toggled by still other buttons."
—Steven Pinker
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, January 12, 2015
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The Headline Pun Hall of Fame
Complaints about the overuse of puns
Shun Puns? No, Hon. More Pun-Ishment Coming!
Action-movie special-effects detonation experts
Business Is Booming!
The funeral industry
Is Death a Laughing Matter? Of Corpse Not!
Journalists who want to be forced to testify against sources, so they can decline, and be heroes
Subpoenas Envy
A plumber who used only a plunger and his own massive strength to relieve a toilet clog after an industrial-strength machine snake had failed
A Modern-Day John Henry, a Stool-Drivin' Man
The guy whose job was to empty porta-potties
Waste Is a Terrible Thing to Mind
The guy whose job it was to watch parolees pee into cups during drug tests
Looking Out for Number One
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Tuesday, December 30, 2014
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Even WMATA Can Use Conversational Language
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, December 22, 2014
"Don't Do This" vs. "Please Do That"
"An easy way to fall into the negativity trap is to start listing out things people shouldn't do. Don't leave uneaten food in the office refrigerator. Don't be late to the meeting. Even saying 'don't forget' is more negative than saying 'remember.'
"Instead of telling others what not to do, try telling them what they should do. Please take your lunches home at the end of the day. Please arrive for the meeting five minutes early.
"People are much more likely to comply with a positive request than a negative complaint on their behavior.
—Bernard Marr
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, December 15, 2014
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Speak English, Man!
Coca-Cola recently announced its results for Q3 2014. As a result, shares of KO sank 6%. The explanation, according to CEO Muhtar Kent: Coke is struggling with "a challenged disposable-income growth environment." Gee, thanks for clearing that up!
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Wednesday, December 10, 2014
My Favorite Movie Monologues
1. A Few Good Men
2. The Newsroom
3. Sports Night
4. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
5. Malice
6. The West Wing
7. Scent of a Woman
8. A Time to Kill
9. Glengarry Glen Ross
10. Good Will Hunting
11. Scandal
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, December 07, 2014
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My Favorite Movie Dialogues
1. Breaking Bad
2. The Social Network
3. The Social Network
4. The Social Network
5. Charlie Wilson's War
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Saturday, December 06, 2014
0 comments Labels: First-rate Writing
Why You Should Use Analogies
1. A pomelo is the largest citrus fruit. The rind is very thick but soft and easy to peel away. The resulting fruit has a light yellow to coral pink flesh and can vary from juicy to slightly dry and from seductively spicy-sweet to tangy and tart.
2. A pomelo is basically a supersized grapefruit with a very thick and soft rind.
Which is better? The first infuses the definition with detail; the second draws an accessible analogy.
In Made to Stick, Dan and Chip Heath argue that the second version works better because it "taps the existing memory terrain of your audience. You use what's already there."
That's the power of an analogy.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Saturday, December 06, 2014
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Is Your Best Language in the Best Location?
Every joke you've ever heard is predicated on this principle: saving the most important line for the end.
Here's an example from Macbeth. Which one is best?
1. The Queen, my Lord, is dead.
2. My Lord, the Queen is dead.
3. The Queen is dead, my Lord.
Answer: #1. Because it creates a crescendo, which culminates at the end.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Saturday, December 06, 2014
heading. header
Earlier this month, I emailed Merriam-Webster the following question. Associate Editor Jennifer N. Cislo replied.
Q: Merriam-Webster gives the exact same definition for the words "heading" and "header":
"a word, phrase, etc., that is placed at the beginning of a document, passage, etc., or at the top of a page"
So, how do these two words differ, if at all? Is one more common than the other? (For what it's worth, a simple search of Google returns 80.3 million results for "heading" and 43.4 million for "header.")
A: The two words are synonymous in this sense. As you've discerned from your Google search, "heading" is the more commonly used of the two.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Thursday, November 20, 2014
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The Only Argument You'll Ever Need to Favor the Active Voice
Passive Voice
Active Voice
It Was Heard Through the Grapevine by Me
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
You Will Always Be Loved by Me
I Will Always Love You
My Heart Was Left by Me in San Francisco
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
You Are Loved by Her
And I Love Her
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, November 17, 2014
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The Metaphors of Dr. Gregory House
Foreman: We inject gadolinium into a vein. It distributes itself throughout your brain and acts as a contrast material for the magnetic resonance imager.
Chase: Basically, whatever's in your head lights up like a Christmas tree.
2. Bad News
Movement disorder or degenerative brain disease? Either way, this kid's gonna be picking up his diploma in diapers and a wheelchair.
3. An Electroencephalography
Get him an EEG... If this thing wants to talk, let's listen.
4. The Immune System
Infections are the criminals; the immune system's the police.
