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And then me world came to a stop a few years ago when my dad was diagnosed with cancer, and I had no where else to turn. I picked up my Bible, and just started reading. And, oh, what I had missed before! God's Word came alive to me, and I realized that the words contained therein are truly sharper than any two-edged sword. Words that teach and convict, words that bring promise and hope, words that are for more than just words; they are, in fact, God's letter to us!

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A pristine example of the continued dismantling of significance and meaning in the use of the English language is found in the word IRONY. Most people don't know what it actually means and almost everyone thinks it means something else. Further, the word is used in the common lexicon as if what everyone thinks it means is real and correct and by virtue of being accepted as such, its warped meaning becomes true by consensus.
An example of this phenomenon can be seen in popular music, specifically one song, titled Ironic. This is not a criticism of the song or its spectacular author and singer; in fact the song is a personal favorite. This is an observation of a linguistic affectation manifested by the civilization dynamic, not a judgment. The lyrics of the song give examples of ironies such as, "rain on your wedding day" and "winning the lottery, then dying the very next day". These are excellent lyrics as far as communicating the sentiment that the song is imbued with; one that aligns perfectly with what almost everyone thinks is irony, but it's not. The ironies cited in the lyrics are actually examples of bad luck or negative causality, but not irony. So then, what does irony actually mean? Let's look at the dictionary:
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- the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
- a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.
- a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
The third definition is the one that gave birth to the word linguistically; its morphemic roots are tied to dramatic theater and form part of the literary forms that includes satire.
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Essential Background on Rahm's Potential Property Tax Hike
Chicago has low property taxes compared to the rest of the state, but the state has high property taxes compared to the rest of the U.S. Where do we stand?
By Whet Moser
Late last night the Tribune got word that the mayor is "set to call for the largest property tax increase in modern Chicago history to raise enough money to make a major pension payment for police and firefighters next year." The mayor had made noise about a $250 million increase; it could be twice that.
It's a big scoop… but also completely unsurprising. A property tax increase wasn't just expected—a property tax of exactly this magnitude, for exactly this purpose, was expected. It was so expected that in July, Crain's reporter Thomas A. Corfman ran the numbers on three potential property-tax increase scenarios. By Fran Spielman's calculations, the mayor's proposal could result in higher increases than Corfman predicted—but the process hasn't even begun. Joe Moreno has, just today, floated the idea of reducing the burden on owner-occupied households earning less than $100,000. Either way, Corfman's analysis is well worth reading, as it puts the city's current property-tax rate, and potential hikes, in recent historical context.
Beyond that, some broader financial and political context:
Chicago Already Has a Low Property Tax Rate
Via Luke Seemann, this chart from the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois puts Chicago in its state context. As of 2010, Chicago ranked dead last among 89 Illinois cities for the tax bill on a $250,000 home, at $3,196. As of 2013, Chicago had the 265th lowest aggregate property tax rate out of 276 Illinois towns. City property taxes have been slowly increasing, but as of June of this year, the tax bill on a $199,000 home in Chicago was $1,500 lower than a $163,000 home in the south suburbs.
Chicago Has an Average to Above-Average Rate Nationwide
Even though Chicago has lower property taxes than virtually everywhere in the state, the state itself has very high property tax rates, so another means of comparison is to other cities across the country. The most thorough nationwide comparison I've found comes from the Lincoln Institute—as of 2014, Chicago was slightly above average for a $150k house (net tax of $2,438 compared to an average of $2,242), lower than Baltimore and Milwaukee but higher than Los Angeles and New York City. Chicago also ranked above average for a $300k house (net tax of $5,354 compared to an average of $4,650).
Right now, Chicago's homestead property taxes are pretty close to Miami's; guesstimating from the numbers floating around on Emanuel's proposal, Chicago would creep up towards or in the top 10 cities, comparable to Portland, Dallas, Austin, Baltimore, or Omaha.
