8.0341 Rs: October; Language Tests; Vulgate (3/73)

Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 1 Dec 1994 09:18:20 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0341. Thursday, 1 Dec 1994.


(1) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 94 07:34:04 -0400 (19 lines)
From: "Eric S. Rabkin" <esrabkin@umich.edu>
Subject: October's Bright Blue Weather

(2) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 14:55:23 +0000 (19 lines)
From: D.J.Thompson@french.hull.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 8.0331 Qs: Quotes; E-Texts; E-Lists; Language Tests

(3) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 09:22:24 -0600 (35 lines)
From: Mark Olsen <mark@TUNA.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject: Re: 8.0331 Qs: Quotes; E-Texts; E-Lists; Language Tests

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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 94 07:34:04 -0400
From: "Eric S. Rabkin" <esrabkin@umich.edu>
Subject: October's Bright Blue Weather


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>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 11:50:43 -0500 (EST)
>From: "ED HARRIS, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, SCSU" <HARRIS@SCSUD.CTSTATEU.EDU>
>Subject: October's bright blue what?
>
>A couple of my acquaintance, who have disagreed rarely in more than 50
>years of marriage, is about to come to metaphorical blows over the words
>to a poem his mother used to recite to him regularly when he was a boy.
>He recalls the line, "October's bright blue sky," while she recalls
>(I know, but remember they've been married a _long_ time) "October's
>bright blue weather." Can anyone help with a reference? Thanks in advance.

There's a fairly sappy poem called "October's Bright Blue Weather" by Helen
Hunt Jackson (d. 1885).
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 14:55:23 +0000
From: D.J.Thompson@french.hull.ac.uk
Subject: Re: 8.0331 Qs: Quotes; E-Texts; E-Lists; Language Tests (7/146)

Re: Language Tests

You may be interested in Itembanker, which was the subject of a paper at the
EUROCALL 94 conference in Karlsruhe recently. This program draws on a
database of questions used for testing over a period of time, and allows
teachers to devise their own tests very quickly, at an appropriate level,
using appropriate subject-matter. Currently only for English, but being
developed in other languages. The contact is John Arnold, Eurocentres
Learning Service, Seestrasse 247, CH-8038 Zurich, Switzerland, tel +41 1 482
1065, fax +41 1 482 5054.

June Thompson, CTI Centre for Modern Languages, University of Hull.



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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 09:22:24 -0600
From: Mark Olsen <mark@TUNA.UCHICAGO.EDU>
Subject: Re: 8.0331 Qs: Quotes; E-Texts; E-Lists; Language Tests (7/146)

>> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 16:33:16 -0500 (EST)
>> From: Claire Smith <csmith@epas.utoronto.ca>
>> Subject: Vulgate Bible Query
>>
>> This query is on behalf of Caroline Lund. Please forward answers to
>> Ms. Lund directly at: lund@epas.utoronto.ca
>>
>> Ms. Lund would like to know if anyone knows where she may obtain The
>> Vulgate Bible, and Dante's Works both preferably on CD-ROM, but could
>> also be on floppy disk or magnetic tape.
>> --
>>

I have a copy of the Vulgate running on the World Wide Web. The
URL for the Vulgate (and some other Bibles) is:

http://tuna.uchicago.edu/homes/BIBLES.html

Mark


Mark Olsen
Assistant Director
ARTFL Project
University of Chicago
(312) 702-8687
Gopher: gopher.uchicago.edu/11/uscholarly/artfl
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