5. The Liver
The liver is like a cruise ship taking in water. As it starts to sink, it sends out an SOS. Only instead of radio waves, it uses enzymes. The more enzymes in the blood, the worse the liver is. But once the ship has sunk, there's no more SOS. You think the liver's fine, but it's already at the bottom of the sea.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, November 17, 2014
0 comments Labels: Analogies, Medicine, Metaphors
Which Headline Would You Click?
Uber Hires Top Obama Adviser David Plouffe As New "Campaign Manager"
David Plouffe Joins Uber As "Campaign Manager"
Uber Hires Former Obama Advisor (and Shady Telecoms Consultant) David Plouffe to Lead Insurgent War
Uber Hired David Plouffe When It Realized "Techies" Can't Do Politics
Uber Picks Political Insider to Wage Regulatory Fight
The New York Times
Uber Puts Former Obama Campaign Chief in Charge of Its Image
Uber Snags David Plouffe, DC Heavyweight and Former Obama Campaign Manager
Uber Just Hired Obama's Political Guru to Battle "Big Taxi Cartel"
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, November 17, 2014
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Being Wordy Is Easy. Being Concise Is Hard
"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter."
—Blaise Pascal
Addendum (1/14/2015):
"If you'd like me to speak for five minutes, I'll need a month to prepare. If you'd like me to speak for 20 minutes, I'll need two weeks. But if you'd like me to speak for an hour, I'm ready right now."
—Woodrow Wilson
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, November 17, 2014
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The 4 Criteria to Write the Perfect Analogy
1. Use the Familiar to Explain the Less Familiar
The first job of a persuasive analogy is to use something familiar to explain something less familiar.
2. Highlight Similarities and Obscure Differences
The second job of a persuasive analogy is to highlight similarities and obscure differences. In any analogy, there are going to be similarities and differences between the objects of comparison. The key is determining which are most relevant.
3. Tell a Coherent Story
In an uncertain world, stories offer us emotional reassurance, and coherent stories offer more reassurance. Coherent stories are easier to grasp. And when stories are easier to grasp, listeners are more apt to accept both the storyteller and their story's conclusions as credible.
4. Resonate Emotionally
Emotions, once triggered, are like a genie released from a bottle—hard to recapture and cork. And given that emotion often trumps reason, this is one reason why analogies can be so hard to parry. That is, in addition to whatever intrinsic logical parallels analogies may reveal or assert, the most persuasive analogies also make an intuitive, emotional appeal that often transcends logic.
—Adapted from John Pollack
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Tuesday, October 28, 2014
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The Easiest Way to Improve Your Writing: Read the Work of First-Rate Writers
1. Here's an example from last weekend's Times magazine:
"Paying to simulate backbreaking labor under the watchful eye of a demanding authority figure seems to be a common desire these days. When I type 'sledgehammer' into Google later that day, the first suggestion is 'sledgehammer workout,' a search term that pours forth half a dozen enthusiastic re-enactments of life on a steel-driving chain gang. . . .
"CrossFitters represent just one wave of a fitness sea change, in which well-to-do Americans abandon easy, convenient forms of exercise in favor of workouts grueling enough to resemble a kind of physical atonement. For the most privileged among us, freedom seems to feel oppressive, and oppression feels like freedom. There's also a very American fixation on extremes at play: more is always better. If you're running just four miles a day and doing a few pull-ups, you're a wimp compared with the buff dude who's ready for an appearance on American Ninja Warrior. It's hard not to feel awe when you watch a middle-aged woman in a Never Quit T-shirt clean-and-jerk huge weights. And it's hardly a stretch to go from lifting a 35-pound kettlebell to wondering why you can't run half a mile with it, especially when a CrossFit coach is right there, urging you to 'crush it.' Common wisdom seems to dictate that it's not enough to look good and feel good if you're not prepared to lift a Mini Cooper off an injured stranger.
"The whole notion of pushing your physical limits—popularized by early Nike ads, Navy SEAL mythos and Lance Armstrong's cult of personality—has attained a religiosity that's as passionate as it is pervasive. The 'extreme' version of anything is now widely assumed to be an improvement on the original rather than a perverse amplification of it. And as with most of sports culture, there is no gray area. You win or you lose. You leave it all on the floor or you shamefully skulk off the floor with extra gas in your tank.
—Heather Havrilesky
2. And from Nerve.com:
"There are 206.3 million blogs on Tumblr. About 11.4% of the top 200,000 are teeming with porn, adult-oriented videos, and otherwise NSFW content. The streams are filled with limbs, enterings, openings, and finishings—noted, liked, reblogged. It's a moving menagerie of couples grinding in grainy GIFs, penetrating in JPGs, and topped off by third party-hosted videos replete with the moans and breathy articulations pictures simply don't capture. Their bed is always open for the curious passersby; all you need to do is click."
