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Food for Thought - August 2001

  Notes from Judy
  Windows Keystroke and Tips
  Complimentary Endorsement - Volunteer Center of Maricopa County
  Did You Know? The difference between "bring" and "take"
  Recommendations
        Grammar
        Health
        History
        Writing and Journalism

NOTES FROM JUDY

Sunday, August 19, my daughter, Shannon Patrizio, ran the Pikes Peak Marathon, hitting the finish line at 5:30:10. It's difficult to express my joy and pride in such an accomplishment, especially since I battle with myself to walk a mile at a time on my treadmill! More at this location.

WINDOWS KEYSTROKES AND TIPS

HOW TO TAB BACKWARD IN TABLE CELLS
One of the slickest keystroke combinations for moving backward in a table cell or spreadsheet (this also includes programs like Quicken): Shift+Tab.

-- COMPLIMENTARY ENDORSEMENT --

Volunteer Center of Maricopa County
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF MARICOPA COUNTY
1515 E. Osborn Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014, (602) 263-9736
525 W. Southern, Suite 12, Mesa, AZ 85210, (480) 461-3198
http://www.volunteerphoenix.org/

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DID YOU KNOW?

The difference between "bring" and "take."

The Gregg Reference Manual, Ninth Edition, says that "bring" indicates motion toward the speaker, while "take" indicates motion away from the speaker.

Examples: Please bring the report with you when you come to the office ... Please take this paperwork to Brockelman when you go to see him ... You may take my copy if you'll bring it back by noon tomorrow.

Other than these simplified guidelines, correct usage depends entirely on their context, and whether they are used in American English or British English.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

GRAMMAR

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

INSTANT GLOSSARY BUILDER
Discovery School's Glossary Builder gives you the chance to create your own glossary complete with pronunciations, definitions, examples, syllables, synonyms, similar words, inflected forms, derived forms, and cross references. It also offers a printable page in plain text that makes it much easier to read and copy for your own files.
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/glossarybuilder/index.html

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

THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE
The Basic Cozy Grammar Course Video was digitally shot on the Discovery Passage side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Conceived as a living textbook, the video utilizes extensive colorful graphics to help clarify important definitions, demonstrations and examples.

The soundtrack contains 22 selections of classical music, and ten original compositions, arranged for the piano and recorded exclusively for the video. The outdoor scenes sing with a rich sampling of the birds that thrive in the west coast rainforests of Vancouver Island, all recorded in digital stereo sound. Ages nine to adult. Produced by Splashes from the River.
http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com

HEALTH

DARTMOUTH ATLAS OF HEALTH CARE brings together researchers in epidemiology, economics, and statistics, focusing on the accurate description of how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States.
http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/

HOSPICE.NET http://www.hospicenet.org/

MEDLINE PLUS offers health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
http://medlineplus.gov/

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HISTORY

ANEGADA ISLAND SHIPWRECKS
The earliest recorded wreck that Tage W. Blytmann was able to document was a Spanish vessel wrecked on Anegada in 1523. The most recent wreck included in the list is that of the Spanish steamer IDA wrecked New Years Eve, 1898/99. No wrecks from the 20th century are included.
http://www.blytmann.com/anegada.htm

CATHERINE THE GREAT
Excerpts from Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Fordham University
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/18catherine.html

FOOTNOTES TO HISTORY
James L. Erwin has created a fascinating site that an overview of "ephemeral states, micronations, secessionist states, and every other kind of country you never heard of in high school." He's included many forgotten nations.
http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes

LEST WE FORGET
The history, culture, preservation efforts, and current events of African-Americans, other ethnic, non-ethnic groups and individuals.
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/default.htm

MAP LIBRARY
In 1938 the predecessors of what is today The Department of History at the United States Military Academy began developing a series of campaign atlases to aid in teaching cadets a course entitled, "History of the Military Art." Since then, it has produced six atlases and nearly 1,000 maps, encompassing not only America’s wars but global conflicts. The Department now provides these maps on the Web.
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/MapsHome.htm

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine studies and interprets the medical history of the War Between the States, including understanding the impact of Civil War Medicine on modern practice.
http://www.civilwarmed.org/

WRITTEN IN STONE
Throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, inscriptions were etched, engraved, pecked, or even sometimes carved in bas-relief on stones or on the rock-faces of cliffs and hills. The scribe placing a text into stone (or the person commissioning that scribe) is very likely selecting the medium for its relative permanence, and usually is also selecting the location where the stone is found or placed.

Epigraphy is the study of such texts, the science of deciphering and interpreting them. This "virtual exhibition" presents some examples of the Epigraphy Collections of the National Museum of Saudi Arabia, many published here for the first time.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/epigraphy/

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WRITING AND JOURNALISM

THE FREELANCE WRITING FAQ: Frequently asked questions about freelance writing: Marcia Yudkin
http://www.yudkin.com/flfaq.htm

GUIDE TO WRITING A BASIC ESSAY
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/links.html

MS. SMITH'S WRITING RESOURCES
http://home.earthlink.net/~jesmith/Writ.Gram.Resources.html

SCRAPS & SCRIBBLES
Holly Jahangiri
http://users.ev1.net/~hjahangiri/default.html

TEEN LIT
Nonprofit site currently funded and administered by two secondary teachers in Southeast Michigan whose sole purpose is to promote Teen Literacy by providing a forum for teen writers to publish and discuss their writing, review and discuss books they read, and to provide a resource for their teachers.
http://www.teenlit.com/default.htm

WOODEN HORSE PUBLISHING
Meg Weaver owns and operates this site to help non-fiction writers sell. Wooden Horse Publishing teaches its clients how to get "really good at marketing their work and by making available the most up-to-date information about their intended target markets, print magazines, e-zines, etc."
http://www.woodenhorsepub.com/default.htm

WRITERSWEEKLY.COM
Circulation: 55,000+ The highest-circulation freelance writing ezine in the world.
http://www.writersmarkets.com/

WRITING USER-FRIENDLY DOCUMENTS: PLAIN ENGLISH NETWORK
http://www.blm.gov/nhp/NPR/pe_toc.html

QUOTATIONS: around 24,561 Entries in 30 Collections
http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/quote.html

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NOTE: Thanks to Marylaine Block, Writer, Internet Trainer, Librarian without Walls for pointing me toward many excellent resources.
http://marylaine.com

Judy's Sites or Site Affiliation:

Moderator for Adventive's I-CRM List
http://www.adventive.com/lists/icrm/summary.html

Basic Business Grammar: wz.com
http://wz.com/business/BasicBusinessGrammar.html

Hawaiian Food and Cuisine:wz.com
http://wz.com/food/HawaiianFoodCuisine.html

Judy Vorfeld's Office Support Services
http://www.ossweb.com

Webgrammar
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