The Rate Has Remained Low Because of Exemptions
One of the reasons that Chicago's property-tax burden has remained low, comparatively speaking, is the expansion of exemptions; by the Civic Federation's calculations, exemptions rose from five percent of gross equalized assessed value in 1999 to 12.6 percent in 2008, mostly on the back of the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Exemption. They have a different idea, one in keeping with Joe Moreno's proposal:
The Civic Federation believes that the most effective way to target property tax relief to homeowners with the least ability to pay is a means-tested "circuit breaker" administered by the State of Illinois through the state income tax. A property tax circuit breaker is a program designed to provide relief when a person's property tax liability exceeds a certain percentage of their annual income. As of 2008, 33 states including Illinois had programs that operated as circuit breakers but only 12 states provided the circuit breaker to people of all ages.18 In Illinois, applicants must be at least 65 years old or disabled in order to apply for the income-based grant.
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Do you offer a fractionated Coconut oil carrier oil or massage oil?
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Why did you discontinue your previous oil blends like Guardian, Deep Relief, and Breathe Free?
With the launch of our new line of Authentic Essential Oils we saw the opportunity to improve and diversify our blend offerings with new, innovative combinations of oils that are aromatically pleasing. We feel that our new blends go above and beyond the already excellent blends Nature's Sunshine has offered while still meeting key niches within the Essential Oils marketplace. We strive to be the one-stop-shop for our customer's Essential Oil needs.
The good news is that our new blends essentially fill any spaces left by the discontinued blends. Below is a list of old blends with their new blend equivalent. These are based on intended purpose of the oil, not necessarily the ingredients of the blend itself.
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We are committed to providing extensive education for our customers and will continue to monitor the NAHA recommendations and will cautiously address the issue of internal use as needed.
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As part of our relaunch of the Authentic Essential Oil line, we changed the botanical source from Thymus vulgaris (chemotype linalool) to Thymus satureioides (chemotype borneol).
There are several chemotypes of Thyme which can be referred to as "sweet." These include Thyme Linalool, Thyme Geraniol, and Thyme Borneol. There is no official rule per se as to what defines "sweet" thyme. There may, in fact, be additional sweet thyme chemotypes growing around the world that we are just not yet familiar with!
Sweet Thyme varieties are usually referred to as such because they are less harsh in aroma and have a sweet note to them. This sweet note results from naturally lower in phenols (including thymol) and higher in esters content than common Thyme. They are also usually considered to be gentler because of this.
Thyme linalool has become synonymous with 'sweet' because of its heavy use in France, where it grows, and because this variety was popularized in early aromatherapy books and literature. So, to avoid confusion, we removed the label 'sweet' from our Thyme. It should be noted, however that even Thyme linalool contains Thymol at levels from 1% to 3.8%. Our Thymus satureioides contains Thymol at 1.5% to 3.5%. So you can see, from a chemical constituency perspective, our Wild Thyme is as mild as Thyme linalool.
Additionally, Thymus satureioides has a much more globally sustainable supply and is less prone to frequent outages often associated with Thymus vulgaris.
You have increased the size of most of your Essential Oils from 5ml to 15ml. How can I justify the extra cost this entails?
When compared on a per milliliter basis, most of our oils are actually more affordable. This is due to economies of scale – the same reason it's usually cheaper to buy items in bulk. Here are some examples:
Cost Per Milliliter
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It's usually about a 50-50 shot when you ask someone whether they enjoy Valentine's day. But if more people looked at it as a chance to celebrate all things "sweet" such as love, chocolate, the tender curiosity of a child, an hour of quality time with your sister in pj's watching chick flicks, etc., more people might join the movement. Or maybe it is just a good excuse for a chic outfit! Whether you hate or love the Hallmark holiday that is before us, embrace your feminine side with this sweetie polka-dot blouse! Date or No Date- this girly polka dot outfit is for everyone! Can be dressed down to wear doing errands with a simple pair of slacks, or dress it up with these girly peep-toe pink heels!
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When creating a portfolio for an investor we learned in chapter 1 that the first step is to identify them as an investor. What is their tolerance for risk? How much do they have to invest? What is their time horizon? The list goes on and on. This is called investor profiling. We take this information and come up with an investment plan or allocation. Our goal is to get the most return for the least amount of risk. We do this by using different asset classes, and different investments within those asset classes.
Our text gives us a lot of insight into what goes into a portfolio. By this point in the class we are very familiar with the concept of diversification. By combining multiple investments in a portfolio we are able to diversify out the business risk (the risk that one particular company will fail) of any individual investment. As we continue looking into efficient portfolios we see that there are many more things we can do to minimize risk while not sacrificing return, which is the definition of portfolio efficiency.