—Kate Hakala
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, October 20, 2014
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Shonda Rhimes Is a Brilliant Writer—and Joe Morton Is a Brilliant Actor
ROWAN: You're funny. You're a funny, funny man.
FITZ: I am?
ROWAN: Or should I say boy? You're a boy. You've been coddled, and cared for, pampered and hugged. For you it's always summertime. And the livin' is easy. Daddy's rich, your momma's good looking, you're a Grant. You got money in your blood. You… are… a… boy. I'm a man.
I have worked for every single thing I have ever received. I have fought and scraped and bled for every inch of ground I walk on. I was the first in my family to go to college. My daughter went to boarding school with the children of kings. I made that happen. You cried yourself to sleep because daddy hurt your feelings. Because papa banged his secretary. Because it hurt to have so much money. You spoiled, entitled, ungrateful little brat! You have everything handed to you on a silver platter, and you squander it. You're given the world and you can't appreciate it because you haven't had to work for anything!
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, October 19, 2014
0 comments Labels: First-rate Writing, Shonda Rhimes
Aaron Sorkin Reveals How to Write Unforgettable Dialogue
You want the benefits of free trade? Food is cheaper.
Food is cheaper. Clothes are cheaper, steel is cheaper, cars are cheaper, phone service is cheaper. You feel me building a rhythm here? That's 'cause I'm a speechwriter and I know how to make a point.
It lowers prices, it raises income. You see what I did with "lowers" and "raises" there?
It's called the science of listener attention. We did repetition, we did floating opposites, and now you end with the one that's not like the others. Ready?
Free trade stops wars. And that's it. Free trade stops wars! And we figure out a way to fix the rest. One world, one peace—I'm sure I've seen that on a sign somewhere.
Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail
Addendum (11/22/2014): Here's another West Wing explainer, wherein President Bartlet extols the virtues of being an "oratorical snob":
"Words. Words when spoken out loud for the sake of performance are music. They have rhythm and pitch and timbre and volume. These are the properties of music, and music has the ability to find us and move us and lift us up in ways that literal meaning can't."
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, October 12, 2014
0 comments Labels: Aaron Sorkin, First-rate Writing
47 Spelling Mistakes You're Making Without Even Realizing It
- One buys antiques in an antiques store from an antiques dealer; an antique store is a very old store.
- He stayed awhile; he stayed for a while.
- Besides is other than; beside is next to.
- The singular of biceps is biceps; the singular of triceps is triceps. There's no such thing as a bicep; there's no such thing as a tricep.
- A blond man, a blond woman; he's a blond, she's a blonde.
- Something centers on something else, not around it.
- If you're talking about a thrilling plot point, the word is climactic; if you're discussing the weather, the word is climatic.
- A cornet is an instrument; a coronet is a crown.
- One emigrates from a place; one immigrates to a place.
- The word is enmity, not emnity.
- One goes to work every day, or nearly, but eating lunch is an everyday occurrence.
- A flair is a talent; a flare is an emergency signal.
- A flier is someone who flies planes; a flyer is a piece of paper.
- Flower bed, not flowerbed.
- Free rein, not free reign.
- To garner is to accumulate, as a waiter garners tips; to garnish (in the non-parsley meaning) is to take away, as the government garnishes one's wages; a garnishee is a person served with a garnishment; to garnishee is also to serve with a garnishment (that is, it's a synonym for "to garnish").
- A gel is a jelly; it's also a transparent sheet used in stage lighting. When Jell-O sets, or when one's master plan takes final form, it either jells or gels (though I think the former is preferable).
- Bears are grizzly; crimes are grisly. Cheap meat, of course, is gristly.
- Coats go on hangers; planes go in hangars.
- One's sweetheart is "hon," not "hun," unless one's sweetheart is Attila (not, by the way, Atilla) or perhaps Winnie-the-Pooh (note hyphens).
- One insures cars; one ensures success; one assures people.
- Lawn mower, not lawnmower.
- The past tense of lead is led, not lead.
- One loathes someone else but is loath to admit one's distaste.
- If you're leeching, you're either bleeding a patient with a leech or otherwise sucking someone's or something's lifeblood. If you're leaching, you're removing one substance from another by means of a percolating liquid (I have virtually no idea what that means; I trust that you do).
- Masseurs are men; masseuses are women. Many otherwise extremely well educated people don't seem to know this; I have no idea why. (These days they're all called massage therapists anyway.)
- The short version of microphone is still, so far as Random House is concerned, mike. Not, ick, mic.
- There's no such word as moreso.
- Mucus is a noun; mucous is an adjective.
