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A Poem, Martin Gardner

Word Ways

This is an excerpt from Gardner's 1969 book Never Make Fun Of A Turtle, My Son (Simon and Schuster, illustrated by John Alcorn).

An Amazing Spelling Trick, Martin Gardner

Word Ways

One of the most mysterious of all spelling tricks with cards, not well known today even to magicians, was invented by the American magician Howard Adams. He published it in his now rare 1984 booklet with the strange title OICUFESP (Oh, I see you have ESP). Since then it has appeared with slight variations in several others books. I urge you to get a deck of cards and astonish yourself by following these instructions.

Shiftgrams Again, Darryl Francis

Word Ways

The November 2002 Word Ways ran an article of mine entitled Shiftgrams Revisited. In that article, I explored the concept of shiftgrams, and presented examples of shiftgrams for various logical groups of words.

A Pseudo-History Of Alphabetical Characters, A. Anil

Word Ways

These are naivist, intuitive pictograph theories of whence ow alphabet got into the shape it's in today, based on what today's letters look like. Try you head at imagining pseudo-credible origins for them, freely allowing anachronisms. With luck, you won't get arrested for it. And with my examples as standards, you can't possibly embarrass yourself.

Five Language Beauties, Joop Van Der Vart

Word Ways

Interesting phrases in various languages.

Crostic Puzzle, Julie Sussman

Word Ways

A crostic puzzle.

Hello And Goodbye, A. Anil

Word Ways

This is the title of a game in Word Games by Ken Russell and Philip Carter (Foulsham, 2000; p.130) that involves the matching of greetings or farewells to apt people, eg, by profession.

Punk Quiz 6, A. Anil

Word Ways

Another misdefinition pun quiz.

A Bouquet For Gardner, Jeremiah Farrell, Thomas Rodgers

Word Ways

Our tribute bouquet starts with several PELARGONIUMS: all but two of which are red, all but two of which are yellow, and all but two of which are green. The reader should be able to determine from this information just how many flowers are in our main bouquet.

What's In? - A Name! - Part Iv, Steve Kahan

Word Ways

The fourth chapter in this continuing saga epitomizes the maxim that variety is the spice of life. Presented below are forty new word compressions resulting from the deletion of a person's name. This time, in addition to evenly distributing the genders of these individuals, the lengths of their names are not supplied.

Answers And Solutions

Word Ways

Answers and solutions to the puzzles contained in this issue.

Back Cover, Oscar Thumpbindle

Word Ways

Back cover, including a Tourmaline Puzzle.

Instructions To Authors, Subscribers

Word Ways

Instructions to authors wishing to contribute to the publication and readers wishing to subscribe to the publication.

Multiethnic Worship Representative Of Heaven: A Mixed Methods Study, Sherree Vernet Lane

Masters Theses

This mixed-methods research studies inclusive worship of multiethnic Protestant congregations across Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. I used a model of worship based upon Liesch‘s characteristics of heavenly worship, examining how it applies to the multiethnic church. I observed worship services and rehearsals at Minneapolis Multicultural Church to determine how worship is constructed at this multiethnic church that became multiethnic due to changing neighborhood demographics.

In the second phase of research I surveyed multiethnic church pastors and worship leaders to determine attitudes and practices towards inclusive worship. I found a possible connection between multiethnic churches that start through inward and outward motivations …

Google Earth: Cool Toy Or Cool Tool?, R Philip Reynolds

Librarian and Staff Presentations

No abstract provided.

Staying On Course: School Of Religion Continues To Be Rudder Of The University, Liberty University

February/March 2009

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, February 1, 2009, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2009

No abstract provided.

Not So Revolutionary After All: The Role Of Reinforcing Frames In Us Magazine Discourse About Microcomputers, Jean P. Kelly

Communications Faculty Scholarship

This study investigates the role of media discourse in the hegemonic process by which the microcomputer became a common and trusted appliance in the USA during the early years of the technology's adoption: the 1980s to 1990s. A critical discourse analysis combined with framing analysis of four cases from consumer magazines — two advertisements and two editorial feature stories — reveals that a device heralded as 'revolutionary' was presented in fact using rhetoric that incorporated and legitimized traditional values, roles and practices such as capitalism. Any frames that potentially challenged existing social structures and power relationships were secondary and 'super-framed' …

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: February 2009, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - February 2009

A Poem, Martin Gardner

Word Ways

This is an excerpt from Gardner's 1969 book Never Make Fun Of A Turtle, My Son (Simon and Schuster, illustrated by John Alcorn).

Banking On Privacy, Dick Wolfsie

Word Ways

What is the name of your favorite cartoon character?
Did that stump you for a moment? Are you teetering between Bart Simpson and Barney Rubble? If you are from my generation you might be torn between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

Prism #36, February 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

External Possession Meets Bare Nouns In Malagasy, Ileana Paul

French Studies Publications

This paper examines apparent noun incorporation in Malagasy that is the result of external possession (possessor raising). It is shown that such incorporation is not derived via head movement or via compounding. Instead, it is argued that this is an instance of pseudo noun incorporation (Massam, 2001): the possessum is merged as an NP sister to the predicate. As for the structure of external possession, a non-movement analysis is proposed: the apparent possessor is generated as the specifier of a null possessive head and binds an empty argument position within the possessum. The resulting structure and meaning are shown to …

Fluency, Text Structure, And Retelling: A Complex Relationship, Lynn Cohen, Rosanne L. Krustedt, Maria May

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This study examined the relationship between fluency and comprehension, specifically related to the text structures of narration and dialogue. Using descriptive statistics, this investigation first examined fluency and comprehension of three teacher educators and then through action research examined fluency and comprehension of five third grade students. Our findings showed that, as measured by retelling, the text structures of narration and dialogue impacted both fluency rate and comprehension.

The Relationship Of Drawing, Writing, Literacy And Math In Kindergarten Children, Susan Steffani, Paula M. Selvester

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This study supports and extends previous research that suggests there is a relationship between picture naming and a variety of other factors that impact early literacy. The study explores the picture naming/representing ability of kindergarteners (n = 20), their ability to name and draw pictures of objects they could and could not immediately identify, and their early literacy and math assessments. Significant results were found for 1) drawing ratings and alphabet writing, and 2) alphabet writing, geometric shape sorting, and rhyming. Relationships between kindergarteners’ picturing naming and drawing and their early literacy assessment performance are explored.

Dram 311.01: Voice And Speech Iv, Randy Bolton

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Pubh 595.52: The Practice Of International Health, Lisa Pascopella, Craig A. Molgaard

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Reading Horizons Vol. 49 No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons vol. 49 issue 2.

C&I 495.01: School-Wide Assessment And Instruction - Response To Intervention, Trent Atkins

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2009.02, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Affairs

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.