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Food for Thought September 2002

Note from Judy
Windows Keystroke & Tips - Opening Additional Browser Windows
Complimentary Endorsement - The History of Copyright
Did you Know - What's the Difference Between "Toward" and "Towards"?
Recommendations

NOTE FROM JUDY

1. I regret to announce that there are a number of words that new sp*m filters consider potential problems, like sp*m, fr*e, bon*s and unsu*scribe. I will try to cloak these words using asterisks so your ISP doesn't block this ezine.

What a shame that we've gotten to the place where this is necessary. But, as I'm telling subscribers to my business ezine (Communication Expressway), if it means getting my message through, I'm gonna do it. However, I've begun to see spammers doing what I did (writing "fr*e," etc., and wonder if my effort is in vain.

2. E.A. Fignini is our latest dictionary winner: "Hi Judy! My dictionary came in the mail today! Thank you so much! My other dictionary is over 15 years old, so I'm excited to have a nice, shiny, new one!"

When I get messages like this, I sometimes jump up and dance around the office. Enthusiastic messages fill me with delight.

3. Recently, my mother had two strokes, and I'm leaving soon for my second visit since she had her second stroke. I'll fly to the Pacific Northwest. My siblings and I hope to get her settled in her new digs at our brother and sister-in-law's home. We'll also pack up and shut down her home. What a joy to know that her progress is excellent, and that she has the promise of more good years to come.

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WINDOWS KEYSTROKES AND TIPS

Opening Additional Browser Windows

Sometimes you want to have more than one browser window open at the same time. To do this, press the Ctrl key and the N key. It works in Opera, Netscape 4.7, Netscape 6.2, and Internet Explorer.

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-- COMPLIMENTARY ENDORSEMENT --

The History of Copyright

This is the home page of the forthcoming book "The History of Copyright: A Critical Overview With Source Texts in Five Languages" by long-time Webgrammar subscriber Karl-Erik Tallmo, to be published in 2003.

The book will contain a 50-70 page introductory essay in English (and probably also in Swedish) about the rise of copyright and how people in different times regarded the role of authors and authors' rights. The bulk of the book will consist of important and hard-to-get source texts, e.g. from 15th century Venice, 18th century Britain, France and USA as well as Swedish legislation concerning freedom of speech and authors' rights from the early 19th century. All of it in the original languages, with comments and summaries in English http://www.copyrighthistory.com/index.html

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DID YOU KNOW?

What's the Difference Between "Toward" and "Towards"?

No difference. It's the difference between using American English and British English. The general rule of thumb is to use "toward"-- when it regards distance--if you're writing to an American audience or from an American perspective, and "towards" if you're writing to a British audience or from a British perspective (take into account how many countries around the world use British spelling).

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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

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

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HISTORY

190TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1812 PATRIOTIC WAR
Virtual museum for the War of 1812. Russian and English.
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/index.html

AN UNCOMMON MISSION
For more than 200 years, the 21 California Missions have helped shape California state history. While the Missions are a major California tourist attraction and are sometimes compared to the cathedrals of Europe, many Missions are struggling to maintain and preserve the buildings, grounds, artworks, and historical objects in their care. See how this is done.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/mission/index.html

BEST OF HISTORY WEB SITES
A portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in history.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/

A HISTORY OF JIM CROW
An educator's site that presents teachers with new historical resources and teaching ideas on one of the most shameful periods in American history. Designed by teachers, it presents teachers with new historical resources and teaching ideas for the Jim Crow years.
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm

HISTORIC NAVAL SHIPS VISITORS GUIDE
http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-guide.htm

KHRIMIAN HAYRIG
Khrimian Hayrig's life and work are characterized by three attributes: love of God, love of his people, and love of the land. He devoted his entire life to the betterment of the Armenian people, especially the peasantry in the interior provinces of Eastern Turkey.
http://www.vasbouragan.org/khrimian/khrimian.htm

THEBAN MAPPING PROJECT
Since its inception in 1978, TMP, now based at the American University in Cairo, has been working to offer a comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes. During the last decade, the TMP has concentrated on the Valley of the Kings. For the TMP staff, sharing their work with the interested public is just as important as what they do in the field. This has been done through a series of publications and this growing website.
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/

VETERANS' HISTORY PROJECT
Library of Congress project to preserve the memories of surviving WWII vets on audio and video. Also letters, diaries, maps, and photographs.
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/

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REFERENCE - GENERAL

ARCHWAY
Free service for everyone involved in archaeological research. The archaeology journal holdings of over 20 UK university, museum and private libraries have been united to create one searchable resource. University of York.
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/ARCHway.html

AVALON PROJECT
The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Govern- ment. It does not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/purpose.htm

COLLABORATIVE LIVE REFERENCE SERVICE
Listing of collaborative live reference services, i.e., real-time reference services offered by two or more libraries. Bernie SloanGraduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/collab.htm

INFORMED LIBRARIAN
Infosources Publishing publishes basic reference sources for lawyers, law librarians, legal researchers and information professionals.
http://www.infosourcespub.com/ilofreesubscribe.cfm

GLOSSARY FOR PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
http://www.med-edu.com/physician/glossary.html

MULTILINGUAL ANIMAL GLOSSARY
(Birds and Mammals in 53 Languages of Europe)
http://www.informatika.bf.uni-lj.si/magus.html

THE RHYME ZONE
Full of resources. Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.
http://www.rhymezone.com

TEENS, CRIME AND THE COMMUNITY
Find out what youth are doing in their communities. From cleanups to youth teaching, they have it going on!
http://www.nationaltcc.org/teens/index.html

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WRITING - JOURNALISM

CATKLAW WRITING BOUTIQUE
Dedicated to writing--all shapes, sizes, and forms. They offer information on as many writing industries as they can: technical, fiction, non-fiction, children's stories, electronic, comic and the list goes on. To subscribe to their ezine, go to http://www.catklaw.com/clawsincreativity/index.html.
www.catklaw.com

HOW FREELANCE MAGAZINE WRITING WORKS
Ever have a great story idea? Ever consider writing it up? Getting published in a magazine is not as hard as you may think. Find out what it takes to get paid by the word.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/magazine-writing.htm

KNOWPLAY?
Points visitors to reputable online sources to look up definitions, quotations, acronyms, encyclopedias, etc.
http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html

LIVING WORDS
The website for schools from the British Library.
http://www.education.bl.uk/

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