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   <http://www.ossweb.com/>  ISSN:1544-8312
 September, 2012  Judy Vorfeld, Publisher
 Issue 87
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A Gentle Blend of Communication Expressway
& Webgrammar's Food for Thought
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Judy's Corner

Lots of excitement with family and friends as two of my granddaughters
recently got married, two neighborhood sisters (long-time friends) had
babies two days apart, and two nieces are about to present their babies to
the world. Then another niece is in South Korea for a year, teaching, while
another part of her family is in Ghana doing missionary work. One of my
grandsons is just finishing a year in Australia, where he became certified
as a master diver. Plus my amazing daughter (Colorado) continues to climb
14-ers <http://www.14ers.com/>.

In addition, my brother and I have gone on two heavy-duty (for me!),
totally enjoyable photo excursions. One day we went to Montezuma
Well<http://www.nps.gov/moca/planyourvisit/exploring-montezuma-well.htm>,
Sedona <http://www.sedonaaz.gov/Sedonacms/index.aspx>, and the West Fork of
Oak Creek<http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recreation/hiking/recarea/?recid=55432&actid=50>.
These areas are rich in history and natural beauty. Breathtaking.

Last week we drove to Flagstaff, then to Sunset Crater Volcano National
Monument <http://www.nps.gov/sucr/index.htm> and Wupatki National
Monument<http://www.nps.gov/wupa/index.htm>.
Amazing, filled with many types of history and science, and absolutely
beautiful. On the drive between the Volcano and the Native American ruins,
we were treated to some amazing views of the distant Painted
Desert<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Desert,_Arizona>.

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*Grammar Tip #1: Conjunctions *

Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses. Coordinating conjunctions
include and, but, for, nor, either, neither, yet, so, so that.
Subordinating conjunctions join two clauses (main and
dependent/subordinate), and include although, because, since, until, while,
etc. For fun, here's an exercise using commas with coordinating
conjunctions.<http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova1.htm>
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*Grammar Tip #2: Plurals/Possessives of Compound Nouns *

Form most plurals of compound nouns by pluralizing basic part of/word:
attorneys general; vice presidents. "Most dictionaries will give variant
spellings of compound plurals," says Professor Charles
Darling<http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm>.
"When you have more than one truck filled with sand, do you have several
truckfuls or trucksful? The dictionary will give you both, with the first
spelling usually preferred. (And the same is true of teaspoonfuls, cupfuls,
etc.) The dictionary will help you discover that only one spelling is
acceptable for some compounds — like passersby."

Professor Darling then says, "For hyphenated forms, the pluralizing -s is
usually attached to the element that is actually being pluralized:
daughters-in-law, half-moons, mayors-elect."

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*Business Email Tip*

Message, Part 1. Keep your message as brief as possible. This is common
courtesy. Use short, single-spaced paragraphs. Big, bulky paragraphs are
very difficult to read, especially online. No need to indent each
paragraph, but do use an extra line between paragraphs. Treat your readers
as if they were royalty.
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 ARTS

NEA Arts Magazine. <http://www.nea.gov/about/NEARTS/2012_v1/index.html>

Princeton University Art
Museum.<http://www.princetonartmuseum.org/learn/explore/museum-videos>

Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals from Talladega
College.<http://www.high.org/Art/Exhibitions/Rising-Up-Hale-Woodruff.aspx>In
1938 Alabama's Talladega College commissioned acclaimed African
American
artist Hale Woodruff to paint six large-scale murals portraying the Amistad
mutiny and its aftermath, as well as the founding of Talladega College. The
High Museum partnered with Talladega College on the removal, extensive
conservation treatment, and multi-city tour of the mural series.

Filoli Art Exhibits. Woodside
California.<http://www.filoli.org/special-events-and-exhibits/art-exhibits.html>

Google Art Project. <http://www.googleartproject.com/>
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 CTO

Expert Fundraiser: fundraising ideas and how-to advice for nonprofit
organizations <http://expertfundraiser.org/>

Binary Visions. 19th-Century Woven Coverlets from the Collection of
Historic Hugenot Street. <http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/hhsbinary/>

The Aurora Page. Michigan Tech.
<http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/>Source of information on the
"Northern Lights.

