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I would just like to add my thanks to everyone for great discussions and a great semester!!! I enjoyed getting to know many of you and I look forward to having classes with you in the future. Erin

For people who havn't heard of this yet you should

http://www.mediacoalition.org/mediaimages/AZ-HB2549_Memo-to-full-Senate_03.27.12.pdf

This is about Arizona House Bill 2549. "H.B. 2549 would make it a crime to use any electronic or digital device to communicate using obscene, lewd or profane language or to suggest a lewd or lascivious act if done with intent to “annoy,” “offend,” “harass” or “terrify.” The legislation offers no definitions for “annoy,” “offend,” “harass” or “terrify.” “Electronic or digital device” is defined only as any wired or wireless communication device and multimedia storage device. “Lewd” and “profane” are not defined in the statute or by reference."

It might just be me but this seems dangerously open ended. I believe that cyber bullying does need to be stopped but what about good natured internet trolling. Really... its one of the reasons I love the internet.

Will

Hey everyone!

This has been an amazing semester with all of you and I wish you all the best on your exams!

Kelsey

Hey everybody!

Just want to tell you to take a deep breath and reassure you that your portfolios are going to look beautiful. I know it.

Connor

- thanks alot brother! haha jam sessionzz with the thst crew er what? haha michal

Thanks Connor, Good luck to you too.

Will

Hello Class! I would like to give you all the opportunity to watch the newly posted video of Bruce Walsh speak with TEDx upon Reinvention! "It's about who we are, and what we believe in." 

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Also, check out my page on PEN!

- Mel

Just wanted to say great job to everyone who presented their projects yesterday. Super fascinating to see what such a creative group of people can come up with! Here is a link to our Tumblr page if anyone was interested in any of the information or music we presented. If you have any question about sources or specific music pieces, feel free to talk to Sarah, Dean or I!

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Taylor

Here is the link for course evaluation,

http://courseeval.uoguelph.ca

Hope this helps, Will

I recently read this blog post and couldn't believe how much it reminded me of many of this class' readings, and how important it is to consider the meaning of what we're saying/writing about. I Thought I'd pass it along. The ways of talking about the "war or women"

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Hey all - just a (big, green) reminder to come check out //EIGHT MEN SPEAK - // presented March 19th-24th on campus @ the GLT. The play was banned in 1933 by Prime Minister RB Bennett, as it protested the imprisonment of 8 men convicted under Section 98 for being part of the Communist Party. Today, the play is still illegal to send in the mail. At a time when freedom of speech and communication is so prominently on the national agenda, this unique take on such a controversial piece is not to be missed! The production incorporates the text of the original script with newly created scenes that bridge the events of 1933 to today. Come see who the pirates of Canada were 80 years ago.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">March 19th-24th, 8pm @ the George Luscombe Theatre <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Tickets are $8 Mon-Wed, $10 Thurs-Sat <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Available at Massey Hall 9am - Noon, <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">519-824-4120, ext 53147, <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">or at the door

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Hope to see you there!

Hi all, Tonight (Tuesday 13th) at 7pm in our regular classroom I will be showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show. If you want to see the movie, or want to be a part of our digital project, come check it out! It's sure to "thrill you, chill you, and fulfill you" [|Rocky Horror preview!]

Hillary

In light of our sexuality discussion yesterday I think this link needs serious attention. The movie hits theatres March 30th and deserves all the hype it can get.

Turn Me On, Dammit!

- Eli

Lipton's Article from his MA:

Jughead:

Nosy Colleges and Employers Are Coming for Your Facebook Passwords <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">One of many reasons you should consider responsible social media use: It could cost you a job. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">**i apologize if the home page is not where i should be looking for help! i created a page and it wont appear on the side bar... i know im doing something wrong. can anyone help me out?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">**The page is called Using Youtube** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">**thanks** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">**Michal** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">- I fixed it... Not sure if there is an easier way but the same thing happened to me when I created a page. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">I had to go to "edit navigation" and then add the page (link to it within the wiki) and then it shows up on the sidebar.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">‎"Look, you're either with superjails or you're Lex Luthor." (National Post making fun of Public Saftey Minister Vic Toews.) Sign the Petition! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Freedom and Internet Security are up for debate in the House of Commons: Do you support this bill? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">The government is about to push through a set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to allow "authorities" to collect the private information of any Canadian, at any time, without a warrant. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> Information from Open Media. Sign their Petition. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00c0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**Thanks to everyone who participated by bringing what they could (be it food, drink or conversation!) to the party tonight.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00c0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**Happy V-day, THST 2450. See you all in a couple weeks!**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Directions regarding Handing in Digital Project: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">(1) set up a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ec4b4b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">page <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> on the wiki (left navigation bar) so that all people can refer to your project (no cds, dvds, usbs, etc . . ); <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">(2) provide a <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">link <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> to the project from this page; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">(3) groups <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #e72323; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">present <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in class.

Handing in Digital Portfolios: (1) update your wiki profile; (2) provide link/s to resources if available.

easy as pie



Dear Students:

Please join me at the TRansCanada Institute for a talk by Professor Daniel O'Quinn tomorrow before class, if you're interested. 9 University Ave East. Then I'll walk by MACs and leave a note on the board reminding those who aren't checking the WIKI that we are meeting in MASSEY Hall this week!

