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  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,140 views

    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

  • Tech Moms Among The Hottest Items For Mother's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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    Tech Moms Among the hottest items for Mother’s Day ’06 were digital cameras, which increased 27% in unit sales in ‘06; portable music players, up 40%; and satellite navigation systems, shot up over 400%. Consumers spent more than $865 million in the week before Mother’s Day, up 9% from ‘05’s $791 ...read more

  • The Number Of Baptisms Is Declining Throughout ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 3,241 views

    The Number Of Baptisms is declining throughout the Christian community according to USA Today. Southern Baptists baptisms fell about 35% from ‘72 to ‘85 and has remained flat since. SBC membership increased from 13.6 million in ‘80 to 16.2 million in ‘04, while baptisms dropped from 430,000 in ‘80 ...read more

  • A Small But Growing Number Of Parents Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 3,724 views

    A small but growing number of parents are getting domain names for their young kids, some before taking their newborn home from the hospital. It’s not known exactly how many, but the practice is no longer limited to “tekky” parents. They worry that the name of choice might not be available by the ...read more

  • Plug-In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    PLUG-IN POLLUTION The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could also increase air pollution in some areas. A plug-in’s lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility plants supplying electricity to recharge the ...read more

  • Neil Chetnik, Author, Speaker, Expert On Men's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    Neil Chetnik, author, speaker, expert on men’s lives wrote in USA Today about the time he and his father were going through his grandfathers papers and he writes: "It was the first time I had ever seen my Dad cry, and Dad said, ’I am crying not only for my father, but also for me. His death means ...read more

  • In-Flight Medical Emergencies

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,335 views

    IN-FLIGHT MEDICAL EMERGENCIES The rate of medical emergencies aboard commercial flights nearly doubled from 2000 to 2006, from 19 to 35 per one million passengers. Analysts attribute increase to the rising number of older passengers and flights that go farther and last longer. Airline industry ...read more

  • Working Poor: There Are 35 Million People In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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    Working Poor: There are 35 million people in the country living in poverty. Most of the adults in that group work, notes Ron Suskind, the author of The Price of Loyalty. Worker Output rose at a 2.7% annual rate in Q4 of ’03, down from 9.5% in Q3 reports the Labor Department. Productivity for year ...read more

  • Teens Are Facing An Intimacy Crisis That Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Teens are facing an intimacy crisis that could haunt them in future relationships. Casual teen attitudes toward sex — particularly oral sex — reflect their confusion about what is normal behavior. “When teens fool around before they’re ready or have a very casual attitude toward sex, they proceed ...read more

  • Scaling Back: A Small But Growing Number Of Men ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Scaling Back: A small but growing number of men are scaling back their work in spite of the soft job market. 10% of human resource executives say they are seeing a growing number of high-potential men leave their companies or decline a promotion because of work-life demands. 40% of working fathers ...read more

  • Lambie Renounces Citizenship  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
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    5179. Lambie Renounces Citizenship Dr. Thomas Lambie went to Ethiopia as a medical missionary. After some time he wanted to buy land for a mission station. An Ethiopian law said that no land could be sold to foreigners. Because Dr. Lambie had great love for Christ and the Ethiopians, he gave up his ...read more

  • Fox Sports Play Of The Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2002
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     | 3,272 views

    FOX SPORTS PLAY OF THE DAY "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit’" (Acts 2:38). Pat Summerall spent 50 years with the national Football League. He was ...read more

  • One Such Symbol Is Located In Washington D.c. ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Apr 9, 2007
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    "One such symbol is located in Washington D.C. High atop Capital Hill sits the Capital Building of the U.S.A. The cornerstone of that building was laid in 1793, but the crowning touch, is the statue that stands on top of the rotunda which is called the “Freedom Lady”. The Freedom Lady was placed ...read more

  • Lincoln: Keep Trying

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 13, 2009
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    LINCOLN: KEEP TRYING Let me tell you about a man who made a disastrous first attempt in the world of business. He switched to politics but within only one year that did not work out either. He tried his hand for a second time at business, but failed again. That meant 3 failures in 3 years, (time ...read more

  • Less Sex, More Commerce: In '97 20% Of Internet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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    Less Sex, More Commerce: In ’97 20% of Internet searches were sex-related, today it only accounts for 5%, according to University of Pittsburgh and Penn State researchers. People are using (the Web) more as an everyday tool rather than as just an entertainment medium. Studies show queries for ...read more

  • Wealth Vs. Happiness: The Number Of Households ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Wealth Vs. Happiness: The number of households with more than $1 million in net worth (excluding primary residence) has risen to a record high and at a record rate according to recent research by TNS Financial Services. The number of wealthy U.S. households has shot to 8.2 million as of mid-‘04, a ...read more

  • Charles Hard Townes, 89, And Columbia University ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Charles Hard Townes, 89, and Columbia University physicist, has been awarded this year’s Templeton Prize for progress or discoveries about spiritual reality. He notes, “I don’t think that science is complete at all. We don’t understand everything and one can see, within science itself, there are ...read more

  • Under Funded Retirement: The Annual Retirement ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Under Funded Retirement: The annual Retirement Confidence Survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds 65% of workers are “very” or “somewhat” confident of funding their retirements. That’s down from 68% last year. Although the overall confidence reading remains high, most workers ...read more

  • Willie Nelson Has Purchased The Methodist Church ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
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    Willie Nelson has purchased the Methodist church of his youth in Abbott, Texas. Nelson, 73, had a celebration with guests that included longtime parishioners, friends and family for prayers and gospel singing. "Sister Bobbie and I have been going to this church since we were born," Nelson said. ...read more

  • Non-Verbal- New Websites Like Myspace Are Popping ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,478 views

    Non-Verbal- New websites like MySpace are popping up regularly. Popular with teens, it has more than 78 million members. Though sometimes intimidating, parents embracing the new technologies are learning kids are willing to communicate — on their own terms. Parenting experts say technology should ...read more

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