In this issue:

• Note from Judy
• Grammar, Usage, and Style - Words of wisdom from Cartoon Professor
• Recommendations
  • Arts
  • Education
  • Grammar
  • Health
  • History
  • References
  • Science/Technology
  • Writing/Journalism
  • Judy's Photo Gallery
  
  

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  NOTE FROM JUDY

Greetings from the Sonoran Desert in the summer. One of my jobs is
to stay cool. Physically and emotionally. Usually I can. And do.
Father's Day, however, my sewer line backed up, and it took a couple
of hours of my brother working mostly outside while I worked inside
mopping up backed up water. David wins the competition for hottest
father of the day. Bless his heart for knowing how to help and doing
something about it.

Social Networking. I'll keep on you about this, because it's just
as important as learning all the netiquette and other aspects of
email. It's here to stay, can be a powerful way to communicate, and
I hope you'll visit http://webgrammar.ning.com and dip your toe
(virtually) in the water.

I recently set up a ning.com site for the people in two of my local
think tank groups. It's closed, so only those who are accepted by
me as members have access, and we're approaching some of our areas
of discussion by this medium as a nice complement to our monthly
meetings.

Do consider how you can use it with a family group, civic or church
organization, or whatever would work. And remember, on Webgrammar,
no one will make fun of you: you're part of our family. We just
share, learn, grow, and share.

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GRAMMAR, USAGE and STYLE - From the pen of Harold V. Cordry
(read his comments at http://webgrammar.ning.com)

Talk of "replacing" Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who plans to retire,
reminds us of another use of that verb. You take a book off the shelf, have
a look at it, and then put it back, which is to say that you "replace" it
in the place where you found it: He replaced the book on the shelf.

PRONUNCIATION

asterisk Not aster-ik;
athlete Two syllables: ATH-lete, not ATH-uh-lete;
Arctic ARK tic, not AR-tic;
disastrous Three syllables, not disaster-ous;
electoral Emphasis on the second syllable, not the third;
mischievous Three syllables, MIS-chih-vous, not mis-CHEE-vee-ous;
prerogative First syllable is Prih-, not Per-
prescription Prih-, not per-;
probably Three syllables; not PROB-lee;
ticklish Two syllables; TIK-lish, not TICKLE-ish.

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

ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Special help in diagramming sentences
http://members.cox.net/teachro/grammar/diagramming.htm

ENGLISH IDIOMS & PROVERBS
All pages have at least one picture each drawn by students.
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html

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/

REFERENCES

AGE SOURCE/AGE STATS WORLDWIDE
These databases have been created by AARP to facilitate the international
exchange of policy and program-relevant information in aging. AgeSource
Worldwide identifies several hundred information resources in some 25
countries which are significant either in size or in their unique coverage
of particular aging-related issues. Includes clearinghouses, libraries,
databases, training modules, major reports, and Web metasites.
http://www.aarpinternational.org/database/

HORSEBACK RIDING FOR BEGINNERS
http://cli.gs/AepdJz

IMAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/

MY AWARD MAKER
Print out elegant certificates: numerous categories.
http://www.myawardmaker.com/

OREGON MAPS
http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/ormaps/index.php

EDUCATION

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Information on traditional colleges, scholarships, college admission,
college contact information, HBCU's, colleges for women, Christian
colleges, colleges with programs for students with learning disabilities,
career schools, vocational schools, a quick and easy GPA calculator,
and more.
http://www.college-scholarships.com

A LIFETIME OF COLOR
Provides educators with a comprehensive resource of lesson plans,
projects and techniques for teachers and educators.
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/main.taf?p=0

MEMORIAL HALL MUSEUM ONLINE: AMERICAN CENTURIES
...view from New England
This website is unique in many design features that facilitate successful
use by educators and students. It includes a large library of primary
resources, curricula, and interactive student activities; most of them
presented in age-appropriate, user-friendly formats.
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html

ONLINE DEGREES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Lists/describes more than 135 fully accredited colleges and universities,
and offers links to more than 50 no-cost online scholarship matching
services.
http://www.online-degrees-and-scholarships.com