Otherwise I'll see you in Massey Hall at 7. /ml



You wouldn't download a car would you? Well now you can, Downloading Physical Objects

I agree as well considering this seems to be an ongoing occurrence of changes with this site, actually turning some people off of the site altogether due to these changes. Now they are taking away the option for us to choose to use timeline?? This is unfair, personally I did not want my entire time & activity on facebook to be seen on my wall which is why I have not opted to change over to the new timeline feature on the site. It almost just feels like it's basically been changed in order to make facebook creeping a heck of a lot easier.

Claire

I agree with you Sharmylae. I myself am not looking forward to changing to the new Facebook. However, I think that this is always the case. Over the last few years Facebook has come out with many different layouts and applications which often make it confusing for users to adjust too. We often complain about it for a while however, after about a weeks time of using timeline i think that we will adjust just fine (hopefully)! In terms of timeline being "creepy" ... Facebook itself is a little creepy in general! -Tasha Hey Sharmylae, I completely agree with you. Some of my friends have Facebook Timeline already and I find it pretty difficult to navigate. I also just don't want to give people the opportunity to look at my profile since... I was born! Very weird. If there were some way to stop it, I would definitely try to. Thank you for the heads up! Sarah

Hey all, I read an article today saying that Facebook Timeline is coming to everyone in the next couple weeks, and we'll have seven days to preview and hide things before it goes live. This is pretty important to as I find timeline very creepy, and though some people may have it already, other people may be interested in looking out for things to change... -Sharmylae

Hey guys, I came across this tool in the wiki settings, and thought it would be a quick way to keep up with what's happened recently on the wiki for those of us that weren't aware of the recent changes tab on the side. Call it an experiment... Graeme Hey Graeme, I moved your widget to the top so we can always keep track of it. -Sharmylae

media type="custom" key="12174702" width="60" height="60" Hello everyone, This post is directed towards Eli, but is useful to anyone who is interested in finding out about music history. The site I use to find samples is www.whosampled.com. It shows where in both songs the sample is used and gives options to buy the music. Here is a favourite MF sample of mine.... love me some supervillain! Doomsday Samples

-Dean M. - Mel Hello all. I'm sure you've all suffered at least a little bit during the wikipedia blackout a few days ago (I know I did). Like most, I became immediately aware of the importance of the site and the knowledge it holds. I went to search for the original song used in an MF Doom sample (hip-hop artist) and without a hesitation went straight for wikipedia. Upon seeing the blackout notification screen, I realized how incredible of a tool wikipedia is for discovering and learning about music. The most informative discographies and information about albums and artists can be found on wikipedia. It's crazy! There is no other website that covers the vast and immense history and details of music like wikipedia does and i believe it should be recognized and appreciated. Here's a link to an article in the Washington Post about the after-math of the websites that chose to participate in the 24 hour blackout: [|Washington Post: After Wikipedia blackout, lawmakers struggle to keep anti-piracy bills on track] -Eli Hey guys - anyone seen this documentary? Some of our Facebook discussion last week reminded me of it. If not, check it out. Creepy. And common. This is the trailer: Catfish //Nicole//

//I'd like to talk about Anonymous next week//

I would too.

//Here's a video to help explain and inform you about the PIPA and the SOPA & why we should all become informed on the matter.//

//[|SOPA/PIPA]//

//Claire//

//I'm sure most of you have already seen this video but I think it is amazing! It's Google's review of 2011 and it highlights a lot of pivotal events from the year. As we have become well aware the social media phenomenon contributed largely to many of the events that this video portrays. For those of you who havent seen this I hope you enjoy :)//

//Zeitgeist 2011: Year in Review//

//Maya//

//Thank you both Michelle and Natasha for those very interesting youtube videos. Sorry but a little pet-peeve of mine is when links are cluttered.//

//Here is a guide to un-clutter them if anyone is interested.//

//Intro to Youtube Links,//

//The required section of the link is /watch?v=...........// //example:// //[]// //anything coming after & and including & is unnecessary code.//

//example the link Natasha posted:// //**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUeL3n7fDs**//__&feature=related__// The required part of the link is in bold, the part in italics is unnecessary and causes the page to load slower.

And if you want to get fancy you can use the link button at the top of the page.

Once you click link a small window will open and you are given 3 choices: 1: Wiki Link (if you are linking to this wiki, if you're linking to wikipedia that would count as an external link) 2: External Link (if you are linking to a website not in this wiki, this applies to youtube, nytimes, wikipedia... ect.) 3: Anchor (allow you to link to a specific part on a web page. You won't need to use these if you don't want to)

If you just paste the link this is what happens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEitrZU-nCw

If you use the link button at the top of the page it allows you to do this: Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Get Better

(This awesome too! [|Thou Shalt Always Kill - dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip] -Eli)

It's the same link just displayed differently.

Hope this helps,

Will

__For those of you who haven't seen this video, you should really check it out! I think it really reinforces how much we use social media on a regular basis and how it has changed our culture and society.__

__@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQFMH343ORk__

__Enjoy! :)__

__Michelle__

Great post Michelle ! I don't know if many of you have seen these 2 youtube videos, but if not you should really check them out! I don't think many people realize how much social media is a major part of our everyday life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eUeL3n7fDs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iReY3W9ZkLU&feature=related

- Natasha

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