2013 Louisiana Dragon Boat Races.
<http://www.themuseum.org/Events_copy1/12-08-15/2013_LOUISIANA_DRAGON_BOAT_RACES%E2%84%A2.aspx>This
exciting family event makes for a great day of good, spirited racing, and a
great time on and off the water!

Playing With Toads. <http://www.squidoo.com/toads>Did you ever wonder how
you could combine 2 seemingly opposite hobbies in to one really weird
pastime?

The Science of Sleep and Daily
Rhythms.<http://www.bioedonline.org/resources/files/TSO_SD_s.pdf>

Instapaper: a simple tool to save web pages for reading
later.<http://www.instapaper.com/>
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 DESKTOP PUBLISHING

The Role of Desktop Publishing in Creating Self-Published
Documents<http://desktoppub.about.com/od/selfpublishing/a/Self-Publishing.htm?nl=1>

The MyFonts Newsletter.
<http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201209.html>Always lots of good
info...Over the past year or so, we've seen a subtle
shift in typographic tastes. While until recently the top 10 of our Hot New
Fonts was dominated by witty, wild display fonts and scripts, these days
there's a more serious-looking bunch of fonts up there.

Ordinary typeface, smart
logo.<http://www.mcwade.com/DesignTalk/2012/09/ordinary-typeface-smart-logo/>

The Complete Engraver. Broadening your view of design
history.<http://ilovetypography.com/2012/09/24/free-fonts-and-book-review-the-complete-engraver/>

Is this design? <http://www.mcwade.com/DesignTalk/2012/09/is-this-design/>
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 EDUCATION

Coming explosion in e-learning an opportunity to rethink journalism
education<http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/182817/coming-explosion-in-e-learning-an-opportunity-to-rethink-journalism-education/>

Physical Education for Homeschoolers by Robin
Svedi<http://hq.squidoo.com/lotd/physical-education-for-homeschoolers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SquiduReview+%28SquidooHQ%29>

Writing across the curriculum: George Mason University.
<http://wac.gmu.edu/>Central to our WAC mission is the belief that when
students are given frequent opportunities for writing across the university
curriculum, they think more critically and creatively, engage more deeply
in their learning, and are better able to transfer what they have learned
from course to course, context to context.

Saylor: a free, open collection of college-level
courses.<http://www.saylor.org/>No registrations or fees required.

Teachers' Domain: Earth System, Structure, and
Processes.<http://www.teachersdomain.org/browse/?fq_hierarchy=k12.sci.ess.earthsys>Digital
media for the classroom and professional development.
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 GRAMMAR

Common Errors In English: Professor Paul
Brians<http://www.wsu.edu/%7Ebrians/errors/errors.html>

Daily Grammar <http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml>

Daily Writing Tips: Get a daily grammar, spelling, punctuation or
vocabulary tip. <http://www.dailywritingtips.com/>

Guide To Grammar And Style: Jack
Lynch<http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/contents.html>

Professor Charles Darling's Grammar
Site<http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/>
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 HISTORY

Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition. Brown University.
<http://library.brown.edu/cds/temperance/about.html>The items have been
collected at Brown for over three centuries for researchers and scholars at
Brown and worldwide interested in American history, including the history
of alcoholism, how the media was used for spreading ideas and information,
and in how the arts presented various movements.

The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution.
Princeton University. <http://pudl.princeton.edu/collections/pudl0076> More
than 150 recently gifted important books, pamphlets and prints representing
the major themes of Lapidus' collecting: the intellectual origins of the
American Revolution; the Revolution itself; the early years of the
republic; the resulting spread of democratic ideas in the Atlantic world;
and the effort to abolish the slave trade in both Great Britain and the
United States.

Leeson's History of Montana 1735-1885. University of
Montana.<http://www.lib.umt.edu/node/336?destination=node/336>A
history of its discovery and settlement, social and commercial
progress,
mines and miners, agriculture and stock-growing, churches, schools and
societies, Indians and Indian wars, vigilantes, courts of justice,
newspaper press, navigation, railroads and statistics, with histories of
counties, cities, tillages and mining camps; also personal reminiscences of
great historic value; views characteristic of the territory in our own
times, and portraits of pioneers and representative men in the professions
and trades.

