Food for Thought - January 2001
Webgrammar Stew
Note from Judy
How Much Should I Charge?
Keystroke Tips
American Masters
Librarians' Index to the Internet
NetDay Compass
Recommendations
WINDOWS KEYSTROKES
When you're in Internet Explorer and want to see as much of the screen as possible, use the F11 key to toggle between full view and normal view. To stop downloading a page, press the ESC key.
NOTE FROM JUDY
Have you ever wanted to alphabetize your Favorites in Internet
Explorer? Open Favorites in the top Menu Bar and highlight a single
entry. Right click, then select Sort By Name to alphabetize the
entries within that category and in the main area.
I learned this from Neat Net Tricks, a dandy e-zine. To subscribe,
send a blank email to info-neatnettricks@silver.lyris.net
AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Consisting of more than 90 hours of programming to date, AMERICAN MASTERS is a growing film library documenting the role important individuals, groups, and movements have played in the formation of our cultural identity.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/index_basic.html
HOW MUCH SHOULD I CHARGE? Writer Lynn Wasnak contends that the real difference between the haves and the have-nots among freelancers is sheer, unglamorous business savvy. Her lengthy, well-organized article at writersmarket.com is essential reading for writers and editors. Some of the categories include Rate Guidelines; Advertising; Copywriting & PR; Audiovisuals & Electronic Communications; Book Publishing; Computer, Scientific & Technical; Educational & Literary Services; Magazines & Trade Journals; and Newspapers.
http://www.writersmarket.com/content/howmuch3.asp
LIBRARIANS' INDEX TO THE INTERNET, is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,200 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.
http://www.lii.org
NETDAY COMPASS is the first comprehensive education technology web site designed for technology decision-makers working in K-12 schools. It's an initiative developed by NetDay (www.netday.org), a national non-profit organization funded by private donations and corporate sponsors. NetDay's vision: to help educators "think beyond" the technical connections of computers and the Internet to educational results.
The central feature of NetDayCompass is a directory of high-quality educational resources designed to help schools maximize technology investments.
http://www.netdaycompass.org/
DID YOU KNOW
What to say? Dos and don'ts, or do's and dont's? Merriam-Webster's says:
Inflected Form(s): plural dos or do's /'düz/
(Note: By permission. From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R)
Dictionary at www.m-w.com by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.)
The Oxford Concise English Dictionary agrees.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th Edition, ISBN 0-226-10389-7
says that so far as it can be done without confusion, singles or multiple letters, hyphenated coinages, and numbers used as nouns form the plural by adding "s" alone. It shows that it's necessary in some cases (Mind your p's and q's; dot your i's and cross your t's).
However, the Gregg Reference Manual, Ninth Edition, Sabin, ISBN0-02-804046-5 says that when words taken from other parts of speech, they are usually pluralized by the addition of "s" or "es." It uses "dos and don'ts."
I like what CMS suggests: "...so far as it can be done without confusion," and I choose "do's."
With help from The Gregg Reference Manual, Ninth Edition, Sabin, ISBN0-02-804046-5
RECOMMENDATIONS
ADDRESSING SURGEONS IN THE UK Why are (male) surgeons still addressed as Mr?
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7276/1589
THE ALCOHOL EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM (AEP) is a research program within the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. It conducts policy-relevant research on specific initiatives to prevent alcohol-related problems. In recent years the AEP has studied subjects such as adolescent drinking; community organizing efforts; randomized community trials; alcohol-involved traffic crashes; effects of macroeconomic conditions on drinking rates; training of alcohol outlet managers and servers; and natural experiments with changes in alcohol policies.
http://www.epi.umn.edu/alcohol/tools/
AMERICA FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO WORLD WAR II Documentary photos from the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH
http://aatf.utsa.edu/
BLOOMSBURY MAGAZINE, the on-line community that has the entire literary world as its focus. We aim to provide an experience that serves the needs and stimulates the minds of all readers and writers. By producing high-quality information, entertaining articles and attractive offers, we will provide a ground-breaking fusion of book publisher, literary magazine, reference library and bookshop. We seek to be the chronicler of the contemporary literary scene and an authority on the intricacies of literary history.
http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/
CAPTURE THE MOMENT Pulitzer Prize photography
http://www.newseum.org/pulitzer/
DAILY GRAMMAR Daily e-mail lessons from an experienced, effective English teacher.
http://www.dailygrammar.com
DENALI NETWORK is the premiere online network of environmental organizations.
http://www.denali.com/
EAST ANGLIA: THE AIR WAR East Anglia 1939-1945 WWII Aviation History: Kim Chetwyn
http://www.stable.demon.co.uk/
GIANT PANDAS at the Smithsonian National Zoo
http://pandas.si.edu/
NEW ZEALAND HEROES From NZEdge, a site containing stories of heroic New Zealanders. Also has extensive visitor commentary; speeches covering over 30 themes; NEWZEDGE: our weekly impact on the world's media/news, and picture collections. Innovate, bright site.
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/
RITUALS AND LEGENDS OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR by The China Institute Women's Association
China Institute in America
www.easc.indiana.edu/pages/easc/curriculum/
china/1996/EACPWorkBook/culture/ritual.htm
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
TEACHER'S GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION was developed to help teachers use the Internet to reach out globally. These materials were prepared as part of the Department of Education's International Education Initiative.
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/guide/international/index.html
TIPS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH TO KOREAN STUDENTS
http://www.intesol.org/lee.html
TOP 100 LANGUAGES BY POPULATION by Ethnologue
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/top100.html
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STYLE MANUAL 2000
http://www.access.gpo.gov/styleman/2000/browse-sm-00.html
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