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A01: Stone Money
- A01: Stone Money Assignment
- Bitcoin is not Portfolio-Worthy
- Bitcoin Projections for 2015
- Bitcoin, the New Currency
- Island of Stone Money by Milton Friedman
- Japan Prints 12 Trillion Yen
- Japan Shrugs Off Accusations of Currency War
- Japan's 12 Trillion Yen Stimulus
- Japan, The Economy of the Future
- Japan’s Big Spending Plan
- NPR Broadcast: The Invention of Money
- NPR Broadcast: The Lie that Saved Brazil
- NPR Broadcast: Weekend at Bernanke's
- Skyblue's Stone Money Post
- Spending Japan to Vitality
A02: Visual Rhetoric
A03: Stone Money Rewrite
A04: Proposal+5
A05: Visual Rewrite
A06: White Paper
A07: Definition (Category) Argument
A08: Causal Argument
A09: Rebuttal Argument
A10: Definition Rewrite
A11: Causal Rewrite
A12: Rebuttal Rewrite
A13: Annotated Bibliography
Assignments
- A01: Stone Money Assignment
- A02: Visual Rhetoric Assignment
- A03: Stone Money Rewrite
- A04: Proposal+5
- A05: Visual Rewrite
- A06: White Paper
- A07: Definition (Category) Argument
- A08: Causal Argument
- A09: Rebuttal Argument
- A10: Definition Rewrite
- A15: Portfolio Assignment
- E01: Bloated Paragraphs
- E02: Purposeful Summaries
- E03: Cows and Chips
- E04: Critical Reading, PTSD
- E05: Mechanical Trouble
- E06: How To Open
- E07: Safer Saws Claims
- E08: Counterintuitive Predictions
- E09: Advertising Failure Exercise
- E10: Enough About You
- E11: Rebuttal Exercise
- E12: How to Open
Blogroll
Counterintuitive Olympics
- An “Economic” Approach
- Corruption in Figure Skating Judging
- Counterintuitive Reform
- Lessons for Organizational Decision Making
- Mathematics Honors Thesis
- Open Secret Voting
- The Origin of the Problem
- The Tainted Vote Problem Persists
- The US-Russian Conspiracy
- Throw Out Extreme Scores?
- Transparency Increases Corruption
- Vote-Trading in the “Real World”
- Was That Jump a 6?
Counterintuitive Topics
- Anne Frank, Novelist
- Are Multi-Vitamins Dangerous?
- Banks Peddle Crap
- Counterintuitive Life Lessons
- Counterintuitive Psychology Studies
- Counterintuitive Social Systems
- Crowdsourcing
- Cryptic Species
- Disarming Iran Using South Africa Strategy
- DNA for Data Storage
- Do Better Work By Killing Good Ideas
- Do Toms Shoes Help Anybody?
- Elderly Animals
- Elephant Cruelty
- End-of-Life Care
- Ethics of a Three-Parent Baby
- Fish on Free Speech
- Free Heroin to Battle Addiction
- Go To Trial, Crash the System
- Happiness Cannot be Pursued; It Must Ensue
- How the Mind Works
- How to Armor Planes
- How to Change the World
- How to Make Doctors Worse
- How to Make Doctors Worse 2
- Human Life and Moral Choices
- Humane Food Labels?
- Hypocrite Romney
- Improve Doctor Accountability
- Insuring a Stranger
- Internet for Totalitarianists
- Is This Photo Ethical?
- Is Walmart Organic and Local?
- Israeli Cartoonists Curbed
- Killing Japan’s Zombies
- Learning in the Womb
- Life is Asymmetrical
- Massive Online Collaboration
- Men Define Rape
- Mitt Romney Not a Venture Capitalist
- Mormons Baptize Anne Frank
- Obama on NSA Reform
- Paper or Plastic?
- PBS Need to Know
- Pizza Hut at the Pyramids
- Predictions Grab Bag
- Principal Encourages Cheating
- Privacy is Dead. Long Live Obscurity!
- Sleeping On It
- Sponsored Parks?
- Student Wealth and Achievement
- Superweeds
- Surviving the Shower
- The Cost Conundrum
- The Curse of Oil Riches
- The Difference a Caption Makes
- The Hair Part Theory
- The Marshmallow Test
- The Monty Hall Problem
- The Seven Up Shame
- Thought Becomes Action
- White Folks Get Prozac
- Why Are Babies Cute?
- Why Are We Happy?
