In this issue:

• Note from Judy
• Grammar, Usage, and Style - Compound Subject joined by "and"
• Recommendations
  • Arts
  • Education
  • Grammar
  • Health
  • History
  • References
  • Science/Technology
  • Writing/Journalism
  • Judy's Photo Gallery
  
  

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NOTE FROM JUDY

1. My friend, Tom McCarthy, is a gifted photographer. Thank you for letting me repeat myself (smile). He also put together an excellent website for the National League of Postmasters, Hawaii Branch. Do click on the "Photos" link. Stunning photography. And his daughter's artwork is quite special.
   Use the "Art" link.
   http://web.me.com/tommccarthy1/Site_2/Home.html

2. One of my favorite people is Karen Steffen Chung, a longtime Webgrammar subscriber. She teaches at National Taiwan University. We met again on Facebook, where she pointed me to Ivy League Analytical English. She indicates that the Ivy site itself: http://www.ivy.com.tw/ is open to non-Facebook members, but the interface is completely in Chinese and it requires a Taiwan ID number to register. That's one reason she's posting links to the broadcasts on FB, in English - that way anyone can access them.

For now anyway, you do have to be on Facebook, and here's the URL: http://cli.gs/52vTgd - and if you'd like a free occasional e-newsletter of printed Ivy lessons, send a subscription request to: service@ivy.com.tw.

Karen Steffen Chung
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
National Taiwan University

3. Another longtime subscriber and favorite, who also teaches at National Taiwan University, is Ann-Marie Hadzima. I recently received the following from her:

Thank you for your Webgrammar Ezine which often entices me to explore new areas of knowledge!

A site you may consider to include in an upcoming issue of the Ezine is http://www.englishcentral.com This site is a relatively new one (started in Nov 2009), which combines videos online (e.g. Youtube.com) and speech recognition technology to let students of English practice speaking the same way the people in the videos speak.

Users select a video and then record themselves saying the lines from the video in a series of short segments. Each segment they record is graded (A+ to D). The idea is for users to re-record the segments to achieve a higher grade. Students achieve points for each video they complete.

The videos are categorized by difficulty level as well as general topic (business, daily life, news & politics, etc). Segments from old Hollywood movies (Breakfast at Tiffany's) as well as rapping flight attendants doing the pre-takeoff safety lecture are included. Users can recommend short videos to be included on the site.

Teachers can sign up for free teacher accounts which allow them to issue 'invitations' to students so the teachers can monitor student use of the site. Teachers can also upload materials for the students to use. Since the website has initially been targeted to Japanese learners of English, there are many short clips featuring President Obama, a role model to many Japanese speakers of English for his oratory skills.

The site is not a replacement for a teacher, especially since it is not sensitive to measure many features/aspects of pronuniciation. Nevertheless, students using it under teacher instruction will get more focused support and practice in speaking English.

Ann-Marie Hadzima
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
National Taiwan University

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GRAMMAR, USAGE and STYLE - WHEN TWO SUBJECTS ARE JOINED BY "AND"

If a subject with two or more parts is joined by "and," is it a compound? Almost always, says Diana Hacker, in A Writer's Reference (G1-c).

However, there are exceptions. When the parts of the subject form a single unit (His natural ability and his desire to serve his country have led to a career in the military.) or when they refer to the same person or thing, treat the subject as singular.

ARTS

THE CROOKED ROAD
The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail began as an idea in January 2003. The basis of the idea is to generate tourism and economic development in the Appalachian region of Southwestern Virginia by focusing on the region’s unique musical heritage. Response to the concept from communities, musicians, music venues, and tourism organizations was positive and immediate.

As a result of this enthusiasm, "The Crooked Road" now includes ten counties, three cities, ten towns, five regional planning districts, four state agencies, two tourism organizations, and a large number of music venues.
http://www.thecrookedroad.org/default.asp

DRUE KATAOKA: HISTORY OF SUMI-E
http://www.drue.net/sumi-e-history.htm

EXTREME EXPOSURE
Hawaiian Photography, specializing in wedding, portrait, commercial, and sports photography on the Big Island
http://www.extremeexposure.com/

RINGLING COLLECTION: IMAGES OF 19TH CENTURY ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/?s=ringling

HISTORY

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/battle.htm

CHEVROLET BRINGS YOU THE NEWS FROM 1935: VIDEO
http://cli.gs/L7RnzV

DANIEL BOONE OPENS UP THE WEST, 1769-71
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/danielboone.htm

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RULES OF GOOD BEHAVIOR, CA. 1746
http://tinyurl.com/ykpbtwv

UTAH'S CAMBRIAN LIFE
http://www.kumip.ku.edu/cambrianlife/

WISCONSIN COUNTY HISTORIES
Access to more than 80 standard histories of Wisconsin counties. Most of
these volumes are several hundred pages long and include detailed accounts
of individual cities, townships and villages, as well as biographical
sketches of prominent residents. Most were published between 1850 and 1920.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wch/

REFERENCES

COLUMBIA HISTORICAL CORPORATE REPORTS ONLINE COLLECTION
Columbia University's Watson Library of Business and Economics owns a
unique collection of historical annual reports. The majority of the
reports predate the 1934 Securities Exchange Act which regulated and
standardized reporting.

