Sunday, 3 April 2011

Nuns grading papers


A little light amusement for a Sunday afternoon.

Can you imagine the nun who had to sit at her desk grading these papers, all the while trying to keep a straight face and maintain her composure?!

The sentences below come from a Catholic Elementary School. Children were asked questions about the old and new testaments. The following statements about the Bible were written by children; they haven't been retouched or corrected and hence incorrect spelling has been left in.

1. IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF.

2 ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH'S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS.

3. LOTS WIFE WAS A PILLAR OF SALT DURING THE DAY, BUT A BALL OF FIRE DURING THE NIGHT.

4. THE JEWS WERE A PROUD PEOPLE AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY THEYHAD TROUBLE WITH UNSYMPATHETIC GENITALS.

5. SAMPSON WAS A STRONGMAN WHO LET HIMSELF BE LED ASTRAY BY A JEZEBEL LIKE DELILAH.

6. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES.

7. MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT INGREDIENTS.

8. THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

9. THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.

10. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS THOU SHALT NOT ADMIT ADULTERY.

11. MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL.

12. THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.

13. DAVID WAS A HEBREW KING WHO WAS SKILLED AT PLAYING THE LIAR. HE FOUGHT THE FINKELSTEINS, A RACE OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN BIBLICAL TIMES.

14. SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.

15. WHEN MARY HEARD SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF JESUS, SHE SANG THE MAGNA CARTA.

16. WHEN THE THREE WISE GUYS FROM THE EAST SIDE ARRIVED THEY FOUND JESUS IN THE MANAGER.

17. JESUS WAS BORN BECAUSE MARY HAD AN IMMACULATE CONTRAPTION.

18. ST. JOHN THE BLACKSMITH DUMPED WATER ON HIS HEAD.

19. JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE.

20. IT WAS A MIRICLE WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND MANAGED TO GET THE TOMBSTONE OFF THE ENTRANCE.

21. THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS.

22.THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLES.

23. ONE OF THE OPPOSSUMS WAS ST. MATTHEW WHO WAS ALSO A TAXIMAN.

24.ST. PAUL CAVORTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE PREACHED HOLY ACRIMONY WHICH IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MARRAIGE.

25.CHRISTIANS HAVE ONLY ONE SPOUSE. THIS IS CALLED MONOTONY.

'Take 5' looking for submissions

Take 5 is the magazine that comes with the weekly Sunday edition of The Daily Star newspaper. The editor of the magazine has announced that they always welcome reader contribution and feedback.

Up to £500 can be paid for personal stories and true life experience features.

'Miracle Tips' accompanied by a photo can earn you up to £25 a time, and photos with a few explanatory lines about the story attached to the image can be awarded up to £50.

New website for writers is launched

A new website, BookBarista.com has been launched, with the intention of providing a focused space for writers, readers and service providers to post details of their books, writing competitions and writing courses. The site is also intended as a venue for authors, book sellers and buyers to 'advertise their work, network, and have a place to go to that caters for the book community at large.'

Posting is free and website advertising is restricted to book-related information or services only. Check it out yourself at www.bookbarista.com

New Chicken magazine released!


Your Chicken is a new monthly magazine aimed at people who keep hens or chickens in their garden as opposed to those who keep or breed chickens on farms or small holdings.

The magazine will include information on the various breeds of hens, advice on feeding, security, welfare and health.

The editor of this new publication, Simon McEwan, has stated that he will consider ideas for illustrated features on relevant topics, but that an email proposal should always be sent first. Simon's email is: simon.mcewan@archant.co.uk

Interested in writing for magazines? Let us help!

101 year old woman secures first publishing deal

Margaret Comer from Boston in Lincolnshire has recently had her first novel published at the age of 101. Margaret is a former proofreader and her novel Plain Jane was written to keep Margaret entertained throughout her retirement.

The book is priced at £10 and the proceeds of all sales will go to charity.

Words Worth Reading Ltd offer a full range of mentoring and editorial services to help you get your manuscript finalised. For more information, visit our website.

Editing exercises


How good are your editing skills? Take a look at the 3 sentences below and see what you'd do to improve the way the sentences are written:

1. The editor's letter had suggested that considerable work is required if Sandra's novel is going to be seriously considered for publication.

2. Unfortunately, as it was raised to the ground by the Romans, only traces of the original Punic Carthage remain.

3. The publisher's legal people were worried that several parts of Nigel's book could be slanderous and were therefore suggesting rewrites of three chapters.

Many thanks to Writing Magazine for these sentence examples!

Do you need help editing your creative writing? Visit our Writer pages to find out more about how we can help.

CQC announces revised fee structure for 11/12

The CQC released the outcome of its consultation on 2011/12 registration, variation and compliance fees this week, sending the heads of Healthcare Providers into a bit of a spin!

The consultation outcome document details the views of the proposed fee structure put forward by current and future Healthcare Providers that require CQC registration to enable them to practice. This cohort of Healthcare Providers includes Ambulance Providers, Independent Healthcare Providers, NHS Trusts, Social Care Providers, Dentists and (as of April 2012) General Practitioners. Importantly, it also provides the finalised fee levels that each type of Healthcare Provider will need to pay annually.

The biggest changes to the fee structure, following the consultation responses, are:

- Certain services that only offer one type of service (i.e. Diagnostic Services) have been set a lower annual fee rate than originally proposed

- All Providers will receive a single annual invoice for their registration and variation charges, and this invoice will be sent at the same time each year.

- The number of locations that a Provider operates from is taken into consideration in the setting of annual fees.

- Social Care providers will see that variations have been made to their fee structure to take into consideration the number of residential beds that each provider houses.

Full details of the finalised fee structure can be found here: http://www.cqc.org.uk/preview.cfm?cit_id=37262&FaArea1=customWidgets.content_view_preview

Words Worth Reading Ltd offers comprehensive services to support organisations in the completion of the CQC registration process. For more information, please visit our CQC Services webpage.