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POPSHappy Birthday Noah Webster (Oct 16) Webster's suggestion of using "tung" instead of "tongue" didn't stick, though. Today Webster's name is synonymous with dictionaries and the date of his birth is observed as Dictionary Day. In his honor, this week we'll present words about words. As Webster said, "the process of a living language is like the motion of a broad river which flows with a slow, silent, irresistible current."
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POPSYour toxic home office http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2007/aug/figures/nl_printers.jpg Your laser printer could be making you gag, according to a new study. Queensland University of Technology (Australia) researchers found that laser printers spew as many particulates into the air as cigarette smokers. I am wondering if inkjet printers may cause similar problems... After testing more than 50 printers throughout the building, they found that particle emissions varied depending on the type and age of the printer. In one case, standing near a working printer was much like standing next to a cigarette smoker.