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        <title><![CDATA[Quite the contrary.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A well written and edited encyclopedia serves as an excellent starting point, provides information as reliable, though not necessarily as timely, as any other immediately available source, and provides a guideline for additional studies.And, being much more well vetted than, for example, Wikipedia, they are a more trsutworthy source.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[deepsand]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:55:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Such begins very much earlier.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In fact, it is the college experience that, for many, serves to disabuse them of many of the fallacious notions previously implanted in their young brains by parents, clergy,  earlier teachers, and other authority figures.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:48:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[UNIVERSITIES foster blind trust]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If anything in this world &quot;foster blind trust&quot; it is Universities.  You bring in a bunch of 18 year olds who know next to nothing about the world then they start believing anything that their instructors tell them because they have some big buildings to hold classes in. Yeah, yeah, they claim they teach &quot;critical thinking&quot; and &quot;research&quot; but at the core  of it all is a blind trust in the sources and instructors. At least with wikipedia the kids won't have to pay tens of thousands a year to get dubious information.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[lamp@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:16:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[da_lizzie...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260635-2511991]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[re: teaching.  I haven't the qualification yet for traditional classroom teaching, or 'Professor' status.  I teach web-based classes, work primarily from home with the exception of required computer lab and office hours.  Web students are primarily self-starting, not particularly in need of more than an occasional bit of advice.  I just get them through learning to use MS Office Suite programs.  It's not quite the same as classroom work.  The hours are great (I can work until the wee hours which suits me and most of my students), do minimal driving back and forth to work, and a lot of the homework that they do is nearly 'self-grading'.  Many of the other web-based instructors use test banks in order to further lessen their own load, but in that regard I write my own.  Multiple choice doesn't cut it when applying practical knowledge.  Doesn't do much for comprehension, either.Don't talk yourself out of an option just yet!  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 12:58:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Salute]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Smart and unabashed, rendered without disguise, palm open to show no weapon...Rendered upon your remark about going into health care...As to an officer and a gentleman...About which I remain hopeful...Thunderstruck or not.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 09:29:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Popularity only.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260635-2511757]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;I just don't see why Wikipedia is being singled out as a more inappropriate source than say Encarta or the Brittanica.&quot;Those were never useful enough to be tempting.  Even basically bored, lazy primary school students found traditional encyclopedias barely enough to provide a hint of what to research next, not nearly enough to satisfy curiosity.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 01:30:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why would Kjell transposition?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260635-2511755]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[It is 500% easier to transpose.Transpositioning the a and e of your last produces mine.The &quot;a and the e&quot;?  Endorsan?Endor-san == honorable forest moon ?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 01:28:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oh, box, re: &quot;expected crack&quot;, no reference to any tv program intended]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Although I like it as much as any other current program, I wasn't thinking of House, just of my own un-self-conscious online persona.Me, as a doctor:&quot;The good news is that your survivors won't be burdened by the expense of an extended hospital stay.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 01:24:59 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[@Liz:  I was unaware of such a corner.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I spend the evening working in my wood shop and the sane corner of TR goes off the deep end?I suppose because I'm so much fun, nobody has asked me to stand in that, nor any other corner.boxy:  commiseration on your part was perfectly clear; I covered at least one base, unnecessarily.santeewelding:  &quot;Salute&quot;?  I never know wtf you're talking about.  Is it safe to assume, you never wish that I understand what you mean?Y/N]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 01:19:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good Heavens!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I spend the evening working in my wood shop and the sane corner of TR goes off the deep end?Ahem.  Chronology:I resigned.  I posted an enigmatic/melodramatic continuation of the &quot;spineless Lizzie&quot; thread - because, as deepsand stated, a lot can happen in a little time.Switchgrass posted an appropriately sarcastic/sardonic (as I read it) response.I posted an equally sarcastic/sardonic response.  It was taken seriously.  People got nutty.Obviously, I should have included the    tags - I'm all too aware that sarcasm doesn't translate well to text; you think I would remember that by now.  I've only been online since 1988, after all.  My bad, and I apologize.  Next time, I'll send along a cluebrick, postpaid.  Somehow, I thought the tone was clear - &quot;bid you all adieu&quot;?  Get real!    (There, does that help?)Switchgrass, I apologize if I offended, insulted, upset or worried you.  I certainly didn't mean to.  Your response was appropriate, though I think that attempting to phrase one's resume as a scene from Shakespeare is worth more than $0.02.  Ya gotta gimme at least a nickel - inflation, ya know?  BTW, +10 for switchgrass, but let's switch to bison, too.  Forget beef.Boxfiddler: thanks for the sympathy, I do appreciate it.  I hadn't considered teaching as a possibility, mostly because I don't consider myself well enough educated for the job.  I helped a couple of my instructors set up their courses, one in high school and one in tech school, and was stunned by the amount of work involved.  I'm also intimidated by the massive responsibility a good teacher has.  The opportunities are probably here, there are two major universities within 12 miles of my house.  But likewise, the competition is also here.santeewelding: Symptoms?  Hmmm.  You might consider calling the bank, I think your reality check may have bounced...Again, to all: I apologize sincerely for my execrable communication.  Resigning was one of the hardest decisions I've had to make since I had my mother's life support withdrawn.  I looked for an IT job for 5 years; for 3 of those years I ended up working as a telephone interviewer for a flipping market research company.  Having to give up my IT job, which was for a time the most challenging and enjoyable position I've ever had, because of an SOB business manager has made me quite bitter.Perhaps, under the circumstances, I should refrain from further posting until my emotions are more settled.Thank you for your suggestions, your commiseration and your patience - peace be with you all.-Liz[edit: mismatched tenses]]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 01:56:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm sorry to hear it, too, and second the suggestion &quot;teaching.&quot;]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260635-2510651]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'm doing a bit of tutoring, and enjoy it enough that I'm thinking about teaching.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:05:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Just a comment on income potential, not personal value.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I meant to encourage the next profession, not to discourage the professional, da_Lizzie.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 17:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[re:  You two?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thought that commiseration on my part was fairly obvious.http://tinyurl.com/6z7ef8referencing 'expected crack', I thought it funny that you expected some wisecrack about your 'bedside manner'.  Hmm... perhaps a reference to 'House'?  No intent to further wound da_Lizzie.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 11:29:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[@da_Lizzie, re: &quot;put in [my] place&quot; NOT my intent.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260635-2510316]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[You two?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 11:17:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Salute, A!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Now, as to the well-being of one Liz, and empathy left hanging, I rummage in my bag, she showing marked symptoms.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 07:22:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well, I guess I've been put in my place.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260635-2510003]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[So, I'll bid you all adieu.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lizzie_B]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 03:29:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Expected crack - well done.  :D]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 01:03:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[IT guys are a dime a dozen, anyhoo.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-260635-2509945]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'll give maximum $0.02 more for an IT gal, or a poet. I believe I'm going to switch to health care.  I'd rather repair something worth repairing, than mend Bill Gates' $5 Billion eff-ups.In response to the expected crack about my bedside manner:  radiology, smart-arses.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 01:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What was]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[So I repeat, What speaks now?Having laid aside what was, have you re-engineered another to speak so soon?Or,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:29:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sorry to hear it, da_lizzie...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You have a lot to offer.  Have you thought about teaching?  Is there a market for that where you live?keyboard gremlins]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 12:07:30 -0700</pubDate>
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