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The article offers information on editor, Jana Peterson who started to consider developing a community newspaper of her own. It offers information on the publication "Pine Journal," that closed its office and moved the work to the Minnesota. It mentions that the publication was owned by Forum Communications Co.

The article reports on the initial call for papers of the journal's peer-reviewed publication "The International Journal of Applied Glass Science."

The article focuses on the promotion of the nursing profession in Great Britain. Local papers play a critical role when trying to reaching out to the general public. They possess distinct ability of capturing the attention of readers by presenting a neighborhood at an angle that truly characterizes the local community.

The article reports on the publication of "The Booze News" newspaper, created by Atish Doshi and Derek Chin of the University of Illinois. The tabloid publishes local editions every school week at seven Midwestern schools. Revenue is growing 30% annually and it hopes that can expand to as many as 30 campuses in 2008.

The article presents the discussion on John Woods who loves jokes- hearing them, telling them, collecting and sharing them. Witty and well-traveled, the former Air Force colonel and IBM executive and his wife Helen, an artist and musician, moved from Maryland to Florida to retire. Once there, he set up an e-mail joke distribution list, and before long more than 100 family members, friends, and former business associates were enjoying his computer-based comedy. He also archived hundreds of jokes in paper files, and printed out his collections to such rave reviews that he soon was producing extra "editions." INSET: The Computer/Client Match.

This article discusses The Greenaway Plan, a contract plan worked out by the Free Library of Philadelphia with the J.B. Lippincott Company to receive before publication date one copy of each trade title published. At this time the Free Library has entered into agreements with a number of publishers and intends to continue as long as the publishers are willing to do so. This contract plan was designed to get new publications into the library for review purposes as far as ahead as publication date as possible. Public libraries for years have attempted to secure review copies of books prior to publication date in order to complete the library process as close to publication date as possible. From the publisher point of view, the number of duplicates order is of great interest, therefore the contract plan is only advantageous to them when the library can purchase multiple copies of a given title. Under the contract plan much paper work is eliminated. The reduction of clerical routine and elimination of time consuming problems saves money for the publisher. However much time is saved or cost of operation lowered, the test of the contract plan is whether new titles are being made available to the public more rapidly than previously.

Presents a summary of the papers presented at the conference on "Emerging Markets and Macroeconomic Volatility: Lessons From a Decade of Financial Debacles" held at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on June 4-5, 2004. Series of major macroeconomic crises in emerging market economies; Analysis of the causes and consequences of these volatile events; Question on how the U.S. government policies can address the problems.

The article discusses focuses on a research conducted by researchers at the Northwestern University which reveals that published studies, especially those in areas of chemistry, support marketable technological advances. It mentions papers in nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science, and biomaterials are closely linked to patents. It also mentions issuance of the patents by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

The article offers the author's insights on having a first time work in a small community paper and local publication. The author mentions that moving to a big publication might give the impression of experiencing change. The author adds that having a good working relation with colleagues is important in the publication industry.

The article presents the views of some publishers on print and electronic galleys. Ron Charles, senior editor for the Washington Post Book World, believes paper galleys are safe. He reveals paper galleys help him and his fellow editors through the process of putting together the weekly book review. On the other hand, Lev Grossman, book critic for "Time" magazine, noted that he hated the experience of reading galleys. He thinks of them as horrible, crippled imitation of a book. But Grossman notes that e-galleys are inevitable as they make sense. INSET: Fictionwise/Overdrive Breakup.

This article reports on the launch of the publishing company Chronicle Press by the newspaper, San Francisco Chronicle, in the U.S. in 2005. Once the owner of Chronicle Books, the San Francisco Chronicle has gotten back into the book business with the launch of Chronicle Press. The press has released two titles by newspaper staffers, The San Francisco Century and Mystical San Francisco. Chronicle Press is run by the paper's deputy editor, Narda Zacchino, who said the publishing effort will focus on packaging the paper's previously published content in book form.

An interview is presented with Robert E. Munford, general manager of Pacific Publishing Co. Inc., Seattle, Washington, on print publishing. Munford said his greatest challenge has been to keep abreast of the color requirements of their own publications and hundreds of commercial accounts they support over three shifts 5 and 1/2 days a week. He said they continue to look for and offer small add on value programs that print clients can deliver to potential advertisers and to their own papers.

