Better Homes & Gardens.com Highlights: September 2007.DES MOINES, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, -- Better Homes & Gardens.com (www.bhg.com), the premiere home and family site on the Web, and the interactive companion to Better Homes and Gardens magazine announces its online editorial content for the month of September 2007: Change The World (Really!) BHG.com, as part of Better Home and Garden's Living Green project, has developed a tool to calculate the number of lives touched, dollars saved, water conserved and carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. slashed. Readers who join will receive a short newsletter each week with a simple, achievable green action for that week. They can then invite their friends and family to join and can see the cumulative impact that they and their group are having. That impact multiples exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. as those friends and family invite their friends and family to join in, and so on. Readers can even see how much of a difference all BHG.com users are making together. www.bhg.com/livinggreen 100 Days of Holidays Starting September 24, BHG.com will deliver daily e-mails with simple tips to get organized and have more fun-from Halloween all the way to New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. . www.bhg.com/100days New Quick & Easy Crafts: BHG.com has added a whole new category of quick and easy crafts. From rainy-day fun for the kids to well-art adult readers can make for themselves, the easy projects can be done in a day or less. www.bhg.com/quickandeasycrafts Easy DIY DIY abbr. do-it-yourself DIY or d.i.y. Brit, Austral & NZ do-it-yourself DIY abbr DIY do it yourself a DIY shop/job. Decor BHG.com has all-new ideas for do-it-yourself decorating projects. Save cash while giving the home some fresh style. www.bhg.com/diydecor About BHG.com Developed by the experts at Better Homes and Gardens, BHG.com is the premiere home and family site on the Web, and the interactive companion to Better Homes and Gardens magazine. BHG.com is for people interested in turning home, cooking, and gardening inspiration into action. BHG.com is focused on decorating, building and remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling , crafts, entertaining, cooking, and gardening. It also has extensive information for women and families. In addition to providing useful tools and advice, BHG.com's trusted experts keep visitors up to the minute with information on the latest developments and trends around home and garden. BHG.com was designed with real people in mind. It has easy-to-use interactive tools, clear visuals, step-by-step instructions and money-saving suggestions. It makes life easier and more enjoyable. About Meredith Corporation Meredith Corporation NYSE: MDP is based in Des Moines, Iowa. The company has two divisions, publishing and broadcasting. Edwin Thomas Meredith founded the company in 1902 when he began publishing Successful Farming magazine. Meredith (www.meredith.com) is one of the nation's leading media and marketing companies with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. , television broadcasting, integrated marketing, and interactive media. The Meredith Publishing Group features 25 subscription magazines - including Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal Ladies' Home Journal U.S. monthly magazine, one of the oldest in the country and long the trendsetter among women's magazines. Founded in 1883 as a supplement to the Tribune and Farmer (1879–85), it began an independent publication in 1884. , Family Circle, Parents, American Baby, Fitness and More - and publishes more than 200 special interest publications under approximately 80 titles. Meredith owns 13 television stations, including properties in top-25 markets Atlanta, Phoenix and Portland. Meredith has more than 400 books in print and has established marketing relationships with some of America's leading companies through Meredith Integrated Marketing. Meredith's consumer database, which contains more than 85 million names, is one of the largest domestic databases among media companies and enables magazine and television advertisers to target marketing campaigns precisely. Additionally, Meredith has an extensive Internet presence that includes more than 30 Web sites and broadband channels. Meredith Hispanic Ventures publishes five Spanish-language titles, making Meredith the leading publisher serving Hispanic women in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . |
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