University of Colorado Digital Sheet Music
Collection.<http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/music/smp/index.htm>Approximately
150,000 items including examples from the late 18th through
the 20th centuries. This web site provides access to digital versions of
some of the categories of sheet music within our physical collections, a
new avenue to this interesting genre. The sheet music digitized and
presented here was originally published between 1890 and 1922.

Drexel University Costume Collection. <http://digimuse.cis.drexel.edu/>Provides
detailed information for fashion and textile design students, fashion
professionals, historic costume scholars, and followers of fashion trends,
current and past. Garments from the collection are viewable in 3D panorama.
Rich details are displayed as "hot spots" on the panoramas. Digital
galleries created from shows in the Pearlstein Gallery, CoMAD,
contextualize the collections.
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 SMALL BIZ & HOME OFFICE

7 Benefits of Mobile Expense
Reporting<http://mashable.com/2012/07/30/mobile-expense-reporting/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29>

Making Media Relations Better: A Rock Star
Primer<http://www.richardrbecker.com/2012/07/making-media-relations-better-rock-star.html>

Best Way to Introduce Yourself. Not just for small businesspeople, but for
all people who occasionally have an insecure moment or
two.<http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/a-great-way-to-introduce-yourself.html>

The simple power of one a day: Seth
Godin<http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/09/the-simple-power-of-one-a-day.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29>

How to Counter Fake Social Media
Reviews.<http://dannybrown.me/2012/09/24/how-to-counter-fake-social-media-reviews/>According
to leading business analysts Gartner, as many as 10-15% of social
media reviews will be fake by 2014.

Better communications build great relationships by Lynette
Smith<http://www.goodwaystowrite.com/>
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 TECHNOLOGY

Debate over new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reveals divide between women in
media and tech<http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/182972/debate-over-new-yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-reveals-divide-between-women-in-media-and-tech/>

The State of Social Media Marketing
2012<http://dannybrown.me/2012/09/11/the-state-of-social-media-marketing-2012/>

Subscribe to any website or blog. <http://feedblitz.com/>

Imagining Futures: Social Media for
Groceries<http://www.richardrbecker.com/2012/09/imagining-futures-social-media-for.html>

5 Ways the Modern World Makes You Extremely Easy to
Stalk<http://www.cracked.com/article_20018_5-ways-modern-world-makes-you-extremely-easy-to-stalk.html#ixzz26mjQt6dh>

The 41-Year History of Email<http://mashable.com/2012/09/20/evolution-email/>

Interesting Opinions: Wi-Fi is Not
Enough?<http://www.richardrbecker.com/2012/09/interesting-opinions-wi-fi-is-not-enough.html>
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 FOR WRITERS, JOURNALISTS, and PLAYWRIGHTS

How journalists can stay safe while working in the
field<http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/182818/how-journalists-can-stay-safe-while-working-in-the-field/>

MFA in Writing, Low Residency Fiction and Nonfiction at Southern New
Hampshire University. <http://www.snhu.edu/5749.asp> Students focus on
fiction (including adult and young adult) or nonfiction (including
environmental writing and memoir).

Master of Fine Arts in Writing at Hamline
University<http://www.hamline.edu/cla/mfa/>

The Nation's First MFA Program Focusing on Writing for Young Readers:
Vermont College of Fine
Arts.<http://www.vcfa.edu/low-residency-mfa/writing-children-young-adults>

4 Online Translation Tips for
Journalists<http://mashable.com/2012/08/10/online-translation-tips-journalists/>

Wired.com investigator on Jonah Lehrer plagiarism: 'I think the safety net
has eroded'<http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/187310/why-slate-published-wireds-jonah-lehrer-plagiarism-investigation/>

The rarest POV of all: second
person.<http://www.writershelper.com/Editors_Notes-130.html>

*Bonus Writing Tip: From AP Stylebook 2011*

*People, Persons.* You use "person" when speaking of an individual (one
person remained seated). You use "people" rather than "persons" in all
plural uses. However, use "persons" when it's in a direct quote or part of
a title (Bureau of Missing Persons).

And there's just one more consideration: "people" is also a collective noun
that takes a plural verb if you're referring to a single race or nation
(The Canadian people are united), and in this sense, the plural is
"peoples" (The peoples of Asia speak many languages).
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