By looking at a concept called correlation we can eliminate even more risk from a portfolio. In order to diversify out risk we are looking for assets and asset classes that do not correlate, which is a fancy word for match. By including different assets such as foreign investment, different sectors of the economy, and even commodities and metals such as gold we can create a portfolio that is truly efficient.
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The Game of Mafia is one in which the players are divided into teams (or factions) and must decide as a group who to exile (or eliminate) from the group until only one team remains. Typically, the two teams are a relatively small Mafia group, and the much larger Town group. Given that the Town starts as the vast majority of the players, this would be a one-sided game were it not for how the Town players are not aware of who the other Townies are. As a result, the Mafia can try to blend in with the Town and sway the majority vote onto Townies, hoping to turn the Town against itself until the Mafia controls the majority vote and therefore the game.
At its heart, Mafia is a game pitting an uninformed majority against an informed minority. It (as well as variations on it) has been commercially rebranded numerous times, often with werewolf flavor, but the central idea of the game is the same.
The game of Mafia (Russian: Ма́фия, also known as Werewolf) was created in the USSR by Dmitry Davidoff in 1986 based off the idea of an informed minority (the Mafia) against an uninformed majority (the Town). His motivation for developing the game was to combine his work as a high school teacher and psychology. The first known game of Mafia was run at the Psychology Department at Moscow State University in the spring of 1986, it became increasingly popular amongst the staff and students as a result of this. It's popularity spread to other Soviet schools and colleges and by the 90's the game was being played across Europe and the US. A Latvian television series was based off the game during the period of time, featuring a parliamentary setting and Latvian celebrities.
In 1997 Andrew Plotkin created the well known werewolf-themed variant of the game. He argued that the Mafia were not a cultural influence and that the concept of werewolves hunting people during the night and looking like any other person during the day made more sense than the original theme. This werewolf-themed version of the game became widespread at major tech events like Game Developers Conference, Foo Camps and South by Southwest. In 1998 the Kaliningrad Higher School of the Internal Affairs Ministry published the methodical textbook "Nonverbal communications. Developing role-playing games 'Mafia' and 'Murderer' for a course on Visual psychodiagnostics", to teach various methods of reading body language and nonverbal signals. It was then later that year introduced to Princeton University where a number of modern variants were created which are still used today.
A Model for the Game
Most games of Mafia require an outside moderator who knows (among other things) who is on which team. This moderator begins the game by secretly assigning roles to players. The moderator then calls upon the Mafia to secretly reveal who they are to each other. This is Pregame.
Then, the Day phase begins. The players as a group vote a player out via a majority vote. Players are not allowed to conclusively prove their role by showing everyone what role the moderator gave them, but beyond that, almost anything goes as players argue, accuse, plead, protest, beg, and flail in hopes of getting the vote to go toward someone they think is scum (or if they ARE scum, not themselves!). A player who is chosen by majority vote to be eliminated is ceremoniously removed from the game as the moderator reveals to everyone what their role is. Players who are removed from the game may no longer take part.
At this time, all the players go inactive as the Night phase begins. Most players can do nothing but wait while the Mafia secretly chooses a player they wish to murder during the Night. There may also be Town players who have Night actions as indicated by their role. Separately, they may choose to take action toward someone, with varying results depending on their role.
The next Day begins with the moderator announcing that a player has been murdered by the Mafia, and the game continues anew.
The game is generally over when there is only one faction left in the game - either the Town has voted out all of the scum, or the Mafia has made it so that the Town is helpless but to get voted out of the game.
There are several variations on this process, but this is generally a model for how the game works.
On occasion, you will find other alignments in the game, such as Serial Killer. More commonly, some players will have special roles that they may use to hopefully sway the game in their favor.
F2F Mafia vs. Online Mafia
Mafia is usually played face-to-face. In this type of setting, it is much easier to catch scum by picking up on how well someone can lie convincingly. Players who draw scum tend to have a harder time acting like a member of the Town, simply because trying to convincingly lie is not something many people practice and is just harder for some people to do. Nonetheless, the scum players must find a way to deceive the others into APPEARING to be part of the good guys while pushing the vote onto someone else who actually IS a member of the Town. In some ways, the process is similar to poker - by watching the facial expressions and tics of the other players, you can determine who is bluffing.