- Nerve-racking, not -wracking; racked with guilt, not wracked with guilt.
- One buys a newspaper at a newsstand, not a newstand.
- An ordinance is a law; ordnance is ammo.
- Palette has to do with color; palate has to do with taste; a pallet is, among other things, something you sleep on.
- Nounwise, a premier is a diplomat; a premiere is something one attends. Premier is also, of course, an adjective denoting quality.
- That which the English call paraffin (as in "paraffin stove"), we Americans call kerosene. The term paraffin should generally be reserved for the waxy, oily stuff we associate with candles.
- Prophecy is a noun; prophesy is a verb.
- It's restroom.
- The Sibyl is a seeress; Sybil is Basil Fawlty's wife.
- Please don't mix somewhat and something into one murky modifier. A thing is somewhat rare, or it's something of a rarity.
- A tick bites; a tic is a twitch.
- Tortuous is twisty, circuitous, or tricky; torturous is painful, or painfully slow.
- Transsexual, not transexual.
- Troops are military; troupes are theatrical.
- A vice is depraved; a vise squeezes.
- Vocal cords; strikes a chord.
- A smart aleck is a wise guy; a mobster is a wiseguy.
- X ray is a noun; X-ray is a verb or adjective.
—Benjamin Dreyer
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, October 12, 2014
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The Right Way to Say 15 Brand Names You're Mispronouncing
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, October 12, 2014
You're Using This Common Word Incorrectly
Can you guess what the word is? A few examples:
● Both of these phrases are correct.
● I enjoyed all of the deserts.
● Get off of the coach.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Friday, October 10, 2014
When an Adverb Ruins an Adjective
This article, Chris Cillizza recently wrote, "is totally fascinating."
Do you really need the word "totally," Chris?
Related: When an Adjective Ruins a Noun
@Sprachgefuhl Totally.
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 7, 2014
Addendum (1/30/2015): Another example:
"Apple has been very visionary in creating and expanding significant new consumer electronics categories," Mr. Sacconaghi said.
Do you really need the word "verb," Mr. Sacconaghi?
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Tuesday, October 07, 2014
0 comments Labels: Adverbs
A Good Parallel vs. a Great Parallel
Good Writing
Our treatment isn't making him better. It's making him worse.
Great Writing
Our treatment isn't making him better. It's killing him.
—House, MD
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Tuesday, October 07, 2014
0 comments Labels: First-rate Writing, Parallelism
A Real Reporter Never Quotes a News Release
The Journal's deputy editor in chief explains:
"We sometimes fall into a bad habit of quoting extensively and unnecessarily from news releases. In certain instances, particularly the first seconds of a breaking story when sometimes a release is all you have and we need to get something on wires and online fast, it's understandable, even necessary. But as we quickly transition to fill out a story for wires and other platforms, we should go well beyond news releases as quickly as possible to reported analysis. Releases should then be quoted sparingly, if at all. They usually make stories longer, but not clearer. Most material in a news release, in most cases, can be paraphrased more understandably, and more quickly, in plainer English, by a good writer. News-release quotes, especially, are crafted sentences that bear little relationship to actual statements by actual beings; we should strive for fresh, original and engaging quotations."
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, October 06, 2014
0 comments Labels: Editing, News Releases
"I'm gonna go Benadryl myself to sleep."
—Gone Girl
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, October 05, 2014
0 comments Labels: Nouns As Verbs
All the Best Writers Use This Easy Trick
When confronted with a complex issue, the best writers often translate it by way of an analogy or metaphor. A few examples from a recent article in Time, on the subject of sleep, by Alice Park:
What Your Brain Does While You're Awake
The difference between the waking and sleeping brain is dramatic. When the brain is awake, it resembles a busy airport, swelling with the cumulative activity of individual messages traveling from one neuron to another. The activity inflates the size of brain cells until they take up 86% of the brain's volume.
What Your Brain Does While You Sleep
When the lights go out, our brains start working—but in an altogether different way than when we're awake. At night, a legion of neurons springs into action, and like any well-trained platoon, the cells work in perfect synchrony, pulsing with electrical signals that wash over the brain with a soothing, hypnotic flow. Meanwhile, data processors sort through the reams of information that flooded the brain all day at a pace too overwhelming to handle in real time. The brain also runs checks on itself to ensure that the exquisite balance of hormones, enzymes and proteins isn't too far off-kilter. And all the while, cleaners follow in close pursuit to sweep out the toxic detritus that the brain doesn't need and which can cause all kinds of problems if it builds up.
What Happens When You Don't Get Enough Sleep
Brain cells that don't get their needed break every night are like overworked employees on consecutive double shifts—eventually, they collapse.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Saturday, October 04, 2014
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Even Einstein Could Express His Theories in Plain Language
"Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone."
