Food for Thought - July 2005
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Webgrammar's Food for Thought - ISSN: 1530-034X
Editor and Publisher: Judy Vorfeld
mailto:judyvorfeld@webgrammar.com URL: http://www.webgrammar.com
July 2005
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CONTENTS
Note from Judy
Windows Keystroke & Tips - Print Screen
Did you Know - Onomatopoeia
Recommendations
Arts
Education
Grammar
History
References
Science/Technology
Writing/Journalism
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NOTE FROM JUDY
I awoke from a siesta today and wondered why the room was so warm.
The air conditioning hummed in the background and an overhead fan
whirred away. I grabbed a glass of ice water and read for a while,
but still felt a bit warm. This led me to the outdoor thermometer,
which read 122.4. And by now, it was past the peak of the day. Now
I understood.
A bit later, I emailed my brother, who lives nearby. Their outdoor
thermometer read 123.4 at the highest. Usually, once July appears,
the Sonoran Desert has a period of time when the "monsoons" occur.
Cloudy. Rainy. Dusty. Humid. So far, the monsoons haven't shown up.
Enjoy July, wherever you are.
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WINDOWS KEYSTROKES & TIPS - PRINT SCREEN
Let's say you're visiting a website and you want to capture the
screen content so you can study it, or send it via email to someone
else (perhaps someone who doesn't have access to the Web, but who
can accept graphics).
Press the Print Screen Button once. This puts whatever you see
on your screen on the Windows Clipboard. You can then paste it
(Ctrl+V) to a graphics program or even Microsoft Word. Save it,
and your're free to print it, save it, or send it to someone else
as either a Word document or a jpg file. For more information,
visit this page:
http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/tips/print-screen-key.htm
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DID YOU KNOW - The correct term for a word that is the same as the
action, such as "bang!", or "Slap!", or "splash" is "onomatopoeia."
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RECOMMENDATIONS
ARTS
CONSERVATION BOOK REPAIR
A training manual by Artemis BonaDea
http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/conman.html
EDUCATION
100 INTERESTING MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS, EXERCISES,
PUZZLES, AND DIVERSIONS
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2005/07/100_interesting.html
RETHINKING SCHOOLS ONLINE
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
YANKEE DOODLE MEMORY SONG
This song is to help the students with memorizing all 43
presidents in order. It is to be sung to the tune of "Yankee
Doodle" and should be practiced everyday or several times a
week to ensure the students learn it.
http://student.wartburg.edu/petersen/PresidentsSongPage.html
GRAMMAR
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH: PROFESSOR PAUL BRIANS' SITE
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
DAILY GRAMMAR
A great way to check grammar knowledge. Quizzes take four minutes.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
GRAMMAR CENTRAL
Links to both a teacher's notes on grammar lessons, as well as copies
of the lessons themselves. Be sure to check the index, which is an
alphabetized list of definitions.
http://www.longview.k12.wa.us/mmhs/wyatt/homework/grammar/gramm.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 to use as a quick reference for your grammar questions.
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
THE ENGLISH MAZE
A web-based learning system for individuals and schools worldwide.
Students can improve their pronunciation, speaking, reading,
listening, and writing skills. The site contains hundreds of hours
of material, much of which is free.
www.englishmaze.com
HISTORY
CONVERSATIONS WITH HISTORY
In these lively, unedited video interviews, distinguished men and
women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work.
Guests include diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers; economists and
political analysts; scientists and historians; writers and foreign
correspondents; activists and artists. The interviews include
discussion of political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and
social issues shaping our world. At the heart of each interview is
a focus on individuals and ideas that make a difference.