Online, though, the expressions and idiosyncrasies of players become much harder to determine. You cannot, after all, watch as a player stutters to say something they know is not true - you just see the carefully vetted message at the end. This is why most people are simply not good at forum Mafia, and as a result Mafia tends to win quite a bit more. As a result, online games tend to feature more power roles in hopes of giving Town a better chance than they normally would have.


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Don't call it a come back. Call it a muttar frumping resurrection. Well, maybe it's not that grandiose. How about a respite from the dead? No matter how you spin it like Flex or rims, Ja Rule's returned. And judging by the name of his new single so has his gonorrhea.
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The Rule be "In Da Club" rude motherfucker poppin the bubbly
When shit get ugly I hug the snub closely
But usually we still see your bitches
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I can't handle it, 'long as they manage
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I really wanted – and expected – to like (or even love) Tracy Letts' highly touted, multiple award-winning "August: Osage County." After all, it won five Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize for 2008.
So I traveled to Los Angeles a few years ago to see it – and came home wondering what all the fuss is about.
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The dysfunctional family play isn't an American invention (blame the Greeks for that), but 20th century American playwrights have certainly made hay with the genre. Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Neil Simon and Sam Shepard are a few who have jumped on the bandwagon.
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Violet's youngest daughter Ivy (Carla Harting) is the one with the right to complain – still single, she has stayed at the family homestead in Pawhuska, Okla., and has taken her mother's daily abuse for years.
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But mostly these people talk, talk, talk (and let it be said that Letts knows his way around a clever riposte). Plenty of unsavory revelations and revolting behavior are on view, but when it's all over what you're most likely to do is forget it – if you're like me, almost immediately – and never think of it again.
Letts is one of my favorite playwrights, largely because he usually writes riveting characters. "Osage" is full of quirky and/or unpleasant folks, few likable, whose fates are difficult to care about.
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Once again, TEPCO, the utility company responsible for the Fukushima disaster, is ill-prepared to protect the people of Japan.
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rib(redirected from floating r)
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any of the paired bones, 12 on either side, extending from the thoracic vertebrae toward the median line on the ventral aspect of the trunk, forming the major part of the thoracic skeleton. Called also costa. See anatomic Table of Bones in the Appendices.
abdominal r's (asternal r's) false ribs.
cervical rib a supernumerary rib arising from a cervical vertebra.
false r's the five lower ribs on either side, not attached directly to the sternum.
floating r's the two lower false ribs on either side, usually without ventral attachment.
slipping rib one whose attaching cartilage is repeatedly dislocated.
true r's the seven upper ribs on either side, attached to both vertebrae and sternum.
vertebral r's floating ribs.
vertebrocostal r's the three upper false ribs on either side, attached to vertebrae and costal cartilages.
vertebrosternal r's true ribs.
Rib(rib), [TA]
Symbol for ribose.
a. One of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
b. A similar bone in most vertebrates.
Abbreviation for ribose
rib(rib) [AS. ribb]
One of a series of 12 pairs of narrow, curved bones extending laterally and anteriorly from the sides of the thoracic vertebrae and forming a part of the skeletal thorax. With the exception of the vertebral ribs, they are connected to the sternum by costal cartilages. See: illustration
asternal ribFalse rib.
bicipital rib
An irregular condition resulting from the fusion of two ribs, usually involving the first rib.
cervical rib
A supernumerary rib sometimes developing in connection with a cervical vertebra, usually the lowest.
false rib
One of the lower ribs (8, 9, and 10) that do not join the sternum directly. Their cartilage connects to the cartilage of the seventh rib. The variation in the anatomy of the lower ribs may be considerable (i.e., there may be only two false ribs).Synonym: vertebrochondral rib
floating rib
Vertebral rib.
lumbar rib
A rudimentary rib that develops in relation to a lumbar vertebra.
slipping rib
A rib in which the costal cartilage dislocates repeatedly.
spring fracture of rib
Outward displacement of the end of a broken rib, seen on x-ray examination of ribs that are broken by compression rather than by direct blows to the chest.
sternovertebral ribTrue rib.
true rib
Any of ribs 1–7, which articulate directly with the sternum. Synonym: sternovertebral rib
vertebral rib
Any of ribs 1–7, which articulate directly with the sternum.
vertebrochondral ribFalse rib.
vertebrocostal rib
Any of the three false ribs on each side.
ribany of the long, curved bones forming the wall of the THORAX in vertebrates, attached dorsally to the VERTEBRAL COLUMN. The anterior ribs are connected ventrally to the STERNUM in higher vertebrates and form a protective ribcage around the contents of the thorax. Ribs are connected by intercostal muscles which cause their movement during breathing in terrestrial vertebrates.