The article reports on the publication of "Fire Service Features of Buildings and Fire Protection Systems," offered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The booklet is intended to increase the safety for building occupants and emergency responders. It is then announced that the booklet can be downloaded at the publications page of the OSHA Web site or by contacting them through the telephone number offered in the paper.

The article discusses key changes in 2001 in the "Talk" magazine, which was launched in the United States in August 1999. Key issues discussed include an upgrade of the periodical's paper stock, information on the magazine's circulation, sales and losses and the outlook for an increase in advertising pages.

The author offers some background information on the development of IGTI of the American Society Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in this issue of the journal. He says that the number of final papers submitted to the journal increased to 1154: a record and a large jump of 18% on the numbers of the two years.

Presents several office equipment and product literature. Information sheet from McDonnell Douglas AEC Information Systems; Brochure from James River Graphics, Inc.; Catalog from Engineering Systems Corp.

The article presents a reprint of "Editorial," by Ted Saad, which appeared in the September/October 1958 issue of the periodical "Microwave Journal." It states the important policy which is to strive for balance of content without diluting the quality of the magazine. It shows that most of the reader response in the field of specialization indicated a desire for papers on antennas including Ferrites, Solid State, and microwave tubes.

The article presents highlights from journals of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). The "Loss Prevention Bulletin" magazine will mark its milestone with its 200th issue to be published in April 2008. The article will review the progress made in process safety. Safety expert Trevor Kletz has contributed a review of the Hazard's Symposia, run by the North Western Branch of IChemE since 1960. Consultant Keith Wilson describes his paper on decommissioning preparation.

The article reports on the changes on FAS-FAX, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations in the U.S. The organization is including online readership, total unique users, and combined print/online reach. It anticipates that about 200 daily papers out of 820 are supplying total-audience data, since it is a voluntary move.

A white paper on the future of non-medical and medical regulation will be published within weeks, the Department of Health has confirmed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Announces the creation of a research journal entitled “NAFDA-J” by the National Association of Future Doctors of Audiology (NAFDA). Design of the periodical to provide audiology students an outlet review of research papers; Role of the tool to encourage and support the profession through scientific investigation; Research submission procedures.

This article reports developments related to the field of medicine. The consultation paper "Choosing Health: Making Healthy Choices Easier," was published in December 2004. It sets a range of public health initiatives for English PCTs to implement over the next four years. The DoH has published the results of the GP Recruitment and Retention Survey 2004. Thirteen percent of respondents who expressed an opinion perceived the recruitment process to be easier than in the past 5 years, compared to 9 percent in 2003.

This article presents information related to a website called PlanetEE.com. Aimed at electronics engineers and engineering managers worldwide, PlanetEE.com serves as a gateway to the individual websites of the highly respected engineering publications and specifier's tools of Penton Media's Electronics Group. If one needs a quick way to gather data on the latest power-related products and services from the world's leading vendors, if one wants to learn more about the latest introductions in power sources, power passives, power semi-conductors and power products for design, test, manufacturing and approval, then one has to go to www. PowerDesign.365.com. and experience the EOEM's premier, focused online resource for power design content, products and services brought to the readers by the Penton Electronics Group. Power Design 365 runs 24/7, so it's avaiiabie when you need it. Find the combined editorial power of Electronic Design, EE Product News, Wireless Systems Design and Microwaves & RF\n one "powerful" resource. One can plug into power-related industry news and download vendor white papers, datasheets, presentations and more.

The article reports that lack of credit and author accountability in science publishing journals that can create a negative impact on science overall. It mentions that research scientists have taken steps to address this issue of research authorship. It notes that standard for authorship for such journals is necessary along with objectives of corresponding authors. Information on the use of standard identifier like ORCID iD and the Contributor Roles Taxonomy.

This article reports on the plan of La Opinion to begin extending home delivery as part of a joint promotion with The Los Angeles Times. The delivery program comes on the heels of a joint distribution agreement between the two publications to insert 110,000 newsstand copies of the Times into La Opinion. The bundled papers sell for 35 cents, the same as the single-copy rate for La Opinion. To back the newsstand insertion, La Opinion created an aggressive umbrella campaign that includes an animated TV spot, radio, bus shelters, event marketing and Internet banners.