Food for Thought - August 2003
Webgrammar's Food for Thought - ISSN: 1530-034X
Editor and Publisher: Judy Vorfeld
mailto:judyvorfeld@webgrammar.com URL: http://www.webgrammar.com
October 2003
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CONTENTS
Note from Judy
Windows Keystroke & Tips - Save All and Close All
Did you Know - years, year's or years'
Recommendations
Education
History
Grammar
Reference
Writing/Journalism
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NOTE FROM JUDY
1. Finally! A movie, Master and Commander--taken from a novel by
one of my favorite authors, Patrick O'Brian--appears on the horizon.
Why is a landlubber like me so excited by a series set primarily on
the waterways of the world?
About 11 years ago, my then-boss, Ray Sullivan, loaned me the
first book in the Aubrey-Maturin series. He said that if I enjoyed
it, he'd loan me the remainder of the books. The characters, plot,
and settings quickly burst into life. O'Brian weaves dry wit and
deep sensitivity throughout his books. And I learned so much about
geography, geology, biology, economics, psychology, religion, music,
politics, medicine, treason, food, romance, climate, and life at sea.
If you're looking for entertainment, education, and enlightenment,
consider reading Master and Commander. If you stick with it, it
will grow on you.
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WINDOWS KEYSTROKES & TIPS - WORD'S SAVE ALL. If you have several
documents open at one time in Microsoft Word, and you want to exit
quickly and save all your work, just hold the Shift key down, select
File on the menu bar, and you'll see that the Save command has been
changed to Save All. Or, if you just want to close everything without
saving, the Close command has been changed to Close All. [Thanks to
Neat Net Tricks - mailto:info-neatnettricks@silver.lyris.net]
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DID YOU KNOW - years, year's or years'
Question: Which is correct?
I have seven years teaching experience.
I have seven years' teaching experience.
I have seven year's teaching experience.
Answer: Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage, fifth
edition, by Muriel Harris says (28a), "For plural nouns ending in -s,
add only an apostrophe." It gives "six days' vacation" as an example.
Go with ...nine years'...
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RECOMMENDATIONS
EDUCATION
ARCHIMEDES' LABORATORY
Promotes the puzzle as an educational aid useful for training,
integration and communication. Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie J.
Waeber regularly write educational and recreational puzzle and
math columns.
http://www.archimedes-lab.org/indexB.html
ENC ONLINE
The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science
Education (ENC) is located at The Ohio State University, and is
funded through a contract with the U.S. Department of Education.
Thousands of curriculum resources.
http://www.enc.org/
GAME THEORY
Game Theory .net is an eclectic resource for educators and students
of game theory, the field of economic recently popularized by the
movie, A Beautiful Mind. Beyond lecture notes and links to text books,
the site contains interactive applets and games demonstrating key
concepts. The site offers a light though educational view of the field
through examples from popular culture, movies, books, music, and
television, as well as current news. Hosted at the Owen Graduate School
of Management, Vanderbilt University.
http://www.gametheory.net/html/siteinfo.html
LEWIS & CLARK: CORPS OF DISCOVERY QUILT
Students from schools near the route of Lewis & Clark's journey will
design and make quilt squares representing their area and exchange
these squares with other participating schools along the route. Is
your school eligible?
http://www.fox.k12.mo.us/quilt
QUIZ BUDDY
According to Barbara Feldman, Quiz Buddy software can be used to
"improve your vocabulary. To learn a foreign language. To memorize
state capitals. For SAT preparation. To learn the multiplication
tables. In short, to help you to memorize anything you need to
learn." It's a Windows program and has a free trial download.
http://www.quiz-buddy.com/
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. Use the archives or sign up
twice a year for daily e-mail lessons. Quizzes take four minutes
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.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://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
HISTORY
AMERICA'S 11 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC PLACES
Each year, the list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic
Places spotlights parts of the country's heritage that are
threatened by neglect, insufficient funds, inappropriate
development or insensitive public policy.
http://www.nationaltrust.org/11most/2003/index.html
ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE DESERT LIBRARIES OF TIMBUKTU
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mali/
THE EARLY AMERICAS DIGITAL ARCHIVE (EADA)
A collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally
written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820.
http://www.mith2.umd.edu:8080/eada/index.js
EARLY CHURCH FATHERS
The Early Church Fathers is a 38-volume collection of writings from
the first 800 years of the Church. This collection is divided into
three series, Ante-Nicene (ANF), Nicene and Post-Nicene Series I
(NPNF1), and Nicene and Post-Nicene Series II (NPNF2).
http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/
GIFTS OF SPEECH
Dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by
influential contemporary, women from around the world. Gifts of
Speech primarily collects speeches by living women. The second
collection goal is to include speeches made since 1900, but older
material has been added in response to popular request.