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Boss doesn't seem so angry at me anymore: +10
One of my clients tells me that my home town had massive gang violence over the weekend: -20
Nurse Mom is one year from paying off the house AND the car: +15 even though it means absolutely nothing for me. I'm just happy.
RFKAO has done a complete one eighty and turned into this completely unreliable angry person: -45
RFKAO stop caring about the home we are sharing together: -35 because I still care, anything of value in this place is mine.
RFKAO morphs into a nasty five year old, quits his job and parks himself on my couch when he's got a perfectly good room to veg out in: -30
RFKAO has to leave: +50
Started writing again: +10
Thanks to me pulling from my retirement fund, the rent will be paid up to August: +50 Hey I am tired of running that risk every freaking month with no help.
The internet brings a butt load of awesome Memes to the table. But NONE of them beat POF's version of the Fail Whale. I want to wear that on a T-shirt. Gosh darnnit that's just the cutest little robot ever: +12
Chewy was almost raped on Sunday night by a randy Maltipoo. I wish my dog had some balls...: -19 Darn you Humane Society for fixing him.
Then the little creeper actually followed us home while I had to carry Chewy: -15 We were then serenaded with sad whining because I wouldn't let the mangy thing in my house.
Came to the conclusion that I might have to start going beck to AA because life is not fun anymore: +10
Submitted my resume to a place I actually WANT to work at instead of waiting for pervs to call: +11
The next dating blog I do might actually have some insight in it. I'm thinking that I'll save it for Saturday since historically I don't post much on the weekends. The topic is why women keep attracting the wrong men: +/- 0
Power goes out in the kitchen. I fixed it with out even putting on my tool belt: +13
Of course no Bean Counter is complete with out offending some one/group. I thank Google+ for this awesome meme:
Epic +38
Walmart once again wins the war with my wallet. Went in for trash bags, left with $139 worth of crap. Utter simple crap: -12
|Under a Vampire Moon By Lynsay Sands
|Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter By Seth Grahame-Smith
The Plumber returned and removed of all things, a child's tooth brush from the drain in the bathroom sink. At least he knows I don't have kids: +5
The Plumber decided that the toilet pretty much needed to be rebuilt: +5 doesn't cost me anything.
That he's doing it while I sit there wiht a full bladder: -36
What's this week's tally: 115 A whopping 115, some where this is a win.
Donut forget the Friday Fictioneers coming up tomorrow.


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The online behaviors of youth and how to improve and correct them are part of how researcher Carrie James feels new media can be used to address the world's challenges. The study explores youth identity, privacy, ownership, authority, credibility and participation.
The video has more information than the short article. Research looks at cyber-bullying, cheating in online games, what types of sharing is appropriate in social media, etc. Most prevalent way of thinking for online youth is a very individualist view - do not feel responsible for anyone else but oneself. Teens do not see online life as "real" or as a medium of communication that has real-life consequences.
Two versions of the same article/video:
Via Mashable
Via AOL News
Update 10/5: This is very relevant in the news lately, with an increase in teen suicides as a possible result from cyber-bullying. Recent article on Tyler Clementi via NY Times.
Update 11/1: Very depressing list of all the cyber-bullying related suicides from 2010 via Jezbel.
Ethical dilemmas >


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Recently my brother-in-law brought to my attention the twitter handle, OldManSearch. This is absolutely hilarious. The twitter handle sort of explains why the tweets are so random and interesting.
The profile reads: My dad is 81 years old. I'm teaching him how to use the internet. I told him twitter was how to search things on Google. These tweets are what he's searching.
The tweets are quite random both in subject matter and frequency but I thought I would share a recent example to provide some insight and humor.