- Your Deadbeat Facebook Friends Could Cost You a Loan
E04: Critical Reading
E04: Critical Reading PTSD
E07: Safer Saws
E08: Counterintuitive Predictions
E12: How to Open
Essential Websites
Euthanasia Unit
Exercises
- E01: Bloated Paragraphs
- E02: Purposeful Summaries
- E03: Cows and Chips
- E04: Critical Reading, PTSD
- E05: Mechanical Trouble
- E06: How To Open
- E07: Safer Saws Claims
- E08: Counterintuitive Predictions
- E09: Advertising Failure Exercise
- E10: Enough About You
- E11: Rebuttal Exercise
- E12: How to Open
- E12: How to Open
- Rebuttal Exercise: Nuclear Power
- Refutation Exercise: Ag-Gag Laws
Grammar
Infographics
Je Suis Charlie
Lectures
Mammogram Unit
Net Neutrality Unit
Organ Donation
- Advocating Presumed Consent for Organ Donation
- “Not Dead Yet” Wants to Silence Doctors
- China to Stop Harvesting Inmate Organs
- Girl Successfully Sues to Receive Lungs
- How Organ Recipients Are Chosen
- Let’s Harvest Organs!
- Man Ends His Own Life to Donate His Organs
- Organ Donation Articles
- Organ Donor Vultures?
- Woman Seeks Euthanasia to Donate
PTSD Unit
Purposeful Summary Unit
Rebuttal Unit
Riddles
Safer Saws Unit
Sharing Channel
Vaccination Unit
Writing Help
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Dev
- Research Position -Haveanelephantasticday
- Reflective-haveanelephanasticday
- Bibliography- haveanelephantasticday
- Rebuttal Rewrite- haveanelephantasticday
- Causal Rewrite-Haveanelephantasticday
- open strong- haveanelephantasticday
- Definition Rewrite- haveanelephantasticday
- Rebuttal Argument- haveanelephantasticday
- E11: Rebuttal Exercise- haveanelephantasticday
- Causal Argument- Haveanelephantasticday
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Joe Gramigna
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alexmoran17
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alivewit55
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americangods01
- Bibliography – americangods01
- Research Position – americangods01
- Causal Rewrite – americangods01
- Definition Rewrite – americangods01
- Rebuttal Argument – americangods01
- Reflective – americangods01
- Open Strong – americangods01
- Rebuttal Excercise – americangods01
- Causal Argument – americangods01
- Definition Argument – americangods01
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belldere
- Research Position- Belldere
- A13: Annotated Bibliography- Belldere
- Reflective–Belldere
- A11 Causal Rewrite- Belldere
- E12: Strong Opening- Belldere
- A10 Definition Rewrite- Belldere
- Casual Argument (Professors Indoctrinating Students With Liberalism)- Belldere
- Definition Argument- Belldere
- E10: Enough About You- Belldere
- White Paper- Belldere
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bigcounrty609
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bigfoot9
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bj112295
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breadpatrol99
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brxttyb
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crossanlogan
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cswilliams15
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dancingueen
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davidbdale
dontquoteme187
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douglasadams525
- Research Position–DouglasAdams525
- Reflective–Douglasadams525
- Bibliography–Douglasadams525
- Rebuttal rewrite–Douglasadams525
- Causal Rewrite–Douglasadams525
- Start Strong–Douglasadams525
- Monty Python–The Lumberjack Song
- Definition Rewrite–Douglasadams525
- Rebuttal–Douglasadams525
- Rebuttal exercise–Douglasadams525
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dt2018
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faded26
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fromcasablanca
- Research Position – fromcasablanca
- Reflective–fromcasablanca
- Bibliography – fromcasablanca
- Rebuttal Rewrite – fromcasablanca
- A11: Causal Rewrite- fromcasablanca
- Open Strong – fromcasablanca
- A10: Definition Rewrite – fromcasablanca
- A09: Rebuttal Argument – fromcasablanca
- Rebuttal Exercise – fromcasablanca
- Causal Argument – fromcasablanca
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hiralp365
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ifurreadingthisits2l8
- Open Strong- ifurreadingthisits2l8
- A09: Rebuttal Argument- ifurreadingthisits2l8
- Causal Argument—ifurreadingthisits2l8
- E10- ifurreadingthisits2l8
- Visual Rewrite—ifurreadingthisits2l8
- Proposal+5—ifurreadingthisits2l8
- Stone money rewrite- ifurreadingthisits2l8
- Critical Reading- ifurreadingthisits2l8
- summaries- ifurreadingthisits2l8
- visual- ifurreadingthisits2l8
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ilovenas
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jcirrs
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ljkvng34
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luckyleprechaun1
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marinebio18
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mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- E11: Rebuttal Exercise–mom
- E07 – Safer Saws–mom
- Research Position – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- Reflective – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- Bibliography – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- Rebuttal Rewrite – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- Open Strong – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- Rebuttal – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- Causal Argument – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