http://gos.sbc.edu/what.html
THE GREAT SIOUX NATION
http://www.standingrock.org/history/history.htm
A GUIDE TO THE GREAT SIOUX NATION
http://www.travelsd.com/history/sioux/index.htm
HEARTH
A core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics
and related disciplines. Published between 1850 and 1950, these titles
were selected by teams of scholars for the great historical importance
they hold. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies
and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics,
are all freely accessible. This is the first time a collection of this
scale and scope has been made available.
http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/index.html
THE HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY (HABS) AND THE HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD (HAER) collections are among the largest and most heavily used in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Administered since 1933 through cooperative agreements with the National Park Service, the Library of Congress, and the private sector.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhhome.html
HISTORY OF THE FBI
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/historymain.htm
INDIAN MOUNDS OF MISSISSIPPI
A partnership project produced by the the National Park Service's
National Register of Historic Places, Southeast Archeological Center,
and Natchez Trace Parkway, in conjunction with the Historic
Preservation Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation
Officers.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/
JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA
Contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia,
which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Encyclopedia,
which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000
articles and illustrations.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
MOVING HERE
Moving Here is the ultimate database of digitised photographs, maps,
objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of
the past 200 years to England.
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/
TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NATIVE AMERICANS:
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
TURTLE TRACKS
Native American Youth Newsletter
http://www.turtle-tracks.org/
REFERENCE-GENERAL
DICTIONARY LINK
Compilation of free online dictionaries, thesaurus, language
translators, encyclopedias, crossword solvers, quotes and other
language resources.
http://www.dictionarylink.com/
ENCYCLOPEDIA & REFERENCE RESOURCE
Browse encyclopedia articles in all areas of topics within earth &
environment, history, literature & arts, health & medicine, people,
philosophy & religion, places, plants & animals, science & technology,
social science & law, sports & everyday life, and more. Includes
country studies and North America gazetteer.
http://www.1upinfo.com/
GODS, HEROES, AND MYTHS
Mythologies of various Native American lands
http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/namerican/asymbols.html
GRANTS.GOV
Electronic storefront for Federal grants.
http://www.grants.gov/
HOW STATE DRIVING LAWS MEASURE UP
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a nonprofit research
and communications organization funded by auto insurers. It rates
states by their laws on DWI/DUI, safety belts, child restraints,
motorcycle helmets, red light cameras, and young driver licensing.
http://www.highwaysafety.org/safety_facts/state_laws/measure_up.htm
THE INSTITUTO LINGÜÍSTICO DE VERANO
("Summer Institute of Linguistics") in Mexico is a nonprofit organization
that studies the indigenous languages of the country. It publishes
dictionaries, grammars, literacy materials, traditional stories, and
(in cooperation with organizations such as the Liga Bíblica de México and
the United Bible Societies) translated biblical texts in those languages
http://www.sil.org/mexico/ilv/iInfoILVMexico.htm
INVENTOR'S HANDBOOK
Created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent
inventor's and aspiring entrepreneur's most frequently asked questions
regarding United States patents.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/h-main.html
MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS DICTIONARY
A dictionary of over 70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and healthcare acronyms and abbreviations. Also medical news and searches for the medical, pharmaceutical, or healthcare professional.
http://www.medilexicon.com/
THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION
http://www.nationalbook.org
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS
Founded in 1944, it is the oldest and largest tribal government
organization in the United States. NCAI serves as a forum for
consensus-based policy development among its membership of over 250
tribal governments from every region of the country. NCAI's mission
is to inform the public and the federal government on tribal self-
government, treaty rights, and a broad range of federal policy issues
affecting tribal governments.
http://www.ncai.org/indexto.asp
UNITED NATIONS RESEARCH GUIDE
A selective guide designed to assist researchers and students in gaining
access to United Nations materials available within the library's
collections and databases, and via the Internet.
http://library.msstate.edu/resources/guides/unitednations.asp
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STUDY ON FIREARM REGULATION
http://www.uncjin.org/Statistics/firearms/
USING PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE WEB
Users of primary sources have always needed to examine their sources
critically, but with the proliferation of electronic resources from a
wide variety of web site producers, evaluation is more important than
ever before. Users of web resources must now consider the authenticity
of documents, what person or organization is the Internet provider, and
whether the electronic version serves their needs. This brief guide is
designed to provide students and researchers with information to help
them evaluate the Internet sources and the quality of primary materials
that can be found online.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
WRITING/JOURNALISM
CYBERJOURNALIST
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/
HOLT UNCENSORED
Weekly email column and website about books and the book industry written
by Pat Holt, former Book Review Editor and Critic for The San Francisco
Chronicle.
http://holtuncensored.com/members/index.html
POWELLS.COM: AUTHOR INTERVIEWS
http://www.powells.com/authors/interviews.html
POWER REPORTING!
Thousands of free research tools for journalists.
http://powerreporting.com/category/Reference_shelf/Dictionaries/
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