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What is the difference between an abbreviation and a contraction? How can students use abbreviations correctly? Here is a look at the rules of use for abbreviations.

Nobody can remember all the abbreviations for AP style, but learning the basic rules of abbreviations and those used most frequently will save you a look-up or two.

Edmund Spenser's sonnets offer a variant of the English sonnet, differing in rime scheme, but similarly featuring three quatrains and a couplet.

A college admissions counselor's job is to help prospective students, but a poorly written email on the student's part may hurt chances of getting into the school.

Knowing the standard commands and conventions of text adventures greatly helps players to play within the bounds of the interaction available in the game.

When citing a book, treatise, or a pamphlet, law students should follow the guidelines set forth in Rule 15 of the Bluebook to ensure you have used proper citation style.

China's money is known as renminbi or "people's money." It comes in various sizes and colors, with pictures of Mao Zedong on one side, and scenic highlights on the other.

Follow the guidelines set forth in Rule 11 to ensure you have used proper legal Bluebook style when citing a federal or state constitution.

Follow the guidelines set forth in Rule 10 to ensure you have used proper legal Bluebook style when citing U.S. Supreme Court cases.

Writing accurately and remembering AP style takes some practice, but once you learn it, the rules will become second nature to you. Here's a refresher on the basics.

After years of being absent from the mainstream film-scoring scene, master composer Elliot Goldenthal has returned to score Michael Mann's crime epic, Public Enemies.

For runners thinking of running a marathon in Hong Kong in January or February, the following is a must read.

Pilots in their planes communicate with air traffic control using the phonetic radio alphabet. Here is a list of the letters and examples of its use and how it all works.

Cooking with kids is a lot of fun. Help your child understand what some of the terms used in cooking mean.

3 Squares A Day, Blood, and now, Descent. Tom Walmsley is becoming a main stay at Theatre Passe Muraille, and for good reason.

Sixty-six (see below). Visit the American Mensa site to learn more about a very diverse group, particularly if you are interested in Gifted Education.

Citing sources correctly within the text using MLA style can be very confusing. This guide will help students understand the process.

Rule 10 of the Bluebook provides explicit rules on how lawyers should cite a federal court case found in a reporter.

"We Built This City" hit the airwaves in 1985, signaling the second rebirth of '60s counterculture icons.

Rule 18 of the Bluebook provides explicit rules on how lawyers should cite a federal or state court case that has not yet been published.

Kids spend countless hours texting, chatting and social networking, many unaware of potential dangers. Here are some tips for concerned parents to take control.

Online book clubs using social networking sites such as Twitter offer a great opportunity to virtually meet and discuss books. Find out how in this step by step guide.

Scribus is a promising free and open source application that offers a range of interesting features for Graphic Designers, including a calendar wizard.

Older productivity applications organised your life. Now a new approach to productivity focuses on simply rationalising your work flow by cutting out repetitive tasks.

Successful cookbook authors know how to write recipes that are easy to follow for home cooks and deliver reliably excellent results.

Bored with PC or Xbox games? Nothing exciting coming out? Microsoft is now giving everyone the chance to do something about it with XNA Game Studio Express.

David Glenn's "Turn to You" is offered "as a follow up to 2004's "Not About Me," but it seems to me that Glenn crammed ten years into the past two years of developing.

This essential fatty acid plays a critical role in achieving and maintaining optimal health. The list of health benefits is nothing short of amazing.

Imagi/Weinstein's new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is due March 23. But will the flick be ready?

Many drivers carry minimal liability coverage on their car, boat, snowmobile, motorcycle, RV and ATV. More protection is inexpensive and vital in avoiding financial ruin.

Gray and speckled trout are available along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and they are not difficult to catch. Using jigs just might be the best way to fish for them.

Mike Brent writes in a handbook answering basic questions about equipment and techniques for aspiring stop motion film animators.

The hilarious social ineptitudes and telegraphic style of Bridget Jones' Diary had already provided a rich vein of comedy for E.M. Delafield in the late 1930s.

The Center for Internet Behavior has found that email-writing habits -- use of emoticons, fonts, color etc. -- reveal more about people than they may realize.

You do not have to be a member of a gym, own fitness equipment or allocate a room in your home to become fit.

If you can't afford the cost of a live horse, give the world of Model Horses a try. Models are pint sized and plastic but the best part is they are easy to clean up after

Under accrual accounting, payments are recorded when they occur, rather than when they are paid. Accounts payable is the intermediate step used to track expense.

Rob Duncan explains how to quickly gather intelligence about what your competition is doing without blowing the budget or selling your soul.

Are there different degrees of Antisocial Personality Disorder, or is it all or nothing? Is recovery possible? Dr. Duane Dobbert shares his professional opinion.

The HPV virus can cause cervical cancer. Cervical cancer kills hundreds of thousands of women a year. The number of HPV cases can be greatly reduced by using the vaccine.

Bartolomé de las Casas' "Account of the Destruction of the Indies" is a powerful insight into the conquistadors, and into European perceptions of Amerindians.

This savoury, cheesy-tasting substance adds flavour to vegetarian dishes, provides B-complex vitamins and tastes delicious on popcorn.

Recovering from a mistake in manners or embarrassing situation is easy if you know in advance how to handle each dilemma. Here are seven tried and true methods to help.

Biking through the desert interior of the Carribean island is a fun alternative to the usual underwater adventures of Bonaire.

Kids can relate to cartoons. They love to read them and draw them. Learn practical ways to incorporate cartoon drawing into your lessons.

De-construction is an up-and-coming trend in the culinary world, breaking classic recipes into their basic components and presenting them to the diner in a unique way

Good proofreading are important. Typing errors, especially in someone's name or title can be upsetting to the reader. Spellcheckers help but are only the beginning.

Combining maritime and naval history with ancient and modern politics has enabled Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul to produce a good read to while away a long journey.

Evening degree programs feature smaller classes, are tailored to the working professional, and designed to enable graduation within four years or less.

How to understand and read a blood pressure result after having a bp monitoring.