The reports were written for and disseminated
to stockholders and the public. While many reports were published, there
was no requirement that they be produced or adhere to a particular format.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/business/CorpReports.html

ENTREPRENEURSHIP CORNER
The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is a free online archive of
entrepreneurship resources for teaching and learning. The mission of the
project is to support and encourage faculty around the world who teach
entrepreneurship to future scientists and engineers, as well as those in
management and other disciplines.
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/index.html

THE GREAT AMERICAN MIGRATION SLOWDOWN:
Regional and Metropolitan Dimensions
The recent and marked decline in migration around the nation is a departure
from previous trends, William Frey says, noting that U.S. migration tends to
outpace that of most other countries.
http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2009/1209_migration_frey.aspx

JISK INFONET INFOKITS
Contain "self-help" material and promote the effective strategic planning
and management of information and learning technology within institutions.
40 infoKits cover such topics as: Social Software, Time Management, Process
Review, Portfolio Management, Information Lifestyle, etc.
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits

LEHMAN BROTHERS COLLECTION
This guide provides information about the resources available within the
collection, including both the deal book collection and the business records.
http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/

RUNNING BAREFOOT
This website has been developed to provide an evidence-based resource for
those interested in the biomechanics of different foot strikes in endurance
running and the applications to human endurance running prior to the modern
running shoe.
http://www.barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu/

VINTAGE AD BROWSER
This site aims to collect vintage ads from a variety of sources, including
comic books, CD-Roms, websites, APIs, your submissions, book, magazine and
comic book scans, and more.
http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/

WRITING/JOURNALISM

GRANT FUNDING FOR ARTISTS, WRITERS,
MUSICIANS & PROGRAMS
Updated every other week
http://freegrantfunding.blogspot.com/

HOW TO USE AN APOSTROPHE
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe

MY FAVOURITE FONTS OF 2009
By David Jonathan Ross
http://tinyurl.com/yg4xeut

WRITING GUIDELINES FOR ENGINEERING AND
SCIENCE STUDENTS
Contain advice, models, and exercises for common writing and speaking assignments in engineering and science.
http://writing.engr.psu.edu

GRAMMAR

COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH:
PROFESSOR PAUL BRIANS' SITE
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

DAILY GRAMMAR
Check your grammar knowledge. Quizzes take four minutes.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml

GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND STYLE: JACK LYNCH
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/contents.html

MRS. BLUEZETTE'S GRAMMAR CORNER
"A PBS mind in an MTV world."
Delightful, highly educational articles by a wonderful English language wizard (umm...wizette).
http://www.newsblues.com/grammar.htm

PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
Outstanding as a quick reference for your grammar questions.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

USINGENGLISH.COM
A large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools and resources for students, teachers, learners, and academics.
http://www.usingenglish.com/

WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers can find inspiration.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/

EDUCATION

3 WAYS EDUCATORS ARE EMBRACING SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY http://tinyurl.com/ya9mpel

FILAMENTALITY
A fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into online learning activities. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.html

A NEW SCHOOL TEACHES STUDENTS THROUGH VIDEOGAMES http://tinyurl.com/yhl9bj4

VIDEOCONFERENCING FOR LEARNING
Videoconferencing technology allows people at two or more locations to see and hear each other at the same time.

The website supports effective and educational uses of videoconferencing by providing basic information about the technology and instructional applications as well as resources to help you find and collaborate with other videoconferencing teachers, librarians, and content providers. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/index.html

HEALTH

19 BIZARRE HOME CURES THAT REALLY WORK
http://tinyurl.com/ygyne43

HEALTH SCIENCES ONLINE
HSO is the first website to deliver authoritative, comprehensive, free, and ad-free health sciences knowledge. Search and browse any health sciences topic from over 50,000 courses, references, guidelines, and other learning resources.

Materials are selected from accredited educational sources including universities, governments, and professional societies, by HSO staff.
http://www.hso.info/

THE IMPORTANCE OF MEALS
http://tinyurl.com/yl5hctx

SCIENCE

DOLAN DNA LEARNING CENTER
http://www.dnalc.org/

DNA INTERACTIVE
http://tinyurl.com/ylh87zd

FORENSICS IN THE CLASSROOM
http://blogs.dnalc.org/dnai/2009/11/23/forensics-in-the-classroom/

SINGING INSECTS OF NORTH AMERICA
by Thomas J. Walker (crickets and katydids) and
Thomas E. Moore (cicadas)
The primary goal of this website is to enable users to identify crickets, katydids, and cicadas from America north of Mexico.

The males of most species in these groups make loud, persistent calls that attract conspecific females. Because the songs are loud and species specific, they are usually an easy means of identifying the caller.
http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/

USGS/CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY, VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
Interesting site that documents scientific data on the Cascade Mountains in my home state of Washington.
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Graphics/

VETPULSE
A website designed for veterinary professionals to share original video content.

Content and subscribers from over 80 countries, and the site allows veterinarians and others to peer into the wider world of veterinary medicine.
http://www.vetpulse.tv/