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Adolescent Diary Weblogs and the Unseen Audience

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Conversations in the Blogosphere: An Analysis "from the Bottom Up". Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38) Best Paper Nominee.

Weblogs as a bridging genre

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Bridging the Gap: A Genre Analysis of Weblogs. Winner of the 2004 EduBlog Awards as best paper.

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The Performativity of Naming: Adolescent Weblog Names as Metaphor

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Buxom Girls and Boys in Baseball Hats: Adolescent Avatars in Graphical Chat Spaces

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May 05, 2005

Rhonda J. Meyer

Yesterday morning my neighbor died from breast cancer. She was diagnosed 2.5 years ago and has undergone a variety of treatments to try to stop the progress of this particularly aggressive form of the disease.

I hesitate to say she "lost her battle with breast cancer" because in truth she won, at least in part. Her original diagnosis was that she had about 6 months, which obviously she was able to extend considerably. Besides there is no winning against death, it comes for us all eventually. I just wish Rhonda's eventually had been much further in the future.

My heart goes out to her family and close friends.

From The Republic Obituary:

Rhonda J. Meyer, 48, of Elizabethtown died at 4 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at her home.

Mrs. Meyer was a former employee of Flowers From the Woods, Tovey Shoes and Columbus Security. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; her parents, of Columbus; a daughter, Miranda Gill of Seymour; a son, Aaron Gill of Columbus; a stepdaughter, Kendra Meyer of Columbus; a stepson, Brian Meyer of Columbus; a grandson, Braydon Gill of Columbus; and brothers, Kenneth Marshall of Indianapolis and Tom Benson of Columbus.

If you are a woman please do regular self exams and get mammograms on the appropriate schedule.  If you have women you care about, please stress to them the importance of these steps. Early diagnosis is the best for effective treatment.  For more information check out the Susan G Koman Breast Cancer Foundation.

Posted by prolurkr at May 5, 2005 09:19 AM

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