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Is “The” Capitalized In A Title?

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Should the word “The” be capitalized in a title? I recently received this email from a visitor: “My company has asked me to write several articles and many contain the word ‘the’ in the title. I haven’t studied grammar in years and I can’t remember whether the word The should be capitalized in the title or not. Help!” Thanks, Barb …

Contacting Paulo Coelho, Part II

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(click here to read part I of the story) David knew what that normal life entailed.  He had lived it the past 5 years.  At 28, he thought, if I go back now, that will be it.  I will probably never return.  And he was probably right. A traveler who returns home from his journeys always wants to travel again.  …

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Contacting Paulo Coelho…

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It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.   Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist I am seated in South America writing.  Would I be seated here writing Contacting Paulo Coelho were it not for The Alchemist?  Probably, but not certainly.

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Beyond the iPad: The True Legacy of Steve Jobs

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legacy of Steve JobsFor many, the legacy of Steve Jobs may be the device you hold in your hand or the computer on which you are reading this right now. But the true legacy of Steve Jobs is not one of technology, but of life.

In the many accounts of the life of Steve Jobs recently written, we read articles such as how Steve Jobs changed the way we interact with music and how Steve Jobs Told Us What We Needed Before We Knew. Certainly, Steve Jobs will be remembered 100 years from now for the way he created the perfect marriage between art and technology.