—Albert Einstein
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Saturday, October 04, 2014
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The Top 10 Mistakes of Peer Reviewing
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Friday, October 03, 2014
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Lobbyists Love Loquaciousness
The Lord's Prayer
66 words
The Gettysburg Address
286 words
The Declaration of Independence
1,322 words
U.S. regulations on the sale of cabbage
27,000 words
RIP, James Tracifant.
Addendum (1/28/15): It turns out this is false.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, September 29, 2014
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Which Sentence Is Better?
1. A DHS report estimates that over 40% of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. since 2004 have traveled through the Mona Pass.
2. Between 2004 and 2010, more than 4 in 10 illegal immigrants traveled through the Mona Pass.
Leave your answer and explanation in the comments section.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Sunday, September 28, 2014
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"By Writing Densely, I'll Impress Everybody"
Martin Wolf "is as grand and important as an economic journalist can ever become," one pundit recently observed. In that light, consider this passage from Wolf's new book:
"With the eurozone in internal and external balance and creditor eurozone seeking internal balance via ever-larger external imbalances in the form of current-account surpluses, debtor eurozone could only attain internal balance with ever-larger external imbalances in the form of current-account deficits."
If you understood this sentence on your first try, I'll buy you a drink.
Here's another typical sentence:
"If domestic output is to be sufficient to generate full utilization of capacity, aggregate demand must exceed domestic output by the size of the current-account deficit, at full employment."
Wolf may be brilliant, but he's a lousy writer. As Felix Salmon puts it, "Given a choice between precision and ease of understanding, Wolf will always choose precision, talking about countries' 'net external liability position' (instead of 'national debt') on one page, and their 'real unit labor costs' (instead of 'wages') on the next."
My colleague Paul Stregevsky is less forgiving. Wolf, he'd argue, thinks that by writing densely, he'll impress everyone.
Think again, sir. By writing densely, you come across as dense.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Saturday, September 27, 2014
0 comments Labels: Bad Writing, Economics Writing
When an Adjective Ruins a Noun
My emphasis:
"It was a very life-changing experience," Mr. Dickerson said of his role in helping to save HealthCare.gov.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, September 08, 2014
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How Apple Uses Semantics to Enforce Brand Consistency
Have you ever noticed that Apple always refers to the iPad as "magical"? Or the App Store as "legendary"? Or the iPhone as "revolutionary"?
As the all-things-Apple blog, 9to5Mac, reports, these adjectives are enforced as part of Cupertino's comprehensive, obsessive attention to detail. As a result, those "magical iPads" and "revolutionary iPhones" don't just appear in Apple's news releases, but also across the company's marketing materials, internal presentations, and media events. In short: everything.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Monday, September 01, 2014
0 comments Labels: Branding, Hyperbole
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Why Every Website Needs a Wordsmith
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Friday, August 29, 2014
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This Is the Voice You Need if You Want to Write for Gawker
Written in 2008, this internal memo from Valleywager Paul Boutin holds up remarkably well today.
If someone screwed up in business, find something nice to say about them: "The charmingly incompetent CEO." If someone succeeded, find a way to slap them. "The wildly successful blowhard." Denton says this is a key to Gawker posts about people, and when he got lazy he slipped on it and readers noticed in a roundabout way that the site felt less brilliant.
Write about Steve Jobs or Jonathan Ive rather than "Apple" as an actor. Or find out who their VP of sales is if they've had a wildly successful quarter and credit him/her, a nice detail. I don't want to read that the Zune is a flop, I want to read that Wink Twinkerton, head of the Zune division, has done for portable music players what Bill Gates did for CEO sex appeal.
Calling Ron Paul a loon isn't edgy. Much better was "voting for Ron Paul sends a message. The message is you're crazy and hate the FDA." That's a nice setup and punch line, and a good non-cliche detail rather than an unspecific "loon."
If someone whose politics or opinions you disagree with says something you want to call out, don't do a straight-ahead criticism. Instead, take their argument further to a simple but ridiculous conclusion. When Hillary Clinton proposed a moratorium on home foreclosures and a freeze on loan rates, Jordan Golson asked, "Why not a moratorium on people paying their mortgages? That seems easier."
You've wrung this out of them mostly, but I still see the young ones do the old-school Ann Coulter/Molly Ivins thing of insulting someone three times in a paragraph when once would be better. Pick the one best dig and save the others for another time.
If someone says several stupid things in one piece, just quote them and don't rebut each line separately. Do a 100-word version with only the dumbest parts. Readers will get it.
Avoid journalist-speak like "He takes umbrage with our statement." You never say umbrage in real life.