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
REFERENCES
ACRONYMA
As of June 2005, the database containd 471347 acronyms and
abbreviations. Language distribution:
English: 437781 entries Spanish: 5024 entries
German: 4128 entries French: 10209 entries
Dutch: 7046 entries Italian: 5060 entries
Portuguese: 1698 entries
http://www.acronyma.com/
DIARY RESEARCH WEBSITE
A guide tohistorical and literary sources, in the forms of Diaries
and Journals, from all periods and parts of the world, which have
been printed in English
http://www.diarysearch.co.uk/
FRICK ART REFERENCE LIBRARY
Research Collections; Catalogs, Indexes, Finding Aids; Special Projects
and Collaborative Initiatives. The Library’s collections of 275,000
books and 900,000 photographs are complemented by a large collection of
microforms and a growing number of electronic text and image resources.
http://www.frick.org/html/resource.htm
THE INTERNATIONAL PERFUME MUSEUM
http://www.museesdegrasse.com/MIP/fla_ang/MIP_accueil.shtml
SAGE CROSSROADS
A public forum on the ethics, politics, and economics of aging research
and longevity science.
http://www.sagecrossroads.net/
IRFANVIEW
Freeware. Graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
IrfanView was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with
Multiple (animated) GIF support. One of the first graphic viewers
WORLDWIDE with Multipage TIF support. The first graphic viewer
WORLDWIDE with Multiple ICO support. When you print, you'll have
the option to scale it to the page size. Highly recommended.
http://www.irfanview.com/
L.L. BEAN PARK SEARCH: UNITED STATES
Find the perfect National Park. With simple check boxes, you can
select any combination of geographic region, state, sport, or
service (such as nearby lodging or children's activities.) Thanks,
Barbara Feldman of www.surfnetkids.com
http://www.llbean.com/parksearch/us_search.html
THE HISTORY OF ADVERTISING TRUST ARCHIVE (UK)
Advertising images and commercials; brand, product or agency
history; campaign information or data relating to the advertising
and promotions business, past and present.
http://www.hatads.org.uk/research.htm
MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/appendix/appendix-b.html
USATVADS
The Golden Oldies of TV Advertising , USATVADS has been collecting
and cataloguing American television commercials since 1975. Its
library has over one million commercials in every category imaginable.
http://www.usatvads.net/
THE NIGHT OF THE ADEATERS
Jean-Marie Boursicot's Film Library provides a huge database of
more than 700 000 commercials. This film library is a genuine global
memory of commercials coming from worldwide agencies.
http://www.adeater.com/html/night-of-the-adeaters.htm
UCAL FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
BIOED ONLINE
http://www.bioedonline.org/
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR
A synthesis of multiple indices, outlooks and news accounts, that
represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
WHAT DON'T WE KNOW?
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/309/5731/75
WRITING/JOURNALISM
BRITISH VS. AMERICAN ENGLISH
A guide to the differences between American and British English.
Are there really any differences? Is US English a dialect of proper
British English? These resources will let you know when to say
Bonnet or Trunk.
http://esl.about.com/od/britishamerican/
CYBERJOURNALIST.NET
A news and resource site that focuses on how the Internet, convergence
and new technologies are changing the media. The site offers tips,
news and commentary about online journalism, citzen's media, digital
storytelling, converged news operations and using the Internet as a
reporting tool.
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/
EXCESS VOICE NEWSLETTER BY NICK USBORNE
For people who write for web sites, are writing newsletters and email,
or learning search engine copywriting.
http://www.excessvoice.com/
GOOGLE DUEL FOR WRITERS
http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/pear/writers.php
DEFINITIONS OF EDITORIAL SERVICES
Publishing embraces a variety of ever-changing processes, companies,
and products. What medium editing means to a university press might
be what a publisher of home repair books calls editorial proofreading.
Similarly, the functions carried out by the managing editor at a
magazine or Web site would be the responsibility of the project
editor at a book publisher.
http://www.editorsforum.org/what_do_sub_pages/definitions.html
PROFESSIONAL EDITORIAL STANDARDS
Editing is both an art and a craft. Serving the requirements of
the publisher, the writer, and the reader demands self-confidence
and tact -- and humility. It also requires a variety of skills.
Given this variety, no one can specify what makes a great performance
in every activity that is called editing. One can, however, specify
the skills generally accepted as needed by editors working in
particular media. The skills listed in this publication are those
most commonly required for editing English-language text, whether on
paper or on screen.
http://www.editors.ca/pubs/pes.htm#structural
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