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Rhetoric RSS FeedsDungeons and Desktops on Slashdot - Just in case Matt Barton is too shy to mention it himself, his recent book Dungeons and Desktops has been slashdotted.read more...Feed Source: kairosnews.org Kairos PraxisWiki: Call for Collaborators - Kairos: the Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy announces a new venue for learning and research, the PraxisWiki. The editors are opening PraxisWiki to graduate courses addressing research in computers and writing. PraxisWiki offers an opportunity for graduate students to engage in online scholarly collaboration with colleagues from other programs and the Kairos Praxis editorial staff.read more... Teaching "Conversational Skills" in Writing - I noticed Trent Baston has been writing some interesting opinion pieces for Campus Technology. Yesterday's article was "Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?" Here's the teaser:
Academics have long talked of the "academic conversation." Now, Web 2.0 has called our bluff. We live in the midst of a non-stop world conversation. But, are conversational skills (in writing) important and, if so, how do we teach them?
See also these recent articles:read more... Firefox 3 released - Firefox 2 bookmarks fix - Firefox 3 has just been released to a massive wave of early adopters, and, based on my experience with the betas and now the production version, I can attest to its performance improvements and cool new interface. However, I ran into a problem when installing Firefox 3, wherein all of my Firefox 2 bookmarks were lost. For all the open source folks here, I thought I'd post a link to mozillaZine's solution to the bookmark problem.read more... The Puzzle Box, Chapter 5 -
"The mouse did seem to be waiting: instead of scampering into the darkness it held itself almost completely still, except for small attentive movements of its ears and the constant trembling of its whiskers."
On the run from Urizen's henchmen, the children undertake a hazardous underground journey. At the bottom of a frozen cavern, they find out more about one of the clue cards. read more... 2008 Kairos Awards Winners - Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Kairos awards.read more... CFP: Technology-Focused Collaborative Research in English Studies (Collection) - CALL FOR PAPERS: Edited Collection on Technology-Focused Collaborative Research in English Studies
WORKING TITLE: ?Investigating Digital Tools, Texts, and Use Practices: Collaborative Approaches to Research in English Studies?read more... Big Blue and Kairosnews Embraces Social Media - BusinessWeek reports that IBM has been experimenting with social bookmarking and social networking systems in house. Beehive, their social networking application, has 30,000 employees using the software.
Kairosnews editors have been planning on exploring how social networking might be effective for this community as well. Once Drupal 5x contributed modules necessary for building such a site get converted to Drupal 6x, expect to see major changes here on Kairosnews. ... Reproof Reading - The Hyperliterature Exchange, May 2008 -
New on The Hyperliterature Exchange for May 2008: a review of 'Le Reprobateur/The Reprover' by Francois Coulon.
"Le Reprobateur exudes selfconfidence, playfulness and humour; it attempts to do a lot of things at once, and by and large it succeeds in everything it attempts "
To read the whole review, go to http://www.hyperex.co.uk/reviewreprobateur.php . read more... Kairos Issue 12.3 Released - Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy is pleased to announce the release of Issue 12.3, our special issue for Summer 2008 with Guest Editors Scott Lloyd DeWitt and Cheryl E. Ball. This is the Manifesto Issue: "[w]rought with connotation, politically and emotionally charged, manifestos call us to action and demand change?in the streets, in the workplace, in our classrooms, in our minds, and in the virtual spaces we inhabit.read more... Compounding Pharmacies - This issue wasn't on my radar until just recently when I had to get some prescription cream from a compounding pharmacy, but apparently there's a conflict between compounding pharmacists and the FDA over regulation of compound drugs. The drug companies have a lot at stake in this, what with patents for combinations of drugs and all. That's what interests me the most -- the view from the intellectual property angle. I'd really like to write an article about the way each side is using rhetoric, especially as it pertains to patent rights. There's a lot more information about the various issues in these white papers.
But if you know someone who's already doing research on this topic, kindly let me know so that I don't waste my time, and direct me toward the person doing the research so that I can read it with interest.
... The Claims - 1. Breastfeeding will save you $1200 a year!
Um, no. If I were to add up the cost of what I've spent on breastfeeding, I'm sure it would be more expensive than formula. I won't exactly add it up here, but I'll give an idea:
Breast Pump: $330
Nursing Support Pillow: $35
Session with Lactation Consultant: $85
Nursing Cover: $35
Nursing Bras and Tanks: ~$60 (I get the cheap kind at Target)
Lanolin Ointment: $10
Second Tube of Lanolin Ointment When First Became Contaminated with Thrush: $10
Prescriptions to Treat Thrush: ~$60
Acidophilus, Yogurt, Gentian Violet, and Tubes of Lotrimin AF and Monistat for Thrush: ~$60
I think this will only save me money if I were to nurse Henry exclusively for the next two years, which I don't think I'll be able to do since I go back to work in the fall. [Edited: Okay, not exactly, but I think that if I end up weaning at six months, which I may not, but we'll see, I won't have saved muc... New Henry Photos - I just uploaded a lot of new pictures to my Flickr page. Some favorites:
... Trying to stay ahead of the demand - It has been a very busy couple of weeks. We had family in town for a week, then of course there's the daily Henry maintenance. On top of that, I have some outstanding committee work to do and several research projects: an article, a book proposal, a book review, and an article proposal. I'll be lucky to get even half of those done, I imagine.