Some, many, few ... these are journalist numbers for when they want to imply a trend. Often they're used to overstate the number of people who do or don't do something. "Some feel that Obama ..." Cut that, and instead give me a specific quote from a linkable person that sums up the general mood you're talking about.
We've slipped on that. Too many jokes comes across as not having enough to report. Keep the post short and move onto the next one.
Surprise readers by quitting on a review or report halfway through it, once you know you've hit the hight points already. Find some reason to explain your exit. Melissa Gira Grant started to summarize the SF Bay Guardian's annual sex guide, but when she got to a piece that was restaurant suggestions, she wrote, "I stopped reading here." It keeps posts short, and breaks the mold of the reviewer who takes 400 words to wind down.
Should be used to illustrate someone's foibles. E.g. "President Steve Jobs issues the most expensive U.S. budget ever, but it fits in a manila envelope."
Douche, douchebag, douchery, asshat. TechCrunch uses them, need I say more. (To which I'll add: "teh," "intarwebs," "lulz.")
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Wednesday, August 27, 2014
0 comments Labels: First-rate Writing
Why We Should Celebrate Doublespeak
"There are all kinds of situations in which this sort of double meaning comes in handy. You don't really find my joke funny, but you don't want to hurt my feelings? Fav it; I'll interpret it as a hearty LOL.
"You want to kiss up to a superior who keeps posting banal New Age quotations? Fav her; you can always plausibly deny any sycophancy to your colleagues, because a fav doesn't mean anything.
"You may wonder why should we celebrate doublespeak. The body language analogy is useful here. Shrugs, grunts, winks, nods, squints, eyebrow tilts—these are undefined signals, little human gestures that suggest some meaning. They're powerful because they're intentional, but also because they're ambiguous.
"Sometimes body language hides more than it says. But we use our bodies to do some of the talking because maintaining civility and good feelings is often necessary; for the sake of everyone, you don't say every honest thought that pops into your head.
"Twitter's fav acquired its power only by happenstance. In its early days, the service never defined what the 'favorite' button was for, leaving people free to find creative ways to use it.
"The history of the fav should serve as a model for the many new chat apps popping up: They should resist overdefining every feature or making every action a signal in some kind of learning algorithm. They should add in a few extra user-interface elements that do nothing at all.
"At first, people will wonder what they're for. In time, they may come to develop a completely new way of connecting.
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Wednesday, August 27, 2014
If JFK Had Been a CEO Instead of a President, Here's How His Moon Speech Would Have Sounded
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an immediately famous call to "put a man on the moon and return him safely by the end of the decade."
As Chip and Dan Heath point out, had Kennedy been a CEO, his words would have become insufferably stilted and drained of their vitality. He would have said something like, "Our mission is to become the international leader in the space industry through maximum team-centered innovation and strategically targeted aerospace initiatives."
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Friday, August 22, 2014
0 comments Labels: Bad Writing, Business Writing, Buzzwords


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Question: Dear Steve, My parents are signer and co-signer for a huge private student loan over $100,000 which was used to cover expenses for my ex-wife over 10 years ago. We since divorced and as part of our divorce agreement, we divided liabilities on her student debt and removed her name from some of the loans (the loan company then ... Read More »
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I Have Loads of Student Loan Debt Buy No Degree. – Shane
Dear Steve, I went away to school my freshman year for college. I transferred to 4 more schools and have yet to obtain a degree. I've been taking a class here and there, sometimes dropping the class. That freshman year, I had a private student loan (Lehman brothers, soon to be bought out by Wells Fargo). I work full time ... Read More »
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nounpl. sto·mo·de·a also sto·mo·dae·a
The anterior or oral portion of the digestive tract of an embryo.
Origin of stomodeumNew Latin : Greek stoma, mouth + Greek hodaios, on the way (from hodos, road).
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- sto′mo·de′al
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- (anatomy) A depression on the ectoderm of a developing embryo that becomes the mouth
Ancient Greek στόμα (stoma, "mouth") + εἶδος (eidos, "likeness") + -um
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the anterior portion of the digestive tract of an embryo, lined with ectoderm and including the mouth area
Origin of stomodaeumModern Latin ; from Classical Greek stoma, mouth (see stoma) + hodios, on the way ; from hodos, way, road ; from Indo-European an unverified form sed-, to go ; from base an unverified form sed-, sit


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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued new guidance on floating cabins at its lakes throughout the Cumberland River Basin. The guidance implements Section 1035 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014 that allows floating cabins at marinas on Cumberland River Basin lakes.
Under the new guidance, marina operators will be able to rent floating cabins to the public who recreate on Cumberland River Basin lakes.
An estimated 50,000 visitors will fill Hopkinsville the summer of 2017 for a prime view of the first visible total solar eclipse in the United States in 38 years — but how the city will handle such a crowd is still up in the air.