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Hi everyone! My name is Victoria Simonyakina! This is my last assignment for English Digital Writing class at Old Dominion University.
Throughout the entire semester I have learned to be not only active consumer of digital writing but also an active producer of it. Digital Writing class thought me how to use modern solutions in the modern lifestyle. The outcomes of the class were based on the work of Jenkins' article, "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century." This what I learned in the class:
- Play — In an experimental way I was able to work on my projects: website, postcard, and online identity. It took me some time to figure out how I wanted it to look like. I didn't simply think of it I played with it. For Wiki project I moved pages around until I found a way to fit my needs. The example in this case would be a process and the result of playing would be final version of the Wiki. For postcard project I first created one text and recorded it with Text to Voice program; however, I played with another idea – the final version with my own voice and it worked better.
- Performance — While working on Project 2 I was able to adopt female student identity for the purpose of delivering message on Digital Writing topic. I have chosen appropriate resources to create the message which made it look and sound attractive to female students.
- Simulation — as part of Project 3 I created my Resume, LinkedIn profile, Timeline, and Video Resume. However, while it was graded it still is resource I can directly use in my real life which can help me benefit building my online professional identity.
- Appropriation — While I worked on Project 2 my goal was to define Digital Writing appropriately with the intended audience. Therefore, I found appropriate resources: image and music. I chose appropriate information, mixed it, edited it, and came up with the ready-to-go postcard which contains meaningful information for appropriate audience.
- Multitasking —While working on Project 3 I had to use different resources to create my Traditional Resume, Timeline, and Video Resume. I had to choose information I wanted to include in those. However, the purpose of each of these three components are different. While wanting to look professional, I had to shift my attention from one component to another in order not to lose the purpose of each.
- Distributed Cognition — While working on my projects I had to expand my reasoning skills on what to include in them. I had to play with different type of technologies which could do something I would not be able to do without. For example, editing images, making movie. From some of the articles we used I discovered terms and issues I have never thought about. They expended my knowledge and taught me critical thinking lessons.
- Collective Intelligence — Perfect example of it would be what we did as team during the while working on Project 1. During the first part we had to provide the wiki with different information we learned in class. Each team member contributed his or her time, knowledge, and skills. During the second part we sorted the information and organized it in a meaningful way.
- Judgment and networking — would be examples of how I searched, chose, mixed, and evaluated information. There are lots of outside sources which I used during the project. As digital writer I were able to find information and process it. I chose the appropriate and reliable information. In addition, I gave credits for the authors by citing all the works used.
- Transmedia Navigation — The media is always changing; therefor, during the period of one semester we tried to play with different types of media and technology: Wiki, Music, Video, Online Articles, Network Websites, etc. We were taught the basic skills necessary to play with technology. Upon these knowledge in future it would be easier for us to adopt to newer technologies.
- Negotiation — While working on Project 1, we worked as a team. Each member of the team has his or her own point of view depending on his or her values, experiences, culture, etc. While trying to find the common grown, we first listened to all opinions and second chosen the idea which fits all of the opinions.
The most outcomes I applied this semester were play (experimented with different type of technologies), appropriation (rhetoric on the town – appropriate sources for appropriate audience), and simulation (real life tasks like Professional Online Identities).
I would like to work more on negotiation (working in teams) and multitasking (shifting attention while having common goal).
In today's world women hesitate taking classes or choosing majors which deal with technology thinking that it might be too hard for them. I was not an exception. It happens because in our society male association with technology predominates. Women are socialized as passive consumers of digital writing when in reality they are not only active consumers but also are more than capable to become successful producers in the digital world. I learned that taking a picture, editing it, and posting it online is already digital writing. Some may argue that if it is so easy why take this class? The answer is you need to explore digital writing tools. Thee are so many of them today and we are in process of changing all the time. This class teaches critical thinking and basic skills we need to be able to work with ever changing technology because they all are built upon the certain structures just keep improving. A lot of products of digital writing uses multimedia. For example, when making postcard one uses music, video, voice recorder, and, eventually, medium to put it together and share. This class gave me more confidence that I can be a digital writing producer just need to practice my skills I gained during the class. I consider myself more educated primarily because I am aware of the tendency and structure of digital world, even though still need to improve my skills.
