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05. Newspaper Columns
Get PDFThe Cummings collection includes 66 columns written for various newspapers. They were published under 4 headlines: Clergyman Chatter, Our Weekly Message, Our Weekly Visit, and The Parson Writes. In some of the clippings, only the words Our Weekly are visible, so we cannot be sure which category they belong to.
All 66 columns are posted here as s single PDF. There are also supplemental files for Clergyman Chatter, Our Weekly Message/Visit, and The Parson Writes.
The columns do not have individual titles, but they often have section headings; for ease of navigation, the first heading in each column is included in the User Guide.https://mds.marshall.edu/cummings_melvillehomer/1002/thumbnail.jp
11. Miscellaneous Items
Get PDFThe Cummings collection includes 34 miscellaneous items, ranging from his drivers licenses to a document entitled End Alien Control of the United States. All items are posted here as a single PDF; additional information is provided in the User Guide.https://mds.marshall.edu/cummings_melvillehomer/1010/thumbnail.jp
Enterprise Pharo a Web Perspective
No full textEnterprise Pharo is the third volume of the series/ following Pharo by Example and Deep into Pharo. It covers enterprise libraries and frameworks/ and in particular those useful for doing web development. The book is structured in five parts. The first part talks about simple web applications/ starting with a minimal web application in chapter 1 on Teapot and then a tutorial on building a more complete web application in chapter 2. Part two deals with HTTP support in Pharo/ talking about character encoding in chapter 3/ about using Pharo as an HTTP Client (chapter 4) and server (chapter 5)/ and about using WebSockets (chapter 6).In the third part we discuss the handling of data for the application. Firstly we treat data that is in the form of comma-separated values (CSV) in chapter 7. Secondly and thirdly/ we treat JSON (chapter 8) and its Smalltalk counterpart STON (chapter 9). Fourthly/ serialization and deserialization of object graphs with Fuel is treated in chapter 10. Lastly/ we discuss the Voyage persistence framework and persisting to MongoDB databases in chapter 11. Part four deals with the presentation layer. Chapter 12 shows how to use Mustache templates in Pharo/ and chapter 13 talks about programmatic generationof CSS files. The documentation of applications could be written in Pillar/ which is presented in chapter 14. How to generate PDF files from the application with Artefact is shown in chapter 15. The fifth part deals with deploying the web application. This is explained in chapter 16 that talks not only about how to build and run the application/ but also other important topics like monitoring.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1450/thumbnail.jp
The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century
No full textWriting guides abound/ but The Simple Math of Writing Well is one of a kind. Readers will find its practical approach affirming/ encouraging/ and informative/ and its focus on the basics of linguistic structure releases 21st-century writers to embrace the variety of mediums that define our internet-connected world. As Harrop reminds us in the opening chapters of her book/ we write more today than ever before in history: texts/ emails/ letters/ blogs/ reports/ social media posts/ proposals/ etc. The Simple Math of Writing Well is the first guide that directly addresses the importance of writing well in the Google age.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1457/thumbnail.jp
Six Ways of Being Religious
No full textThe book proposes the hypothesis that six generic ways of being religious may be found in any large-scale religious tradition such as Christianity or Buddhism or Islam or Hinduism: sacred rite/ right action/ devotion/ shamanic mediation/ mystical quest/ and reasoned inquiry. These are recurrent ways in which/ socially and individually/ devout members of these traditions take up and appropriate their stories and symbols in order to draw near to/ and come into right relationship with/ what the traditions attest to be the ultimate reality.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1468/thumbnail.jp
Law School Materials for Success
No full textThe first year of law school is/ for many people/ one of the most significant transitions of their adult life. Law school demands a lot as it helps you make the transition from your prior identity as student (or as some other occupational role) to your new identity as an attorney. To meet the demands of law school/ it is often helpful to have the big picture before you begin – a sense of what it is you are trying to do as you prepare for classes/ participate in those classes/ review and prepare for exams/ take exams/ and then begin the cycle once again. Law School Materials for Success is designed to give you the essentials of that process. It is purposefully brief – most law students do not have the time for an extensive examination of the study of law school. Rather/ they need a source for some basic/ critical advice and some pointers on where to go for more if necessary. That is what this book and the accompanying podcasts are designed to provide.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1512/thumbnail.jp
Direct Energy
No full textDirect Energy Conversion discusses both the physics behind energy conversion processes and a wide variety of energy conversion devices. A direct energy conversion process converts one form of energy to another through a single process. The first half of this book surveys multiple devices that convert to or from electricity including piezoelectric devices/ antennas/ solar cells/ light emitting diodes/ lasers/ thermoelectric devices/ and batteries. In these chapters/ physical effects are discussed/ terminology used by engineers in the discipline is introduced/ and insights into material selection is studied. The second part of this book puts concepts of energy conversion in a more abstract framework. These chapters introduce the idea of calculus of variations and illuminate relationships between energy conversion processes.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1519/thumbnail.jp
Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life
No full textThe book is supported by discussion of relevant theory and research in cultural sociology.Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life has stressed learner-centered teaching with the instructor taking on the role of a facilitator of learning. As such/ it is expected the instructor will serve as the mediator between the content of this book and learners’ understanding of material on multiple and higher levels. This book does not offer a set of rules in teaching cultural sociology/ but rather suggests content and applications to consider and modify as needed by the ever-changing dynamics of instructors and learners.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1520/thumbnail.jp
A grammar of Rapa Nui
No full textThis book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui/ the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter/ the grammar deals with phonology/ word classes/ the noun phrase/ possession/ the verb phrase/ verbal and nonverbal clauses/ mood and negation/ and clause combinations. The phonology of Rapa Nui reveals certain issues of typological interest/ such as the existence of strict conditions on the phonological shape of words/ word-final devoicing/ and reduplication patterns motivated by metrical constraints. For Polynesian languages/ the distinction between nouns and verbs in the lexicon has often been denied; in this grammar it is argued that this distinction is needed for Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui has sometimes been characterised as an ergative language; this grammar shows that it is unambiguously accusative. Subject and object marking depend on an interplay of syntactic/ semantic and pragmatic factors. Other distinctive features of the language include the existence of a ‘neutral’ aspect marker/ a serial verb construction/ the emergence of copula verbs/ a possessive-relative construction/ and a tendency to maximise the use of the nominal domain. Rapa Nui’s relationship to the other Polynesian languages is a recurring theme in this grammar; the relationship to Tahitian (which has profoundly influenced Rapa Nui) especially deserves attention. The grammar is supplemented with a number of interlinear texts/ two maps and a subject index.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1537/thumbnail.jp
Canadian History: Post-Confederation
No full textThis textbook introduces aspects of the history of Canada since Confederation. “Canada” in this context includes Newfoundland and all the other parts that come to be aggregated into the Dominion after 1867. Much of this text follows thematic lines. Each chapter moves chronologically but with alternative narratives in mind. What Aboriginal accounts must we place in the foreground? Which structures (economic or social) determine the range of choices available to human agents of history? What environmental questions need to be raised to gain a more complete understanding of choices made in the past and their ramifications?https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1580/thumbnail.jp