At a specially called meeting with the Hopkinsville-Christian County Convention and Visitors Bureau board on Thursday, members tried to come up with the best game plan to handle what is expected to be the largest tourism event in the city's history.
Boyle County Judge-Executive Harold McKinney says the idea of turning Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site into a national park is gaining momentum in Washington.
While the designation is still "a long ways off," becoming a national park would be a significant economic boon for the area.
However, it would also mean organizers of the re-enactment would be required to find a different location for the annual event.
Revival Meeting at Briar Ridge Christian Church
Briar Ridge Christian Church will be holding a revival meeting from July 5 through July 8. The meeting will begin at the 11 a.m. service on July 5th, at 6 p.m. on Sunday night, and 7 p.m. during the week.
The theme of the meeting will be "Christians: The Lord's Fishers and Hunters" and the speaker will be Ronnie McKinney. There will be special music each service. The church is located at 3951 Briar Ridge Road, in Mt. Eden.
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Plum Creek Baptist Church
Plum Creek Baptist Church will be holding their Vacation Bible School, "Everest– Conquering Challenges with God's Mighty Power" beginning Monday, June 22 through Friday, June 26, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Sign-in begins each evening at 5:30 p.m. A commencement service will be held on Sunday, June 28 at 6 p.m., followed by an ice cream social. Plum Creek Baptist Church is located at Highway 44 and Plum Creek Road in Waterford.
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A faith group in our town recently held a worship event with about 350 plus people in attendance. Throughout most of the Friday evening worship event and Saturday morning recognition service two armed police officers were located in the main event auditorium. They were wearing uniforms and badges and wearing their pistols. There were also three people (with permits) carrying concealed pistols.
Until a few years ago I had great eyesight, but now I need reading glasses. And I never realized until then how dirty your glasses could become before you notice. You just start squinting and the words on the page start getting fuzzy and you wonder why.
It's sort of like a dirty windshield with bad windshield wipers in the rain!You can see through the glass, but everything is smeared and distorted. And let's face it, with reading and especially with driving, it is a good thing to be able to see clearly. Glasses and windshields often need cleaning.
A small group of students appealed the Spencer County Board of Education Monday night for approval to start a club at the high school for gay and lesbian students.
John Brumley, a junior at the school, spoke for the group as he addressed the board and talked about the need for increased support for LGBTQ students.
Nashville recording artist JD Shelburne, a Taylorsville native, returned home Saturday to film the music video for his next single, 'Hometown.' Shelburne made several stops at local landmarks during the filming including the high school baseball fields, Main Street, the blue bridge and more.
An agreement has apparently finally been reached on the repayment of a loan that will pay for a study and repairs to the floodwall around Taylorsville.
There was no shortage of frustration, anger and even raised voices last Wednesday during a special meeting held between city leaders, county leaders and a representative of the Levee Commission, but in the end, they were able to work out differences that has delayed progress on the effort for well over a year.
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Cook onion in 3 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until very soft, about 8 minutes. Stir in squash and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
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"Sleeper" ran from 2003-05 in two 12-issue limited series. Written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips, the comic focuses on covert intelligence operative code name The Conductor. An alien artifact helps make the main character impervious to pain, which comes in handy when he goes undercover in a crime syndicate.
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Decisions on the execution of European Court of Human Rights judgments
[12/06/2015] The Committee of Ministers today published the decisions and resolutions adopted at its 1230th special "human rights" meeting (9-11 June 2015) during which it has examined the state of implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (more ...).
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[03/06/2015] At their meeting today, the Ministers' Deputies adopted a declaration welcoming the adoption by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska (United States of America) of a bill to abolish the death penalty, which makes it the 19th US State to take such a step.
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[28/05/2015] At their meeting on 27 May, the Ministers' Deputies held an exchange of views with Mr Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights following the presentation of his annual activity report for 2014 and of the 1st quarterly activity report 2015.
The Deputies also adopted several decisions on the follow-up to the 125th Ministerial Session, which was held on 19 May in Brussels.
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European ministers adopt new legal standards for tackling foreign terrorist fighters
[19/05/2015] The 125th session of the Committee of Ministers brought together, on 19 May 2015 in Brussels, Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe.
The Ministers adopted the first set of legally-binding international standards to help tackle so-called "foreign terrorist fighters".
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[13/05/2015] At their meeting on 12 and 13 May, the Ministers' Deputies adopted several decisions on the conflict in Georgia, following the Secretary General's eleventh consolidated report.
In the context of the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2012-2015), the Deputies agreed to establish a new European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse that from now on will be marked on the 18th of November in member States of the Council of Europe (more ...).