Then we leave to see my family in a few weeks. Henry's first plane ride any suggestions? Is the pressure going to make him miserable with ear pain?
Off the subject, but it's been on my mind: Andrea Lunsford said, in 2005 I believe, that research is needed about the concept of "common knowledge." This was at the IP Caucus meeting, by the way. She's right, of course; common knowledge is a nebulous concept in classroom practice. I'm wondering, if you were to do a research project on this topic, how would you start, assuming your goal is to historicize this concept? I can think of two ways, neither ... Quote of the day - I LOLed at this one (comment in this thread -- yes, I read FARK; it's a guilty pleasure):
Well, have a little bit of mercy on me, at least. Could you give a code word or something so that when society collapses and the cities are in flames and I'm leading a rag-tag group of survivors west away from the cannibals and zombies in the small hope of finding peace in the open desert and we arrive at the stronghold in which you're ruling over a tribe of like-minded individuals, we could at least be allowed in as gladiators and clowns for your amusement? It would mean a lot to me to be able to tell everybody that we have a destination in mind.
My dad always loved a laugh, and I know he would have liked that one too.
... Do Not Ask - Questions you should never ask new parents: these are along the lines of asking a torpid ABD graduate student, "How's the dissertation going?"
1. "Were you able to sleep much last night?" or a variation such as, "Are you getting much sleep?" The answer is always no, and I don't want to talk about it.
2. "Why is he crying?" I DON'T KNOW WHY. It's not like I'm just walking around, tra-la-la, and when my baby starts screaming I need someone to prompt me to think about the possible reasons. BELIEVE ME, if Henry is crying, I have tried feeding, changing, cuddling, rocking, swaddling, pacifier insertion, swinging, shhhhh-ing, and everything else I can think of. Other than that, I don't know what I can do or, indeed, why he's crying.
... Nursing Is Awful (TMI, Perhaps) - UGH. Friends of mine have told me before that breastfeeding is "an art." La Leche League has a book titled The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. I never understood the claim, and after nearly a month of doing it myself, I still don't. Not unless one means that it's art in the sense of some kind of masochistic performance art, like if an artist stands in a museum and lets people come up to her and inflict pain on her in the form of pinches, burns, and cuts.
In other words, nursing HURTS and I hate it. They say it goes away after a while, but it hasn't yet for me. I completely understand why so many women don't want to do it and why they stop after a short period of time. I lay in bed for an hour today simply knocked down by the terrible stinging pain. I've had problems, too, including a plugged duct and milk blisters. The pain takes up all of my mindspace; it really affects my ability to function or even think about anything else. I think I may need to go to the doctor t... Mixture - It's very strange to have a mixture of emotions as I have now. I'm feeling the loss of my dad, but at the same time, I still get joy out of my baby; it hasn't really tempered that. I don't feel that guilty admitting it, as I think my dad would have wanted me to savor this newborn-baby time with Henry. On that note, I'd like to lighten the mood around here with a list of products that have become even more useful than I expected:
My Brest Friend: first recommended to me by Jodi. This thing has saved my back, literally. Before buying it, I had upper back pain that eclipsed even my c-section incision pain.
Multi-purpose waterproof lap pads: another Jodi recommendation. These are excellent to put over the changing pad, and they're great for possible accidents while co-sleeping (which I hadn't wanted to do, but we're in survival mode, so oh well).
... 1937-2008 - Last night my mom called to tell me that my dad passed away in his sleep. Some of you know that he had been very sick (emphysema and prostate problems) for years now, so this isn't unexpected, though it is obviously sad. Emails are fine, but I'm not really up for talking on the phone yet.
The plan now is that he will be cremated -- both of my parents have always said they wanted to be cremated -- and that a memorial service will be held at a later date, probably sometime this summer. I'm still recovering from surgery and can't travel yet; plus our pediatrician advised us not to take the baby out in public in the first month.
I wish he and Henry could have met and known each other. My dad only saw photos of him and heard him cry over the phone.
... Birth Story - At 28 weeks, ultrasound revealed that my little guy was breech. We figured he had plenty of time yet to turn, so I didn't pay it too much mind. But still, I wondered. My mother had a scheduled c-section because I was breech. My aunt on my dad's side was breech. My first cousin Kristie's baby (on my mom's side) was breech and also delivered by c-section. I know there's no real proof that breech birth runs in families, but it only happens in about 3 in 100 births, and I know of at least four breech presentations in my family. Just saying.
Anyway, time passed, and he didn't turn. I started getting physical examinations in which the doctor felt my cervix to determine which part of the baby was presenting. It was always the baby's bum. We talked about my options: external cephalic version, or c-section. I read up on version, and it didn't seem to have a very high success rate; it seems that often, these women have to have c-sections anyway. The thought of forcing him to turn made ... Copyright © 2008, Real Estate Investment Tips. All Rights Reserved. |