Thank you Professor Rodrigo!


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Comic books giveaway
In this huge giveaway, we have 31 comic books up for grabs. Covering diverse topics including aliens, the Stone Age, cats and dinosaurs, there's something to interest children of all ages! Just enter your details below for your chance to win.
Hilda and the Troll
Luke Pearson
Meet Hilda. She can never sit still for long without setting off on another adventure, so why not join her in discovering a magical new universe! Hilda and the Troll is the first comic book in the extremely popular Hilda series.
We have five copies to give away, courtesy of Flying Eye Books.
Hilo Book One: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth and Hilo Book Two: Saving the Whole Wide World
Judd Winick
D.J. and his friend Gina are totally normal kids. But that was before a mysterious boy came crashing down from the sky! Hilo doesn't know where he came from, or what he's doing on Earth. Can the three children unlock the secrets of his past?
We have five pairs of books to give away, courtesy of Penguin Random House.
The Stone Age
Marcia Williams
Take a journey through history to the Stone Age! Meet the people of Clan Woolly as they learn how to make fire, invent stone tools and hunt mammoths and reindeer! Full of facts, jokes and colourful comic strips, this is the perfect graphic introduction to the Stone Age.
We have five books to give away, courtesy of Walker Books.
Red's Planet
Eddie Pitman
Red is a quirky, headstrong 10-year-old who longs to live in her own perfect paradise far away from her annoying foster family. But when a UFO mistakenly kidnaps her, Red finds herself farther away than she could have possibly imagined…
We have three books to give away, courtesy of Abrams & Chronicle.
Guy Bass and Lee Robinson
Top spy-entists put the mind of a secret agent inside the body of a dinosaur to create the first ever Super Secret Agent Dinosaur. His codename: Spynosaur.
We have five books to give away, courtesy of Little Tiger.
Apocalypse Miaow Miaow
James Proimos
The end is nigh. Apocalypse has dawned. Everyone has gone ... except for a ragtag group of stray cats. With laughs on every page, this brilliant graphic novel is ideal for less enthusiastic readers.
We have three copies to give away, courtesy of Bloomsbury.
This giveaway is now closed.


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Steven Alan Cruiser dress (only 1 size medium left), now $199:
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Steven Alan Cruiser dress (only 1 size medium left), now $199:
A.P.C. Madras silk cocktail dress (1 size small left), $185:
Built by Wendy cigarette jeans (in black and navy), $115:
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Have you had your fill of SALE stuff? Looking for something NEW? Well you're in luck – a couple of fresh pieces from Dace just arrived!
And in case you need tops to go with them, we also just restocked a bunch of Alternative Apparel t-shirt styles…
August is a good magazine month for us, as it turns out! The US edition of Elle magazine features a Lover dress we'll be carrying this Fall (sorry to use the F-word when it's still only July, but for real, Fall stuff will start arriving pretty soon!?). Best of all it's part of a section on dressing like people in your favourite '90s movies, and ours is part of the Singles spread – ahahahaaa, memories of that movie. Check out the scans:
Fall/Winter is going to be pretty velvety up in here, you guys! Get ready.
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Hey, I recognize that chambray shirt-dress! Best one in the city, according to the August issue of Toronto Life…
This issue is full of other great tips too (kayakercise! celiac-friendly bread!) – you should probably pick it up.
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Lover Abby Minidress, now $250:
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We've been low on rings for a while now, but the wait is over… we just got a bunch of new styles (and some old favourites) from Species by the Thousands and Lillian Crowe!
Lillian Crowe pyramid rings – we have small ones in bronze and a large one in gold:
Species by the Thousands McCarren ring – we have the gold:
Species by the Thousands shell skeleton ring:
Species by the Thousands dog head ring:
Species by the Thousands bow ring:
Species by the Thousands thin B ring:
We just received some great new jewelry from Brooklyn designer Lillian Crowe… the three pictured here, plus spearhead earrings and a matching necklace. Super-cool pyramid rings coming soon too!


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Lala was delighted that it was "a drink and a snack at the same time". Ours weren't super fancy as we really only had grapes and mandarins on hand, but I imagine you could go crazy with berries and stuff.
Oh yes and she is wearing all my rhinestones. Hehe


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