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Situated on a river, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Elizabeth Park and George Town Memorial Hall. George Town Sports Complex is 1.5 mi (2.4 km) away.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Peppers York Cove provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge).
Business amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a business center, a meeting room, and meeting rooms. This luxury hotel also offers laundry facilities, express check-out, and an elevator (lift). Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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As a resident of the Pennridge School District, you have control over your public schools. The board invites you to attend board and committee meetings and take an active role in the educational affairs of your community. The decisions of your elected school board affect your child, your child's future, your tax rates, the well-being of your community, and, in the long run, the well-being of your country.
The board encourages all parents and community members to keep informed and interested in your schools, express your views and communicate with board members, elect the best qualified candidates and participate in parent-teacher groups and on special committees when possible.
What Is a School Board and What Does It Do?
A school board is a legislative body of citizens called school directors who are elected locally by their fellow citizens to serve as agents of the state legislature. Each board consists of nine members who serve four-year terms without pay.
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Elections for board members are held every two years in November of odd-numbered years using a 5-4 member rotation to ensure continuity. To become a school board candidate, interested individuals must file a petition signed by at least 10 qualified voters of the school district for the political party which the petition will be filed. Candidates must be a citizen of Pennsylvania, at least 18 years old, of good moral character, and a resident of the school district for at least one year prior to the election.
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Major committees meet regularly to plan, review, and discuss items within the special focus of the committee. Board directors and administrative personnel serve on all district committees. The public may attend all open, publicized committee meetings. It is at committee meetings that proposals are prepared for the full board. Minor committees meet as needed or regularly to plan and inform board members of activity in these special areas.


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Like a magician's sleight-of-hand illusion, the glass of vodka seemed to materialize on top of the bar when Douglas wasn't looking. He hadn't seen the woman sidle up on his left and slip the drink in front of him. That was unlike him. Not paying attention in his line of work was dangerous, if not deadly. But all his bad thoughts—of priests and sanctions—were far from his consciousness on this given evening. He was on vacation.
The woman tapped him on the shoulder. Startled, he reacted too quickly, his instincts kicking in, and he whirled on his bar stool, his toes on the floor ready to support a spring and a bare-handed attack.
"Hey! Easy there, big fella. I've been waiting two days for you to buy me a drink," she said with a mischievous grin. "Finally I decided to buy you one."
He'd seen her the evening before in the crowded hotel bar. Hard not to notice someone with beautiful eyes the color of the sky just before dusk turns into night—hard not to notice her noticing him, smiling in an openly flirtatious way.
He'd barely smiled back. He didn't play those games—bar games. Not since he'd been twentysomething, just out of Youngstown State University and full of high spirits, and crazy about a woman he'd known since they'd been small children in the same Italian neighborhood, Brier Hill, from which most men walked down the path and crossed the bridge to the steel mill to make their living. Continue reading


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As of March 31, 2013, Regulus had $90.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, debt with a principal balance of $5.4 million and approximately 36 million shares of common stock outstanding. The Company expects its current cash position to be sufficient to fund operations into 2016 and to finish 2013 with at least $60.0 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.
Conference Call & Webcast InformationRegulus will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time today for an update on the 'Road to the Clinic' Strategy and to discuss its first quarter 2013 financial results and recent highlights. A live webcast of the call will be available online at www.regulusrx.com. A replay will also be available approximately one hour after completion of the call. To access the replay, dial (855) 859-2056 (domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (international), passcode 59485223. The webcast and replay will be archived on the company's website following the call.About the 'Road to the Clinic' Strategy in 2013Launched in February 2013, the 'Road to the Clinic' Strategy outlines certain corporate goals that seek to advance our microRNA therapeutic pipeline toward the clinic this year. Specifically, Regulus set the goal of nominating two microRNA candidates for clinical development in 2013. We announced the first candidate today as RG-101 for the treatment of HCV. The company also expects to file its first applications with regulatory authorities in 2014, with the first being for RG-101 in early 2014. In order to achieve these stated goals and advance our programs toward clinical development, Regulus expects to maintain its strong financial position and end 2013 with at least $60 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.
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International Forum on Expanding the Role of Women in Cross-cultural Dialogue
(Baku, Azerbaikan) 10-11 June 2008
Organized under the initiative of Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador the Forum is co-sponsored by UNESCO and ISESCO.
The objective of this first International Forum is to explore how women can assume a greater role in breaking down stereotypes that exist among various cultures and help build tolerance within individual cultures and across what many see as impassable cultural divides.
Participants will consider a number of actions that can be undertaken regionally and locally to promote greater understanding among peoples. At the close of the Forum, Participants will also be invited to adopt a declaration on future steps to be taken by women in the world.
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