WRITING/JOURNALISM

EDITOR'S NOTES: NEWSLETTER FOR WRITERS
Superb newsletter written by a consummate professional
http://www.writershelper.com/newsletter.html

LITERATURE AND LANDSCAPE OF THE HORSE RETREAT
http://tinyurl.com/opmulw

THE NIGHT I FREED JOHN BROWN
http://johnmichaelcummings.com/

WRITING TECHNIQUES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_writing_techniques

ARTS

500 YEARS OF ITALIAN DANCE: Treasures from the
Cia Fornaroli Collection

Hundreds of images from the Cia Fornaroli Collection illustrate the rich
history of Italian dance. The collection includes designs, lithographs,
ephemera, and more.
http://cli.gs/r9Jz0U

ARTISTS IN DIALOGUE: ANTÓNIO OLE AND AIMÉ MPANE
The first in a series of exhibitions in which two artists have been
invited to create new work in response to one another. Accompanying
these site specific artworks are a selection of older and more recent
pieces by António Ole of Angola and Aimé Mpane, an artist who divides
his time between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium.
http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/dialogue09/index.html

BAROQUE
Style in the age of magnificence
http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/baroque/

WILLIAM GEDNEY PHOTOGRAPHS AND WRITINGS
From the mid 1950s through the early 1980s, William Gedney (1932-1989) photographed throughout the United States, in India, and in Europe.
From street scenes outside his Brooklyn apartment to the daily chores
of unemployed coal miners, from the indolent lifestyle of hippies in
Haight-Ashbury to the sacred rituals of Hindu worshippers, Gedney
recorded the lives of others with remarkable clarity and poignancy.
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gedney/

THE HIDDEN ART OF FORE-EDGE BOOK PAINTING
From the earliest period when books began to be printed, artists and
bookbinders embellished their covers with designs and illustrations.
The painting of book edges developed later, but few readers have ever
seen these decorations. They are an obscure art form, hidden beneath
a surface of gold. It is as if you discovered magic on a book before
you even read its opening lines.
http://foreedge.bpl.org/

LYRICAL LEGACY
400 Years of American Song and Poetry: Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/

HISTORY

A IS FOR ANIMALS
Offers an A to Z of animals in war, from mascots and messengers to
creepy-crawlies. Animals are put to many uses in war. Sometimes they
have jobs to do: the horses, camels, mules, and donkeys used to
transport soldiers and equipment, as well as carrier pigeons and
tracker dog with their special talents. Often animals are used as
mascots and pets, or as symbols on badges and flags.
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/animals/

CALIFORNIA CULTURES
Brief historical overviews and related images explore California’s
evolving ethnic diversity Also Faces of Diversity and lesson plans.
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/calcultures/

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY RESOURCES
The environment is one of the most pressing concerns facing society
in the 21st century. The environmental debate is hugely complex with
cultural, social, economic, moral, political and scientific dimensions
all interacting. Key to this debate is Environmental History, which
provides an valuable long-term perspective on environmental change.
http://www.eh-resources.org/index.html/

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE LIBRARY: HISTORIC MAP COLLECTION
Includes several hundred sheet maps representing Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C., and four atlases of the state of Delaware.
http://fletcher.lib.udel.edu/collections/hmc/index.htm

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY
http://dl.clackamas.cc.or.us/ch104-00/index.htm

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
A private, not-for-profit research and education institution at the
forefront of efforts in molecular biology and genetics to generate
knowledge that will yield better diagnostics and treatments for cancer,
neurological diseases and other major causes of human suffering.
http://www.cshl.edu/

VIRTUAL MICROBIOLOGY
http://tinyurl.com/q8dfaz

HEALTH

AGING IN THE KNOW
Created by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health
in Aging (FHA), Aging in the Know offers up-to-date information
for consumers on health and aging.
http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/

CDC: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm

WFP FOOD FORCE
Designed for children aged 8-13 years and provides a variety of
information and activities regarding global hunger.
http://www.food-force.com/