- Definition Argument – mymomshouldhavenamedmegrace
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ndb1996
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ohearnj8
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palal24
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peachesxo
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sixfortyfive645
- Research Position- sixfortyfive645
- Reflective – sixfortyfive645
- Bibliography- sixfortyfive645
- Rebuttal Rewrite- sixfortyfive645
- Causal Rewrite- sixfortyfive645
- Definition Rewrite- sixfortyfive645
- Open Strong- sixfortyfive645
- Rebuttal Argument- sixfortyfive645
- Rebuttal Exercise- sixfortyfive645
- Causal Argument- sixfortyfive645
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teddysdoggydaddy
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themildewmuncher7
- Research Position – themildewmuncher7
- Reflective – themildewmuncher7
- Bibliography – themildewmuncher7
- Rebuttal Rewrite – themildewmuncher7
- Causal Rewrite – themildewmuncher7
- Open Strong – themildewmuncher7
- Definition Rewrite – themildewmuncher7
- Rebuttal Argument – themildewmuncher7
- Rebuttal Exercise – themildewmuncher7
- Causal Argument – themildewmuncher7
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thirdlady226
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tpaz1
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twofoursixohtwo
- Research Position – twofoursixohtwo
- Reflective – twofoursixohtwo
- Definition Rewrite – twofoursixohtwo
- Bibliography – twofoursixohtwo
- Causal Rewrite -twofoursixohtwo
- Causal Argument – twofoursixohtwo
- Definition Argument – twofoursixohtwo
- E10 – twofoursixohtwo
- White Paper – twofoursixohtwo
- Safer Saws – twofoursixohtwo
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vicarij0
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wakeup5am
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wildcuttlefish
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- Reflective-wildcuttlefish
- Bibliography—wildcuttlefish
- Rebuttal Rewrite-wildcuttlefish
- Causal Rewrite-wildcuttlefish
- Open Strong—wildcuttlefish
- A10: Definition Rewrite-wildcuttlefish
- A09: Rebuttal Argument-wildcuttlefish
- Causal Argument- wildcuttlefish
- Definition Argument- wildcuttlefish
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xchuki
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Category Archives: alivewit55
Definition Rewrite- Alivewit55
The problem with Pluto is that is such a difficult object to categorize in our solar system. It is not a star because a star is a fixed object in space. It is not a meteor because a meteor is … Continue reading
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A06: White Paper- Alivewit55
Contents Description Introduction to the vast knowledge of our universe Huge discussions created by Pluto’s planetary status Is Pluto a planet or not Practice Opening 1: The great “Space Race” started in 1957, and led to the findings of billions … Continue reading
Safer Saws – Alivewit55
Injured Plaintiffs- A) Wec says his permanent and “traumatic injury” could have been prevented if Bosch and its competitors had not rejected and fought against the safety technology. B) Wec is claiming that Bosch could have applied the safer saws to … Continue reading
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Visual Rewrite – alivewit55
0:01 There are two cars on a road, one is stopped at a stop sign while another is approaching farther down the road. There is no stop sign for the car that is approaching however. 0:02 We see a man … Continue reading
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Proposal +5 – alivewit55
With the 2016 Presidential campaign in full swing, the whole country has its focus on the candidates pursuing the dream of becoming our nation’s next great leader. But the person who might be the next great president probably won’t win. … Continue reading
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E04: Critical Reading – Alivewit55
“Is PTSD Contagious?” When we talk about contagions we normally thing about bacterial diseases, so could PTSD be related to bacterial diseases? If we assume it is contagious, then there would have to be evidence of something bacterial that can … Continue reading
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Stone Money Rewrite – Alivewit55
An interesting take on the beginning of our seemingly irresponsible valuation of money is brought up in the NPR Broadcast titled “The Invention of Money”, they discuss the history of the Yap people of the Caroline Islands and their “stone … Continue reading
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Summaries – Alivewit55
Favoritism and bias between judges in Olympic skating events gets a perfect 10. I find it counterintuitive that favoritism and bias in olympic events is even being brought up in a technologically and socially advance society like ours. Cheating is … Continue reading
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Visual—Alivewit55
0:01 There are two cars on a road, one is stopped at a stop sign while another is approaching farther down the road. There is no stop sign for the car that is approaching however. 0:02 We see a man … Continue reading
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AStone Money – alivewit55
The idea of money has evolved over thousands of years; beginning with the simple process of bartering goods between merchants, and now to the belief that dollars, cents, francs, and euros have an identifiable worth to them. I have sometimes … Continue reading
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